When former Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves and his wife moved to their £500,000 farmhouse in the Suffolk countryside, they were looking forward to a peaceful retirement. But their rural dream could ...

And it was in that capacity, when he championed the act of children reading comic books as a way to literary, at a time when the comic book medium was often frowned upon by parents, teachers and ...

Former Blue Peter host Peter Purves said he does not regret a “single second” of presenting the beloved children’s TV show. The BBC programme marked its 60th birthday with a big blue carpet reunion of ...

A former Doctor Who star admitted he could not understand the stories in the current version of the BBC science-fiction series. Peter Purves played Steven Taylor, a travelling companion of the very ...

FORMER Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves has called new toilet rolls that come without an inner tube a “complete catastrophe”. Cushelle is the first brand to dump the cardboard cylinders in a bid to ...

For decades they have helped define a more innocent era of children's TV. But last night it emerged that two of the most popular presenters on Blue Peter - Valerie Singleton and Peter Purves - may ...

Blue Peter reached the end of an era this week when it was announced that after over six decades it will no longer be transmitted live. In a radical shake up the longest-running kids show in the world ...

Peter Purves, 82, has revealed he would be “very pleased” to take on a role in Doctor Who again. The former Blue Peter presenter made his television debut in the BBC series in 1965 when he was cast as ...

They say a dog is man's best friend... but has your best friend ever bitten you in the hand? Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves' good relationship with the canine world took a surprising turn ...

Blue Peter legend Peter Purves has said he is "thrilled" to receive an honorary fellowship from the University of Central Lancashire. Born in New Longton and educated in Blackpool, the 83-year-old ...

Former Blue Peter host Peter Purves said he does not regret a “single second” of presenting the beloved children’s TV show. The BBC programme marked its 60th birthday with a big blue carpet reunion of ...