:00:27. > :00:37.What's your favourite thing about Christmas? Food. I love the food.
:00:37. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :00:57.Christmas pudding. Can't wait for Hello. We have got a show packed
:00:57. > :01:01.with celebrities today. Ed Sheeran, the pop star that everybody's
:01:01. > :01:06.talking about, is going to be joining us in the studio. I see it
:01:06. > :01:12.as an early Christmas present. Here he is! Ed Sheeran's a singer/song
:01:12. > :01:19.writer who's taken the British music scene by storm. His debut
:01:19. > :01:22.album Plus became the best-selling digital debut album ever.
:01:22. > :01:28.Here's the tip of the iceberg when it comes to pop stars and
:01:28. > :01:33.celebrities today. It's the one and only Ed Sheeran.
:01:33. > :01:36.Ed, come in. Lovely to see you. I missed you last time. I was
:01:36. > :01:40.delighted when you said you could come back and be a guest presenter.
:01:40. > :01:44.Good to be here. I hear we didn't have to work too hard to persuade
:01:44. > :01:47.you? It's been a childhood dream. I had a list when I was younger and
:01:47. > :01:52.this is one of them ticked off. Well, to thank you for coming in
:01:52. > :01:56.again, we are going to upgrade your Blue Peter badge to a silver badge.
:01:56. > :01:59.Oh. This is because you have done something extra for us. Should I
:01:59. > :02:03.give that to you? You can keep that as well. You are going to work for
:02:03. > :02:07.it as well and do a Christmas make for us, aren't you? Yes, I'm going
:02:07. > :02:12.to make a sparkly star. That is certainly going to make us feel
:02:12. > :02:15.very festive. If you are not yet in the Christmas mood, don't worry.
:02:15. > :02:18.Watch this. There was a brand-new BBC One Christmas promo on your TV
:02:18. > :02:23.screens at the weekend and guess who not only got to go backstage
:02:23. > :02:28.and meet the celebrities, but also got to star in it? Yep, it's our
:02:28. > :02:31.very own Barney. I'm on the set of one of the
:02:31. > :02:35.biggest ever Christmas promos to be filmed by the BBC. We have the
:02:35. > :02:41.piano, the tree, surrounded by this beautiful Winter Wonderland. There
:02:41. > :02:46.are going to be over 30 celebrities getting involved, Gary Lineker, the
:02:46. > :02:52.cast of EastEnders and little old Yes, I'm going to be in the promo.
:02:52. > :02:56.So, the plan is to get 30 plus BBC One celebs, including Bruce Forsyth,
:02:56. > :03:02.Matt Smith and Shane Richie into one big Christmassy house, singing
:03:02. > :03:07.a musical number from the stage show Oliver. I'm so excited to be
:03:07. > :03:10.involved in this, but I don't feel very Christmassy yet so I'd better
:03:10. > :03:15.get changed. So what does Christmas have
:03:15. > :03:19.normally? Mince pies, singing Christmas Carols and of course the
:03:19. > :03:25.reindeer jumper. Look at that! How amazing. So excited to be wearing
:03:25. > :03:29.this. I'm all dressed and ready to go. All I need to know now is what
:03:29. > :03:33.I'm doing. Hopefully the director Ben will know. It's a very easy
:03:33. > :03:35.shot. Quite a big moment though in the sketch. The idea is that you,
:03:35. > :03:41.with a few Holby City and EastEnders people, come through,
:03:41. > :03:45.the doors open, you stagger in with all this food laden with food
:03:45. > :03:49.trying to get it all in and then we cut away. Don't drop the food,
:03:49. > :03:55.don't look down the camera. Don't laugh when you are not supposed to.
:03:55. > :04:01.OK. Don't er... What are the other rules. Don't do anything I think.
:04:02. > :04:05.Just don't do anything. Be pretty. I'm going to get into character.
