Peter Varley Haigh (28 July 1925 – 18 January 2001) was an English broadcaster and in-vision continuity announcer for BBC Television in the years after the Second World War.
After being commissioned into the fifth battalion of the Welsh Guards in 1944, he joined the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) as a producer and announcer in Jerusalem and Benghazi.
[1] After leaving school, Haigh was unsure as to what career he wanted to pursue as he mulled over studying art or going into advertising.
[5] In 1955, Haigh introduced the television crossword puzzle show Viewclues that featured music and pictures,[10] the topical magazine programme Now,[11] two episodes of Top Town.
[1] He refused on the grounds that it did not provide him with enough artistical and financial opportunities,[16] and that he would not be able to continue working as a freelancer for commercial companies.
[18] That same year also saw Haigh begin presenting the weekly film review programme Picture Parade with Derek Bond co-presenting on occasion until 1962.
[22] Haigh presented Come Dancing In 1958,[3] and provided the BBC commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest, staged that year in Hilversum, Netherlands.
[1] Haigh in the 1980s but he was unable to resume his broadcasting career,[1] having a brief stint of BBC Radio WM in 1985, presenting a series about the West Midlands during the Second World War.