0:00:02 > 0:00:05Coming up, four celebs become 12 Again.
0:00:05 > 0:00:06She pitched, I batted,
0:00:06 > 0:00:08and I hit her straight in the eye with the ball.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11I was just square enough and well-behaved enough
0:00:11 > 0:00:13never to get into trouble.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16I drew loads of, like, patterns, all over me.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18THEY GIGGLE
0:00:18 > 0:00:21And we catch up with the girl group, Stooshe,
0:00:21 > 0:00:24to find out what they were like at 12.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26She made me feel like I forgot my knickers, and I didn't!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28And she embarrassed me so much!
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Want to know what they're all talking about? Well..
0:00:31 > 0:00:36Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to be best mates
0:00:36 > 0:00:39with your favourite celebs when they were your age?
0:00:39 > 0:00:41What did they get up to?
0:00:41 > 0:00:43What were their favourite songs,
0:00:43 > 0:00:45and what TV shows did they watch?
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Because despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,
0:00:48 > 0:00:53once they were a kid with a dream, just like you.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55This show lets you look back in time
0:00:55 > 0:00:59with your favourite celebs as they become 12 Again.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04No!
0:01:04 > 0:01:06They're they bloodsucking stars of Young Dracula,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09who know how to give us a right fright.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13Now you're just showing off.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15But back in the early noughties,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Gerran Howell and Clare Thomas
0:01:17 > 0:01:21were just beginning to sink their teeth into life at secondary school.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25When I was 12, I was very outgoing.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I think I was a little bit of a tomboy as well.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29We need to beef up your training. See what else you can do.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32This isn't about me, it's about Ingrid. She needs our help!
0:01:32 > 0:01:34I think I was a bit of a weird kid.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I was very quiet, so the opposite of you.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40I used to be into, like, even at 12,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42like Lego and things like that.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44# Nothing to hide, stifle or smother... #
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Today, he's the British rap superstar
0:01:47 > 0:01:50who can usually be found at the top of the charts.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53But in 1995, Professor Green
0:01:53 > 0:01:57was only just starting to find his voice.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00When I was 12, I was a pain in the bum.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Starting to come out of my shell.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Definitely starting to become,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07you know, the cheeky person that I am today.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09She's the queen of the BBC Breakfast couch
0:02:09 > 0:02:11who puts the questions to some of your favourite celebs.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15So, how involved are you with Simon Cowell at the moment?
0:02:15 > 0:02:16That's the thing!
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- Will we come back tomorrow? - I think...yes, I like it here!
0:02:19 > 0:02:23But back in 1982, Susanna Reid hadn't got much further
0:02:23 > 0:02:26than her mum and dad's settee in Croydon.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31It was the last year before I turned into a terrible teenager.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34So it's like the final frontier
0:02:34 > 0:02:37of loveliness, kindness, and innocence
0:02:37 > 0:02:40before it all went horribly wrong.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43All are massive celebs today, but it wasn't always that way.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45So let's rewind and find out
0:02:45 > 0:02:48exactly what they were like when they were 12.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53When I was 12, I had the most awful haircut in the entire world.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55I think I got teased on numerous occasions
0:02:55 > 0:02:58by the local boys' school for being a mushroom head.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03- Thanks, Mum.- I was not really bothered particularly about clothes.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Everything was bought by Mum still,
0:03:05 > 0:03:06so I was a bit square.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08The one thing that definitely stood out,
0:03:08 > 0:03:10quite literally, was my teeth.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12They looked like they were arguing with each other.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Don't laugh!
0:03:15 > 0:03:17I had blonde, curly hair. Kind of..
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- SHE GIGGLES - Kind of out here.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23My mum used to say I looked like a cherub.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24- That's nice, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27At 12, I was really hard-working.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29I was just well-behaved enough
0:03:29 > 0:03:30never to get into trouble.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34I wasn't a bad kid. But I definitely had my moments.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I probably started getting the teenage angst
0:03:37 > 0:03:40a bit before I was teenager.
