Valentine Special 12 Again

Coming up. Our celebs fall head-over-heels in love.

You have that embarrassing moment,

"I don't even know if they like me or not."

-You think, "What is this?" And it's love!

-Ah!

The minute they came over, I'd be so scared.

What am I supposed to do about that?!

I have no idea. But let's get ready to get soppy.

Have you ever wondered what romance was like for your favourite

celebs when they were your age?

Who did they fancy?

What were their favourite love songs?

And which TV shows made them go all soppy?

Because, despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,

once they were a kid with a crush, just like you.

This show revisits the love stories of your favourite celebs,

and asks them to become 12 - and in love - Again.

They are some of the biggest stars on our TV today...

You're coming with me every step of the way.

Actually, that's really nice.

From pop stars to presenters and actors...

-Give it a rest, Dad.

-..they are all super cool.

Brilliant!

-I'll never fall in love again.

-Fair enough!

But back when they were kids,

they had the same fluttery feelings and heartbreaks as you.

So, let's go back in time

and find out what our celebs used to think of the boys and the girls.

I had absolutely no interest in girls whatsoever.

Boys were just horrible beings that were a bit snotty.

-Annoying people who weren't as good as boys.

-Just wasn't interested.

You don't really pay attention.

I wasn't really interested in girls.

-I didn't fancy any of them, really.

-Girls are mean.

-Kissing? What?

-Don't be gross! You wouldn't do that!

-Girls smell!

No, Ed, they do not! Well, some of them do, actually.

But our celebs weren't always going to feel that way.

Because for some reason, things start to change.

It really is a light bulb moment when as a boy, you discover girls.

"Hello!"

"You're a girl!"

I think I was starting to notice that I liked some girls more than others.

This other being walks past for the first time you're like,

"Wow, she smells nice." And then you go, "She looks quite nice, too."

"What's happening?"

"Oh, he's actually really good-looking."

And I remember sitting there in a science lesson one day,

"You're really ni... I should... Why am I thinking about you?

"I think about you a lot.

"Holy goodness, I fancy you!"

That little fluttering feeling, and you think, "What is this?"

And it's love!

That was definitely a transformation point.

You know, girls start coming into your mind

and you start thinking about it a lot more.

Yeah, it was a good time.

Moving up to secondary school, for the past five years,

you've been in this primary school where you've seen the same girls.

And now you've moved to a secondary school, where there's new girls!

And for some reason, they seem a lot more attractive than the ones

-you've just been with for five years!

-Yeah, better.

You start to shower a little bit more.

You start to do your hair that little bit better.

I didn't wear my glasses so much. I was conscious more of myself.

Just, you know, in case girls might look over and, you know,

maybe notice that I was over here.

I noticed you, Barney!

So, once our celebs had found that girls

and boys weren't all that bad, it was time for their first crush...

The first girl I had a crush on was called Jeanette.

I would just go on bike rides and I'd always make sure

whenever I went on a bike ride, I would ride past her house.

Sometimes maybe five, six, seven times a day.

Just in case I caught a glimpse of her.

I was really good at sort of giving the eye to the girls.

And thinking, "This is amazing."

But the minute they came over, I'd be so scared.

And I couldn't do anything about it.

You have that embarrassing moment,

I don't even know if they like me or not.

And you're like, "Do I try and act cool?" You're really confused.

I found it really confusing.

I did have a crush on this girl called Mary.

And I made her a ring and she rejected it!

It was possibly the worst moment of my life.

One girl said to me, "You know what?

"I would really fancy you if you were a bit taller."

What am I supposed to do about that?!

I had a nightmare when I was 12.

And the first crush I had,

I made the mistake of asking her out in front of everybody.

And as I asked her, she just put her hand in my face and just said, "No".

And laughed, as well!

There was one boy at school that I had a big crush on.

He was two years above me.

I used to sit in assembly, looking at him.

Thinking I could, like, send waves through my mind that made him

look at me and fall instantly in love with me.

But it never happened.

