0:00:02 > 0:00:04Coming up, 12 Again goes back to the track.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07I loved the long jump.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11I really liked the throwing events cos I was quite good at that.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13We're going to find out what sports day was like
0:00:13 > 0:00:16for some of our biggest sports stars and celebs.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18That was my one moment to shine.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19I'd do every event I possibly could.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21For me, it was just a chance to show off, really.
0:00:21 > 0:00:26So, are you on your marks and ready to get set, go?
0:00:26 > 0:00:28I was kind of like a rubber band.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Like ready to go.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31He is!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Have you ever wondered what it would have been like
0:00:35 > 0:00:38to be on the same team as your favourite celebs
0:00:38 > 0:00:39when they were your age?
0:00:40 > 0:00:42What top tunes did they train to?
0:00:42 > 0:00:46And what were their favourite TV sports shows?
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Because despite the sporting success they've achieved,
0:00:48 > 0:00:53once they were a kid, with a dream just like you.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57This show finds out what sports days were like for your favourite celebs
0:00:57 > 0:00:59as we ask them to become 12 Again.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05From Olympic heroes
0:01:05 > 0:01:08to football legends,
0:01:08 > 0:01:12not to mention actors, musicians and presenters,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15they've all donned their kit, done their warm-up exercises
0:01:15 > 0:01:18and tried their sporting best.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20So let's find out what your favourite stars
0:01:20 > 0:01:22remember about their sporting past.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29I think, by about 12 years old,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31I was doing lots and lots of different things.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34When I got onto a playing field or was in a gymnastics club,
0:01:34 > 0:01:35I was in my element.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38When I was 12, I was a very sporty child.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I absolutely loved every sport going.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43I loved going out on my BMX bike after school,
0:01:43 > 0:01:46playing football with my mates at lunchtime.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48I just remember being really active.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50When I was 12, I loved sports.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53I spent most weeknights in the gymnasium.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57I loved hockey, loved netball, played tennis.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I was never the best at it, but I was in every team.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Generally, when it came to sport,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05even though I do say so myself, I was pretty good!
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I loved football. Oh, I loved football!
0:02:08 > 0:02:12I still love sports, but when I was 12... Wow!
0:02:12 > 0:02:16I could not get enough of sports!
0:02:16 > 0:02:19I just think back to sports as being cold and muddy and wet,
0:02:19 > 0:02:20you know, that was it.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22I'm with you on that one, Wazza!
0:02:23 > 0:02:25So that's what our celebs thought about sport,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27but which ones did they like the best?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30I used to love cross country at school cos we used to have to
0:02:30 > 0:02:32run into a wood and this massive lap round a lake
0:02:32 > 0:02:34and then back round and I remember
0:02:34 > 0:02:35I used to just tear it off really quick.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38I did everything possible.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Most of the time was taken up with gymnastics.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42I'd be doing it probably five days a week
0:02:42 > 0:02:44and I'd go every day after school.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Blimey! that looks painful.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51I was either encouraged to take part in sports I didn't want to do
0:02:51 > 0:02:55or prevented from doing sports I did want to do.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56The long jump.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Ridiculous.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I used to jump from the line, you'd run up and jump.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03I never used to reach the sand.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I was a rhythmic gymnast,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08with the ribbon, the ball, the hoop and the rope.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10It was all choreographed to music
0:03:10 > 0:03:12and I would run about with my ribbon.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17The thing I did want to do but wasn't allowed to do was cricket.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19They thought it was too dangerous.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21"If somebody bowls the ball down,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23"it's going to bounce the height of your head,"
0:03:23 > 0:03:25so I had to do the scoring instead,
0:03:25 > 0:03:26which was mind-numbing.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29We are completely different when it comes to sport.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Yeah. I used to do karate though.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36- Under four foot four national karate champion!- Twice!
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Hya!
