![]() A spokesperson added that auditions are currently underway to replace Mwaksy Mudenda, Blue Peter’s 39th presenter who left last month, after just two years – leaving a duo, rather than trio, helming the show for the first time since 1965. The BBC has denied this wave of criticism, describing a “bright” future for the show, which there are “categorically no plans to stop”. All have landed a resounding dent in the cheery image of good, clean fun for kids that has been served on a homespun platter for nearly seven decades. Instead of plastic-crafted celebrations, though, the occasion has passed under a cloud.įollowing the departure of three presenters in just 14 months, insiders this week described the institution as a “very unhappy, sinking ship”, while Yvette Fielding, the show’s youngest ever presenter when she joined aged 18 in 1987, spoke out of a “traumatic” period that included being forced to live with the show’s then-pet, Bonnie the golden retriever, “the most famous dog in the country”, against her will. On Monday, Blue Peter marked its 65th birthday – another candle on the cake for the world’s longest-running kids’ TV show.
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