:04:05. > :04:09.It's a bit like a music video. Each celeb is in their own little scene
:04:09. > :04:14.which makes up part of the song, then we all come together at the
:04:14. > :04:19.end to sing the final line. So while I wait for my scene, I grab
:04:19. > :04:24.Fraser to find out how it's done, he's the creative director. Movies
:04:24. > :04:28.can take years to film sometimes, this is over three days this one,
:04:28. > :04:34.this short promo? Four days. We have three days with the celebrity
:04:34. > :04:43.stars and we have an extra day to film up a the bits that help us
:04:43. > :04:46.butt it together -- all the bits. It's Christmas, I'm with the stars
:04:46. > :04:52.of EastEnders and Holby City and have to walk through a door
:04:52. > :04:59.carrying some mince pies ready for the Christmas party.
:04:59. > :05:04.Try it. May need to do this a few times. Barney, you are angled to
:05:04. > :05:11.the side as if you are peering in, please. Action. Get out, go, go, go
:05:11. > :05:15.go,, go, keep going! Paramedics just in case, please...
:05:15. > :05:21.director wants to come out quickly. We did, everybody went flying and I
:05:21. > :05:25.ended up carrying somebody else's tray. This will be about a second
:05:25. > :05:32.in the actual promo. It's mad. Fun though. Thank you for the bread
:05:32. > :05:37.sticks. Go, go, go, go, go... Well done, everybody. That's us
:05:37. > :05:41.finished now. We've got a break and then we are coming back to do some
:05:41. > :05:46.green screen, more special effects than bread sticks but I can't wait!
:05:46. > :05:51.I decide to find out what the other celebs like about Christmas and
:05:51. > :05:55.Thunderball all seem to have one thing on their mind. What's your
:05:55. > :06:00.favourite thing about food Christmas? Food. Food. From the
:06:00. > :06:06.moment I get up, I have a big breakfast. Big lunch, eat too much,
:06:06. > :06:10.try and sleep. A big pile of roast potatoes and loads of turkey.
:06:10. > :06:14.may have a bacon sandwich, something like that. I love
:06:14. > :06:19.Christmas pudding. There's a theme here. Christmas chocolate.
:06:19. > :06:22.Christmas is just about getting all the food to make everyone feel fat
:06:22. > :06:26.and uncomfortable for the evening, then we play board games. Hungry
:06:26. > :06:29.now, shame we can't eat the props. Back to the filming and it's time
:06:29. > :06:32.for the clever bit. For the final line of the song, all the celebs
:06:32. > :06:35.will be singing together. But because of their hectic schedules,
:06:35. > :06:39.they can't all be here at the same time, so director Ben has to film
:06:39. > :06:43.the shot in front of a green screen background awill youing him to film
:06:43. > :06:48.them in small groups like this one, but then he edits them together so
:06:48. > :06:52.it looks like they were in the same room at the same time. Sounds
:06:52. > :06:56.complicated. It is! Straight down the lens, bum, bum,
:06:56. > :07:00.bum... All right. So this is the finale.
:07:00. > :07:05.This is where we all sing together and there'll be about 40
:07:05. > :07:09.celebrities in the one room. They'll be put in later. Are you
:07:10. > :07:19.talking to them? I am. There's a little camera there. Hi mum.
:07:20. > :07:23.mum. # Consider yourself, one of us... #
:07:23. > :07:28.Perfect. Let's move on to this set, please. The special effects don't
:07:28. > :07:31.end there. The walls of the house are going to magically fall down to
:07:31. > :07:39.reveal everyone in the Winter Wonderland scene. For that, they
:07:39. > :07:43.need another set, more green screen and very clever CGI.
:07:43. > :07:52.# For after some consideration we can state
:07:52. > :07:56.# Consider yourself one of us... # Thank you very, very much, guys,
:07:56. > :08:00.fantastic. That's how the acting side of it works. I've come to meet
:08:00. > :08:05.Peter, the musical director in charge of the singing. Why are you
:08:05. > :08:09.recording it twice? We use a lot of the stuff recorded on set. Some of
:08:09. > :08:13.it may have noises, coughs and stuff. With the record, you record
:08:13. > :08:16.the band and the studio and then the single, go from the top and add
:08:16. > :08:24.to it to get the best quality. We use the booth over there with the
:08:24. > :08:34.guys, they come in, re-record it like a mix and match the two...
:08:34. > :08:37.
:08:38. > :08:43.have taken to you # So strong # It's clear we're # Going to get
:08:43. > :08:48.along My turn # Consider yourself one of us
:08:48. > :08:52.Great, Barney, perfect. It's period stepping out the booth like that.
