Biddy Baxter during her final episode of Blue Peter
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Blue Peter legend Biddy Baxter dies age 92 as tributes pour in: ‘She was a remarkable woman’

'She was truly a one-off within the BBC'

Legendary TV producer Joan Maureen “Biddy” Baxter MBE died on Sunday (August 10) at the age of 92, it’s been announced.

Famous for turning the children’s show Blue Peter into a television institution, Biddy helmed it from 1962 to 1988.

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Biddy Baxter receiving an honorary degree from the University of Leicester

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Biddy Baxter during her final episode of Blue Peter

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