Children loved her show but she ran Blue Peter with a rod of iron, terrifying the presenters and bosses alike. No wonder they said that, behind the smile, Biddy Baxter was scarier than the Daleks!

For 26 years, from 1962 until her retirement in 1988, Biddy, from Leicester, edited Blue Peter, the twice-weekly magazine show.

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