0:00:02 > 0:00:03Coming up. Three celebs become 12 again.
0:00:03 > 0:00:07My friend said, "If this goes wrong, Cel, the world's going to end."
0:00:07 > 0:00:11I wish I'd listened to my mum, cos she was right.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13So the camera pans round to this dude and I'm thinking,
0:00:13 > 0:00:16"Why have you brought your geography teacher with you?!"
0:00:16 > 0:00:21And we catch up with Little Mix to find out what they were like at 12.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24The boy I kissed, I said, "Did I do it right?"
0:00:24 > 0:00:27He said, "I've had better." I was like, "What?!"
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Ready to kick things off?
0:00:29 > 0:00:31- Waa-jay!- He is.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to have been best mates
0:00:35 > 0:00:39with your favourite celebs when they were your age?
0:00:39 > 0:00:45What were their favourite songs and what TV shows did they watch?
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Because despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52once they were a kid with a dream just like you.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57This show lets you look back in time with your favourite celebs
0:00:57 > 0:00:59as they become 12 Again!
0:01:03 > 0:01:07He's the Friday Downloader and CBBC presenter
0:01:07 > 0:01:10who gets your weekend off to a flying start.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13But back in 2007, Cel Spellman didn't need
0:01:13 > 0:01:17a microphone to make himself heard.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18I was really loud.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Unbelievably loud.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22You could probably hear me from a mile a way.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24My mum used to always say that to me.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29She's been treading the Coronation Street cobbles for over 25 years
0:01:29 > 0:01:33and been involved in more scandals than I've had hot dinners!
0:01:33 > 0:01:39But back in 1975 it could all have been so different for Sally Dynevor.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41I went to a career's officer and she said,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43"What do you want to do when you grown up?" And I said,
0:01:43 > 0:01:47"I want to be an actress." And she kind of fell off her chair laughing.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50She thought it was hilarious.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Welcome to Football Focus.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57He's the BBC sports presenter who puts a focus on football.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01But back in 1989, Dan Walker could have done with a focus
0:02:01 > 0:02:03on his own wardrobe.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06I loved shell-suits. I had massive feet.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09And my hair was all over the shop.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12So, basically, I was a little bit of a mess.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15All are massive celebs today, but back when they were 12,
0:02:15 > 0:02:19they had no idea that they'd become some of Britain's best known faces.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24So let's rewind and find out what they were like back then.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28When I was 12? I was small. I was really small, actually.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I think that's how most people remember me.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Didn't grow that much.
0:02:32 > 0:02:356'6" now, I was nearly this tall at the age of 12.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40So if you imagine someone over six foot with a 12-year-old face.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42It already sounds a bit weird.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45I was a bit chunky and was a bit self-conscious about that.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50I had a parting down the middle and I was very red as well.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52I got teased a lot about that.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I think I might have rocked the double denim -
0:02:54 > 0:02:59jeans and a denim jacket. I used to wear a few necklaces.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02I used to think I was proper cool cos of my necklaces.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04It was hard to get clothes to fit
0:03:04 > 0:03:07cos back then no-one had ever heard of a size 12 shoe.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09You walked into a show shop and said, "Do you do these in a 12?"
0:03:09 > 0:03:11"12?! You big weirdo! We don't do that!"
0:03:11 > 0:03:14My fashion sense when I was 12? I was kind of
0:03:14 > 0:03:16copying what was going on around me.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19And I've regretted that cos I wish I'd been a bit wilder
0:03:19 > 0:03:22and tried different things.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23I liked to talk to adults a lot.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26I enjoyed engaging in adult conversations.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I thought I was quite clever at the time.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31I was sent out a few times for talking. But I wasn't bad,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34I just used to mess around all the time. I get that from my mum,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37cos she said she got in trouble for that as well.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Tut-tut, Cel's mum. So now we know what our celebs were like as kids,
0:03:41 > 0:03:42but what were they getting up to?
0:03:42 > 0:03:47When I was 12, my at teacher hated me with a passion.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49I'd forgotten to do my homework.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I was thinking, "I need to draw a shoelace."
0:03:51 > 0:03:54So I drew a line with two little thick bits at the end
0:03:54 > 0:03:56for the bits of plastic and that was it.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59She said, "That's not even worth a one.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01"You're getting a half for that. Go and see then headmaster."
