Episode 1

S13 E01 • Monday, Sep 13, 1976 • Sep 13

Expedition Brunei John Noakes , Peter Purves and Lesley Judd explore one of the world's first commuter waterways 9,000 miles from the Blue Peter studio, and take part in a Hash Chase-a sweltering five-mile slog through jungle and quicksand.

Episode 2

S13 E02 • Thursday, Sep 16, 1976 • Sep 16

The summer holidays have meant hard work for Rags, Blue Peter's trainee pony for handicapped riders. Today she copes with her first experience of traffic on the open road.

Episode 3

S13 E03 • Monday, Sep 20, 1976 • Sep 20

Expedition Brunei In a land of contrasts tribal hunters stalk their prey a mere 100 miles from Brunei's sophisticated natural gas plant. The men of the Punan tribe give John a lesson on their deadly blow-pipes.

Episode 4

S13 E04 • Thursday, Sep 23, 1976 • Sep 23

To Bishop Rock by Chopper Lesley returns to the scene of her narrow escape from death-but exchanges the breeches buoy for the new Trinity House helicopter service to the Bishop Rock Light-house.

Episode 5

S13 E05 • Monday, Sep 27, 1976 • Sep 27

Rags at Ascot Blue Peter's trainee pony for handicapped riders goes to the races and joins the VIPs in Tattersalls at Britain's premier race-course.

Episode 6

S13 E06 • Thursday, Sep 30, 1976 • Sep 30

Episode 7

S13 E07 • Monday, Oct 4, 1976 • Oct 4

Silver Jubilee Competition It's over 40 years since Britain's last Royal Silver Jubilee and already preparations for the 1977 celebrations are under way. Today John, Peter and Lesley will be announcing details of a special competition for designing a commemorative picture and the best of all the designs will be picked for the Radio Times souvenir cover. As silver jubilees are so rare, one day this painting might become a collectors' item, so don't miss your chance to enter and win a prize.

Episode 8

S13 E08 • Thursday, Oct 7, 1976 • Oct 7

John Noakes, Peter Purves and Lesley Judd have a cup of tea inside the piston of the world's largest working beam engine at Kew Bridge Pumping Station.

Episode 9

S13 E09 • Monday, Oct 11, 1976 • Oct 11

Expedition Brunei John Noakes, Peter Purves and Lesley Judd visit a dentist who mends shoes, fly with 10,000 bats, take part in a Hash Chase through the sweltering jungle and broadcast in Malay on Brunei TV.

Episode 10

S13 E10 • Thursday, Oct 14, 1976 • Oct 14

Episode 11

S13 E11 • Monday, Oct 18, 1976 • Oct 18

George Stephenson's 'Locomotion' thundered along the track between Stockton and Darlington 151 years ago. Today JOHN and PETER go back in time and drive a full-size replica.

Episode 12

S13 E12 • Thursday, Oct 21, 1976 • Oct 21

Brunei's Birthday Bonanza A fly-past of state helicopters and a procession of stilt walkers and jugglers marked the 30th birthday of the Sultan, His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien. JOHN, PETER and LESLEY join the crowds during the celebrations that lasted 40 days and 40 nights.

Episode 13

S13 E13 • Monday, Oct 25, 1976 • Oct 25

Silver Jubilee Competition Today you can see the results of the competition to design a picture to commemorate the 25 years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and to discover whether your painting has been chosen for a Radio Times Jubilee cover. Art Editor David Driver (seen here with Lesley) who helped to judge the competition, will be in the studio with John, Peter and Lesley to explain how the winning design was chosen and to give some tips to would-be artists.

Episode 14

S13 E14 • Thursday, Oct 28, 1976 • Oct 28

Including a report from France, in which LESLEY tells the story of the Burghers of Calais and how 600 years ago, six brave citizens walked out of their besieged town to face certain death. Their dramatic exploits made them national heroes.

Episode 15

S13 E15 • Monday, Nov 1, 1976 • Nov 1

Episode 16

S13 E16 • Thursday, Nov 4, 1976 • Nov 4

Episode 17

S13 E17 • Monday, Nov 8, 1976 • Nov 8

Real gladiators' armour and a 2,000-year-old loaf of bread are two of the fascinating collectors' items John saw when he took Blue Peter cameras to Italy and visited the site of the world's most devastating volcanic eruption.

Episode 18

S13 E18 • Thursday, Nov 11, 1976 • Nov 11

Episode 19

S13 E19 • Monday, Nov 15, 1976 • Nov 15

Lesley joins 'Missus' and meets her baby - the first dolphin ever to be born and bred in Britain.

Episode 20

S13 E20 • Thursday, Nov 18, 1976 • Nov 18

The lights go down in London as John helps with a spectacular piece of demolition that will change the face of world-famous Piccadilly Circus, and Lesley starts a series of 'cheap-and-easy' Christmas presents with some ideas for cards to make at home.

Episode 21

S13 E21 • Monday, Nov 22, 1976 • Nov 22

Trainee guide dogs Imogen, Ivan, Jonathan; Jasmine, Tina, Tracey, Merry, Misty, Meg and Bella were bought by viewers as a result of the 3B's Appeal. The pups made their first TV appearance 18 months ago, today they return as they start their new careers.

Episode 22

S13 E22 • Thursday, Nov 25, 1976 • Nov 25

We've four weeks left to prepare for Christmas. Lesley shows a present to make for mums, aunts and older sisters.

Episode 23

S13 E23 • Monday, Nov 29, 1976 • Nov 29

Somebody, somewhere needs your help. Today JOHN, PETER and LESLEY will be announcing details of the 1976 Appeal and showing how old junk can save lives. Have a paper and pencil handy to take down the Depot address.

