Blue Peter Mystery Solved!

August 25, 2017

The mystery of Radzi’s wrestling costume is OVER! And the culprit …

IS BARNEY!

He would have got away with it too, if it weren’t for all of you pesky CBBC viewers who joined in and solved the mystery. If you took part, thank you so much! I had an amazing time working on it, and the Blue Peter team were absolutely fabulous.

I was lucky enough to be allowed on Blue Peter itself to reveal the solution of the mystery to the nation, and also to talk about The Guggenheim Mystery. It was so great to meet Radzi, Lindsey and Barney (even if he is a costume thief!). In fact, it was a dream come true! When I was a kid I watched Blue Peter and always wanted a badge – now I finally have one!

If you want to watch my interview, it’s about 24 minutes in to the episode, which is available on iPlayer for the next month if you live in the UK.

Now, does anyone have another mystery for me to detect?

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