0:04:01 > 0:04:06In 2007, Cel was too busy with girls to be thinking about school.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10I had a girlfriend and we became boyfriend and girlfriend going out
0:04:10 > 0:04:14in like maths and then by the end of the day in science we'd split up.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15I think the reason we broke up
0:04:15 > 0:04:18was because I didn't sit with her and then the boy I lived with,
0:04:18 > 0:04:22we were on the coach home and then he started going out with her.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25But by the time they got home that wasn't happening either.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29I just remember being 12 and being allowed to go down to the park.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32There was about four girls and we decided
0:04:32 > 0:04:34we really wanted to kiss a boy.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36So there was a group of boys that we knew
0:04:36 > 0:04:40and they all stood in a line, they were all about 12 as well,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44and we literally went down and kissed each boy
0:04:44 > 0:04:47as we went along the line.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51That was it, never kissed 'em again. No, it was too yucky.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Sally may have been getting romantic,
0:04:53 > 0:04:58but in Crawley, Dan was discovering a different sort of passion.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00I used to go to church, but I went to church to mess around.
0:05:00 > 0:05:07When I was 12, the guy was speaking and talking about Jesus Christ.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10And I remember thinking that there was a reality to it
0:05:10 > 0:05:12which I hadn't realised before.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16I became a Christian at that time.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19And looking back now, I think that probably helped me
0:05:19 > 0:05:22to deal with some of peer pressures a 12-year-old can face,
0:05:22 > 0:05:25because I was happy being an individual and being different.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27There's nothing wrong with that.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29In 2008, Cel took the big step
0:05:29 > 0:05:33of leaving his home in Manchester to go to theatre school.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36When I was 12, I started boarding school in London.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39So I was living away from home and thought it was an adventure.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42But Cel unfortunately found out
0:05:42 > 0:05:44that life as a boarder wasn't always easy.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I got bullied quite badly.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49I remember I was pinned down and they squirted toothpaste in my mouth
0:05:49 > 0:05:51and then I was sick basically.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54But I never did anything. I always thought,
0:05:54 > 0:05:58"I don't want to let anybody down. Keep to yourself and get on with it."
0:05:58 > 0:06:01But it did used to hurt a lot.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04No kid should ever be bullied and Cel learnt an important lesson
0:06:04 > 0:06:07on how best to deal with it from his experience.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10If I'd told someone sooner, I might have been happier.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14I know it's hard trying to tell someone but you need to sort if out.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Don't not tell anyone.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Just make sure you let someone know and they'll sort it out.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24So now we know what our celebs were getting up to at 12,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27but what were they listening to?
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Of all the bands and all the music that was going on at that time,
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I think it was for me The Bay City Rollers.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39# Bye-bye, baby Baby, goodbye... #
0:06:39 > 0:06:43The Bay City Rollers were one of the biggest pop groups of the '70s.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47They came from Edinburgh and were like the One Direction of their day,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50but with a very interesting take on fashion.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53They were wearing three-quarter length trousers,
0:06:53 > 0:06:56and high-heeled platform boots.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01Sort of open-neck shirts, scarf round the wrist, really cool.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05All right, Sally, there's no accounting for taste, is there?
0:07:05 > 0:07:10Despite their dodgy clothes, girls went crazy for the Rollers.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14In the past year pop-mania has come back to Britain
0:07:14 > 0:07:16and most of the screaming has been
0:07:16 > 0:07:18for a British group, The Bay City Rollers.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20We want The Rollers!
0:07:20 > 0:07:23In fact, Roller-mania got so intense that at one Radio 1 event
0:07:23 > 0:07:25where the band performed on an island
0:07:25 > 0:07:27fans threw themselves into the surrounding water
0:07:27 > 0:07:30to get closer to their heroes.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33It was so popular. It was like The Beatles had come back.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Cos they were all quite dishy as well.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Why are you Roller fans, do you think?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Like their music, they're good-looking,
0:07:43 > 0:07:45they're young, clean cut.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48The band also had lots of products, well, tat,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51that you could buy for die-hard fans like Sally.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54I remember having a Bay City Rollers mirror.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56You'd have the Bay City Rollers on the front
0:07:56 > 0:08:00and then you could look in it and put your load of make-up on.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03And that mirror came in handy when pretending
0:08:03 > 0:08:07to kiss the lead singer, Les McKeown. What a dreamboat!
