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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.
Episode 2
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.
Episode 3
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.
Episode 4
Expedition Ivory Coast The sinister story of the Sacred Masks and the Yacouba acrobats.
Episode 5
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.
Episode 6
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.
Episode 7
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 8
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 9
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.
Episode 10
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 11
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 12
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.
Episode 13
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 14
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 15
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.
Episode 16
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 17
Petra celebrates her 11th birthday, and Dr Who, alias Jon Pertwee, demonstrates his amazing new car.
Episode 18
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 19
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.
Episode 20
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 21
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 22
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 23
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 24
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 25
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.
Episode 26
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 27
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 28
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 29
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 30
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 31
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.
Episode 32
Review of the Year - including John’s five-mile free fall, the amazing Uri Geller and the special message from Pope Paul VI.
Episode 33
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 34
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 35
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 36
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 37
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 38
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 39
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.
Episode 40
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 41
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 42
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 43
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 44
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 45
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 46
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 47
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 48
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 49
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 50
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 51
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 52
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 53
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 54
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 55
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 56
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 57
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 58
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 59
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.
Episode 60
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 61
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 62
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 63
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 64
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 65
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 66
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 67
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 68
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 69
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 70
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 71
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 72
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 73
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 74
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 75
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 76
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 77
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 78
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 79
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 80
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 81
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 82
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd. Today you can discover where the Blue Peter team is off to for the summer expedition.