Thrills, Spills and... Sheep! Blue Peter

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Today's live Blue Peter is a battle of strength and willpower

featuring the England tug-of-war team,

Hacker T Dog and friends, The Tide

and these two beefcakes.

Now that's impressive. Oh, look at the mess...

APPLAUSE

Hello! Hi!

Camera one, camera two.

How you doing? Welcome to the show. It's a live show.

As you can see, Lindsey is not here this week,

which means that we can be naughty.

RADZI LAUGHS

Oh, yes. No, she's been fired for being too funny. I do the jokes.

I'm only kidding.

She's back next week and we can't wait to see her back here,

sharing the joy with us.

We're going to make up for it, though, without her being here

with all the cool stuff that's on the show. Check it out.

I train for a very, very fun challenge indeed.

It involves water, it involves skis and me doing that.

That's going to be funny.

And also later on, find out about this really rare breed of sheep.

It's so un-baa-lievable.

I like my own gags.

Now, then, let's kick off the show in the right way

with a performance, of course.

Fresh from sunny LA, it's Click My Fingers,

make some noise for The Tide.

APPLAUSE

# If only I could click my fingers

# I'd make all of your wishes come true

# But I'm not a magician

# I can't make a grey sky seem blue

# I know you're feeling anxious

# Saying to me, "Everything's OK"

# You hide it like an actress

# With nothing but a smile on your face

# Lay your head on my shoulder

# I want you to know

# I'll stay with you forever as we both get old

# Forget about money, we don't need the gold, no

# And I don't have superpowers

# But if I did, I'd use them for good

# And I would click my fingers

# And make all of your wishes come true

# Cos whatever, whatever you go through

# Don't be scared

# And whatever, whatever you go through

# I'll be there

# Whatever, whatever you go through

# Don't be scared

# And whatever, whatever you go through

# I'll be there

# Now let go of your troubles

# Don't you know that I'm here to help?

# Tell me 'bout your struggles

# See, you don't have to struggle by yourself

# I know you're feeling anxious

# Saying to me, "Everything's OK"

# You hide it like a actress

# With nothing but a smile on your face

# And I don't have superpowers

# But if I did, I'd use them for good

# And I would click my fingers

# And make all of your wishes come true

# Cos whatever, whatever you go through

# Don't be scared

# And whatever, whatever you go through

# I'll be there

# Whatever, whatever you go through

# Don't be scared

# And whatever, whatever you go through, girl

# You just got to let me know-ow-ow

# Yeah, you just got to let me know-ow-ow

# And I don't have superpowers

# But if I did, I'd use them for good

# And I would click my fingers

# And make all of your wishes come true

# Cos whatever, whatever you go through

# Don't be scared

# And whatever, whatever you go through

# I'll be there

# I'll be there

# Yeah, you just got to let me know-ow-ow. #

APPLAUSE

Levi, Austin and Drew, The Tide, so good to have you on the show.

-Thanks for having us.

-It's a stomping track, as well.

Harmonies were bang on, there, boys, by the way.

Let's talk about your year you've had, Levi,

-it's been a really busy one, hasn't it?

-Crazy.

Tell me about it. What's been going on?

Well, toured the world with The Vamps, played arenas, it's amazing.

-You've just signed to The Vamps' new label as well.

-Yeah.

That's pretty exciting stuff.

So do you have to write an album now?

Yeah, we're working on an album right now

and it's getting close to done, so we're really excited.

Amazing. Thanks for performing the song for us.

It's wicked to hear you.

-Stick around, we've got a bit of fun later.

-Yeah.

You saw at the start of the show, there were two beefcakes

in particular. You three look quite beefcakey as well.

-We're doing a tug-of-war later. You up for that?

-Definitely.

Beautiful. Fantastic. Thank you very much, boys.

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-I'm going to be Lindsey.

-No, Radzi, that's my name.

-I know!

All the info you need is on the Blue Peter website.

In fact, I'm going to head there right now.

Hi, Lindz.

I need to get my CBBC account sorted. Bye.

That was a clever bit of camera trickery, wasn't it?

What a great, little film. So, go and log on.

What are you waiting for?

Create your new CBBC account and then tell us what your name is.

If you get in touch today and tell us what your

name is, we will give you a shout-out on the telly,

so that means you could have a shout-out from The Tide.

-Yeah!

-Maybe, maybe...

-You could have a shout-out from Hacker T Dog.

-That's me, cockers!

-Mate, it's so good to see you.

I thought I smelled beef paste.

-Hiya, Barney Harwood. Are you well, me old cocker?

-I'm all right, son.