0:03:40 > 0:03:41I was quite short,
0:03:41 > 0:03:45so I remember going to Disneyland
0:03:45 > 0:03:48and my mum giving me her platform boots, so I could get on the rides.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- SHE GIGGLES - So I had to wear them all day.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- Good.- Yeah, that was fun.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56When Tinkerbell's taller than you, mate,
0:03:56 > 0:03:57that's not what I would call fun.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00So that's what celebs were like.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02What were they getting up to at 12?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04I loved performing.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06I loved, I suppose,
0:04:06 > 0:04:10people would call it showing off. And the main thing I loved at school
0:04:10 > 0:04:12was doing school plays.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15It was a really fantastic place to learn a bit of confidence.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20The only race I won on sports day was a maths race.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23You had to run, answer a sum as quickly as you could,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- and then run back.- Ah, yes!
0:04:26 > 0:04:28The traditional run-and-answer-a-sum race!
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Not exactly a sports day classic!
0:04:31 > 0:04:34At least the Prof was staying out of trouble.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Unlike some.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39When I was 12, I would say that was my rebellious school period.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Me and my friend were passing a note, and the teacher caught us,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45and obviously didn't appreciate our humour.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48And so I had two hours of after school detention,
0:04:48 > 0:04:50cleaning out the textiles cupboard.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- Serves you right, I think.- I know.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Terrible. Bad influence.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58There's no chance you'd catch Susanna in detention, though.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01I'd done lots of public speaking, so I was a confident girl.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05But in lots of ways, that wound other people up.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08And there were definitely a couple of girls at school
0:05:08 > 0:05:10who tried to knock me down a peg or two.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12And that would hurt, but I think, also,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14it kind of toughened me up as well
0:05:14 > 0:05:16and I developed a bit of a thick skin.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Back in Hackney, Professor Green was experiencing girl trouble.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I feel you, brother.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25I had a crush on a girl in primary school
0:05:25 > 0:05:27who ended up coming to the same secondary school.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28But that didn't end so well.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32We were playing rounders. She pitched, I batted
0:05:32 > 0:05:37and I hit her straight in the eye with the ball.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39There was no chance after that.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41He's always had an eye for the ladies.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44In 2003 it wasn't girls causing Gerran problems.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48It was more himself he really needed to look out for.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50I used to be scared of the dark.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52I thought, "Right, what will scare off these monsters?"
0:05:52 > 0:05:55So I got this permanent marker pen
0:05:55 > 0:06:00and I drew loads of patterns all over me,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03thinking that somehow,
0:06:03 > 0:06:06if there was a monster there and I came out covered in patterns,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08he'd run a mile off.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11So, then, the next morning, my parents came into my bedroom
0:06:11 > 0:06:14and I was covered in permanent marker
0:06:14 > 0:06:17and they just had to scrub it all off me.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20For Professor Green, family circumstances meant
0:06:20 > 0:06:24his home life at 12 wasn't always straightforward.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I was brought up by my grandmother
0:06:26 > 0:06:28and it definitely did make it more difficult.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Especially parents evenings and stuff.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32"Where's your mum? Where's your dad? Why are they not here?"
0:06:32 > 0:06:35In hindsight, though, I was very fortunate. I actually had
0:06:35 > 0:06:40a much more stable background than a lot of the people that I knew
0:06:40 > 0:06:42at the time but when you're that age you don't understand it.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45You just want your mum and your dad.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51So now we know what our celebs were getting up to as kids
0:06:51 > 0:06:53but what are they listening to?