0:08:07 > 0:08:09I did do a bit of kissing Les in the mirror, yeah.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12But I was a bit fickle, to be honest.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16I mean, any new band that came along,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18I'd just go from one to the other.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Back when he was a kid,
0:08:20 > 0:08:24it was a smooth tribute to the ladies that got Cel excited.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I had Beautiful Girls by Sean Kingston as my ring tone.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31# Beautiful girls... #
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Beautiful Girls became a huge summer number one
0:08:34 > 0:08:38when it was released in 2007. But it was the man's singing
0:08:38 > 0:08:41that made a big impression on a young Cel.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Obviously, Sean Kingston himself,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46he had the white T-shirty and a really baggy chain on.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50And he had a jacket on top, and then, there was just girls!
0:08:50 > 0:08:52# Very defined girl One of a kind girl... #
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Beautiful Girls was based on a sample of a song called Stand By Me,
0:08:56 > 0:09:01which was first released in 1961 by soul singer Ben E King.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06# And darling, darling Stand by me... #
0:09:06 > 0:09:10The song's been covered more than 400 times,
0:09:10 > 0:09:14but it was Sean's version, especially the video,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17that Cel was a fan of.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20# You're way too beautiful, girl... #
0:09:20 > 0:09:24There's a scene where he's sitting in the back, just having a little jam.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25He's just so cool.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27So you like him, then, mate?
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Sean Kingston, he's the dog.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32That's where I want to be when I'm older.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34That makes the two of us, son.
0:09:34 > 0:09:40For Dan, though, the most memorable tune of 1989 was an unlikely duet.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43One of the big number one hits the year I was 12
0:09:43 > 0:09:45was Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
0:09:45 > 0:09:48by Marc Almond and Gene Pitney.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50# Something's gotten hold of my heart
0:09:50 > 0:09:54# Keep my soul and my senses apart... #
0:09:54 > 0:09:58I watched it on Top Of The Pops and I thought,
0:09:58 > 0:10:02"There's Marc Almond, buttery hair. leather jacket, looks cool."
0:10:02 > 0:10:05He sings the first bit and the camera pans round to this dude
0:10:05 > 0:10:07and I'm thinking,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10"Why have you brought your geography teacher with you?!"
0:10:10 > 0:10:14# I'm gonna tell you now Something's gotten hold of... #
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Listen up, Dan, that is no geography teacher.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Marc had brought Gene along
0:10:19 > 0:10:23because he had sung the original version of this song in 1967.
0:10:23 > 0:10:29# ..Painting my sleep with a colour so bright... #
0:10:29 > 0:10:32In fact, Gene's distinctive voice helped him rack up
0:10:32 > 0:10:34ten top ten hits in the '60s.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38# ..Scarlet for me Scarlet for you... #
0:10:38 > 0:10:41And Marc himself was no stranger to the charts.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45# ..Take my tears and that's not nearly all... #
0:10:45 > 0:10:50His band Soft Cell scored a huge number one in the early '80s
0:10:50 > 0:10:53with another cover song, the classic Tainted Love.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58# ..You touch me and my mind goes astray... #
0:10:58 > 0:11:02When our dynamic duo got together, it may have been an odd pairing,
0:11:02 > 0:11:06but it resulted in a song that took the charts by storm.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12We catch up with Little Mix.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16I was a swot, with me tie right up here, going down here,
0:11:16 > 0:11:17me skirt to me knees.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22Cel remembers a TV show with plenty of bite.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24THEY SCREAM
0:11:24 > 0:11:28I used to love the bit at the end when the actual prank came up.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Ohh!