:08:52. > :08:54.My voice is now on track, it's been recorded and that will be put with
:08:55. > :09:01.everybody else's and hopefully you will hear me singing at the end of
:09:01. > :09:11.the promo. Exciting! And this is how it turned out. Here
:09:11. > :09:18.
:09:18. > :09:22.And now for the grand finale. after some consideration
:09:22. > :09:30.# We can state # Consider yourself
:09:30. > :09:34.# One of us... # When I watch that, I'm going to be
:09:34. > :09:38.going, he's there, no, he's there, he's there. Well done, Barney.
:09:38. > :09:42.We'll have our own sing-along in a while, it's an exclusive
:09:42. > :09:46.performance from Pixie Lott. Are you keen? Very, yes. You are a fan,
:09:46. > :09:50.aren't you? She's great, yes. this is your moment? Yes, a Blue
:09:50. > :09:55.Peter make. Dream. Not just any make, the Christmas decoration, a
:09:55. > :09:58.lot of pressure? The Christmas star, yes. All you need is six coat
:09:58. > :10:04.hangers, you can find them in your parents' wardrobe, don't tell them
:10:04. > :10:07.you are taking them, they'll be annoyed. These are the views of Ed
:10:07. > :10:12.annoyed. These are the views of Ed Sheeran, not Blue Peter. Stretch
:10:12. > :10:16.them out into a diamond like that and you end up with one I made
:10:16. > :10:20.earlier, nice one. They could have laughed.
:10:20. > :10:25.He said there's one he made earlier!
:10:25. > :10:31.Angle the hook into the middle and add the sixth one into the middle
:10:31. > :10:37.there, make sure you have some tape. Take it round the top. Not the
:10:37. > :10:41.middle but just the top and the bottom to make it sturdy on either
:10:41. > :10:46.side of the star. You are doing well there. Strikes
:10:46. > :10:50.me this isn't your first Blue Peter make? I made a Blue Peter bat cave
:10:50. > :10:56.when I was around six I think. Lots of paper mache and water and gunk
:10:56. > :11:00.and stuff like that. It was quite fun. Wicked. Once that's all done
:11:00. > :11:06.up, it should look like another one I made earlier, spent a lot of time,
:11:06. > :11:11.as you can see. Talking of things you made earlier. That-dah. Nice
:11:11. > :11:17.and solid and stuck together. Get some tinsel from your local
:11:17. > :11:22.tinsel shop. Put some on you to doll you up a bit. Much needed!
:11:22. > :11:27.Cheers! Use some tinsel and go around the
:11:27. > :11:30.edge of the thing, maybe scrunch it up so you can put it through the
:11:30. > :11:34.holes. Who decorates the tree in the Sheeran household? Probably one
:11:34. > :11:40.of my parents because me and my brother are never there, but yes,
:11:40. > :11:47.my dad used to, you know all the pins they get on the floor, when I
:11:47. > :11:50.was younger to occupy me because I was hyper he was like I'll give you
:11:50. > :11:53.1p every single pin you pick up and I thought I would be a millionaire
:11:53. > :11:58.by the end of it. I was there for hours and I got �3 and he got rid
:11:58. > :12:02.of me for the day which is good! OK. We should have a Blue Peter appeal
:12:02. > :12:06.for you. But you are doing all right. Put it all around the edge
:12:06. > :12:11.like that and it will end up like this. This is nicely decorated. You
:12:11. > :12:18.have added some baubles? You will get some from the bauble shop, you
:12:18. > :12:22.can probably find it! What is a bubble shop and a tinsel shop?!
:12:23. > :12:26.find some garden wire, either from your mum or dad. If your mum wears
:12:26. > :12:32.the trousers, she probably has some bauble wire, and if your dad
:12:32. > :12:37.doesn't, then he probably doesn't. What?! Just go to the parent that
:12:37. > :12:42.does the gardening. Yes, thread it up and do it up quite tight. That
:12:42. > :12:49.hides all the hooks? Yes, cover it up with the tinsel so it looks nice
:12:49. > :12:57.and pretty and there you have it, a Christmas star. You can all maken
:12:57. > :12:59.eco version, we have one covered in pine cones, ivy. Little robins.
