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Here's One I Wrote Earlier: Peter Purves My Autobiography (Hardcover)

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  • Hardcover: 264 pages
  • Publisher: Green Umbrella Publishing (10 Feb 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 190663534X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1906635343
  • Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 17.8 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 115,240 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Peter Purves is the actor, presenter and talented director who first shot to fame appearing with William Hartnell in 44 episodes of Doctor Who playing his companion Steven Taylor. His varied career is perhaps most well remembered for his 10 year stint as part of the Blue Peter "Dream Team" with Valerie Singleton and John Noakes. Most people have a specific memory of this golden age of british television amongst them the infamous 'Lulu the elephant' scene and Peter's early partnership with Petra who was immortalized in the Blue Peter garden. Following his departure from Blue Peter he famously presented another kids favourite "Kickstart" and "Junior Kickstart" which became cult summer holiday TV. Peter is also well known for his association with "Crufts". He first began presenting coverage for the BBC in 1976 and has been closely associated with it for over thirty years. Peter Purves - My Autobiography is a look back at Peter's career and fascinating life and is a celebration of one of Britain's best loved presenters.


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Peter Purves is the actor, presenter and talented director who first shot to fame appearing with William Hartnell in 44 episodes of Doctor Who playing his companion Steven Taylor. His varied career is perhaps most well remembered for his 10 year stint as part of the Blue Peter "Dream Team" with Valerie Singleton and John Noakes. Most people have a specific memory of this golden age of british television amongst them the infamous 'Lulu the elephant' scene and Peter's early partnership with Petra who was immortalized in the Blue Peter garden. Following his departure from Blue Peter he famously presented another kids favourite "Kickstart" and "Junior Kickstart" which became cult summer holiday TV. Peter is also well known for his association with "Crufts". He first began presenting coverage for the BBC in 1976 and has been closely associated with it for over thirty years. Peter Purves - My Autobiography is a look back at Peter's career and fascinating life and is a celebration of one of Britain's best loved presenters.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Literary Equivalent Of A Chinese Takeaway, 12 April 2009
By Norfolkian (Brancaster, Norfolk) - See all my reviews
Had really looked forward to reading this. Like so many other 40-somethings, "Blue Peter" played its role in my childhood, I watched twice a week without fail, I supported the appeals, read the annuals, won a "Blue Peter" (BP) badge. Purves' autobiography was not only going to take me back to those days but reveal more of the hidden and perhaps darker aspects of the programme, thus satisfying both the child AND the adult in me reading the book.

He makes a big point, at the beginning, of how he has never kept things, diaries, memories, and that a lot of what he will write is from a memory that he goes onto admit, hasn't really retained much of his past, BP included.

Then he goes on, in the most microscopic and exacting detail, at length, about his days in rep, page after page, recalling plays, co-stars, venues, where he went on holiday, and who with, the cars, the houses, the meals...and if that isn't all total recall, then I don't know what is!

His treatment of his time in "Dr Who" is similar, you anticipate a brief memory or recollection here and there (expecially as recordings and thus evidence of old "Dr Who" episodes are scarce to non existent), but no, co-stars, scripts, sets, various aliens and their dastardly ways are all revisited with the same exacting attention to detail, and, interesting as it is, you soon find yourself the long time fan of the rock band who are plugging all of their new stuff, you want the old classics and you want them NOW!

A little unfair perhaps, as it is an autobiography, not a BP book (and isn't the jacket oh-so-cheesy, its like the front of a brochure promoting life insurance for the over fifties-safe, warm, non-threatening)so one must wade through the minutiae in order to get to the good stuff and yes, you do, eventually, after learning about another car he bought, or how he bought and "did up" another flat in Richmond, get on with it man!

And its OK. Nothing too revealing, nothing shocking. They went to Ceylon. It was hot. They washed elephants. They're really big. Then they went to Mexico. It was hot there as well. John Noakes was not really like his on screen persona. What, REALLY? And, of course, theres Lulu the elephant. Hmmm.

Its very much "we did this, then we did this, and did you remember when we did THAT, well, guess what...?" And it dribbles to the time he left the programme and details what he has done since, from "Kickstart" (which he seems to think was pure TV gold, up there with "Life On Earth"), through Crufts and onto the training films he co-produces now, and which he was happy, I seem to recall, to 'contribute' a spoof one to "The Office"-that doesn't get a mention, incidentally!

Its OK. Dull but worthy I suppose. I hope that John Noakes' book, which is anticipated, will be a little more, well, interesting. I suspect it will, and, if you want to learn more about BP, suggest you refer to Richard Marson's excellent book about the programme, which is also available on Amazon.

So yes, like that meal. You looked forward to it, you wanted it, you bought it, you didn't feel as hungry as you thought you were whilst you were eating it-and by the time you'd finished, you really rather wish you hadn't waded through it in the first place.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing change, 13 Mar 2009
By Robert Ashton (www.robertashton.co.uk) - See all my reviews
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Like so many others, I was a childhood viewer of Blue Peter and enthusiastically followed the adventures of Peter, John and Val. They were celebrities long before the word was invented - real and not contrived, open and happy to share with the viewer.

This book is similarly a refreshing change from that growing ghastly genre of the ghost written, all revealing celebrity 'autobiography'.

Here's a real bloke describing in a very human way his life, times and feelings. He does not claim to be a professional writer, choosing in true Blue Peter style simply to say it as he remembers it. All of the words here are clearly his own - none were prepared for him earlier.

If you want to find out what it was like to develop a very successful media career in the days when talent and hard work were the only way, you'll love this book.

Then perhaps you can follow his good example and make one at home!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Not the best..., 7 April 2009
A very easy read, but one fairly littered with inaccuracies, not least with regards to his time on Doctor Who! There's also a strange addition of blank pages at the end, the purpose of which escapes me!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting in parts
As an avid viewer of children's television programme Blue Peter in the late sixties and early seventies my impression of Peter Purves was that he was a decent chap somewhat... Read more
Published 27 days ago by Bad Bear

3.0 out of 5 stars Strictly for the fans1
Most people buying this book would be Blue Peter fans...for anyone else it would be a case of Peter Who? Read more
Published 4 months ago by Paul

5.0 out of 5 stars Peter Purves. Heres one I wrote earlier.
Fantastic book. I brought as a birthday present for my fiance and he hasn't put it down hes totally glued to it.
Published 6 months ago by D. Shelley

2.0 out of 5 stars Here's one I rushed off earlier..
Peter Purves was close to being a boyhood hero of mine: I watched Blue Peter with my brothers and loved it from the age of about 5 to 14 (1969-1978, almost exactly Purves' span)... Read more
Published 7 months ago by R. Kay

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