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Well, that's not so much of a surprise given Mwaksy and Adam have done about a dozen shows between them, they'll clearly get better as it goes on. Adam looks like he gets it and Mwaksy seems lovely, and as suggested it was probably a bit of a downbeat day at CBBC with the news about Archie Lyndhurst, plus they were talking about Blank History Month so it was a bit more serious than usual.
I'm not sure why it's been suggested that Lindsey's departure is imminent or it's a waste having four presenters. Adam has said he's only working on Blue Peter half the week so it's seemingly not a full-time job anymore, so rather have four part-time presenters which gives you flexibility and ensures at least one of them will always be available than two but they're never there.
They did indeed make a film about the audition process that led to Simon Thomas getting the job, it was Richard Marson's idea, because he vividly remembered watching a film about Lesley Judd's first day which was one of the things that convinced him he wanted to work in TV, so he wanted to make something similar. In fact of the four presenters it featured, all four of them went on to TV success, as Simon competed alongside Jake Humphrey, Michael Underwood (both of whom of course went on to other roles at CBBC) and Jonas Hurst (who didn't, but I think has done alright on shopping channels and the like). In The Blue Peter Diaries, Marson says Jake was the favourite before the auditions because they thought he seemed quite cool, but he was a bit too much like Richard Bacon who he was replacing, so they went for Simon instead.
I remember a lead up to one presenter joining when they actually showed potential presenters “ trying out “. It might have been the lead up to Simon Thomas joining. Also I remember seeing Barney in an audition, in a programme on ITV where they showed people trying out to be CITV presenter.
Lynsey has proved to be a strong presenter since joining and I feel the team would be substantially weakened if she left at this stage. I saw a clip of the two newest presenters on their own last week and it did seem a bit awkward / weaker.
Lynsey has proved to be a strong presenter since joining and I feel the team would be substantially weakened if she left at this stage. I saw a clip of the two newest presenters on their own last week and it did seem a bit awkward / weaker.
Well, that's not so much of a surprise given Mwaksy and Adam have done about a dozen shows between them, they'll clearly get better as it goes on. Adam looks like he gets it and Mwaksy seems lovely, and as suggested it was probably a bit of a downbeat day at CBBC with the news about Archie Lyndhurst, plus they were talking about Blank History Month so it was a bit more serious than usual.
I'm not sure why it's been suggested that Lindsey's departure is imminent or it's a waste having four presenters. Adam has said he's only working on Blue Peter half the week so it's seemingly not a full-time job anymore, so rather have four part-time presenters which gives you flexibility and ensures at least one of them will always be available than two but they're never there.
They did indeed make a film about the audition process that led to Simon Thomas getting the job, it was Richard Marson's idea, because he vividly remembered watching a film about Lesley Judd's first day which was one of the things that convinced him he wanted to work in TV, so he wanted to make something similar. In fact of the four presenters it featured, all four of them went on to TV success, as Simon competed alongside Jake Humphrey, Michael Underwood (both of whom of course went on to other roles at CBBC) and Jonas Hurst (who didn't, but I think has done alright on shopping channels and the like). In The Blue Peter Diaries, Marson says Jake was the favourite before the auditions because they thought he seemed quite cool, but he was a bit too much like Richard Bacon who he was replacing, so they went for Simon instead.
