0:00:02 > 0:00:04Coming up, Britain's favourite magicians
0:00:04 > 0:00:06conjure up memories of when they were 12.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10I've never seen anybody with dreadlocks like that. I wanted them.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12I would have absolutely loved a 50p piece
0:00:12 > 0:00:14I could rub and make my dreams come true.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17# Sometimes I give myself the creeps... #
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Chh-chh-chh-chh!
0:00:18 > 0:00:21# Hang tough! #
0:00:21 > 0:00:24You'll like it! Not a lot! Oi!
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Everyone was going crazy for no reason, and I was proved right.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28So...
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Want to know more? Well...
0:00:29 > 0:00:33have you ever wondered what it would have been like
0:00:33 > 0:00:36to be best mates with your favourite celebs
0:00:36 > 0:00:38when they were your age?
0:00:38 > 0:00:39What did they get up to?
0:00:39 > 0:00:41What were their favourite songs?
0:00:41 > 0:00:43And which TV shows did they watch?
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Because despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,
0:00:46 > 0:00:50once they were a kid with a dream, just like you.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54This show turns back the clock with your favourite celebs
0:00:54 > 0:00:57and asks them to become 12 Again.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03He's one of the coolest
0:01:03 > 0:01:05and most popular magicians on our screens today.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10But back in 1994, when Dynamo was 12,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13his skills weren't fully appreciated.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15They thought I was a weirdo, you know. This geek, into magic.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21He's the magical half of one of CBBC's legendary duos.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27But back in 1990, 12-year-old Dom Wood was more tragic than magic.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29I wasn't cool in any way, shape or form.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31They're the classroom conjurers
0:01:31 > 0:01:33who dazzle their unsuspecting pupils.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Watch!
0:01:35 > 0:01:37It vanishes as well. THEY GASP
0:01:37 > 0:01:39But back when they were 12,
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Fergus Flanagan and Katherine Mills weren't quite so magical.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48At school, I was constantly in trouble for being cheeky and lippy.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52I think the teacher just had enough of me, so, yeah, I got detention.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56He's one of showbiz's most magical personalities.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Ooh, ooh! Please!
0:01:59 > 0:02:01And in 1989,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Stephen Mulhern was already getting a taste of life in the limelight.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I used to put on these shows for friends and family,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11and I would charge them to see the show.
0:02:11 > 0:02:17He's a master of magic who's become a firm favourite on CBBC.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Pretty cool, huh?
0:02:18 > 0:02:22But back in 1998 when Ben Hanlin was 12,
0:02:22 > 0:02:24he was already playing the crowd.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28I used to always have a deck of cards in my pocket,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30and any excuse, I'd whip out the cards and go,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32"Guys, check this out! Check this out!"
0:02:32 > 0:02:35They may be celebrity sorcerers today,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37but it wasn't always that way.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40So let's wave our wands and magic ourselves back to a time
0:02:40 > 0:02:43when all our wannabe magicians were 12.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50I would describe myself as more on the naughty side as a child.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53I was quite shy.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55I'm still quite shy, to this day,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58but you know, I'm just more confident in myself generally.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Whereas back then, I wasn't so confident.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01But unlike Dynamo,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04some of our 12-year-old celebs weren't quite so shy.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12When I was 12, I was cheeky and I was naughty, and I was into pranks.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15When I was 12, I guess I was a little bit cheeky,
0:03:15 > 0:03:19trying to be the class clown sometimes.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24I would sum up my personality when I was 12 as very cheeky.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29So, a load of cheeky monkeys, eh?
0:03:32 > 0:03:33And what did they look like?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39When I was 12, I was obsessed with my height.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41I just kept telling myself that I was due a growth spurt.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44I was like, "Any day now! I'm going to shoot up! You just watch!"
