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Coming up: 12 Again gives you the low-down on friendship.

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At 12, friends are everything.

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It's a nice thing to know there's someone there to listen to you.

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Friends support you through thick and thin.

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Our celebs remember the best of times and the worst,

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when friendships could be fraught and kids could be cruel.

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I was picked on for being a bit shorter.

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Because I had a funny name as well I got really picked on.

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Because I was a sensitive person, if somebody did have a dig at me,

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that made it fun for him to have another go.

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And find out what you should do if you are a victim of bullying.

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Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to be best friends

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with your favourite celebs when they were your age?

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Which tunes got them feeling all chummy

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and what buddies on the box did they like to watch?

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Because despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,

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once they were a kid trying to make friends just like you.

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This show finds out what friendship was like for your favourite celebs

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and asks them to become 12 again.

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From presenters to actors,

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to comedians and magicians,

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they've all had fun with and fretted over friendship.

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Just go away.

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So let's find out what your favourite stars remember

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about becoming bezzy mates.

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Well done, guys.

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-Friends meant everything to me at 12.

-The TV show?

-Had it started?

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-No, not Friends the TV show.

-Sorry.

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We had a great group of friends.

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I've still got the same friends now, ten years on, which is amazing.

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I was always the comedy fat one at the side.

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When I was around 12 I was, like, the stupid, short one

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that none of the girls fancied.

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I was the funny one because my dad's a comedian

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and it was dead easy to be the funny one because I just used his act.

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I probably had a lot less friends than I thought.

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I had a lot of people who took advantage of my kind nature.

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-I didn't really have many friends, did you?

-No!

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Oh, bless! I'll be your mate.

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So when you're 12, how important is friendship?

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I think friends are so important at the age of 12.

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You join a new school where you try to meet new people.

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You do new lessons and stuff and homework.

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It's completely different and alien to you.

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If your friends are going through the same thing, which they are,

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that's when you need your friends the most, really.

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Friendships at 12 were quite fraught

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because you're quite self-conscious. It matters what your friends think.

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I don't know how you make friends.

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You just kind of do make friends.

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I don't think there's any science to it, no formula.

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I never had a best friend at school. I had groups of friends

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but I never had that one-on-one.

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I remember writing in my diary that I should focus this year

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on trying to get a best friend.

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I remember looking round the class trying to choose.

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I had a close group of friends.

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It's just I wasn't super-popular.

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I had, like, five or six really good mates.

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I had a big group of friends and we hung out together.

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You always had one or two that you used to keep as your close friends

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and you'd tell them everything.

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It was a nice thing to know there was someone to listen to you.

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When you're 12, friends are everything.

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If you've not got mates, it's a disaster.

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So that's what our celebs felt about friendship

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but what wacky things did they do to be part of the gang?

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We had a secret language that I made up.

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It was basically you would write numbers in a letter

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rather than the alphabet.

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All it was, the letter A was one, the letter B was two,

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and so on and so forth. Now, I thought it was a great idea.

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The boys didn't.

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So no-one ever did it. Instead they got girlfriends

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and I was at home writing letters to myself.

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Me and my friends could speak Aigy Paigy, a special language

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where after every vowel you put an "aig",

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so you're saying the same sentence.

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If I said, "Hello. My name's Hayley."

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I'd say, "Haigellaigo. Maigay naigame aigis Haigylaigey."

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You'd be able to understand that

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but if you didn't speak it no-one else would be able to understand it.

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I'm totally lost!

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I was good at speaking it but not as good at picking up on it

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but my best friend was brilliant at picking up on it

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and not as good at speaking it so we were a team.

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Friendship bracelets were massive when I was at school.

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We used to knot together three or four pieces of coloured thread

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and then you did a knotting, twisting pattern

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to make it into a little bracelet.

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It took hours and actually they were a really nice idea

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because you'd give them to your mates.

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You didn't want anyone to be left out

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so you'd end up giving out about eight or nine.

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Gutted! Helen never gave me one.

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If someone made one for you it was heart-warming. You'd think,

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"You've spent time on that. Everyone will know we're mates."

