Biddy Baxter
I saw on the news that Biddy Baxter has sadly passed away. It was the first time I recall seeing what she looked like but I remember her name so vividly from the end credits of Blue Peter. There she was every week.
Blue Peter was essential TV for me as a kid like many of my generation. My Blue Peter team were the iconic threesome of Peter Purvis, John Noakes and Valerie Singleton, my first crush!
It's hard to describe how important the show was. Yes, there were other magazine type shows like Magpie but Blue Peter, during the late Sixties and early Seventies, had our ear. The presenters, the stories, the challenges, the antics, the charity mail-ins, the pets, the annuals and the badges made sure of that and Biddy Baxter was behind it all.
Like our beloved Gerry Anderson, Biddy Baxter's name will be forever associated with the golden age of kids TV.
RIP.
Was Blue Peter something you watched? Anyone get a Blue Peter badge?
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Ray Brooks
Ray Brooks, the veteran actor who gave voice to the popular kids TV character Mr. Benn has also sadly passed away.
Mr. Benn was a charming animated show in which Mr.Benn, if I recall rightly, whilst visiting a fancy dress shop changed his suit and dressed up as another character like a knight and then entered the life of that character.
Like a Westworld for kids and a cosplay herald, as a 9 year old I loved the show and Ray Brooks' calm voice. Did you?
RIP.
