 Williams recalled "he could not find anything for me to do", and in October, Williams did not appear for six editions, and was eventually fired, leaving Christopher Trace on his own or with one-off presenters.Parkhurst was replaced by John Furness.She went on to play small parts in the films "Watch Your Stern", "Marriage of Convenience" and "The Beauty Jungle", and returned to "Blue Peter" for the show's 20th anniversary in 1978 and subsequently the 40th anniversary in 1998 and the 60th in 2018.