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Today, find out all you need to know to train to be an astronaut.

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We have a performance from the super-cool Foxes.

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And one theatre company is turning this rubbish into this.

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QUACKING

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That's all coming up on today's live Blue Peter.

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CHEERING

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-Hello!

-Hi!

-And welcome to Blue Peter.

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Now, you can probably tell it's just me and Barney today.

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Lindsey's away training for an epic challenge.

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-You'll find out more about that later in the year.

-Hang on.

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If Lindsey isn't here, and it took me ages to get into make-up,

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why did it take so long? You say it's Lindsey...

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Thanks. Don't make it too poofy this week. Have you got any lippy?

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-No!

-That's enough, thank you.

-Unbelievable, Barney.

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-I know.

-DING!

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Anyway, coming up very soon, you're going to see how I got on

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when I was put through my paces to train to be an astronaut

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and that got us thinking. If you could train to be anything

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in the world, what would it be? Lucy?

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I'd be an actress because of my cousin.

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She was on Blue Peter when she was little.

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-Did she get a badge?

-Yeah.

-It's inspiring stuff, Blue Peter.

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-How about you, if you could train to be anything?

-I would be a scientist.

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-What kind of scientist?

-A crime scene investigator.

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Look at that. How cool is that?

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So what would you train to be if you could?

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Get in touch, usual details, please.

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We are live, so get in touch via our website.

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We will try and squeeze in as many comments as possible at the end.

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Radzi, have you heard about the new drink

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-that everyone's drinking in space?

-No. New drink?

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Yeah, it's all the rage. Everyone loves it.

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It's called gravi-TEA.

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-HE LAUGHS

-Oh...

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WIND WHISTLES

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Oh, I liked that one. I thought that was really good. OK, awkward.

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Well then, let's go into the next film.

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I went to meet Tim Peake a few months ago. He's an astronaut.

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He's the first official British astronaut

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who's going to the International Space Station in 2015.

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And I thought, if I'm going to speak to him,

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I should probably go dressed for the part.

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OK, this hasn't really gone that well.

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I'm going to speak to the scriptwriters. One second.

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# Spaceman

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# I always wanted you to go into space, man

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# Intergalactic Christ

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# Spaceman... #

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Hey, I'm here to meet Tim.

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Oh, hi. Yeah. I'm not a real astronaut,

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but I am here to meet a man who's about to become one.

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Can someone get me out of here, please? I am sweating.

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Major Tim Peake is set to be the first official British astronaut

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when he blasts off to the International Space Station in 2015.

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So I went down to London to meet him

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and find out a bit more about his mission.

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Tim, we say you've got to earn your Blue Peter badge,

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and just by being an astronaut,

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we think that well and truly means you can wear that with pride.

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Fantastic, thank you very much.

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So, you are the first official British astronaut.

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-How does that feel?

-It feels fantastic, it really does.

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It was a real privilege to be selected back in 2009

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and since then I've just been doing some amazing training.

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What sort of things do you do?

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The training is incredible, it's really diverse.

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There's a lot of things you need to know about.

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Firstly, just the trip up and back,

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so we have to know everything about the Soyuz spacecraft,

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how to get there and back.

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Rendezvous and docking with the space station.

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How to do a spacewalk, or how to use the robotic arm

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so that you can capture a visiting vehicle

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and dock it to the space station.

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How to carry out all the science that we'll need to do.

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And then the simple things like how to repair the toilet

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and how to eat and sleep.

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And weightlessness, how do you train for that?

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That means there's no gravity,

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but here there is gravity, so how do you get round that?

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There are two main training methods.

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The first one is to experience real weightlessness,

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and you do that by going up in an aircraft.

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You can practise how your body reacts, how to move,

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how to handle heavy things.

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But if we want to practise that for longer periods of time,

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we use water.

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We get kitted up in gloves which are just like the ones

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we're going to wear on a spacewalk, and various other bits of equipment.

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We go down in the swimming pool, using the water as neutral buoyancy,

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and practise five, six-hour-long spacewalks.

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For the audience watching who would love to be an astronaut,

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what sort of things can they do here?

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We all come from a variety of backgrounds.

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There are schoolteachers, there are engineers, there are physicists.

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There are test pilots like myself.

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And the one thing we have in common, I guess, is that we are all

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passionate about what we do and we try and be as good as we can be.

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Tim really is an amazing inspiration, isn't he?

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He is out of this world. How can you train like an astronaut right now?

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Well, I've come to this school in Salford to find out more

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because the students in here are already moonwalking their way

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towards becoming the next generation of space explorers.