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It was like a little club.

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We had those necklaces, a heart broken into two pieces.

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One says "best" and one says "friends".

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Together it made the whole heart.

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You'd give your half to your best friend but a few days later

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you'd want it back because you had a new best friend.

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But it wasn't only you, Helen.

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Lots of our celebs have experienced

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when friendship can be flighty, fleeting and fickle.

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I had a friend who flipped a coin to be my friend.

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Some friend he was, eh?

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"I'm now going to flip this coin. Heads, I'll be Barney's friend.

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"If it's tails, I will not." Tails!

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I think it had two tails either side of it and he was winding me up.

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You love them one day and they're your best mates

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and you're going to stay at each other's house that weekend,

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then if you invite someone else to stay, it upsets that person,

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then next minute you hate each other.

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You have best friends at different places.

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"You're my best friend at school but you are at dance club."

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You had emergency friends as well,

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friends you hung out with just because there was no-one else.

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You were someone else's emergency friend which never felt very nice.

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Emergency or otherwise, that's our celebs' take on friendship,

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but what pally pop songs made them feel like soul mates?

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How many songs have been written about friends?

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There are loads of classics. Obviously The Rembrandts.

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# So no-one told you life was gonna be this way... #

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I fell in love with that song so my mum bought me the sheet music.

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I learned it on the piano and thought I was really cool.

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Originally written as the theme music for mega hit US series Friends,

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I'll Be There For You reached number three in the UK charts in 1995.

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# But I'll be there for you... #

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-That's a great song, that says it all.

-Yeah.

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# I'll be there for you

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# Cos you've been there before

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# I'll be there for you

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# Cos you're there for me too. #

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SHE GIGGLES

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Not quite, Kirstie, but one-hit wonders The Rembrandts

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weren't the only people to record a song about friendship.

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It must be a friends thing because we had a number one

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with I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

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which again is a one-hit wonder.

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-Why are you bringing this up?

-It's got "friends" in the title.

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-You know what they're going to do?

-Go on.

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They're going to show a clip of us.

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HE SINGS THE INTRO

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That's right, guys, it's you two singing totally chumtastic anthem

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With A Little Help From My Friends.

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Originally by The Beatles then many years later Sam and Mark ruined it.

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Paid us a lot though, so who cares?

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# What would you think if I sang out of tune?

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# Would you stand up and walk out on me?

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Before CBBC stardom beckoned, the boys were pop idols,

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and this was their debut...hit?

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Awful video.

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# I get by with a little help from my friends... #

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-We were moving into a flat together.

-Ugh!

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Hey, it was a little cheesy.

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A little cheesy?

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It's more cheesy than a four-cheese pizza with extra cheese.

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I don't know if they moved into that flat together but it was brilliant.

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Sam and Mark aren't the only ones

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who have hit the top spot with this classic song.

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There was Joe Cocker in 1968.

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-# ..a little help from my friends

-Yeah, I know!

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# Whoa, I'm gonna keep on trying

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# ..little help from my friends... #

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And then in 1988, Scottish pop stars Wet Wet Wet.

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# Get by with a little help from my friends... #

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In fact there's been at least 50 cover versions

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of this famous friendship anthem.

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# Get by with a little help from my friends... #

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Because we do, we do get by with a little help from our friends.

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And I can to this day say that I get by with a little help

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from my friends, Sam and Mark. Love you, brothers. Love you.

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And from a song that celebrates friendship to a heartfelt ballad

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about how it feels to be an outsider that struck a chord with Rebecca.

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SHE HARMONISES

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When I was 12 or 13, a song that really meant a lot to me

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was Christina Aguilera, Beautiful.

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# Now and then I get insecure... #

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I think the lyrics are so true to how I was feeling at the time.

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I was never physically hurt by bullies

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but there were boys and it's going to happen because of my size.

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They would always say horrible names to me.

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But name-calling does affect you.

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# Words can't bring me down... #

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Christina Aguilera recorded Beautiful in 2002

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and the song's empowering words are all about being strong

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and not letting other people's opinions affect your confidence.

