Floella Benjamin cast her spell over a generation of children on Play School, but now she has told how she once had David Bowie so entranced, he took her by the hand and said: "Let's dance."
Bowie swept her off her feet at a Christmas party at "the height of his fame", but when he invited her to his room, she said no.
In her memoir, Floella, 72, reveals the Starman singer said to her: "Would you like to come upstairs with me?’ I want to offer you the world. You can have anything you desire."
