:00:08. > :00:11.Coming up on today's live Blue Peter:
:00:11. > :00:14.With the Euro 2012 football tournament about to kick off, we
:00:14. > :00:24.sample the sights, sounds and interesting flavours of one of its
:00:24. > :00:27.
:00:27. > :00:30.host countries, Poland. Chew it! With the countdown to the Olympics
:00:30. > :00:35.under way, Helen and I take on four famous faces in a series of
:00:35. > :00:38.sporting challenges. That so great goal!
:00:38. > :00:41.And they've played for Ronaldo, Rooney and Messi, but now they're
:00:41. > :00:51.going to be performing for YOU. Football freestylers Billy & Jeremy
:00:51. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:07.will be showing off their super Hello! Welcome to Blue Peter. We're
:01:07. > :01:10.live, interactive and giving you the inside story on everything you
:01:10. > :01:19.need to know! We've got some amazing stuff on today's show,
:01:19. > :01:23.They are so impressive. They have a routine especially for you later
:01:23. > :01:27.and they will talk us through a couple of moves. If you have a
:01:27. > :01:34.football in the House, grab it and save it for later. I'm doing this
:01:34. > :01:38.already! This summer is massive. We have got the Olympics and the
:01:38. > :01:43.European championships, but which is better? We headed to a school in
:01:43. > :01:48.Manchester to find out. I think Euro 2012 is the best. I think the
:01:48. > :01:53.Olympics is better. I think the Olympics is better. You get
:01:53. > :01:59.football plus many more sports. Football is more fun to watch, but
:01:59. > :02:04.the Olympics have more variety. love power at the end they are
:02:04. > :02:14.trying to shout louder! That is what they think, but we want to
:02:14. > :02:20.
:02:20. > :02:24.know what you think. E-mail us. Now, tomorrow is the start of the
:02:24. > :02:26.football European Championships, also known as Euro 2012. The Euros
:02:26. > :02:33.happen every four years and feature the best international football
:02:33. > :02:36.teams in Europe competing to see who will be crowned champions.
:02:36. > :02:40.what's the essential info you need to make you a tournament expert?
:02:40. > :02:43.Over the next four weeks, we've got our own pundits to tell us
:02:43. > :02:52.everything we need to know. From Sadie J, playing the characters
:02:52. > :02:56.Jake and Danny, are Bobby and Afternoon, sports fans, I'm Will
:02:56. > :02:59.Nye. And I'm Bobby Fuller, and for the last two months, ever since the
:02:59. > :03:01.final team qualified for the group stages, Will and I have been
:03:01. > :03:07.studying the form guides and tactics of the teams that are
:03:07. > :03:17.competing at Euro 2012. And we've compiled our definitive list of the
:03:17. > :03:20.
:03:20. > :03:24.teams we tip to finish top of their Tough group. Out of the four teams,
:03:24. > :03:28.the Czech Republic, Greece, Poland and Russia, you have to go for the
:03:28. > :03:33.home team, Poland. Their secret weapon is their coach, Snooder, who
:03:33. > :03:40.could be the key to their success. I agree. And they have loads of
:03:40. > :03:44.players whose names I can't pronounce. I really like their kit.
:03:44. > :03:47.Anyway, on to Group B. I'm calling this group the Group of Death.
:03:47. > :03:53.Anyone could win and I think it is the hardest group in the tournament.
:03:53. > :03:57.But if I have to choose one team, it has to be Germany. They got to
:03:57. > :04:04.the semis in the last World Cup so that experience will be good for
:04:04. > :04:11.them. I agree. They've all got really angry sounding names, like
:04:11. > :04:16.Schweinsteiger and Neuer. Let's see if Group C sound friendlier. Either
:04:16. > :04:21.one for me. Spain all the way. They won the World Cup two years ago and
:04:21. > :04:24.I think they will storm the group. My tip is to watch out for Fernando
:04:24. > :04:28.Llorente, the big striker. This could be the tournament where
:04:28. > :04:33.everybody sits up and take notice of him. I agree. But if you're
:04:33. > :04:39.going to support the underdog, I have to go with Italy. I'll be
:04:39. > :04:43.supporting them because I love pizza. Anyway. On to Group D. Sorry,
:04:43. > :04:49.England fans, but I'm going to go with France as group winners.
