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1965
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1967
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1968
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Valerie makes Dalek cakes.
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with Valerie Singleton and John Noakes. Can you design a monster? If you think you can design one tough enough to beat the Daleks watch today's edition of "Blue Peter" for details of a new competition. The three first prize-winning designs will be built by the BBC's special effects department to go on display at the next Boys' and Girls' Exhibition at Olympia, and may even play leading parts in "Dr Who"!
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with Valerie Singleton, John Noakes, Peter Purves. Valerie Singleton has taken a lioness for a walk through a busy street, been flown into the Borneo jungle by helicopter, and was the first white woman the Ibans had ever seen, and nearer home, she's learned to ice skate - all in the 'Blue Peter' cause. This week Val undertakes a new venture - learning to show-jump. She does ride as a hobby, and in fact she was seen on horseback last year in the film of the Blue Peter team in Jamaica. Val's instructor in today's programme is Alan Oliver, one of Britain's leading show-jumpers, who has been carrying off awards since the early 1950s. She's certainly in good hands.
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1966
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A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace.
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Christopher Trace and Leila Williams give a Hallowe'en Party.
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1969
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1973
Expedition Ivory Coast In today’s programme, John and Pete in their dug-out canoe battle with 15-foot waves and Lesley explores a ghost town on the edge of the jungle.
Expedition Ivory Coast When the jungle trail runs out, John, Pete and Lesley take to canoes to visit Tiegba, a fishing village built on stilts over the muddy waters of a tropical lagoon. Making a splash on the Ivory Coast.
Expedition - Ivory Coast John, Pete and Lesley meet the knife painters of Fakar, where each man paints a picture every day, and six-year-old Emmanuel who sews faster than a machine.
Expedition Ivory Coast The sinister story of the Sacred Masks and the Yacouba acrobats.
Expedition - Ivory Coast John, Peter and Lesley come face to face with crocodiles at the Sacred Lake and meet the strolling Balafon players-with six foot xylophones made of solid wood.
Expedition - Ivory Coast John, Peter and Lesley cross the jungle barefoot on a sweeping creeper bridge to find the ten-foot stilt dancers of Gouessesso.
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John Noakes trains with the RAF’s Flying Falcons In preparation for his five-mile drop through the sky. According to the Guinness Book of Records, John is the first civilian in Britain ever to have achieved this spectacular feat.
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John meets a famous actress - Charlotte Rhodes. Few people realise that The Onedin Line‘s famous ship plays many different parts, and today you can see how the transformations take place.
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Five months ago Lesley visited Whipsnade Zoo for the selection of the 3rd Battalion Royal Regiment of Wales’s new mascot. Today you can watch Dewi II’s debut at Cardiff Castle in front Of HRH the Prince of Wales, and see how he reacted to his period of intensive square bashing.
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Petra celebrates her 11th birthday, and Dr Who, alias Jon Pertwee, demonstrates his amazing new car.
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Today Valerie and John go behind-the-scenes at Westminster Abbey to see the preparations being made for this week’s Royal Wedding. More than 500-million people in five continents are expected to be viewing on Wednesday, and the Wedding will be televised ' live ' to 16 different countries. The BBC will be using 50 cameras and 14 mobile control rooms to cover the event, and in today’s Blue Peter you can see where the cameras are hidden in the Abbey.
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Over 2,000 cats and kittens entered for Saturday’s National Cat Club Championship Show at Olympia. Lesley judged the Blue Peter classes and, today, the eight first prizewinners will be in the studio to compete for the Blue Peter Supreme Championship.
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Arthur Askey shows John and Pete how to play the parts of the Ugly Sisters, with Lesley as Prince Charming and Val as Cinderella. Join in carols around the tree with the Band of the Chalk Farm Branch of the Salvation Army plus news of the Blue Peter Stampede.
Review of the Year - including John’s five-mile free fall, the amazing Uri Geller and the special message from Pope Paul VI.
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Paco Pena and his Flamenco Puro Paco, with dancers Margarita and Faiquillo De Cordoba, teach Lesley the basic flamenco steps to rhythm provided by John and Pete with Barrilito, El Sordera and Basilisco.
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Hannah, the labrador bought by Blue Peter viewers with a silver paper collection, and her latest litter of six puppies (one of them is shown here) - plus Bonnie the Kennel cat. The pups make their debut today.
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1975
Expedition Turkey Today the temperature rises as John and Peter sample a turkish bath at a sizzling 40 degrees centigrade and East meets West on the famous Bosphorus Bridge where you can stand in two continents at once.
For the past six months Buttons, the 3 Bs Appeal trainee guide dog puppy, has been puppy-walked on the programme. Now, in her Advanced Test, she has to prove whether or not she's good enough to go away to school to be enrolled at a Guide Dogs for the Blind Training Centre.
Expedition Turkey Sunken Cistern: JOHN, PETER and LESLEY boat through the mysterious Roman reservoir that lies beneath the pavements of Istanbul and discover the spot where the world's first bird-man leapt into space.
Monster Raffle: who will win Hemel Hempstead Fire Station's life-size mate for the Loch Ness Monster? Today ' Nessie ' returns to the studio where the prize draw will be made, and the lucky winner will become the owner of a spectacular mobile giant.
Seal Survival: John joins George Cansdale in a rescue operation with a happy ending. Baby seals washed ashore at Skegness are released into the sea after rehabilitation at Nature-land Marine Zoo.
John, Peter and Lesley explore the mysterious Goreme Valley, where St George is said to have fought the dragon, and discover hidden churches hewn into the rocks by early Christians who fled from persecution.
Expedition Turkey John, Peter and Lesley visit one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and swim through the columns of a Roman town.
Everest Monster Competition Yeti or Ape? Bear or Creature from Outer Space?
Who Can Ever be Tired of Bath? When Jane Austen wrote these words in 1801 Bath was the centre of fashionable society. To celebrate Jane Austen's bicentenary Valerie revisits the city and takes the waters.
Cotton Castles John, Peter and Lesley visit Pamukkale in Western Turkey, where hot mineral springs have transformed the mountainside into curious swimming pools that were first discovered by the Romans.
Anything's likely to happen in today's programme - and probably will - with the visiting team of The Goodies.
Christmas Money Savers Today: Home-made Christmas Cards and Gift Tags
Don't miss Blue Peter's most important announcement of the year! Find out how you can help the 1975 Christmas Appeal.
Lost a glove? Don't throw the odd one away! Torn your shirt? Save it for us! Send your old wool and cotton to Blue Peter and help the great Clothes-Horse Race. Two hundred tons are wanted to provide badly-needed aid for disabled people all over Britain. In today's programme the Totaliser will show the latest score and if you can help the race to the winning post, here's the Appeal Depot address: [address removed].
See Lesley shrink as she becomes Alice - and watch her adventures in Blue Peterland. Join in with carols round the tree, with the children of The John Scurr Junior School, Warlingham County Secondary School, and The Band of the Chalk Farm Branch of the Salvation Army, and hear the latest news of the Blue Peter Clothes-Horse Race.
Do you remember... When John crashed his bobsleigh at 90 miles an hour? When a gorilla pounced on Lesley and Rod Hull's Emu grabbed Peter's hair for his nest? These are all in today's programme when Valerie, John, Peter and Lesley pick their favourite adventures of 1975.
Has the Clothes-Horse Race Been Won? Will the mountain of old wool and cotton weighed at the Collection Depot finally reach the 200-ton target on the Totalisor? If so, Blue Peter viewers will have helped hundreds of handicapped people all over the country by providing a pony and also equipment for 289 disabled riding groups in Great Britain.
Lesley serves dinner in the clouds as she learns how to be a waitress on wings.
John goes wire-walking along the cables of Scotland's greatest suspension bridge.
Fish and Chips! JOHN and LESLEY become cook and waitress at the world's largest and most luxurious fish and chip shop -where the lights are glass chandeliers and the ingredients of the batter one of Britain's top secrets.
Blue Peter Goes Supersonic This morning John and Peter. waved Lesley off at London Airport as she joined the VIPs on Concorde's first passenger flight to Washington. At 4.50 (our time) LESLEY arrives at Dulles Airport and makes Blue Peter's first live report from the United States in this specially extended edition of the programme. Back in the Blue Peter studio JOHN and PETER meet Bluey and Jester, two of Britain's last remaining pit ponies, who are now film stars and Val visits the Music Room at Brighton Pavilion, devastated by fire six months ago, and talks to the craftsmen who will be working on the restoration.
Next week a spaceship lands on an unexplored planet. Today you can see how a British invention may help to answer the question... Is there Life on Mars?
1970
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1974
Expedition - Thailand John, Peter and Lesley discover Bangkok’s Giant Swing, ride the klongs in a long-tailed boat and meet Mr Larry, the lightning tailor.
Expedition - Thailand John, Peter and Lesley visit the world’s most glittering palace, watch Thai boxing, and Blue Peter cameras show in close detail how venom is extracted from a cobra.
Expedition - Thailand At the National Theatre dance school Lesley joins the fingerail class; John spends a backbreaking session with the Monkey Gods.
Expedition - Thailand Ankle-deep in mud, John, Peter and Lesley help out in the rice fields and discover a village where everyone makes special umbrellas that disintegrate at the first drop of rain!
Expedition - Thailand John, Peter and Lesley meet the two fastest swordsmen in Thailand and visit the Meo Tribe in their remote mountain village.
Expedition - Thailand John, Peter and Lesley visit a unique jungle school. Classes start at dawn with 'picking up small things’ and all the pupils are elephants.
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Peter will be reporting from the footplate of the 532 Blue Peter. Over the weekend she made her first 100 mile run, under her own steam, since she went out of service seven years ago.
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The Long Fall John Noakes trains with the RAF’s Flying Falcons in preparation for his five-mile drop through the sky. According to the Guinness Book of Records, John is the first civilian in Britain ever to have achieved this spectacular feat.
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Today Blue Peter cameras are at the Appeal Depot where parcels of the ‘Three B’s’ - Buttons, Badges and Buckles - are pouring in to reach the target of a guide dog puppy and a block of kennels for the new Puppy Walking Centre. If you haven’t sent your parcel yet, the address is: Blue Peter ‘Three B’s’ Appeal, Royal George Wharf, 88 Bankside, London Se1 Jg
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The Blue Peter Flying Ballet - see what goes on behind the scenes at Christmas shows all over Britain to enable characters like Peter Pan to fly. Join in carols around the tree with the Band of the Chalk Farm Branch of the Salvation Army, and hear the latest news of the Blue Peter ' Three Bs ' Appeal.
with Valerie Singleton, John Noakes, Peter Purves Lesley Judd and their Highlights of 1974 Do you remember when John, Peter and Lesley escaped from the roof of the Television Centre inside a cloth tube? When John clambered up a telephone 4.8 metres high? When Jaff the sheepdog actually bottle-fed a lamb? These are all included in today’s programme when Valerie, John, Peter and Lesley pick their favourite adventures of 1974.
Three Bs Appeal Result Today you can find out whether the target of two million envelopes of Buttons, Badges and Buckles has been realised. If so, Blue Peter viewers will have helped hundreds of blind people all over Britain by providing a guide dog puppy and kennels for a brand new Puppy Walking Centre.
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Today’s an important day for anyone who helped in the 3Bs Appeal for Guide Dogs for the Blind. John, Peter and Lesley will be reporting on the Auction that took place last Tuesday.
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Former World Champion and Olympic gold medallist Precious McKenzie emigrates to New Zealand later this month. Today Precious comes to the Blue Peter Studio to attempt to regain the world record in power lifting.
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Lesley visits Helston for one of Cornwall’s most important events -Flora Day. From dawn to dusk, thousands of people throng the streets singing and dancing the famous Furry Dance. Lesley investigates the behind-the-scenes preparations and joins in with the traditional revelries.
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Relive Radzi's entire epic skydiving challeng,e from training to attempting a parachute stack with the actual RAF Falcons!
It's an orange badge special. We announce the winner of the Awesome Animation competition while launching a brand new one for Blue Peter's big birthday in its 60th year. Also, Radzi and Sport badge holder Chloe head behind the scenes at BBC's Sports Personality of the Year 2017.
Lindsey joins Awesome Animation competition winner Rory on the red carpet, and Radzi gives indoor surfing a go. Get ready for plenty of wipeouts!
It's a purple badge take over as everything is suggested by Blue Peter purple badge holders! Young comedian Ned Woodman takes centre stage for some Blue Peter LOLs. We witness some impressive flute-beat boxing skills and Lindsey takes on a speedy challenge in a dragon boat.
It's the 5,000th show! To celebrate we launch a brand new badge with the help of fashion designer Henry Holland, New Hope Club, a Harry Potter illustrator, and young magician Issy Simpson.
Lindsey is joined by Strictly star Mollie King, who takes on Blue Peter presenting duties for the day! We commemorate Vote 100 and the suffrage movement, singing sensation Calum Scott performs his new single You Are the Reason, and there's a pancake challenge!
To celebrate the Winter Olympics, Blue Peter brings you a snow sport special! Radzi takes on a very special skeleton bob challenge, Lindsey gives snowboarding a go, and the two go head to head In a speed skating race! Where better to bring you a show full of action on ice, than the Swiss Alps?
It's an ice-cold special. Find out what it means to be chilly with epic liquid nitrogen experiments. Lindsey and Radzi try ice hockey, HRVY performs in studio, and our guest presenter is the coolest guy around, Steve Backshall!
It's the launch of the Blue Peter 2018 Sport Relief totaliser with the help of internet star Chris MD! Lindsey is joined in the studio by MOTD Kickabout's Ben Cajee, Radzi goes behind the scenes at the largest science experiment in the world and impressionist, Jess Robinson, sings a song or two.
It's the Blue Peter Book Awards, so we find out which books win Best Story and Best Book with Facts, as well as who is surprised with a gold badge.
Get set for Mother's Day with Lindsey and guest presenter Tyler West from MOTD Kickabout. We slice up the Blue Peter cheese to make the ultimate breakfast in bed. Plus Lindsey heads on to the Wembley pitch for a rugby league challenge, and we announce March's Fan of the Month!
Get set for Sport Relief with Radzi and guest presenter Brad from The Vamps! How will they fare when trying flatland BMX riding with record holder Matti Hemmings? Also, we kick off Lindsey and Radzi's very own Mega Mileathon challenge!
Find out how Lindsey and Radzi got on with their Sport Relief Challenge. How many steps will they be able to add to the Mega Mileathon Totaliser? There's a sneak peek behind the scenes of Sport Relief. Plus Dako Flying Angels showcase their fantastic gymnastic display skills!
Get set for Easter with Blue Peter. We'll show you how to reuse your Easter egg boxes to build a cool automaton. Radio 1's Greg James and Chris Smith pop in to talk superheroes, and Lindsey delivers the very first diamond badges.
Warning, this is the most hair-raising and exciting episode of Blue Peter ever! Radzi conducts four million volts of electricity to shoot lightning bolts from his hands.
We announce the winner and runners-up of our Big Birthday Balloon competition, with an extra special reveal of the winning balloon! Britain's Got Talent superstar Alesha Dixon tells us all about her new book and we also announce another competition.
This episode of Blue Peter has got it all. It's jam-packed. In fact there is so much in it, we'll struggle to tell you about it all right here. Especially when we spend so much time talking about how much is on the show. Oh, we've run out of space now. Watch it!
It's a packed animal special as meerkat pups, baby tortoises and piglets are in the studio! Vets from CBBC's The Pets Factor offer advice on your pets, Radzi joins a team of toad patrollers, and animal fan Naomi Wilkinson guest presents.
Blue Peter are teaming up with the world famous RAF Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, to offer a once-in-a-lifetime prize. Also, basketball legends the Harlem Globetrotters visit the studio to show off their epic skills and M.O perform their latest single, Bad Vibe.
We're having a Eurovision party, as UK entry SuRie performs her song Storm in the studio. We also catch up with Scott Mills and Rylan Clark-Neal in Lisbon for the latest Eurovision update. Also, there'll be more of you receiving your diamond badges and there's another chance to enter our Flying High competition, and be in with a chance of winning a once-in-a-lifetime prize.
You won't believe your eyes when we set fire to water using miniscule science. There's live music from Una Healy. Also, George is back to kick-start the Blue Peter garden.
1978
Expedition USA Hollywood, Houston, New Orleans and Washington are all on the itinerary of Blue Peter's whistle-stop tour of the USA. Today Lesley and Simon join in the New Orleans 4 July Independence Day celebrations, complete with a dazzling fireworks display. The human members of the team look pretty much the same. but Goldie, TV's most famous golden retriever, has trebled her size since she last appeared on the programme! Blue Peter film cameras were down on the farm at Dethick, in Derbyshire, to record Simon's reactions to his monster pup on his return from the USA.
1981
Expedition Japan: Who was the 'tall, fair-haired and very red-faced European' pulling the float at Kyoto's famous Gion Festival? None other than Simon, sweltering in 90°F, and that's how he was described by five "Blue Peter" viewers who just happened to be in the crowds lining the streets! But that was nothing compared with wading shoulder high into a sea of 50,000 eels, playing the part of a Samurai warrior at the Kyoto Movie Studios and coming face-to-face with the massive 30-stone Sumo wrestlers who make Big Daddy look a mere midget. And talking of giants, see how Prince has grown during the summer break and catch up with the latest news about all the other four-legged members of the team - Goldie, Jack and Jill and Maggie and Jim.
' He flies through the air with the greatest of ease.... the daring young man on the water skis.' Expert Christopher Wenner has been ski-ing on and over water since he was a 14-year-old in Central America's El Salvador. Effortless as it looks, a great deal of skill is involved, as LESLEY and SIMON discover when they have their very first water-ski lesson.
"Way down yonder in New Orleans..." Expedition USA Lesley and Simon explore the birthplace of jazz, ride a steam-boat on the mighty Mississippi and sample a Po'boy.
'Everything in the garden's lovely...' when Percy Thrower's around to lend a hand. He will be giving tips for the autumn. And Jack and Jill meet some fish they can't eat!
Including the first TV showing of the prototype of a new British electronic control system for model rail layouts. This exciting invention makes it possible to control four locos simultaneously with only two wires between the control panel and the track.
Expedition USA Break One Nine! Are there any smokies in the area? Double Dutch? No - just the language of CB (Citizen Band) Radio in Texas. Simon discovers how this new form of radio communication has been a life saver. And in Houston - America's Space Age City - he takes his life in his hands on the "Greezed Lightnin" - an incredible roller-coaster ride that loops the loop!
On 16 October Blue Peter will be 20 years old! You can join in the celebrations with a Birthday Quiz - watch today to discover how to enter and what special birthday prizes you can win by sending your answers on a postcard to: Blue Peter Birthday Quiz, [address removed].
with Lesley Judd, Simon Groom, Christopher Wenner and Clare Francis who returns to the studio with an exciting account of her 27,000-mile sail around the world on ADC Accutrac.
