Episode 15
Len Goodman takes journalist and presenter Valerie Singleton back to Ladram Bay in Devon to relive her favourite childhood holiday, which she took in 1952.
Len Goodman takes journalist and presenter Valerie Singleton back to Ladram Bay in Devon to relive her favourite childhood holiday, which she took in 1952.
Straightaway Len surprises Valerie by picking her up in a beautiful Morris Eight, just like the one she would have travelled in back of in 52. On this holiday she stayed in a bijou caravan, and Len has worked his magic by conjuring up one that is almost identical, setting it up in the campsite she would have stayed in over 60 years ago!
For Valerie, the memories come flooding back. As Len takes her to the farm she visited back in the day, he cooks the fry-up she would have kick-started her day with and whisks her around the dance floor in the campsite's clubhouse.
Along the way we get an insight into her long career, including her most famous stint as the presenter of Blue Peter, and she talks of the time Lulu the elephant made a mess on the studio floor! We also delve into what made this holiday so memorable for a young Valerie Singleton.
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00:30Ashworth Hope
Barnacle Bill (The Original Blue Peter Theme)
Performer: Sidney Torch. Performer: New Century Orchestra.
