Magpie - classic children's show DVD out on 29th June 2009 for first time ever

[stafylides]

Who/which band sang the title song ?

[planitproductsUK]

My wife named the Magpie Bird by winning a competition that I also entered, and she appeared on the show... I wish I could find the footage!!!

[iosnick]

I was a posh Blue Peter kid what what ! Hahaha

[dfarmbrough]

They SO wanted to be Blue Peter!

[madmoo008]

not a blue peter girl. magpie was the best! lol

[cruithneuladh]

Jenny Hanley! Ah Woooooooooooooooooooooooooha! (that was a wolf howling-type sound!)

[jayrox40]

Volume 2 please Network!!!!!!!!!

[burdy1967]

Ooooohhhhh Jenny Hanley's voice!!! mmmmmm

[RevStaplehurst]

Mick Robertson... forgot how bloody high pitched his voice was!

[Feisty1967]

Is it true that Jenny Hanley and Susan Stranks had a lesbian affair back in the '70s?

[TheUtubesuxass]

About fucking time!!

[JHollowayNetwork]

what year was the intro used?

[Feisty1967]

It's amazing how they got, in those days someone sho loooked lide Bolan andempl

[Ampex196]

Thanks for posting.

The RR Merlin engined car looks interesting.

I wonder how many Blue Peter eps still survive. Although BP was transmitted live the shows were always recorded as broadcast (as far as I'm aware).

[UKWiLFreD68]

Oh lordy, memories!

I vaugely recall meeting some lads who appeared on the show who said the guy with the big hair at the end of this vid was a right grouchy cnut who would get very annoyed at their 'unprofessionalism' whenever they started to enjoy themselves, he'd smile at the camera during a take and then scowl and shout at them when it didn't go perfect, they didn't have a good time and it showed on the show, they looked stiff as boards and stuttered a lot.

I still liked the show tho.

[mortensubi]

ha ha ha she was allways knickerless in my mind

[bonnie43uk]

Jenny Hanley always went live on air without wearing any panties. I read an interview she did in Forum magazine ,she insisted it gave her an enormous thrill, knowing lots of teenage boys were looking at her, whilst she was totally knickerless. She often came off air, dripping wet with pleasure.

It just makes me wonder how many other of our favourite female tv presenters do this???. I believe Thora Hird also did this in Last of the Summer Wine, .. the dirty bitch!!!

[eddiefuzz]

I once heard a story from my uncle--who worked at Thames--that he walked into a lift to find Freddy Mercury having sex with Mick Robertson, thinking that he was Brian May. According to my uncle, Mick didn't seem to mind.....

[nonterraqueous]

@bonnie43uk LOLOLOLOL

[PM1970]

How radical was that theme tune? The series ran from 1972-1980 and remember how it was the ITV rival to Blue Peter - the music was from a group called the Murgatroyd Band released in 1968!

[JAYROX1969]

It actually started in 1968, there is a clip on here from Easter 1969!

[ancientraver19881989]

@PM1970 Magpie ran from 1968 hence the reason the Theme was recorded and released in 1968!

[UPTOWNCLUB]

Does anybody know if original presenter Pete Brady is still alive >? or what he looks like now?

[thejeep2000]

Enjoying the dvd so much.hope they eventually release all 100 episodes:)

Hope Blue Peter will release a dvd..

[thejeep2000]

just bought mine waiting for the post..

[vordman]

I shall be getting this if only to laugh at Dougie Rae's sideboards!

[Rimpala]

holy cow, it is like a time capsule!