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# You are beautiful no matter what they say

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# Words can't bring you down No, no... #

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No matter who you are, where you are, what you look like,

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you are beautiful and you are you.

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That song really helped me to accept myself.

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I didn't need to change. I didn't need to do anything

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to be a better person or be more accepted.

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# Don't you bring me down today. #

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You're only on this earth once

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and there's no point changing for anyone.

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Be happy in yourself no matter what.

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Still to come, we find out what TV double acts our stars enjoyed.

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Not only did I watch them and think, "Amazing best friends!

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"But they also got to work together which is awesome."

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They have these comedy glasses that they manage to see everything through

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and see it in a different light.

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DONG!

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The two of them wouldn't be the same without each other

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and that's what friendship's all about.

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But first we look at the flip side of friendship

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and what you should do if you're being bullied.

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In secondary school your mind and your body

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are going through a lot of changes and that's when

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people start to become territorial and choosy

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over who they hang out with. That's when bullying can happen.

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I was fodder for bullies at school because I wore glasses.

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That was my ticket to the world of being bullied.

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I had a stammer so it meant that I said the same word over and over

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and I couldn't get my sentences out.

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Because of my stammer it meant that I was bullied and picked on.

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I realise now looking back that I was definitely getting bullied

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but it was kind of disguised by people posing as my friends.

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They'd get me to do their homework for them

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and make fun of me all the time.

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You're so conscious and you want these people to like you.

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You can almost overlook the negativity coming towards you.

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Because I was a sensitive person, if somebody did have a dig at me,

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if somebody called me something,

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they'd probably see it register on my face that it had hurt me,

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so that made it fun for them to have another go.

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My parents are from Iran, not England,

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so it was really hard socially at school.

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I had a funny name as well.

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I got really picked on because of my name.

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Back when Shappi was young, a popular kids' TV drama

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spoke to her about the problems she was facing.

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We used to watch the programme Grange Hill

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and there was a boy called Gripper Stebson who was the bully

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and he was racist.

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In this controversial storyline, Gripper and his gang

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tried to stir up racial tension at the school.

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-All right, Mr Singh? We want a word with you.

-No!

-In here.

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They intimidated students and victimised black and Asian pupils.

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Mr Singh, what's the big hurry?

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PAPER TEARS

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Thanks, that's my timetable(!)

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But when Gripper picked on one particular pupil...

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You're all freaks, you lot. Aren't they?

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..he was about to meet his match.

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No-one asked you anyway.

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I remember there was a character called Precious Matthews

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and she was a black girl.

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You. Get out.

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I'd rather not stay here.

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Since you came in there's a nasty smell about.

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In my head I was Precious Matthews's best friend.

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I used to get called racist names at school.

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Do you mind?

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I lived in Grange Hill land and she'd stick up for me.

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When Gripper finally pushed Precious too far,

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her response inspired young Shappi.

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Sticking up for yourself is a life skill.

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You've just ruined my map, you pig.

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When you're a kid it's kind of hard.

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You get something straight, you pathetic little runt.

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You lay one more finger on me

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or make one more remark

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about me being black,

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I'm going to get my brother down here.

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I used to think, "I wish I could just say that to another kid.

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"It would be amazing."

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Now you just flipping well move!

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Precious Matthews was my hero.

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And just like Shappi when she was younger,

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many kids experience bullying at some point.

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And if you're a victim of bullying, dealing with it can be really tough.

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It takes a very strong person and a brave person to stand up and say,

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"Hey, they're saying stuff to me they shouldn't."

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You can be in such a dark place

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and people might not know that you're getting bullied.

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So how did our celebs cope when they were having a hard time?

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I was picked on for being a bit shorter.

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I wouldn't go home and cry about it,

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I'd just give it back as good as they gave it to me.

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I had an interesting situation with two of my friends

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who sort of turned a bit funny towards me at one stage.

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My dad phoned up both their houses and he said,

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"Warwick was just mentioning he was having a bit of trouble

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"at school at the minute.

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"Could you watch out for him? You're his best mate."

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They thought they'd got away with it, so they became nice to me.

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Simple. What a great way of sorting something out.

