"[3] He is best known for hosting the original 450-episode run[4] of the game show Mr. and Mrs., which was for many years the only programme produced by Border Television that was networked nationally.
Contestants on the show tried to give ten consecutive correct True or False answers to a series of statements.
In 2006, it was confirmed that Batey would be working as a consultant (including writing some of the questions) on the latest version of Mr. and Mrs. on ITV1.
[5][6] Batey resided in Florida with his wife, Edith, to whom he was married for 62 years, and had one daughter, Diane.
He died in a hospice in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire after a short illness, aged 84.