1973-1974

E1. Episode 1

Sep 10, 1973 · 30m

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.

E2. 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.

E3. 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.

E4. Episode 4

Sep 20, 1973

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

E5. 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.

E6. 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.

E7. Episode 7

Oct 1, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E8. Episode 8

Oct 4, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E9. 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.

E10. Episode 10

Oct 11, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E11. Episode 11

Oct 15, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E12. 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.

E13. Episode 13

Oct 22, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E14. Episode 14

Oct 25, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E15. 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.

E16. Episode 16

Nov 1, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E17. Episode 17

Nov 5, 1973

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

E18. Episode 18

Nov 8, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E19. 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.

E20. Episode 20

Nov 15, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E21. Episode 21

Nov 19, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E22. Episode 22

Nov 22, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E23. Episode 23

Nov 26, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E24. Episode 24

Nov 29, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E25. 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.

E26. Episode 26

Dec 6, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E27. Episode 27

Dec 10, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E28. Episode 28

Dec 13, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E29. Episode 29

Dec 17, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

E30. Episode 30

Dec 20, 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd