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Blue Peter: 1980-1981

82 episodes · first aired Sep 8, 1980

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  1. 1 Episode 1 Sep 8, 1980 Expedition Malaysia There's more than a touch of Eastern promise in this year's expedition! Simon and Sarah have explored one of the world's most exotic countries. Giant turtles, coconut…
  2. 2 Episode 2 Sep 11, 1980 Today, Blue Peter's new boy makes his first-ever appearance on the programme. Think you've seen him before? You probably have, if you watched the "King Cinder" series, where Peter Duncan…
  3. 3 Episode 3 Sep 15, 1980 Six-and-a-half thousand miles from Lord's and The Oval, Simon and Sarah watch the cricket at Kuala Lumpur's Selangor Club, explore the Sunday market on Saturday night and hold their noses…
  4. 4 Episode 4 Sep 18, 1980 The next time you have baked beans on toast, spare a thought for the rabblers who produced the tin. They are the men who stir the molten metal in temperatures of 200°F. Sarah sizzles as…
  5. 5 Episode 5 Sep 22, 1980
  6. 6 Episode 6 Sep 25, 1980 'Allemande Left, Buckle Up Two, Dish Rag Turn and Do-Si-Do' Join the Hoe-Down in the Blue Peter studio as Simon, Sarah and Peter master the steps of the latest craze - Square Dancing!
  7. 7 Episode 7 Sep 29, 1980 Introducing 'Muhammad Ali', Malaysia's coconut-collecting baboon!
  8. 8 Episode 8 Oct 2, 1980
  9. 9 Episode 9 Oct 6, 1980
  10. 10 Episode 10 Oct 9, 1980
  11. 11 Episode 11 Oct 13, 1980
  12. 12 Episode 12 Oct 16, 1980
  13. 13 Episode 13 Oct 20, 1980
  14. 14 Episode 14 Oct 23, 1980
  15. 15 Episode 15 Oct 27, 1980 Meet the only rabbit in Britain brought up by a goat. Two months ago an orange rex doe died before giving birth to 12 babies. The only survivor was fostered by the family's British alpine…
  16. 16 Episode 16 Oct 30, 1980 Star Gazey Pie, with its seven sorts of fish, is a recipe that dates back 200 years when Skipper Tom Bawcock was the only fisherman in Mousehole to put to sea in a fierce storm. Tradition…
  17. 17 Episode 17 Nov 3, 1980 If you have ever resorted to counting sheep to send you off to sleep, try visiting Biggin-by-Hartington the next time you can't nod off. It's the scene of Derbyshire's biggest sheep sale…
  18. 18 Episode 18 Nov 6, 1980 David Attenborough and Sir Hugh Casson have been hard at work helping to judge the Blue Peter/ Natural History Museum Centenary Poster Competition. Today is results day and even if you…
  19. 19 Episode 19 Nov 10, 1980
  20. 20 Episode 20 Nov 13, 1980
  21. 21 Episode 21 Nov 17, 1980 Simon reports from Loch Ryan, where 50,000 tons of the Royal Navy's best-loved aircraft carrier are being turned into scrap metal.
  22. 22 Episode 22 Nov 20, 1980 An estimated 20 million trees have been killed by the dreaded Dutch Elm disease and unless 50 million saplings are planted during the next three years, Britain's landscape could look like…
  23. 23 Episode 23 Nov 24, 1980
  24. 24 Episode 24 Nov 27, 1980 Today Simon, Sarah and Peter make Blue Peter's most important announcement of the year - so have a paper and pencil handy for details of the 1980 Appeal.
