Later Career
Later in life, Secombe (whose brother Fred Secombe was a priest in the Church in Wales, part of the Anglican Communion) attracted new audiences as a presenter of religious programmes, such as the BBC's Songs of Praise and ITV's Highway. He was also a special programming consultant to Harlech Television. and hosted a Thames Television programme in 1979 entitled Cross on the Donkey's Back. In the latter half of the 1980s, Secombe personally sponsored a football team for boys aged 9-11 in the local West Sutton Little League, 'Secombes Knights'.
In 1990, he was one of the few celebrities to be honoured by a second appearance on This Is Your Life, having had a first programme produced in 1958.
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