0:00:02 > 0:00:04Coming up - three celebs become 12 again.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06I had my first kiss when I was 12.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08And I didn't know what I was doing.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12All the awful fashions from the middle of the '70s, that was me.
0:00:12 > 0:00:17I got a kiss, just a peck, off one of the girls you would class as fit,
0:00:17 > 0:00:18in the year above.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21And we catch up with the new kings of grime,
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Clement Marfo & The Frontline.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Spots is the hardest thing about being 12.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27Can't get rid of it.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Want to know more? Well...
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Have you ever wondered what it would've been like to be best mates
0:00:34 > 0:00:37with your favourite celebs when they were your age?
0:00:38 > 0:00:41What did they get up to, what were their favourite songs
0:00:41 > 0:00:43and what TV shows did they watch?
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Because despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49once they were a kid with a dream, just like you.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55This show lets you look back in time with your favourite celebs,
0:00:55 > 0:00:56as they become 12 again.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02# You know you're only in it
0:01:02 > 0:01:05# Cos it's hot right now, hot right now
0:01:05 > 0:01:06# Turn it up right now... #
0:01:06 > 0:01:09She's the sassy singer who knows how to party
0:01:09 > 0:01:11and has worked with legends such as Jay Z,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Kanye West and Will.i.am.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17But back in 2002, Rita Ora was singing to an audience
0:01:17 > 0:01:18a little close to home.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24I'd sing in the morning, when my mum wasn't even awake.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25She'd be like, "Rita!
0:01:25 > 0:01:28"It's like the best alarm clock I've ever heard."
0:01:28 > 0:01:29I was like, "Yeah, right."
0:01:29 > 0:01:32# Cos it's hot right now. #
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Today, Chris Bisson is a film and TV superstar...
0:01:37 > 0:01:40There is a long, long way to go before I'm done.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45..but back in 1987, he was shying away from the limelight.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51I never wanted to be an actor as a kid because I was far too shy.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54I was playing a Roman soldier in the nativity play and I spent that
0:01:54 > 0:01:58entire time on stage with my shield in front of my face like this.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I suppose it'll have to do.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03He's one of the nation's best-loved celebrity chefs,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06who cooks up a storm on our TVs at the weekend.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Let's pretend that those lumps aren't there.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14But in 1975, the only thing on Simon Rimmer's menu was football.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15When I was 12,
0:02:15 > 0:02:19I don't think I was remotely interested in being a chef.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Football was absolutely everything to me.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25You know, I was completely and utterly consumed by it.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Take it on board, honestly. Any good ingredient, mwa!
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Mwa, to you too, Simon!
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Anyway, they're all massive celebs today
0:02:32 > 0:02:34but back when they were 12,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36they had no idea what they were going to become.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39So let's find out who they were way back then.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46When I was 12, I was very much a tomboy.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48I used to not do that many girly things.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I would play football, usually with my guy friends.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53I was quite a shy kid.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56I used to listen to my mum and get on with my homework
0:02:56 > 0:02:58and do my schoolwork.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I don't think I was very confident, when I look back on it.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04I was with a group of mates who all seemed to be far better
0:03:04 > 0:03:07at things than me, far more confident than me.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08My hair was curly brown.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12I used to just wear it out frizzy, actually, like a puff.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I wouldn't wear any makeup, even though I'd try,
0:03:15 > 0:03:17but my mum would be like, "Why are you wearing makeup?"
0:03:17 > 0:03:20I think I was pretty scruffy, to be honest with you,
0:03:20 > 0:03:22because I was often out on my bike, getting dirty.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I used to get told off for getting clothes dirty all the time.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28I didn't pay that much attention to clothes when I was that young.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31I would just wear trainers more than I would wear shoes.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33A pair of jeans and a T-shirt.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35I used to just play football all the time,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37so I didn't really think about that many things.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41At the time, everyone wanted their hair in a centre part,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44almost slightly feather cut, verging on a mullet.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Not the most attractive look in the world.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49But I had that look, so I was happy with that.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52All the awful fashions from the middle of the '70s, that was me.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57So apart from being very scruffy and having terrible haircuts,
0:03:57 > 0:03:58like Simon's awful mullet,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01what else did our celebs get up to back when they were 12?
