Valerie Singleton

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 The Arts Educational School, in Tring, Hertfordshire, to which the school had relocated from London at the outbreak of the Second World War. Singleton wanted to be a dancer and for two years attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She won a sc... more

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 The Arts Educational School, in Tring, Hertfordshire, to which the school had relocated from London at the outbreak of the Second World War. 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 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 3rd presenter, but the... less