0:00:02 > 0:00:03If you want to see how I get on in an event
0:00:03 > 0:00:05where it's not actually rude to spit, keep watching!
0:00:05 > 0:00:07That was all right, wasn't it?
0:00:07 > 0:00:10It's more than all right, Ed, cos it's time for the zaniest programme
0:00:10 > 0:00:12on your telly-box!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Chris looks like a muppet...
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Victoria dances like a puppet...
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Dance for me! Dance!
0:00:18 > 0:00:20..Johny rides an extreme train...
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Surfin' the air, baby!
0:00:22 > 0:00:24..and Iain ends up in pain.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29# All over the place
0:00:29 > 0:00:31# All over the place
0:00:32 > 0:00:35# North, south, east, west On a bizarre quest
0:00:35 > 0:00:37# Me and my mates all over the place!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40# It's true what you've heard, everything is absurd
0:00:40 > 0:00:42# Whatever we do is strange but true!
0:00:42 > 0:00:44# All over the place
0:00:44 > 0:00:47# All over the place
0:00:47 > 0:00:50# There's stuff to do in Europe that is totally ace
0:00:50 > 0:00:53- # And it turns up... - ..all over the place! #
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Denmark - Copenhagen!
0:00:57 > 0:01:02Copenhagen was named the world's first ever bike city.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05People in Denmark are WHEELIE into cycling...
0:01:11 > 0:01:15..and enough to fill Wembley football stadium three times over!
0:01:15 > 0:01:18But before Ed and Chris get a chance to practise some pedalling...
0:01:18 > 0:01:22The All Over The Place rules dictate that we must pimp our bikes.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Very important that your bike has a light.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25Mine's got ten.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Get a little peckish mid-ride....
0:01:27 > 0:01:29we've got a banana holder, baby.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Your protein. They've got protein, right?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Everyone's going to hear me coming with this.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35PFFRRT!
0:01:35 > 0:01:37It was the last one they had in the shop.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Bean bag seat.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39Now we're talking.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Your hair can get pretty windswept on a bike,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43which is why it's important to have...
0:01:43 > 0:01:45a hair gel dispenser.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47You should also wear a helmet, so this is kind of pointless,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49but I'm going to put it on anyway.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52To keep it fly we've got some fluffy dice.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Die.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Wait till Chris sees this!
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Ed, how did we not notice this?
0:01:58 > 0:01:59What?!
0:01:59 > 0:02:03This is like some weird, hybrid bike the like of which I've never seen!
0:02:03 > 0:02:05It's got two seats, two sets of handlebars...
0:02:05 > 0:02:06It's called a tandem.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- New on the market, are they?- No.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11If you thought this one was weird, Ed,
0:02:11 > 0:02:13a tandem was made in the Netherlands
0:02:13 > 0:02:15that 35 people could ride,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18and was over eight times longer than yours!
0:02:18 > 0:02:21I think you'll find this one enough of a handful, though...
0:02:21 > 0:02:22CHRIS LAUGHS
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Ooh, sorry! Oh...
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Nearly lost my leg, there.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Hello, we're tourists.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29I don't know if you spotted it.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31No, they'd never have guessed(!)
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Let's see how much speed we can get up on this. Come on!
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Yeah, obviously not much, then.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37PFFRRT!
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Oh, look at that!
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Tiny, dinky bike lights.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Oh... Oh, we just missed the green light.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Hello!- Hi!
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Do you like our bike?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Oh, yeah, it's quite colourful.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Do you cycle a lot in Copenhagen?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Yeah, every day.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57No waiting for buses, no angry bus drivers, and...
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Just me and my bike.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02PFFRRT!
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Hey-hey!
0:03:03 > 0:03:05If you added up the total distance
0:03:05 > 0:03:07the people of Copenhagen cycle in just one day,
0:03:07 > 0:03:11it would be the same as cycling 30 times around the earth!
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Now that sounds...
0:03:13 > 0:03:14TYREing!
