Noakes refused to appear on a special edition of "Blue Peter" to celebrate its twentieth birthday in October 1978 because of his poor relationship with Baxter. Eventually he was persuaded to pre-film a message for the programme, otherwise Noakes would have been the only well-known presenter to not appear. The message was shot whilst Noakes was on location filming the "Go With Noakes" episode "Around The Cheshire Ring", which allowed the show to explain his absence in a positive manner for the viewers. Five years later he did not appear at all for the silver anniversary programme in 1983. In 2008, Noakes called Baxter a "stupid woman" in a television documentary celebrating the show's 50th anniversary.