0:00:02 > 0:00:04Coming up, three celebs become 12 again.
0:00:04 > 0:00:05I hated my glasses and yet,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08if I took them off, I couldn't see a thing.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11- Do your impression, Sam. - No, that's what used to happen!
0:00:11 > 0:00:13I think I cried for about 24 hours.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15And we caught up with One Direction.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18My older sisters always used to try and influence my fashion
0:00:18 > 0:00:20which may have involved high heels.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Ohhh!
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Want to know what they're all talking about?
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Ever wondered what it would have been like
0:00:26 > 0:00:30to be best mates with your favourite celebs
0:00:30 > 0:00:31when they were your age?
0:00:31 > 0:00:35What did they get up to? What were their favourite songs?
0:00:35 > 0:00:38And watch TV shows did they watch?
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Because, despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45once they were a kid with a dream, just like you.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47This show lets you look back in time
0:00:47 > 0:00:51with your favourite celebs as they become 12 again.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59# Yeah, the bad boys are always catching my eye... #
0:00:59 > 0:01:03She's the number one pop singer who really does have the X Factor.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04But in the year 2000,
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Alexandra Burke had just begun to set her sights firmly on success.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12When I was 12 years old, I knew what I wanted in life already.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14I loved going to school.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17I would be so angry at friends who'd bunk school
0:01:17 > 0:01:20cos I'd be like, "Education is the key!".
0:01:20 > 0:01:22I sounded like an old woman.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27They are the presenting duo who totally like
0:01:27 > 0:01:28to wind you up on a Friday.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31# Daisy dukes, bikinis on top... #
0:01:31 > 0:01:35But back in the 1990s, Sam and Mark were total strangers.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Go on, you start.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- I was quite confident for a 12-year-old.- Yeah, I'd say.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- You didn't know me. - Yeah, I'm just trying to be nice.
0:01:44 > 0:01:50- Can you hear that? That is your weekend starting about now!- Yeah!
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- I think I was a little bit arrogant. - Oh, yeah?
0:01:52 > 0:01:55I thought I knew a lot more than I actually did.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57At that age, you think you know everything
0:01:57 > 0:02:01and everybody else who's older than you knows nothing.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06And she is the children's author who created
0:02:06 > 0:02:08one of the best-loved characters ever.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12But in 1957, Dame Jacqueline Wilson had her head in the clouds,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15just as much as she did in the books.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18I was frequently called Jacqui Daydream when I was at school
0:02:18 > 0:02:20because I WAS a daydreamer.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25I was the sort of child that stared gormlessly out of the window
0:02:25 > 0:02:27and I'd be making up stories in my head,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29instead of listening to the teachers.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32All are massive celebs today and, for the first time ever,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36we're going to find out everything there is to know about
0:02:36 > 0:02:38what they were like when they were 12.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41So let's go back in time and meet their 12-year-old selves.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45I didn't really like the way I looked when I was 12.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46I was...
0:02:47 > 0:02:49..chubby.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53When I was 12 years old, I was never interested in boys. I hated boys.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55But I loved being a tomboy.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00Years 7, 8 and 9, I wouldn't say I was bad but lovable rogue,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02I'm just going to put that out there for you.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Spots! Oh, man, I had spots!
0:03:05 > 0:03:07I remember really wanting my voice to break
0:03:07 > 0:03:10because I wanted to have a lower voice, a more manly voice,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13but I always thought you'd notice it straight away.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Like, (SQUEAKY VOICE) one day you'd be speaking like this,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18and (DEEP VOICE) then you'd go like that.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20But it didn't. It just gradually happened.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25I hated my hair. My mum made me have it very short, with a perm.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30And I also had to wear glasses. I hated my glasses.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34And yet if I took them off, I couldn't see a thing.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Looks aside, what else did our celebrities get up to?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39You know what I used to do?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- I was so nervous about my first proper kiss...- Oh, don't say it!
0:03:42 > 0:03:45..that I used to kiss my TV remote.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Er, OK, Sam.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52I had a TV in my bedroom and I used to kiss the TV remote
0:03:52 > 0:03:55to practice the, the action of...
