Blue Peter: 1978-1979
Season 15 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Blue Peter Season 14.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 15 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Sep 11, 1978
Expedition USA Hollywood, Houston, New Orleans and Washington are all on the itinerary of Blue Peter's whistle-stop tour of the USA. Today Lesley and Simon join in the New Orleans
Episode 2
Sep 14, 1978
' He flies through the air with the greatest of ease.... the daring young man on the water skis.' Expert Christopher Wenner has been ski-ing on and over water since he was a 14-ye
Episode 3
Sep 18, 1978
"Way down yonder in New Orleans..." Expedition USA Lesley and Simon explore the birthplace of jazz, ride a steam-boat on the mighty Mississippi and sample a Po'boy.
Episode 4
Sep 21, 1978
'Everything in the garden's lovely...' when Percy Thrower's around to lend a hand. He will be giving tips for the autumn. And Jack and Jill meet some fish they can't eat!
Episode 5
Sep 25, 1978
Including the first TV showing of the prototype of a new British electronic control system for model rail layouts. This exciting invention makes it possible to control four locos s
Episode 6
Sep 28, 1978
Expedition USA Break One Nine! Are there any smokies in the area? Double Dutch? No - just the language of CB (Citizen Band) Radio in Texas. Simon discovers how this new form of ra
Episode 7
Oct 2, 1978
On 16 October Blue Peter will be 20 years old! You can join in the celebrations with a Birthday Quiz - watch today to discover how to enter and what special birthday prizes you can
Episode 9
Oct 9, 1978
with Lesley Judd, Simon Groom, Christopher Wenner and Clare Francis who returns to the studio with an exciting account of her 27,000-mile sail around the world on ADC Accutrac.
Episode 11
Oct 16, 1978
The 20th Birthday Celebrations: Join in with guests Leila Williams, Christopher Trace, Valerie Singleton, John Noakes and Peter Purves. Watch out for the nationwide Birthday Ballo
Episode 12
Oct 19, 1978
"England expects..." must be the most famous signal in naval history. Today's programme includes two personal mementoes worn by Admiral Lord Nelson on HMS Victory when he was struc
Episode 13
Oct 23, 1978
Expedition USA Simon takes his life in his hands on a Texan mechanical bucking bull, and at the NASA Space Centre boards the experimental Shuttle - the world's first re-usable spa
Episode 14
Oct 26, 1978
Red Indian Teddy Make your bear the chief of your tribe, complete with feathered headdress and tomahawk plus a Teddy-sized tee-pee and camp fire. When the clocks go back next Sund
Episode 15
Oct 30, 1978
Scaling giant walls and leaping water jumps are just a couple of the obstacles tackled by Simon and Chris when they attempt the assault course at Aldershot.
Episode 16
Nov 2, 1978
12-year-old authoress Lindsay Brown whose 39,000-word adventure story The Treasure of Dubarry Castle is published today.
Episode 19
Nov 13, 1978
And the results of the Goldie Limerick Competition Find out today whether your limerick has won a top prize.
Episode 20
Nov 16, 1978
Only 39 days to go until Christmas so now's the time to get ahead with cards and presents! Lesley shows some ideas for cards that cost only a few pence to make.
Episode 23
Nov 27, 1978
"Somebody, Somewhere Needs Your Help." Find out how you can join in with Blue Peter's 1978 Appeal and have a paper and pencil handy for the depot address.
Episode 24
Nov 30, 1978
A behind-the-scenes look at the final auditions for the young princes and princesses who will star with Yul Brynner in The King and I.
Episode 25
Dec 4, 1978
Meet eight purrfect winners from the National Cat Club Show and see them compete for the Blue Peter Supreme Championship.
Episode 26
Dec 7, 1978
Don't miss today's stop-press news about the Medi-Bike Appeal and see the latest figures on the Totaliser.
Episode 27
Dec 11, 1978
How does a puppet come to life? All will be revealed today when the visual effects experts from the new "Pinocchio" series stage a special demonstration in the Blue Peter studio.
Episode 28
Dec 14, 1978
A behind-the-scenes look at the filming for this year's All Star Record Breakers - in Blue Peter's Italian sunken garden!
Episode 29
Dec 18, 1978
With the third candle lit on the Advent Crown, there are only 151 hours to go to the great day! But there's still time to make a last-minute all-purpose decoration and send your st
Episode 30
Dec 21, 1978
Join in with carols round the tree with the children of ALLFARTHINGS SCHOOL, WARLINGHAM COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL. and the BAND OF THE CHALK FARM BRANCH OF THE SALVATION ARMY.
Episode 31
Dec 28, 1978
Review of the Year Re-live Blue Peter's highlights of 1978 as Simon rides the Tower Bridge Death Slide, Christopher takes to the skies-on water-skis, and Lesley has a cuddle with
Episode 32
Jan 1, 1979
Has the Medi-Bike Appeal hit the jackpot? Find out today if your old stamps and coins have reached the target of 400 Medi-Bikes.
Episode 33
Jan 4, 1979
Did you get a diary for Christmas? More than 300 years ago a young man started a ten-year diary written in secret code. Lesley and Christopher tell the story of Samuel Pepys and th
Episode 34
Jan 8, 1979
Knotty Problem? Knot when Dr Edward Hunters around! The famous inventor of Hunter's Bend shows how knot can be carved from wood.
Episode 35
Jan 11, 1979
Post Haste!: The first-ever showing of Britain's new stamps for 1979's International Year of the Child. Find out how you could become the designer of the official Post Office First
Episode 38
Jan 22, 1979
On 17 January. 1912 Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition reached the South Pole - only to find a Norwegian flag planted there! Chris investigates the dramatic story of Roald Amunds
Episode 39
Jan 25, 1979
All Bird Spotters! Details of how you can help the RSPB's great Garden Bird Count to be launched this Saturday.
Episode 40
Jan 29, 1979
Pussies Galore! Silver Tabbies Jack and Jill share their third birthday celebrations with Britain's newest breed of cat, Fearless Tipper.
Episode 41
Feb 1, 1979
Fifteen years after discovering the South Pole, Norwegian explorer ROALD AMUNDSEN attempted the world's first airship flight over the North Pole. Christopher tells the story of thi
Episode 42
Feb 5, 1979
Including the first-ever TV showing of scenes from The Exile, Britain's newest space fantasy filmed by schoolboys Robert Poole and Nigel Brown from Wiltshire.
Episode 43
Feb 8, 1979
Has your design been chosen for the official Post Office First Day Cover for the International Year of the Child stamps? Find out today as the competition results are announced.
Episode 46
Feb 19, 1979
A Bright New Elvis!: The first television appearance of 14-year-old Robert Bright, who takes over the part of the young Elvis Presley in the hit West End musical next week. Plus th
Episode 47
Feb 22, 1979
Do you have a garden, a back yard or a window box? Join Percy Thrower in the Blue Peter garden with tips for planting flowers and veg.
Episode 55
Mar 22, 1979
Val travels to Amsterdam to visit the house where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis for two years, whilst back in the studio, a miniature fairground has been constructed