Season 14

1977-1978

Blue Peter

80 episodes12/09/1977

Episodes

Episode 1
S14 · E1 · 12/09/1977

Episode 1

Expedition Brazil Rio de Janeiro is one of South America's most exciting cities. In today's film report John, Peter and Lesley climb two of its famous mountains, Sugar Loaf and Coreovado. and join the kite fliers on Copacabana beach. In the studio - a stunning display by the US Army Drill Team.

Episode 2
S14 · E2 · 15/09/1977

Episode 2

STOP PRESS -BLUE PETER INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL OPENED BY PRINCESS ANNE That was the welcome news that greeted handicapped riders in Tyne and Wear this summer. The Indoor School was provided by some of the old wool and cotton donated by viewers to the Clothes Horse Race Appeal. Today PETER reports on the Official Opening and talks to some of the disabled children who are now able to ride whatever the weather.

Episode 3
S14 · E3 · 19/09/1977

Episode 3

Expedition Brazil Do you capoeira? JOHN didn't until he met CLAUDIO in Salvador. Watch them capoeira together today!

Episode 4
S14 · E4 · 22/09/1977

Episode 4

No synopsis available.

Episode 5
S14 · E5 · 26/09/1977

Episode 5

Peter Purves and Lesley Judd England goalkeeper Peter Shilton joins the team to announce the results of the Save of the Century Competition. LESLEY helps to give Rags, the pony for handicapped riders, her first-ever bath.

Episode 6
S14 · E6 · 29/09/1977

Episode 6

Expedition Brazil PETER joins the gauchos of Rio Grande do Sul and helps to round up some of Brazil's five jmillion cattle.

Episode 7
S14 · E7 · 03/10/1977

Episode 7

Ondeko-za! The demon drums of Japan's Sado Island, including the 7001b Great Drum Odaiko.

Episode 8
S14 · E8 · 06/10/1977

Episode 8

No synopsis available.

Episode 9
S14 · E9 · 10/10/1977

Episode 9

No synopsis available.

Episode 10
S14 · E10 · 13/10/1977

Episode 10

Master chef JOHN NOAKES creates another culinary miracle with his exotic green tomato chutney. Have a pencil and paper handy for his recipe.

Episode 11
S14 · E11 · 17/10/1977

Episode 11

No synopsis available.

Episode 12
S14 · E12 · 20/10/1977

Episode 12

No synopsis available.

Episode 13
S14 · E13 · 24/10/1977

Episode 13

No synopsis available.

Episode 14
S14 · E14 · 27/10/1977

Episode 14

Expedition Brazil Peter reports from Brazil's Maracana Stadium - the largest in the world and scene of Pele's greatest triumphs. And John and Lesley go back to school to brush up the steps of Brazil's most popular dance - the Samba.

Episode 15
S14 · E15 · 31/10/1977

Episode 15

Sky High John helps Tom Chapman in an attempt to fly 50 kites simultaneously.

Episode 16
S14 · E16 · 03/11/1977

Episode 16

On the day The Queen opens Parliament, John and Lesley discover how it feels to drive in an open carriage down The Mall wearing the Coronation robes and coronets of Peers of the Realm!

Episode 17
S14 · E17 · 07/11/1977

Episode 17

Can you multiply 129498541 by 9878 and work out the 23rd root of a 201 digit number in less than two minutes? Mrs Shakuntala Devi can, and Peter will be putting her to the test today.

Episode 18
S14 · E18 · 10/11/1977

Episode 18

Cut Price Cards: Save your pocket money by making your own cards this Christmas; Lesley demonstrates three good ideas. And Peter helps to x-ray a penguin when he spends a day with the London Zoo's Vet.

Episode 19
S14 · E19 · 14/11/1977

Episode 19

No synopsis available.

Episode 20
S14 · E20 · 17/11/1977

Episode 20

No synopsis available.

Episode 21
S14 · E21 · 21/11/1977

Episode 21

Including a Supersonic Plane, Two Fat Rabbits, and Percy in the Garden.

Episode 22
S14 · E22 · 24/11/1977

Episode 22

Rags, the "Blue Peter" pony, has finished her training and passed all her tests. Today, "Blue Peter" film cameras follow her progress as she starts work as a fully-qualified pony for Handicapped Riders.

