"Get down Shep" John Noakes is dead

I'm sure a lot of us here will remember John Noakes with a bucket load of fondness from his days on Blue Peter.

RIP

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40083025

He was one of the best if not the best presenter of Blue Peter all the daredevil stuff he did H&S wouldnt allow it today,always struck me as a bit of a joker of the trio Noakes, Purves and Singleton.
RIP

I always enjoyed the line up with Noakes, Singleton and Pervis, a well balanced team that had their own parts to play to keep the kids happy.

I wonder if they have any similar kids programmes on today, I doubt whether todays kids would be interested in a Blue Peter type programme?

Blue Peter is, I am reliably assured by my older son who started watching a few months ago, still being broadcast but moved from BBC1 to CBBC. Its studio also moved from London to Salford.

Right, I have deleted CBBC from my channel list so that explains that

Programmes I always looked forward to were Blue Peter, Tomorrows world and the World at War.

Yes, all good programmes, I also enjoyed watching Magpie which was ITVs equivalent of Blue Peter.

Tomorrows World was always interesting, presented really well by Raymond Baxter in our young days

Laurence Oliver's narration of World at War was poignant, second to none.