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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]
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.
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.
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 ]
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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 ...
Petra (4 November 1962 – 14 September 1977) was a female mongrel that appeared on Blue Peter between 1962 and 1977. Petra was the first Blue Peter pet, and remains one of the best known. Up to May 2011, Petra is the longest-serving Blue Peter pet. [2] She was weighed on one of the episodes and found to weigh about 2 stone (28 lb; 13 kg).