...entertainment at a young age, entering a talent contest at the age of five at his local [[Gaumont British|Gaumont]] [[movie theatre|cinema]]. Aged 13, Alan became a [[call boy (theatre)|call-boy]] at the Hippodrome Theatre in [[Lewisham]], where he started to do magic sets o

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