This Is Your Life: Peter Scott

Peter SCOTT CBE, DSC (1909-1989)

THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Peter Scott, conservationist, painter, sportsman and broadcaster, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith, having been led to believe he was there to take part in a different programme.

Peter, who was born in London, the only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Scott, was a keen artist in his youth and became known as a painter of wildlife, particularly birds. He was also a yachting enthusiast and represented Great Britain at sailing at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, winning a bronze medal in the O-Jolle monotype class.

During the Second World War, Peter served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery. In 1948, he founded the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire. He later led several ornithological expeditions worldwide, and in 1955 he became a household name when he presented the BBC television natural history programme Look.

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