Episode 23
S14 · E23 · 28/11/1977

Episode 23

Today JOHN, PETER and LESLEY will be announcing details of the 1977 Appeal. In the past Blue Peter viewers have collected old rags, scrap metal, postcards, books and stamps. Find out how you can help this year. Have paper and pencil handy for the depot's address.

Episode 24
S14 · E24 · 01/12/1977

Episode 24

'Tu mowi Londyn' 'This is London' These words greet millions of people all over the world who tune to the BBC's World Service. John goes to Bush House and meets the broadcasters, including Hitoshii Fukuda, a Japanese newsreader, and Noel Edmonds!

Episode 25
S14 · E25 · 05/12/1977

Episode 25

Tawny owls Rin, Tin and Tiny made their first television appearance last May when they were seven weeks old. Today, nine-year-old Philip Smith, who rescued them, and naturalist Grahame Dangerfield, who has cared for them at his Wildlife Breeding Centre, released the orphans back into the wild.

Episode 26
S14 · E26 · 08/12/1977

Episode 26

Do you dance with two left feet? Today Peggy Spencer, MBE, teaches John and Lesley some simple steps for Christmas parties that anybody can learn. Watch today's demonstration, and if you'd like a leaflet, send an SAE to: Peggy's Party Dances [address removed]

Episode 27
S14 · E27 · 12/12/1977

Episode 27

Today JOHN lights the first candle on the Advent Crown, PETER goes north to Beamish and rides on a Sheffield tram, and Britain's top pet cats compete for the title Blue Peter Champion Top Cat 1977 and the silver trophy ' live' in the studio.

Episode 28
S14 · E28 · 15/12/1977

Episode 28

Today JOHN lights the first candle on the Advent Crown, PETER goes north to Beamish and rides on a Sheffield tram, and Britain's top pet cats compete for the title Blue Peter Champion Top Cat 1977 and the silver trophy ' live' in the studio.

Episode 29
S14 · E29 · 19/12/1977

Episode 29

Peter Purves and Lesley Judd and the latest news of the Key-Note Appeal. Watch the totaliser totting up your envelopes. Every single key and car will help reach the Two Million Target. Send your contribution to the depot at: [address removed]. Also in today's programme, PETER visits the studio of sculptor WILLIAM TYMIM to film the first stages in the making of the bronze statue of Petra.

Episode 30
S14 · E30 · 22/12/1977

Episode 30

Join in with carols round the tree with the children of Allfarthings School, Warlingham County Secondary School, and the Band of the Chalk Farm Branch of the Salvation Army.

Episode 31
S14 · E31 · 29/12/1977

Episode 31

Review of the Year Relive Blue Peter's highlights of 1977 as John climbs to the top of Nelson's Column. Spot the disappearing cats and listen to James Galway's double tin whistles and the Vicar who sounds like a train. Fly over Brazil's mighty Iguacu Falls and sail in a force nine gale with Clare Francis.

Episode 32
S14 · E32 · 02/01/1978

Episode 32

Has the Key-Note Appeal hit the jackpot? Will the keys and cars pouring into the collecting depot reach the two million target on the totaliser? If so, "Blue Peter" viewers will have provided four mobile classrooms for deaf children in Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, Norfolk and Cornwall. To start the new year "Blue Peter" travels back in time to the days of old when knights were bold! Peter goes to Knight School and learns the skill of jousting under the expert eye of Max Diamond. And 52 gnomes invade the studio for a 'live' phone-in with Noel Edmonds.

Episode 33
S14 · E33 · 05/01/1978

Episode 33

No synopsis available.

Episode 34
S14 · E34 · 09/01/1978

Episode 34

During the Second World War the skies of Britain were criss-crossed with beams of light searching out the enemy aircraft. Today one of those searchlights, on its way to the RAF Museum in Hendon, makes a lightning visit to spotlight the Television Centre.

Episode 35
S14 · E35 · 12/01/1978

Episode 35

Lesley joins Crispin Cranwell and Barnaby as they face the cymbal, rattle and banner test at their police-horse training school.

Episode 36
S14 · E36 · 16/01/1978

Episode 36

No synopsis available.

Episode 37
S14 · E37 · 19/01/1978

Episode 37

No synopsis available.

Episode 38
S14 · E38 · 23/01/1978

Episode 38

No synopsis available.

Episode 39
S14 · E39 · 26/01/1978

Episode 39

No synopsis available.

Episode 40
S14 · E40 · 30/01/1978

Episode 40

Happy Birthday Jack and Jill!: Yesterday Blue Peter's silver spotted tabbies were two years old. Join in the celebrations.

