0:00:01 > 0:00:04Coming up, three celebs become 12 again.
0:00:04 > 0:00:08I had a section that said My Future Husband and there was a picture of Aaron Carter.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12My dad wouldn't talk to me for a fortnight. I turned down Picasso.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16And I ended up going into school stinking of sour milk.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17And we catch up with JLS,
0:00:17 > 0:00:19who told us what mattered when they were kids.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22"It doesn't matter what your name was!"
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Want to find out more?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Well, have you ever wondered what it would have been like
0:00:27 > 0:00:31to be best mates with your favourite celebs when they were your age?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33What did they get up to?
0:00:33 > 0:00:35What were their favourite songs?
0:00:35 > 0:00:37And what TV shows did they watch?
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Because despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44once they were a kid with a dream, just like you.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48This show lets you look back in time with your favourite celebs
0:00:48 > 0:00:51as they become 12 Again.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58# Baby, baby We're on the rocket... #
0:00:58 > 0:01:02As a pop superstar, her debut single went straight in at number one
0:01:02 > 0:01:06and she's been storming the charts ever since.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08That's now. But back in 2003,
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Pixie Lott's school life was full of glee.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I think I was just very excited about everything,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18because I'd just been introduced to a school where you can perform and act
0:01:18 > 0:01:22and dance and sing all the time, and I was so excited about writing songs
0:01:22 > 0:01:24and making music.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29My name's Steve Backshall.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34He's the wild man of CBBC, ready to take on the most deadly challenges.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36HE LAUGHS
0:01:36 > 0:01:41And even back in 1985, Steve Backshall was ready for adventure.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43I was a miniature version of what I am now.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45A lot of the things that I do now,
0:01:45 > 0:01:47in terms of wildlife and the outdoors
0:01:47 > 0:01:51and sports and being active, really I was already doing when I was 12.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- FLASH GORDON THEME - Citizens!
0:01:55 > 0:01:59From the King in The Legend Of Dick And Dom to Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02he's a living legend in the acting world today.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04But back in 1948,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Brian Blessed was far from TV royalty.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10I'm a Yorkshire boy, I'm the son of a coal miner.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13And 12 years of age, I was a very happy boy.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Today they may all be massive stars,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21but what did they look like when they were 12?
0:02:22 > 0:02:27I had really long, thick, curly, crazy hair.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30I had to get braces on my bottom teeth.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35I was a greasy, stinky, spotty little kid.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36I was an absolute state.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I was scrawny, wiry,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42clear skin with broad shoulders,
0:02:42 > 0:02:44deceptively broad shoulders.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47I think I was into, like, bright colours.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50If I saw a top and it was a really bold colour,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52I'd be like, "Wow, it's amazing."
0:02:52 > 0:02:57At 12 years old, I wore shorts and T-shirt pretty much all day long.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Um, barefoot almost all the time.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Very rarely wore shoes.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06It was an age when you kind of introduced yourself to make-up
0:03:06 > 0:03:10and stuff, and once I tried on this new eye shadow
0:03:10 > 0:03:13and I went downstairs, we were about to go and visit my grandad,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15and my mum made me go and take it off.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22So that's what our celebs looked like. But what did they get up to?
0:03:25 > 0:03:28First thing in the morning, I'd go out, take the dog for a run,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31and then I would milk the goats before going to school.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Goat milking?! So how did that go for a pint-sized action hero?
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Most of the time the goat would take exception to it,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42boot the pan of milk all over me,
0:03:42 > 0:03:46and I'd end up going into school stinking of sour milk.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49And that pretty much determined my entire life when I was a kid.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Nice! Goat milk smelling trousers?
0:03:52 > 0:03:55I'm glad I didn't have to sit next to you, Steve.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Anyway, in London for Pixie, life was a lot more glamorous.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03I was always doing music, dancing, everything,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06so I was singing and dancing all the time.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10I used to go to recording studios in the evening
0:04:10 > 0:04:12and start, like, writing songs,
0:04:12 > 0:04:16and that was from the age of 12, so that's when I just started to do all that.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19While Pixie was strutting the stage school corridors
0:04:19 > 0:04:23and striking deals with agents... I think...
