- Peter Levy
Infobox Celebrity
name = Peter Levy
caption = Peter Levy
birth_date = Birth date and age|1955|9|5|mf=y
birth_place = Farnborough
death_date =
death_place =
occupation = Television & Radio Presenter
spouse =
children = None
website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/peter.shtml bbc.co.uk] Presenter Profile
footnotes =Peter Levy (born
September 5 1955 , Farnborough) is a Britishtelevision andradio presenter, currently host of theBBC regional news programme "Look North", broadcast from Hull toEast Yorkshire andLincolnshire . He hails from the South West, and came toYorkshire in his late teens.Career
Although wanting to become an
airline pilot when younger (he still enjoys flying), Levy was adisc jockey atBradford 'sPennine Radio (nowThe Pulse of West Yorkshire ) from its launch in 1975 - having been hired byAustin Mitchell . He was an actor in histeenage years having secured small roles in shows such asMan About The House andZ Cars . He became a [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/briansaudio2/mikegreen/Peter_Levy_with_guest_David_Steele_337x263.jpgpresenter] at Liverpool's Radio City in 1979, starting on the afternoon show.Peter once worked at the same station as controversial talk show host James Whale, formerly of
talkSPORT .He moved to
Leeds -basedRadio Aire , and then, in January 1987, to theBBC , eventually having a [http://www.tellytunes.com/djphotocards/bbc_leeds/bbcleeds_pl.jpglunchtime show] atBBC Radio Leeds . At this time he started as a regular stand-in presenter for the Leeds edition of "Look North", always doing the breakfast bulletins."Look North" was broadcast across the whole of the
Yorkshire andLincolnshire region at the time Levy started to work on it. Peter became the regularbreakfast and lunchtimepresenter of Look Leeds in the mid 90s. When the BBC split the region into two, Levy moved to present the Hull edition full-time.Look North
Levy's on-screen rapport with
weatherman colleaguePaul Hudson , and also Lisa Gallagher, has made him a popular local figure. The duo visited shopping centres around the region and met the public as part of the "2006 Look North Sofa Tour".Levy himself has become a minor cult figure in the local area due to his presenting of
Look North . To some viewers, it is regarded as something of an achievement to have seen Levy, and many call in with reports of sightings, usually of a humorous nature.Personal life
Despite Levy's camp manner, famous ex-partners include
Malandra Burrows ("Emmerdale ") and "Countdown 's"Carol Vorderman .Fact|date=October 2008External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/peter.shtml BBC Biography] .
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/ BBC Look North: East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire] .
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2005/12/08/levy_rubbish_feature.shtml 'Peter Levy talks rubbish' with Andy Comfort of BBC Radio Humberside] (Includes audio interview).
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/looknorth@lists.bbc.co.uk/msg00550.html Levy Letter] .
* [http://www.tvnewsroom.co.uk/profiles/profile.php?page=peterlevy TV Newsroom] .
* [http://www.nige-194radiocity.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Lincoln,Easton,Levy.jpgPresenter picture at Radio City (far right of image)]
* [http://www.peterlevy.cwc.net Early web page produced when at Radio Leeds] .
* [http://www.nige-194radiocity.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/img59.gifHis memories of Radio City]
* [http://www.btinternet.com/~rob.frowen/presenters_l.html Anorak's site] .Audio clips
* [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/briansaudio/radiocity/Peter_Levy.rm Radio jingle at Radio City in Liverpool]
* [http://www.nige-194radiocity.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Peter%20Levy.mp3 Another Radio City jingle]Video clips
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqXFG-xUruk Mastermind for local MPs in 2005]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5MIihyoTfw On the beach at Bridlington with Lisa Gallagher]
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