EIGHTEENTH BOOK
Published 1981
BP Team: Dethick's best known farmer Simon Groom, the lovely Sarah Greene, Peter Duncan and, in the feature on her baby, Tina Heath. There's even some pics from Simon's wedding inside.
Cover: The team dressed up for the Old Time Music Hall ("Daisy Daisy..."). Sarah is pictured on the front (with Goldie in the background) and Simon and Peter are on the back (Jack and Jill are in the basket of the bike they're sitting on).

Features: Peter helps to wash the face of Big Ben, sitting on a wooden bench 97 metres above the River Thames... Sarah visits Rags, the BP pony at the Riding for the Disabled Trust... The birth of Jill's kittens Chiggy and Peter... A feature on Doctor Who... The great BP Bring and Buy sale raises money for the Disabled after the team meet Joey Deacon, a disabled man who together with two friends wrote his life story despite being barely able to speak or type (Joey had been featured in a Horizon documentary previous to this, so he wasn't discovered by BP as you might think). Still a moving story today... Pete meets some Bullfrogs... Kevin Keegan visits the studio and meets his foam and tights double. He would LOVE it if he was made out of tights... The progress of Tina's baby in her womb, to her birth in September 1980... The scrapping of the Ark Royal aircraft carrier... Christmas stamps designed by BP viewers... Peter runs the London marathon (but where did Sarah disappear to before the end?!)... More energy sapping antics as Peter goes diving... Off to Malaysia for the summer expedition... Simon visits the deer at Bradgate Park... Goldie gives birth to Sandy, Buster, Henry, Prince and Lady... The team are captured in silhouette for some shadow portraits... Simon goes to market with his sheep... The team meet the cast and creator of Grange Hill... Three weeks after filming BBC children's drama Swish of the Curtain, Sarah makes her first film finding out about the fishers of Mousehole (said Mowzle)... Sarah meets Rupert Bear on his Diamond jubilee (the photo is just sooooo cute!).

Makes: Witches and Wizard's hats, eyes, noses and teeth for Halloween
A frog game where you have to get the frogs into the pond in the Blue Peter garden
Star Gazey Pie, a fish based delicacy.

Historical Figure's Life Story in Pictures: The story of the Stone of Destiny being taken from Westminister Abbey back to Scotland, and the tale of a Victorian Butterfly collector's encounter with headhunters.
Stories: Tres moderne! A Grange Hill fiction story! The winning entry of a Grange Hill storyline competion which attracted 21,212 entries.
Rubbish Mystery Story: The Case of the One That Got Away.

Notes: Lots of interesting stuff, and a proper introduction for Sarah who only just made it into the previous book. Oddly, that smidgen harder to find than 17, so expect to pay £3 or thereabouts for this. We spotted it for £5 once - if you do, you know to give it the bodyswerve!