Young Bruce Forsyth-Johnson was just 8-years-old when he decided to become a dancer after watching a Fred Astaire film. By 13 he was running his own dance school, teaching friends from his father’s car repair business in Edmonton, north London. The following year he launched into show business as Boy Bruce — the Mighty Atom, playing the accordion and the ukulele and tap dancing.
Fishing for a good line
His early career proved a hard slog around the country’s variety halls and holiday camps, but it was here that he developed the quick wit that made him such an ideal game show host. One night at the Wood Green Empire in north London, a disgruntled member of the audience threw a bag of fish and
