Rob, a "real Cardiff boy", had drawn Dennis The Menace and Whizzer and Chips comic strips before illustrating SuperTed books and "bringing Fireman Sam to life". "I was always told a great cartoon ...

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Bizarrely, it’s not the first time the cartoon has been linked to anti-Muslim sentiment. In 2012, Fireman Sam co-creator David Jones was briefly detained at London’s Gatwick Airport after ...

David Carling, who was the voice of Station Officer Steele in the British cartoon Fireman Sam, passed away on December 10. A source confirmed: “David died earlier this month. It’s terrible ...