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S68 E7 · Bro’s in Control, Pranks and What Really Happens at the Airport!
Blue Peter is a family TV series that premiered on CBBC on October 16, 1958. It has 68 seasons and 2,050 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 68 Episode 7 "Bro’s in Control, Pranks and What Really Happens at the Airport!", aired on October 17, 2025.
A fun-packed and informative magazine show for younger viewers with information and reports from around the world.
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2,050 episodes · 68 seasons
1958 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 61 years ago
The initial run of consecutive episodes from 1959-1965.
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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.
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1965 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 60 years ago
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Valerie makes Dalek cakes.
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1966 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 59 years ago
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1967 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 58 years ago
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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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1968 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 57 years ago
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1969 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 56 years ago
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1970 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 55 years ago
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1971 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 54 years ago
Leslie Judd joins.
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1972 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 53 years ago
Valerie Singleton leaves.
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1973 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 52 years ago
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd. Today you can discover where the Blue Peter team is off to for the summer expedition.
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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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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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1974 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 51 years ago
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with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
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.
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
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.
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
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.
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
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.
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.
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.
1975 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 50 years ago
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?
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.
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.
1976 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 49 years ago
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.
See How They Fall! Lesley demolishes ten chimneys and creates an industrial world record with "Blue Peter"'s biggest ever blast-off.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Guide Dog Buttons takes her owner ELSIE WHITEHEAD to Chelsea, for the world's most famous flower show.
Jaff, a border collie from Wales, demonstrates his amazing skill of feeding a lamb from a bottle.
News of the latest Guide Dogs for the Blind Training Centre and the 3Bs Appeal Puppy Kennels.
John visits Zeebrugge and reports on one of the most dangerous and daring exploits of the Great War.
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.
Calling All Cooks John demonstrates his culinary skills with another of his Noakes Gastronomic Specials.
Lesley makes a splash as she's put through the rigours of an Army Assault Course.
The Big Band Sound with the girls and boys of Rawlins School, Quorn joined by guest soloist Roy Castle.
Halifax comes to the Blue Peter studio in full voice with their 150-strong choral society.
Lebanon postcards with deltiologist Ronnie Barker.
Barbershop Harmony Peter joins the West Country's Five in a Bar, winners of BBC Radio's National Barbershop Competition.
An attempt by 15-year-old Peter Pinsent, British Lightweight Champion, to create a new weightlifting record.
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.
Captain Yvonne Sintes , Britain's only woman commercial airline Captain, shows LESLEY what happens behind the scenes to get a flight into the air.
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.
Including a preview of Britain's National Stamp Exhibition and details of a special concession for all Blue Peter badge winners.
Olympic gold medallist Jim Fox and news of the latest scheme to win more British Olympic medals.
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.
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.
An important day for Buttons, Blue Peter's third guide dog, as she joins her new owner.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blue Peter film cameras take to the high seas when Lesley meets the crew of HMS Dance, alias 'HMS Hero' of Warship fame.
Twelfth Night is coming, but don't throw your Christmas cards away - turn them into an exciting game that anyone can play.
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.
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.
1977 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 48 years ago
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 )
John takes an Onca for a walk and back in the studio the Sweet Adelines sing a serenade.
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.
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.
Happy Birthday Jack and Jill!: Yesterday Blue Peter's silver spotted tabbies were two years old. Join in the celebrations.
Lesley joins Crispin Cranwell and Barnaby as they face the cymbal, rattle and banner test at their police-horse training school.
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.
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.
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.
1978 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 47 years ago
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pussies Galore! Silver Tabbies Jack and Jill share their third birthday celebrations with Britain's newest breed of cat, Fearless Tipper.
All Bird Spotters! Details of how you can help the RSPB's great Garden Bird Count to be launched this Saturday.
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.
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.
Knotty Problem? Knot when Dr Edward Hunters around! The famous inventor of Hunter's Bend shows how knot can be carved from wood.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1979 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 46 years ago
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!