  25. 25 Episode 25 Dec 1, 1980 Last year nine million Blue Peter viewers raised nearly £4 million to help the starving people of Cambodia. Today you can discover more details about the 1980 Appeal. Your help is urgently…
  26. 26 Episode 26 Dec 4, 1980 Peter joins a team of men with one of the most dangerous jobs in Britain - the crew of the fishing boat Fruitful Harvest. Seventy miles off the coast of north-east Scotland, skipper Robert…
  27. 27 Episode 27 Dec 8, 1980 Top Cats! Last Saturday 2,450 cats and kittens took part in the National Cat Club's 84th annual show - the largest in the world. Sarah was there judging the Blue Peter classes for pet…
  28. 28 Episode 28 Dec 11, 1980 Christmas is Coming! Lighting the first candle on the Advent Crown means there are only four Blue Peters to go before the Great Day! There's an idea for a present to make for Dads and…
  29. 29 Episode 29 Dec 15, 1980 'Merry Christmas' in Cornish, and today four brothers from Bodmin, Merv, Andy, Chris and Neil, otherwise known as Bucca, make their very first appearance on TV. They'll be singing old…
  30. 30 Episode 30 Dec 18, 1980 This time next week, Christmas Day will be nearly over. If your cards are arriving thick and fast and there's nowhere left to put them, you might like to make a Christmas card hanger that…
  31. 31 Episode 31 Dec 22, 1980 On the last Blue Peter before Christmas there's news of the help you're giving, that will change the lives of disabled people all over Britain. Join in with carols round the tree with the…
  32. 32 Episode 32 Dec 29, 1980 1980 was an eventful year for "Blue Peter"! Tina had her baby, Jill had kittens, Simon got married and Sarah and Peter joined the team. If you missed any of these milestones, join Simon…
  33. 33 Episode 33 Jan 1, 1981 Ring in the New! On the very first day of the International Year of Disabled People, Blue Peter leaps into 1981 with the latest news of the Great Blue Peter Bring and Buy Sale Appeal…
  34. 34 Episode 34 Jan 5, 1981 Who Stole the Stone? Thirty years ago this year, the Coronation Stone, one of Westminster Abbey's most precious treasures, was stolen from beneath the Coronation Chair on which all the…
  35. 35 Episode 35 Jan 8, 1981 High Diver! Peter joins British diving champions LINDSEY FRASER and ANDREW JEFFS at Crystal Palace pool and picks up a few tips on perfecting Olympic dives like the double somersault, the…
  36. 36 Episode 36 Jan 12, 1981
  37. 37 Episode 37 Jan 15, 1981
  38. 38 Episode 38 Jan 19, 1981
  39. 39 Episode 39 Jan 22, 1981 Including rare archive film of the funeral procession of Queen Victoria who died 80 years ago.
  40. 40 Episode 40 Jan 26, 1981 The result of the Christmas Stamps competition.
  41. 41 Episode 41 Jan 29, 1981 Happy Birthday! Jack and Jill, Britain's favourite Silver Tabbies, celebrate their fifth birthday today. But will Jill do her famous disappearing act on this important day? All will be…
  42. 42 Episode 42 Feb 2, 1981 Will You be Mine? A preview of the 1981 St Valentine's Bay stamp and an unusual way of sending a message to your true love. Have a paper and pencil handy to take down details of a recipe…
  43. 43 Episode 43 Feb 5, 1981 Peter helps build the course for canoeing's most hazardous race - the White Water World Championships and tests the run.
  44. 44 Episode 44 Feb 9, 1981 Mucking out and milking were the main jobs Simon was asked to tackled when he took charge of his Dad's farm for a day. But the unexpected happened in the shape of 11 new-born lambs! See…
  45. 45 Episode 45 Feb 12, 1981 Simon reports from Germany where children of the British Forces are helping the Great Blue Peter Bring and Buy Sale Appeal.
  46. 46 Episode 46 Feb 16, 1981
  47. 47 Episode 47 Feb 19, 1981
  48. 48 Episode 48 Feb 23, 1981
  49. 49 Episode 49 Feb 26, 1981
  50. 50 Episode 50 Mar 2, 1981
  51. 51 Episode 51 Mar 5, 1981
  52. 52 Episode 52 Mar 9, 1981
  53. 53 Episode 53 Mar 12, 1981
  54. 54 Episode 54 Mar 16, 1981 In two weeks' time, 7,500 athletes will be running in the London Marathon. At 26 miles, 385 yards, it's the longest race in the world. Sarah tells the story of how this greatest test of…
  55. 55 Episode 55 Mar 19, 1981 Make sure mums and aunties are not around for this edition of the programme, as Sarah shows how to make a special card for Mothering Sunday.
