Cars, Hot Pots and Wooden Tub Racing All Over the Place

Are you ready for an amazing adventure?

Then join Ed Petrie and his CBBC mates...

-Spud me, bruv.

-Yes.

..on a bonkers and brilliant journey around...

Asia. Asia. Asia.

It's going to be epic. Wow!

-Ooh!

-So there.

Let's do this.

We've got loads of brain-boggling facts to tell you about.

Welcome to All Over The Place.

-Can I watch it?

-You're in it.

We'll take part in some of Asia's

most spectacular and craziest events.

How far is the sea?

I'm coming to get you.

So, are you ready to go...

# All over the place

# All over the place

# North, south, east, west On a bizarre quest

# Me and my mates, all over the place!

# It's true what you've heard, everything is absurd

# Whatever we do is strange but true!

# All over the place

# All over the place

# Bet you didn't know this stuff was in the UK

-# But it turns up...

-# ..all over the place! #

You said you were going to surprise me with a brand-new

All Over The Place car.

I'm hoping for something safe and reliable

with efficient fuel consumption at a competitive price.

Ed, it's perfect.

This is the best car that's a world.

Do you mean the best car IN the world?

Ed, look. This car is a real all-rounder.

Oh, of course. It's a giant globe on wheels.

I know, right. It's brilliant. Scotland's round the other side.

HE GROWLS

All right, don't get your knickers in a twist. Practical Petrie.

Look, there's plenty more cars inside and I'm sure we can

find you the car of your dreams.

Please, sir, come with me.

See, Ed? Loads of cars.

Just pick one.

OK. I guess I'll have this pinky-purpley one.

-Not that one.

-Oh, OK.

-The blue one.

-No.

-The green?

-No.

Not that one.

The yellow? Let me guess. No.

You see, the problem is, Ed,

all these cars actually belong to the Rainbow Sheikh.

Do you know why he's called the Rainbow Sheikh?

Because he owns cars all the colours of the rainbow?

Do you know him? You'll know where he is.

I can't find him anywhere.

-Sheikh?

-Mr Sheikh?

Sheikh?

I don't think he's here. Do you know what that means?

We've got this place all to ourselves.

We can have any car we choose.

-BOTH:

-Let's burn rubber.

And there's plenty of rubber to burn.

His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan al Nahyan -

AKA the Rainbow Sheikh -

has a car collection so huge

that he opened the Emirates National Auto Museum in Abu Dhabi

to show off his amazing vehicles.

-AMERICAN ACCENT:

-Hey, buddy? Where do you want to go?

-AMERICAN ACCENT:

-Hello? Taxi for Iain!

Getting a licence to drive a New York taxi can cost up to

1,000,000 English pounds.

Get out of here!

And you can only drive it in New York City, so you get out of here.

Taxi for me.

THEY IMITATE CARS

Ed, you said you like convertibles, right?

-Yes.

-And you need something big for your hideous beanstalk friend?

-I certainly do.

-Well, say hello to my massive friend.

-Wow!

-Willy's Jeep!

6.4 metres tall,

400% bigger than a regular World War II vehicle,

there's plenty of space to stretch out your legs and allow the wind to

-blow through your hair.

-I'll take it.

I'll need bigger hands, but I can sort that out later.

What side of the road do I drive on?

-Both of them.

-Oh...

Sounds a bit dangerous.

Yeah.

THEY IMITATE CARS

Well, Iain, you are officially the world's worst used car salesman

-but I am having a lovely time.

-What? You wanted a new car?

You should have said.

I'll just enter an automobile-based game show to win

you a new car. Boop.

I won't be a minute.

Hello and welcome to Play Your Cars Right.

Let's meet today's contestant, Enn.

Hello, Enn.

It's Iain, Iain.

Exactly. Enn.

The rules of the game are simple.

I'm going to describe a car.

You have to find that car.

Find the right car, and you win a car.

Seems too good to be true.

Yes, it does, doesn't it?

Carl Benz invented the first motor car in 1885.

Clever boy. There's a replica of it somewhere in the museum.

Give you a clue, it's got three wheels.

Can you count to three? You are a TV presenter.

-So are you.

-No, I'm a game show man.

Hurry up.

