John Noakes (Blue Peter - Climbing Nelsons' Column) (30th May 1977) | Seventies Time-Machine

#OnThisDay 1965: John Noakes skied his way onto Blue Peter for the very first time. | BBC Archive

*Nostalgia Alert* This clip from 1967 shows Blue Peter presenter John Noakes attempting to climb the mast at HMS Ganges. The mast, which was erected in 1907, will be taken down for restoration. For more info head here: https://bbc.in/3KJh4EW | BBC Suffolk

John Noakes, Blue Peter's resident action man, scaling Nelson's Column in 1977. He has died, aged 83. | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1978: After 12 years and 3 months of incredible service, John Noakes left Blue Peter. | BBC Archive

1971: John Noakes and the rugby scrum machine. As the Six Nations begins, we look back to 1971 when Blue Peter celebrated 100 years of rugby union by explaining the technicalities of the rugby scrum. After John Noakes had demonstrated using his fingers as players, he then joined fellow presenter Peter Purves in trying out a scrum training machine under the watchful eye of a terrifying sergeant major. Clip taken from Blue Peter, originally broadcast on BBC One, 29 March 1971. The Six Nations kick

#OnThisDay 1978: After 12 years and 3 months of incredible service, John Noakes left Blue Peter. | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1971: Bedknobs and Broomsticks premiered in London's West End - the first time a Disney film would premiere in the UK. John Noakes was up early to help out, before getting a taste of the Hollywood glitz with Val and Peter. | BBC Archive