{"id":363038,"date":"2011-04-03T11:25:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T11:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/03\/now-blue-peter-is-in-crisis-as-presenter-andy-akinwolere-quits-over-move-north\/"},"modified":"2011-04-03T11:25:52","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T11:25:52","slug":"now-blue-peter-is-in-crisis-as-presenter-andy-akinwolere-quits-over-move-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/now-blue-peter-is-in-crisis-as-presenter-andy-akinwolere-quits-over-move-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Blue Peter is in crisis as presenter Andy Akinwolere quits over move North"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1372734\/Now-Blue-Peter-crisis-presenter-Andy-Akinwolere-quits-North.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><br \/>\ndailymail.co.uk<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n Blue Peter has been plunged into crisis after presenter Andy Akinwolere quit over plans to move the show North while co-host Helen Skelton is locked in talks about her future.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Akinwolere yesterday confirmed he is to leave the show this summer and a BBC spokeswoman said Miss Skelton was in discussions about remaining with the series.<\/p>\n<p>The classic children\u2019s programme, beloved by generations of viewers, is one of several relocating to the BBC\u2019s new media centre in Salford, Greater Manchester in the autumn.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told The Mail on Sunday that both stars were unhappy about proposals to move the show from West London but the BBC insisted this was not the reason for Mr Akinwolere\u2019s departure. <\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman said: \u2018Andy is leaving the show after five years because he felt it was the right time to move on. We are in discussions with Helen Skelton.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mr Akinwolere, 28, said: \u2018I have had five fantastic years at Blue Peter. It\u2019s the right time to embark on new presenting opportunities.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_185-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/entertainment\/201104\/150075.php\" title=\"Now Blue Peter is in crisis as presenter Andy Akinwolere quits over move North\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Now Blue Peter is in crisis as presenter Andy Akinwolere quits over move North<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> dailymail.co.uk : \u00a0\u00a0 Blue Peter has been plunged into crisis after presenter Andy Akinwolere quit over plans to move the show North while co-host Helen Skelton is locked in talks about her future. Mr Akinwolere yesterday confirmed he is to leave the show this summer and a BBC spokeswoman said Miss Skelton was in discussions about remaining with the series. The classic children\u2019s programme, beloved by generations of viewers, is one of several relocating to the BBC\u2019s new media centre in Salford, Greater Manchester in the autumn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-363038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Now Blue Peter is in crisis as presenter Andy Akinwolere quits over move North - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/now-blue-peter-is-in-crisis-as-presenter-andy-akinwolere-quits-over-move-north\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Now Blue Peter is in crisis as presenter Andy Akinwolere quits over move North - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"dailymail.co.uk : \u00a0\u00a0 Blue Peter has been plunged into crisis after presenter Andy Akinwolere quit over plans to move the show North while co-host Helen Skelton is locked in talks about her future. 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