03/10/2011 Blue Peter

Today, the Force is with us as we bring you the world's biggest

lightsabre. And a gold badge surprise for a Star Wars legend.

award you pure gold Blue Peter The Force is strong with this one.

Don't worry, we have not had a power cut. We are just having an

epic battle. Put the Lions back on. We can call it at draw. Welcome to

the show. If you are an huge fan of Star Wars, you will know that this

is a lightsabre. It is a glowing power stick and the most powerful

weapon in all of the galaxy. This is about one metre long but

recently I went to help create the biggest lightsabre in the world.

There's only one place to go. The BT Tower in London. Just look

at this - it is incredible. You can see the whole of London. Sober

lighting designers are coming to set up some incredibly cool Kit and

the whole of London will be able to see the biggest lightsabre in the

world. This is to celebrate the release of the Star Wars Saga up in

Blu-ray. The story started in a galaxy, far away. When it was

released in 1977, no one could predict just how big the Star Wars

phenomenon could become. It was a story of good against evil. There

where space ships and the Force, a power for good and for bad. Not to

mention a new fighting weapon - the lightsabre.

Back on earth it is the day before the BT Tower's transformation for a

glittering star Wars event. At 177 metre site it is normally used as a

communications hub. It is going to be the perfect Handel for ad giant

lightsabre. The man responsible for creating it is Johnny Miller with

his team of a electricians. How will you turn but BT Tower into the

biggest lightsabre in the world? You have to start with lights and

we have 16 of the biggest you have probably ever seen. This is equal

to about 300 lightbulbs. For what conditions do you need? We need it

to be dark because we wanted good air quality. So this whole stunt

really depends on the lighting conditions on the day? That is

correct. It is not uncommon for cloud to be sitting on top of the

tower and that could be difficult. You're doing a brilliant job. How

do we turn that on? He is downstairs. Before the event we

have to make sure that the lightsabre actually works. We need

to do a secret test at exactly the same time of night as the real

switch-over tomorrow. Now you said that I could help test the tower.

Here we are on the roof of the building. We are able to control

the lights on the tower using this. These are at the controls. What do

we do? You can move your finger up to move the lights on. That is what

they call cool. With these buttons you can change the colour. I note

you will want one! How do we make it into a lightsabre? We have to be

really quick. Just a little teaser. Just press that button there.

here goes. I am going to make the noise. Vrrrrmmm! That is some

special piece of kit. It is amazing. We're here for the big switch-on

tonight. To see the world's biggest lightsabre. And I have a big

surprise for one of the original cast members of Star Wars. Anthony

Daniels played the lovable robot and has been in all six of the Star

Wars films. Before I meet him he has a rather important job to do.

It is my great pleasure to power up the biggest lightsabre in the

galaxy. Stand by because the Force There it is. The world's biggest

lightsabre, beaming alight 600 metres high. Anthony Daniels never

got to use a lightsabre in the films. I think they should make up

for it. So there you go, you finally get a lightsabre. Can I

show you something? I always played yield in the film and I did the

impressions. After six movies, is that the best you can do? Actually,

it is not back. -- not bad. We have a special award on Blue Peter known

as the gold badge. I would like to present you with our highest

accolade. We just think you are the best legend that Star Wars has ever

produced. It is my pleasure to award you with your gold Blue Peter

badge. I am immensely touched by that. Thank you for entertaining as

for all these years. I am very touched.

That really made me smile. I loved that. Genuinely so excited. We had

a cup of tea together! It was amazing. And turning on that huge

lightsabre! If you love Star Wars then we want to hear from you. E-

mail us now at [email protected]. We want to know your favourite

thing about Star Wars. Send us that e-mail and you could see that your

name on the television. If you are watching stayed tuned because we

have a ferocious prehistoric visitor right here in this studio.

Brace yourselves for that. This time last week we launched the Blue

Peter appeal for this year. If you get involved you have the chance to

really change children's lives. All details are coming up later. But

for now, this is the charity we're hoping you will support - children

in Need. -- Children in Need. Welcome to the greatest fund-

raising show on air. Children in Need is all about one thing -

raising money to help vulnerable children in the UK. The public

raised money and send it into Children in Need and they then give

that money to hundreds of charities all over the country. Since the

appeal began a staggering �600 million has been raised by the

public for good causes. Each year fund raising builds up to one fund-

raising event in November - Children in Need at night.

