The Wave Runner Begins Blue Peter

Guys, check out all this equipment.

Wow! It must be for us.

Let's do a performance on the show.

We have made it.

Not only are we Blue Peter presenters,

we also get to be pop stars. I love today!

Sorry, sorry, sorry. But this is for me to perform later on.

Yes. We're going to have to...

We knew that. We knew that. Loving your work. OK.

I prefer hip-hop.

Hello!

Welcome to Blue Peter.

Coming up on today's show: find out the top three nominations

for the Blue Peter book awards 2016 best storybook.

As well as that, we're going to be joined in the studio by the lovely

Karen Harding,

performing her brand-new single, Open My Eyes.

Your eyes are open, Linds. Always start on a strong joke.

You two!

First up, time to see the first part of my epic Sport Relief challenge

where me and a giant inflatable ball battle it out on the water.

This year, Sport Relief 2016 is going to be huge.

We wanted to do something epic to inspire you to get involved.

So I'm going to attempt to run across that.

The Irish Sea!

Training harder than I've ever trained before.

Bringing together a team of top engineers.

Can I survive the elements?

Can I control this incredible craft?

Can I become the Wave Runner?

Sport Relief has raised over £260 million for good causes,

both here in the UK and abroad.

This year, we want you to walk, run, swim, or cycle

yourself proud with Blue Peter.

So, to get you in Sport Relief spirit, we wanted to do something

so tough that it's never been done before.

Back in September, we came up with the idea of running

20 miles across the Irish Sea.

So running on water? How's that going to work?

Argh!

Yeah, not like that.

One way would be to use one of these. A Zorb.

A giant ball full of air that can be used on land... or water.

Perfect. Challenge sorted.

I'm going to run the Irish Sea.

Whoa!

Er, yeah, this is a lot trickier than it looks.

Do you know what, guys?

This isn't going to work.

I think we're going to need some help.

# Count down to the scientist! #

What I need is a team of elite engineers who can take a Zorb ball

and turn it into a souped up sea crossing machine.

Meet brothers Grant and James who have been

building inventions since they were 12.

I'm excited to be here because I am used to Blue Peter makes

but this one is kind of the make to end all makes, isn't it?

What are we dealing with?

Well, somehow, we've got to propel you across the water,

so we've come up with this design.

-Can I have a look?

-Yeah, here we go.

Ha! Awesome!

Do you know what? That's not at all what I was expecting.

It makes me want to physically see it.

Fortunately, we've got a little mock-up for you.

What a treat! Hey, Grant! Here it is!

This is a one 20th scale of the model you'll be in.

I was going to say, it needs to be a bit bigger than that!

The plan is to build a frame around the inflatable ball

which will have paddles on it.

The paddles will help the structure move

through the water and allow me to control it.

Grant uses his drill to demonstrate how it should work.

Whoa! I see!

So, with paddles I'm actually going to travel across the water.

Exactly. This pushes the water out of the way and pushes you along.

I see. I'm really excited.

You guys have loads of work to do.

I've got even more to do in the gym.

Thank you very much. See you next time. Thanks, guys.

I'll start training now.

This world-first challenge is tougher than anything

I have attempted before.

It could take up to 15 hours

and that means I need to be seriously fit.

Back in October, I met sports scientist Greg White.

He trained David Walliams and Davina McCall for their incredible

Sport Relief challenges and two years ago he prepared me

for my gruelling mountain marathon.

Today is really all about Lindsey's overall fitness.

Her heart, her lungs, her aerobic capacity.

It is about her strength in preparation

for this challenge.

Greg uses special equipment to measure how fit I am.

Drive in and out. Good. Very nice indeed.

I'll be facing 20 miles of freezing open water.

-Keep driving!

-Keep going.

Let's go! We're not stopping yet.

So Greg needs to know exactly what my body can handle.

The nice thing for you is that you have got an engine but we need

to fine tune it. Particularly for this challenge.

Yeah. Whoo!

Oh! Dripping.

You were pushing out about 160 watts.

We need that much, much higher. You've got to be really strong.

In that Zorb you've got to be really strong.

I don't know how I'm going to do this. Urgh!

Greg puts together an intensive training plan designed to turn me

into the Wave Runner.

Over the next four months, I'll build up

to running a staggering six hours in one go.

Meanwhile, our engineers begin putting together my wave

running machine - hand building every single piece.

It's literally one-of-a-kind.

