Biddy Baxter was warm, funny and inspirational

‘I found Biddy Baxter to exude nothing but warmth and fun, entertaining us immensely with all her Blue Peter anecdotes.’ Photograph: Bill Lovelace/ANL/Shutterstock

Despite her reputation as a formidable, sometimes controlling, editor of Blue Peter, when I met Biddy Baxter (Obituary, 11 August) she exuded nothing but warmth and fun, entertaining us immensely with all her anecdotes. The occasion was a long, leisurely lunch in 2008, along with her original producers. This was to celebrate the awarding of a coveted gold Blue Peter badge to my then husband for a scientific breakthrough, which coincided with the inclusion of an aspirational childhood letter of his in a book marking Blue Peter’s 50th anniversary. Biddy’s encouraging response to it, he wrote to her, helped put him firmly on the path to becoming a scientist.
Catriona Lamont
St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex

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Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire

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