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Which side, though?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Not the one with the buttons. No, the bit on the bottom.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Hey, it worked a dream, though!- It's weird, though.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06She couldn't believe that she was my first kiss.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- And I went, "Yeah. Yeah, you're my first kiss."- It's weird, though.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13OK, Sam, each to their own.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15What about Alexandra?
0:04:15 > 0:04:19When I grew up, I used to think my sister and I were twins
0:04:19 > 0:04:21because my mum used to dress us the same,
0:04:21 > 0:04:25until, one day, we both wore the same thing and she turned to me and
0:04:25 > 0:04:29she went, "You know I'm a lot older than you and I'm not your twin."
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I think I cried for about 24 hours.
0:04:32 > 0:04:39When I was 12, I used to play every sport that there is.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- Football, cricket...- Polo.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44No, not polo.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47If it has a competitive side to it, you know how competitive
0:04:47 > 0:04:51I am now, but at 12, you're even more competitive.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I was always performing and I was always the kid that,
0:04:54 > 0:04:58not the first person to get up at a party and do impressions
0:04:58 > 0:05:01and things like that cos that's just annoying.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02- What parties?- Loads of parties.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- "Do your impressions, Sam." - No, but that's what used to happen.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09See, I used to do impressions in the privacy of my own home and
0:05:09 > 0:05:13then your mum would embarrass you by saying, "Oh, do your impression."
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Impressions of who?
0:05:14 > 0:05:18I used to do an impression of a presenter called Cilla Black.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22You're all watching Live and Kicking with a lorra, lorra laughs.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26She always used to go, "Ohhh!"
0:05:29 > 0:05:32"Oh, we're going to have a lorra, lorra laughs" she used to say.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Dun-dun, der-der-der, dun! Thank you.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40The worst item of clothing, without a question, was my crocodile shoes.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44And to make it even worse, I used to have really high trousers.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Not cool.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51- There was a singer that had a song called Crocodile Shoes.- Yeah.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- So people called you that? - Yeah, I heard that a lot.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02We lived in a flat that was considered, actually, very luxurious
0:06:02 > 0:06:07because we had central heating and constant running hot water.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11So we quite fancied ourselves in our posh flat.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Believe it or not, when Jacqueline was a kid,
0:06:13 > 0:06:16having a radiator and being able to get hot water
0:06:16 > 0:06:20when you turned on a tap was considered a luxury!
0:06:20 > 0:06:22In fact, even by the 1970s,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25only 30 percent of homes were properly heated.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27But, while it may have been luxurious,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30life at home wasn't always comfortable for Jacqueline.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Mum and Dad didn't get on very well, so there were lots of arguments.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38My dad had a fierce temper and would yell a lot.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42I really entered into my own imaginary world then
0:06:42 > 0:06:44because I think when you're 12,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48mostly you're around your family or you're all day at school.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53You don't have time just to daydream. And that's what I liked to do most.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59I shared a bedroom with my sister and my mum used to get so angry
0:06:59 > 0:07:02cos we'd put loads of stickers on it, right.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05We'd stick them up on the wall, ruin the paint, the whole shebang.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08And every time I sang in my room, my audience was the posters,
0:07:08 > 0:07:12because we had it, like, literally, you wouldn't see the wall in there.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15It was literally stickers of people we loved everywhere.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18My mum constantly had to keep painting the walls.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Every time she painted it, we'd stick more on.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21We were naughty in that respect.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25So that's what Sam and Mark, Jacqueline and Alexandra
0:07:25 > 0:07:27were like when they were 12.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29But what music were they listening to?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32When I was 12, the band that I liked was Oasis.