  56. 56 Episode 56 Mar 23, 1981
  57. 57 Episode 57 Mar 26, 1981 Next weekend Peter joins the runners taking part in the first-ever London Marathon. Today he travels the route the easy way-on a bike - and points out some of the historic landmarks along…
  58. 58 Episode 58 Mar 30, 1981
  59. 59 Episode 59 Apr 2, 1981
  60. 60 Episode 60 Apr 6, 1981
  61. 61 Episode 61 Apr 9, 1981
  62. 62 Episode 62 Apr 13, 1981
  63. 63 Episode 63 Apr 16, 1981 Grange Hill Competition Results Will your storyline be chosen for Tucker and Trish's Grange Hill Christmas Special? Guest judge Phil Redmond explains how he picked the overall winner out…
  64. 64 Episode 64 Apr 23, 1981 Top Ten Birds: Will the starling stay at the top? Britain's second garden bird survey is launched on Saturday and your help is vital! Have a pencil and paper handy for the details.
  65. 65 Episode 65 Apr 27, 1981 Goldie's Return! Britain's most popular Golden Retriever returns to the studio with her five 6-week-old puppies. They're in good company too, with guests Kevin Keegan, Rags, the pony for…
  66. 66 Episode 66 Apr 30, 1981 Will Goldie's puppies qualify as trainee guide-dogs for the blind? Today's the day they take their all-important tests when Puppy Walking Manager Derek Freeman puts them through their…
  67. 67 Episode 67 May 7, 1981 Appeal Auction: Last Tuesday all the collectors' items donated to the Bring and Buy Sale for Disabled People were auctioned at Phillips. Find out whether the proceeds have raised the…
  68. 68 Episode 68 May 11, 1981 Top Ten Birds: Aided by a computer, scrutineers at the RSPB's headquarters have analysed the thousands of surveys sent in by Blue Peter viewers after the one-hour birdwatch on 25 April…
  69. 69 Episode 69 May 14, 1981
  70. 70 Episode 70 May 18, 1981 Royal Wedding Stand by for details of a competition that could win you a unique souvenir of the Wedding of the Year.
  71. 71 Episode 71 May 21, 1981 Gaping Gill Every year high in the Pennines local cavers build a dam to divert a stream and Britain's largest subterranean cave reveals its secret for just three weeks. Peter reports from…
  72. 72 Episode 72 May 28, 1981 Prince's First Walk Teaching a trainee guide dog puppy to walk is quite different from training a family pet. Prince must never walk to heel, but just a little bit ahead of Peter to make…
  73. 73 Episode 73 Jun 1, 1981 Feeling hot and bothered? Cool down with a mouth-watering pudding that needs absolutely no cooking. Have a paper and pencil handy for the recipe.
  74. 74 Episode 74 Jun 4, 1981 Pot Black! Sarah tries her hand at being a chimney sweep's assistant when she joins Dodd Diggins of Framlingham in Suffolk. Dodd has been cleaning chimneys with brushes for 50 years and…
  75. 75 Episode 75 Jun 8, 1981 Full Steam Ahead! This week marks the bicentenary of one of the most famous engineers ever - George Stephenson. To celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the father of the railway and…
  76. 76 Episode 76 Jun 11, 1981 Royal Wedding Postmen have been delivering paper plates by the sackful, as thousands of entries for the Royal Wedding Plate Competition have poured into Television Centre. Find out today…
  77. 77 Episode 77 Jun 15, 1981 Peter joins the legendary White Helmets at their base at Catterick in Yorkshire for some expert tips on motorbike display riding. Led by Sergeant Fred Alexander , the 30-man team think…
  78. 78 Episode 78 Jun 18, 1981 Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick, Quicker Maggie and Jim go to university. On a VIP visit to Oxford, they join the other contestants at Corpus Christi for the Great Tortoise Race And Julie Parker…
  79. 79 Episode 79 Jun 22, 1981 Paper Doll: see a pile of newspapers and chicken wire transformed into a lifesized Sarah. Artist Terry Wall specialises in papier mache sculptures and you can watch him today.
  80. 80 Episode 80 Jun 25, 1981 Twin Mounts This summer an estimated 170,000 visitors will explore the spot where Jack the Giant Killer is supposed to have killed the giant. St Michael's Mount is a top attraction in the…
  81. 81 Episode 81 Jun 29, 1981
  82. 82 Episode 82 Jul 20, 1981 St Christopher Special with Simon Groom and Tina Heath More than 20,000 viewers entered the competition to design a mural for the new cross-channel ferry, the St Christopher. Blue Peter…