Lesley Judd, John Noakes and Peter Purves take us behind the scenes at BBC Television Centre. Follow us on twitter @thetvmuseum for more classic TV treats.
I remember watching this as a kid and was fascinated. Some years later in June 1980 I spent a great memorable day in that studio (TC1) working on The Hitchhiker's Guide TV series episode one.
I well remember Lesley Judd, but not then as I was just four and Play School age. Two years later, I started watching Blue Peter. The Hitchhiker's Guide would have come out around my tenth birthday; I don't recall watching it, though!
I love how Pete tells everyone "Do be careful with your fireworks". But seriously, it is good news that this very studio is about to fire up once again, ready with 4K technology.
In 2018 it looks like The Graham Norton Show, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, The Jonathan Ross Show and more will be using TC1 as London Studios Studio 1, 2 and 3 will all be closed and demolished.
Proper, good old British educational television. Total opposite to the garbage the children watch these days. I'm glad I grew up when Blue Peter was at its best in the mid 1960's and early 1970's.
I must be fourteen years younger than you, as I was born in 1970. Lesley Judd, Peter Purves and John Noakes were definitely around in my formative years, as well as the pets!
Interesting that John Noakes got kitted out with safety harness and hard hat for his ride on the camera. No such luxuries for his ascent of Nelson's Column!
@@danw1374 Same goes for Fred Dibnah. I have no idea how he managed it either, massive balls of solid steel aren't generally very helpful when it comes to getting off the ground.
Stuff like this is why I so loved Blue Peter, I was 10 at the time watching it on our little black and white set, fascinated by all this space age technology 😀😍 It was all so well explained, by my hero's at the time. Really glad we can still see all this stuff, all these years later, who'd have thought it? ❤
So good all the measurements of the studio are given in metres. This was 1974, and we're led to believe 'old people don't get metric'. Down with the 'metric martyrs' - Britain was once happy to be modern, progressive and just normal. It will once again. Eventually.
I was born in 1971 and all my schooling from 1976 onwards was strictly metric. When I now see 'heatwave' temperatures in fahrenheit in certain newspapers they are always a bit of a head-scratcher to me.
The US state of Arizona uses metric road signage. In fact, the US was going full pelt into metric in the 1970s but some old crusties blocked it all. We were going the same in the UK, except we never got as far as road signage. My car has a digital speedo and you can convert it between mph and kmh on the trip computer.
At least the studio they are in Studio TC1 is one of only three studios being retained by the BBC at the new Television Centre from 2017. Studios TC1, TC2 and TC3 are the only ones being kept, TC4 - TC8 are now all demolished as part of the change to Television Centre. An utter disgrace.
@@sillygoose635 say a moron who has absolute no understanding about the solidarity with the past....if you have not roots you loose connection .....read orwells 1984. you might learn something
@@kamandi1362 Teddington played host to some superb shows, especially during the Thames Television era. To think the great Benny Hill only lived a short distance from the studios
My favourite studio at the old Television Centre was TC8. A really superb studio, home to so many sitcoms of the BBC from 1968. Nearly every BBC sitcom you can think of from the seventies and eighties was filmed in TC8 at some point in their run.
I would have been just four at the time and Play School age, so didn't watch Blue Peter then. That came about two years later. There was a Blue Peter Annual which covered the story of the Khmer Rouge and I recall reading it. Makes me feel old, as I am now 52!
Does anyone know when BBC Television Centre started to use wireless clip on microphones for the presenters, and when ear pieces were used for talkback to the presenters from the gallery? Thanks.
I like how in 1974 the BBC couldn't even afford a full colour television screen production gallery and had to make do with just two colour screens with the rest in black and white. I had the great fortune of visiting that very studio and TV Centre, it was a great experience.
Unlike Doctor Who of the sixties to the eighties, especially the ones filmed at TV Centre, the current form since 2005 is filmed in Wales with single camera format, whereas TV Centre era was multi camera format, much quicker.
Don't suppose you have the footage of the film reports that John Noakes did for this actual show from North Devon? My friend was in the reports and would like to see them again. Hope you can help.
hi,in 1971/2 blue peter featured my rover custom car I built can i get a copy of this show I am 82 yrs old want to give it to my grand kid cheers john bird
The TV Museum hi, I started showing my custom rover car in 1971/ 1972. I don't know an exact date it appeared on blue peter , but I have a blue peter photo of the car as it appeared on the show I am not able to attach a photo, but I can send you one by email . can you send me an email address please, cheers john bird
The generic Helvetica credits yet again. Just about every show in those days had the exact same - was it a widely available commercial titling machine, or something?
What they are doing at the end there is normal dog play. Nothing to do with mating behaviour. Anyone who's owned more than one dog or who has had a dog who socialises with other dogs has seen it before. It's basically hunting behaviour in play form. The grabbing of the other dog's scruff, that's how they bring down prey in the wild. It's the same sort of play through which wolf cubs learn to hunt. In domestic dogs it is seen in adults also. Not a mating behaviour thing at all. two female dogs will do the same thing.