:12:59. > :13:04.and tinsel. Any Christmas traditions in the Sheeran
:13:04. > :13:10.household? We tend to watch films, I think everybody does that. There
:13:10. > :13:17.you have it. And pick up pine needles? Yes, Christmas star,
:13:17. > :13:21.courtesy of Sheezer. If you haven't decorated your tree yet, look at
:13:21. > :13:25.this next film for instraition. I went to one of the most famous
:13:25. > :13:35.households in the country to help them put up their tree. Brace
:13:35. > :13:35.
:13:35. > :13:38.yourselves for some flash photography -- illustration.
:13:38. > :13:42.Every iconic landmark has a Christmas tree and almost every
:13:42. > :13:45.home in Britain has one. Including the most famous address
:13:45. > :13:50.in the country. Number Ten Downing Street.
:13:50. > :13:54.So how do they choose the tree that will stand here? They won a
:13:54. > :13:57.competition. The champion tree growers' prize is to see their tree
:13:57. > :13:58.displayed here outside the Prime Minister, David Cameron's front
:13:58. > :14:04.Minister, David Cameron's front door.
:14:04. > :14:09.This year's winner comes from The Tree Barn in Christmas Common. It's
:14:09. > :14:14.a real place! I've come to see the champion Christmas tree for myself
:14:14. > :14:19.before it heads off to Number Ten. The man in charge is Andrew Ingram.
:14:19. > :14:22.So this is it, the tree that will be heading to Number Ten? That's
:14:22. > :14:27.right. Why have you cut the branches off the bottom then?
:14:27. > :14:30.tree is bigger than we need. It's got to be five metres tall. This is
:14:30. > :14:35.seven or eight metres, we don't need the bottom half so in order
:14:35. > :14:42.for it to be easier for us to cut it, we trim the lower branches.
:14:42. > :14:46.long has this been growing for? 25 years. It looks good. I'm sure
:14:46. > :14:49.it will look good outside Number Ten. I should feel sad we are
:14:49. > :14:54.chopping this tree down, shouldn't I? No, it's destiny. What it's
:14:54. > :15:04.meant to do? Yes. Right, then, let's get it ready for Mr Cameron.
:15:04. > :15:12.
:15:13. > :15:17.A round of applause is in order. What do we do with this now then?
:15:17. > :15:20.It's going to go through the netter, we'll net it to protect it while
:15:20. > :15:25.transporting it to London. Whilst growing Christmas trees recycle
:15:25. > :15:29.carbon dioxide by turning it into oxygen. Every acre of trees grown
:15:29. > :15:33.produce the daily oxygen for 16 people and don't worry, for every
:15:33. > :15:39.tree cut down, at least two others are planted.
:15:39. > :15:49.That's it. Wrapped and ready to go to Downing Street. I'll see you
:15:49. > :15:55.
:15:55. > :16:02.Here it comes. Christmas tree has made its way from Christmas Common
:16:02. > :16:10.and is almost there at its final destination, Number Ten.
:16:11. > :16:20.Well done. Wow, it's tall, isn't it? They've put the tree in place
:16:21. > :16:21.
:16:21. > :18:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 114 seconds
:18:15. > :18:20.and now I'm going to unwrap it. OK. Andy! Oh, no, did that just happen.
:18:20. > :18:24.I won't be in charge of the star at Downing Street. The tree is up. The
:18:24. > :18:30.decorating is well under way, but to finish it off, I've enlisted the
:18:31. > :18:34.help of our latest gold badge winners, Jonah, Lauren and Toby.
:18:34. > :18:38.Eight-year-old Jonah from Surrey won his gold badge for making a
:18:38. > :18:42.life-saving call to 999 emergency services team when his grandad
:18:42. > :18:46.collapsed. Law reason is ten from Wiltshire, she has cerebral palsy
:18:46. > :18:50.as a result of contracting meningitis at six weeks old.
:18:50. > :18:54.Despite this, she's continued to challenge herself and raise money
:18:54. > :18:59.for the Meningitis Trust -- Lauren. Most recently, she cycled 25 miles
:18:59. > :19:04.and raised over �4,000. Eight-year-old Toby from Guernsey
:19:04. > :19:07.spotted an unexploded World War bomb whilst playing outside at Cubs.
