Blue Peter - 1970s

Chopper bikes, 1970

Blue Peter showed off their super modern choppers. Did you have one?

Conkers, 1970

John Noakes challenges the Conkers World Champion

Huff the magic rabbit, 1970

Huff is sacked, live on TV - before being introduced to his replacements... awkward.

Guide cat for the blind, 1971

Blue Peter featured a guide cat, and in the process proved that guide dogs wouldn't be made redundant any time soon

The millennium time capsule, 1971

Blue Peter buried a time capsule, to be opened by the futuristic inhabitants of the year 2000

Campfire catastrophe, 1971

Girl Guides have a campfire singalong inside the Blue Peter studio.... What could possibly go wrong?

Clacker alternatives, 1971

The Man may have confiscated your clackers (it's health and safety gone mad!) but fret not, Blue Peter had the solution

Getting down with Shep, 1972

"Would you care to dance, Shep?"

The art of whistling, 1972

As demonstrated by Mrs Jean Didcock in full kit attire.

Dad's Army visit Blue Peter, 1973

Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson inspect a frieze by Moorlands County Primary School

Doctor? What are you driving? 1973

The Third Doctor himself, Jon Pertwee, visited the Blue Peter studio in a very unusual vehicle. No, not that one

Cleaning the Flying Scotsman, 1973

Peter Purves was put to work on the Flying Scotsman, which had returned to the UK after four years in the US

Blue Peter solves Daleks mystery, 1973

"BLUE PETER HUMANOID VIEWERS WILL NOT NOW BE EXTERMINATED!"

Freda the tortoise goes racing, 1974

A rare trip away from the Blue Peter studio for Freda

Keys for the year 2000, 1974

Blue Peter previews the latest in door-opening technology

Y2K competition, 1974

Blue Peter's 'Ideas for the year 2000' competition gets 135,259 entries, but which one's best?

Sidecar racer, 1974

John Noakes put caution to the wind and bravely put himself in the sidecar passenger seat (very much a contradiction in terms) on a specially built racing three-wheeler

Luxurious Mini, 1975

Lesley Judd checks out an expensively converted Mini Clubman GT

Mechanical horse, 1975

"You get quite a powerful ride"

Coal-powered car, 1975

"There's a small furnace in there - in fact, it's quite warm..."

Filming the Cresta Run, 1975

"It didn't half give him neck ache, but it was worth it"

Glasgow Subway upgrade, 1975

"The only real change since 1896 is the price of a ticket"

The Goodies, 1975

Fresh from doing their 'The Funky Gibbon' hit, The Goodies were in the studio helping to raise funds for the dwarf gibbons

Mobile phone demonstration, 1976

The Blue Peter team tests a phone with no cable? One that you can even take outside? It'll never catch on!

Noakes scales Nelson's Column, 1977

Blue Peter presenter climbs the tall monument on a wobbly ladder with no safety harness

Blue Peter goes skateboarding, 1978

In true 1978 style, Blue Peter jumped on the skateboarding stunt craze by interviewing Stacy Peralta, one of the original Z-Boys

John Noakes' last programme, 1978

A legend says farewell after 12 years and three months of incredible service

Lesley's Swap Shop, 1979

Lesley Judd takes to the Swap Shop phone lines

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