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-Guys, why is it dark in the studio?

-It's pitch-black.

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It has to be. It's for our guests today.

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Yeah, but I can't see them. Where are they?

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-They're behind you!

-HE LAUGHS EVILLY

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SHE SCREAMS

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Actually, that is pretty scary.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Hello and welcome to live Blue Peter.

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-It's live?

-Coming up on today's show, we are going be joined

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by some fantastic lantern puppets.

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Can't wait for that as well.

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Look who's back, it's little Iggy.

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-Hello, Iggs.

-Hiya.

-Hello.

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Plus, I'll be showing you how to make one of these -

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a Valentine's Day card with a message on the inside.

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Will you be my Valentine?

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Stop asking me to be your Valentine, Radzi, it's weird.

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Although I can't blame him, I am a handsome man.

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Love is in the air, definitely, which means that we would like

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to ask you a question. What do you love?

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What do you love more than anything else?

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It doesn't have to be a person. It can be your grandma, if you want.

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It can Grandma's food, it can be a pet, it could be ice cream

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with kittens on it. Whatever you like, get in touch and let us know.

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-We'll read your comments out at the end of the show.

-I love you guys.

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THE GUYS GO "AAAHHHH!" I love you guys!

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Now though, it's time to see the second part

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of a challenge which Barney and I took place in a velodrome.

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It has Sir Chris Hoy - the hero, the legend. Look at it now.

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We are two months into training for our Sport Relief Cycling Challenge

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set by Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy.

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Your Sport Relief challenge is going to push your cycling abilities

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to the limit.

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And in just a few weeks' time, we'll be going head-to-head

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in a mini-omnium - a combination of three different track cycling races.

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The match sprint,

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the flying lap and the kilo.

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Two more laps, two more laps.

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Today, we're back at the Manchester velodrome to train for all three.

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Joining our coach Charlie are two of the country's best young riders,

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Josh and Tilly.

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So, first up, we need to get you looking around on the bike.

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That's really important for the sprint challenge.

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Although it may sound like it,

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the sprint race isn't actually always about speed.

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Riders use different tactics.

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Some try and force their opponent up the track

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to make it harder for them to overtake.

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While others hang back before unleashing a surprise attack

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with a burst of speed.

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Charlie now wants Radzi and me to ride around the track,

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keeping an eye on our partners at all the times,

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which is very difficult, cos we've got to look over our shoulders,

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whilst looking forwards to see where we're going.

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This is going to be fun.

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To begin with, it feels really unnatural.

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All I want to do is keep my eyes on the track in front of me.

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OK, Where is he, Radzi? Where is he? Look for him.

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Where is he? Can you see him?

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No, Charlie, I can't see him, cos I'm too scared of falling off.

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I'm finding this so hard.

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Well, you know, that's a shame, Radzi, because I am loving it.

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Barney, the match sprinter, look at this!

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But just as I get the hang of it, disaster strikes.

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Something's not right.

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I've got a flat, Charlie.

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I've got a puncture.

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Oh, no, that's a 'wheel' shame, Barney. Heh-heh-heh!

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Meanwhile, Radzi's getting loads of training time and I'm not.

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I'm not having a good day.

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Come on, Radzi, move it around.

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Come on, up, up, up.

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Yeah, I think that might be flat.

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Go, Radzi. That's it.

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Come in next time.

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Bike repaired, let's get back to training.

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So next, Charlie wants us to cycle around the perimeter fence,

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but that's all the way up there.

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The corners of the track are at a terrifying 42-degree angle.

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Charlie, is it really vital?

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It is really vital for the flying lap,

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but it is also really good fun.

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The flying lap is all about going as fast as you possibly can.

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Cyclists drop down from the top of the track and they start their

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quick lap and this allows them to reach speeds of over 50mph.

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Starting from the bottom, we follow Josh and Tilly round,

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gradually making our way higher and higher.

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Go higher, Josh.

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We are going absolutely flat out

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trying to keep up with Josh and Tilly.

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This is the fastest we've ridden around this track,

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and it feels amazing.

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Go on, Radzi!

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It does, Barn, but it's also incredibly difficult.

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I'm really struggling to get to the top, unlike you.

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You're flying.

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I might be, but my legs are burning.

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It is so hard to stay up here.

