In its golden age, the must-watch children’s show made household names of its presenters and gave us catchphrases still used to this day
The Blue Peter line-up in 1972: Peter Purves, Lesley Judd, Valerie Singleton and John Noakes with his dog Shep
As the weeks went by, however, the likeable pair, and their enthusiastic if only just slightly less than formal presentational style, caught on with viewers, and the show – broadcast weekly on Thursdays – expanded its remit to take advantage of this, bringing in competitions, short documentaries and the very first stirrings of what would become a much-loved institution: the Blue Peter “make”.was so popular that it was moved to a longer slot on Mondays, but behind the scenes all was not well.
The contents of one of the ‘Blue Peter’ time capsules, which was buried under the Millennium Dome on 11 June 1998 and accidentally dug up by construction workers in 2017 Mindful that a large percentage of the viewing audience might live in circumstances where they were unable to have a pet of their own, Baxter also introduced the idea of the show having resident animals, and the tradition of their names being chosen from viewers’ suggestions. Mongrel Petra – a secret last-minute replacement for another puppy who had been introduced on screen but died of distemper shortly before the following edition – joined in December 1962 as’s very first pet.
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