Episode 24

S13 E24 • Thursday, Dec 2, 1976 • Dec 2

The 1976 Appeal is on! Help fill the Blue Peter Depot. Find out today how much has already arrived and what you can do to help reach the target.

Episode 25

S13 E25 • Monday, Dec 6, 1976 • Dec 6

Lifeline Lebanon As the result of the Civil War hundreds and thousands of children and babies-many of them orphans-are in a desperate condition. Some are badly burned, others have been injured by shells and gunfire, all are suffering from malnutrition and are in need of urgent medical care. Britain has provided the only mercy mission to be allowed into the war zone, but to keep this lifeline going and enable the doctors and nurses to extend their stay, Blue Peter is asking for your old postage stamps and postcards. 300 old stamps or 10 postcards can be sent for the minimum postage rate of 61p. Even the smallest donation will help to save a life so send it off to: [address removed]

Episode 26

S13 E26 • Thursday, Dec 9, 1976 • Dec 9

Blue Peter film cameras bring a stop press report from the Appeal Depot to show how the Lifeline Lebanon stamps and postcards are being sorted.

Episode 27

S13 E27 • Monday, Dec 13, 1976 • Dec 13

Naturalist Grahame Dangerfield badly needs a mate for his rare Indian wood owl - one of the 120 different species of birds and animals filmed by Blue Peter cameras at the new wildlife Breeding Centre.

Episode 28

S13 E28 • Thursday, Dec 16, 1976 • Dec 16

Episode 29

S13 E29 • Monday, Dec 20, 1976 • Dec 20

Episode 30

S13 E30 • Thursday, Dec 23, 1976 • Dec 23

Join in with carols round the tree, with the children of the John Scurr Junior School, Warlingham County Secondary School and the Band of the Chalk Farm Branch of the Salvation Army in this special Christmas edition.

Episode 31

S13 E31 • Thursday, Dec 30, 1976 • Dec 30

Do you remember ... when John and Peter helped bath Rodney Bewes's triplets? Lesley's historic flight to America on Concorde? Wobbling Wally, Britain's largest flag and John's Fierljeppen? They're all in today's programme when John, Peter and Lesley pick their favourite adventures of 1976.

Episode 32

S13 E32 • Monday, Jan 3, 1977 • Jan 3

Has the Lifeline Reached the Lebanon? Will the stamps and postcards pouring into the Collection Depot reach the two million target on the Totaliser? If so, Blue Peter viewers will have provided badly needed aid for the sick and injured babies and children who are victims of the Civil War.

Episode 33

S13 E33 • Thursday, Jan 6, 1977 • Jan 6

Twelfth Night is coming, but don't throw your Christmas cards away - turn them into an exciting game that anyone can play.

Episode 34

S13 E34 • Monday, Jan 10, 1977 • Jan 10

Blue Peter film cameras take to the high seas when Lesley meets the crew of HMS Dance, alias 'HMS Hero' of Warship fame.

Episode 35

S13 E35 • Thursday, Jan 13, 1977 • Jan 13

PETER becomes a carillonneur when he plays the 47 bells of Loughborough's world-famous Carillon, and discovers how manure played a vital part in their casting.

Episode 36

S13 E36 • Monday, Jan 17, 1977 • Jan 17

Glen Nevis Splashdown! John goes mattress racing in Scotland and joins the men of the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team on their annual splash down the icy rapids of Glen Nevis.

Episode 37

S13 E37 • Thursday, Jan 20, 1977 • Jan 20

Episode 38

S13 E38 • Monday, Jan 24, 1977 • Jan 24

Up Helly Aa! For hundreds of years the Shetland Islanders have celebrated the end of the Viking winter with a spectacular and fiery ceremony. John reports from the great blaze at Lerwick.

Episode 39

S13 E39 • Thursday, Jan 27, 1977 • Jan 27

Jack and Jill, Blue Peter's twin tabbies, celebrate their first birthday on Saturday. Today you can see a flashback of their very first TV appearance.

Episode 40

S13 E40 • Monday, Jan 31, 1977 • Jan 31

Episode 41

S13 E41 • Thursday, Feb 3, 1977 • Feb 3

Episode 42

S13 E42 • Monday, Feb 7, 1977 • Feb 7

An important day for Buttons, Blue Peter's third guide dog, as she joins her new owner.

Episode 43

S13 E43 • Thursday, Feb 10, 1977 • Feb 10

Episode 44

S13 E44 • Monday, Feb 14, 1977 • Feb 14

If you want to grow your own vegetables this spring and summer, Percy Thrower will be giving some useful tips direct from the Blue Peter garden.

Episode 45

S13 E45 • Thursday, Feb 17, 1977 • Feb 17

A Recipe for Porridge But not the kind you eat - when John joins Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale and the rest of the team during filming for the new series of Porridge.

Episode 46

S13 E46 • Monday, Feb 21, 1977 • Feb 21

Episode 47

S13 E47 • Thursday, Feb 24, 1977 • Feb 24

Olympic gold medallist Jim Fox and news of the latest scheme to win more British Olympic medals.

Episode 48

S13 E48 • Monday, Feb 28, 1977 • Feb 28

Including a preview of Britain's National Stamp Exhibition and details of a special concession for all Blue Peter badge winners.

Episode 49

S13 E49 • Thursday, Mar 3, 1977 • Mar 3

High Speed Train Wash! A prototype of the first OO gauge model of the high-speed train makes a test run on the Blue Peter layout, and for railway enthusiasts who want to keep their locos clean, an easy to make model train wash.

Episode 50

S13 E50 • Monday, Mar 7, 1977 • Mar 7

Captain Yvonne Sintes , Britain's only woman commercial airline Captain, shows LESLEY what happens behind the scenes to get a flight into the air.