All change on Blue Peter

An era ends on Blue Peter with presenter number 37 Radzi Chinyanganya who was born in Wolverhampton and educated at Newport, Shropshire following his last live show on April 18 2019 which featured his final Blue Peter challenge and Thursday's (April 25th) show that was a compilation introduced by him of his adventures in his time from joining in October 2013 where for a period he co-presented also with Barney Harwood as well as Lindsey Russell.

On Thursday it was announced Richie Driss would be the new and 38th presenter who had been a presenter on Joe Media and is aged 30 years.

He originates from St Albans, Hertfordshire and will be making his debut on May 16th's edition.

He made it clear in an interview that this is more than just a dream come true for him to take that position was much more than he'd even expected.

He went on to say "I cannot wait to get started and follow in the footsteps of the 60 years of iconic presenters who have worn the famous Blue Peter badge before me. I am going to give it my all, no matter what the job throws at me."

To me a long time viewer and fan of the show, that really encapsulates the spirit  of what being a presenter is as apart from the usual thing of showing a resumé, a person being considered is set a number of challenges when it comes to performing and making things as a part of the assessment to be considered.

It is much more than just fronting a program because you are engaging directly with and helping to inspire through television supplemented today by the shows on Website and Fan Club, children to develop new skills and be inspired to make the most of their lives.

In that spirit Alex Scott, the former Women's footballer and sports presenter co-present yesterday show that featured a new competition and had Lindsey making a 60th Anniversary B.P. plate at Wedgwood's here in Staffordshire.