Purves was first seen in Doctor Who in the 1965 serial The Chase, in a one-off role as American tourist Morton Dill. However, ...

Legendary broadcaster Peter Purves is set to play Charles Dickens in a radio play adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol'.

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 ...

Biddy Baxter, who has died aged 92, transformed Blue Peter on BBC Television from a middling magazine programme for children into a national institution, and made household names of stars such as ...

There is less than one week left to see Peterborough’s world-leading Doctor Who themed Adventures In Space And Time ...

Former Doctor Who star Peter Purves has shared that he is often confused by the newest episodes of the show, describing them as "too sophisticated". With the show currently airing the 15th season of ...

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 ...

A repeat of one episode of the kids show on digital channel CBBC, aired at 2.30pm on Tuesday 13 June, got a zero rating on the official system used to measure TV ratings. Addressing the ratings, Peter ...

Ex-Blue Peter host Peter Purves has revealed that he was bitten by a dog while judging a dog show. Purves explained to the BBC that the attack took him by surprise because it came without warning. He ...