0:07:32 > 0:07:38# I'll never make my baby cry... #
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- They were massive. - Pretty big in the '90s.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45When I was 12, they released their third album, Be Here Now,
0:07:45 > 0:07:49which has recently become my favourite Oasis album.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Oasis exploded into the charts in 1994
0:07:53 > 0:07:57and quickly became the biggest band in the UK.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00By the time Sam was 12, Oasis were at the height of their fame.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03They were so famous that, even though they
0:08:03 > 0:08:06looked kind of funny, everyone still wanted to look like them.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09I even grew my hair once like Liam Gallagher, really long
0:08:09 > 0:08:12and over my ears and it was just like it.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14That was the thing back then.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16The Oasis haircut swept through the nation
0:08:16 > 0:08:19and everybody wanted their own mop-top in the '90s.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23So, while Sam was listening to the most popular music of the time,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Mark, well, I'll let him tell you.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30In '93... Oh, wow, I can't believe this is going out on air,
0:08:30 > 0:08:35but Meat Loaf came back with Bat Out Of Hell II.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- Wow!- And you know when... Oh, what's that song?
0:08:39 > 0:08:43It's this song and I am so sorry.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48# And I would do anything for love... #
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- # If I would do anything... # - Yeah, that was good.- That one!
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- I loved that tune!- That was big.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56And I thought I was so cool buying that. Obviously I wasn't.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59# Oh, I would do anything for love... #
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Don't worry, you heard Mark right.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04He said he liked Meat Loaf when he was 12.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Not that kind of meatloaf! Although it does look pretty tasty.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11This Meat Loaf is actually called Marvin Lee Aday,
0:09:11 > 0:09:15and he is one of America's biggest rock 'n' roll legends.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19This song, believe it or not, was number one for seven weeks.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22If you'd been at school with Mark,
0:09:22 > 0:09:26this song would have definitely been played at the disco.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29The Meatloaf video, it's kind of like
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- a beauty and the beast fantasy story.- Yeah.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- It's not great. It is not a great video.- No.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37But I remember it being number one
0:09:37 > 0:09:40for about 100 weeks or summat silly like that.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Yeah, it was a long time at number one.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Now, the song title, he says,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47"I would do anything for love, but I won't do that."
0:09:47 > 0:09:51We've never found out, to this day, what he won't do.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56# No, I won't do that. #
0:09:56 > 0:09:57Let's leave Sam and Mark
0:09:57 > 0:10:00contemplating what Meat Loaf wouldn't do.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02When Jacqueline was 12,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05all she wanted to do was actually buy some pop music.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10I knew how important it was to be up to the minute with popular music.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13But it was quite difficult for me.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16We didn't have a record player, so I was a bit stuck.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20At 12, I would go round the town with a couple of friends
0:10:20 > 0:10:23and we'd go into a music store
0:10:23 > 0:10:27and listen to those little single records.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30But I could never buy one cos I had nothing to play it on.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34I pretended that I liked various popstars
0:10:34 > 0:10:38just because all the other girls did.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40There was Cliff, Cliff Richard.
0:10:40 > 0:10:46# Got myself a crying, talking, sleeping, walking, living doll... #
0:10:46 > 0:10:49And, I know it sounds rather ridiculous,
0:10:49 > 0:10:53but he was considered quite raunchy when I was young.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55He did have a sort of mean, moody look.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57# Take a look at her hair... #
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Jacqueline, you are not alone.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Sir Cliff Richard, as he's known today,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04was one of Britain's first-ever popstars,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07a bit of a Justin Bieber of his day with very similar hair.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10He first hit the charts in 1958...
0:11:10 > 0:11:12# Christmas is love... #
0:11:12 > 0:11:15..and he's been so popular that he's had a number one
0:11:15 > 0:11:18in every decade until the year 2000.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Sam and Mark are also big fans
0:11:20 > 0:11:25and even did a parody of this music video, Mistletoe and Wine.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29# Christmastime, mistletoe and wine... #
0:11:29 > 0:11:33So, while Jacqueline was figuring out how to listen to pop music,
0:11:33 > 0:11:37in Islington, Alexandra Burke was listening to anything she could.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41At the age of 12, I was listening to Al Green, Gladys Knight,
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Whitney Houston, Aaliyah, Boyz II Men...
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- So Alexandra liked a lot of music.- ..Spice Girls.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- Oh, has she not...- Take That, erm...
0:11:49 > 0:11:53As I was saying... Oh, she's not finished.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- SWV, erm, TLC as well.- Let's...
