A fax came through on the fax machine and it said Blue Peter's Bonnie is dead and she thought it was a misprint.

And it was Blue Peter's Connie is dead.

Which is very apt for this.

Oh my God.

Anyway, I was alive.

It was all fine.

Yeah, and she probably read further and saw that it was a dog.

Oh, gosh.

Greetings, Deathlings.

I'm Mel Gerdroich and this is the podcast where famous humans gather to plan the one event

they definitely won't be attending their own ruddy funeral.

Welcome to...

Where there's a wheel, There's a wink.

There's awake.

Pull up a pew, my little darlings, because today's guest is a woman who's been beaming into our living rooms for simply decades.

From Blue Peter Badge dispensing legend to children's author, screenwriter and all-round creative powerhouse.

She's interviewed everybody from pop stars to prime ministers.

She's written stories that have ignited young imaginations.

And she once cycled across the UK dressed as black.

Because of course she did.

It's the incredible...

Diddle-a-pom-pom-pon-pondi-hug. Pony, Coney, Coney, Coney, Coney, Coney, Coney, Cooley, Coney, Cooley, Cooley, Coney, Cooley, Cooley, Coney Huck. Do you like to hear the BP theme chin, Connie? Does it bring back good stuff? You know what, this is weird, because this was going to be one of my admissions. You know, for the later on in the pot. Do you want to hold it? Hold the gold. Shall I?

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