0:00:02 > 0:00:04Coming up. Our celebs fall head-over-heels in love.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06You have that embarrassing moment,
0:00:06 > 0:00:07"I don't even know if they like me or not."
0:00:07 > 0:00:11- You think, "What is this?" And it's love!- Ah!
0:00:11 > 0:00:14The minute they came over, I'd be so scared.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16What am I supposed to do about that?!
0:00:16 > 0:00:21I have no idea. But let's get ready to get soppy.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Have you ever wondered what romance was like for your favourite
0:00:25 > 0:00:29celebs when they were your age?
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Who did they fancy?
0:00:30 > 0:00:33What were their favourite love songs?
0:00:33 > 0:00:36And which TV shows made them go all soppy?
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Because, despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42once they were a kid with a crush, just like you.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46This show revisits the love stories of your favourite celebs,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49and asks them to become 12 - and in love - Again.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56They are some of the biggest stars on our TV today...
0:00:56 > 0:00:59You're coming with me every step of the way.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Actually, that's really nice.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04From pop stars to presenters and actors...
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- Give it a rest, Dad. - ..they are all super cool.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07Brilliant!
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- I'll never fall in love again. - Fair enough!
0:01:10 > 0:01:11But back when they were kids,
0:01:11 > 0:01:15they had the same fluttery feelings and heartbreaks as you.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19So, let's go back in time
0:01:19 > 0:01:23and find out what our celebs used to think of the boys and the girls.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I had absolutely no interest in girls whatsoever.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Boys were just horrible beings that were a bit snotty.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- Annoying people who weren't as good as boys.- Just wasn't interested.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39You don't really pay attention.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40I wasn't really interested in girls.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- I didn't fancy any of them, really. - Girls are mean.- Kissing? What?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- Don't be gross! You wouldn't do that!- Girls smell!
0:01:47 > 0:01:51No, Ed, they do not! Well, some of them do, actually.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54But our celebs weren't always going to feel that way.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Because for some reason, things start to change.
0:01:57 > 0:02:03It really is a light bulb moment when as a boy, you discover girls.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05"Hello!"
0:02:05 > 0:02:07"You're a girl!"
0:02:07 > 0:02:12I think I was starting to notice that I liked some girls more than others.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15This other being walks past for the first time you're like,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18"Wow, she smells nice." And then you go, "She looks quite nice, too."
0:02:18 > 0:02:19"What's happening?"
0:02:19 > 0:02:23"Oh, he's actually really good-looking."
0:02:23 > 0:02:25And I remember sitting there in a science lesson one day,
0:02:25 > 0:02:29"You're really ni... I should... Why am I thinking about you?
0:02:29 > 0:02:32"I think about you a lot.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34"Holy goodness, I fancy you!"
0:02:34 > 0:02:37That little fluttering feeling, and you think, "What is this?"
0:02:37 > 0:02:39And it's love!
0:02:39 > 0:02:41That was definitely a transformation point.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43You know, girls start coming into your mind
0:02:43 > 0:02:46and you start thinking about it a lot more.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Yeah, it was a good time.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Moving up to secondary school, for the past five years,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55you've been in this primary school where you've seen the same girls.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58And now you've moved to a secondary school, where there's new girls!
0:02:58 > 0:03:02And for some reason, they seem a lot more attractive than the ones
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- you've just been with for five years!- Yeah, better.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06You start to shower a little bit more.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09You start to do your hair that little bit better.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I didn't wear my glasses so much. I was conscious more of myself.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Just, you know, in case girls might look over and, you know,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17maybe notice that I was over here.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19I noticed you, Barney!
0:03:19 > 0:03:21So, once our celebs had found that girls
0:03:21 > 0:03:26and boys weren't all that bad, it was time for their first crush...
