Blue Peter — Season 10

Aired 10 September 1973

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.

Aired 13 September 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.

Aired 17 September 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.

Aired 20 September 1973

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

Aired 24 September 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.

Aired 27 September 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.

Aired 1 October 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 4 October 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 8 October 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.

Aired 11 October 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 15 October 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 18 October 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.

Aired 22 October 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 25 October 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 29 October 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.

Aired 1 November 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 5 November 1973

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

Aired 8 November 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 12 November 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.

Aired 15 November 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 19 November 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 22 November 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 26 November 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 29 November 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 3 December 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.

Aired 6 December 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 10 December 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 13 December 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 17 December 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 20 December 1973

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 24 December 1973

Arthur Askey shows John and Pete how to play the parts of the Ugly Sisters, with Lesley as Prince Charming and Val as Cinderella. Join in carols around the tree with the Band of the Chalk Farm Branch of the Salvation Army plus news of the Blue Peter Stampede.

Aired 31 December 1973

Review of the Year - including John’s five-mile free fall, the amazing Uri Geller and the special message from Pope Paul VI.

Aired 3 January 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 7 January 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 10 January 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 14 January 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 17 January 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 21 January 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 24 January 1974

Paco Pena and his Flamenco Puro Paco, with dancers Margarita and Faiquillo De Cordoba, teach Lesley the basic flamenco steps to rhythm provided by John and Pete with Barrilito, El Sordera and Basilisco.

Aired 28 January 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 31 January 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 4 February 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 7 February 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 11 February 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 14 February 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 18 February 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 21 February 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 25 February 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 28 February 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 4 March 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 7 March 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 11 March 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 14 March 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 18 March 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 21 March 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 25 March 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 28 March 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 1 April 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 4 April 1974

Hannah, the labrador bought by Blue Peter viewers with a silver paper collection, and her latest litter of six puppies (one of them is shown here) - plus Bonnie the Kennel cat. The pups make their debut today.

Aired 8 April 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 11 April 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 18 April 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 22 April 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 25 April 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 29 April 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 2 May 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 6 May 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 9 May 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 13 May 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 16 May 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 20 May 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 23 May 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 27 May 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 3 June 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 6 June 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 10 June 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 13 June 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 17 June 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 20 June 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 24 June 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 27 June 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Aired 1 July 1974

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd. Today you can discover where the Blue Peter team is off to for the summer expedition.