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The Blue Peter Book Awards were a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999 and 2000. The awards were managed by reading charity, BookTrust, from 2006 until the final award in 2022. From 2013 until the final award, there were two ...
The pin badges were introduced to the programme by editor Biddy Baxter in 1963, from an idea by Blue Peter producer Edward Barnes. The design, a shield containing the Blue Peter ship logo, was designed by Tony Hart. Coincidentally, Hart's plasticine companion, Morph, was awarded one in 1981 by Blue Peter presenter at the time Sarah Greene ...
Blue Peter currently airs weekly on Fridays in the United Kingdom on CBBC, a digital television channel. The show is produced in a magazine format, often transmitting live, and features a combination of studio presentation, interviews and outside broadcasting items. [1] There have been forty-three official presenters of Blue Peter.
Blue Peter's second garden was officially opened on Thursday 23 February 2012 by The Princess Royal. [97] Like its predecessor, it continues to be used throughout the year for outdoor broadcasts and live events. In 2022, the BBC's centenary year, Blue Peter got a new temporary garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The new garden was inspired ...
The awards were discontinued in 2022, with the 2021 awards being the last ones made. [4] [8] Just one month later, the Blue Peter Book Award was also discontinued; this left only three widely recognized awards for UK children's literature (the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Carnegie Medal, and the Kate Greenaway Medal). [9]
She departed Blue Peter in September 2023, the third presenter to leave the program in 14 months, [11] prompting suggestions that the program could be cancelled after 65 years. [12] After a period with Lauren Layfield as guest host, [ 13 ] she was replaced full-time in January 2024 by TikToker Shini Muthukrishnan.
Jordan Strauss/AP/Shutterstock A night to remember! The 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards celebrated the best and brightest of film and TV on Sunday, February 27. Nominations were announced ...
In 2009, received a Gold Badge, and in 2015, received a Sport Badge from Blue Peter. [102] [103] [104] In April 2010, received the Ian Wooldridge Award. [105] In 2011, unveiled on the Sheffield Legends 'Walk of Fame'. [106] In July 2011, a lifesize model of Ennis was unveiled at Madame Tussaud's in London. [107]