Simon Groom

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Simon Groom (born August 12, 1950) is a British television presenter and former disc jockey, best known as a former presenter of Blue Peter. Groom was born in Derbyshire and was brought up on a farm, which he often visited for Blue Peter reports.

Groom's many co-presenters on Blue Peter were Lesley Judd, John Noakes, Christopher Wenner, Tina Heath, Peter Duncan, Sarah Greene, Janet Ellis and Michael Sundin.

He became known among the programme's production team for his ability to ad lib innuendo in his broadcasting (which would pass 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; where Groom unleashed his genius by declaring that together they were a fine pair of knockers.