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That is so tiring.

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That's probably the hardest thing I've done yet.

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But what do our training partners Josh and Tilly make of our progress?

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I definitely think that you've improved throughout the session.

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You are a lot more confident riding further up the track.

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Barney has got loads of confidence moving around the track,

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but you've got more speed.

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Use this is your secret weapon.

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Oh, yes!

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Ho-ho-ho-ho!

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Our final session is all about our time trial race -

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the kilo,

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where two riders start from opposite sides of the track

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and try to catch each other up.

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Getting the best possible start is vital.

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So that's why cyclists use something called a start gate.

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And Charlie has lined up an absolute legend to show us how to use it.

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The man who revealed our Sport Relief challenge,

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six-time Olympic gold medallist, Sir Chris Hoy.

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It is such an honour to meet you. Thank you very much for being here.

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It is a pleasure. Great to be here.

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This is the start gate.

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It is just a means of holding you up at the start

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and releasing you bang-on zero.

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So you need good technique

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and you need a lot of power to get out cleanly.

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-Can we give it a go?

-Let's do it, yeah.

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-First of all, you will hear a beep at ten seconds.

-Yeah.

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Then the beeps start again

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at five, four, three, two, one and then zero.

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You want to go bang-on the zero.

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You want to start by gripping the bars with your arms straight.

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Weight back and then you only lunge forward when you get to zero.

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And give it everything, the front leg really pushing down

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and the back leg pulling up.

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-Shall we try one?

-Let's go for it.

-Go on, Barn.

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I have instant butterflies.

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Go on, Barn.

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Yeah!

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You nailed it, Barney. Now it's my turn.

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And the more times we practise, the more natural it becomes.

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Can you give us some idea of how you felt with your first gate start?

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I was about 14 or 15 and I just remember coming out the gate

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and wobbling left, going right off the track,

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on to the grass, almost fell off.

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So, compared to what you guys did today, it wasn't even close.

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We were lucky enough to train with Josh and Tilly

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and I'd never have known, just having cycled on the streets

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of Wolverhampton, that it can be this much fun.

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How can people at home get involved in cycling?

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You don't have to do velodrome racing but it is...

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I'm biased, I think it's the best form of bike racing.

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But you join your local cycling club,

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meet other people that enjoy it too.

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Have fun with it, but if they have that desire to continue,

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they want to progress and become Olympic champions,

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it is that first step on the pathway

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towards winning an Olympic gold medal.

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-Chris, thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-See you on the day.

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Yeah, good luck, guys. Rest up, keep the legs fresh and good luck.

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-Amazing. Chocolate?

-Yeah.

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Next week, all the sweat...

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All the pedalling...

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..comes down to just three races.

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Who will win for Sport Relief 2016?

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Find out only on Blue Peter.

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Man, I've met Sir Chris Hoy!

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Chris Hoy is the nicest guy in the world, ever.

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-Ever!

-Next week, make sure you're watching the finale

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of our Sport Relief Cycling Challenge.

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If you are getting involved in Sport Relief,

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why not tell us all about it by putting it on a sweaty sock,

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for example? That'd be good wouldn't it?

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That's because it is our Sport Relief send-in. We want you to

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send in your sweaty socks and some have you have already done that.

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How do I know? Because of our sock map. I'm going to call it the Sap,

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cos it combines a sock and a map.

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Down here, we can see London and we've already got dots there

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cos you've already sent in socks. Up in Sheffield, same story there.

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But ideally, we'd like this sock to be covered in your spots.

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And how do you do that? Well, I'm going to pick up this template

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and explain to you now, cos all you have to do is jump on

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to the Blue Peter website, print this thing out, cut out the sock,

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decorate it, then send it to us and tell us what you're doing

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to raise money for this year's Sport Relief.

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You're very good at this, Radzi.

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So, some people have sent some stuff in already.

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We've got Sophie from Woking.

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She's designed... Oh, I touched it, my fingers are going to smell now.

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This is to say that she is swimming and cycling for Sport Relief.

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Good on you, Soph. This is Iman, who's helping his school

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to raise money. Well done, we love that.

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Very nice pictures of me, Sophie and Radzi as well.

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Me, Sophie? I said, me, Sophie then. I meant me, Lindsey.

