Who has presented both 'Blue Peter' and 'The Money Programme'?
"did not appear for six editions, and was eventually fired, leaving Christopher Trace on his own or with one-off presenters. Parkhurst was replaced by John Furness, and Anita West joined Trace on 7 May 1962. She featured in just 16 editions, making her the shortest-serving presenter, and was replaced by Valerie Singleton, who presented regularly until 1972, and on special assignments until 1981. Following the departure of Furness, a new producer who was committed to ""Blue Peter"" was required, so Biddy Baxter was appointed. At the time she was contracted to schools' programmes on the radio, and therefore unable to"
"be published. She was the subject of ""This Is Your Life"" in 2001 when she was surprised by Michael Aspel. Earlier, in 1974, she had been the featured castaway on ""Desert Island Discs"". Valerie Singleton Valerie Singleton, OBE (born 9 April 1937) is an English television and radio presenter best known as a presenter of the popular children's series ""Blue Peter"" from 1962-1972. She also presented the BBC Radio 4 ""PM"" programme for ten years as well as a series of radio and television programmes on financial and business issues. She is the daughter of an ex-RAF wing commander from"
"Valerie Singleton Valerie Singleton, OBE (born 9 April 1937) is an English television and radio presenter best known as a presenter of the popular children's series ""Blue Peter"" from 1962-1972. She also presented the BBC Radio 4 ""PM"" programme for ten years as well as a series of radio and television programmes on financial and business issues. She is the daughter of an ex-RAF wing commander from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, named Dennis Singleton, later an advertising manager. She was educated at Frensham Heights School in Surrey and at the independent Arts Educational School, Tring Park in Hertfordshire. Singleton wanted to be"
"suffered while trying for a fourth child. Away from writing and broadcasting Ellis is a Board Member of the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, a Patron of Maggie's Centres, a patron of Humanists UK, and a Council and Honorary Member of the National Youth Theatre. Ellis was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to charity and theatre. Janet Ellis Janet Michell Ellis, (born 16 September 1955) is an English television presenter, actress and writer, who is best known for presenting the BBC children's television programmes ""Blue Peter"" and ""Jigsaw"" between 1979"
"Matt Baker (presenter) Matthew James Baker MBE (born 23 December 1977) is an English television presenter, best known for his television work with the BBC. Baker co-presented the children's television show ""Blue Peter"" from 2000 until 2006, BBC One's ""Countryfile"" since 2009 and ""The One Show"" since 2011, with Alex Jones. Baker was born in Easington, County Durham. His father ran a newsagent's shop, and his parents had a smallholding in the village. He has one sister and two half-sisters. Baker attended Easington Village School, then, when he was aged 10, his parents bought a farm west of Durham, which"
"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"
"relinquishing the role in 1988. Throughout the show's history there have been many presenters. Currently, these are Lindsey Russell and Radzi Chinyanganya. ""Blue Peter"" content is wide-ranging. Most programmes are broadcast live, but usually include at least one filmed report. There will also often be a demonstration of an activity in the studio, or a music or dance performance. Between the 1960s and 2011 the programme was made at BBC Television Centre, and often came from Studio 1, the fourth-largest TV studio in Britain and one of the largest in Europe. This enabled ""Blue Peter"" to include large-scale demonstrations and"
"Trace and Leila Williams were the first presenters of ""Blue Peter"" in October 1958, and since then, there have been 37 subsequent presenters. The current presenting team comprises Radzi Chinyanganya and Lindsey Russell, who both joined the programme in 2013. Other personnel who have played roles on the show include the zoologist George Cansdale, who was the programme's first on-screen veterinarian, and Percy Thrower who was the show's gardening expert from 21 March 1974 to 23 November 1987 and was presented with a Gold ""Blue Peter"" badge shortly before he died in 1988. He was followed from 1988 until 1991"
"John Noakes John Noakes (born John W. Bottomley; 6 March 1934 – 28 May 2017) was an English television presenter and personality, best known for co-presenting the BBC children's magazine programme ""Blue Peter"" in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the show's longest-serving presenter, with a tenure that lasted 12 years and 6 months. Noakes was born John Bottomley, in Shelf near Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, to Sallie Hinchcliffe (née Hampson) and Arthur W. Bottomley. He was educated at Rishworth School where he excelled in cross country running and gymnastics. His parents divorced when he was nine and he"
"its loyal audience and allegations of ageism levied at the BBC, but he went on to present the ""World at One "". Bilingual in French and English, and competent in Italian, he has also contributed to French and French-Canadian television. Peter Hobday (presenter) Peter James Hobday (born 16 February 1937) was a presenter on the early-morning BBC Radio 4 programme ""Today"" throughout the 1980s until 1996. He was a close colleague of Brian Redhead and the two were a popular duo on the programme. He was the anchorman for the award-winning ""The Money Programme"" on BBC television. He helped launch"