0:04:23 > 0:04:24Back in Yorkshire,
0:04:24 > 0:04:30Brian was about to meet the most famous artist on the planet.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33After the war, there was a huge world peace congress in Sheffield.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36And people said, "They've got Picasso here,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38"the world's greatest painter."
0:04:38 > 0:04:41And I said, "He's not Picasso."
0:04:41 > 0:04:43And I got through all the kids to the front,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46and there's Picasso, he's talking away about himself.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49And I said, "If you're Picasso, draw me something."
0:04:49 > 0:04:53And he drew a dove of peace in about 15 seconds.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58I said, "That shows you're not Picasso. That's not a dove.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01"I'll draw you a dove."
0:05:01 > 0:05:05And he said to me, "You know, it is the first time I have a critic."
0:05:05 > 0:05:08And I gave him my dove and he accepted it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10And I turned down his dove.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16My dad wouldn't talk to me for a fortnight. I turned down Picasso.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I'm not surprised your dad was cross, Brian.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Picasso's paintings have sold for over 100 million.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Brian's paintings so far...haven't.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Picasso is one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Brian...isn't.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Right, time to move on from the visual artists
0:05:37 > 0:05:41to the recording artists, and find out what Brian, Steve and Pixie
0:05:41 > 0:05:43were listening to when they were 12.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46My music heroes were always the big singers, cos when I grew up,
0:05:46 > 0:05:50I used to sing their songs and I used to use them as my audition songs.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54I loved a lot of Motown that my mum grew me up on, so Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye...
0:05:54 > 0:05:57# I bet you wonder how I knew... #
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Motown started in Detroit, a city famous for making motorcars.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Hence the name, Motown.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07The music is often described as soul music with a pop appeal.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Artists like Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder
0:06:11 > 0:06:14played an important role in making black music popular
0:06:14 > 0:06:16with white audiences in America.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19# Baby, everything is all right... #
0:06:19 > 0:06:21And bands like The Jackson 5...
0:06:23 > 0:06:24..and The Supremes...
0:06:24 > 0:06:26# Baby, maybe... #
0:06:26 > 0:06:29..were some of the first ever girl and boy bands.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Which incidentally was Pixie's other love at 12.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36# I want it that way... #
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Backstreet Boys, who I loved.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43# We are two worlds apart... #
0:06:43 > 0:06:45I do actually remember, when I was about 12,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47because I loved the Backstreet Boys,
0:06:47 > 0:06:51there was a boy band member called Nick Carter.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53# You say that I want it... #
0:06:53 > 0:06:56And then I found out he had a younger brother called Aaron Carter.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59# I know a girl who's tough but sweet... #
0:06:59 > 0:07:00So he used to be my crush when I was younger.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03# She's so fine she can't be beat... #
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Like Pixie, Aaron started in show biz young.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Let's hear it for Aaron Carter!
0:07:11 > 0:07:14He was lead singer in his first band at seven
0:07:14 > 0:07:16and released his first single at ten.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19# I've got a crush on you... #
0:07:19 > 0:07:23We used to make our own little websites,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26you put on your favourite things, and I had a little section that said
0:07:26 > 0:07:28My Future Husband, and there was a picture of Aaron Carter.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Er, join the queue, Pixie, because you have got competition.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33I just want to cuddle him cos he's so cute.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37He's dead little and cute and I want to put him in my cupboard and keep him forever!
