Shaw Taylor

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Shaw Taylor MBE (born 26 October 1924 in Hackney, London) is a British actor and television presenter.

He served in the RAF and trained at RADA. He then acted on stage in the West End and on tour. He was an announcer for ATV when the normal announcer was not available. He then had a variety of acting roles in film and television from the 1950s onwards, and presented various game shows including; Password, Tell the Truth and This Is Your Chance.

He is today best known for presenting Police 5, a long-running television programme first broadcast in 1962 that appealed to the public to help solve crimes. He later presented a spin-off show for younger viewers called Junior Police 5, aka JP5. His catchphrase was "Keep 'em peeled!" - asking viewers to be vigilant. This was used at the end of every JP5 programme, but it became so famous that it became wrongly associated with the original Police 5. The show's running time was 5 minutes, hence (Junior) Police 5. In 2008, at the age of 83, he featured as himself hosting Police 5 in an episode of the BBC TV drama Ashes to Ashes, set in 1981.

He plays bridge and presented a Television series on the subject.