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Dismount!
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Just gotta get it...
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Oh, no!
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Oh, that's what always winds me up about riding a bike -
0:03:22 > 0:03:23stairs!
0:03:23 > 0:03:25How are we going to get past the stairs?
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Oh, it was all going so well!
0:03:26 > 0:03:29It's a tandem, it's really heavy, we won't be able to lift it,
0:03:29 > 0:03:32we'll have to go all the way round, it's going to take ages...
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Oh, stairs, stairs!
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Look at them just standing there, STAIRing at me in their STAIRy way.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39I hate stairs!
0:03:39 > 0:03:42As well as these ramps and special traffic lights,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45cyclists in Copenhagen get fancy rails to lean on
0:03:45 > 0:03:47while they're waiting at the lights.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Good for them, eh?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51But the cyclists do have one problem here...
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Kerb.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Ooh!
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Wahey! Whoa...!
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Well, we can't park here, mate.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59This is the problem with riding a bike
0:03:59 > 0:04:01in a city where everybody rides a bike. No spaces.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Anyone seen a parking space?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Got to say, guys, that tandem looks pretty silly.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Surely you could have picked a cooler model than that?
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Hi, Vic.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13I see you've copied me and got yourself a bike. Awkward.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Well, actually, it's a racer. Yeah!
0:04:16 > 0:04:21It's got carbon forks and alloy frames, and it's super lightweight!
0:04:21 > 0:04:22Look!
0:04:22 > 0:04:25And it means it goes really, really fast.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28But, I mean, I bet yours has got a lightweight frame, too. Yeah?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Well, it's got a light...and a frame.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31CREAK
0:04:31 > 0:04:32CLANG!
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Well, this bike was built to cut smoothly through the air,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39which means it goes really, really fast!
0:04:39 > 0:04:41It was designed - get this -
0:04:41 > 0:04:43in a wind tunnel!
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Yours?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45In a shed.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Oh... Lovely.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Well, I'll see you later, Ed!
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Much later. Bye!
0:04:55 > 0:04:56What's that?
0:04:56 > 0:04:57That's not a racer.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00No, it's a folding bike.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02HE MOUTHS It's amazing!
0:05:02 > 0:05:07I can cycle it wherever I like, and then just hop on the bus.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09And because it comes everywhere with us,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12I don't even need to worry about security.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Well, me neither.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14No-one's stealing my bike!
0:05:14 > 0:05:17I've got two locks.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Aah!
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Oh, dear.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Well, bye!
0:05:21 > 0:05:23BELL RINGS
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Oh!
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Hi, there!
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Got myself a folder.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Where's yours?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Oh, I got rid of it.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35I've been down in the dumps.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Oh, sorry to hear that.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41No, I mean, I've literally been down in the dumps - and look what I found!
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- That's my old bike!- Yeah!
0:05:45 > 0:05:48It's not used up any of the world's scarce resources -
0:05:48 > 0:05:50it's carbon neutral!
0:05:50 > 0:05:55And best of all, it was free - which is even better than fast!
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Bye!
0:05:57 > 0:05:58HORN HONKS
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Free is better than fast?!
0:06:00 > 0:06:02We'll see about that!
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Argh!
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Netherlands - Zaandam.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Dutch windmills used to prevent flooding
0:06:10 > 0:06:12by pumping water from the land!
