Long-serving Blue Peter editor Biddy Baxter, who turned the children's show into a television institution, has died at the age of 92. During her tenure, which lasted from 1965 to 1988, she introduced ...

Biddy Baxter was probably the most famous behind-the-scenes name in British television, her celebrity certainly greater than many of the stars of Blue Peter, the world’s longest-running children’s ...

Joan Maureen “Biddy” Baxter, the pioneering television producer who steered the BBC’s “Blue Peter” for more than two decades and turned it into a defining fixture of British childhood, has died at the ...

Long-serving Blue Peter editor Biddy Baxter, who turned the children's show into a television institution, has died at the age of 92. Her recipe of pets, charity appeals, gymnastic displays, foreign ...

Whether you’ve collected foil for one of their appeals, used sticky-back plastic to create your very own Tracy island or bagged yourself a highly coveted badge, Blue Peter would have played a part in ...

A pioneering TV producer who turned Blue Peter into a national institution has died at the age of 92, the BBC has confirmed. Biddy Baxter’s visionary leadership cemented the children's programme as a ...

Biddy Baxter, the pioneering television producer who transformed Blue Peter into a national institution, has died aged 92, the BBC said. As editor of the popular children’s programme between 1965 and ...

10:06, Tue, Aug 12, 2025 Updated: 10:15, Tue, Aug 12, 2025 While it's rare for TV producers to become household names, Biddy Baxter is an exception, having steered Blue Peter – now the world's longest ...

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TV icon Biddy Baxter, the driving force behind the legendary BBC children's programme Blue Peter, passed away on August 10 at the ripe age of 92. The cause of her death has not been disclosed. Ten ...

Blue Peter legend Biddy Baxter has died at the age of 92 as tributes pour in to remember the children's television icon. The television producer was born Joan Maureen Baxter, however, she was given ...