There's a lot of hard work and late nights going to building it

but once you see the thing finished and in action,

it's going to pay off.

By December, it's time to test this incredible machine on water

for the first time.

I have no idea what to expect.

I've got to say, I'm feeling quite nervous this morning.

Oh, my goodness! It's over there.

It looks awesome! It's absolutely huge.

I did not expect that.

It really does look like a spaceship.

That is now my best friend.

This has made the challenge very real.

It looks amazing and I just want to get

inside but I'm not sure how.

I'll push off the boat. Argh!

I mean...! Wow!

This is not what I expected. OK.

This is officially my first time in the Zorb.

Cos it's my first time, I want to show you what it's like.

Have a look at this.

That is going to be my view for hours and hours.

My first ever steps, I'm trying to take.

Wow!

Wait! What do I do?

Walk a big step forward.

Use your hands as well. Keep going.

Oh, my goodness! Argh!

It takes awhile to get going and at first I am struggling.

Argh!

But I slowly start to work out a technique

to get me moving.

My first ever steps of this whole challenge.

I'm so wet!

Do you know what?

That is so much tougher than I thought it was going to be.

It's wet in there. It's claustrophobic.

It's hard to breathe.

It's hard to even make the ball move.

I think there's going to have to be a lot of changes made

if it is going to work.

We're going to have to go back to the workshop and see

what we can do on this.

I've got to go back to the gym.

I didn't know how much arm strength that was going to take.

It's worrying. It is really scary, this challenge.

Next week, I step up my training.

My wave running machine faces its biggest test yet.

And the scale of my challenge hits home.

I don't see how I'm meant to get from

one country to another in that.

It doesn't seem possible.

It is going to be a really tough challenge.

Fingers crossed, I can do it.

Remember, if you want to get involved with Sport Relief,

you don't have to go in a giant ball across the sea.

You can do something a little bit more simple, like this.

Making lots of sweaty socks. We're loving these.

Feast your eyes on some of the ones we like,

after I hold the line in my mouth.

Look at Alicia. She's 12, from Dorset

and she's made a fantastic sock. It's got dots and swirls.

Alicia is doing a...

for Sport Relief.

A sponsored silence! That's why I went silent!

-Nice one.

-It's a play on words!

Patrick from Northern Ireland, where I'm setting off

for my challenge, actually, he's done a Thursday sock.

He's going to be swimming twice a week for Sport Relief.

More than I do, Patrick! Well done.

Kizzy from Berkshire, is doing pretty much the same thing

but with running. She's doing a sponsored run.

Well done, Kizzy. I love your effort and I love your sock as well.

That's really cool. Nice Blue Peter sock.

Frederick from Hampshire, we love this one, he's doing yoga

for Sport Relief. Radzi, give it a smell.

He's used smelly pens. What does it smell like?

It smells like coconuts.

And bananas.

Coconuts and bananas, we love it.

If you want to send in a sweaty sock, all you have to do is head

to the Blue Peter website - bbc.co.uk/bluepeter

Print out one of these. It's wobbling around to show you.

Fill it in and let us know what you are

doing this year for Sport Relief.

Get involved. Bye!

Also, why don't you check out

our Mother's Day card make?

Very important. Get your mum a card.

Right on my head, that! It's beautiful.

There's the front - a lovely rose.

On the inside, it's a 3-D one! I'll be showing you how to make that.

Now, let's talk about your creativeness making things.

You send it to us and we display it on

our lovely Blue Peter big badge wall.

This week, the theme is Sport Relief.

I'm really nervous for my wave runner challenge but when you send

in amazing post, it really does help me and makes me really happy.

Lisa has sent this in. Look at me, going through the waves.

I like that there is a kite there helping me on.

I really love this. Thank you so much.

If it's windy, it will blow you all the way there!

-I'm only joking!

-Hopefully, it will!

Lily from Amersham and Joshua, as well,

they have made these.

You can see, the little wave running machine.

I'm actually inside this one.

There I am amongst the waves. Thank you so much for sending those in.

It really makes a difference.

It's all about Sport Relief today.

On the badge wall, feast your eyes on what

Fahaan here has made.

This is Barney and myself in our velodrome challenge

cycling our hearts out. Thank you very much.

This next picture is good because I'm in the lead in this one.

Joshua has designed this picture.

There's me in the front. And Radzi in the back.

Charlie makes an appearance, our coach, saying,

"They're going to need some training." Yes, we are.

