:00:00. > :00:00.going to say, I am going to say... Fantastic Mr Fox? Matilda! You are
:00:00. > :00:07.not as big a fan as you thought. Now it is live Blue Peter!
:00:08. > :00:09.Today's show is a jumpsquiffling and phizz-whizzing
:00:10. > :00:14.With quacky and scrumdiddlyumptious science.
:00:15. > :00:17.A razztwizzler of a musical performance.
:00:18. > :00:21.And enough Gobblefunk to fill a dictionary.
:00:22. > :00:52.Yes, this Tuesday marked 100 years since the birth
:00:53. > :00:55.of the legendary children's author, Roald Dahl, and here on live Blue
:00:56. > :01:00.Greg Foot will be attempting to use science to recreate some
:01:01. > :01:07.We'll show you how to create your own Gobblefunk with Dr Susan Rennie.
:01:08. > :01:09.Plus some of the cast of hit musical, Charlie and the
:01:10. > :01:12.Chocolate Factory, will be here to perform a brand new
:01:13. > :01:31.I went to find out a little bit more about the man behind the books.
:01:32. > :01:37.Marvellous medicine, enormous crocodiles and dried peaches, taking
:01:38. > :01:42.us to places where chocolate rivers flow. They are just some of the
:01:43. > :01:46.amazing characters and creations brought to life by Roald Dahl. I've
:01:47. > :01:51.always loved his books, so I want to find out more about one of our most
:01:52. > :01:57.iconic authors, and where better to start than with his youngest
:01:58. > :02:01.daughter, Lucy, whom you might recognise as one of our competition
:02:02. > :02:08.judges. I caught up with her at a special exhibition. What are your
:02:09. > :02:14.memories growing up? Did you ever get to have a say in his stories?
:02:15. > :02:17.This peach, for example, he saw a peach growing and thought, what if
:02:18. > :02:25.that never stopped growing, what would happen if it just grew and
:02:26. > :02:29.grew? In terms of his words and language, it's incredible that he
:02:30. > :02:35.plucks words from everywhere. We didn't think anything of it. If you
:02:36. > :02:47.did a whizPopper, he would say that was a marvellous whizpopper. What do
:02:48. > :02:54.you think is so incredible about his books? You create your own pictures
:02:55. > :02:58.when you read books. It was one of the most important things he thought
:02:59. > :03:04.a child could do. It uses your imagination. Thank you very much.
:03:05. > :03:09.Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, Wales and when he was a boy, he
:03:10. > :03:13.loved reading. When he was 13, he was sent to boarding school next to
:03:14. > :03:18.a chocolate factory. After school, he joined the air force and worked
:03:19. > :03:21.as a fighter pilot during World War II before moving to a village in
:03:22. > :03:28.Buckinghamshire in the 1950s. And that is where I've come. Welcome to
:03:29. > :03:31.Great Missenden, flare Roald Dahl created his marvellous characters
:03:32. > :03:35.and rhymes. A lot of the things he saw here in first his writing, and
:03:36. > :03:38.walking through the village is like taking a journey through the pages
:03:39. > :03:42.of his books. These are the petrol pump from Danny the Champion of the
:03:43. > :03:47.world. Our there are the dormitory windows where the Big Friendly Giant
:03:48. > :03:53.is first seen. There is even a library that inspired Matilda. Roald
:03:54. > :03:57.Dahl lived in this house, Gypsy cottage, and tucked away at the end
:03:58. > :04:02.of the garden was his writing hut. That was where he dreams up all of
:04:03. > :04:06.his weird and wonderful ideas, and it can now be found at the Roald
:04:07. > :04:11.Dahl Museum. He surrounded himself with practical items when he wrote,
:04:12. > :04:18.from scissors and pencil shoppers to some rather strange objects.
:04:19. > :04:22.Including his hip joint! He brought it back to his hut after he had it
:04:23. > :04:26.replaced. The centrepiece is his chair, where he sat every day and
:04:27. > :04:30.created those wonderful characters we know and love. He had a pretty
:04:31. > :04:35.strict routine. Every day, he would come up to the hut in the morning,
:04:36. > :04:39.settle himself into his chair, resting his feet on an old suitcase.
