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Blue Peter: 1983-1984

77 episodes · first aired Sep 12, 1983

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  1. 1 Episode 1 Sep 12, 1983 Gentle Giants! There's no doubt who stole the show during this year's Summer Expedition - the elephants. They're Sri Lanka's most useful piece of farm equipment, with great advantages over…
  2. 2 Episode 2 Sep 13, 1983 Hidden Treasure ' King Solomon in all his glory' was probably wearing a robe studded in jewels that came from Sri Lanka. The quarter-of-a-million pounds' worth of jewels Janet wears might…
  3. 3 Episode 3 Sep 19, 1983 Expedition Sri Lanka with Simon Groom , Peter Duncan and Janet Ellis Coconuts Galore! Simon braves a tightrope walk across the tree tops and tracks down a Toddy Tapper - the death-defying…
  4. 4 Episode 4 Sep 22, 1983 Expedition Sri Lanka: Shipwrecked Sailor! More than 300 years before "Blue Peter"'s expedition Robert Knox, a young English sailor, was shipwrecked on the island and taken prisoner by King…
  5. 5 Episode 5 Sep 26, 1983 Meet the bird with a six-foot wing span that can soar to an incredible 200 feet before swooping on its prey at 45 miles-an-hour: Heidithe white bellied sea eagle.
  6. 6 Episode 6 Sep 29, 1983 Tea for Two Janet toils In the plantations at Nuwara Eliya and discovers there's far more to producing a good cuppa than meets the eye. it takes five kilos of leaves to fill one basket and…
  7. 7 Episode 7 Oct 3, 1983 Expedition Sri Lanka - Up the Pole! SIMON and PETER join the stilt fishers of Weligama who perch for hours under the burning sun without moving or speaking, to catch the timid Korrumba fish.
  8. 8 Episode 8 Oct 6, 1983 Peter scales one of London's best known landmarks and helps to demolish Fulham Power Station.
  9. 9 Episode 9 Oct 10, 1983 To celebrate Blue Peter's Silver Jubilee year, Janet begins her training with the RAF's Falcons in an attempt to win back Blare Peter 's entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the…
  10. 10 Episode 10 Oct 13, 1983 More than half the population of Sri Lanka follow the teachings of the Lord Buddha, which began nearly 600 years before Christ was born. The monks start their training when they are very…
  11. 11 Episode 11 Oct 17, 1983 Blue Peter Goes Silver! Simon, Peter and Janet launch Blue Peter 's 25th birthday week with a giant lift off! Find out how you can win one of the special Silver Jubilee badges - only 1,860…
  12. 12 Episode 12 Oct 20, 1983 Prickles Galore ! Baby hedgehogs reared by Blue Peter viewers make their first public appearance and inspire chef Duncan to create a cake in their honour.
  13. 13 Episode 13 Oct 24, 1983 The remarkable story of Judy, the only dog ever to become an official prisoner of war. Captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore, Judy survived the gruelling conditions of a…
  14. 14 Episode 14 Oct 27, 1983 Jumping Janet! Janet sees how parachutes like the one she'll use for her free-fall drop with the Falcons are carefully packed. Then comes a jump of 1,000 feet - not from a plane but a…
  15. 15 Episode 15 Oct 31, 1983 They said it could not be done! For 72 miles through 12 tunnels and over 17 viaducts, the railway line from Settle to Carlisle climbs over some of the most spectacular countryside in…
  16. 16 Episode 16 Nov 3, 1983 Blue Peter's silver tabby, Jack, will be in good company today, meeting champions who'll be competing in the chinchilla, silver tabby and Smoke Cat Society's 75th Anniversary Show. They…
  17. 17 Episode 17 Nov 7, 1983 See How They Run! Six of the fastest feet in Britain flash past today when Himalayan runners Richard and Adrian Crane join Steve Cram in the studio.
  18. 18 Episode 18 Nov 10, 1983 Evil Edna 's dream comes true as her career as a pop star begins, with a little help from Kenneth Williams.
