Blue Peter1984-1985
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British children's-magazine program which has run since the end of the 1950s, aimed at 6-to-14-year-olds. The show has different segments where the presenters would show the viewers how to make things, how to care for their pets, and other features.
Dove guardare Blue Peter • 1984-1985
79 Episodi
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Episodio 1Safari to Kenya Every year teams of ornithologists from all over the world compete to see how many birds can be spotted in 24 hours. Simon and Janet head north west out of Nairobi, at the start of their 2,000 mile safari, and track down the man whose team holds the record for 1984. Terry Stevenson notched up 290 species, but had 1,055 possibilities - Kenya's a bird spotter's paradise! Don't miss today's first report, and catch up with the latest news about the four-legged members of the Blue Peter team - Goldie, Jack and George the tortoise. - Episodio 4E4
Episodio 4Safari to Kenya - Big Game! The Senior Ranger of the Masai Mara National Reserve, Major Henry Kipunde, has spent many years protecting Kenyan wildlife. Thanks to Henry, lions, zebra, giraffes, buffalo and rhino, as well as elephants, were all bagged by the Blue Peter film cameras and provided Simon and Janet with some memorable shots for their albums! - Episodio 6E6
Episodio 6Technilogical Teddy! SuperTed returns next week and from his space station orbiting the Earth he's on the alert to answer any SOS that flickers on to his video monitor. If you'd like your own knitted Janet has news of a pattern that could bring him zooming on to your bed - in assorted colours! - Episodio 7E7
Episodio 7SOS Big Cats! with Simon Groom Janet Ellis and Michael Sundin Simon and Janet swap their safari truck for a light aircraft to track down George Adamson of Born Free fame. At his remote camp at Kora, George is waging a campaign to preserve Kenya's endangered lions and leopards. And if you are fond of cats watch out for details of the Blue Peter classes at the world's biggest cat show. - Episodio 8E8
Episodio 8Flood Alert! After the summer drought, the villagers of Topsham in Devon were faced with floods when the River Exe produced its highest tide since 1966. Michael helped to build the barricades to protect the centuries-old houses and joined the men of the Devon Fire Brigade keeping anxious watch on the rising waters. - Episodio 9E9
Episodio 9Terror on the Track! Eighty-five years ago killer lions ate 28 navvies attempting to build Kenya's Mombasa-to-Lake Victoria railway. Colonel J. H. Patterson 's master plan outwitted the man-eaters and saved the day! Simon reports from Tsavo, the very spot where the lions attacked. - Episodio 10E10
Episodio 10Straight Down the Line!: Simon tracks down the most famous line in the world, the zero line of longitude - otherwise known as the Greenwich Meridian - that celebrates its centenary next Saturday. Most visitors to Greenwich admire the famous Time Ball dropped one hour after noon each day-now is your chance to see how it works and why Greenwich Mean Time is of worldwide importance. - Episodio 11E11
Episodio 11Bothie The Polar Dog: Two years ago a seven-year-old Jack Russell terrier made history by becoming the first dog in the world to put four paws on both the North and South Poles - and the smallest to have been to either! On the day the canine hero of the Transglobe expedition has a book published in his honour, he joins the team for a reunion with Goldie. - Episodio 12E12
Episodio 12Over The Top! To restore a huge Edwardian office block in the heart of the City of London, a 100-tonne tower crane had to be swung in ten sections over a 108-foot wall! Simon joined the team masterminding this colossal leap-frog and picked up a few tips from Billy Dalton, whose precision and skill helped to make the whole manoeuvre possible. - Episodio 13E13
Episodio 13Antarctic Survival! For the past year a research team has been living in one of the most uncomfortable and dangerous places on earth-Antarctica's Brabant Island. Explorers have only landed there three times-and never before stayed long enough to establish a base. Michael joins the expert canoeists in training to take part in the final stage of this hazardous assignment. - Episodio 14E14
