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Konnie Huq, the 26th presenter, was the longest-serving continuing female presenter, from 1997 to 2008. The first presenters of Blue Peter were Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Trace presented for nearly nine years, and Williams for just over three years (although no footage of her has been retained by the BBC). [5]
[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.
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. [1] [2]
Konnie Huq (born Kanak Asha Huq / ˈ h ʌ k /; on 17 July 1975) is a British television and radio presenter, screenwriter and children's author.She became the longest-serving female presenter of the British children's television programme Blue Peter, presenting it from 1997 to 2008.
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Blue Peter is a British children's television program, shown live on the CBBC channel. It first aired in 1958 and is the longest-running children's TV show in the world. Although the show has a nautical title and theme, it is a magazine/entertainment show containing viewer and presenter challenges, as well as art and craft creat
Former Blue Peter presenter Yvette Fielding has claimed she was bullied while working on the BBC kids’ TV show.. Fielding, 55, joined the show in 1987, aged 18, and still holds the record of ...
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 ...