0:00:02 > 0:00:05Coming up, loads of celebs revisit their summer holidays,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08from leaving primary and making that giant leap to secondary school.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Oh, what are we going to do in our six weeks' holidays?
0:00:11 > 0:00:13I remember it was like, "Yes! A new beginning now!"
0:00:13 > 0:00:17And suddenly there were men at your school rather than just kids.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20I wanted to grow bum fluff so I could shave it to say I was older.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23- You were just, "AAAAGGGGHHHH!" - Not everyone's a stranger.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Strangers are just friends you haven't met.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Want to know more? I know I do.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Have you ever wondered what the summer holidays were like
0:00:30 > 0:00:33for your favourite celebs when they were your age?
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Where did they go on holiday?
0:00:35 > 0:00:37And what was it like for them going to secondary school
0:00:37 > 0:00:39when the summer ended?
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Because, despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45once they were a kid waiting for that final bell to ring,
0:00:45 > 0:00:47just like you.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51This show revisits the past summer holidays of your favourite celebs
0:00:51 > 0:00:53and asks them to become 12 Again.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01They're some of the biggest celebs out there in showbiz today.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Thank you, fans.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04I'm Hayley. He's Ricky.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Your instant download for the week ahead.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11From pop stars to presenters to actors and athletes,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13all are hugely successful.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Brilliant!
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Yes, I like it here!
0:01:17 > 0:01:19But back when they were kids,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22they had the same kind of summer holidays as you do.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28So let's find out what happened to our celebrities
0:01:28 > 0:01:32over the holidays between primary and secondary school.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39The last day that I was ever going to be in primary school. Dead exciting.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42I remember the first thing that came to mind was,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44"I've got no summer-holiday homework."
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Oh, it's the best time ever.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48You get weekends just put together in a massive block.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Not having to wear a school uniform. That was a biggie.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54You have lay-ins every single day. Oh, a lay-in was amazing.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Always bubbling with your friends, and, "What are you going to do?"
0:01:58 > 0:02:01and hearing what people were about to do on their holiday.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05The last day of term is always so exciting,
0:02:05 > 0:02:06especially cos back in my day...
0:02:06 > 0:02:08You could bring in a toy.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12- You could bring in a toy, you could wear your own clothes for 50p.- Yeah.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13All the really annoying teachers
0:02:13 > 0:02:16would make you carry on working up to the last minute,
0:02:16 > 0:02:17which seemed pointless to me.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Our very last day in primary school
0:02:19 > 0:02:21was a really emotional day
0:02:21 > 0:02:25because we grew up from five until 11 in this school,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27in this environment, with the same head teacher,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30the same teachers and the same people around you.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31I remember I had this white T-shirt
0:02:31 > 0:02:34and running around trying to find everyone that were my friends,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37getting them to sign my T-shirt, and stuff like that.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40MUSIC: "School's Out" by Alice Cooper
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Waiting for that final school bell to go
0:02:42 > 0:02:45just before the summer holidays was brilliant. It was so exciting.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49I remember the school bell going for the last time,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51and then it was like a rain shower of water bombs.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53You were just, "AAAAGGGGHHHH!"
0:02:53 > 0:02:58# School's out for summer... #
0:02:59 > 0:03:01But then it was a weird sense of freedom
0:03:01 > 0:03:05and that summer being a summer like you would never have again.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07I remember it was like, "Yes! A new beginning now."
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Six weeks felt like a lifetime.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13It was, like, "Oh, what are we going to do in our six weeks' holiday?"
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Exactly, Mark, what did you and our celebs get up to
0:03:17 > 0:03:21during those all-important summer hols?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24All of the people that lived on my estate
0:03:24 > 0:03:25were my friends from school, so we really
0:03:25 > 0:03:28made the most of that summer holidays,
0:03:28 > 0:03:29playing out every single day.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31You'd get up and be gone all day,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34and you'd come back for your dinner. And times were great.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Parks and football
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- and playing out until nine.- Yes.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Yeah, playing out till late! That were good.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45I had sleepovers at my friend's house,
0:03:45 > 0:03:47and you used to have your midnight feasts.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Midnight feasts were amazing. You'd sit up till 12,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53and at 12 you'd get out all the sweets and drinks
0:03:53 > 0:03:55and sit and munch everything,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58and you used to think, "The coolest kids always stay up till after 12.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59"Oh, yeah. Did that last night."
