IslandGuru Who payed the critics

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Spoonixel Amateur movie with Big budget

ShangLuda Admirable film.

studioAT It may be stuffed away on a Freeview channel these days but lets not forget the fact that 'Blue Peter' is an institution of British TV, and an iconic kids show, having been launched way back in 1958.It deserves all the plaudits, it really does. No other show has really been able to be a voice for young people for as long, and with such respect and honesty.I think it's a crying shame that it's buried away on one of the Freeview channels rather than on BBC1 where it belongs to be. I hope it continues to at least remain on TV for as long as possible. There surely would be outcry if it wasn't.

miss_lady_ice-853-608700 I can't really give a rating for a programme that's ran for 54 years and had over thirty presenters.For me, the best era was 1999-2004, particularly the early 2000s. Simon, Matt, Konnie and Liz were the ultimate presenting team and we had things like The Quest and the Blue Peter Christmas Show, which were either pantos or spoofs (for example, Christmas at The Club Blue Peter, that one set in the fifties and that one set in the eighties).It's gone downhill now and I can see the BBC hovering over it with an axe but many children and adults have grown up with Blue Peter and I will always remember it fondly.

screenman Now here's a television program for kids that is as safe and sanitised as any responsible parent could wish for. It started way back in 1958 and yet - lo and behold - it just keeps on going.Old hat, perhaps, in the third millennium, but still extremely popular. As someone has pointed out; it's been going for over 50 years and has seen 34 presenters, beginning with the died-in-the-wool middle-class Christopher Trace (he'd be over-familiar 'Chris' today). So how come it's only got 6 stars? That clearly doesn't stack-up.I believe the only programme that has gone on for longer is 'The Sky At Night', though I'll stand correction if needs be.For interesting little stories and harmless fun with toilet-roll tubes and washing-up-liquid bottles; this is it.Badge-holders take pride (despite a recent scandal!).

Stephen Bailey Blue Peter is FAR more than a tv show. It's a national institution. I loved watching it as a child, as did my parents in the 1960s and my own kids now!! Has ANY other show been running for 46 years? I doubt it. We all have our favourite presenter, mine has to be "Uncle John" Noakes, with Val Singleton and her "sticky-back plastic" running a close second. We all knew she was talking about sellotape, but the BBC wasn't allowed to "endorse" :) it's been imitated by ITV many times (Magpie etc etc) but never equalled. What's YOUR favourite episode? Mine has to be the one where they had a baby elephant in the studio which refused to leave and then urinated all over the place. One of the main presenters in the 1980s was Caron Keating who died today, aged only 41. She was a lovely girl who still had so much to achieve. RIP.