The Blue Peter Summer Expedition is a yearly tradition in which the presenters of the BBC children's TV programme Blue Peter go to a foreign country and experience the culture and film special reports from that country, which are broadcast over several weeks in September and October. The first expedition was in 1965 and they have gone somewhere every year after that, apart from 1986.

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  • The Blue Peter Summer Expedition is a yearly tradition in which the presenters of the BBC children's TV programme Blue Peter go to a foreign country and experience the culture and film special reports from that country, which are broadcast over several weeks in September and October. The first expedition was in 1965 and they have gone somewhere every year after that, apart from 1986. The Summer Expedition is traditionally announced on the last programme of the series which is usually towards the end of June. The highlights of the expedition are often shown as a special programme the following summer. To date, the Blue Peter team has visited the following countries: 1965 - Norway 1966 - Singapore and Borneo 1967 - Jamaica and New York 1968 - Morocco 1969 - Ceylon 1970 - Mexico 1971 - Iceland, Norway and Denmark 1972 - Fiji, Tonga and San Francisco 1973 - Côte d'Ivoire 1974 - Thailand 1975 - Turkey 1976 - Brunei 1977 - Brazil 1978 - USA 1979 - Egypt 1980 - Malaysia 1981 - Japan 1982 - Canada 1983 - Sri Lanka 1984 - Kenya 1985 - Australia 1986 - No Trip - the presentation team was undergoing a number of changes that summer. 1987 - Soviet Union 1988 - West Coast of the United States 1989 - Zimbabwe 1990 - The Caribbean 1991 - Japan 1992 - Hungary and New Zealand 1993 - Argentina 1994 - New England, USA 1995 - South Africa 1996 - Hong Kong and China 1997 - Canada 1998 - Mexico 1999 - Australia 2000 - Spain 2001 - Vietnam 2002 - Morocco 2003 - Brazil 2004 - India 2005 - Japan 2006 - Southern United States 2007 - Bolivia 2008 - Alaska (with new presenters) 2009 - Turkey
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  • November 2008
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  • The Blue Peter Summer Expedition is a yearly tradition in which the presenters of the BBC children's TV programme Blue Peter go to a foreign country and experience the culture and film special reports from that country, which are broadcast over several weeks in September and October. The first expedition was in 1965 and they have gone somewhere every year after that, apart from 1986.
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  • Blue Peter Summer Expedition
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