Blue Peter Proms

After seven years, the formula for the Blue Peter Prom is well established. Parents can expect orchestral showpieces, audience participation, film music, presenters having a go (last year conducting, this year playing the flute), and some wild guest spots. It's no mean feat to make small children feel comfortable in the overwhelming Albert Hall, but the real challenge is to keep their attention. Presenters Liz Barker and Simon Thomas joined in heroically, but nothing they said made my young friends listen.

Still, this was a pretty good year. The wild guests delivered handsomely: the whole hall gasped as the Chinese lion costumes of the Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu School charged down the aisles. And no one could resist 14-year-old Oliver Kirby, youngest member of Exeter's Kagemusha Taiko troupe, drumming with all his might.

The orchestral selection was a mixed success. Six-year-old Josh liked the Firebird and the Nutcracker, but switched off completely for John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine. The audience participation was a bit limp, and in the case of finger-clicking, too difficult for small hands. The sure-fire winner was Ravel's Bolero, in which the BBC Philharmonic got to use their clowning skills. Starting with an almost empty stage, they appeared one by one from all over the hall, each with a different reason for being late. Audience heads started turning. If you watched violinist Nigel Jay fishing by the organ and catching a giant rabbit, you might have missed cellist Rebecca Aldersea wielding her broom around the double bass section.

Creativity is not in short supply at the BBC Philharmonic; double bassist Peter Willmott's orchestration of a Japanese folk song brought the hall to rapt attention. In fact, the creative potential of the orchestra came across as the most fertile field of the show, able to keep the audience's attention much better than the Blue Peter script. One thing you can't fault about the formula: they chose the right orchestra.

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