Peter Purves
Acting
1939-02-10 · Lancashire, England, UK
Peter John Purves (born 10 February 1939) is an English television presenter and actor. He played Steven Taylor in Doctor Who under the First Doctor, a role he continued to play in audio dramas for Big Finish Productions. He later became a presenter on the BBC children's programme Blue Peter for eleven years. He has continued to make regular television appearances, including coverage of the Crufts dog show.
Filmography
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
2025 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Savages
2025 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
2024 · Movie
Tales of the Tardis
2023 · Series
Talking Doctor Who
2023 · Movie
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021 · Series
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021 · Movie
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020 · Movie
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018 · Series
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
2017 · Movie
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013 · Movie
Boys! Boys! Boys!
2013 · Movie
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013 · Movie
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Series
The End of the Line?
2011 · Movie
Riverside Story
2011 · Movie
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
2009 · Movie
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009 · Series
The Ties That Bind Us
2008 · Movie
That's What I Call Television
2007 · Series
The Story of Doctor Who
2003 · Movie
Death By...
2003 · Series
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002 · Series
The Office
2001 · Series
B.P. Confidential
1998 · Movie
Fantasy World Cup
1998 · Series
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994 · Series
EastEnders
1985 · Series
Surprise, Surprise
1984 · Series
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984 · Movie
Round Trip to Glasgow
1982 · Movie
Bullseye
1979 · Series
Robbie
1979 · Movie
Blue Peter Special Assignment
1973 · Series
Blue Peter Flies the World
1971 · Series
Doctor Who: The Savages
1966 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
1966 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
1966 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Ark
1966 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
1966 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
1965 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
1965 · Movie
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
1965 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
1965 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965 · Movie
The World of Wooster
1965 · Series
Doctor Who: Lost in Time
1965 · Series
Theatre 625
1964 · Series
Doctor Who
1963 · Series
Z-Cars
1962 · Series
Blue Peter
1958 · Series
Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · Series
Babble
Series