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Simon Groom (born 12 August 1950) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 television presenter and former disc jockey
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
, best known as a former presenter of Blue Peter
Blue Peter

Blue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel....
.

Groom was born in Chesterfield
Chesterfield

Chesterfield is a market town and a Borough status in the United Kingdom of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of the city of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers River Rother, South Yorkshire and River Hipper....
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains....
, and was brought up on a farm in Dethick, which he often visited for Blue Peter reports. He then attended Birmingham University and worked briefly as an English teacher before becoming a disc jockey and joining Blue Peter in 1978.

Groom's many co-presenters on Blue Peter until leaving in 1986 were Lesley Judd
Lesley Judd

Lesley Judd is an English dancer and TV presenter, best known as a long-serving host of the BBC children's programme Blue Peter. She was educated at the independent Royal Ballet School....
, John Noakes
John Noakes

John Noakes is a United Kingdom actor, presenter and television personality, best known for co-presenting the BBC children's magazine programme Blue Peter in the 1960s and 1970s....
, Christopher Wenner
Christopher Wenner

Christopher Wenner is a journalist and former British presenter.On 14 September 1978, he became a presenter on the British children's television programme, Blue Peter....
, Tina Heath
Tina Heath

Tina Heath is a British actress and former television presenter. In 1973, she played the title role in the popular children's television serial Lizzie Dripping; her character was supposed to be 12 years old, but in fact Tina was already 20 at the time....
, Peter Duncan
Peter Duncan (actor)

Peter Duncan is a British actor and television presenter, best known as a presenter of Blue Peter and for his later family travel documentaries....
, Sarah Greene
Sarah Greene

Sarah Greene is a British television presenter, probably most famous for presenting the popular children's television show Blue Peter, from 19 May 1980 until 27 June 1983....
, Janet Ellis
Janet Ellis

Janet Ellis is a television presenter and former actress, who appeared on BBC children's television during the 1980s. She is perhaps best remembered as a presenter on Blue Peter, a role she won after hosting the award-winning children's programme Jigsaw ....
 and Michael Sundin
Michael Sundin

Michael Sundin was a television presenter, actor, dancer and trampoline, who was best remembered for his short spell as a Blue Peter presenter ....
.

He became known among the programme's production team for his ability to ad lib innuendo
Innuendo

An innuendo is, according to the Advanced Oxford Learner's Dictionary an indirect remark about somebody or something, usually suggesting something bad or rude; the use of remarks like this: "innuendoes about her private life" or "The song is full of sexual innuendo." ...
 in his broadcasting (which would pass over the heads of the programme's main audience of children unnoticed).






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Simon Groom (born 12 August 1950) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 television presenter and former disc jockey
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
, best known as a former presenter of Blue Peter
Blue Peter

Blue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel....
.

Groom was born in Chesterfield
Chesterfield

Chesterfield is a market town and a Borough status in the United Kingdom of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of the city of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers River Rother, South Yorkshire and River Hipper....
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains....
, and was brought up on a farm in Dethick, which he often visited for Blue Peter reports. He then attended Birmingham University and worked briefly as an English teacher before becoming a disc jockey and joining Blue Peter in 1978.

Groom's many co-presenters on Blue Peter until leaving in 1986 were Lesley Judd
Lesley Judd

Lesley Judd is an English dancer and TV presenter, best known as a long-serving host of the BBC children's programme Blue Peter. She was educated at the independent Royal Ballet School....
, John Noakes
John Noakes

John Noakes is a United Kingdom actor, presenter and television personality, best known for co-presenting the BBC children's magazine programme Blue Peter in the 1960s and 1970s....
, Christopher Wenner
Christopher Wenner

Christopher Wenner is a journalist and former British presenter.On 14 September 1978, he became a presenter on the British children's television programme, Blue Peter....
, Tina Heath
Tina Heath

Tina Heath is a British actress and former television presenter. In 1973, she played the title role in the popular children's television serial Lizzie Dripping; her character was supposed to be 12 years old, but in fact Tina was already 20 at the time....
, Peter Duncan
Peter Duncan (actor)

Peter Duncan is a British actor and television presenter, best known as a presenter of Blue Peter and for his later family travel documentaries....
, Sarah Greene
Sarah Greene

Sarah Greene is a British television presenter, probably most famous for presenting the popular children's television show Blue Peter, from 19 May 1980 until 27 June 1983....
, Janet Ellis
Janet Ellis

Janet Ellis is a television presenter and former actress, who appeared on BBC children's television during the 1980s. She is perhaps best remembered as a presenter on Blue Peter, a role she won after hosting the award-winning children's programme Jigsaw ....
 and Michael Sundin
Michael Sundin

Michael Sundin was a television presenter, actor, dancer and trampoline, who was best remembered for his short spell as a Blue Peter presenter ....
.

He became known among the programme's production team for his ability to ad lib innuendo
Innuendo

An innuendo is, according to the Advanced Oxford Learner's Dictionary an indirect remark about somebody or something, usually suggesting something bad or rude; the use of remarks like this: "innuendoes about her private life" or "The song is full of sexual innuendo." ...
 in his broadcasting (which would pass over the heads of the programme's main audience of children unnoticed). Probably his most famous such statement was at the end of a piece on a replacement door knocker at Durham Cathedral declared that together they were a lovely pair of knockers. Another classic remark followed a piece about hedge maintenance where he closed with the remark, "Yes, Sarah
Sarah Greene

Sarah Greene is a British television presenter, probably most famous for presenting the popular children's television show Blue Peter, from 19 May 1980 until 27 June 1983....
, if you want a good lay, you need a good length."

After leaving Blue Peter, Simon spent several years with BBC Three Counties Radio
BBC Three Counties Radio

BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the England Counties of England of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire ....
 as the mid-morning and later the mid-afternoon presenter, following which he presented Groom's Gold - "two hours of great music and nostalgia to brighten your weekend" - for BBC Radio Sheffield
BBC Radio Sheffield

BBC Radio Sheffield is the BBC Local Radio service for England Metropolitan Counties of England of South Yorkshire and the north Midlands. It was the BBC local radio station, beginning on 15 November 1967....
.

In 2008, Groom and his wife Gilly own Dethick Manor Farm
Dethick Manor

Dethick Manor is a 16th century manor house, situated at Dethick, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, much altered in the 18th century and converted to use as a farmhouse....
. The couple run the 170 acre farm which also offers bed and breakfast.

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