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Sally introduces us to a Saturday morning classic.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- What are you offering?- I've got a badminton racket and cover.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40If you had something in your bedroom that you didn't want any more,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43you could phone in and you'd swap.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46And Dan takes flight with the coolest superhero from the '80s.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48It's the gran everybody wanted.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52The one who looked old and rickety was actually a lot of fun.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54But first, let's see which stories hit the headlines
0:11:54 > 0:11:56when our celebs were kids.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59A big news story that happened when I was 12
0:11:59 > 0:12:02was the Large Hadron Collider. I think that's what it was called.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04It's the biggest scientific experiment ever
0:12:04 > 0:12:08and it's goal is huge - to discover the origins of the universe.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14The Large Hadron Collider is a machine that was created
0:12:14 > 0:12:16to try and understand how the universe began.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20It shoots tiny particles into each other at high speed.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24A hundred million million protons a second
0:12:24 > 0:12:26are sent whizzing down this pipe
0:12:26 > 0:12:31into an accelerator and off into the Large Hadron Collider.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33When the particles collide,
0:12:33 > 0:12:37their energy is converted into many different particles. Not everyone
0:12:37 > 0:12:40totally understood the science, did they, Cel?
0:12:40 > 0:12:43I think they were trying to recreate a smaller version of the Big Bang,
0:12:43 > 0:12:47which started the world, or split an atom, or something like that.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Yeah, something like that(!)
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Before the first test of the Hadron Collider,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53some scientists raised the scary prospect
0:12:53 > 0:12:56that, if the tests went wrong, it could cause the end of the world
0:12:56 > 0:13:00by creating a black hole that would swallow up the universe.
0:13:00 > 0:13:06But expert-stargazer Patrick Moore didn't seem that worried.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Will it gobble up the universe? I can assure you it won't.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13That's about as likely as a flying saucer coming down from the sky
0:13:13 > 0:13:17and landing on the back of the Loch Ness Monster.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20So not likely. Patrick might have been keeping calm and carrying on
0:13:20 > 0:13:23but that didn't stop Cel and his drama school friends
0:13:23 > 0:13:25from completely freaking out.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Being at a theatre school, I think it was exaggerated a little bit.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32There were people running through the corridors.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35My friend said, "If this goes wrong, Cel, the world's going to end."
0:13:35 > 0:13:37But it's not because I'm still here now.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Brilliant(!) For Sally, it was the introduction
0:13:40 > 0:13:44of a supersonic aeroplane that dominated the news in 1976.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48There was a big technical event that happened in 1976.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50An aircraft, Concorde.
0:13:50 > 0:13:56Both the supersonic Concordes landed back at their home airports today
0:13:56 > 0:13:58at the end of their historic flights.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03Even by today's standards, Concorde was amazing.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06It was designed jointly by Britain and France
0:14:06 > 0:14:08and cruised in the air at over 1,300 miles per hour.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11That's more than twice as fast as a normal jumbo jet.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- Is it a difficult plane to fly? - Demanding more than difficult.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18The flying controls are very good,
0:14:18 > 0:14:22very responsive, but you always fly the airplane at its maximum speed.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25And if that wasn't enough, it was also faster than the speed of sound,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28making it a supersonic aircraft.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33This was an aeroplane that could go from London to New York
0:14:33 > 0:14:36in just under three hours,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39which was unheard of, because it takes eight hours to get there.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41It was just an amazing concept,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45that you could set off from London and arrive in New York
0:14:45 > 0:14:49before you'd even set off in London, if you understand what I mean.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52No-one understands what you mean, Sally. Let me explain.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56There's a five-hour time difference between London and New York,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59and as Concorde only took three hours to get there,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02it meant that if you set off at 11am in the UK,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04you'd land in New York at 9am local time.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07That is crazy!
