Timothy Lancaster West,[1] CBE (born 20 October 1934) is an English film, stage, presenter and television actor, with more than fifty years …Timothy Lancaster West,[1] CBE (born 20 October 1934) is an English film, stage, presenter and television actor, with more than fifty years of varied work in the business. As well as many classical theatre performances, he has appeared frequently on television, including spells in both Coronation Street (as Eric Babbage) and EastEnders (as Stan Carter), and also in Not Going Out, as the original Geoffrey Adams. He is married to the actress Prunella Scales; since 2014 they have been seen travelling together on British and overseas canals in the Channel 4 series Great Canal Journeys.