0:00:02 > 0:00:04Coming up - three celebs become 12 again...
0:00:04 > 0:00:07I had curly hair. I looked like a massive frizz ball at one point.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09But then I found straighteners.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11I was fairly miserable, I think.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14I think I was a bit of a weirdo.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17And we catch up with American Idol Adam Lambert.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Most of my teachers really liked me, but they were like, "Shut up!"
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Want to find out more?
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Well...
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to be mates
0:00:28 > 0:00:31with your favourite celebs when they were your age?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33What did they get up to?
0:00:33 > 0:00:38What were their favourite songs and what TV shows did they watch?
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Because despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,
0:00:40 > 0:00:45once they were a kid with a dream, just like you.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48This show lets you look back in time with your favourite celebs
0:00:48 > 0:00:51as they become 12 again.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56# It, it's spinning again
0:00:56 > 0:00:58# It, it's spinning again
0:00:58 > 0:01:00# It's, ooh, ooh, spinning again... #
0:01:00 > 0:01:02She's a singer, songwriter
0:01:02 > 0:01:07and CBBC's very own Friday Downloader.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Your instant download for the week ahead.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12But back in 2008, Dionne Bromfield was more a star
0:01:12 > 0:01:16on the sports field than in the recording studio.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20I wanted to be an athlete when I was 12.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Netball and rounders, that was one of my hobbies. Loved it.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I was in the netball team, the rounders team as well.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28# We'll keep shining. #
0:01:28 > 0:01:30MASTERMIND THEME MUSIC
0:01:35 > 0:01:37He's the heavyweight journalist and Mastermind host
0:01:37 > 0:01:40who has contestants shaking in the chair.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Four more contenders are about to take television's ultimate test
0:01:43 > 0:01:44of nerve and knowledge.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49But back in 1955, John Humphrys was enjoying mixed results at school.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53French was my best subject, rather oddly.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I found it very, very, easy. English I wasn't bad at,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58but everything else I was hopeless at.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04Hello!
0:02:04 > 0:02:09He's the CBBC presenter who is literally all over the place.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13HE LAUGHS
0:02:13 > 0:02:17And back in 1990, Ed was already making a nuisance of himself.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21I was probably quite irritating
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- a lot of the time. - HE LAUGHS
0:02:24 > 0:02:27One of my favourite things to do was just annoy people.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31- SCOTTISH ACCENT:- You wash your mouth out! That's a lie and you know it!
0:02:31 > 0:02:34All are massive celebs today, but back when they were 12,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36it was a different story,
0:02:36 > 0:02:40so let's go back and find out what they were like then.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44When I was 12, I was an extremely chatty child.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48I'd say I was a good girl but I couldn't keep my mouth closed.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I think I was a bit of a weirdo.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54I think most people would have probably said that.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56I mostly enjoyed things like reading.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00You don't make terribly many friends while you're reading, do you?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03I had curly hair. I looked like a massive frizz ball at one point.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06But then I found straighteners,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09and I decided to straighten my hair. And then I got an Alice band.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I used to wear an Alice band all the time
0:03:11 > 0:03:14and I used to have my hair slicked back and I had a nut head-shape.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16It was quite embarrassing.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Through no choice of my own,
0:03:18 > 0:03:19my hairstyle when I was a 12-year-old
0:03:19 > 0:03:22was exactly the same as my dad's hairstyle.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27My mum thought it would be a really good idea to dress me up like my dad
0:03:27 > 0:03:29because he was sensible,
0:03:29 > 0:03:32so she was always combing my hair into a side parting.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35And I was being told how nice I looked like that.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38I was fairly miserable, I think.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42I'm not quite sure why, but I wasn't particularly happy.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Now we know what our three celebs were like,
0:03:45 > 0:03:47but what did they get up to?