-If I move the stick, we move.

-That's really cool!

Your 3-D pictures are so good.

Please keep them coming in!

And earn yourself a Blue Peter badge.

What's there to lose? Where'd you send it in?

The address is beneath us right now:

Camera two. My favourite shot. 'ello!

It's time for the shortlist for the best story in the

Blue Peter book awards... I'm done now.

These eager readers have been getting their teeth into

-the Blue Peter book awards 2016.

-ALL:

-Hi!

They've been working through the shortlist

and we want to know what they think of the three story books.

So, let's get started.

The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie is a mystical shop

that travels through time and moves from place to place.

It's fuelled by its customers' imaginations yet no-one who's been

inside can remember going there.

But this all changes when one day, a boy called Daniel Holmes

stumbles through the doors and meets the mysterious shopkeeper.

Daniel returns the next day and begins a compelling adventure.

The Nowhere Emporium is my favourite book because it had loads

of drama and it was a page-turner.

It had adventure, it had horror,

and magic, that's all in one book.

It was also a bit scary because near the end,

it seemed like all hope is lost.

They're talking about all the wonders and how you can create

anything that you wanted from the book.

It makes you feel like you're actually in the story.

It never had that part where you think, "OK,

"I'll just quickly skip through this part."

It's always interesting. It's hooking you.

When something bad happens, I was like,...

If you like mystery and fantasy, then you should definitely

read this book.

Next is The Boy Who Sailed The Ocean In An Armchair.

Beckett Rumsey is all at sea.

One night his dad suddenly runs away with him and his brother Billy

leaving Dad's girlfriend behind.

In The Boy Who Sailed The Ocean In An Armchair by Lara Williamson,

Beckett, Billy and a snail called Brian

go on an emotional search for happiness -

meeting brand-new school friends, neighbours and working out

what's happened between all the grown-ups.

This story is like a family story.

Problems with the family, moving into a new town,

new flat, new people.

Arguments happen a lot.

I like that there's so much emotion and drama.

It is unexpected, to be honest.

They wanted to get their dad's girlfriend back.

They went on missions.

One time when they were going on this mission, it was funny

because the little boy said, "We should hide by closing our eyes

"so they can't see us."

The writing is so emotional.

Every single page is a cliff-hanger.

So, you just have to carry on until every page isn't

a cliff-hanger so you can stop there.

Finally, our readers turned to the Astounding Broccoli Boy.

Rory Rooney is ready for anything.

His famous motto is "don't be scared, be prepared."

He's not ready for the day when he suddenly turns green.

Green?! What does it mean?

Is he ill or is he a superhero?

All he needs to do is sneak out of the hospital to discover

what his special power is.

He's the Astounding Broccoli Boy by Frank Cottrell Boyce.

When I first saw it, I said to myself, "I think really

want to read that." The cover is really good.

And I think I'll really like it because I

haven't read anything like this before.

If you really like comedy books and adventure-slash-action,

you would really want to read this.

If you really don't know much about superheroes

and you want to get into it all you could read this and I think

you'd really be a big superhero fan.

I stayed up past my bedtime just because I wanted to read this book.

Have I mentioned it's astounding?

I read it in the break at lunch, and in class,

and then I got told off because I was reading.

Some parts make you laugh, some parts you feel scared and funny.

-BOTH:

-It's astounding!

Thanks, everyone. Now it's time for us to...

ALL: GET READING!

And you can find out next week who the Blue Peter

book award winners are. We are very excited!

Something else I'm excited for is Radzi is going to be

dressing up and you've still got time to decide

who you want him to be.

So, the choice is, you can have Harry Potter, he could be

Where's Wally? or Paddington Bear. I know what I want.

There used to be a mascot that looked a little bit

like Paddington Bear.

You can't sway the vote, we all know you are a bit

-of a Wally.

-Ha-ha!

OK, I see what you did there, yeah.

Today is the last day to vote, so jump online right now if you can.

And whilst you are online, why don't you have a go

at our new favourite game? It's called Geo's Gym.

Radzi and I had a go. We were OK.

Radzi was much better than me.

Guess who was amazing? The Next Step cast.

There they are.

I think Trev and Lamar have a combined score of 5,000 points,

which is a bit of a record, see if you

can beat their score or mine, which was a massive 104.

Amazing! Don't forget about the fan club as well.

The Blue Peter fan club. We know you love it.