0:06:53 > 0:06:56When I was 12, I was listening to a lot of the, sort of,
0:06:56 > 0:07:01punk rocky bands that were big at that stage.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03It was Blink 182.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05- I'm going to say it like that. - Yeah.- OK.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10# All the small things. #
0:07:10 > 0:07:15Blink One Eighty-two, or Blink 182 if you prefer being correct,
0:07:15 > 0:07:20were a pop punk band from California. When Clare was 12
0:07:20 > 0:07:23they were huge and sold millions of records.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28I absolutely love the video for All The Small Things and,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31you know, taking the Mick out of all the other bands that were big
0:07:31 > 0:07:35at that age was just... I loved it.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36# I will not go
0:07:36 > 0:07:38# Turn the lights off. #
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Yes, those cheeky Blink 182 boys used this video to poke fun
0:07:42 > 0:07:44at the biggest pop acts of the time.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48# Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na
0:07:48 > 0:07:50# Na-na, na-na, na-na. #
0:07:50 > 0:07:53There's a video of The Backstreet Boys, I Want It That Way.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55They're in an aircraft hangar and there's all these fans,
0:07:55 > 0:07:59kind of, screaming their name and Blink did pretty much
0:07:59 > 0:08:02exactly the same set up but, you know, the fans are, kind of, going,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04"I love you," and they're just
0:08:04 > 0:08:07blowing kisses at the camera like that.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08It was brilliant. I loved it.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12While Clare was listening to bands that took the Mick out of pop,
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Gerran was actually listening to pop.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19I remember Justin Timberlake. Yeah. Cry Me A River.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22# You were my Sun
0:08:23 > 0:08:26# You were my Earth. #
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Hollywood superstar Justin Timberlake is best known
0:08:30 > 0:08:34for his acting these days but back in 2003 it was his music
0:08:34 > 0:08:36that got Gerran's attention.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39I remember that video where he jumps on the desk, doesn't he?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41That was really cool.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44And it was after he, like, split up with Britney Spears
0:08:44 > 0:08:48and there's a girl who looks a bit like Britney Spears in it. Yeah.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears were once the showbiz golden couple
0:08:52 > 0:08:55so when they split up and Justin made a video
0:08:55 > 0:08:59with a Britney lookalike, people wondered whether his song
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Cry Me A River was a message to his famous ex.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06# Cry me a river. #
0:09:06 > 0:09:09I remember being devastated. Because they were the first proper couple
0:09:09 > 0:09:12that I was like, "They're going to be together for ever and
0:09:12 > 0:09:15"this is what true love is." And then, of course, that all went.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17And I still, generally,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19have a little bit of hope that one day they will reunite.
0:09:19 > 0:09:25With Clare and Gerran split between rock and pop in the early noughties,
0:09:25 > 0:09:27back in the '80s, Susanna was listening to
0:09:27 > 0:09:31a new type of music coming out of New York.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36My very first single that I bought was Grandmaster Melle Mel
0:09:36 > 0:09:38which was White Lines.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42# Bass. #
0:09:42 > 0:09:46It was just a brilliant introduction into rapping and sampling.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49It had a fantastic beat to it. I loved it.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51# White lines
0:09:51 > 0:09:54# Vision dreams of passion. #
0:09:54 > 0:09:57When Susanna was 12, hip-hop was still pretty new
0:09:57 > 0:10:00and Grandmaster Melle Mel's White Lines became one of
0:10:00 > 0:10:03the first rap records to hit the charts.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05# The more I see The more I do
0:10:05 > 0:10:07# Something like a phenomenon. #
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Early hip-hop records often had lyrics which reflected
0:10:10 > 0:10:14the difficulties of life in a big city and White Lines
0:10:14 > 0:10:16was an anti-drugs song.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20It sort of cemented my interest in that kind of music.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23I mean, I love rap and hip-hop now.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I love Jay-Z, I love Busta Rhymes, I love Missy Elliot.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28I love all of that kind of music
0:10:28 > 0:10:30and I think it started off with those early records.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35Susanna wasn't the only one of our celebs who loved their rap
0:10:35 > 0:10:37back when they were kids.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42In 1995 there was a hip-hop legend on Professor Green's stereo.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46That was when I first started getting into rap music
0:10:46 > 0:10:49and the first song that really got me into it was
0:10:49 > 0:10:51One More Chance by Biggie.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54# Nobody else. #
0:10:54 > 0:11:00Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls aka Notorious B.I.G
0:11:00 > 0:11:05was one of the most influential rappers of all time.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08# Hah, sicker than your average. #
0:11:08 > 0:11:11What I loved about Biggie, I think it was his presence.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14You got a lot of him in what he did. He was able to project a lot of
0:11:14 > 0:11:17his personality into his music. It was just effortless.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19You could tell it wasn't a chore for him.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21He's still my favourite rap artist today.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25But Biggie's life was to end in tragedy.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29In 1997 he was shot and killed by an unknown gunman.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35His death came just six months after that of rap legend Tupac Shakur
0:11:35 > 0:11:38who was killed in similar circumstances.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39# Cali is where they put they mack down
0:11:39 > 0:11:41# Gimme love
0:11:41 > 0:11:42# California. #
0:11:42 > 0:11:45At the time of their deaths, the two rappers were
0:11:45 > 0:11:48at the centre of a major hip-hop rivalry between artists from
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Biggie's New York City and Tupac's Los Angeles.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Their deaths did a lot to end this conflict and rap fans
0:11:55 > 0:11:57like Professor Green now remember them as
0:11:57 > 0:12:01two of the best hip-hop artists ever.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Rap was what really resonated.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I really became consumed by it.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09I loved the reality of it and the honesty
0:12:09 > 0:12:12when I first got into it.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I was fortunate enough to get into it during the golden era.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Still to come, we catch up with Stooshe...