0:03:37 > 0:03:39I hated rugby. Two reasons -
0:03:39 > 0:03:43the ball's a weird shape and the blokes are massive.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47I was captain of the hockey team and took that way too seriously.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50My friends thought it was a bit of a laugh and I felt it was not a laugh
0:03:50 > 0:03:54and if they thought it was a laugh, they shouldn't be on the team,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56so they didn't last long on the team!
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Helen Skelton, you need to calm yourself down, love!
0:04:02 > 0:04:04But for young Sarah who was born without
0:04:04 > 0:04:06a fully functioning left hand,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08it was her determination to succeed that meant
0:04:08 > 0:04:11she excelled at sport from an early age.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I was always one of the best netball players in the school.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18I played goal attack, so when kids first met me, they'd look at me
0:04:18 > 0:04:21and think, "She might not be able to throw and catch the ball properly,"
0:04:21 > 0:04:24but actually, I was the best person for catching that lob pass.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28You'd keep it away from the defender and then inevitably score a goal.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32And scoring goals was also a passion for young footie-mad Fabrice.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35At school, I just loved football.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39You know, lunchtime, break time, after school.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Fabrice was born in Zaire, in Africa but his father was forced to leave
0:04:43 > 0:04:47the country because of his political beliefs during the war in 1994.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52His dad was granted asylum in the UK in 1999.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Soon after, Fabrice and his family joined him
0:04:54 > 0:04:57and it was his love of football that helped 12-year-old Fabrice
0:04:57 > 0:04:58settle into his new home.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Because I was good, everybody kind of noticed me,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05so everybody tried to speak to me.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08It gave me freedom to go and express myself.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11But his passion for footie sometimes got him in trouble.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Each year, I would go through about three pairs of shoes
0:05:14 > 0:05:17cos I would play football with my shoes
0:05:17 > 0:05:18and my dad became very angry at me.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21"I told you! Play with your trainers!"
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I forgot. I just got too excited.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25And football-obsessed Fabrice
0:05:25 > 0:05:28collected more than just tellings off from his dad.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I had quite a lot of stickers, loads of stickers.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I used to have this book where you had to
0:05:34 > 0:05:37match every single team with the players in there.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40They were my pride and joy. I really enjoyed it.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44And whether our celebs loved sport, like young Fabrice, or hated it,
0:05:44 > 0:05:49there was always one day each year when there was no escaping it.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Sports day at secondary school, for me,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- was horrendous.- Brilliant!
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Primary school was great.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01Do a little sprint with an egg on a spoon. Yeah, I'll do that.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Why was it bad at secondary school?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Because you had to do proper sport.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10And while Nixon was running scared, Rhodes was revelling in it.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13I loved it! I absolutely loved it!
0:06:13 > 0:06:17I really liked the throwing events cos I was quite good at that.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20I loved the long jump.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23I liked that cos I thought that the sand was really cool,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26it made me feel like I was on a beach.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Er, there's no sea, Nina.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I think Fabrice has a better idea of what it was all about.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35You get to compete against everybody in your year group
0:06:35 > 0:06:38and you should try to figure out who is the best,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41who is the fastest, who is the strongest.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45For our wannabe Olympians, sports day was their chance to shine.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49School sports day, I think, was my one chance to dominate
0:06:49 > 0:06:52and try and show off my ability.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53I was always faster than everyone else,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55so for me it was just a chance to show off really.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59And I've never stopped, I just kept running round that track!
0:06:59 > 0:07:01I'd do every event I possibly could.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03One year, I tried to run in the boys' race.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Unfortunately for me, someone spotted the ponytail
0:07:05 > 0:07:08in the middle of the pack of boys and I wasn't allowed to race.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11They literally stood in front of me to stop me starting.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14I even had the school record for javelin at one point.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15I think it was 33 metres.
0:07:15 > 0:07:2033 metres?! That's like 33...one metres!
