Our group declare to be trueToday is World Elephant Day.
Valerie Singleton, Peter Purves, John Noakes, Alec Smith the zookeeper, and Lulu the elephant.
This episode of Blue Peter on 3 July 1969 was pre-recorded. After being offered the chance to re-shoot the ending, editor Biddy Baxter demurred, saying "It's the funniest thing I've ever seen. I don't want to lose a second of it."
