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Name
  
Peter Haigh

Role
  
Television actor

Children
  
Peta Louise Haigh


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Died
  
January 18, 2001, Haverfordwest, United Kingdom

Spouse
  
Inge Haigh (m. 1977–2000), Jill Adams (m. 1957–1976)

People also search for
  
Jill Adams, Jim Adams, Tina Adams, Peta Louise Haigh, Arthur Siggins, Molly Adair

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Peter Varley Haigh (28 July 1925 – 18 January 2001) was an English in-vision announcer for BBC Television in the years after the Second World War.

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Born in North London, the son of an engineer, he was educated at Aldenham School, Aldenham, Hertfordshire. He was commissioned in 1944 into the 5th Battalion, the Welsh Guards. He served in Palestine and Egypt, and joined the British Forces Broadcasting Service in Jerusalem. He later helped start up the BBC Overseas News station in Mombasa, Kenya.

After leaving the army he failed to get a job as a BBC Radio announcer, but joined BBC Television as an announcer in March 1952 after a trial at Alexandra Palace, then the base of BBC Television. He joined the team of continuity announcers headed by McDonald Hobley and Sylvia Peters. He went on to present Come Dancing and Picture Parade, a film review programme in 1956 with co-presenter Derek Bond, the actor.

In 1958 he provided the BBC commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest, staged that year in Hilversum, Netherlands. He also provided the BBC radio commentary for the contest in 1962. He also presented the BBC radio programme Movie Go Round on Sunday afternoons in the early 1960s.

Although he fitted well into the style of 1950s BBC Television, with the changing style of TV after the introduction of commercial television in 1955, his career declined, and his first marriage broke up. In 1957 he had married the 1950s film star Jill Adams. The couple had a daughter, Peta Louise.

From the early '70s he lived in Portugal running a restaurant and bar popular with British tourists, and met his German-born second wife, Inge. They returned to the UK in the 1980s but he could not resume his broadcasting career. He made a final television appearance as guest of Des Lynam on a series called It's My Pleasure. He later worked occasionally for BBC radio and did voice-overs for advertisements.

