TV series
Blue Peter Special Assignment
1973–1981 · 7 seasons
A gentle, educational travelogue that ambles through cities and islands, easy to half-watch and mildly interesting for its period charm.
- Created by
- Sarah Hellings
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Valerie Singleton, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
- Overview
- Blue Peter Special Assignment was a factual BBC TV series broadcast in the 1970s and early 1980s, the first spin-off from the long running BBC series Blue Peter. It ran regularly from 1973 until 1981, usually at weekends on BBC1, and was heavily promoted on Blue Peter itself. The concept for the series was developed after Valerie Singleton had made a successful documentary 'special' with HRH Princess Anne when she had visited Kenya in 1971. Series One featured Valerie Singleton looking at six European Capital Cities. These included Rome, Paris, London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Brussels. Series Two continued to feature Singleton looking at European Cities and included Dublin, York and Madrid. Later series looked at Islands and included The Isle of Wight, The Isle of Man, Hong Kong, Malta and Gibraltar.
- How it feels
- Measured and fine in the background.
- About
- Exploration
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Sarah Hellings
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Valerie Singleton, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