0:11:55 > 0:11:58I mean, no, for real, let's keep this going.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59No, let's move on. Come on, now.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- Who was that rapper? Limp Bizkit?- What?!
0:12:02 > 0:12:05# Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'... #
0:12:05 > 0:12:09I used to listen to him. "Rollin', rollin', rollin'..."
0:12:09 > 0:12:12I appreciate music. Full stop.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I mean, for me, as a person who wanted to be a singer,
0:12:14 > 0:12:16it kind of made me realise
0:12:16 > 0:12:20where I wanted to go and what direction I wanted to go in.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22And that direction was to appear in the hit TV
0:12:22 > 0:12:25singing competition Star For A Night.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28The whole school knew that I was on it apart from me
0:12:28 > 0:12:30because my mum had told the head teacher.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34My mum had set it all up so they'd come in the school and surprise me.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Star For A Night was a show that would surprise people
0:12:37 > 0:12:40and give them a chance to be, er, well, a star for a night.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43I remember the day of the surprise and my mum was like,
0:12:43 > 0:12:46"Your hair's not looking that great. Let's go to the hairdresser's."
0:12:46 > 0:12:49I was like, "But Mum, I've got school. I've got English. I'm not..."
0:12:49 > 0:12:52She goes, "You're going to the hairdresser's."
0:12:52 > 0:12:57'I get to school, don't know what's going on, start playing the piano.'
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Oh, my God!
0:12:59 > 0:13:03'Next thing you know, Jane McDonald walks in the classroom
0:13:03 > 0:13:05'and I'm, like, freaking out.'
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Let's rewind.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- Oh, my God! - I've seen that face before.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15# It's not a cry that you hear at night... #
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Let's take a look at Alexandra's first single
0:13:18 > 0:13:23and compare her face from when she won the X Factor.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27Hallelujah, indeed! They are exactly the same face.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34# When somebody reaches for your heart... #
0:13:34 > 0:13:37And when I actually got onto the TV show,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39my whole school was so behind me.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42They, like, put posters up for everyone to watch it.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45They were very supportive. And I got really popular, very quickly.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49The winner on Junior Star For A Night is...
0:13:51 > 0:13:52..Joss Stone.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56I didn't win. Joss Stone actually won the show.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59You mean Grammy-award-winning soul singer Joss Stone?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01# Wait a minute, wait a minute... #
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- Fair enough! - I just kept going from there.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06That's when I was like, "All right, cool.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09"I have to be in school choirs, church choirs."
0:14:09 > 0:14:11I was just singing whenever I could sing.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Whenever anyone would listen to me and I weren't yapping, I was singing.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17That's the way forward. That's what I would do.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Still to come, we catch up with One Direction
0:14:21 > 0:14:24and find out all the goss from when they were 12.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26All the girls would do those faces where
0:14:26 > 0:14:29they don't even look like they're enjoying themselves,
0:14:29 > 0:14:30just like...
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Mark has a go at a well-known celebrity.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36John Barrowman, if you are listening,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38what was going on with your waistcoat, mate?
0:14:38 > 0:14:43And Jacqueline remembers a not-so-golden age of CBBC.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Children's television was pretty basic then.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50But, first, it's time to find out what news stories
0:14:50 > 0:14:54had a lasting effect on young Sam and Mark, Jacqueline and Alexandra.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58The big news when I was 12 is that the Spice Girls,
0:14:58 > 0:15:02major girl group, had been around for quite some time,
0:15:02 > 0:15:05but Geri Halliwell decided to leave the band.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I didn't know what to do with meself when she left.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Crazy.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Hello, and first, fans across the world are coming to terms
0:15:16 > 0:15:19with Geri's decision to leave the Spiceworld behind her.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22She blamed differences between her and the other girls.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26The Spice Girls were the biggest girl band of the '90s
0:15:26 > 0:15:28and Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31was one of the most popular members.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33This is a message to the fans,
0:15:33 > 0:15:38"Sadly, I would like to confirm that I have left the Spice Girls.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42"This is because of differences between us."