0:06:26 > 0:06:28# Pump out the dam
0:06:28 > 0:06:29# Pump it out
0:06:29 > 0:06:30# No water is remaining
0:06:30 > 0:06:32# Pump out the dam
0:06:32 > 0:06:33# Pump it out
0:06:33 > 0:06:34# The land you are reclaiming
0:06:34 > 0:06:35# Pump out the dyke
0:06:35 > 0:06:38# If you like the land you now can use it
0:06:38 > 0:06:39# Pump out the dam
0:06:39 > 0:06:40# Pump it out
0:06:40 > 0:06:42# Keep pumping or you'll lose it
0:06:43 > 0:06:44# Windmills
0:06:44 > 0:06:46# At Zaanse Schans
0:06:46 > 0:06:50# They say that windmills built the Netherlands
0:06:50 > 0:06:51# Windmills
0:06:51 > 0:06:53# Because, you see
0:06:53 > 0:06:57# Some of the Netherlands is lower than the sea
0:06:57 > 0:06:59# Over 600 windmills across this plain
0:06:59 > 0:07:01# Now only ten pairs of sails remain
0:07:01 > 0:07:03# They're used for storing wood Grinding oil and spice
0:07:03 > 0:07:05- # Shall we go and check some out? - Yeah, that would be nice
0:07:05 > 0:07:07# De Huisman's the windmill and warehouse combined
0:07:07 > 0:07:09# And as I can smell it, spices it grinds
0:07:09 > 0:07:10- # De Kat is a paint mill - You serious?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12# It grinds down the pigments from raw materials
0:07:12 > 0:07:14# De Zoeker once helped drain this area
0:07:14 > 0:07:16# The thought we're below sea level's pretty scary, yeah?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18# An oil and a paint mill and cocoa too
0:07:18 > 0:07:20# That's quite a lot - is there nothing they can't do?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22# De Bonte Hen has a rotating cam
0:07:22 > 0:07:24# A feature it shares with Het Jonge Schaap
0:07:24 > 0:07:26# Which with its six sides is uniquely shaped
0:07:26 > 0:07:27# De Bonte Hen's octagonal
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- # That's six - No, eight
0:07:29 > 0:07:30# Windmills
0:07:30 > 0:07:32# At Zaanse Schans
0:07:32 > 0:07:36# They say that windmills built the Netherlands
0:07:36 > 0:07:38# Windmills
0:07:38 > 0:07:40# Because, you see
0:07:40 > 0:07:43# Some of the Netherlands is lower than the sea
0:07:43 > 0:07:44# Pump out the dam
0:07:44 > 0:07:46# Pump it out
0:07:46 > 0:07:47# No water is remaining
0:07:47 > 0:07:48# Pump out the dam
0:07:48 > 0:07:49# Pump it out
0:07:49 > 0:07:51# The land you are reclaiming
0:07:51 > 0:07:52# Pump out the dyke
0:07:52 > 0:07:55# If you like the land you now can use it
0:07:55 > 0:07:57# Pump out the dam # Pump it out
0:07:57 > 0:07:58# Keep pumping or you'll lose it
0:07:58 > 0:08:00# The Paltrok windmill is used for sawing wood
0:08:00 > 0:08:02# It's lived in three places and now here for good
0:08:02 > 0:08:04# The whole thing can turn on a ring of wooden rollers
0:08:04 > 0:08:06# If we ask them nicely do you think they would show us?
0:08:06 > 0:08:07# Talking of windmills
0:08:07 > 0:08:10# I'd like to prove it's also the name of a breakdancing move
0:08:10 > 0:08:12# The sort of thing I can pull off with ease. #
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Be my guest.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19What's Dutch for, "Call the doctor, please?"
0:08:21 > 0:08:23# Windmills
0:08:23 > 0:08:25# At Zaanse Schans
0:08:25 > 0:08:29# They say that windmills built the Netherlands
0:08:29 > 0:08:30# Windmills
0:08:30 > 0:08:32# Because, you see
0:08:32 > 0:08:36# Some of the Netherlands is lower than the sea
0:08:36 > 0:08:37# Pump out the dam
0:08:37 > 0:08:38# Pump it out
0:08:38 > 0:08:40# No water is remaining
0:08:40 > 0:08:41# Pump out the dam
0:08:41 > 0:08:42# Pump it out
0:08:42 > 0:08:43# The land you are reclaiming
0:08:43 > 0:08:45# Pump out the dyke
0:08:45 > 0:08:47# If you like the land you now can use it
0:08:47 > 0:08:49# Pump out the dam
0:08:49 > 0:08:50# Pump it out
0:08:50 > 0:08:51# Keep pumping or you'll lose it. #
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Germany - Wuppertal
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Germans tell the time differently from us -
0:09:04 > 0:09:08we say half past the hour, they say half to the next hour!
