Blue Peter Badges - bothered! :)
...Beeb attacks evil trade in Blue Peter badges
The BBC is fighting to have auctions of its famous Blue Peter badges removed from eBay.
The badges - which can only be awarded by the kids' TV show to youngsters who "contribute to the programme" - confer on the holder the right to free entry to a range of tourist attractions. It appears that Edinburgh Zoo played a key role in exposing the evil trade after staff "became suspicious of an increase in badge-holding visitors, including one family where every child had one". Accordingly, the zoo has temporarily suspended free entry...(more)
All just a massive joke? NO!Blue Peter ID Cards for pesky kids
BBC bosses are mulling plans to issue Blue Peter ID cards in place of the coveted badges awarded to kids who prove their lickspittle credentials to producers of the hit TV show.
The Beeb is understood to have tabled the initiative using emergency powers granted under the Prevention of Antidisestablishmentarianism Act (1869), in an effort to bring wayward children back under the corporation's control.
It is understood that BBC security men, investigating the innocent sale of a few Blue Peter Badges on legitimate auction websites, uncovered far more widespread contempt for the corporation's values than feared.
The legitimate internet auctions, where the badges have fetched up to £50 a time, are just the tip of the iceberg...(more)
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