It's always good to see you on the show. Thank you for being here.

-Lovely, that.

-You could also get a shout-out from Radzi.

-Who's he?

Well, WHERE is he, more to the point.

-I don't know.

-Where's he gone?

Barney, I am here, actually, to see something that I haven't

tried since school, but never like this.

Pull!

I give to you the England Under-18 Army Cadet Tug-of-war Squad

and, in case you don't know what that is, to help explain more,

we have judge Ray Fray-Smith. Ray, lovely to meet you, sir.

-Pleased to meet you, sir.

-This looks like a real competition here,

-but how do you compete in tug-of-war?

-It's a simple sport.

We have a rope and we have two equal teams,

seven pullers and an anchorman, and they pull

a distance of four metres and the winning team wins. Simple as that.

You can see a lot of hard work goes into this, a lot of strength.

How important is strength?

Strength is important, endurance and stamina and a big heart.

-A big...?

-It certainly helps.

And those are the kind of words I guess you'd associate

-with the Olympic Games.

-Yes.

-Is at an Olympic sport?

Unfortunately, since the 1920s,

tug-of-war doesn't feature in the Olympics,

but I'm very pleased to say that Great Britain are the

reigning Olympic Champions and the City of London Police

represented England and we have the gold medal from the 1920s.

-That's the actual one?

-It is indeed, yeah.

That's the actual Olympic gold medal we won essentially a century ago?

-Yes.

-What a privilege that is. Well, Ray, you've inspired me.

-Can I give it a go?

-Certainly. I've got Damien, the team captain.

-Damien, lovely to meet you, my friend.

-How are you?

So, how do I do this?

Basically, tug-of-war, there's a couple of steps.

-You have to pick up the rope, take the strain steady and pull.

-OK.

All right, so at the moment,

we're going to start you with picking up the rope.

-I can do that bit.

-OK, everyone!

-Yes.

-So if you put both hands by the blue tape.

-Yes, like that.

Yep, that's perfect. And you want to get your hands by your waist.

-Take the strain...

-OK, that's it. OK?

-OK.

And now we're going to... Basically,

we're going to show you how to get steady for the actual pulling.

-Steady...

-So now you're going to make sure that...

-You're going to get a bit lower.

-Yeah.

-That's it.

And then you're going to, basically, when you push off, you're going

to push with all the force on the front of your toes.

-Gotcha. OK.

-Pull!

Whoa!

There's a lot of force in this. OK. OK... We might be, er...

We might be losing this one, but that's fine,

that's absolutely fine, cos it's taking part that counts. OK.

-Is this good, Damien?

-Yeah. Basically, what you want to do is,

-you want to slide back with your feet?

-Slide back? Yes!

I mean, I wanted to do that, this is helping. Definitely helping!

-Helping...

-WHISTLE BLOWS

That's, er... Just, er... Probably going to leave that there, actually.

I'm glad I got that practice in cos I'm going to need it later on.

We're going to do it again, this time with a few famous faces.

And embarrassing myself with this rope has reminded me of

a challenge I did earlier on in the year.

HE PANTS

The year is 1922 and American Ralph Stevenson has a dream.

He wants to recreate the thrill of mountain skiing, but on water.

He takes a couple of wooden boards and a clothesline out onto a lake.

And, towed by his brother, he tries lots of different techniques until

he leans back and lifts the toes of the wooden boards out of the water.

And waterskiing as we know it today is born.

And thank goodness good old Ralph Stevenson had that dream, because

if not, I wouldn't be about to take on my next Blue Peter challenge.

And I wouldn't be getting in that cold reservoir,

being...dragged by a speedboat...

with pieces of wood under my feet...

Ah, thank goodness(!)

And the man who's going to show me the ropes, or rope,

is waterskiing coach Nick.

Nick, I know I'm going to be waterskiing,

but what will I actually be doing today?

You're going to be having great fun.

Like riding your bike downhill really fast.

-That's what it's going to be like?

-You'll have a thrill,

-a great time.

-How is it going to look like today?

What will I start with and how will it go through?

We're going to start you on what we call a training boom,

which is basically a big stick attached to the side of the boat,

then we're going to progress you onto the rope.

The rope's more fun, but it takes a lot more balance.

'So, first things first,

'Nick just wants me to stand up holding the boom pole.

'That sounds simple enough.'

Bit further, so you're between the two cables.

In case you're wondering, it's freezing.

Whoa!

'Yes, the water is ice cold,

'the wind is blowing in my face

'and I can't see a thing, but I'm stood up!'

Yes!

Yes! I think I'm doing it!

