ELEVENTH BOOK
Published 1974
BP Team: Val Singleton, John Noakes,
Peter Purves and Lesley Judd. The team each feature Hard Day's Night
album cover-style in twenty different poses on the inside covers.
Cover:
John's freefall dive, in a blue and orange border with white surround.
Features:
The first parade for a Royal goat... John becomes the first civilian
in Britain to make a five mile high free fall jump... The BP assignment
to various countries is illustrated with a photo montage and sections
of the shooting schedule... The team go to the Ivory Coast for the
1973 Summer Expedition... John gets a chance to clown around as
Marco the kangaroo visits the studio... Blue Peter turns millions
of stamps into aid for Ethiopia... A look at the work of the RNLI
and the Blue Peter lifeboats, including a cutaway view of a lifeboat...
Val experiences the excitement that is the town of Bath and dresses
up as Jane Austen... The Blue Peter Panto, with Arthur Askey, John
and Pete as the ugly sisters, Val as Cinders and Lesley as Prince
Charming - the feature even reproduces some of the script... Escapologist
Howard Peters does a Houdini in the studio... Red Setter Pax gives
birth to 22 puppies in one go... The interesting world of eight
year old Peter Gardiner, who collects lightbulbs, is exposed...
John and Pete go surfing in Cornwall... Pete climbs Black Crag in
the Lake District
Makes: Jewellery
from Junk, made on the show by John when Lesley was off with toothache.
A forest and camp with wigwam and fire for your Red Indian toys.
Or 'Native Americans' as we now call um.
A wipe-off message pad with a border created from hideous 70s flowery
wallpaper.
A fishing game from four cereal packets and some old birthday cards.
John's Scone Pizza which contains flour, fat and toppings. Mmmmmm.
Historical Figure's
Life Story in Pictures: The Tolpuddle Martyrs, some early
Trade Unionists.
Stories: Bleep and Booster, and Paddington.
Rubbish Mystery Story: A dog is transported
to France in The Case of the Golden Champion.
Notes:
John's memorable dive makes this well worth seeking out, and you
shouldn't have much problem doing that as it seems to be one of
the more common BP annuals. £3 or £4 at most
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