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30 June 2008 2:07 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

English Heritage has requested that the Blue Peter garden be recognised with listed status. The body has urged the government to reward the cultural and architectural importance of the site at BBC Television Centre, reports the Daily Star. Peter Beacham, Heritage protection director, commented: "This building is not just architecturally important. "As one of the first purpose-built television studios in the world, it represents (more)

By Alex Fletcher

23 June 2008 4:38 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Valerie Singleton has confessed that she enjoyed a fling with Peter Purves in the 1960s. The Blue Peter presenters slept together in a hotel after spending a day filming in London. "He was lovely - warm, interesting and fun - and was between marriages," she told the Daily Mail. "We were on an assignment out of London - neither of us can remember quite where - and we had a (more)

By Alex Fletcher

18 June 2008 10:32 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Ex-Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq has revealed that she is "worried" about going to Afghanistan to film a documentary. Huq, who will fly out to the war zone to front a programme for the BBC's Lifeline appeal, told the Daily Express: "I'm really not sure I want to get on this plane. "I'm supposed to be going to Afghanistan (more)

By Simon Reynolds

24 May 2008 8:05 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Anne Robinson made Blue Peter legend John Noakes cry during filming for The Weakest Link. The acid-tongued host taunted Noakes about his beloved dog Shep at a recording of a special Blue Peter edition of the quiz show on Thursday night. John presented the children's magazine show in the 1960s and 70s. He grew so attached to the programme's pet Border collie that he was later allowed to keep the pooch as his own. Speaking to Noakes in between rounds on the programme, (more)

By Daniel Kilkelly

29 April 2008 8:19 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Television paranormal guru Yvette Fielding is launching her own channel, she has revealed.

The former Blue Peter presenter - who has spent recent years hunting ghosts for Living Tv's Most Haunted - said the channel would begin broadcasting on Sky on June 9.

The Paranormal Channel is operated by Monster Pictures Limited, a company owned by Fielding and Karl Beattie, her cameraman husband.

"We are putting on air, on June 9, the very first paranormal channel in Great Britain," said Fielding, speaking on last night's Paul O'Grady Show.

"[It will be] available on Sky [and feature] anything from Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster, UFOs, the Bermuda Triangle, through to ghosts. We are putting it on 24 hours a day, so just tune in and enjoy."

Paul Mady, who has been developing the channel for . . .

Dave_West_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Dave West)

5 articles from 2008