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Ex-Blue Peter host Konnie Huq SLAMS BBC budget and urges broadcaster to bring back children's TV claiming the nation has lost 'era of family viewing'
The 48-year-old who was Blue Peter's longest-serving host from 1997 to 2008 also hit out at the broadcaster's kids programming budget, saying it was currently being diluted.
Despite the corporation’s charter tasking it with providing ‘distinctive output’, it has been buying up huge amounts of shows for youngsters that were made in countries including Japan and the US. Analysis of the CBBC section of the corporation’s streaming service reveals that this includes 125 hours of the popular Japanese anime series Pokemon. Konnie, who shares two sons with Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker , 53, said: 'Blue Peter was on three times a week on BBC1, in what was still an era of family viewing (pictured 2020)
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