:19:07. > :19:13.He acted calmly and ensured the right people were informed so no-
:19:13. > :19:19.one was hurt. Good work, guys! The tree going up is national news.
:19:19. > :19:26.So the street is lined with members of the press. Now, there's only one
:19:26. > :19:31.thing left to go. 4, 3, 2, 1... Look at that. A round of applause.
:19:31. > :19:34.Merry Christmas, everybody. I haven't put up a single Christmas
:19:34. > :19:37.decoration at any house yet. But to be honest, I don't think I need to
:19:37. > :19:44.any more. This tops it all. A Christmas tree for the Prime
:19:44. > :19:48.Minister decorated by three amazing kids.
:19:48. > :19:54.Do you know what, I expected the Prime Minister's tree to be bigger
:19:54. > :19:59.than that, I don't know why. You cheeky thing, anyway, don't you
:19:59. > :20:05.read the newspapers, were in troubled times. You are going to
:20:05. > :20:09.give this away tonight aren't you? I'm at the Apollo tonight, yes.
:20:09. > :20:14.Pixie Lott will be pr forming for us while I tell you what is
:20:14. > :20:17.happening on Blue Peter tomorrow. The author of How To Train Your
:20:17. > :20:22.Dragon, Cressida Cowell, will be here to announce the nominations
:20:22. > :20:26.for the Book Awards. We'll be at The Clothes Show live with Georgia
:20:26. > :20:33.Locke and Alexandra Burke and the megastar Nicole Scherzinger will be
:20:33. > :20:38.here in this very studio! We've been friends for a while pixie, a
:20:38. > :20:41.couple of weeks ago I invited you to a gig to play and we had a
:20:41. > :20:45.conversation about Stevie Wonder collaborating on your new album.
:20:45. > :20:49.Tell us more about that? I was very lucky, in the right place at the
:20:49. > :20:53.right time in LA and he's my all- time favourite, I grew up listening
:20:53. > :20:57.to him and he was in the same restaurant. I met him, was
:20:57. > :21:02.overwhelmed, it was quite a moment for me, but then I wrote a song and
:21:02. > :21:11.he collaborates on it, playing the harmonica. He sounds amazing, so I
:21:11. > :21:17.was very lucky. You can hear that on Young, Foolish and Happy,
:21:17. > :21:27.Pixie's album. Right now she's going to sing Everybody Hurts from
:21:27. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:31.# I don't know how to turn it all around
:21:31. > :21:35.# When I feel hopeless can see my way out
:21:35. > :21:38.# Dawn so low will I ever get back # When I am broken and I've just
:21:38. > :21:45.had enough # Pick up the pieces and I'll put
:21:45. > :21:55.myself all together # Crying it out there's no doubt it
:21:55. > :21:55.
:21:55. > :22:01.got to get better # And it's alright to go in let
:22:01. > :22:05.your tears fall down # And everything crushes to the
:22:05. > :22:15.ground # And it's alright do it if it
:22:15. > :22:29.
:22:29. > :22:32.makes it out alive # Sometimes
:22:32. > :22:35.# It's so hard not to let emotion burge
:22:35. > :22:45.# Turn my head upside down on a thread, huhuh
:22:45. > :22:45.
:22:46. > :22:55.# Cut me loose so I can stanch fade up again
:22:56. > :22:58.
:22:58. > :23:00.# I feel love is bitter empty space # Pick up the pieces and I'll put
:23:00. > :23:09.myself all together # Crying it out there's no doubt it
:23:09. > :23:12.got to get better # And it's alright to go in let
:23:12. > :23:14.your tears fall down # And everything crushes to the
:23:14. > :23:24.ground # And it's alright do it if it
:23:24. > :23:32.
:23:32. > :23:42.makes it out alive # Everybody hurts sometimes
:23:42. > :23:44.
:23:44. > :23:47.# Sometimes # So when you're stuck and can't
:23:47. > :23:57.move on # You're allowed to cry, we all get
:23:57. > :24:02.
:24:02. > :24:10.hurt sometimes # And it's alright
:24:10. > :24:12.# To go in and let your tears fall down
:24:12. > :24:18.# When everything crashes to the ground