I, at the bus stop, saw this girl.

Something happened, there was this connection between us.

And I was thinking, "I'm going to have to go up to this girl.

"It will be fine."

I was thinking, just plucking up the courage, thinking, "OK, right.

"I'm going to do it. Right, I'm going to do it now!"

And then the bus came!

And I was like, "No! No, you stopped my brilliant plan!"

So I got on the bus and I went straight to the back of the bus.

And as the bus was pulling away, she waved. And I was like, "Oh!"

Lucky escape, in my opinion!

But, if you're shy, there is one sure way to approach the boys

and girls of your dreams. Get a mate to do it!

You get your friend to tell them that you like them,

but only if they like you.

"I really like that girl,

-"will you tell her mate that I really like her?

-I'll sort it.

"Mark really likes your mate."

"Will you tell your mate that Mark really likes her?"

And if you get the message back that they like you, too,

-Then you go and meet separately.

-"Mark really likes you!"

-"Tell him to go away!"

-That's what happened quite a lot! I must admit.

Did you ever do the note? "Will you go out with me?

-"Tick box, yes, no, maybe."

-Maybe!

-Maybe! "I've still got a shot!"

-Maybe.

Sadly for some of our celebs,

there were some crushes that even their mates can't help with.

I had a really long-term relationship with Robbie Williams.

But that ended badly, because he was living in a poster,

and I was living in the real world. So we had to break up.

Some relationships aren't meant to be. For me, it was Keira Knightley.

Thankfully for our celebs,

there's one day of the year where all love stories can come true!

Or not, as may have been the case.

But if you don't want a bad card,

just knock one up yourself with a bit of glitter and a bit of glue.

Look at that. That is really looking quite nice.

-My Valentine is going to love this, I tell you.

-Doubt it.

Valentine's Day when I was 12 was a very lonely day.

THEY LAUGH

Yeah.

Not a particularly busy day at school!

Valentine's Day in general was awful, unless you got five, six,

seven, eight Valentine's cards.

There'd always be like one boy in the class who got like,

all the cards from the girls. And then nobody else would get anything.

Everyone in my class was like, "Ceallach's got three cards!"

So at that point, I was the cool kid in the class!

And then I remember speaking to my mum at home and she said,

"So, did you get my cards?" I was like, "No-o-o!"

I used to wake up and there'd be a Valentine's card next to my bed,

which was clearly from my mum

because it was in my mum's handwriting.

Still a question mark, though. "Oh, I wonder who sent this to me?!"

I once made some chocolates for a girl called Georgina Bell.

Oh, she was lovely.

I got these little heart-shaped chocolates

and I made a paper box for her, myself.

And I convinced my dad to take me around to her house.

I knocked on the door. Her mum opened and she went, "Oh, Barnaby's here."

That was my name, when I was small. It's changed since.

"Oh, Barnaby's here. What does he want?"

"Well, I've just, I've bought some chocolates.

"For Georgie, for Valentine's Day." And her mum melted.

"Oh, that's so adorable."

And Georgie came down and went, "Oh, what are they?"

"I made some chocolates for you." She went, "Oh, ta."

Took them and went inside. And I sort of went, "Bye!"

Got in the car and drove home.

That was my first proper experience of giving a girl a gift to say,

"I like you."

And her saying, "Go away, you smelly little urchin."

I do remember giving someone a card and a little china, tacky bear.

Just because you don't know what to do, do you know what I mean?

-You just buy rubbish.

-And did you get that girl?

-No!

-No!

THEY LAUGH

OK, so none of them found their Valentines bliss.

But what about that loving first kiss? Mwah!

-I had my first kiss at 12.

-Aw!

-Aw!

-Yeah!

-That's cute!

All these girls were standing round me with their friends

and they said, "Have you kissed someone before?" And I said, "Yeah."

When I clearly hadn't. I just closed my eyes and went for it.

And it was very weird. It was really bizarre.

And then I just remember thinking,

"I can't believe I just did that in front of everyone."