0:04:03 > 0:04:07I used to go to karate, which was one of my things,
0:04:07 > 0:04:09and I used to play a lot of cricket.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11But I certainly wasn't outgoing.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Nobody ever thought that I was going to be an actor.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I was probably the least likely person to become an actor
0:04:17 > 0:04:18that you'd ever met.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24My mum bought me this keyboard and I would just sit on the keyboard
0:04:24 > 0:04:28and play and sing. I would go to after-school choir classes.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30It was definitely my hobby
0:04:30 > 0:04:32and I just would go and sing and sing and sing,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35and Mum would say, "Come home and eat." I'd be like, "OK, in a minute."
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Socially, in school, I fitted into probably slightly geeky,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42slightly quiet, so I was never captain of the football team,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45but was mates with the majority of people.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50So I wasn't up there with the guys that were 100% fanciable
0:04:50 > 0:04:51for the girls,
0:04:51 > 0:04:55and I wasn't right down at the "I get picked on," geek level.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58But when Chris was 12, he bagged himself a role
0:04:58 > 0:05:00in a top kids' TV show.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Sandra, Sandra! I need a bed pan, San.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Children's Ward was the biggest TV drama for kids at that time.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I expect you make your parents' life a misery, JJ.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Being on TV changed things at school.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24But while you are on this ward, you'll speak to me
0:05:24 > 0:05:26with some respect.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Girls would talk to me, which was a major bonus.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34And then the big thing that kicked it off was, I got a kiss,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37just a peck, off one of the girls
0:05:37 > 0:05:39that you'd class as fit in the year above, Angela.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41She gave me a kiss in front of everybody.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44It was only a peck, but my street cred went through the roof.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47And Angela wasn't the only girl to take an interest
0:05:47 > 0:05:49in 12-year-old Chris.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Whilst working on another children's programme,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Chris caught the eye of
0:05:56 > 0:05:58a future mega star.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00While I was working on The 8.15 From Manchester,
0:06:00 > 0:06:02there was an actress called Anna Friel,
0:06:02 > 0:06:04who is now a big Hollywood star.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08She asked me out by leaving me this letter on the back
0:06:08 > 0:06:12of a filming schedule for that day, asking me if I'd go
0:06:12 > 0:06:15to the pictures with her on Saturday and watch Teddy Goes To War.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I never went. Totes gutted!
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Totes, indeed! Anna Friel is now
0:06:22 > 0:06:24one of the UK's biggest actresses,
0:06:24 > 0:06:26having appeared in tons of films,
0:06:26 > 0:06:27TV shows and plays,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30both in the UK and America.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35In 2002, when Rita was 12,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38she was already getting a taste for performing in public.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42I just wanted to be a singer and I wanted to perform
0:06:42 > 0:06:45in front of millions and millions of people.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46It didn't scare me,
0:06:46 > 0:06:50it just made me feel like it was what I was meant to do.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52I would always imagine it in my living room,
0:06:52 > 0:06:54singing to my mum and dad, and stuff,
0:06:54 > 0:06:56on New Year's and Christmas and birthdays.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59They'd always be like, "Rita, go and sing Happy Birthday."
0:06:59 > 0:07:01So I'd be like, "OK!" # Happy... #
0:07:01 > 0:07:05It was just something I've been wanting to do my whole, entire life.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Whilst Rita was developing
0:07:08 > 0:07:09her vocal chords,
0:07:09 > 0:07:15when Simon was 12, he was beginning to develop an eye for the ladies.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18I had a big crush on a girl
0:07:18 > 0:07:20called Jeanette Jarvis,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22who was in the year above me.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25She was the first crush that I had.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27But by the time I was 12, 13,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30we used to knock around with quite a lot of girls.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32And youth club on a Wednesday night
0:07:32 > 0:07:35was always the time when, at the end, they'd put "slowies" on,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38and that's when you'd have a bit of a smooch
0:07:38 > 0:07:42with whichever girl you managed to get hold of, basically.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45So, yes, I do remember my first kiss,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48but I'm not going to reveal who it was with, in case she's watching!
