Come back Shep - all is forgiven.

Blue Peter has not only moved its production from London to Salford, but apparently is set to swop pets for tech.  The new series will forgo its decades-long association with animals (who can forget the baby elephant?) and concentrate instead on things like smartphones and game consoles.  This may be simply reflecting the current reality, but I can't help feeling that somehow it will lose its soul - it may have the same name, but it won't be the Blue Peter that my children - or vicariously I - grew up with.