0:03:48 > 0:03:49I was excited to go to secondary school.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52The first day I thought it was going to be amazing
0:03:52 > 0:03:54cos my three best friends were with me
0:03:54 > 0:03:56and we all thought we were going to be in the same form.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Then we all got split up, so we had to go and meet new friends.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03It was a bit daunting, but once I was in there, I was fine.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I made friends with loads of people so I enjoyed it.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13I'd draw cartoons quite a lot
0:04:13 > 0:04:15so me and a friend called Ben, at school,
0:04:15 > 0:04:17we did this comic here called Splat,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20which we sold for 22p.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Very precise amount of money, that.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Not 20p, no. 22. That extra 2p makes it all worthwhile.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30As well as his...erm... successful line in comic books,
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Ed also kept a diary,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34not that he was exactly telling everyone about it.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38It was called The Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very,
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Very, Very, Very, Very Secret Diary of Edward Petrie, 12 And 5 Months.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45In here is a list of things to do before I become 30.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47"Draw cartoons" is one of them. "Really funny ones."
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Obviously, I didn't think mine were funny enough.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52"Help people who are not as lucky as me." Aw.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55What a thoughtful young man.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57"Become an exciting person."
0:04:59 > 0:05:02So I obviously thought I wasn't exciting enough.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Whilst Ed was keeping a diary,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09when Dionne was 12, she going through a life-changing experience.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12When I was 12, I actually started to get really into singing.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15# Mama said there'll be days like this
0:05:15 > 0:05:17# There'll be days like this, my mama said... #
0:05:17 > 0:05:20My godmother was Amy Winehouse.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24# You go back to her and I go... #
0:05:24 > 0:05:26She got her own record label and she said to me,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29"Dionne, I'm going to sign you up," and I remember thinking,
0:05:29 > 0:05:31"No you're not. Stop lying to me.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34"I can't believe everything you say, literally."
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Within five months I was in a lawyer's office
0:05:37 > 0:05:40and I'm signing a paper saying, "You've got a record deal."
0:05:40 > 0:05:42# Go back to...
0:05:42 > 0:05:45# Black. #
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Whilst Dionne was hanging out in the recording studio,
0:05:48 > 0:05:53when John was 12, he was unsurprisingly a bit more studious.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55I read everything I could get hold of,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58which meant going to the library because I couldn't afford books.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01But it wasn't just the serious books
0:06:01 > 0:06:04that budding journalist John was reading.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Superman, of course, was Clark Kent.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Clark Kent was a reporter and I figured that if I were a reporter
0:06:12 > 0:06:15I would be Superman.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19These days we're all used to the Superman of the films,
0:06:19 > 0:06:23but he first appeared in comics as far back as 1938.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26So when I was 12, that was it.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30That was single ambition - to be a reporter.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Whilst John's career was being influenced by his comic book heroes,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Ed was getting creative.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41When I was a kid I was so jealous of other kids whose parents
0:06:41 > 0:06:44had video cameras and my dad said, "Oh, you'll never use it,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46"it'll be a waste of money," but I kept pestering him,
0:06:46 > 0:06:48I pestered him for years, and when I was 12,
0:06:48 > 0:06:50we finally got a video camera, and it was so exciting
0:06:50 > 0:06:53cos I could invite friends round and make our own films.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55'Hitler was in his bunker.'
0:06:55 > 0:06:58The film I was most proud of was Panda Of The Third Reich.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01'Hitler thought very carefully what to do next.'
0:07:01 > 0:07:04'Then he remembered his secret machine.'