:04:49. > :04:53.what? France look too strong with players like Nasri, Ben Arfa and
:04:53. > :04:57.Benzema. They look like potential tournament winners. I see what
:04:57. > :05:07.you're saying. This is the teams who we think are going to top their
:05:07. > :05:09.
:05:09. > :05:15.Group A, the home team, Poland. Definitely. Group B, it is going to
:05:15. > :05:24.definitely be the Germans. Group C, World Cup winners two years ago,
:05:24. > :05:29.Spain. And for Group D, sorry England fans, but France. That's it
:05:29. > :05:36.from us. We will see you next week with more broking -- breaking news
:05:37. > :05:44.from urate 2012. -- Euro 2012. I think England will go through. We
:05:44. > :05:48.have got more from their next week and over the next few weeks. Euro
:05:48. > :05:52.2012 is being held in Poland and Ukraine, but there's more to these
:05:52. > :05:55.countries than just football. Helen and myself went on a special trip.
:05:55. > :06:02.We will tell you what it is that makes these countries so great and
:06:03. > :06:09.we start in poem of's capital, Warsaw. -- Poland's capital. Poland
:06:09. > :06:13.and Ukraine are playing host to Helen and me. We will be travelling
:06:13. > :06:19.west to east, from Walsall to Kiev and over the next four weeks, we
:06:19. > :06:29.will show you the best sites, experiences and tastes. These
:06:29. > :06:31.
:06:31. > :06:36.countries have so much to offer. Warsaw is a lively place and
:06:36. > :06:38.towering at 231 metres above the traffic is the rather scary looking
:06:38. > :06:44.Palace of Culture and Science. It is the tallest building in the
:06:44. > :06:48.country and was made with an estimated 40 million bricks. Look
:06:48. > :06:52.at this! On our trip, we will have no idea where we are staying each
:06:52. > :06:56.night until the last minute. genuinely don't have any clue where
:06:56. > :07:01.we are staying tonight. Tonight you are staying in one of Eastern
:07:01. > :07:06.Europe's most glamourous hotels. The Bristol Hotel. I feel
:07:06. > :07:10.suspicious, let's find it. How you doing? Of this is one of the most
:07:10. > :07:16.famous hotels in the hall of Poland. It looks amazing. I told you it
:07:16. > :07:22.would be bosh. Her the best room is the Presidential suite and costs
:07:22. > :07:28.�1,400 for one night. Welcome. Enjoy your stay. For the last
:07:28. > :07:37.decade, it has been the hotel of choice of world famous models, pop
:07:37. > :07:43.stars, Presidents and Royals. floor. Even the lift is glamourous!
:07:43. > :07:53.I wasn't expecting luxury on the Strip. Let's make the most of it. -
:07:53. > :07:54.
:07:54. > :08:01.Hang on, we haven't come all the way to Poland to be pampered. Time
:08:01. > :08:05.to explore the real city. In May look old, but a lot of Poland's
:08:05. > :08:09.capital city is actually quite new. Even in the oldest part of town,
:08:09. > :08:14.the buildings that should be many hundreds of years old were any
:08:14. > :08:19.built 60 years ago. During the Second World War, Hitler ordered
:08:19. > :08:25.that Warsaw be completely destroyed. It was almost entirely flattened.
:08:25. > :08:29.To rebuild it, they used the work of an Italian artist as a guide.
:08:29. > :08:34.You can see glass cubes of Canaletto's paintings all round the
:08:34. > :08:43.old town. These act as a reminder of how accurately Walsall was
:08:43. > :08:48.rebuilt. It is incredible. One of the newest structures to be seen is
:08:48. > :08:51.the national stadium, playing host this year to Euro 2012. It is here
:08:51. > :08:58.where the summer festival of football will kick off with Poland
:08:58. > :09:01.taking on Greece in the opening game. That really hurt! After
:09:01. > :09:05.taking in all those sites, we are boast starting to get hungry and
:09:05. > :09:11.what better way to sample the best of Polish cuisine than have it made
:09:11. > :09:15.for us by a celebrity chef. Meet Joseph, Poland's equivalent of
:09:15. > :09:20.Jamie Oliver. He presents a cooking Show on daytime TV and has even
:09:20. > :09:24.served food to the Polish Prime Minister. I can't wait to find out
:09:24. > :09:34.where it -- why we are here. Welcome. What do you have in store
:09:34. > :09:34.
