Yes, it's the final candle on the Blue Peter Advent Crown.
I can hardly believe that they are still making it. But they are. I suspect the quality isn't as high as when Val, Pete and John made it, but it's nice to see these traditions continued.
Especially by my brother-in-law, Roger, who has his unique take on these things...
Despite the fact that Blue Peter is now presented (seemingly) by Poor Man's Liberty-X (three women with their midriffs out and two vacuous blokes), the Christmas episode is reassuringly timeless...
- Christmas Cards from Viewers (although I suspect as the years go by, they are showing all of them, not just a selection...)
- Brass band playing medley of carols
- Margaret Parnell Make ("I'm using double-sided sticky-tape, for speed...")
- Cast of West End musical (in this case, Mary Poppins) performing in studio, all wearing Blue Peter badges
- Presents for the pets
- Christmas Appeal Totaliser (done up like a mobile phone in a passing mention for all-things-modern...)
- Nod to religion
I think Biddy Baxter may be dead but, probably by retaining editorship from beyond the grave, still seems to be ensuring some degree of quality.
The same cannot be said for (the immediately following) Newsround, the title music of which now sounds like a bad ringtone. *
And if you're wondering how I have time to do this in-depth analysis of festive children's TV...
- "Ah've finished all me main shoppin', ah've only bits to do..." © Peter Kay, Paul O'Grady Show tonight
- I have started reading The Da Vinci Code because I think I should and because everyone else has, have got to page 88 and couldn't really care less about the other 504. Please can someone tell me what all the fuss is about?
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ReplyDeleteIt's under the Louvre.
Now there you are you see. I read The Da Vinci Code a while back and was glued to it. I went on to read all Dan Brown's other books too - a bit samey but still very enjoyable. Funny how we're all different........
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