Peter is a radio presenter, television announcer and voice over artist who rose to prominence in the 1990s. He started off as a continuity announcer on BBC Northern Ireland and ended up as the television newsreader.
He moved to London and became one of the continuity announcers at
prestigious BBC Radio 4.
Since then he has worked extensively as an announcer on the game shows
and is one of the most prominent tv voice artists in the UK today.
He has also worked closely with Steve Wright, creating, writing and
voicing many of the household name characters for Steve's afternoon
and morning award winning shows on BBC Radio 1 during the 80s and early
90s.
In 1990, he launched the immensely successful Melody Radio (now
Magic 105.4) in London, where he presented the breakfast show for four
years. He continues to present music and entertainment shows for BBC
Radio 2 and has contributed to two series of Quote Unquote for BBC
Radio 4.
Peter was on board for the 25-part series of Family Fortunes starring
Les Dennis and was Patrick Kielty's choice to carry the demanding
live voice work on Last Chance Lottery Live. He has also contributed
to They Think It's All Over, Catchphrase, TV's Naughtiest Blunders,
Safe, and to Monkey Dust.
Peter has written for The Fast Show, Play Your Cards Right and many
other TV shows.
Since 1998 Peter has worked closely with the Discovery Channel, narrating
over 250 of their documentaries.
Peter's voice is heard daily on most commercial radio stations across
the UK.
In multimedia Peter has completed the voices for several video games.
In 2004, Peter was cast to play various character roles in The Department,
a comedy series on BBC Radio 4.
Although he can be often heard using a variety of accents and voices,
Peter's most well-known booming vocal style is similar to the late
Patrick Allen, and following Allen's death in 2006 he took over as
the voice of digital tv channel E4.