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Basically, what had happened was,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08at the end of the war, Hitler hadn't died in his bunker.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11He'd got into a cupboard and turned into a panda.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13HE CACKLES
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Nobody shall ever think of looking for a panda.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18And it's really weird.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20TOY MACHINE GUN CLICKS
0:07:22 > 0:07:26You'd just be absolutely amazed that I ever found a girlfriend.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29At last we have killed the panda.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33That just happened.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Now let's see what our celebs were listening to when they were 12.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41I actually loved a lot of music. I was really into Lady Gaga.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45# I've had a little bit too much, much
0:07:45 > 0:07:48# All of the people start to rush Start to rush by... #
0:07:48 > 0:07:53In 2008, the classically-trained musician Stefani Germanotta,
0:07:53 > 0:07:57AKA Lady Gaga, became a worldwide pop sensation
0:07:57 > 0:07:59when she released her debut album The Fame.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Her unique style and mega-selling songs have made her
0:08:02 > 0:08:05one of the most powerful women in pop.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06# Just dance
0:08:06 > 0:08:10# Gonna be OK Da-da-doo-doo, just dance... #
0:08:10 > 0:08:12She had the little lightning thing on the side of her face
0:08:12 > 0:08:15and I remember for Halloween I'd done that.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18# Duh-duh-duh dance
0:08:18 > 0:08:20# Dance, dance... #
0:08:20 > 0:08:24But it wasn't just pop queen Lady Gaga that Dionne was listening to.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I actually loved Motown music as well. I loved Marvin Gaye.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31# Mother, mother
0:08:31 > 0:08:35# There's too many of you crying... #
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Marvin Gaye is one of the most celebrated American soul singers
0:08:38 > 0:08:42of all time and had legendary hits such as What's Going On
0:08:42 > 0:08:44and Heard It through The Grapevine.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47# Oooh, I bet you wonder how I knew
0:08:48 > 0:08:51# About your plans to make me blue... #
0:08:51 > 0:08:54My taste was so different from other kids.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Other kids were quite trendy and with it and I was kind of
0:08:58 > 0:09:01into all of this old school type of stuff
0:09:01 > 0:09:03that other kids didn't even ever know about.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06# Ain't no mountain high... #
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Dionne even recorded a cover of this Marvin Gaye song on her first album.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13# If you need me, call me
0:09:13 > 0:09:15# No matter where you are
0:09:15 > 0:09:17# No matter how far
0:09:17 > 0:09:18# Don't worry, baby... #
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Whilst Dionne was busy making her first album,
0:09:22 > 0:09:26when John was 12 he was buying his first album.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30I can remember buying my first record very, very clearly,
0:09:30 > 0:09:34and it was by Harry Belafonte and it was called a Mary's Boy Child.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37# Long time ago
0:09:37 > 0:09:40# In Bethlehem... #
0:09:40 > 0:09:45It was a 78 RPM, one of those huge records.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49# Mary's boy child Jesus Christ... #
0:09:49 > 0:09:51When John was a kid, not all records were like the old ones
0:09:51 > 0:09:53your parents might have in their collection.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55They were all different sizes,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58with a 78 being one of the earliest kinds.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02It was called a 78 because it would spin 78 times in a minute.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07If you dropped them, they broke, and if you put the needle on wrongly,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10they'd scratch, but nonetheless they worked pretty well.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14# Because of Christmas Day. #
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Mary's Boy Child was one of the biggest Christmas hits of all time.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21# Angels sing... #
0:10:21 > 0:10:24It was soppy, and... Yeah, course I liked it. Everybody liked it.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26You couldn't not like Harry Belafonte.
0:10:26 > 0:10:32# That man will live for ever more
0:10:32 > 0:10:37# Because of Christmas Day. #
0:10:40 > 0:10:41When I was 12,
0:10:41 > 0:10:44I hated, actively hated,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46a lot of the pop music that was around at the time.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48I really thought it was rubbish.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53Well, Ed may say it's rubbish, but I think it's amazing.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56I'll let you decide. Exhibit A!
0:10:56 > 0:10:59# Wiggle it, just a little bit
0:10:59 > 0:11:02# I want to see you wiggle it
0:11:02 > 0:11:04# Just a little bit As it grooves
0:11:04 > 0:11:06# Wiggle it... #
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Now Exhibit B.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12# I am the one and only
0:11:12 > 0:11:15# Nobody I'd rather be... #
0:11:15 > 0:11:19So with Ed actively hating the pop music of the time,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21what did he actually like?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23The only contemporary thing I liked was the KLF.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26# KLF is going to rock you
0:11:26 > 0:11:28# Ancients of Mu Mu. #
0:11:28 > 0:11:32KLF were an alternative dance music band
0:11:32 > 0:11:35that got big in the late '80s and seemed to be right up Ed's street.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39They go on Top Of The Pops dressed in ridiculous things.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45One of them would be dressed as an ice cream.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Another time they came on, they all had ginormous rhino horns.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55But KLF didn't just shock with crazy outfits and weird lyrics,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59they also did some pretty weird - some would say stupid - stunts.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01All in the name of art, of course.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07They sold the most singles of any band in 1991,
0:12:07 > 0:12:10and they were so annoyed that they were making all this money
0:12:10 > 0:12:12that they burnt a million pounds.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19Yes, that really is a million pounds going up in smoke.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Unsurprisingly, burning the money
0:12:24 > 0:12:26is something the band members later came to regret.
