Episodes
Episode 1
September 10, 1973
Expedition Ivory Coast In today’s programme, John and Pete in their dug-out canoe battle with 15-foot waves and Lesley explores a ghost town on the edge of the jungle.
Episode 2
September 13, 1973
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
September 17, 1973
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
September 20, 1973
Expedition Ivory Coast The sinister story of the Sacred Masks and the Yacouba acrobats.
Episode 5
September 24, 1973
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
September 27, 1973
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
October 1, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 8
October 4, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 9
October 8, 1973
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
October 11, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 11
October 15, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 12
October 18, 1973
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
October 22, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 14
October 25, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 15
October 29, 1973
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
November 1, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 17
November 5, 1973
Petra celebrates her 11th birthday, and Dr Who, alias Jon Pertwee, demonstrates his amazing new car.
Episode 18
November 8, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 19
November 12, 1973
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
November 15, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 21
November 19, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 22
November 22, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 23
November 26, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 24
November 29, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 25
December 3, 1973
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
December 6, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 27
December 10, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 28
December 13, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 29
December 17, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 30
December 20, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 31
December 24, 1973
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
December 31, 1973
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
January 3, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 34
January 7, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 35
January 10, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 36
January 14, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 37
January 17, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 38
January 21, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 39
January 24, 1974
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
January 28, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 41
January 31, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 42
February 4, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 43
February 7, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 44
February 11, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 45
February 14, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 46
February 18, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 47
February 21, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 48
February 25, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 49
February 28, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 50
March 4, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 51
March 7, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 52
March 11, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 53
March 14, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 54
March 18, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 55
March 21, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 56
March 25, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 57
March 28, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 58
April 1, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 59
April 4, 1974
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
April 8, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 61
April 11, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 62
April 18, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 63
April 22, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 64
April 25, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 65
April 29, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 66
May 2, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 67
May 6, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 68
May 9, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 69
May 13, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 70
May 16, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 71
May 20, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 72
May 23, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 73
May 27, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 74
June 3, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 75
June 6, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 76
June 10, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 77
June 13, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 78
June 17, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 79
June 20, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 80
June 24, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 81
June 27, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Episode 82
July 1, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd. Today you can discover where the Blue Peter team is off to for the summer expedition.
