"the second and final ""Blue Peter"" parrot, brought into the programme in the 1960s after the death of the previous parrot, Joey. When Barney died, he was not replaced. There has not been a parrot since. Blue Peter pets The Blue Peter pets are animals that regularly appear on the long-running BBC children's television series ""Blue Peter"". For 27 years, when not on TV, these pets were often looked after by ""Blue Peter""'s long-standing pet keeper Edith Menezes, who died in 1994. The exceptions were the dogs Petra, Shep and Goldie, who lived with Peter Purves, John Noakes and Simon"
"Blue Peter Blue Peter is a British children's television programme that was first broadcast in 1958. The programme, which has had continuous seasons since it was first aired, is now the longest-running children's TV show in the world. It is currently shown live on the CBBC television channel. The show's content, which follows a magazine/entertainment format, features viewer and presenter challenges, competitions, celebrity interviews, popular culture and sections on making arts and crafts items from household items. The longevity of ""Blue Peter"" has established itself as a significant part of British culture. It was broadcast mainly from BBC Television Centre"
"Welephant Welephant is a red elephant cartoon character with a fireman's helmet, originally used as a mascot by fire brigades in the United Kingdom to promote fire safety to children. More recently however the character has become the mascot for the Children's Burn Trust. Welephant was created for the Greater Manchester Fire Service in order to promote awareness of the dangers of fire to the local school children. A competition was set where pupils of the local schools submitted drawings of a possible mascot that the fire department could use. Through popular demand, Welephant went National and was used by"
"Peter"" won the BAFTA for Best Children's Programme (Factual): Lewis Bronze. In 2008 ""Blue Peter"" was nominated for the BAFTA Children's Kids Vote Award. Asteroid 16197 Bluepeter is named in its honour. The asteroid was discovered on 7 January 2000, the day that the ""Blue Peter"" time capsules from 1971 and 1984 were unearthed. Blue Peter Blue Peter is a British children's television programme that was first broadcast in 1958. The programme, which has had continuous seasons since it was first aired, is now the longest-running children's TV show in the world. It is currently shown live on the CBBC"
"Children in Need BBC Children in Need (also promoted as in Wales) is the BBC's UK charity. Since 1980 it has raised over £1,000 million for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK. One of the highlights is an annual telethon, held in November and televised on BBC One and BBC Two from 7:30 pm until 2:30 am. ""Pudsey Bear"" is BBC Children in Need's mascot, whilst Sir Terry Wogan was its long-standing host for 35 years. A prominent annual event in British culture, Children in Need is one of three high profile British telethons. It is the only"
"Cloth of St Gereon The Cloth of St Gereon is a mural tapestry of a repeat pattern with a decorative motif of a bull being attacked by a griffin, a fantastic creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. The Cloth of St Gereon is the second oldest known European tapestry still existing, dating to the early 11th century. The oldest being Överhogdal tapestries. A number of European museums hold sections of the original cloth, which was cut into fragments in the 19th century. The seven-color tapestry shows medallions with bulls and griffins"
"Green Balloon Club Green Balloon Club is a BBC children's television program that started on CBeebies on 20 June 2008. Green Balloon Club is a wildlife club on CBeebies, both on screen and online. It is hosted by 4 children: Lily-Rose who loves flowers and plants, Ant whose specialty is minibeasts, Cat who is the animals expert and Jay whose interest is in birds. Together with Skipper the dog and their balloonist, Sky, the children fly around the UK looking out for other Green Balloon Club Members and having a look at what wildlife they have in their patch. Special"
"company Yorkshire Television and made into an English-language version. Directed by Steve Haynes. Music by Alan Parker ex Blue Mink. Goodie Tim Brooke-Taylor narrated the series, as well as providing all the voices – he estimates he had to do around 57 voices in all for the various characters, which included Winston the circus dog, Cornelia the tortoise, Stalker the poacher and even flying rabbits. Gideon (TV series) Gideon was a late 1970s/early 1980s animated UK children's television series. This basic animation was centred on Gideon, a duck with an unusually long neck. Gideon's abnormality was the subject of cruel"