0:03:44 > 0:03:46But it never really happened.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49When I was 12, I was quite scruffy
0:03:49 > 0:03:52and I used to get in trouble for being scruffy a lot at school.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56And I always had quite bad skin, so I had spots and stuff,
0:03:56 > 0:03:58so I didn't feel probably my best.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03At 12, everyone else around me seemed to be shooting up, you know,
0:04:03 > 0:04:07going through puberty and whatnot, and I was a bit of a late bloomer.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10And, like, I later found out I had Crohn's disease.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Crohn's disease is where part of your bowel
0:04:13 > 0:04:14doesn't work properly,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16so when you eat food,
0:04:16 > 0:04:20rather than your tummy catching the goodness from the food you eat,
0:04:20 > 0:04:21it irritates your tummy.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23And obviously, because your tummy's
0:04:23 > 0:04:25not capturing the goodness of the food,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28then you don't necessarily get big and strong like you should do.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32My mum used to cut all of our hair.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Never allow that to happen!
0:04:34 > 0:04:36HE LAUGHS
0:04:36 > 0:04:38And we all had the same haircut!
0:04:38 > 0:04:42I had really bucky teeth,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45which led to the nickname "Bucky O'Hare" from my sisters,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- which was not very sisterly and not very loving.- Aw, bless!
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Anyway, what tricks were our mini magicians up to,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55and what inspired them to become mega magicians?
0:04:59 > 0:05:00When I was around 12,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03someone showed me my first magic trick to my face,
0:05:03 > 0:05:07and I couldn't believe that someone could do something
0:05:07 > 0:05:11this far from your nose that your mind could not work out
0:05:11 > 0:05:12how it was done.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15And from that moment on, I went, "I like this, and I'll do this."
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Because I wasn't very good at anything else at school,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20because I had learning problems and so suddenly,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22I discovered magic and that really helped me.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25And the trick that got Dom into magic
0:05:25 > 0:05:28just involved a humble ballpoint pen.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Right, I'm going to throw it like a dart, OK?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33I'm going to throw it towards Dick's head. Ready? Don't try this at home.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- One, two, three, gone.- Shazam!
0:05:36 > 0:05:38It's disappeared. Not up my sleeve. Nowhere.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- Where's it gone?- Where is it?!
0:05:40 > 0:05:41And now, he's going to tell you
0:05:41 > 0:05:44what his magician's name was when he was 12!
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- There's no need for that! - It's a classic!
0:05:46 > 0:05:48What we can do is, we can go to the next question...
0:05:48 > 0:05:49If you don't tell them, I'll tell them.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Dominic Dubois!
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- HE LAUGHS - Oh, magnifique!
0:05:55 > 0:05:59I remember going to London and seeing a magician demonstrate a trick,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02and I remember on the drive home learning this trick
0:06:02 > 0:06:05out of this little book and doing that one trick,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07and I think that's where it started.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09I then decided, "Oh, I can get a few more tricks or a few books,"
0:06:09 > 0:06:11and it just went from there, really.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Here's one of the first tricks I learned.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Keep your eye on the king.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Give it a rub and a little flick.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19And the king...
0:06:21 > 0:06:22..turned into an ace.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- Magic!- That is totes ace!
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I got into magic a weird way, to be honest.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31I was getting picked on at school by two guys.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34They used to pick me up and put me inside a bin.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36My grandpa kind of caught 'em doing it one day,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39and he showed me this technique to take away their strength.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41I can actually show you. I'll need a bit of help.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Well, we've not got any bullies,
0:06:43 > 0:06:46but we do have one half of Johnny and Inel.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- I just want you to lift me up as high as you can.- OK.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53This time, do the same thing,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55but I'm going to take away your strength.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- Right.- So just get ready to lift me. Look at me.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02Lift me again.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Looks great! But did your granddad's technique keep the bullies at bay?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10I tried it, and they couldn't lift me up,
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- so I didn't get put in the bin any more.- Thanks, Dynamo!
0:07:12 > 0:07:15That's WHEELIE BIN the best story so far!
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Get it? Wheelie bin! I'm amazing!
0:07:19 > 0:07:22So, the first trick I ever learned that truly amazed me
0:07:22 > 0:07:25was when I was 12 years old, and my friend showed me a coin trick.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27In fact, I'll show it to you right now.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29All you need is one coin
0:07:29 > 0:07:33and I'm going to rub that coin on my leg, on my arm.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35On my leg, on my arm.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38And the third time that I rub it on my arm, it completely...