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Magic definitely helped me survive.

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It gave me a bit of a cool factor.

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I'm still riding off that wave to this day.

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One lunch time these older girls put salt in my hair.

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I burst into tears and the fact that I cried in front of everybody

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scared these girls so much. They thought,

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"She's going to tell someone now and do something."

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They never did it ever again.

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That's right, Hayley, if you are being bullied,

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you should tell someone you trust about it.

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It isn't always that easy.

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So in 2004, Anti Bullying Week was launched

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to offer advice and support for kids having a hard time.

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Top stars are backing the latest campaign to stamp the problem out.

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I think Anti Bullying Week was a great thing

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in the sense that people admit if they're being bullied.

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Big-name celebrities joined the campaign.

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I am the person who sat on her own.

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I am the person who walked home alone.

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And anti-bullying wristbands were given away for kids to wear.

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This is something that's got loads of you talking.

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Sara from Surrey says

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it's a great sign that children

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are not alone when it comes to bullying.

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Having these wristbands that you wear,

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it was quite a good thing at school. You actually felt quite proud of it.

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I reckon it would make

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children stand up

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and not feel ashamed that

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they're against bullies.

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I'm worried that bullies might not stop.

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It definitely had an effect on people,

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just to show there is support out there

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and people are against these bullies.

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Sadly, the problem hasn't gone away.

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Bullying has now moved into cyberspace.

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Now something that really upsets you, cyber bullying.

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Bullying these days is so much different to when I was at school.

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When I was at school, someone would say something mean,

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you'd pass notes saying something horrible.

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Now you can get to people 24/7.

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It's not face-to-face-type bullying like it was when we were 12.

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Cyber bullying is when people use the internet or mobile phones

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to threaten, tease or embarrass another person.

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Schools are being urged to do more to stop hi tech bullies

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targeting children using mobile phones and the internet.

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And tips for victims on what to do if you're targeted.

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If you're a victim of cyber bullying,

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it can be really hard to deal with.

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Somebody actually wrote a blog about me

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and to read comments and nasty lies about yourself,

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that was a bit of a tough time

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but I got through it by talking to my guidance teacher

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and my friends as well.

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I think we're getting more aware now, that actually

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whether you're in the playground or on the internet, bullying is wrong.

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Our celebs offer their top tips on friendship.

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A good friend is somebody who is there for you no matter what.

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Someone that's funny, that you can have a good laugh with

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and stay up late and have girly sleepovers with.

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If you're going through anything bad in your life,

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usually friends are the person that can bring you out of that.

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But now let's find out which best friends on the box

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our favourite celebs were tuning in to.

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There's been so many over the years that you could say.

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-You've got Vic and Bob.

-Vic and Bob!

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The Two Ronnies.

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Morning, Dorning. Any news of the Girder murder?

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-What amazing mates they were.

-You could tell by watching it.

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Morecambe and Wise.

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-Ern!

-Yes?

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Just testing.

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-Cannon and Ball. Apparently they didn't get on.

-Oh, interesting.

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-Hale and Pace.

-Did they get on?

-I don't know. I'm just saying duos.

-OK.

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One is the straight guy, one is the fall guy.

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The classic combo, like Sam and Mark.

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It's a winning formula, Mark.

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-Yeah. When are we going to win?

-I don't really like you that much.

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-Oh, OK.

-Is that where we're going wrong?

-No real chemistry.

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-Don't sit too close.

-Come on!

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-French and Saunders!

-Yes.

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Legendary comedy duo French and Saunders first met way back in 1978

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when they were both training to be drama teachers.

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Yes, that's how we check you've got eyes.

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They soon realised they shared the same sense of humour,

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so they moved in together, became the best of pals,

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and the rest is history.

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SHE LAUGHS

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-Did you feel that?

-No.

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I loved French and Saunders. They used to do comedy sketches

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and take the mick out of themselves.

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-Are you pregnant?

-No.

-What's that?

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-Just a big, fat, wobbly tummy.

-Oh, right.

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I thought that must be a great friendship because you can

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poke fun at your mates yet they still know you love them.