The 20th Birthday Celebrations: Join in with guests Leila Williams, Christopher Trace, Valerie Singleton, John Noakes and Peter Purves. Watch out for the nationwide Birthday Balloon Launch from Aberdeen, Cardiff, Belfast, Manchester and the roof of Television Centre in London. If a balloon lands near you, put the label in the post and win a special Birthday Badge.
"England expects..." must be the most famous signal in naval history. Today's programme includes two personal mementoes worn by Admiral Lord Nelson on HMS Victory when he was struck down by a French marksman at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Expedition USA Simon takes his life in his hands on a Texan mechanical bucking bull, and at the NASA Space Centre boards the experimental Shuttle - the world's first re-usable space craft.
Red Indian Teddy Make your bear the chief of your tribe, complete with feathered headdress and tomahawk plus a Teddy-sized tee-pee and camp fire. When the clocks go back next Sunday and the long, dark winter evenings begin, there'll be plenty of time to transform Britain's favourite toy!
Scaling giant walls and leaping water jumps are just a couple of the obstacles tackled by Simon and Chris when they attempt the assault course at Aldershot.
12-year-old authoress Lindsay Brown whose 39,000-word adventure story The Treasure of Dubarry Castle is published today.
And the results of the Goldie Limerick Competition Find out today whether your limerick has won a top prize.
Only 39 days to go until Christmas so now's the time to get ahead with cards and presents! Lesley shows some ideas for cards that cost only a few pence to make.
"Somebody, Somewhere Needs Your Help." Find out how you can join in with Blue Peter's 1978 Appeal and have a paper and pencil handy for the depot address.
A behind-the-scenes look at the final auditions for the young princes and princesses who will star with Yul Brynner in The King and I.
Meet eight purrfect winners from the National Cat Club Show and see them compete for the Blue Peter Supreme Championship.
Don't miss today's stop-press news about the Medi-Bike Appeal and see the latest figures on the Totaliser.
How does a puppet come to life? All will be revealed today when the visual effects experts from the new "Pinocchio" series stage a special demonstration in the Blue Peter studio.
A behind-the-scenes look at the filming for this year's All Star Record Breakers - in Blue Peter's Italian sunken garden!
With the third candle lit on the Advent Crown, there are only 151 hours to go to the great day! But there's still time to make a last-minute all-purpose decoration and send your stamps and coins to the Medi-Bike Appeal. Lorries are ready and waiting to carry your parcels free-of-charge - check the branch nearest to you in the phone book. In Trafalgar Square crowds are flocking to see the massive Norwegian Christmas Tree - a present from the people of Oslo. Simon and Christopher follow its journey from the Forest of Nordmarka and prepare for the grand Switch-on Ceremony.
Join in with carols round the tree with the children of ALLFARTHINGS SCHOOL, WARLINGHAM COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL. and the BAND OF THE CHALK FARM BRANCH OF THE SALVATION ARMY.
Review of the Year Re-live Blue Peter's highlights of 1978 as Simon rides the Tower Bridge Death Slide, Christopher takes to the skies-on water-skis, and Lesley has a cuddle with Frankenstein's monster! Join ANNI-FRID, BJORN, AGNETHA and BENNY in the Blue Peter studio, float in space with Skylab Astronaut Owen Garriot and flex your lips with the Fuoptimists as they give their unique 'trim-phone' seminar.
Has the Medi-Bike Appeal hit the jackpot? Find out today if your old stamps and coins have reached the target of 400 Medi-Bikes.
Did you get a diary for Christmas? More than 300 years ago a young man started a ten-year diary written in secret code. Lesley and Christopher tell the story of Samuel Pepys and the diary that became one of the most important books in the English language.
Knotty Problem? Knot when Dr Edward Hunters around! The famous inventor of Hunter's Bend shows how knot can be carved from wood.
Post Haste!: The first-ever showing of Britain's new stamps for 1979's International Year of the Child. Find out how you could become the designer of the official Post Office First Day Cover.
On 17 January. 1912 Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition reached the South Pole - only to find a Norwegian flag planted there! Chris investigates the dramatic story of Roald Amundsen - the first man at the South Pole.
All Bird Spotters! Details of how you can help the RSPB's great Garden Bird Count to be launched this Saturday.
Pussies Galore! Silver Tabbies Jack and Jill share their third birthday celebrations with Britain's newest breed of cat, Fearless Tipper.
Fifteen years after discovering the South Pole, Norwegian explorer ROALD AMUNDSEN attempted the world's first airship flight over the North Pole. Christopher tells the story of this hazardous flight which includes rarely-seen archive film of Amundsen in action in his dirigible, the Norge.
Including the first-ever TV showing of scenes from The Exile, Britain's newest space fantasy filmed by schoolboys Robert Poole and Nigel Brown from Wiltshire.
Has your design been chosen for the official Post Office First Day Cover for the International Year of the Child stamps? Find out today as the competition results are announced.
A Bright New Elvis!: The first television appearance of 14-year-old Robert Bright, who takes over the part of the young Elvis Presley in the hit West End musical next week. Plus the results of the RSPB's nationwide survey of garden birds including reports of some unusual sightings.
Do you have a garden, a back yard or a window box? Join Percy Thrower in the Blue Peter garden with tips for planting flowers and veg.
Val travels to Amsterdam to visit the house where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis for two years, whilst back in the studio, a miniature fairground has been constructed, complete with tiny organ.
Prince's Progress Goldie's puppy, Prince, spent his first night under canvas when he went to camp with the First Glen Hill Guide Company last month. All excellent experience for a trainee guide dog puppy who has to learn to ' be prepared' if he's to pass his tests and qualify as a pair of eyes for the blind. There'll be progress reports on his brothers, Buster, Sandy and Henry too, who are also being puppy walked. If you have the time and the patience to train a puppy for the Association, and you live within 40 miles of Bolton, Exeter, Forfar, Leamington Spa or Wokingham, write to Derek Freeman , the Guide Dogs for the Blind Puppy Walking Manager, at the following address: Tollgate House, Ban-bury Road, Bishops Tachbrook , Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
Expedition Japan Slippery Customers Thirty thousand wriggling eels were Simon's ' catch' when he waded up to his waist at the Hamana Lagoon Eel Farm. But the problems didn't end there - Master Chef Kyoshi Motohashi had his hands full when he showed Peter how to cook this gastronomic delicacy!
Expedition Japan Sarah discovers you have to take lessons before you can wear a Japanese kimono. Peter learns to fly in a jet cockpit where a flick of a computer switch changes night to day and fair weather to foul. Another computer gets Simon in the swing as he perfects his drive at a top Tokyo Golf Clinic.
Christmas Stamps This year's Christmas stamps and official First Day Cover have been designed by "Blue Peter" viewers. A colossal 500 million have been printed and you can see them roll off the presses at the printers in today's first public preview.
The Battle of the Giants!: Japan is Sumo mad! The 30-stone wrestlers are an awesome sight, and it was a dramatic moment when Peter stepped in the ring with the giant Kotonoryu!
Expedition Japan Hot Stuff! Peter takes a bath in a pool of volcanic mud, Simon is buried up to his neck in scorching sand (a recognised cure for hysterics!) and Sarah boils an egg in a hellpool where the water bubbles at 176°F! The setting is Beppu in southern Japan where the town lives in the shadow of one of the world's most dangerous active volcanoes: Mount Aso.
Straight and Narrow! There's more to ploughing with a team of horses than meets the eye, as Simon discovers when he joins some of Britain's top plough-men in the 1981 Championships in Oxfordshire.
William Adams was shipwrecked on Black Island off the coast of Japan in 1600. Sarah traces the true story of the Englishman who became samurai to the Shogun.
Butterfly Safari You don't have to go to the tropics to see orange tips, monarchs and woodnymphs. Keen lepidopterists can spot them only a few miles from London Airport! Join Sarah on an unusual safari and discover how you can go butterfly hunting the easy way.
If you missed last Thursday's programme, now's your chance to catch up with "Blue Peter"'s most important announcement of the year - the 1981 Appeal. Have a pencil and paper handy!
Save this copy of RADIO TIMES and transform the pages into a reindeer. A cardboard sledge completes the model and you'll end up with a magnificent Christmas decoration that would cost pounds to buy in the shops.
"Grange Hill" Special Your chance to see behind the scenes as Blue Peter films rehearsals for the "Grange Hill" Christmas Special. Competition winner Paul Manning, who wrote the story line, was allowed to join the actors as part of his prize - watch out for him at the Christmas disco when the Brookies get their come-uppance!
The latest news of the Operation Pipeline Appeal. Your stamps and coins are still desperately needed to give villages in Java supplies of pure water, and the Depot at [address removed], is open over Christmas except for tomorrow and Boxing Day. Join in with carols round the tree with children of Allfarthing's School, Warlingham County Secondary School and the Band of the Chalk Farm Branch of the Salvation Army, and can you penetrate the disguises worn by Simon, Sarah and Peter in the Blue Peter Panto?
Remember Simon as an Elvis look-alike, Sarah wearing corsets and Peter slogging it out in the first ever London Marathon? They are just a few of Blue Peter's 1981 highlights and others include Kevin Keegan in action in the studio, a meeting with Morph, the birth of Goldie's puppies and leaping through fire with the legendary White Helmets. If you missed any of these mile-stones today's your chance to catch up and to look forward to 1982.
RAF Airlift: Operation Pipeline gets a big boost when the RAF comes to the aid of viewers in Scotland, and heavy loads of stamps and coins reach the appeal depot in record time.
Simon meets the man who doesn't have fairies at the bottom of his garden - he has a giant satellite aerial instead. Steve Birkhill designed and built his own satellite receiving station. Now he watches the Russian six o'clock news and the weather forecast from Saudi Arabia!
'Aunt Jane was the delight of all her nephews and nieces - but, as Sarah discovers, Aunt Jane had a secret!
Simon and Tina reveal secrets of the tombs of the Pharaohs to mark the centenary of the Egypt Exploration Society, and the 'Excavating in Egypt' exhibition opening in the British Museum.
Scruffy or sharp? Tatty or trendy? What's your verdict on Peter's clothes? No one seems to agree on what suits him best, so now's your chance to design the ideal outfit!
Beat the prices in the florists' shops and make an everlasting bouquet of flowers as a very special present for Mothering Sunday.
A World War II bomber 15 metres below the freezing, murky depths of Stoney Cove quarry in Leicestershire, is just one of the obstacles Sarah faces during her latest diving test.
Maggie and Jim Britain's fastest tortoises make their spring debut. Because of regional variations in climate, it's impossible to make any hard and fast rule about when to bring your tortoise out of hibernation, but beware of late frosts and bring tortoises indoors at night until the warmer weather's here to stay.
Marathon Man!: Relive those gruelling 3 hours, 11 minutes and 42 seconds as Peter competes in the first-ever London Marathon and comes 1,868th out of 6,418 runners to finish the course. This year Peter's determined to beat his time and come in the first 500. Watch out for his "Blue Peter" strip amongst the 17,000 runners in Sunday's 'live' Marathon coverage on BBC1, and check his feet for blisters on next Monday's "Blue Peter"!
Operation Pipeline Auction: "Blue Peter" viewers created a record with the auction for the Operation Pipeline Appeal held at Phillips last week. The collectors items, from the stamps and coins donated to provide pure piped water systems and health care services for the people of Java, formed the biggest "Blue Peter" sale ever held! See the lots go under the hammer wielded by top auctioneer Christopher Hawkings - aided by porters-for-the-day Simon, Sarah and Peter. And discover how much the biggest lot raises - the unique Merlin sports car complete with the "Blue Peter" ship on its doors!
Glasshouse Giant Today HM The Queen opens the pride of Kew Gardens, the renovated Temperate House. Over 3,000 species thrive there, including Kew's second-oldest inhabitant, the giant Chilean wine palm, otherwise known as Jubaea chilensis. Percy Thrower takes Sarah behind the scenes for a hothouse preview.
Each year more than 30,000 new recruits join hospitals all over Britain at the start of their nursing careers. Sarah spends the day at one of the most famous of the great teaching hospitals - St Thomas's, London. On Seymour Ward for children, a trainee nurse is expected to cope with anything from babies who don't want to be bathed, to cheering-up new and nervous patients.
Lloyds of London In 1688 Edward Lloyd opened a house near the River Thames for the new popular drink, coffee. Simon reports from the world's centre for Shipping Insurance, where the tragic Loss Book records disasters like the sinking of the Titanic, and rings the famous Lutine Bell from the French frigate captured by the British in 1793. For over a century the bell has been rung at Lloyds to warn of stop-press events - once for bad news, twice for good.
A Dive through Time Sarah achieves her ambition as a diver and reports direct from the seabed and the wreck of the Mary Rose.
It's a Knockout: The first 'knockout' of the new season starts tomorrow, and Simon, Sarah and Peter are there sharing the commentating with Stuart Hall. Find out what goes on behind the scenes, and how games like Rock a Rooster, Stack a Bale and the Milk Run are tested.
During the last 30 years more natural woodland has been lost in Britain than in the past four centuries. Find out today how you can help, and see the incredible 260-million-year-old tree discovered a thousand feet below ground at Six Bells Colliery, Gwent.
HRH The Prince of Wales, President of the Mary Rose Trust, shows some of the newest treasures recovered from the wreck and talks to Simon and Sarah about his experiences as a Mary Rose diver.
'He flies through the air with the greatest of ease...' Man has only been airborne for less than 200 years, and when it happened it was by balloon. Sarah makes her first ever ascent in a basket, in an ancestor of the historic Montgolfier balloon of 1783.
Metro Magic How long does it take to change the engine of a car? The men of RAF Strike Command and Support Command claim they can do it in 60 seconds flat! Two teams race to break this astonishing record in the Blue Peter studio, in preparation for this year's Royal Tournament.
1977
Expedition Brazil Rio de Janeiro is one of South America's most exciting cities. In today's film report John, Peter and Lesley climb two of its famous mountains, Sugar Loaf and Coreovado. and join the kite fliers on Copacabana beach. In the studio - a stunning display by the US Army Drill Team.
STOP PRESS -BLUE PETER INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL OPENED BY PRINCESS ANNE That was the welcome news that greeted handicapped riders in Tyne and Wear this summer. The Indoor School was provided by some of the old wool and cotton donated by viewers to the Clothes Horse Race Appeal. Today PETER reports on the Official Opening and talks to some of the disabled children who are now able to ride whatever the weather.
Expedition Brazil Do you capoeira? JOHN didn't until he met CLAUDIO in Salvador. Watch them capoeira together today!
Peter Purves and Lesley Judd England goalkeeper Peter Shilton joins the team to announce the results of the Save of the Century Competition. LESLEY helps to give Rags, the pony for handicapped riders, her first-ever bath.
Expedition Brazil PETER joins the gauchos of Rio Grande do Sul and helps to round up some of Brazil's five jmillion cattle.
Ondeko-za! The demon drums of Japan's Sado Island, including the 7001b Great Drum Odaiko.
Master chef JOHN NOAKES creates another culinary miracle with his exotic green tomato chutney. Have a pencil and paper handy for his recipe.
Expedition Brazil Peter reports from Brazil's Maracana Stadium - the largest in the world and scene of Pele's greatest triumphs. And John and Lesley go back to school to brush up the steps of Brazil's most popular dance - the Samba.
Sky High John helps Tom Chapman in an attempt to fly 50 kites simultaneously.
On the day The Queen opens Parliament, John and Lesley discover how it feels to drive in an open carriage down The Mall wearing the Coronation robes and coronets of Peers of the Realm!
Can you multiply 129498541 by 9878 and work out the 23rd root of a 201 digit number in less than two minutes? Mrs Shakuntala Devi can, and Peter will be putting her to the test today.
Cut Price Cards: Save your pocket money by making your own cards this Christmas; Lesley demonstrates three good ideas. And Peter helps to x-ray a penguin when he spends a day with the London Zoo's Vet.
Including a Supersonic Plane, Two Fat Rabbits, and Percy in the Garden.
Rags, the "Blue Peter" pony, has finished her training and passed all her tests. Today, "Blue Peter" film cameras follow her progress as she starts work as a fully-qualified pony for Handicapped Riders.
Today JOHN, PETER and LESLEY will be announcing details of the 1977 Appeal. In the past Blue Peter viewers have collected old rags, scrap metal, postcards, books and stamps. Find out how you can help this year. Have paper and pencil handy for the depot's address.
'Tu mowi Londyn' 'This is London' These words greet millions of people all over the world who tune to the BBC's World Service. John goes to Bush House and meets the broadcasters, including Hitoshii Fukuda, a Japanese newsreader, and Noel Edmonds!
Tawny owls Rin, Tin and Tiny made their first television appearance last May when they were seven weeks old. Today, nine-year-old Philip Smith, who rescued them, and naturalist Grahame Dangerfield, who has cared for them at his Wildlife Breeding Centre, released the orphans back into the wild.
Do you dance with two left feet? Today Peggy Spencer, MBE, teaches John and Lesley some simple steps for Christmas parties that anybody can learn. Watch today's demonstration, and if you'd like a leaflet, send an SAE to: Peggy's Party Dances [address removed]
Today JOHN lights the first candle on the Advent Crown, PETER goes north to Beamish and rides on a Sheffield tram, and Britain's top pet cats compete for the title Blue Peter Champion Top Cat 1977 and the silver trophy ' live' in the studio.
Today JOHN lights the first candle on the Advent Crown, PETER goes north to Beamish and rides on a Sheffield tram, and Britain's top pet cats compete for the title Blue Peter Champion Top Cat 1977 and the silver trophy ' live' in the studio.
Peter Purves and Lesley Judd and the latest news of the Key-Note Appeal. Watch the totaliser totting up your envelopes. Every single key and car will help reach the Two Million Target. Send your contribution to the depot at: [address removed]. Also in today's programme, PETER visits the studio of sculptor WILLIAM TYMIM to film the first stages in the making of the bronze statue of Petra.
Join in with carols round the tree with the children of Allfarthings School, Warlingham County Secondary School, and the Band of the Chalk Farm Branch of the Salvation Army.
Review of the Year Relive Blue Peter's highlights of 1977 as John climbs to the top of Nelson's Column. Spot the disappearing cats and listen to James Galway's double tin whistles and the Vicar who sounds like a train. Fly over Brazil's mighty Iguacu Falls and sail in a force nine gale with Clare Francis.
Has the Key-Note Appeal hit the jackpot? Will the keys and cars pouring into the collecting depot reach the two million target on the totaliser? If so, "Blue Peter" viewers will have provided four mobile classrooms for deaf children in Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, Norfolk and Cornwall. To start the new year "Blue Peter" travels back in time to the days of old when knights were bold! Peter goes to Knight School and learns the skill of jousting under the expert eye of Max Diamond. And 52 gnomes invade the studio for a 'live' phone-in with Noel Edmonds.