0:07:40 > 0:07:41..vanishes.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Amazing! But instead of making money disappear,
0:07:44 > 0:07:47I need a magician who can make it grow.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49All I've got here is a £5 note
0:07:49 > 0:07:52and it's a little bit like origami, but much more useful.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57So you just fold the £5 note like this into a tiny square,
0:07:57 > 0:08:01and then when you unfold it, it stops looking like a £5 note
0:08:01 > 0:08:04and looks like a much healthier-looking £20 note.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Oh, Katherine, you wizard!
0:08:07 > 0:08:09So, those are just some of the tricks
0:08:09 > 0:08:11our 12-year-old sorcerers were conjuring up.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14But what music were they listening to?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18When I was 12, I really got into hip-hop music.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Like, one of the biggest songs was Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24It was the coolest tune EVER!
0:08:24 > 0:08:26# As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
0:08:26 > 0:08:30# I take a look at my life and realise there's nothing left... #
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise was an absolute huge hit in 1995.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37It was number one in over a dozen countries,
0:08:37 > 0:08:41and at the time, and you couldn't go anywhere without hearing it.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Dynamo grew up on an estate in Bradford and thought his life
0:08:44 > 0:08:48was not too dissimilar to the story the LA rapper was telling.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53# Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise... #
0:08:53 > 0:08:57I grew up in an area that was almost like a gangster's paradise.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59You know, I think it's a bit different
0:08:59 > 0:09:03from Coolio's life experience and the American gangs.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07It was just lots of crime, lots of dodgy stuff going on,
0:09:07 > 0:09:11but the Coolio song was kind of talking about
0:09:11 > 0:09:14how you can kind of try to break out of that,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17while still being in it and having to survive it.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19But Coolio can't be credited
0:09:19 > 0:09:22with having done all the work on the song.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Like most rappers, Coolio used samples from older records,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29putting his own twist on Stevie Wonder's 1976 hit,
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Pastime Paradise.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32# Who of them
0:09:32 > 0:09:35# Will come to be
0:09:35 > 0:09:41# That the ones we hurt are you and me... #
0:09:41 > 0:09:43See what we did there?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Anyway, 12-year-old Dynamo loved this song
0:09:45 > 0:09:49and thought that Coolio's hair was something else.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55I'd never seen anybody with dreadlocks like that. I wanted them.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56I wanted to, you know, I wanted to be
0:09:56 > 0:09:58a 12-year-old kid with dreadlocks.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01I was literally getting my mum's...
0:10:01 > 0:10:02She's got this, like, wax stuff,
0:10:02 > 0:10:04and I was twisting my hair and going to school,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06and people were laughing at me.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09But...I thought I was Coolio.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Aw, bless!
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Now, let's fast forward three years to when Ben was 12,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17and a different kind of music entirely.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21When I was 12, me and my friends thought we were kind of skaters
0:10:21 > 0:10:25and we'd have the hoodies, the baggy jeans, the skateboards.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I didn't really skateboard, so I used to just run around near them.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33The music was all part of that, and the big band,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36the one that all of us had to listen to, was Green Day.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40# I heard you cryin' loud... #
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Yep, if you wanted to be a rebellious youth in the '90s,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46you HAD to listen to Green Day.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50They formed in 1987 and went on to sell a gazillion -
0:10:50 > 0:10:53well, more than 65 million - records.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58All of us thought we were super cool by listening to Green Day.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00And we thought we were really cool
0:11:00 > 0:11:01by knowing all the words to Basket Case.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04HE SINGS ALONG # Do you have the time
0:11:04 > 0:11:07# To listen to me whine?
0:11:07 > 0:11:11# About nothing and everything all... #
0:11:11 > 0:11:12Oh, what is it?
0:11:13 > 0:11:16# I am one of those
0:11:16 > 0:11:19# Melodramatic fools
0:11:19 > 0:11:22# Neurotic to the bone No doubt about it... #
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Ben, you're very talented man, but never sing.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28# Sometimes I give myself the creeps... #
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- Like, EVER sing. Never sing, mate. - Oh, what's the next bit?!
