Derek Batey (born 8 August 1928 in Brampton, Cumberland) is a former British television presenter and television executive.
Batey was educated at the White House School, Brampton, and after appearing in clubs as a ventriloquist he made his first TV appearance in 1958 as an interviewer for the BBC. In 1961 he moved to the newly established Border Television, where he became known as "a classless hero who blazed a trail in popular television." He is best known for hosting the original 450-episode run of the game show Mr and Mrs, which was for a long time the only programme produced by Border Television that was networked nationally. He also hosted the talk show Look Who's Talking. He was officially Assistant Controller of Programmmes for Border Television, but like some other ITV regional executives, including Jack Hargreaves at Southern Television, and Brian Connell at Anglia Television, he continued to present programmes.
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