Blue Peter 2002, repeats of "Blue Peter" started being shown on CBBC on Choice's successor, the newly launched CBBC Channel, along with spin-off shows "Blue Peter Unleashed" and "Blue Peter Flies the World". From 2003 a new arrangement involved new material being shown daily, on both BBC One and the CBBC Channel. In 2017, "Blue Peter Bite", a five-minute programme which features challenges previously shown on the programme was introduced. The signature tune has always been a hornpipe, originally using variations of Barnacle Bill by Herbert Ashworth-Hope, and should not be confused with the American sailor song of the same title. The
Gary Barnacle "Between The Sun And The Moon" by Brenda Russell. During this period he co-wrote and recorded an instrumental project with Mark King, also involving Bill Sharpe (Shakatak), and still awaiting release. Other acts for whom Barnacle has contributed live or in session have included Pet Shop Boys, David Bowie, and ABC. He worked frequently with Stock Aitken Waterman as a session musician in their PWL studios. Barnacle is frequently credited as an arranger of woodwinds, brass and string instrument on his session work. Barnacle also plays flute, keyboards and drums. In a career spanning more than three decades, Gary Barnacle