0:07:48 > 0:07:49She was good, though.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52So that's what our
0:07:52 > 0:07:5312-year-old trio were like,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55but what music were they into?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00When I was 12, I loved listening to Beyonce.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Crazy In Love definitely was one of my favourite songs.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Crazy In Love was Beyonce's first song as a solo artist.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16She was joined on the track by her future husband Jay-Z.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19I remember the video. I remember Jay-Z coming out of a burnt car.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23I remember her kicking the water pipe
0:08:23 > 0:08:25and water went everywhere.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28And she looked so pretty. Beautiful.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31The video to Crazy In Love was a huge success,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33winning several awards.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37And Beyonce was known for ever after for her wicked dance moves.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Oh, yeah!
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Me and my friends used to do the whole dance routine
0:08:41 > 0:08:42and copy her on TV.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44And do a bit of...
0:08:44 > 0:08:46# Uh oh uh oh, I'm gonna... #
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Anyway...
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Wind the clock back to the mid-1970s
0:08:53 > 0:08:57and Simon was listening to music that was a little bit more "Uh-oh!"
0:08:59 > 0:09:03My absolute favourite band at the time was Slade,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06who had been around for a few years. And they were just brilliant.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Their music was fantastic, very catchy, very poppy.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18One of my favourite tracks was Cum On Feel The Noize,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21which is one of Slade's biggest hits.
0:09:25 > 0:09:31Slade dominated the UK music scene in the early '70s. They were huge.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35That's despite having one of the wackiest wardrobes in pop.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Noddy Holder's the lead singer. A big mop of ginger hair.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45And he was renowned for wearing a top hat
0:09:45 > 0:09:48and lots of kind of sparkles.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52And then Dave Hill is probably the person, apart from Noddy,
0:09:52 > 0:09:57that everyone remembers, who used to wear absolutely ridiculous clothes.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01I remember once he dressed as a nun, in a really sparkly nun's habit.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04And he had a kind of a basin haircut
0:10:04 > 0:10:07and quite often would have sparkle through his hair.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Nobody panic! That hairstyle died out years ago.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Their image was brilliant. It was glam rock.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Glam rock was absolutely massive.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23You actually couldn't walk down a high street without seeing
0:10:23 > 0:10:26someone dressed in glam rock clothes.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31The glam rock era is still known today for being outrageous,
0:10:31 > 0:10:35mostly down to the bonkers outfits that the musicians wore.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38If you didn't wear platform boots and lots of glitter,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41then you just weren't cutting the glam rock mustard.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Each glam rock group had their own, um, let's call it unique style!
0:10:48 > 0:10:52But there was only room in Simon's heart for one band - Slade!
0:10:54 > 0:10:56I actually met Noddy Holder
0:10:56 > 0:10:59and even now, I was still absolutely star struck at meeting him,
0:10:59 > 0:11:01and he was lovely as well.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04And I'm sure he's a fan of your souffle, Simon!
0:11:07 > 0:11:10When Chris was 12, he liked all sorts of different stuff.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Bob Geldof, Do They Know It's Christmas?
0:11:12 > 0:11:16# Feed the world... #
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Fat Boys, The Twist.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20# Come on, baby
0:11:20 > 0:11:22# Let's do the twist... #
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Whitney Houston, One Moment In Time.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30# Give me one moment in time... #
0:11:32 > 0:11:35De La Soul were one of my favourite bands.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37# Mirror, mirror, on the wall
0:11:37 > 0:11:39# Tell me, mirror, what is wrong?
