1971: The INFAMOUS Blue Peter CAMPFIRE Incident | Blue Peter | Classic BBC Clips | BBC Archive
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- One hundred Girl Guides gather around a campfire for a good, old-fashioned singalong. The only trouble is that the campfire is indoors, in the Blue Peter studio...
If you're happy and you know it, just keep singing.
Originally broadcast 22 February, 1971.
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I’d say, statistically, those girls were far more at risk from BBC presenters in those days than a fire.
I was thinking the same thing
@Lauren Lewis ... big fan of jimmy saville? ...
@Lauren Lewis So we should act like this didnt happen🤷♂️ id rather be woke in that case.
@@laurenlewis5233think you have misinterpreted the meaning of woke.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I love the anxious looks from the girls at the front, thinking "...have the grown ups seen this damn fire??"
the look on their faces WE are in danger But it's the BBC so it's OK We'll Just finish the song!
"If you're anxious and you know it look around..." 🎵
Love how everyone looks increasingly concerned as it goes on.
That’s the joy of this segment, the palpably increasing tension!
But not a one of them panicked. Makes you proud to be British. Toxic fumes filling the place? That's no reason to stop singing.
Pause it at exactly 1.00 and check out the faces of the Brownies in the front row 🤣
@@Wally-H Suddenly realising that they're the expendable ones.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 🤣
Broadcast one day after my 6th birthday - wonderful to watch - thank you for posting.
Just one other point if I may. John Noakes was an astounding role model and tv friend for millions of children in the 60's and 70's. I am not embarrassed to say this but when he passed away I broke down in tears. Something that I had never done before or have done since for anyone I didn't know personally. That's how much of an impact this man had on my life. Thank you John Noakes for making my childhood a happier place.
Well said. Blue Peter back then was a staple of a child's life. What didn't I learn watching it! RIP John.
My dad look the spit of him, he used to get asked if it was him lol
X-'
Yep great , brave , heroic chap , great Blue Peter presenter , the best times i believe .I loved B.B. The best 3 presenters , great competitions , making things loved Christmas at B.B .Here's one I've finished 😆🙂
you know I was only 3 so my era was Leslie Judd,but what you said has really struck a cord as i have only ever shed a tear once for someone I didn’t know but mine were for Roy Castle, I loved watching record breakers but it wasn’t until he died that I realised how much affect he had on my childhood 🙂
Gotta love how the fire safety officer assesses the situation off-camera and decides that it would be wholly inappropriate to extinguish the studio before the song has finished.
And then proceeds to blast the extinguisher and fire in the direction of the children - causing some to fall over. 😂.
@@LL-LLLL9....and despite having no H &S , no one died in this incident. Some insurance co. used the strap line, ' don't make a drama out of a crisis ', I think this simple situation is a good example of that. 😊
It was the 70s
Are children on fire? No. Is song being sung? Yes.
No need to use fire extinguisher.
Lucky to leave school in the 70s without missing a finger or two.
@@christianweller4288 Now come on; just a little collateral damage. You've got to expect a few losses.
Imagine, 100 girl guides and brownies, most will be still alive and have retold that story thousands of times over the years, lovely video clip and many memories of our dangerous times as kids.
those whose lungs are still functioning :D
I can't imagine how insufferable a person would have to be to repeat that story a thousand times.
They will be lin their 50s through to their 60s by now..
True professionalism from everyone. Despite what I'm sure were toxic fumes the girls all carried on singing and stayed in formation to the end. Fresh baked brownies anyone?
Uncontrolled open fire in a studio is true professionalism? I don't think so. The way they dealt with it during live broadcast is commendable though.
@@TinLeadHammer You might have missed some sarcasm there, I think.
@CS R That's about right. There were no real cakes at the end for anyone either.
I got kicked out of the cubs for eating a Brownie.
@@DavidJones-hi3xp 😄
Nothing brings people to such levels of harmony and peace as a large, out-of-control, fire. Makes it kind of eerie if you mute the audio.
A lot less terrifying than John climbing up Nelson's Column without any discernable safety gear
Oh aye.. can mind of that. Pretty mental ae.?x
..or insurance as it turned out...