"Blue Peter badge A ""Blue Peter"" badge is an award for ""Blue Peter"" viewers, given by the BBC children's television programme for those appearing on the show, or in recognition of achievement. They are awarded to children aged 6 to 15, or to adults who have been guests on the programme. Approximately 22,000 are distributed annually. The badges were introduced to the programme by editor Biddy Baxter in 1963, from an idea by ""Blue Peter"" producer Edward Barnes. Except for the ""Gold"" badge and the pre-2005 ""Competition Winners' Badge"", the badges are in the shape of a shield containing the"
"the CBBC Channel in early 2009 but has not been broadcast since then. Crisis Control Crisis Control is a BBC children's television series. The show is presented by 'The Commander', played by Garry Robson. Each week there is a major world crisis, such as a tsunami, killer disease, or volcano. Children acting as cadets compete as teams (Green and Orange Cadets) in different tests to earn stars. The rescue is co-ordinated from a high-tech emergency response control centre. The last test is usually a physical activity. The winning cadets gain 'Crisis Control's ultimate accolade', the Golden Emblem. The runners up"
"Knightmare Knightmare is a British children's adventure game show, created by Tim Child, and broadcast over eight series on CITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994. The general format of the show is on a team of four children - one who takes on the game, and three acting as their guide and advisers - attempting to complete a quest within a fantasy medieval environment, traversing a large dungeon and using their wits to overcome puzzles, obstacles and the unusual characters they meet along the journey. The show is most notable for its use of blue screen chroma"
"are a lion named Llew (""Lion""), an elephant named Plwmp (""Direct/Blunt"" or ""Plump""), a small fuchsia-coloured bird named Deryn (""Bird""), a giraffe named Jangl, a bulldog named Bolgi (""Glutton"", and a play on the Welsh for Dog), and the channel mascot, Cyw (""Chick""), a small female chick. Cyw is a commercial channel, in the same format as its parent, S4C, and thus also features a break bumper consisting of the word ""Cyw"" disappearing gradually off the screen. The end of break bumper is the direct reverse, with the word rebuilding itself back onto the screen. Presenters currently are Huw Owen"
"Blue's Clues Blue's Clues is an American live-action/animated educational children's television series that premiered on Nickelodeon on Sunday, September 8, 1996. Producers/creators Angela Santomero, Todd Kessler, and Traci Paige Johnson combined concepts from child development and early-childhood education with innovative animation and production techniques that helped their viewers learn. The show was originally hosted by Steve Burns, who left in 2002 and was replaced by Donovan Patton until 2006. The show follows an animated blue-spotted dog named Blue as she leaves a trail of clues/paw prints for the host and the viewers, in order to figure out her plans for"
"Peter website. Blue Peter badge A ""Blue Peter"" badge is an award for ""Blue Peter"" viewers, given by the BBC children's television programme for those appearing on the show, or in recognition of achievement. They are awarded to children aged 6 to 15, or to adults who have been guests on the programme. Approximately 22,000 are distributed annually. The badges were introduced to the programme by editor Biddy Baxter in 1963, from an idea by ""Blue Peter"" producer Edward Barnes. Except for the ""Gold"" badge and the pre-2005 ""Competition Winners' Badge"", the badges are in the shape of a shield"
"entire race, and at the last moment leapt up and won the race. The name of the craft is inscribed on its own exterior as 'AQVILA', since 'u' and 'v' were different letter-forms of the same grapheme in Latin: 'u' in minuscule (lower case) (not used in the early centuries A.D for inscriptions) and 'V' in majuscule (capital). Aquila (TV series) Aquila is a British children's television show which aired on the BBC from 1997 to 1998. An episode was aired once a week, and was based on the story of two boys, Tom Baxter and Geoff Reynolds, who find"
"interview with Brian Cosgrove. Chorlton and the Wheelies Chorlton and the Wheelies is an animated children's television series that ran from September 1976 until June 1979 on the British television channel ITV. It followed the adventures of Chorlton, a fictional happiness dragon, in Wheelie World. ""Chorlton and the Wheelies"" was created by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television and broadcast on the ITV network. The eponymous lead character gets his name from the suburb of Manchester in which the Cosgrove Hall studio was based: the legend ""Made in Chorlton-cum-Hardy"" is found written on the inside of the egg from which"
