Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster)

Peter Marshall (born on 11 September 1938 in Derry) is an Irish broadcaster, educated at St. Columb's College in Derry. Having originally intended to train as a teacher, he started his working life as an actor, studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 1967 he became an announcer at Ulster Television and in 1970 he moved to Anglia Television. After a brief spell at Southern Television, he became well-known as an in-vision announcer for Thames Television from 1976, also announcing during this period for ATV, and HTV West and presenting a weekend show on BBC Radio 2. He remained a Thames announcer until the company ceased broadcasting as an ITV contractor, announcing on its final day (December 31, 1992) although by the end he was not seen in vision.

For a long period in the 1970s and 1980s he became famous for co-hosting the Miss United Kingdom beauty pageant (alongside Judith Chalmers) and for co-hosting the Miss World beauty pageant (alongside Alexandra Bastedo on one occasion). He also contributed to the Thames Television travel show Wish You Were Here...? (also fronted by Chalmers). In 1989, he also hosted the first UK revival of Sale of the Century, on the fledgling Sky TV satellite network. In 1994, he was behind the cameras (once again working for Thames) when he produced the first series of Infatuation UK, starring American emcee Bob Eubanks, for UK cable station, Living TV. Marshall also worked as a radio presenter, and spent several years as host of the evening show on London's Melody FM.

He now works as a property developer.

Trivia

As well as hosting the second version of Sale of the Century in 1989, Peter had also worked in 1971 as the announcer on the original version of this show hosted by Nicholas Parsons before being replaced in season two by John Benson.

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCX--Mo7NDM BBC Closedown which mentions Peter Marshall's show]