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Don't grow up too fast.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Just enjoy being young cos it's fun and you can get away with much more.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26..Susanna gets spooked...
0:12:26 > 0:12:30That, for me, was perfect after-school television.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33..and Gerran takes a walk on the weird side.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36It was so out there. I loved it.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40But first, we take a look at what was hitting the headlines
0:12:40 > 0:12:41when our celebs were 12.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45The big news story when I was 12
0:12:45 > 0:12:48was the country's first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher,
0:12:48 > 0:12:50facing a re-election campaign.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Leader of the Conservative party Margaret Thatcher
0:12:54 > 0:12:57had first been elected Prime Minister in 1979.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00In her first four years in charge of the country
0:13:00 > 0:13:04she had earned a reputation for being tough under pressure.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07The lady's not for turning.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11With voting day approaching, it was widely predicted
0:13:11 > 0:13:15that Margaret Thatcher would be re-elected Prime Minister.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- How are you today? - Fine. How are you?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21But it wasn't all plain sailing. When she agreed take calls
0:13:21 > 0:13:23from the public on the Nationwide programme,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26one question about Britain's recent war in the Falklands
0:13:26 > 0:13:29really put her on the spot.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Margaret Thatcher was being interviewed and a housewife,
0:13:34 > 0:13:38I think her name was Mrs Gould, got in touch with the programme
0:13:38 > 0:13:42and was on a challenging Mrs Thatcher,
0:13:42 > 0:13:48asking about why a ship called the Belgrano was hit and sunk.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Mrs Thatcher, why did you give the orders to sink it?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55That ship was a danger to our ships.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57That is not good enough, Mrs Thatcher.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01I am just... Would you, please, let me answer?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Would you, please, let me answer?
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Mrs Gould's exchange with the Prime Minister
0:14:06 > 0:14:10was to make a big impression on fledgling journalist Susanna.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13It was an extraordinary moment to see this ordinary
0:14:13 > 0:14:15member of the public who had the guts
0:14:15 > 0:14:18to ask the Prime Minister the killer question.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Mrs Thatcher may have been shaken by encounter with Diana Gould
0:14:22 > 0:14:26but she still went on to win the general election by a huge margin.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31To win again is a very great thing at what is really a historic election.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35She remains one of the longest ever serving UK prime ministers.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40In the mid '90s, it was a high-profile murder case
0:14:40 > 0:14:44that hit the news when Professor Green was 12.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47The big news story that happened when I was 12
0:14:47 > 0:14:49was the OJ Simpson trial.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51The OJ Simpson murder trial
0:14:51 > 0:14:54is expected to dominate American TV screens
0:14:54 > 0:14:57when it begins in Los Angeles in the next few weeks.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01OJ Simpson was an actor and an ex American football star.
0:15:01 > 0:15:07In 1994, police charged him with the murders of his ex-wife Nicole
0:15:07 > 0:15:12and her friend Ronald Goldman. What happened next became global news.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15It began with an extraordinary car chase through the streets
0:15:15 > 0:15:19of Los Angeles as OJ Simpson fled from the police.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22I remember all the CNN footage which was broadcast
0:15:22 > 0:15:23even on our televisions.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26You know, the helicopters that were following him
0:15:26 > 0:15:28and all that kind of stuff.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31With 95 million people watching in amazement,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34OJ Simpson finally surrendered.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37After a nine-month trial which gripped Americans
0:15:37 > 0:15:41when it was shown on TV, the jury reached a decision.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45We, the jury, in the above-entitled action, find the defendant,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Orenthal James Simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Once OJ was acquitted, debate raged through America about the verdict.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59If you make a lot of money, I guess you can commit murder.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Free at last. Free at last!
