Here's an opinion I wrote earlier.... (Blue Peter)

Member Name: anguk

Product:	Blue Peter
Date:	20/08/00 (78 review reads)
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Advantages: great kids tv, informative

Disadvantages: some of the presenters

I'm from the John Noakes and Valerie Singleton era but I often still watch Blue Peter with my children. This TV show is timeless and I imagine it will still be on the telly when I've got grandchildren.

The show is "safe" in TV terms, very non-controversial, apart from a few incidents. When Janet Ellis was pregnant in the 80's there was a bit of an outcry because she was unmarried and recently there was Richard Bacon who admitted taking cocaine.

The show itself is a mixture of news, magazine, current affairs and of course craft and hobby. How many of us will admit to making Tracey Island and a Barbie house? I'll be the first to hold my hand up. Though I do wish they'd stop making those awful Christmas tree coat-hanger candle holders every year.

There have been programmes that have tried to copy the concept of Blue Peter but they've never quite managed it, Magpie being one famous example. Blue Peter is unique and will probably run for years to come.

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