However, Blue Peter producers continue to deny that this played any part in his sacking, despite another producer – Edward Barnes – describing him in Blue Peter: The Inside Story as “a whinger – and an effeminate whinger to boot”. *Caren Keating died in 2004 …. Wonder if he palled around with any of those other BBC “shorties” of the time — Matthew Waterhouse and Simon Gipps-Kent. Thanks Mike; I’m happy to hear that. Sundin impressed the editor, Biddy Baxter, and was invited to audition for the presenting vacancy left by Peter Duncan; it was his fortune that one of the audition items was to interview someone on a trampoline, and he presented his first programme on 13 September 1984. Subsequent rumours suggested that he had also – briefly – been a rent boy at some time in the past. The best wOrd to describe Michael was bubbly. He was a presenter of the BBC children's programme Blue Peter for 77 episodes between 1984 and 1985. Elton John - Interview on "Blue Peter" British ... - YouTube My clinical training (Internship and Residency) took place at the Karolinska University Hospital and the Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, respectively. Although I notice that his Wikipedia article mentions his family didn’t want it to be known he’d died if AIDS. The government created fear and loathing of the gay community with their frightening and over-the-top AIDS “information” campaigns. He presented his last show on 24 June 1985. [1], After fronting 77 episodes, the editors and production team for Blue Peter decided not to renew Sundin's contract following the summer break, because they felt that he had little rapport with the viewers and it was claimed by the editor that some parents and children complained about his effeminacy. One of his final public appearances was as a dancer in the video for Rick Astley's She Wants to Dance With Me (1988). Your email address will not be published. In 1984 Peter Duncan took time off to make 'Duncan Dares' and his place was taken by Michael Sundin, a trampolinist I believe, who lasted on the show about a year before being sacked, Peter Duncan returned in 1985. VAT.nr: SE202100297301About this websiteNews from KIKI calendar. In this her fellow presenters paid tribute and clips of her earlier appearances were shown. © Karolinska Institutet The Times newspaper reported (on 26 July 1989) that he had died of liver cancer, but in fact his death was AIDS-related, and a decision was made that this information would not be released to the press. [5], From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core, According to Biddy Baxter and Edward Barnes' book, http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/bluepeter/presenters/sundin.shtml, https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Michael_Sundin&oldid=2220494, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2013, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. This page was last modified on 12 November 2015, at 22:38. I’m Research Group Leader (PI) at the Division of Pediatrics, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet. Lou Sheldon and the Traditional Values Coalition (TVC), HIV/AIDS: A Brief History of AZT – Part Two, HIV/AIDS: A Brief History of AZT – Part One. Michael was the right presenter at the wrong time in my opinion. The debate continues to this day as to whether he was sacked because of his sexuality or because he wasn’t liked by the viewers. The tabloids got hold of it and he was "released" from his contract when the series ended for its summer holiday. No mention was made of his death on Blue Peter. The 1980’s were a very cruel time for gay people. Biddy Baxter doesn't emerge from this looking very good at all, denying his sacking was related to him being gay then later claiming it was because he was 'effeminate'..to which the answer is: if he was so effeminate why did you employ him in the first place, Biddy? His parents were Alan and Joyce Sundin, and he had a brother named David. Television: Blue Peter drops gay presenter. This is an accurate article EXCEPT for the last paragraph. Fax: 08-31 11 01Contact KI, Org.nr: 202100-2973 But Michael Sundin was, in my view, by far and away the cutest. In the interview Baxter blamed the press for the inaccurate coverage of Sundin's sacking from the programme because of his sexuality. molecular endocrinology, epigenetics, structural biochemistry, cellular virology and nutrition. After winning five British titles and one world title in British & World Trampolining tournaments, he entered show business in 1980 when he appeared in the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk, with Barbara Windsor. I don’t recall him as being one of my favourite presenters. Welcome to the Digital Spy forums. Required fields are marked *, A personal account of LGBT life in the 1980s in the UK, USA and Australia, 1985. In 1984, he began rehearsing the character Tik-Tok for the Walt Disney film Return to Oz, and this was covered by the long-running BBC children's magazine programme Blue Peter. He completed his schooling at St Columb's College. Introducing the Soap Scoop podcast! His parents were Alan and Joyce Sundin, and he had a brother named David. In October 1985, a newspaper printed photographs of Sundin dancing with a male stripper in London. These photos showed him dancing in his undies with a male stripper at the Hippodrome club in London. Get the latest on Michael Sundin on Fandango. [9] Currently, he is the co-presenter in the new series of the CBBC show The Dog Ate My Homework. He always seemed wooden to me at the time. In the interview she denied that he had been sacked due to his sexuality and said that "It was his leaving the programme because children didn’t like him – nothing to do with his sexual proclivities".
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