berkeley later performed the role of winston—a similar character to "the major"—in the radio comedy "wrinkles" by doug naylor and rob grant. he played badedas the blue, a wizard in the radio comedy series "hordes of the things". his last role was as the head of the army in the animated film version of roald dahl's "the bfg". he died in 1988 and the film was released the following year.