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Argh! Aarggh!
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Ed, Ed, calm down! What's the matter?
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Johny, when I woke up this morning,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I was definitely the right way round.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18- Yeah.- But look...
0:09:18 > 0:09:19that train's upside down!
0:09:19 > 0:09:22So, either that train is upside down, which is really weird,
0:09:22 > 0:09:24or I'm upside down, which is even weirder!
0:09:24 > 0:09:26It's the only plausible explanation!
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Oh, settle down, Petrie!
0:09:29 > 0:09:31It's meant to be this way up.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35This dangly delight is the Wuppertal Schwebebahn suspension monorail.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39It hangs from a single track above it,
0:09:39 > 0:09:41and it uses electricity to make it move.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46So, calm your fears - it's definitely NOT upside down!
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- I'm still confused.- Yeah, me too!
0:09:51 > 0:09:54'What you need are some facts, then!'
0:09:54 > 0:09:56'Ed and Johny, you have 45 seconds
0:09:56 > 0:09:59'to find out as much as you can about the monorail!
0:09:59 > 0:10:01'Ed, you've got Oliver,
0:10:01 > 0:10:05'who knows all about the way the monorail was built and works.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07'Johny, you've got Michael.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10'who knows all about the history of the monorail.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14'Whoever finds out the most facts is the winner!
0:10:14 > 0:10:17'Drei, zwei, ein, go!'
0:10:18 > 0:10:21What is the top speed of the monorail?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Oh, right! It's not that fast, then.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25How old is the monorail?
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Wow, that's amazing!
0:10:28 > 0:10:31How many rivers does the monorail cross?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Just one? What a great name for a river! The River Wupper!
0:10:35 > 0:10:38People must have been very scared of it initially.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Has anybody ever got married on the monorail?
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Very often!
0:10:44 > 0:10:45And now how do people feel about it?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50How many people can fit on a train?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Wow, 200 people on one of those? That's quite good.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54What makes it so special?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02That sounds amazing! It's cool - I wish we had one in Sheffield!
0:11:02 > 0:11:03- How many people use it in...? - KLAXON
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Ugh! I'll never find out how many people use it every day.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09It's probably on the internet.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11'Actually, I know.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15'Around 85,000 people travel on the monorail every day.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19'And the person that found out the most facts is...
0:11:19 > 0:11:21'both of you!'
0:11:21 > 0:11:22- Oh!- Oh, OK!
0:11:22 > 0:11:28'And your prize for coming first is a ride on the monorail!'
0:11:28 > 0:11:30But we'd already bought our tickets!
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Thanks for nothing, Voiceover Man.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37'Honestly, there's just no pleasing some people!'
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Oh, don't worry, I'm sure they'll cheer up when they realise
0:11:40 > 0:11:44they're on the oldest working monorail in the world!
0:11:44 > 0:11:48It needs 472 bridges and supports to keep it in the air,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52which together weighs 19,200 tonnes...
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- Extreme sky train! - Surfin' the air, baby!
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Ho, ho, those two are tuned to the moon!
0:12:03 > 0:12:07But, it's not just people that have ridden on the monorail -
0:12:07 > 0:12:10on the 21st of July 1950, something very strange happened
0:12:10 > 0:12:13in one of these carriages.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19Roll up, roll up! Come marvel at the famous travelling German circus,
0:12:19 > 0:12:24here for one night only in Wuppertal. Amazing!
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Excuse me, sir, is that your elephant?
0:12:27 > 0:12:28It's in my seat.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Oh, terribly sorry.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Er, Tuffi, budge up for the gentleman, would you, please?