:04:40. > :04:43.He would then place a rolled up piece of cardboard on his arms,
:04:44. > :04:49.before placing his writing board on top. Only then would he begin to
:04:50. > :04:53.write, or by hand, using a pencil. Roald Dahl spent hours in his
:04:54. > :04:58.writing at coming up with wonderful words of -- wonderful worlds and
:04:59. > :05:03.colourful characters. His work is still as popular as ever. Barney
:05:04. > :05:09.went to meet up with Lucy for a very special surprise. So nice to meet
:05:10. > :05:13.you. Let's talk about the 100 year anniversary. What a celebration.
:05:14. > :05:19.It's massive. What they can you believe it is here already? No, I
:05:20. > :05:23.actually want my dad to be here. We have been asking viewers to tell us
:05:24. > :05:27.what they think about him and his books. We have a little video for
:05:28. > :05:34.you to watch. Would you like to have a look? I would love to. My
:05:35. > :05:39.favourite book is Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and The Witches.
:05:40. > :05:44.They are interesting and they have something magical. Every Roald Dahl
:05:45. > :05:47.book has a twist. They all have different meanings. And they have a
:05:48. > :05:54.lesson to teach. It never gets boring. It's lovely. He has done
:05:55. > :05:58.such an amazing thing for so many imaginations, we would like you, and
:05:59. > :06:07.his behalf, to accept his gold blue Peter badge. -- on his behalf. Gosh!
:06:08. > :06:22.This is extraordinary, it's amazing. How many of these have been made?
:06:23. > :06:27.Not many. Very few. Oh, my gosh! Even though we are celebrating his
:06:28. > :06:31.100th anniversary, the characters and tales from his books remain
:06:32. > :06:35.timeless. We're so lucky, because it means his work can be enjoyed by all
:06:36. > :06:41.of us for many more to come. APPLAUSE
:06:42. > :06:43.I had proper goose bumps watching that.
:06:44. > :06:45.Receiving a Gold Blue Peter badge is such an
:06:46. > :06:49.As Lucy said, Roald Dahl dreamt up all sorts of new words for
:06:50. > :06:53.In fact, he invented so many that he now has his
:06:54. > :06:56.And we're joined by the person responsible for creating it.
:06:57. > :07:09.First of all, you're a lexicographer.
:07:10. > :07:18.For this dictionary, my team read through all of Roald
:07:19. > :07:20.Dahl's novels and special databases to identify over 20,000
:07:21. > :07:34.That's not a job, it's fun! Why does he deserve a dictionary? He is
:07:35. > :07:40.wonderfully inventive in his use of language, and he loved playing with
:07:41. > :07:44.words and sounds. He invented 400 new words in a language known as
:07:45. > :07:57.gobblefunk. Sometimes they become so popular that we use them in everyday
:07:58. > :07:57.conversation. Powell power was added to --
:07:58. > :08:11.oompa-loompa has been added to the Oxford dictionary. How don't he --
:08:12. > :08:15.how did he invent gobblefunk? You can make sense of them even if you
:08:16. > :08:18.have not heard them before. One way he built words was to blend two
:08:19. > :08:24.words together to make a new work that combined the meaning.
:08:25. > :08:25.For example 'delicious' and 'scrumptious' becomes 'delumptious'.
:08:26. > :08:28.Dahl also liked to use spoonerisms, which is where you swap
:08:29. > :08:36.'Nook and cranny' becomes 'crook and nanny'.
:08:37. > :08:53.Head to the website if you want to create your own gobblefunk. You can
:08:54. > :08:58.even get top tips from Doctor Susan. Would you stick around? We will have
:08:59. > :09:07.some gobblefunk later in the show. That is hard to say.
:09:08. > :09:09.Dahl's stories feature some pretty unusual ideas, from
:09:10. > :09:11.homemade medicine that makes a grandma grow, to a girl who
:09:12. > :09:16.But are these things actually possible?
