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
Bill Callahan (TV producer) Bill Callahan (TV producer) Bill Callahan is a writer/producer for such shows as "Spin City", "8 Simple Rules", "Oliver Beene", "Scrubs" and "Psych". Callahan was an executive producer/writer on "Scrubs", which entered its ninth season on December 1, 2009. He joined the show in its fourth season as co-executive producer, and was an executive producer for the sixth season, and the first six episodes of the seventh season. "Scrubs" is created by Bill Lawrence, who co-created "Spin City", which Callahan also worked on, as co-producer/producer/supervising producer. He also was a writer on "8 Simple Rules" and "Psych", and a producer/writer