0:12:32 > 0:12:33There's a good girl.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- ELEPHANT TRUMPETS - Incredible!
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Actually, what IS an elephant doing on here?
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Well, Tuffi and I are performing tonight, for one night only -
0:12:40 > 0:12:41tickets still available.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44So, I thought it would be a good idea to put her on public transport
0:12:44 > 0:12:46and ride her round the city to drum up a bit of interest!
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Huzzah!
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Why didn't you just put an ad in our local newspaper?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Poppycock!
0:12:52 > 0:12:55When was the last time you saw an elephant on public transport?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58People will be talking about this for years!
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Incredible!
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Actually, I've never seen an elephant on a suspension railway before -
0:13:04 > 0:13:06it is pretty incredible.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Ah, yes, well - sorry, WHAT railway?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Suspension railway! We're on the Wuppertal Schwebebahn.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13It's beautiful, isn't it? Look at that, down there!
0:13:13 > 0:13:15- CAMERA CLICKS - Ah...
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Tuffi's not too good with heights.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19I thought this was a normal train.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21The carriages rock around a bit, as well...
0:13:21 > 0:13:22Oh, don't worry about that,
0:13:22 > 0:13:24it only swings a maximum of 15 degrees either side.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27You'll be fine. Unless you're an elephant, of course!
0:13:27 > 0:13:28HE CHUCKLES
0:13:28 > 0:13:29TUFFI TRUMPETS
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- Oh... - Tuffi, don't smash up the furniture!
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Oh, there goes my seat...
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Be a good girl and I'll give you a peanut!
0:13:35 > 0:13:37TUFFI TRUMPETS There goes the carriage door!
0:13:37 > 0:13:39- Strong girl, isn't she?- Oh, yes. - TUFFI TRUMPETS
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Tuffi, no!
0:13:43 > 0:13:44SPLASH!
0:13:44 > 0:13:46I've never seen anyone leap into the river like that before!
0:13:46 > 0:13:48That was amazing!
0:13:48 > 0:13:50- Huzzah! - CAMERA CLICKS
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Well, at least she packed her trunks.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Italy - Sicily.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Italians invented the thermometer, the piano, spectacles,
0:14:06 > 0:14:10the espresso coffee machine... and loads more!
0:14:10 > 0:14:12I just told them I want a bigger role,
0:14:12 > 0:14:16as, clearly, I am the best performer. I'm less wooden than you.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Er, newsflash, Ed - you're MADE of wood!
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Ugh.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Legend has it that a famous playwright in Japan
0:14:23 > 0:14:26was fed up of his actors demanding bigger roles.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30He said his plays would be acted better by wooden puppets.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Well, no-one's going to pull MY strings. I'm my own person.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Technically, you're just a puppet.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38How dare you?!
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Well, yeah, I suppose that is true.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Oi, you! I am TRYING to flounce off camera!
0:14:44 > 0:14:45That's better.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04This is the International Puppet Museum in Palermo,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06which has one of the biggest collections of puppets
0:15:06 > 0:15:08in the whole of Italy.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Over 200 years ago, puppet shows were all
0:15:11 > 0:15:13the rage with grown-ups, not kids,
0:15:13 > 0:15:15and there was one performed in
0:15:15 > 0:15:17every neighbourhood in every town in Sicily.
0:15:17 > 0:15:24My own fascination with puppets came through my husband.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28He was very, very enthusiastic about puppets
0:15:28 > 0:15:29since he was a very small boy,
0:15:29 > 0:15:34and so we decided to make a collection.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37So, people went to the theatre to see a puppet show,
0:15:37 > 0:15:39maybe like how we watch TV today?
0:15:39 > 0:15:45- Yes.- Yeah...- That's it, because there was no TV, there was nothing.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Then started to come TV and cheap cinema.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51What's your favourite puppet out of all of these?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54A good mother mustn't tell which are the favourite child!
