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Blue Peter At 50
BBC One is to screen a special documentary, Blue Peter At 50,
which will take a nostalgic look back at the children's series.
On October 16, 1958, a 15-minute programme featuring train
sets and dolls aired for the first time on the BBC. Little did its creator,
John Hunter Blair, realise that Blue Peter would become the world's
longest-running children's television programme.
Tom Baker narrates the hour-long documentary, featuring interviews, mishaps,
badges, innuendo, adventure, celebrities, appeals, pets and a selection of
previously unseen items.
Leila Williams, John Noakes, Peter Purves, Val Singleton and Lesley Judd are
among the many past presenters who recall their memories of working on the
series.
For the first time, the programme's longest-serving member of staff –
daredevil director and camera man Alex Leger – talks with some of the
presenters about a multitude of action films and some near-death
experiences.
With more than 4,000 programmes to choose from, Blue Peter At 50 has delved
deep into the BBC archives to unearth previously unseen footage, outtakes
and further classic moments from the series.
Johnny Wilkinson, Torvill and Dean and Nick Park talk about what the show
meant to them as children and Lewis Hamilton, who appeared on the show as a
child, reveals he is working towards winning his Gold Blue Peter Badge.
The programme also examines Blue Peter's fund-raising appeals. And former
presenter Mark Curry describes "the power of Blue Peter".
A transmission day and time for the documentary is still to be advised.
16:35
September
25 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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The Krypton Factor
ITV is reported to be on the brink of signing a new deal to
bring back The Krypton Factor.
The show was axed by ITV in 1995 after a run of 18 years. It
was originally produced by Granada and ITV still holds the rights to the
show.
In the show, four contestants took part in six rounds,
testing all aspects of their physical and mental abilities.
They also had their mental agility tested by memory tests and
faced a series of puzzles involving 3D shapes.
An ITV spokeswoman said the broadcaster was "always looking for the best
possible programmes for all of its channels".
16:24
September
25 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
Reader Comment
great show always loved it. Still refer to difficult
situations as being like the krypton factor. I really do hope they bring it
back.
Anita
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Less Regional
Output For ITV
Under new proposals from media regulator Ofcom, ITV is to be
allowed to provide fewer regional programmes, including news bulletins.
The regulator has told the broadcaster to concentrate on providing original
output which has been made in the UK.
It would be allowed to show fewer daytime news bulletins, but only after it
"restructured" its news operations in England and the Scottish Borders.
Ofcom has been looking at the future of public service broadcasting at a
time when advertising income is falling.
The main commercial operators - ITV, Channel 4 and Five - are governed by
rules on the amount of news, children's, religious and arts programmes they
must broadcast.
In effect, they receive a public subsidy to provide the types of shows which
are less profitable, and therefore not as attractive in commercial terms.
But the rules needed "a deep structural change", said the organisation's
chief executive, Ed Richards.
"The system where easy profits for commercial public service broadcasters
effectively subsidised certain kinds of programmes has now gone.
"What we are proposing is to focus on audiences' priorities - those areas
that audiences most value," he said in an interview.
ITV plans to cut its newsrooms around the UK from 17 to nine, and the
broadcasting union BECTU said 250 jobs will be lost among journalists
and technical staff.
Politicians have made submissions to Ofcom over the proposed merger of the
Border and Tyne Tees newsrooms, covering the south-east and south-west of
Scotland, plus the north-east of England and Cumbria.
There were concerns that the quality of news for the south of Scotland would
fall if it lost its customised bulletins.
16:04
September
25 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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New Role For Moira
Stuart
Former BBC newsreader Moira Stuart is the new face
of the HM Revenue and Customs' tax return campaign.
Stuart replaces TV historian Adam Hart-Davis and will star in ads
publicising the new October 31 deadline for paper tax returns, as well as
the January 31 deadline for online tax returns.
TV commercials, which will air from next week and run in October and
January, will feature Stuart appearing in unexpected places to remind people
of the deadline dates. She will also be appearing on billboards and posters,
and in press and online ads, encouraging people to file their tax returns on
time.
The new ads will retain the "Tax doesn't have to be taxing" catchphrase of
Hart-Davis, who fronted the campaign from July 2002.
Stuart, the corporation's first black female newsreader, finally left the
BBC last October after a career lasting nearly 30 years amid claims that she
was a victim of ageism.
She was most recently a regular reading the news on BBC One's Sunday AM, but
lost that slot in the March last year. Before that she was on BBC One's
Breakfast.
08:40
September
25 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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