0:15:07 > 0:15:11But although Concorde was an engineering success,
0:15:11 > 0:15:14it was very expensive to travel on,
0:15:14 > 0:15:16and by the beginning of the new millennium,
0:15:16 > 0:15:20it wasn't making any money. In April 2003,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23both Britain and France announced that Concorde would be retired.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28The world's most famous aircraft Concorde is to stop flying.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31British Airways said today that fewer passengers and higher costs
0:15:31 > 0:15:34mean it's just too expensive to run.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Hopefully, Concorde might be something that'll come back
0:15:38 > 0:15:42in a few years' time, when we can maintain them cheaper.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45So, hopefully, Concorde will come back
0:15:45 > 0:15:49and be even more popular than it was in '76.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53When Dan was a kid in the '80s, a new disease emerged
0:15:53 > 0:15:56that had a huge effect on the British farming industry.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00A mysterious brain disease is threatening the country's cows.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Scientists don't know what's causing it or where it came from,
0:16:03 > 0:16:04but they are worried.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09Big story when I was growing up was mad cow disease.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12So far, nearly 100 cows have had to be slaughtered
0:16:12 > 0:16:16before the disease kills them.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21On the news, I watched a cow that had mad cow disease
0:16:21 > 0:16:25struggling and falling over, and it was quite distressing to watch.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30BSE, or mad cow disease as it's more commonly known,
0:16:30 > 0:16:32is an illness that affects a cow's brain
0:16:32 > 0:16:34and makes it act strangely.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Because there was no cure or treatment
0:16:36 > 0:16:38to make the sick cows better,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41the Government was forced to destroy the animals infected
0:16:41 > 0:16:42to stop them suffering,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45and also to prevent the disease from spreading.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48As a kid who liked to take the mickey out of everything,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51I remember that I felt a little bit guilty about it at the time,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54because you saw the effect it had on the cows.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58I remember being quite sad about it.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01At the time of the BSE crisis,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03there were fears that if people ate meat from the infected cows,
0:17:03 > 0:17:07they could catch CJD, the human version of mad cow disease.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Doubts about the safety of beef soon spread.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Loads of girls in our school,
0:17:13 > 0:17:17and a couple of lads as well, went vegetarian on the back of that.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20I remember they had to fiddle with the school dinners
0:17:20 > 0:17:24cos so many of the girls decided they didn't want to eat meat.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28British beef farmers argued that the meat was still safe to eat.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31We're confident. We're all eating beef. I shall have steak tonight.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34But the crisis affected their livelihoods badly.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38The Government placed a two-year ban on the selling of beef on the bone.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43This was thought to have cost the farmers up to £170 million.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48Even at 12, something which was a huge story in the country
0:17:48 > 0:17:51had a little impact us. Interesting to look back now
0:17:51 > 0:17:54and see how that affected my little life.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Despite the beef crisis when Dan was a kid,
0:17:59 > 0:18:01there have only been a small number of deaths
0:18:01 > 0:18:05from the human form of BSE in the UK.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Today British beef is considered safe
0:18:07 > 0:18:11and burgers and Sunday roasts are very much back on the menu.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16We ask the all-important question,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19what would our celebs do if they were 12 again?
0:18:19 > 0:18:23I think everybody has to have a dream and a thought for the future.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25If you are small. it's better,
0:18:25 > 0:18:28because you're going to hit a growth spurt sooner or later.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29It's OK to be tall.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32It's OK to be a little bit different.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36But before that, it's time to take two minutes with Little Mix.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40# Mama told me not to waste my life... #
0:18:40 > 0:18:43They're X Factor winners and one of Britain's biggest girl groups.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47But long before the days of number ones, what were Little Mix's
0:18:47 > 0:18:52Leanne, Jesy, Perrie and Jade like when they were 12?
0:18:52 > 0:18:57I used to be a little swot with me tie up here, me skirt at me knees.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01I was quite smart. A bit like you, really,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04a bit of a swot, but quite cool with it.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07So Jade and Leanne were the band swots.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10And for Jesy, it was all about sport. Sort of.
0:19:10 > 0:19:16I was about to do my 100m sprint. I used to get so scared of the gun.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I used to get so nervous that I didn't want to do it.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22And I walked off and said. "Mum, I don't want to do it."
0:19:22 > 0:19:25She said, "You get in there!"
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- Did you do it? - Yeah, I won it.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31- Amazing.- Maybe cos you were scared of the gun. Bang!
0:19:31 > 0:19:34# ..And they can't detain you... #
0:19:34 > 0:19:37It couldn't have all been school and sport, ladies. Come on,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39give me the juicy goss.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41I think I had my first kiss when I was 12.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45I didn't know what I was doing. It was like a washing machine.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46It was awful.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49# If I fall from the sky... #
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Yeah, the boy I kissed, I said, "Did I do it right?"
0:19:51 > 0:19:53He went, "I've had better, like."
0:19:53 > 0:19:55I was like, "What?!"
