1976: Concorde's First Commercial Transatlantic Flight | Blue Peter | BBC Archive
178K views · Jan 30, 2026 · Travel & Events
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@TheDuntman · 7 months ago
It feels so strange watching a film from 50 years ago with an aircraft that looks more like the future than the past. Loved Blue Peter.
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@TheDigitalAura · 8 months ago
This is better than shows for adults today.
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@David-lb4te · 8 months ago
My father was on that inaugural flight. Still have his boarding card, and a letter he wrote to me while on board, using the gold leaf writing paper and envelope that was available for passengers.
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@BobLazar-oc8tk · 8 months ago
Wow this takes me right back 50 years to watching this as a 10 year old. <br>Blue Peter was absolutely great then and I used to watch regularly. <br>The 70s seemed such an optimistic exciting time to grow up in, whatever happened to that?
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@Music-kf7yb · 8 months ago
Historic TV. It's absurd that after 50 years of technological progress, it's no longer possible to fly from London to Washington in three hours.
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@joex2004uk · 8 months ago
What a lovely dog Shepp was! ❤️
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@morbidsnails1913 · 8 months ago
And just like that........ You're 50 years in the past.<br>The speed of time is scary.
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@gigaboat · 8 months ago
From <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8OL2BkOnoc&t=1350">22:30</a> Lesley is fantastic. She made a beautiful speech. Just a fantastic moment in time and it made me tear up.<br>I was fortunate to fly once on the Concorde from LHR to JFK in 1998. The greatest flight of my life. And she is correct it is like flying on a time machine because it fly's faster than the earth rotates so you arrive before you leave in local time zones.
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@SilverSurfer5150 · 8 months ago
My goodness me, now THAT’s how a programme should be presented!
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@mikegreene7273 · 8 months ago
What a great programme! They never talked down to us.
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@mbaw2026 · 8 months ago
If only adult tv in the uk now were even a tiny bit as intelligent as this
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@MyHumanWreckage · 7 months ago
The most beautiful plane ever built- bar none.
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