<P> Powell then agreed to a request from his old friend and golf partner, comedian Jasper Carrott, taking the part of an incompetent detective in a succession of sketches that formed part of Carrott's television series . The Detectives proved to be popular and was later turned into a sitcom, Powell's first and only venture into this genre . </P> <P> In 1984, Powell made his U.S. film debut in What Waits Below (also known as Secrets of the Phantom Caverns). </P> <P> In 1986, Powell narrated and co-starred in William C. Faure's popular miniseries Shaka Zulu, with Henry Cele in the title role . In 1992, he starred in the New Zealand World War I film Chunuk Bair, as Sgt Maj Frank Smith . In 1993--95, he was the voice actor of Dr Livesey in The Legends of Treasure Island . </P> <P> Nowadays, Powell appears in person less often, but his distinctive voice is frequently heard on voice - overs, advertisements and as a narrator of television programmes such as Great Crimes and Trials and The Century of Warfare and World War II in HD Colour . He read the novel Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez for BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime, and has also narrated many audio books including The Thirty Nine Steps, abridged versions of many of Alan Garner's books, and several abridged novels for The Talking Classics Collection . Powell has also lent his voice to musical works, such as David Bedford's album The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, or the 2002 rock opera The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman, where he played the role of John Watson . He also narrated on two rock albums by Rick Wakeman called Cost of Living and The Gospels (1987). </P>

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