Go with Noakes
John Noakes trains to take on a series of hazardous sporting challenges of the type that he became famous for on Blue Peter (1958).
- 1976-1980
- 5 seasons
- Action & Adventure
John Noakes trains to take on a series of hazardous sporting challenges of the type that he became famous for on Blue Peter (1958).
Season 4 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1979
Episode 1
Southampton to Penzance
The good ship Pleiades sails west, Shep meets 400 donkeys, John tries his first water-ski jump, and everyone makes for Helston in time for the Floral Dance.
Episode 2
Fishguard to Porthmadog
The crew of Pleiades take shore leave in the land of song. John fishes from a coracle, scales a sheer rock face and discovers he's a baritone.
Episode 3
Port St Mary to Rathlin Island
John explores the Millennium Way on the Isle of Man, and the Causeway coast in Co Antrim. Shep develops a taste for ice-cream and plays his first round of golf.
Episode 4
Lamlash to Inverness
Pleiades navigates the Corryvreckan whirlpool and the Caledonian Canal. John. goes in search of the White Stag on the Isle of Arran, and Shep keeps an eye open for the Loch Ness Monster.
Episode 5
Queensferry to Whitby
John takes a stroll up the Forth Bridge, Shep takes a lesson in shepherding, and David Bellamy challenges them both to a marathon Pooh-stick race.
Episode 6
Wells-next-the-Sea to Woodbridge
Pleiades revisits the yard where she was built, and Shep is introduced to Mr Punch. John plays croquet, goes banger-racing, and becomes an artist.