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Hacker T Dog joins the Blue Peter presenting team!
This autumn, beloved canine comedian, Hacker T Dog, will officially join the legendary children’s programme Blue Peter presenting alongside Abby Cook, Joel Mawhinney, Shini Muthukrishnan and Henry the Blue Peter pet dog.
Famous for his cheeky humour, lightning-fast wit and unmistakable Wigan accent, Hacker has been a CBBC favourite for over 16 years. He has previously appeared as a guest presenter on Blue Peter, and from September, he will become a regular presence in studio on the world’s longest-running children’s television show.
Blue Peter set for September 2025 revamp!
BBC Children and Education's iconic show, Blue Peter, will unveil a new look and refreshed format starting with a new location in Manchester city centre marking an exciting new chapter for the beloved show.
As one of the world’s longest-running children’s TV shows, Blue Peter has evolved for over 67 years, adapting to meet the needs and interests of its audience while staying true to its core. Starting in September this year, Blue Peter will reveal a new look and format that aims to appeal to existing and new audiences.
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Opening and Closing Titles
Over the years Blue Peter has featured a large variation of the opening and closing titles.
Opening Titles
1958–1989: The earliest episodes featured stock footage of a sailing ship under the opening credits.
By the late 1960s, Blue Peter's opening sequence featured extracts of that edition's filmed inserts or an event in the studio where speech was absent accompanied by the signature tune and superimposed presenter credits. The theme music would either play out in full, or fade out appropriately depending on the programme's content.
1989–1997: From 1989, a 2D animation of the Blue Peter ship had been developed and used alongside the 1985-introduced word-logo and was used as a method of displaying both the ship and Blue Peter name to precede any film or episode footage as before. From 1992 a 3D animation was used and further replaced by another graphical sequence in 1994. Once again, these animations preceded any film, studio or episode footage. Occasionally, from the 1994 series onwards, the 3D animation of the Blue Peter ship would be followed by a preview of certain items on the day's programme with a "coming up" caption and a presenter commentary. Again, the theme music would either play in full or fade out at an appropriate time.
1997–1999: From 1997, a more generic title sequence was used with the 1994 ship and title animation remaining, but was followed by clips of different action shots from a variety of the past years' filming assignments intermixed with specially filmed...