Many youngsters within the 80s and 90s grew up with T-Bag, however now a complete new era is rising up with one among it is characters
For a era of children rising up within the Eighties and ’90s, John Hasler was a family identify, immediately recognisable because the mischievous magical-tea-brewing-sidekick ‘T-shirt’ within the massively standard CITV collection T-Bag. But whereas the enduring vibrant apparel and whacky plot of the present is a distant reminiscence for a lot of, Hasler’s voice remains to be heard by hundreds of thousands – though not as you may count on.
His breakout present first aired in 1985 when he was simply 11-years-old. It adopted a witch-like character who obtained magical powers from ingesting the particular drink however is incapable of brewing it correctly, in-steps their assistant T-shirt who does it for them in return for a share of their magical powers.
The collection would often start with T-Bag making an attempt to extend her energy and to cease her, the lady within the collection must acquire artefacts from throughout area and time earlier than T-bag may discover them.
Regardless of his function working for the “baddie” T-Shirt acted as extra of a hero, sneaking behind his boss usually serving to the lady to foil his boss’s plans.
He was the one actor to be in all 9 seasons of the present, first being a younger boy earlier than rising as much as be a teen that towered over his witch-boss.
Lengthy after T-Bag brewed its final magical potion in 1992, Hasler has turn into considerably famed for his work as a voice actor in TV and reveals throughout the UK, lending his voice to a complete host of characters you might have heard however would have by no means associated again to T-Shirt.
Regardless of not being a routine of a Saturday morning, Hasler’s profession has taken him from the fictional Satisfaction Lands of Africa to voicing a beloved practice.
For a lot of youthful followers in the present day, unaware of the magical time-travelling adventures captured on T-Bag, Hasler is the voice bringing Thomas the Tank Engine alive for English audiences world wide within the broadly standard Thomas and Buddies.
Talking to Pink Carpet Information on enjoying Thomas, Hasler mentioned: “Thomas is a permanent character so it makes it much more pressurised to play the lead function, you assume ‘oh my gosh numerous individuals have liked this character for a very long time’ and to tackle the mantel is an excessive privilege.”
However his performances aren’t stored to the tracks, Hasler has additionally made his mark on the stage, voicing the beloved meerkat Timon within the massively profitable West Finish adaptation of The Lion King, touring across the UK voicing the enduring animal unique performed by Nathan Lane.
The 51-year-old additionally appeared within the teen-drama the Renford Rejects in addition to basic BBC cleaning soap Casualty. He continued his voice work after becoming a member of the solid of Fireman Sam in 2012, voicing Sam’s nephew James Jones.