0:11:31 > 0:11:34# Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me... #
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Oh, I've lost it! Oh, dear! I've lost it!
0:11:37 > 0:11:39You never had it. You never had it.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41# I think I'm cracking up
0:11:41 > 0:11:43# Am I just paranoid?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45# Yeah, yeah, yeah. #
0:11:45 > 0:11:50Basket Case was released in 1995, a few years before he was 12.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53But for Ben, the music is timeless.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56It just makes you feel good
0:11:56 > 0:11:58and it kind of sums up what it's like to be a teenager.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03It was the kind of music that you would listen to
0:12:03 > 0:12:05that your parents wouldn't like,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08just because they didn't get the kind of sound, and it was great.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Now, when Stephen was 12, in 1989,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22there was a new kid on the music scene.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Quite literally.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31The big boy band of the time when I was 12 was New Kids On The Block.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33# The right stuff... #
0:12:33 > 0:12:39For many music fans, New Kids On The Block were the original boy band.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41They took the world by storm.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45They set the mould for boy bands that you see now, without question.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51New Kids On The Block were a manufactured band from Boston.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54The members of the band were only aged between 12 and 16
0:12:54 > 0:12:56when they were discovered by a music producer
0:12:56 > 0:12:59who set about creating a pop juggernaut.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01They were Donnie Wahlberg,
0:13:01 > 0:13:03brothers Jordan and Jon Knight,
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Danny Wood, and Joe McIntyre.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Joey, the only reason I remember him is that he looked like my brother,
0:13:12 > 0:13:15and all the girls just swooned over my brother.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17Lucky!
0:13:17 > 0:13:20They were talented guys who could fix a car,
0:13:20 > 0:13:21pull off a dodgy haircut,
0:13:21 > 0:13:25and they were a formidable force on the pop scene in the '80s.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27# Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh... #
0:13:27 > 0:13:31But for Stephen, there's one New Kids song in particular
0:13:31 > 0:13:32that sticks in his mind.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35# Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh... #
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Anyone that was 12, the same age as me,
0:13:38 > 0:13:40at that time, will remember Hangin' Tough.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43# Hangin' tough
0:13:43 > 0:13:44# Hangin' tough... #
0:13:46 > 0:13:48# Hang tough... #
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I'm really giving it some, aren't I?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53That...makes me look really cool.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Er...let's move on!
0:13:58 > 0:14:02Still to come, our celebs reveal their favourite TV shows
0:14:02 > 0:14:03from when they were 12.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06My favourite was the pink Power Ranger.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09She was my favourite, because I fancied her.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12It was, like, my world the time. I just loved it.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15You'll like this. Not a lot, but you'll like it.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19What you looked forward to was Badger
0:14:19 > 0:14:22just making a massive mess with mashed potato.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23He-he-he!
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Well, I'm glad you think it's funny!
0:14:25 > 0:14:28But first, let's see what news stories
0:14:28 > 0:14:31were having an impact on our 12-year-old magicians.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37I think one of the biggest things in the news when I was 12
0:14:37 > 0:14:41was the National Lottery kind of being unveiled.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47On 19 November, 1994, lottery fever swept the nation,
0:14:47 > 0:14:52as tickets for the first ever UK National Lottery went on sale.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55There's been an enthusiastic response
0:14:55 > 0:14:57to the launch of the National Lottery,
0:14:57 > 0:15:01with five million tickets sold in just eight hours.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04People who had bought tickets had a chance,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07albeit a very small one, of winning the jackpot prize.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09INTERVIEWER: Do you think you might win?
0:15:09 > 0:15:12If I didn't think I was going to win, I wouldn't buy a lottery ticket!
0:15:12 > 0:15:14It was a dream, you know?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17For £1, you could win £1 million.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20You know, and especially for people in my area, you know...
0:15:20 > 0:15:22I think it was the busiest Omar's,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24the local corner shop, had ever been.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26People queueing up to buy these lottery tickets.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Over 49 million tickets were sold,
0:15:29 > 0:15:31and on the evening of the first draw,
0:15:31 > 0:15:35millions watched the live lottery show.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Five, four, three,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40two, one, go!