0:07:20 > 0:07:24That was my one moment to shine and I used to love sports days.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31And for our future Olympic heroes, school domination wasn't enough.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34They were already starting to compete at national level.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37The highlight of my life when I was 12 was BMX racing.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42OK, fact fans, bicycle motocross first became popular in the 1970s
0:07:42 > 0:07:47and it involves tanking around a track at top speed.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50My mum and dad got me a second-hand bike.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52I came second in a national championships that year
0:07:52 > 0:07:55and I ended up travelling round the world.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57I went to two world championships,
0:07:57 > 0:07:59both of which I crashed really badly.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Oh, that looks painful!
0:08:00 > 0:08:04But for me it was just the first time in my life as a young boy
0:08:04 > 0:08:08that I began to realise what sport was all about,
0:08:08 > 0:08:11what nerves were, getting nervous before a race,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15what determination was like, knowing if I REALLY tried, I'd do well.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Iwan's right - there's no shortcut to success...
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Unless you are that bloke! What are you playing at, mate?!
0:08:20 > 0:08:22If it hadn't been for my BMX-ing,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I wouldn't have been a professional athlete. No way.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28And while young Iwan was pedalling to the top,
0:08:28 > 0:08:3112-year-old Sarah was busy with her backstroke.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34As a 12-year-old, I was very much focused on the fact
0:08:34 > 0:08:38that I just wanted to be an international athlete.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41These days Sarah is best known for her victories in the velodrome,
0:08:41 > 0:08:45but she began her Paralympic career in the pool.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48I started my professional swimming training at ten.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51By the time I was 12, I was training every day
0:08:51 > 0:08:52and I just wanted to be an Olympian,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55I just wanted to compete for my country and see what it was like
0:08:55 > 0:08:58and hopefully win a gold medal. That was my big aim.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01I didn't even know the Paralympic Games existed
0:09:01 > 0:09:02until 1990, when I was 12.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06It was kind of like a light bulb year for me and focused me towards
0:09:06 > 0:09:09the chance to compete in the Barcelona Paralympics in '92.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14And compete she did, winning two gold, three silver and a bronze.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18It's amazing to think, I guess, that as a 12-year-old, I was so driven
0:09:18 > 0:09:20to know exactly what I wanted to do.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23I was very much focused on being in sport.
0:09:23 > 0:09:29And Sarah wasn't the only one - young Louis was just as determined.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32When I was 12, I remember looking at some school work.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36It said, "When I grow up," and then I had to fill out what the answer was.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39I actually put, "I want to be a famous gymnast."
0:09:39 > 0:09:43And having been diagnosed with ADHD when he was seven,
0:09:43 > 0:09:44sport really helped Louis.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50ADHD is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52You suffer with paying attention to things
0:09:52 > 0:09:55and also being very hyperactive.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Kind of like...
0:09:57 > 0:09:58a rubber band.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Like, ready to go.
0:10:00 > 0:10:06Sport gave me a way to channel myself and to control ADHD
0:10:06 > 0:10:10and to really focus on, you know, understanding it and dealing with it.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14And in 2008, Louis became the first British Gymnast
0:10:14 > 0:10:18to win an individual Olympic medal for 100 years. Good work, fella.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23So those were the sporting memories of our 12-year-old celebs,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26and what tunes inspired them to be champions?