0:03:26 > 0:03:28The first girl I had a crush on was called Jeanette.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31I would just go on bike rides and I'd always make sure
0:03:31 > 0:03:34whenever I went on a bike ride, I would ride past her house.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Sometimes maybe five, six, seven times a day.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Just in case I caught a glimpse of her.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43I was really good at sort of giving the eye to the girls.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45And thinking, "This is amazing."
0:03:45 > 0:03:48But the minute they came over, I'd be so scared.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49And I couldn't do anything about it.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51You have that embarrassing moment,
0:03:51 > 0:03:53I don't even know if they like me or not.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57And you're like, "Do I try and act cool?" You're really confused.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58I found it really confusing.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I did have a crush on this girl called Mary.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04And I made her a ring and she rejected it!
0:04:05 > 0:04:09It was possibly the worst moment of my life.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10One girl said to me, "You know what?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13"I would really fancy you if you were a bit taller."
0:04:13 > 0:04:16What am I supposed to do about that?!
0:04:16 > 0:04:18I had a nightmare when I was 12.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19And the first crush I had,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22I made the mistake of asking her out in front of everybody.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26And as I asked her, she just put her hand in my face and just said, "No".
0:04:26 > 0:04:29And laughed, as well!
0:04:29 > 0:04:32There was one boy at school that I had a big crush on.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34He was two years above me.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36I used to sit in assembly, looking at him.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Thinking I could, like, send waves through my mind that made him
0:04:39 > 0:04:42look at me and fall instantly in love with me.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44But it never happened.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50I, at the bus stop, saw this girl.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Something happened, there was this connection between us.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57And I was thinking, "I'm going to have to go up to this girl.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58"It will be fine."
0:04:58 > 0:05:02I was thinking, just plucking up the courage, thinking, "OK, right.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04"I'm going to do it. Right, I'm going to do it now!"
0:05:04 > 0:05:06And then the bus came!
0:05:06 > 0:05:11And I was like, "No! No, you stopped my brilliant plan!"
0:05:11 > 0:05:14So I got on the bus and I went straight to the back of the bus.
0:05:14 > 0:05:21And as the bus was pulling away, she waved. And I was like, "Oh!"
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Lucky escape, in my opinion!
0:05:26 > 0:05:29But, if you're shy, there is one sure way to approach the boys
0:05:29 > 0:05:32and girls of your dreams. Get a mate to do it!
0:05:32 > 0:05:34You get your friend to tell them that you like them,
0:05:34 > 0:05:35but only if they like you.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37"I really like that girl,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- "will you tell her mate that I really like her?- I'll sort it.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42"Mark really likes your mate."
0:05:42 > 0:05:45"Will you tell your mate that Mark really likes her?"
0:05:45 > 0:05:48And if you get the message back that they like you, too,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- Then you go and meet separately. - "Mark really likes you!"
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- "Tell him to go away!"- That's what happened quite a lot! I must admit.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Did you ever do the note? "Will you go out with me?
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- "Tick box, yes, no, maybe."- Maybe!
0:06:02 > 0:06:07- Maybe! "I've still got a shot!" - Maybe.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Sadly for some of our celebs,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11there were some crushes that even their mates can't help with.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15I had a really long-term relationship with Robbie Williams.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20But that ended badly, because he was living in a poster,
0:06:20 > 0:06:24and I was living in the real world. So we had to break up.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Some relationships aren't meant to be. For me, it was Keira Knightley.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Thankfully for our celebs,
0:06:32 > 0:06:36there's one day of the year where all love stories can come true!
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Or not, as may have been the case.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41But if you don't want a bad card,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44just knock one up yourself with a bit of glitter and a bit of glue.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Look at that. That is really looking quite nice.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- My Valentine is going to love this, I tell you.- Doubt it.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Valentine's Day when I was 12 was a very lonely day.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54THEY LAUGH
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Yeah.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Not a particularly busy day at school!
0:06:59 > 0:07:04Valentine's Day in general was awful, unless you got five, six,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06seven, eight Valentine's cards.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08There'd always be like one boy in the class who got like,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11all the cards from the girls. And then nobody else would get anything.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Everyone in my class was like, "Ceallach's got three cards!"
