This article by Richard Morrison in today's Times just about sums it up.
Dads for Konnie
Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, Sheherazade, Bardot: throughout history, bewitching beauties have risen and fallen like meteors in the night sky, briefly dazzling all who gazed upon them. Now, it seems, the divine Konnie Huq is also destined to sink slowly beneath the horizon of human consciousness. I realise, of course, that all Blue Peter presenters sooner or later have to “move on”: usually a BBC euphemism for “sink without trace”. But I had hoped that Konnie, who has lasted longer than any female presenter in the programme’s history, would be spared the chop. After all, a very large segment of Blue Peter’s core audience � namely, males aged 35 to 95 � switch on solely to ogle her in silent reverence. Indeed, I know some families in which the kids can’t stand Blue Peter, but are forced to watch by their besotted dads.
Is it too late to organise a campaign to save Konnie? We could all promise to do very Blue-Peterish things � like rigging the phone-votes � if it would help.