One, two, three.

I found it! I've got it!

Oh, turns out you can count to three.

How surprising.

You're one step closer to winning that actual car.

This next car is a real star.

Oh. You'll have to look hard to find it

but it's not in a galaxy far, far away.

Star Wars pun!

It's a Star Wars car!

I've got it. It's got a mural on it.

-Maybe you'll have to use the Force.

-The car's there. I can see the car.

Let's C-3PO if you can find it.

It's right there.

R2-D2 you ready for this?

I'm telling you... The Star Wars, car is...

I can see the car.

Oh, oh, yes. Oh, right. That is it.

So, have I won my car yet?

No, there's another question.

You've got to find a "wheelie" big vehicle.

You've got to give me a better clue than that.

No.

Yes! I found it. I've actually found it.

I found it.

Congratulations.

This is the car I was thinking of.

It's a whopper.

And that means you've won an actual car.

An actual car! I've won a car!

HE IMITATES CAR

Yes.

I've won a car!

All you have to do to collect your prize is thank our collector,

the Rainbow Sheikh, in person.

But he's not here today.

Oh, that's a shame. You've lost.

Goodbye.

Hi. I'm Bill Beefy.

Do you feel secure?

Yeah, totally.

-Look behind you.

-Ahhh!

There's nothing there.

You can protect yourself from foolish surprises like that

with this, the Samurai Security System.

It does look pretty cool.

And they even come with a code of honour

to prevent them behaving like this...

The tickle monster is coming for you, Johny.

Run!

Ahhh!

The Samurai Security System is what he needs.

You do protect against tickle monsters, don't you?

Oh.

Samurai were powerful, fearless Japanese warriors

who first appeared in the 12th century.

They usually worked for a local lord

and followed a code of honour called Bushido,

or the way of the warrior.

Some Samurai were very high up in Japanese society and were allowed to

build swanky homes to live in.

I bet they'd be really popular if they ever went up for sale.

Hello, I'm in Kakunodate in the Akita region of north-west Japan.

Home to some fine samurai properties.

I'm here to see the Aoyagi Samurai Manor house

here on this quiet street.

As you can see, there's plenty of space for parking your

samurai warrior horse. And look at that lovely front gate.

Sure to be admired by your samurai neighbours.

So, let's look inside.

Well, the garden is not a bad sight at all. And from the inside,

you can really see the beauty of that Yakuimon gate.

It's a big gate because gates were a symbol of how important you were.

Here is another very important person.

It's the man who bought the house at auction. Hello.

Hello?

Well, you bought this house at auction for a very large price tag.

No, I didn't. I just bought my entrance ticket for 500 yen.

Around £3.60? What a bargain. Are you pleased with your purchase?

I don't know yet. I haven't looked around.

Well, I've got a great idea. Let's have a look around.

So, here we are at the main house and now that you own the property,

I just wanted to get a feel of what you intended to do with it.

I told you, I've only bought a ticket to have a look around.

Great. And that dated thatched roof, bit of a fire hazard.

What are you talking about?

This is one of the best preserved samurai houses in Japan.

Really good point. Stick a satellite dish up there.

Now these mats and sliding doors really scream modernisation to me.

Maybe open it up and turn it into a TV room.

These are traditional Japanese tatami mats.

They're so normal in Japan

they're used as a standard unit of measurement.

And these sliding doors are great.

Why would anyone want to get rid of these?

Well, it sounds like you've got really big plans for this place

and that's great.

So, quite an interesting collection of armour

and dangerous-looking things in here.

Not very child-friendly.

Did you know all this was going to be here?

Yes, I went on the website to find out what I could see here.

-And now it's all yours.

-No, it isn't.

I imagine you're just going to pull it all out,

put a nice little kitchen in there,

get some newer, better kitchen knives.

These are katana! Traditional samurai swords.

They were definitely not used for cutting vegetables.

And you can't use them anyway, they're very dangerous and very old.

I think this could be really cutting edge.

Have we heard about all your plans or is there anything you'd like to

get rid of now that you've seen the place?

Yeah, there is, actually. You!

-Goodbye.

-Great.

Oh, I'm so glad he's gone,

thanks to the Samurai Security System.