This is good fun!

He's doing really good. I think we've got a natural.

I'm standing up!

'For a first attempt, I think I did OK...

'but then I see 11-year-old Lucy.'

Lucy Roberts is the British Under-12 Champion and she also happens

to be the proud owner of a Blue Peter sport badge.

So who better to help me out?

Lucy, I really enjoyed working on the boom pole.

Is there anything else I can do?

Yeah, I think if you want a bit of a challenge,

we can try and get you up behind the back of the boat if you want to.

-On the actual rope?!

-On the actual rope!

-On the ACTUAL rope?!

-It's not a pretend rope.

HE LAUGHS

'Using the rope is much harder because there's

'no pole to support myself, so all my weight is on the water.'

Argh! I'm trying hard to stay still!

Whoa! Whoa! I can't stand up! Whoa!

'I'm literally putting everything I've got into trying to stand up.

'It's so hard!'

Yes!

Oh-ho!

I don't know what this looks like on camera...

but from where I'm looking, it's very intense.

'This is tough. Time for some more advice from Lucy.'

-Should I do anything differently?

-Well, you took a bit of a long time!

LAUGHTER

Just try and do it. Just do it quick.

'Brutal! But with more training under the watchful eye of Lucy...'

Stand up!

Whoo!

'..I manage to speed things up.'

I think that was really good.

'As I reach the end of my first session,

'I feel I'm really making progress. But then...'

Whoa!

I have absolutely loved it today, which is a good job,

because I'm going to have to get used to these water-skis.

My challenge is to perform

at the British Junior Water-ski Championships.

I need to put together a routine of tricks that I'll perform in

front of a panel of judges and some of the best young talent in

the country, and I've only got a few months in which to do it,

so my training moves quickly, and I get very used to hitting the water.

Even though it's a real challenge, I'm loving being pushed.

But things start to get complicated.

So, so difficult.

Balance and concentration and I haven't had much luck so far.

Balance and concentration are exactly what I need if

I'm going to pull off the tricks in my routine.

Like spinning -

turning on the water will be part of all my trick manoeuvres,

so I need to get it right, but with just weeks left,

I've got a problem...

-Going this side, clockwise, that's my weakness.

-Yeah.

That's the one, when if I am going to fall over or catch an edge

or get it wrong, it's going to be on that side.

-What can I do about that?

-Practise.

I've come a long way, but if I'm going to pull this challenge off,

I've still got some way to go.

Nick and Lucy are legends, by the way.

-That is an incredible sport.

-I would like to point out

no Radzis were hurt during the making of that film.

-Now, it's not funny to see somebody falling over...

-No!

-..in water,

it's hilarious,

so we've put loads of clips together for you to go and check out online.

Radzi's epic waterski fails. That is my favourite photo of you ever.

Head to the website and go and check out some epic fails.

-Right, then.

-Well, to see how I got on at the actual championships,

-watch next week's show.

-BP big badge wall is right here.

I'm going to start off with Matthew from Maidstone.

This is a sign that says Poo Bleater.

This was for the Roald Dahl 100th anniversary,

and that is Gobblefunk for Blue Peter. Matthew, thank you very much.

You've got yourself your very own silver BP badge.

-Well done.

-Rebecca from Gloucestershire

you are incredible.

This is when I broke the world record for the most number of

straws in my hair. The effort you've gone to, the detail, perfect.

-Thank you very much.

-It's hard to know who's who there.

Monica from London has sent this.

It is an explosion box. Is it going to make an explosion noise?

-I hope so.

-OK, here we go.

EXPLOSION! BOTH: Whoa!

That was amazing. How did you do that, Monica?

Inside, you can see there is some fire and there is

a fire truck fighting the fire, and that is because it is to

celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London.

Monica, you're a genius, thank you.

On top is your badge, on its way to you. Well done.

Lexi from Newport, you know how to make something beautiful.

Feast your eyes. Look at the array of colour.

Shelley is very happy, saying, "Look at the beautiful sunset."

-Lexi, thank you very much, indeed.

-Really quickly,

my favourite thing that I have been sent for a long time.

Sophie, I love you, this is my favourite jet ever, it's the T1.

Normally, I'd say I want one, but "I've got one," courtesy of Sophie.

Congratulations, you've got a badge. Keep sending us your stuff.

That's not all we want to hear from you because, my friends,

it is that time of year again.

Children In Need 2016 is almost here and we want you to do...

-Did someone say goo?

-Oh, Radz, it's "do" your thing.

-Oh.

-You could make a cake.

-With a special ingredient.

Goo.

-You could put on a fancy dress costume.

