For more than 60 years, Blue Peter was a quintessential, and predominantly wholesome, part of the British childhood, making overnight stars of some of its most famous names. But behind the ...

A staple of children’s television in Britain, we all have distinct memories of sitting in front of the telly and watching an episode of Blue Peter, wishing we could someday get that coveted badge.

Whether you’ve collected foil for one of their appeals, used sticky-back plastic to create your very own Tracy island or bagged yourself a highly coveted badge, Blue Peter would have played a part in ...

Long-serving Blue Peter editor Biddy Baxter, who turned the children's show into a television institution, has died at the age of 92. During her tenure, which lasted from 1965 to 1988, she introduced ...