:09:34. > :09:39.for us? Some fresh food to taste. Joseph has kind are prepared the
:09:39. > :09:44.selection of traditional Polish dishes for us to try. First up, a
:09:44. > :09:52.salty soup containing soured milk, eggs and sausages. Do you like
:09:52. > :09:57.that? It tastes delicious. And a stew of fermented goal and meat,
:09:57. > :10:06.considered Poland's national dish. But from Polish dishes are a little
:10:06. > :10:16.scarier, like this one. Cooked with vegetables, pork Trotters. Pigs
:10:16. > :10:19.
:10:19. > :10:29.feet? CU! -- C O O! And what? By it is eaten during the summer. It is a
:10:29. > :10:37.
:10:37. > :10:42.cold pigs foot jelly. Dive in! It is not for me. I'm sorry, Poland,
:10:42. > :10:49.but that was horrific. We need something refreshing to get rid of
:10:49. > :10:58.the taste. Wow! That is sour. It is vinegar. Some sort of vinegar?
:10:58. > :11:04.not. It is the water from... course it is! Gherkin Jews. We have
:11:04. > :11:09.braved Polish food, but now Joseph has a challenge. -- gherkin its
:11:09. > :11:16.juice. A list of products you need to buy it from the markets. It is
:11:16. > :11:20.in Polish. You like. Thank you! I think. It is knee against Barney in
:11:20. > :11:24.a mystery cooking challenge. Joseph has given us identical lists of
:11:24. > :11:29.ingredients that we have to find and buy a Warsaw's largest market
:11:29. > :11:33.place. The only problem is the list is entirely in Polish. This could
:11:33. > :11:38.be interesting. I have got my Dictionary so I am confident.
:11:38. > :11:45.have got my gadget with me and it has the Translation app. You and
:11:45. > :11:47.your gadgets and your apps! While Barney has gone for the modern
:11:47. > :11:57.superstore, I'm hitting the old fashion market in search of the
:11:57. > :12:14.
:12:14. > :12:24.OK. We are on a roll. Come on! That is in the back. By now need
:12:24. > :12:26.
:12:26. > :12:30.150 grams... 150 grams of by the rise -- roast beef or pork. Or both.
:12:30. > :12:35.Yes! I've worked out it is immense and I have found the butcher. I
:12:35. > :12:40.wonder how Barney is doing? Up I have no idea where the meat is.
:12:40. > :12:48.have got the mince! I would like to buy that, please. I am catching you
:12:48. > :12:58.up, Helen. What's next? That is an onion. Let's get a big one.
:12:58. > :13:00.
:13:00. > :13:07.call that big? Checkout this bad- Mother of pearl! Your gadget has
:13:07. > :13:12.let you down, has it? What his mother of pearl? Once we've managed
:13:12. > :13:18.to translate more items, we discover we also need eggs, pepper,
:13:18. > :13:25.flour and tomato puree. I wonder what we will be cooking? You will
:13:25. > :13:30.be cooking something for me. We are going head to head to make a very
:13:30. > :13:35.traditional Polish dish. Meat wrapped in a leaf and afterwards
:13:35. > :13:43.Joseph will choose which one is the best Polish chef. You're going to
:13:43. > :13:49.start by frying the onion. You need to fry it until it is Gordon Brown.
:13:49. > :13:55.-- golden-brown. Once we have fried the onions, we let them cool.
:13:55. > :14:05.put the onions in the meat. Next we add pearl barley, breadcrumbs and
:14:05. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:21.one egg and then the fun part, You mix everything. Yes. It is very
:14:21. > :14:26.important, seasoning ingredients. How much salt? I will be judging to
:14:26. > :14:30.see if you have got good seasoning. You grab a handful of meat and you
:14:30. > :14:39.roll them into balls. These are rucked up with people or cabbage
:14:39. > :14:44.leaf. It looks like a caterpillar! Beautiful. Now, it is our turn to
:14:44. > :14:50.create the cabbage meat parcels. Helen has got a flair for meet the
:14:50. > :14:56.rolling, but me, not so much. going with putting my own flavour
:14:56. > :15:03.Ornette! Joseph has told us to make four roles each, which we then
:15:03. > :15:09.place into a baking dish. Now, for the sauce. Two tablespoons of
:15:09. > :15:18.tomato puree, two cups of chicken stock and a couple of bay leaves.