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Creepy.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Aaron may have been popular when Pixie was 12,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46but back in 1948,
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Brian was listening to the biggest stars on the planet.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55There was always a competition between Crosby and Al Jolson.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00Both Al Jolson and Bing Crosby were international superstars.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04More than just singers, they were both all-round entertainers.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08# Cos I just fell in love with your pretty baby face... #
0:08:08 > 0:08:13Al Jolson was the vitality of the age. Bing Crosby was more laid-back.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19# I'm dreaming
0:08:19 > 0:08:23# Of a white Christmas... #
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Although different,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28both singers can lay claim to some serious achievements.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Bing Crosby's song White Christmas
0:08:30 > 0:08:33is the biggest-selling single of all time.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36And Al Jolson's movie The Jazz Singer
0:08:36 > 0:08:40was the first full-length talking movie ever.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Al Jolson was a man who gripped people.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Al Jolson had such enormous powers.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Al Jolson, though, is probably most famous for performing
0:08:52 > 0:08:55in a style of make-up known as blackface.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57# How I love ya How I love ya, my... #
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Although not acceptable today, back in the 1940s this style of make-up
0:09:01 > 0:09:05for musical performances was considered family entertainment,
0:09:05 > 0:09:09with even the BBC's Black & White Minstrel Show running until 1978.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14But for Al Jolson, it's just one of the aspects that made him known
0:09:14 > 0:09:18as the world's greatest entertainer.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21# Baby face. #
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Right, time to find out if singers in 1985 were as classic
0:09:28 > 0:09:30as Jolson and Crosby.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35At 12, I was probably pretty much following the charts,
0:09:35 > 0:09:37following what everyone else liked.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39It wasn't until my mid-teens that I started
0:09:39 > 0:09:44really getting into music and getting into things like The Smiths.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48# Stop me, oh, oh, oh, stop me
0:09:48 > 0:09:51# Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before... #
0:09:51 > 0:09:56Formed in Manchester in 1982, The Smiths are regarded by many
0:09:56 > 0:10:00as the most influential British indie band of the 1980s.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06But I'll have to stop you there, Steve, as this classic track was released when you were 14.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08We need you to tell us what you were actually listening to
0:10:08 > 0:10:10when you were 12.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14There is one tune from the year that I was 12.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17It was by someone called Jennifer Rush,
0:10:17 > 0:10:19and it was called The Power Of Love.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24# Cos I am your lady
0:10:25 > 0:10:29# And you are my man... #
0:10:29 > 0:10:33It just makes the hairs go up on the back of my neck
0:10:33 > 0:10:35and makes me want to be violently ill.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38# The power of love... #
0:10:38 > 0:10:41OK, I can see why you mentioned The Smiths now,
0:10:41 > 0:10:45but this track, believe it or not, was massive in the UK in 1985.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47It just went on forever.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50It was never off number one at the Top Of The Pops.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Every week we were coming back and praying, "Please don't let it be Jennifer Rush.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56"Please don't let it be Jennifer Rush." And it always was.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Not only was it the biggest-selling song of the year,
0:10:59 > 0:11:03it also broke the record for the largest-selling single ever
0:11:03 > 0:11:04by a woman.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08It also outsold two other tracks in the same year with the same name,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10one by Huey Lewis...
0:11:10 > 0:11:12# That's the power of love... #
0:11:12 > 0:11:16..and also that year's Christmas number one, by Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19# The power of love... #
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Spoilt for choice,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24it was this Power Of Love that really got on Steve's nerves.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27# Sometimes I am frightened... #
0:11:27 > 0:11:31If I never hear that song again, I will be a very happy man.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33# By the power of love. #
0:11:33 > 0:11:36All right, Steve, you can take the fingers out your ears now.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Still to come, we catch up with the massive boy band JLS.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Sorry, Mum, sorry, Dad.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47I'm not apologising, my mum should never have been cutting my hair.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Send me to the barber's!
