Peter Marshall (born 11 April 1945) is a British broadcaster. He was educated at St. Columb's College in Derry.

Broadcasting career

Television

Marshall became an announcer at

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, in 1967, and moved to

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in 1970. After a brief spell at

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, he became well known as an in-vision announcer for

Thames Television Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992. Thames Television broa ...

from 1976, also announcing during this period for ATV and

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, and presenting a weekend show on

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. He remained a Thames announcer until the company ceased broadcasting as an ITV contractor, announcing on its final day (31 December 1992) although by then he was not seen in vision. For a long period in the 1970s and 1980s he co-hosted the

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beauty pageant with

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, and the

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beauty pageant (alongside

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on one occasion). He also contributed to the Thames Television travel show '' Wish You Were Here...?'' (also fronted by Chalmers). he was Arts Editor for HTV Wales and presented News & consumer shows. In 1989, he also hosted the first UK revival of ''

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'', on the fledgling Sky TV satellite network. As well as hosting the ''Sale of the Century'' revival, Marshall had also worked in 1971 as the announcer on the original version of the show (hosted by

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) before being replaced in season two by John Benson. In 1994, he was behind the cameras (once again working for Thames) when he produced the first series of ''Infatuation UK'', starring American emcee

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, for UK satellite station

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Radio

Marshall worked as a radio presenter with the BBC, and spent several years as host of the evening show on Melody FM in London.

Other work

He is now the founder/owner of Eccentric Multimedia Ltd.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Peter 1945 births Living people British radio DJs British game show hosts Radio and television announcers Beauty pageant hosts People educated at St Columb's College