Expedition - Thailand John, Peter and Lesley discover Bangkok’s Giant Swing, ride the klongs in a long-tailed boat and meet Mr Larry, the lightning tailor.

Expedition - Thailand John, Peter and Lesley visit the world’s most glittering palace, watch Thai boxing, and Blue Peter cameras show in close detail how venom is extracted from a cobra.

Expedition - Thailand At the National Theatre dance school Lesley joins the fingerail class; John spends a backbreaking session with the Monkey Gods.

Expedition - Thailand Ankle-deep in mud, John, Peter and Lesley help out in the rice fields and discover a village where everyone makes special umbrellas that disintegrate at the first drop of rain!

Expedition - Thailand John, Peter and Lesley meet the two fastest swordsmen in Thailand and visit the Meo Tribe in their remote mountain village.

Expedition - Thailand John, Peter and Lesley visit a unique jungle school. Classes start at dawn with 'picking up small things’ and all the pupils are elephants.

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Peter will be reporting from the footplate of the 532 Blue Peter. Over the weekend she made her first 100 mile run, under her own steam, since she went out of service seven years ago.

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with a special programme for Trafalgar Day with John Noakes

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

The Long Fall John Noakes trains with the RAF’s Flying Falcons in preparation for his five-mile drop through the sky. According to the Guinness Book of Records, John is the first civilian in Britain ever to have achieved this spectacular feat.

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Today Blue Peter cameras are at the Appeal Depot where parcels of the ‘Three B’s’ - Buttons, Badges and Buckles - are pouring in to reach the target of a guide dog puppy and a block of kennels for the new Puppy Walking Centre. If you haven’t sent your parcel yet, the address is: Blue Peter ‘Three B’s’ Appeal, Royal George Wharf, 88 Bankside, London Se1 Jg

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd