1973-1974

1973 · 82 episodes

Episodes

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Episode 4
September 20, 1973
Expedition Ivory Coast The sinister story of the Sacred Masks and the Yacouba acrobats.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Episode 7
October 1, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
8. Episode 8
October 4, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
9. 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.
10. Episode 10
October 11, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
11. Episode 11
October 15, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
12. 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.
13. Episode 13
October 22, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
14. Episode 14
October 25, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
15. 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.
16. Episode 16
November 1, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
17. Episode 17
November 5, 1973
Petra celebrates her 11th birthday, and Dr Who, alias Jon Pertwee, demonstrates his amazing new car.
18. Episode 18
November 8, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
19. 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.
20. Episode 20
November 15, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
21. Episode 21
November 19, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
22. Episode 22
November 22, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
23. Episode 23
November 26, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
24. Episode 24
November 29, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
25. 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.
26. Episode 26
December 6, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
27. Episode 27
December 10, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
28. Episode 28
December 13, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
29. Episode 29
December 17, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
30. Episode 30
December 20, 1973
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
31. 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.
32. 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.
33. Episode 33
January 3, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
34. Episode 34
January 7, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
35. Episode 35
January 10, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
36. Episode 36
January 14, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
37. Episode 37
January 17, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
38. Episode 38
January 21, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
39. 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.
40. Episode 40
January 28, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
41. Episode 41
January 31, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
42. Episode 42
February 4, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
43. Episode 43
February 7, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
44. Episode 44
February 11, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
45. Episode 45
February 14, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
46. Episode 46
February 18, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
47. Episode 47
February 21, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
48. Episode 48
February 25, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
49. Episode 49
February 28, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
50. Episode 50
March 4, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
51. Episode 51
March 7, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
52. Episode 52
March 11, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
53. Episode 53
March 14, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
54. Episode 54
March 18, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
55. Episode 55
March 21, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
56. Episode 56
March 25, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
57. Episode 57
March 28, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
58. Episode 58
April 1, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
59. 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.
60. Episode 60
April 8, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
61. Episode 61
April 11, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
62. Episode 62
April 18, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
63. Episode 63
April 22, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
64. Episode 64
April 25, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
65. Episode 65
April 29, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
66. Episode 66
May 2, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
67. Episode 67
May 6, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
68. Episode 68
May 9, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
69. Episode 69
May 13, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
70. Episode 70
May 16, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
71. Episode 71
May 20, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
72. Episode 72
May 23, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
73. Episode 73
May 27, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
74. Episode 74
June 3, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
75. Episode 75
June 6, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
76. Episode 76
June 10, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
77. Episode 77
June 13, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
78. Episode 78
June 17, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
79. Episode 79
June 20, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
80. Episode 80
June 24, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
81. Episode 81
June 27, 1974
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
82. 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.