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Bad move, mystery boy. I bet he's kicking himself now, Perrie.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03So what music inspired Little Mix
0:20:03 > 0:20:07to sing into their hairbrushes back when they were 12?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I had quite an odd taste, because I loved Motown
0:20:10 > 0:20:13cos that's what me mum brought us up on, and I adored Diana Ross.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17# Get in the middle of a chain reaction... #
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I remember when Acorn brought out Lonely.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22# So lonely... #
0:20:22 > 0:20:24# I'm so lonely... #
0:20:24 > 0:20:28# Mama told me not to waste my life... #
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Hey, girlfriends, you might be massive stars now,
0:20:30 > 0:20:34but what advice would you give to your younger selves?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36If I could go back now and be 12 again,
0:20:36 > 0:20:39I wouldn't care about what other people thought about what I wore,
0:20:39 > 0:20:43because I think it's good to be different. Embrace being different.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Just be who you are cos it's cool.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Well said, Jesy.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51OK, back to business. Let's find out what Cel, Sally and Dan
0:20:51 > 0:20:54were watching on the telly-box when they were kids.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58One of the programmes that was really big when I was 12
0:20:58 > 0:21:01was The Multi-Coloured Swap Shop.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02# Swap Shop! #
0:21:02 > 0:21:06It was hosted by Noel Edmonds and a purple dinosaur.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Hello. Yes, indeed. A very good morning to you.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Welcome to the Swap Shop.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15It was a brilliant idea,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18because what it was was, if you had something in your bedroom
0:21:18 > 0:21:22that you didn't want any more, you could phone in and you'd swap.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- What are you offering? - 'A badminton racket and cover.'
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Ohh! That sounds exciting!
0:21:26 > 0:21:30- And what would you like? - 'An alarm clock, please.'
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Oh, I've always wanted one of those! - I've got to ask why.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36'I snapped the leg off me old one.'
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Classic!
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Back when he was young, Noel Edmonds
0:21:40 > 0:21:44gave kids the chance to get rid of things they no longer wanted...
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- What are you offering? - 'A black and white Polaroid camera.'
0:21:48 > 0:21:53..and swap them for things that they were, erm, desperate for(?)
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- And what would you like? - 'Anything.'
0:21:55 > 0:22:01Like this, or this, or maybe even that, whatever that is.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03In appreciation of your wonderful programme,
0:22:03 > 0:22:06I have knitted you a pair of posh paws.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Now, you have to remember that this was the '70s
0:22:09 > 0:22:11and kids went mad for it!
0:22:11 > 0:22:13It was really difficult to get through.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15It was one of those programmes you phoned,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18and everyone was doing it on a Saturday morning.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22In 1989, Dan's TV idol was a superhero.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25But it wasn't one of the usual suspects.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27# Hang back, Superman
0:22:27 > 0:22:28# Iceman, SpiderMan
0:22:28 > 0:22:31# Batman and Robin too
0:22:31 > 0:22:33# Hang about, look out
0:22:33 > 0:22:35# For Super Gran... #
0:22:35 > 0:22:37HE IMITATES GUITAR CHORDS
0:22:37 > 0:22:40This isn't a sick joke.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43While America gave the world the sort of superheroes you'd find
0:22:43 > 0:22:44in Hollywood blockbusters,
0:22:44 > 0:22:47here in Britain, we had good old...Super Gran.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55After a freak accident with a villain's laser,
0:22:55 > 0:22:59our plain old granny is transformed for ever.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05- Don't laugh, she's actually pretty handy.- I am Super Gran!
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Whenever anybody let out the cry, "Super Gran! Super Gran!",
0:23:11 > 0:23:15she'd do the old...whispery things around the head and then the...
0:23:15 > 0:23:17SHE GASPS
0:23:19 > 0:23:23And then that's where she knew where she needed to go.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30Super Gran starred 59-year-old Gudrun Ure as a super-powered OAP
0:23:30 > 0:23:33devoted to ridding her town of local baddies.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38With my little eye, I can spy all that's here,
0:23:38 > 0:23:39have no fear,
0:23:39 > 0:23:44for I am... Super Gran!
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Gudrun made two series of the show in the late 1980s
0:23:49 > 0:23:52and actually performed most of Super Gran's stunts herself.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56That's that Super Gran that was in the papers.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00It was perfect kids' television. It's the gran that everybody wanted.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04The one who looked a bit old and rickety, but was a lot of fun.
