Mr & Mrs Host Derek Batey Dies Aged 84

	Mr & Mrs Host Derek Batey Dies Aged 84 The presenter became a household name after the gameshow moved from local television to a national slot on ITV.Popular TV host Derek Batey has died at the age of 84. The presenter found fame as the host of gameshow Mr & Mrs in the 1970s and 1980s. ITV announced that he had died at a hospice near his home in Lytham St Annes on Sunday night, following a short illness. Batey spent most of his career with Border TV - where he worked for nearly 30 years - gaining the nickname 'Mr Border'. While there he had huge success presenting Mr and Mrs, a programme he had originally seen on Canadian TV. The simple but entertaining gameshow pitted married couples against each other in a quiz that tested how well they really knew their husband or wife. At its peak in the 1970s the show was pulling in nine million viewers. Batey then adapted the show to theatre and had further success with a stage version. Phillip Schofield, who presents the modern celebrity version of the show for ITV - on which Batey acted as a consultant - tweeted: "Very sad news. Will be thinking of him when we're next in the studio." Batey also presented a chat show, Look Who's Talking, and at one point in his early career tried his hand at being a ventriloquist.	From: Computergirls1985 Views: 0 0 ratings
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