0:10:26 > 0:10:29# Don't stop me, don't stop me... #
0:10:29 > 0:10:31If you're looking for a band who churns out
0:10:31 > 0:10:36sporting anthem after anthem after anthem, it's got to be Queen.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Formed over 40 years ago, in 1971,
0:10:40 > 0:10:44stadium-rock superstars Queen led by Freddie Mercury
0:10:44 > 0:10:47are one of the biggest-selling bands of all time.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50But what are Queen's best sporting anthems?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52It would have to be Don't Stop Me Now.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54# Don't stop me now
0:10:54 > 0:10:56# I'm having such a good time
0:10:56 > 0:10:58# I'm having a ball... #
0:10:58 > 0:11:00You can do any sport to that song.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03# ..If you wanna have a good time Just give me a call... #
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Under Pressure.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07# Under pressure that burns a building down
0:11:07 > 0:11:10# Splits a family in two... #
0:11:10 > 0:11:15- Another One Bites The Dust by Queen. - If you've lost.- Yeah.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17# Another one bites the dust
0:11:17 > 0:11:19# And another one gone And another one gone
0:11:19 > 0:11:21# Another one bites the dust... #
0:11:21 > 0:11:24No matter what you're doing, you can put any Queen track on
0:11:24 > 0:11:26and it will help you train and become a champion.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28And there's one Queen song
0:11:28 > 0:11:32that's become THE sing-a-long soundtrack for sporting success.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37# We are the champions, my friend... #
0:11:37 > 0:11:40While you're cooling down, you're stretching.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43BOTH: # We'll keep on fighting
0:11:43 > 0:11:45# Till the end Ba na now
0:11:45 > 0:11:47# Bom bom bom bom
0:11:47 > 0:11:50# We are the champions... # Higher.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54# ..We are the champions
0:11:54 > 0:11:57# No time for losers cos we... #
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- Basically, they've got all the events covered.- Yeah!
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- Really.- True.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Don't Stop Me Now while you're doing it.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Under Pressure while you're getting to the finish line.- Yeah.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Another One Bites The Dust if you lose
0:12:09 > 0:12:11and if you win, We Are The Champions.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Job's a good 'un. Well done, Freddie Mercury.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17But sport and music don't always mix.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Sports stars become pop stars. Wow, does that not work!
0:12:21 > 0:12:23No it does not, Barney, and here's some proof.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26First up, England's catchy 1982 World Cup song.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28# We'll get it right
0:12:30 > 0:12:32# This time... #
0:12:32 > 0:12:37Lovely jumpers, guys, and they were at it again in 1986.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40# We've got the whole world at our feet
0:12:40 > 0:12:44# There's not a single team that we can't beat... #
0:12:44 > 0:12:46But not all the England squad records are bad,
0:12:46 > 0:12:48there has been one exception.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- World In Motion.- It's a good song.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52# Got the world in motion
0:12:52 > 0:12:56# And I know what we can do... #
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Written for England's 1990 World Cup campaign,
0:12:59 > 0:13:03World In Motion saw mega Manchester band New Order
0:13:03 > 0:13:05team up with the stars of the England squad.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09It's a bit like if, say David Beckham decided to hook up with
0:13:09 > 0:13:13One Direction or Justin Bieber or someone like that.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15It topped the charts
0:13:15 > 0:13:18and I think it's one of the coolest records ever.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22You've got the England team singing in tune
0:13:22 > 0:13:24and it's a good tune and then
0:13:24 > 0:13:28what do you do? You introduce a rap star. And who is this rap star?
0:13:28 > 0:13:31None other than the legend that is John Barnes.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33RAPS: You've got to hold or give
0:13:33 > 0:13:35But do it at the right time
0:13:35 > 0:13:37You can be slow or fast
0:13:37 > 0:13:39But you must get to the line...
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Part-time rapper and full-time football legend John Barnes
0:13:42 > 0:13:46played for England 79 times, and was one of the biggest names
0:13:46 > 0:13:48in the game throughout the '80s and '90s.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51It was truly something special, something to behold
0:13:51 > 0:13:54and something that we'll all never forget.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56# We're singing for England... #
0:13:56 > 0:13:59And I think that might be the only one, really,
0:13:59 > 0:14:04in the history - ever - of sports stars singing songs that worked.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08You could be right, Barney. Check this one out.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Footballers shouldn't sing power ballads.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Diamond Lights.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19# Eyes that freeze like ice
0:14:19 > 0:14:23# Cold electric blue Those diamond lights... #
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- What a song that was! - Was it a song about football?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- No.- Was it for like a World Cup or anything?
