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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

William Hartnell (The Doctor) and Peter Purves (Steven Taylor) in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966) Although he is best known as a TV presenter, Peter Purves began his career as an actor 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 ...

BBC Breakfast viewers have hit out at Blue Peter star Peter Purves after the iconic presenter spoke about ex boss Biddy Baxter in light of her death. Biddy Baxter died this week aged 92, with many ...

A Blue Peter icon has slammed the “miserly” BBC and claims he is “trying to keep his head above water” after starring on the children’s television programme across more than half a century. Peter ...