During the Second World War the skies of Britain were criss-crossed with beams of light searching out the enemy aircraft. Today one of those searchlights, on its way to the RAF Museum in Hendon, makes a lightning visit to spotlight the Television Centre.
Lesley joins Crispin Cranwell and Barnaby as they face the cymbal, rattle and banner test at their police-horse training school.
Happy Birthday Jack and Jill!: Yesterday Blue Peter's silver spotted tabbies were two years old. Join in the celebrations.
Now You See It - Now You Don't: Schoolboy Russ Stevens is hailed as the most exciting new magician in Britain. See if you agree as he performs his tricks today in the studio.
For the past week Blue Peter viewers have been sending their suggestions for a name for the new Golden Retriever puppy. Today Simon announces the most popular choice.
John takes an Onca for a walk and back in the studio the Sweet Adelines sing a serenade.
A thousand programmes later ... ' Way back in 1966, if anyone had told me that during the next 12 years I'd make a five-mile fall out of an aeroplane, crash at 90 mph on a bob-sleigh, climb to the top of Nelson's Column-twice, become a cook, vault over a ditch and be trodden on by an elephant, I'd never have believed them! But they've all happened to me during my thousand or so appearances on Blue Peter. Today you can watch some of those extraordinary experiences.' (JOHN NOAKES )
1976
Expedition Brunei John Noakes , Peter Purves and Lesley Judd explore one of the world's first commuter waterways 9,000 miles from the Blue Peter studio, and take part in a Hash Chase-a sweltering five-mile slog through jungle and quicksand.
The summer holidays have meant hard work for Rags, Blue Peter's trainee pony for handicapped riders. Today she copes with her first experience of traffic on the open road.
Expedition Brunei In a land of contrasts tribal hunters stalk their prey a mere 100 miles from Brunei's sophisticated natural gas plant. The men of the Punan tribe give John a lesson on their deadly blow-pipes.
To Bishop Rock by Chopper Lesley returns to the scene of her narrow escape from death-but exchanges the breeches buoy for the new Trinity House helicopter service to the Bishop Rock Light-house.
Rags at Ascot Blue Peter's trainee pony for handicapped riders goes to the races and joins the VIPs in Tattersalls at Britain's premier race-course.
Silver Jubilee Competition It's over 40 years since Britain's last Royal Silver Jubilee and already preparations for the 1977 celebrations are under way. Today John, Peter and Lesley will be announcing details of a special competition for designing a commemorative picture and the best of all the designs will be picked for the Radio Times souvenir cover. As silver jubilees are so rare, one day this painting might become a collectors' item, so don't miss your chance to enter and win a prize.
John Noakes, Peter Purves and Lesley Judd have a cup of tea inside the piston of the world's largest working beam engine at Kew Bridge Pumping Station.
Expedition Brunei John Noakes, Peter Purves and Lesley Judd visit a dentist who mends shoes, fly with 10,000 bats, take part in a Hash Chase through the sweltering jungle and broadcast in Malay on Brunei TV.
George Stephenson's 'Locomotion' thundered along the track between Stockton and Darlington 151 years ago. Today JOHN and PETER go back in time and drive a full-size replica.
Brunei's Birthday Bonanza A fly-past of state helicopters and a procession of stilt walkers and jugglers marked the 30th birthday of the Sultan, His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien. JOHN, PETER and LESLEY join the crowds during the celebrations that lasted 40 days and 40 nights.
Silver Jubilee Competition Today you can see the results of the competition to design a picture to commemorate the 25 years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and to discover whether your painting has been chosen for a Radio Times Jubilee cover. Art Editor David Driver (seen here with Lesley) who helped to judge the competition, will be in the studio with John, Peter and Lesley to explain how the winning design was chosen and to give some tips to would-be artists.
Including a report from France, in which LESLEY tells the story of the Burghers of Calais and how 600 years ago, six brave citizens walked out of their besieged town to face certain death. Their dramatic exploits made them national heroes.
Real gladiators' armour and a 2,000-year-old loaf of bread are two of the fascinating collectors' items John saw when he took Blue Peter cameras to Italy and visited the site of the world's most devastating volcanic eruption.
Lesley joins 'Missus' and meets her baby - the first dolphin ever to be born and bred in Britain.
The lights go down in London as John helps with a spectacular piece of demolition that will change the face of world-famous Piccadilly Circus, and Lesley starts a series of 'cheap-and-easy' Christmas presents with some ideas for cards to make at home.
Trainee guide dogs Imogen, Ivan, Jonathan; Jasmine, Tina, Tracey, Merry, Misty, Meg and Bella were bought by viewers as a result of the 3B's Appeal. The pups made their first TV appearance 18 months ago, today they return as they start their new careers.
We've four weeks left to prepare for Christmas. Lesley shows a present to make for mums, aunts and older sisters.
Somebody, somewhere needs your help. Today JOHN, PETER and LESLEY will be announcing details of the 1976 Appeal and showing how old junk can save lives. Have a paper and pencil handy to take down the Depot address.
The 1976 Appeal is on! Help fill the Blue Peter Depot. Find out today how much has already arrived and what you can do to help reach the target.
Lifeline Lebanon As the result of the Civil War hundreds and thousands of children and babies-many of them orphans-are in a desperate condition. Some are badly burned, others have been injured by shells and gunfire, all are suffering from malnutrition and are in need of urgent medical care. Britain has provided the only mercy mission to be allowed into the war zone, but to keep this lifeline going and enable the doctors and nurses to extend their stay, Blue Peter is asking for your old postage stamps and postcards. 300 old stamps or 10 postcards can be sent for the minimum postage rate of 61p. Even the smallest donation will help to save a life so send it off to: [address removed]
Blue Peter film cameras bring a stop press report from the Appeal Depot to show how the Lifeline Lebanon stamps and postcards are being sorted.
Naturalist Grahame Dangerfield badly needs a mate for his rare Indian wood owl - one of the 120 different species of birds and animals filmed by Blue Peter cameras at the new wildlife Breeding Centre.
Join in with carols round the tree, with the children of the John Scurr Junior School, Warlingham County Secondary School and the Band of the Chalk Farm Branch of the Salvation Army in this special Christmas edition.
Do you remember ... when John and Peter helped bath Rodney Bewes's triplets? Lesley's historic flight to America on Concorde? Wobbling Wally, Britain's largest flag and John's Fierljeppen? They're all in today's programme when John, Peter and Lesley pick their favourite adventures of 1976.
Has the Lifeline Reached the Lebanon? Will the stamps and postcards pouring into the Collection Depot reach the two million target on the Totaliser? If so, Blue Peter viewers will have provided badly needed aid for the sick and injured babies and children who are victims of the Civil War.
Twelfth Night is coming, but don't throw your Christmas cards away - turn them into an exciting game that anyone can play.
Blue Peter film cameras take to the high seas when Lesley meets the crew of HMS Dance, alias 'HMS Hero' of Warship fame.
PETER becomes a carillonneur when he plays the 47 bells of Loughborough's world-famous Carillon, and discovers how manure played a vital part in their casting.
Glen Nevis Splashdown! John goes mattress racing in Scotland and joins the men of the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team on their annual splash down the icy rapids of Glen Nevis.
Up Helly Aa! For hundreds of years the Shetland Islanders have celebrated the end of the Viking winter with a spectacular and fiery ceremony. John reports from the great blaze at Lerwick.
Jack and Jill, Blue Peter's twin tabbies, celebrate their first birthday on Saturday. Today you can see a flashback of their very first TV appearance.
An important day for Buttons, Blue Peter's third guide dog, as she joins her new owner.
If you want to grow your own vegetables this spring and summer, Percy Thrower will be giving some useful tips direct from the Blue Peter garden.
A Recipe for Porridge But not the kind you eat - when John joins Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale and the rest of the team during filming for the new series of Porridge.
Olympic gold medallist Jim Fox and news of the latest scheme to win more British Olympic medals.
Including a preview of Britain's National Stamp Exhibition and details of a special concession for all Blue Peter badge winners.
High Speed Train Wash! A prototype of the first OO gauge model of the high-speed train makes a test run on the Blue Peter layout, and for railway enthusiasts who want to keep their locos clean, an easy to make model train wash.
Captain Yvonne Sintes , Britain's only woman commercial airline Captain, shows LESLEY what happens behind the scenes to get a flight into the air.
Can you write backwards, inside-out and upside-down with both hands at the same time and in italics, and carry on a conversation? Britain's ' Trionic Man', John Clogg of Addlestone, demonstrates his amazing skills.
An attempt by 15-year-old Peter Pinsent, British Lightweight Champion, to create a new weightlifting record.
Barbershop Harmony Peter joins the West Country's Five in a Bar, winners of BBC Radio's National Barbershop Competition.
Lebanon postcards with deltiologist Ronnie Barker.
Halifax comes to the Blue Peter studio in full voice with their 150-strong choral society.
The Big Band Sound with the girls and boys of Rawlins School, Quorn joined by guest soloist Roy Castle.
Lesley makes a splash as she's put through the rigours of an Army Assault Course.
Calling All Cooks John demonstrates his culinary skills with another of his Noakes Gastronomic Specials.
Doctor Who Make There's another four months before Dr Who returns to television, but why wait? Ask your grocer for a large cardboard box and build your own toy theatre complete with scenery and monsters. Have a pencil and paper handy for details.
John visits Zeebrugge and reports on one of the most dangerous and daring exploits of the Great War.
News of the latest Guide Dogs for the Blind Training Centre and the 3Bs Appeal Puppy Kennels.
Jaff, a border collie from Wales, demonstrates his amazing skill of feeding a lamb from a bottle.
Guide Dog Buttons takes her owner ELSIE WHITEHEAD to Chelsea, for the world's most famous flower show.
Nicola Griffin, the youngest artist ever to design the cover of Europe's best-selling magazine. Today John and Nicola go behind the scenes at the printers to watch the first of the three-and-a-half million copies of next week's Radio Times come off the presses.
Jubilee Spring Clean! JOHN joins steeple-jack Reg Dosell on a perilous 170-foot ascent by stepladder to give Admiral Lord Nelson a wash and , brush-up for the Queen's Silver Jubilee Procession.
Jubilee Walk Way A preview of Britain's newest tourist attraction. JOHN and Shep follow the trail of the 5¼-mile walk to be dedicated by the Queen on 9 June.
Rags to Riches Two years ago Blue Peter viewers collected 800 tons of old wool and cotton to provide badly needed help for handicapped children and adults. Now Rags, the trainee pony for disabled riders, is nearing the end of her special schooling and today John, Peter and Lesley over the past 16 months to review her progress, under the expert guidance of top trainer Tessa Martin Bird.
Shep made history when he became the first dog ever to be sculpted for Madame Tussaud 's famous waxworks. Today JOHN and Shep come face to face with John and Shep at the official unveiling.
Narrow Escapes JOHN, PETER and LESLEY relive some of their most heart-stopping moments during the past ten years. Hold your breath with them as John falls five miles, Lesley escapes death by inches and Peter crashes at 60 mph straight through a furniture van!
Blowpipes and Bloodsuckers Highlights of Blue Peter's eventful expedition to Brunei in Northern Borneo, when the Chief of the Punan tribe gave JOHN a blowpipe lesson, LESLEY met a mini parasite with a mighty bite, and PETER tried his hand at raft building during a Jungle Survival course.
See How They Fall! Lesley demolishes ten chimneys and creates an industrial world record with "Blue Peter"'s biggest ever blast-off.
Setting Sail John goes sailing with Claire Francis as she prepares for her round-the-world race and the "Blue Peter" team prepares for its 1977 Summer Expedition. Discover which foreign country John, Peter and Lesley will be exploring this year.
1979
Expedition Egypt: Treasure and Camels Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only one still stands today, the massive Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mycetimus, built by the Pharaohs, nearly 3,000 years before the birth of Christ. Join Simon, Christopher and Tina as they explore these vast, burial chambers that were once filled with gleaming treasure. Simon finds that riding the ship of the desert can be a bruising experience as he and his camel part company, but the 80 pantomime horses that invade the studio today are a bit more docile. Find out how you can turn into a horse and how the four-legged members of the Blue Peter team have got on during the holidays.
Fit for a Queen A teddy made of chrysanthemums, a koala bear with a plum for a nose and an owl sitting under a banana moon were just three of the hundreds of stunning floral displays admired by Her Majesty The Queen when she made her first-ever visit to Westminster Cathedral for the International Year of the Child Flower Festival. Blue Peter film cameras were there to record this historic event and so were nine Blue Peter viewers aged from five to 16 -winners of the Flower Picture competition. For Cristian, Kate, Una, James, Christine, Rebecca, Lesley, Jenny and Sarah, who were all presented to Her Majesty, this particular Friday the 13th was one they'll remember for the rest of their lives!
Expedition Egypt: Hall of Pillars Simon and Tina explore one of the Wonders of the World-the temple built in honour of the great god Amun, at Karnak. One hundred and thirty-four massive columns cover an area the size of Westminster Abbey, with the 12 largest big enough for 100 people to stand comfortably on each one!
Transglobe Ahoy! Ran, Ginny and the crew will be reporting back to Blue Peter throughout the Transglobe Expedition's 55,000-mile voyage. Chris was on board the Benjamin Bowring for a behind-the-scenes look at the final preparations for this first-ever polar circumnavigation of the world.
The Gardening Family Are there michaelmas daisies at the bottom of your garden? Do you grow lilac, gladioli, tradescantia, Virginia creeper, or tulip, plane and acacia trees? All these plants and trees were brought to this country by one family, the famous Tradescants. Chris traces their extraordinary story that ends in a Lambeth churchyard.
'Expedition Egypt' Do you know what an oil tanker, a grand opera, a French engineer and an empress have in common? You can find out in today's report from Egypt, where Tina and Simon go snorkelling in the Red Sea and Chris tries his hand at underwater photography.
Goldie Goes to School Ex-guide dog trainer Richard Duckworth puts pupils of all breeds and temperaments through their paces at his unusual school for dogs.
Expedition Egypt The amazing child weavers of Herrania, whose tapestries are sought after by collectors all over the world.
It's smelly work down on the farm as Simon and Goldie get to grips with silage-making to feed the cows this winter.
1066 and All That.... It's 913 years since Britain was successfully invaded and next Sunday marks the anniversary of the famous battle that took place at Hastings. Christopher has taken Blue Peter film cameras to Caen and Bayeux in France and Battle and Hastings in England to follow in the footsteps of King Harold and William the Conqueror.
21st Birthday Programme Join in the celebrations with Simon, Chris, Tina and the animals, including the first-ever presentation of the Blue Peter 'Award for Outstanding Endeavour'. With William the Conqueror and 14 dinosaurs in the studio, plus the band of the Royal Marines, anything might happen!
Good news for model railway fans today! Vintage '00' gauge ocos dating from the 1920s will be chugging along the Blue Peter layout-making what may well be their last public run. before they're put up for auction next week.
'Oh I wish I'd looked after me teeth' - says Pam Ayres who will be in the studio today rendering her famous poem with its awful warning to compulsive sweet-suckers.
The Long Sleep Tortoises Maggie and Jim make positively their last appearance before their winter hibernation!
Where are they Now? News of the eight puppies born to Petra in September 1965.
Next Saturday's Lord Mayor's Show features a covered wagon from Alberta, Canada, birthplace of the new Lord Mayor. Meet the four outriders as they mosey along to the Blue Peter studio, together with cowboy Doug Johnson.
Top cook Delia Smith joins the team for the results of the Gorgeous Grub competition. Find out if you've won one of the unique Blue Peter aprons and whether your recipe has been chosen for the Gorgeous Grub Cook Book to help raise funds for the International Year of the Child.
Catch up with the latest news about The Great Blue Peter Bring and Buy Sale... Find out how your gifts are helping to save the lives of the starving children of Cambodia.
Make your pocket-money go further and give your friends and relations home-made cards this Christmas. They're cheap and cheerful and different from anything you'll see in the shops.
Flying Cats Jack and Jill take to the skies and jet their way to Dunfermline for a guest appearance at the Edinburgh and East Scotland Cat Show. Blue Peter cameras follow their flight from Gatwick to Edinburgh.
George Cansdale, who's bringing a mysterious animal to the studio. George has travelled all over the world in search of rare animals and birds - he once carried some exotic snakes from Hong Kong to London wrapped in his pyjamas. Find out what George turns up with today - you'll be in for a surprise!
With only four Blue Peters to go before Christmas Day, it's time to light the first candle on the Advent Crown. Chris will be demonstrating another gastronomic treat to delight your family and friends, so have paper and pencil handy.
Two hundred years ago this week the most famous pantomime star of all time was born. His name was Joseph Grimaldi , and everyone from King George III to flower-girls in the gallery knew his catchphrase 'Here we go again!' Chris tells the story of Grimaldi's amazing life and shows one of the clown costumes he wore at Drury Lane.
Hurry, Hurry, Hurry! This week's your last chance to join in with the Great Blue Peter Bring and Buy Sale before the Oxfam shops take down their posters this Saturday. Thanks to you, the lives of starving Cambodian babies, children and adults are being saved - watch out for the latest news on today's programme.
Christmas is Coming! And today you can see the results of the Great Blue Peter Bring and Buy Sale Auction and find out how Blue Peter viewers all over Britain have given help and hope to thousands of suffering Cambodian babies, children and adults. Join in, too, with carols round the tree with the children of Allfarthings School, Warlingham County Secondary School and the Band of the Chalk Farm branch of the Salvation Army.
Question: What do Her Majesty The Queen, Rameses II, Yul Brynner, the Prime Minister, James Callaghan and 80 pantomime horses have in common? Answer: They've all taken part in Blue Peter during 1979. If you don't remember seeing them, find out today where and when they all appeared, in Blue Peter's highlights of the past 12 months.
On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine Join Simon and Goldie deep in the heart of the Scottish Highlands and discover how an artist's sketches drawn on a wall in a mountain lodge have provided a clue to the age of the trees in the glen.
In the Swim Chris spends the day with Britain's 800m Women's Freestyle record holder, 14-year-old Jackie Willmott from Southend. Jackie swims a gruelling 10,000m per day and starts her training at 4.30 every morning - going on till after dark with lessons squeezed in between. Will all the effort pay off? Watch the 1980 Olympics to find out!
Frightful Flies to Freedom The remarkable story of the baby kestrel rescued and hand-reared by student Wendy Page of Loughborough University.
Shampoo and Set Tina shows how to make a dolls' hairdressing salon, complete with basins, showers and driers.
Cleopatra's Needle Each year thousands of tourists visit London's famous obelisk on the banks of the River Thames. Simon and Tina explore the quarry in Egypt where this gigantic granite block was hewn.