-By wearing goo.

-No, Radz.

Or you could do a sponsored silence.

So, whatever you are doing for Children In Need,

we want to know about it.

All you have to do is go on the Blue Peter website,

print out your template, and send us your...

-Goo!

-Yes.

-Get creative.

Decorate your goo, cut it out and send it to us, along with the pledge

slip, and tell us what you are doing to raise money for Children In Need.

When you have done that, the address you need is...

We want to cover the entire Blue Peter studio in your goo

for the Children In Need special.

Send it to us, please, by the 16th of November.

-So, go on and do your thing for Children In Need.

-Yeah, "goo" on.

Children In Need 2016 is well under way

so make sure you get in touch and send us your goo, please.

Barney, enough of all this goo chat.

I'm in charge now, because we're about to play every dog's

-favourite game. Yes!

-Go on, then.

-Tug of rope! Tug-of-rope!

-It's tug-of-war.

Silence! Anyway, let's meet the teams.

In white, the under-18s England tug-of-war squad,

-joined by Barney Harwood...

-Hello.

-..from Bear Behaving Badly.

They've also got Austin, Drew, and Levi from the Tide.

-Are you all right, Austin?

-Yeah, how are you doing?

Very well, thanks, me old cocker. Are you having a lovely time so far?

-Yeah, I'm having some fun, man.

-That won't last long, my old son.

And looking to pull them the other way are the blue team.

THEY WHOOP AND CHEER

All right, all right, give us a minute.

-They've got Radzi from Blue Peter.

-Yeah!

-Don't let that hold you back.

But look closely, we've got Match Of The Day Kickabout's Ben.

-All right, Ben?

-Thanks, Hacker, I'm good, how are you?

-I'm very well, thanks, are you looking forward to it?

-Very much so.

That's the most I've ever spoken to him.

And also, we've got CBBC HQ's Lauren and Karim.

THEY CHEER

-Come on, the blues!

-Come on, HQ!

-Come on, HQ, indeed.

Teams, are you ready?

THEY LAUGH

In that case... Oh, me ear's fell over. Ray! Ray, the judge!

-Raymond! Ray!

-Hello.

-Ray!

-Hello.

-I like your hat, Ray, it's nice that.

-Thank you.

-Did you not get one to fit?

-THEY LAUGH

Now, Ray, why have you got such a big whistle?

So the teams can hear me.

-Give us a quick blast of it before we start, go on.

-I'll do my best.

-HE BLOWS WHISTLE

-Move it on, yeah. Good thinking.

In that case, Ray the judge,

wave your arms in the air like you just don't care.

-Teams, are you ready? Blue team, are you ready?

-BLUE TEAM: YEAH!

-White team, are you ready?

-Yeah, we're ready.

-Pick up the rope.

Pick up the rope!

Take the strain!

Taking the strain.

This way, blue team. No cheating.

-Come on, blue team.

-Sorry. Sorry, Mum.

-She's not watching, Radz.

-Ready! Pull!

Look, there. They're all leaning back now.

That is the classic position to be in.

Now that team have got to pull that team over a line or summat.

I don't quite see the point of this game. But they like it.

-And if they like it, that's good enough for me.

-Come on!

Oh, look, the whites are winning. The white team winning.

I think it must be Austin. Austin is doing all the work here.

There is someone's feet. There, there's some feet.

There's Radzi there.

-Not again!

-Radzi, there, leaning back.

THEY CHEER

Well done. Ray! Ray, who won?

I'm pleased to announce the white team won.

The white team won, then.

THEY CHEER

-The white team, then, named after Barney's hair.

-Thank you very much.

-Well done.

-Thank you very much to all of the under-18s

army cadet squads for coming and showing us how it's done.

Very impressive stuff.

Now, if you want to earn your BP sport badge like my pal

Hacker here, you've only got until tomorrow to post it to us.

Go to the website, print off the application form,

there are three sections,

Just fill them out and then send them to us, please.

And you can get your very own BP sports badge.

Whilst you are there, why don't you nominate

your Young Sports Personality of the Year.

It can be a friend, a family member, or even just your sporting idol.

You don't have to choose Radzi Chinyanganya but the option's there.

-Now, Hacker, name your favourite animal.

-Ocelot.

-No, not ocelot.

-A furry one.

-A sheep.

-Yes, well done, he got it in two.

That's not worth a prize, but this film might be.

Meet the Loaghtan,

a breed of sheep known for having four distinctive horns.

They are pretty rare and native to the Isle of Man,

so that is exactly where I have come.

