Yvette Fielding looks back: ‘Blue Peter gave me balls of steel – it’s helped me deal with lots of backstabbing people in TV’
The Most Haunted presenter on how Biddy Baxter, the tough children’s show producer, made her look after Bonnie the dog – but in doing so gave her a backbone
October 2023
Digested week
Digested week: When should we talk to children about the very worst things?
Emma Brockes
‘I was a shaking, gibbering wreck’: ex-Blue Peter presenter Yvette Fielding claims she was ‘bullied’ on the show
September 2023
Letter: John Nettleton obituary
John Garforth writes: It was not until Yes Minister that I was able put a face to the voice
December 2022
The Christmas present I’ll never forget
I made my mum a brush out of a coat hanger and two balls of wool – the Christmas present I’ll never forget
Having no money and no clue, I took my gifting advice from Blue Peter. My mother put the homemade object in a drawer – and we never spoke of it again
August 2022
Rise of tubeless toilet paper a ‘complete catastrophe’, says Blue Peter star
Peter Purves says innovation to cut waste is a disaster for amateur arts and crafts
July 2022
Children’s books world reacts to ‘horrible loss’ of Blue Peter book awards
BookTrust which ran the awards said its limited resources would now be directed to disadvantaged families
December 2021
Richard Bacon on cancel culture, cocaine and his coma: ‘I’m good at getting back up again’
A medical crisis and an infamous sacking would have floored many people. But the presenter is busier than ever - both on and off screen
November 2021
Max Stahl obituary
Documentary-maker who captured East Timor atrocities on film and left behind his earlier career as a Blue Peter presenter
October 2021
Blue Peter presenter and film-maker Max Stahl dies aged 66
Stahl later became an award-winning journalist after exposing a massacre in Timor-Leste
September 2021
Flashback
Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Janet Ellis: ‘Having a famous mum was a high value currency when I was little’
Edward Barnes obituary
March 2021
Sesame Street to Bugbears: the kids' TV that challenges racism
Muppets learn about race, young cooks show off global cuisines, and a cuban-American girl seeks election, as children’s shows explore identity and diversity
February 2021
Watched with mother
Lucy Worsley: ‘I thought my parents’ TV was a waste of money’
The historian and presenter recalls how Michael Wood’s revelatory documentaries and Blue Peter made an impression on her despite a television-light upbringing
January 2021
Here’s one that sailed earlier … sketch that launched the Blue Peter badge
Auction reveals how Tony Hart’s work on another BBC project inspired his galleon for the children’s show
December 2020
Here's one I made earlier: Blue Peter daredevil Peter Duncan's DIY panto
The former children’s TV presenter has made a festive spectacular with friends and family. It’s Jack and the Beanstalk – filmed in his own back garden
September 2020
Shortcuts
Badge of honour: Adam Beales named as Blue Peter’s 40th presenter
Three million viewers already follow “Adam B” on YouTube. Won’t this BBC job get in the way of his video pranks?
May 2020
David Bowie, Adele and Beyoncé: BBC unveils Glastonbury coverage
Classic sets to be shown in place of 50th anniversary festival scuppered by coronavirus
October 2019
Weekend magazine generation gap special
'All the hood rats would jam with us': Grandmaster Flash, AJ Tracey and other artists on the generation gap
What difference does a decade or two make in the worlds of music, kids’ TV and poetry?
July 2019
Poopers and bloopers: the greatest TV fails
It’s 50 years since Lulu the elephant went rogue on Blue Peter. We look back at the biting ferrets, gurning kids and sweary slips that have delighted viewers, and ask: are they a dying breed?
