Time Machine: When a former Blue Peter presenter played rugby league with Castleford

Our time machine travels back to 1977 to watch legendary daredevil BBC children's television presenter John Noakes tackling rugby league at Castleford. HE SUSTAINED concussion and ended up with a black-and-blue backside when a white-knuckle bobsleigh ride down the Cresta Run in Switzerland ended in a crash. He climbed Nelson’s Column in Trafa

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