I just hope he doesn't

go annoying the other samurai neighbours.

Hiya! I mean HIYAH!

We are samurai warriors.

Really?

And I just thought you were the two scruffs from next door

who are always trying to nick my food.

-Who us? No.

-No.

We are samurai from ancient Japan.

-Yes.

-Now give us a sausage.

Or two.

All right. If you're real samurai warriors

then let's hear a poem.

THEY GIBBER BOTH: Poem?!

Yes. The samurai weren't just warriors, you know?

They were into all sorts of things.

Meditation, gardening, painting, poetry...

Have a listen, Dodge. You know Dodge, this is Dodge here.

-Hello!

-He is the poetical one.

-What, me?

-Yeah. Go on, Dodge.

Tell this man that poem what you wrote.

-You what?

-You know, that poem you wrote about the...

..garden gnome.

Oh, garden gnome

You look so at...home?

Home.

Fishing without a care

But I bet you wouldn't be smiling if you knew what I did in there.

Oh, really.

So, can we come in, then?

No, I'm sorry. If you were a real samurai, where's your kabuto?

You want to see my kabuto?

Well, you asked for it.

No.

In combat, samurai warriors wore helmets called kabuto.

Oh.

But of course,

being samurai warriors yourselves - you knew all that already.

-Hiyaaa!

-Hiyaa!

Come to the dark side, Luke.

Hang on a minute, what are you doing?

We're pretending to be samurai warriors not Darth Vader.

I knew it.

You're not samurai at all.

-Now, go on. Go on, shoo, shoo.

-No, wait, no.

-Actually,

-I think you'll find Darth Vader

-is

-a samurai warrior.

-Yes.

-No, he's not.

He's the baddie from Star Wars.

Yes, and Star Wars creator George Lucas got his inspiration for

Darth Vader's costume from watching samurai warrior films,

but of course being an expert in samurai warriors,

I guess you'd already know that.

Oh, all right, all right.

Just one sausage.

BOTH: Hooray! Woohoo!

Hey, Hacks!

May the sauce be with you!

THEY LAUGH

No, no. I meant one sausage between you.

No, no, no, no. No-one said anything about burgers! Give it here!

COMMOTION AND CLATTER

BOTH: Ohhh! Listen to me.

# In Abhaneri, which is near Jaipur

# Is this amazing place, but what's it for?

# Well, listen up, there's a tale to tell

# Of the incredible Chand Baori stepwell

# A structure built into the ground

# At the bottom of which, water can be found

# Built by King Chanda, no less

# And you'll find it in the city of brightness

# Hey, Ed, hey, Ed, no more waiting

-# Let's get down there

-Is that wise?

# Maybe, maybe we could treat it as a form of exercise

# It was built way back in the 9th century

# During the time of the Nikumbha dynasty

# But there is just one thing we haven't mentioned yet

# If we wanna take a look we've got to use those steps

# Listen to me!

BOTH: # Step left, step right

# Just copy me, all right?

# Down the steps

# Have a drink

# Fill the jug

# Take a swig

# You gotta climb those steps!

# Wash your clothes

# Have a chat

# Say a prayer

-# Then head back

-You gotta climb those steps!

# To find the water they had to dig deep

# Over 3,000 steps, it's pretty steep

# How far you went down varied through the year

# In the rainy season, water could be up to here

# It's five degrees cooler when you make it down

# Well, we are 13 storeys below the ground

# You can't drink it any more! That's bad luck

# To make it worse, we've got to get back up

# Hey, Ed, hey, Ed, could we have a rest in that pavilion?

# I don't think so

# It was built for royals, not civilians

# We gotta keep on climbing till we reach the top

# I'm not sure I can make it and I'm fit to drop

# If we want to tone our thighs and quadriceps

# We've got to take a deep breath

# Chris, and start to climb these steps

# Listen to me!

# Step left, step right

# Just copy me, all right?

# Down the steps

# Have a drink

# Fill the jug

-# Take a swim

-You gotta climb those steps!

# Wash your clothes

# Have a chat

# Say a prayer

# Then head back

# You gotta climb those steps!

# Step left, step right

# Or we'll be here all night

# I've tried my best

# I've got to stop for a rest. #

I tell you what, Naomi, I am looking forward to this Chinese meal today.

