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
Pete Barnacle on three albums: "Outland" (1987), "Price You Pay" (1988) and "SOD's Law" in 1992. This band also toured in 1991 billed as Theatre Of Hate. Since 2006, formed the band GoDoG together Sakate Sōtarō and Hashimoto Hiroyuk. The line-up of Gillan in which he played was: Ian Gillan also sang for the bands Deep Purple, Ian Gillan Band, and Black Sabbath. Barnacle is named as a musician on Gillan's self-titled album although he never actually played on the album, but performed live with the band. The line-up of Girl in which he played was: Pete Barnacle played on the Girl