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
The Hit Man and Her to the final edition. In "", Pete Waterman said that the idea for "The Hit Man and Her" came to him when he turned on the TV late one night and the only TV station still on-air was featuring guest Elvis Costello talking about Irish politics. The theme tune, "Cocoon", was performed by Timerider. The track also appeared in the film "The Fruit Machine", and Pete also used it as the signature tune for his Saturday morning Radio City show. It is still today used as the theme tune for Barnsley F.C. and is played as the team comes out