Long-serving Blue Peter editor Biddy Baxter, who turned the children's show into a television institution, has died at the age of 92. Her recipe of pets, charity appeals, gymnastic displays, foreign travel reports and occasional history lessons stood the test of time.

Biddy Baxter, who has died at 92, was the pioneering television producer who transformed Blue Peter into a national institution.

Biddy Baxter, who was the editor of the iconic BBC children's show Blue Peter from 1962 to 1988, has died at the age of 92 as tributes flood in for the 'true pioneer'