0:11:39 > 0:11:42# This is Me, Myself and I
0:11:42 > 0:11:44# From me, myself and I... #
0:11:44 > 0:11:46But there was one song in particular
0:11:46 > 0:11:49that really struck a chord with Chris.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53One of my favourite songs as a kid was Ebony and Ivory,
0:11:53 > 0:11:57by Sir Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Two musical legends.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04# Ebony and Ivory
0:12:04 > 0:12:10# Live together in perfect harmony... #
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Ebony and Ivory refers to the black and white keys of a piano,
0:12:14 > 0:12:17because historically, the black keys were made out of ebony,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19and the white ones from ivory.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23For Stevie and Paul, the black and white keys sitting together
0:12:23 > 0:12:27represented their views on racial integration.
0:12:27 > 0:12:34# We all know that people are the same whereever you go... #
0:12:34 > 0:12:39When I was 12, racism was much more prominent than it is now.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45My dad was West Indian, of Indian descent. My mum was white English.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48I think maybe it struck a chord because it was about groups
0:12:48 > 0:12:53of people living together and how they could live in perfect harmony.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Not the greatest record in the world, but significant.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Not the greatest record in the world is somewhat of an understatement,
0:13:00 > 0:13:04but it did top the charts in both the UK and America.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07# Ebony, ivory
0:13:07 > 0:13:10# Living together in harmony... #
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Still to come, we catch up with
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Clement Marfo & The Frontline to see how they rolled when they were 12.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26When I was 12, I was a bit of a rascal.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28I've always tried to be the entertainer.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32And we find out which TV shows our celebs were glued to back then.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35If you're ready, say, "Bluegh..."
0:13:35 > 0:13:37BOTH: Bluegh!
0:13:37 > 0:13:41- Raven was so fun because it was adventurous.- It's coming.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42The demon's breath is coming.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45It's genius. Still now, it's genius.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51But first, let's find out
0:13:51 > 0:13:52which big news stories
0:13:52 > 0:13:53had a lasting impact
0:13:53 > 0:13:55on young Chris, Simon and Rita.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59I remember my dad always used to watch the news,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02and I would be really kind of like, "Uh, can we change channel?"
0:14:02 > 0:14:05But the one I remember was the Golden Jubilee.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Good afternoon.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12It's party day across the UK, as people join in
0:14:12 > 0:14:16a Bank Holiday of celebrations for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21The Queen celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 2002,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24marking 50 years of her being on the throne.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28The Golden Jubilee was celebrated in many different ways,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31with flypasts, parades and street parties.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36I now declare this street party officially open.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40But the highlight of the celebrations
0:14:40 > 0:14:43was the Party At The Palace, a huge gig held in the gardens
0:14:43 > 0:14:46of Buckingham Palace, featuring loads of pop stars.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50To top it all, Queen guitarist Brian May blasted out
0:14:50 > 0:14:52the National Anthem, standing on the roof!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56MUSIC: "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN"
0:15:11 > 0:15:13I remember watching the show and millions
0:15:13 > 0:15:16and millions of people were watching on screens.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20We, your Majesty, are here tonight because, above all,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22we feel proud of you.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24CHEERING
0:15:25 > 0:15:28It was like a very big deal. It was a good time, we had fun.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35In 1975, when Simon was 12,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Britain was caught up in a very unusual war.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42One of the big news stories I remember when I was 12
0:15:42 > 0:15:44was what was called the Cod Wars.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50The latest battle in the Cod War off Iceland has been the most
0:15:50 > 0:15:52dramatic and the most dangerous so far.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Britain and Iceland were arguing over fishing rights,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00so the Icelandic government was saying that Britain
0:16:00 > 0:16:02was fishing illegally,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05taking too much cod out of Icelandic waters.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Britain had been fishing in the sea
0:16:07 > 0:16:10around Iceland for over a century.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11But as early as 1958,
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Iceland tried to ban British boats
0:16:13 > 0:16:14from these waters, in order to