0:24:04 > 0:24:10Dinnae fret, I'm on my way! Super Gran will save the day!
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Brilliant! Wouldn't it be great if your gran could do that?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Not hurt anyone but, you know...just...
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Let's fast-forward to the noughties
0:24:20 > 0:24:23and find out what Cel Spellman was watching.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27I really wanted to be on Prank Patrol.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29I never knew how to get on it,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33but I definitely wanted to be in Prank Patrol.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35We all know and love Prank Patrol,
0:24:35 > 0:24:39the UK show that specialised in playing practical jokes.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43It carried out over 40 amazing pranks in its three series.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45What's that?! What's that?!
0:24:45 > 0:24:48SCREAMING
0:24:48 > 0:24:50From scary lake-dwelling monsters
0:24:50 > 0:24:53to runaway crocodiles...
0:24:53 > 0:24:55this show did it all.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00While Cel may not have been lucky enough to get on the show,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03tons of kids were, and heard those immortal words.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05You've been pranked by the Prank Patrol!
0:25:05 > 0:25:08You've been pranked by the Prank Patrol!
0:25:08 > 0:25:13I used to love the bit at the end when the actual prank came off.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14Oh, my...
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Barney and the team pranked plenty of kids over the years,
0:25:18 > 0:25:22but Cel got a shock himself when one episode featured an old friend.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Joe Barrett?
0:25:24 > 0:25:28- How would you like to make your dream prank come true?- Great!
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Congratulations, you're the newest member of the Prank Patrol
0:25:31 > 0:25:34He just popped up and I thought, "I know this kid."
0:25:34 > 0:25:37They set it up that his little brother was playing a little boy.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41So he was in an animation and getting in this green suit
0:25:41 > 0:25:43and doing the motion for this zombie-boy thing.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47I want you to move your left arm slowly up now!
0:25:47 > 0:25:50On the screen it showed him doing the movement.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Slap your face!
0:25:51 > 0:25:54That's it.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55'Do not hit me!'
0:25:55 > 0:25:59As he runs through this screen and his brother's face drops!
0:25:59 > 0:26:02'Terminate program! Terminate program!'
0:26:02 > 0:26:04HE SCREAMS
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Terminate program!
0:26:06 > 0:26:09That was my favourite episode - I knew the boy
0:26:09 > 0:26:12and he was getting his little brother, what I always wanted to do.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14You've just been pranked by the Prank Patrol.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Oh, my God!
0:26:16 > 0:26:22So those were the TV memories of our three celebs...
0:26:22 > 0:26:25but what do they remember most about being 12?
0:26:25 > 0:26:28It really felt like a period in my life
0:26:28 > 0:26:31when lots of opinions were being formed,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33lots of things were changing in my life,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35and I felt a certain freedom.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Suddenly, you're starting to get a little bit of independence
0:26:39 > 0:26:42and you're sort of deciding which way you want to go.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43It was an amazing year.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Used to be able to get away with a lot more
0:26:46 > 0:26:49and you didn't have anything to worry about. You were just living life.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52I think the worst thing about being 12 is probably believing
0:26:52 > 0:26:56that you are older and you can make decisions,
0:26:56 > 0:27:00and then making the wrong decision,
0:27:00 > 0:27:03and then thinking, "I wish I'd listened to my mum."
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Cos she was right.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07If I could go back and talk to my 12-year-old self,
0:27:07 > 0:27:09the advice I would give is, if you are small,
0:27:09 > 0:27:11trust me it's better,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14because you're gonna hit a growth spurt sooner or later.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Decide what you enjoy doing and what you're good at
0:27:17 > 0:27:20and what you feel confident in,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23because everybody has to have a dream
0:27:23 > 0:27:24and a thought for the future.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28It's OK to be tall. It's OK to be a little bit different.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32One day you will get some trousers that fit.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35So what have we learnt, then?
0:27:35 > 0:27:39The end of the world isn't coming anytime soon.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43It's about as likely as a flying saucer coming down from the sky
0:27:43 > 0:27:45and landing on the back of the Loch Ness Monster.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50Older brothers will do anything to stitch you up.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53HE SCREAMS
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Never, under any circumstances, jump out of a window.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57Super Gran will save the day!
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Unless you've got a horse to land on. Bang!