23-08-2023, 09:48 PM
Why the blitering flip was the BBC's long-running children's magazine ever named "Blue Peter"?
A "blue peter" is a nautical flag. The programme's logo is a ship. The programme's theme tune is a "nautical" style of tune.
Given that the programme isn't, say, a documentary about the Royal Navy or whatever, the nautical branding has got precisely sod all to do with what kind of a programme it is.
I'd love to have been in the meeting room for the original programme pitch....
- "We've had an idea for a children's magazine format featuring viewer and presenter challenges, competitions, celebrity interviews, popular culture, and making arts & crafts items from household items."
- "Oh, yes? And what do you want to call it?"
- "Blue Peter. As in the nautical flag. With a ship for a logo, and a suitably nautical theme tune, to match."
I mean... Eh?
There must've been contraband substances flowing in that meeting room...
A "blue peter" is a nautical flag. The programme's logo is a ship. The programme's theme tune is a "nautical" style of tune.
Given that the programme isn't, say, a documentary about the Royal Navy or whatever, the nautical branding has got precisely sod all to do with what kind of a programme it is.
I'd love to have been in the meeting room for the original programme pitch....
- "We've had an idea for a children's magazine format featuring viewer and presenter challenges, competitions, celebrity interviews, popular culture, and making arts & crafts items from household items."
- "Oh, yes? And what do you want to call it?"
- "Blue Peter. As in the nautical flag. With a ship for a logo, and a suitably nautical theme tune, to match."
I mean... Eh?
There must've been contraband substances flowing in that meeting room...