Blue Peter - UK

I didn't see it, but I guess they showed some unicycle hockey.

You can vote here to make it an olympic sport😄

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/show/index.shtml

get lobbying!

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Fortunately my 8YO saw a trailer so we managed to record the program.

I recognised atleast one rider, her family attends the UniMeets. Will
watch the clip again later as my wife is recording something at the
moment.

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Which sport would you like to see at the Olympics?
Snail Racing (111 votes)
(28%)
Unicycle Hockey (180 votes)
(46%)
Toe Wrestling (99 votes)
(25%)

We're winning 🙂

Get voting

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You guys have a show called Blue Peter?? haha

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TheObieOne3226 said:

*You guys have a show called Blue Peter?? haha *

'Blue Peter' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Peter) is pretty much an
institution in the UK and has been broadcast for nearly 50 years. It’s
named after the ‘ready to sail’ flag hoisted by ships.

My kids are grown up now so Blue Peter's not watched in our house any
more but I would have liked to see that feature, any chance of someone
uploading it? Keith maybe 😉

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I didn't see it, but I got a guy at work to record it. I'll have a copy
of it on DVD tomorrow, so I should be able to upload it then.

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You could also have seen it 4 years ago when I was on there playing
hockey!! :p

That was so long ago, but I can still remember it like it was
yesterday!!

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gayno said:

*You could also have seen it 4 years ago when I was on there playing
hockey!! :p *

So that was one they made earlier. 😉

I still have a recording of that unicycle hockey match on tape
somewhere. Highlights included Emma Bunton (of the Spice Girls) as guest
referee, one of the presenters (Matt Baker) actually riding a uni to
take part, and Meg the dog barking like mad in the background. The match
was a draw, one goal each.

I've recently been given an old video capture card...

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The video is 'here' (http://tinyurl.com/7e8e7)

It's the whole of the "Blue Peter Olympics" section, and it's in the
wrong aspect ratio (short fat people), apologies to all involved 😉

Paul

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Quoted message said:

The video is here

I'm afraid my last post was a little optimistic, the video isn't up yet,
I'm having some trouble with the decoding the DVD to MPEG. My first
attempt wasn't very successful.

Sorry, you'll all have to wait a little longer!

Paul

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The video is 'here' (http://tinyurl.com/75gwm) and I've uploaded a
'bigger version' (http://tinyurl.com/an7gq)

One of the presenters is taking part, fairly easy to spot, but cool none
the less.

Paul

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Awww... you cut out the toe wrestling. 🙁

Matt is the presenter on the unicycle, he did a bike race once on lots
of different contraptions like Penny Farthings, Unicycles and
mini-bikes. He's also a good gymnast with a good sense of balance.

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Cheers for the video!

So who were the riders?

I'm guessing "Joe" was Joe Baxter (the hair gives it away!!)

And the presenter Matt also.

But that still leaves a few names to put to faces.

Who are they?

T.

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Thats not Joe Baxter, he doesn't have long hair!!

And I think to travel from Newcastle to London for that 1 minute feature
is a bit much!!

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Get you!!

I'm getting my Joes mixed up. Joe Marshal, not Joe Baxter.

Newcastle to london too far to travel, pfft. Try being a unicyclist in
Scotland!

As Unicus said, Blue Peter is an institution. Therefore distance does
not matter.

I would travel from Glasgow to be on Blue Peter for just 10 seconds if I
had the chance!

T.

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DarkTom said:

*I'm getting my Joes mixed up. Joe Marshal, not Joe Baxter.*

It’s not Joe Marshall either as they’re all kids except the presenter,
some of which do look vaguely familiar from unimeets but I don’t know
their names. I’ll look out at the next unimeet for the Blue Peter badges
😉

Thanks for posting it up Paul.

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