Blue Peter icon Peter Purves has opened up about his time working with the late Biddy Baxter in light of her death aged 92 ...

Long-serving Blue Peter editor Biddy Baxter, who turned the children's show into a television institution, has died at the ...

Joan Maureen “Biddy” Baxter, the pioneering television producer who steered the BBC ’s “ Blue Peter ” for more than two ...

Biddy Baxter, who has died aged 92, transformed Blue Peter on BBC Television from a middling magazine programme for children ...

This piece originally ran in June 2023, and has been updated and republished following the death of Biddy Baxter, aged 92 ...

Biddy Baxter, the legendary 'Blue Peter' editor from 1965 to 1988, has passed away at 92. Celebrated for her innovation in ...

Former editor of the hit BBC children's show Blue Peter, Biddy Baxter, has died at the age of 92, the broadcaster confirmed.

As for Peter Purves, he continues to do conventions such as this, Big Finish audios, and is also returning to the screen as an actor at the age of 85, in a new TV show called Henry's House.

Peter Purves attends day 3 of Crufts Dog Show at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) on 09 March 2019 in Birmingham, England. Photo credit: Katja Ogrin/ EMPICS Entertainment.

Biddy Baxter is dead, the editor of 'Blue Peter' was 92 and worked with John Noakes, Peter Purves and Valerie Singleton.

Blue Peter legend Biddy Baxter has died aged 92 with tributes pouring in for the children's television pioneer.

Veteran television presenter Peter Purves has said he is “shocked” and “hurt” after being dropped as a commentator from Channel 4’s coverage of the Crufts dog show.