0:16:03 > 0:16:07To this day, nobody else has ever been charged for the murders
0:16:07 > 0:16:11and opinion remains divided about what really happened.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13For Clare and Gerran,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16the story that dominated the news when they were young
0:16:16 > 0:16:21was the emergence of the world's most wanted man.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23The government says that the latest threat
0:16:23 > 0:16:25from Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda group
0:16:25 > 0:16:28is a clear admission that the terrorist group
0:16:28 > 0:16:31was responsible for the suicide hijackings in the United States.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Nearly 3,000 people died in America in 2001
0:16:35 > 0:16:37when terrorists hijacked planes.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41They flew them into the tallest buildings in New York
0:16:41 > 0:16:45and the Pentagon in Washington. Authorities quickly identified
0:16:45 > 0:16:50Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda organisation as being responsible.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55When Osama bin Laden came out, his face was everywhere.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59- He became like a bogeyman. - Like a really scary figure.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04After the terror attacks, the US led a search for Osama bin Laden
0:17:04 > 0:17:07that was to last almost 10 years.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09The threat of further attacks by Al Qaeda
0:17:09 > 0:17:13meant that there was an increase in security both here and abroad.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18It did affect a lot in terms of being careful in your own big cities
0:17:18 > 0:17:21and always, if there was a big event happening,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23there being a slight threat of,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26"Oh, my gosh, we have to be extra alert."
0:17:26 > 0:17:31In 2011 the hunt for bin Laden was to reach a dramatic conclusion.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35After being on the run for more than 10 years, Osama bin Laden
0:17:35 > 0:17:37has been killed by American troops.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41The Al Qaeda leader had been tracked to a house in Pakistan.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43American forces raided the compound
0:17:43 > 0:17:45and bin Laden was killed in a firefight.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50The world is safer. It's better place
0:17:50 > 0:17:53because of the death of Osama bin Laden.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Still to come, we ask the all important question -
0:18:00 > 0:18:03what would our celebs do if they were 12 again?
0:18:03 > 0:18:07I would do anything to call back for a day and just be free again.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Find what you love to do, whatever it is.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13I wouldn't say anything. I'd probably just like and laugh.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15But, before that, it's time to take two minutes with Stooshe
0:18:15 > 0:18:18to find out what they were like at 12.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21# Oh, oh, oh Turn it up and I'll go
0:18:21 > 0:18:23# Cos I won't need you no more
0:18:23 > 0:18:25# No. #
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Stooshe are Karis, Kourtney and Alexandra.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33They are popstars now but what were they like when they were 12?
0:18:33 > 0:18:35# Love me. #
0:18:35 > 0:18:38When I was 12, I just remember being a bit of a rebel.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43My mum, kind of, cushioned me and I was really naive and a wallflower.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46When I think of my hair and how I used to be,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49I didn't look at all how I look now.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Good job, Kourtney, cos I can't see you
0:18:51 > 0:18:53getting away with hair like that back in school.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58# Milkybar Kid got me melting sugar With that geek chic all the way. #
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Talking about school, any embarrassing stories
0:19:01 > 0:19:03you'd like to share? And I'm looking at you, Karis.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06You know when you start secondary school, your mum lays out everything
0:19:06 > 0:19:08from your underwear, your socks.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11I decided I wanted to wear a pair of different knickers that day
0:19:11 > 0:19:14so I got a pair out of my drawer, left that pair on the bed,
0:19:14 > 0:19:15whatever, I went to school.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18I got a frantic knock on my classroom door later on in the day.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20"Karis ,Karis, Karis.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22"Your mum said that you forgot to put your knickers on."
0:19:22 > 0:19:25And this was in the class and everybody started laughing.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27And I was like, "I haven't. I haven't." I was like,
0:19:27 > 0:19:31"Have I?" She made me feel like I forgot my knickers and I didn't.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33She embarrassed me so much.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Hey, don't worry, Karis.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37We all forget our knickers every now and again. Don't we?
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Anyway, moving swiftly on. What sort of music where you Stooshe girls
0:19:41 > 0:19:43listening to when you were 12?