Operation Oily Bird A mysterious oil-slick off the coast of Somerset has resulted in the biggest bird rescue operation since the Torrey Canyon disaster. Tina helps John Hughes, Warden in charge of the RSPCA's animal centre at Little Creech, near Taunton, clean up some of the 2,000 guillemots and razor-bills whose lives are in danger.
Join Simon on a trip back in time on the Severn Valley Railway and discover how you can win a ride on the footplate of a famous old loco.
Deep in the heart of Buckinghamshire, lepidopterist Margaret Beer has come up with a world first. By breeding death's-head hawk moths in captivity she has succeeded where international experts have failed. Blue Peter film cameras were there and reveal the secret of her remarkable success.
Welcome World ... We're Ready! That's the claim of Lake Placid, the small mountain village in the United States of America where the 13th Winter Olympic Games open next week. Tina reports from the Adirondack Mountains on how the people of Lake Placid prepared for the invasion of 1,200 competitors and 600 officials.
Champions All There's a studio full of celebrities today with Crufts' Supreme and Obedience Champions and, ' Great Balls of Fire', none other than rock 'n' roller Jerry Lee Lewis.
Eager Beavers Barney and Bumble, two seven-month-old Canadian beavers bred at Chessington Zoo, try out the pond in the Blue Peter studio, with animal expert George Cansdale keeping an eye on them from the bank.
Calling All Gardeners Now is the time to be making plans for a bumper crop of spring vegetables and flowers. Percy Thrower joins the team in the Blue Peter garden with more helpful hints for saving money and producing mouth-watering home-grown food.
Vote, Vote, Vote! Do metres and milligrammes drive you dotty? Are you flummoxed by feet and ounces? Today is your chance to join in with Blue Peter's nationwide Weights and Measures Poll and tell us whether you want Metric or Imperial measures used on the programme.
Ever seen a duck with six wheels? Now's your chance as Simon drives one at the Grange Cavern Museum -a mysterious labyrinth of caves underneath a Welsh hillside.
Operation Newt! The Cheltenham Tote Gold Cup horse race is in jeopardy-the water jump is full of great crested newts. Chris reports from the course on their rescue.
With Mothering Sunday only six days away, now's your chance to beat the high cost of flowers in the shops and make some everlasting violets that cost only a few pence. (Have a paper and pencil handy to jot down the instructions.)
Mountain Rescue! Chris takes to the hills on exercise with the RAF Valley Mountain Rescue Team and helps in the search for injured mountaineer Simon Groom.
A special programme for St Patrick's Day.
A-Z of Space Since 1957 five planets in our solar system have been photographed and men have walked on the moon. Reg Turnill, who reported for the BBC on the space programmes, investigates what the future holds for interplanetary explorers.
"I name this ship..." With the traditional crash of a champagne bottle, Tina launches the latest cross-channel ferry at Harland and Woolff's shipyard in Belfast. Watch out for details of a competition that could win you a trip on the ferry's maiden voyage.
The Great Everest Mystery Fifty-six years ago two English climbers, GEORGE MALLORY and ANDREW IRVINE , made a bid to reach the summit of Mt Everest -and were never seen again. New evidence may solve the greatest mystery of 20th-century exploration.
Dr Who's Spring Clean The BBC's travelling Dr Who exhibitions are constantly changing to keep pace with the latest monsters the Doctor tackles. Tina goes behind the scenes, to lend a hand with this very unusual spring clean.
Octavia Aviator! Twelve-year-old Paul Sharp from Retford won Blue Peter's 'Name the Owl' competition and two days as a VIP guest of the RAF's Number 8 Squadron at Lossiemouth. As well as meeting the squadron's Great Eagle Owl mascot, newly-named Octavia, Paul joined the crew on a training flight over the North Sea in one of the squadron's historic Shackle-ton aircraft! Chris took to the air with Paul to report on the trip every plane enthusiast will envy!
Metric or Imperial? The results of a nationwide survey of 19,000 viewers are announced on today's programme. Find out how children voted in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and whether their mums, dads, and grandparents agreed with them!
Chris goes behind-the-scenes with the Mines Rescue Service - the emergency teams on 24-hour call to cope with pit disasters.
Crack Pots Do you throw away your broken plates and cups and saucers? They don't in Guernsey! Simon and Goldie investigate the Channel Island's famous crockery-covered Chapel.
St Christopher Ahoy! The results of the competition to design a mural for the newest cross-channel ferry. Find out whether you have won a vip trip on the St Christopher's maiden voyage for you and your family.
The Rochdale Pioneers It's hard to imagine life without supermarkets and nowadays we take clean shops and clearly-marked prices and weights for granted. But 130 years ago finding a shop you could trust was very difficult indeed - until a group of writers in Rochdale started Britain's first co-op.
William and Dorothy: Dorothy Wordsworth's diary was the inspiration behind many of her brother's most famous poems Tina and Chris go back in time and become 19th-century detectives as they explore the Lake-land countryside where William and Dorothy lived and worked.
A ginger tom-cat and Britain's oldest garden under continuous cultivation are two of the unexpected finds Tina makes when she explores Westminster Abbey.
Portable Pavement: A replica of the largest Romano-British pavement north of the Alps fills the Blue Peter studio today-all 115,052 pieces of it! Simon, Chris and Tina help to fit the giant jigsaw together and meet Bob and John Woodward, who've painstakingly re-created the famous Wood-Chester pavement.
Fred, the bionic tortoise, shows off his new shell after a death-defying encounter with a tractor-drawn mower.
The Fishers of Mousehole Sarah goes mackerel fishing and eats Starry Gazey Pie.
Twelve years ago schoolboy Ray Gluckman grew a crystal in an eggcup. See it today in a dustbin - tipping the scale at 40 lbs and still growing!
' Dear Tina, Can you still cut your toenails? ' Find out today and hear Tina's baby's heartbeats through an electronic stethoscope.
Highland Fling! Goldie barks open the Irvine New Town Highland Games, Jill's kittens make their first-ever studio appearance and the team prepare for the summer expedition.
Goldie Special with Simon Groom Britain's best-loved golden retriever gets a programme all to herself today starting with a flashback to her first-ever appearance on Blue Peter on 18 May 1978. Simon joined Blue Peter on the same day too, and you can see how his training of Goldie has paid off as she comes face-to-face with cows, sheep, goats and chickens, to say nothing of giant St Bernards, without so much as a growl. Training dogs the Groom way has been very successful - see if you can pick up a few tips to make your dog as good as Goldie!
1980
Expedition Malaysia There's more than a touch of Eastern promise in this year's expedition! Simon and Sarah have explored one of the world's most exotic countries. Giant turtles, coconut collecting monkeys, dragon boat races, Sepak Raga - the football game where you kick with the back of your heel, blow-pipe hunters and the world's largest and hottest tin smelting works are just a few of the unusual sights they saw. Studio surprises include entries in the world's fastest man-powered super-cycle contest - the quadri-cycle record stands at 57 MPH! And you can catch up with the latest news about the four-legged members of the team - Goldie, Jack and Jill and Jill's kittens - not forgetting Britain's speediest tortoises, Maggie and Jim!
Today, Blue Peter's new boy makes his first-ever appearance on the programme. Think you've seen him before? You probably have, if you watched the "King Cinder" series, where Peter Duncan played the dare-devil speedway fanatic Kerry. Peter's keen to get into more action in "Blue Peter", and today he has a go at navigating Keying II, a 20-metre Chinese sailing junk, up the River Thames. In the studio there's the first-ever television appearance of Britain's record-breaking litter of 17 poodle pups.
Six-and-a-half thousand miles from Lord's and The Oval, Simon and Sarah watch the cricket at Kuala Lumpur's Selangor Club, explore the Sunday market on Saturday night and hold their noses as they sample 'durian' - the exotic tropical fruit that smells like a cowshed!
The next time you have baked beans on toast, spare a thought for the rabblers who produced the tin. They are the men who stir the molten metal in temperatures of 200°F. Sarah sizzles as she reports on Malaysia's vast tin smelting works.
'Allemande Left, Buckle Up Two, Dish Rag Turn and Do-Si-Do' Join the Hoe-Down in the Blue Peter studio as Simon, Sarah and Peter master the steps of the latest craze - Square Dancing!
Introducing 'Muhammad Ali', Malaysia's coconut-collecting baboon!
Meet the only rabbit in Britain brought up by a goat. Two months ago an orange rex doe died before giving birth to 12 babies. The only survivor was fostered by the family's British alpine goat and today Miracle and her foster mum Samantha make their first public appearance.
Star Gazey Pie, with its seven sorts of fish, is a recipe that dates back 200 years when Skipper Tom Bawcock was the only fisherman in Mousehole to put to sea in a fierce storm. Tradition has it that the fish heads stick up through the pastry, but even if you can't find seven different fish you can try out the modern version demonstrated in today's programme - with pilchards!
If you have ever resorted to counting sheep to send you off to sleep, try visiting Biggin-by-Hartington the next time you can't nod off. It's the scene of Derbyshire's biggest sheep sale and this year 13,500 lambs and ewes went under the hammer in six hours flat! Simon was there to sell a few of his father's flock and report for Blue Peter.
David Attenborough and Sir Hugh Casson have been hard at work helping to judge the Blue Peter/ Natural History Museum Centenary Poster Competition. Today is results day and even if you don't win a bronze stegosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex or brontosaurus, there are thousands of runners-up, so you never know your luck!
Simon reports from Loch Ryan, where 50,000 tons of the Royal Navy's best-loved aircraft carrier are being turned into scrap metal.
An estimated 20 million trees have been killed by the dreaded Dutch Elm disease and unless 50 million saplings are planted during the next three years, Britain's landscape could look like a moonscape by the year 2000. To mark National Tree Week, Simon, Sarah and Peter are planting a Japanese Elm at Television Centre - with expert guidance from Percy Thrower.
Today Simon, Sarah and Peter make Blue Peter's most important announcement of the year - so have a paper and pencil handy for details of the 1980 Appeal.
Last year nine million Blue Peter viewers raised nearly £4 million to help the starving people of Cambodia. Today you can discover more details about the 1980 Appeal. Your help is urgently needed, so have a paper and pencil handy to take down the Appeal address. There's good news for pocket money savers too, because Sarah will be showing a Christmas present to make for Grannies and Grandads - so keep a look out for old margarine carton lids - and all will be revealed!
Peter joins a team of men with one of the most dangerous jobs in Britain - the crew of the fishing boat Fruitful Harvest. Seventy miles off the coast of north-east Scotland, skipper Robert Reid and his men battle with Force 9 gales and 30-foot waves as they haul in their six-ton catch.
Top Cats! Last Saturday 2,450 cats and kittens took part in the National Cat Club's 84th annual show - the largest in the world. Sarah was there judging the Blue Peter classes for pet moggies, and today the eight first prize winners come to the studio with their owners to compete for the silver cup and the title Blue Peter Supreme Champion.
Christmas is Coming! Lighting the first candle on the Advent Crown means there are only four Blue Peters to go before the Great Day! There's an idea for a present to make for Dads and uncles, too, so don't despair if you've run out of pocket money.
'Merry Christmas' in Cornish, and today four brothers from Bodmin, Merv, Andy, Chris and Neil, otherwise known as Bucca, make their very first appearance on TV. They'll be singing old favourites like 'Tom Bawcock's Eve' and playing some of their amazing collection of 40 instruments, including the bombarde. And Sarah tells the story of the Unknown Armada, when Mousehole, Newlyn, Penzance and Paul were invaded by Spanish troops in 1595. Story Dorothy Smith
This time next week, Christmas Day will be nearly over. If your cards are arriving thick and fast and there's nowhere left to put them, you might like to make a Christmas card hanger that doubles up as a very attractive last-minute decoration.
On the last Blue Peter before Christmas there's news of the help you're giving, that will change the lives of disabled people all over Britain. Join in with carols round the tree with the children of Allfarthing's School, Warlingham County Secondary School and the Band of the Chalk Farm branch of the Salvation Army, and see if you can spot your card among the display in the studio.
1980 was an eventful year for "Blue Peter"! Tina had her baby, Jill had kittens, Simon got married and Sarah and Peter joined the team. If you missed any of these milestones, join Simon, Sarah and Peter today for "Blue Peter"'s highlights of the past 12 months - plus a look forward to 1981.
Ring in the New! On the very first day of the International Year of Disabled People, Blue Peter leaps into 1981 with the latest news of the Great Blue Peter Bring and Buy Sale Appeal. There's the chance to see in print 14-year-old Amanda Taylor's design for a poster to celebrate the centenary of the Natural History Museum plus something hot and spicy to cheer up the cold January nights!
Who Stole the Stone? Thirty years ago this year, the Coronation Stone, one of Westminster Abbey's most precious treasures, was stolen from beneath the Coronation Chair on which all the sovereigns of Britain have been crowned since the days of Edward II. Sarah tells the story of the most audacious theft of the century.
High Diver! Peter joins British diving champions LINDSEY FRASER and ANDREW JEFFS at Crystal Palace pool and picks up a few tips on perfecting Olympic dives like the double somersault, the pike and the half twist.
Including rare archive film of the funeral procession of Queen Victoria who died 80 years ago.
The result of the Christmas Stamps competition.
Happy Birthday! Jack and Jill, Britain's favourite Silver Tabbies, celebrate their fifth birthday today. But will Jill do her famous disappearing act on this important day? All will be revealed!
Will You be Mine? A preview of the 1981 St Valentine's Bay stamp and an unusual way of sending a message to your true love. Have a paper and pencil handy to take down details of a recipe for an edible Valentine.
Peter helps build the course for canoeing's most hazardous race - the White Water World Championships and tests the run.
Mucking out and milking were the main jobs Simon was asked to tackled when he took charge of his Dad's farm for a day. But the unexpected happened in the shape of 11 new-born lambs! See how Farmer Groom Jr coped in today's film report.
Simon reports from Germany where children of the British Forces are helping the Great Blue Peter Bring and Buy Sale Appeal.
In two weeks' time, 7,500 athletes will be running in the London Marathon. At 26 miles, 385 yards, it's the longest race in the world. Sarah tells the story of how this greatest test of man's endurance began.
Make sure mums and aunties are not around for this edition of the programme, as Sarah shows how to make a special card for Mothering Sunday.
Next weekend Peter joins the runners taking part in the first-ever London Marathon. Today he travels the route the easy way-on a bike - and points out some of the historic landmarks along the 26-mile track.
Grange Hill Competition Results Will your storyline be chosen for Tucker and Trish's Grange Hill Christmas Special? Guest judge Phil Redmond explains how he picked the overall winner out of the 21,212 entries.
Top Ten Birds: Will the starling stay at the top? Britain's second garden bird survey is launched on Saturday and your help is vital! Have a pencil and paper handy for the details.
Goldie's Return! Britain's most popular Golden Retriever returns to the studio with her five 6-week-old puppies. They're in good company too, with guests Kevin Keegan, Rags, the pony for handicapped riders, and Barry Tuckwell and his famous Wind Quintet.
Will Goldie's puppies qualify as trainee guide-dogs for the blind? Today's the day they take their all-important tests when Puppy Walking Manager Derek Freeman puts them through their paces in the studio.
Appeal Auction: Last Tuesday all the collectors' items donated to the Bring and Buy Sale for Disabled People were auctioned at Phillips. Find out whether the proceeds have raised the appeal total to £1 million.
Top Ten Birds: Aided by a computer, scrutineers at the RSPB's headquarters have analysed the thousands of surveys sent in by Blue Peter viewers after the one-hour birdwatch on 25 April. Discover the results today and see how the spring Top Ten compares with the winter survey of 1979.
Royal Wedding Stand by for details of a competition that could win you a unique souvenir of the Wedding of the Year.
Gaping Gill Every year high in the Pennines local cavers build a dam to divert a stream and Britain's largest subterranean cave reveals its secret for just three weeks. Peter reports from 104 metres below the earth's surface at the bottom of Gaping Gill.
Prince's First Walk Teaching a trainee guide dog puppy to walk is quite different from training a family pet. Prince must never walk to heel, but just a little bit ahead of Peter to make sure there's a safe route ahead. He has to walk on Peter's left too in preparation for the harness Prince will wear when he grows up.
Feeling hot and bothered? Cool down with a mouth-watering pudding that needs absolutely no cooking. Have a paper and pencil handy for the recipe.
Pot Black! Sarah tries her hand at being a chimney sweep's assistant when she joins Dodd Diggins of Framlingham in Suffolk. Dodd has been cleaning chimneys with brushes for 50 years and says ' You can keep your modern methods'. The Rev Valentine Fletcher collects chimney pots and his prize exhibits range from 18th-century giants of six feet to mere midgets with fluted edges, which he says are the rarest.
Full Steam Ahead! This week marks the bicentenary of one of the most famous engineers ever - George Stephenson. To celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the father of the railway and the steam locomotive, Simon reports from Derbyshire on a gigantic preservation puzzle. At Matlock, the Peak Railway Society has stripped down its prize possession - a British Railways Standard Class 4 Tank engine 80080. After shot blasting the boiler and refitting new steel tyres, the 10,000 pieces will be reassembled and another giant of steam will be restored to its former glory.
Royal Wedding Postmen have been delivering paper plates by the sackful, as thousands of entries for the Royal Wedding Plate Competition have poured into Television Centre. Find out today whether your design has been chosen to be turned into the most unusual of all the Royal Wedding Souvenirs.
Peter joins the legendary White Helmets at their base at Catterick in Yorkshire for some expert tips on motorbike display riding. Led by Sergeant Fred Alexander , the 30-man team think nothing of leaping over Scorpion tanks or through hoops of fire, but they can't beat their greatest enemy-mud!
Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick, Quicker Maggie and Jim go to university. On a VIP visit to Oxford, they join the other contestants at Corpus Christi for the Great Tortoise Race And Julie Parker, star of Record Breakers' record-breaking tap dancing display, returns to television centre to join Roy Castle, Sarah and Peter in Putting on the Ritz.
Paper Doll: see a pile of newspapers and chicken wire transformed into a lifesized Sarah. Artist Terry Wall specialises in papier mache sculptures and you can watch him today.
Twin Mounts This summer an estimated 170,000 visitors will explore the spot where Jack the Giant Killer is supposed to have killed the giant. St Michael's Mount is a top attraction in the National Trust league, but few tourists realise it has a double - 150 miles off the Normandy coast of France. Sarah reports on the French and Cornish Mounts.
St Christopher Special with Simon Groom and Tina Heath More than 20,000 viewers entered the competition to design a mural for the new cross-channel ferry, the St Christopher. Blue Peter followed the progress of the building of this 4,000-ton vessel at Harland and Wolff's Belfast ship-yard, the dramatic launch and the inaugural sailing from Dover to Calais when the top prize-winning mural was finally unveiled.
