{"id":18917,"date":"2020-09-01T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=18917"},"modified":"2020-09-01T16:45:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T15:45:56","slug":"derry-youtuber-adam-beales-confirmed-as-new-blue-peter-presenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2020\/09\/derry-youtuber-adam-beales-confirmed-as-new-blue-peter-presenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Derry YouTuber Adam Beales Confirmed As New Blue Peter Presenter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The world\u2019s longest-running children’s TV show has today unveiled Derry-born Adam Beales as its newest Blue Peter presenter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam is the 40th Blue Peter presenter and will co-host alongside Lindsey Russell, Richie Driss, Mwaka Mudenda and Henry the dog, in his first show this Thursday (September 3rd) on CBBC and BBC iPlayer at 5.30pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

YouTuber Adam, 20, is already familiar with the CBBC audience as he is a regular face on The Dog Ate My Homework. He left school as Head Boy with 11 GSCE\u2019s at A* and was considering Oxford or Cambridge before his YouTube channel took off, which now has nearly 3 million subscribers and often features his mum and dad and younger brother, 11-year-old Callum.  He\u2019s best known  for posting pranks, challenges, DIY crafts and life hacks so should slot right in with the \u2018here\u2019s one I made earlier\u2019 creations on the show as well as the formidable challenges the presenters have to undertake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his spare time he loves to spend time with his family while eating pizza and watching TV, as well as driving his beloved car. Despite his claim of leading a \u2018boring life\u2019 Adam loves pranking people (especially his younger brother), travelling, meeting new people around the world and living and experiencing their culture. He\u2019s travelled from as far as the USA to Thailand. 

Adam follows in the footsteps of fellow Northern Ireland presenters, the late Caron Keating and, more recently, presenter number 30, Zoe Salmon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam says: \u201cI\u2019m super excited to become Blue Peter Presenter number 40. I am humbled and ecstatic to be part of such a legendary production. It’s kind of weird – in a super exciting way – that the show I once watched when I was younger, is now the show I will be presenting along with the talented Lindsey, Richie, Mwaksy and of course, Henry. I can’t wait to get stuck in, even with the challenges they throw at me, though I am hoping none of them involve cheese \u2013 I hate cheese!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It might not involve cheese but Adam\u2019s first challenge is a biggie. He has been thrown straight in with a mountain rescue challenge. He will be winched down a cliff face to complete a training exercise with the Buxton Mountain Rescue team and will share the results of his challenge live in the studio in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Peter Editor, Ellen Evans, said: \u201cAdam really impressed us during his auditions, he\u2019s a natural in front of the camera but he\u2019s also very funny, incredibly warm, brilliant with kids and also perhaps a little bit mischievous which the Blue Peter audience will absolutely love.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head of BBC Children\u2019s In House Productions, Helen Bullough, adds: \u201cThroughout lockdown Blue Peter fans have been telling us how much they\u2019ve enjoyed and appreciated the show\u2019s unstinting commitment to engaging, inspiring and entertaining them and we can\u2019t wait for Presenter Number 40 to join us and get stuck in!  Adam is playful, thoughtful and already popular with our audience, who I\u2019m sure will give him the biggest ever Blue Peter welcome.\u201d                 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Peter is live on CBBC every Thursday at 5.30pm and is available on BBC iPlayer.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The world\u2019s longest-running children’s TV show has today unveiled Derry-born Adam Beales as its newest Blue Peter presenter.\u00a0 Adam is the 40th Blue Peter presenter and will co-host alongside Lindsey Russell, Richie Driss, Mwaka Mudenda and Henry the dog, in his first show this Thursday (September 3rd) on CBBC and BBC iPlayer at 5.30pm.  YouTuber … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18920,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18917\/revisions\/18920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}