  19. 19 Episode 19 Nov 14, 1983 Today SIMON, PETER and JANET make their most important announcement of the year - so have a pencil and paper handy for details of the 1983 Appeal and find out what it is Blue Peter is…
  20. 20 Episode 20 Nov 17, 1983
  21. 21 Episode 21 Nov 21, 1983 Happy Birthday "Doctor Who"! "Blue Peter" salutes television's most popular sci-fi series with a monstrous flashback to the days of the Cybermen, the Terileptils, the Sea Devils, and…
  22. 22 Episode 22 Nov 24, 1983 Weather Beaters SOS! The world's weather has gone bonkers! Tens of millions of people in 40 countries are suffering because of droughts or floods. If you join the Blue Peter Weather…
  23. 23 Episode 23 Nov 28, 1983 Christmas is Coming!: Don't be down-hearted if you cant afford the decorations in the shops. You can make Janet's Christmas stars - they'll transform your tree and you can use them for…
  24. 24 Episode 24 Dec 1, 1983 Cry Just a Little Bit Hankies at the ready as Shaky joins the team! If you're a fan - and who isn't? - there's a whole lot of Shakin' goin' on and a big surprise in store for Britain's…
  25. 25 Episode 25 Dec 5, 1983 Viewers who are short of pocket money to buy their grans and grandads a Christmas present should tune in. Janet will come the rescue with an idea that can be made at home for next to nothing
  26. 26 Episode 26 Dec 8, 1983 Fun and games in the studio with Simon and Janet introducing more items of interest. Janet takes to the skies in her bid to break the British civilian freefall record. She makes her first…
  27. 27 Episode 27 Dec 12, 1983
  28. 28 Episode 28 Dec 15, 1983
  29. 29 Episode 29 Dec 19, 1983 Lift-off for Simon: Today's the great day for 14-year-old Simon Holtom, the winner of Blue Peter's Intelpost Greetings Card Competition. His glorious view of balloons over the London…
  30. 30 Episode 30 Dec 22, 1983 On the last Blue Peter before Christmas catch up with the latest news of our Weather Beaters appeal, in aid of 25,000 families in five countries suffering from the effects of drought or…
  31. 31 Episode 31 Dec 29, 1983 1983 was the year Blue Peter took off! Remember when Simon went spinning upside-down in a jet at 40,000 feet, Peter flew through the air on a flying trapeze, and Janet risked life and limb…
  32. 32 Episode 32 Jan 2, 1984 Weather Beater Stop Press! The Blue Peter bring and buy sales are producing fantastic results and if the £750,000 mark lights up on the Totaliser today, the original appeal target will…
  33. 33 Episode 33 Jan 5, 1984
  34. 34 Episode 34 Jan 9, 1984 Merseyside: Twenty-five nations will be building gardens for Britain's first International Garden Festival that opens on Merseyside in May, and your design could be included! Have a pencil…
  35. 35 Episode 35 Jan 12, 1984 Winged Waitress! Janet discovers there's more to being an air stewardess than meets the eye, as she fights a fire in the galley and escapes down an inflatable chute-part of the routine…
  36. 36 Episode 36 Jan 16, 1984 Ski Monday! Peter reports from the French Alps where 232 12 to 18-year-olds have been competing in the 1984 British Junior Ski Championships. Who will be the Ingemar Stenmark ot the future?
  37. 37 Episode 37 Jan 19, 1984
  38. 38 Episode 38 Jan 23, 1984
  39. 39 Episode 39 Jan 26, 1984 ClockThis! Time has stood still for a century for Gaulby Church's one-handed clock. Simon joins Bob Ovens the expert who aims to get it ticking back to life.
  40. 40 Episode 40 Jan 30, 1984
  41. 41 Episode 41 Feb 2, 1984 The 17th-century kitchens at Richmond's Ham House have been newly restored. Not only the furniture, but every single utensil from the spits for roasting larks to the graters, colanders and…
  42. 42 Episode 42 Feb 6, 1984 Garden of Delight! Today's the day the winners of the Blue Peter Festival Garden Competition will be announced. Discover whether your design has won you a 'holiday of a lifetime' in…
  43. 43 Episode 43 Feb 9, 1984 Be My Valentine! Send your true love a home-made heart on 14 February. Janet shows how to make a double-purpose card.
