Television '' in 2011 (pictured with
Chloe Madeley and
Michael Zenezini) During his early television career, Andi Peters worked for ITV as a presenter for
Thames Television and as in-vision
continuity announcer for Children's ITV. He was taken on by the
BBC in 1989 as a presenter on
Children's BBC for
The Broom Cupboard, succeeding
Phillip Schofield and
Andy Crane. Peters was accompanied by
Edd the Duck, a
hand puppet with a green
mohican but, contrary to popular belief, never actually manipulated the puppet. Peters hosted
The Broom Cupboard for just over four years, leaving in 1993. He went on to present
Take Two, a
BBC Children's comments programme, and BBC Children's Saturday morning television programme
Live & Kicking with
Emma Forbes and
John Barrowman He quit his position as producer of
Top of the Pops in 2005 when the show was moved to BBC Two, although it was denied he was leaving because of the move and declining ratings. In 2013 and 2014, Peters narrated the
ITV2 reality series
The Big Reunion, which shows the reunions of pop groups. He appeared in the ITV daytime show
Show Me the Telly a number of times towards the end of 2013. Since 28 April 2014, Peters has hosted competitions on the breakfast news programme
Good Morning Britain, and also the ITV daytime game show
Ejector Seat, which aired for a very short period in 2014 as a temporary replacement for
Tipping Point. He appears on ''
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'' as a competition presenter. From 2020 to 2021, Peters occasionally guest hosted the ITV show
Lorraine.
Film Peters had a minor part in the 1999 animated film
Toy Story 2, in which he provided the voice of Male Baggage Handler #1. Director
John Lasseter offered the role to him while Peters was interviewing Lasseter for a Channel 4 "
making-of" documentary. Because his US
work visa did not cover voiceover work, Peters had to record his line in the UK over a live broadcast to the Pixar studio. ==References==