@@johno4521 Yeah I was about to say that. I remember how messed up he got from the bobsleigh crash back then.
reminds me of the old joke = what has a pigeon got in common with Winnie Mandela .....
tangent to
Free Nelson Mandela , in every packet ......
@@IndieVolken Did she stain his column white also?
I'm impressed by how calm those girls were back then especially being that close to the fire.
People didn't make a drama out of everything in those days.... Life was not all stress, stress, stress.
@@paullancaster7066 they were 2ft from a fire, Paul
@@inthegrass11 in today's society these girls would have been squealing and shrieking with fright. In Days Of Yore, we ( Inc girls) weren't so openly frightened of anything out of the ordinary. Just an observation, that's all.
@@paullancaster7066 maybe because they have common sense Paul
@@crystallse5432I believe that ' common sense ' was outlawed at the start of 2020.
Len Futtington, Zoo Keeper, Traffic Warden, Bus Conductor and Fire Safety Officer, what a guy.
Did he know what Jimmy Savile was up to?
@@victorjames7 if he did he’d also be Len Futtington, Assassin.
He is worthy of a Half Man Half Biscuit song.
@ Brak Dayton
Superb!
Where was Jimmy Saville?? At Buckingham??
I remember John Noakes climbing nelsons column, no safty line, hard hat and the ladder d angled at one point, the guy carrys his balls around in a wheel barrow. What a presenter and sadly missed.
Yeah that was a good one.
Crashed a toboggan at 70mph.
@@flybobbie1449 I remember him showing everyone the big bruise on his arse. Put me off my tea.
@@flybobbie1449 forgot about that 🤣
A lesson in Keep Calm and Carry on. Somebody in their control room must have been having kittens when the black smoke appeared.
It's the BBC, they know what they're doing. (Well we used to think that)
Nowadays I don't understand 'having kittens'. Yes it's funny because it won't happen to the guys but I've watched a cat have kittens. It's not that chaotic XD
Crapping bricks, much more likely XD
Poisisoned by toxic fumes and suffocated by a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher.
Those were the hardest won Blue Peter badges ever. 😂
And did the Brownies and Girl Guides get their Fire Safety badges??
“Blue Peter badges”, 🤣, that takes me back to happy childhood memories !
Cheers Damian 👍
May have been Halon in the extinguisher, an acknowledged carcinogen.
Agree both asphyxiation and toxicity are hazards to assess - but both types of extinguisher are designed to be used indoors and it seems highly unlikely that the relatively short blasts used here could cause harm.... unless you know differently
Halon is now classed as extremely toxic and is no longer used except for a few very very specialised situations where there are no other safe options for remote extinguisher systems, ninety five percent of the time it is now replaced by other firefighting agents, roughly twenty seconds inhalation of/ or exposure to halon and you will need hospital treatment!!!!!!
Surely the 'elephant in the studio' is when John Noakes says 'That's the first time I've sat around a camp fire with around a 100 Girl guides and I must say I kind of like it'... Heaven help a TV presenter blurting out a line like that in the modern day!🤣
My exact thought as he spoke those words
Except 100 girl guides would be rephrased as 100 cub scouts with Philip Schofield saying it...... and it would be acceptable in the woke mess that is tv entertainment in 2023.
@@tonebonetones Repressed sexual anxiety hey.
Go back to the drawing board and try and get who you hate before going public again.....
I think you all have dirty minds.
The comment hasn't aged well, but it was entirely innocent at the time. Really and truly there isn't anything remotely sketchy about Noaksy, he always was a thoroughly decent bloke and quite the role model to a whole generation of us by showcasing a whole world of adventure. He made me want to skydive, ride a hot air balloon and go climbing.
Whats not to love about 70's BBC & RUclips? What a combo😂
Err maybe Jimmy Saville?
@@Antipodean33 You took the words right out of my mouth!!
"Remain at your posts unless the officer instructs you to move!" 😁
The younglings at the front were paralysed with a heady mix of fear and fascination! 😅
and possibly Carbon Monoxide
@@pixelfrenzy Fear, fascination and fumes. Good times.