0:15:54 > 0:15:56THEY LAUGH
0:15:56 > 0:15:58They're all listening, as well, aren't they?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Don't be silly, they can't hear you, Ed, you muppet -
0:16:00 > 0:16:01they're puppets!
0:16:01 > 0:16:04# Like a puppet on a string... #
0:16:04 > 0:16:08There are only nine puppet theatres left in the whole of Sicily,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10and luckily this is one of them.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Now kids, grown-ups and these two big kids get to watch.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Bonus!
0:16:15 > 0:16:18These Sicilian puppet shows told well-known stories
0:16:18 > 0:16:19about knights and princesses,
0:16:19 > 0:16:22and usually involved some kind of battle or barney!
0:16:22 > 0:16:25The puppet masters, the guys who pull the strings,
0:16:25 > 0:16:27play all the characters
0:16:27 > 0:16:30and do sound effects by stomping their special wooden shoes.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35These Sicilian puppets are called marionettes.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38And get this - they have a special name in Italian...
0:16:38 > 0:16:39Pupo!
0:16:39 > 0:16:41No, not the toilet kind...
0:16:41 > 0:16:43It sounds ridiculously rude,
0:16:43 > 0:16:44but actually comes from
0:16:44 > 0:16:46the French and Latin word for doll.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49And speaking of rude, it's Gameshow man!
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Hello, and welcome to today's game show...
0:16:55 > 0:16:58STREET ORGAN JANGLES
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Stop it!
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Let's meet today's puppets.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06What is your name?
0:17:06 > 0:17:07Hi, I'm Victoria!
0:17:07 > 0:17:09What could you win today?
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Well, you could win your very own puppet show!
0:17:13 > 0:17:15So, what would it mean to you?
0:17:15 > 0:17:16Well, it would mean so much to us,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- because we've had such a tough year, and...- Yeah, all right.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20Stop stringing out your part.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21On to...
0:17:24 > 0:17:28This is Orlando, and he's a traditional Sicilian pupo.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29HE SNIGGERS
0:17:29 > 0:17:31"Poop".
0:17:31 > 0:17:34He's wearing armour, but he does have a weak spot -
0:17:34 > 0:17:36is it A, his heel,
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- or B, chocolate eclairs?- Ooh...
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Um...I think it might be his heel.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- Correct!- Yeah!- You're on your way.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Let's have a little practice, shall we?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Dance for me! Dance!
0:17:49 > 0:17:51On to...
0:17:51 > 0:17:52STREET ORGAN JANGLES
0:17:52 > 0:17:53Ah! Shh!
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Grr.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58This is a puppet from Barcelona.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01What's he made from?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Is it A, money,
0:18:03 > 0:18:04or B, newspapers?
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Ooh...I'm so dizzy from all that dancing,
0:18:08 > 0:18:09I... C?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Ooh, dear. You can't even string an answer together, can you?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15There was no option C!
0:18:15 > 0:18:18The correct answer, obviously, was B -
0:18:18 > 0:18:20but let's have a little practice anyway, shall we?
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Ooh!
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Dance! Dance to my invisible strings!
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Ha, ha, ha!
0:18:25 > 0:18:26STREET ORGAN JANGLES
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Will somebody get that small Italian child out of here?!
0:18:30 > 0:18:33This is Punch and Judy, the famous glove puppets.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38What I want to know is, what was Punch originally called?
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Was it A, Fruit Punch,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42or B, Pulcinella?
0:18:42 > 0:18:44OK, well, I don't really like fruit punch,
0:18:44 > 0:18:46so I'm going to say Pulcinella!
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Correct! Yes, yes, it is Pulcinella!
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Punch was based on a character from Italian theatre,
0:18:53 > 0:18:57his name was changed to Punchinello, then shortened to Punch
0:18:57 > 0:19:00when Italian puppeteers arrived in the UK.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02So, yes, I'm afraid you haven't got through,
0:19:02 > 0:19:05and you won't be starring in your puppet show.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- What?!- So, I'll say goodbye to my puppet on a string -
0:19:08 > 0:19:11or should I say MUPPET on a string?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- How do you feel?- Furious!