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Just long summer evenings and barbecues
0:04:03 > 0:04:05and playing on the beach
0:04:05 > 0:04:07and just having a great time with my sister and my friends.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09I grew up in Blackpool.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14There was loads to do in Blackpool - the amusement arcades...
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Those ones with the 2p's, with that slidy things that comes out
0:04:16 > 0:04:19and never drops 2p till you've put 5,000 in.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20It's a good thing about Blackpool -
0:04:20 > 0:04:22if you live there, you're always on holiday.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Never summer, though.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29As well as hanging out in their home town,
0:04:29 > 0:04:33there was also the big family holiday for our celebs.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35We would just get all in the car
0:04:35 > 0:04:38and we'd travel around Cornwall, Wales, and just do youth hostels.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42In those days, we used to go camping, rain or shine.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45We'd have an absolutely brilliant time. They were superb holidays.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Mainly I remember going to Tenby more than anything else.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50It was quite a big event going away.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53From the age of being born
0:04:53 > 0:04:56up until I was 16, we spent two weeks every year in St Ives.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59They were the happiest two weeks of my life each year.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Loved, loved, loved, loved it.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03For years, we would go camping.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05St Ives, Cornwall...
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Stunning beaches.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Learning to surf
0:05:08 > 0:05:12on the north Cornish coast. Wonderful!
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Butlins was my favourite place in the world.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17I remember when I was really, really little
0:05:17 > 0:05:19and I used to chase Billy the Bear
0:05:19 > 0:05:22round the room, thinking, "Whoo! I'm having the best time ever!"
0:05:22 > 0:05:25But as we started to get older, it was a little bit like,
0:05:25 > 0:05:29"Oh, we don't want to go to Butlins. We want to go somewhere cool!"
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Every year we went to the east coast for our holidays,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Bridlington or Scarborough, which was a bit upmarket,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40and we went by coach, which seemed to take all day.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41It was only about two hours or three hours,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43but it's a great adventure for us.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48It's fair to say that the Great British holiday has changed a lot
0:05:48 > 0:05:50over the years.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53When John was 12, almost everybody stayed at UK seaside towns,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56often in a good old-fashioned B&B.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Dinner at five o'clock, breakfast at nine o'clock.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04The thought of travelling abroad was considered an absolute luxury.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06I remember the first time I went abroad.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09It was to Germany. We went on a German holiday, to Heidelberg.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13And that was a big event, going abroad and flying for the first time.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16You know, there weren't many people flying in those days.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21But after the birth of the package holiday in 1950,
0:06:21 > 0:06:24the cost of foreign travel became much more affordable.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Each day, dozens of chartered jets unload their pale-faced passengers
0:06:29 > 0:06:30at Ibiza airport.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Millions of us boarded flights bound for Europe each summer,
0:06:34 > 0:06:38and places like Benidorm haven't been the same since.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40But there was one problem - the language.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43So if you don't know what you want in the restaurant,
0:06:43 > 0:06:47just show this up and just point to the appropriate thing
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- and they should understand what you want.- That's probably very good!
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Language barriers aside,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55the trend for cheap getaways continued to grow,
0:06:55 > 0:06:59and soon most people could afford to go abroad.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06I was about ten, 11, and me, my mum and dad went to Ibiza.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08And it was a proper package holiday.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10We didn't actually know where we were staying
0:07:10 > 0:07:12until we actually got there.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14And it was probably one of the best holidays I've ever had.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18In the summer, I went to LA. That was really cool.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21I went to a singing camp for two weeks with my singing teacher.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23My mum didn't come with me.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25That was another thing where I felt like a big girl,
0:07:25 > 0:07:26going on holiday without my mum.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Although there was an earthquake.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31I remember calling my mum and going, "I've just been in an earthquake".
0:07:31 > 0:07:33She was, like, "Are you all right? Come back!"
0:07:33 > 0:07:36I'm, like, "Mum, I'm in LA. How am I going to be, like,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39" 'I'm going to go to the airport and jump on a plane to come back'?"