I bet everyone had great fun l remember Blue Peter loved every minute of them
We weren't lucky enough to have it on TV in NZ but my grandmother sent me the Blue Peter and Magpie annuals every year for Christmas and my birthday. Wish we did have them, they always seem to have been great fun.
That was hilarious. I remember once they had one of their appeals and the viewers were asked for help to raise funds for a poor girl who had to walk 10 miles each morning to get water for her family from the nearest river and then another 10 miles back again to her tent in which her family lived. I wrote in with a solution to her troubles and suggested that she and her family moved the tent to beside the river then the girl would not have to make a round trip of 20 miles every day. I didn’t get a reply.
Some of them appeals are just scams and the poor girl don't exist and those that run the appeal pocket the money
Perfect common sense british thinking.👍
I know, it's so obvious isn't it,
@@david-dj8or Do you always go around accusing people without the slightest evidence to go on? You are being ridiculous, man.
@@briantitchener4829 But he’s correct. For every genuine appeal there’s likely 5 scams….
John Noakes was such a great man who sailed the world with Shep . Met him at the Apollo in Oxford when i was on a school trip .Must have been around 1972
The girl on the right at 1.00 knew it was going badly before anyone else
🤣😂🤣
I love how more and more of them are shooting it concerned glances as it goes on
John Noakes was the 5th Beatle...he always made me laugh..love how they all carried on to the end..the presenters half clapping and half frozen was hilarious.
Fun Fact. He actually wrote, "Revolution number 9"
@@jimspencer363 Bollocks!
@@jimspencer363 😂
@@mojoden No he did not write Bollocks LOL
@@mojoden Do you understand humour?
Everyone was very calm and stood well back
If you're happy and you know it and you're breathing in toxic fumes , clap your hands
LOL.
Tough breed back in those days
Then start to cough!
@@charliegeorge. clap clap
@@Ardass486Canings will do that to you.
Blue Peter with Val, John and Peter what an excellent show
The classic triumvirate!
@@AtheistOrphan Don't forget Biddy Baxter, the Producer
The "Holy Trinity"
@@Licenciadopedro Of course, but to us children she was just a name on the credits. Only later did we learn what an extraordinary woman she was. It's because of her insisting that every episode be kept that we have the first regeneration scene from Dr Who.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 I thought Biddi Baxter was a man, it wasn't until I saw a video on RUclips of Biddy Baxter that showed Biddi Baxter as she was a woman
Consummate professionals! No panic, just carried on to the end. This was all live TV, no opportunity to edit. Brilliant stuff. Thanks for sharing. Love and peace.
Different generation, took it all in their stride.
As the fire grew, those children weren't happy and they knew it.
When elderly men in full uniform were at hand for any eventuality.
And people had pride in their appearance at work
Absolutely.
That's what I loved seeing when I first went over there in '75. There seemed to be elderly men in peaked caps overseeing any and all things great and small, from parking enforcement to milk delivery to dropping off bundles of daily newspapers to checking the validity of your backstage pass, etc. etc.
@@ChrisJones-ij3xp Joined the BBC Central Services Group (they were responsible for these firemen, commissionaires, security, etc.) in 1973. Had a great time!
And usually wearing their campaign ribbons on their uniform.
Every kid watched Blue Peter. Ten million plus viewers.
Now,most of us would happily have the BBC removed from our TVs to avoid paying for it, just a race-bating,homosexual promoting, Remainer cesspit who ignore the large majority of those who fund them!
Have you ever seen Peter Purves and James May in the same room?
It's funny as I was thinking, that the tall guy in middle looks like James May.
John Noakes, Peter Purves and Valerie Singleton were amazing. John was a proper daredevil who did all his own stunts. Can remember them like it was yesterday.
Me too… I blame it on the encroaching dementure. Can't remember what happened yesterday, though.
The retreat in terror and girl falling over on the left during the Extinguisher is hilarious
Give the fireman a Blue Peter badge!
Oh to have those days back again 😊
God, even the kids are more concerned with the fire. Watching the kids at the front and their growing Anxiety. Loved these people.
