Chloe Ashcroft

Chloe Ashcroft
Born (1942-07-07) 7 July 1942
Occupation Children's TV presenter

Chloe Ashcroft (born 7 August 1942) is an actor and former presenter of several BBC children's TV programmes, including Play School,[1][2] Play Away, Hokey-Cokey, Excuse Me,[3] All Change,[4] and Pie in the Sky. She also appeared in the Doctor Who story Resurrection of the Daleks, playing Professor Laird.[5]

Before her television career, she appeared in several stage plays in the 1960s, and returned to the stage in the 1980s.[6][7][8] Outside of acting, she has worked as a teacher. She now lives in Whiteshill and Ruscombe in Gloucestershire with her husband, the actor David Hargreaves, with whom she has two children.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Play School - six years of success with under fives". The Stage. 28 May 1970. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ "Classic TV|Play School", BBC, Retrieved 12 October 2018
  3. ↑ "TV Guide". Liverpool Echo. 30 March 1979. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "Weekend at Home". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. 22 June 1968. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ Muir, John Kenneth (2008) A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television, McFarland & Co., ISBN 978-0786437160, p. 337
  6. ↑ "An Enchanting Revival of 'Trelawny of the 'Wells". The Stage. 15 July 1965. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ "'Ghosts'". Birmingham Daily Post. 15 June 1967. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ "The Father". The Stage. 31 March 1988. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ "Getting the Balance Right". The Stage. 14 March 1991. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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