OMG. What a time machine, what nostalgia. This is amazing. I watched Blue Peter without fail and would have been 11 years old when this went out turning 12 in the October. John Noakes, Peter Purvis and Valerie Singleton were my favourite set of presenters... Thank you so much for posting this.
@rabbit64sj91
5 жыл бұрын
I was four years old when this first aired, exactly 51 years ago today. I really enjoyed watching Blue Peter, right up until 1979 when I turned fifteen. It was a different age, more innocent and far less complicated than life today. So glad to grow up back then. ☺
@daveberry2177
5 жыл бұрын
i agree with you. i learnt a lot from this great program
@stephencowley3661
5 жыл бұрын
Totally agree I was born Jan 1965 so I was 3 years and more that, when I started watching Blue Peter
@Stiffd1
5 жыл бұрын
4 months old perhaps?
@Oakleaf700
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely spot on....So innocent and 'safe'...A lot colder, {chilly houses apart from kitchen and living room}..but loved the era.
@stephenhardy312
3 жыл бұрын
I feel sorry for children growing up in this inhuman world. I had the privilege of a 1960' /1970's childhood, like you.
@stephenevans6262
2 жыл бұрын
Love this, this is probably the best line up with John Noakes the best ever presenter and was and still is Mr Blue Peter, the show had definitely stood the test of time and a great download
@christinastephanou5971
2 жыл бұрын
One day before I turned four when it first aired on 8-4-1968! Those were unforgettable childhood memories. I remember running home from school to watch Blue Peter my favourite TV program. Best wishes to all.
@vinnysamways63
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic footage. You Tube is as close to a time machine that we'll ever experience.
@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter
3 жыл бұрын
Lordy this takes me back ! I would’ve been 5 when this was aired. The entire nation of kids would tune in to Blue Peter. To say it was popular is one ginormous understatement. This program was massive - with millions upon millions tuning into every episode. The famous ‘Elephant Scene’ is utterly hilarious. Poachers and big game hunters can never be forgiven for bringing those majestic animals to near extinction. I for one will NEVER take my boot 🥾 off those bastard’s necks ! Hope they all die horribly. The way mankind has always failed in this regard is just abhorrent and sad enough to bring many many tears of sadness, frustration and hopelessness. Something just has to give because a world 🌎 without Elephants and other endangered species - is a world of enormous loss and unmitigated sadness. Please I beg who reads this - do all you possibly can to help protect the one’s who are scarcely left on this planet 🌎 Thanx for your time - really appreciate it. Cheers. Rxx
@staypress
Жыл бұрын
I was 4 aswell .I used to watch this then and the famous ultimate original presenter lineup.
@stephenhardy312
4 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories. Quality TV.
@davids8449
11 ай бұрын
1968 I was making a 8mm film with the family of Bromborough, Eastham, Woodside, and grandparents home, and our cottage, I used ilford film my brother used Kodak, still living in the same cottage since 1957.....How things change my brother lives in a 300 year old farm with his family 1000 feet above sea level
@alvindimes4729
2 жыл бұрын
This brings back memories, I used to start my paper round, do a bit of it, then sneak home to watch BP then finish my round. Ha ha 😅 😁
@alvindimes4729
2 жыл бұрын
@Seamus What's so fucking funny about that? 🙄
@68blues
10 ай бұрын
I think the best episode was when they made an airgun from a toilet roll cardboard. John Noakes went out and shot sparrows, pigeons, kids and pensioners. Great tv in those days! Oh, and Valerie Singleton always managed to flash her pants for a second or two every week.
@edwardlondon6131
Жыл бұрын
I was a teenager at that time, in the pub with friends didn’t watch much of Blue Peter. Toilet rolls I remember!
@davidmcnally4773
2 жыл бұрын
Love the bird walking across the floor during the football
@Oakleaf700
3 жыл бұрын
Jason the Siamese was such a sweetie. No other Blue Peter cat came close!
@weejim48
2 жыл бұрын
Oh man ,I was 12 when this went out. I watched Blue Peter until I was 20 !. John & Peter were great presenters but as I got older my focus was on Lesley Judd not the sticky back plastic things they made. Brilliant program from a brilliant era. 🇬🇧👍👍👍👍
@weyman4317
3 жыл бұрын
Charlie Cooke- wonderful player and Chelsea FC legend.
@ajay999999
2 жыл бұрын
You got knocked out the cup then? LOL
@Trev359
Жыл бұрын
@@ajay999999 Won it two yesrs later.
