Don’t like heights? Don’t watch this! 😱 Back in 1980, Blue Peter’s Peter Duncan pulled off one of the craziest stunts ever seen on kids’ TV — climbing over the edge of Big Ben with no harness, no rope, no safety net. Just hundreds of feet of air between him and disaster. Looking back now, it feels unreal. You’d never see this on TV today — health & safety would shut it down instantly. But in the 70s and 80s, Blue Peter became legendary for daring challenges that showed kids what was possible (a
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Don’t like heights? Don’t watch this! 😱 Back in 1980, Blue Peter’s Peter Duncan pulled off one of the craziest stunts ever seen on kids’ TV — climbing over the edge of Big Ben with no harness, no rope, no safety net. Just hundreds of feet of air between him and disaster. Looking back now, it feels unreal. You’d never see this on TV today — health & safety would shut it down instantly. But in the 70s and 80s, Blue Peter became legendary for daring challenges that showed kids what was possible (a
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Blue Peter’s Peter Duncan ‘dares’ to spend a night duty with White Watch, C30 Holloway of the London Fire Brigade on Bonfire Night, 5th November 1986. #duncandares #holloway #londonfirebrigade #bonfire #night #fireworks #firebrigademuseum | The Fire Brigade Museum
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Blue Peter’s Peter Duncan ‘dares’ to spend a night duty with White Watch, C30 Holloway of the London Fire Brigade on Bonfire Night, 5th November 1986. #duncandares #holloway #londonfirebrigade #bonfire #night #fireworks #firebrigademuseum | The Fire Brigade Museum
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BBC Archive 1980: Big Ben is cleaned on Blue Peter
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BBC Archive 1980: Big Ben is cleaned on Blue Peter
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The end of a Blue Peter in October 1982 with Sarah Greene, Peter Duncan and Simon Groom | TVARK
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The end of a Blue Peter in October 1982 with Sarah Greene, Peter Duncan and Simon Groom | TVARK
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1980: PETER DUNCAN cleaning Big Ben is NERVE-WRACKING | Blue Peter | Classic BBC clips | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1989: Blue Peter showed us that video meetings are nothing new. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1989: Blue Peter showed us that video meetings are nothing new. | BBC Archive
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Pele, the legendary footballer, died today in his native Brazil. In October 1983, Peter Duncan and Simon Groom could barely believe he was joining them in the Blue Peter studio, while handing out one or two technical tips. | BBC Archive
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Pele, the legendary footballer, died today in his native Brazil. In October 1983, Peter Duncan and Simon Groom could barely believe he was joining them in the Blue Peter studio, while handing out one or two technical tips. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1983: Blue Peter celebrated its 25th anniversary with a parade of past presenters. | BBC Archive
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London Marathon 1983 Blue Peter
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#Onthis Day1984: Blue Peter visited the village of Mousehole to help set up a beautiful Christmas lighting display. If you'd like to see more of this sort of thing, please visit - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/blue-peter--1980s/zj82cqt | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1981: Funk-A-Duck, Europe's largest mobile disco, made an appearance on Blue Peter. BBC Archive has never checked a name so thoroughly for typos before. | BBC Archive
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Blue Peter 30 9 1985
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#OnThisDay 1975: Running out of stable space? Blue Peter has the answer! It weighs half a tonne, but at least it doesn't need any grooming. | BBC Archive
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Former Blue Peter star Peter Duncan talks to ME & MY MONEY
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BBC Blue Peter garden smashed up - 1980's
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#OnThisDay 1985: Jack, the Blue Peter cat was nowhere to be seen as the studio was overrun by mice. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1976: Blue Peter explained the television magic behind colour separation overlay. | BBC Archive
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Blue Peter — 1st December 1988
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Blue Peter-23rd of December 1982.
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Blue Peter March 1981 Samuel Lucas School Hitchin time capsule
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#OnThisDay1982: If you fancy sending anyone a belated Christmas card, just grab your BBC Micro from the attic and follow Blue Peter's handy guide. For more BP festive makes from yesteryear, you can visit - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/blue_peter_christmas_makes/zf82jhv | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1973: "We'd come to this cove to witness one of the most dangerous sights in the world." Blue Peter's John, Val and Pete were in Mexico watching the incredible cliff divers of La Quebrada. | BBC Archive
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Happy Star Wars Day! A long time ago, in a Blue Peter Studio far, far away, R2-D2, C-3PO, Chewbacca and Darth Vader stopped by for a visit. 1/2 | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1972: Roy Castle visited the Blue Peter studio to show off his spoon-playing skills, accompanied by Shep. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1973: Blue Peter featured a tea-drinking baby kangaroo, to the clear delight of a charmed John Noakes | BBC Archive
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Blue Peter-Review Of The Year 1984.
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VeryBritishProblems on Instagram: "Peter Duncan cleaning Big Ben on a 1980 episode of Blue Peter, BBC. With no harness. #verybritishproblems"
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#OnThisDay 1965: Christopher Trace had fireproof tinsel at the ready as he made Blue Peter’s advent crown. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1940: Ringo Starr was born. In 1971, he appeared on Blue Peter (with his technicolour dreamcoat) to show off some pieces of furniture he’d designed. For more Blue Peter clips from this era, you can visit - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/blue-peter--1970s/zd9qgwx | BBC Archive
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Blue Peter intro to first prog of 1983
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