Bunny Carr: A man of questions and answers

He joined RTÉ when broadcasts were in black and white but Bunny Carr went on to produce TV gold.

Bunny Carr: A man of questions and answers

He joined RTÉ when broadcasts were in black and white but Bunny Carr went on to produce TV gold.

The 91-year-old former presenter and communications consultant, who died on Wednesday, fronted the quiz show Quicksilver for 16 years, inventing the catchphrase ‘stop the lights’ that entered common usage far beyond the confines of the Donnybrook studios and years beyond the generation who first heard it.

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