0:07:14 > 0:07:17So at that point, I was the cool kid in the class!
0:07:17 > 0:07:20And then I remember speaking to my mum at home and she said,
0:07:20 > 0:07:24"So, did you get my cards?" I was like, "No-o-o!"
0:07:24 > 0:07:28I used to wake up and there'd be a Valentine's card next to my bed,
0:07:28 > 0:07:29which was clearly from my mum
0:07:29 > 0:07:32because it was in my mum's handwriting.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Still a question mark, though. "Oh, I wonder who sent this to me?!"
0:07:36 > 0:07:39I once made some chocolates for a girl called Georgina Bell.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Oh, she was lovely.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I got these little heart-shaped chocolates
0:07:43 > 0:07:45and I made a paper box for her, myself.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48And I convinced my dad to take me around to her house.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52I knocked on the door. Her mum opened and she went, "Oh, Barnaby's here."
0:07:52 > 0:07:55That was my name, when I was small. It's changed since.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57"Oh, Barnaby's here. What does he want?"
0:07:57 > 0:08:01"Well, I've just, I've bought some chocolates.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03"For Georgie, for Valentine's Day." And her mum melted.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05"Oh, that's so adorable."
0:08:05 > 0:08:07And Georgie came down and went, "Oh, what are they?"
0:08:07 > 0:08:10"I made some chocolates for you." She went, "Oh, ta."
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Took them and went inside. And I sort of went, "Bye!"
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Got in the car and drove home.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18That was my first proper experience of giving a girl a gift to say,
0:08:18 > 0:08:19"I like you."
0:08:19 > 0:08:21And her saying, "Go away, you smelly little urchin."
0:08:24 > 0:08:31I do remember giving someone a card and a little china, tacky bear.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Just because you don't know what to do, do you know what I mean?
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- You just buy rubbish.- And did you get that girl?- No!- No!
0:08:37 > 0:08:39THEY LAUGH
0:08:41 > 0:08:43OK, so none of them found their Valentines bliss.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47But what about that loving first kiss? Mwah!
0:08:49 > 0:08:55- I had my first kiss at 12. - Aw!- Aw!- Yeah!- That's cute!
0:08:55 > 0:08:57All these girls were standing round me with their friends
0:08:57 > 0:09:02and they said, "Have you kissed someone before?" And I said, "Yeah."
0:09:02 > 0:09:05When I clearly hadn't. I just closed my eyes and went for it.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07And it was very weird. It was really bizarre.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08And then I just remember thinking,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11"I can't believe I just did that in front of everyone."
0:09:11 > 0:09:13I remember everyone going, "Are you going to kiss him?"
0:09:13 > 0:09:15And I was like, "I don't know. Am I? I don't know."
0:09:15 > 0:09:18And I remember kissing him and thinking, "Did I kiss him?"
0:09:18 > 0:09:20When you do it for the first time, you don't know
0:09:20 > 0:09:22if you're actually doing it right.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26I think I was probably so embarrassed I just went...
0:09:26 > 0:09:27wicked!
0:09:27 > 0:09:30There was a girl called Penny at school who everyone liked.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32She was lovely. She had curly hair.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34She was like, "Meet me in the top yard."
0:09:34 > 0:09:36And so I was dead nervous and thinking, "This is great,
0:09:36 > 0:09:38"I'm going to get my first kiss."
0:09:38 > 0:09:40I went to give her a kiss and she just turned round and ran off.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Then everybody came out from behind the wall,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45"Ha ha, you didn't get a kiss!" It was horrible!