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Lottery millionaires hit the news,
0:15:44 > 0:15:45but in fact, you only had
0:15:45 > 0:15:48a one in 40 million chance of striking lucky
0:15:48 > 0:15:53and guessing correctly the winning six out of 49 numbers.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I never won £1 million from the lottery,
0:15:57 > 0:15:59and I think, over the years,
0:15:59 > 0:16:01I realised that the chances of winning are pretty slim.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08In September 2000, when Fergus was 12,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Britain was almost brought to a standstill
0:16:10 > 0:16:12by protests over the price of fuel.
0:16:14 > 0:16:20When I was 12, there was a HUGE petrol crisis.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Now, not just, like, your little stand. It was MASSIVE.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28At the time, British people were paying
0:16:28 > 0:16:30the highest prices for fuel in Europe.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Much of the cost was, and still is, made up of tax
0:16:33 > 0:16:36which the government collects from garages.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40As the cost of fuel rose, patience ran thin,
0:16:40 > 0:16:43and those most affected, like truckers and farmers,
0:16:43 > 0:16:47protested by blockading fuel refineries.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49HORNS TOOT
0:16:49 > 0:16:52They argued that the government should help
0:16:52 > 0:16:56by cutting the amount of tax included in the price.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59The blockade meant that garages ran out of petrol.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- NEWS REPORT:- All but a few hundred petrol stations are now dry,
0:17:02 > 0:17:07but limited supplies are on sale to the public in some places.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11Everyone just suddenly panicking, rushing out to the supermarket,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13buying as much food as possible,
0:17:13 > 0:17:14because, of course, with a fuel crisis,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17that meant things weren't getting to the supermarket in time,
0:17:17 > 0:17:19which means supermarkets couldn't restock.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23So it affected, like, everyone and everything.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24He's not wrong!
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Britain was crippled by the protests
0:17:27 > 0:17:31and people queued to buy fuel and other essential supplies.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35I think it's absolutely disgusting with this petrol situation
0:17:35 > 0:17:39that people have got to suffer with milk, bread, sugar...
0:17:39 > 0:17:45The funniest thing was, the whole "crisis" actually only lasted a week.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47So there was all this panic and hysteria,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50and I was just sitting back at 12 years old,
0:17:50 > 0:17:51not really that bothered.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Just thinking everyone was going crazy for no reason,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56and I was proved right. So...
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Mmm, aren't you a clever one?!
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Anyway, in 1999, when Ben was 12,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05a cool new magician was hitting the headlines.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08When I was 12, David Blaine burst on the scene.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Say stop whenever you want.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Stop.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16He's this American magician that was taking to the streets,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19doing magic, and it was the first time I'd seen magic done cool.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21So let's say you bent the card a little bit,
0:18:21 > 0:18:22cos then I couldn't really control it,
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- because you've put a little bend in it, right?- Mmm-hmm.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Then it's hard for me to cheat.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29But let's say I did that... HE CLICKS HIS FINGERS
0:18:29 > 0:18:30..and see, that's it.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33That's how you get it to go there.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38In the late 1990s, David Blaine was famous across the world
0:18:38 > 0:18:39for his street magic.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42THEY LAUGH
0:18:42 > 0:18:45But not content with a TV magic show,
0:18:45 > 0:18:48he was also causing a stir and keeping news crews busy.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51He also did more than just go out on the streets and do magic.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53He started to do endurance stunts,
0:18:53 > 0:18:56and I was watching thinking, "This guy is unbelievable!"
