Petra the Blue Peter dog was a fake

Blue Peter's first ever pet was a fake, the veteran former editor of the programme has disclosed in a new book. Petra sits beside a statue of herself on the Blue Peter set Petra the dog was an emergency stand-in drafted on to the show because the original animal died two days after its first, and only, appearance. The replacement dog then spent the next 15 years appearing on Blue Peter, becoming known to... [read full story]