C-BBC Presenter More 'Model' than Role Model

[Teddy Bear]

Coke shower? Children's TV presenter Sarah-Jane Honeywell looks a world away from her normal CBeebies self

For a fact she has a very nice body. She however, along with BBC management, needs to decide if she wants to be a role model for children, which she's definitely not as it stands, or a glamour girl. It's about time our media took responsibility for the state of the country as they are largely to blame for its decline. The disingenuous claim that they are 'giving the public what they want', rather than 'brainwashing the public to desire it'. In the meantime we continue to decline - in every valuable respect.

I know I wouldn't want her presenting anything to my children. Naturally the Daily Mail sees it as an opportunity to show saucy pictures.

Not as sweet as she looks? Saucy new pics of CBeebies presenter Sarah-Jane Honeywell are strictly for grown-ups

By Holly Thomas

Raunchy new photos of children's TV presenter and pantomime actress Sarah-Jane Honeywell have popped up on celebrity photographer Marc de Groot's Facebook page.

It's safe to say that this might liven things up for any fathers in the audience.

Sarah pours coke over an almost see-through vest and poses wearing candyfloss 'underwear' in the fun but definitely grown-up pictures.

Honeywell, who is best known for presenting popular kid's show Tikkabilla on BBC children's channel CBeebies is normally the embodiment of wholesome fun.

Tikkabilla features stories, play time, songs, games and surprise guests, all suitable for pre-schoolers.

Sarah is known for her energetic and engaging presenting style- qualities she certainly exhibited in these pictures.

Nevertheless, it appears that in retrospect she feels a little bashful about this spot of modelling on the side.

Taking to Twitter this afternoon, Sarah wrote: 'I find myself on page 31 of the sun today - I feel a bit faint with the shock of this - woops x'

Nevertheless, Sarah's Twitter page does contain a hint of a cheeky side- her final word in her 'about me' section is 'Minx'.

At least the conscientious star kept her fan base in mind in one respect- pouring only child-friendly diet coke rather than any alcoholic beverage in the 'wet t-shirt' pic.

As both a gymnast and a vegan, it's no wonder that Sarah's in such fantastic shape.

In addition to her TV work she has also starred in various popular pantomimes, including Peter Pan and The Little Mermaid- both in the title roles.

In 2006 she released an EP entitled Love and Magic, and has since toured England and Europe with a show by the same name.

The caring 37-year-old also does charity work for the Dogs Trust in her spare time.

[Teddy Bear]

I posted a comment on this article on the Daily Mail website, very similar to what I wrote above. It was the first to be posted and I'm glad to say that so far 740 people supported it.

It's interesting to read the ones who didn't. Here's a few:

The very idea that somehow pictures like this are connected to social moral decline is utterly laughable, but someone's had a go already I see. By the way, I think the BBC, or rather CBeebies management gave a clear signal of how they were prepared to handle a talent like Sarah-Jane when they moved her from in-vision presenting to radio, then into a Monkey suit.The slashed budget and compromised format for Mighty Mites further demonstrated their complete incompetence at handling genuine talent. What's more, I note thst Sarah Jane covorted around the west end stage in a skin tight Lycra cat costume long before Tikabilla, I didn't hear 'teddy bear' complain when she was hired. Cue more outraged stuffy bilge from the uptight repressed moral minority.
- The Cutter, London, 28/8/2011 10:26

Teddy Bear - what a load of self-righteous hypocritical waffle. She's posed for a couple of harmless pics (probably a long time in the past), in a context which has nothing whatsoever to do with her day job at the BBC. You criticise the Beeb for moral laxity, yet you read a newspaper which constantly plasters semi-naked pictures of celebrities all over its website. Reality check?
- MC Miker G, Folkestone, 27/8/2011 21:58

Get a grip Teddy Bear (or perhaps you already have?), pre school kids are only going to see these pictures if someone goes out of their way to show them to them. The pictures aren't obscene especially by today's standards, isnt the poor girl entitled to a life outside of CBeebies?

- Wendy K, London, 27/8/2011 21:22

Yes, because toddlers and very young kids are going to be logging into facebook and checking out celeb photo's on some obscure photographer's page. She is very far from a 'glamour girl' and you couldn't hope to have a better role model for kids. Grow up and get a bit of perspective Teddy Bear.

- Andrew, Broken Britain, 27/8/2011 21:01

"She however, along with BBC management, needs to decide if she wants to be a role model for children..." - Teddy Bear, London, UK Who are you to tell her what she "needs" to do? It's a free world, she can do what she wants. As for blaming the media for the decline of the UK, that's a typical cop-out. The media are not "responsible" for anything - they simply reflect the wider world. Your way of thinking has more in common with a dictatorship than a democracy and is not welcome.

- Andreas, Alicante, 27/8/2011 19:11

You get the drift. Here's my response to them.

I'm heartened that well over 700 others understand my point and are able to think for themselves. I'd also expect that every one of them can appreciate a good looking body.

As for the others - like I said - BRAINWASHED - and I don't expect you to be conscious of it. You probably think that this is what is right. Fact is though - you didn't contemplate the values and qualities that a society would need to have to function and grow in balance and harmony, with true respect.

You may well think what you have is what you want, but unless you also look at the dynamics creating the ever increasing dysfunctional society, highlighted recently by the criminal riots ('protests' according to the BBC) then expect to see it disintegrate even further.

You may not know you're brainwashed, but you can start by being aware you haven't thought it through independently.

By the way, independent thinking doesn't mean letting the newspaper of that name do your thinking for you.