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Henry Winkler, known to many as The Fonz from Happy Days, co-hosted the launch of the First News My Way! awards at Downing Street with Chancellor George Osborne on Tuesday night.

On Wednesday morning the actor/director popped in to the Midweek studios to chat with presenter Libby Purves and her other guests.

Winkler has dyslexia and admitted he didn't read a novel until he reached his thirties due to "feeling intimidated by all those words inside the covers." He is now the author of a 17 book series about Hank Zipzer, who he says is modelled on himself.

He told Libby: "They're funny books that happen to be about a kid with learning challenges and it turns out that reluctant readers read one, and then read five, because they identify."

He received an OBE earlier this year in recognition of his work on the My Way! campaign and tells children: "Just because we learn differently, that does not mean that we are not incredibly smart human beings. That's something I need every child to understand."

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Fast Show comedian Simon Day also appears on the programme and talks about growing up with Attention Deficit Disorder and an addictive personality.

Midweek airs every Wednesday on Radio 4 at 9 am.

First News is a weekly newspaper for children published every Friday.

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