0:12:26 > 0:12:32Every day you wake up and go, "I've just burnt a million quid."
0:12:32 > 0:12:35They were just these completely crazy people.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- CHEERING - 'Ladies and gentlemen,
0:12:38 > 0:12:41'KLF have now left the building.'
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Still to come...
0:12:44 > 0:12:47we catch up with American Idol Adam Lambert
0:12:47 > 0:12:49to find out what he was like when he was 12.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51The one thing that I obsessed over was my hair.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53QUACKING
0:12:53 > 0:12:55And we find out what TV our celebs were glued to.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Hancock was a genius. A tortured, tormented genius.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01Casualty ruins your life!
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Aaagh!
0:13:04 > 0:13:06I remember coming home and being like "I've got to watch this."
0:13:06 > 0:13:08ALL: Kerching!
0:13:08 > 0:13:11But first it's time to find out what news stories
0:13:11 > 0:13:15had a lasting impact on young John, Ed and Dionne.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18One of the biggest news stories that happened when I was 12
0:13:18 > 0:13:21which changed history in America was Barack Obama becoming president.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24This is Newsround.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27There's only one big story today. That's right,
0:13:27 > 0:13:31America has chosen Barack Obama to be their next president.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33CHEERING
0:13:33 > 0:13:37On the 4th of November, 2008,
0:13:37 > 0:13:41America elected its first ever black president.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43It's been a long time coming,
0:13:43 > 0:13:48but tonight, because of what we did on this day,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51in this election, at this defining moment,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- change has come to America. - CHEERING
0:13:54 > 0:13:57I remember turning the telly on and I saw it on the news
0:13:57 > 0:13:59and I was like, "Wow, that's amazing."
0:13:59 > 0:14:01The first black president ever in America.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- NEWSREADER: - 'It was a shift in attitude,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05'a feeling that, after the Bush years,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08'America had to have something new.'
0:14:08 > 0:14:12His election meant an end to the government of George W Bush,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15who'd been in power for eight years.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Across the country citizens voted in large numbers.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23They showed a watching world the vitality of America's democracy.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27But to many it symbolised an end to the struggle
0:14:27 > 0:14:29for racial equality in America.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34If there is anyone out there who still doubts
0:14:34 > 0:14:38that America is a place where all things are possible...
0:14:40 > 0:14:42..tonight is your answer.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44CHEERING
0:14:44 > 0:14:45This was a landmark event in America,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47because only 43 years previously,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50black people didn't even have the right to vote in elections.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55I've been waiting all my life just to see a black president.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Now I finally got it.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01Within living memory, so much had changed.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Barack Obama, he's really cool,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06ao that was a wicked time to be 12 and see that happening.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Whilst Dionne was celebrating a new American era,
0:15:11 > 0:15:14when John was 12 Wales too was welcoming change.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17One of the big news stories
0:15:17 > 0:15:18when I was 12,
0:15:18 > 0:15:20one of the most important things, THE most important thing
0:15:20 > 0:15:21that happened in Cardiff,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24was that Cardiff became the capital city of Wales.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28In December 1955,
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Wales finally had a capital city to call its own.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Ladies and gentlemen,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37I rejoice very greatly with you all
0:15:37 > 0:15:40that her Majesty's government
0:15:40 > 0:15:45should have recognised Cardiff as the capital city of Wales.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51It's hard to imagine now, but Wales had not had a capital city
0:15:51 > 0:15:55since it became united with England way back in 1536,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58thanks to Henry VIII and his historic Act of Union.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01But in the '50s, Wales was forging its own identity,
0:16:01 > 0:16:05and the country decided it needed its own capital.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09I do remember a great deal of excitement about that.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11We all went and made a day of it.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13There were lots of celebrations.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18The idea that we were now the capital city of Wales,
0:16:18 > 0:16:19that was a big deal.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23When Ed was 12, there was news of a more serious nature.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28One of the big news stories I remember was the poll tax riots.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31In 1990, the government introduced a tax
