Blue Peter

1976-1977

TV-PG
British children's-magazine program which has run since the end of the 1950s, aimed at 6-to-14-year-olds. The show has different segments where the presenters would show the viewers how to make things, how to care for their pets, and other features.

Where to Watch Blue Peter • 1976-1977

80 Episodes

  • Episode 1
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    Episode 1Expedition 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.
  • Episode 2
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    Episode 2The 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.
  • Episode 3
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    Episode 3Expedition 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.
  • Episode 4
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    Episode 4To 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.
  • Episode 5
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    Episode 5Rags 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.
  • Episode 6
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    Episode 6
  • Episode 7
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    Episode 7Silver 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.
  • Episode 8
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    Episode 8John 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.
  • Episode 9
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    Episode 9Expedition 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.
  • Episode 10
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    Episode 10
  • Episode 11
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    Episode 11George 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.
  • Episode 12
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    Episode 12Brunei'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.
  • Episode 13
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    Episode 13Silver 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.
  • Episode 14
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    Episode 14Including 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.
  • Episode 15
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    Episode 15
  • Episode 16
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    Episode 16
  • Episode 17
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    Episode 17Real 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.
  • Episode 18
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    Episode 18
  • Episode 19
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    Episode 19Lesley joins 'Missus' and meets her baby - the first dolphin ever to be born and bred in Britain.
  • Episode 20
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    Episode 20The 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.
  • Episode 21
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    Episode 21Trainee 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.
  • Episode 22
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    Episode 22We've four weeks left to prepare for Christmas. Lesley shows a present to make for mums, aunts and older sisters.
  • Episode 23
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    Episode 23Somebody, 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.
  • Episode 24
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    Episode 24The 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.
  • Episode 25
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    Episode 25Lifeline 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]
  • Episode 26
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    Episode 26Blue Peter film cameras bring a stop press report from the Appeal Depot to show how the Lifeline Lebanon stamps and postcards are being sorted.
  • Episode 27
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    Episode 27Naturalist 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.
  • Episode 28
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    Episode 28
  • Episode 29
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    Episode 29
  • Episode 30
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    Episode 30Join 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.
  • Episode 31
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    Episode 31Do 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.
  • Episode 32
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    Episode 32Has 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.
  • Episode 33
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    Episode 33Twelfth Night is coming, but don't throw your Christmas cards away - turn them into an exciting game that anyone can play.
  • Episode 34
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    Episode 34Blue Peter film cameras take to the high seas when Lesley meets the crew of HMS Dance, alias 'HMS Hero' of Warship fame.
  • Episode 35
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    Episode 35PETER 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.
  • Episode 36
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    Episode 36Glen 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.
  • Episode 37
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    Episode 37
  • Episode 38
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    Episode 38Up 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.
  • Episode 39
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    Episode 39Jack 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.
  • Episode 40
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    Episode 40
  • Episode 41
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    Episode 41
  • Episode 42
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    Episode 42An important day for Buttons, Blue Peter's third guide dog, as she joins her new owner.
  • Episode 43
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    Episode 43
  • Episode 44
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    Episode 44If 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.
  • Episode 45
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    Episode 45A 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.
  • Episode 46
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    Episode 46
  • Episode 47
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    Episode 47Olympic gold medallist Jim Fox and news of the latest scheme to win more British Olympic medals.
  • Episode 48
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    Episode 48Including a preview of Britain's National Stamp Exhibition and details of a special concession for all Blue Peter badge winners.
  • Episode 49
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    Episode 49High 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.
  • Episode 50
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    Episode 50Captain Yvonne Sintes , Britain's only woman commercial airline Captain, shows LESLEY what happens behind the scenes to get a flight into the air.
  • Episode 51
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    Episode 51
  • Episode 52
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    Episode 52Can 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.
  • Episode 53
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    Episode 53
  • Episode 54
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    Episode 54An attempt by 15-year-old Peter Pinsent, British Lightweight Champion, to create a new weightlifting record.
  • Episode 55
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    Episode 55Barbershop Harmony Peter joins the West Country's Five in a Bar, winners of BBC Radio's National Barbershop Competition.
  • Episode 56
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    Episode 56Lebanon postcards with deltiologist Ronnie Barker.
  • Episode 57
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    Episode 57Halifax comes to the Blue Peter studio in full voice with their 150-strong choral society.
  • Episode 58
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    Episode 58The Big Band Sound with the girls and boys of Rawlins School, Quorn joined by guest soloist Roy Castle.
  • Episode 59
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    Episode 59
  • Episode 60
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    Episode 60
  • Episode 61
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    Episode 61Lesley makes a splash as she's put through the rigours of an Army Assault Course.
  • Episode 62
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    Episode 62Calling All Cooks John demonstrates his culinary skills with another of his Noakes Gastronomic Specials.
  • Episode 63
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    Episode 63
  • Episode 64
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    Episode 64Doctor 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.
  • Episode 65
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    Episode 65John visits Zeebrugge and reports on one of the most dangerous and daring exploits of the Great War.
  • Episode 66
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    Episode 66
  • Episode 67
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    Episode 67
  • Episode 68
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    Episode 68News of the latest Guide Dogs for the Blind Training Centre and the 3Bs Appeal Puppy Kennels.
  • Episode 69
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    Episode 69Jaff, a border collie from Wales, demonstrates his amazing skill of feeding a lamb from a bottle.
  • Episode 70
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    Episode 70Guide Dog Buttons takes her owner ELSIE WHITEHEAD to Chelsea, for the world's most famous flower show.
  • Episode 71
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    Episode 71Nicola 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.
  • Episode 72
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    Episode 72
  • Episode 73
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    Episode 73Jubilee 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.
  • Episode 74
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    Episode 74Jubilee 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.
  • Episode 75
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    Episode 75Rags 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.
  • Episode 76
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    Episode 76Shep 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.
  • Episode 77
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    Episode 77Narrow 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!
  • Episode 78
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    Episode 78Blowpipes 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.
  • Episode 79
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    Episode 79See How They Fall! Lesley demolishes ten chimneys and creates an industrial world record with "Blue Peter"'s biggest ever blast-off.
  • Episode 80
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    Episode 80Setting 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.

 

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