Tony Hart: Last News

Phillip Schofield is 60 years old tomorrow (April 1).Phillip became a staple fixture on our daytime TV screens alongside hosts including Holly Willoughby and Alison Hammond.However long before he was a This Morning host, he rose to fame as a children's TV presenter on BBC programme The Broom Cupboard.He is one a number of children's TV hosts that have gone on to fame, fortune and other interesting paths since launching their careers on some of our favourite childhood programmes.To celebrate Philip Schofield's birthday, Daily Star takes a look at where famous children's TV presenters are now.Long before Art Attack or Smart, Tony Hart was the original children's TV host to inspire creativity in generations of audiences.After joining the British Army in his twenties, the presenter later became a staple of TV in the seventies and eighties with programmes including Vision Art, Take Hart and Hartbeat.Along with working on Blue Peter during the 1950s, he also designed the programme's famous ship logo and highly coveted series of badges.His most famous creation however was plasticine figurine Morph, who featured alongside him on Heartbeat between 1984-1994, and inspired a flash mob in Tony Hart's memory in 2009.Tony suffered ill health in his later years including two strokes, and sadly died on January 18 2009 at the age of 83.His wife Jean Skingle, who he married in 1953 and with who he had a daughter called Carolyn, died six years earlier in 2003.Richard Deverell, the BBC controller of Children's Programmes paid tribute to Tony Hart, saying in a statement: "Tony was a warm man who had a unique ability to communicate with and inspire children.

Tributes to 'Mr Bennett' from Take Hart have been paid following his sad death. Colin Bennett, the much-loved Children's BBC actor, was remembered by many for his role on the children's show and its spin-off Heartbeat.

Colin Bennett, known for his role as Mr Bennett on the 1980s children's show Take Hart and its spin-off Hartbeat, has sadly passed away. His son Tom Bennett, who is also an actor and has appeared in shows like After Life and EastEnders, shared the heartbreaking news on X, formerly known as Twitter. Alongside a photo of his late father, Tom wrote: "My Dad (Mr Bennett) sadly passed away 2 weeks ago today.

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Subscribe here for the latest news where you liveComedian and actress Burke also claimed that TV presenter Piers Morgan had blocked her after she poked fun at him for falling for a hoax death announcement on Twitter. In 2016, a rumour circulated on social media that TV presenter Tony Hart had died, but his death had been in 2009.

Every child in Britain has wanted to get their hands of a Blue Peter badge at some point.

Blue Peter was created to fill a six-week gap in scheduling, but ended up becoming the longest running children's show in the world.