0:11:49 > 0:11:54And we find out what TV our celebs tuned into when they were 12.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57And suddenly, someone had got what?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Television?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01I was watching a lot of Nickelodeon.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I can remember the first time I met Michaela, and I was dumbstruck.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I had no idea what to say to her.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12But first, it's time to see what big moments had an impact on our celebs
0:12:12 > 0:12:14when they were 12.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17And for Brian, 1948 saw the return
0:12:17 > 0:12:20of a long-overdue sporting competition.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22The Olympics excited us.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25The whole concept meant an awful lot to us,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28because we'd missed out on the Olympics because of the war.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32After a 12-year gap because of World War II,
0:12:32 > 0:12:37London was the host of the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42And so in 1948, there was an excitement everywhere.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45RADIO ANNOUNCER: In Britain, here at least was a proper setting
0:12:45 > 0:12:50for the 14th Olympiad of this restless modern era.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Even though times were tough due to post-war rationing
0:12:53 > 0:12:55and a hard financial climate,
0:12:55 > 0:12:5985,000 spectators gathered in Wembley Stadium
0:12:59 > 0:13:00for the opening ceremony,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02including the Royal family.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05I proclaim open...
0:13:05 > 0:13:09the Olympic Games of London.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Great Britain won a total of 23 medals,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16including one for the Games' most historical event.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21In those days, the marathon, which of course celebrated the victory
0:13:21 > 0:13:23of the Athenians over the Persians,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27that man ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29was the great one to win.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33And in 1948, we got the silver medal. We almost won it.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39While the country was celebrating sporting triumph at home in 1948,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42when Pixie was 12, Britain was facing conflict in the Middle East.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49NEWSREADER: America starts the war against Saddam Hussein.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Missiles hit Baghdad in southern Iraq.
0:13:51 > 0:13:57The big thing that happened when I was 12, in 2003, was the Iraq War.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01The USA along with its allies, including Britain,
0:14:01 > 0:14:05feared that Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, was hiding
0:14:05 > 0:14:07weapons of mass destruction.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Their refusal to do so will result in military conflict,
0:14:17 > 0:14:20commenced at a time of our choosing.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Saddam Hussein didn't surrender.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27And war began on the 19th of March.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31The purpose of the war was to disarm Iraq of those weapons,
0:14:31 > 0:14:35but also to end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism,
0:14:35 > 0:14:38and free the Iraqi people from dictatorship.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42The invasion of Iraq was very unpopular globally,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45especially when no weapons of mass destruction were found.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48And most people thought the troops should have been withdrawn.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52This massive anti-war demonstration is just getting under way here.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55There's been one of the biggest demonstrations in decades.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58People have taken to the streets today to protest
0:14:58 > 0:15:00against war in Iraq.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03But the Iraqi people were happy
0:15:03 > 0:15:06when Saddam Hussein was removed from power.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09NEWSREADER: They're celebrating in the streets of Baghdad,
0:15:09 > 0:15:13and they're showing their hatred of the Iraqi leader for the first time.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15With Saddam Hussein gone, the troops left Iraq
0:15:15 > 0:15:21and the war officially ended on 18 December, 2011.
0:15:23 > 0:15:29When Steve was 12 in 1986, Europe was confronted by an unseen danger.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Good evening. The Soviet Union admitted this evening
0:15:32 > 0:15:36that there's been an accident at one of its nuclear power stations,
0:15:36 > 0:15:38and it said there'd been casualties.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42It's believed to be the first time Moscow has admitted such an incident,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45and the way in which the news was given suggests it's a serious one.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51When the reactor exploded at Chernobyl,
0:15:51 > 0:15:55this was something that just seemed totally unreal.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00On the morning of 26 April, 1986,
0:16:00 > 0:16:05a nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl Power Station in Ukraine exploded.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08It was the worst nuclear accident in history.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13All of our fears kind of came to realisation.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16The explosion and fire at the Chernobyl plant released
0:16:16 > 0:16:20large quantities of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Nuclear fallout was found in nearly every country
0:16:23 > 0:16:25in the northern hemisphere,
0:16:25 > 0:16:27including parts of the UK.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30As a kid, in my young mind,
0:16:30 > 0:16:37it was a real dark, brooding cloud over most of my teens.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41The overall effects of the disaster are difficult to measure,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43but there's been an increase in serious diseases
0:16:43 > 0:16:48amongst those living in the most contaminated areas near Chernobyl,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51and the disaster made nuclear power very unpopular with many.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57The nearby town of Pripyat was evacuated to try and limit
0:16:57 > 0:17:01the amount of people who would get sick from the radiation.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03And the town is exactly the same today
0:17:03 > 0:17:05as it was when everyone left it.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12A 30km exclusion zone still circles the power plant,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16and a big concrete shelter covers the reactor that exploded
0:17:16 > 0:17:17on that day.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Still to come...
