Valerie Singleton OBE (born 9 April 1937) is an English television and radio presenter, best known as a presenter of the popular children's series, Blue Peter. She was educated at the independent Arts Educational School, Tring Park in Hertfordshire.
Singleton wanted to be a dancer and for two years attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She won a scholarship for her first term and began her career as an actress at the New Theatre in B...
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Valerie Singleton OBE (born 9 April 1937) is an English television and radio presenter, best known as a presenter of the popular children's series, Blue Peter. She was educated at the independent Arts Educational School, Tring Park in Hertfordshire.
Singleton wanted to be a dancer and for two years attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She won a scholarship for her first term and began her career as an actress at the New Theatre in Bromley. In 1959, she starred in the sitcom The Adventures of Brigadier Wellington-Bull.
She joined the BBC in 1961 as a continuity announcer and in 1962 joined Blue Peter where she stayed until 1972. She then continued until 1975 in a part-time role as a 'roving reporter'. Along with John Noakes she continues to be more closely associated with Blue Peter than any other former presenter. (Singleton was for a long time credited for being the third presenter, but the disclosure in 1998 of Anita West as her predecessor meant she slipped down to...
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