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We reckon we could probably make a Sport Relief mile

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out of all these sweaty socks. We're going to need about 6,000.

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That's quite a lot. And you've only got until Friday 11th March

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to get them sent in. Also, take an adult,

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grab them by the ears and take them over to the computer

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and sign up for the Sport Relief Games.

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Don't grab them by the ears.

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Get involved. There's lots of things to do around the UK.

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-It's going to be fun. What are you doing?

-I'm excited!

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-Why?

-Cos I've just remembered - we've got our sport competition.

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You OK?

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Our sport badge - thousands of you have one

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and many of the world's top sports stars wear it with pride.

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For this year's badge, we've got together with Team GB

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for an amazing new Blue Peter competition.

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What's so special about it? Over to superstar Team GB gymnast,

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Beth Tweddle.

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This one is going to be designed by one of you.

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Your design on one of these!

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This is huge news.

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Plus, there's more.

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It is also going to be given to every Team GB athlete

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that's heading out to Rio this summer.

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And we also want you to write our athletes an inspirational message.

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Let's get them motivated.

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Oh, and this will be used in a very cool way.

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Trust me.

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So, get creating the new badge design and inspirational messages

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and tell us which Team GB athlete

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inspires you.

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All the details are on

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the Blue Peter website.

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Get designing.

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-Thanks, Beth.

-Thanks, Beth. We're having a little cuddle with Iggy.

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-We've missed Iggy.

-Get designing and we should say get well soon to Beth

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cos she's hurt her neck.

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Let's talk about how you print out the application form.

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Go to the Blue Peter website...

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..and you'll print one of these off.

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It's actually obvious what you need to do when you see the form.

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Everything's in red that's really important.

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So, that's the side that you fill your details in on.

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The next page is the BP Shield.

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What you've got to do is keep your design inside this shield, please.

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Leave a little message on there, as well as your design,

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telling us which Team GB athlete inspired you to get involved.

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And then it is your turn to give an inspirational message.

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At the back, it says write an inspirational message to motivate

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every member of Team GB in the box below.

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Imagine that you are their coach and stick that in there.

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Nice, I like that.

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Once you've done it, you need to send it to the following address.

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Yes, you did it! Well played, high-five for that.

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I normally save those for Radzi.

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It does tell you on the application form when the details have to be in.

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You have to make sure everything is sent by 12 noon

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on Tuesday 23rd February 2016.

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And you have to be aged between 6-15 at that time,

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otherwise, it won't count.

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All the details and the terms and conditions and all that stuff is on

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the Blue Peter website. Get an adult to sign the important stuff.

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That's all you need to know so make sure you get involved

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and get designing.

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I'm very excited because it is Valentine's Day soon.

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Normally, we get each other red roses, don't we?

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All three of us. It's really lovely. But this year...

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-Have you not got me anything?

-I know what you just did.

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This year, Radzi's got something even better. Have a look.

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I forgot about the red roses but I've got this -

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a lovely Valentine's Day card.

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And this is all you need in order to make it.

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You require two sheets of A4 card, one sheet of gold card,

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a ruler, scissors, glue and some decorations.

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So, let's get crack-a-lacking.

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The very first thing I'll do is I'll take that red piece of A4 card

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and then I'm going to draw a rectangle on it.

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In fact, I've already done just that.

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Along the width, I've got 8cms

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and along the length, it is 16cms.

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I'm just now going to draw another rectangle exactly the same size.

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What I would say about this is, it's really, really important

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to make sure that you're as accurate as it is possible to be.

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It is all about folding and it is quite tricky,

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so although it might look simple, really be precise if you can.

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Then I'm going to cut out these rectangles here, like so.

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I'm going to go along. Please, take more time than I will here.

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And once you've gone along all the lines, and done the same

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on the other card, you will then have four rectangles,

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which look something like these here.

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So I'll take one of those now

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and I'm going to carefully fold each edge into the middle.

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As I said before about being precise, just make sure

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that your edges do not overlap and they do not underlap either.

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I'm really going to make sure

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I crease those edges,

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and I'm actually even going to fold them to give them free movement

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on both sides.

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A way to be super-duper precise is to measure 4cms in from the edge -

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you can see I can do that there - and 4cms in from the other side.

