Blue Peter or Magpie??

[amethyst]

Re: Blue Peter or Magpie??

Blue Peter loved the pets

[Chris-T]

Re: Blue Peter or Magpie??

A classic with Janet Ellis was when she reported on the show that the Blue Peter garden had been vandalised

Guilty confession - I actually thought that was slightly amusing at the time.

[Twocky61]

Re: Blue Peter or Magpie??

A classic with Janet Ellis was when she reported on the show that the Blue Peter garden had been vandalised

[akb48fan]

Re: Blue Peter or Magpie??

Very occasionally I watched Magpie, it was always Blue Peter for me. I had a chance recently to rewatch a couple of very old episodes from the early 70's when John Noakes first got Shep as a puppy and had to train him. The team of Val Singleton, Peter Purves and John Noakes were great but my favourite era has to be the one in which the presenters were Simon Groom, Peter Duncan and Janet Ellis.

[Twocky61]

Re: Blue Peter or Magpie??

Has to be Magpie with Susan Stranks such a hot chick lol Magpie because they stole the format from Blue Peter

[steve_ben2004]

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As a 15 year old boy, who went to a single sex school, the fact that Susan Stranks wore tank tops but never wore a bra, swung it for me !

[Shado66]

Re: Blue Peter or Magpie??

Have to admit its a difficult one between Magpie and Blue Peter...Magpie had the best theme tune imho but then I think that BP had the better makes and articles.
I must say though I think Susan Stranks and Jenny Hanley win the sexiest presenters award.

[Roz]

Re: Blue Peter or Magpie??

Where you a BluePeter or a Magpie Kid?

I remeber them both being on at the same time. My hazy recolection was that Blue Peter was slightly aimed at Middle Class of the day and Magpie Working Class.

Please don't flame me about class wars etc but it is totally in a humblest of opinions and what I remember of the TV of the time. late 70's early 80's.

Is this a fair representation of them or just my failing memory.

No you're right Blue Peter was more middle class I think.

I always found it boring to be honest, but I didn't bother with Magpie either - loved the theme tune though.

[darren]

Re: Blue Peter or Magpie kid

i never really saw magpie so i dont know how much id liked it.

but i just loved B.P through the eighties and nineties.
some great guests and the locations the presenters went to.

[havasack]

Re: Blue Peter or Magpie??

I was a Blue Peterer (at the time of the classic line up of Noakes, Purves and Judd), Magpie was very much a wannabee. One thing I did like about Magpie, apart from the brilliant theme was their appeal. Where as Blue Peter collected stamps, had bring and buys, collected rags etc, Magpie just said "Give us your cash".

[a_c_g_t]

Blue Peter or Magpie??

Where you a BluePeter or a Magpie Kid?

I remeber them both being on at the same time. My hazy recolection was that Blue Peter was slightly aimed at Middle Class of the day and Magpie Working Class.

Please don't flame me about class wars etc but it is totally in a humblest of opinions and what I remember of the TV of the time. late 70's early 80's.

Is this a fair representation of them or just my failing memory.

[battyrat]

Re: Blue Peter or Magpie??

I was or at least tried to be a Magpie kid as it was the in thing and very cool and hip to watch back then,alas my parants kept turning it over to bbc.I do however remember John Nokes,peter pervis and val as the best blue peter presenters with Petra and Shep.I suppose after all these years I remember blue peter very well,but only the theme tune remains in my mind from magpie.

[Marine Boy]

Re: Blue Peter- your thoughts please.



hmm... maybe just a bit different

...and I should probably say, the old ones were never annoying in my young eyes.

[Sly]

Re: Blue Peter- your thoughts please.

It depended on the presenters. Some of them were annoying to watch even to child me.

[Jacqueline]

Re: Blue Peter- your thoughts please.

I think BP was brilliantly well compiled and very effective back in the Biddy Baxter days but got messed about with too much during the 90's onwards.