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1967: FRED the TORTOISE is REALLY A GIRL | Blue Peter | Animal Magic | BBC Archive
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4:21Now Playing"Fred, you are a lady."
The moment Blue Peter viewers are told that Fred the tortoise is really a girl.
After four years on the show, it is revealed that Fred the tortoise is, in fact, female - thanks to a letter sent in by eagle-eyed viewer, 10-year-old Tessa Knighton from Great Horkesley, near Colchester.
Fred's story becomes international news and on the following week's episode of Blue Peter, Fred is renamed Freda.
Clips taken from Blue Peter, originally broadcast 1 June, 1967 and 12 June, 1967.
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