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That way, you can be super-accurate.

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But I've sort of cheated, but it still works the same.

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Then I take another one of these rectangles which I've already folded

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in exactly the same way.

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I'm going to put a splodge of glue on each of the corners.

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That's probably the only bit you don't need to be precise on,

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is the splodge of glue. If you've got double-sided sticky tape,

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that works just as well.

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So then I'll take the two remaining rectangles,

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I'm going to turn them

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90 degrees and stick them down here.

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And again, try and be as precise as you can,

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making sure all the edges and the corners line up.

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I'm sure you will do a much better job than I'm doing,

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I'm rushing through this so you can see how to make it.

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Once you've done that and you've let the glue dry,

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you'll then have the mechanism ready.

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You can see, it's really beginning to take shape here.

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So - it's a Valentine's Day card,

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so I think we need a heart, let's make something

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which symbolises love. So we'll put a heart here...

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I'll cut that down the middle, like so,

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and I'll stick this

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in the middle, just there.

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And exactly the same on the other side.

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And now it comes to the message, and for me,

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this card's special cos you can write any message that you want.

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I'm going to go for, "Will you be my Valentine?"

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My writing isn't that neat,

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so I'm going to go to the finished one here.

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But - here comes a super top tip.

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Cos you can see I've got here,

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"Will you..."

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You can do that in pen, paint, however you want to do,

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but if you look here,

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there is a square,

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which you can see in the folds -

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that's where you keep your message in.

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So as I open it up again,

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"Be my..."

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is still inside that magic square.

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And then I'm going to turn this inside,

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and like I say you can write it with pen, with pencil, whatever you like,

7:15:167:15:20

and the "Valentine" is the last of the message,

7:15:207:15:22

so that can actually go over the square.

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Sounds a little complicated - it isn't.

7:15:267:15:29

All the details are on the website.

7:15:297:15:30

You don't even need to make it specific to Valentine's Day.

7:15:357:15:38

I love loads of occasions, any excuse to give somebody a card,

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so here, we've got my favourite team Arsenal in their red and white

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with a football at the front.

7:15:437:15:45

We've got a teddy bear here, with buttons on the outside.

7:15:457:15:49

All different decorations - we've even made a border on one.

7:15:497:15:53

Use your imagination, you Blue Peter viewers are so creative,

7:15:537:15:56

you are so ingenuitive.

7:15:567:15:57

So, whatever you want to make,

7:15:577:15:59

please give it a jolly good old go.

7:15:597:16:02

And now all that's left for me to say is -

7:16:027:16:04

Barney...

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will you...

7:16:067:16:07

be...

7:16:077:16:09

my...Valentine?

7:16:097:16:12

It is really clever, Radz, but I've said it once,

7:16:127:16:15

I've said it twice, I will not be your Valentine...

7:16:157:16:17

-Aww!

-..you weirdo.

7:16:177:16:19

No, don't be like that.

7:16:197:16:20

I'm only kidding, I love Radzi.

7:16:207:16:22

Come and give us a cuddle so that everyone knows.

7:16:227:16:25

While they hug it out,

7:16:257:16:26

have a look at this week's Big Badge Wall, it looks incredible -

7:16:267:16:30

all of your post has been brilliant,

7:16:307:16:32

you've all been earning your own BP badges. Well done.

7:16:327:16:35

Tallulah, who's 11, from Glasgow -

7:16:357:16:36

Iggy, this one's for you.

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She's done a little portrait there of Iggy -

7:16:397:16:41

she yawns like that sometimes during the show. Don't you, Iggs?

7:16:417:16:45

Freddie from Surrey has designed this

7:16:457:16:48

based on the unicycling guys that we had in a few weeks ago

7:16:487:16:51

doing their amazing tricks.

7:16:517:16:53

He's done Lindsey on a unicycle here.

7:16:537:16:55

It's all springy as well. We love 3D pictures,

7:16:557:16:57

send us more 3D stuff, stuff that comes off the page.

7:16:577:16:59

You can see here that I'm holding Iggy the dog

7:16:597:17:01

and for some reason we've got Tracy Chapman in the corner.

7:17:017:17:05

We love it, it's amazing.

