Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Valerie Singleton tests out the latest in infant transportation technology. A prototype pram, fitted with high-tech mod cons - like front and rear lights, a wet nappy detector, and a combined radio and cassette player.

Inside the pram of the future is the teddy bear of the future, whose eyes light up when a child speaks to it.


Clip taken from Blue Peter, originally broadcast on BBC One, 8 March, 1971.





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