1974: John Noakes: SIDECAR RACER | Blue Peter | Classic BBC clips | BBC Archive

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A visit to Gloucester Airport in Staverton sees Blue Peter's resident daredevil John Noakes get the rare opportunity to have a bit of a lie down - albeit as the passenger on motorsport legend Les Judkins' sidecar, doing 70 mph.
Originally broadcast 28 March, 1974.
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@peterflynn9123 2 года назад

John Noakes. Absolute hero before Health and Safety was invented! Certainly a role model for me !

@peterbrown7130 2 года назад

You seen him climb Nelson’s Column?- yikes😮😮

@Richard-pe4cx 2 года назад

health and safety ! did you not notice the helmets , race marshalls its not health and safety its insurance driven measures to mitigate loss through claims its still the same in the factory i work in all the " improvements " came from insurance inspections i have been a race marshall at thruxton and i work in sheet metal

@MrStr8den 2 года назад

@@peterbrown7130 ...not to mention the Cresta bobsleigh run where sledge crashed

@blackdoublezero Год назад

Blue Peter & Fred Dibnah was a great way to grow up in the 70's .......my son in law cant even change a tyre or wire a plug

@temparalflux914 Год назад

@@blackdoublezero I've only just come across Fred Dibnah (and also these John Noakes clips), cannot get enough of them.

@briangriffin928 Год назад

I actually got emotional watching this!

@SimonMiles-m8l 6 месяцев назад

He was champion viewer material... natural, no complaints hero... What ever was thrown at him. He caught it and put it in his pocket

@graememorris7820 2 года назад

I miss “Blue Peter”. I miss those days.

@grahamariss2111 2 года назад

I remember seeing this first time around, thinking how sleek and modern the bikes seem and now they look vintage.

@campbellnutting3663 2 года назад

Brilliant thank you 😃

@stevesj80 Год назад

Real tv for kids. John was great.

@tvdinner325 2 года назад

I grew up with John. Thank you!

@leewalledge4299 2 года назад

John Noakes LEGEND

@admiralcraddock464 2 года назад

Noakes didn't need any race gear or crash helmet, he'd have just used his enormous balls to cushion any crash

@robedmunds7163 2 года назад

two great guys there. John - the real Bear Grylls

@cblack1green 2 года назад

I remember reading that John was never insured for all the dangerous stunts he did, what a legend.

@Ricksta66 2 года назад

John Noakes was a total legend, awesome stuff 👍

@folkme3042 2 года назад

Absolutely!I was a big fan of Blue Peter back in the sixties/early seventies and John was my favourite presenter.He was game for anything and seemed fearless to me.I always remember him scaling Nelson's Column with just a rope tied around his waist.You didn't hear many presenters with regional accents on the telly back then either.

@esseker6320 2 года назад

Lovely bloke, R.I.P John, hope your back together with your dog Shepp 👍.

@Team-fabulous 2 года назад

Noaksy was just brilliant.. These where the days before health and safety ruined fun for everyone.. Just love John's shirt, white plimsolls and wooly hat under his lid. 🤣🤣🤣. Get down Shep.. 🏁🏁🏁

@jamesrindley6215 2 года назад

Get over yourself, health and safety regulations exist to protect the average worker from exploitation and danger of ruthless bosses. Health and safety has saved millions from death and maiming and a miserable existence of poverty and pain. If you want to race that's still going on all over the world, check out Goodwood or the TT.

@fourutubez7294 Год назад

You can still do nuts stuff I've been a caver, climber, winter climbing in the mountains, MTBer, recumbent rider .,...... all H&E does is give an excuse to those who'd never do it anyway.

@gm16v149 2 года назад

Those were the days, unmuffled bikes and the smell of Castrol R. Now thanks to the fun police, race bikes in UK have got to have silencers on the exhausts. I think the IoM TT is the only place where you can hear race bikes as they were intended.

@76-UVB 2 года назад

Yes indeed the neighbours in those houses would be up in arms due to the noise nowadays

@markyhp322 2 года назад

What a legend and brave bloke John Noakes was!

@nickjh1968 2 года назад

Indeed he was.

