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Blue Peter legend Diane Louise Jordan reveals how she defied teacher’s racist slur to become national treasure
BLUE Peter legend Diane Louise Jordan made history in 1990 when she became the iconic children's show's first black presenter. But six years before landing the high profile telly gig on talent alone, she was explicitly told by the director of Rose Bruford College that she would never make it on-screen unless "they were casting for freaks".