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Blue Peter: 1981-1982

79 episodes · first aired Sep 14, 1981

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  1. 1 Episode 1 Sep 14, 1981 Expedition Japan: Who was the 'tall, fair-haired and very red-faced European' pulling the float at Kyoto's famous Gion Festival? None other than Simon, sweltering in 90°F, and that's how…
  2. 2 Episode 2 Sep 17, 1981 Prince's Progress Goldie's puppy, Prince, spent his first night under canvas when he went to camp with the First Glen Hill Guide Company last month. All excellent experience for a trainee…
  3. 3 Episode 3 Sep 21, 1981 Expedition Japan Slippery Customers Thirty thousand wriggling eels were Simon's ' catch' when he waded up to his waist at the Hamana Lagoon Eel Farm. But the problems didn't end there…
  4. 4 Episode 4 Sep 24, 1981 Expedition Japan Sarah discovers you have to take lessons before you can wear a Japanese kimono. Peter learns to fly in a jet cockpit where a flick of a computer switch changes night to…
  5. 5 Episode 5 Sep 28, 1981
  6. 6 Episode 6 Oct 1, 1981
  7. 7 Episode 7 Oct 5, 1981 Christmas Stamps This year's Christmas stamps and official First Day Cover have been designed by "Blue Peter" viewers. A colossal 500 million have been printed and you can see them roll…
  8. 8 Episode 8 Oct 8, 1981 The Battle of the Giants!: Japan is Sumo mad! The 30-stone wrestlers are an awesome sight, and it was a dramatic moment when Peter stepped in the ring with the giant Kotonoryu!
  9. 9 Episode 9 Oct 12, 1981 Expedition Japan Hot Stuff! Peter takes a bath in a pool of volcanic mud, Simon is buried up to his neck in scorching sand (a recognised cure for hysterics!) and Sarah boils an egg in a…
  10. 10 Episode 10 Oct 15, 1981 Straight and Narrow! There's more to ploughing with a team of horses than meets the eye, as Simon discovers when he joins some of Britain's top plough-men in the 1981 Championships in…
  11. 11 Episode 11 Oct 19, 1981 William Adams was shipwrecked on Black Island off the coast of Japan in 1600. Sarah traces the true story of the Englishman who became samurai to the Shogun.
  12. 12 Episode 12 Oct 22, 1981
  13. 13 Episode 13 Oct 26, 1981
  14. 14 Episode 14 Oct 29, 1981 Butterfly Safari You don't have to go to the tropics to see orange tips, monarchs and woodnymphs. Keen lepidopterists can spot them only a few miles from London Airport! Join Sarah on an…
  15. 15 Episode 15 Nov 2, 1981
  16. 16 Episode 16 Nov 5, 1981
  17. 17 Episode 17 Nov 9, 1981
  18. 18 Episode 18 Nov 12, 1981
  19. 19 Episode 19 Nov 16, 1981 If you missed last Thursday's programme, now's your chance to catch up with "Blue Peter"'s most important announcement of the year - the 1981 Appeal. Have a pencil and paper handy!
  20. 20 Episode 20 Nov 19, 1981
  21. 21 Episode 21 Nov 23, 1981
  22. 22 Episode 22 Nov 26, 1981
  23. 23 Episode 23 Nov 30, 1981
  24. 24 Episode 24 Dec 3, 1981 Save this copy of RADIO TIMES and transform the pages into a reindeer. A cardboard sledge completes the model and you'll end up with a magnificent Christmas decoration that would cost…
  25. 25 Episode 25 Dec 7, 1981
  26. 26 Episode 26 Dec 10, 1981
  27. 27 Episode 27 Dec 14, 1981
  28. 28 Episode 28 Dec 17, 1981
  29. 29 Episode 29 Dec 21, 1981 "Grange Hill" Special Your chance to see behind the scenes as Blue Peter films rehearsals for the "Grange Hill" Christmas Special. Competition winner Paul Manning, who wrote the story…
  30. 30 Episode 30 Dec 24, 1981 The latest news of the Operation Pipeline Appeal. Your stamps and coins are still desperately needed to give villages in Java supplies of pure water, and the Depot at [address removed], is…
  31. 31 Episode 31 Dec 31, 1981 Remember Simon as an Elvis look-alike, Sarah wearing corsets and Peter slogging it out in the first ever London Marathon? They are just a few of Blue Peter's 1981 highlights and others…
  32. 32 Episode 32 Jan 4, 1982 RAF Airlift: Operation Pipeline gets a big boost when the RAF comes to the aid of viewers in Scotland, and heavy loads of stamps and coins reach the appeal depot in record time.
  33. 33 Episode 33 Jan 7, 1982
  34. 34 Episode 34 Jan 11, 1982 Simon meets the man who doesn't have fairies at the bottom of his garden - he has a giant satellite aerial instead. Steve Birkhill designed and built his own satellite receiving station…
  35. 35 Episode 35 Jan 14, 1982 'Aunt Jane was the delight of all her nephews and nieces - but, as Sarah discovers, Aunt Jane had a secret!