7:17:057:17:07

Now, my mum will absolutely love this -

7:17:077:17:10

you might remember a few weeks ago we had Carol Kirkwood on the show,

7:17:107:17:14

talking about green screen.

7:17:147:17:16

And there I am! What am I saying but

7:17:167:17:19

"Mum, I can disappear!"

7:17:197:17:20

Josie from Norfolk recreated that.

7:17:207:17:23

You are really laughing, aren't you, Linds?

7:17:237:17:25

It might have been a little jokey-jokey that Barney said.

7:17:257:17:27

But look at this picture here. It says, "Mum, I can disappear!"

7:17:277:17:32

Which means my mum's name has now been on Blue Peter. Hey, Mum.

7:17:327:17:35

-Radzi's mum's so cool.

-Thank you, Josie.

7:17:357:17:37

Compose myself for a second.

7:17:377:17:39

You may remember that we made some pancakes last week.

7:17:397:17:42

Well, Charlie, who's eight, had a go as well,

7:17:427:17:44

he's looking pretty good there. Very proud of his pancakes.

7:17:447:17:47

And so should Josie be,

7:17:477:17:49

who's nine, because she made this.

7:17:497:17:51

It says, "I Love Pancakes." You can see all the BP pancakes here,

7:17:517:17:54

and Radzi's won, he's very big,

7:17:547:17:56

and I look really stroppy that Radzi's won.

7:17:567:17:59

And I was, cos erm...

7:17:597:18:01

-Well, mine was rubbish.

-Yeah!

7:18:017:18:03

Keep your stuff coming in, we love to hear from you -

7:18:037:18:05

if you can see your picture on this wall, you get a Blue Peter badge.

7:18:057:18:08

If you want one, send us some stuff.

7:18:087:18:10

And we should say that if you get a Blue Peter badge,

7:18:107:18:12

you can get into over 200 attractions

7:18:127:18:14

across the UK - ready...

7:18:147:18:16

-BARNEY AND RADZI:

-..for free.

7:18:167:18:18

Wow, that was worse than ever.

7:18:187:18:19

But make sure you head online for all the details.

7:18:197:18:23

On last week's show, Radzi was crowned pancake champion 2016

7:18:237:18:26

for this beautiful pancake, that looked a little bit like him.

7:18:267:18:29

I thought I'd go one better than that, and try and race with one.

7:18:297:18:32

I'm so sorry about this... but here it is.

7:18:327:18:35

The Olney Pancake Race

7:18:387:18:40

is said to date back to 1445,

7:18:407:18:43

when a local housewife

7:18:437:18:44

was so busy making pancakes

7:18:447:18:46

she forgot to deliver any

7:18:467:18:48

to the nearby church,

7:18:487:18:49

and was spotted

7:18:497:18:51

charging down the high street

7:18:517:18:52

pan and pancake in hand.

7:18:527:18:54

And here we are, some 600 years later,

7:18:567:18:58

and they're still doing it.

7:18:587:19:00

They love it around here.

7:19:007:19:01

The rules of the race are simple.

7:19:057:19:07

Runners must carry their pancake in their pan at all times.

7:19:077:19:10

And the guys around here have had plenty of practice.

7:19:107:19:14

What's your favourite thing about the race?

7:19:157:19:18

I like eating the pancakes at the end.

7:19:187:19:20

-Do you get to eat them?

-Yeah. If there are some left in the pan.

7:19:207:19:24

So, if you were to give me three top tips

7:19:247:19:26

on how to run the race, what would the three tips be?

7:19:267:19:28

-Get a good start.

-Get a good start?

7:19:287:19:31

Make sure you're listening to the bell.

7:19:317:19:33

-Don't look sideways.

-Don't look sideways?

-Slows you down.

7:19:337:19:36

OK. So listen for the bell, don't look sideways,

7:19:367:19:39

get a good start and when it comes to flipping,

7:19:397:19:42

both feet off the ground.

7:19:427:19:44

A round of applause,

7:19:447:19:45

that's got to be one of the best flips I've seen for a long time.

7:19:457:19:49

Cheque's in the post.

7:19:497:19:51

There is another rule, though. For the adults' race,

7:19:527:19:54

all the runners must be from the town, and must be women.

7:19:547:19:57

As I'm neither from the town OR a woman,

7:19:587:20:01

that means I obviously won't be taking part. Which is bad news.

