Peter Anthony West (20 August 1920 — 2 September 2003) was an English journalist and occasional actor. As a freelancer, he worked for the BBC in radio and television for forty years in every department, sans Drama. He covered BBC cricket for 35 summers, rugby union for forty winters, 27 Wimbledon tennis tournaments, and various other broadcasting assignments, including the long-running 'Come Dancing'. He was a cricket and rugby union correspondent for The Times and The Daily Telegraph for a number of years. He was the founding editor of 'The Playfair Cricket Annual' from 1948 to 1953 and was the first President of the Cheltenham Cricket Society.
West was a genial anchorman for the BBC's televised Test Cricket coverage, during the seventies and eighties. While doing this, he formed a successful partnership with Ted Dexter and others. He co-founded a successful public relations consultancy, called 'West McNally'. Upon his retirement, he published his autobiography, 'Flannelled Fool an...