I remember everyone going, "Are you going to kiss him?"

And I was like, "I don't know. Am I? I don't know."

And I remember kissing him and thinking, "Did I kiss him?"

When you do it for the first time, you don't know

if you're actually doing it right.

I think I was probably so embarrassed I just went...

wicked!

There was a girl called Penny at school who everyone liked.

She was lovely. She had curly hair.

She was like, "Meet me in the top yard."

And so I was dead nervous and thinking, "This is great,

"I'm going to get my first kiss."

I went to give her a kiss and she just turned round and ran off.

Then everybody came out from behind the wall,

"Ha ha, you didn't get a kiss!" It was horrible!

It's funny, because you look back on it and you think,

it seems so normal, you know, when you're older.

But at that time it was such a huge thing just to kiss girls.

A massive, massive thing.

So, from crushes to kisses, those are just some of the love stories

that our celebs remember about being 12.

But what kind of smoochy songs were they singing along to?

When I was 12 there was a big,

big love song out called I Will Always Love You, by Whitney Houston.

# And I-I-II... #

# I-I-I will always love you! #

# Will always love you... #

My Heart Will Go On, by Celine Dion.

# Wherever you are....

# .. you are... I am... something...

# And my heart will go o-o-o-on... #

Anything by Boyzone.

# No matter what they do...

# Da!

# However they a-TTACK.

Ha!

GARBLES WORDS

Ha!

GARBLES WORDS

Ha!

Love songs!

Ha!

Eternal Flame. Bangles.

# ..An eternal flame... #

That was a biggie, I think, at the time.

Puppy love by S Club Juniors.

# And they called it puppy love... #

HE SIGHS

-Aw!

-Yeah.

-That just made me cringe!

Exactly!

Ditto. But for Antony Cotton,

there was one song by Joe Cocker that he just didn't quite get.

I remember vividly me thinking the lyrics to this song were,

"The lift goes up where we belong."

# Love lift us up where we belong... #

Which makes sense, doesn't it? The lift goes up.

I didn't know it was about love.

So I think that symbolises everything I think about love

and Valentine's Day.

To me, it's about a mechanical objects taking you to the next floor.

Antony, that is wrong on so many levels!

No matter what you think about love, there's always a song out there

to help our celebs, however they're feeling.

I think music can definitely tell the story of your love life.

There is three stages.

And three types of song that fit the stage in which you're in.

There's the love song that tells a story about falling in love.

# When love takes over!

# Yeah-eh-eh... #

There are the love songs that are based on being in love.

# ..The power of love... #

She's like, "Oh, I'm happy. Oh, we're so happy!"

# Lady in red!

# Is dancing with me... # Because she can, because she's mine.

# ..Is dancing with me... #

Then there's the third stage.

When you break up.

-Yeah.

-There's so many of them.

-# All by myself... #

Oh, you've got a lovely voice.

# Don't wanna be... #

# ..All by myself... #

And then the other direction is the, "I don't need you" style!

Like, # I will survive! #

# I will survive.... #

# Oh, as long as I... #

# Know how to love, I know I'll stay alive... #

Don't ask me why I know all the words to these lyrics. I just do.

# I'll survive.... #

All right! OK. You've moved on from me, that's fine.

# Go on now, go! #

And I'm moving on, too. Let's find out what's still to come.

Our celebs reveal the big TV romances that they were watching.

Everybody watched it and everybody talked about it.

# Ba da! Ba da! Ba da! Ba da ba be da da! #

And they'd all try and like, out-idiot each other.

Geronimo!

But first, in Britain we love nothing more

than a big celebrity wedding.

So let's find out which happy couples were tying the knot

when our celebs were kids.

I do remember when I was 12 that was the year

that Posh and Becks got married.

Victoria Beckham, Posh Spice, absolute iconic female,

going out with the best footballer.

They were the original sort of WAG-footballer kind of thing.

They invented it!

I remember Posh and Becks being all over the magazines,

in the papers, in the news.

They were one of the first really big celeb showbiz couples.