0:18:56 > 0:19:01David Blaine mesmerised audiences with incredible stunts,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04like being encased in ice for over 60 hours.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08He spent 44 days locked inside a transparent cube,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11and survived seven days submerged in a water-filled sphere.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17It was when Ben was 12, in April 1999,
0:19:17 > 0:19:21that David Blaine embarked on one of his most memorable public stunts.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24He was shut in a cramped, underground plastic coffin
0:19:24 > 0:19:29underneath a three-ton water tank for seven days.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33He couldn't move, he had no food, and people were just watching him.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- NEWS REPORT:- But while some people admire the magician's courage,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38others think he's mad.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42I think he's weird to do something like that.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I don't know who else would do such a thing.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49It was a huge spectacle that attracted
0:19:49 > 0:19:52an estimated 75,000 people,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55who visited the site to see where he was buried.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58They pulled him our, seven days later, and he walked away from it.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00CHEERING
0:20:00 > 0:20:02You could really see people's reactions,
0:20:02 > 0:20:06and how people used to freak out, and I remember watching, thinking,
0:20:06 > 0:20:08"I want to make people freak out, just like that."
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Still to come, we ask the all-important question -
0:20:12 > 0:20:17what would our magical megastars do if they became 12 again?
0:20:17 > 0:20:21I'd say, firstly, don't worry about the height thing, get over it.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24It is going to be a potentially difficult time.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26The only thing I might do differently
0:20:26 > 0:20:28is not let people take advantage of me.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30But first let's get back to business
0:20:30 > 0:20:35and find out what our 12-year-old magicians were loving on the telly.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40There was a show when I was 12 years old which was on TV
0:20:40 > 0:20:42called The Queen's Nose.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46The Queen's Nose was a hugely popular show
0:20:46 > 0:20:47that ran for seven series
0:20:47 > 0:20:53between 1995 and 2003 on Children's BBC.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55What did you say?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Nothing. I just said maybe the Queen knows.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59The Queen NOSE. Her nose, get it?
0:20:59 > 0:21:00No.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04The main girl in it was a girl called Harmony,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07and she had a 50p piece that she could rub
0:21:07 > 0:21:10and she could make wishes and they'd come true.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13I wish for an animal of my very own.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16I would've absolutely loved a 50p piece that I could rub
0:21:16 > 0:21:18and make my dreams come true.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- I think everyone wants that, don't they?- Tell me about it, sister.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Anyone got two 50s for a pound?
0:21:30 > 0:21:33At the same time as Katherine was wishing for a magical coin,
0:21:33 > 0:21:3712-year-old Dynamo was watching some very colourful superheroes.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41My favourite TV show when I was 12 was the Power Rangers.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Go, go, Power Rangers.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45# Go, go, Power Rangers. #
0:21:45 > 0:21:47It was awesome.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52They're still going strong today but when Dynamo was 12,
0:21:52 > 0:21:54the Power Rangers were just starting to entertain
0:21:54 > 0:21:5712-year-olds across the globe.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02There was a pink Ranger, a blue ranger,
0:22:02 > 0:22:04all different coloured Power Rangers.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08I think my favourite was the pink Power Ranger.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12She was called Kimberley. She was my favourite because I fancied her.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17But liking the Power Rangers wasn't enough for 12-year-old Dynamo.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20He went the whole hog and got himself an outfit.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25I had the pink Power Rangers suit that I wore.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29That were not such a good idea. I should've gone for the blue one.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Maybe I wouldn't have got picked on as much at fancy dress day.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35I'm sure you looked very pretty in pink, Dynamo.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Now, when Fergus was approaching 12, a badger with a healthy appetite
0:22:40 > 0:22:44for heaps of mashed potato was keeping him tuned in to CBBC.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Bodger and Badger was just a great show.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56# Everybody knows Badger loves mashed potato
0:22:56 > 0:22:59# Makes them into shapes and eats them every day
0:22:59 > 0:23:01# Bodger and Badger
0:23:01 > 0:23:03# Bodger and Badger
0:23:03 > 0:23:06# La la la la la...#
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Fergus, let's not give up the magic just yet.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Badger lived with odd job man Simon Bodger.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Stop! Just stop it!
0:23:16 > 0:23:17OK.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21But his love of mashed potato meant he wasn't an ideal housemate.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Each and every episode, what you looked forward to was Badger
0:23:25 > 0:23:28just making a massive mess of mashed potato.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Get a big sloppy spoonful.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- Big sloppy spoonful, yes. - And then you splat it.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Oh!
0:23:34 > 0:23:36It was great.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40I say! Mash in the mosh and no mistake!