1982
Expedition Canada The Big Country! Larger than life - that's the best way to describe the world's second biggest country. On Blue Peter's whistle-stop tour, Simon rode the range; Peter scaled the Athabasca Glacier - a moving sheet of ice taller than the Eiffel Tower; and high in the Rocky Mountains Sarah shot the white water rapids of the mighty Thompson River. The intrepid trio returned safe and sound with their traveller's tales, so don't miss today's first report. And catch up with the latest news about the four-footed members of the team-Goldie, Jack and Jill and the new tortoise.
Expedition Canada: Firefighter Duncan! Beating just one forest fire in Canada takes a team of up to 360 men and women using helicopters, amphibious planes and giant caterpillar tractors for fire-engines. Peter had a narrow escape when he joined the crew trying to control a massive 160,000 acres of charred and blazing timber.
The Great Stink! In 1858 the stench from the River Thames was so disgusting that MPs had to abandon the Houses of Parliament. The result was a reconstruction of London's drains and sewers - many of which are still in use today. Simon goes underground to report.
Meet Captain Webb-Foote and Vaniiuht Fannv Jones - not forget-tine Fiona and her amazing. ballet performed upside down with her head in a bucket.
Happy Birthday! Twenty-four years ago this week the first Blue Peter was transmitted. Join in the birthday celebrations and discover who has won the 1982 Award for Outstanding Endeavour. Final nominations are being made for your Blue Peter 'Best Films'. Today's choice goes right back into the archives with one of the earliest - and most unusual - stories ever shown.
The Builder of London St Paul's Temple Bar, The Monument and 51 parish churches are just a few of the creations of England's best-known architect. Simon, Sarah and Peter celebrate the birthday of the man who was hauled up to the dome of St Paul's by basket!
Ever been Lumbered? SIMON joins the lumberjacks at All Sooke Day - one of the world's biggest logging extravaganzas, and ends up climbing a 100-foot spar tree!
Desert War in Dorset! How do you re-create a desert epic in Britain? That was the problem ex-Blue Peter designer Paul Joel faced when he began work on the BBC's new Sunday serial Beau Geste - in Dorset! Today Paul reveals his secrets, including the 19th-century fort he built out of scaffolding and plaster.
Expedition Canada: Fighting the Foaming Fury Whirlpools, boulders as big as houses and treacherous currents were just a few of the hazards Simon and Sarah faced when they went white-water rafting down the mighty Thompson River.
Celebration Cake: Top pastry chef Rocco Zuchetto reveals the cake of the year - designed by Blue Peter's top prizewinner for this year's Lord Mayor's Show.
Today Simon, Sarah and Peter make their most important announcement of the year-so have paper and pencil handy for details of the 1982 Appeal and find out what Blue Peter is collecting this year and how you can help.
Hooray and Up She Rises! After 437 years in the mud at the bottom of The Solent the Mary Rose is riding high and proud on a barge in No 3 Dock at Ports-mouth Royal Naval Base. SIMON and SARAH report on the complicated preservation programme, masterminded by senior archaeologist Margaret Rule and her team.
Heart of Oak! The Boscobel Oak sheltered Charles 11 when he was fleeing from Roundheads in 1651. Today David Bellamy plants a Boscobel seedling at the Natural History Museum to celebrate National Tree Week.
Treasure Hunt! The latest news of the sackfuls of treasure that have been pouring into the Appeal Depot.
Twelve-year-old Juliette Smith from Barrow-in-Furness wants to be a train-driver when she leaves school. Today she has a taste of the old days of steam as she rides with Simon on the footplate of the 532 Blue Peter.
Calling all Cats Meet Britain's top cats -the winners of the Blue Peter classes in the 1982 National Cat Club Show -and discover which of the prize moggies wins the Supreme Champion's title and a much coveted silver cup.
All the stop press news about the 1982 Appeal which is bringing life-saving help to children and babies suffering from acute and chronic renal failure. If your parcel of treasure is too heavy to put in the post, stand by for details of a nationwide free delivery service and see the number of parcels flashing on the Totaliser.
Goldie's puppy. Prince, will be spending his first Christmas as a fully qualified guide dog for the blind. Peter meets Prince and his new owner to see how Prince is settling down to his life as a pair of eyes for the blind.
Today there's the latest news of the Treasure Hunt Appeal in aid of children and babies suffering from kidney failure. Your treasure can save lives, and the depot will be open over Christmas, except for Christmas Day, Christmas Sunday and Boxing Day.
Remember when Simon shared his cornflakes with a tiger, Sarah played bowls with Chelsea Pensioners and Peter flew like a bird at the world's first Aerodium? Other highlights include guide dog Prince's first meeting with his blind owner, Sarah's dive on the Mary Rose and Simon's climb up a 100ft spar tree. Special guests include HRH Prince Charles, David Bellamy, Sefton, Terry Wogan and Evil Edna.
During the past few days, the sorters have been working flat out to open the parcels of Treasure that arrived during the Christmas holidays. If the 500,000 mark lights up on the Totaliser, children and babies suffering from chronic and acute renal failure will be helped at hospitals all over the British Isles. Don t worry if your parcel has been delayed - the depot will stay open through January and February with Britain's ambulance men and women standing by to speed up deliveries!
Piper's Apprentice Allstair Anderson , England's King of the Concertina, introduces Peter to the mysteries of the Northumbrian Smallpipes.
Behind Covent Garden's ornate and lavish auditorium, dancers work in cramped and often squalid conditions. Sarah goes backstage and discovers how children from every ballet school in Britain have been helping the theatre's massive fund-raising appeal.
Flying Treasure! By road, air and sea your treasure is reaching the Appeal depot. Sarah takes to the skies and joins the Scottish Ambulance Service which is helping "Blue Peter" viewers in the remote highlands and islands to get their donations to the sorters.
Shepherd of the year George Reid created history when he won the 1982 award with his three-legged sheepdog Gwen. Simon and Goldie report from George's 7,000-acre farm in the Perthshire lowlands, where Gwen and her five four-footed friends keep 2,000 black-faced ewes in order.
Welsh Giant ! Deep in the heart of the Elidir Mountain a million tons of concrete and steel reinforce an eight-mile labyrinth of tunnels and underground caverns. Simon reports from Dinorwic - Europe's largest pumped storage power station.
Seeing Stars! Children's Programmes Diamond Jubilee Week gets off to a dazzling start as the Blue Peter garden is transformed into a rocket launch pad for Friday's Jubilee fireworks spectacular.
What do a bent knee dolphin, the flamingo position and an inverted vertical with support sculling have in common? Sarah discovers the answer when she joins the girls of the Rushmoor Synchronised Swimming Club.
Back from the Falklands! Twelve years ago the SS Great Britain returned from the South Atlantic-a ruined and battered hulk-after spending 84 years on the Falkland Islands. In her day, she was the fastest and most luxurious passenger liner afloat. Simon reports from Bristol's Great Western Dock where Brunei's masterpiece is being restored to her former glory.
Simon sets off on the trail of Britain's most famous fictional sleuth and encounters a Victorian lady in distress who bears a remarkable resemblance to Miss Sarah Greene!
Treasure Galore! You name it-we've got it! Over 200 tons of your treasure has reached the Blue Peter depot, and everything from chest expanders to mandolins will help children and babies suffering from kidney failure. Before the big Collectors' Items Auction in April, Simon, Sarah and Peter become stall-holders for the day at Camden Lock Market.
'Lady Sarah Greene' Twenty-five years ago the Queen decreed the end of the Presentation Parties. For nearly 250 years young girls had worn the regulation uniform of long white dress, six-foot train, and three ostrich feathers as they were presented at court and curtsyed to the King and Queen. Sarah goes back in time to 1923 and becomes 'Lady Sarah Greene' as she relives some of the trials and tribulations of 'doing the season'.
Chocolate Surprise Beat the prices in the shops this Easter with a home-made Chocolate Egg Cake. Chef Duncan reveals a secret ingredient that guarantees you will surprise and delight your family and friends!
Goldie's Birthday Britain's best-loved golden retriever was 5 years old last Friday. Join in the birthday celebrations, which include a flashback to Goldie's first appearance on TV.
Fuzzy Face If the weather's wet at Easter, Fuzzy Face will help you entertain your family and friends. He's a puppet with a big mouth and lots of personality. Sarah reveals his secrets and shows how you can make him.
Simon Groom gets up at the crack of dawn to spend a day with the Household Cavalry, beginning in the stables
The London Marathon is on us again as there's a look a the 13 BBC Staff entrants including the programme's own Peter Duncan
Hard, Very Severe: That's the grading of Wintaur's Leap - an escarpment of sheer limestone with a terrifying 210 ft drop that can defeat even the most experienced climber. In the expert hands of Stuart Thompson and John James, Peter had a go, and no one was more surprised than him to find their particular route had never been climbed successfully before! Join Peter at the summit and think of a name for his amazing climb - your suggestion could be the one registered in the official log.
Janet's fifth Blue Peter programme sees her transform a shoe box into a four-poster bed. Simon and Peter fight wizards and ores in the dungeons of a Cheshire castle.
Canoe Polo Simon and Peter take the plunge and join Britain's champion team for a watery chukka!
I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside! Janet's day by the sea turns into a series of slapstick stunts as Peter tries out some of the famous gags of the silent movie days.
Robinson Crusoe: The true story behind the classic tale of shipwreck and adventure and a chance to meet the great nephew ten times removed of the real Robinson Crusoe - Alexander Selkirk.
Tribute to Blake's Seven! A flashback to the early days of this popular sci-fi series, and a chance to make your own Blake's Seven bracelet. And guest star Janet Brown swaps voices with 15-year-old Linda Kemery.
Singing in the Rain Roy Castle, alias Cosmo Brown , reveals some of the amazing stunts he'll be performing in the stage version of the famous Hollywood movie.
Barbecue Special: Banana chocolate, nutty burgers, barbecue parcels and apple delight are just a few of the favourite outdoor recipes sent by Blue Peter viewers to test on the barbecue Simon and Peter built. Percy Thrower has nobly agreed to be taster-in-chief and Goldie will be standing by to mop up.
Sky High Spinner! .... Simon spins seven miles high during the most uncontrollable manoevre a test pilot ever has to make in a high-performance jet.
Whip Crack Away! What's bumpy, wet and exhilarating? Simon discovers carriage driving is all this and a lot more too, when he gets some top tips from international expert Peter Munt, the world's No 2 Whip. Twelve-year-old Colin Chinnery from Edinburgh is an expert too. He's the only boy in Britain to go to school in Peking where he's improving his skill at shaolin, the classical style of martial arts.
Discover which country the team will be exploring for the 1983 Summer Expedition. And if you're faced with a long journey-Janet has the answer, a quick and easy pocket game to make.
1983
Gentle Giants! There's no doubt who stole the show during this year's Summer Expedition - the elephants. They're Sri Lanka's most useful piece of farm equipment, with great advantages over the tractor. For instance, you don't need import licences, or any spares. An elephant has no use for petrol or oil, he's very unlikely to break down, and he can get to places where no wheeled vehicle can penetrate. But his greatest advantage is his intelligence. Simon, Peter and Janet discovered bathing Goldie is a pushover, compared with scrubbing their four-ton tuskers. They used coconut husks for loofahs and a soaking wet time was had by all-there's no doubt elephants have a huge sense of humour! Don't miss today's first report, and catch up with the latest news about the four-legged members of. the Blue Peter team - Goldie, Jack, and George the tortoise.
Hidden Treasure ' King Solomon in all his glory' was probably wearing a robe studded in jewels that came from Sri Lanka. The quarter-of-a-million pounds' worth of jewels Janet wears might have been mined within a stone's throw of the gems that were taken to the Court of King Solomon - and the methods of mining have hardly changed at all in the last 2,000 years. Peter delves deep down a black, smelly hole in Ratnapura and ends up with a treasure-trove of sapphires!
Expedition Sri Lanka with Simon Groom , Peter Duncan and Janet Ellis Coconuts Galore! Simon braves a tightrope walk across the tree tops and tracks down a Toddy Tapper - the death-defying of the palm trees.
Expedition Sri Lanka: Shipwrecked Sailor! More than 300 years before "Blue Peter"'s expedition Robert Knox, a young English sailor, was shipwrecked on the island and taken prisoner by King Raja Singha. Peter and Janet go back in time and discover more about this remarkable man held captive for 19 years before his skilfully plotted escape.
Meet the bird with a six-foot wing span that can soar to an incredible 200 feet before swooping on its prey at 45 miles-an-hour: Heidithe white bellied sea eagle.
Tea for Two Janet toils In the plantations at Nuwara Eliya and discovers there's far more to producing a good cuppa than meets the eye. it takes five kilos of leaves to fill one basket and skilled pluckers produce three baskets a day-or 2,000 cups of tea.
Expedition Sri Lanka - Up the Pole! SIMON and PETER join the stilt fishers of Weligama who perch for hours under the burning sun without moving or speaking, to catch the timid Korrumba fish.
Peter scales one of London's best known landmarks and helps to demolish Fulham Power Station.
To celebrate Blue Peter's Silver Jubilee year, Janet begins her training with the RAF's Falcons in an attempt to win back Blare Peter 's entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the longest-delayed drop made by a civilian.
More than half the population of Sri Lanka follow the teachings of the Lord Buddha, which began nearly 600 years before Christ was born. The monks start their training when they are very young, as Peter discovered when he met The Rev Wimela - aged 10. Like most children Wimela has lessons and homework - but not many 10-year-olds have their heads shaved every three months -Buddha teaches that long hair leads to vanity!
Blue Peter Goes Silver! Simon, Peter and Janet launch Blue Peter 's 25th birthday week with a giant lift off! Find out how you can win one of the special Silver Jubilee badges - only 1,860 exist-one for every edition of the programme, and discover who has won this year's Award for Outstanding Endeavour - presented by the man who introduced the very first Blue Peter - Christopher Trace.
Prickles Galore ! Baby hedgehogs reared by Blue Peter viewers make their first public appearance and inspire chef Duncan to create a cake in their honour.
The remarkable story of Judy, the only dog ever to become an official prisoner of war. Captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore, Judy survived the gruelling conditions of a forced labour camp and on her return to Britain she was awarded the Dicken Medal. The citation read ' for magnificent courage and endurance in Japanese prison camps, thus helping to maintain morale among her fellow prisoners, and for saving many lives by her intelligence and watchfulness'.
Jumping Janet! Janet sees how parachutes like the one she'll use for her free-fall drop with the Falcons are carefully packed. Then comes a jump of 1,000 feet - not from a plane but a balloon.
They said it could not be done! For 72 miles through 12 tunnels and over 17 viaducts, the railway line from Settle to Carlisle climbs over some of the most spectacular countryside in Britain. This famous track was one of the last important lines to be laid - it was opened to traffic in 1876. Simon and Goldie follow the tracks of the pioneers who created one of the engineering master-pieces of the Victorian age.
Blue Peter's silver tabby, Jack, will be in good company today, meeting champions who'll be competing in the chinchilla, silver tabby and Smoke Cat Society's 75th Anniversary Show. They include Premier Marisha Simpatico, or Tico for short, Grand Champion Andarphils, otherwise known as Cleo, and Saleila Prima Donna known to her owners as Prima. Discover what makes the champions purr - and what goes on behind the scenes to produce a real live Top Cat!
See How They Run! Six of the fastest feet in Britain flash past today when Himalayan runners Richard and Adrian Crane join Steve Cram in the studio.
Evil Edna 's dream comes true as her career as a pop star begins, with a little help from Kenneth Williams.
Today SIMON, PETER and JANET make their most important announcement of the year - so have a pencil and paper handy for details of the 1983 Appeal and find out what it is Blue Peter is collecting and how you can help.
Happy Birthday "Doctor Who"! "Blue Peter" salutes television's most popular sci-fi series with a monstrous flashback to the days of the Cybermen, the Terileptils, the Sea Devils, and - most dreaded of all - the Daleks! Discover which of the five Doctors will be arriving in the "Blue Peter" studio, not transported by the Tardis, but in the special "Doctor Who" Sunshine minibus that will be presented to the children of the Gurney School.
Weather Beaters SOS! The world's weather has gone bonkers! Tens of millions of people in 40 countries are suffering because of droughts or floods. If you join the Blue Peter Weather Beaters 25,000 families will have the chance to pick up the threads of normal life. All you need is an adult to agree to help and write off for a Great Blue Peter Bring and Buy Sale kit from [address removed].
Christmas is Coming!: Don't be down-hearted if you cant afford the decorations in the shops. You can make Janet's Christmas stars - they'll transform your tree and you can use them for table decorations, too!
Cry Just a Little Bit Hankies at the ready as Shaky joins the team! If you're a fan - and who isn't? - there's a whole lot of Shakin' goin' on and a big surprise in store for Britain's chart-topping rocker.
Viewers who are short of pocket money to buy their grans and grandads a Christmas present should tune in. Janet will come the rescue with an idea that can be made at home for next to nothing
Fun and games in the studio with Simon and Janet introducing more items of interest. Janet takes to the skies in her bid to break the British civilian freefall record. She makes her first jump from an aircraft - a Hercules, along with the crack freefall parachute team the R.A.F. Falcons
Lift-off for Simon: Today's the great day for 14-year-old Simon Holtom, the winner of Blue Peter's Intelpost Greetings Card Competition. His glorious view of balloons over the London skyline has been turned into a greetings card and will be seen in public for the first time.
On the last Blue Peter before Christmas catch up with the latest news of our Weather Beaters appeal, in aid of 25,000 families in five countries suffering from the effects of drought or floods. Join in with carols around the Christmas tree with children from All Farthings School and Warlingham County Secondary School and the band of the Chalk Farm Branch of the Salvation Army.
1983 was the year Blue Peter took off! Remember when Simon went spinning upside-down in a jet at 40,000 feet, Peter flew through the air on a flying trapeze, and Janet risked life and limb on her first parachute jump? The year's special guests included Pele, Bonnie Langford, Elton John, the Prime Minister through the voice of 16-year-old Linda Kemery and Torvill and Dean.
Weather Beater Stop Press! The Blue Peter bring and buy sales are producing fantastic results and if the £750,000 mark lights up on the Totaliser today, the original appeal target will have been trebled.
Merseyside: Twenty-five nations will be building gardens for Britain's first International Garden Festival that opens on Merseyside in May, and your design could be included! Have a pencil and paper handy for the details and check with the plan of the Blue Peter site on Back Page before you send in your entry. There are prizes galore, and the best design of all will win the holiday of a lifetime in Singapore.
Winged Waitress! Janet discovers there's more to being an air stewardess than meets the eye, as she fights a fire in the galley and escapes down an inflatable chute-part of the routine training by airline crews all over the world.
Ski Monday! Peter reports from the French Alps where 232 12 to 18-year-olds have been competing in the 1984 British Junior Ski Championships. Who will be the Ingemar Stenmark ot the future?
