Another who lives abroad is Leila Williams. She's 81 so her attendance would probably depend on how she is
I think the press release confirmed her involvement - she was certainly at the photo shoot for the anniversary (there’s a video on the website somewhere that I found when looking at that presenter list posted a page or two back).
I had no idea that Romana D’annunzio was there for so long Longer than Richard Bacon who made more of an impact even before the incident that he's more well known for
I have a feeling she took a lot of time off though, so perhaps she wasn't on screen as much. My only real memory of her was when they did a big behind the scenes item at TVC and she got to ride the machine that takes the paint off the floor.
Yeah I only remember her starting and then we didn't see much of her after that. I think my main era was Katy, Connie, Stuart and Richard.
I can remember the Dennis The Menace episode which had him appering on Blue Peter withKaty Hill and Stuart Miles playing thesmelves, and they had a lot of attention around it at the time. It was still being repeated by the CBBC channel 10 years later, which must have confused the hell out of the kids watching then who wouldn't have been old enough to remember them presenting.
I can remember the Dennis The Menace episode which had him appering on Blue Peter withKaty Hill and Stuart Miles playing thesmelves, and they had a lot of attention around it at the time. It was still being repeated by the CBBC channel 10 years later, which must have confused the hell out of the kids watching then who wouldn't have been old enough to remember them presenting.
And unusually it used the 1992 version of the theme tune, despite the Yes/No people version being established for a few years by that point.
I don't see why they wouldnt, there's been a lot of water under the bridge since he was fired.
In addition, they've shown numerous clips of Richard Bacon since his departure, when they're relevant - when they were doing those Flies The World compilations in the early days of the CBBC Channel they showed plenty of his films from the expeditions (some of which were being shown for the first time because they'd not shown them before he left). They've happily featured him, and John Leslie, wherever relevant.
Compare this - and the way it was announced on air - with how other ostensibly adult programmes have dealt with the abrupt departure of presenters, The Big Breakfast being a classic example, where they simply disappeared one day and were never referred to again, no matter how ridiculous it looked.
Bacon was welcomed back into the fold by the 50th anniversary as he featured in the documentary. By that stage I think he was a fairly respected figure working back at the BBC.
Another who lives abroad is Leila Williams. She's 81 so her attendance would probably depend on how she is
No worries on that front!
Leila Williams, one of #BluePeter's very first presenters, explains the show's namesake and the meaning behind iconic ship logo: 'We did go on an adventure.'