0:19:14 > 0:19:16You've been stringing me along all this time?
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Yes, yes, I have.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Well, I've got a surprise for you from a certain puppet friend of mine!
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Ooh, who?
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Ooh...
0:19:24 > 0:19:25Punch?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Correct.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29STREET ORGAN JANGLES
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Spain - Cieza.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world!
0:19:48 > 0:19:50# Ego alert, flawless
0:19:50 > 0:19:52# Absolutely flawless... #
0:19:52 > 0:19:53What you doing, Iain?
0:19:53 > 0:19:54All right, Ed?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Just been inspired by the Commonwealth Games,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59so I thought I'd create an event all of my own.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- # Absolutely flawless... # - What, is this the warm-up?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04No, this is the actual event.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- What is it? Posing?- Correct.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I'm the best poser in...all of Europe.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12I can pose better than that.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15# So macho He's got to be... #
0:20:15 > 0:20:16I could be a gold medallist.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18I think you'd be fourth placed at best, mate.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21You want more posing like this? Watch.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Now look at this posing.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Look at this posing.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Oh, break it up, you two, do you think anyone would want to
0:20:29 > 0:20:31watch you showing off for hours?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34You're here in Spanish olive country to compete in what could be
0:20:34 > 0:20:36the next big Olympic sport!
0:20:36 > 0:20:40What, olive-tree climbing?
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Yeah, olive-oil drinking?
0:20:42 > 0:20:47- Olive-seed spitting?- Don't be ridiculous, nobody would do that!
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Yes, they would!
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- You're having a laugh, aren't you?- NO!
0:20:52 > 0:20:54This is the Cieza Olive Spitting Championship.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58And, yes, they are trying to enter it as the next big Olympic sport.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Olives literally grow on trees round here, they're actually a fruit
0:21:02 > 0:21:05and a member of the drupe family, like a peach or a plum.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09I've got a feeling the only plums today will be Ed and Iain.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13The local people love olives so much they decided to hold a competition
0:21:13 > 0:21:17that crowns the man, woman or child that can spit the furthest distance
0:21:17 > 0:21:19on the ground... the stones, that is.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22This all sounds a bit odd. I think the boys should find an expert.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25So, Jose, why did you start this event? Is it because you hate
0:21:25 > 0:21:27olives so much that you spit them out?
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- TRANSLATION:- It isn't that we don't like olives. We like olives a lot.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36We have a special variety of olive called Mollar de Cieza.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38And there's a popular saying here that
0:21:38 > 0:21:41when you've eaten the olive, you spit the stone onto the ground.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Mmmmm.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43SPITTING SOUND
0:21:43 > 0:21:45LAUGHTER
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I heard you're trying to make this an Olympic event.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50How do I go about creating an Olympic sport?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Well, we went to the Beijing Olympics to speak to the Committee.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58They replied and said we need an international federation.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01And we don't have one, so I think we'll have to wait a long time
0:22:01 > 0:22:04to see it as an Olympic sport!
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Well, you never know, maybe somebody from the Olympic Committee is
0:22:07 > 0:22:10watching now and they're going to see what a great sport this is.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Not your posing!
0:22:11 > 0:22:14I'm going to set up an International Federation Of Posing, actually.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17And I've still got no idea what's happening with this competition.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- Did you just spit on me?- Sorry, mate, I'm just practising.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- You don't even like olives. - They're disgusting.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29You two are so childish!
0:22:29 > 0:22:34But you're too old to compete at the Junior Seed Spitting World Cup.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38100 children take part in this event and it must be the only day
0:22:38 > 0:22:42of the year their mums and dads actually cheer them on for spitting.
0:22:42 > 0:22:47So, do your parents not tell you off for spitting?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- TRANSLATION:- No, I just take part in the game to participate
0:22:50 > 0:22:52and have fun.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54- They love it, don't they? - Love a bit of spitting here.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56I tell you what, my mum, if she came here,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59a lot of people would be getting told off!