ClockThis! Time has stood still for a century for Gaulby Church's one-handed clock. Simon joins Bob Ovens the expert who aims to get it ticking back to life.
The 17th-century kitchens at Richmond's Ham House have been newly restored. Not only the furniture, but every single utensil from the spits for roasting larks to the graters, colanders and pickle pots are the genuine articles used in the 1670s and 80s. Janet turns kitchenmaid and discovers how hard life was without today's labour-saving equipment.
Garden of Delight! Today's the day the winners of the Blue Peter Festival Garden Competition will be announced. Discover whether your design has won you a 'holiday of a lifetime' in Singapore.
Be My Valentine! Send your true love a home-made heart on 14 February. Janet shows how to make a double-purpose card.
'Sit' and 'Stay'! Two top dogs from Crufts, the Obedience Champion bitch and dog, put on a special studio display of their award-winning skills.
Happy Birthday Sospan! The oldest goat in the British army is 11 years old today. It's Sospan's tenth year with the Royal Regiment of Wales - a regimental record. Fourteen drummers from the 3rd and 4th Battalions and Goat-Major Barry John also join the team for the traditional leek eating ceremony. Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant!
A birthday tribute as Janet joins the RNLI's newest crew for their toughest training assignment.
The Great Escape This Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest mass escapes of all time. Seventy-six allied POWs broke out of Stalag Luft III, using the 350-foot tunnel they'd constructed under the very noses of their guards. Sadly, all but three were caught and 50 men were murdered. But Ley Kenyon, who helped to mastermind the plot, survived and tells the true story of 'The Great Escape'..
Petra, the programme's very first dog, survived the upheaval and today you can see her in her new place of honour in the Blue Peter garden.
Boxes X 2 4 2000 A giant tree transplant completes the move of Blue Peter's souvenirs for the year 2000.
Resistance Secret agents' equipment, hidden message compartments and two dolls made in the notorious Revensbruck concentration camp by Second World War heroine Odette Hallowes , are just a few of the items in a major exhibition that opens shortly at the Imperial War Museum. Janet tells the story of the Resistance-the bravery of thousands of ordinary men and women during the Nazi occupation of Europe.
Dragon Builder! Wednesday was a red-letter day for 14-year-old Theo Gayer-Anderson. Not only has his competition sketch for a red dragon been transformed into a flame-breathing, 35-foot monster but he was presented to the Queen when Her Majesty visited the Blue Peter garden after opening the festival. Theo joins the team to tell of his VIP day out!
Yabby Dabby Doo!: Meet America's Don Messick - the man with elastic vocal chords, and discover how he creates the voices of Muttley, Klunk and Zilly, Godzooky, Boo Boo, Ranger Smith, Scooby and Scrappy and many many more.
Lee Boo , the Stranger in Rotherhithe The extraordinary story of the 19-year-old prince who left his Pacific Ocean island in 1784 to go to school in London. For five months he was a familiar figure in Rotherhithe until he died of smallpox.
Your Life in Their Hands! The men and women of the 110 Lifeguard Clubs will be patrolling Britain's beaches this summer and preventing holidays turning into tragedies. Last year alone more than 2,000 people were saved from drowning in resorts as far afield as Barn-staple and East Kilbride. The teams are manned by volunteers and the youngest cadets are 13 years old. Simon joins the boys and girls from Poole and Bournemouth who will be competing in the National Lifeguard Championships later this year, and gets thrown in at the deep end with the torpedo buoy relay race.
'Come On, You 'Orrible Pair!' There was no sympathy for Simon and Peter when they faced the most gruelling of all their assignments - training with the Devonport Field Gunners for this summer's Royal Navy Field Gun Race. Watch our heroes bite the dust, and discover which country the team will be exploring for the 1984 Summer Expedition!
1984
Safari to Kenya Every year teams of ornithologists from all over the world compete to see how many birds can be spotted in 24 hours. Simon and Janet head north west out of Nairobi, at the start of their 2,000 mile safari, and track down the man whose team holds the record for 1984. Terry Stevenson notched up 290 species, but had 1,055 possibilities - Kenya's a bird spotter's paradise! Don't miss today's first report, and catch up with the latest news about the four-legged members of the Blue Peter team - Goldie, Jack and George the tortoise.
Witches, Wizards and Robots - Behind the Scenes in the Land of Oz! Janet explores the Emerald City and discovers how a combination of electronics and special photographic effects can conjure up a fantasy land where hens, scarecrows and witches magically come to life!
The Njemps of Lake Baringo: A tough test for the safari truck as Simon and Janet drive to the parched shores of Lake Baringo and meet one of the tribes struggling for survival in Africa's devastating drought.
Safari to Kenya - Big Game! The Senior Ranger of the Masai Mara National Reserve, Major Henry Kipunde, has spent many years protecting Kenyan wildlife. Thanks to Henry, lions, zebra, giraffes, buffalo and rhino, as well as elephants, were all bagged by the Blue Peter film cameras and provided Simon and Janet with some memorable shots for their albums!
Simon and Goldie join the spinners and weavers at the' Quarry Bank Mill, Styal - 1984 Museum of the Year - and discover how children as young as 8 or 9, working as apprentices, kept the looms turning for over 50 years, in the days when cotton was king!
Technilogical Teddy! SuperTed returns next week and from his space station orbiting the Earth he's on the alert to answer any SOS that flickers on to his video monitor. If you'd like your own knitted Janet has news of a pattern that could bring him zooming on to your bed - in assorted colours!
SOS Big Cats! with Simon Groom Janet Ellis and Michael Sundin Simon and Janet swap their safari truck for a light aircraft to track down George Adamson of Born Free fame. At his remote camp at Kora, George is waging a campaign to preserve Kenya's endangered lions and leopards. And if you are fond of cats watch out for details of the Blue Peter classes at the world's biggest cat show.
Flood Alert! After the summer drought, the villagers of Topsham in Devon were faced with floods when the River Exe produced its highest tide since 1966. Michael helped to build the barricades to protect the centuries-old houses and joined the men of the Devon Fire Brigade keeping anxious watch on the rising waters.
Terror on the Track! Eighty-five years ago killer lions ate 28 navvies attempting to build Kenya's Mombasa-to-Lake Victoria railway. Colonel J. H. Patterson 's master plan outwitted the man-eaters and saved the day! Simon reports from Tsavo, the very spot where the lions attacked.
Straight Down the Line!: Simon tracks down the most famous line in the world, the zero line of longitude - otherwise known as the Greenwich Meridian - that celebrates its centenary next Saturday. Most visitors to Greenwich admire the famous Time Ball dropped one hour after noon each day-now is your chance to see how it works and why Greenwich Mean Time is of worldwide importance.
Bothie The Polar Dog: Two years ago a seven-year-old Jack Russell terrier made history by becoming the first dog in the world to put four paws on both the North and South Poles - and the smallest to have been to either! On the day the canine hero of the Transglobe expedition has a book published in his honour, he joins the team for a reunion with Goldie.
Over The Top! To restore a huge Edwardian office block in the heart of the City of London, a 100-tonne tower crane had to be swung in ten sections over a 108-foot wall! Simon joined the team masterminding this colossal leap-frog and picked up a few tips from Billy Dalton, whose precision and skill helped to make the whole manoeuvre possible.
Antarctic Survival! For the past year a research team has been living in one of the most uncomfortable and dangerous places on earth-Antarctica's Brabant Island. Explorers have only landed there three times-and never before stayed long enough to establish a base. Michael joins the expert canoeists in training to take part in the final stage of this hazardous assignment.
A Dip in Time....' Saves Lives! The dreaded sheep scab caused untold agony to thousands of ewes and rams last year. The campaign to kill the mites that eat into the animals' flesh involves dipping every sheep in Britain - Simon and Michael give the 300-strong Dethick flock their bath -under the watchful eye of the local bobby!
Hocus Pocus! 'What do you call a wicked old woman who lives by the sea? - A sandwitch!' But that's not what Michael's brewing up. If you're giving a hallowe'en party on 31 October tune in for Sundin's Surprise!
Gripped Up With Zoe. Hair-raising stunts, acrobatics and trampolining are all in a day's work for Michael, but one thing Blue Peter's new action man has never attempted is rock climbing. Zoe Brown of Old Man of Hoy fame starts Michael off on his climbing career with lots of useful tips for other beginners.
Remember, Remember ... Cats and dogs hate explosions and Jack and Goldie are no exception! Keep your pet safely indoors tonight and if you're having a Guy Fawkes party, watch out for some culinary tips when Janet and Michael join the Royal Navy - in a rain-sodden field near Exmouth - to compete in the annual Corps Cookery Competition.
Tired of being ticked-off for leaving your model cars lying around? Janet's multi-storey car park could solve your problems! All you need is old cereal packets and corrugated paper and it can be easily adapted to grow with your collection. So have a pencil and paper handy.
SOS! Today Simon, Janet and Michael make their most important announcement of the year - so have a pencil and paper handy for details of what "Blue Peter"'s collecting for the 1984 appeal. This time your help is needed by two good causes, so it's a double challenge!
Christmas is Coming! Be original - give people cards with a difference this year. Janet shows you how to make your own. And watch out for the Lifesaver Appeal's totaliser, which will record your donations to this year's double Appeal.
Flying Stars!: Today's your chance to discover the secrets of the Box! Thirteen-year-old Devin Stanfield - Kay Harker in the new adventure series "The Box of Delights" (Wednesday 5.0) - is joined in the studio by Mouse, alias Simon Barry, and Patrick Troughton who, as magician Cole Hawlings, works his magic to defeat the evil Abner Brown.
LifeSaver Appeal! It will take 800,000 envelopes of your buttons and post-cards to replace the four Blue Peter Inshore Life-boats and another 800,000 envelopes of used stamps to provide water pumps, pipes and seeds to help some of the survivors of Ethiopia's terrible famine rebuild their lives for the future. If you can help, here's a reminder of the depot address: [address removed
Flying Feathers! Treat yourself to an eye-catching Christmas mobile - a dazzling creation of exotic multi-coloured birds that will add a touch of luxury to your decorations when they fly from the ceiling! And watch out for an invasion of 200 cats - each one a collector's item.
Question: how can buttons, postcards and stamps save lives? Answer: by being turned into lifeboats and trucks, water-pumps and seeds for Ethiopia! Today's report from the LifeSaver Appeal Depot shows how your donations are sorted.
Cable Cliffhanger! Simon's mid-air report, dangling 170 metres above the Derbyshire countryside! Volunteer Groom tries out the emergency drill on board Britain's first Alpine-style cable car system. If you have a head for the Heights of Abraham, your Blue Peter badge guarantees you a free ride-but check the opening times before you go into orbit!
Gifts Galore for Grans and Grandads! Ssshhh! It's top secret - but if you want to surprise your gran or grandad with a very special present for Christmas, you'll need a soap-powder packet, wrapping paper and glue. Tune in today for more details.
Riding High! Michael joins a class of Army PT instructors and faces the Becher's Brook of the gymnastic world - a seven-foot-high horse! A refusal means you haven't made the grade.
Who's a Pretty Boy? Not Mr Punch -the incredibly ugly, baby great palm cockatoo! But if he survives his hand-rearing he could end up one of the most beautiful birds in the world.
Winter Wonderland! Michael reports from Mora in Sweden and the official opening ceremony of the very latest theme park - Santaworld. The winner of Blue Peter's Winter Wonderland Competition is a VIP guest-join them on a whirlwind tour of Aurora Lake, Santa's House, the Snow Queen's Palace and Troll Land!
Mousehole Lights! Cornwall's most famous Christmas illuminations are switched on by Simon this year, and a Blue Peter galleon joins the glittering giant sea serpent in the harbour.
On the last programme before Christmas, catch up with the latest news of the double LifeSaver Appeal, in aid of Ethiopia and the four Blue Peter lifeboats. There's Christmas Eve magic in the air as the studio is transformed into the Kingdom of the Snow for the stars of the famous Nutcracker ballet, and a carol around the tree with the massed choirs of ALLFARTHING PRIMARY SCHOOL, WARLINGHAM COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL plus the BBC SYMPHONY CHORUS and the BAND OF THE CHALK FARM branch of the Salvation Army.
It was the year Blue Peter turned detective and collected a few bruises! Remember when Bill and Ben, the stolen Flower Pot Men, were rescued in the nick of time? And when Peter Hawkins revealed the mystery of the Flob-a-Dob Flower Pot language? How was Michael transformed into Tik Tok, the mini-robot from Oz? Was Janet really chopped in three? How can you trampoline with skis on - and what was the secret of the see-through bath? Other highlights include World Land Speed Record holder Richard Noble's fire-fighting car, the agony of the Royal Navy Field Gun race, the muddy battle of Ashbourne Football and how free-falling Janet broke her pelvis! If you missed any of these magic moments in 1984 today is your chance to catch up - and look ahead to 1985.
LifeSaver Stop Press! The Double LifeSaver Appeal is producing fantastic results - if the Totaliser Targets are reached today, vital long-term aid will be provided for Ethiopia, and Blue Peter's four lifeboats will be replaced.
Rising Star! At 15 America's Kathy Healy is already a star of stage, screen and the ice-rink! After figure-skating in John Curry 's famous Superskate Show, aged 6, Kathy acted with Dudley Moore and Mary Tyler Moore and danced in Germany, Italy, Paris, and New York. Today she makes a whirlwind visit to the Blue Peter studio between performances as Clara in the London Festival Ballet's Nutcracker.
In 1877 the clipper ship Avalanche sank off the Dorset coast. Now divers have recovered part of her cargo, and Simon, Janet and Michael sample a bottle of 117-year-old champagne!
Kestrel Survival Deep in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside the RSBP is encouraging kestrels to breed. Janet reports from the reserve at Fowlmere, and with the aid of the Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service, climbs 100ft up a poplar tree to install a giant nest box.
The Barwell Monster! The biggest meteorite ever to fall on Britain landed in the middle of the Leicestershire village of Barwell on Christmas Eve, 1965. For a few days Barwell was the most popular spot in the universe as scientists and sightseers flocked there to find a fragment from outer space - and there'll be some of Barwell's spacerock in the studio today!
Great Western Rules OK? Tomorrow the Post Office celebrates the 150th birthday of one of the world's most renowned railways, the Great Western, and pays tribute to trains from other famous railway companies. The five giants of steam that feature on the new stamps are the Flying Scotsman, the Golden Arrow, the Cheltenham Flyer, the Cornish Riviera and the Royal Scot and you can see them all in action on today's programme.
Galactic Lunapede ! Three lolly-sticks, one old ping-pong ball, a cotton reel, four plastic buttons and a few beads are all you need to create a fast-moving space puppet. Have paper and pencil ready for assembly details!
The Princess Daisy Doll The amazing adventures of Daisy -the doll who was the star of the 1895 International Exhibition - with her wardrobe of exquisite clothes. She was given to the 6-year-old Princess Royal in 1905 and today Daisy, who lives at the Bethnal Green Museum, visits the Blue Peter studio together with her entire wardrobe.
Happy Birthday, Jack! Britain's favourite silver tabby was 9 years old on Tuesday, but he's still the fastest cat on four paws, and whether he'll do his famous disappearing act during today's birthday celebrations is anyone's guess!
Just 12 weeks after the launch of the LifeSaver Appeal, the Ethiopia target has been more than doubled. Find out today if the Lifeboats target has been reached. Plus news of the important LifeSaver Appeal Auction.
Doll's Delight! Pamper your doll with a luxury bedroom suite, including a bed, table, lamp, dressing-table and stool. They're in co-ordinating colours and you can make them all for nothing!
Top Dogs! Meet two of the cleverest of the Crufts champions - the winners of the Obedience classes. Watch the precision of their paws, as the top dog and bitch respond to their handlers' commands, demonstrating the tests that won them their coveted title.
Lucky Winners!: Today's the day the results of the competition to design the end papers for the new Blue Peter book will be announced. Don't miss the judges' choice.
Pancake Party! Don't miss Michael's pancake recipe for your Shrove Tuesday party plus some scrumptious fillings!
The Bear Facts! Meet the 8-week-old cub from Loch Lomond who's making his very first TV appearance. Or is it 'she'? So far, no one knows!
Cub Scout Challenge Twenty thousand Cub Scouts entered a vigorous test of strength and endurance last year to discover the fittest and quickest thinking Cubs. Today the four winners visit the studio and challenge Simon and Michael to try the toughest test of all, the dreaded 'leg-hover'!
Tales from the Secret Annexe The diaries of a 13-year-old girl written during the Nazi occupation of Holland, inspired millions of people all over the world. Re-live Anne Frank's story -on the day more of her secret writings are published.
The Lamberts of Croydon One hundred and sixty years ago, two boys and a small girl riding on a donkey were painted by the famous artist John Constable. 'They are very well-behaved and amiable children, and the donkey is a fine, rough, good-natured animal' he wrote to his wife. Today may be your last chance to see this painting - when this great family treasure is auctioned at Sotheby's next week, it could well leave the country forever.
Tile Detective! Monkeys, camels and elephants, nursey rhyme characters and royal princesses are just a few of the valuable tile pictures that used to cheer up patients in the children's wards of hospitals. Now as old buildings are demolished the tiles are in danger. The search is on to save them, and you can help. Find out how today, and see some of the treasures that have survived.
Changing the Irish Guard! Meet Conchobar Mac Neffa, or Connor for short, the four-month-old wolfhound who's set to become the new regimental mascot of the Irish Guards.
Cetiosaurus Lives! For 17 years, the skeleton of one of the largest of the dinosaurs lay packed in boxes in the basement of Leicester's museum. Today Cetiosaurus makes his first posthumous public appearance, in the Blue Peter studio -all 40 feet of him! There's news of Bobby Robson 's Soccer Funweeks with dazzling footwork from Chris Waddle and John Barnes. And don't miss the report on the LifeSaver Appeal Auction.
Noses to the Grindstone! Imagine the agony of 10,000 press-ups, followed by 10,000 basketball shots and then lifting your own body weight 13,000 times! Three superfit people attempted these feats in 24 hours for a good cause. Today you can find out if they succeeded!
Happy Birthday Goldie! Britain's favourite golden retriever is 7 years old today. Join in the celebrations with a grand reunion of her puppies - Prince and Henry who are fully qualified Guide Dogs for the Blind, Buster, Sandy and Lady.
Only eight metres across, a single-engined aircraft attempts an epic Polar flight this year. Meet the plane and Tony Dutton the intrepid pilot.
Biggles Flies Again! Janet goes behind the scenes as a new Biggles adventure is turned into a full length feature film - complete with bi-planes, helicopters and spies!
Horses on Parade! A spectacular preview of the centenary celebrations of London's most famous Harness Horse Parade.
Dig This! One hundred and fifty-eight model excavators and mechanical diggers fill the studio today. Peter Grimshaw of Atherton started collecting them in 1946 when he was 10. Now he reckons it's the biggest collection in the country. Watch out for the spectacular Walking Dragline, too!
