Peter Simon is an English shopping television presenter and former children's television personality.

Career

Simon is perhaps most famous for presenting the ''Double Dare'' (''

Going Live! ''Going Live!'' is a British children's television series that aired on BBC1 from 26 September 1987 to 17 April 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene. Other presenters included Trevor and Simon, Annabel Giles, Phillip ...

'') and '' Run the Risk'' (''

Live & Kicking ''Live & Kicking'' was a British children's television series that originally aired on BBC1 from 2 October 1993 to 15 September 2001. It was the replacement for '' Going Live!'', and took many of its features from it, such as phone-ins, games, ...

'') segments of the popular BBC1 Saturday morning children's shows. ''Run the Risk'', presented by Simon and

Shane Richie Shane Patrick Paul Roche (born 11 March 1964), known as Shane Richie, is an English actor, comedian, presenter and singer. Following initial success as a stage and screen performer, he became best known for his portrayal of the character Alfie ...

, was later to become a separate television programme in its own right. Simon also worked on the children's TV show ''The Friday Zone''. In 1997 he interviewed the

Spice Girls The Spice Girls are an English girl group formed in 1994, consisting of Mel B ("Scary Spice"), Melanie C ("Sporty Spice"), Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"), Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"), and Victoria Beckham ("Posh Spice"). They have sold over 10 ...

and

Boyzone Boyzone were an Irish boy band created in 1993 by the talent manager Louis Walsh. Before even recording any material, Boyzone made an appearance on RTÉ's ''The Late Late Show (Ireland), The Late Late Show''. Its most successful line-up was co ...

. Simon made infrequent television appearances throughout the 2000s, including as celebrity client on

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...

's '' The Salon'' (2003) and as a guest on

ITV Play ITV Play was a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was devoted exclusively to phone-in quiz show programmes, expanding upon ITV1 and ITV2's late-night quiz programmes such as ...

's '' The Mint'' (2006). In the early 2000s, Simon toured

Butlins Butlin's is a chain of large Seaside resort, seaside resorts in the United Kingdom, incorporated as Butlins Skyline Limited. Butlin's was founded by Billy Butlin to provide affordable holidays for ordinary British families. Between 1936 and 1 ...

holiday parks with a live stage version of ''Run the Risk''. Simon served as a permanent auctioneer on

bid tv Shop at Bid was a British television shopping channel that ran daily auctions and later fixed price demonstrations. It was the world's first channel of its kind. It launched as ''Bid-Up.tv''. The channel was owned by Bid Shopping. History Bi ...

, a shopping channel owned by Bid Shopping (formerly known as 'Sit Up Ltd.') from 2000 until April 2014 when the holding company for Bid TV and Price Drop TV went into liquidation making all 229 employees redundant with immediate effect. In November 2011, bid.tv launched a "Peter Simon Limited Edition Hand-Painted Resin Figurine" to commemorate Simon having been a presenter with the channel for 10 years. Simon briefly joined

Gems TV Gems TV was a jewellery manufacturer and reverse auction TV shopping network headquartered in Chanthaburi, Thailand. It began its operations in October 2004 in the UK, and then expanded to Germany, America, Japan and China. Gems TV was formed fr ...

in May 2014 only to leave without explanation in June 2014. Simon joined the ranks of

Ideal World Ideal World is a British TV shopping channel, broadcasting on DTT, satellite and online, with transactional websites, previously hosted from studios in Peterborough. It is now owned by TJC and broadcast from their offices in West London, fol ...

on 3 September 2014. Simon was suspended from Ideal World in September 2018 following an on-air comment against Polish and Latvians in the UK. He was reinstated one month later. In July 2023, Ideal World went into administration, ceasing all trading and broadcasting. As a result of this Peter Simon was left without work. However in September 2023, Simon appeared alongside Marina Berry live on the TJC shopping channel. This marked the first time that Simon and Berry had worked together or been seen alongside one another since their roles on Bid TV some 10 years earlier. Later in September 2023, Ideal World was bought out by TJC, resulting in Simon's return to the channel on Friday, 29 September 2023 at 10am.

Television

*''Junior Showtime'' (

Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...

) – Presenter *'' Run The Risk'' (

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

) – Presenter/Game Designer (1992–1996) *''Friday Zone'' (BBC) – Presenter *''Double Dare'' (BBC) – Presenter *''

Lucky Ladders ''Lucky Ladders'' is a United Kingdom daytime game show based on the American format titled ''Chain Reaction'' that was produced by Anglia and aired on ITV from 21 March 1988 until 14 May 1993. It was hosted by Lennie Bennett and narrated by ...

'' (

Anglia Television ITV Anglia, previously known as Anglia Television, is the ITV franchise holder for the East of England. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional news bureaux in Cambridge and Northampton. ITV Anglia is owned and operated b ...

) (Announcer) *''Win, Lose Or Draw'' ( STV) *''

'' (BBC) *''Star Pets'' (BBC) *''Red Nose Awards'' (BBC) *''

Saturday Superstore ''Saturday Superstore'' is a British children's television series that aired on BBC1 from 2 October 1982 to 18 April 1987. It was shown on Saturday mornings with presenters including Mike Read, Sarah Greene, Keith Chegwin, and John Craven. The ...

'' (BBC) *'' Wheel of Fortune'' (STV) *''Saturday Picture Show'' (BBC) *'' Get Your Own Back'' (BBC) – Contestant/Guest Host *''Hold Tight'' (ITV) *''

Children in Need ''BBC Children in Need'' is the BBC's UK Charitable organization, charity dedicated to supporting disadvantaged children and young people across the country. Established in 1980, the organisation has raised over £1 billion by 2023 through its ...

'' (BBC) *''Starstrider'' (BBC) *''

Comic Relief Comic Relief is a British charity, founded in 1986 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Sir Lenny Henry in response to the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. The concept of Comic Relief was to get British comedians to make t ...

'' (BBC) *''Eggs and Baker'' (BBC) *'' The Ant & Dec Show'' (BBC) (1995) *''Scruples'' (BBC) *''The Movie Game'' (BBC) *''

Ronald McDonald Ronald McDonald is a clown character used as the primary mascot of the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain. He inhabits the fictional world of McDonaldland, with his friends Mayor McCheese, the Hamburglar, Grimace, Birdie the Early Bird, an ...

'' (

McDonald's McDonald's Corporation, doing business as McDonald's, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational fast food chain store, chain. As of 2024, it is the second largest by number of locations in the world, behind only the Chinese ch ...

) – Clown character actor for the company *'' The Salon'' (Reality TV series) playing Himself (1 December 2003) *

– Auctioneer (2000 – 2014) *''

'' – Auctioneer (May 2014 – June 2014) *

- Presenter (September 2014 – July 2023) * TJC - Presenter (September 29, 2023 – October 1, 2023 *

- Presenter (September 2023 - )

References

External links

Sit-up Ltd company website

Bid tv website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Simon, Peter Living people English television presenters People from Bridlington Mass media people from Sheffield 1962 births Television personalities from Yorkshire