0:16:14 > 0:16:17protect their own fishing industry.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20And in the mid-1970s, things came to a head,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23when the British Navy were sent in to protect our fishing fleet.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28It got incredibly nasty.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32Every night on the news, you would hear stories where British trawlers
0:16:32 > 0:16:35would be rammed by Icelandic coastguard vessels, or indeed
0:16:35 > 0:16:38by other Icelandic vessels, to try to get them out of the waters.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41All last night, two Icelandic gunboats
0:16:41 > 0:16:45and two Royal Navy frigates engaged in a running battle.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Relations between the two countries got so bad that eventually,
0:16:50 > 0:16:51the British government agreed
0:16:51 > 0:16:55that our trawlers would not fish within the disputed area.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59As a result of the concessions that Britain ended up giving,
0:16:59 > 0:17:03it meant that there was a huge number of job losses.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Loads and loads of people in the British fishing industry
0:17:05 > 0:17:07lost their jobs.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09What are the prospects for the future?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Well, very grim really, I think.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Fishing communities have suffered across the UK.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18However, compensation has slowly been paid to fishermen,
0:17:18 > 0:17:20some receiving pay-outs even now.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25They were promised compensation at the time.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28They never properly received it, not fully at least, until now.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36In 1987, when Chris was 12, maritime news was also hitting
0:17:36 > 0:17:40the headlines, following a disaster in the English Channel.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43When I was 12, one of the big stories that was around
0:17:43 > 0:17:46was the Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55The British ferry disaster off Belgium.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Hope is fading for 79 people still missing.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Cross-Channel passenger ferry the Herald Of Free Enterprise
0:18:04 > 0:18:08capsized on the night of 6th March 1987,
0:18:08 > 0:18:10just after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge,
0:18:10 > 0:18:12as it was heading to Dover.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17The ferry had sailed out of the dock,
0:18:17 > 0:18:19but they hadn't closed the doors at the back,
0:18:19 > 0:18:21so as it got out of the port,
0:18:21 > 0:18:23it got full of water and it basically capsized.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27We were just trying to find things to hang onto,
0:18:27 > 0:18:31because the force of the water was breaking the tables up.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35We've got cuts and bruises all around our legs, where things were
0:18:35 > 0:18:36coming and hitting us, you see.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43193 passengers and crew sadly died in the tragedy.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Since the disaster, new safety regulations have been
0:18:49 > 0:18:51put in place, making ferry travel
0:18:51 > 0:18:53safer for passengers and crew.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Still to come.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Our celebs wind back the clock
0:19:02 > 0:19:04and offer some advice to their 12-year-old selves.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Be proud of what you are and just stick by what you believe.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Suddenly, you're expected to behave
0:19:09 > 0:19:12a different way once you're in secondary school.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14I would just say, have fun being 12.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Before that, it's time to discover
0:19:16 > 0:19:19what Clement Marfo & The Frontline were like, in 12 In Two Minutes.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22# I'm feeling ten feet tall
0:19:22 > 0:19:24# Unstoppable I'm the champion
0:19:24 > 0:19:29# Champion, champion, champion... #
0:19:29 > 0:19:33These dudes are set to become stars of the grime and hip hop world.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36But what were Clement, Kojo and Stacey like when they were 12?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42When I was 12, I was extremely shy.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Very, very quiet.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47When I was 12, I was a bit of a rascal.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49I've always tried to be the entertainer.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54When I was 12, I was a little bit geeky,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57a bit of a goody two shoes at school.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Goody two shoes, eh?
0:19:59 > 0:20:02But what were Clement Marfo & The Frontline listening to
0:20:02 > 0:20:04when they were 12?
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Kris Kross!
0:20:05 > 0:20:07# Jump, jump... #
0:20:07 > 0:20:08Remember Kris Kross?
0:20:08 > 0:20:09ALL: Yeah!
0:20:09 > 0:20:11# Jump, jump... #
0:20:11 > 0:20:14OK, so the guys were listening to Kris Kross
0:20:14 > 0:20:18but, goody two shoes Stacey, what made you want to jump, jump?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21I listened to a lot of Spice Girls, Steps, S Club 7.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24# Reach for the stars... #
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Anything I could dance or sing along to, like Cleopatra...