0:14:28 > 0:14:30- No, no!- So these are people who played football...- Yeah.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- ..and just wanted to release a power ballad?- Yeah.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Sam, it's the cringiest thing you've ever seen.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Hoddle and Waddle were both England football legends
0:14:39 > 0:14:43when they launched their short-lived pop career back in 1987.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45I just remember their mullets really.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47There was some good hair back in the day.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Some good footballers had some good barnets.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Like, it was so bad, it was fantastic.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53# ..Diamond, I love you... #
0:14:53 > 0:14:54And Chris Waddle, you know the one
0:14:54 > 0:14:58- who missed the penalty in the 1990 World Cup?- No, but carry on.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03Well, he did, but Chris Waddle was just swaying from side to side.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Glenn Hoddle sang it all!
0:15:05 > 0:15:08# ..Oh, darling... #
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Despite the dodgy jackets and questionable hairstyles...
0:15:11 > 0:15:14# ..Diamond, Diamond lights... #
0:15:14 > 0:15:18..synth-pop ballad Diamond Lights reached the heady heights
0:15:18 > 0:15:23of number 12 in the UK singles charts. Back of the net!
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Hoddle and Waddle were just childhood heroes,
0:15:26 > 0:15:27growing up, on the football pitch.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30I ignored the singing part of it.
0:15:30 > 0:15:36Still to come, we find out what sporty TV shows our celebs enjoyed.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38There'd be these big obstacle courses.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41You'd then run back, tag your team, the next person would go.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43You can't act that.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45- You can't act that. - But you can.- You can.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48It's a game show, but for all of the family
0:15:48 > 0:15:50and chances are, one of you will know the answer.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51That's why it's a good show.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55But first, what sporting moments had a lasting impact on our stars?
0:15:55 > 0:15:59I think just before I was 12, we had the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.
0:15:59 > 0:16:07The Olympics are always big news and back in 2000, it was Sydney's turn.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09I remember watching some of the greats like Alexei Nemov.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14Russian gymnastics legend Alexei Nemov was one of the superstars
0:16:14 > 0:16:16of his sport for nearly a decade.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Wow!
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Alexei Nemov is classed as probably
0:16:20 > 0:16:22one of the best all-round gymnasts that ever lived.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24- COMMENTATOR:- Immaculate so far.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26He was a very stylish gymnast.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29He made it look effortless.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Lovely extension!
0:16:31 > 0:16:34And it's very unique to have someone so good at all the apparatus.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37A double pike! Super landing!
0:16:37 > 0:16:39He was at his peak at the Sydney Olympics,
0:16:39 > 0:16:45where he won an impressive haul of two gold, a silver and three bronze.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48In total, he won 12 Olympic medals in his career,
0:16:48 > 0:16:52making him one of the most successful gymnasts ever.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54And his incredible performances were an inspiration
0:16:54 > 0:16:57for aspiring young gymnast, Louis.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59I was watching Alexei Nemov do things that
0:16:59 > 0:17:03I was starting to learn and I could relate and I could think to myself,
0:17:03 > 0:17:05"Oh, Mum, look, I'm trying to do that at the minute,"
0:17:05 > 0:17:08and it was always at the back of my mind that the Olympic Games
0:17:08 > 0:17:09was the ultimate,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12it was always the thing that I wanted to go to.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Then you start setting yourself smaller, realistic goals
0:17:15 > 0:17:18and obviously, six or seven years down the line,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21the Olympic Games became a very real possibility
0:17:21 > 0:17:25and that's when long-term goals start becoming more realistic.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30And from a Russian legend...
0:17:30 > 0:17:32to a battling Brit.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35In just under three hours' time, a pair of thick spectacles
0:17:35 > 0:17:38should hurtle down a ski slope in Canada.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Eddie Edwards. Eddie The Eagle.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43In the 1988 Winter Olympics,
0:17:43 > 0:17:47ex-plasterer Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards
0:17:47 > 0:17:49shot to fame as an unlikely hero.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52He had these big bottle-top glasses,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55a little bit geeky if you don't mind me saying,
0:17:55 > 0:17:56but Britain loved him!