0:09:45 > 0:09:48It's funny, because you look back on it and you think,
0:09:48 > 0:09:50it seems so normal, you know, when you're older.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52But at that time it was such a huge thing just to kiss girls.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54A massive, massive thing.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58So, from crushes to kisses, those are just some of the love stories
0:09:58 > 0:10:01that our celebs remember about being 12.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04But what kind of smoochy songs were they singing along to?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06When I was 12 there was a big,
0:10:06 > 0:10:11big love song out called I Will Always Love You, by Whitney Houston.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14# And I-I-II... #
0:10:14 > 0:10:17# I-I-I will always love you! #
0:10:17 > 0:10:20# Will always love you... #
0:10:20 > 0:10:22My Heart Will Go On, by Celine Dion.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25# Wherever you are....
0:10:25 > 0:10:29# .. you are... I am... something...
0:10:29 > 0:10:36# And my heart will go o-o-o-on... #
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Anything by Boyzone.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44# No matter what they do...
0:10:44 > 0:10:45# Da!
0:10:45 > 0:10:48# However they a-TTACK.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Ha!
0:10:49 > 0:10:51GARBLES WORDS
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Ha!
0:10:53 > 0:10:56GARBLES WORDS
0:10:56 > 0:10:57Ha!
0:10:57 > 0:10:58Love songs!
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Ha!
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Eternal Flame. Bangles.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04# ..An eternal flame... #
0:11:04 > 0:11:06That was a biggie, I think, at the time.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Puppy love by S Club Juniors.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14# And they called it puppy love... #
0:11:14 > 0:11:16HE SIGHS
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- Aw!- Yeah.- That just made me cringe!
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Exactly!
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Ditto. But for Antony Cotton,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25there was one song by Joe Cocker that he just didn't quite get.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29I remember vividly me thinking the lyrics to this song were,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32"The lift goes up where we belong."
0:11:32 > 0:11:37# Love lift us up where we belong... #
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Which makes sense, doesn't it? The lift goes up.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I didn't know it was about love.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45So I think that symbolises everything I think about love
0:11:45 > 0:11:47and Valentine's Day.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51To me, it's about a mechanical objects taking you to the next floor.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Antony, that is wrong on so many levels!
0:11:54 > 0:11:57No matter what you think about love, there's always a song out there
0:11:57 > 0:12:01to help our celebs, however they're feeling.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05I think music can definitely tell the story of your love life.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07There is three stages.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11And three types of song that fit the stage in which you're in.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15There's the love song that tells a story about falling in love.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17# When love takes over!
0:12:17 > 0:12:18# Yeah-eh-eh... #
0:12:18 > 0:12:21There are the love songs that are based on being in love.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24# ..The power of love... #
0:12:24 > 0:12:27She's like, "Oh, I'm happy. Oh, we're so happy!"
0:12:27 > 0:12:31# Lady in red!
0:12:31 > 0:12:34# Is dancing with me... # Because she can, because she's mine.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36# ..Is dancing with me... #
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Then there's the third stage.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39When you break up.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- Yeah.- There's so many of them. - # All by myself... #
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Oh, you've got a lovely voice.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46# Don't wanna be... #
0:12:46 > 0:12:50# ..All by myself... #
0:12:50 > 0:12:55And then the other direction is the, "I don't need you" style!
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Like, # I will survive! #
0:12:57 > 0:12:59# I will survive.... #
0:12:59 > 0:13:01# Oh, as long as I... #
0:13:01 > 0:13:03# Know how to love, I know I'll stay alive... #
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Don't ask me why I know all the words to these lyrics. I just do.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07# I'll survive.... #
0:13:07 > 0:13:10All right! OK. You've moved on from me, that's fine.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11# Go on now, go! #
0:13:11 > 0:13:14And I'm moving on, too. Let's find out what's still to come.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Our celebs reveal the big TV romances that they were watching.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Everybody watched it and everybody talked about it.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26# Ba da! Ba da! Ba da! Ba da ba be da da! #
0:13:26 > 0:13:28And they'd all try and like, out-idiot each other.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Geronimo!
