Lesley Judd (born 20 December 1946) is a British former television presenter and dancer, best known as a long-serving host of the BBC children's programme Blue Peter (1972–1979).
[5] Judd's tenure on Blue Peter was often in doubt; she was retained for most of her seven years on the show on short term 3-month contracts.
When her first marriage, to Derek Fowlds, broke down in 1975 and her ex-husband threatened to 'tell all' to the tabloid press, Sally James was lined up to replace her on Blue Peter, but the storm blew over and Judd remained with the programme.
Relph died of a lung embolism at 48, by which time Judd had moved to a farmhouse near Cahors in France with retired radio station manager Peter Thornton.
[7] In 1975, Judd visited the Bishop Rock lighthouse, but (according to her BBC profile page) "looked like she was about to plunge into the murky depths.
After leaving Blue Peter, Judd fronted a children's TV 'chat' show, In The Limelight With Lesley, on BBC1, along the same lines as the earlier series Val Meets The VIPs with Singleton.
Valerie Singleton, David Kossoff, Diana Moran, Jonathon Porritt and Don Maclean were among the interviewees.
[17] She also appeared in December 2017 in a tribute programme to fellow Blue Peter presenter John Noakes, who had died earlier that year.