Sport Relief 2012 sewage. He swam a total distance in eight days, a total of 111,352 strokes were swam and 68,186 calories were burnt. So far he has raised £1,194,258 for Sport Relief. Fearless "Blue Peter" presenter Helen Skelton made it to the South Pole in just 18 days by ski, bike and kite, bringing her epic, Antarctic expedition to a triumphant close. For this gruelling challenge, she travelled up to 14 hours a day across the coldest and windiest place on earth, battling blizzards and sub-zero temperatures. It was shown for 9 weeks on Mondays on BBC1 at 4:30pm and an adult
Blue Peter to re-invent the show to be more like the BBC's motoring programme "Top Gear". Deverell hopes that by adding "danger and excitement", "Blue Peter" will achieve the same "playground buzz" among children as "Top Gear". In January 2011, Barney Harwood was introduced to the programme as replacement for Defries, who had departed in late 2010 after two years. Unusually, Harwood was no stranger to "Blue Peter" viewers, having appeared as a presenter on CBBC for many years, on shows including "Prank Patrol" and "Bear Behaving Badly". On 29 March 2011, "Blue Peter" became the first programme in the UK to