0:23:40 > 0:23:41'Poor old Bodger got stitched up.'
0:23:41 > 0:23:45His cleaning bills must have been enormous.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49I'm glad you think it's funny. Come on. Let's get it washed off.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53I'd have just kicked Badger out. I'd have said, "I've had enough.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56"Pay your last month's rent and leave."
0:23:56 > 0:23:57What's this? Argh!
0:23:57 > 0:24:00That's a bit harsh, Fergus.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06But for many of our celebs, one of Britain's most famous magicians
0:24:06 > 0:24:10kept them and their families glued to the goggle box.
0:24:10 > 0:24:17My favourite Saturday night show by far was the Paul Daniels Magic Show.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25I still appreciate how good Paul Daniels is.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28'You must have watched Paul Daniels with your family.'
0:24:28 > 0:24:31The Paul Daniels Magic Show was like the X Factor is now.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32It was on a Saturday night.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36It was one of the biggest shows you could watch.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Paul Daniels - the legend of the British magic scene.
0:24:39 > 0:24:46His show ran on the BBC for 15 years from 1979 to 1994.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50Amazing audiences with incredible feats, helped by his glamorous
0:24:50 > 0:24:52assistant and wife, Debbie McGee.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54It's the wife again!
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Paul had some catchy catchphrases.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Like the timeless, "Say 'Yes, Paul'".
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- Say "Yes, Paul".- Yes, Paul.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04And who could forget?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Now that's magic.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09And Dick remembers his most famous catchphrase of all.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13"Do you like it? Not a lot." That was my best Paul Daniels impression.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- That's not even the right catch phrase!- What is it then?
0:25:16 > 0:25:17YOU'LL like it.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- You'll?- You'll. You'll like it. Not a lot.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24You'll like this. Not a lot, but you'll like it.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29The Paul Daniels Show had a lasting impact on our magical celebs.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33'It was like my world at the time. I just loved it.'
0:25:33 > 0:25:37We'd watch it as a family but it was a very special show for me.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39And why not?
0:25:40 > 0:25:44So those were the TV memories of our magical 12-year-olds,
0:25:44 > 0:25:47but what do they remember most about being 12?
0:25:49 > 0:25:52I think being 12 is a really difficult time
0:25:52 > 0:25:55cos it's a huge change in your own life and you're going through
0:25:55 > 0:25:59a lot of change, so I think it's important for yourself to realise
0:25:59 > 0:26:04at 12 going into 13 that it is going to be a potentially
0:26:04 > 0:26:08difficult time - but you'll pull through.
0:26:08 > 0:26:1212 is a time where you can properly find yourself
0:26:12 > 0:26:16and realise what sort of person that you want to be.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21If you do work hard and you just be confident in what you do,
0:26:21 > 0:26:2612 could be the start of everything for you.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28There's no point worrying about it.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31If you haven't got a couple of best-best friends,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33you can't force it to happen. It will just happen naturally.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Suddenly you meet someone, whether it be at school or a neighbour,
0:26:37 > 0:26:41youth club, wherever, and you'll suddenly click with someone
0:26:41 > 0:26:44and have the same interests and connected by a little wire,
0:26:44 > 0:26:46it suddenly happens like that.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49If I could meet my 12-year-old self I'd say,
0:26:49 > 0:26:52firstly, don't worry about the height thing. Get over it.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Just go shoe shopping, find big shoes, you'll be fine.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57No-one will notice.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03If I was 12 again, the only thing I might do differently is
0:27:03 > 0:27:08not let people take advantage of me. And not be afraid to speak up.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14My advice to 12-year-olds is have as much fun as you possibly can
0:27:14 > 0:27:19because this is your last year that you can really be
0:27:19 > 0:27:23a child in some ways, so milk it for all it's worth.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29So what have we learned then? "Not a lot" from these two.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34- Maybe the Queen knows. - The Queen NOSE. Her nose, get it?- No.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38If you don't like mash, steer clear of the Badger.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41I'm glad you think it's funny.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45And not everyone appreciates a death-defying stunt.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48I think he's weird to do something like that.
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