He began his career as a trainee cameraman and focus puller with Warner Brothers British studios at Teddington in London.
In 1947, with drummer Carlo Krahmer, he co-founded Esquire Records, which specialised in jazz.
[3] In the 1970s due to the decline of the British film industry he turned to television.
He worked at Granada and Yorkshire Television and spent several years with Anglia Television in Norwich, making episodes of the popular drama series Tales of the Unexpected.
[4] Peter Newbrook died of a heart attack at his home in Norwich on Friday, 19 June 2009.