  44. 44 Episode 44 Feb 13, 1984 'Sit' and 'Stay'! Two top dogs from Crufts, the Obedience Champion bitch and dog, put on a special studio display of their award-winning skills.
  45. 45 Episode 45 Feb 16, 1984
  46. 46 Episode 46 Feb 20, 1984
  47. 47 Episode 47 Feb 23, 1984
  48. 48 Episode 48 Feb 27, 1984
  49. 49 Episode 49 Mar 1, 1984 Happy Birthday Sospan! The oldest goat in the British army is 11 years old today. It's Sospan's tenth year with the Royal Regiment of Wales - a regimental record. Fourteen drummers from…
  50. 50 Episode 50 Mar 5, 1984
  51. 51 Episode 51 Mar 8, 1984
  52. 52 Episode 52 Mar 12, 1984 A birthday tribute as Janet joins the RNLI's newest crew for their toughest training assignment.
  53. 53 Episode 53 Mar 15, 1984
  54. 54 Episode 54 Mar 19, 1984 The Great Escape This Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest mass escapes of all time. Seventy-six allied POWs broke out of Stalag Luft III, using the 350-foot tunnel…
  55. 55 Episode 55 Mar 22, 1984
  56. 56 Episode 56 Mar 26, 1984
  57. 57 Episode 57 Mar 29, 1984
  58. 58 Episode 58 Apr 2, 1984
  59. 59 Episode 59 Apr 5, 1984
  60. 60 Episode 60 Apr 9, 1984 Petra, the programme's very first dog, survived the upheaval and today you can see her in her new place of honour in the Blue Peter garden.
  61. 61 Episode 61 Apr 12, 1984 Boxes X 2 4 2000 A giant tree transplant completes the move of Blue Peter's souvenirs for the year 2000.
  62. 62 Episode 62 Apr 16, 1984
  63. 63 Episode 63 Apr 19, 1984
  64. 64 Episode 64 Apr 26, 1984
  65. 65 Episode 65 Apr 30, 1984 Resistance Secret agents' equipment, hidden message compartments and two dolls made in the notorious Revensbruck concentration camp by Second World War heroine Odette Hallowes , are just a…
  66. 66 Episode 66 May 3, 1984 Dragon Builder! Wednesday was a red-letter day for 14-year-old Theo Gayer-Anderson. Not only has his competition sketch for a red dragon been transformed into a flame-breathing, 35-foot…
  67. 67 Episode 67 May 10, 1984
  68. 68 Episode 68 May 14, 1984
  69. 69 Episode 69 May 17, 1984 Yabby Dabby Doo!: Meet America's Don Messick - the man with elastic vocal chords, and discover how he creates the voices of Muttley, Klunk and Zilly, Godzooky, Boo Boo, Ranger Smith…
  70. 70 Episode 70 May 21, 1984
  71. 71 Episode 71 May 24, 1984 Lee Boo , the Stranger in Rotherhithe The extraordinary story of the 19-year-old prince who left his Pacific Ocean island in 1784 to go to school in London. For five months he was a…
  72. 72 Episode 72 May 31, 1984
  73. 73 Episode 73 Jun 4, 1984
  74. 74 Episode 74 Jun 7, 1984
  75. 75 Episode 75 Jun 11, 1984 Your Life in Their Hands! The men and women of the 110 Lifeguard Clubs will be patrolling Britain's beaches this summer and preventing holidays turning into tragedies. Last year alone more…
  76. 76 Episode 76 Jun 14, 1984
  77. 77 Episode 77 Jun 18, 1984 'Come On, You 'Orrible Pair!' There was no sympathy for Simon and Peter when they faced the most gruelling of all their assignments - training with the Devonport Field Gunners for this…