Episodio 14A Dip in Time....' Saves Lives! The dreaded sheep scab caused untold agony to thousands of ewes and rams last year. The campaign to kill the mites that eat into the animals' flesh involves dipping every sheep in Britain - Simon and Michael give the 300-strong Dethick flock their bath -under the watchful eye of the local bobby! - Episodio 16E16
Episodio 16Gripped Up With Zoe. Hair-raising stunts, acrobatics and trampolining are all in a day's work for Michael, but one thing Blue Peter's new action man has never attempted is rock climbing. Zoe Brown of Old Man of Hoy fame starts Michael off on his climbing career with lots of useful tips for other beginners. - Episodio 17E17
Episodio 17Remember, Remember ... Cats and dogs hate explosions and Jack and Goldie are no exception! Keep your pet safely indoors tonight and if you're having a Guy Fawkes party, watch out for some culinary tips when Janet and Michael join the Royal Navy - in a rain-sodden field near Exmouth - to compete in the annual Corps Cookery Competition. - Episodio 21E21
Episodio 21Flying Stars!: Today's your chance to discover the secrets of the Box! Thirteen-year-old Devin Stanfield - Kay Harker in the new adventure series "The Box of Delights" (Wednesday 5.0) - is joined in the studio by Mouse, alias Simon Barry, and Patrick Troughton who, as magician Cole Hawlings, works his magic to defeat the evil Abner Brown. - Episodio 22E22
Episodio 22LifeSaver Appeal! It will take 800,000 envelopes of your buttons and post-cards to replace the four Blue Peter Inshore Life-boats and another 800,000 envelopes of used stamps to provide water pumps, pipes and seeds to help some of the survivors of Ethiopia's terrible famine rebuild their lives for the future. If you can help, here's a reminder of the depot address: [address removed - Episodio 23E23
Episodio 23Flying Feathers! Treat yourself to an eye-catching Christmas mobile - a dazzling creation of exotic multi-coloured birds that will add a touch of luxury to your decorations when they fly from the ceiling! And watch out for an invasion of 200 cats - each one a collector's item. - Episodio 25E25
Episodio 25Cable Cliffhanger! Simon's mid-air report, dangling 170 metres above the Derbyshire countryside! Volunteer Groom tries out the emergency drill on board Britain's first Alpine-style cable car system. If you have a head for the Heights of Abraham, your Blue Peter badge guarantees you a free ride-but check the opening times before you go into orbit! - Episodio 29E29
Episodio 29Winter Wonderland! Michael reports from Mora in Sweden and the official opening ceremony of the very latest theme park - Santaworld. The winner of Blue Peter's Winter Wonderland Competition is a VIP guest-join them on a whirlwind tour of Aurora Lake, Santa's House, the Snow Queen's Palace and Troll Land! - Episodio 31E31
Episodio 31On the last programme before Christmas, catch up with the latest news of the double LifeSaver Appeal, in aid of Ethiopia and the four Blue Peter lifeboats. There's Christmas Eve magic in the air as the studio is transformed into the Kingdom of the Snow for the stars of the famous Nutcracker ballet, and a carol around the tree with the massed choirs of ALLFARTHING PRIMARY SCHOOL, WARLINGHAM COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL plus the BBC SYMPHONY CHORUS and the BAND OF THE CHALK FARM branch of the Salvation Army. - Episodio 32E32
Episodio 32It was the year Blue Peter turned detective and collected a few bruises! Remember when Bill and Ben, the stolen Flower Pot Men, were rescued in the nick of time? And when Peter Hawkins revealed the mystery of the Flob-a-Dob Flower Pot language? How was Michael transformed into Tik Tok, the mini-robot from Oz? Was Janet really chopped in three? How can you trampoline with skis on - and what was the secret of the see-through bath? Other highlights include World Land Speed Record holder Richard Noble's fire-fighting car, the agony of the Royal Navy Field Gun race, the muddy battle of Ashbourne Football and how free-falling Janet broke her pelvis! If you missed any of these magic moments in 1984 today is your chance to catch up - and look ahead to 1985. - Episodio 34E34