0:17:22 > 0:17:24We ask the all-important question,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26what would our celebs do if they were 12 again?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Follow your dreams. There is no-one like you!
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Make sure that you do whatever makes yourself happy.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Be proud of who you are, because it's really important
0:17:39 > 0:17:41and it's really good.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Before that, it's time to take two minutes with JLS
0:17:49 > 0:17:51and find out what they were like as kids.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54# All that I do is to make you proud... #
0:17:54 > 0:17:58I was short when I was 12, boy.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00I was so short.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Look how tall everyone is. I don't know if you can see that. But...
0:18:04 > 0:18:07You're actually a whole head shorter than everybody!
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- No, I'm like a whole half a body shorter.- That's hilarious.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14And being vertically challenged wasn't the only issue
0:18:14 > 0:18:16the boys faced at 12.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Why is it, though, that your mum
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- used to think she could cut your hair?- I know! I used to hate it...
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Why is that?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- I did!- My mum used to cut my hair all the time.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29She used to put the most craziest lines in my hair, like,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32all zigzags going around my head, and like the bowl-cut,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35where she'd just do, like, skin there and a number two on top.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38I hated it. That's the one thing that I just...
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Sorry, Mum, sorry, Dad.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41No, I'm not apologising,
0:18:41 > 0:18:44my mum should never have been cutting my hair. Send me to the barber's!
0:18:44 > 0:18:47They may have been strangers to the barber's at 12,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50but they were no strangers to adventure.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52When I was 12 years old, I was very adventurous.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- Wild?- Yeah, I was like, you know...
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- Still wild?- Still wild, still trying to find my fashion.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Still doing things outside of the box.
0:19:00 > 0:19:06- Ritse, you're still trying to find your fashion now.- Whatever!
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Nothing's changed from you being 12!
0:19:08 > 0:19:11So, JLS weren't exactly fashion icons,
0:19:11 > 0:19:15but what were they watching when they were kids?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- Wrestling. Absolutely. Definitely. - It was all about wrestling.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20It was just about The Rock.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Yo, this is The Rock, kicking it with the Refugee Camp
0:19:22 > 0:19:25and you're 'bout to smell what The Rock is cooking.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Everyone knows The Rock.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30He's considered to be the most electrifying
0:19:30 > 0:19:32wrestler in sports entertainment.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37But did you know that back in 2000,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39his famous catchphrase had its own song?
0:19:39 > 0:19:41# It doesn't matter! #
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- # I sold like 17 million records - It doesn't matter how many records you sold! #
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Ritse, what was your name when you was little?
0:19:49 > 0:19:52It doesn't matter what your name was!
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Let's go back to what really does matter - the JLS interview,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58and it's confession time.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I ain't going to be afraid to admit it, me and my friend Chris,
0:20:00 > 0:20:05we sang two songs in school, we did like a talent show.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08One song was Spice Girls - Wannabe.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10# If you wanna be my lover... #
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- And the other song was Peter Andre - Mysterious Girl.- What?!
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Yeah. I can't remember if I was Peter Andre or Bubbler Ranx.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23All right, Marvin, not the coolest confession from being 12.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Come on, JB, any advice that doesn't involve
0:20:27 > 0:20:29going swimming in your jeans?
