John Hunter Blair

John Hunter Blair (4 August 1903 – 31 December 1964) was a British television producer.

He was the creator of Blue Peter, and was its producer from 1958 to 1961.

Asked by Owen Read, head of BBC children's television, to devise a programme for children who were now too old for Watch with Mother, the programme began on 16 October 1958 and lasted for fifteen minutes.

[1] Illness forced Hunter Blair to leave Blue Peter in 1961.

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