Yahoo News Classic Blue Peter trio reunite live on The One Show
If you tuned in a bit late to The One Show on Monday night (October 15), you'd be forgiven in thinking the show had been replaced by some time-warped version of Blue Peter.
That's because the BBC chat show brought together some of Blue Peter's best-loved presenters to re-live some of its greatest moments and catch viewers up on what they're doing these days.
Did you know that @SimonThomasSky gave Her Majesty a gold Blue Peter badge and that you can get into the @TowerOfLondon for free with one!? 😱👑 pic.twitter.com/ksW5u9C0Up
- BBC The One Show (@BBCTheOneShow) October 15, 2018
Among those who turned up were '80s favourites Mark Curry and Sarah Greene as well as Konnie Huq, whose 10 years on Blue Peter made her one of the longest-running presenter in the show's history.
Of course, The One Show's Matt Baker was on Blue Peter for years too and viewers also got to see him reunite with his former co-presenters Konnie and Simon Thomas. It was 1999 all over again!
@BBCTheOneShow Matt Baker, Konnie Huq & Simon Thomas. It's like I'm watching an evening of my #BluePeter childhood & era. #TheOneShow
- Peter H Todd (@Peter_H_Todd) October 15, 2018
Watching Simon Thomas, Konnie Huq and Matt Baker on the One show: NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD
- Caroline Bowen (@HootyMcBoon) October 15, 2018
Connie huq, Simon Thomas and Matt Baker all on the one show is giving me serious nostalgia #BluePeter
- Jess Hayne (@JLHayne) October 15, 2018
Konnie Huq, Simon Thomas and Matt Baker reunited to celebrate 60 years of Blue Peter has evoked a strong degree of nostalgia from my childhood memories back in the late 1990s. #theoneshow
- Amil Khan (@AmilKhan) October 15, 2018
Matt, Simon and Konnie - Three quarters of the Dream Team! #TheOneShow #BluePeter60
- Daniel Hurst (@danielmarkhurst) October 15, 2018
Really enjoying watching Konnie Huq, Matt Baker and Simon Thomas do light banter about Blue Peter. #theoneshow #BluePeter #the90s
- Samuel Bennett (@swebennett) October 15, 2018
@BBCTheOneShow Help! I have a fond childhood memory of either Matt Baker or @SimonThomasSky dressing up in drag and singing Blondie’s ‘One Way or Another’. Who was it and is there video evidence?? #bluepeter #TheOneShow
- Lee (@theatrelee) October 15, 2018
Absolutely loving this Blue Peter @BBCTheOneShow special. It was a staple of my childhood and loved it as a kid. I remember fondly the many hours trying to make things out of sticky back plastic and trying to grow the tallest sunflower #TheOneShow ❤
- Nadine Erskine (@NadineErskine) October 15, 2018
I LOVED #BluePeter back in the day. Remember the excitement about the time capsule in the year 2000?? Christ I'm old. 😂#theoneshow
- Vanessa (@VanellyBelly) October 15, 2018
"You two were like a pair of naughty lads when you were on," Mark Curry laughed with Matt and Simon. "Whenever I used to tune in and watch… you two were always misbehaving, giggling, corpsing, having a great time! Did you have a really fantastic time on it?"
"We did yeah," Matt beamed. "Some of the stuff we did together, paratroopers and all of that!"
"We just kind of helped each other get through it," Simon added.
The Blue Peter legends reunited on The One Show to celebrate Tuesday's (October 16) 60th anniversary special that will recap the entire history of the iconic children's programme and reunite even more presenters from the past.
The One Show airs Mondays through Fridays on BBC One.
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