They are so beloved by the residents here, they have actually put

the image of the Loaghtan on the back of their pennies.

At one time, there were less than 50 of these sheep left, but now, thanks

to the work of people like Nigel here, there are well over 1,000.

Come on, girls.

Nigel, tell me about the Loaghtan. They're gorgeous, aren't they?

Yeah, absolutely fantastic. They are just so beautifully adapted,

they can look after themselves,

they'll eat anything, literally anything. They're a hardy sheep.

But even the hardiest of sheep need a haircut.

And these Loaghtans are due a serious snip.

I'm going to lend a hand but before we can commence the cutting,

we need to build a pen.

We'll put a gate across here which will hold them in here.

We'll have gates on four sides, and once they're in a small area,

they're easier caught.

Pen built, time to round them up. Cue the comedy music.

COMEDY MUSIC

-Right.

-Right, talk me through what I need to do.

-Walk round behind them and talk to them nicely.

-Come on, guys.

You're going to get a lovely haircut. I was thinking a perm.

Right, we've got those guys in. This is good, this is good, this is good.

'Great dancing, Nigel. Yep, don't miss that one.'

That was actually pretty well done, wasn't it?

Once penned, it's time to trim, with sheep shearer Jess.

Now, obviously, when you go to the hairdressers,

you sit in a nice, comfy chair, you know you're there to have your

hair cut, and you get a shampoo and everything, you can read a magazine.

Sheep aren't like humans, in that sense.

They don't just sit and pay attention.

-No, they don't know what is going on.

-OK.

We try and do it as quickly as possible,

keep them moving so they don't get bored.

-Sure.

-And it is over in no time.

But before I can get stuck in,

Jess has to show me the correct shearing technique.

So the sheep can't run away, they're sat on their bottom.

You start with the belly. That would tickle. Then the back.

And finally the neck.

-And that's all there is to it.

-As easy as that?

-Yes.

All right, then, here we go. Let's, erm... Let's do it.

It's all right, just a trim. Hello.

If you want to just make that straight to this leg here.

So, from there, just a swipe down to there, that's it.

'Now, with my carefully manicured beard,

'you'd think this would be a breeze. But trying to trim

'a Loaghtan that's not a big fan of the hairdresser is not easy.'

That's it, keep going.

'It's just those tricky, hard-to-reach areas left.'

There you go. Just go down towards the tail now.

-That's it.

-That's it.

-Perfect.

-Beautiful.

'Ta-da! Looking sharp, my friend.'

-She looks like a happy customer.

-Definitely.

-What do you reckon for a first time?

-Very good, yes.

It's all down to the teacher. Jess, thanks very much.

Now, I've got to find out what happens when you've got all

this stuff off the sheep. What you do with it?

Susan and her grandson Tristan are local experts in taking

Loaghtan wool and turning it into clothing,

and if there is one thing I love, it's knitwear.

Ah, good times.

Freshly sheared wool is spun on a wheel to turn it into

a long string called a yarn.

This yarn can then be turned into a lovely woolly jumper.

-Oh, have I broke it? I think I'll leave this to the experts.

-Right.

Whilst it's a bit advanced for me, it's fascinating to see

what can be done with the Loaghtan's prize wool.

I really enjoyed today. That's been really productive.

We've sheared a sheep in the morning, we've taken the wool

and seen how we can make it into different things,

I think we've all learned a really nice break.

-So, a cup of tea.

-Oh, Barney, I'm so sorry.

We've got another 500 sheep that need shearing over there.

No slacking yet. Things to do.

Nigel, you're such a mean boss.

-Why don't sheep shrink in the rain?

-Go on.

-Well, I just don't know.

My woolly jumper did one wash, and I couldn't wear it again.

But, anyway, I am wearing a relatively open weave and enjoying myself.

You have been sending your comments in so we can give you shout-outs.

So, here we go. As quick as we can, boys, ready?

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-That's it.

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Thank you very much.

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Peridot Dancing Meerkat, congratulations,

you spotted the word beefcakes, you've won 5 million.

-You haven't, you absolutely haven't.

-Coming out of your bank, my friend.

It isn't. THEY LAUGH

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It's me, cocker.

Send me some meat paste related questions,

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Head to the BP website and cast your vote now.

There's just enough time to say, Tide, thank you very much for coming in. Have you enjoy yourselves?

Yeah, it has been amazing man, thank you.

-Well done, the Tide.

-Well done, the Hacker T Dog.

And now it's time to hear from an Olympian.

Thank you for your thousands of sports badge applications.

Don't forget the closing date is 30th September, and that's tomorrow.

So, go out there and get inspiring.