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The pupils here are learning about the qualities

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you need to be a good astronaut.

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And they're testing themselves with various challenges

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as part of their lessons.

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They're using simple objects that anyone can get hold of,

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like rulers and jigsaws, to mimic the elements of human space-flight.

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Astronauts of the future, you've got to teach me

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how to be an astronaut too.

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So what are we doing here, what is this little challenge?

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We're testing our fast reaction times on catching the ruler.

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Because that's what you need, fast reaction times,

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when you're in space, when you're repairing the ship outside.

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Like, if you drop anything, so you can catch it straightaway,

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so it doesn't float off into the universe.

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Space high-five, no gravity.

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Awesome!

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'Next up, puzzles. But why are we wearing gloves?'

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It's hard for them because they won't be able to grip the pieces easily.

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'But this is Blue Peter so we've super-sized things.

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'First up, a light wall to test my reactions.

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'One point for every button hit.'

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OK, you scored 32 in 30 seconds

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and that was both of you at the same time.

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So what would be a good score for me to get?

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40 if you're good, and 45 if you're an expert.

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-40?

-Yes.

-Or 45?

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-If a light flashes, I need to hit it.

-Go!

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-Time up.

-Yes! That'll do, won't it?

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That was in between 40 and 45, right in the middle

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-so I'm kind of in between good, and did you say expert?

-Expert.

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OK, challenge two.

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This time it's hand-to-eye coordination

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and a two-metre-long buzz wire.

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Everyone's life hangs in the balance...based on my steady hand.

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Here we go.

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Three, two, one. Go.

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BUZZING

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-Ah! No! Does that mean I'm not an astronaut?

-Yeah.

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Thank you for your support(!)

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So it all comes down to the last challenge for me

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to prove my, er...astronauty-ness?

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Christopher, what is my final challenge?

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Well, since astronauts do lots of flips in space,

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because of the micro-gravity environment,

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you'll be doing ten flips on that.

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CHEERING

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It's time to test my space rolls.

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KIDS CHEER

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So there you have it. One small step for man, one giant leap for Barney.

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I think it's fair to say I've been put through my paces today

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but you don't need to have all this equipment

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to train to be an astronaut.

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You can use anything in your classroom, in your home,

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so why not give it a go? Go on, train to be an astronaut.

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You never know, you could be the next one in space.

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CHEERING

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It was such a good day. We'll keep you updated

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with Tim Peake's movements later in the year.

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If you can't wait, watch Newsround tomorrow.

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He is announcing a new competition which you just have to enter.

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And thank you to the children at the school as well,

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for helping me train to be an astronaut.

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-I still feel sick, thank you!

-Barney, let's walk and talk.

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If you were watching last week's show,

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you'll have noticed that we were in the Blue Peter garden.

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That's all part of our green theme

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which we're going to be celebrating over the next few weeks

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because we know just how much you care about the environment,

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and that's because we see the amount of post that you send to us about it.

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Just look at the Big Badge Wall this week.

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Again, caked, and all to do with the environment.

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Here's one I have to show you - this is from Rebecca.

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She's made a flowerpot from an old boot. I love this.

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Rebecca is wearing her blue badge.

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Because of her inspired boot, which is from the Skinny Jeans Gardeners,

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you're now getting a green badge as well, Rebecca. Well done.

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Congratulations. Someone getting his green badge

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this week, too, is Calum.

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Calum has designed this. It's come from Motherwell.

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It's a bin, which is pretty cool, where you put your recycling.

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Look at it, he's made it out of silver paper

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and an old cardboard tube. He's even given it eyes as well.

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This bit is a touch of genius. It's actually a pencil sharpener.

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Calum, well done. Green badge on the way.

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Now this is from Sarah, from Hertfordshire,

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and this is absolutely mega.

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Look at the size of this piece of post!

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It's got flowers, plants, trees, you name it.

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Well, Sarah, yourself and every person on the Big Badge Wall

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are all going to be getting their green badge.

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One of the best things about Blue Peter badges

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is that you get into over 200 attractions for free.

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That's right, I said for free.

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So send in all your stuff

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because that's what can get you a Blue Peter badge.

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All the details about them are on our website.

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Last week, we told you we're going to have

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some rubbish puppets here in the studio.

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That inspired Lucy to design her own. Look at this.

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It's a cardboard tube with orange paper on it.

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It's got a smiley face and like all good cats,

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it's got a lovely pair of whiskers at the bottom.