0:13:33 > 0:13:36But first, in Britain we love nothing more
0:13:36 > 0:13:37than a big celebrity wedding.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41So let's find out which happy couples were tying the knot
0:13:41 > 0:13:43when our celebs were kids.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45I do remember when I was 12 that was the year
0:13:45 > 0:13:46that Posh and Becks got married.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Victoria Beckham, Posh Spice, absolute iconic female,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55going out with the best footballer.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58They were the original sort of WAG-footballer kind of thing.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59They invented it!
0:13:59 > 0:14:02I remember Posh and Becks being all over the magazines,
0:14:02 > 0:14:03in the papers, in the news.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07They were one of the first really big celeb showbiz couples.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11And when David and Victoria got engaged in 1998,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14everyone wanted to know all about their wedding plans.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18But the couple made sure everything stayed top secret.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20I remember finding out, I think by watching Newsround, that they
0:14:20 > 0:14:24were going to spend something like a million pounds on this wedding.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28The million-pound marriage. We tell you how it was done.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Posh Spice and David Beckham are now on their honeymoon
0:14:31 > 0:14:34after getting married in complete secrecy from the press
0:14:34 > 0:14:38at a 15th-century castle near Dublin in Ireland.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41They hired the best security they could find to make sure
0:14:41 > 0:14:43nobody took any pictures of the ceremony.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Because they'd promised a glossy celebrity magazine
0:14:46 > 0:14:48that they'd publish the wedding photos first.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Many fans were less than happy.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53It's not fair because we're not going to get to see them
0:14:53 > 0:14:54with all the security and all that.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57- It's not as if we're going to attack them.- They might!
0:14:59 > 0:15:02The wedding took place in a castle in Dublin with beautiful grounds.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Not that Posh and Becks would have seen it as they walked everywhere
0:15:05 > 0:15:09through white plastic tunnels so no-one could take photos from afar.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Even if you had a helicopter,
0:15:11 > 0:15:14there was still no way of getting a glimpse.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16And the Beckham family are still as showbiz today.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21But from Beckingham Palace to Buckingham Palace,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24there is one type of wedding that gets the whole nation partying.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25You can't get bigger than a royal wedding.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28That's when you really start to see the romance kick off, isn't it?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30And the great thing about that is,
0:15:30 > 0:15:33it's a relationship that the whole world seems to share in.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35And over the years, there's been a fair few.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41I just remember there being so much bunting. It was just everywhere.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45It was on cars, it was on walls, it was on people.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47And, in 2011, the world watched
0:15:47 > 0:15:50as Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Some travelled hundreds or even thousands of miles
0:15:53 > 0:15:56and they camped out overnight to get a prime position.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01I want to see the dress. Hopefully we will get a glimpse of it.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02And, like with every royal wedding,
0:16:02 > 0:16:06we all looked forward to that kiss on the Palace balcony.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Aww. Aww.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13You're like, "Oh, this is brilliant." It's so happy.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14It makes everybody smile.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18Next thing you know, you've got their faces on a mug and it is brilliant.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22In 2005, a different kind of celebrity ceremony
0:16:22 > 0:16:24took place for the first time.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28The big wedding when I was a kid was probably Elton John and David.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Sir Elton John has joined hundreds of same-sex couples across
0:16:31 > 0:16:36England and Wales taking part in the first civil partnership ceremonies.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39They had been together for over 10 years but couldn't have their love
0:16:39 > 0:16:43legally recognised because same-sex couples were unable to tie the knot.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45They had been together a long time
0:16:45 > 0:16:47but cos of the law, they couldn't get married. Then it all changed,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50so, straightaway, they just went and got married.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Yeah, that was massive, definitely.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56In December 2005, for the first time ever in the UK,
0:16:56 > 0:17:00it became possible for same-sex couples to the legally joined
0:17:00 > 0:17:03together in what was officially called a civil partnership.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08And Elton and David became one of the first celebrity
0:17:08 > 0:17:10same-sex couples to get hitched.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12The media went crazy.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- REPORTER:- 'The big day started with a big scrum
0:17:15 > 0:17:17'as they left their home to tie the knot.'