0:20:28 > 0:20:30# Cleopatra, coming at'ya! #
0:20:30 > 0:20:33ALL: # Cleopatra, coming at'ya! #
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Stop that now!
0:20:39 > 0:20:43OK, so, dudes, what's the hardest part of being 12?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Spots. Spots is the hardest thing about being 12.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Can't get rid of it.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52You wake up in the morning, there's one there, one there,
0:20:52 > 0:20:53there's one there.
0:20:53 > 0:21:00You try everything and the more you just try and pop, it gets worse.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Dude, tell me about it!
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Right, Kojo, Clement and goody two shoes Stacey,
0:21:06 > 0:21:09what will you guys never forget about being 12?
0:21:12 > 0:21:1512 is that transition of becoming a teenager.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- You felt grown up because of secondary school.- Yeah.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21It's definitely a good feeling because it's like the next chapter,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23and I think that was the best feeling,
0:21:23 > 0:21:26to understand that I'm becoming a teenager now.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Right, let's get back to business
0:21:30 > 0:21:33and find out what Rita, Simon and Chris
0:21:33 > 0:21:36watched on telly when they were 12.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39On ITV, there was a show called Wacaday.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42# It's Wacaday! #
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Wacaday was a kids' TV show that was on in the mornings
0:21:45 > 0:21:46during the school holidays.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49It was hosted by Michaela Strachan and Timmy Mallett.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Hello, wideawakers! Good morning. It's a fabulous T day today.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Timmy Mallett was well known for his crazy outfits,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02and let's face it, some of them were pretty horrific!
0:22:02 > 0:22:05What do you think of the shorts? Do you like them?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Do I look completely and utterly bonkers?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10They're terrible. One of the most popular items on the show
0:22:10 > 0:22:14was a section, rather imaginatively named Mallett's Mallet.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18As in Timmy Mallett's mallet. Get it?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22This was basically a word-association game,
0:22:22 > 0:22:24only if you made a mistake, you'd get hit with a massive foam mallet.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Mallett's Mallet is
0:22:26 > 0:22:28a word-association game. You mustn't pause,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31or hesitate, or you get a bash on the head like this...
0:22:31 > 0:22:32or like this...
0:22:32 > 0:22:35"If you're all ready, say, bleugh!" You'd have to go, "Bleugh!"
0:22:35 > 0:22:36Bleugh!
0:22:36 > 0:22:38And he'd go, "Cucumber."
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- Long.- Short.- Thin.- Fat.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43If you didn't get the association with cucumber,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45you'd get whacked with the mallet.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46There you go!
0:22:46 > 0:22:49And then you got a whack plaster stuck to your face.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51You wiggle your nose up and down over there,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54so all your friends at home can see you.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Whilst in Chris's day, kids were being hit over the head
0:22:56 > 0:23:00with mallets, when Rita was 12 in 2002,
0:23:00 > 0:23:04kids were being subjected to all manner of torture.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06So one of my favourite kids' shows when I was 12
0:23:06 > 0:23:08would have to be Raven.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Let us go. Your first challenge awaits.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Raven was a fantasy gameshow on CBBC.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19It's coming. The demon's breath is coming.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Children at the time were mad for it.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25It was set in a mystical land.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Actually, just down the River Clyde from Glasgow!
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Kids, who, for extra dramatic effect, were called warriors,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36would take part in challenges and play games,
0:23:36 > 0:23:40like Avoid The Terrifying Man With No Face But A Massive Foam Stick,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42and the always popular...