And when David and Victoria got engaged in 1998,

everyone wanted to know all about their wedding plans.

But the couple made sure everything stayed top secret.

I remember finding out, I think by watching Newsround, that they

were going to spend something like a million pounds on this wedding.

The million-pound marriage. We tell you how it was done.

Posh Spice and David Beckham are now on their honeymoon

after getting married in complete secrecy from the press

at a 15th-century castle near Dublin in Ireland.

They hired the best security they could find to make sure

nobody took any pictures of the ceremony.

Because they'd promised a glossy celebrity magazine

that they'd publish the wedding photos first.

Many fans were less than happy.

It's not fair because we're not going to get to see them

with all the security and all that.

-It's not as if we're going to attack them.

-They might!

The wedding took place in a castle in Dublin with beautiful grounds.

Not that Posh and Becks would have seen it as they walked everywhere

through white plastic tunnels so no-one could take photos from afar.

Even if you had a helicopter,

there was still no way of getting a glimpse.

And the Beckham family are still as showbiz today.

But from Beckingham Palace to Buckingham Palace,

there is one type of wedding that gets the whole nation partying.

You can't get bigger than a royal wedding.

That's when you really start to see the romance kick off, isn't it?

And the great thing about that is,

it's a relationship that the whole world seems to share in.

And over the years, there's been a fair few.

I just remember there being so much bunting. It was just everywhere.

It was on cars, it was on walls, it was on people.

And, in 2011, the world watched

as Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot.

Some travelled hundreds or even thousands of miles

and they camped out overnight to get a prime position.

I want to see the dress. Hopefully we will get a glimpse of it.

And, like with every royal wedding,

we all looked forward to that kiss on the Palace balcony.

Aww. Aww.

You're like, "Oh, this is brilliant." It's so happy.

It makes everybody smile.

Next thing you know, you've got their faces on a mug and it is brilliant.

In 2005, a different kind of celebrity ceremony

took place for the first time.

The big wedding when I was a kid was probably Elton John and David.

Sir Elton John has joined hundreds of same-sex couples across

England and Wales taking part in the first civil partnership ceremonies.

They had been together for over 10 years but couldn't have their love

legally recognised because same-sex couples were unable to tie the knot.

They had been together a long time

but cos of the law, they couldn't get married. Then it all changed,

so, straightaway, they just went and got married.

Yeah, that was massive, definitely.

In December 2005, for the first time ever in the UK,

it became possible for same-sex couples to the legally joined

together in what was officially called a civil partnership.

And Elton and David became one of the first celebrity

same-sex couples to get hitched.

The media went crazy.

-REPORTER:

-'The big day started with a big scrum

'as they left their home to tie the knot.'

It was definitely one of the most newsworthy things that had happened

and it was the first, probably, celebrity civil wedding

so it was pretty much a landmark.

I remember it happening and it was a big deal.

With everyone straining to view it all,

it was time to go inside for the civil partnership ceremony.

It's just wonderful. I think it's lovely.

I love his music, I've been a fan all these years so why not?

When they came out, there was just people everywhere and paparazzi

and people trying to get their attention. It was just huge.

Although we are meant to describe it as a civil partnership,

everyone here is describing it as the wedding of the year.

Still to come, our celebs look back on

how it felt to have that all-important first crush.

Go ahead, go and ask her, going to say what it is that you want to say.

Don't care, didn't like you anyway.

I think the first time that you have your heart broken,

at any age, is tough.

It'll all be OK in the end.

But first, let's find out what love was on the box

when our celebs were 12.

And there was one dating show that ruled them all.

Cilla Black's Blind Date.

-Blind Date.

-Blind Date.

-Blind Date.

# Ba-dah, ba-dah, ba-da, ba-ba-da, bah. #

# Dah-dah, dah-da-da, da-da, dah. #

'And here is your host, Miss...'

..Cilla Black!

APPLAUSE

Blind Date was one of the first dating shows in the UK.

Thank you.