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Their hugely popular sketch show was first broadcast in 1987

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and ran for two decades.

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It just looked like they were mates having a laugh

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and having a bit of a giggle.

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They were brilliant at making serious and emotional things funny

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and making you see it in a different light.

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And my favourite episode?

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This cheeky spoof of the blockbuster film Titanic.

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LAUGHTER

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Brilliant film - you cry, it's emotional.

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I'm flying, Jack, I'm flying!

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Yet they do it and totally take the mick!

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PROJECTOR CLICKS AND WHIRRS

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LAUGHTER

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They just have these comedy glasses that they manage

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to see everything through and see it in a different light.

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I'm going to hit all your funny bones with this xylophone stick.

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-Right.

-All right? Are you ready?

-Yes.

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KNEE TONES LIKE A XYLOPHONE

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If I'd been mates with those two, I would have been a happy chick.

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There's still time.

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And from two queens of comedy...

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ERNIE SNIGGERS

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Ernie, I'm home!

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..to a pair of playful puppets.

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Bert and Ernie have got to be the biggest best friends,

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like, on the planet.

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You've got the sensible one who makes the decisions...

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BERT CHUCKLES

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..and the other one, who's quite daft.

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Um...

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But they need each other, that's what I love about it.

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# Just the two of us... #

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Puppet pals Bert and Ernie are two of the best-loved characters

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from the long-running American kids' TV series Sesame Street.

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Ernie, what is going on here? This place is a mess!

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Look, your toys are everywhere.

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-Yeah, well, I was just about to pick them up, Bert.

-Well, good!

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Friends aren't always identical.

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You never have one person who's good at tidying

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and the other person good at tidying -

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one's good and the other one isn't.

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But this one will be good at something that this one isn't.

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Ernie was messy and Bert was tidy...

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-Ernie.

-Mm?

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-Is that a banana peel I see?

-Yes, it is, Bert.

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One had rhythm...

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HE TAPS "SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT"

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..and one, er...didn't.

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BANG! BANG!

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Oh, groove with me, baby.

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But their relationship worked

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and it taught kids that you can still be best mates,

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even if you are very different.

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Ernie, what are you doing with all these toys?

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I'm putting them away, Bert.

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They had such different characters.

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You're actually cleaning up?! Be still, my beating heart!

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These two guys know each other inside out.

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I know how much you don't like messes, Bert.

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Oh, boy, you can say that again!

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I know how much you don't like messes, Bert!

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ERNIE SNIGGERS

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But also get on each other's nerves all the time.

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I know where my rubber ducky is! Whoo!

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He's under my clown! And under my ball!

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-Wait, Ernie...

-And under my football!

-Ernie!

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Fire engine... Here's my rubber ducky!

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You both take something from that relationship that helps you out.

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You do your kind of drumming

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and I'll do my kind of drumming at the same time.

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That's so crazy it just might work.

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The straight guy will learn something from the silly guy.

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-Doesn't that sound nice, Bert?

-Swinging!

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The two of them wouldn't be the same without each other.

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And that's what friendship's all about, isn't it?

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Gracious, that was really cold! I mean COOL!

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And from puppet princes...

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MUSIC: "Louie Louie" by The Three Amigos"

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..to the undisputed kings of prime-time.

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Everyone loves Ant and Dec.

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-Hello!

-Thank you!

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CHEERING

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I used to watch them on Byker Grove...

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..then, of course, on SMTV.

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Saturday morning kids show SMTV was a mega hit show for Ant and Dec.

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And, basically, it was totally bonkers!

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Arrrgh!

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That was huge and it looked like so much fun.

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Can you see me? Can you hear me? Can you see me?

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Yes, Dec, yes! Yes, I can see you!

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They've got so much chemistry.

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Not only did I watch them and think, "Oh, my God, amazing best friends,"

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but they also get to work together, which is awesome.

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The multitalented twosome have been entertaining the nation

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for over 20 years.

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They even crammed in a pop career.

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Kind of.

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-RAP:

-Sit back, cracker jack Don't take no flack

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Rhyme in time To the rhythm of the track...