0:07:41 > 0:07:44I went on this holiday to France with my mum and dad,
0:07:44 > 0:07:45in Brittany for two weeks.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49And my French teacher had told us a few months before about Bastille Day,
0:07:49 > 0:07:50which is a big holiday in France, and he said,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53"Oh, if you're in France on Bastille Day, don't go out,
0:07:53 > 0:07:57"because everyone gets in their cars and there's traffic jams and chaos."
0:07:57 > 0:07:59And we were in this small village in Brittany,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02and my mum and dad wanted to go out and I refused to leave the house!
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Cos I thought, "My teacher told me about Bastille Day,"
0:08:06 > 0:08:08and I was, like, "I'm not getting stuck in a traffic jam".
0:08:08 > 0:08:11And it was a tiny village surrounded by fields.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17But for some celebs, summer didn't exactly mean holidays.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20For us, it wasn't quite as...
0:08:21 > 0:08:23..exciting.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Quite often, we would go to Nigeria.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29My mum and dad are from Nigeria, so it meant
0:08:29 > 0:08:34that if we were going to Nigeria, we were getting summer school.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Yeah. Awesome...
0:08:38 > 0:08:43That's why I finished school, so I could get more school in the summer!
0:08:44 > 0:08:48During one summer holiday, which I call the Summer from Hell now,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I was in Cyprus, and I was staying at my grandmother's house,
0:08:51 > 0:08:55and she was looking after two of my cousins' hamsters, who lived there.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57And the hamsters were in separate cages.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59I thought it'd be good to put these hamsters together,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01cos they looked lonely.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04So I put them together, and within seconds
0:09:04 > 0:09:06they went for each other, started attacking each other,
0:09:06 > 0:09:08and one of them bit the other hamster's ear off
0:09:08 > 0:09:10and, sadly, it passed away.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14I didn't realise you're not always supposed to put hamsters together.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16So yeah, that was quite a tricky summer for me.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18I felt very bad about that.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Yes... So our celebs' summer-holiday memories are pretty unforgettable.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25But what was the soundtrack to their summer?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Summer music...
0:09:27 > 0:09:30There were some absolutely cracking tunes.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34But what summer songs had our celebs feeling the heat?
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Favourite summer tune...
0:09:35 > 0:09:39I Wanna Be The Only One by Eternal, featuring BeBe Winans.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42# I wanna be the only one to hold you
0:09:42 > 0:09:44# Protect you from the rain
0:09:44 > 0:09:48# I wanna be the only one to soothe you... #
0:09:48 > 0:09:50U2. Beautiful Day.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53# It was a beautiful day
0:09:55 > 0:09:56# Don't let it get away... #
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Mungo Jerry. I think it's called Summertime.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04# In the summertime, when the weather is high
0:10:04 > 0:10:06# You can stretch right up and touch the sky... #
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Don Henley - Boys of Summer.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10# I can see you
0:10:10 > 0:10:12# Your brown skin shining in the sun... #
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Straightaway it's my summer tune.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Roll down the windows, turn up the radio.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19# ..radio on, baby... #
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Yep, there's nothing our celebs like more than turning up the volume
0:10:22 > 0:10:24and singing along to their feel-good summer hits.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- BOTH:- In too deep, and I'm trying to keep...
0:10:27 > 0:10:32# Up above in my head, instead of going under... #
0:10:32 > 0:10:36That was, like, a massive summer song.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Big summer song for me from when I was 12 was Madonna.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- # And you can dance... # - Get Into The Groove.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45"You can dance for inspiration. C'mon!"
0:10:45 > 0:10:47# Get into the groove... #
0:10:47 > 0:10:50And it's got a real summer vibe to it as well.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52# ..your love to me... #
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Mysterious Girl.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00ALL: # Mysterious girl, I wanna get close to you... #
0:11:00 > 0:11:02It was so good back then. I loved it.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08But there's one song that made a certain Mr Ore Oduba
0:11:08 > 0:11:10really get into the mood.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Ricky Martin. Livin' La Vida Loca.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15# C'mon! Upside...
0:11:15 > 0:11:18# ..inside out, livin'
0:11:18 > 0:11:20# ..la vida loca She'll...
0:11:20 > 0:11:22# ..push and pull you...
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- # ..down - # Livin' la vida loca
0:11:25 > 0:11:26# Her lips are...
0:11:26 > 0:11:28# ..devil red
0:11:28 > 0:11:30# And her skin's the colour of...
