Magpie (27th October 1972)

ITV's answer to Blue Peter, presented by Susan Stranks, Douglas Rae and Tony Bastable, who announces his replacement Mick Robertson at the start of the programme. Also features an appearance by Leeds and England footballer Terry Cooper. Reuploaded from defunct account.

[@jdee8267]

Mick Robertson was so likeable like a favourite teacher

[@SchrodingerZX48]

Take me back. Please!!

[@andrewmonument8847]

I remember that episode... specifically because it was my 10th birthday on that day !

[@gerry5134]

Yes I remember this episode too. Wow ! Happier times

[@robharding5345]

72 was a great year for us young kids, musically, with the likes of Slade, visionary with these guys on magpie, and lots of other classic 70's action.

[@alanpotter3863]

50 flippin years ago, I can't believe it

[@gilessteve]

Scary.

[@angelacooper2661]

I would have been just two and in the pushchair at the time! Too young to understand or remember that period.

[@davids8449]

Poor man's Blue Peter..............but very interesting thanks for posting

[@topquark6919]

Wonderful, wonderful times.

[@user-vi7xr2ey1y]

Loved this. Bring it back😊

[@skaboosh]

so much of what i thought of as our English culture...... so nostalgic

[@mrb3097]

Brilliant to see full eps of Magpie, thank you!

[@martinwatson9615]

Funny to watch this, and remember hearing these words, and to think it was fifty one years ago.

[@marymary5494]

Ah when all we had to concern ourselves with was what to watch on tv. I remember back then it was What’s your favorite Magpie or Blue Peter?

[@johnbarry1965]

I was waiting for Terry Cooper to foul Mick Robertson, with him being a Leeds United player!!

[@charliebear1436]

Susan Stranks!

[@dlamiss]

Used to think Tony Bastable was God when i was a kid. BRILLIANT presenter

[@mutley23able]

I used to watch it, but still preferred Blue Peter, but it was ok 😀

[@ianjohnson1920]

Brill programme, loved it

[@stevedickson5853]

Wow, I never knew Brian May was a presenter on Magpie 🤣

[@chriswaring5565]

AYE I USED TO THINK IT WAS BRIAN MAY AS WELL WONDER IF HE CAN PLAY GUITAR LIKE HIM!!!!!

[@melgrant7404]

More like Marc bolan

[@LANCSKID]

Or Leo ‘short house’ Sayer … 😺

[@sensiblename295]

Tony Bastable! Mind over Matter! Went onto do grown up telly, and he is slick or wot.

[@PaulTaylor1]

He just seemed so capable of taking any material and actually *presenting* it to you. Still missed.

[@LisaDriver-gf4jv]

What joy I had after 51yrs, to watch this episode with the ploughing match with Mick's first time. I was lucky enough to know the to shire's. Wanted to see them again. So happy now 😄.

[@bouzirouge2009]

Used to live ve this as a child, but very shocked by the sexism from Mick at the ploughing comp given that it was seen as such a modern programme

[@malcevans5762]

State of the Art compact Camera lol . how far we have come ,

[@LANCSKID]

I was in love with Susan Stranks … ❤

[@StevieZero]

How many Stranks did u have over her?

[@LANCSKID]

@@StevieZero Your euphemistic pun is mildly amusing. Anything of equal or better wit regarding Jan Francis or Selina Scott?

[@LANCSKID]

@@StevieZero I actually stranked myself to a state of nervous exhaustion!

[@malcolmclements9254]

Magpie was good but it was always catch-up with Blue Peter.

[@marccas10]

Nah. Magpie was working class and Blue Peter was middle class. I always preferred magpie. It also had Jenny Hanley.

[@sweepingnation]

"Magpie was working class... It also had Jenny Hanley."
That's Jenny Hanley, RP-accented granddaughter of a royal photographer and sister of a Tory MP, right?

[@marccas10]

@WDYT lol. Well...I guess Jenny wasn't working class, but ITV shows had a different vibe to the BBC.

[@LANCSKID]

I had that Konnie Huq in the back of my Uber the other week. Now, when I say ‘had’ I am not talking here in the biblical sense, although ‘coffee’ was mentioned … 🧔🏼‍♂️

[@user-bg2nj5fn4m]

Mick Robertson there. Looks like Marc Bolan, they said. Yeah, but only after the crash...

[@80sandretrogubbins25]

It's odd how this stuff gets around. I've just seen the exact same episode on a tape I bought from ebay.

[@gordonbeattie4864]

21:37 Possibly the first Steadi-Cams? 😆

[@MsJimbo1960]

Those "Football Shoes" are about as much use as Anne Frank's drumkit 🤣😂

[@bob23301]

I was 5 when this aired, where did the time go?

[@crumplezone1]

Susan Stranks was a babe

[@gbhxu]

So, you enjoyed Paperplay too?

[@angelacooper2661]

Why, was she a mere infant in the pram?

[@QuorkEx]

love this show, ‎I always prefered it to Blue Peter. ‎it always seemed a bit more grounded.

[@daviddwyer5568]

Susan Stranks was fine but she wasn't Jenny Hanley was she? 😍

[@chipesh]

Susan was my dream girl in those days. It's whatever turns you on.

[@michaelturner4457]

Is that Brian May before he joined Queen?

[@splodge561]

Brian May's day job

[@joelfildes5544]

Just made our 16 year old watch this…we got NOTHING,

[@steveconn1375]

What ever happened to mick and the others

[@LANCSKID]

I had that Lesley Judd in the back of my Uber the other week. Now, when I say ‘had’ I am not talking here in the biblical sense, although ‘coffee’ was mentioned … 🧔🏼‍♂️

[@akaski777]

I fort it was Brian May

[@LANCSKID]

The Stranks peek of cleavage … I had to up my heart medication and take a long lie down in a darkened room …

[@chriswaring5565]

MICK ROBERTSON LOOKS MORE LIKE BRIAN MAY FROM QUEEN

[@Dan_druft]

Where is Jenny

[@wurliewynd6308]

Jenny presented from 1974-80. This is from 1972.