Blue Peter - 1973-1974

Blue Peter (1958 — present)

Seasons: 68, episodes: 2054

Episode runtime: 25 min

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1973-1974

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Release date

10 September 1973

Episodes

#	Name	Release date	Timing
1	Episode 1 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.	1973-09-10	—
2	Episode 2 Expedition Ivory Coast When the jungle trail runs out, John, Pete and Lesley take to canoes to visit Tiegba, a fishing village built on stilts over the muddy waters of a tropical lagoon. Making a splash on the Ivory Coast.	1973-09-13	—
3	Episode 3 Expedition - Ivory Coast John, Pete and Lesley meet the knife painters of Fakar, where each man paints a picture every day, and six-year-old Emmanuel who sews faster than a machine.	1973-09-17	—
4	Episode 4 Expedition Ivory Coast The sinister story of the Sacred Masks and the Yacouba acrobats.	1973-09-20	—
5	Episode 5 Expedition - Ivory Coast John, Peter and Lesley come face to face with crocodiles at the Sacred Lake and meet the strolling Balafon players-with six foot xylophones made of solid wood.	1973-09-24	—
6	Episode 6 Expedition - Ivory Coast John, Peter and Lesley cross the jungle barefoot on a sweeping creeper bridge to find the ten-foot stilt dancers of Gouessesso.	1973-09-27	—
7	Episode 7 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-10-01	—
8	Episode 8 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-10-04	—
9	Episode 9 John Noakes trains with the RAF’s Flying Falcons In preparation for his five-mile drop through the sky. According to the Guinness Book of Records, John is the first civilian in Britain ever to have achieved this spectacular feat.	1973-10-08	—
10	Episode 10 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-10-11	—
11	Episode 11 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-10-15	—
12	Episode 12 John meets a famous actress - Charlotte Rhodes. Few people realise that The Onedin Line‘s famous ship plays many different parts, and today you can see how the transformations take place.	1973-10-18	—
13	Episode 13 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-10-22	—
14	Episode 14 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-10-25	—
15	Episode 15 Five months ago Lesley visited Whipsnade Zoo for the selection of the 3rd Battalion Royal Regiment of Wales’s new mascot. Today you can watch Dewi II’s debut at Cardiff Castle in front Of HRH the Prince of Wales, and see how he reacted to his period of intensive square bashing.	1973-10-29	—
16	Episode 16 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-11-01	—
17	Episode 17 Petra celebrates her 11th birthday, and Dr Who, alias Jon Pertwee, demonstrates his amazing new car.	1973-11-05	—
18	Episode 18 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-11-08	—
19	Episode 19 Today Valerie and John go behind-the-scenes at Westminster Abbey to see the preparations being made for this week’s Royal Wedding. More than 500-million people in five continents are expected to be viewing on Wednesday, and the Wedding will be televised ' live ' to 16 different countries. The BBC will be using 50 cameras and 14 mobile control rooms to cover the event, and in today’s Blue Peter you can see where the cameras are hidden in the Abbey.	1973-11-12	—
20	Episode 20 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-11-15	—
21	Episode 21 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-11-19	—
22	Episode 22 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-11-22	—
23	Episode 23 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-11-26	—
24	Episode 24 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-11-29	—
25	Episode 25 Over 2,000 cats and kittens entered for Saturday’s National Cat Club Championship Show at Olympia. Lesley judged the Blue Peter classes and, today, the eight first prizewinners will be in the studio to compete for the Blue Peter Supreme Championship.	1973-12-03	—
26	Episode 26 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-12-06	—
27	Episode 27 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-12-10	—
28	Episode 28 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-12-13	—
29	Episode 29 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-12-17	—
30	Episode 30 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1973-12-20	—
31	Episode 31 Arthur Askey shows John and Pete how to play the parts of the Ugly Sisters, with Lesley as Prince Charming and Val as Cinderella. Join in carols around the tree with the Band of the Chalk Farm Branch of the Salvation Army plus news of the Blue Peter Stampede.	1973-12-24	—
32	Episode 32 Review of the Year - including John’s five-mile free fall, the amazing Uri Geller and the special message from Pope Paul VI.	1973-12-31	—
33	Episode 33 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-01-03	—
34	Episode 34 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-01-07	—
35	Episode 35 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-01-10	—
36	Episode 36 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-01-14	—
37	Episode 37 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-01-17	—
38	Episode 38 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-01-21	—
39	Episode 39 Paco Pena and his Flamenco Puro Paco, with dancers Margarita and Faiquillo De Cordoba, teach Lesley the basic flamenco steps to rhythm provided by John and Pete with Barrilito, El Sordera and Basilisco.	1974-01-24	—
40	Episode 40 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-01-28	—
41	Episode 41 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-01-31	—
42	Episode 42 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-02-04	—
43	Episode 43 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-02-07	—
44	Episode 44 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-02-11	—
45	Episode 45 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-02-14	—
46	Episode 46 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-02-18	—
47	Episode 47 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-02-21	—
48	Episode 48 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-02-25	—
49	Episode 49 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-02-28	—
50	Episode 50 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-03-04	—
51	Episode 51 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-03-07	—
52	Episode 52 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-03-11	—
53	Episode 53 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-03-14	—
54	Episode 54 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-03-18	—
55	Episode 55 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-03-21	—
56	Episode 56 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-03-25	—
57	Episode 57 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-03-28	—
58	Episode 58 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-04-01	—
59	Episode 59 Hannah, the labrador bought by Blue Peter viewers with a silver paper collection, and her latest litter of six puppies (one of them is shown here) - plus Bonnie the Kennel cat. The pups make their debut today.	1974-04-04	—
60	Episode 60 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-04-08	—
61	Episode 61 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-04-11	—
62	Episode 62 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-04-18	—
63	Episode 63 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-04-22	—
64	Episode 64 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-04-25	—
65	Episode 65 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-04-29	—
66	Episode 66 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-05-02	—
67	Episode 67 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-05-06	—
68	Episode 68 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-05-09	—
69	Episode 69 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-05-13	—
70	Episode 70 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-05-16	—
71	Episode 71 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-05-20	—
72	Episode 72 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-05-23	—
73	Episode 73 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-05-27	—
74	Episode 74 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-06-03	—
75	Episode 75 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-06-06	—
76	Episode 76 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-06-10	—
77	Episode 77 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-06-13	—
78	Episode 78 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-06-17	—
79	Episode 79 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-06-20	—
80	Episode 80 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-06-24	—
81	Episode 81 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd	1974-06-27	—
82	Episode 82 with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd. Today you can discover where the Blue Peter team is off to for the summer expedition.	1974-07-01	—

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