0:15:42 > 0:15:46Back then, when somebody left a major group like that,
0:15:46 > 0:15:48it was like the end of the world.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- Yeah. Well, for fans, yeah. - Yeah, people, like, started crying.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Geri was my favourite so, actually, I did start crying.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Now that Geri's leaving,
0:15:59 > 0:16:03she's sort of letting the whole country down.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04Steady on!
0:16:04 > 0:16:06# Too much of something is bad enough... #
0:16:06 > 0:16:08It was mad because it was on the news
0:16:08 > 0:16:11that Geri Halliwell had left the Spice Girls.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Now, I don't think, if a member of The Saturdays left,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18it would be on the 10 o'clock news at night.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- But it was weird, wasn't it, back then?- Yeah.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22While Spice Girl fans were upset
0:16:22 > 0:16:24with the news of Geri leaving the band,
0:16:24 > 0:16:28when Alexandra was 12, a news story affected the entire nation.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Hello, our top stories this afternoon,
0:16:33 > 0:16:38closing the countryside, foot-and-mouth takes hold.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41I remember in 2001 when I was 12, the big story was foot-and-mouth disease.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46Foot-and-mouth was a highly infectious disease that affected
0:16:46 > 0:16:50any farm animal with hooves, such as pigs, sheep and cows.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55There were more than 2,000 cases of foot-and-mouth in Britain in 2001.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58To stop the disease from becoming worse,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01millions of animals were put down.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Not only did the disease had a massive effect on the farmers
0:17:04 > 0:17:07and their businesses around the country, but tourism
0:17:07 > 0:17:09and other industries were also affected.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12The images from around the countryside that year
0:17:12 > 0:17:15will always remain in peoples' memories.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20We used to go to our local farm and stuff every, kind of, weekend.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23So being around animals, we loved animals.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27The disease took around nine months to control before Britain
0:17:27 > 0:17:29was declared free from foot-and-mouth.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Since then, strict rules have been put in place
0:17:32 > 0:17:36so an outbreak as bad as 2001 will hopefully never happen again.
0:17:36 > 0:17:42When Jacqueline was 12, one big sporting team had its darkest hour.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Here is the news.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50So far, we know there are 23 survivors
0:17:50 > 0:17:53after Manchester United's air crash at Munich this afternoon.
0:17:53 > 0:17:59I remember when most of the Manchester United football team
0:17:59 > 0:18:01were in an air crash.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04On the 6th of February 1958,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07one of the worst sporting disasters in history happened.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11The Manchester United team, known as the Busby Babes,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14were flying back to England after a match in Belgrade.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15The plane stopped off in Munich
0:18:15 > 0:18:18but when it tried to take off again, sadly it crashed.
0:18:18 > 0:18:2223 people died in the crash, including eight of the team,
0:18:22 > 0:18:25and the news came as a shock to everyone in the country.
0:18:25 > 0:18:31It was huge headlines and everybody thought how disastrous this was.
0:18:31 > 0:18:37I'd never flown at all. Most kids of 12 had never had an experience.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41I did go on a school trip later when I was 15 and I remember that,
0:18:41 > 0:18:44before the plane took off, we were all terrified.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49After recovering from the crash, manager Sir Matt Busby
0:18:49 > 0:18:51began to build a new team out of respect
0:18:51 > 0:18:53to the players who had lost their lives.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Not only did that new team win their first match,
0:18:55 > 0:18:58they also made it all the way to the FA Cup final.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Manchester United are now one of the world's biggest teams
0:19:01 > 0:19:04and a statue of Sir Matt Busby stands
0:19:04 > 0:19:06outside the stadium, in honour of him
0:19:06 > 0:19:10and the team that lost their lives in that crash.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Still to come, we ask the all-important question,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18what would our celebs do if they were 12 again?