"Helen Skelton Helen Elizabeth Skelton (born 19 July 1983) is an English television presenter and actress, best known for co-presenting the BBC children's programme ""Blue Peter"" from 2008 until 2013 and since 2014 a presenter on ""Countryfile"". She co-presented two series of the BBC One programme ""Holiday Hit Squad"" alongside Angela Rippon and Joe Crowley. She is the current presenter of all swimming coverage on the BBC including the European Swimming Championships, World Aquatics Championships and the Olympics. She also currently presents daytime series ""The Instant Gardener"". Skelton was born on 19 July 1983, in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, and brought"
"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"
"Richard Bacon (broadcaster) Richard Paul Bacon (born 30 November 1975) is an English television and radio presenter. He was a host of the children's show ""Blue Peter""—his first high-profile media role—until he was fired in 1998 after 18 months for admitting to taking cocaine. He has since worked as a reporter or presenter on numerous television shows, including ""The Big Breakfast"", and on radio stations including Capital FM, Xfm London and BBC Radio Five Live. In 2016 Bacon became the presenter of The National Geographic Channel's reboot of its documentary/panel discussion TV series, ""Explorer"". Bacon grew up in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire,"
"claimed that they still had their Blue Peter badge). During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the programme's main presenter was Gordon Clough, who would typically prepare for the programme by completing the ""Times"", ""Guardian"" and ""FT"" crosswords. Valerie Singleton and Hugh Sykes co-presented the show during the 1980s but had a difficult relationship, with Singleton admitting she threw a cup of water in his face while live on air. Singleton made a one-off return to ""PM"" on 29 February 2016 to co-present a special 'Leap Day' programme, alongside Eddie Mair, and proposed marriage to him at the end of"
"were personal; as a girl, she had written to Enid Blyton and twice received a standard reply, which had upset her. The next year, from 28 September 1964, ""Blue Peter"" began to be broadcast twice weekly, with Baxter becoming the editor in 1965, and Barnes and Rosemary Gill (an assistant producer who had joined as a temporary producer while Baxter was doing jury service) becoming the programme's producers. The first ""Blue Peter"" book, an annual in all but name, was published that year, and one was produced nearly every year after that, until 2010. A third presenter, John Noakes, was"
"Sarah Greene Elizabeth Sarah Greene (born 24 October 1957) is an English television personality. She presented ""Blue Peter"" from 19 May 1980 until 27 June 1983, as well as ""Saturday Superstore"", and ""Going Live"" for six years. Greene was born in St Pancras, London, the daughter of Welsh DIY expert Harry Greene and English actress Marjie Lawrence. She is the elder sister of presenter Laura Greene. Greene was educated at Gospel Oak Primary School and the Grey Coat Hospital School, London, while also pursuing child acting roles. She graduated with a degree in Drama from the University of Hull. She"
"Lindsey Russell Lindsey Russell is the 36th presenter of the long running BBC television programme ""Blue Peter"" who hosted with Barney Harwood from 2013 to 2017 and with Radzi Chinyanganya beginning in 2013. Russell was born in Belgium and was raised in Oxford. She was successful in a competition to find the next presenter for ""Blue Peter"" that attracted 20,000 applicants and was judged by a panel that included TV presenters Eamonn Holmes and Myleene Klass. She won the role shortly after graduating from the University of Bristol after a four-year French and drama course. In 2016 Russell attempted to"
"Zoe hosted ""Celebrity Wish List"" on Channel 5 where she surprised 500 Scottish Young Carers at their annual weekend break by bringing McFly to perform for them and putting together a film to help the Carers secure funding for future events. She co-hosts ""Compete for the Meat"" alongside Al Murray on Dave. In 2006, Salmon ran the London Marathon and gave the money to the registered charity ChildLine. Zöe Salmon Zöe Salmon (born 7 January 1980) is a Northern Irish television presenter who hosted the children's television programme ""Blue Peter"" from 23 December 2004 to 25 June 2008. She also"
"Yvette Fielding Yvette Paula Fielding (born 23 September 1968) is an English television presenter, producer and actress. She became the youngest presenter on ""Blue Peter"" aged 18, and one of her episodes was subsequently voted the ""Favourite ""Blue Peter"" moment"" ever. With her husband Karl Beattie, she presented the ""Most Haunted"" series on the Living channel, via their own production company, followed by ""Ghosthunting With..."", establishing Fielding as ‘first lady of the paranormal’. She has appeared in a wide range of other programmes, from ""The Wright Stuff"" to ""Through the Keyhole"" and ""I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!""."