There are countless celebrities. Even BBC newsreaders attempt to get

people at home to give generously to good causes. Last year our own

Helen got stuck in. Not bad, Helen! Each year the money goes to help

thousands of children like these. And it is not just celebrities who

get stuck in that with the fund raising. People up and down the

country raise money in all sorts of ways. And that is where you come in.

For this year's appeal will want you to raise money for Children in

Need. We want you to help raise more money than ever. You really

will make a difference. Barney is right, if you get

involved you will make a difference. This year we're asking you to "bake

a difference". We want you to hold at bake sale. All we need to do is

make some cakes, sausage rolls, what ever you can turn your hand to

and self. You need to find somewhere to sell your goods,

perhaps your school or youth club. There are plenty of hungry people

who will buy your goods. Do you know any hungry people? My family!

Everything you need to know he's on our website. There are different

sections to have a look at. The first is our financial guru, Saira

Khan. She will tell you how to run a successful bake sale. And if

you're stuck for inspiration, celebrities are getting on board.

This is a recipe from Alesha Dixon. And of course this one is the very

important page, once you have raised Germany this page will tell

you how to pay it in. The money can't really make a difference to

children's lives, children like Joy. I am joined, I intend years old and

I love coming to my local beach. -- I am joined. I am 10 years old.

sometimes she is not able to do these things because she has a

condition called cystic fibrosis. It means that basic functions like

breeding can be a real problem. Having this condition makes me feel

sick and sometimes be sick. I cough stuff up and it makes me feel tired.

I am sad because my friends do not have it. To stop herself getting

serious infections she has to take a lot of medicine at every day.

These have to be fed through a tube on her stomach because she is not

able to swallow them without them going down the wrong way. Cystic

fibrosis clogs up the lungs are making it difficult for her to

breathe. She needs regular visits to hospital. I just came out of

hospital after as serious infection. I could not sleep. All the babies

To help clear her lungs of the mucus, Joy has to do breathing

exercises like this three times a day. It really is hard work for her.

Are you ready for bed? At bedtime Joy has to have special milk to

make sure she is getting enough goodness to grow and keep healthy.

Milk and water are the only drinks she has been allowed to have. The

drinks have to be fed through a tube.

Life can be really tiring for Joy and sometimes she just needs a

break, but there is help. Thanks to a charity called the Butterfly

Trust which is supported by knead. They fund a befriender for Joy to

talk to or have fun with so she can take her mind off heifer illness.

-- off her illness. Emma is here. It can be popping to

the shops or the Zoo or whatever Joy wants to do.

Joy is in there now with her friend Emma. She has no idea that I'm here.

I thought I might just give her a little surprise.

Hello. Is that Joy? It's Barney from Blue

Peter. Have you seen the rare northern monkey?

He is very scaredy. Hello. There is no northern monkey,

I made that up, although my mum thinks I am a bit!

Shall we go for a chat? Yeah. If there is one thing you could

change, one thing you could sort of make happen, what would it be?

don't have this cough because I've got a cough.

Like that. Yes.

It is not a normal cough, is it, it is because you've got something on

your lungs as well. Do you think your friends understand has like to

be you? Do you think they know? Tell me the good things about

having Emma in your life? We paint together and we watch movies

together. Like chick flicks? Where someone

falls over at the beginning and they kiss at the end? I like

talking to her. It makes my mind off it.

Joy has been living with the symptoms of ify bro sis -- cystic

fibrosis since she was a baby. Having someone like Emma to help

and support her makes a big Get involved! Support this appeal

and Bake a Difference. There is no time to lose. Come on, off your

sofas and lets start running the bake sales. We want more sales. We

want you to tell us what you are planning to bake and how many items

you are planning to bake so we can add it to our totaliser which looks

like this. Right, let us know how many things

you are plan to go bake so we can put them on there and make the

totaliser fill the screen. We launched this appeal a week ago,

but loads of you have been in touch promising to bake things. Lauren

and Hannah are going to bake 72 cakes or biscuits and sell them at

their dad's work. That's a good idea.