If you are new to it, check it out. It's every Tuesday 5-6.

If you're not too sure what it's all about, watch this.

Hi there, kids, do you get bored waiting for the next episode

of Blue Peter?

Do you wish there was a place online where you could chat to other

BP fans?

Would you like to play loads of quick, fun games for free?

Then you need the Blue Peter Fanclub hour every Tuesday from

5pm-6pm.

-Barn?

-What?

-What are you doing?

-Just wondering.

-What?

Think about Tim Peake, an amazing astronaut,

right there, in space.

Not just him, his mission patch, do you remember?

That Troy designed?

-Oh, yeah, the one with the Apple?

-Yeah.

-Coming to earth.

-It was amazing, wasn't it?

-It was amazing.

Floating around somewhere in space.

How did that competition go by the way?

Did you not know? Mate, it was amazing, we've got a film.

Can we roll the film, please?

It all started with a competition to design

something very special.

There were over 3,000 applications, but there

could only be one winner.

All the way back in 2014, Blue Peter

gave you the chance to design the mission patch to be worn

by the very first British European Space Agency astronaut

to journey to the International Space Station - Tim Peake.

I'm absolutely delighted that this is going to be the patch I will wear

up into space.

In the end, the winning design was this one.

And its designer, Troy, got to see it revealed

by Tim himself.

Troy's patch really stood out, it told a great story

of the Soyuz launching to the International Space Station

with Sir Isaac Newton's apple falling to

Earth under Earth's gravity.

A very striking, colourful patch, loved it.

It's amazing.

So with Tim proudly wearing his beautifully designed patch,

I caught up with him at his astronaut training centre

just weeks before he was due to blast off.

Tim, it's genuinely really nice to see you,

the last time I saw you, you didn't have the patch on.

It's fantastic, I know, I love wearing it.

And people ask me all the time about the patch, I just love

explaining all the details in it.

I got some amazing access as Tim gave me a guided tour

of a replica of the space station he will be living, working

and sleeping in.

It gives you a little bit of personal space,

where you have your sleeping bag, personal belongings.

You wear it like a jacket, really?

That's right, yeah, normally Velcro it to the wall and step in it.

If you don't strap yourself in, you float around while asleep?

And your arms will naturally float up in front

of your face. Some astronauts have reported being woken up

by their own arm hitting them in the face

because it was floating around!

-Amazing!

-You get into that natural sleeping position.

You've got some work to do while you are here, haven't you?

Yeah, so I'll be spending a lot of my time in the Columbus module

doing scientific experiments, let me show you the way.

I can't even get out!

Being on this mock-up gives you a great idea of how Tim

is spending his six months in space.

Let's talk about what the mission is for.

There are 25 different experiments I've signed up for,

which are all going to be done on myself, ranging

from investigating my gut,

samples of saliva, urine and blood and allsorts.

In order to complete these experiments,

every part of the space station is jam-packed with special equipment.

One of the great things is the floor and the roof are just as useful work

spaces as the walls, so we pack everything

into the whole volume of Columbus.

In the deck we have lots of our life-support systems,

water cooling systems, air ventilation filters, power supply.

The things we need to survive.

What about the stuff we have to physically keep ourselves alive

with, the food?

Yes, food is mostly tinned food, fresh food is very hard to come by.

Whenever we get a supply vehicle, maybe there will be a small

amount of fresh food on there if we are lucky.

Just for you, I brought up the subject we all want to know about.

I'm going to ask the loo question, Tim.

How, where, what happens?

OK, so the loo just uses air, a vacuum pump that keeps airflow

going in the right direction, whether it

is a number one or number two,

just rely on that vacuum pump with the airflow

to keep everything in the right place.

You see that patch, Troy? You're a genius.

Your patch is going to be in space with Tim every step of the way.

It's out of this world!

On the 15th of December, with the eyes of the world watching,

British astronaut Tim Peake blasted off

to space and into the history books, to take his place

on the International Space Station.

The Soyuz rocket he was on board lifted off with such force

that he was in the Earth's orbit in just over eight minutes.

Now, that's fast.

Since then, it's been an eventful few months for Tim,

he's become the first British astronaut to do a spacewalk.

He spent Christmas flying at 17,000 miles an hour,

and he's had space fans in the UK gripped to what he's doing.

OK, let me try and give you a demonstration of water

and just how it will form a sphere, which also

means it's easier to drink.

