Well, the fact that he slagged off Birt and Hussey at the BBC, explains why there has not, to my knowledge, been a decent 'memorial' programme on about him - I saw him many times at recordings of the News Quiz, and he was a witty and urbane chairman - knowing he suffered from depression, and a sad last few years, makes it all the more poignant that he has not been properly 'serviced' as Sandy might say!

Steph T, November 2006

Took was a master of comedy, although writing comedy never seems to get the same acclaim as performing it. What state would British comedy be in had it not been for Round the Horne and Beyond Our Ken? It changed things as much as The Goons did! He was also excellent as chair of the News Quiz, a show that still emanates his spirit.

Alasdair Dickson, January 2005

A boring old bastard.

Vince Goree, November 2004

One of the great comedy writers of the radio age, if you want to know where the pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable in comedy came from look no further than Barry Took and marty Feldman -Beyond Our Ken and Round The Horne are still very funny and in an increasingly more repressive politically correct society the scripts seem to be becoming more risque again.

Dom Kingsmill, August 2003

His classic Round The Horne will be around to tell of his genius.

Neil, March 2003

Yet again we lose a master of comedy. They don't make 'em like that any more.

Jess, June 2002

A truly great man, and a sad loss to all who like a laugh. His work with Marty Feldman was sheer brilliance.

Simon Hanrahan, April 2002