That fire looked bloody dangerous😂
Ahh, the Brits. A fascinating culture, if ever there was one. One might even say enthralling.
WTF did I just watch ?
don't you have indoor campfire 's where you are from, they are very normal in the UK :)
🤣🤣🤣
Pretty sure it was just supposed to be a static piece, but someone put a very bright lamp under combustible materials..
Looks like it, you can see an orange plastic looking thing that's probably there to represent fire with a light underneath it, bright studio lights and flammable plastic were probably the wrong combination here!
I think there was supposed to be a small flame , as if that wasnt the case, then you would have thought Peter, John or Val would have signalled something wasnt right, as they can see it when its quite small 0:20, unless ofc they didnt know what the effects team had set up.
"If your happy and you know it clap your hands " they sang with very concerned faces ..😅
Loved the care free 70’s how nobody batted an eye lid imagine this today.
The girl falling backwards @ 1'49" haha!!!!!!
Wholesome looking crowd. A sight never to be seen again.
"If you're passing out due to the smoke clap your hands"
good ol days
Terrifyingly wholesome
Without a doubt the best Blue Perter presenters ever
The health and safety, or lack of it, is so 70s it hurts.
Definitely not the main story of this video, but I like how John Noakes is also expecting 'and you *really* want to show it' as the line and clearly 'corrects' himself to 'surely' at about 0:40. I've never heard it with 'surely' before either.
Neither have I. Maybe the girl guides use this version as a secret signal, like masonic handshakes.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 that's hiliarious Zac but i can't quite work out why
Ha ! Never seen this before, they sped that last verse up a bit, didn't they !
1:34 with all the worried expressions and the way the singing speeds up it's clear that they just wanted to get the hell out of there 😂
The tenth level of hell; a coven of girl guides robotically chanting "If You're Happy, and You Know It" as they are consumed in an eternal hellfire!
They were accidentally summoning "The Dark Lord of Evil" but thankfully the fire was extinguished before Jimmy Saville appeared... lucky escape!
@@martin-1965 They were safe it was not TOTP,s
Val and Peter fold their arms indicating their tension at this going all wrong, John's still trying to be relaxed though. Good fun.
Those girls will be in their 60s and 70s now! I hope they've enjoyed a peaceful and successful life.
This is like the meme of the dog with the house on fire saying "I'm fine"
Except it's British people keeping calm and carrying on..
"If you are happy and you know it clap your hands 👏😨👏😨👏😨"
The old codger in the tank top barging his way past the "talent" was wonderful. I half expected John Noakes to yell "oooh, get off me foot".
Hard to believe that all of those girls are now in their 60's.
Keep calm and carry on...
That was the spirit that won us D Day. Nowadays everyone would have fled as soon as the piano kicked in and the dog farted.
I used to watch this show in the 60’s up to 69 when we moved to Australia
The show must go on!!!
Haha!! I have to admit I don't recall it. Brilliant stuff. Blimey the smoke alarms of today would've melted! Love it. RIP John.
The year I was born.
happy 52nd burfdae!
Always on blue Peter a live show and a fire with hundreds of kids. I remember it well we all loved John Noakes he made the show brilliant. ❤❤❤
I remember this 😂😂😂
No where near as infamous as the baby elephant episode.
No drama. Just a casual putting out of a fire 😂😂😂😂
Wow that was Broadcast on my 10th birthday,I used to love Blue Peter.
Those were the days….
‘Freshly-cooked brownies’
Girl Guides are awesome they help anyone in trouble
Whatever happens the show must go on 😂
Ether in an event of a nuclear strike LOL
Hot times on Blue Peter, terrifying to watch then, but funny in hindsight. ♥️
What a good time to be growing up. This line up was my favourite line up. Valerie's creations were a highlight for me, i think i had a crush on her. Drove my parents mad for glue, sprinkley spakles, cardboard ect.
I remeber this and I'd forgotten!!
The way they all dealt with that was fantastic.
The faces of the girls as the fire took hold was quite amusing! But they kept going!