0:17:17 > 0:17:21It was definitely one of the most newsworthy things that had happened
0:17:21 > 0:17:23and it was the first, probably, celebrity civil wedding
0:17:23 > 0:17:26so it was pretty much a landmark.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28I remember it happening and it was a big deal.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30With everyone straining to view it all,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33it was time to go inside for the civil partnership ceremony.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35It's just wonderful. I think it's lovely.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39I love his music, I've been a fan all these years so why not?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42When they came out, there was just people everywhere and paparazzi
0:17:42 > 0:17:46and people trying to get their attention. It was just huge.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Although we are meant to describe it as a civil partnership,
0:17:48 > 0:17:52everyone here is describing it as the wedding of the year.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Still to come, our celebs look back on
0:17:56 > 0:18:00how it felt to have that all-important first crush.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Go ahead, go and ask her, going to say what it is that you want to say.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Don't care, didn't like you anyway.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I think the first time that you have your heart broken,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09at any age, is tough.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10It'll all be OK in the end.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14But first, let's find out what love was on the box
0:18:14 > 0:18:16when our celebs were 12.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18And there was one dating show that ruled them all.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Cilla Black's Blind Date.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23- Blind Date.- Blind Date.- Blind Date.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26# Ba-dah, ba-dah, ba-da, ba-ba-da, bah. #
0:18:26 > 0:18:28# Dah-dah, dah-da-da, da-da, dah. #
0:18:28 > 0:18:31'And here is your host, Miss...'
0:18:31 > 0:18:33..Cilla Black!
0:18:33 > 0:18:35APPLAUSE
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Blind Date was one of the first dating shows in the UK.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Thank you.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44It was a bit like Take Me Out with a cheaper set.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47But a far classier host - the legendary Cilla Black.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Just that voice.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- Hello, girls.- Hello, Cilla.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54- AS CILLA BLACK:- Right, let's ask question number one
0:18:54 > 0:18:56to your first contestant.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Come in, Barnaby.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00There would be somebody who wanted to go on a date
0:19:00 > 0:19:03and they'd be behind a sliding wall and there would be three idiots
0:19:03 > 0:19:05who she had to ask questions
0:19:05 > 0:19:08and they would try and, like, out-idiot each other.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10G'day.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13The guy would ask each woman a question.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16If you were a sandwich, what kind of sandwich would you be?
0:19:16 > 0:19:20I would be ham, to wrap around you. You know, it was daft.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23How would you make sure I never forgot our special day together?
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Well, I'd have to give you the most biggest smackeroonie
0:19:27 > 0:19:30you have ever had in your life.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33And then you would never, ever want to brush your teeth again.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35I'd want to brush mine twice.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40And then, at the end of it, the guy picks the girl that he wants.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- He has never seen them. Hence the name Blind Date.- Yes.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46And there was one contestant you might recognise who was
0:19:46 > 0:19:48looking for her dream date.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50AS CILLA BLACK: Let's see who's behind the screen.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Well, it's Amanda Holden.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56Yeah, that's Britain's Got Talent's very own judging star Amanda Holden.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57APPLAUSE
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Amanda, you've got a lot of fans out there. You really have.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03And I am assuming Amanda got the guy in the end.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06I'm afraid it's going to have to be number three, Cilla.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07She didn't.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11It was the most amazing show that you could possibly watch.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Forget all the shows that are on now. Bring back Blind Date.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16But it is not just dating shows
0:20:16 > 0:20:19that have captured the hearts of a nation.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Neighbours was huge. With Scott and Charlene.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26It was a soap opera set in Australia and everybody watched it
0:20:26 > 0:20:28and everybody talked about it.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31It was actually bigger over here than it was in Australia.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32It was big news.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Neighbours was about the families who lived on Ramsay Street
0:20:35 > 0:20:39and, in 1987, there was one storyline that made TV history.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43It was a tale of forbidden love as Scott from the Robinson family
