Peter Purves

Peter Purves is an English television presenter who is best known for being a presenter on the BBC childrens programme Blue Peter. After his eleven years on the programme he has continued to make regular appearances since then. In particular, Purves has been associated with television coverage of the Crufts dog show.

Purves was born in New Longton, near Preston, Lancashire, his father was a tailor who also ran a hotel in Blackpool for a short period. He was educated at the independent Arnold School in Blackpool and in the sixth form at BarrowinFurness Grammar School for Boys for a year, where he took Alevels and gained a pass in mathematics. He originally planned to go into teaching, training at Alsager College of Education, but began to act with the BarrowinFurness Repertory Company instead.

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