0:16:31 > 0:16:33that became known as poll tax.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35It raised money to pay for local services
0:16:35 > 0:16:37like rubbish removal and roads.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40The bill for most people was same,
0:16:40 > 0:16:42regardless of how well off they were.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46You could be a really rich person living in a massive house,
0:16:46 > 0:16:48but you only had to pay the same tax
0:16:48 > 0:16:51as somebody who lived in a much smaller house down the road.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53A lot of people thought that wasn't very fair.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59The tax was pretty unpopular with many people,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02and soon protests started across the country.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Tens of thousands of people have been taking part
0:17:05 > 0:17:09in anti-poll tax demonstrations in London and Glasgow.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13But the protests soon turned into violent rioting.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19The most violent of all was centred on London's Trafalgar Square.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23I'd been up to London on a school trip a few weeks before,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26and we'd been through Trafalgar Square and it looked lovely.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Then I turned on the news one day and it was on fire, basically.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33People were smashing stuff up, buildings on fire,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36horses running everywhere, people getting bricks in their faces.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37Absolute chaos.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41What began as a peaceful mass demonstration against the poll tax
0:17:41 > 0:17:45by more than 50,000 people ended in violence.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Over the next few years, the government bowed to pressure,
0:17:51 > 0:17:55and the tax was stopped in favour of the council tax we have today.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57It must have made quite a big impression on me
0:17:57 > 0:18:00cos I did this, which I seem to have made for my art project,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03and it's a cartoon I did of the poll tax riot.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06And it's all these people who turned up to protest about the poll tax
0:18:06 > 0:18:10and they've brought various missile launchers and nunchucks.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13I don't know how many 12-year-olds there were at the time
0:18:13 > 0:18:17drawing cartoons about the poll tax riots.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19But I was one of them, apparently.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21As I said, I was a bit of a weirdo.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Still to come, we ask the all-important question -
0:18:25 > 0:18:28what would our celebs do if they were 12 again?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Sit down, do your work and don't talk. That was my advice.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35The one thing I think I wouldn't do is...
0:18:36 > 0:18:38..the jobs that I did.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39If I was to go back in time,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42I'd tell my 12-year-old self to pay more attention in French classes.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44But before all that, we've got two minutes
0:18:44 > 0:18:47to discover what Adam Lambert was like at 12.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51# You know that I wish that this night
0:18:51 > 0:18:55# Would never be over... #
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Since becoming a runner-up in American Idol in 2009,
0:18:58 > 0:19:03Adam Lambert has taken the pop world by storm.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04But before he hit the limelight,
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Adam was better known for chatting than singing.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11I was always talking to everybody,
0:19:11 > 0:19:13and I'd talk while the teacher was talking,
0:19:13 > 0:19:18and most of my teachers really liked me but they were like, "Shut up!
0:19:18 > 0:19:20"I'm trying to do my job."
0:19:23 > 0:19:27I didn't really have much fashion sense at 12.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30I think I wore a lot of black. So nothing has changed really at all.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32# Never. #
0:19:32 > 0:19:35I think the one thing that I kind of obsessed over was my hair,
0:19:35 > 0:19:37so I don't know if that much has changed there.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41# If I wanted to leave I would have left by now
0:19:41 > 0:19:44# But you're the only one that knows me... #
0:19:44 > 0:19:48So that's what Adam was like at 12. But what was he up to?
0:19:48 > 0:19:51My hobbies when I was 12 were doing musicals,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54so that was pretty unusual for a 12-year-old boy.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58So Adam started singing at an early age in musicals,
0:19:58 > 0:19:59but what music was he listening to?
0:20:01 > 0:20:06When I was 12 I was listening to Michael Jackson and Madonna.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07# Come on, vogue
0:20:08 > 0:20:12# Let your body move to the music
0:20:12 > 0:20:14# Hey, hey, hey. #
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Vogue by Madonna. Yeah, that was a good one.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22# Vogue, vogue, vogue. #
0:20:22 > 0:20:25If Adam could be 12 again, what would he do?
