Climbed Nelson's Column, flew with the Red Arrows, did a record-breaking sky-dive, threw himself down the Cresta Run: Noakes remains a legend. It was damned good being a kid in '76.
So glad to have grown up in this era of kids TV. No bs, its just as it was, no scripts persay, just showing the presenters living the experience. Look at the pads! Great stuff.
@@jamiecullum5567 Thats why I did say persay and not that they did everything adlib. Thats also why im glad I watched this era as it enabled me to be concise and make correct statements I can justify, especially if others cant read whats in front of them or interpret it themselves.
@@jamiecullum5567An attempt at clever word play isnt the burn you think it is. Im still right in what I said. A lot of the content was loosely scripted, not set in stone like a soap opera.
Boys own adventurer John Nokes! Probably the finest ever presenter to grace the set of children's television. Hats off sir, you were quite remarkable! RIP.
Watching these men do Skeleton runs on very basic sleds. Now, Team GB alone spend millions on areo dynamics and getting the perfect sled. John Noakes was a true Blue Peter legend.
Wow, I remember watching this when I was about 20. John Noakes was my hero. The way he put his life on the line with his daredevil antics . He was an inspiration to youngsters. Not like todays overpaid cry babies on I’m a celebrity this that and the other. The man is a LEGEND. If anyone in show business deserved a knighthood it was John. 👍
These three presenters from Blue Peter were fearless and I'm so glad to have been young in the 60's , I think television was spontaneous and adventurous,there was nothing that John Noakes (get down Shep), wouldn't tackle. A once in a lifetime wonderful experience!
The closest I got to this in the late 70’s was secretly borrowing one of my Mums best coffee trays & using it like a skateboard down a icy/snowy hill between a bank of trees, soooo much fun😀👍
I was 16 and with my best mate on the back of an old London Routemaster bus and as it was speeding along over a local bridge I said JOKINGLY to my mate "I'm gonna jump off" with absolutely no intention of actually doing it. The next thing I knew I was rolling and tumbling head over heels in the gutter. To this day I still don't know exactly what happened. It was just a laugh 😀
Just looked it up, the fastest time recorded on the Cresta Run is apparently 50.09 seconds. So, back in the 70s, and on his second run, that 69 seconds is now very impressive.
That’s the old fastest time from top, not junction. Current fastest from Top is 49.98. Fastest from Junction (where he started) is 40.94. But 70s is bang on target for a beginner.
Ahhh the days before Health and Safety, protective clothing and crash helmets! I'm glad to have been a product of the 60's and this brings back so many memories. Noakes was FEARLESS. He'll not be forgotten so long as this video survives!
What a guy John Noakes was to do that, although Blue Peter was a children's program my mum loved watching it as well when I was a child back in the 70's, ..❤
On a Crest of a wave of nostalgia here ....... o.k. ....... and here is one we prepared earlier....yeah good advice for the rock concerts......up in smoke ...great times
I used to love watching Blue Peter when i was a kid, back in the 60s and 70s. Just good, honest entertainment by professionals, no stupid woke agendas to push.
What they don't show here is John partially pulling down his pants to show Peter and Lesley the bruising on the side of his ass/hip. I'm genuinely not joking!
@@highdownmartin I think you are right if I remember correctly - plus John mentioned at the start of this that the Cresta Run was not like the bob run he had done and crashed at before. I remember watching the show where John showed off the battle scars after the crash - the bruising was fairly awesome.
He was a real daredevil adventurer, he was "military-tough" and brave. No tv presenter has ever come remotely close to his level of adventure and risk. Bear Grylls is a nursery school teacher in comparison.
Its his genuine excitement that make sit so good. Nowadays all these tv presenters have fake smiles and laughs plastered all over their faces, you get an inherant sense of untrustworthyness from them. Nowadays a tv oresented sill climb a ladder and theyll make oit like its the most dangerous thing in the world, this is proper genuine tv
Actually want to see the camera set up that gave so many different POV angles. Remember that back then cameras were not as small and versatile as they are today. Shame they didn't show that, but it wasn't the focus of the piece
Classic television from a great era for kid's TV. If you want the equivalent in print, then read the chapter from Ian Fleming's novel 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' in which James Bond chases the arch-villain Blofeld - also on a bobsleigh - down the mountain. It's also pretty graphic - and terrifying !
2:40 Just love this guy what it was all about don't ya know what! Seriously better times genuinely happier people enjoying themselves without any self obsessed extremist finding something to moan about. ❤
Now this would all be labelled as 'toxic masculinity', but these role models are what boys today need... Honest men that overcome their fear to do great things.
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Climbed Nelson's Column, flew with the Red Arrows, did a record-breaking sky-dive, threw himself down the Cresta Run: Noakes remains a legend. It was damned good being a kid in '76.
It's a heck of a lot better than we got later. I grew up with Noel Edmonds' show where they killed that bungee jumper.
