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- From milk bottle tops and sticky back plastic to feats of derring-do and famous Tracy Island ‘makes’, 37 presenters, 25 pets and one million badges, the longest running children’s TV show in the world - Blue Peter - celebrates 60 years on the BBC with a Big Birthday extravaganza on Tuesday 16 October 2018.
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Between the 1960s and 2011 the programme was made at BBC Television Centre, and often came from Studio 1, the fourth-largest TV studio in Britain and one of the largest in Europe. This enabled Blue Peter to include large-scale demonstrations and performances within the live programme.
Sep 23, 2018 · Blue Peter was created by John Hunter Blair. Throughout the programme's 60-year history, there have been just seven editors: Biddy Baxter, Lewis Bronze, Oliver Macfarlane, Steve Hocking,...
Oct 16, 2023 · 19. Since 2017, Blue Peter’s plastic badges have been made out of recycled yoghurt pots in a solar-powered factory in Cornwall.
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Blue Peter was first aired on 16 October 1958. It had been commissioned to producer John Hunter Blair by Owen Reed, the head of children's programmes at the BBC, as there were no programmes in existence that catered for children aged between five and eight. Reed got his inspiration after watching Children's Television Club, the brainchild of former...
From Monday October 7, 1960, Blue Peter was switched from every Friday to every Monday and extended from 15 minutes to 20 minutes (17.00-17.20). In 1961, Hunter Blair became ill, and was often absent. After he produced his last edition on 12 June 1961, a series of temporary producers took up the post. Hunter Blair was replaced the following Septemb...
The first colour edition of Blue Peter aired on 14 September 1970, and the last black and white edition on 24 June 1974. A regular feature of the 1970s were the Special Assignments, which were essentially reports on interesting topics, filmed on location. Singleton took this role, and in effect became the programme's "roving reporter". Blue Peter a...
The 2000s started off when two time capsules that had been buried on Blue Peter were opened up. The former presenters were invited back to assist, and the rest of the programme looked at life in the 1970s when the first capsule was buried. With Hill's departure and replacement by Liz Barker in 2000, the new team of Konnie Huq, Simon Thomas, Matt Ba...
Oct 15, 2008 · 50 things we learned from Blue Peter. The BBC's most famous children's show celebrates its half-century today. Here, Alice Wyllie lists the triumphs and – often comical – tribulations that ...
Blue Peter presenters Lesley Judd, Peter Purves and John Noakes demonstrate some exciting new technology with no strings attached - a completely portable telephone.
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Jun 21, 2024 · Here are 10 classic clips that will remind you why Blue Peter has been so beloved by many generations. Blue Peter was first broadcast on 16 October 1958 and is the longest running...
