ɪnðə tˈɛmz tˈɛlᵻvˌɪʒən dˌɑːkjuːmˈɛntɚɹi ðə θˈiːf hˌuː nˈɛvɚ ɡˈeɪv ˈʌp, bɹˈɔːdkæst ɪnðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z, ˈænɪmˌeɪɾɚ ɹˈɪtʃɚd wˈɪljəmz kɹˈɛdɪts ɡˈɑːdfɹi wɪð ɡˈɪvɪŋ hɪz kɚɹˈɪɹ ɪts ɪnˈɪʃəl ˈɪmpəɾəs: "bˈɑːb ɡˈɑːdfɹi hˈɛlpt mˌiː...aɪ wˈɜːkt ɪnðə bˈeɪsmənt ænd wʊd dˈuː wˈɜːk ɪn kˈaɪnd, ænd hiː wʊd lˈɛt mˌiː jˈuːs ðə kˈæmɹə...ɪt wʌz ɐ bˈɑːɹɾɚ sˈɪstəm".
In the Thames Television documentary The Thief Who Never Gave Up, broadcast in the late 1980s, animator Richard Williams credits Godfrey with giving his career its initial impetus: "Bob Godfrey helped me...I worked in the basement and would do work in kind, and he would let me use the camera...[it was] a barter system".