7:20:017:20:05

Oh. Oh, hang on...

7:20:057:20:07

I know what's coming next.

7:20:077:20:09

No. No, no, I'm drawing the line at that -

7:20:097:20:11

I've dressed up as loads of things on Blue Peter before,

7:20:117:20:14

but I'm not dressing up as a woman.

7:20:147:20:15

Read my lips. No w...

7:20:157:20:18

# I'm not a girl

7:20:187:20:21

# Not yet a woman

7:20:247:20:27

# All I need is time

7:20:317:20:34

# A moment that is... #

7:20:347:20:36

MUSIC STOPS

7:20:367:20:37

We're not talking about this ever again.

7:20:377:20:40

I'm calling my agent.

7:20:407:20:42

I'll be taking on the 400-and-a-bit-metre course

7:20:447:20:46

along the High Street to the church, against the rest of the field.

7:20:467:20:50

And some of the women here take it very seriously.

7:20:507:20:53

The all-time record

7:20:537:20:55

is a staggering 55 seconds.

7:20:557:20:58

That's almost as fast as they run at the Olympics!

7:20:587:21:02

A quick toss of our pancakes and we're off!

7:21:057:21:09

The pace is frighteningly fast.

7:21:117:21:13

It might look like a bit of fun, but this lot are not messing about.

7:21:137:21:17

Which is great.

7:21:197:21:20

But when you're wearing a wig, a dress

7:21:207:21:22

and trying to keep hold of a pancake,

7:21:227:21:24

it makes it pretty tricky to keep up.

7:21:247:21:26

By the time I cross the finish line,

7:21:297:21:31

I'm just pleased I've still got my pancake.

7:21:317:21:33

Yes!

7:21:337:21:34

I've had a great time. But it is hungry work.

7:21:357:21:39

-Well done, Barney.

-Thanks, mate.

7:21:397:21:42

So there you have it.

7:21:427:21:44

A pancake race, done. It's really good fun.

7:21:447:21:47

I can't believe how fast they were at the front. They were so quick.

7:21:477:21:50

-Excuse me, Barney.

-Hi.

7:21:507:21:51

Can we have our pancake back, please?

7:21:517:21:53

Um...

7:21:537:21:55

I think I dropped it back there. There's your pan, though.

7:21:557:21:58

-But, yeah, if you go that way, you'll probably find it.

-Thank you.

7:21:587:22:00

Find it over there.

7:22:007:22:02

Now I know why Radzi wants me to be his Valentine.

7:22:037:22:06

It all makes sense.

7:22:067:22:07

It was gross that, wasn't it?

7:22:077:22:09

Anyway, let's dim the lights, please, not so we can't see my face

7:22:097:22:12

but instead we can see these incredible giant lantern puppets.

7:22:127:22:15

Aren't they amazing?

7:22:157:22:16

Being beautifully and skilfully puppeteered by Chris and Colin here.

7:22:197:22:23

And then we have a light-up plant with Joe inside it

7:22:237:22:26

over in the back.

7:22:267:22:27

And if we invite our other Jo into the studio...

7:22:287:22:30

Hi, Jo. Welcome. Let's talk about these guys. They're amazing.

7:22:307:22:33

Where did they come from? How did the idea get started?

7:22:337:22:36

So, originally, the spider was made for a show in a zoo.

7:22:367:22:40

We've got a new festival coming up, called Luminous Landscapes,

7:22:407:22:44

which is all about the environment and a festival of light.

7:22:447:22:47

So next week he's going to be appearing at our new festival.

7:22:477:22:50

Amazing. One of my favourite things about Blue Peter

7:22:507:22:53

is that we get involved with, well, everything if we can.

7:22:537:22:56

I would love to put the spider costume on. Is that possible?

7:22:567:22:58

-Absolutely.

-Amazing. I know Lindsey will be getting ready

7:22:587:23:01

as a flamingo in a minute. Hi, Colin. You all right?

7:23:017:23:03

Ooh, hello! You're going to get me into the...sort of, the straps

7:23:037:23:06

and talk me through what's happening.

7:23:067:23:07

While this is happening, by the way,

7:23:077:23:09

I can guarantee that, next week on the show,

7:23:097:23:11

cos our audience are so amazing, they will be sending us

7:23:117:23:13

little spiders that they've made themselves.