If only there was a way for us to get an update on how Tim

and Troy's patch are doing up in space.

Well, maybe there is.

Munich station on space to ground four.

Tim, it's Barney, it's so good to see you, how are you?

Only on Blue Peter.

Ooh! Make sure you keep your eyes peeled for that one.

Now, our next guest

has an amazing voice and she's an amazing singer.

She's even got a UK top ten single, please welcome the incredible

Karen Harding!

APPLAUSE

Hello! Welcome to the Blue Peter studio.

And well done on getting your badge, how does it feel?

Thank you, I love it already.

-It's going to be on their for ever, for all your performances.

-Yeah.

Now last year was pretty incredible for you, wasn't it?

I mean, like, the first single came out, it went to number seven.

It just blew my mind and, like, the response from people,

I still can't believe it.

Everyone loved it, didn't they? It was so catchy.

I want to know as well, when you first turn on the radio

and hear your own song, what's that like?

Well, I was actually on a train coming from London to Newcastle.

The Wi-Fi was on, I was waiting the whole show to hear the song.

I was waiting and waiting.

As soon as Mr Jam introduced it, the Wi-Fi cut out.

I tuned in, I finally got the Wi-Fi back again

halfway through the song. I kind of half missed it. It was still good.

You've heard it since and performed it a lot.

What does this year hold for you, just as busy?

Just as busy, I'm in the studio at the minute, I've got a lot of gigs

lined up over the summer as well.

I'm just excited to start performing again.

You are going to do that today exclusively with your new single.

Yeah, Open My Eyes, it's coming out next month.

I'm really excited.

I'll let you go and get ready. Karen Harding, everyone!

Thank you so much.

If you want to see even more from Karen, you can,

check out the Blue Peter website

where she will be playing Truth Or Dare. Radzi.

Make sure you are watching next week because we're

going to have a World Book Day extravaganza - we'll be revealing

the winners of the book awards.

Children's Laureate Chris Riddell will be here and I'll be getting

dressed up as the book character you vote for.

I'm not going to be here for the next three months, I'm going on holiday.

I'm back in June, though, so don't worry.

But in my stead, next week, Angellica Bell will be here.

She's got a hairy face just like me, you won't even notice!

Folding her arms like a superhero!

Find out what happens when I go to Mission Control in Munich

to speak to the legend that is Tim Peake.

How do I speak to him if he's in space?

It would mean I've got a call him in space,

-surely it's not possible.

-Do you do it?

-Watch the show and you'll find out.

-It's so cool!

I'm going to be in Northern Ireland

ahead of my scary wave runner Sport Relief challenge.

-Dead easy!

-Hey!

Give a massive welcome to the fantastic Karen Harding!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

# Sometimes I sit And wonder how they do it

# Say what they want to who they like

# But I'm just too shy too shy, too shy

# I'm too shy, too shy, too shy

# Head in the clouds I wish I knew how to get there

# So much to do with my life

# But I don't know why know why, know why

# I'm so shy, so shy, so shy

# Should've known hearts don't beat the same

# When I'm lost, only me to blame

# I wanna know how they can know my name

# I'm trying to find a way to guide my life

# I need a little help to get this right

# Baby, can you open my open my eyes?

# Baby, won't you open my open my eyes?

# I'm tryin' to find a way to guide my life

# I need a little help to get this right

# Baby, can you open my open my eyes?

# Baby, won't you open my open my eyes?

# I've spent too long dreaming when I'd get there

# And not enough time on the reason

# I'm still here now here now, here now

# There's no doubt I'm out of here now

# It'd be much easier to stick with the dreaming

# But I'm so desperate to make this feeling true

# Come true, come true

# Please come true, come true come true

I'm trying to find a way to guide my life

# I need a little help to get this right

# Baby, can you open my open my eyes?

# Baby, won't you open my open my eyes?

# I'm trying to find a way to guide my life

# I need a little help to get this right

# Baby, can you open my open my eyes?

# Baby, won't you open my open my eyes?

# Open my eyes

# Won't you open my eyes?

# Baby, can you open my open my eyes

# I'm tryin' to find a way to guide my life

# I need a little help to get this right

# Baby, can you open my, open my eyes

# Baby, won't you open my open my eyes?

# I'm tryin' to find a way to guide my life

# I need a little help to get this right

# Baby, can you open my open my eyes

# Baby, won't you open my open my eyes?

# Open my eyes. #

APPLAUSE