Only the clod-hopping halfwits who help run the BBC could bungle the news of the virtual demise of Blue Peter with such uncaring crassness. Asking someone which presenting team they grew up with is one of the easiest, and most discreet, ways of discovering someone’s approximate age — and before you ask, this is the team that encouraged me to be to kind to animals, try canoeing and make Christmas decorations that were a lethal mix of tinsel, glue and glitter and would have been as inflammable as a can of unleaded. The show ran for nearly 70 years, but now there will be no live output making it literally a case of “here’s one I made earlier.
” While it’s highly likely children’s viewing habits and interest in content will have changed down the decades, putting a show out to grass in such an undignified fashion should have been unconscionable. A farewell showcase special featuring as many presenters past and present was the very least one of TV’s Crown Jewels deserved. By the way, can anyone remember why we were sending plastic bags full of often foul-smelling milk bottle tops to John and Val? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Truanting pupils are to be offered inducements such as pizza parties and even a bicycle to try and tempt them back to class.
While there is without doubt a small number of children who have emotional issues concerning going to school and they must be helped, this scheme is crazy as it encourages.
