Blue Peter the 50th anniversary) the opening arrangement of the tune was reworked to include elements of "Barnacle Bill" once again. The closing theme for 2008 is the same as opening signature tune. In September 2011, the series returned to using "Barnacle Bill" though with the opening bars and drum roll omitted (along with the "Sailor's Hornpipe") and the traditional closing signature tune not used. 1958–1989: The earliest episodes featured stock footage of a sailing ship under the opening credits. By the late 1960s, Blue Peter's opening sequence featured extracts of that edition's filmed inserts or an event in the studio where
Quinnipiac Barnacle Quinnipiac Barnacle "The Quinnipiac Barnacle" is a parody newspaper at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. The newspaper publishes daily online while school is in session and monthly in print. While the official website of "The Quinnipiac Barnacle" states humorously that it was started in 1964 by Quinnipiac University President John Lahey, it was actually started on November 5, 2012 by juniors Shane Collins and William Vessio as a parody news website. The website received popularity and press on-campus, as well as strong negative feedback. In Fall 2013, "The Barnacle" became an officially recognized organization on the Quinnipiac campus and came