didn't see much of her, was she with the programme long
Less than two years I think - very revealing piece on her tenure in Richard Marson's book - basically she didn't want to get stuck into filming as much as a BP presenter should, and wasn't really a team player, so they didn't renew her contract. No wonder she wasn't anywhere to be seen!
maybe she was filming Britian's Most Haunted Stables
I can remember her as a child actress in a programme about two kids who lived in a sea side guest house
showing your age alert!!
She played the sister in "Johnny Briggs". Great show.
Of course, she wasn't the only BP presenter who started her career as a children's BBC actress - Sarah Green was in a drama called, "The Swish of the Curtain". When she was on the Blue Peter show bring interviewed about it she was spotted by Biddy Baxter who said she seemed perfectly relaxed in the studio - and so she was invited to audition.
According to my BP annual for that year, anyway.
And of course Tina Heath was in Lizzie Dripping, and Sunday kids' religious show " The Sunday Gang " ( clip of the end where you see her, on TV ark )
Talking about the show in general, what has happened to the presenter banter? Part of its appeal to me in the mid-nineties was the fact, in my opinion, the presenters didn't over-rehearse and took the programme as live and unscripted.
Perhaps the two new presenters are still finding their feet or it's successfully being destroyed by aiming at it's younger audience - part of which (alas the scandals also) I reckon Marson was sacked for as well.
Though ironically this era was one where Autocue was used ISTR.
Historically BP didn't use Autocue - and presenters had to learn scripts and deliver them unaided. When Yvette Fielding arrived they realised she was hopeless without a script - so introduced Autocue AIUI. It remained until a year or two ago AIUI.
Perhaps the current presenters are working so hard to deliver memorised scripts that they lose spontaneity?
(Or have I got this all wrong?)
I think autocue was dropped for a while because in the 50th anniversary book it's written that they had to bring
back
autocue for Andy.
maybe she was filming Britian's Most Haunted Stables
I can remember her as a child actress in a programme about two kids who lived in a sea side guest house
showing your age alert!!
She played the sister in "Johnny Briggs". Great show.
Of course, she wasn't the only BP presenter who started her career as a children's BBC actress - Sarah Green was in a drama called, "The Swish of the Curtain". When she was on the Blue Peter show bring interviewed about it she was spotted by Biddy Baxter who said she seemed perfectly relaxed in the studio - and so she was invited to audition.
According to my BP annual for that year, anyway.
And of course Tina Heath was in Lizzie Dripping, and Sunday kids' religious show " The Sunday Gang " ( clip of the end where you see her, on TV ark )
didn't see much of her, was she with the programme long
Less than two years I think - very revealing piece on her tenure in Richard Marson's book - basically she didn't want to get stuck into filming as much as a BP presenter should, and wasn't really a team player, so they didn't renew her contract. No wonder she wasn't anywhere to be seen!
Mind you, when you read the presenter biographies, it seems quite a few of them did not leave on good terms / in a positive light. I feel sorry for her, because as the book sort of acknowledges, she was always going to be 2nd in popularity to Katy Hill.
At the end of the BBC1 repeat of the Blue Peter at 50 programme yesterday, I noticed that the end credits were scrolling vertical credits (i.e. ecp-friendly). The original BBC2 version, however, had scrolling horizontal credits along the bottom of the screen.
I cannot understand why they had 2 different versions of the end credits.
At the end of the BBC1 repeat of the Blue Peter at 50 programme yesterday, I noticed that the end credits were scrolling vertical credits (i.e. ecp-friendly). The original BBC2 version, however, had scrolling horizontal credits along the bottom of the screen.
I cannot understand why they had 2 different versions of the end credits.
At least you got to see it. Except for viewers in Scotland
Watched a full edition of BP tonight, and to be honest it wasn't bad. The feature on some sort of speed boat racing was good, although instead of the presenters speaking straight to camera it was done almost " vox pop " style with them speaking side on.
I do / did find the overcheering crew in the studio irritating though!
I got mine today and it's got some good stuff in it. It also contains the filming schedule for the 5 shows a week run back when it was on The CBBC Channel. It's quite a complicated set up and no wonder it got axed! It also gives reasons why the 'bubble ship' was axed too.
Talking about the show in general, what has happened to the presenter banter? Part of its appeal to me in the mid-nineties was the fact, in my opinion, the presenters didn't over-rehearse and took the programme as live and unscripted.
Perhaps the two new presenters are still finding their feet or it's successfully being destroyed by aiming at it's younger audience - part of which (alas the scandals also) I reckon Marson was sacked for as well.
Though ironically this era was one where Autocue was used ISTR.
Historically BP didn't use Autocue - and presenters had to learn scripts and deliver them unaided. When Yvette Fielding arrived they realised she was hopeless without a script - so introduced Autocue AIUI. It remained until a year or two ago AIUI.
Perhaps the current presenters are working so hard to deliver memorised scripts that they lose spontaneity?
(Or have I got this all wrong?)
I think autocue was dropped for a while because in the 50th anniversary book it's written that they had to bring
back
autocue for Andy.
Ah - that would make sense - and might explain why it feels more stilted again?