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This is because we've got a brilliant performance

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-from the Theatre-Rites company and our Excavators. Hello.

-Hello!

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Good to see you, Charlie, Simon, Mohsin and Ed.

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Let's start from the very beginning.

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We're talking about how everything's been created from rubbish.

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So where did the idea come from?

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We wanted to make a piece that explored the hidden values of things

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and objects that people normally throw away.

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And as Excavators, we believe that one person's rubbish

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could be another person's treasure.

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OK. Who are you going to introduce us to now?

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-We've got somebody in the bag.

-There he is!

-Oh, hang on!

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OK!

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-Come on.

-Out you come.

-Come on.

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There you are. Come on, come on, you!

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-Don't be shy!

-BARKING

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-There he is!

-This is our dog.

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-Amazing! Hello, mate. How are you doing?

-Sit down. Sit.

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-He's well trained, isn't he?

-He's really well-trained.

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And you can see he's made out of a bit of old rope, binoculars,

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a bottle, a brush, an old tin, some springs

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and some old tennis balls on his feet.

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Fantastic. Presumably he's still in training. Oh, yeah!

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Sit! And fetch!

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Still working on it.

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That's fine. Good boy, well done. Who else have we got here?

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-Here, we've got...

-Who have we got here?

-There he is.

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Come on! Good boy. QUACKING

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We've got our duck. As you can see,

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our duck's made out of an old tea set.

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And when we find him in the show, he's covered in grime and muck,

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like the birds that get hurt in oil spills out at sea.

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So we clean him down and teach him how to fly again.

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Absolutely amazing. So lifelike as well.

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You're all wearing your green Blue Peter badges.

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Recycling is a big thing. We love turning old things into new things.

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How important is it to recycle?

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It's really important. Just think about how much stuff we throw away.

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And as a theatre company, it's our job to inspire people

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to think about that and think about how they might re-use their rubbish.

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The Blue Peter audience is better than everybody at being

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inspired by the show and things that they see.

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If you could give us an idea of what to do

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and how to recycle our rubbish into puppets?

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Sure. First of all, be sure that whatever rubbish you do find

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is clean and safe to use. Once you've done that,

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carefully select one item of rubbish that best suggests a character.

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Then you can play with all the different ways of making puppets

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but also of making your puppet come to life.

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-Like this.

-QUACKING

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BARKING

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You've got a bit of a busy month ahead of you, you're touring?

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Yes, we're touring Rubbish all over the country.

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We're off to Liverpool next, and we're also going to Bath,

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-London, Leicester, Canterbury and Manchester.

-Amazing.

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Now, I think it would be a shame to have all this set dressed

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and have you in costumes and our rubbish puppets in the studio

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-and not have a sneak peek. Could you do that for us?

-Oh, yes.

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OK, you get yourselves ready and I'll do the big intro.

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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, please welcome Theatre-Rites,

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the Excavators, with a brilliant show, it's Rubbish.

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No, it's actually called Rubbish. Thank you.

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GENTLE PIANO MUSIC

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Oh... OK. Oop...

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Ohhh.

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Oh!

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Oh... Oop!

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Oop...Oh! Ahhh.

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Er...OK.

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Hup, hup, hup...

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Ah!

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Oh!

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Huh!

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Ahh...

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Huh...

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Ah!

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Huh. Oop...

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Ooh! Huh...

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HORN HONKS Oh, sorry!

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HORNS HONK Oh! Oh! Oh!

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HORNS HONK

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Oh! Oh!

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APPLAUSE

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Absolutely amazing. Have you ever seen a better example of how to turn

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rubbish into something new and exciting? That was all live.

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A great performance from the Theatre-Rites. Excavators and

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Rubbish. Thank you very much, guys, brilliant.

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If that has inspired you to get involved and to make your own

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puppets from rubbish, which we've

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got here in the studio, beautifully modelled.

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Flynn, that's amazing. What's this guy?

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Erm, this guy is Dave the dragon.

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Dave the dragon. It happens to be the best name for a dragon!

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Your creativity can take you anywhere you like. If you're going

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to make one of these puppets out of rubbish, why not take a

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picture of it and send it to us? Usual details...

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We'll try and put as many of them as we can in our gallery.

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So, you've made one as well, Radzi?

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I was in the dressing room and I found an old pair of socks.

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Yeah. My dressing room - those are my socks!

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-Hang on. What's this?

-Again, I found a packet of crisps.

-My crisps!

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I was saving those for later!

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What else have you nicked? That's ridiculous!