0:20:43 > 0:20:47and Charlene from the rival Ramsay family fell in love.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Scott being Jason Donovan, Charlene being Kylie Minogue, got married.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Yeah, they were the two really good-looking people
0:20:53 > 0:20:56that everyone swooned over, you know, as teenagers and, yeah,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59the wedding was such a big, big event.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01It was unbelievable.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04It was watched by about 20 million people or something daft.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06When they finally got married,
0:21:06 > 0:21:09it was the TV wedding that everyone was talking about.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15What made the wedding so memorable wasn't the '80s fashion or
0:21:15 > 0:21:18the tears, it was the cheesy wedding song that accompanied
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Charlene as she walked down the aisle.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25There was a song by an artist called Angry Anderson.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Although Angry's real name is Gary.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31# Suddenly you're seeing me. #
0:21:31 > 0:21:32# Suddenly you're here with me
0:21:32 > 0:21:34# Doo, doo, doo! #
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- It was epic.- Brilliant song.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Because of the Neighbours wedding, Suddenly was a huge success
0:21:39 > 0:21:42in the Aussie charts, making it to number two.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47But, funnily enough, it missed the number one spot because of this...
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Yeah, Kylie Minogue herself beat him to it with The Locomotion.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Angry? I bet Gary was livid.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58The wedding made superstars of Kylie and Jason
0:21:58 > 0:22:02and they released this beautiful duet - Especially For You.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06# All the love I have is especially... #
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Not all TV romances are so successful.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11There was one long-running TV show
0:22:11 > 0:22:13where love just didn't seem to happen.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15I always remember is cos it was on a Sunday night
0:22:15 > 0:22:17when you're getting ready for school.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- Last Of The Summer Wine.- Oh, wow.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23- Compo.- Compo. Nora Batty. - Nora Batty. She was.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26They were a proper love interest. Forget Scott and Charlene.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30The series featured a group of retired old gentleman who got up
0:22:30 > 0:22:34to all sorts of mischief in a quiet village in the Yorkshire Dales.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37They are not three old gentleman, they're three kids, aren't they?
0:22:37 > 0:22:38- Sorry.- That's what it is.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42They are just naughty boys, really, and none naughtier than Compo.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46- Eh, up!- You silly devil.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Well, if it isn't my old true love Nora Batty.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Oh, get back inside. You're weird.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55She was very, sort of, straight-laced and was very dour.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57It's got so I daren't rattle my bucket.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Every time he hears it, he is out pestering.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Whereas he was a complete, kind of, maverick.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Wore wellies, wore a cap, very scruffy.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08You could almost imagine what he smelt like.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10It's true. At the sound of the bucket, my knees go weak
0:23:10 > 0:23:12and my wellies start to palpitate.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15There he goes. Listen - filth.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19Unrequited love - where one loves the other and it's not returned.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21How do, Nora lass?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Don't start.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27And in particular, couldn't mention her wrinkled stockings cos
0:23:27 > 0:23:30they drove him wild with passion.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Scruffy old Compo's quest for Nora Batty seemed to last for years,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37trying to sneak a kiss at every possible opportunity.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- Kiss!- Oh, keep him away!
0:23:40 > 0:23:43But something always got in his way.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45For example, his dancing.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- Compo, for me, was a bit of a hero.- He was.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- He never stopped trying, did he? - He never stopped trying.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Eh, up, it's quite a good view down here.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01So, whether it is because of a china bear.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- Did you get that girl?- No.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Or their singing.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10# And my heart will go on. #
0:24:10 > 0:24:12A relationship sometimes comes to an end,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15which is something all our celebs have dealt with.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22- Whenever you got dumped, it was always through a third party.- Yes.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Always through a third party. It was never face-to-face.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28It was like it was either, you know, like,
0:24:28 > 0:24:29"Tell your mate he is dumped."
