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"Bruce Forsyth has received a knighthood in the Queen&amp;#039;s birthday honours list. The Strictly Come Dancing presenter has finally been made a &amp;#039;Sir&amp;#039; after a career in the entertainment industry spanning nearly 70 years. Colin Firth, Bernard Cribbins, Bryan Ferry and ex-EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella are also among the names honoured in the annual list. Forsyth, who was made an OBE in 1998 and a CBE in 2005, said that he was &amp;quot;so happy and so relieved&amp;quot; to have been recognised. &amp;quot;When I got the CBE there&amp;#039;d been speculation every year and I think there&amp;#039;s been too much talk about it, so I&amp;#039;m thrilled at last it has happened,&amp;quot; he told BBC News. &amp;quot;I feel very proud that my career hasn&amp;#039;t been in vain. I just love getting out there and performing and this is a reward that I never expected and hope I&amp;#039;m worthy of.&amp;quot; The former Generation Game host went on to joke: &amp;quot;We were doubtful because [the speculation&amp;#039;s] been going on so long; we thought it might be a hoax so we did check all the way down the line that it was real.&amp;quot; The King&amp;#039;s Speech lead Firth was awarded with a CBE following his &amp;#039;Best Actor&amp;#039; victory at this year&amp;#039;s Oscars, while Doctor Who star Cribbins has been made an OBE. Roxy Music frontman Ferry has been honoured with a CBE, and Kinsella - best known for playing EastEnders&amp;#039; Kelly Taylor - was given an MBE for her campaign work against knife crime. There was also recognition for Goodies comics Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden, Radio 2 DJ Bob Harris, and BBC Radio 4 presenter Jenni Murray, who is made a dame. Click through the gallery below to see those honoured on this year&amp;#039;s list. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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