Yeah, me too, although I have heard

they eat some slightly bizarre things here.

You're such a fussy eater.

You should be more like me.

I'll eat anything. It's all down to my gran.

She used to say to me, "You're not getting up from the table until your

"plate is so clean you can see your face in it."

Hair's looking good today.

Come on, let's go and see what's on the menu.

Duck's blood, pig throat and tripe.

Feeling adventurous?

Um...

My gran also used to say,

"Always get your co-presenter to eat the unusual food." Come on.

You're not getting off that easily, Ed.

Besides, you'd be missing out on the Sichuan hotpot.

Which has been around for over 3,000 years.

The idea is to cook raw ingredients at your table,

in one of these boiling pots.

Time for Ed and Naomi to guess what's what.

-That looks an awful lot like brains to me.

-Brain.

-TRANSLATED:

-This is pig's brain.

You don't need to chew it,

it melts in your mouth.

Oooh! That looks like tongue

of some sort, maybe.

That there is an ox's stomach.

Some of these look a little bit strange to us, why do you use them?

Well, it's because they are, like, delicious and we don't want to waste

any part of the animal because that's not good.

Are you up for giving that a try, Ed?

Oh, I've forgotten my wallet.

When do you ever pay like to pay for...?

Asia's tastiest food, France's toughest critic.

He is better than you.

It's Rene Mangetout.

-BAD FRENCH ACCENT:

-This is awful.

I, Rene Mangetout, challenge you, Naomi Wilkinson,

and you, Mr Expert Chef Man,

to make my taste buds dance like a Sichuan salsa.

But only one of you will win the hotpot stock pot.

-The hot... Stop...

-The hotpot top spot.

No.

That is not what I meant. Allez!

Piece of the stomach going in.

Lovely.

Ji Zhong Hang's technique

is to dip the meat for only a few seconds at a time.

It's vital.

Wow, intestine.

That's a delicious length of goose intestines.

It's gone all sort of curly.

It's gone a bit like bacon.

30 seconds on that, let's take that out, shall we?

These mushrooms were harvested

from between the toes of Naomi Wilkinson.

Remember, children, when you are cooking a brain, five minutes.

Will Naomi make a pig's ear of this pig's brain?

That should be about time on the brain.

Shall we fish it out?

Looking forward to eating this brain.

Rene must now decide who will be the Sichuan hotpot MasterChef.

Miss Wilkinpoop,

it is time to find out if your hotpot is hot or pot.

Hot or not, do you mean?

Oui.

Ah! It is so badly cooked, I can't even pick it up in my chopsticks.

This is awful.

Monsieur.

Come on, then, eat it.

-I am going to eat it.

-Go on, then.

Down the hatch.

I am very much looking forward to it.

I do not like it.

I love it! Monsieur, it's so nice!

I must tell the world about this pig's brain.

And talking of pigs, this place is a pigsty.

-Clean this mess up.

-You haven't swallowed it.

Morning, Victoria.

Morning, Edwina. Got a lot to do today, do we?

No, not too much. How about you?

Oh, you know me. I wouldn't mind if I had a pile as high as Mt Fuji -

the highest mountain in Japan.

I'd still enjoy it.

Yes, who needs washing machines when you can do it the old-fashioned way?

You know, I think I get things much cleaner in my trusty tub.

You know, I've heard that Dick and Dom have someone

to do their washing for them.

Oh! That doesn't surprise me.

What's wrong with doing it the traditional way, eh?

And you get a free workout.

Feel those muscles. Feel them.

Oh, Edwina.

Plus, we get to sit here and enjoy the peace and the quiet.

What's that? Oi!

-Hey! Me tub!

-SCREAMING

-Me tub!

-Oh, no.

Don't worry, guys. Instead of using those tubs to clean your coat,

you'll be using one as a boat.

This is the annual wooden tub event

that takes place in Ito on the Matsukawa River.

And this year is its 60th anniversary.

That's 60 years since people stopped using their tubs for washing and

decided to have a bit more fun with them instead.

It's time to see if Ed and Vic are going to sink or swim

as they take part in this year's race.

Contestants use paddles to drive their tubs down the river.

