Blue Peter badge for a badges by corresponding with the show by post. Applications require a message of at least 50 words explaining why a badge is deserved and often include drawings, poems, or other creative works. There are different types of badges, representing different types of achievement. The badge was originally introduced in 1963, featuring the blue ship logo on a white plastic shield inspired by the ship from Disney's Peter Pan. This design remained unchanged until the 1990s when a revised badge featuring a raised moulding of the ship design by Tony Hart was introduced (more detailed and neater than the
TV Cream Some contributors were also involved with "Off the Telly" , worked in journalism and/or wrote books. Graham Kibble-White wrote for the "Daily Mirror" and Jill Phythian appeared as a talking-head on TV list shows. TV Cream also operates email lists; "Creamguide" currently the only regular email provides subscribers with a weekly mailout listing forthcoming TV programmes of interest. The website and its contributors have produced a number of spin-off books, some marketed as TV Cream tie-ins, others individual projects by writers: "TV Cream: The Ultimate Guide To 70's and 80's Pop Culture" (aka "TV Cream: Nostalgia Book of the 70's