"Peter Hobday (presenter) Peter James Hobday (born 16 February 1937) was a presenter on the early-morning BBC Radio 4 programme ""Today"" throughout the 1980s until 1996. He was a close colleague of Brian Redhead and the two were a popular duo on the programme. He was the anchorman for the award-winning ""The Money Programme"" on BBC television. He helped launch the late night current affairs programme ""Newsnight"" on BBC2, where he was both an anchorman and economic specialist. He also helped launch ""In Business"" on Radio 4. His removal from the ""Today programme"" in 1996 was greeted with dismay from"
"appeared in December 2017 in a tribute programme to fellow Blue Peter presenter, John Noakes, who had died earlier that year. On 16 October 2018, she appeared on BBC Breakfast and later that day on Blue Peter to celebrate their sixtieth anniversary. Lesley Judd Lesley Judd (born 20 December 1946) is an English dancer and television presenter, best known as a long-serving host of the BBC children's programme ""Blue Peter"". Born in London, Judd was educated at the independent Arts Educational School, Tring Park in Hertfordshire. One of Judd's earliest appearances was as a child actor, playing a schoolgirl in"
"John Leslie (TV presenter) John Leslie (born John Leslie Stott; 22 February 1965) is a Scottish former television and radio presenter. Debuting on Music Box in 1987, he later presented BBC One's ""Blue Peter"", and ITV's ""This Morning"" and the gameshow ""Wheel of Fortune"". He was also the studio host for the first series of the UK version of ""Survivor"". John Leslie Stott was born in Edinburgh, the brother of Grant Stott. He attended Liberton High School and James Gillespie's High School. He spent his early years in the church choir, studied music on leaving school, and worked as a"
"to re-invent the show to be more like the BBC's motoring programme ""Top Gear"". Deverell hopes that by adding ""danger and excitement"", ""Blue Peter"" will achieve the same ""playground buzz"" among children as ""Top Gear"". In January 2011, Barney Harwood was introduced to the programme as replacement for Defries, who had departed in late 2010 after two years. Unusually, Harwood was no stranger to ""Blue Peter"" viewers, having appeared as a presenter on CBBC for many years, on shows including ""Prank Patrol"" and ""Bear Behaving Badly"". On 29 March 2011, ""Blue Peter"" became the first programme in the UK to"
"Biddy Baxter Joan Maureen ""Biddy"" Baxter, MBE (born 25 May 1933) is best known as the former editor of the long-running BBC TV children’s magazine show ""Blue Peter"", a position she held from 1965 to 1988. As editor of the programme, Baxter devised much of the format that is still used today. She was born Joan Maureen Baxter in Leicester to a teacher father who became the director of a sportswear company and a mother who was a pianist. She was educated at Wyggeston Girls' Grammar School, Leicester and St Mary's, a women's college at Durham University, which she attended"
"Michael Sundin Michael Sundin (1 March 1961 – 23 July 1989) was an English television presenter, actor, dancer and trampolinist. He was a presenter of the BBC children's programme ""Blue Peter"" presenter for 77 episodes between 1984 and 1985. Michael Sundin was born in Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. His parents were Alan and Joyce Sundin, and he had a brother named David. After winning five British titles and one world title in British & World Trampolining tournaments, he entered show business in 1980 when he appeared in the pantomime ""Jack and the Beanstalk"", with Barbara Windsor. Sundin made"
"Radzi Chinyanganya Radzi Chinyanganya (born 12 September 1986) is a British presenter of the BBC children's TV programme ""Blue Peter"", beginning in 2013, and a co-presenter for the ITV gameshow ""Cannonball"" since 2017. Previously he presented ""Wild"" on CBBC and was also the host of ""Match of the Day Kickabout"" from 2013 until 2014, when Ben Shires took over. In October 2018, it was announced that Radzi will be working for American professional wrestling company WWE for their NXT UK brand, as a backstage interviewer. Chinyanganya was born and raised in Wolverhampton to a Scottish mother and a Zimbabwean father."
