Peter Luck
Australian TV presenter & writer (1944-2017)
Peter Anthony Luck (5 January 1944, 6 September 2017) was an Australian author, TV journalist, producer and presenter.
01Career
As a television personality, among the shows he worked on were This Day Tonight, Four Corners, Sunday, Inside Edition and Today Tonight, Bicentennial Minutes … A Time to Remember, This Fabulous Century, The Australians, 50 Fantastic Years and Where Are They Now?.
This Fabulous Century was a 37-part series produced by the Seven Network, after Luck's previous employer, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation had declined, believing that a series that relied so heavily on black-and-white film, when the country had only recently switched to colour television, would not be successful. It was shown on Sunday nights on Seven, and became the hit of 1979.
02Personal life
Peter Luck was raised in Adelaide, South Australia, and attended Findon High School. Luck was married to Penny for 43 years, and they had a son and daughter. Luck suffered a stroke which left him with limited speech and physical incapacity.
03Death
Luck died on 6 September 2017 at Concord Repatriation General Hospital. He had cancer and Parkinson's disease when he died.
04Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS | ||
| And The Word Was Gough (with Michael Carlton) |
|
55 |
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Peter Luck”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Fathomly is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Spotted a problem? Tell us.