7:23:137:23:15

Can you talk us through what it's made from,

7:23:157:23:17

so they've got a bit of inspiration?

7:23:177:23:19

So this spider, his legs are made out of foam tubes.

7:23:197:23:21

Then they're wrapped in bubble wrap

7:23:217:23:24

and we've used a clear tape to stick it all together.

7:23:247:23:27

-There's some drinking straws in there...

-Yeah.

7:23:277:23:29

..some bamboo, some string, elastic.

7:23:297:23:32

You know, lots of quite normal materials,

7:23:327:23:34

-but the skill is how you put them together.

-Sure.

7:23:347:23:37

So if you wanted to make one at home,

7:23:377:23:39

just a bit of bubble wrap and some pipe cleaners, that kind of thing.

7:23:397:23:42

-Yep.

-Amazing. All right, Colin, now that I'm strapped in...nearly,

7:23:427:23:46

I guess that these front two sticks here are to move the front legs.

7:23:467:23:50

-Yeah.

-There's some strings here as well. How do you work them?

7:23:507:23:52

-If you move these up and down...

-Yeah?

7:23:527:23:54

Like, you can reach and, like, tickle things.

7:23:547:23:57

-LAUGHING:

-OK.

7:23:577:23:58

And then this makes the head...

7:23:587:23:59

-Like, the handlebars on the back are for the head to turn.

-OK.

7:23:597:24:02

And then these strings do the mandibles,

7:24:027:24:04

-which are like the spider's teeth.

-The spider's teeth. OK.

7:24:047:24:06

Well, how about if I eat you? Shall we try this?

7:24:067:24:08

I'm going to eat you now. OK, so here come the legs.

7:24:087:24:11

Om-nom-nom. That's actually really cool, isn't it?

7:24:117:24:13

You make it look a lot more fluid, obviously, Colin.

7:24:137:24:15

You can see that it takes a lot of practice

7:24:157:24:17

to get something like this looking right.

7:24:177:24:19

But Lindsey's doing an amazing job over there, dressed as a flamingo.

7:24:197:24:22

Best day ever! LINDSEY LAUGHS

7:24:227:24:25

This is amazing!

7:24:257:24:26

This might be the first time YOU say, "I want one," Linds, I think.

7:24:267:24:29

I do! I want them all!

7:24:297:24:30

Shall we do a little flamingo dance, then, Chris?

7:24:307:24:32

Are you going to show me how these guys work? So we just kind of...

7:24:327:24:35

Ah... SHE GASPS

7:24:357:24:37

STRAINING: Ooh, you're better at this than me. They're quite heavy!

7:24:377:24:40

-Beautiful.

-Urgh...

7:24:407:24:41

Do you know what?

7:24:417:24:42

With it being a Valentine's Day theme today, I've got an idea.

7:24:427:24:45

And one of my favourite things to do, when you go to a zoo,

7:24:457:24:47

if you see any flamingos and you've got your camera with you,

7:24:477:24:50

wait for a while and wait for the flamingos

7:24:507:24:52

to walk towards each other.

7:24:527:24:53

When their beaks get close, it looks like they're making a heart shape.

7:24:537:24:56

-Can we do that in the studio to show that?

-Yeah, let's do it. Ready?

7:24:567:24:59

-Ah, happy Valentine's Day! CREW:

-Ahh!

7:24:597:25:01

How good is that? It's amazing, isn't it?

7:25:017:25:04

Love that kind of stuff.

7:25:047:25:05

Well, we've now got to do the end of the show dressed like this, Linds.

7:25:057:25:08

But, Jo, Chris, the other Joe and Colin, thank you very much.

7:25:087:25:11

It's really nice to have you in the studio and learn some stuff.

7:25:117:25:14

-Thanks, guys.

-Radzi, we're talking about love today, aren't we?

7:25:147:25:17

-We are indeed.

-Can you help us out?

7:25:177:25:19

But first, Linds, well done for giving it a flamin-GO.

7:25:197:25:21

Oh, giving it a go. Well done. Clever.

7:25:217:25:23

Yes, at the start of the show, we wanted to know

7:25:237:25:26

what you love doing, cos it's Valentine's Day.

