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- 1 2 3 Leila Williams, BBC, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ↑ Marson (2008), p. 21
- ↑ "2007 January to June", The Dead Rock Stars Club 2007 , retrieved 4 January 2013
Bibliography
- Marson, Richard (2008), "Blue Peter" 50th Anniversary Book: The Story of Television's Longest-running Children's Programme, Hamlyn, ISBN 978-0-600-61793-8