Grew up watching John, can we go back to that era when protective clothing consisted of a collared shirt and knitted sweater! Happy days😂😂
So glad to have grown up in this era of kids TV. No bs, its just as it was, no scripts persay, just showing the presenters living the experience. Look at the pads! Great stuff.
Absolutely! My Grandpa made me a go-kart. Pram wheels, string and a plank of wood. I even had a Safety Pullover just like John Noakes 🤣
Definitely had scripts mate
@@jamiecullum5567 Thats why I did say persay and not that they did everything adlib. Thats also why im glad I watched this era as it enabled me to be concise and make correct statements I can justify, especially if others cant read whats in front of them or interpret it themselves.
@@crediblemulk4638 ah so putting persay means thats meaning of the following statement is infact the opposite of what it means
@@jamiecullum5567An attempt at clever word play isnt the burn you think it is. Im still right in what I said. A lot of the content was loosely scripted, not set in stone like a soap opera.
Boys own adventurer John Nokes! Probably the finest ever presenter to grace the set of children's television. Hats off sir, you were quite remarkable! RIP.
No probably about it , John was awesome.
The legend that is .....John Noakes!
Completely and utterly fabulous thank god I grew up with John.
Watching these men do Skeleton runs on very basic sleds. Now, Team GB alone spend millions on areo dynamics and getting the perfect sled.
John Noakes was a true Blue Peter legend.
I'm so glad this was the TV when I was growing up. Real TV shows with real people doing amazing things unlike today's TV!
Don't you remember that Celebrity Ski Jump series on Channel 4 10 years ago? So many people got injured it was scrapped!
@@matthewprince9705 usually if a show is cancelled they were doing something right
Wow, I remember watching this when I was about 20. John Noakes was my hero. The way he put his life on the line with his daredevil antics . He was an inspiration to youngsters. Not like todays overpaid cry babies on I’m a celebrity this that and the other. The man is a LEGEND. If anyone in show business deserved a knighthood it was John. 👍
John Noakes was an iconic presenter…. I love the RAF Chaps!
Tally ho!
Proper telly. Imaginative & informative ideas, put into practice on a modest budget, by my someone who can string a sentence together.
And no box tickers.
Yeah proper t.v. & proper winters
Back then.
So game was Noakesy, a great filter of info and enthusiasm, infectious spirit
These three presenters from Blue Peter were fearless and I'm so glad to have been young in the 60's , I think television was spontaneous and adventurous,there was nothing that John Noakes (get down Shep), wouldn't tackle. A once in a lifetime wonderful experience!
I watched Blue Peter when I was a kid in the 70's. I liked the way they spoke to us as equals back then and didn't dumb it down for us as kids.
Bloody brilliant.
I wish we could have John Noakes back, what a legend.
The closest I got to this in the late 70’s was secretly borrowing one of my Mums best coffee trays & using it like a skateboard down a icy/snowy hill between a bank of trees, soooo much fun😀👍
I was 16 and with my best mate on the back of an old London Routemaster bus and as it was speeding along over a local bridge I said JOKINGLY to my mate "I'm gonna jump off" with absolutely no intention of actually doing it. The next thing I knew I was rolling and tumbling head over heels in the gutter. To this day I still don't know exactly what happened. It was just a laugh 😀
He was so excited. How I loved Blue Peter and was enthused by him
John Noakes. Total Legend!
Bril!. A true legend with wotsits of steel!..... Lets see a childrens presenter do that today!. Thanks for the memories John!. RIP.
I am amazed at the audio. Especially during the 5:10 instructions. Great quality and isolation.
What a bloke a John was 🙏
What excellent television
I'm impressed by the on board footage, i was expecting a Cameraman with a fullsize camera sitting on John's back and a soundman dragging at his heels.
What a great man John was balls of steel
Lying on your stomach going downhill at 60 + mph on a baking tray. You were a hero John Noakes.
John Noakes is a legend.
Fantastic character, all done in his high tech RAF jumper.
He was a frikkin star and the guy that every kid wanted to watch.
Just looked it up, the fastest time recorded on the Cresta Run is apparently 50.09 seconds.
So, back in the 70s, and on his second run, that 69 seconds is now very impressive.
That’s the old fastest time from top, not junction. Current fastest from Top is 49.98. Fastest from Junction (where he started) is 40.94. But 70s is bang on target for a beginner.
The greatness that is John Noakes.
Total legend and daredevil so glad i was that kid in the 60s watching blue peter
Ahhh the days before Health and Safety, protective clothing and crash helmets!
I'm glad to have been a product of the 60's and this brings back so many memories.
Noakes was FEARLESS. He'll not be forgotten so long as this video survives!
His Nelson's Column climb was terrifying and legitimately dangerous.
same safety procedures today on the cresta. beginners normally aim for 70s on their first run.
There was a soft drinking singing polar bear called "CRESTA" in the 70's. "It's frothy man!"
great memories... !!