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Eddie started out as a downhill skier,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00but switched to ski-jumping
0:18:00 > 0:18:03to ensure his place in the Olympic team.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- NEWSREADER:- He's the only Briton prepared to have a go
0:18:06 > 0:18:08at this most dangerous of events.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11But because there was no ski slopes, or actual snow,
0:18:11 > 0:18:13in Eddie's hometown of Cheltenham,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16his training methods were odd to say the least.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19He was the first British ski-jumper that we had
0:18:19 > 0:18:22and he was the most famous too. Not just because he was the first,
0:18:22 > 0:18:24but because he was pretty bad as well!
0:18:24 > 0:18:27It was almost like he got on the wrong bus and just turned up.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29"I'll have a go. What's the worst that could happen?"
0:18:29 > 0:18:32What's the worst that could happen?! Worst that could happen?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34I don't know... This?!
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- NEWSREADER:- But he shrugged off his injuries
0:18:36 > 0:18:38to take part in these Olympics
0:18:38 > 0:18:41and no competitor in Calgary will get more support
0:18:41 > 0:18:44than Cheltenham's Eddie Edwards.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48And on the big day, the plucky Brit flew as far as he could...
0:18:48 > 0:18:50CHEERING
0:18:50 > 0:18:53..but sadly finished last.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57I think we loved him because he just gave it a go.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00He tried his best and did the best that he could do
0:19:00 > 0:19:03for our country, so I was behind him.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07And the Eagle wasn't the only have-a-go hero in 1988.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Competing at the very same games were the Jamaican bob sleigh team.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Coming from a tropical country not exactly known for its snow,
0:19:15 > 0:19:19the fearless foursome were always going to be underdogs.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22They even had to borrow a sled to take part.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30Then in 2000 there was swimmer Eric "The Eel" Moussambani.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35Representing Equatorial Guinea, he'd never actually swum in a proper pool
0:19:35 > 0:19:38until two months before the games.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Eric floundered his way to the finish,
0:19:40 > 0:19:42but lost out overall.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Nice try, though, Eric.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47And arguably the king of have-a-go heroes
0:19:47 > 0:19:52is Brit sprinter Derek Redmond in the 1992 Olympics.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Plucky Derek pulled his hamstring in the 400m semifinal,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59but he didn't give up and with the help of his dad,
0:19:59 > 0:20:01he managed to limp over the line.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- COMMENTATOR:- He's won nothing but admiration.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10His courage made him a national hero just like Eddie four years earlier.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15Yep, we love an underdog, and back in 1988 when The Eagle flew home,
0:20:15 > 0:20:19he was mobbed by hordes of adoring fans.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22He was followed everywhere by a German television crew
0:20:22 > 0:20:24who are making a special documentary about him
0:20:24 > 0:20:27and the Americans want to make a film about his life story.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Blimey, imagine if he'd actually won!
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I think we all love a trier and even if he didn't do very well,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35repeatedly, he would still get onto the ski slope
0:20:35 > 0:20:37and give it everything he's got.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40He's a real ambassador for the sport, for any sport.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43And what a great name for somebody who couldn't fly!
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Still to come, we get top sporting tips from our celebs...
0:20:48 > 0:20:50It's important not to worry if other people say,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52"You can't do that cos you've only got one hand," or,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54"You'll never be able to do that."
0:20:54 > 0:20:56If you believe in something, stick to it.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59..and find out what they would say to their 12-year-old selves.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01If you'd asked me at 12 years old,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04"Do you think you can win an Olympic medal?"
0:21:04 > 0:21:06my answer would probably be, "Why not?"
