Restoration of archive Blue Peter Tx 23/06/2004 (C) BBC

Blue Peter examines the history of the video recorder, and looks at the work behind restoring the master tape of one of its own episodes (1620 - 04/12/1980), missing in the archives, from elements of the programme that still existed.

[@JohnSwindells-zm4sq]

Very nice advert for VHS machines here.Thank you BBC for not advertising.

[@martinhughes2549]

Very interesting. Really well explained as well. Wanted to see this for quite awhile. Thanks for posting.

[@NathanSimpsonnathanisbeast]

It’s great to see what was on CITV on that day as well! (Yeah The BBC was promoting ITV shows and Sky in 2004!)

[@alexv2926]

the c itv in joke

[@nickforbes-warren6602]

Mutant X!! Used to love that!

[@robthemodYT]

10:13 the funny thing is that the tape Baker holds up at the end isn't even the 'restored' episode - It says "Blue Peter PasB (Programme as Broadcast) 21-02-03" if you look at the label.

[@justcomments335]

It's interesting to hear Peter Purves mispronounce "video", when you would expect somebody who worked in television to hear that word fairly regularly. He does say it as you would say the Latin word though, so is it possible that that's how it was pronounced by professionals in those days and the pronunciation we're familiar with now was started by the public once video recorders became mainstream?

[@danseekings2050]

do you have a copy of the episode from Blue Peter 13 December 2004 please?

[@JohnSwindells-zm4sq]

Now lets see if they can restore the crummy BBC😅.

[@gangsnapp_yt5945]

fact: granada was a tv company. and the peter in blue peter is named after the original peter who was happy during his era. peter purves