0:11:30 > 0:11:31# ..mocha
0:11:31 > 0:11:33# She will wear you out
0:11:33 > 0:11:38# Livin' la vida loca Livin' la vida loca
0:11:38 > 0:11:41# And she's livin' la vida loca... #
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Love Ricky Martin.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51I no longer love you.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55But what song is the majority of our celebs' ultimate summer anthem?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58It's Summertime, Fresh Prince. Will Smith. Know what I'm saying?
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Like, it's perfect.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01# Drums, please!
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- Summertime.- What a song.- Yeah.- Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Summertime. I mean, that's an absolute anthem.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14# Summer, summer, summertime... #
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Way before Will Smith was the Hollywood megastar
0:12:21 > 0:12:24we know and love today, he created some killer summer tunes.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27# School is out, and there's sort of a buzz
0:12:27 > 0:12:29# But back then, I really didn't know what it was
0:12:29 > 0:12:32# But now I see what habit is
0:12:32 > 0:12:34# The way that people respond to summer madness... #
0:12:34 > 0:12:38That always makes me think of summer and the sun shining and whatnot.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40I was a massive fan of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42so I was hooked on Will Smith. He was wicked!
0:12:42 > 0:12:47# And this is the Fresh Prince's new definition of summer madness... #
0:12:47 > 0:12:48If that's got you in the mood,
0:12:48 > 0:12:50then wait till you see what's still to come.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Our celebs reveal what kept them entertained
0:12:54 > 0:12:56during the school summer holidays.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59That theme tune used to really get you going.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02And they brought all the presenters, all the guests, to you.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05I used to get so annoyed at the kids that just threw the ball in.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07You need to throw it far! Throw it far, them swim!
0:13:07 > 0:13:09But first, it may be summer,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12but in Britain the weather can be impossible to predict.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Let's find out from our celebs what forecasts they remember.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Why is it that when you were 12 and when you were younger,
0:13:19 > 0:13:21it was always sunny in summer?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24They were the days when we actually had SUMMER holidays.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- When I was a kid, summer WAS summer!- Really sunny.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I remember it always being sunny when I was a kid.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Like, tropical.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I can't remember a rainy day.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Well, yeah, maybe it was just that, you know, you're a kid
0:13:36 > 0:13:39and you're far more optimistic, but the weather seemed better.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Every day was sunny. I'm sure it weren't, though, but it...
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- It does feel like that, though.- Every day was sunny.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48What our celebs are probably remembering
0:13:48 > 0:13:51is the baking-hot summer of 2003.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57The best thing about that summer was also the worst thing about it.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00It was a giant heat wave. Like, it was just roasting.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Britain has recorded its highest temperature
0:14:03 > 0:14:05since records began over 100 years ago.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08In 2003, the UK had a massive heat wave,
0:14:08 > 0:14:10with temperatures reaching a record high
0:14:10 > 0:14:15of 38.5 degrees in Gravesend in Kent.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17One thing specifically I remember from that summer
0:14:17 > 0:14:19is going to visit my grandad one afternoon.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21So I just got into the car.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24And my grandad only lived about a three-minute drive away.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28I had gone from having just sort of showered that morning, you know,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30I've got in the car, feeling great.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33In that three minutes, sitting in that car, I came out the other end...
0:14:33 > 0:14:36looking like a pork scratching.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40I'm lobster boy. So if it gets too hot, I just immediately turn red
0:14:40 > 0:14:44and all my gingerisms from when I was a young boy just come out.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47The heat affected everyone and everything.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Animals in zoos had to be given sun-tan cream
0:14:49 > 0:14:52and food in ice lollies to cool them down.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56And in some areas, train lines buckled, causing heavy delays.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58But this being Britain, not every summer was like this,
0:14:58 > 0:15:03and one summer in the '70s had some very odd weather.
0:15:05 > 0:15:091975, in June, there was a real bit of freaky weather.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11It snowed.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Yeah, that's right, it really did snow in June!
0:15:16 > 0:15:21It was so bad that a cricket match in Buxton was even cancelled.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25It was a match between Derbyshire and Lancashire.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27It was called off because of thick snow!