0:21:06 > 0:21:09But first, let's find out what sporty TV shows
0:21:09 > 0:21:12our stars tuned into when they were kids.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18I used to love, LOVE A Question Of Sport.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22A Question Of Sport has been on our screens for well over 40 years.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Hello and welcome to A Question Of Sport.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Every week, two teams of top sporting names
0:21:28 > 0:21:30mix battle with banter
0:21:30 > 0:21:33to see who has the best sporting knowledge.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Oh, look, it's our Sarah!
0:21:35 > 0:21:37One of the great things about A Question Of Sport
0:21:37 > 0:21:39was that you did get to see the athletes
0:21:39 > 0:21:41outside the context of their normal environment.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43You got to see them doing silly things or see
0:21:43 > 0:21:46if they were any good at answering questions on their own sport.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Which British man won four cycling golds at the 2008 Paralympics?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- Darren Kenny.- Yes. Well done.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Good work, Sarah.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Sport brings people together, as we know.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00You can sit down and watch that show and all have something to answer.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03And everyone has their favourite rounds.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06My favourite part of the show was the Mystery Guest part.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10The Mystery Guest round is where you have to try and guess
0:22:10 > 0:22:14the identity of a top sports person from just a few clues.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15OK, so who's this?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18It's, erm... Oh, I know this one!
0:22:18 > 0:22:22- Becky Adlington?- Let's see.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25It's Becky Adlington! I'm very good at this game!
0:22:27 > 0:22:29That was pretty fun.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32What Happens Next was a classic.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34What Happened Next is when they freeze the action
0:22:34 > 0:22:37just as something hilarious is about to happen
0:22:37 > 0:22:41and you have to guess... what happened next.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45OK, Tuffers, for your team, it's ladies' European golf,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47but what happened next?
0:22:47 > 0:22:51When she drops the ball, she's got to play it from where it lands.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Yeah, so I reckon it bounces up and lands in the buggy
0:22:54 > 0:22:56and he drives off with it.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Erm, not quite.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Off he goes. Just watch out for that...
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Never mind.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08And it's not just the clips that are hilarious.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Over more than 1,000 episodes, the show has proved that
0:23:11 > 0:23:14the stars might know loads about sport,
0:23:14 > 0:23:16but not a great deal about fashion...
0:23:16 > 0:23:18especially in the '80s.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Just look at the panel of A Question Of Sport at that time.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25- Just awful.- Mullet, 'tache, jumper.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Despite the fashion faux pas,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30it's now the longest-running TV quiz show in the UK,
0:23:30 > 0:23:33so why does Barney think it's still going strong?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36It's a game show for all the family and chances are,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39one of you will know the answer. That's why it's a good show.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Very good point, Barney, and now from A Question Of Sport
0:23:42 > 0:23:44to a questionable sport.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46When I was 12, the big TV show
0:23:46 > 0:23:49we'd watch on a Saturday was live wrestling.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51British wrestling was a hugely popular
0:23:51 > 0:23:54TV sport in the 1970s and '80s
0:23:54 > 0:23:56and many of its stars became household names.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Giant Haystacks - massive bloke.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Big, massive, long beard. Really big,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04he must have been about 40 stone.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Er, 42 stone, to be exact, Mark.
0:24:07 > 0:24:13That's 266kg - the weight of two baby elephants.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15He was the baddie, by the way, Giant Haystacks.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20So you had to have a friendly guy - Big Daddy.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22CHEERING
0:24:22 > 0:24:25And he had a massive pot belly and I thought, "How can he be a sportsman?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27"How do you train for that? Just eat?"
0:24:27 > 0:24:30They had really rubbish outfits. Big Daddy had this leotard
0:24:30 > 0:24:32with "Big Daddy" written on it,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35but then I wouldn't mess with him!