Episodio 34Rising Star! At 15 America's Kathy Healy is already a star of stage, screen and the ice-rink! After figure-skating in John Curry 's famous Superskate Show, aged 6, Kathy acted with Dudley Moore and Mary Tyler Moore and danced in Germany, Italy, Paris, and New York. Today she makes a whirlwind visit to the Blue Peter studio between performances as Clara in the London Festival Ballet's Nutcracker. - Episodio 36E36
Episodio 36Kestrel Survival Deep in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside the RSBP is encouraging kestrels to breed. Janet reports from the reserve at Fowlmere, and with the aid of the Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service, climbs 100ft up a poplar tree to install a giant nest box. - Episodio 37E37
Episodio 37The Barwell Monster! The biggest meteorite ever to fall on Britain landed in the middle of the Leicestershire village of Barwell on Christmas Eve, 1965. For a few days Barwell was the most popular spot in the universe as scientists and sightseers flocked there to find a fragment from outer space - and there'll be some of Barwell's spacerock in the studio today! - Episodio 38E38
Episodio 38Great Western Rules OK? Tomorrow the Post Office celebrates the 150th birthday of one of the world's most renowned railways, the Great Western, and pays tribute to trains from other famous railway companies. The five giants of steam that feature on the new stamps are the Flying Scotsman, the Golden Arrow, the Cheltenham Flyer, the Cornish Riviera and the Royal Scot and you can see them all in action on today's programme. - Episodio 40E40
Episodio 40The Princess Daisy Doll The amazing adventures of Daisy -the doll who was the star of the 1895 International Exhibition - with her wardrobe of exquisite clothes. She was given to the 6-year-old Princess Royal in 1905 and today Daisy, who lives at the Bethnal Green Museum, visits the Blue Peter studio together with her entire wardrobe. - Episodio 48E48
Episodio 48Cub Scout Challenge Twenty thousand Cub Scouts entered a vigorous test of strength and endurance last year to discover the fittest and quickest thinking Cubs. Today the four winners visit the studio and challenge Simon and Michael to try the toughest test of all, the dreaded 'leg-hover'! - Episodio 51E51
Episodio 51The Lamberts of Croydon One hundred and sixty years ago, two boys and a small girl riding on a donkey were painted by the famous artist John Constable. 'They are very well-behaved and amiable children, and the donkey is a fine, rough, good-natured animal' he wrote to his wife. Today may be your last chance to see this painting - when this great family treasure is auctioned at Sotheby's next week, it could well leave the country forever. - Episodio 52E52
Episodio 52Tile Detective! Monkeys, camels and elephants, nursey rhyme characters and royal princesses are just a few of the valuable tile pictures that used to cheer up patients in the children's wards of hospitals. Now as old buildings are demolished the tiles are in danger. The search is on to save them, and you can help. Find out how today, and see some of the treasures that have survived. - Episodio 54E54
Episodio 54Cetiosaurus Lives! For 17 years, the skeleton of one of the largest of the dinosaurs lay packed in boxes in the basement of Leicester's museum. Today Cetiosaurus makes his first posthumous public appearance, in the Blue Peter studio -all 40 feet of him! There's news of Bobby Robson 's Soccer Funweeks with dazzling footwork from Chris Waddle and John Barnes. And don't miss the report on the LifeSaver Appeal Auction. - Episodio 60E60
Episodio 60Dig This! One hundred and fifty-eight model excavators and mechanical diggers fill the studio today. Peter Grimshaw of Atherton started collecting them in 1946 when he was 10. Now he reckons it's the biggest collection in the country. Watch out for the spectacular Walking Dragline, too! - Episodio 61E61
Episodio 61Up the Rams! 'Come on Derby!' is a familiar cry for Simon when he goes to support his home team. Third Division or not, the Baseball Ground is still a scene of celebration as thousands turn out every Saturday to support County's centenary season. But who's that in the number seven shirt? Have Derby signed a new midfield star? Find out the score when Simon plays the game of his life with his heroes, and fulfills his wildest dreams! - Episodio 62E62