"keeper against the enemy"". The bluebells combine and cause a ""consternation"" but the hero is the holly, tinted with green. A warrior fighting alongside Arawn cannot be vanquished unless his enemies can guess his name. Gwydion guesses the warrior's name, identifying him from the sprigs of alder on his shield, and sings two englyns: Caer Wydion, the castle of Gwydion, was the traditional Welsh name for the Milky Way. In the 10th century, Old Welsh ""Harleian"" genealogies (Harleian MS 3859), mention is made of Lou Hen (""Lou the old"") map Guidgen, who most scholars identify with Lleu and Gwydion (who"
"figures from BARB. ""Note: episode 13 was not shown between episodes 12 and 14, as it was shown within the Christmas schedule"" Green Balloon Club Green Balloon Club is a BBC children's television program that started on CBeebies on 20 June 2008. Green Balloon Club is a wildlife club on CBeebies, both on screen and online. It is hosted by 4 children: Lily-Rose who loves flowers and plants, Ant whose specialty is minibeasts, Cat who is the animals expert and Jay whose interest is in birds. Together with Skipper the dog and their balloonist, Sky, the children fly around the"
"BBC (now Hit Entertainment) and S4C Cartoon Character Fireman Sam has been used by the UK Government in various fire safety campaigns aimed at young children. Other characters such as 'Frances the Firefly', 'Adam Alarm' and others have also been used. Welephant is currently the Mascot of the Children's Burn Trust. In the fifth episode of the first series of the TV firefighting drama series ""London's Burning"", Leading Fireman Malcolm Cross wears a Welephant costume for a fire station open day. Welephant Welephant is a red elephant cartoon character with a fireman's helmet, originally used as a mascot by fire"
"popular children's television show who dresses in blue with a bright yellow cape and green briefs. His hair is a giant pompadour wig with two distinct pieces sticking out on both sides jokingly ""for balance"". The emblem on the front of his chest is SuperDeafy's name sign, a crossed double hand ""I Love You"". He's goofy and animated; the show focuses on teaching ASL (American Sign Language) along with a good dose of charades that children, deaf and hearing, adore. Deaf comedian, actor, and ASL advocate John Maucere has been performing the SuperDeafy character in the deaf community around the"
"The Thin Blue Line (TV series) The Thin Blue Line (a colloquial term for police forces) is a British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson and written by Ben Elton. It aired on the BBC from 1995 to 1996. ""The Thin Blue Line"" is set in the police station of the fictional English town of Gasforth; Constable Goody wears a North Yorkshire Police helmet plate. One of the main themes was the rivalry between the uniformed squad led by Inspector Fowler and the CID led by Detective Inspector Grim (often Fowler's antagonist, though they were on the same side of the law)."
"Alphablocks Alphablocks is a British CGI-animated children's educational television programme that is designed to teach children how to spell with the use of animated blocks representing each letter. It is animated by Blue-Zoo and produced by Alphablocks Ltd. Once the Alphablocks discover that whenever they make a word it comes to life, many new adventures in Alphaland can be created. This is meant to help preschool children with learning the alphabet, spelling, reading and writing. Series 1 originally ran in the UK from January to February 2010. CBeebies and Magic Lantern Series 2 originally ran in the UK from February"
"Crisis Control Crisis Control is a BBC children's television series. The show is presented by 'The Commander', played by Garry Robson. Each week there is a major world crisis, such as a tsunami, killer disease, or volcano. Children acting as cadets compete as teams (Green and Orange Cadets) in different tests to earn stars. The rescue is co-ordinated from a high-tech emergency response control centre. The last test is usually a physical activity. The winning cadets gain 'Crisis Control's ultimate accolade', the Golden Emblem. The runners up get the Silver Emblem. The show was shown on Fridays at 4:30pm on"
"running for twenty-one series over a period of twenty-two years, and giving them a Special Award for Lifetime Achievement at the British Academy Children's Awards in 2008. The final series of the programme was aired in December 2009. The two contributed further to children's entertainment, performing at the ""Children's Royal Variety Performance"" in May 1992, and launching a children's game show titled ""To Me, To You!"", which ran between 1996 and 1998 and which took its name from their signature catchphrase. Outside of children's entertainment, the brothers have made appearances in many other television series, both together and separately. In"
"Wall Logie Leggatt, who was killed in the First World War at the age of 22, making a toast at each year's Christmas Sock Supper with the words ""in piam memoriam L.C.L"" (in affectionate memory of L.C.L). Despite its renown outside the school, only a very small number of the 250 or so boys in each year group ever take part in the sport, unlike the lesser-known but much more widely played Eton Field Game. The Eton Wall Game has been played twice by all-female teams. The game was first televised by the BBC in 1948. The British sitcom ""Green"