"Anthea Turner Anthea Millicent Turner (born 25 May 1960) is an English television presenter. She was a host of ""Blue Peter"" from 1992 until 1994, and of ""GMTV"" from 1994 until 1996. Turner was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and educated at the direct grant grammar catholic school St Dominic's High School for Girls, Brewood, South Staffordshire. She was one of three daughters born to her parents Brian and Jean Turner. One of her sisters, Ruth, died aged 15. Her other sister is presenter Wendy Turner Webster. Turner joined BBC Radio Stoke as a runner, eventually joining breakfast show presenter Bruno"
"Diane-Louise Jordan Diane Johnson (born 28 June 1960), better known by her stage name Diane Louise Jordan, is a British television presenter. She was the first black presenter of the children's television programme ""Blue Peter"", being involved in the programme from 25 January 1990 until 26 February 1996, making her its fourth longest-serving female presenter (after Konnie Huq, Valerie Singleton and Lesley Judd). Born in 1960, Jordan grew up in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. She studied theatre arts at Rose Bruford College, and worked as a stage actress after graduating. She appeared on children's series ""Corners"" when she was spotted by ""Blue"
"Baker met his wife Nicola, a physiotherapist, when he was performing in the disco show at Pier 39 in Cleethorpes. The couple married at Winston in Teesdale, in 2004 and live in Buckinghamshire with their son Luke and daughter Molly. In early 2011, Baker was elected as the president for the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs. Matt Baker (presenter) Matthew James Baker MBE (born 23 December 1977) is an English television presenter, best known for his television work with the BBC. Baker co-presented the children's television show ""Blue Peter"" from 2000 until 2006, BBC One's ""Countryfile"" since 2009 and"
"July 2007, ""Blue Peter"" was given a £50,000 fine, by the Office of Communications (OFCOM) as a result of rigging the competition. In August 2007 while the programme was off air for its annual Summer Expedition, long-time presenter Konnie Huq was involved in a press conference to promote the health benefits of cycling along with Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. The Conservative Party accused the BBC of political bias as a result of one of its employees appearing at what was construed as a pro-Labour Party event. The BBC claimed to have turned down the offer for Huq to appear,"
"2003 after new information from the alleged victim. On the court steps after he was cleared, Leslie said that he had ""been to hell and back"" and that he had ""maintained [his] innocence throughout"". In July 2018, Leslie announced that he was going to make a complaint against Police Scotland after being cleared of sexual assault. John Leslie (TV presenter) John Leslie (born John Leslie Stott; 22 February 1965) is a Scottish former television and radio presenter. Debuting on Music Box in 1987, he later presented BBC One's ""Blue Peter"", and ITV's ""This Morning"" and the gameshow ""Wheel of Fortune""."
"the 2011 GB Skeleton Bobsleigh Trials and even appearing on screen in the front row of the audience for the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament. He is also a Catholic and holds a strong belief in the Holy Trinity and Jesus Christ's resurrection. Radzi Chinyanganya Radzi Chinyanganya (born 12 September 1986) is a British presenter of the BBC children's TV programme ""Blue Peter"", beginning in 2013, and a co-presenter for the ITV gameshow ""Cannonball"" since 2017. Previously he presented ""Wild"" on CBBC and was also the host of ""Match of the Day Kickabout"" from 2013 until 2014, when Ben Shires"
"is the chairman of the Muslim Council of Britain – the largest Muslim organisation in Britain. Murad Qureshi, a Labour politician, is a member of the Greater London Assembly. Others have contributed in the British media and business worlds. Konnie Huq is the longest-serving female presenter in Blue Peter, a BBC television programme for children. Other notable national TV presenters have included Lisa Aziz of Sky News, Nina Hossain (ITV and BBC London), Tasmin Lucia Khan (BBC News) and Shawkat Hashmi is Community Editor at BBC Sheffield, (BBC News). In drama, Shefali Chowdhury and Afshan Azad both starred in the"