Ray Alan and Lord Charles - Ventriloquism

Appearing here on David Nixon's Magic Box, this seems to be an early version of Lord Charles which I remember being a larger puppet.

Ray Alan toured in cabaret all over the world and performed once with Laurel and Hardy in 1954 and apparently Laurel was the inspiration for the look of Lord Charles! Alan made his television debut with Lord Charles on the BBC programme The Good Old Days in the 1960s (I'll tray and did this out) and the pair regularly re-appeared on the programme.