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.
' Dear Tina, Can you still cut your toenails? ' Find out today and hear Tina's baby's heartbeats through an electronic stethoscope.
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!
The Fishers of Mousehole Sarah goes mackerel fishing and eats Starry Gazey Pie.
Fred, the bionic tortoise, shows off his new shell after a death-defying encounter with a tractor-drawn mower.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Chris goes behind-the-scenes with the Mines Rescue Service - the emergency teams on 24-hour call to cope with pit disasters.
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!
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!
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.
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.
"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.
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.
A special programme for St Patrick's Day.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Shampoo and Set Tina shows how to make a dolls' hairdressing salon, complete with basins, showers and driers.
Frightful Flies to Freedom The remarkable story of the baby kestrel rescued and hand-reared by student Wendy Page of Loughborough University.
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!
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.
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.
1980 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 45 years ago
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Royal Wedding Stand by for details of a competition that could win you a unique souvenir of the Wedding of the Year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Simon reports from Germany where children of the British Forces are helping the Great Blue Peter Bring and Buy Sale Appeal.
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.
Peter helps build the course for canoeing's most hazardous race - the White Water World Championships and tests the run.
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.
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!
The result of the Christmas Stamps competition.
Including rare archive film of the funeral procession of Queen Victoria who died 80 years ago.
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.
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.
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!
1981 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 44 years ago
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.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
A Dive through Time Sarah achieves her ambition as a diver and reports direct from the seabed and the wreck of the Mary Rose.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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"!
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.
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.
Beat the prices in the florists' shops and make an everlasting bouquet of flowers as a very special present for Mothering Sunday.
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!
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.
'Aunt Jane was the delight of all her nephews and nieces - but, as Sarah discovers, Aunt Jane had a secret!
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!
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.
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.
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?
1982 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 43 years ago
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Canoe Polo Simon and Peter take the plunge and join Britain's champion team for a watery chukka!
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.
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.
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
Simon Groom gets up at the crack of dawn to spend a day with the Household Cavalry, beginning in the stables
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.
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.
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!
'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'.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Piper's Apprentice Allstair Anderson , England's King of the Concertina, introduces Peter to the mysteries of the Northumbrian Smallpipes.
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!
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.
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.
1983 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 42 years ago
'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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Boxes X 2 4 2000 A giant tree transplant completes the move of Blue Peter's souvenirs for the year 2000.
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.
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'..
A birthday tribute as Janet joins the RNLI's newest crew for their toughest training assignment.
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!
'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.
Be My Valentine! Send your true love a home-made heart on 14 February. Janet shows how to make a double-purpose card.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1984 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 41 years ago
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!
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.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
Horses on Parade! A spectacular preview of the centenary celebrations of London's most famous Harness Horse Parade.
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!
Only eight metres across, a single-engined aircraft attempts an epic Polar flight this year. Meet the plane and Tony Dutton the intrepid pilot.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'!
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!
Pancake Party! Don't miss Michael's pancake recipe for your Shrove Tuesday party plus some scrumptious fillings!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper guest star to discuss the upcoming Doctor Who series.
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Lindsey and Radzi try their hand at indoor skydiving.
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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.
2018 · 21 episodes · Last episode: 8 years ago
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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 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!
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!
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.
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 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!
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?
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!
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.
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.
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 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.
Relive Radzi's entire epic skydiving challeng,e from training to attempting a parachute stack with the actual RAF Falcons!
1 episode · Last episode: 7 years ago
2025 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 1 year ago
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!
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!
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!
Packed full of amazing celeb guests, epic challenges and lols galore!
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!
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.
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!
Created by John Hunter Blair
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The most recent episode of Blue Peter, Season 68 Episode 7 "Bro’s in Control, Pranks and What Really Happens at the Airport!", aired on October 17, 2025.
Blue Peter has 68 seasons with 2,050 episodes in total.
Blue Peter first aired on CBBC on October 16, 1958.
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