A golden era for Blue Peter; Television HERE'S one I made earlier ... Blue...

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  October 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: MARION McMULLEN 1 BLUE PETER first aired on October 16, 1958...will be programme number 4,406. 5 BLUE PETER is named after the blue and white...just pounds 100 for designing the Blue Peter symbol. 7 THE theme tune is called...

Blue Peter at 50 ; As the classic children's TV show celebrates its 50th...

Belfast Telegraph;  October 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......you'd immediately recognise it as the Blue Peter theme (though this year it was replaced...turns 50 tomorrow. Beginning in 1958, Blue Peter was the brainchild of BBC producer John...the show's emblem and on millions of Blue Peter badges ever since. He was paid Pounds...

Blue Peter sails off into the sunset for 'Dancing' star with stage set for...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  April 9, 2008 ;     616 words ......golden girl Katherine Jenkins, has quit Blue Peter three years after joining the long-running...plans live on last night's edition of Blue Peter. Among the jobs he already has lined...right for him to build on the success of Blue Peter and Strictly Come Dancing. It's a natural...

Hey, give Blue Peter a break

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  March 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Never sat comfortably with Blue Peter. And, despite its hallowed status, I...tuts, the inconvenient truth is this: Blue Peter, in my formative years, was at its worst...content. Now I've served my time with Blue Peter, so I'm not arguing from a position of...

Blue Peter turns red to tell children its 'sad news'

The Scotsman;  October 20, 1998 ;     687 words ......the set of Teletubbies. As if sacking a Blue Peter presenter for taking cocaine was not...not legal. As the time for yesterday's Blue Peter drew near, and the phrase "here's one...for children's programmes, including Blue Peter. "There was also some sad news for Blue...

Down Shep - and here's one we all made earlier; Lifestyle Blue Peter...

The Birmingham Post (England);  October 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......you'd immediately recognise it as the Blue Peter theme (or at least it was until this...turned 50 this week. Beginning in 1958, Blue Peter was the brainchild of BBC producer John...the show's emblem and on millions of Blue Peter badges ever since. He was paid pounds...

Stars of Blue Peter recall ones they made over 50 years at celebration tea...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 16, 2008 ;     691 words ...Byline: Sarah Miloudi BLUE PETER presenters past and present were...series. Four young viewers and some of Blue Peter's biggest stars were also invited...with adults and youngsters alike. Blue Peter editor Tim Levell said: Blue Peter...

Is it goodbye to sticky-back plastic? Blue Peter faces an uncertain future

The Sunday Herald;  March 6, 2005 ;     562 words ...THE editor of BBC children's staple Blue Peter has admitted the series may be in its...with our audience. Whether the idea of Blue Peter as just a television programme will remain...will survive?" According to Marsden, Blue Peter may become a mixed media venture, with...

Blue Peter girl grows up a little too blue!(News)

Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  December 20, 1998 ;     507 words ...FOR two years, she was the little Blue Peter girl who looked as if butter wouldn't...Richard Bacon, the sacked and shamed Blue Peter presenter. For two years, Romana played...children's TV presenter on the good ship Blue Peter, winning legions of fans. But she jumped...

Dear Blue Peter... You saved my life; BADGE BRIGADE: Blue Peter presenters...

The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  October 19, 2008 ;     693 words ......exception for the soiree celebrating Dear Blue Peter, a fascinating selection of the letters...inscrutable habits of the feather-footed vole, Blue Peter was the only normal and nice thing in...shouting, smacking and being bullied. Blue Peter was like a wholesome Enid Blyton ethos...

Blue Peter job is like a dream; S4C heart-throb's joy at landing role on...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  January 25, 2005 ;     394 words ......sexiest men in Wales last night joined the Blue Peter team. Gethin Jones, 26, is only the second...Tim Vincent, from Wrexham, presented Blue Peter in the 1990s. Gethin, who lives in Caernarfon...he follows in the famous footsteps of Blue Peter legends such as John Noakes and ...

Gethin says goodbye to all this; Presenter is quitting Blue Peter after a...

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  April 9, 2008 ;     628 words ......Come Dancing star Gethin Jones has quit Blue Peter three years after joining the long-running...plans live on last night's edition of Blue Peter. Among the jobs he already has lined...right for him to build on the success of Blue Peter and strictly Come Dancing. It's a natural...

50 YEARS OF BLUE PETER sundaybriefing

The Sunday Herald;  October 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......digital video-on- demand 1958 to 1968 Blue Peter first aired on October 16, 1958, and...just 15 minutes. The title refers to the Blue Peter flag. A ship flies this flag when it...Britain the previous year. The prized Blue Peter badge was launched on June 17, 1963...

BLUE PETER: THE DARK SIDE; Phone rigging fiasco isn't the first scandal to...

The Mirror (London, England);  March 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: By TIM LATCHEM NOW that Blue Peter has been dragged into the TV phone-rigging...controversy. Despite its wholesome image, Blue Peter has a dark, murky past... THE LOVE CHEAT...On a trip to Norway in 1968, the first Blue Peter presenter cheated on his wife with 19-year...

'Blue Peter' goes pink in cross-dressing Fringe show

The Independent - London;  June 23, 2008 ;     621 words ...Take one openly gay former Blue Peter presenter, dress him up in drag, add...Pink Peter, the show features the former Blue Peter frontman appearing as four female characters...than her sister and should have won the Blue Peter slot instead. The real Valerie Singleton...