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Imagine the batsmen coming out to bat in snow shoes
0:15:31 > 0:15:34and a plough to get you to the wicket.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Thankfully, the snowfall was short-lived,
0:15:37 > 0:15:40and after a few days, Britain was basking in glorious weather.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42But the summer of 2007
0:15:42 > 0:15:46saw torrential rain that caused widespread devastation.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48When I left primary school
0:15:48 > 0:15:53in 2007, I remember the weather that year. There was major floods.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes
0:15:58 > 0:16:02as torrential rain flooded many areas.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Gloucestershire was the worst affected,
0:16:04 > 0:16:06but floods hit large parts of the UK
0:16:06 > 0:16:10and caused an estimated £3 billion in damages.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14The drains had got blocked, so then the floods came in,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18the rains came in, and all our street was a metre high in water.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21And I remember just seeing people's houses on the news.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23The bottom half of their house was water, and I used to think,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26"I'm so glad that's not me," cos you'd lose everything.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31And it's not just in the summer when the British weather surprises us.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Check this out from October 1987.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37THUNDER CRASHES
0:16:37 > 0:16:39One weather presenter famously missed a huge storm.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Earlier today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC
0:16:42 > 0:16:44and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Around the time that I was 12, Michael Fish, our weatherman,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51tried to allay a lady's fears
0:16:51 > 0:16:54saying, "There's going to be some huge storms. Is that right?"
0:16:54 > 0:16:56And he said, "No, no, no, no, nothing to worry about."
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Don't worry, there isn't.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03The hurricane-force winds which lashed the capital
0:17:03 > 0:17:06in the early hours of the morning were the worst ever recorded.
0:17:06 > 0:17:12Hurricane winds battered southern England at speeds of up to 94mph.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Poor old Michael Fish. That didn't do his credibility any good at all.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20No, it did not.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23It was the largest storm of its kind for almost 300 years.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Hey, if you think the British weather is surprising,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29then wait until you see what's still to come.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Our celebs remember their first day at secondary school.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38I remember feeling just so, so nervous. My first day!
0:17:38 > 0:17:40It was just overwhelming.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42And there was about 400 people there.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44350 of them you'd never met before in your life.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47I'd say, "Hey, my name's Ricky. You know, do you want to...be my mate?"
0:17:47 > 0:17:51But first, let's see what kept our celebrities entertained
0:17:51 > 0:17:52over the summer holidays.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56What I used to love about summer holiday was
0:17:56 > 0:17:58summer TV used to be brilliant.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- I used to love Hannah Montana. - Saved by the Bell.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- Wizards of Waverly Place.- There was California Dreams, Sister, Sister.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08I loved that show Raven. That was an amazing show.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10I remember watching a lot of kind of cartoons.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Recess and Lizzie McGuire.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Maybe on CBBC they had a Tracy Beaker marathon.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17ChuckleVision seemed to always be on.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21There's only so much of "To me, to you" you can take.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24But there was one show
0:18:24 > 0:18:26during the school holidays that was must-see TV.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- Why Don't You?- Why Don't You?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- Why Don't You?- Why Don't You? - Loved Why Don't You?
0:18:32 > 0:18:35That theme tune used to really get you going.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Especially on school holidays, where you had weeks to fill,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42you just wanted to have a club like Why Don't You.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44That's kind of what it was.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47It was hosted by a gang of schoolkids...
0:18:47 > 0:18:48That's the way to do it!
0:18:48 > 0:18:51..who would come up with, er, fun ideas...
0:18:51 > 0:18:55- Craaaazy golf!- ..of what to do in your school holidays.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Why don't you make musical instruments?
0:18:58 > 0:19:02Take the straws and stick them to the mouth of the can.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03HE BLOWS
0:19:03 > 0:19:05It'd be on in the holidays, and you'd watch it
0:19:05 > 0:19:08and you'd think, "D'you know what? I'm going to do that!"
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Bass guitar!
0:19:12 > 0:19:14So you'd go out and you'd go and make
0:19:14 > 0:19:19a car out of pieces of wood and some supermarket trolley wheels.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Despite dubious things they got you to make,
0:19:22 > 0:19:27Why Don't You was the first time some famous faces got on TV,
0:19:27 > 0:19:30namely Anthony McPartlin, as in Ant from Ant and Dec.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33We're going to do tons of castle-y things today, OK?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Right, prepare the boiling oil!
0:19:35 > 0:19:36We've only got margarine!
0:19:39 > 0:19:41What's he going to do, hoover the castle?