0:19:18 > 0:19:23I wish I could change the fact that I was a little bit cocky
0:19:23 > 0:19:25and a little bit arrogant.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30It's an age of transition. There's no other age quite like it.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34You've really got to concentrate. You can't take that time for granted.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37But, first, we caught up with One Direction
0:19:37 > 0:19:40and they told us what they were like when they were 12.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43# You don't know Oh, oh, oh
0:19:43 > 0:19:45# You don't know you're beautiful... #
0:19:45 > 0:19:48One Direction may not know that they are beautiful
0:19:48 > 0:19:51but when Liam, Niall, Zayn, Louis and Harry were 12,
0:19:51 > 0:19:55they were a bunch of lads who didn't want to go to school discos.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58The thing is, with the school discos is, like, most guys
0:19:58 > 0:19:59actually didn't want to go.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03But if you didn't go, you weren't cool, so you had to go to the disco.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05All the girls would be dancing and do those faces
0:20:05 > 0:20:08where they don't even look like they're enjoying it, just like...
0:20:08 > 0:20:11and all the guys would be sat round thinking,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14"I really want to go and talk to her but I can't."
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Er, that's my dance move! But, come on, guys, what about girls?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20School disco when I was 12.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24There was a girl in my year, hadn't spoke to her much before at all.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Spoke to her for a little bit at the disco
0:20:26 > 0:20:28and then started going out with her.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30And then I went on holiday
0:20:30 > 0:20:33and I think we broke up as soon as soon as we got back.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Aw, Harry, that's such a shame!
0:20:35 > 0:20:37# It's got to be you... #
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I didn't think I looked very cool when I was 12.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42I think my sisters used to dress me every so often
0:20:42 > 0:20:44because I had older sisters.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Yeah, they always used to try and influence my fashion a little bit,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50which, you know, may have involved a high heel or two.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51OK...
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Despite the dubious fashion choices, what were the boys listening to?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57When I was 12, I loved Peter Andre.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01# Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Mysterious girl
0:21:01 > 0:21:03# Move your body... #
0:21:03 > 0:21:06When we first got put together, we all spent a week together
0:21:06 > 0:21:10and me and Liam found our mutual love for him cos Liam used to love him
0:21:10 > 0:21:11as well when he was younger.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- Used to, yeah. Used to. - You still love him, don't you?- Yeah.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21- 12 was like...- Just fun. Just fun. - Yeah, that was a really fun year.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24I think the fact that you can kind of be so carefree.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27For me, it was a really, really fun year of my life.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Oh, Louis's my favourite. And Harry. And you, Niall. And you, too, Liam.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Oh, you're all so lovely! Right, OK!
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Back to Sam and Mark, Jacqueline and Alexandra,
0:21:36 > 0:21:40and find out what TV shows they were watching when they were 12.
0:21:40 > 0:21:46When I was 12, the Saturday morning show of choice was Live And Kicking.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54Live and Kicking was essential viewing on a Saturday morning.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Well, all of Saturday morning, actually.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59The show lasted three and a quarter hours.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02We will have the best, the most high-quality entertainment for
0:22:02 > 0:22:06the next three and a quarter hours that you could possibly have.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Not only was it the place to see all your favourite pop idols...
0:22:10 > 0:22:13SHOUTING AND LAUGHTER
0:22:13 > 0:22:16..it was also home to comedy duo Trevor and Simon,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18the Dick and Dom of their day.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Ooh, ooh, watch out for the rolls there.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Stop the car. What Rolls? I can't a limousine anywhere.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25No, the rolls, the rolls!
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Live and Kicking had loads of presenters
0:22:27 > 0:22:31but when Mark was 12, it was Andi Peters and Emma Forbes,
0:22:31 > 0:22:35but they were joined by none other than Doctor Who star John Barrowman.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Sir.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40John Barrowman was actually a presenter...
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- Of Tonight's The Night fame?. - Indeed, indeed.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- What a packed show it is, Emma, today, isn't it?- Unbelievable.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49He wore some horrendous shirts, John Barrowman.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- Look at that. Pure, sheer muscle. - Yeah!
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Waistcoats that, like, oh, wow!
0:22:54 > 0:22:56I knew that was going to happen.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Yeah, John Barrowman may be able to
0:22:58 > 0:23:02sing, dance and act, but don't let that man near a wardrobe.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04John Barrowman, if you are listening,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06what was going on with your waistcoat, mate?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- He wears some pretty bad suits- these- days!