Up the Rams! 'Come on Derby!' is a familiar cry for Simon when he goes to support his home team. Third Division or not, the Baseball Ground is still a scene of celebration as thousands turn out every Saturday to support County's centenary season. But who's that in the number seven shirt? Have Derby signed a new midfield star? Find out the score when Simon plays the game of his life with his heroes, and fulfills his wildest dreams!
See How They've Grown! The terrible triplets are back today - the lion cubs from Windsor Safari Park - and Terry Nutkins will be choosing their names from the thousands of suggestions sent in by viewers. If your idea is picked, you'll win a VIP all-expenses-paid visit to the park - there are lots of prizes for runners-up too!
Old Crocs ! One hundred and fifty million years ago, ferocious 20-foot crocodiles slithered over the British Isles. Simon and Goldie report from their graveyard in the Cambridgeshire countryside and help dig up their ancient bones -under the expert eye of palaeontologist Dave Martill.
Don Forget the Driver! A piece of tarred cowhide and a pair of boots is all that was worn by the world's first known underwater diver. You can see this incredible 200-year-old suit in today's preview of Sea Finland - the National Maritime Museum's important new exhibition.
There's more to driving a limousine than meets the eye, as Janet discovers when she trains as a chauffeuse. Keeping your cool in London's West End traffic with a VIP passenger is just as nerve-racking as controlling a spin on the skid pan -behind the wheel of a E60,000 Rolls-Royce!
Next Sunday, 180 assorted vans, fire engines, vintage buses and lorries will be taking part in the 24th Historic Commercial Vehicle Society's London to Brighton run. In today's preview, Michael tries out a 1912 Rover delivery van-restored to its splendid Edwardian livery!
Mary Rose Latest! The Mary Rose has had that sinking feeling once again! Not to the bottom of the Solent, but lowered down to a new position in the Ship Hall. Catch up with all the latest news as Simon reports from the deck of Henry VIII 's famous flagship with archaeological director MARGARET RULE.
Powder a Porker! Meet Matilda and Winifred, stars of sty and screen as they prepare for their pig video. If their looks impress viewers, they could end up producing piglets in Japan, Australia, or even Albania. Simon helps them make-up for their screen debut.
Beamish Magic! A report from the latest time capsule at the Open Air Museum recreating life in Michael's home town-Gateshead - in the 1920s. Sixty years ago the Co-op was advertising for assistants at 12/6 for a 48-hour week, draper's shops sold liberty bodices and the seaside was a ninepenny tram ride away!
Gravel Pit Ski-ing Michael, the demon of the slopes, is back on his skis again! He's continuing his freestyle acrobatic ski training in deepest Berkshire. There's not much snow there in May so he and the British Freestyle Ski-ing team take to the water instead!
Question: where wouldn't you expect to find wild birds? Answer: by a busy motorway junction alongside a polluted river. Wrong! Today news of Britain's newest and most unusual bird reserve.
The 532 Blue Peter on the Move! The 532 Blue Peter joined ten other famous old locos at the Great Western Society's birthday party to celebrate 150 years of the GWR. Simon gave the signal for the start of the fortnight's steam extravaganza - don't miss his report.
Glorious Mud! It's sticky going for Janet and Michael as they take part in the toughest race of their lives. Follow the gooey trail, in their desperate bid to beat the tide, as they wallow across the mud flats of the River Exe.
Janet Jumps Again! It's nine months since Janet broke her pelvis in a chance-in-a-million landing, after a routine parachute jump with the RAF Falcons. The accident delayed her bid to create a new UK Civilian Free Fall record but she's not only been passed fit, she's determined to resume her training. If the weather holds, Janet will be making her first leap into the skies this year.
Battle of the Giants Thirty giant puppets, the height of doubledecker buses are all set to invade Leicester's Abbey Park next Sunday. In today's preview, Ravana, the evil ten-headed monster, battles it out with Jatayu, the King of the Birds, and Rama and his monkey army attempt to rescue the beautiful princess Sita!
Remember the Los Angeles Olympics and the first flight of the shuttle? Pictures of events like these from all over the world are beamed live to our TV screens, thanks to the huge satellite tracking station at Goonhilly. Michael climbs the giant receiving dish to give aerial one a fresh coat of paint, and reports from the new Blue Peter aerial which starts work today. With luck its first pictures will be seen on today's programme!
Janet goes back in time to the 1890s and the days when grand houses were the setting for glittering parties. At Warwick Castle the guests for dinner one hot June evening in 1898 included two future kings, a prime minister-to-be and a dazzling array of High Society's most beautiful ladies. You can meet them all, as they prepare for the feast!
LifeSaver Round-up! The 1984 double LifeSaver Appeal in aid of Ethiopia and the RNLI more than quadrupled its original target! Today, as the new Blue Peter II is launched at its station at North Berwick, you can catch up with all the developments and see how all your extra stamps have provided irrigation and well-digging schemes for north and south east Ethiopia.
The Battle of Bosworth! Five hundred years ago this summer, two kings met in battle on a field in Leicestershire and the course of British history was changed forever. Henry Tudor 's defeat of King Richard III ended the War of the Roses, and established the line from which our present Royal Family is descended. Watch Simon's report on the spectactular re-enactment of the battle that will be the highlight of the Quincentenary Celebrations, and discover which country the team will be exploring for the 1985 Summer Expedition!
Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper guest star to discuss the upcoming Doctor Who series.
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Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A new weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Toys, model railways, games, stories, cartoons. A weekly programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Including 'The Story of San Marco', a scale model serial and 'Ginger and Pickles', a story by Beatrix Potter with the original pictures. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Including: "The Story of San Marco", a scale model serial. With Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Including The Story of San Marco, a scale model serial and The Fox and the Crow, a story with pictures by Tony Hart. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A weekly programme for younger viewers, including The Story of San Marco, a scale model serial and The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, a story by Beatrix Potter with the original pictures. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A weekly programme for younger viewers, including The Story of San Marco, a scale model serial and The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, the second part of a story by Beatrix Potter with the original pictures. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A weekly programme for younger viewers, including The Story of San Marco, a scale model serial and Jean and Frank: 1: Frank and his Dog, stories of some American children. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A weekly programme for younger viewers, including The Story of San Marco, a scale model serial and Jean and Frank: 2: Jean and her Dolls, stories of some American children. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A weekly programme for younger viewers, including The Story of San Marco, a scale model serial and Jean and Frank: 3: Sailing a Toy Boat, stories of some American children. Spot the Tune A musical competition. Send your postcards to Blue Peter, [address removed]. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams., including: The Story of San Marco, a scale model serial and Jean and Frank: 4: Flying a Kite, stories of some American children.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Owen Williams tells you about working with wood. Jean and Frank: 5: Frank tends the Garden, stories of some American children. Spot the Tune, results of the competition.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Owen Williams tells you about working with wood. Jean and Frank: 6: A Surprise for Jean, stories of some American children.
Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Owen Williams tells you about working with wood. Peter Rabbit, a story by Beatrix Potter with the original pictures.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Owen Williams tells you about working with wood. The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, a story by Beatrix Potter with the original pictures.
Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Owen Williams tells you about working with wood. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, a story by Beatrix Potter with the original pictures.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Working with Wood shown by Owen Williams. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck: Part 2, a story by Beatrix Potter with the original pictures. What the Brownies Do: 1 - Jean Francis introduces the first of a new series.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Working with Wood, Owen Williams gives the last of his talks. What the Brownies Do: 2 by Jean Francis
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams. Special Brownie edition including a film "Brownie Stepping Stones" (shown by courtesy of the Girl Guides Association).
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Model Ships shown by J.B. Jenkinson and John Fisher. The Chipmunk Song pictured by Tony Hart. What the Brownies Do: 4 with Jean Francis.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Model Ships Under Sail, a film. What the Brownies Do: 5 with Jean Francis.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams. What the Brownies Do: 6. The last in the series with Jean Francis. Packi in "Holiday at Home": Part 1, drawn and told by Tony Hart. Making Monsters with Willoughby Gray.
Introduced by Christopher Trace. Model Red Indians shown by Willoughby Gray. Packi in "Holiday at Home": Part 2. Drawn and told by Tony Hart and a sequence from the film "Capital Visit".
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Fashions for Knights - Willoughby Gray shows you his miniature collection of armour. Packi: Holiday At Home: Part 3 drawn and told by Tony Hart.
Introduced by Leila Williams. Including Packi in "Holiday at Home": Part 4, drawn and told by Tony Hart.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams. Including Packi: Holiday at Home: Part 5. Drawn and told by Tony Hart.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including The Tale of Tom Kitten, a story by Beatrix Potter with the original pictures.
Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including The Tale of Samuel Whiskers: Part One, a story by Beatrix Potter with the original pictures.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Ann Taylor. Including: Brigade of Guards: part 2 and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers: Part 2, a story by Beatrix Potter with the original pictures.
Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Brigade of Guards: 3 and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers: Part 3, a story by Beatrix Potter with the original pictures.
A weekly programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace including: Brigade of Guards: 4 and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers: Part 4, a story by Beatrix Potter with the original pictures.
Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including: Brigade of Guards: 5 and Dressing a Doll with Peggy Franks.
The magazine programme for younger viewers celebrates its First Birthday with a visit to Switzerland. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including: 'Your Model Railway': 1 and How Other Children Live: 1: Ulster Boy (BBC film)
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Tony Hart. including: The Story of San Marco: International Express and Jenny Grant: Episode 1, The story of a young dancer written and told by Ann Taylor with Mary Hewing.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Tony Hart. Including: Your Model Railway: 2 and Jenny Grant: Episode 2, the story of a young dancer written and told by Ann Taylor with Mary Hewing.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including: The Story of San Marco: San Marco, U.S.A. (second series) and Jenny Grant: Episode 3, the story of a young dancer written and told by Ann Taylor with Mary Hewing.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including: Your Model Railway: 3 and Jenny Grant: Episode 4, the story of a young dancer. Written and told by Ann Taylor with Mary Hewing.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including The Story of San Marco: Goods Engines and Wagons (Second series) and Jenny Grant: Episode 5, the story of a young dancer, written and told by Ann Taylor with Mary Hewing.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Including: Spot the Aircraft, a new series introduced by Christopher Trace and Draw It Yourself, Tony Hart gives you some useful tips on simple sketching.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Christopher Trace talks about Your Model Railway. Tony Hart gives you more hints on how to Draw It Yourself.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Presented by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Spot the Aircraft introduced by Christopher Trace and Draw It Yourself in which Tony Hart gives you some more useful tips on simple sketching.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A magazine programme for younger viewers including Spot the Aircraft. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Draw It Yourself: Tony Hart gives you some more useful tips on simple sketching.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace.
For younger viewers. Including How to Make Scenery for Model Railways shown by Jack Kine. The Story of Miss Poppet. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including: Spot the Tune. A musical competition with Ian Stewart at the piano. Send your postcards to: Blue Peter, [address removed].
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams including How Other Children Live: 2: A Boy's Day in Venice. A film produced by Radiotelevisione Italiana and Spot the Tune results of the competition of March 4.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. A Special Edition. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams. Model Railway Operation: 1: The Through Carriage by Christopher Trace and Toys from Russia shown by Ina de la Haye.
A magazine programme for younger viewers introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. including: Draw It Yourself, fun with pencil and paper shown by Tony Hart.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Leila Asks Chris about the Origins of Easter. How Other Children Live: 3: A Day at Avalon, a film produced by the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
A magazine programme for younger viewers introduced by Leila Williams including Draw It Yourself, fun with pencil and paper shown by Tony Hart.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Introduced by Leila Williams including Draw It Yourself, fun with pencil and paper shown by Tony Hart.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including: Making Animals from String and Wire shown by Tony Key and Flags and National Anthems: 1: Great Britain.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Draw It Yourself, aun with pencil and paper shown by Tony Hart and Flags and National Anthems: 2: The United States of America.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including What's New in Dolls shown by Peggy Franks. Flags and National Anthems: 3: France.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Life in the Royal Navy: 1: The Captain and Flags - H.M.S. Keppel. Members of the ship's company explain their jobs. Film specially shot by cameramen of the Royal Navy and National Anthems: 4: Eire.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams including H.M.S. Keppel: 2: The Engine-room Artificer, members of the ship's company explain their jobs. Film specially shot by cameramen of the Royal Navy and Dolls from the Soviet Union shown by Ina de la Haye.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including H.M.S. Keppel: 3: The Coxswain, members of the ship's company explain their jobs, film specially shot by Cameramen of the Royal Navy and What's New in Dolls shown by Peggy Franks.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including H.M.S. Keppel: The Officer of the Watch, members of the ship's company explain their jobs. Film specially shot by cameramen of the Royal Navy.
A magazine programme for younger viewers introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including: H.M.S. Keppel: 5: The Buffer's Yeoman. Members of the ship's company explain their jobs. Film specially shot by cameramen of the Royal Navy. Making Figures from Seashells - shown by Tony Key. Kidnapped - An extract from the new Walt Disney film.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including H.M.S. Keppel: 6: Fighting a Fire. Film specially shot by Cameramen of the Royal Navy and Annette Finds Out: Who sent the doll? The solution of the mystery.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams. Including: How Other Children Live: 4: A day in the life of a French boy, a film produced by the French Television Service.
A magazine programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Life in the Royal Air Force: 1: The Fighter Pilot introduced by Squadron Leader Peter Latham A.F.C., Commander of 111 Squadron 'The Black Arrows'. Film provided by the Royal Air Force.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Life in the Royal Air Force: 2: The Engine Fitter. Introduced by Corporal J.A. Green of 111 Squadron. Film provided by the Royal Air Force. Pollyanna: an extract from the new Walt Disney film.
A magazine programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including: Life in the Royal Air Force: 3: Fighter Controller. Introduced by Pilot Officer Pamela Rich. Film provided by the Royal Air Force and Animal Friends: 1: The Chimpanzee with Kenneth Exall.
A magazine programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. including Life in the Royal Air Force: 4: The V-bomber Pilot introduced by Flight-Lieutenant F. Hines. Film provided by the Royal Air Force, and Animal Friends: 2: Dogs.
A magazine programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace Including Life in the Royal Air Force: 5: The Crew Chief. Introduced by Chief Technician P.H. Higgins. Film provided by the Royal Air Force.
A magazine programme for younger viewers with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Life in the Royal Air Force: 6: The Operations Clerk. Introduced by Corporal Valerie Tiller. Film provided by the Royal Air Force. Me and My Teddy Bear with Sarah Willmott. Animal Friends: 3: Mice
A magazine programme for younger viewers introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including A Puppy's Responsibilities. A cartoon film. Model Railways M.M. Ascough shows you an exhibition layout and Animal Friends: 4: Crickets.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including: Animal Friends: 5: Deer and Rabbits with an extract from Walt Disney's 'Bambi'. Results of the Aircraft Spotting Competition and How Other Children Live: 5: A day in the life of a German boy. A film produced by the German Television Service.
A magazine programme for younger viewers introduced by Leila Williams. Baby Elephants in fact and fiction including Packi, a new story told and drawn by Tony Hart.
A special edition for The 100th programme. Including details of a short story competition for Girls and Boys. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Packi's Caravan. Told and drawn by Tony Hart and Pollyanna, an extract from the new Walt Disney film.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including: Packi's Caravan: 3 told and drawn by Tony Hart and Making Your Own Den Shown by Tony Key.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Packi's Caravan: 4, told and drawn by Tony Hart and Making Your Own Den shown by Tony Key.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including How Other Children Live: 6: A Day at Ole's Farm, a film produced by the Danish Television Service, Making Your Own Den shown by Tony Key and Packi's Caravan: 5, Told and drawn by Tony Hart.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Christopher Trace and Leila Williams give a Hallowe'en Party.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams. Including the first of three stories about The House Under the Hill: 1: Top-Off.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including The second of three stories about The House Under the Hill: 2: Master of all Masters.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams. The last of three stories about The House Under the Hill: 3: The Hillman and the Housewife and Six by Four: 1: The Baseboard. A series in which Michael Humphries shows you how to make a better lay-out for your model railway.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Six by Four: 2: Choosing the lay-out and Flexible track, a series in which Michael Humphries show you how to make a better lay-out for your model railway
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Six by Four: 3: Laying the Track, a series in which Michael Humphries shows you how to make a better lay-out for your model railway and School for Service, a film showing how train-drivers and others learn their jobs.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Six by Four: 4: Wiring-op a lay-out. A series in which Michael Humphries shows you how to make a better lay-out for your model railway and Toys of the Minute A look at some of the toys to be shown next month at the Harrogate International Toy Fair.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Six by Four: 5: How to Solder, a series in which Michael Humphries shows you how to make a better lay-out for your model railway. Swiss Family Robinson - An extract from the new Walt Disney film.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. An Elephant's Drum, a story by Michael Diver, aged 10 with pictures by Tony Hart. The Three Worlds of Gulliver - An extract from the new film shown by courtesy of Columbia Pictures. Six by Four: 6: Gradients and high levels, a series in which Michael Humphries shows you how to make a better lay-out for your model railway.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. including The Mumbles Railway, Reminiscences by Wynford Vaughan Thomas.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Coins in Your Pocket: 1: The Penny R. J. Martin talks about Coins in Your Pocket.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. The Story of the Fire Engine: Part 1
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Coins in Your Pocket: 2: Small change R. J. Martin talking about Coins in Your Pocket and The Story of the Fire Engine: Part 2
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. The Story of the Fire Engine: Part 3
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including The Story of the Fire Engine: Part 4 told by G. V. Blackstone and Coins in Your Pocket: 3: Crowns and Florins, a talk by R. J. Martin.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams. A Visit to Cruft's Dog Show. Packi's Balloon Adventures: 1: China written and drawn by Tony Hart. The Story of the Bell told by Ranald Clouston.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams. Including Coins in Your Pocket: 4: Sovereigns and Bank Notes, a talk by R. J. Martin and Packi's Balloon Adventures: 2: South America, written and drawn by Tony Hart.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Packi's Balloon Adventures: 3: Australia, written and drawn by Tony Hart and The Story of the Bell told by Ranald Clouston.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Coins in Your Pocket: 5: Strange Money, a talk by R. J. Martin. Packi's Balloon Adventures: 4: The South Pole, written and drawn by Tony Hart.