It’s very safe they’ve got some blankets up to stop you flying off the corners. 🙂 Get down Shep .
The waxed aero dynamic moustache is advantageous.
When watching 37 year old BBC tv is more entertaining than watching current BBC tv 😂
Why does it not surprise me that it’s RAF pilots treating this like a hobby 🇬🇧👍
Exciting adrenaline filled content for boys and girl to aspire to..
So what happened BBC?
What a guy John Noakes was to do that, although Blue Peter was a children's program my mum loved watching it as well when I was a child back in the 70's, ..❤
So this was kids TV and the there was Fawlty Towers also on TV , what an era!!!!
John Noakes really put himself out there. RIP .
Ahhhh,my youth right here 😄
On a Crest of a wave of nostalgia here ....... o.k. ....... and here is one we prepared earlier....yeah good advice for the rock concerts......up in smoke ...great times
Don't you remember that Celebrity Ski Jump series on Channel 4 10 years ago? So many people got injured it was scrapped!
Guy Martin is John's lovechild.
Legend
Noakes was one daredevil of a man
How did Noakes fit his massive balls on that toboggan ?!
He had more balls than a raging bull ,god bless ya John you were amazing
He was a very underrated warrior.
I used to love watching Blue Peter when i was a kid, back in the 60s and 70s. Just good, honest entertainment by professionals, no stupid woke agendas to push.
In these days of 4K mini action cams that footage would be good, but back in the day? Just how did they get such exciting footage ?
What they don't show here is John partially pulling down his pants to show Peter and Lesley the bruising on the side of his ass/hip. I'm genuinely not joking!
Sure that wasn’t after the bobsleigh crash.?
@@highdownmartin That's a very good point. I forgot he crashed that, too! Fantastic presenter, though.
No, that was a year previously. Fair play to John though for doing the Cresta on a glorified tea-tray after that horrific smash-up.
@@highdownmartin I think you are right if I remember correctly - plus John mentioned at the start of this that the Cresta Run was not like the bob run he had done and crashed at before. I remember watching the show where John showed off the battle scars after the crash - the bruising was fairly awesome.
He was a real daredevil adventurer, he was "military-tough" and brave. No tv presenter has ever come remotely close to his level of adventure and risk. Bear Grylls is a nursery school teacher in comparison.
When i watched this as a kid, Noakes seemed quite old. Now he looks like a younger brother!
Its his genuine excitement that make sit so good. Nowadays all these tv presenters have fake smiles and laughs plastered all over their faces, you get an inherant sense of untrustworthyness from them. Nowadays a tv oresented sill climb a ladder and theyll make oit like its the most dangerous thing in the world, this is proper genuine tv
Ah, so the infamous bobsled run was before this! I thought that was on the Cresta Run too. He got some serious bruising from that.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx love the program well done BBC xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
that looks a lot of fun!
Also just noticed all done in a shirt and jumper pretty much. Wow the special days. Kids today most no idea
John Noakes was an absolute legend!
This just serves to show how far the BBC has come as of 2024- in the wrong direction.
The golden age of Kids TV. 📺
Came here for the bobsleigh where he came off... remember it well, live, back in the mid 70s... am sure it'll be somewhere...
Actually want to see the camera set up that gave so many different POV angles.
Remember that back then cameras were not as small and versatile as they are today.
Shame they didn't show that, but it wasn't the focus of the piece
Classic television from a great era for kid's TV. If you want the equivalent in print, then read the chapter from Ian Fleming's novel 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' in which James Bond chases the arch-villain Blofeld - also on a bobsleigh - down the mountain. It's also pretty graphic - and terrifying !
No health and safety. Just freedom.
Was Shep holding the camera lol
2:40 Just love this guy what it was all about don't ya know what! Seriously better times genuinely happier people enjoying themselves without any self obsessed extremist finding something to moan about. ❤
crazy.
Noakes had big balls ....
The Socially Distant Sports Bar brought me here
Now this would all be labelled as 'toxic masculinity', but these role models are what boys today need... Honest men that overcome their fear to do great things.
Sounds like you weren't alive then.
No it wouldn’t
not in switzerland.
Noaksey ftw. I hope he's laughing with Shep.
3:13 Regulation Hair...... Check.
i was wondering if they're should've kept John on b p..
Take note Mr Linaker.
What can I do with all these BLOODY milk bottle tops ...?
When men smoked pipes.
John Noake's death wish crusade continues
Great watching that again I remember the first time
I remember this when men were men and not mirror hugging nancys
Sad homophobic bigot. I bet you're scared of black people too Steve, eh?
and Simon Bedford. UK af.
The last time John was on ice it didn't work out too well!
The royal air force tobogganing team? Ok.
I'll take this show over "The View" any day of the week... even if it's almost 50 years old.
Good wholesome blah blah blah not like today's woke blah blah blah.