Peter SCOTT CBE, DSC (1909-1989)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Peter Scott, ornithologist, conservationist, painter and naval officer, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the King’s Theatre, Hammersmith.
Peter, the only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Scott, was already a talented artist and Olympic bronze medal winner when he served in the Royal Navy during World War II, receiving the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery.
In 1948, he founded the Severn Wildfowl Trust at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire. Today the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust is a leading UK conservation organisation saving wetlands for wildlife and people across the world.
Photographs of Peter Scott This Is Your Life (click images to enlarge)
programme details...
- Edition No: 16
- Subject No: 16
- Broadcast live: Mon 1 Oct 1956
- Broadcast time: 8.15-8.45pm
- Venue: King’s Theatre Hammersmith
- Series: 2
- Edition: 1
on the guest list...
- Philippa Scott - wife
- Uffa Fox
- Mike Bratby
- Ludwig Koch
- Dr Finnen Gudmundssen
- Lt. P E Mason
- Captain J S Southcott
- Lt. R M Hall
- Mrs Uffa Fox
related appearances...
- Marie Rambert - Feb 1962
- Uffa Fox - Jan 1963
- Gerald Durrell - Feb 1983
external links...
production team...
- Researchers: Peter Moore, Nigel Ward
- Writer: Gale Pedrick
- Producer: T Leslie Jackson