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- Oi! Stop spitting. - Stop that, it's dirty!
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Grow up, you two,
0:23:03 > 0:23:07it's time to get some tips from the World Champion, Pedro.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09# I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man... #
0:23:09 > 0:23:12I can't believe that I'm standing next to the current World
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- Champion Olive Stone Spitter. - I am stone struck, quite literally.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18And he's got the world record. How far did you spit it?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- TRANSLATION: - 21 metres 43 centimetres.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23That is far. And what's your technique?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25How do we spit far as well?
0:23:25 > 0:23:29- You need 50% technique and 50% luck.- Right, so...
0:23:29 > 0:23:32I think it's just going to be luck here really, isn't it?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34I just don't want to eat olives!
0:23:34 > 0:23:39So that's 50% technique, boys. First put the stone between your teeth.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44After munching some olive, arch your back and...spit.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47It's a simple sport really but with some complicated rules.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Listen carefully.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53# Olive the place Olive the place... #
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Olive spitting can only be performed with the mouth. No other tools,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00such as straws, will be allowed.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05If the olive stone drops on a spectator or passer-by, the
0:24:05 > 0:24:08spitting will be declared invalid.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12If a participant breaks the World Record, he or she will be declared
0:24:12 > 0:24:17a Venerated Knight Of The Fellowship Of The Olive Spitting Knights.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Those participants using false teeth are recommended to fix them well into
0:24:21 > 0:24:24place in order to prevent accidents.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Happy spitting.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31While they fix their false teeth, let's take a
0:24:31 > 0:24:33look at the pros.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Remember, the current World Record stands at a spitting,
0:24:35 > 0:24:39sorry, spiffing, 21 metres and 43 centimetres.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42That's like 12 Leo Messis lying down!
0:24:42 > 0:24:47Let's see how Pedro gets on this year - can he beat the World Record?
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- Here we go, Iain, World Champion. - Here we go.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Was that good? How many?
0:24:59 > 0:25:03He only got 13 metres, I could do 13 metres easy.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Rubbish, mate, rubbish.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Ed and Iain better be careful.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08If they step over the line or don't spit far enough,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11they'll get a red flag and the split won't count.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13They will each get two attempts to break the World Record
0:25:13 > 0:25:17of 21 metres and 43 centimetres.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19First up, Team Iain.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22He looks pretty confident
0:25:22 > 0:25:25and he seems to have brought his fan club along.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Time to stop stalling and start spitting.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42The spit looked good but it's a red flag for Iain.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Turns out his big foot was over the line so that one won't count.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Next up, Team Ed.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Viva Espana!
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Viva Espana!
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Come on, Ed, don't be gobby, just spit it out.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09No pressure, mate, no pressure.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11No, pal.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19What? That was all right, wasn't it?
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Good shot but his big feet get in the way too. It's a foul.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Iain's first was a foul. It all comes down to his second spit.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Oooh! An epic spit from Iain and no red flag.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Ed's up next.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50It all hangs on spit number two.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53These olives really are delicious.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Ed's milking it, must be confident.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00The spit looks solid.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Oh, let's see that again.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03Right to the edge of the screen
0:27:03 > 0:27:06but is it enough to beat spitty Stirling?
0:27:06 > 0:27:09So, after two attempts, the judges are happy.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14The distance is measured. The results are in.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Ed's first attempt was a foul but on his second attempt, his
0:27:18 > 0:27:21spit measured an impressive seven metres and 40 centimetres.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Iain also fouled on his first spit
0:27:24 > 0:27:27but on his second attempt he blew away the competition with
0:27:27 > 0:27:32a gold-medal distance of seven metres and 84 centimetres.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33No!
0:27:33 > 0:27:34Yeah!
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- Oh, stone me! - Oh, I'm...I'm speechless.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Go on, spit it out.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41I don't even like olives!
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