It was a bit like Take Me Out with a cheaper set.

But a far classier host - the legendary Cilla Black.

Just that voice.

-Hello, girls.

-Hello, Cilla.

-AS CILLA BLACK:

-Right, let's ask question number one

to your first contestant.

Come in, Barnaby.

There would be somebody who wanted to go on a date

and they'd be behind a sliding wall and there would be three idiots

who she had to ask questions

and they would try and, like, out-idiot each other.

G'day.

The guy would ask each woman a question.

If you were a sandwich, what kind of sandwich would you be?

I would be ham, to wrap around you. You know, it was daft.

How would you make sure I never forgot our special day together?

Well, I'd have to give you the most biggest smackeroonie

you have ever had in your life.

And then you would never, ever want to brush your teeth again.

I'd want to brush mine twice.

And then, at the end of it, the guy picks the girl that he wants.

-He has never seen them. Hence the name Blind Date.

-Yes.

And there was one contestant you might recognise who was

looking for her dream date.

AS CILLA BLACK: Let's see who's behind the screen.

Well, it's Amanda Holden.

Yeah, that's Britain's Got Talent's very own judging star Amanda Holden.

APPLAUSE

Amanda, you've got a lot of fans out there. You really have.

And I am assuming Amanda got the guy in the end.

I'm afraid it's going to have to be number three, Cilla.

She didn't.

It was the most amazing show that you could possibly watch.

Forget all the shows that are on now. Bring back Blind Date.

But it is not just dating shows

that have captured the hearts of a nation.

Neighbours was huge. With Scott and Charlene.

It was a soap opera set in Australia and everybody watched it

and everybody talked about it.

It was actually bigger over here than it was in Australia.

It was big news.

Neighbours was about the families who lived on Ramsay Street

and, in 1987, there was one storyline that made TV history.

It was a tale of forbidden love as Scott from the Robinson family

and Charlene from the rival Ramsay family fell in love.

Scott being Jason Donovan, Charlene being Kylie Minogue, got married.

Yeah, they were the two really good-looking people

that everyone swooned over, you know, as teenagers and, yeah,

the wedding was such a big, big event.

It was unbelievable.

It was watched by about 20 million people or something daft.

When they finally got married,

it was the TV wedding that everyone was talking about.

What made the wedding so memorable wasn't the '80s fashion or

the tears, it was the cheesy wedding song that accompanied

Charlene as she walked down the aisle.

There was a song by an artist called Angry Anderson.

Although Angry's real name is Gary.

# Suddenly you're seeing me. #

# Suddenly you're here with me

# Doo, doo, doo! #

-It was epic.

-Brilliant song.

Because of the Neighbours wedding, Suddenly was a huge success

in the Aussie charts, making it to number two.

But, funnily enough, it missed the number one spot because of this...

Yeah, Kylie Minogue herself beat him to it with The Locomotion.

Angry? I bet Gary was livid.

The wedding made superstars of Kylie and Jason

and they released this beautiful duet - Especially For You.

# All the love I have is especially... #

Not all TV romances are so successful.

There was one long-running TV show

where love just didn't seem to happen.

I always remember is cos it was on a Sunday night

when you're getting ready for school.

-Last Of The Summer Wine.

-Oh, wow.

-Compo.

-Compo. Nora Batty.

-Nora Batty. She was.

They were a proper love interest. Forget Scott and Charlene.

The series featured a group of retired old gentleman who got up

to all sorts of mischief in a quiet village in the Yorkshire Dales.

They are not three old gentleman, they're three kids, aren't they?

-Sorry.

-That's what it is.

They are just naughty boys, really, and none naughtier than Compo.

-Eh, up!

-You silly devil.

Well, if it isn't my old true love Nora Batty.

Oh, get back inside. You're weird.

She was very, sort of, straight-laced and was very dour.

It's got so I daren't rattle my bucket.

Every time he hears it, he is out pestering.

Whereas he was a complete, kind of, maverick.

Wore wellies, wore a cap, very scruffy.