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Let's See If We Can Get Stuck Up A Tree In A Medieval Tunic.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49- Are you sure you want to continue with this challenge?- I can't do it.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Very well. Then I will bring you down.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Raven was so fun, because it was adventurous, which I was.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03I would be jealous of the kids going on adventures.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08The spider's tunnel isn't exactly an inviting place.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13It had a good-looking kind of Raven character in it,
0:24:13 > 0:24:18someone pretending to be like a big, masculine superhero.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Raven himself was an ancient Scottish warlord
0:24:23 > 0:24:26who acted as the warriors' guide throughout their quests.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Trust in me and you'll not need your eyes.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Each series would end when one of the warriors was named
0:24:32 > 0:24:34the Ultimate Warrior.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38You are a worthy champion.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40How does it feel?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Great.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Ultimate Warrior can't believe his luck!
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Well done.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49I bet he still wears that mediaeval tunic.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52In 1975, Simon was glued to a show that still holds
0:24:52 > 0:24:55a place in the hearts of the nation today.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59When I was 12, one of my favourite TV shows at the time
0:24:59 > 0:25:01was a comedy called The Good Life.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05The Good Life ran from 1975 to 1978
0:25:05 > 0:25:07and portrayed suburban life at the time.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11The basic premise of The Good Life
0:25:11 > 0:25:13is that there's a couple, Tom and Barbara Good,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16who decide that they're going to jack in the rat race,
0:25:16 > 0:25:18and they're going to become self-sufficient.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Hello, Geraldine. Say harvest, Geraldine. Harvest, harvest.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24You're never going to talk, are you?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Tom and Barbara dig up their garden and they keep pigs
0:25:27 > 0:25:30and they keep chickens, and it's that great juxtaposition thing,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33where you have this incredibly beautiful house
0:25:33 > 0:25:35which they turn into a glorified farm.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38And the reaction that their very posh neighbours have,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40and how they can possibly do this.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- Barbara! What are you doing? - I'm trying to sell my veggies.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47But you're sitting where you can be seen.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49There's no point hiding in the shed, is there?
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Margo and Jerry are their next door neighbours, who are incredibly posh.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56- Gerry, tell her this is the Avenue. - She knows that, she lives here.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Mum would always comment on what Margo wore
0:25:59 > 0:26:02and how they were always cruel to Margo.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Now, that is a miracle.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11The comedy is based around the fact that their very simplistic life
0:26:11 > 0:26:15was far more rewarding from a personal point of view
0:26:15 > 0:26:19than Gerry and Margo, who were still in the rat race.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28If one of you so much as sniggers, I'm going straight back indoors.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31It was genius. Still now, it's genius.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Oh, quite!
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Those were the telly memories of our three celebs,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39but what do they remember most about being 12?
0:26:41 > 0:26:45When I look back at when I was 12, I think it's quite a confusing age.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47You're kind of coming out of being
0:26:47 > 0:26:50a young kid, where all of his decisions are made by his parents,
0:26:50 > 0:26:52to suddenly having that little bit of freedom
0:26:52 > 0:26:55and striving to have that little bit of independence.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59You leave primary school and it's accepted that you are a kid.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Suddenly, you are expected to behave a whole different way,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04once you're in secondary school.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08I had my first kiss when I was 12 and I didn't know what I was doing.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10It was very kind of like...
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Your body's changing. You're going into puberty,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17which is happening at exactly the same time when you are
0:27:17 > 0:27:19interested in girls, so you want to look your best
0:27:19 > 0:27:20and for girls to like you.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23You are there with a spot which, at the time, to you,
0:27:23 > 0:27:25seems like you've got a second head growing
0:27:25 > 0:27:27and it really kind of knocks your confidence.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31My advice for being 12 would definitely be - just be fun
0:27:31 > 0:27:36and be confident. Don't think too much because you are still learning.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38I would just say, have fun being 12.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Like yourself. Go for it.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Just have that little bit of a push and be proud of what you are,
0:27:44 > 0:27:46and just stick by what you believe.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49So what've we learnt -
0:27:49 > 0:27:51if you're looking for some
0:27:51 > 0:27:54fashion tips, give this man a wide berth.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59If you need your eyes tested,
0:27:59 > 0:28:00give this man a wide berth.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Trust in me and you'll not need your eyes.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05And if don't fancy getting hit on the head with a mallet,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08give this man a seriously wide berth.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Boff!