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Anyway, next week will mark the 20th anniversary

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of the English Channel, which connects England and France.

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A few months ago, Lindsey got

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the opportunity to travel through that tunnel.

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As this is Blue Peter, she wasn't just getting to

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visit France. Oh, no! Lindsey had to get her hands dirty!

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< Radzi, have you seen my drink?

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Below the English Channel is one of

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the seven wonders of the modern world.

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Wondering what it is? Let me show you the Channel Tunnel.

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The Channel Tunnel is a railway line

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that runs underneath the English Channel

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and connects Great Britain with France.

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Clocking up a massive 31 miles, it is

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the longest undersea tunnel in the world.

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Construction of the tunnel started in 1988,

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and on the 1st of December 1990,

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English and French workers shook hands as the last bit of rock

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was drilled through.

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There's about 400 trains that pass through here every day,

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and today I'm going to be on one of them.

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It's going to take us under the sea and get us to France.

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Oh, there's even a shutter going down!

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We've got our own little room for the car.

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I think we just have to sit and wait until we are in France.

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And that's exactly what we did.

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So here I am, the other side of the English Channel,

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which means I am now officially in France. Bonjour.

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It's about 6pm, which means we've travelled over 30 miles under

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the sea in around 35 minutes, which is pretty impressive!

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No, no! The journey doesn't stop here.

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I'll be coming back here to see exactly what happens to the tunnel

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when the trains aren't running.

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I'm back, and it's about 9:30pm.

6:47:066:47:09

It's strange to think that in a couple of hours I'm going to

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be under the sea. I'm here to meet John Keith, who works for Eurotunnel.

6:47:126:47:15

He'll tell me about the maintenance that

6:47:156:47:17

goes on to keep the tunnel open and the trains working.

6:47:176:47:21

-Hi, John.

-Hi, Lindsey. Good to see you.

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So, what are we going to be doing tonight?

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First, I'll show you the rolling stock maintenance how we

6:47:256:47:28

keep our trains running.

6:47:286:47:30

Then we are going underground, into the tunnel.

6:47:306:47:33

We'll see some of the rails being replaced underground.

6:47:336:47:36

That's so cool, I'm really excited!

6:47:366:47:38

Am I right that the reason we are here late is because it's the

6:47:386:47:40

-safest time to be here, because the trains aren't running?

-It is.

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'And it's inside this huge depot that those trains are taken for repairs.'

6:47:446:47:47

This is the big stuff - 850 metres long.

6:47:476:47:50

850 metres! Look over there.

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That's how the guys get from one end of the shed to the other.

6:47:546:47:58

I'm not surprised! It's so long, it's miles away!

6:47:586:48:02

So I got on a bike and checked it out for myself. My goodness!

6:48:026:48:05

I am actually out of breath and I've only cycled a tiny bit of this train.

6:48:056:48:11

This is not just a big train, this is epic!

6:48:116:48:14

Now we are actually under the shuttle.

6:48:176:48:21

That's right, this is the train above us.

6:48:216:48:24

Look down there and see how far away it goes. You can't even see the end.

6:48:246:48:28

These are the longest trains in Europe.

6:48:286:48:30

John, I spend a lot of my life feeling quite small cos I'm short.

6:48:306:48:34

Now that we are here, I feel absolutely tiny!

6:48:346:48:36

This room is just full of train.

6:48:366:48:39

Things get even more impressive as we head into the Channel Tunnel.

6:48:396:48:43

So we've just entered the tunnel for the first time.

6:48:436:48:46

This is where all the workers do the maintenance.

6:48:466:48:48

First we go through an airlock.

6:48:486:48:50

This keeps the tunnel air pressure constant and means that in an

6:48:506:48:53

emergency, trains can be evacuated safely through clean air.

6:48:536:48:56

Here we go! We're off!

6:48:566:48:58

We're going down into one of the tunnels where they do all

6:48:596:49:02

the maintenance on the tracks.

6:49:026:49:04

Tonight they are replacing old track with new track, which is cool.

6:49:046:49:07

I'm hoping I'm going to be able to get involved.

6:49:076:49:10

It's just turned midnight and we are in the service tunnel waiting

6:49:106:49:14

to get into the railway tunnel.

6:49:146:49:16

We can't go down there until it's safe to do so,

6:49:166:49:18

and that means all the electricity has got to be off.

6:49:186:49:21

You can see on the door behind me, it says "4352".

6:49:216:49:23

That means we are 43 and a half

6:49:236:49:25

kilometres from the English entrance of the tunnel.