"duty announcer. However, between programmes, some special branding was put in use to reflect better the audience they were serving. In the 1970s, the programme caption was changed to a blue and yellow variation featuring the faces of a boy and girl, with references to other programmes: Zebedee from ""The Magic Roundabout"", Scooby-Doo, and title cards and logos from ""Play School"" and ""Blue Peter"". The slide was in fact coloured by the NODD system used to produce the globe at the time. The slide was later changed in 1981 to a group of children staring at the caption in excitement,"
"and below the motto ""Haec Tibi Dona Fero"" or ""These gifts I bring thee."" The seal was redesigned by Adelaine Lane, niece of Governor Sir Cavendish Boyle in 1903. These include: Blue Ensign The Blue Ensign is a flag, one of several British ensigns, used by certain organisations or territories associated with the United Kingdom. It is used either plain, or defaced with a badge or other emblem. The evolution of the Blue Ensign followed that of the Union Jack. The ensign originated in the 17th century with the St George's cross (the Flag of England) in the canton, and"
"of research in its development and production process inspired several research studies that have provided evidence for its effectiveness as a learning tool. ""Blue's Clues"" was the longest-running Nick Jr. series until it was surpassed by ""Dora the Explorer"" in 2011. In March 2018, Nickelodeon announced a revival of the series. By 1990, parents, teachers, and media experts had been criticizing ""the lack of quality fare for children on commercial television"" for many years. Up to that point, PBS was the only source for quality children's television; other broadcasters voluntarily set educational standards for their programming and ""were expected to"
"with the most points at the end of the academic year in the Middle and Senior Schools receives the House Cup while the winning house in the Junior School receives a similar trophy. Motto: ""Judge us by our actions"" Colours: Red and Blue Mascot: Bear Motto: ""I know that I can do it"" Colours: Gold and Black Mascot: Cheetah Motto: ""To serve is to reign"" Colours: Maroon and Gold Mascot: Lion Langton House is named after, Stephen Langton who was a central figure in the 11th century dispute between King John of England and Pope Innocent III, which ultimately led"
"the United Kingdom and discovery, together with two golden estoiles from the arms of James Cook who discovered the islands. The background of the shield is blue and white lozenges. The supporters are an Antarctic fur seal standing on a mountain, and a macaroni penguin standing on ice, both animals native to the islands. The crest is a reindeer, from the two herds of reindeer found on South Georgia Island. The motto is ""Leo Terram Propriam Protegat"" (Latin: “[Let the] Lion protect his own land”). The coat of arms is used in the fly of the flag of South Georgia"
"the show would eventually re-air on Universal Kids' preschool block line-up. In the United States and Canada, volumes 9 and 11 are reversed, however, volume 9 is titled ""What Can I Wear for Halloween?"" instead of ""Everything is Different and Not the Same"". 13 ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/10/lola_characters.shtml Charlie and Lola (TV series) Charlie and Lola is a British animated children's television series based on the popular children's picture book series of the same name by Lauren Child. It aired from 2005 to 2008. The series was produced by Tiger Aspect Productions, and has won multiple BAFTA awards. The animation uses a"
"aired on Knowledge Network. Yoho Ahoy Yoho Ahoy is a British children's television series about a group of distinct pirates, known as Yohos, who live on board their pirate ship, ""The Rubber Duck"". The title of the show derives from the fact that the only two words that the characters say, depending on their feelings are ""Yoho"" and ""Ahoy"". The characters themselves are animated puppets. In 2001, the show won the Banff Television Festival Rockie Award: Best Animation for ""Yoho Ahoy: Buzz with Jones"". The show was first broadcast on CBBC and later on CBeebies in the United Kingdom, while"
"for a fourth series in 2001. ""Gadget and the Gadgetinis"" is a spinoff of the classic series ""Inspector Gadget"" (1983–1986), developed by DiC in cooperation with Haim Saban's SIP Animation and produced from 2001 to 2003. There are 52 episodes. Basil Brush from 1962 to 1984, ""The Basil Brush Show"" from 2002 to 2007. Basil Brush is a fictional anthropomorphic red fox, best known for his appearances on daytime British children's television. He is primarily portrayed by a glove puppet. ""Shooting Stars"" is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as"