Blue Peter

Mabel came in soon after Katy Hill arrived, so she must be getting on a bit (Mabel that is, not Katy Hill!)

About 15 I think!

I wonder if Kare and Oke are still alive? (they must be around 18 or 19 now if they are - I know some cats can live until their twenties).

I know Kari died about 5 years ago no idea about Oke.

I thought at least one of the old cats must have died as I remember Kare and Oke first came onto Blue Peter in around 1991. For some reason Willow left, I can't remember why but she wasn't ill or anything.

Because she was a horrible cat who hated being on television and scratched everyone who touched her, so she was "retired", although the programme continued to pay for her upkeep. As Richard Marson points out, "as if to spite us" she then lived to a very, very old age.

I wonder if the new regime will continue to inform the views about the death of former pets?

I seem to remember something now about Willow being a horrible cat. I liked the way they euphemistically said she was "retired" - in other words they got rid of her!

Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton has tripled the Guinness World Record for the longest solo journey by kayak as she reached the half-way stage in her epic journey along the Amazon for Sport Relief.

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Well done Helen.


You do like your BOLD RED LINKS don't you?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2854946/Tim-Lovejoy-will-present-Blue-Peter-12-years-after-failing-an-audition-for-show.html

Seems BP will have guest presenters covering for Helen

Angelica Bell and scott Mills have been mentioned to present. I thought Dick and Dom ruined yesterday's show!