0:24:35 > 0:24:38With these larger-than-life blokes in leotards,
0:24:38 > 0:24:42the action often seemed more panto than proper sport,
0:24:42 > 0:24:45so was it real or rehearsed?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I still don't know if it was real. I think it was real.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49If somebody told me wrestling was not real,
0:24:49 > 0:24:54I would have gone, "It was real when I saw it on Saturday afternoon..."
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- Yeah.- "..when somebody belly-flopped someone else."
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- You can't act that. - You can't act that.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00- But you can.- You can.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02These bonkers on-screen antics
0:25:02 > 0:25:05entertained legions of grapple fans for decades,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08but the end was nigh and British wrestling
0:25:08 > 0:25:12finally disappeared from our screens in 1988.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Maybe they should bring that back.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15- No, it's terrible.- Right.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18But I used to love it.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20So Mark was giggling at grappling granddads,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23but what was Louis watching?
0:25:23 > 0:25:26I do remember a few shows on TV.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29I think one of them was called 50/50.
0:25:29 > 0:25:3550/50 was a kids' game show that ran from 1997 to 2005.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39This is 50/50, the show that boldly goes
0:25:39 > 0:25:41where no other game show dares to go.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43As the title suggests,
0:25:43 > 0:25:4750 kids from one school would compete against 50 kids from another
0:25:47 > 0:25:52in challenges that involved much messing about on giant inflatables.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54There'd be like a relay-type game.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Go!
0:25:55 > 0:25:58And there'd be these big obstacle courses
0:25:58 > 0:26:00and a ball that you'd have to shoot into a hole
0:26:00 > 0:26:02at the end for different points
0:26:02 > 0:26:06and you'd then run back, tag your team and the next person would go.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07I was always that kid that liked
0:26:07 > 0:26:10different things and different activities
0:26:10 > 0:26:13and I'd have loved to go on a show like that!
0:26:13 > 0:26:16So those were our celebs' sporting TV memories,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18but as the final whistle approaches,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21what wise sporting words can they offer?
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I think sport gives you much more than a cramp.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28I think you actually learn how to be part of a team.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30You learn how you can focus.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33From the age of 12, I think I began to understand
0:26:33 > 0:26:36what competition meant to me inside
0:26:36 > 0:26:40and how determined and hard-working you've got to be to do well.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42And what would they say to their 12-year-old selves?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44You ask me at 12 years old,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47"Do you think you can win an Olympic medal in gymnastics?"
0:26:47 > 0:26:50my answer would probably be, "Why not?"
0:26:50 > 0:26:52If I could tell my 12-year-old self now,
0:26:52 > 0:26:54"Within 12 years, you'll have an Olympic medal,"
0:26:54 > 0:26:57I'd have said, "Don't be so stupid. What's the Olympics?"
0:26:57 > 0:27:00If I can go back to being 12 again,
0:27:00 > 0:27:03one thing I would change would probably be
0:27:03 > 0:27:08wear my trainers more often because I used to ruin a lot of shoes.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10I think if you do have an impairment of some description,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12or a disability that affects your day-to-day life,
0:27:12 > 0:27:14everybody has a way round it
0:27:14 > 0:27:17and I think it's important not to worry if other people say,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20"You can't do that because you've only got one hand,"
0:27:20 > 0:27:21or, "You'll never be able to do that."
0:27:21 > 0:27:23If you believe in something, stick to it
0:27:23 > 0:27:25because you'll have the last laugh.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28I never dreamt I'd become an Olympic athlete when I was 12.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Make sure you enjoy everything that you do
0:27:30 > 0:27:32because you only get one chance, whatever age you are,
0:27:32 > 0:27:34so you might as well enjoy it
0:27:34 > 0:27:36and do whatever you're doing with a smile on your face.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39So what have we learnt?
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Whatever you do, don't try this at home.
0:27:45 > 0:27:46Ouch!
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Never let this man drive your buggy.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01And what is Sam and Mark's ideal outfit for a Saturday night out?
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Mullet, 'tache, jumper.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05Strong look, guys.