@stingray4real
2 жыл бұрын
RIP John Noakes
@marks6663
5 жыл бұрын
april 8 1968 was the day I was born.
@Robert_Manners
4 жыл бұрын
You won't remember this episode then 😉
@TesterAnimal1
2 жыл бұрын
I was five years old, so probably missed this episode, but that’s the first lineup I remember. I must have started watching in the early 70s.
@alvindimes4729
2 жыл бұрын
The first presenters were Valerie Singleton and Christopher Trace.
@Trev359
Жыл бұрын
@@alvindimes4729 Actually, the first presenters were Leila Williams and Christopher Trace. Though Valerie Singleton and Christopher Trace were the first presenters I saw.
@AkaliBlade
3 жыл бұрын
RIP Bruce. I'm sure you would be proud to see the world-beating road cars McLaren are now making :)
@fabianrocha9924
3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Jim Clark and Bruce McLaren
@stephencowley3661
3 жыл бұрын
My Great Uncle William Chapman was a beefeater at the Tower at the time of Val's visit
@Tunsgate
2 жыл бұрын
This was broadcast Monday during Easter week in 1968. We were sent home early on the Thursday because it was 90 degrees. By Easter Sunday the town was under snow.
@johnjtm1097
5 жыл бұрын
Great episode. I was fascinated by what Valerie did with those eggs!
@Oakleaf700
4 жыл бұрын
🤔🤫😂😎
@ffibnogab7644
3 жыл бұрын
..Allegedly, P. Purves was fascinated by what Val did with those legs..
@Oakleaf700
3 жыл бұрын
@@ffibnogab7644 Lol!
@dingopisscreek
23 күн бұрын
My Mum's birthday. I was nearly 16. Milk bottle tops - those were the days. When players were not the molly coddled millionaires they are today.
@sarahwestwood6665
10 ай бұрын
Exactly 3 years before I was born!
@dingopisscreek
23 күн бұрын
Bruce McLaren himself died on 2nd June 1970 at the Goodwood Circuit aged just 32, while testing the new McLaren M8D racing car.
@metallitech
10 ай бұрын
Interesting!
@davids8449
11 ай бұрын
Lucky enough to come to London.........in 2023 I would pay good money to stay away from that Horrible place
@sandrakeys7865
Жыл бұрын
… take a look through the ‘round window of my childhood TV ), born in 1964 ;) ?
@millionseller001
5 жыл бұрын
Great channel..😊.
@malcolmclements9254
10 күн бұрын
Imagine, Fulham having one of their players playing on a pich like that let alone Liverpool or Man City, Blue Peter or not.
@MrWidmerpool99
2 ай бұрын
Peter sounds pretty posh here, listen to those vowels... had relaxed by the early 70s.
@Daracdor
Жыл бұрын
Great tea time viewing for a 7 year old the re-enactment of the innocent Lady Jane having her head wacked off over a plate of beans on toast ...." whats for pudding mum ? "
@Oakleaf700
4 жыл бұрын
Random pigeon at the back. 0:32.
@marklatimer7333
2 жыл бұрын
£90 for a 14" tyre? - Ah the good old days.
@NathanSimpsonnathanisbeast
3 жыл бұрын
This is one of the Rarest episodes of “Blue Peter” that I have seen! Isn’t this one of Peter Purvis first couple of episodes?
@robalexander8065
2 жыл бұрын
Peter joined the previous Autumn but it is his early days certainly.
@rutherfojr
2 жыл бұрын
Awwe look Petra and Patch
@pitrow66
Жыл бұрын
very cool
@barleyarrish
2 жыл бұрын
Bruce McLaren died June 2nd 1970 at Goodwood a great constructor and driver
@paulmivvi7828
4 жыл бұрын
The cars worth 42 trillion quid now. - 20:28
@johnjtm1097
4 жыл бұрын
Isn't that what the Matchbox Ford Group 6 is based on?? www.chezbois.com/non_corgi/matchbox/Model_2052.htm
@BlipoHippo
3 жыл бұрын
££
@davidpollard4051
10 ай бұрын
Patch, John Noakes' dog before Shep.
@cliveevans9795
2 жыл бұрын
Year i came into the world
@borderlands6606
2 жыл бұрын
The public were expected to watch a still photograph for the intro and credits, and much in between. Now edits are measured in fractions of a second, or the viewer gets bored.
@ysgol3
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing to see Bruce Mclaren, and the day after poor Jim Clark's death too. This was also the first episode after the assassination of Dr King, clearly he wasn't deemed worth a mention.
@Trev359
Жыл бұрын
ysgol3 The assassination of a political leader is not a subject you'd talk about on a kids show.
