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Shaw Taylor MBE (26 October 1924 – 17 March 2015) was a British actor and television presenter.[1]
Born Eric Taylor, he served in the RAF, and trained at RADA. He then acted on stage in the West End and on tour. He was an announcer for Associated TeleVision when the normal announcer was not available. He then had a variety of acting roles in film and television from the 1950s on, and presented various game shows including Password, Tell the Truth, Dotto, This Is Your Chance and The Law Game (BBC Radio 2). In the early sixties he and Muriel Young co-hosted a music programme on Radio Luxembourg called The Friday Spectacular. In 1972 he presented a pilot episode of Whodunnit? on ITV, before the show was taken over by Edward Woodward for the first series (1973) and then Jon Pertwee from series two to series six (1974-78).
Taylor was best known for presenting Police 5, a long-running 5-minute television programme first broadcast in 1962 that appealed to the public to help solve crimes. He later presented a spin-off show for younger viewers called Junior Police 5, aka JP5. His catchphrase was "Keep 'em peeled!" - asking viewers to be vigilant. This was originally used at the end of every JP5 programme but, according to Taylor himself, "...at the suggestion of a friend I tried it out on the adult Police 5. I thought it sounded a bit naff at first but then the studio crew seemed to get withdrawal symptoms if I didn't say it at the end of the programme and it became a catchphrase that complete strangers still shout at me in the street".[citation needed]
In 2008, at the age of 83, Taylor featured as himself hosting Police 5 in the seventh episode of the BBC TV drama Ashes to Ashes, set in October 1981, in which he uses the aforedescribed "Keep 'em peeled!" In 2014, at the age of 89, he returned to TV with a weekly segment on the new, Channel 5 version of Police 5, and revived his 'keep 'em peeled!' catchphrase. He played bridge and presented a television series on the subject.
Taylor died at his home in Totland on the Isle of Wight on 17 March 2015, aged 90. He was survived by his partner, Shirley.
Born Eric Taylor, he served in the RAF, and trained at RADA. He then acted on stage in the West End and on tour. He was an announcer for Associated TeleVision when the normal announcer was not available. He then had a variety of acting roles in film and television from the 1950s on, and presented various game shows including Password, Tell the Truth, Dotto, This Is Your Chance and The Law Game (BBC Radio 2). In the early sixties he and Muriel Young co-hosted a music programme on Radio Luxembourg called The Friday Spectacular. In 1972 he presented a pilot episode of Whodunnit? on ITV, before the show was taken over by Edward Woodward for the first series (1973) and then Jon Pertwee from series two to series six (1974-78).
Taylor was best known for presenting Police 5, a long-running 5-minute television programme first broadcast in 1962 that appealed to the public to help solve crimes. He later presented a spin-off show for younger viewers called Junior Police 5, aka JP5. His catchphrase was "Keep 'em peeled!" - asking viewers to be vigilant. This was originally used at the end of every JP5 programme but, according to Taylor himself, "...at the suggestion of a friend I tried it out on the adult Police 5. I thought it sounded a bit naff at first but then the studio crew seemed to get withdrawal symptoms if I didn't say it at the end of the programme and it became a catchphrase that complete strangers still shout at me in the street".[citation needed]
In 2008, at the age of 83, Taylor featured as himself hosting Police 5 in the seventh episode of the BBC TV drama Ashes to Ashes, set in October 1981, in which he uses the aforedescribed "Keep 'em peeled!" In 2014, at the age of 89, he returned to TV with a weekly segment on the new, Channel 5 version of Police 5, and revived his 'keep 'em peeled!' catchphrase. He played bridge and presented a television series on the subject.
Taylor died at his home in Totland on the Isle of Wight on 17 March 2015, aged 90. He was survived by his partner, Shirley.
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was he not on panel of new faces with mickie most and tony hatch ?
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Not that I'm aware of mm. Mickie and Tony were excellent. Said it like it is and knew the business, unlike a lot of judges these days.
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he was a well known face back in the day on the local news after 6pm
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Not a show that I ever watched so I googled it.
No mention of Shaw Taylor, RIP, on the panel of judges but says Arthur Askey was. Surely not. |
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So. Farewell
Then, Shaw Taylor, Former host of Police 5. "Keep 'em peeled!" That was your Catchphrase. But now, Unfortunately, Yours are closed. |
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Excellent! Screaming. Worthy of the organ. Send it in.
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I liked him,was a cool guy, Benny Hill use to do Police 5 sketches, under the names of Sure,or Shore Taylor .
My mate saw him at a party many years ago, I think he was knocking about with Fann y Craddock |
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shirley taylor
RIP |
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Throughout Cradock's four turbulent marriages her close friendship with Police 5 host Shaw Taylor remained a source of respite and comfort. Only once did their relationship threaten to hit the headlines, when a visit to the set of the Benny Hill Show[93] led to a drunken and jealous Bob Todd threatening Taylor with a broken bottle of Liebfraumilch.[94]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Cradock |
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great stuff screaming - sounds like something chitchat's made up.
RIP |
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screaming ....very funny
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gotta say I've never heard of him, or those shows you mentioned.
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Fanny Cradock, despite her 'upper class' ways, was born in Leytonstone, east London.
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,rip shaw ,sounds like he didn't go short of fanny !
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 at both Screaming posts. |