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Blue Peter icon Peter Purves has opened up about his time working with the late Biddy Baxter in light of her death aged 92 ...
Biddy Baxter, who has died aged 92, transformed Blue Peter on BBC Television from a middling magazine programme for children ...
Joan Maureen “Biddy” Baxter, the pioneering television producer who steered the BBC’s “Blue Peter” for more than two decades ...
Biddy Baxter, iconic Blue Peter editor, passed away at 92. She shaped the show for over 25 years, introducing the Blue Peter ...
Biddy Baxter was the woman who reigned supreme over the show's rich mix of action, adventure, animals and nature - and she ...
This piece originally ran in June 2023, and has been updated and republished following the death of Biddy Baxter, aged 92 ...
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.
Biddy Baxter, the legendary 'Blue Peter' editor from 1965 to 1988, has passed away at 92. Celebrated for her innovation in ...
Jobbing actor Purves joined Blue Peter in 1967 after he had been given the chop from Doctor Who, also a hit BBC show at the time. He had played TARDIS companion Steven Taylor for two years on the ...
Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves' good relationship with the canine world took a surprising turn today when one of lovable pooches turned moody and bit the 69-year-old. Purves was admitted ...
Biddy Baxter, the visionary editor who shaped ‘Blue Peter’ into a beloved children's TV institution, has died at 92.