0:20:25 > 0:20:29If I were 12 again, I'd probably go to my theatre rehearsals
0:20:29 > 0:20:32that I used to go to on Saturdays, and just watch.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35It'd be really interesting to see it from my perspective now.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37I'd probably enjoy it.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Yeah, I don't think Adam understood the question.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42# Forget you. #
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Right, let's get back to business and find out what Dionne, John
0:20:45 > 0:20:47and Ed were watching when they were 12.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52There was a show called Kerching on CBBC.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53That was one of my favourite shows.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56I remember coming home and being like, "I've got to watch this."
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Kerching!
0:20:58 > 0:21:00ALL: Kerching!
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Ker...
0:21:02 > 0:21:04By the way, the show was called Kerching. Can't you tell?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06BOTH: Kerching!
0:21:06 > 0:21:08He was called Rudeboy.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09This is Rudeboy here
0:21:09 > 0:21:12and I've been looking through your employee records.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14He made his own little business.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I should be a fifth of the way to my first million,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19and, actually, I'm only a tenth of the way.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21So what's a 100...? No, 200 and...
0:21:21 > 0:21:22So what's a few thousand?
0:21:22 > 0:21:23'It was definitely urban.'
0:21:23 > 0:21:27It was like... Now I think the 4 O'Clock Club's on,
0:21:27 > 0:21:29and that reminded me a bit of Kerching as well.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Kerching originally ran from 2003 to 2006,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38and was one of the first urban comedy programmes on CBBC.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Thanks, guys.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Edgy and cool for its time,
0:21:42 > 0:21:44it was quite different to a lot of the shows
0:21:44 > 0:21:45that had been on before it.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50'It kind of spoke about what kids were doing at that time,
0:21:50 > 0:21:53and that's one of the things I really liked,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56cos it was like, it's not one of them shows that you're watching
0:21:56 > 0:21:58and it's nothing to do with what's going on today -
0:21:58 > 0:22:01it kind of re-enacted what's going on today.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03ALL: Ker-ching, ching, ching!
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Whilst Dionne was watching urban comedy,
0:22:06 > 0:22:09when Ed was 12 he was getting into medical drama.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11CASUALTY THEME TUNE
0:22:11 > 0:22:13When I was at my mum and dad's,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15I used to have be in bed by 7:30,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18but when I was at my grandparents', I could stay up till about 10pm
0:22:18 > 0:22:20so I could watch TV with them, so I used to watch Casualty.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27We all know Casualty, The BBC's long-running hospital drama
0:22:27 > 0:22:30with more than its fair share of injury and gore.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34It used to frighten the life out of me.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36It was the most terrifying programme,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39because it would always start off with
0:22:39 > 0:22:41someone's having a birthday party...
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- That's that, then.- I want my frisbee.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Yes. Well, you wait here.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51You always knew there was going to be some terrible incident
0:22:51 > 0:22:53and everyone would be screaming in agony
0:22:53 > 0:22:56and quite often someone would die at the end of it.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- Can you get it, Grandad?- Nearly.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59(STRAINING) Nearly.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Aagh!
0:23:03 > 0:23:07I'd be at a BBQ weeks later, thinking,
0:23:07 > 0:23:09"Oh, I'm having a nice time," then I'd think,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11"But someone's hair might get caught on fire,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14"then there'll be an ambulance."
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Casualty ruins your life!
0:23:16 > 0:23:17I told you to be careful!
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Sorry.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26Apart from Casualty, Ed was also a massive fan of CBBC!
0:23:26 > 0:23:29It's about this time every morning that I look at my one letter,
0:23:29 > 0:23:33have a cup of coffee and Edd sorts through his mountain of fan mail.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Edd, how many letters and pictures have we had today?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38QUACKING Five million?
0:23:38 > 0:23:41'They used to have Andi Peters and Edd the Duck,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43'and I thought Edd the Duck was just brilliant,'
0:23:43 > 0:23:45because he had a punk rocker's hairstyle.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49He had this green Mohican. And all he did was squeak.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51QUACKING You decided to come, then?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53We've only got about ten seconds,
0:23:53 > 0:23:54not even ten. QUACKING
0:23:54 > 0:23:58Andi and Edd were the people who introduced the shows on CBBC
0:23:58 > 0:24:02and they had a big influence on Ed. The man, not the duck.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04EDD QUACKS
0:24:04 > 0:24:05'It was just really funny.'
