Biography
Peter Batt was a British television writer and former sports journalist. He wrote seven episodes of the BBC soap opera EastEnders between 1985 and 1986, one of the original writers recruited for the series. He drew on his upbringing in Stepney, east London, for some of the early storylines.
Before turning to television, Batt worked as a reporter and sportswriter for newspapers including the London Evening News, the Daily Herald, The Sun and the Daily Star. He also had an acting credit in the 1983 television film Those Glory Glory Days and appeared as himself on the chat show Wogan in 1986. He died in 2011, aged 77.