@ysgol3
Жыл бұрын
@@Trev359 Really? They made a massive fuss when JFK was killed!
@loddude5706
Жыл бұрын
With half their parents still watching 'The Black & White Minstrel Show'?
@ysgol3
Жыл бұрын
@@loddude5706 🤣Unanswerable point - probably more like nine-tenths though!
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
@@Trev359 Thats why Newsround was developed in the 1970s. Also poss Dr King If the prog was recorded previous day
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
London's skyline has changed. Tower 42 just going up ( Nat West Tower )
@nicholasm5465
Жыл бұрын
I thought the same - but Wiki says construction on NWTower didn't start till 1971 ....
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
The scaffold looks too big to be an overhaul of The Monument, there is a big black tower on the embankment there , (I think it is and HSBC offices) which might fit the timeframe of construction
@nicholasm5465
Жыл бұрын
Have looked at Google Maps going back to an aerial image from 1985 - the only existing tall building there was St Helen's Tower, on St Mary Axe/Undershaft - and it was under construction in 1968 - Sorted !! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Helen%27s_(skyscraper)
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
@@nicholasm5465 that wasnt the one I was thinking of , but it is the right one, I dont remember it being mentioned, presumably it was planned to be a little less in height than the GPO Tower
@eligrundy3664
3 жыл бұрын
Do you have the other episodes of swish of the curtain as you have put up the first episode?
@antonkider7360
4 жыл бұрын
A plate of jelly eggs all in different colours. Actually fifty grades of grey ...
@Mark-hb9xy
3 жыл бұрын
What funny accents the BBC had in those days.
@paulsurbitonryan9632
2 ай бұрын
The men with the dogs and the woman with the cat. I’m not saying anything.
@WitheredCupcake
2 жыл бұрын
Do the intro sound like Popeye intro from 1943-1945 but slowed down
@peter-xw1mu
11 ай бұрын
This attracts all the old farts in the comment section. This program is way before I was born.
@okgolol333
2 жыл бұрын
doggo
@robalexander8065
4 жыл бұрын
Sadly Bruce MacClaren was killed in 1970.
@travelingman2664
2 жыл бұрын
easter tea party how posh lol
@moali4085
4 жыл бұрын
2:55
@holydiver73
4 жыл бұрын
Mo Ali a massive oops from Peter there
@haroldofcardboard
2 жыл бұрын
😂
@MarkPMus
2 жыл бұрын
I thought someone would point that one out! 😂😂😂😂
@stevegordon5689
2 жыл бұрын
01:22 wouldn't it be quicker by Email ?
@qman2261
Ай бұрын
How did kids manage back then without shouty presenters and constant music in the background. Is it any wonder that so many kids now have ADHD?
@Kirkee7
Жыл бұрын
I bet you will not find any female in those Guards rank.
@timpriddy349
3 жыл бұрын
I bet Honey is still alive
@marklatimer7333
2 жыл бұрын
How did Noakes get on TV, he's sounds dead common compared to the other two? Do you think Val actually speaks like that in real life?
@Stiffd1
Жыл бұрын
John was an Action Man! Impressed kids with his daring as like a ‘kid’ himself and an early adapter of regional accents. Val was the Mother Hen and the early R.P. voice of reason with hats and a nice line in knickers too 😂
@marklatimer7333
Жыл бұрын
@@Stiffd1 You don't often hear Valerie Singleton & Knickers mentioned in the same sentence. At 14 I was more a fan of Lesley Judd's lack of underwear.
@channelclosingastrollshave9447
4 жыл бұрын
Hairdressers were off 9n hols 🤔
@terence2678
3 жыл бұрын
People used to send birthday cards to the pets. LOL.
@ajay999999
2 жыл бұрын
More women than men executed. Those were the days
@manofweed1
4 жыл бұрын
Them legs ! That's all I have to say.
@TesterAnimal1
2 жыл бұрын
2:42 😂
@fabianrocha9924
2 жыл бұрын
22:08
@gilessteve
3 жыл бұрын
Lucky egg.
@marcse7en
Жыл бұрын
I'm NOT eating that egg, after Valerie Singleton blew it out of its shell! 👎🤮
@channelclosingastrollshave9447
4 жыл бұрын
Great at glamming up tortured animals weren't they:((
@channelclosingastrollshave9447
4 жыл бұрын
17.30 salmonella
@Kirkee7
Жыл бұрын
Did they really need three people to tell us that ? This stupid method still goes on in breakfast shows and news rooms. Why ?
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