@samuelwilliams9224 2 года назад

To the person/people in charge of BBC Archive, can you invite me round so I can look at all the archival footage? As no offence, but watching this clip makes me insanely jealous of the amount of content that's still left to be uncovered and makes me want to unlock my inner Adam Curtis. Thanks for putting this stuff out there, and once again, I am happy to come by at any point.

@simonlunt353 2 года назад

John noakes is blue Peter’s action man 👍👏👏

@robertmarsh3588 2 года назад

Utter classic Blue Peter. John Noakes Peter Purves and Valerie Singleton (then later Leslie Judd). John was game for absolutely everything. He truly loved Shep as well. I don't think we'll see the like of this again.

@keen2b 2 года назад

Love John Noaks,He was always up to any challenge, Never pretentious or big head, Just got on with it, Always laughing and joking a great man missed RIP john, 😄🇬🇧👍

@rolandsmith2141 2 года назад

When TV presenters were more than just presenters

@freespeech3673 2 года назад

Can you imagine Philip Schofield doing this? Bit dangerous.

@myalfie 2 года назад

You’d have more chance of holly doing it that Phil !

@thatsoutrageous1961 2 года назад

And certainly not politicians.

@richardhebden5603 2 года назад

I used to race with the North Gloucester Club in the 1990's at old airfields like Keevil, Staverton, Colerene, Hullavington, Long Marston, Wroughton etc etc It brings back happy memories albeit 25 years + after this was filmed. Les Judkins was a hero of mine racing a 125cc MBA solo motorcycle at places like Mallory Park against kids 30 years younger than him in the 1980's/90's. I saw him "parading" his old MBA at a classic meeting a few years ago still wearing the same leathers with his son competing in other races. I don't think the BBC would ever get one of it's staff to do something like this these days, They would be wearing hi viz and safety glasses just to spectate.

@joecater894 Год назад

the BBC isn't interested today unless they can make a politically loaded left wing statement... in my opinion, of course...

@BecomeConsciousNow 2 года назад

Fairplay to John Noakes he was game for anything. Very brave!

@michaeldeakin4287 2 года назад

Brings a tear to my eye watching this, such special times, pre nanny state and John Noakes, what a hero for young kids like me.

@fourutubez7294 Год назад

What are you on about ? sidecar racing still goes on.

@blackdoublezero Год назад

and just think, John & these lads fathers fought the war and bombed the dams in cotton overalls and leather helmets..... imagine what they thought of wearing a fibre glass helmets and having to sign a membership waver ;)

@dermotwalsh9662 2 года назад

Absolute hero, best children's presenter by a country mile.A man in what was then predominantly a man's world dare I say. Most of today's pc presenters wouldn't be capable of holding his Jacket 😁. His free fall parachute jump with the red devils was my favourite, and at the time claimed a new civilian record, what a man👍.

@jtbkilmartin9110 2 года назад

Absolute brass ones….

@martinhambleton5076 2 года назад

John Noakes. Hero and legend. RIP John and Shep. 💐🌷⚘️🌹

@rexeverything100 2 года назад

When broadcasted television was actually entertainment

@76-UVB 2 года назад

John did rather well there, he seemed to be a bit of a natural at it although the BBC could have at least sprung for a pair of boots that covered his ankles in case he was thrown off

@limeyosu2000 2 года назад

John Noakes was blue peters version of chuck Norris!

@malcolmpettett5957 2 года назад

The woolly hat under the helmet full health an safety

@kimhicks8443 2 года назад

Les Judkins was still whizzing about on motorcycles [A 350cc Ducati I think] with the CRMC until recently as far as I know. Really nice bloke.

@andyashton6309 2 года назад

Ye lovely chap raced against him many times in 80s

@philalthorpe4864 Год назад

Don’t think he races anymore. I know his family. Lovely bunch. Remember les balancing the carbs on my rd400

@highdownmartin 2 года назад

P4 rovers pulling trailers to get to the meet. This isn’t a classic meet it’s just all our lads could afford! Buy a ridge Ulster for ten quid , get it going again and race the bugger. Amazing

@colindodgerogers1 2 года назад

In trainers and a denim jacket...

@howardosborne8647 2 года назад

Get down,Shep!

