Blue Peter Special Assignment
| Blue Peter Special Assignment | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's Documentary |
| Created by | Edward Barnes |
| Written by | Edward Barnes Dorothy Smith |
| Directed by | Edward Barnes Daniel Wolf David Brown Harry Cowdy Peter Ridsdale Scott Dorothea Brooking Sarah Hellings Hugh David David Turnbull Alex Leger David Hargreaves |
| Presented by | Valerie Singleton Peter Purves Lesley Judd |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Biddy Baxter |
| Producer | Edward Barnes |
| Production location | Various |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 7 January 1973 – 7 June 1981 |
| Related | |
| Blue Peter | |
Blue Peter Special Assignment is a factual BBC TV series broadcast in the 1970s and early 1980s, the first spin-off from the long running BBC series Blue Peter. It ran regularly from 1973 until 1981, usually at weekends on BBC1, and was heavily promoted on Blue Peter itself.
The concept for the series was developed after Valerie Singleton had presented a successful documentary 'special' with HRH Princess Anne when she had visited Kenya in 1971. The Special Assignment series was mainly produced by Edward Barnes and presented initially by Valerie Singleton and later by Peter Purves and Lesley Judd both of whom had been presenters on Blue Peter itself.