Peter Purves, 81, is best known for having presented Blue Peter and Crufts and lives in Suffolk with his wife Kathryn Evans. I’m a trusting person — I trust what people say to me and my first instinct ...

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 ...

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 ...

Peter, 82, has been a dog lover all his life and has kept them as pets ever since his days as a Blue Peter presenter. With vet bills skyrocketing over recent years, he and journalist Liz Jones, who ...

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 ...

Peter Purves, 82, has hit out at the BBC’s news show, claiming the programme is “biased”. The actor and presenter made his television debut on BBC show Doctor Who in 1965. He then moved into ...

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 ...

Veteran TV star Peter Purves claims his biggest regret is taking a job as a presenter on the children’s show Blue Peter. But when the jobbing actor found himself out of work for a year after Doctor ...

PETER PURVES has hit out at the pay packet he received for his role as Steven Taylor on BBC's Doctor Who, as the star branded the broadcaster "particularly ungenerous", in an exclusive interview with ...

Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves, 82, has opened up about his sudden departure from his presenting role at Crufts. Peter presented and commentated on the dog show for 41 years before he was ...

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 ...