Biography

Actor, presenter, documentary maker, Peter Duncan, former Chief Scout and one time Blue Peter man has a TV, film and theatre career that spans four decades. A self-confessed adventurer he is never happier than when in the thick of it such as climbing towards Mount Everest filming a bunch of teenagers or walking the tightrope in his one man show.

He is perhaps best known for his daredevil approach to life, which came to the public’s attention when he joined the Blue Peter team in 1980. He wore his ‘action man’ label with ease, running in the first London Marathon in just over three hours, fighting a sumo wrestler in Japan and cleaning the clockface of Big Ben.

In 1985 he left Blue Peter to make Duncan Dares, a series that capitalised on his adventurous image with stunts such driving across the Irish Sea in a VW Beetle. In 2001 he directed a six part series called Travel Bug for CBBC in which he, his partner Annie and their four children backpacked their way around the world. In the two follow up series their journeys were shown in Chinese Breakaway and Arthur’s trip to India. Other recent TV credits include the 26 part slapstick comedy series Demolition Dad for Five and Channel 4’s The Games – in which he took part as the oldest competitor ever.

Peter began his career on stage joining the National Theatre and spent the 70’s working exclusively as actor.