@foo4572 2 года назад

He certainly had no fear 😧.. what great days

@Meckiffe1976 2 года назад

"The helmet seems a bit big." "Don't worry John, you can put a bobble hat under that... fits nicely now!" What days!

@MrJasdog107 2 года назад

John Noakes was like the superman of kids TV he laughed in the face of fear.

@thatsoutrageous1961 2 года назад

They are a different crew the sidecar boys , John fitted right in !!

@kramnam4716 2 года назад

For foreigners:The sun didn’t come out in the UK until 1996

@pip6136 2 года назад

How old is Joe Wilkinson? I didn't know he was a sidecar racer as well as a comedian. 🙃

@robmarsh9442 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@davecooper3238 2 года назад

I sometimes attended race meetings. A now retired sidecar driver said this about preparing a new passenger. Unzip head remove brain. Replace with pork chop. Re-zip head.

@scottyk200 3 месяца назад

Talking to kids like they were adults. Now presenters talk like kids to adults who act like kids.

@GPR111 2 года назад

"By now we were touching 70mph"..... 😄 Good stuff from a good time. John Noakes was the original peoples hero 👍

@rogernevin7461 5 месяцев назад

Get down Shep ! The best pairing on TV ever.

@malcolmpettett5957 2 года назад

How much is in that car park by todays standards

@martinbird9387 2 года назад

I never missed Blue Peter, good old John Noakes - proper bloke

@kissofthelabrador3998 Год назад

Noakesy you were a legend

@blackcat5159 2 года назад

Noaksy was up for anything , not even a full face lid. How many of us would do this instead watching it in our safe comfy homes ?? Real action man without any ego. Brilliant .

@miamitten1123 2 года назад

The bikes here are literally this 🏍 emoji.

@flashtheoriginal Год назад

Brilliant. Ive always wanted to be the wing-man on a sports sidecar. Really enjoyed this. Childrens TV in its PRIME

@TS50ER 2 года назад

If it wasn't for the weight of Naokie's balls slowing them down, they would have finished higher up.

@Bruce-1956 2 года назад

John Noakes and Shep, legends.

@solsol1624 2 года назад

Was suprised he didn't bring Shep along for the ride, he would have loved the wind in his face😊

@damedavidfrith55 2 года назад

A true hero to kids an no namby pamby health and safety crap

@philhawley1219 2 года назад

Very disappointed there was no mention of sticky back plastic!

@miamitten1123 2 года назад

0:31 250cc-2000 I ride a 50cc 🏍 with trepidation 😬 😂

@elitedavidhorne8494 2 года назад

I'm the wrong age for this one. Duncan Dares was my thing in the eighties.

@BN1960 2 года назад

Did I watch a Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers episode?

@brianosborne9446 Год назад

A hero and a legend. Proper bloke.

@ianjones7266 2 года назад

Eee .. I remember this first time round .. see the combos at Cadwell these days and their speeds .. Ai carramba!

@leslietravis3079 2 года назад

And give him a blueeeee Peter baaaadge!

@taxus750 2 года назад

First Nelson's Column, then the Cresta Run, now this: the bloke's one of my favourite people on the telly, ever. As anyone who rides chair outfits will tell you, being the "passenger" is hard work and chuffing dangerous.

@Mute_Nostril_Agony Год назад

Noakes was fantastic. He would be climbing up a chimney stack or free fall parachuting INTO THE SEA. Then back to the studio and Peter Pervie would be baking a cake...

@richardhartley1705 2 года назад

Ballsy John noakes he would have a go at anything and did 👍👍

@locutus155 2 года назад

Get down Shep!

@davidpayne3938 8 месяцев назад

John Noaks was an absolute legend, looking back at it now he always seemed to get the dangerous presenting jobs which I must admit used to love watching when I was a child..Who could forget his beloved dog and companion Shep..Get down Shep..😅 Happy days and memories..❤

@wokeybrokey8006 2 года назад

Happy days before the BBC got woke. An exciting topic with a brave John Noakes, getting stuck into it rather than worrying what pronoun he should use with the biker or apologising for being white!

@freespeech3673 2 года назад

The BBC wouldn't approve of the union Jack on John's jacket

@melanierhianna 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Being woke frightens you so much!