0:23:11 > 0:23:14While Sam and Mark were TV's fashion police,
0:23:14 > 0:23:18in Islington, Alexandra was watching...well, a lot.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24I loved Kenan & Kel, Sister, Sister, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Alex Mack.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28I used to also watch Blue Peter all time.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Erm, Rugrats. I still watch Rugrats. It's crazy. Er...
0:23:32 > 0:23:34All right, we get the point.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37You liked a lot of kids' TV back then,
0:23:37 > 0:23:41but in 1957, kids' TV was anything but fun for Jacqueline.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45When I was 12, I think you could get two television channels.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Children's television was pretty basic then.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Erm, excuse me, what's basic about this?
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Flobbada flobbata, flobba lob sclob.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Flobba lob sclob.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01OK, OK, it's quite basic.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02So basic in fact,
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Jacqueline turned her attention to what her parents were watching.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11I particularly liked, though, a programme for families,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14which was called The Grove Family...
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Remember, if anybody talks, I shall have something to say.
0:24:18 > 0:24:25..which was the first funny domestic drama long before all the soaps.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31There was a terrible old granny and a mum and a dad and, I think,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34a schoolboy and schoolgirl.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39The Grove Family was one of the country's first-ever dramas,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42a bit like the EastEnders of its day.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44I'm not here for you to play jokes on.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48You won't believe some of the things that happened in The Grove Family.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51It was mad! Like the time the granny properly kicked off
0:24:51 > 0:24:53cos her food was not good enough!
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Would you like another helping of stew?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57No, thank you. I can't get through this.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Always the same when Gladys is away. That's only fit for a dog.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Thank you very much(!) I wonder why people always say that.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07OK, maybe not that exciting, but it all kicks off in this scene!
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- Hello. I just put my bags on the taxi. How are you today?- Fine.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- Morning, dear. What a lovely dress.- Oh, thank you.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Right, off we go, then. Oh, hello, Jane.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18OK, so maybe it's not that exciting, then.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20It probably looks terribly dated now
0:25:20 > 0:25:24but it really seemed realistic to us watching it.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Even though TV was a bit basic back then,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29it will always remain in Jacqueline's memory.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33But what do our celebrities remember most about being 12?
0:25:33 > 0:25:36When I was 12, I definitely was feeling
0:25:36 > 0:25:41that transition of being a young kid to turning into a teenager.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43And, you know, it was difficult at times, obviously.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45But that transition was great.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Scary, because you're about to become a young,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51a young person, like a young grown-up.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55You've really got to concentrate. You can't take that time for granted.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59The best thing about being 12 was not having any cares in the world.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03You're in your own little fantasy world where everything was great.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05It was just a really, really nice time.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10I do think you are sort of fizzing over with happiness
0:26:10 > 0:26:13and yet also, there's the other side,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16where you can be tremendously despairing.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21But you are experiencing life with a real deep intensity that age.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26I wish I could change the fact that I was a little bit cocky
0:26:26 > 0:26:29and a little bit arrogant.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Don't answer back. Just be nicer to people.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37If I was 12 again, I'd probably embrace it a little bit more.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Embrace the fact that...
0:26:40 > 0:26:42..I was kind of popular!
0:26:42 > 0:26:48It's a difficult age because part of me longed to wear lipstick
0:26:48 > 0:26:53and to be able to go out with a boyfriend, say.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58And yet I would want to be looking at my paper dolls
0:26:58 > 0:27:01and doing all sorts of quite childish things, too.
0:27:01 > 0:27:06I mean, perhaps that's the advantage of being 12, that you can
0:27:06 > 0:27:11sometimes behave like a 9-year-old and sometimes pretend that you're 16.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Whatever. But it's an age of transition.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16There's no other age quite like it.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20So what have we learnt?
0:27:20 > 0:27:23If you're ever cooking for your granny,
0:27:23 > 0:27:25make sure it's not overcooked.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26That's only fit for a dog.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29If in a girl band and thinking of leaving,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32always consider how it will affect your fans.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35She's sort of letting the whole country down.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38And, even though you don't stay 12 for ever,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41some people just don't change that much when they grow up.
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