Filmography

Actor
1969
Crossplot as
T.V. commentator
1968
Witchfinder General as
Lavenham Magistrate
1965
Call It What You Like (TV Series) as
Guest Artist
- Episode #1.1 (1965) - Guest Artist
1963
Sing and Swing as
Announcer
1960
Upgreen - And at 'Em
1958
Charlie Drake (TV Series)
- The Clapper Boy (1958)
- The Patriotic Singer (1958)
1957
Pantomania: Babes in the Wood (TV Movie) as
A Robber
1957
The Benny Hill Show (TV Series) as
Various Roles
- Episode #2.4 (1957) - Various Roles
1956
Pantomania, or Dick Whittington (TV Movie)
1956
Hancock's Half Hour (TV Series) as
Announcer
- The Chef That Died of Shame (1956) - Announcer
- The First TV Show (1956) - Announcer
1954
The Blazing Caravan (Short) as
Mr. Thompson (uncredited)
Writer
1956
Home Town (TV Series) (narrative script - 1 episode)
- Chester (1956) - (narrative script)
Self
1987
It's My Pleasure (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.19 (1987) - Self
1969
Call My Bluff (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #5.14 (1970) - Self
- Episode #5.13 (1970) - Self
- Episode #4.52 (1970) - Self
- Episode #4.51 (1970) - Self
- Episode #4.34 (1969) - Self
- Episode #4.33 (1969) - Self
- Episode #4.22 (1969) - Self
- Episode #4.21 (1969) - Self
1969
Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1968 (TV Special documentary short) as
Self - Master of Ceremonies
1967
Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1966 (TV Special short documentary) as
Self - Introduced
1966
Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1965 (TV Special documentary short) as
Self - Introduced
1960
Juke Box Jury (TV Series) as
Self - Panellist
- Episode #1.332 (1965) - Self - Panellist
- Episode #1.53 (1960) - Self - Panellist
1965
Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1964 (TV Special short documentary) as
Self - Introduced
1964
Open House (TV Series) as
Self - Host
1958
This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Sydney Scroggie (1964) - Self
- Anthony Kimmins (1961) - Self
- Harry Secombe (1958) - Self
1964
Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1963 (TV Special documentary short) as
Self - Presenter
1962
Band of Thieves as
Self - Newsreader
1962
The Big Pull (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.1 (1962) - Self
1962
Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1961 (TV Special documentary short) as
Self - Introduced
1960
Laugh Line (TV Series) as
Self - Host
1960
The Friday Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.1 (1960) - Self
1959
Secombe and Friends (TV Mini Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.2 (1959) - Self
- Episode #1.1 (1959) - Self
1959
Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1958 (TV Special documentary short) as
Self - Presenter
1955
Film Profile (TV Series) as
Self - Host / Self
- Elizabeth Taylor (1958) - Self - Host
- Gene Kelly (1957) - Self - Host
- Stanley Kramer (3) (1957) - Self - Host
- Charlie Chaplin (1957) - Self - Host
- Trevor Howard (1957) - Self - Host
- Robert Rossen (1956) - Self - Host
- Richard Burton (1956) - Self - Host
- John Wayne (1956) - Self - Host
- Rene Clair (1956) - Self - Host
- Maurice Elvey (1955) - Self - Host
- James Cagney (1955) - Self
- Henry Cornelius (1955) - Self - Host
- Margaret Lockwood (1955) - Self - Host
- Anatole Litvak (1955) - Self - Host
- Stanley Kramer (1955) - Self - Host
1958
The Eurovision Song Contest (TV Special) as
Self - Commentator for BBC Television Service (voice)
1956
Picture Parade (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Host / Self - Presenter / Self
- The Royal Command Film: The Battle of the River Plate/"An history of the Cinema" (1956) - Self - Host
- Interview with Michael Craig/"House of Secrets" and "The Search for Bridey Murphy" (1956) - Self - Host
- "Bus Stop" (1956) - Self - Host
- On location with the 'Amethyst': Commander Kerans/"Can't Run Away From It" and "Mam'zelle Striptease" (1956) - Self - Host
- Jack Warner Interview/"Home and Away" and "The Weapon" (1956) - Self - Host
- Set Visit of "The Silken Affair" & "A Hill in Korea"/All in Good Fun (1956) - Self - Host
- Premiere of 'The King and I' (1956) - Self - Host
- 10th International Edinburgh Film Festival/"Oklahoma" "Invitation to the Dance", and "Proud and Profane" (1956) - Self - Host
- It's a Wonderful World (1956) - Self - Host
- Premiere of 'Carousel' (1956) - Self - Host
1957
The Lord's Taverners Ball (TV Movie) as
Self
1956
Great Scott, It's Maynard (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #3.1 (1956) - Self
1956
Rats to You (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.4 (1956) - Self
1956
This Is Show Business (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #6.4 (1956) - Self
- Episode #6.3 (1956) - Self
- Episode #6.2 (1956) - Self
- Episode #6.1 (1956) - Self
1956
You're Welcome (TV Movie) as
Self - Presenter
1956
Round the Bend (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.5 (1956) - Self
- Episode #1.4 (1956) - Self
- Episode #1.3 (1956) - Self
1956
Home Town (TV Series) as
Self - Presenter
- Chester (1956) - Self - Presenter
1956
Off the Record (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.18 (1956) - Self
1955
Film Time (TV Series) as
Self - Host
- Columbia Cavalcade (1955) - Self - Host
1955
Christmas Box (TV Movie) as
Self - Host
1955
Simon and Laura as
Self
1955
Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon (TV Movie) as
Self - Introduction
1955
It's Magic (TV Series) as
Self - Introduction
- Episode #2.0 (1955) - Self - Introduction
1955
Lucky Thirteen (TV Series) as
Self - Introduced by
Archive Footage
2012
Frost on Interviews (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Presenter, Picture Parade (uncredited)
1955
Film Time (TV Series) as
Self - Host / Self
- Film Profile of Rene Clair/Film Profile of John Wayne (1956) - Self - Host
- The Michaels in Africa: Savage Superstitions/Film Profile of Stanley Kramer (1955) - Self
- Film Profile of James Cagney/Film Profile of Henry Cornelius (1955) - Self - Host
- Film Profile of Margaret Lockwood/Disneyland: Operation Undersea (1955) - Self - Host
- Norman Wisdom in Switzerland/Film Profile of Stanley Kramer (1955) - Self - Host

References

Peter Haigh Wikipedia


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