You could almost imagine what he smelt like.

It's true. At the sound of the bucket, my knees go weak

and my wellies start to palpitate.

There he goes. Listen - filth.

Unrequited love - where one loves the other and it's not returned.

How do, Nora lass?

Don't start.

And in particular, couldn't mention her wrinkled stockings cos

they drove him wild with passion.

Scruffy old Compo's quest for Nora Batty seemed to last for years,

trying to sneak a kiss at every possible opportunity.

-Kiss!

-Oh, keep him away!

But something always got in his way.

For example, his dancing.

-Compo, for me, was a bit of a hero.

-He was.

-He never stopped trying, did he?

-He never stopped trying.

Eh, up, it's quite a good view down here.

So, whether it is because of a china bear.

-Did you get that girl?

-No.

Or their singing.

# And my heart will go on. #

A relationship sometimes comes to an end,

which is something all our celebs have dealt with.

-Whenever you got dumped, it was always through a third party.

-Yes.

Always through a third party. It was never face-to-face.

It was like it was either, you know, like,

"Tell your mate he is dumped."

Yeah, that's exactly what happened to me.

I think, more for lads, to be chucked when you're 12 cos

not only is it the agony of being told,

"I'm not going out with you any more,"

you have still got to pretend to be a big, tough guy.

"Don't care, didn't like you anyway."

So, the next day, I had to say to him, "We can't go out any more."

And he was like, "It's all right,

"I wanted to go out with your friend anyway."

There were this kid there, who always fancied her,

and then I turned up one day to school

and he was sat on the wall being all Billy big-mate and he said,

"Oh, yeah, Katie McHugh's finished you."

And I went, "Cheers."

Cheers, mate.

-Cheers, mate.

-How do you respond to that?

-Cheers, mate.

I didn't want to cry.

What you have got to realise is somebody,

somewhere will break your heart.

So, what will our celebs always remember about young love?

I think, the first time that you have your heart broken,

at any age, is tough but at, like, 12, 13,

you think it's the absolute end of the world. And, at the time, it is.

-But, you know, you've just got to power on through, haven't you?

-True.

Your mates come into it a lot when you get dumped at that age, I think.

You've just got to say, "All right, I'm going to go out

"with my mates and have a game of footie and stuff."

Forget about them. Forget about them.

At that age, you are, like, infatuated with this person

and then you look back and you are like,

"Why did you take that so seriously?" And, kind of,

if you get rejected, it just breaks your heart when you're that age.

When you start realising you like someone,

you can't stop thinking about that person practically every day.

I definitely felt like that so, yeah, it's cute.

It's a nice feeling.

But if they don't like you back then it's a horrible feeling

and if they do like you back then, yes.

I remember not really having the confidence to do something so,

if I could go back, I probably would have given myself a little bit

more confidence and say, "Go ahead, go and ask her, go and say

"What it is that you want to say?" But I was always a little bit shy.

But it was confusing. It was a confusing time.

Don't worry about girls.

There is no need to worry because, in time,

you'll get to know all about them and one day,

if you're really lucky, you will get a girlfriend yourself.

Just chill out. It'll all be OK in the end.

I think the important thing to remember is

if you do ever go out with any girls, treat them nicely.

Don't do anything that would upset your mother and,

if you have to let them down, let them down very gently.

Certainly don't do it by text message.

People who say that you are young,

you don't really know about love -

-you do.

-Yeah.

-I think you do. I think that is a bit of a myth.

I think, you know, you will always remember your first love.

-Definitely.

-It doesn't matter what age you are when it happens but,

you know, you get over it or you marry her.

So, what have we learned?

Boyzone songs are best left to Boyzone.

Isn't that right, Sam and Mark?

THEY MAKE TUNELESS NOISES

Awful.

And there is a good reason

why the Beckhams had such good security at the wedding.

It's not as if we are going to attack them.

And, if your dream crush doesn't fancy you back, try and try again.

-Kiss!

-Oh, keep him away!

You cheeky monkey, Compo.

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