7:25:267:25:28

-I'll kick things off.

-Eat your head.

-Argh!

7:25:287:25:30

Orange Terrible Puma says,

7:25:307:25:31

"Giving my mum a great big hug for getting her new job today."

7:25:317:25:35

Well, Mum, well done for getting your new job today.

7:25:357:25:38

-Mind out!

-Sorry!

7:25:387:25:39

That's absolutely fantastic. Do you want to read one, Barn?

7:25:397:25:42

I'd love to, yeah.

7:25:427:25:43

It's the first time you've ever been dressed as a spider...

7:25:437:25:45

I've never done telly as a spider before. OK...

7:25:457:25:48

Gold Cooking Giraffe,

7:25:487:25:50

"I love getting to wear pyjamas to school for charity." Yes!

7:25:507:25:53

-Love non-uniform day.

-Absolutely.

-Thank you very much.

-Over here!

7:25:537:25:56

-Over here, Linds.

-Right...

-OK.

7:25:567:25:58

-OK, which one shall I do? I'm going to do...

-I'll hold it.

7:25:587:26:01

Pearl Mannered Pelican says, "At school break,

7:26:017:26:04

"we did a massive boys versus girls football tournament.

7:26:047:26:07

"And guess what? The girls won."

7:26:077:26:09

-Yes!

-Amazing. Well done, the girls.

-Go, girls.

-Well done, the girls.

7:26:097:26:12

Now, let me go for this one here. Blue Milling Farmer...

7:26:127:26:16

Now, this is not a usual one.

7:26:167:26:18

It says, "I love cows, and I went to see some today.

7:26:187:26:20

"I know that is a bit weird, but I like being different."

7:26:207:26:23

-I like being different too.

-Quite right too.

-Fair play.

7:26:237:26:25

If that was a joke, you'd say, "Pull the udder one."

7:26:257:26:28

THEY LAUGH

7:26:287:26:29

Now, listen. If you've been on the Fan Club today,

7:26:297:26:31

playing Presenter Bingo, we've had a technical issue,

7:26:317:26:33

-so we can't find...

-Argh!

-Sorry.

7:26:337:26:34

We can't find out who's actually won.

7:26:347:26:36

So, today, you're going to get a round of applause from studio team

7:26:367:26:39

because everybody's a winner!

7:26:397:26:41

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

7:26:417:26:43

The Presenter Bingo words were "red roses".

7:26:437:26:45

So thank you very much for everybody who got in touch today.

7:26:457:26:48

I want one of these.

7:26:487:26:49

-You need one of those.

-I do, yes. OK.

7:26:497:26:52

-Unless you're arach-KIDDING.

-That's not even close!

7:26:527:26:54

-You shouldn't save these jokes for the live, guys.

-No, it doesn't work.

7:26:547:26:58

Let's talk about what's on next week instead, then.

7:26:587:27:00

It will be an amazing show.

7:27:007:27:01

We cannot wait for you to see what happens next week -

7:27:017:27:04

the legend, the man, Sir Chris Hoy, is going to be there

7:27:047:27:07

for our finale for the Sport Relief Cycling Challenge. So cool.

7:27:077:27:10

And I'm not a flamingo next week, I'm actually an evil lizard...

7:27:107:27:13

-Of course.

-..Hysteria, in the new episode of Danger Mouse.

7:27:137:27:17

-So cool.

-I can't wait for that.

-Also, find out what the top three -

7:27:177:27:20

or rather, what our judges thought of our top three books with facts

7:27:207:27:23

for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2016. Can I also just say,

7:27:237:27:27

I've had the opportunity to meet so many sports stars.

7:27:277:27:30

Chris Hoy is an absolute hero of a man. Chris Hoy - legend.

7:27:307:27:34

He actually came to see us race.

7:27:347:27:35

He came like a dad on sports day, who'd come and cheer you on.

7:27:357:27:38

Absolutely amazing. Don't forget to check out the BP Fan Club.

7:27:387:27:40

Everything you need is online. You know where to go.

7:27:407:27:42

-We'll see you next week. Have a good time.

-See you!

7:27:427:27:45

-ALL:

-BYE!

7:27:457:27:46

-I'm going to play it in time with the music.

-Mind your legs!

7:27:467:27:49

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