Remember this like it was yesterday, but can i Remember what happened yesterday? Can i heckers like 😂😂
Hilarious! Such innocent times! 😂
Not Valerie
Or for that matter, Peter.
can you imagine suggesting having an indoor fire these days with lots of kids stood next to it, and the mountain of paperwork to fill in before it gets rejected
You call that a fire? Come to one of my BBQs 🤣
"I do say, Old Chap, my shoe seems to have caught a bit of the flaming embers, you know."
Ignited by their enthusiasm, no doubt! 🔥
True professionalism: pretend a disaster is not really happening - the story of our times.
Always wondered why they teach guides and scouts how to start fires but not how to put them out?
That performance was absolutely..... lit!!! :3
This show was live,and very informative 👏
This reminds me of the time I was in a rock covers band. We were playing in a pub and had been using a little dry ice for our smoke screen effect together with a couple of minor pyrotechnics. Right in the middle of Cowboys from Hell by Pantera, we noticed firemen behind the bar. Apparently our 'rock gods' effects has set of some alarms. They didn't stop us, we continued playing through the song and the rest of the gig. In another gig our singer's hair had some minor fire damage due to said pyros (he was aok, continued to end of gig). I guess the firemen would have stopped us then.
After seeing what happened at ‘The Station’, if I was ever at a bar/pub and I saw the band had even the hint of pyrotechnics, I’d be out of there before the first note.
LMAO! Lookit that Barnet on Purves !
I would have been five at that time. It was my favourite show growing up.
It's the way they speed up singing for me, they're all like "get to the end of the song quicker before we're toast"
Classic British stoicism in the face of impending doom‼️
"Keep Calm and Carry On" & "Show Must Go on" 🙏😂😂😂❤
John Noakes was an absolute diamond and for me at the age 7, when that was broadcast, was a real hero. But my toes curled when I heard what he said at the start of the clip. I know for sure it was absolutely 100% innocent, but can you imagine what the Daily Hate Mail would make of that today. They would want him arrested. RIP John, you lovely man.
Well over 99% of people are genuine, kind people who would never harm a child, yet most people’s reaction these days to what John said would be the same as yours. Goes to show how paranoid and cynical our society has become. The innocence and honesty that used to be the foundation for social cohesion is never coming back.
@@regkray you’re absolutely correct. I just know you can’t say those things these days without raising eyebrows. I think social cohesion is missing for more reasons than this. But I really do hope you’re wrong though and that social cohesion will eventually come back.
Thanks for this memory 🙏🤗
I find this hilarious, its just all the quick edits while the singing gets faster as the fire starts to get bigger and the smoke starts to overtake everything. Was expecting them to set on fire and still be singing
.....and after this they had Rolf Harris appearing and singing 'Jack the Peg and his wooden leg' ( A real fire hazard )
It’s incredible that the image of the show was more important than the children it was supposed to be entertaining! Toxic fumes followed by dads army with a fire extinguisher gushing chemicals in their faces whilst the presenters keep character with a smile and a good old everything is ok 😂
What’s more incredible is there are still people posting comments on here who appear to applaud putting the safety of 100 children at risk in the name of entertainment…
@@Adeleisha There were no snowflakes then. The British children of yesteryear were resilient and resourceful unlike many young people today. Note that none of them rushed off screaming and crying to a "safe room" asking for counselling.
@@lddixon2394 Yeah, back in those days when kids went to the BBC and had bad experiences they just kept their mouths shut. Definitely a healthier society that.
@@finleyrosebud5791 A stupid and irrelevant comment. These girls were being chaperoned by adults. There is no equivalent to Saville.
The funny thing is the generation gap war has been a thing for decades and I guarantee you during the 70's many of the elder generation were complaining about the younger generation destroying the future. It's been a thing since at least the coming of rock and roll.
What a jolly good time. Brilliant !
There were good old Blue Peter Still laughing so many good time as what's as kids 🤣🤣🤣😂🍺👍
This was my era and I absolutely loved watching Blue Peter....never been the same since these three presenters left the show.....
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Ok boomer this isn’t story time
@@greglinski2208 🤣