0:20:29 > 0:20:32I'd tell my 12-year-old self to keep playing my instruments
0:20:32 > 0:20:35and keep doing my languages.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39Because in ten years, you're going to be travelling the world.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43I would have told my 12-year-old self, "Why did it take you so long to kiss a girl?"
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Hey, don't be picking on Oritse, he's just being honest!
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Now it's time to get back to business and find out
0:20:55 > 0:20:57what Pixie, Brian and Steve were wild about watching
0:20:57 > 0:21:00when they were 12.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05One of the programmes I remember most vividly from 12 years old
0:21:05 > 0:21:06was The Really Wild Show.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12The Really Wild Show was the Deadly 60 of its day,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15and for kids like Steve who were nuts about nature,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17it was must-see TV.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Chris Packham was on it...
0:21:18 > 0:21:21He's on my nose, he's not doing me any harm at all.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23..and Terry Nutkins was on it...
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Isn't that incredible?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- ..and Michaela Strachan. - Sorry I'm late, chaps.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Bit of bother with the law.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32They seemed to me to be omnipotent, they seemed to know everything.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36It is actually completely harmless.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39It's just pretending to be a dangerous snake.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42So, you're a fraud.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46When it came to wildlife, they were just popping with information and facts.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49And that was something that I thought, "Yeah, I'd really like to be like that."
0:21:49 > 0:21:53This capuchin, for instance, can't actually smile,
0:21:53 > 0:21:55and in the animal kingdom, apart from us,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58there's only one animal that can. And that's the chimpanzee.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01The things that always hit home most about wildlife programmes
0:22:01 > 0:22:05when you're a kid are the moments when the animal turns round and bites you.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07They don't half like to peck!
0:22:07 > 0:22:11That happened quite regularly on Really Wild Show.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19As a lifelong fan, Steve's dream came true in 2004
0:22:19 > 0:22:21when he joined the team.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Hello, and welcome to a very special Really Wild Show.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28I ended up working on The Really Wild Show. I ended up presenting it.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32Which was just the most extraordinary thing.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35I can remember the first time I met Michaela, and I was dumbstruck.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37I had no idea what to say to her.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41I hear you've been practising your reading on a very attractive bird.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Michaela, what are you like?!
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Oh, that type of bird!
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- Hello, darling. - BIRD SQUAWKS
0:22:48 > 0:22:51So while Steve wasn't having much luck with the birds...
0:22:51 > 0:22:52literally...
0:22:52 > 0:22:54I haven't seen what's out there.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59..Pixie was more interested in watching comedy kids' TV
0:22:59 > 0:23:00from the USA.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02I was watching a lot of Nickelodeon,
0:23:02 > 0:23:05so it was all, like, Keenan And Kel, which I still love.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08And now it's time for Keenan from Keenan And Kel.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Just like today, when Pixie was 12, Nickelodeon shows were huge.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17But instead of iCarly and Victorious,
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Keenan And Kel was the must-watch show
0:23:19 > 0:23:22and they often appeared on the big CBBC programmes of the day,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25even if they couldn't pronounce the names of British towns.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28OK, I got joke number four, it's from Paul from... Shingford?
