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

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

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.

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

Purves played Steven Taylor, a companion of William Hartnell's First Doctor in a total of 46 episodes between 1965 and 1966, with the actor also having an 11-year stint on Blue Peter following his ...

What to Read Next Yep, old faves such as Konnie Huq, Anthea Turner and Peter Purves will be returning for a Big Birthday one-hour live special to mark to show's milestone.

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.

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.

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.