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Yeah, that's exactly what happened to me.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I think, more for lads, to be chucked when you're 12 cos
0:24:35 > 0:24:37not only is it the agony of being told,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39"I'm not going out with you any more,"
0:24:39 > 0:24:41you have still got to pretend to be a big, tough guy.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44"Don't care, didn't like you anyway."
0:24:44 > 0:24:47So, the next day, I had to say to him, "We can't go out any more."
0:24:47 > 0:24:48And he was like, "It's all right,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51"I wanted to go out with your friend anyway."
0:24:51 > 0:24:54There were this kid there, who always fancied her,
0:24:54 > 0:24:55and then I turned up one day to school
0:24:55 > 0:25:00and he was sat on the wall being all Billy big-mate and he said,
0:25:00 > 0:25:02"Oh, yeah, Katie McHugh's finished you."
0:25:02 > 0:25:04And I went, "Cheers."
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Cheers, mate.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- Cheers, mate.- How do you respond to that?- Cheers, mate.
0:25:11 > 0:25:12I didn't want to cry.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14What you have got to realise is somebody,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16somewhere will break your heart.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21So, what will our celebs always remember about young love?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25I think, the first time that you have your heart broken,
0:25:25 > 0:25:29at any age, is tough but at, like, 12, 13,
0:25:29 > 0:25:33you think it's the absolute end of the world. And, at the time, it is.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37- But, you know, you've just got to power on through, haven't you?- True.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Your mates come into it a lot when you get dumped at that age, I think.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44You've just got to say, "All right, I'm going to go out
0:25:44 > 0:25:47"with my mates and have a game of footie and stuff."
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Forget about them. Forget about them.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52At that age, you are, like, infatuated with this person
0:25:52 > 0:25:56and then you look back and you are like,
0:25:56 > 0:25:59"Why did you take that so seriously?" And, kind of,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02if you get rejected, it just breaks your heart when you're that age.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04When you start realising you like someone,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07you can't stop thinking about that person practically every day.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10I definitely felt like that so, yeah, it's cute.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12It's a nice feeling.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14But if they don't like you back then it's a horrible feeling
0:26:14 > 0:26:17and if they do like you back then, yes.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20I remember not really having the confidence to do something so,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23if I could go back, I probably would have given myself a little bit
0:26:23 > 0:26:26more confidence and say, "Go ahead, go and ask her, go and say
0:26:26 > 0:26:30"What it is that you want to say?" But I was always a little bit shy.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32But it was confusing. It was a confusing time.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Don't worry about girls.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37There is no need to worry because, in time,
0:26:37 > 0:26:41you'll get to know all about them and one day,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44if you're really lucky, you will get a girlfriend yourself.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Just chill out. It'll all be OK in the end.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50I think the important thing to remember is
0:26:50 > 0:26:53if you do ever go out with any girls, treat them nicely.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Don't do anything that would upset your mother and,
0:26:56 > 0:26:58if you have to let them down, let them down very gently.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Certainly don't do it by text message.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02People who say that you are young,
0:27:02 > 0:27:06you don't really know about love -
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- you do.- Yeah.- I think you do. I think that is a bit of a myth.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12I think, you know, you will always remember your first love.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16- Definitely.- It doesn't matter what age you are when it happens but,
0:27:16 > 0:27:18you know, you get over it or you marry her.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21So, what have we learned?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Boyzone songs are best left to Boyzone.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Isn't that right, Sam and Mark?
0:27:26 > 0:27:30THEY MAKE TUNELESS NOISES
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Awful.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32And there is a good reason
0:27:32 > 0:27:35why the Beckhams had such good security at the wedding.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37It's not as if we are going to attack them.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41And, if your dream crush doesn't fancy you back, try and try again.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45- Kiss!- Oh, keep him away!
0:27:45 > 0:27:46You cheeky monkey, Compo.
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