6:49:256:49:27

The trains have stopped running for the night in the main tunnel

6:49:276:49:31

so the maintenance team can get started.

6:49:316:49:33

Trains travel over the track at around 90mph,

6:49:336:49:35

which means that every little

6:49:356:49:38

stone they hit is going to cause wear and tear.

6:49:386:49:41

And that's why these guys are down here doing their best all through

6:49:416:49:45

the night, working as quickly as they can

6:49:456:49:47

to mend the track for the next day.

6:49:476:49:49

This machine here is incredible.

6:49:546:49:56

Its job is to lift up the tracks, push them to the side

6:49:566:50:00

and get them out of the way for the new tracks.

6:50:006:50:03

It makes it look so easy!

6:50:036:50:05

But I soon found out that not all of the maintenance was quite so simple.

6:50:056:50:09

I'm so scared of getting this wrong.

6:50:096:50:12

Pull up.

6:50:146:50:15

This is so stressful!

6:50:176:50:19

They told me I've got a new job. I did it!

6:50:196:50:23

That was so nerve-racking.

6:50:236:50:25

In the next four hours, these guys are going to do a kilometre

6:50:256:50:29

and a half of this work.

6:50:296:50:31

Where that little white mark is, that's where

6:50:316:50:33

they are about to cut into the tracks and replace it with new rails.

6:50:336:50:37

Every single part of the track is being inspected

6:50:406:50:42

and looked at in such detail.

6:50:426:50:44

They are even being marked off to say that they are OK

6:50:446:50:46

and ready for new track.

6:50:466:50:48

Even the pads they are laying down have a role to play in stopping

6:50:486:50:51

wear and tear.

6:50:516:50:53

In just a few hours the train will be flying through here again.

6:50:586:51:01

The new track is in place but there's still more welding

6:51:016:51:04

and safety checks to be done before the tunnel can reopen in the morning.

6:51:046:51:07

I think I'll leave them to it. It's bedtime!

6:51:076:51:10

Nice one, Lindsey. Now, it's time for a bit of music.

6:51:146:51:17

This week's Blue Peter guest is tipped for great things in 2014.

6:51:176:51:22

Louise Rose Allen, best known by her stage name, Foxes, is a British

6:51:226:51:26

singer-songwriter from Southampton. She first burst onto the music scene

6:51:266:51:30

last year with her debut single, Youth.

6:51:306:51:33

Earlier this year she bagged a Grammy award.

6:51:336:51:36

Her second single, Let Go For Tonight, rocketed into the UK singles

6:51:366:51:40

chart in the top ten.

6:51:406:51:42

With a sell-out UK tour planned,

6:51:426:51:43

Foxes is going from strength to strength.

6:51:436:51:46

Now she's here to perform just for you.

6:51:466:51:49

Now, it is time to meet her. Would you please give it up for Foxes?

6:51:506:51:54

CHEERING

6:51:546:51:56

-Welcome to Blue Peter.

-Hi!

-How are you?

6:51:586:52:00

I'm very well, thank you. How are you?

6:52:006:52:02

I'm very excited to hear you perform later.

6:52:026:52:05

I'll start with the most obvious - your name, Foxes. That's a wicked

6:52:056:52:08

name. Where does it come from?

6:52:086:52:09

I took it from a song I wrote when I was really little.

6:52:096:52:12

I had to change my real name because it's very close to Lily Allen so...

6:52:126:52:16

-OK!

-My name is Louisa Rose Allen - and, yeah, Lily Allen.

6:52:166:52:21

Have you always wanted to be a singer?

6:52:216:52:23

Yeah, I was writing from the age of 12.

6:52:236:52:26

I used to make drum kits out of kitchen equipment

6:52:266:52:30

and weird stuff like that.

6:52:306:52:32

-That's exactly what we do on Blue Peter.

-Yeah, you do! Amazing.

6:52:326:52:36

If you were to look at the top ten greatest all-time musicians,

6:52:366:52:39

not all of those people would have a Grammy award, but you've got one.

6:52:396:52:42

What was it like, winning that?

6:52:426:52:44

Erm... Almost as amazing as this right here.

6:52:446:52:47

No, it was amazing.

6:52:476:52:50

I still can't believe I've got a Grammy so early on. It's incredible.

6:52:506:52:56

Really, it just makes me want to work harder.

6:52:566:52:59

It's a nice thing at a very early stage.

6:52:596:53:03

-Foxes, thank you so much for coming in.

-Thanks for having me.