:15:18. > :15:28.We pour the mixture into here. cover it? Yes. All that is left is
:15:28. > :15:28.
:15:28. > :15:38.to cook them in the oven for 90 minutes. Let's say what you have
:15:38. > :15:39.
:15:39. > :15:47.got here. It looks good! It does look good. It smells good. Now,
:15:47. > :15:57.Bonnie. Excellent. Now, for the taste test. Whose version will
:15:57. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:08.Joseph Pitt as the best? Mine is tasted first. And now, Bonnie's. A
:16:08. > :16:09.
:16:09. > :16:19.lot of cabbage. Joseph, the suspense is killing us! Which did
:16:19. > :16:19.
:16:19. > :16:26.it? This is very tasteful, definitely the winner. Really?!
:16:26. > :16:36.Might extra salty dish did it for me! He is so excited! It is all
:16:36. > :16:37.
:16:37. > :16:42.about the seasoning. It is nice meeting you. Goodbye. I am stuffed.
:16:42. > :16:48.I cannot believe you ate the pigs trotter. It was gross! Where I'll
:16:48. > :16:54.be going next? Krakow, the second city. How are we getting there?
:16:54. > :17:02.your legs! Just because you did a marathon in Namibia!
:17:02. > :17:10.If somebody offers you pigs feet, saying no. It is gross. It is like
:17:10. > :17:17.when a dog throws up and it eats it. Let's go back to Warsaw, because we
:17:18. > :17:21.can talk to Jake Humphrey. He is therefore the UWE robes, -- he is
:17:21. > :17:28.there for the European Championship. You are in the city hosting the
:17:28. > :17:36.opening ceremony, what is it like? It is very exciting, even more
:17:36. > :17:44.exciting now that I know I am going to try to find Barney's fruit! --
:17:44. > :17:49.food! It is a taste sensation! Will be an exciting evening, because
:17:49. > :17:53.this is where they will host the opening game and opening ceremony.
:17:53. > :17:59.They now have improved on at Wimbledon, and they are doing the
:17:59. > :18:04.same thing here -- they now have the roof on at Wimbledon. You can
:18:04. > :18:11.see Greece training. A lot of people are talking about England
:18:11. > :18:16.not being fancied to do well, the same was the case for Greece in
:18:16. > :18:21.2004. They won the tournament. are getting a steak preview of them
:18:21. > :18:29.training, but when you are working to, do you get to see much
:18:29. > :18:35.football? I am always busy working, of course, but all I will get to
:18:35. > :18:39.see a lot of football! It is really exciting to be close to the players.
:18:39. > :18:44.Normally, you sit in a studio, but I am going to be alongside Alan
:18:44. > :18:49.Shearer, a man who has scored many goals over the years, and for the
:18:49. > :18:54.first couple of matches, we will be standing here, pitch-side, ahead of
:18:54. > :18:58.the Games, so when England are training, I will be a few feet away
:18:58. > :19:02.from Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard. It will be exciting, and I
:19:02. > :19:06.cannot wait. There is not an overwhelming sense of excitement
:19:07. > :19:16.yet here, but it is starting to build, and as of tomorrow, it will
:19:17. > :19:18.
:19:18. > :19:24.go wild. You are living the dream, enjoy yourself. It is a good day
:19:24. > :19:28.for Blue Peter! Still to come,...
:19:28. > :19:33.We go in search of an ultimate athlete, we have got the highlights
:19:33. > :19:38.from our Olympic challenger. And, it is football freestyle like
:19:38. > :19:42.you have never seen it before. An exclusive performance, you are
:19:42. > :19:47.going to love it. If you have been watching the Big
:19:47. > :19:52.Olympic Tour, it is on Saturday mornings at 9 am, we have taken on
:19:52. > :20:01.our very own Olympic challenge. We got together four friends, and we
:20:01. > :20:04.went in search of our autumn at athlete. This is a catch up.