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I was a massive fan of 5ive when I was younger.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48I had all the posters. That was my first ever concert that I went to.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Slam Dunk The Funk was my tune.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52# Slam dunk the funk
0:19:52 > 0:19:55# Put it up If you got that feeling
0:19:55 > 0:19:57# Slam dunk the funk
0:19:57 > 0:20:00# Put it up If you got that feeling.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02# Slam dunk the funk. #
0:20:02 > 0:20:05One Direction, watch and learn, lads. Watch and learn.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08# Daddy, I've fallen for a monster. #
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Right, girls, any final words of wisdom you can share with us?
0:20:10 > 0:20:14If I could say one thing about being 12 and growing up, it would be,
0:20:14 > 0:20:17"Don't grow up too fast. Just enjoy being young
0:20:17 > 0:20:19"cos it's fun and you can get away with much more."
0:20:19 > 0:20:22# He's big and he's bad. #
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Just live it, find yourself and be who you are.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Sound advice, Stooshe. Sound advice.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32OK, back to business. Time to find out what other celebs were watching
0:20:32 > 0:20:33when they were 12.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38One of the big programmes that was around when I was 12
0:20:38 > 0:20:40was a series called Rentaghost.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43What are you playing at, you stupid sprite?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45I've sneezed myself into orbit.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51OK, is it just me that has no idea what's going on?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53It was about a guy who died
0:20:53 > 0:20:57and he decided to set up an agency in the afterlife
0:20:57 > 0:21:02where he would rent out other ghosts to haunt things.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Whooo!
0:21:03 > 0:21:05HORSE WHINNIES
0:21:05 > 0:21:10Rentaghost ran on the BBC between 1976 and 1984.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12This gaggle of not so scary sprites
0:21:12 > 0:21:16included a jester, a witch, a pantomime horse,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19that one and that one as well.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Isn't this fun?
0:21:21 > 0:21:26But there was one familiar face who was Susanna's favourite.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Audrey from Coronation Street was in it. Sue Nicholls.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30She played Miss Popov.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Popov. You see, I suppose she'd popped off, hadn't she? She'd died.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Ah, yes, Susanna. We see what they've done there. Brilliant work.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Just a little joke between you and me, darling.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45That, for me, was perfect after-school television.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49And what was on super cool rapper Professor Green's TV
0:21:49 > 0:21:51back in the day?
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Biker Mice from Mars.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Not exactly what I expected.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Yeah.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57# Biker mice from Mars
0:21:58 > 0:22:01# Biker mice from Mars. #
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Fo' shizzle, my brizzle. Did I do that right?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Is that how the kids say it?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Biker Mice from Mars was a cartoon that featured
0:22:11 > 0:22:14the adventures of Throttle, Modo and Vinnie -
0:22:14 > 0:22:19three mice who liked to ride motorbikes and came from Mars.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21It's all in the name.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Let's rock and ride!
0:22:26 > 0:22:29The cartoon ran on kids' TV in the mid-90s
0:22:29 > 0:22:32before receiving a reboot in this noughties version.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34# Biker mice from Mars. #
0:22:34 > 0:22:36They had wicked bikes.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40I'm kind of stating the obvious here but they did.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42They were, like, quite space age for that time.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44In fact, I still haven't seen one like it.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Cool bikes plus a killer rock soundtrack.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49What's not to like?
0:22:49 > 0:22:52# Biker mice from Mars. #
0:22:52 > 0:22:55I just want to know what's going down with my bike.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Back in 2003, it was a strange comedy show
0:23:01 > 0:23:05that was keeping Gerran up past his bedtime.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10Please welcome your hosts for this evening Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17# Welcome to Shooting Stars. #
0:23:17 > 0:23:21I remember watching a lot of Shooting Stars with my dad,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23when it was on, with Vic and Bob.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25# Shooting Stars! #
0:23:25 > 0:23:28It was like a normal panel show
0:23:28 > 0:23:32but then Vic and Bob would just do the weirdest things.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Shooting Stars was a comedy quiz show
0:23:35 > 0:23:37that had a reputation for off the wall humour.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Eranu!
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Hosts Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer often spent more time
0:23:43 > 0:23:47making us laugh than actually asking the guests questions.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Give us those underpants!
