YoungWillz 19,104 Posted July 16, 2018 On 13/07/2018 at 09:09, msc said: In an induced coma, critical condition after suspected pneumonia complications. Richard out of coma and alive: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-44845682 Bacon saved! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,098 Posted July 23, 2018 On 16/07/2018 at 06:35, YoungWillz said: Richard out of coma and alive: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-44845682 Bacon saved! And has now given up alcohol. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/richard-bacon-gives-up-alcohol-14943741?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,104 Posted March 22, 2019 Radzi Chinyanganya to leave presenting role: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47665999 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,662 Posted March 22, 2019 17 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Radzi Chinyanganya to leave presenting role: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47665999 What is the betting they will be on SCD come the Autumn? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,104 Posted April 26, 2019 Richie Driss becomes the latest presenter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48058224 I'll update the list. Seems like he was born in 1989. Gawd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,104 Posted September 1, 2020 Adam Beales - whoever he is, those down with the kids can elucidate - new presenter. List above updated. https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/01/blue-peter-unveils-20-year-old-youtube-star-adam-beales-40th-presenter-13208831/ Born 1999. Yikes! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,763 Posted September 1, 2020 1 minute ago, YoungWillz said: Adam Beales - whoever he is, those down with the kids can elucidate - new presenter. List above updated. https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/01/blue-peter-unveils-20-year-old-youtube-star-adam-beales-40th-presenter-13208831/ Born 1999. Yikes! I know who he is. He's the new presenter on Blue Peter! *bows* He was the kid on a CBBC show called The Dog Ate My Homework, which I think was a comedy quiz thing for kids but I've never seen it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,464 Posted September 1, 2020 27 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Adam Beales - whoever he is, those down with the kids can elucidate - new presenter. List above updated. https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/01/blue-peter-unveils-20-year-old-youtube-star-adam-beales-40th-presenter-13208831/ Born 1999. Yikes! Shite! I had my money on Ian Woodyatt. Does this kid inject hamsters or fuck elves? Or does that happen later? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 2,694 Posted September 1, 2020 Amazing to think that for as long as it's been on only 5 (that we know of) presenters of it have died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,969 Posted September 1, 2020 45 minutes ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: Amazing to think that for as long as it's been on only 5 (that we know of) presenters of it have died. Only 4 really, Tony Hart was never a presenter as such. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,104 Posted September 8, 2021 Edward Barnes, co-creator of Blue Peter, being reported dead (reliable source I'd say): Also the head of Children's TV before Anna Home. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055581/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,087 Posted September 8, 2021 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Edward Barnes, co-creator of Blue Peter, being reported dead (reliable source I'd say): Also the head of Children's TV before Anna Home. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055581/ Radio Times coverage. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,099 Posted September 8, 2021 7 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Edward Barnes, co-creator of Blue Peter, being reported dead (reliable source I'd say): Also the head of Children's TV before Anna Home. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055581/ We can deduce that the appropriately named Biddy Baxter still has her marbles from that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,464 Posted October 28, 2021 I see Chris Wenner is listed on the Wikipedia deaths page for yesterday. He wasn't well liked as a Noakes replacement if I remember correctly. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,087 Posted October 28, 2021 3 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: I see Chris Wenner is listed on the Wikipedia deaths page for yesterday. He wasn't well liked as a Noakes replacement if I remember correctly. Gets a BBC QO. Known as Max Stahl post-Blue Peter. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,969 Posted October 28, 2021 3 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: I see Chris Wenner is listed on the Wikipedia deaths page for yesterday. He wasn't well liked as a Noakes replacement if I remember correctly. 11 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Gets a BBC QO. Known as Max Stahl post-Blue Peter. Also appeared in Doctor Who (The Awakening, 1984), edited to be a non-speaking part, uncredited according to IMDb. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philheybrookbay1 158 Posted October 28, 2021 He’s best remembered as the one doing the piece on door knockers for Durham Cathedral from memory. Simon Groom got the punchline we all remember….. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,969 Posted October 28, 2021 10 minutes ago, Philheybrookbay1 said: He’s best remembered as the one doing the piece on door knockers for Durham Cathedral from memory. Simon Groom got the punchline we all remember….. I can guess the gist of the punchline; alas, Wenner isn't remembered by me at all. Looking at the list of presenters on wikipedia, I remember about half of them (Val, John & Pete were my presenters, in much the same way as Jon Pertwee was my Doctor). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,763 Posted October 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, time said: I can guess the gist of the punchline; alas, Wenner isn't remembered by me at all. Looking at the list of presenters on wikipedia, I remember about half of them (Val, John & Pete were my presenters, in much the same way as Jon Pertwee was my Doctor). Everything you expected, of course, but still one of the glorious kids TV moments. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,662 Posted October 28, 2021 1 hour ago, time said: I can guess the gist of the punchline; alas, Wenner isn't remembered by me at all. Looking at the list of presenters on wikipedia, I remember about half of them (Val, John & Pete were my presenters, in much the same way as Jon Pertwee was my Doctor). Mentioned him to my wife earlier - not a flicker of recognition. That would have been our era Janet Ellis, Simon Groom & Peter Duncan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,840 Posted October 28, 2021 8 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Gets a BBC QO. Known as Max Stahl post-Blue Peter. He was on my DDP Team a few years ago. He doesn't seem to have been chosen since. Seems I am one of the few to remember him. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,181 Posted October 29, 2021 On 08/09/2021 at 19:57, Deathrace said: We can deduce that the appropriately named Biddy Baxter still has her marbles from that. Biddy is famous enough that she could be a surprise main list member one day. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,763 Posted October 29, 2021 37 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Biddy is famous enough that she could be a surprise main list member one day. Oh certainly famous enough in my book. The funny thing about Biddy Baxter is she has a reputation for having terrified the shit out of BBC executives for decades. (There's a reason none or close to it of the Blue Peter archive episodes are missing for example.) So you build an idea in your head when yer young of this legendary terrifying woman. That image was nothing like this: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,099 Posted October 29, 2021 7 hours ago, msc said: Oh certainly famous enough in my book. The funny thing about Biddy Baxter is she has a reputation for having terrified the shit out of BBC executives for decades. (There's a reason none or close to it of the Blue Peter archive episodes are missing for example.) So you build an idea in your head when yer young of this legendary terrifying woman. That image was nothing like this: Several Blue Peter presenters from her time have spoken of what a controlling influence she was including over their personal lives in order to retain the wholesome image of the show. I agree that she was something of a personality in her own right in a way most TV producers are not. TV producers have also featured on the list previously, Aaron Spelling springs to mind. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