:20:04. > :20:09.Welcome to the big Olympic challenge, this is where Helen,
:20:10. > :20:19.Barney and four friends will be competing in ninth Olympic sports.
:20:20. > :20:41.
:20:41. > :20:46.I think Romeo is hiding his eyes. We have two races, a men's race and
:20:46. > :20:56.a women's race. All that separates them from glory, 60 metres and five
:20:56. > :21:02.
:21:02. > :21:10.hurdles. Lawro wins by a mile. -- Laura. Brendan will take this
:21:10. > :21:14.comfortably, Romeo in second. Bonney did not get started. We have
:21:15. > :21:17.come to the City of Manchester Stadium, the turf of a Premier
:21:17. > :21:27.League football ground. You are going to be taking penalties in
:21:27. > :21:28.
:21:28. > :21:38.this goal. They have five each. That is a great goal! What a
:21:38. > :21:43.
:21:43. > :21:49.celebration! Stepaside, Wayne He is pointing to the left-hand
:21:49. > :21:53.side, but he has gone to the bottom right.
:21:53. > :22:01.Neither of us have won an event yet, but that could change this weekend
:22:01. > :22:05.with the triple jump. We will be live in Dumbarton. If you have got
:22:05. > :22:10.a couple of hours free, you can come down to the park. You can come
:22:10. > :22:14.and say hello. From the kind of skill that I have
:22:14. > :22:24.been displaying too real skill, they are incredible, football
:22:24. > :22:26.
:22:26. > :22:31.freestyle. Take on known as F2. -- they are known. If there is a
:22:31. > :22:35.football around, you want to play with it. I cannot leave a football
:22:35. > :22:41.alone. This is being entertaining with football, but this is
:22:42. > :22:46.different. It is about ball control, technique, co-ordination, balance,
:22:46. > :22:50.and as a double-act, we have more strings to our bow, we can
:22:50. > :22:55.incorporate dance and some call choreography. It is trickier,
:22:55. > :23:00.because if you are on your own, you can do what you like. You have hit
:23:00. > :23:05.the nail on the head. Everything is 10 times more difficult. But we put
:23:05. > :23:10.the time and, we have polished our routine, and we have the best
:23:10. > :23:15.performance in the world. You have done some amazing adverts. Who have
:23:15. > :23:20.you worked with? The whole Manchester United team, Lionel
:23:20. > :23:24.Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham. We had the Manchester
:23:24. > :23:28.United team in the first-class carriage of an aeroplane. We were
:23:28. > :23:35.telling people like Wayne Rooney of what to do. It was strange, telling
:23:35. > :23:43.him what to do. What can you teach me? We will teach you a sequence of
:23:43. > :23:48.power retained. -- hour routine. You place the ball on your neck.
:23:48. > :23:56.Then, you place your arms out, keeping your head up. Slowly, go
:23:56. > :24:04.down on to one knee. Take your time, nice and slow, there is no rush.
:24:04. > :24:14.You are doing really well. You are not helping! To a couple of press-
:24:14. > :24:24.
:24:24. > :24:34.ups, perfect. Unbelievable! High- five! That was fantastic. They were
:24:34. > :24:34.
:24:34. > :26:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 130 seconds
:26:45. > :26:52.my skills, but you have more. Over It is easy! That is never going to
:26:52. > :26:56.happen! We will work on it! That was brilliant. The dog was could!
:26:56. > :27:01.Earlier, we asked you which is better, the European Championships
:27:01. > :27:06.or the Olympics. Loads of you have been in touch. I have got e-mails
:27:06. > :27:10.from the fans of the European Championships. I have got the ones
:27:10. > :27:15.of the fans of the Olympics. One person says, there are lots of
:27:15. > :27:21.sports, and it is in the UK. person says, I love football.
:27:21. > :27:26.person says, girls can compete. It brings the world together.
:27:26. > :27:31.person says, football is great, and I hope the pundits are wrong.
:27:31. > :27:35.can give you the statistics, nine out of 10 prefer the Olympics.
:27:35. > :27:40.is almost it, but there is just time to telly what is happening
:27:40. > :27:46.next Thursday. They are back in the studio, giving us the ins and outs
:27:46. > :27:50.on and off the pitch, --. And, we head for a taste of life