6:53:036:53:08

-Before you perform, Barney, I think you've got some comments.

-I do.

6:53:086:53:11

Thank you very much. We've been

6:53:116:53:13

asking you what you would train to be if you could.

6:53:136:53:17

Look at Flynn looking down the barrel! You're a proper presenter!

6:53:176:53:20

Quartz Disco Sea Lion says, "I would train to be a palaeontologist or

6:53:206:53:23

"an archaeologist because I love dinosaurs and history."

6:53:236:53:26

That's a good one. Lemon Metallic Pupfish... What a brilliant name!

6:53:266:53:29

"I would train to be a stunt driver, but if I don't get the job I would

6:53:296:53:32

"definitely be a Blue Peter presenter."

6:53:326:53:34

I'm glad we're only second best(!)

6:53:346:53:35

Blue Netball Elephant,

6:53:356:53:37

"I would love to train to be a zookeeper or become

6:53:376:53:39

"a volunteer at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, to walk the dogs."

6:53:396:53:42

-That's a lovely one. Hi, Radzi.

-It was.

6:53:426:53:44

Flynn, if you could train to be anything,

6:53:446:53:46

-what would you be?

-An actor.

6:53:466:53:48

An actor! I like it, my friend.

6:53:486:53:50

Now, we want you to get in touch with us at the end of the show.

6:53:506:53:52

You can go online and tell us what your favourite part of the show is on

6:53:526:53:56

-the Blue Peter website. We love it when you do.

-It's the

6:53:566:53:58

usual website address.

6:53:586:54:01

You can go on there and vote for

6:54:016:54:04

the bit you liked in the show today.

6:54:046:54:06

I think if you go on there and tell them you liked the bit about

6:54:066:54:09

gravi-TEA earlier, that would go down well.

6:54:096:54:11

That is just about all we've got time for.

6:54:116:54:13

Before we hear Foxes perform,

6:54:136:54:15

here is what is coming up on next week's show.

6:54:156:54:17

I can't tell you how excited I am. Penn and Teller, the magic duo,

6:54:176:54:21

are going to be in the studio with some mind-boggling magic.

6:54:216:54:25

The cast of Next Step shows how to transform hoodies into backpacks.

6:54:256:54:29

And UK hip-hop dance champions Rough Diamond are going to be here

6:54:296:54:32

with a show-stopping performance. Show them some of your moves

6:54:326:54:35

-as well.

-It was a robbery! Lindsey shouldn't have won that.

6:54:356:54:38

But here to perform the fantastic brand-new single

6:54:386:54:40

Holding Onto Heaven is Foxes.

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# Starless sky

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# We've got so good at pretending

6:54:546:54:58

# There's a side, a side to you, that isn't running

6:54:586:55:05

# But I don't know where it is that you've been hiding

6:55:056:55:13

# But I need you tonight

6:55:136:55:19

# But I need you tonight

6:55:216:55:27

# Cos I'm holding onto heaven

6:55:296:55:33

# Lights fade but I won't let them

6:55:366:55:40

# Oh, I'm holding onto heaven

6:55:446:55:48

# When I breathe it's only you

6:55:526:55:56

# All these years

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# I've been chasing down the answers

6:56:026:56:05

# I was here, always tracing out your shadows

6:56:056:56:13

# But I need you tonight

6:56:136:56:18

# Cos I'm holding onto heaven

6:56:206:56:24

# Lights fade but I won't let them

6:56:286:56:32

# Oh, I'm holding onto heaven

6:56:356:56:40

# When I breathe it's only you

6:56:436:56:48

# I can't take it

6:56:486:56:50

# Cos you think nobody sees what you're doing to me

6:56:506:56:53

# I'm telling you, guilt is in your eyes

6:56:536:56:58

# I hate what you've done, what you've made me become

6:56:586:57:03

# No sleep, face the night

6:57:036:57:05

# Oh, I'm holding on

6:57:086:57:13

# Lights fade but I won't let them

6:57:166:57:19

# Oh, I'm holding onto heaven

6:57:236:57:27

# When I breathe it's only you

6:57:316:57:35

# Cos I'm holding, cos I'm holding

6:57:356:57:40

# Cos I'm holding onto heaven

6:57:406:57:44

# Cos I'm holding, cos I'm holding

6:57:446:57:48

# Cos I'm holding onto heaven

6:57:486:57:52

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

6:57:526:57:57

# Cos I'm holding, cos I'm holding onto heaven. #

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APPLAUSE

6:58:076:58:10

-That was good.

-Thanks.

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