Comments on: Blue Peter: 50th Anniversary Book

By: Malcolm Ambury

Malcolm Ambury — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:54:15 +0000

I certainly remember reading about Lesley Judd and Derek Fowlds getting divorced with the papers citing that they had lived apart since their marriage broke up three weeks after they got married. One wonders was their three of them in the marriage … a pesky little Basil Brush popping up everywhere and going “boom-boom” and tickling her feet in bed with his brush. The final straw coming when Basil’s affections were transferred to Derek Fowlds lady – teaching him how to make things with toilet roll innerds and sticky back plastic … yes it was all down to Basil Brush!!

By: Matthew Kilburn

Matthew Kilburn — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:55:13 +0000

I noticed the absence of Levell too… Biddy Baxter has been omitting him in all her recent utterances, too.

By: Michael Hoskin

Michael Hoskin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:10:41 +0000

Yes, I agree with all of this, a fantastic book. Particularly notable is that Marson thanks loads of people…but not Levell, who alone is thanked by the Publisher, at the bottom of the final page.

By: Matthew Kilburn

Matthew Kilburn — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:40:19 +0000

A well-constructed and well-written book which leaves one wanting to know more, really; there are hints throughout of the politicking which forced Richard out and imposed Tim Levell on the programme, seemingly with the brief of dismantling the Baxter legacy. In itself the volume is a manifesto for the evolution of the traditional format rather than attempts at revolutionary change.