Peter Duncan (actor)
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Peter Duncan (born May 3, 1954) is a British actor and television presenter, best known as a presenter of Blue Peter and for his recent Family travel documentaries.
A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, Duncan began his career as a stage actor, appearing as Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island followed by two years in Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company. His notable Television roles includes King Cinder, Play for Today, Warship, Oranges & Lemons, and season 2 of Survivors. His roles in films include Kit Nubbles in Quilp, Kevin in Stardust and a brief role in the film Flash Gordon, with his character dying after just eleven seconds on screen.
He joined Blue Peter in 1980, and shortly afterwards it was revealed in a tabloid newspaper that Duncan had appeared nude in the British film The Lifetaker (1975). Although this revelation was an apparent embarrassment to the BBC, they accepted that as he had done this before Blue Peter and it would not - and did not - affect his tenure on Blue Peter.
Unusually, Duncan did two stints with Blue Peter, being on the team from 1980 to 1984, and again from 1985 to 1986. During his stay with the programme, he became associated with the kind of daredevil stunts previously popularised by John Noakes, and these continued in his own spin-off series, Duncan Dares. After leaving permanently in 1986, he returned to the stage, most notably in the musicals Barnum, Me and My Girl and The Card for which he was nominated for an Olivier award for Best Actor in a Musical.
Duncan was appointed as the 9th Chief Scout for The Scout Association in the UK, for a five year tenure from 5 September 2004.
Most recently, he starred in and directed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Theatre in South London. He appeared on BBC1's Through the Keyhole on 15 March 2006, and took part in the Channel 4 series The Games, that same year. He can currently be seen in Demolition Dad and Arthur's trip to India produced by his own company Here's One I Made Earlier Ltd.
On 20 February 2007 Duncan was awarded the highest Blue Peter Award - The Golden Badge.
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| Preceded by Christopher Wenner |
Blue Peter Presenter No. 12 1980-84 |
Succeeded by Michael Sundin |
| Preceded by Michael Sundin |
Blue Peter Presenter No. 12 (again) 1985-86 |
Succeeded by Caron Keating |
