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Peter Haigh

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Peter Varley Haigh (28 July 1925 – 18 January 2001) was an English in-vision announcer for BBC Television in the years after the Second World War. [1]

34 relations: Aldenham, Aldenham School, Alexandra Palace, Battalion, BBC Light Programme, BBC Radio, BBC Television, Berkeley Smith, British Army, British Forces Broadcasting Service, Come Dancing, Derek Bond, Des Lynam, Egypt, Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision Song Contest 1958, Eurovision Song Contest 1962, Germany, Hertfordshire, Hilversum, Jerusalem, Jill Adams, Kenya, McDonald Hobley, Mombasa, North London, Overseas, Palestine (region), Portugal, Sylvia Peters, Tom Sloan (television executive), United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest, Welsh Guards, World War II.

Aldenham

Aldenham is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, north-east of Watford and southwest of Radlett.

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Aldenham School

Aldenham School is a co-educational independent school for pupils aged eleven to eighteen, located between Elstree and the village of Aldenham in Hertfordshire, England.

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Alexandra Palace

Alexandra Palace is a Grade II listed entertainment and sports venue in London, located between Muswell Hill and Wood Green.

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Battalion

A battalion is a military unit.

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BBC Light Programme

The Light Programme was a BBC radio station which broadcast chiefly mainstream light entertainment and music from 1945 until 1967, when it was rebranded as BBC Radio 2.

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BBC Radio

BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927).

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Berkeley Smith

Berkeley Alexander Smith (8 December 1918 – 22 April 2003) was a broadcaster and a senior figure in the television world for nearly 40 years.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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British Forces Broadcasting Service

The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides radio and television programmes for Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and their dependents worldwide.

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Come Dancing

Come Dancing was a British ballroom dancing competition show that ran on and off on the BBC from 1950 to 1998, becoming one of television's longest-running shows.

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Derek Bond

Derek William Douglas Bond, MC (26 January 1920 – 15 October 2006) was a British actor.

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Des Lynam

Desmond Michael Lynam, (born 17 September 1942) is an Irish-born British television and radio presenter based in the UK.

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Egypt

Egypt (مِصر, مَصر, Khēmi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.

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Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often simply called Eurovision, is an international song competition held primarily among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1958

The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the third Eurovision Song Contest.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1962

The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the seventh edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on Sunday 18 March 1962 at the Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (often abbreviated Herts) is a county in southern England, bordered by Bedfordshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south.

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Hilversum

Hilversum is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; القُدس) is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Jill Adams

Jill Adams (22 July 1930 – 13 May 2008) was an English actress, artist and fashion model.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

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McDonald Hobley

McDonald Hobley, born Dennys Jack Valentine McDonald-Hobley, (9 June 1917, Stanley, Falkland Islands – 30 July 1987) was one of the earliest BBC Television continuity announcers, appearing on screen from 1946 to 1956.

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Mombasa

Mombasa is a city on the coast of Kenya.

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North London

North London is the northern part of London, England.

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Overseas

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Palestine (region)

Palestine (فلسطين,,; Παλαιστίνη, Palaistinē; Palaestina; פלשתינה. Palestina) is a geographic region in Western Asia.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.

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Sylvia Peters

Sylvia Lucia Petronzio (26 September 1925 – 26 July 2016), better known as Sylvia Peters, was an English actress, and from 1947 to 1958 a continuity announcer and presenter for BBC Television.

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Tom Sloan (television executive)

Thomas James Harman Sloan, (14 October 1919 – 13 May 1970) was a British broadcaster and journalist and BBC Head of Light Entertainment in the 1960s.

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United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest

The United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 61 times and is one of the most successful countries to compete in the contest.

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Welsh Guards

The Welsh Guards (WG; Gwarchodlu Cymreig), part of the Guards Division, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Haigh

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