Episode 41
S14 · E41 · 02/02/1978

Episode 41

Now You See It - Now You Don't: Schoolboy Russ Stevens is hailed as the most exciting new magician in Britain. See if you agree as he performs his tricks today in the studio.

Episode 42
S14 · E42 · 06/02/1978

Episode 42

No synopsis available.

Episode 43
S14 · E43 · 09/02/1978

Episode 43

No synopsis available.

Episode 44
S14 · E44 · 13/02/1978

Episode 44

No synopsis available.

Episode 45
S14 · E45 · 16/02/1978

Episode 45

No synopsis available.

Episode 46
S14 · E46 · 20/02/1978

Episode 46

No synopsis available.

Episode 47
S14 · E47 · 23/02/1978

Episode 47

No synopsis available.

Episode 48
S14 · E48 · 27/02/1978

Episode 48

No synopsis available.

Episode 49
S14 · E49 · 02/03/1978

Episode 49

No synopsis available.

Episode 50
S14 · E50 · 06/03/1978

Episode 50

No synopsis available.

Episode 51
S14 · E51 · 09/03/1978

Episode 51

No synopsis available.

Episode 52
S14 · E52 · 13/03/1978

Episode 52

No synopsis available.

Episode 53
S14 · E53 · 16/03/1978

Episode 53

No synopsis available.

Episode 54
S14 · E54 · 20/03/1978

Episode 54

No synopsis available.

Episode 55
S14 · E55 · 23/03/1978

Episode 55

No synopsis available.

Episode 56
S14 · E56 · 30/03/1978

Episode 56

No synopsis available.

Episode 57
S14 · E57 · 03/04/1978

Episode 57

No synopsis available.

Episode 58
S14 · E58 · 06/04/1978

Episode 58

No synopsis available.

Episode 59
S14 · E59 · 10/04/1978

Episode 59

No synopsis available.

Episode 60
S14 · E60 · 13/04/1978

Episode 60

No synopsis available.

Episode 61
S14 · E61 · 17/04/1978

Episode 61

No synopsis available.

Episode 62
S14 · E62 · 20/04/1978

Episode 62

No synopsis available.

Episode 63
S14 · E63 · 24/04/1978

Episode 63

No synopsis available.

Episode 64
S14 · E64 · 27/04/1978

Episode 64

No synopsis available.

Episode 65
S14 · E65 · 01/05/1978

Episode 65

No synopsis available.

Episode 66
S14 · E66 · 08/05/1978

Episode 66

No synopsis available.

Episode 67
S14 · E67 · 11/05/1978

Episode 67

No synopsis available.

Episode 68
S14 · E68 · 15/05/1978

Episode 68

No synopsis available.

Episode 69
S14 · E69 · 18/05/1978

Episode 69

No synopsis available.

Episode 70
S14 · E70 · 22/05/1978

Episode 70

No synopsis available.

Episode 71
S14 · E71 · 25/05/1978

Episode 71

No synopsis available.

Episode 72
S14 · E72 · 01/06/1978

Episode 72

For the past week Blue Peter viewers have been sending their suggestions for a name for the new Golden Retriever puppy. Today Simon announces the most popular choice.

Episode 73
S14 · E73 · 05/06/1978

Episode 73

No synopsis available.

Episode 74
S14 · E74 · 08/06/1978

Episode 74

John takes an Onca for a walk and back in the studio the Sweet Adelines sing a serenade.

Episode 75
S14 · E75 · 12/06/1978

Episode 75

No synopsis available.

Episode 76
S14 · E76 · 15/06/1978

Episode 76

No synopsis available.

Episode 77
S14 · E77 · 19/06/1978

Episode 77

No synopsis available.

Episode 78
S14 · E78 · 22/06/1978

Episode 78

No synopsis available.

Episode 79
S14 · E79 · 26/06/1978

Episode 79

No synopsis available.

Episode 80
S14 · E80 · 03/07/1978

Episode 80

A thousand programmes later ... ' Way back in 1966, if anyone had told me that during the next 12 years I'd make a five-mile fall out of an aeroplane, crash at 90 mph on a bob-sleigh, climb to the top of Nelson's Column-twice, become a cook, vault over a ditch and be trodden on by an elephant, I'd never have believed them! But they've all happened to me during my thousand or so appearances on Blue Peter. Today you can watch some of those extraordinary experiences.' (JOHN NOAKES )

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