The more people, the more items, the more money.

Matthew says, "What a great appeal. I have planned to make 50 items

with my friends. He is going to split it up 25 cookies and 5 cup

cakes -- 25 cup cakes.". Le Lisa and Heather and going to make 18

fairy cakes. 20 shortbread and ten plain and ten

coated in chocolate and 18 corn flake cakes. They get the biggest

cheer. All of those pledges are going to

be added to the totaliser, but Barney you have a better calculator.

How many pledges so far? The amount of pledges we have so far our our

Blue Peter appeal, Bake a Difference is...

Oh, it is 1576. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's in a week! That was a week ago we announced

that and that's how many we got in. Thank you for getting involved. We

Let us know how many items you plan to bake and you never know we might

Coming soon to Blue Peter, some of Liverpool's players cook up chaos

for the appeal. Ed Sheeran will be in the studio.

Plus I learned some skills for a red carpet premier.

. As you can see there is more to look forward and more to come on

Blue Peter. Now, I bet you think the T-rex was the big biggest and

most scariest dinosaur on the planet. Well, if you were watching

dinosaur files you will know that is wrong. Because when it comes to

T-rex and this guy, the T rection is a wimp -- the T-rex is a wimp!

Spinosaurus, 70 meters, the biggest killer ever to walk the Earth. An

11 tonne dinosaur. And here he is, everybody, here is

the Spinosaurus. This guy is a model. It is one fifth to scale

which means the real thing would have been five times bigger than

this. Just to give you an idea of how big that is, if he was real

size and I was real size, that's how big I would be in comparison. I

would be just as tall as one of the vertebra on his spine. Barney the

dog would be able to spit on the Spinosaurus's head. That's one dog

gone in one big munch. If you look at the floor, you will see Helen is

as tall as the Spinosaurus's foot from toe to ankle. It is fair to

say that this monster is without a doubt the biggest and scariest

dinosaur ever to walk planet earth. I can't believe you suggested that

Spinosaurus could eat this creature!

I mean, he is a beast. The Spinosaurus is seriously old though.

It lived 30 million years before the T-rex and it was found in North

Africa, even though North Africa is mostly desert, the Spinosaurus

liked to live in wet and soggy areas, Barney.

I know some more facts. We have written them down. He is a hunting

machine. He would look for his prey on land and water. I have to read

off a card because it is one of the weirdest names I heard. His

favourite food was onchopristis. That's a giant swordfish. This guy

was wiped out because when sea levels rose, it wiped out his food

sources. I have another one for you. The

first bones weren't found until 1912 in Egypt.

Wow. No one ever found a full skeleton

that's probably because they lived near the sea so the skeleton would

have been washed away and palaeontologists had to find the

different bones and put them together like a big jigsaw.

That's scary, isn't it? He was a big boy and he is on tour. He is

going to be near a town near you. If you want to find out where he is,

go to the website and you can find out the details there when you

click on the dinosaur. We asked you if you liked Star Wars

and loads of you have been in touch to let us know what you think about

Star Wars. Who you liked and what you liked about it.

That's one of the coolest things I had to do. Anthony Daniels will be

my favourite thing about Star Wars. Thank you, celebrity hand.

If you are watching live on BBC One and that proves it. You are

watching. My character is Hands Solar.

James says the best thing is the ships and the planets.

My favourite is the Death Star. Tune in tomorrow if you like

gadgets and behind the scenes access and if you like dancing.

Tomorrow, I get an exclusive look behind the scenes at the new Rowan

Atkinson film. I get to try out a new gadget as well.

Rizzle Kicks will be in the studio. They will be performing their new

single. This is one of the catchiest tunes I ever heard and

one you will be singing all day. You will be singing and dancing.

They dance around like this! Let's not do it right now because

it looks silly. You love to do that crazy dance.

They're cool. If you want to see it, same time, same place tomorrow.

you later. This year I'm supporting Blue