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And then I decided I'd had enough of the music business,

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had enough of PJ and Duncan and I quit.

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Mainly because I couldn't fit any more gold discs on me wall!

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SNORTS WITH LAUGHTER

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LAUGHTER

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I quit the band to become Britain's best-loved entertainer.

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So when you doing that, then?

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And much-loved they are,

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but they haven't quite given up their pop star days.

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And, in 2013, they rumbled their way right back to number one.

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# Let's get ready to rumble... #

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-Come on!

-Let's hear you!

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# Let's get ready to rumble

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# Get ready, get steady

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# And rumble... #

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Here we go!

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# Everybody rumble! #

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Yep, the Geordie duo have been buddies for ever.

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They were flatmates for years

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and, even now, they still live three doors apart.

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Whenever you watch them, they have fun, which is amazing.

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Which is what friendship is about - not taking yourself too seriously

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and acting like a wally in front of each other.

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I think they'll be in a nursing home together,

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holding each other's hands, going, "We had a laugh, didn't we?

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"We had a laugh!" Yeah, they're awesome to watch on TV, definitely.

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The chemistry - that is brilliant.

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# Watch us wreck the mic Watch us wreck the mic

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# Psych! #

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Now that's what you call chemistry.

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But what do our celebs think is the formula for a perfect friendship?

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A good friend is somebody who is there for you, no matter what.

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Just someone that's funny, that you can have a good laugh with and,

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you know, stay up late and have girly sleepovers with and watch the telly.

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Your friends are your lifeline.

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When you've invested in someone and they've invested in you,

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you know that they'll be there for you, which is perfect,

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it's a perfect friendship.

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If you're going through anything bad in your life,

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usually friends are the person that can bring you out of that.

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And, if you're being bullied, what advice can they give?

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What I always did was tell my parents, you know?

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What I always did was tell my teachers and stuff.

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And that wouldn't necessarily make you any more popular

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but it helped a bit. You know?

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It meant at least somebody had your back.

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I think telling a teacher is always the scariest thing

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because you don't want...

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You kind of don't want the bully to be mad at you.

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But, actually, they're just scared as well

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and the moment that you tell someone, they often just stop.

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In my experience, I felt that bullies are more...

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more insecure with themself rather than them picking on you.

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So you've got to think that, "It's nothing to do with me,

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"it's obviously an insecurity that they have themself."

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And what advice would they give to their 12-year-old selves?

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To anyone who's 12 at the moment,

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I would tell them to try and be themselves.

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It's really hard, cos when you meet loads of new people

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and you are in a different scenario, you want to be like them.

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But you've got to remember that all of those people

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are also scared and are trying to be like you.

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So if you can just be yourself and just be, I don't know,

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loud with it, confident with it and happy with it,

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then I think that's the best bit of advice I could give.

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Just be nice to people.

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And then 99% of people will be nice back.

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And the 1% that aren't nice to you,

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they're not worth worrying about anyway.

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So if I could tell my 12-year-old self something, I would say,

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"You know these people here? These are your real friends.

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"These guys don't care and you won't see them ever again.

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"As soon as you leave school, they're gone.

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"These people will still be here.

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"So spend more time with people that count."

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Don't fall for peer pressure.

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It's so easy, you know, to go with the flow

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cos you want your friends to think you're cool.

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But, you know, in ten years' time, when you've left school

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and you're out in the real world,

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a lot of these people aren't even going to matter.

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If I was to see the 12-year-old me, I would tell him...

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to keep your good friends close, you know, choose your friends wisely.

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And, if you do, they will become lifelong friends

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and people that will help you and stick with you.

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Ultimately, friends are there

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to support you through thick and thin, aren't they?

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It doesn't matter how thick you get, or how thin you get,

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they'll be there.

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So what have we learned?

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Don't let Hayley Cutts teach you French...

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Haigellaigo. Maigay naigame aigis Haigylaigey.

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..never take a drum lesson off Bert...

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Oh, groove with me, baby!

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Um...

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And never forget this matey musical motto.

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# I'll be there for you

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# Cos you're there for me too

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# Ooh. # SHE LAUGHS

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