  36. 36 Episode 36 Jan 18, 1982
  37. 37 Episode 37 Jan 21, 1982
  38. 38 Episode 38 Jan 25, 1982
  39. 39 Episode 39 Jan 28, 1982
  40. 40 Episode 40 Feb 1, 1982
  41. 41 Episode 41 Feb 4, 1982
  42. 42 Episode 42 Feb 8, 1982
  43. 43 Episode 43 Feb 11, 1982 Simon and Tina reveal secrets of the tombs of the Pharaohs to mark the centenary of the Egypt Exploration Society, and the 'Excavating in Egypt' exhibition opening in the British Museum.
  44. 44 Episode 44 Feb 15, 1982
  45. 45 Episode 45 Feb 18, 1982
  46. 46 Episode 46 Feb 22, 1982
  47. 47 Episode 47 Feb 25, 1982
  48. 48 Episode 48 Mar 1, 1982
  49. 49 Episode 49 Mar 4, 1982 Scruffy or sharp? Tatty or trendy? What's your verdict on Peter's clothes? No one seems to agree on what suits him best, so now's your chance to design the ideal outfit!
  50. 50 Episode 50 Mar 8, 1982
  51. 51 Episode 51 Mar 11, 1982 Beat the prices in the florists' shops and make an everlasting bouquet of flowers as a very special present for Mothering Sunday.
  52. 52 Episode 52 Mar 15, 1982
  53. 53 Episode 53 Mar 18, 1982
  54. 54 Episode 54 Mar 22, 1982 A World War II bomber 15 metres below the freezing, murky depths of Stoney Cove quarry in Leicestershire, is just one of the obstacles Sarah faces during her latest diving test.
  55. 55 Episode 55 Mar 25, 1982
  56. 56 Episode 56 Mar 29, 1982
  57. 57 Episode 57 Apr 1, 1982
  58. 58 Episode 58 Apr 5, 1982
  59. 59 Episode 59 Apr 8, 1982
  60. 60 Episode 60 Apr 15, 1982
  61. 61 Episode 61 Apr 19, 1982
  62. 62 Episode 62 Apr 22, 1982
  63. 63 Episode 63 Apr 26, 1982 Maggie and Jim Britain's fastest tortoises make their spring debut. Because of regional variations in climate, it's impossible to make any hard and fast rule about when to bring your…
  64. 64 Episode 64 Apr 29, 1982
  65. 65 Episode 65 May 6, 1982 Marathon Man!: Relive those gruelling 3 hours, 11 minutes and 42 seconds as Peter competes in the first-ever London Marathon and comes 1,868th out of 6,418 runners to finish the course…
  66. 66 Episode 66 May 10, 1982 Operation Pipeline Auction: "Blue Peter" viewers created a record with the auction for the Operation Pipeline Appeal held at Phillips last week. The collectors items, from the stamps and…
  67. 67 Episode 67 May 13, 1982 Glasshouse Giant Today HM The Queen opens the pride of Kew Gardens, the renovated Temperate House. Over 3,000 species thrive there, including Kew's second-oldest inhabitant, the giant…
  68. 68 Episode 68 May 17, 1982 Each year more than 30,000 new recruits join hospitals all over Britain at the start of their nursing careers. Sarah spends the day at one of the most famous of the great teaching…
  69. 69 Episode 69 May 20, 1982 Lloyds of London In 1688 Edward Lloyd opened a house near the River Thames for the new popular drink, coffee. Simon reports from the world's centre for Shipping Insurance, where the tragic…
  70. 70 Episode 70 May 24, 1982 A Dive through Time Sarah achieves her ambition as a diver and reports direct from the seabed and the wreck of the Mary Rose.
  71. 71 Episode 71 May 27, 1982 It's a Knockout: The first 'knockout' of the new season starts tomorrow, and Simon, Sarah and Peter are there sharing the commentating with Stuart Hall. Find out what goes on behind the…
  72. 72 Episode 72 Jun 3, 1982 During the last 30 years more natural woodland has been lost in Britain than in the past four centuries. Find out today how you can help, and see the incredible 260-million-year-old tree…
  73. 73 Episode 73 Jun 7, 1982 HRH The Prince of Wales, President of the Mary Rose Trust, shows some of the newest treasures recovered from the wreck and talks to Simon and Sarah about his experiences as a Mary Rose…
  74. 74 Episode 74 Jun 10, 1982
  75. 75 Episode 75 Jun 14, 1982
  76. 76 Episode 76 Jun 17, 1982
  77. 77 Episode 77 Jun 21, 1982
  78. 78 Episode 78 Jun 24, 1982 'He flies through the air with the greatest of ease...' Man has only been airborne for less than 200 years, and when it happened it was by balloon. Sarah makes her first ever ascent in a…
  79. 79 Episode 79 Jun 28, 1982 Metro Magic How long does it take to change the engine of a car? The men of RAF Strike Command and Support Command claim they can do it in 60 seconds flat! Two teams race to break this…