0:23:50 > 0:23:53It was also the sure that introduced the country to a man
0:23:53 > 0:23:57who has since become one of our best known comedy stars.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01# Baked Potato changed my life
0:24:01 > 0:24:05# Baked Potato showed me the way
0:24:05 > 0:24:07# If you want to know... #
0:24:07 > 0:24:10You had that look is on the drums, doing the scores. George Dawes.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Both teams have three points.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15# Do be good, don't be bad
0:24:15 > 0:24:17# Thank you, Baked Potato
0:24:17 > 0:24:19# Do be happy, don't be sad
0:24:19 > 0:24:21# Thank you, Baked Potato. #
0:24:21 > 0:24:24It was really good, yeah. Just because it was so strange.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27It was so out there. I loved it.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29# ..Baked Potato say
0:24:29 > 0:24:32# Baked Potato! #
0:24:34 > 0:24:38At 12, Clare wasn't just watching telly, she was on it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42When I was 12, I'd already started working.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47I was doing a show for CBBC called There's A Viking In My Bed.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50'A Viking somehow magically gets transported
0:24:50 > 0:24:53'from his age into the modern age and ends up,
0:24:53 > 0:24:57'randomly, as you do, in a bed and breakfast down in Brighton.'
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Look, Siggy, go and have your photo taken.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03After that, you can look in the shop windows but don't go in.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Don't touch anything and don't talk to any strangers. Meet me back here.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Thank you.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14The show might have been a great springboard into showbiz for Clare
0:25:14 > 0:25:17but it also made going to school a little bit weird.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22It was showing during the year I was 12 so people were watching it
0:25:22 > 0:25:26and then, sort of, getting to know me at school and things like that,
0:25:26 > 0:25:27which was less than ideal.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30But people, kind of, took me under their wing a little bit
0:25:30 > 0:25:32and then, after that, I made friends fairly quickly.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Stupid Viking.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39So, those were the TV memories of our celebs
0:25:39 > 0:25:43but what do they most remember about being 12?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46The best thing about being 12.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48It's easy. It was the freedom.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51It was the lack of responsibility.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53You know, still young enough
0:25:53 > 0:25:56to really enjoy things in quite a carefree manner.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00When I look back at myself at 12, I think,
0:26:00 > 0:26:01"OK, you were quite square."
0:26:01 > 0:26:06But I didn't worry about it. I didn't feel huge pressure
0:26:06 > 0:26:11to look a particular way or dress a particular way or wear make up.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14But everything was to change on my 13th birthday.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17I was still getting towards being a grown-up kid
0:26:17 > 0:26:19but I was still a kid.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22And I was finding out things about myself everyday
0:26:22 > 0:26:25and what I liked, what I could do, what my capabilities were.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29It was the time when a lot of things started for me.
0:26:29 > 0:26:35Music and drama. It was the beginning point of that.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- Self-discovery begins at that time. - Yeah. Yeah.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43- Proper self-discovery.- Yeah, I'd say. - Where you're going as an adult.- Mm.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47You start changing as a person. You stop playing with certain toys,
0:26:47 > 0:26:49you start watching certain TV programmes,
0:26:49 > 0:26:51the time you go to bed changes,
0:26:51 > 0:26:56the things you talk about with your mates all change.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I think I'd tell my 12-year-old self to chill out a bit.
0:26:58 > 0:27:04To not try so hard to be liked or likeable. Just be yourself.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07I'd tell myself to come out of my shell a bit more,
0:27:07 > 0:27:11be a bit more extrovert, perhaps, because I was quite introverted.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12And just relax, have fun.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15If I could go back in time and talk to my 12-year-old self,
0:27:15 > 0:27:19I wouldn't say a thing. I'm quite happy with where I've ended up.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22So I wouldn't say anything. I'd probably just look and laugh.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25I would say, "Find what you love to do. Whatever it is.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28"And don't worry what people are saying about it
0:27:28 > 0:27:30"and enjoy doing that."
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Once high school is done,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35adult things really, properly start coming in on you
0:27:35 > 0:27:39and I would do anything to go back for a day and be free again.
0:27:39 > 0:27:4312 years old. I wish I could be 12 years old again.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45I'd have so much fun.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47So, what have we learnt then?
0:27:47 > 0:27:51There's more to mice than just cheese...
0:27:51 > 0:27:53I just want to know what's going down with my bike.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57..if you want to give someone a fright, don't rent these ghosts...
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Whooo!
0:27:59 > 0:28:00HORSE WHINNIES
0:28:00 > 0:28:03..and if you ever need advice from a vegetable,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05there's only one choice.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07# Baked potato! #
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd