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Narrator Credits

The Cast and Credits section currently reads Narrator (UK version): Gerard Murphy and Narrator (American version): Tammy Grimes, but I don't believe this is entirely accurate. Gerard Murphy is credited in the in-show credits as the narrator, meaning he does the descriptive background voice linking the scenes (in all broadcast and retail versions, UK and US). Tammy Grimes meanwhile was apparently hired to speak an intro for each of the 26 episodes in the original US broadcast, a sort of "previously on", which does not affect the original narration at all and has never been included in any later editions (beginning with the conversion to 13 episodes the following year) or commercial releases that I'm aware of.

Thoughts? I was confused by this entry in Wikipedia, thinking they re-recorded the show's narration for the US (and wondering why I didn't remember it that way) until I listened to an original 26-episode US recording. But I'm not sure how best this could be reflected. Maybe list Gerard Murphy as Narrator without any version, and Tammy Grimes as Episode Recaps (26 episode American version)? 2601:646:877F:AEC0:FBBD:777A:3A13:2E23 (talk) 03:13, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you can find and cite a reliable source to that effect, then make the change and cite it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 04:55, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What would constitute a reliable source in this case? I haven't seen it noted clearly this way anywhere online, but I have various recordings right here (including a Tammy Grimes/US radio rebroadcast recorded off the air in 1982) and Gerard Murphy's narration is audible across all versions available that I've ever heard. 2601:646:877F:AEC0:FBBD:777A:3A13:2E23 (talk) 19:11, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]