Episodio 62See How They've Grown! The terrible triplets are back today - the lion cubs from Windsor Safari Park - and Terry Nutkins will be choosing their names from the thousands of suggestions sent in by viewers. If your idea is picked, you'll win a VIP all-expenses-paid visit to the park - there are lots of prizes for runners-up too! - Episodio 63E63
Episodio 63Old Crocs ! One hundred and fifty million years ago, ferocious 20-foot crocodiles slithered over the British Isles. Simon and Goldie report from their graveyard in the Cambridgeshire countryside and help dig up their ancient bones -under the expert eye of palaeontologist Dave Martill. - Episodio 65E65
Episodio 65There's more to driving a limousine than meets the eye, as Janet discovers when she trains as a chauffeuse. Keeping your cool in London's West End traffic with a VIP passenger is just as nerve-racking as controlling a spin on the skid pan -behind the wheel of a E60,000 Rolls-Royce! - Episodio 67E67
Episodio 67Mary Rose Latest! The Mary Rose has had that sinking feeling once again! Not to the bottom of the Solent, but lowered down to a new position in the Ship Hall. Catch up with all the latest news as Simon reports from the deck of Henry VIII 's famous flagship with archaeological director MARGARET RULE. - Episodio 69E69
Episodio 69Beamish Magic! A report from the latest time capsule at the Open Air Museum recreating life in Michael's home town-Gateshead - in the 1920s. Sixty years ago the Co-op was advertising for assistants at 12/6 for a 48-hour week, draper's shops sold liberty bodices and the seaside was a ninepenny tram ride away! - Episodio 74E74
Episodio 74Janet Jumps Again! It's nine months since Janet broke her pelvis in a chance-in-a-million landing, after a routine parachute jump with the RAF Falcons. The accident delayed her bid to create a new UK Civilian Free Fall record but she's not only been passed fit, she's determined to resume her training. If the weather holds, Janet will be making her first leap into the skies this year. - Episodio 75E75
Episodio 75Battle of the Giants Thirty giant puppets, the height of doubledecker buses are all set to invade Leicester's Abbey Park next Sunday. In today's preview, Ravana, the evil ten-headed monster, battles it out with Jatayu, the King of the Birds, and Rama and his monkey army attempt to rescue the beautiful princess Sita! - Episodio 76E76
Episodio 76Remember the Los Angeles Olympics and the first flight of the shuttle? Pictures of events like these from all over the world are beamed live to our TV screens, thanks to the huge satellite tracking station at Goonhilly. Michael climbs the giant receiving dish to give aerial one a fresh coat of paint, and reports from the new Blue Peter aerial which starts work today. With luck its first pictures will be seen on today's programme! - Episodio 77E77
Episodio 77Janet goes back in time to the 1890s and the days when grand houses were the setting for glittering parties. At Warwick Castle the guests for dinner one hot June evening in 1898 included two future kings, a prime minister-to-be and a dazzling array of High Society's most beautiful ladies. You can meet them all, as they prepare for the feast! - Episodio 78E78
Episodio 78LifeSaver Round-up! The 1984 double LifeSaver Appeal in aid of Ethiopia and the RNLI more than quadrupled its original target! Today, as the new Blue Peter II is launched at its station at North Berwick, you can catch up with all the developments and see how all your extra stamps have provided irrigation and well-digging schemes for north and south east Ethiopia. - Episodio 79E79
Episodio 79The Battle of Bosworth! Five hundred years ago this summer, two kings met in battle on a field in Leicestershire and the course of British history was changed forever. Henry Tudor 's defeat of King Richard III ended the War of the Roses, and established the line from which our present Royal Family is descended. Watch Simon's report on the spectactular re-enactment of the battle that will be the highlight of the Quincentenary Celebrations, and discover which country the team will be exploring for the 1985 Summer Expedition!