Introduced by Leila Williams. Packi's Balloon Adventures: 5: England, written and drawn by Tony Hart. How to Mend a Puncture and an extract from the film Diesel Train Ride.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Control of the Ball, First steps for very young players shown by David Potter and Packi's Balloon Adventures: 6: France, written and drawn by Tony Hart.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Children's Life in Other Lands: 7: Switzerland. A film showing the daily life of the Preisig family in Appenzell. Specially produced for 'Blue Peter' by the Swiss Television Service.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. April in Italy: First week, a journey in a crack express train, the beginning of a famous children's story, and a look at some Italian dogs.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. April in Italy: Second week. You see some old Italian customs, learn how Italian designers have influenced the world of motor cars, and hear some more of a famous story.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. April in Italy: Third Week. You see something of the Italian countryside, hear some more about Pinocchio, and get some hints on collecting Italian stamps.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. April in Italy: Fourth week, including a show of some of the interesting things that Italy sends to Britain.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Young Modellers' League, first of a new series on trains, aeroplanes, and ships. The Girl Who Liked Animals by Pamela Young (aged 7), a prize-winning entry from our competition. Dressing Up: 1: The Nurse
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Young Modellers' League, a new series on trains, aeroplanes, and ships. Pinocchio, another chapter from the story by C. Collodi. Told by Richard Mayes. Dressing Up: The Nurse: part 2
For younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams. Dressing Up: The Nurse. The Journey Over the White Beach. A story by Helen Milefantl (aged 12), told by David Enders. First Steps with a Tennis Racquet, shown by David Potter.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Young Modellers' League, a new series on trains, aeroplanes, and ships. The Lion on the Path, a story told by Hugh Tracey. What's New for Dolls. Shown by Peggy Franks.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Dogs' Day, a film story of a children's dog show and Dreamy Daniel in a cartoon film Jungle Capers.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams. Spring Babies. Some unusual pets born this year shown by Charles Trevisick. Flying Saucer, Dreamy Daniel in a cartoon film. Birds, a cartoon film showing the adventures of some feathered boy scouts.
For younger viewers. Wallis Rigby and Christopher Trace talk about making models that fly. The Girl on the Rock, Hugh Tracey tells a story and Aerobatics, Dreamy Daniel in a cartoon film.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams. Watching Wimbledon. David Potter helps you to enjoy the game. Terror of the Track, Dreamy Daniel in a cartoon film. Ponds and Jam Jars: 1 with Kenneth Exall, Gillian Hudson, Roger May.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. The Python. Hugh Tracer tells a story. Alpine Antics, Dreamy Daniel in a cartoon film. Ponds and Jam Jars: 2, with Kenneth Exall, Gillian Hudson, Roger May.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Making Model Boats from Kits, shown by Christopher Trace. Exit the Champ, [Starring] Dreamy Daniel. Doorbells, a cartoon film showing what might happen if you rang once too often.
For younger viewers, introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Young Modellers' League, a new series on trains, aeroplanes, and ships and How Rabbits Got Their Short Tails, a story told by Hugh Tracey.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams. Including: More About Brownies: 1 and 101 Dalmatians - an extract from the Walt Disney film.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including More About Brownies: 2 and an excerpt from the film The Boy Who Stole a Million with a visit from Maurice Reyna, the young boy who plays the title role (shown by courtesy of British Lion/Bryanston).
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including: More About Brownies: 3 and The Absent-Minded Professor, an excerpt from the Walt Disney film.
For younger viewers introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including More About Brownies: 4 and filming on location for "Whistle Down the Wind" starring Hayley Mills with an excerpt from the film, shown by courtesy of the Rank Organisation and Malcolm Mitchell with his guitar.
For younger viewers introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams including Show Cats and Kittens presented by Irene Statman and How to Make Glove Puppets.
For younger viewers introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. How to Build Your Own Model Theatre. Hugh Tracey tells a story: Mapandangare the Great Baboon and The Story of the Bicycle: 1, told by Reginald Shaw.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. How to Build Your Own Model Theatre. Hugh Tracey tells a story: Mapandangare the Great Baboon. The Story of the Bicycle: 1. Told by Reginald Shaw.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Leila Williams and Christopher Trace. How to Build Your Own Model Theatre. How the Rabbits Got Their Short Tails, Hugh Tracey tells a story. The Story of the Bicycle: 2, told by Reginald Shaw.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including: How to Build Your Own Model Theatre, a Story About St. Pancras and King's Cross told by Donald Bisset. The Story of the Bicycle: 3 told by Reginald Shaw.
for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including: Blue Peter Alphabet: A for Aircraft. Packi's Adventures, written and drawn by Tony Hart. The Story of the Bicycle: 4 told by Reginald Shaw.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including: Blue Peter Alphabet: B for Buses. An excerpt from the film "The Parent Trap" starring Hayley Mills (Shown by courtesy of Walt Disney Productions). The Story of the Bicycle: 5. Told by Reginald Shaw.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Blue Peter Alphabet: C for Cooking. Packi's Adventures, written and drawn by Tony Hart. Blue Peter Third Birthday Surprise.
For younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Blue Peter Alphabet: D for Deep Sea Diving. The Turks and the Cows, a Hungarian cartoon film. How to Build Your Own Model Theatre.
for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Blue Peter Alphabet: F for Fireworks. Packi's Adventures, written and drawn by Tony Hart. How to Build Your Own Model Theatre.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Blue Peter Alphabet: E for Engineering. The Fly Who Wanted a Tail, a traditional Russian folk-story told by Elena Snow. How to Build Your Own Model Theatre.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Blue Peter Alphabet: G for Gymnastics. Packi's Adventures, written and drawn by Tony Hart. How to Build Your Own Model Theatre.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Blue Peter Alphabet: H for Horses. The Jolaes Puppets. How to Build Your Own Model Theatre.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including: Micki, Wild Dog of the North, an excerpt from the film. Shown by courtesy of Walt Disney Productions. Chris and Leila take you on a visit to the British Manufacturers' Toy Fair. Letter 'I' in the Blue Peter Alphabet.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Including Packi's Adventures, written, drawn, and told by Tony Hart. Letter J in the Blue Peter Alphabet. Chris and Leila show you how to make A Doll's House.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. In this week's edition: Chris and Leila show you how to make A Doll's House. Leila Williams tells the story of The Lonely Reindeer, written by Rosemary Hart and Blue Peter Alphabet this week reaches the letter K.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Packi's Adventures, written, drawn, and told by Tony Hart. Toytime, a look at some toys to be shown at the Harrogate International Toy Fair next month. Pinocchio, an excerpt from the Walt Disney film. Blue Peter Alphabet reaches the letter L.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Chris and Leila show you how to make A Doll's House. An excerpt from the film Babes in Toyland. Shown by courtesy of Walt Disney Productions. Letter M in the Blue Peter Alphabet.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Chris and Leila tell you more about Dolls' Houses and Blue Peter Alphabet reaches the letter N.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Letter O in the Blue Peter Alphabet.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Letter P in the Blue Peter Alphabet.
A magazine programme for younger viewers, introduced by Christopher Trace. including: How To Make Your Own Puppet demonstrated by Peter Adams Turner and Letter Q in the Blue Peter Alphabet.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Jolaes Puppets and Letter R in the Blue Peter Alphabet.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including: How to Make Your Own Valentine Card, demonstrated by Peter Adams Turner. Letter S in the Blue Peter Alphabet.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including a film called In the Forest and Letter T in the Blue Peter Alphabet.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace including Letter U in the Blue Peter Alphabet and R.J. Martin showing you how to start Your Own Coin Collection.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including: Letter V in the Blue Peter Alphabet and Danny Arnold telling you another story of the Wild West.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Letter W in the Blue Peter Alphabet.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Letter X in the Blue Peter Alphabet.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Letter Y in the Blue Peter Alphabet and Danny Arnold tells you another story of the Wild West.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Jolaes Puppets, R.J. Martin tells you more about Coins and Letter Z in the Blue Peter Alphabet.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including Danny Arnold to tell you more about the Wild West.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace. Including: The Adventures of Peter Paulette, written, drawn, and told by Tony Hart and R. J. Martin tells you about Maundy Money.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Introduced by Christopher Trace.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and introducing Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
'All Aboard' with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
All Aboard! with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
A magazine programme for younger viewers. Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton meet some circus clowns decorate a Christmas tree prepare a Christmas crib and unwrap a surprise parcel.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including: The Magic Egg by Anna and Edward Standon, Making a Sledge, and The Blue Peter Puppy.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Building a Model Farm: Landscape Lay-out, Christmas Card Scrapbook and Part 2 of The Magic Egg by Anna and Edward Standon.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers, including Building a Model Farm: Fields, Trees, and Hedges, Part 3 of The Magic Egg by Anna and Edward Standon and Birds' Banquet.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers, including Los Valldemosa with songs from round the world and Building a Model Farm: The farmhouse, outhouses, and barns.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Making Puppets with Gordon Murray, uilding a Model Farm: The animals and vehicles and the Blue Peter Vet with 'Petra'.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Over in the Meadow with pictures by Feodor Rojankovsky and music by Steve Benbow and Making Puppets with Gordon Murray.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Swinging Safari and Model Railways: New locomotives on the market.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers, including Froggie Went A-Courting and Looking at Boats: Models to make at home.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers, including Ballet for Athletes - David Blair, Premier Danseur of the Royal Ballet, assisted by David Morse, shows why dancers have to be fine athletes and how their exercises can help football, high jumping, hurdling, and all kinds of sport and The Swapping Song. David Blair and David Morse appear by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including The story of The Three Birds told by Tim Gudgin, Ballet for Athletes - David Blair, Premier Danseur of the Royal Ballet, assisted by David Morse, shows how ballet exercises can help all athletes, and talks to Sandy Davies, England international (long jump) and past junior champion (high jump) and the Blue Peter Vet with 'Petra'.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers, Including In Search of a Unicorn: Part 1, a new adventure series by Edward and Anna Standon and Ballet for Athletes - David Blair, Premier Danseur of the Royal Ballet, assisted by David Morse and Sandy Davies, shows more ways in which ballet exercises can help all kinds of sport.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including - Making a Model Zoo: Planning the lay-out, Ballet for Athletes - Boys from the Royal Ballet Junior School show how their gymnastic training helps them to become good dancers, and David Blair, Premier Danseur of the Royal Ballet, dances the male solo from Les Rendezvous and In Search of a Unicorn: Part 2 by Edward and Anna Standon.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including - Petra: Walking to heel, Making a Model Zoo: Constructing the cages and In Search of a Unicorn: Part 3, by Edward and Anna Standon. Told by Peter Hawkins.
Christopher Trace introduces a magazine programme for younger viewers, including Making a Model Zoo: Constructing the bear pits and the crocodile enclosure, Petra with the Blue Peter Vet and In Search of a Unicorn: Part 4 by Edward and Anna Standon, told by Peter Hawkins.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including: Chickens for Easter, Making a Model Zoo: Completing the lay-out, Hen Hop by Norman McLaren and Bengo's Zoo Adventure by Tim.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including "Bengo at the Circus" by Tim. Told by Tim Gudgin, "Two Bagatelles" by Norman McLaren and "The Sea Commander": The final stages.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Surprise Journey: Destination unknown! Rolf Harris singing "I've been everywhere" and "The Wild Colonial Boy" and Dolls Hairdressing: A new do-it-yourself kit.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Pin Men Patrol, Bengo the Babysitter by Tim, Told by Tim Gudgin and Dressing Up Box.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Petra the Blue Peter Puppy shows what she has learnt during the past few months, "The Green Grass Grew All Around" sung and played by Steve Benbow and John Langstaff and Elastic Gymnastics: How you can bounce ten feet in the air.
Valerie Singleton introduces a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Hearts of Tin, the craziest car race of them all and Bengo on the Farm by Tim, told by Tim Gudgin.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Tricia Marks singing and playing her guitar and Building a Model Harbour.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including: Bengo's Seaside Adventure by Tim, told by Tim Gudgin. Building a Model Harbour - Making a scale-model ship and Dolls' Hats.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including: Operation Helicopter: A Flash-back of some exciting missions and an on-the-spot assignment specially for Blue Peter, Balloon Bugs and What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor, played and sung by Steve Benbow and John Langstaff.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including: Bengo and the Bulldog by Tim, told by Tim Gudgin and New Model Cars.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including The Old Man in the Woods, played and sung by Steve Benbow and John Langstaff and Dolls' House Garden: Miniature plants and a model greenhouse.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Songs from Rolf Harris and Building a Model Shop (Rolf Harris is in 'Larry Parnes' Big Star Show' at the Windmill Theatre, Great Yarmouth).
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Bought Me a Cat, played and sung by Steve Benbow and John Langstaff and Latest Dolls' Fashions.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including: Petra's Training Class, Blue Peter cameras show Petra at work at her training club and Pet Pin-ups, Giving you another chance to win a badge.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including: Owning a Pony, a Dartmoor pony finds a home and Who Built The Ark? played and sung by Steve Benbow and John Langstaff.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including: Little Watha: Part 1: The Knife by Oliver Postgate. The Chief of the Popangawa is dead. The corn is withering in the sun. Who can bring the rain to save the tribe? Told by Peter Hawkins and Patricia Hayes. Owning A Pony - Ross Salmon shows Elizabeth how to start training her new pony.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including: Little Watha: 2: The Headdress by Oliver Postgate. Where will the boy of the Popangawa find his headdress of eagle's feathers so that he can be a brave and bring the rain to give them their corn? Told by Peter Hawkins and Patricia Hayes. Owning A Pony - Ross Salmon takes Elizabeth for her first ride on Moorland King. Petra Takes a Bath - Do's and don'ts in bathing your dog.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including: Dances from Spain by Manuela Vargas and members of the Spanish Dance Company. Little Watha: 3: The Tomahawk by Oliver Postgate. Is there magic in the Valley of the Gods? Little Watha finds danger - and a gift from the brother of a great brave. Told by Peter Hawkins and Patricia Hayes. Owning a Pony - Ross Salmon and Elizabeth give Moorland King his final training.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Giant Modelling, an outsize dolls' house kit. Little Watha: Part 4: The Rain by Oliver Postgate. The wicked Medicine Man banishes Little Watha from the Popangwawa Tribe, but the Eagle and the Beaver help their Brother. Told by Peter Hawkins and Patricia Hayes.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Pet Pin-Ups - Joan Williams chooses the prize-winning photographs and Frontier Town - A Western outpost to build at home.
Valerie Singleton introduces a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including: Hats and Macs - Wet-weather fashions for dolls. Building an Airport - How to make a model look real.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including See How They Grow - Planting bulbs for Christmas and Building An Airport - Modelling a famous airliner.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including 4 in 1, an exciting new toy. Bengo's Mouse Hunt by Tim. Building an Airport: Lighting the runway.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Animals in Israel - George Cansdale meets the children who look after them and Twist or Bust.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including: Model Railways: Planning a small layout and Bengo's Dog Show by Tim. Told by Tim Gudgin.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Bengo to the Rescue by Tim, yold by Tim Gudgin and Higher and Higher: Building a Tower.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Gunpowder Plot - the true story of Guy Fawkes and Knights in Armour.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. Including Bengo Paints a Picture by Tim, told by Tim Gudgin.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers. If you have ever watched "It's a Square World," Michael Bentine's programme, it is likely that you have seen him grappling with the Bumblies. They are little creatures, with twittery voices and rapid movements, who pop up at the most awkward moments - during a lecture or a song - and take over the programme with their antics and furious energy. You must have wondered about them - where they come from, and how they get in. Today you may have a chance to find out because Michael Bentine himself is coming along to talk about them. We say "may" advisedly, because with Bumblies you never know what can happen!
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
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Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
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With Christmas two weeks away, the Blue Peter team, led by producer Biddy Baxter, is preparing for its seasonal shows. Tonight, Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton will present some festive items. They'll share the history of the Christmas tree and introduce a visiting troupe from Kitzbühel, Austria: The Gay Tyrolese, led by Toni Praxmair. This world-famous group of dancers and singers will perform several traditional routines, including the humorous 'Woodcutters' Dance' and a 'Miners' Dance' using cowbells. The most exciting dance will be the 'Schuhplattler,' where the performers slap each other's leather shorts. Additionally, in the first of a new series, Gordon Murray will demonstrate how to make bottle puppets for a Christmas show.
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with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton.
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with Christopher Trace, Valerie Singleton, Petra and Jason. The Christmas of the White Rhinoceros, written and directed by Dorothea Brooking and The Story of the Crib.
with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton, including The Changing of the Guard - Blue Peter cameras visit Buckingham Palace to see one of London's most famous spectacles.
with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton.
with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton.
with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton.
with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton.
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Valerie Singleton thrives on variety, which she finds in abundance on Blue Peter. Her assignments have taken her on whirlwind trips, from a day in Africa to a near-trip to Bangkok, and a quick jaunt to Boulogne, where she was described as "une jeune et jolie personne de 27 ans." "I can't bear things to be the same every day," she explains, preferring the unexpectedness of the job to her previous role as an announcer. Since joining the show in September 1962, Valerie has become a favorite among children. She has found that her wide interests—including riding, yachting, and skiing—often feature in her reports. She also enjoys crafts and has a great fondness for animals, especially Jason and Petra. A former actress, Valerie attended RADA before moving into TV plays and commercials. The opportunity to become an announcer presented a difficult choice, and she admits she "hankered after" acting for a long time. However, she clearly loves Blue Peter, and its audience loves her in return.
with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton.
with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton.
with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton.
with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton.
with Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton.
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Lindsey and Radzi try their hand at indoor skydiving.
Blue Peter look back at an epic 2017. A whole year of Blue Peter awesomeness in a 28 minute chunk! Relive some of your favourite challenges, guests and makes.
2025
Joel, Abby, Shini and Henry reveal a brand new look for the Blue Peter studio, including new presenter Hacker T Dog! Gladiator Steel joins us for a world record challenge, and Joel races a supercar!
Top online gamers Yammy and Slogo join us for gaming masterclasses on Minecraft and Roblox. Meanwhile, Joel takes on his toughest challenge yet – scaling heights and descending cliffs to try to complete the Royal Marines Mountain Leader training.
Animal lover and social media superstar Kyle Thomas wants to prove that creepy crawlies can be cute, and Joel is challenged to wear thousands of bees on his face. Meanwhile, Shini meets one of the UK’s cutest birds, and Henry gets a bath!
Packed full of amazing celeb guests, epic challenges and lols galore!
The stars of The Next Step take on a dance battle in the studio and surprise a class of young fans for the ultimate dance lesson on how to attempt some moves at home. Meanwhile, Abby sets off on a sea kayaking adventure to spot some incredible wildlife!
Harry Hill joins us in the studio to set the presenters some silly (but hilarious) challenges! Meanwhile, Joel swaps his Blue Peter Badge for a bow tie as he trains to be a butler at one of the world’s most luxurious five-star hotels!
Bro's in Control stars Adam B, Callum B and Joe Tasker go head-to-head against the Blue Peter presenters in three bonkers battles... with an unexpected prank! Shini goes behind the scenes at Heathrow Airport to discover the epic jobs and secret areas you never usually get to see!