@wokeybrokey8006 2 года назад

@@melanierhianna absolutely……it’s the 21st century cancer 😳

@ivorainsworth 2 дня назад

Great days to live in .Thanks John being part of our valued early years...RIP John 😢

@oddsandwindsocks5905 2 года назад

Mr noakes the legend.

@freespeech3673 2 года назад

Back before the BBC went woke.

@davecooper3238 2 года назад

aWOKEn coined in the 1940s. It represents people who have aWOKEn to social & racial inequalities. Anyone using it as an insult is saying a lot about themselves.

@nigelcarren 3 месяца назад

Two fun facts: 1) Not one of these men had a skincare regime! 2) Whilst on holiday, nobody here took 200 photographs of himself with a telephone!

@SimonMiles-m8l 6 месяцев назад

And then he goes and climbs Nelsons Column... then up the mast of some football stadium spotlights to change a bulb...and on and on he went... FEARLESS... What a guy... Get down Shep...

@skippyripley1239 2 года назад

What's going on..strangely a BBC presenter showing the Union flag..John Noakes no snowflake..🇬🇧..👍

@Merseysiderful 2 года назад

I used to watch "Go with Noakes" when a child in the 1970s and remember him driving a Morris Minor with his dog Shep. He was a top bloke !

@kaibroeking9968 2 месяца назад

'The Marshall gave us our last minute instructions: "Five laps and good luck!" ' 😂😂😂

@mercoid Год назад

Haa ha…. Primitive compared to today’s equivalent. Although I have to say this looks like a hoot to try. Not so fast that you could get killed or seriously injured…., comparatively. Something which most reasonably athletic person can do on these old machines.

@flybobbie1449 Год назад

Finding it hard to believe that is Staverton airfield. First flew in 1978. Don't remember it looking like that. Very different now.

@michaelrodgers7109 2 года назад

Yeah climbing trees X soap box carts X scrapped nees X nettles stings toadpole fishing X picture on Saturday morning X children's film Foundation X and blue Peter X j noakes

@superchargerone Год назад

wow they sure made tv differently back then. its so much more exciting then the glossy dumbed down versions they do these days. what a pity for the young watching tv now.

@maxi-me 4 месяца назад

#2 ......would have been the most appropriate bike for me to side car 😅

@a34rwl 2 месяца назад

Dress shirt under leathers, surprised he didn't wear a tie. A man amongst men.

@buxvan 2 года назад

John Noakes was God in my opinion. Scared of nothing.

@jahshappybus Год назад

Jesus Les you look old enough already here. Would have been fun to see you race.

@sofalugger 2 года назад

Love the `Tea cosy` under the `Skid lid`!!! Halcyon days...

@Christiansoldiering 2 года назад

I so wish Go with Noakes was available on DVD....Maybe one day!

@abigailirvine3414 10 месяцев назад

When the BBC was worth paying for

@David-xl9cp 2 года назад

What a man John was, would never happen today, and what is that about having to correct fitting helmet, oh yes, use a woolly hat to pad it out, going to try that tip with my Aria helmet, Thanks John for the great tip 👍

@johnny5805 Год назад

Noakes had balls of titanium alloy.

@icooper5236 5 месяцев назад

Health and safety would have a fit

@ossiemac Год назад

He was crackers! I loved him ❤

@Sol-Cutta Год назад

Noakes was a nutter, brave as buggery

@evilelf5967 2 года назад

good ol noaksey.....blue peters resident daredevil.class man.

@ReferenceFidelityComponents 2 года назад

Noakesy…what a star! Not much in the way of h&s…woolly hat on under an open face lid 😂. He was such a gutsy man and never turned down a challenge.

@tommaguzzi1723 2 года назад

I never knew this existed. John was every school boy's big brother, doing things we would never dare to.

@cyclesgoff9768 Год назад

Gary Lineker, take note please.

@jasona9393 8 месяцев назад

I love that this was Les Judkins but I've only just discovered this now! (Jan 2024). I was alone at a race meeting at Mallory Park in 1990 as a 19 year-old. When Les saw I was alone, sleeping in a tent with the bike on a trailer behind the car, he came up to me out of the blue and offered me a cup of tea! He's a legend, wonderful bloke.