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ITV tried to launch a knock-off imitator called ''[[Magpie]]'', but this faltered and failed after perhaps four years, despite the [[Nippled and Dimed|attractions of presenter Susan Stranks]].
The show has an extremely good relationship with ''[[
* Presenter Peter Purves also played Steven Taylor, a companion to the First Doctor.
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* A 1973 edition contains the only broadcast footage of the First Doctor's regeneration and the show has made appeals for lost footage.
* During the 1970s, the show had a nationwide 'manhunt' for a group of criminals who stole a set of Daleks from the BBC. The Daleks were returned within 24 hours, in varying degrees of misuse.
* The show was featured on screen in "[[Doctor Who
* The show ran the competitions to design the monster for "[[Doctor Who
* There's been quite a few Who-related crafts.
* Bits of Blue Peter are often included on the DVD releases of classic series stories as bonus clips, often featuring interviews with the actors or displays of relevant Who-mania.
* There's a myth that the last episode of "[[Doctor Who
There have been 32 presenters over the years. They include:
* Valerie Singleton
* John Noakes, the longest serving presenter, remembered for his collie and associated [[Catch Phrase]] ("Get down, Shep!")
* Peter Purves, a companion of the [[Doctor Who
* Janet Ellis, who also made a minor appearance in ''Doctor Who'' ("The Horns of Nimon"). Is the mother of pop singer Sophie Ellis Bextor.
* Sarah Greene. Also known from [[Saturday Morning Kids Show]] ''Going Live'', and ''another'' ''Doctor Who'' actor (one of the [[Humanoid Aliens|Cryons]] in ''Attack of the Cybermen'').
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Censors]]: Lesley Judd, a seventies presenter with a habit of wearing low-cut tops displaying decolletage, was holding two appealing juvenile dogs up to camera, close to the Judd chest, when her male co-presenter (possibly Peter Purvis) declared "Aren't they a lovely pair of puppies!"
** Similarly, Eighties presenter, the buxom Janet Ellis, was talking about the evolution of the humble doorbell - how do you tell somebody's at the door? - and demonstrating the devices mankind has used down the years. Cue co-presenter with "What a lovely pair of knockers!"
* [[Mood Dissonance]]: The cast's response to {{spoiler|Katarina's}} death scene from ''The Daleks' Master Plan'' in the Tenth Anniversary of ''[[
* [[Never Work With Children or Animals]]
* [[Nipple
* [[One I Prepared Earlier]]: The [[Trope Namer]], from the above [[Catch Phrase]].
* [[Panty Shot]]: In the late 1990's/early 2000's, when miniskirts were in fashion again, and presenters Katy Hill and Konnie Huq seemed to be in competition as to who could flash her knickers most often when sitting on the Blue Peter sofa. Just to make it more obvious, Katy appeared to favour what was otherwise a style solecism of wearing white knickers with black tights. She also had a habit of crouching or squatting when presenting to camera that made it difficult to conceal in a miniskirt.
* [[Shout
* [[
* [[A Winner Is You]]: The 50th Anniversary of Blue Peter and what do we get? One very short montage and the other 44 minutes talking about McFly. We did get a cool book about it though.
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