Peter Duncan visits Big Ben, where in the spirit of his Blue Peter predecessor John Noakes he joins a team of steeplejacks in a hairraising mission to clean the famous monument's clock face.

This is another terrifying watch, not one for the fainthearted!

Originally broadcast 25 September, 1980.


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