0:24:05 > 0:24:07I actually got to meet Edd the Duck!
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- QUACKING - No, I'm Ed. No, I'm Ed.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11INSISTENT QUACKING
0:24:11 > 0:24:13No, I'm Ed.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14'It sounds sad to say it,'
0:24:14 > 0:24:17but meeting Edd the Duck was one of the highlights of my life.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19And it's pretty clear the feeling's mutual, Ed.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21QUACKING
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Aw.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28I didn't watch television because we didn't have one.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Wireless was what we listened to, obviously,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34and I remember lots of programmes from the wireless.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Just so you know,
0:24:36 > 0:24:40wireless is what they used to call radio back in the day.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45Particularly Hancock's Half Hour, which was brilliant.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Absolutely a work of genius.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49HAMMERING
0:24:49 > 0:24:53There you are. 63 nails in that lot. That should hold it.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- How does it look?- Very nice.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57But there must be a better way of putting wallpaper up.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Hancock's Half Hour was a radio sitcom that followed the antics
0:25:04 > 0:25:08of an out-of-work entertainer played by comedian Tony Hancock.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Hancock was a genius, a tortured, tormented genius,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15but nonetheless a brilliant, brilliant comedian.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18And then, of course, it moved to television.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Ladies and gentlemen, we present Tony Hancock.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23BAND PLAYS
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Hancock's Half Hour.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30On the radio, you imagined the whole Hancock scene,
0:25:30 > 0:25:34and when it came on television, although it was very well done,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36extremely well done, it wasn't what you'd imagined,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40and therefore it fought you a bit. It fought your imagination.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- You again?- Yes, me again. Hang on to these a minute, will you?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Another minute.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Oh!
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Do you mind not wobbling your knees about?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55You'll have me over in a minute!
0:25:55 > 0:25:59I watched it, and I enjoyed it, but it wasn't the same as radio.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01- Goodnight, then.- Goodnight.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Those were the TV memories of our three celebs.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12But what's the best thing about being 12?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Best thing about being 12? Carefree.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18You just go school, have fun,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21and you come home and you've got dinner on the table.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24That's the best thing about being 12.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Children are so restricted today.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Everybody's got to know where they are every minute of the day
0:26:29 > 0:26:32and it really wasn't like that and it was possible
0:26:32 > 0:26:36to get on your bike and just go a long way away
0:26:36 > 0:26:39so long as you were back in time for supper.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41I think one of the best things about being 12 was
0:26:41 > 0:26:45you just had a lot of stuff done for you.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48I'm starting to appreciate that my mum and dad
0:26:48 > 0:26:52were actually putting quite a lot of work in and I was quite lucky.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55If I could be 12 again...
0:26:55 > 0:26:57"Be quiet, keep your mouth closed,"
0:26:57 > 0:26:59that's what I would have offered to myself.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02"Sit down, do your work and don't talk." That was my advice.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05If I could be 12 again,
0:27:05 > 0:27:09the one thing I think I wouldn't do is...
0:27:10 > 0:27:11..the jobs that I did.
0:27:11 > 0:27:16I had two paper rounds and I worked for the local chemist
0:27:16 > 0:27:19and I didn't spend anything like enough time playing.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23I was rubbish at French and I've now got a French girlfriend.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26So if I was to go back in time, I'd tell my 12-year-old self
0:27:26 > 0:27:29to pay more attention in French classes or he won't be able to talk
0:27:29 > 0:27:31to his French girlfriend in French!
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Enjoy your childhood cos you only get one of them.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36You're old for a very long time.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39What have we learnt, then?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42If you need people to remember the name of your TV show,
0:27:42 > 0:27:44just repeat it endlessly...
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Kerching!
0:27:46 > 0:27:48ALL: Kerching!
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Ker...
0:27:50 > 0:27:53..£1 million is better spent than burnt...
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Everyday, you wake up and go, "Hmm. That was about a million quid."
0:27:57 > 0:27:59..never get a Frisbee off the roof of your house,
0:27:59 > 0:28:03unless you have a small child to break your fall.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Aaagh!
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Sorry.