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- That's Chingford.- Chingford! Chingford, OK, OK.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36Never mind, Keenan, I often say "Shing-ford" wrong too.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Whilst Pixie was all about
0:23:38 > 0:23:40kids' TV channels in the noughties,
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Brian's family back in the '40s didn't even have television.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48We had a wooden radio,
0:23:48 > 0:23:49and you had the Home Service,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52lots of serious programmes and scientific programmes,
0:23:52 > 0:23:56and then the BBC Light Programme shared with them drama.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59And you would get The War Of The Worlds.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03The War Of The Worlds was written by HG Wells over a century ago,
0:24:03 > 0:24:08and is the story of an alien invasion of planet Earth.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11As one of the most popular sci-fi stories ever written,
0:24:11 > 0:24:13it's been retold many times,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17even as a Hollywood blockbuster starring Tom Cruise.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21But back in 1948, Brian heard it on the radio.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26VOICE ON RADIO: We now know that in the early years of the 20th century,
0:24:26 > 0:24:30this world was being watched closely by intelligences
0:24:30 > 0:24:31greater than man.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33I found it magical.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36It's the best science fiction ever written.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Brian was blown away by what he heard on the radio.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44But in America, when the story was broadcast in 1938,
0:24:44 > 0:24:49- everyone thought it was real. - RADIO ANNOUNCER: Scouting planes report three Martian machines visible
0:24:49 > 0:24:51above treetops moving north towards Somerville
0:24:51 > 0:24:53with population fleeing ahead of them.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Many Americans thought the planet was actually under attack
0:24:57 > 0:24:58by Martians.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Even the armed forces were put on alert.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04The United States Navy was in New York Harbour,
0:25:04 > 0:25:10and the boys, the sailors, were all on shore leave.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12And they were all recalled that night for active duty,
0:25:12 > 0:25:16in order to defend America against the Martians.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19I don't know, alien attacks? That's a crazy idea.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23But then again, Brian had some crazy ideas of his own.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27I remember once saying to my dad, "Dad, Dad, wouldn't it be marvellous
0:25:27 > 0:25:31"if we could actually see The War Of The Worlds?"
0:25:31 > 0:25:34And my dad said, "I don't know it'll ever happen, lad."
0:25:34 > 0:25:38And then that amazing thing happened.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Suddenly someone had got what?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Television?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Yep, TV became a reality.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Even if the Martians didn't.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55So those were the TV memories of our three celebs.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58But what do they remember most about being 12?
0:25:58 > 0:26:01The best thing to me about being 12 was freedom,
0:26:01 > 0:26:06was the fact that for every weekend and long periods of holidays,
0:26:06 > 0:26:10I would just go out and enjoy being outside.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13I was doing what I loved every day - music, dancing, drama.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15I was with all of my best friends.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18We were always happy, always hyper, always running around.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20I was just really excited for life,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24and I hope that that will always stay with me.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27The best thing about being 12 was having brilliant teachers,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30who embraced my imagination and encouraged me to grow,
0:26:30 > 0:26:35and to let me fulfil my dreams.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38I remember learning about rejection and going to auditions
0:26:38 > 0:26:41and not getting the part or not looking right for something,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45or getting something and then it being taken away from you,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48and loads of things like that. And I think it's good to learn at that age,
0:26:48 > 0:26:52because then, you know, you're all set up for when you're older.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57If I was 12 again now, I would go running out of the house,
0:26:57 > 0:27:03go straight down, see the goats, chase the peacocks,
0:27:03 > 0:27:07just live a day exactly as it was when I was 12.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11If I had to say anything to my 12-year-old self,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14I would say to just make sure you enjoy yourself,
0:27:14 > 0:27:18make sure that you do whatever makes yourself happy.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Be proud of who you are, because it's really important
0:27:22 > 0:27:25and it's really good.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30I think the most important thing, 12-year-olds, is to really, you know, follow your dreams.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31There is no-one like you!
0:27:31 > 0:27:35You have got something that nobody else has got.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39You've got to use that gift, and don't let anybody put you off.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Don't let the so-and-sos grind you down.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Yeah, and if Picasso offers you a picture, take it!
0:27:46 > 0:27:48So what have we learnt?
0:27:48 > 0:27:53If you value your hearing, never share an elevator with this woman.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56# I am your lady... #
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Beware obsessive pop fans!
0:27:59 > 0:28:00He's dead little and cute
0:28:00 > 0:28:03and I want to put him in my cupboard and keep him forever!
0:28:03 > 0:28:07And surprisingly, WWE wrestlers are keen chefs!
0:28:07 > 0:28:10You're 'bout to smell what The Rock is cooking!
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