George Webster, a 21-year-old
Actor from Leeds, was overwhelmed by the reaction to his first
BBC show
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At 7.23am on Monday, George Webster made TV history when he bounced into the CBeebies house.
Most young viewers would have been unaware they were witnessing a landmark TV moment: to them, Webster was just another smiling grown-up, dressed in brightly coloured clothing and talking to Dodge, the CBeebies dog.