:09:17. > :09:23.Is that what you are here to do today, Greg? Absolutely. I want to
:09:24. > :09:27.look at James And The Giant Peach, one of my favourites. It is all
:09:28. > :09:31.about James and his amazing adventures on his giant Peach. I
:09:32. > :09:36.have a mini peach, because what I want to look at first is the bit in
:09:37. > :09:42.the book where he manages to fly it using seagulls, 502 of them. You
:09:43. > :09:48.want to do the experiment? I want to do it. In that case, let's bring in
:09:49. > :09:50.the seagulls. You like we're not doing that. We will use these helium
:09:51. > :09:53.balloons. Helium is a gas that
:09:54. > :09:56.is lighter than air. That means it moves up
:09:57. > :10:09.through the air around it. It's made of stuff and gravity
:10:10. > :10:19.is pulling that stuff down to Earth. For something to fly,
:10:20. > :10:21.you have to overcome that force of So, you have to create more
:10:22. > :10:37.lift force going up than Bill ready? -- ready? You've got it.
:10:38. > :10:42.What happens if we increase the size to this one? This is double the
:10:43. > :10:48.width? How much would that need? That would not be enough. It would
:10:49. > :10:52.just a there. It is double the web, and it doesn't just double the
:10:53. > :10:59.amount of stuff inside. If you multiply the width by two, it goes
:11:00. > :11:01.up by two times two times two. Eight. So we need eight times as
:11:02. > :11:24.many balloons. 24. Let's see if it works. Now, let's
:11:25. > :11:38.take it up one more level. Three times the width of this little one
:11:39. > :11:48.here. 81. 81 balloons, please. A lot of balloons. Let's see if this
:11:49. > :11:58.works. 81 balloons. Amazing! I love it when you come onto the show. We
:11:59. > :12:03.have these three peaches. Could the peach in James the giant Peach
:12:04. > :12:10.really be lifted by seagulls? Roald Dahl says it grew to be the size of
:12:11. > :12:18.a giant house. Scientists at Leicester University were trying to
:12:19. > :12:27.work out what the wait would be. What lift force does a seagull give
:12:28. > :12:41.you and how many do you need. It was 2.4 million. Always a pleasure to
:12:42. > :12:43.see you. Thank you Berry match. Now, a brand-new competition you have to
:12:44. > :12:59.enter. The London Underground. From its
:13:00. > :13:03.world pay most map, some of the designs behind the Underground have
:13:04. > :13:07.become iconic. The hunt is on for their latest design classic. That's
:13:08. > :13:11.where you come in. We are launching a brand-new Blue Peter competition.
:13:12. > :13:14.We want to help you design a poster which will be seen by thousands of
:13:15. > :13:20.people every day in busy stations, just like this one here in London.
:13:21. > :13:26.Your post will advertise travelling by tube or bus to popular London
:13:27. > :13:30.sides. It needs to have an eye-catching design, include three
:13:31. > :13:36.London landmarks and show the tube or a London bus. You will need to
:13:37. > :13:41.include the logo and the Blue Peter ship in the design. Our winner will
:13:42. > :13:46.get their hands on an orange badge and get to see their poster
:13:47. > :13:49.displayed in key stations on the oldest tube network, seen by
:13:50. > :13:53.thousands of people on their next big day out.
:13:54. > :13:55.You have until 12 noon on Wednesday 21st September to
:13:56. > :14:04.Download this application form from the Blue Peter website
:14:05. > :14:08.and remember to fill out all three pages.
:14:09. > :14:19.Now, on to this week's Whoppsacious Whizzwall.
:14:20. > :14:26.That's Gobblefunk for the Big Badge Wall.
:14:27. > :14:36.This poster is from Olivia in Nottingham. She has done the BFG
:14:37. > :14:44.beautifully. For his big is, she has used actual shells. It is beautiful.
:14:45. > :14:50.I love it. Peter from Sheffield, you are a genius. He has made
:14:51. > :14:57.gingerbread biscuits in the style of Blue Peter badges. He did not make
:14:58. > :15:04.the orange badge. It went missing. You are not meant to eat the post. I
:15:05. > :15:13.got a silver bad. Last week I wrote the world record for eating 600
:15:14. > :15:19.straws. Me with felt balls in my hair for hair and then we'll straws
:15:20. > :15:26.inside my hair with a smile on my face. You get a happy dance! Keep
:15:27. > :15:37.the post coming in. Braces self and stop eating biscuits for a second.
