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About Peter Whitbread
- Peter Bruce Pauling Whitbread (25 October 1928 – 26 October 2004) was an English actor and screenwriter. He was born in Norfolk, England and educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk. He had a long career in the theatre, including several seasons with the New Shakespeare Company.
- In his later years he devised and performed one-man shows.Beyond acting, he worked as a director, playwright and screenwriter.
- He concentrated mostly on writing for the theatre, and in 1974 his drama Mr Axelford’s Angel won the Emmy Award for Best Television Play.
- He also wrote scripts for the television soap opera Emmerdale Farm, and all the episodes of Southern Television children's series The Flockton Flyer. He died after a road accident near his home at Briningham, near Melton Constable, Norfolk.
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