Talk:Blue Peter
Removed from page: "Can anyone supply an image of the flag?" -- Tom- 11:48, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The Vessel
The Blue Peter was a famous sailing vessel, a schooner, that sailed cargo across the Atlantic during the 1930's and 40's. There's a story of a German U-boat captain who refused to sink it, because this was the famous Blue Peter of which he had heared and read a lot. The ship in the end didn't survive the elements. Until at least 1962 it provided a mailservice to the Dutch Caribean island of Saba. There are records that it sank somewhere in the Caribean. I don't know the specifics of the story, nor of the ship. But if someone does, please add this information to the Blue Peter page.
Canadian Meaning
I think there should be a subheading about the canadian new wave group, Blue Peter, in line with this article. Blue Peter influcenced a number of subsequent artists in Canada and the US for their Early attempts a music videos, and their distinctive sound amongst the number of similar sounding New Wave artists. Their most popular video, Dont walk on Past, is still a cult favorite, and was one of those early videos showing mildly coreographed dances. However, the dance was out of synch with the video. Rick the Temp (I belive it was him anyway) made note that he (and a number of others) tried to imitate the dance as children, and inadvertantly injurded themselves. Just an interesting side note of course.
Disambiguate?
Canadian bands, British TV show, and of course the flag itself, which is missing an article. Should this be replaced with a disambiguation page? -- Demi 20:49, 2005 Feb 27 (UTC)
Gardener
Wasn't there another one between Percy Thrower and Clare Thingummy? Bonalaw 09:25, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Time Capsule
There certainly IS a time capsule buried in the garden, they put it in a week or two after digging up the old ones. Each of the presenters chose something to put in it - Katy Hill put in a ring she'd been given on one of their summer expeditions, Konnie put in a CD of "Surrender" by the Chemical Brothers (which hadn't been released when they did the Millennium Dome capsule), and I forget what the others put in. But anyway, it's down there. --Bonalaw 08:58, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
- Fair enough. Seems odd that I couldn't find anything on Google, though (see for yourself), while a search for the 2050 one received several results. BillyH 18:55, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
- Apparently it's covered in BP Book 30. Which I haven't got, but some helpful Wikipedian might have. It may have been scheduled to be dug up in 2029 rather than 2028 - I'm pretty sure it was meant to be buried for the same length of time as the original box (notwithstanding that the original box had to be dug up and moved when the original burial spot was concreted over), so if they're being strict about that, it would be disinterred in the summer of 2028. I wonder if we could get a Blue Peter Time Capsule article going, with details of what is/was in each of the four capsules? --Bonalaw 08:23, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
- Funnily enough, I have that one, and just checked it. Pretty much all of it is dedicated to the opening of the 1971 and 1984 capsules, though, with the new one summed up in a footnote at the end. It doesn't mention the contents, just that they buried another one, and will be opened in 2029, so I've updated the article to reflect this. BillyH 19:37, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
- Apparently it's covered in BP Book 30. Which I haven't got, but some helpful Wikipedian might have. It may have been scheduled to be dug up in 2029 rather than 2028 - I'm pretty sure it was meant to be buried for the same length of time as the original box (notwithstanding that the original box had to be dug up and moved when the original burial spot was concreted over), so if they're being strict about that, it would be disinterred in the summer of 2028. I wonder if we could get a Blue Peter Time Capsule article going, with details of what is/was in each of the four capsules? --Bonalaw 08:23, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
Theme copyrights
So, how about the copyright status of those themes? I'm pretty sure they're both (c) BBC or (c) Mike Oldfield. Tempting to remove the links unless someone can demonstrate otherwise.. --Mpk 15:04, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
- Okay, did this today. If I'm somehow mistaken and having those links there isn't dodgy copyright-wise (given that they're hosted on Wikimedia's servers rather than being links to the BBC) feel free to tell me why, then revert if necessary. --Mpk 20:31, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Other Notes
Not one mention of squeezy washing-up-liquid bottles?
- More importantly, no mention of the Blue Peter Books... --Bonalaw 18:24, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Python did a parody of this (their How To Do It sketch).. Any other parodies or cultural info?