Chloe Ashcroft

Chloe Ashcroft
Ashcroft in 2004
Born (1942-07-07) 7 July 1942 (age 82)
Occupation(s)Actress and former children's TV presenter
SpouseDavid Hargreaves

Chloe Ashcroft (born 7 July 1942) is a British actress and a 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 (1984), 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]

  1. ^ "Play School - six years of success with under fives". The Stage. 28 May 1970. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  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.
  4. ^ "Weekend at Home". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. 22 June 1968. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  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.
  7. ^ "'Ghosts'". Birmingham Daily Post. 15 June 1967. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "The Father". The Stage. 31 March 1988. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Getting the Balance Right". The Stage. 14 March 1991. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.