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Blue Peter is a British children's television programme created by John Hunter Blair.The first programme was broadcast on 16 October 1958. [1] It is the longest-running children's television programme in the world, [2] [3] and also one of the longest-running television programmes in the world.
John Noakes (born John Wallace Bottomley; 6 March 1934 – 28 May 2017) was an English television presenter and actor.He co-presented the BBC children's magazine programme Blue Peter in the 1960s and 1970s and is the show's longest-serving presenter, with a tenure that lasted 12 years and six months.
[28] [29] A third presenter, John Noakes, was introduced at the end of 1965 and became the longest-serving presenter. A complete contrast to Trace, Noakes set the scene for "daredevil" presenters that has continued through the generations of presenters. [30] Trace left Blue Peter in July 1967, [31] and was replaced by Peter Purves in November.
Looking back to 1958, right up to the present day, here's all the presenters (well, the human ones anyway) who've fronted Blue Peter over the years.
On 22 January 2008, she hosted her final Blue Peter, with a clip show of her highlights through the ten years she had been on the programme. [22] She is the third longest-serving Blue Peter presenter and its longest-serving female host, having passed Valerie Singleton's record on 1 October 2007. [23]
Lesley Judd (born 20 December 1946) is a British former television presenter and dancer, best known as a long-serving host of the BBC children's programme Blue Peter (1972–1979). Background [ edit ]
After leaving Doctor Who, Purves became a regular presenter on the children's magazine programme Blue Peter from 1967 to 1978. [7] He co-presented Blue Peter first with John Noakes and Valerie Singleton, and then with Noakes and Lesley Judd, during the programme's perceived golden age. After Noakes, Purves is the longest-serving male Blue Peter ...
Fielding joined the kids’ show as it’s youngest-ever presenter in 1987