Matt Baker, Konnie Huq and Simon Thomas have Blue Peter reunion

The trio presented the children's show 20 years ago

Sam Moore
Updated ·2 min read
New Blue Peter member Liz Barker sits in the studio in London with Matt Barker (Top l) , Simon Thomas, Konnie Huq (bottom l). The long running BBC children's show is currently in it's 42nd series. * It stands as the longest continuously running children's programme in the world.
Matt Baker, Simon Thomas and Konnie Huq in their Blue Peter days. (BBC)

Matt Baker, Konnie Huq and Simon Thomas have celebrated a Blue Peter reunion 20 years after the trio presented the BBC show together.

Thomas — who now presents football for Sky Sports and Prime Video — posted the encounter on his social media.

Alongside a picture of the three, Thomas wrote: "Nice to meet up for lunch with some old friends today."

Huq previously revealed that her male co-stars were paid significantly more than her for doing the same job on Blue Peter.

Talking to the Daily Telegraph, she said: "So I kicked off, fought for my rights and upped my salary. Because I’d done maths as part of my degree, I made sure I got all the back payments with compound interest."

Television presenters Konnie Huq (left) and Simon Thomas with Lucy the dog on the set of the children's BBC television programme 'Blue Peter', London, UK, circa 2000. (Photo by Tim Roney/Getty Images)
Konnie Huq and Simon Thomas on Blue Peter. (Getty Images)

In a 2017 poll, Huq was named the UK's favourite Blue Peter presenter. She co-hosted the legendary children's show between 1997 and 2008 and was Blue Peter's longest serving female presenter.

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She later presented The Xtra Factor and co-wrote an episode of Black Mirror with her husband Charlie Brooker.

Thomas, who presented Blue Peter between 1999 and 2005, has gone on to have a successful career presenting sports before he took a sabbatical following the death of his first wife in 2017. Thomas later returned to presenting in 2020.

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Matt Baker currently presents Countryfile. (BBC)

Matt Baker presented Blue Peter from 1999 until 2006 and his own dog Meg was featured on the show with him. Baker later fronted The One Show for the BBC between 2010 and 2020 and is currently one of the hosts of Countryfile.

Originally premiering in 1958, Blue Peter is the longest running children's show in the world and past presenters have included Richard Bacon, John Noakes and Yvette Fielding.

Blue Peter is currently presented by Richie Driss, Joel Mawhinney and Mwaksy Mudenda.

Watch below: Konnie Huq admits to not buying any clothes for the past decade