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There have been a number of very notable moments: |
There have been a number of very notable moments: |
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* An elephant defecating on camera and walking out of the studio, stepping on John Noakes' foot in the process. |
* An elephant defecating on camera and walking out of the studio, stepping on John Noakes' foot in the process. |
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* Richard Bacon's [[Role |
* Richard Bacon's [[Role-Ending Misdemeanor|sacking for taking cocaine]], which resulted in a senior BBC official reading a live on-air apology and [[Serious Business|him being stripped of his Blue Peter badge]]. |
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** A [[Christmas Episode]] [[Reunion Show]], about ten years later, casting various current and past presenters in a musical, featured an [[The Ghost|unseen]] villain named "Richard". Following his defeat the male lead said to the camera "I've cooked ''his'' bacon.". |
** A [[Christmas Episode]] [[Reunion Show]], about ten years later, casting various current and past presenters in a musical, featured an [[The Ghost|unseen]] villain named "Richard". Following his defeat the male lead said to the camera "I've cooked ''his'' bacon.". |
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* Vandals breaking into the Blue Peter Garden and wrecking it, which was treated on-air by the hosts with all the gravitas of a ''murder''. (An American equivalent would be slashing Mr. Roger's tyres. You just don't ''do'' it.) {{spoiler|The series [[Ashes to Ashes]], about a cop who wakes up in the 1980's, features a [[Historical In-Joke]] where Gene Hunt turns out to be the vandal, destroying it while apprehending a suspect.}} |
* Vandals breaking into the Blue Peter Garden and wrecking it, which was treated on-air by the hosts with all the gravitas of a ''murder''. (An American equivalent would be slashing Mr. Roger's tyres. You just don't ''do'' it.) {{spoiler|The series [[Ashes to Ashes]], about a cop who wakes up in the 1980's, features a [[Historical In-Joke]] where Gene Hunt turns out to be the vandal, destroying it while apprehending a suspect.}} |
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