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82 episodes · 1973

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    Episode 1

    Sep 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.

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    Episode 2

    Sep 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.

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    Episode 3

    Sep 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.

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    Episode 4

    Sep 20, 1973

    Expedition Ivory Coast The sinister story of the Sacred Masks and the Yacouba acrobats.

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    Episode 5

    Sep 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.

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    Episode 6

    Sep 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.

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    Episode 7

    Oct 1, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 8

    Oct 4, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 9

    Oct 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.

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    Episode 10

    Oct 11, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 11

    Oct 15, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 12

    Oct 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.

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    Episode 13

    Oct 22, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 14

    Oct 25, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 15

    Oct 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.

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    Episode 16

    Nov 1, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 17

    Nov 5, 1973

    Petra celebrates her 11th birthday, and Dr Who, alias Jon Pertwee, demonstrates his amazing new car.

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    Episode 18

    Nov 8, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 19

    Nov 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.

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    Episode 20

    Nov 15, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 21

    Nov 19, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 22

    Nov 22, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 23

    Nov 26, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 24

    Nov 29, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 25

    Dec 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.

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    Episode 26

    Dec 6, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 27

    Dec 10, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 28

    Dec 13, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 29

    Dec 17, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 30

    Dec 20, 1973

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 31

    Dec 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.

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    Episode 32

    Dec 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.

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    Episode 33

    Jan 3, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 34

    Jan 7, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 35

    Jan 10, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 36

    Jan 14, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 37

    Jan 17, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 38

    Jan 21, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 39

    Jan 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.

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    Episode 40

    Jan 28, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 41

    Jan 31, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 42

    Feb 4, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 43

    Feb 7, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 44

    Feb 11, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 45

    Feb 14, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 46

    Feb 18, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 47

    Feb 21, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 48

    Feb 25, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 49

    Feb 28, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 50

    Mar 4, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 51

    Mar 7, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 52

    Mar 11, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 53

    Mar 14, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 54

    Mar 18, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 55

    Mar 21, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 56

    Mar 25, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 57

    Mar 28, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 58

    Apr 1, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 59

    Apr 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.

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    Episode 60

    Apr 8, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 61

    Apr 11, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 62

    Apr 18, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 63

    Apr 22, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 64

    Apr 25, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 65

    Apr 29, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 66

    May 2, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 67

    May 6, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 68

    May 9, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 69

    May 13, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 70

    May 16, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 71

    May 20, 197425 min

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 72

    May 23, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 73

    May 27, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 74

    Jun 3, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 75

    Jun 6, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 76

    Jun 10, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 77

    Jun 13, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 78

    Jun 17, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 79

    Jun 20, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 80

    Jun 24, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 81

    Jun 27, 1974

    with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

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    Episode 82

    Jul 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.