Kids' TV Presenters We All Remember
Children's television worked because of a small number of people who could talk to a camera as though they were talking to one child.
These are the ones everybody remembers.
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The Blue Peter line
- John Noakes, 1965 to 1978, and Shep. Climbed Nelson's Column without a harness, which would not happen now.
- Valerie Singleton and Peter Purves, the other two thirds of the most famous line-up.
- Janet Ellis, Simon Groom, Peter Duncan and Sarah Greene through the eighties.
- Yvette Fielding, the youngest presenter ever appointed at the time, and Caron Keating.
- John Leslie, Katy Hill, Konnie Huq and Richard Bacon in the nineties.
- Konnie Huq holds the record for the longest-serving female presenter, at over ten years.
The continuity faces
- Phillip Schofield in the Broom Cupboard with Gordon the Gopher, from 1985.
- Andy Crane, who followed him, then moved to Children's ITV - a genuine playground scandal.
- Tommy Boyd, Jeanne Downs, Mark Granger and Debbie Shore on CITV.
- Toby Anstis, Otis the Aardvark and the nineties Broom Cupboard.
- Zoe Ball and Jamie Theakston on Live & Kicking, the pairing most nineties children name first.
The makers and explainers
- Tony Hart - Vision On, Take Hart and Hartbeat, the gallery, and Morph. Never once condescended.
- Neil Buchanan on Art Attack, and the big art you could only see from a helicopter.
- Johnny Ball on Think of a Number, who made maths genuinely exciting.
- Fred Dinenage on How and How 2.
- Roy Castle on Record Breakers - dedication's what you need.
- Johnny Morris on Animal Magic, doing every animal's voice himself.
The double acts and the chaos
- Ant and Dec, from Byker Grove to SM:TV Live and then to everything else.
- Trevor and Simon, across Going Live! and Live & Kicking.
- Chris Tarrant and Sally James on Tiswas.
- Noel Edmonds, Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philbin on Swap Shop.
- Pat Sharp on Fun House, with the most discussed haircut in British broadcasting.
- Timmy Mallett on Wacaday, and Mallett's Mallet.
- Dave Benson Phillips and the gunge tank on Get Your Own Back.
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- Tony Hart never once talked down to a child.
- Andy Crane leaving the BBC for ITV was genuinely upsetting.
- John Noakes climbed Nelson's Column with no harness.
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Frequently asked questions
Who presented Blue Peter the longest?
John Noakes served twelve and a half years from 1965, the longest of the classic era. Konnie Huq later became the longest-serving female presenter with over ten years.
Who was in the Broom Cupboard?
Phillip Schofield first, from 1985 with Gordon the Gopher, then Andy Crane, and later presenters including Toby Anstis with Otis the Aardvark.
Who made Morph?
Morph appeared with Tony Hart on Take Hart and was animated by Aardman, the studio that went on to make Wallace and Gromit.
Where did Ant and Dec start?
On Byker Grove, as the characters PJ and Duncan, before a pop career under those names and then SM:TV Live with Cat Deeley in 1998.
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