Peter Purves

Peter is one of Britain’s most experienced TV presenters probably best known for his work in Blue Peter.
His career began in the theatre and in the early 60’s he appeared in many popular television series. In 1965 he joined the original Doctor Who for a year as his sidekick.
Since then Peter has presented many TV shows including Crufts, Stopwatch and We’re Going Places to name a few. More recently, Peter has made his 31st consecutive broadcast from Crufts 2008, hosted Destination Lunch and Retire Abroad for the Overseas Property Channel and was a judge on Underdog for BBC.
Peter has presented various TV commercials and corporate videos and he is actively involved in the theatre and directs many well know actors in Panto each year.
Peter continues to be very busy including celebrating BluePeter’s 50th Anniversary and has just launched his Autobiography, Here’s One I wrote Earlier. .
