Percy Thrower
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Percy Thrower (30 January 1913 - 18 March 1988) was a British gardener. He presented various gardening programmes, including the BBC's Gardeners' World from 1969 until 1976. He was also the gardener on the children's programme Blue Peter from 1974 until 1987, the longest-serving Blue Peter gardener. He is affectionately referred to as 'Percy Chucker' by Alan Titchmarsh, who credits him with inspiring him to take up gardening.
Thrower has been described as "Britain's first celebrity gardener".[1]