0:19:42 > 0:19:46I'm amazed that anyone watched Why Don't You.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52# ..switch off the TV set and do something less boring instead... #
0:19:52 > 0:19:55And then loads of kids like me who thought they were really funny
0:19:55 > 0:19:58would go, "All right, I will," and turn it off.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04So if you did turn off the TV, what else was there to do?
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Well, way before Radio 1's Big Weekend was this,
0:20:08 > 0:20:12the Radio 1 Roadshow, essentially a glorified mobile disco,
0:20:12 > 0:20:17where instead of seeing all your favourite pop stars in one weekend,
0:20:17 > 0:20:19you got this...
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Phillip Schofield in Bermuda shorts.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Oh.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29The one thing about radio that you'll notice
0:20:29 > 0:20:31is you don't see the presenters and the artists.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34You've got to use your imagination. You can visualise Jessie J.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36You've got to do the rest in your head.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38The great thing about the Radio 1 Roadshow
0:20:38 > 0:20:40was that it brought all the presenters and guests
0:20:40 > 0:20:43to you, in your home town. On a lorry!
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Radio 1 would broadcast live from seaside towns
0:20:49 > 0:20:51to people turning up in their thousands,
0:20:51 > 0:20:53all eager to catch the fun.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00I used to listen to...
0:21:00 > 0:21:01# Whoo! Gary Davies on your radio! #
0:21:01 > 0:21:02And...
0:21:02 > 0:21:04# Steve Wright in the afternoon! #
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Two, three, four.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09ALL: # Mike Read, Mike Read, national Radio 1! #
0:21:09 > 0:21:12I just remember as a kid hearing them on the radio,
0:21:12 > 0:21:16and they'd be in Great Yarmouth or Weston-super-Mare or Skegness.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Good morning, live in Scarborough!
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Good morning, Weston-super-Mare!
0:21:23 > 0:21:27You were just, "Oh, come close to me to do one so that I can come to it."
0:21:30 > 0:21:34It was just so hyped and so special and I never got to go!
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Whilst it was good old-fashioned entertainment,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39the fact it came to an end in the '90s probably wasn't surprising.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Exhibit A. - He's going to say something.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44HE IMITATES A GOOSE
0:21:45 > 0:21:48So, having seen what Radio 1 had to offer
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- Steve Wright talking to a goose -
0:21:50 > 0:21:51it's worth turning back on the TV.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54And for many celebs, there was one sporting show
0:21:54 > 0:21:56that they all wanted to go on.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59I used to love stuff like We Are The Champions.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01# We are the champions... #
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Ron Pickering in his big, posh voice -
0:22:03 > 0:22:05"And today, we have these people from this place,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08"these people, and they'll battle it out."
0:22:08 > 0:22:10And it's going to require a little bit of skill in this final.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13It's called Dribble and Drop.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16He was cool. He was like a grandad you wanted to hang out with.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17And he was in charge.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20And it was like being at school sports day but on the telly!
0:22:20 > 0:22:23We Are The Champions ran for 22 years,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25with school teams taking each other on
0:22:25 > 0:22:27in what can only be described as
0:22:27 > 0:22:29a bargain-bin version of Total Wipeout.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31It was good back then, though.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Honest. I mean, this isn't the best example.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Oh, the Blues got there!
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I remember being desperate to be part of the swimming.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45As the whistle goes, you see...
0:22:45 > 0:22:47And they've come adrift from their animals!
0:22:47 > 0:22:50I'd get so annoyed at the kids that just threw the ball in.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52You need to throw in far! Throw it far then swim.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55You don't want to be faffing around with the ball.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57That was one of those programmes you watched and thought,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59"I really want to be part of that."
0:22:59 > 0:23:02The show would climax with all the kids jumping in the pool
0:23:02 > 0:23:04and going crazy!
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Well, sort of.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09So, whether you wanted to swim with inflated frogs,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12talk to a goose or just turn off your TV,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14summer had something for everyone.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19But as summer draws to a close,
0:23:19 > 0:23:23our celebs were faced with making that big leap to secondary school.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Getting to the end of the summer was always so devastating.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31You're thinking, "I haven't really done anything that I want to do.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35"Oh, no! I've only got a week left to do it. What am I going to do?"
