Legendary broadcaster Peter Purves is set to play Charles Dickens in a radio play adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol'.

Biddy Baxter, who has died aged 92, transformed Blue Peter on BBC Television from a middling magazine programme for children into a national institution, and made household names of stars such as ...

And it was in that capacity, when he championed the act of children reading comic books as a way to literary, at a time when the comic book medium was often frowned upon by parents, teachers and ...

“I was on the verge of giving up completely when Blue Peter came knocking,” he admits of the children’s teatime show which ...

Former Doctor Who star Peter Purves has shared that he is often confused by the newest episodes of the show, describing them as "too sophisticated". With the show currently airing the 15th season of ...

A repeat of one episode of the kids show on digital channel CBBC, aired at 2.30pm on Tuesday 13 June, got a zero rating on the official system used to measure TV ratings. Addressing the ratings, Peter ...

Joan Maureen “Biddy” Baxter, the pioneering television producer who steered the BBC’s “Blue Peter” for more than two decades and turned it into a defining fixture of British childhood, has died at the ...

A Blue Peter icon has slammed the “miserly” BBC and claims he is “trying to keep his head above water” after starring on the children’s television programme across more than half a century. Peter ...

Biddy Baxter was probably the most famous behind-the-scenes name in British television, her celebrity certainly greater than many of the stars of Blue Peter, the world’s longest-running children’s ...

BBC Breakfast viewers have hit out at Blue Peter star Peter Purves after the iconic presenter spoke about ex boss Biddy Baxter in light of her death. Biddy Baxter died this week aged 92, with many ...

Ex-Blue Peter host Peter Purves has revealed that he was bitten by a dog while judging a dog show. Purves explained to the BBC that the attack took him by surprise because it came without warning. He ...