UNCOVERED: Biddy baxter - Caught on Camera

Broadcaster Anthea Turner looks back: ‘I spent my Blue Peter era scared to death I was going to get found out’

The presenter on building Thunderbirds’ Tracy Island, being in the tabloids and getting out of her comfort zone

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2025

Biddy Baxter was warm, funny and inspirational

Letters: Catriona Lamont says her encouragement helped kickstart a scientific career. Plus a letter from John Hinkly

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025

My mum worked with Biddy Baxter. Both women were formidable – and absolutely terrifying

So many of the tributes of the late Blue Peter producer are synonyms for ‘scary’, which from the 60s to the 80s was what many people thought of professionals who happened to be women, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025

Yvette Fielding looks back: ‘Blue Peter gave me balls of steel – it’s helped me deal with lots of backstabbing people in TV’

The Most Haunted presenter on how Biddy Baxter, the tough children’s show producer, made her look after Bonnie the dog – but in doing so gave her a backbone

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024

Ex-Blue Peter presenter Yvette Fielding claims she was ‘bullied’ and forced to live with show’s dog Bonnie

Fielding joined the kids’ show as it’s youngest-ever presenter in 1987

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023

‘I was a shaking, gibbering wreck’: ex-Blue Peter presenter Yvette Fielding claims she was ‘bullied’ on the show

Fielding says the first year of working on the show was a ‘traumatic’ experience that included being forced to live with the Blue Peter dog against her will

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2023