0:23:35 > 0:23:38"No! Can I have at least another week?" No. No.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43I was really nervous, because you don't quite know how to react
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- to the fact that you're going to big school.- Mm.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49I was so nervous that I'd bought everything on the school list.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51You get given this school list of things to buy.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Now, most cool people just buy the things that are necessary.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Geeks like me buy everything,
0:23:56 > 0:23:58including the school cap, the school bag, the school cagoule.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02And I remember turning up on my first day laden with bags.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- Having to get textbooks.- Yeah.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I'd never had a textbook in primary school!
0:24:06 > 0:24:09I remember having to get a massive, thick maths textbook.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12You're good at maths, but I've never been good at maths,
0:24:12 > 0:24:14so that was daunting.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17We've got to do ties. We've got to tie a tie.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21I could barely tie my shoelaces, never mind tie a tie!
0:24:21 > 0:24:23You'd just got comfortable with your class,
0:24:23 > 0:24:27and then some of them go to the same school as you, some of them don't,
0:24:27 > 0:24:28so you lose half your friends.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30And then you face a load of people that you don't know.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33I remember feeling just so, so nervous. My first day!
0:24:33 > 0:24:36It was just overwhelming.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39We went into assembly, and there was about 400 people there.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44350 of them you'd never met before in your life. And it was just so...
0:24:44 > 0:24:46It was scary.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48That's what probably I found the hardest, actually,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50going from a really small school
0:24:50 > 0:24:52which you can find your way around in a matter of seconds
0:24:52 > 0:24:56then going to this new school which has its own block for a library.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01When I got to secondary school, everybody was giant,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03and so I was worried that people would tease me
0:25:03 > 0:25:05for being small. And they did.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08At secondary school, you'd get all the years above you,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11so there'd be, like, a kid that's about 18.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Because they were going through a change in their lives
0:25:14 > 0:25:16and all the hormones and testosterone,
0:25:16 > 0:25:20suddenly, there were MEN at your school rather than just kids.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24I was, like, "Yes! Finally I get to be a grown-up. I finally get to..."
0:25:24 > 0:25:28I wanted to grow bum fluff so I could shave it to say I was older.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31It was kind of a weird moment, cos I was, like, "Oh, no,
0:25:31 > 0:25:33"that part of my life has now completely gone
0:25:33 > 0:25:36"and I'm now going somewhere I don't know anybody."
0:25:36 > 0:25:40I was kind of ready for it. Cos that summer period is long.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42We were all ready
0:25:42 > 0:25:45for that new challenge and that new step and that new chapter.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48I was always the one that kind of stuck out a little bit
0:25:48 > 0:25:49because I was the only black face.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Everyone else was white in the school.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53When I went up to the bigger school,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56there was other black people and people of all different ages.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59So I felt like I blended in a little bit more.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02The first day, we were sitting in the hall, and then they were saying,
0:26:02 > 0:26:06"Welcome to the school," and they was going to put us into tutor groups.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08And I got put into a tutor group
0:26:08 > 0:26:11with one of my best friends, so I was happy.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13I was completely on my own.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16So for me, the hardest thing was to make that first contact and say,
0:26:16 > 0:26:20"Hey, my name's Ricky. You know, do you want to...be my mate?"
0:26:20 > 0:26:22You lose friends along the way of life and schools,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25but some of them will always stay with you,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27and I think that's the nice moments.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28But it was also really exciting,
0:26:28 > 0:26:32cos I had made these awesome new friends that till this day...
0:26:32 > 0:26:36My best friend is the same friend in those first classes in school.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38You find out you've got so much in common
0:26:38 > 0:26:39with people you don't even know.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42There's a saying that I always say, that not everyone's a stranger.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Strangers are just friends that you haven't met.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48You realise that somebody has the same interest as you
0:26:48 > 0:26:51and then you get your little gang together, your group,
0:26:51 > 0:26:53and you feel more comfortable.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56You make new friends and within a couple of months
0:26:56 > 0:26:59you would have forgotten you were ever at primary school.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03So what have we learnt?
0:27:03 > 0:27:08Ricky Martin is a better dancer than Ore Oduba.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11# Livin' la vida loca... #
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Scoring a basket with a rugby ball is really hard.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19And it's out again! Oh, look at them. They can't bear to watch.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22And you can never predict what our weather's going to do. Eh, Michael?
0:27:22 > 0:27:24..a hurricane on the way.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't.