:15:38. > :15:51.I will use the power of telekinetic 's, like Matilda. Well done!
:15:52. > :15:58.Lavender Scaly Unicorn. Fan of the month because you're so kind to the
:15:59. > :16:08.other fans. Recently, I took on a brand-new challenge. Very funny.
:16:09. > :16:12.This is how is on the Isle of Wight. 451 weeks of the year it is a sleepy
:16:13. > :16:17.harbour town for the other week of the year, this becomes the centre of
:16:18. > :16:20.the sailing universe. The Cowes regatta is one of the oldest sailing
:16:21. > :16:25.events in the world. It brings together some of the very best in
:16:26. > :16:28.the business. Olympians, professionals, and mean. That's
:16:29. > :16:36.right. As well as some of the best sailors in the world, the Cowes
:16:37. > :16:41.regatta will all chafe -- also feature myself. The closest I have
:16:42. > :16:46.ever been to a sailing boat is right here, right now. All I know is that
:16:47. > :16:52.I'll be competing in a race. I don't know any more than that. I need to
:16:53. > :16:55.pick up the basics of sailing and fast. Luckily, Phil here is one of
:16:56. > :17:00.the top sailing coaches around but if anyone can teach me, he can. Do
:17:01. > :17:09.you think it is an easy sport and easy skill to learn? It is fine. In
:17:10. > :17:17.reality, anyone can do it. What will you be doing now? We will take you
:17:18. > :17:20.through the basics of the boat in preparation for Cowes week. Before
:17:21. > :17:28.we can get out on the water, Phil gives me a tour of his boat. The
:17:29. > :17:33.point end of the boat is the bow. The back end, the stern. The tiller
:17:34. > :17:38.is full steering. Lots of different words for lots of different things.
:17:39. > :17:45.The most important thing is wind. This is Blue Peter. No need to get
:17:46. > :17:53.rude. Wind, in terms of the wind blowing. With an idea of what makes
:17:54. > :17:58.up a sailing boat, we head off to use an engine to get us out of the
:17:59. > :18:05.harbour. On the open water, it is time to raise the sale. It is not
:18:06. > :18:12.that easy. A metre to go. That will do perfectly. The sale is up. Next I
:18:13. > :18:18.have to learn how to steer. How do I go left to right? If you push the
:18:19. > :18:23.road away from you to the right side of the boat, the boat will turn to
:18:24. > :18:29.the left. -- rudder. The opposite will bring the road towards you. The
:18:30. > :18:35.boat will turn to the right. Steer left and the boat will move right.
:18:36. > :18:43.Got it. I feel like I have some of the basics now. What will we learn
:18:44. > :18:54.to do next? We will turn the boat around, attacking. It is basically
:18:55. > :19:07.turning around. -- tacking. To sell into the wind, you need to tack.
:19:08. > :19:10.Let's do this. We are tacking. I swing the cell to the opposite side
:19:11. > :19:20.of the boat and it catches the wind again. If it is not flapping, your
:19:21. > :19:26.job is done. Just like that. With the basics learned, we sell back to
:19:27. > :19:34.shore. How did I get on? Really well. We had sales up and sales
:19:35. > :19:42.down. What is next? We will join a team of professionals and race with
:19:43. > :19:50.them for Cowes week. No worries. Fine. That's right. My challenge is
:19:51. > :19:53.to compete as part of an actual, professional crew on a
:19:54. > :20:00.high-performance yacht. So far I have sailed a boat once. It is going
:20:01. > :20:05.to be quite a task. I have drafted in some sailing fans to get some
:20:06. > :20:16.much needed advice. What are your top tips? Just to concentrate. There
:20:17. > :20:24.is so much going on in sailing. Just do your job. Do not be nervous. I am
:20:25. > :20:32.crossing fingers for the Sun on race day. Will you cross fingers? Thank
:20:33. > :20:38.you for being such professionals. Next week, it is challenged time I'm
:20:39. > :20:43.going to be part of an elite sailing crew on one of the biggest races of
:20:44. > :20:48.their year. If I get it wrong, I could throw all the training and
:20:49. > :20:55.preparation out of the window. They seem frantic conditions... I am
:20:56. > :21:00.hanging on to the end of a boat. The pressure of race day and the pure
:21:01. > :21:08.speed of the open water, can I hold it together? Or will I be all at
:21:09. > :21:17.sea? I would love to go on that boat. If you want to see part two.
