Chloe Ashcroft (born 7 July 1942) is a British actress and a former presenter of several BBC children's TV programmes, including Play School,[1][2] Play Away, Hokey-Cokey, Excuse Me,[3] All Change,[4] and Pie in the Sky.

She also appeared in the Doctor Who story Resurrection of the Daleks (1984), playing Professor Laird.

[6][7][8] Outside of acting, she has worked as a teacher.

She now lives in Whiteshill and Ruscombe in Gloucestershire with her husband, the actor David Hargreaves, with whom she has two children.

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