Although, I doubt you'll be breaking any records.

Water you waiting for? You'd better go and get registered.

I didn't want to tell you

but when we were standing in the river before,

there were some quite scary-looking things swimming about.

-Really?

-Did you not see?

-You're joking?

-No.

-I thought you were winding me up.

-That's why put my foot on the stone.

SHRIEKING

Black things sort of, like, swimming around in there.

-Oh, no.

-Oh, lucky us.

Don't worry, Ed. Vic is just trying to spook you.

Anyway, better get a move on

as it's nearly bath time, I mean race time.

So, you'll need to get some wooden tub tips

and who better to advise you than last year's champion,

Hidekazu Haino.

-Konnichiwa.

-Konnichiwa!

-Hello!

So, what's the most important thing to remember if we're going to paddle

ourselves down the river in a wooden tub?

-TRANSLATED:

-Well, let me explain the modus operandi of this operation.

The most important thing is to keep your balance.

Now, you need to sit at the middle and the front of the tub, otherwise

you'll lose your balance and topple over.

Well, I hope I don't lose my balance.

-I don't want to get my kimono wet.

-I sort of hope you do.

We've also been given these paddles,

what's the best technique to use them?

Well, these are Japanese shamoji.

Rice paddles.

Now, you shouldn't paddle at the same time like this. Oh, no, no.

What you should do is paddle one by one like that.

It makes it go faster.

Most importantly, to win, you will need oodles and noodles of good luck.

-Lots of luck.

-I think we might need a little bit of practice.

Rub-a-dub-dub, hop in a tub.

-This is going well.

-You're all right, love.

No problems here.

-Oh, hang on, hang on.

-Off you go, ta-ta! Bye-bye.

I didn't actually want to float down the river yet.

Oh, no.

How far is the sea?

Ed?

I'm coming to get you.

OK. Arigato.

This wasn't quite what I intended.

Well, that couldn't have gone any better.

Now, stop splashing around,

get back on dry land and size up your fellow racers.

-Konnichiwa.

-Konnichiwa.

Why have you got hairy noses?

-Eyeliner.

-Eyeliner.

-Oh. It's not real.

-It's not real!

-Oh.

Hey!

THEY CHEER

You, you've got some lovely eyebrows going on here.

It's like four eyebrows.

Oh, they should do well. They're in the Navy.

That's just cheating.

Are you going to use these to fly in the race instead?

Cheating.

THEY LAUGH

Not sure you guys have a flying chance against some of those

competitors but we'll soon find out. It's time for...

By the way, now's probably the time to tell you, last time we did a

bathtub race on All Over The Place, we both sank.

-Straight away.

-Well, thanks for telling us that, Ed.

We didn't get further than one metre.

Ed and Vic will need to carefully position themselves in their tubs

and then paddle as fast as they can towards the finish line.

They are taking part in one of the individual races, so whoever finishes

first or doesn't fall out will be the winner.

On your marks, get set, row.

I'm in the lead, I'm in the lead.

-Oh, I nearly came a cropper there.

-Come on, Victoria!

Howay the lads!

Wait a minute, Vic is in front.

Oh, no.

He just got a dunking.

Well, that could be me unless I'm very careful.

-I'm in the lead.

-The bloke behind has just sunk, Vic.

Oh, on the rocks. I wasn't expecting that.

After a rocky start for Ed,

Vic hits the side and now he's taken the lead.

Ed has taken over. Ed is

literally just floating downstream.

Where's Vic? Oh, she's stuck at the side, brilliant.

Hey!

Hiya!

Oh, my knee.

I think someone "kneeds" to concentrate more.

Less chatting, Ed, and more paddling. Vic's gaining on you.

Thank you.

Anyone would think these weren't

designed for floating down the river in.

Oh, no.

Ed, come over here.

No. I'm not going anywhere.

My arms are killing...

Nearly there.

Hey, Vic!

It looks like...

..I'm the winner!

Ed won.

HE LAUGHS

The winner of the All Over The Place Ito Matsukawa tub race is...

Ed!

What a surprise!

Sorry, Vic. You're all washed up.

Why don't you row, row, row your boat gently off to sea.

You've been watching All Over The Place - Asia!