:21:18. > :21:18.Watch next week. This one is inspired by Charlie And The
:21:19. > :21:35.Chocolate Factory. We have three course chewing gum. I
:21:36. > :21:41.have been working so hard on this. You have your own courses of three
:21:42. > :21:47.course dinner gum. Just unwrapped them for now. I will explain what is
:21:48. > :21:57.in chewing gum. A bit of colouring and slaving. Some icing sugar. --
:21:58. > :22:01.flavouring. Inside is a bit of wax and oil and something called
:22:02. > :22:12.polymers, the same stuff you get in plastic bottles. Are you ready? We
:22:13. > :22:19.have not tried this one before. Blue is the starter. As you chew it, you
:22:20. > :22:28.warm it up and the flavours start coming out. We getting it as a
:22:29. > :22:35.starter? I have no idea. I know I do not like it. It is OK. It is
:22:36. > :22:46.something very sweet. Blue cheese, with some sugar. Kind of blue cheese
:22:47. > :22:54.flavour. What do you have? Onion soup. Garlic bread. As he warm it
:22:55. > :23:00.up, it makes the polymers spread out a bit. I used to work in a
:23:01. > :23:14.restaurant where they sold theirs. It is chicken teacup. -- tikka. This
:23:15. > :23:19.is like roast potatoes. It is sausage and onion. The final one is
:23:20. > :23:23.pudding could get ready for your pudding for that it is much, much
:23:24. > :23:31.nicer. What do you have there? Vanilla rice cream. Strawberry and
:23:32. > :23:35.vanilla. A lovely 1-2 finish with. Yours is vanilla with a bit of
:23:36. > :23:39.banana and stuff. Yours is really strawberry, I think? Is it roars
:23:40. > :24:10.bruise? -- raspberries? Please well combed the characters
:24:11. > :24:19.who played Violet and Mr Beauregard. I am going to be performing Queen of
:24:20. > :24:23.pop. It is a TV exclusive. It is all about the fact she loves bubble gum
:24:24. > :24:28.and chewing gum. I saw the musical launches today. It is so good. What
:24:29. > :24:34.makes Charlie And The Chocolate Factory such a wonderful book?
:24:35. > :24:39.Everyone loves it. Everyone loves sweets. It is such a good book, they
:24:40. > :24:49.could turn it into a film, two films and a musical. Good luck. I will
:24:50. > :25:00.leave you to get ready. I cannot wait for that performance.
:25:01. > :25:10.Now for some gobblefunk. One is when you are in such a good mood you
:25:11. > :25:24.really want to go to school on Monday. Another is a trumpet made of
:25:25. > :25:36.machine peas. -- mashie peas. Barney said phizz-whizzing. The person to
:25:37. > :25:43.get that word is Maggot Crunchy Wombat. Now, taking it away with
:25:44. > :25:47.Charlie and that the factory... -- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
:25:48. > :25:49.# Meet a little lady everybody's talkin' about
:25:50. > :25:54.# And she don't give a hoot about what Veruca says
:25:55. > :25:56.# Cause 'round here, daddy gets the final word
:25:57. > :26:13.# My daddy says I'm in my prime and who am I to doubt it?
:26:14. > :26:35.# Slid into the delivery room and she proceeded
:26:36. > :26:40.# They said before my teeth could grow
:26:41. > :26:44.# They were hoping my mouth would slow
:26:45. > :26:54.# So now you all know where I'm comin' from
:26:55. > :27:01.# First take bubble gum, then you pop it in and ya chew it
:27:02. > :27:09.# Each and every day those gums just keep on groovin'
:27:10. > :27:16.# My daddy heard about a prize that was surely worth pursuing
:27:17. > :27:21.# Put a Wonka bar before my eyes and said...
:27:22. > :27:28.# My daddy knew I had the skill to get my grill a-going
:27:29. > :27:36.# So let me lift my trophy and then I'm gonna let this mic drop
:27:37. > :28:04.# Yes, she's met her match in the