Now here is a name and a face from the early days of Television – Peter Haigh.

My main memory of him is as presenter of Picture Parade

Picture Parade was the first real attempt to review new cinema releases on television.     Peter Haigh was teamed up with the British film star Derek Bond, Haigh worked hard to make it popular, incorporating interviews with the likes of John Wayne, Anna Neagle and Joan Crawford.

He later presented ‘Movie Go Round’ on Radio – The Light Programme.

He also played in a number of very popular Television series – ‘Hancock’s Half Hour’  ‘ The Benny Hill Show’ and ‘ Charlie Drake’ and even played a Magistrate in the film  ‘Witchfinder  General’ a few years later in 1968 along with Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy,  Patrick Wymark,  Rupert Davies and lower down the cast list Wilfrid Brambell. In this film he played the Lavenham Magistrate.

In 1957 he married the lovely film star Jill Adams and they had a daughter.

I will always remember Jill Adams for ‘The Green Man’ ABOVE here with George Cole and Terry-Thomas – a real classic in my book.

In it she was due to marry her rather stuffy fiancé played brilliantly as always by the wonderful Colin Gordon

ABOVE – Jill Adams with fiancé – soon to be ex fiancé – in The Green Man

– who will ever forget Colin Gordon  as the Tax Inspector in P.A.Y.E an episode of  ‘Steptoe and Son’ – actually his very last screen appearance.