Konnie Huq is best known for presenting the BBC children's television show Blue Peter and became its first Asian presenter when she joined on 1 December 1997. (At the time, Huq was regarded as being its 25th presenter, but the subsequent acknowledgement in 1998 of Anita West as a former presenter, means Huq is now the programme’s 26th host.) She is currently the third longest-serving Blue peter presenter of all time and on 1 October 2007 became its longest-serving female host, passing Valerie Singleton's record. On the 22nd January 2008, Konnie presented her last live Blue peter.