:00:08. > :00:12.Good afternoon. It has just been announced that the veteran
:00:13. > :00:16.entertainer and presenter Sir Bruce Forsyth has died at the age of 89.
:00:17. > :00:20.The BBC's director-general Tony Hall has paid tribute to him saying he
:00:21. > :00:25.was one of the greatest entertainers our country has ever known.
:00:26. > :00:30.Before we knew him as Sir Bruce, he was known as Bruce Joseph Forsyth
:00:31. > :00:34.Johnson, born into a Salvation Army family in North London, it was clear
:00:35. > :00:38.as a small boy that his heart was in show business. You left home at 14
:00:39. > :00:46.to Tour of Britain to play the ukelele and the banjo.
:00:47. > :00:50.His big break didn't take long. He first hosted Sunday night at the
:00:51. > :00:56.London Palladium in 1958. Just a few years later he appeared at the Royal
:00:57. > :01:00.command performance alongside Sammy Davis Junior who he admired as a
:01:01. > :01:06.great entertainer. Nice to see you, to see you... Nice.
:01:07. > :01:10.He was an all-round entertainer, with his all-round man he was witty,
:01:11. > :01:16.and as was shown on the generation game he had a wonderful man with
:01:17. > :01:20.anyone he came into contact with. Live from London. This is Strictly
:01:21. > :01:27.Come Dancing. Please welcome your hosts. Bruce Forsyth. And then more
:01:28. > :01:29.recently Sir Bruce became famous across all the generations, it was
:01:30. > :01:32.Strictly Come Dancing that introduced him to a totally new
:01:33. > :01:36.audience. More than 50 years after he started
:01:37. > :01:43.in show business. Sir Bruce Forsyth who has died today
:01:44. > :01:44.at the age of 89. We will of course have much more on his life