Superstar Pancakes! Blue Peter

Oh, Radz, it's going to be so lonely

while you're away at the Winter Olympics.

-Who's going to do the Happy Dance?

-Er, hello? I will!

-Amazing!

It's Mollie King from The Saturdays and Strictly Come Dancing.

-BOTH:

-Let's start the show.

Laters, Radz.

Oooh!

ROAR!

CHEERING

Hello, you are watching live Blue Peter

and look who I'm joined by - it's the wonderful Mollie King!

I know! Oh, I'm so excited to be here.

I just hope I can fill Radzi's shoes OK.

You have more than done that already cos you've done the Happy Dance.

-I have done the Happy Dance.

-So you're fine.

And we hope to make you lot proud as well cos you're always watching,

you're always filling in your purple badge forms and letting us

know what you want to see on the show. Someone who did...did that...

See, I've already messed up, Mollie, you're fine now.

..was Hafza, she wrote in and she said,

"I want to see Calum Scott on the show."

Well, good news - look who's in the studio.

It's the one and only Calum Scott behind a frying pan.

CHEERING

And he's joined by his amazing choir.

He's going to be singing his new song a little bit later on.

Yes, well, we've also got a pancake challenge coming up

between Calum and myself because Pancake Day is around the corner.

-Are you ready for that, Calum?

-I'm so ready.

-You'd better be.

-You'd better be.

-Fighting talk! This is good.

As well, we're going to be playing our fave little game Spot Shelly.

The rules are simple -

if you can spot Shelly, you could be our winner.

We're going to be announcing the winner on Fan Club Live on the show.

Yes, and we're also going to be announcing

the February Fan Of The Month so stayed tuned for that.

-CHEERING Yes!

-Yes!

Jack's excited. But first, it's time to meet the amazing Calum Scott!

CHEERING

-Calum.

-Hiya!

-Here you are. Welcome to Blue Peter.

-Thank you very much.

-I've brought my choir.

-You've brought a massive choir with you.

Hello, guys!

Hey! Oh, I love this. Come every week.

-Calum, it was 2015 when we saw you do Britain's Got Talent.

-Yes.

-Of course, you got the Golden Buzzer.

-Yes.

-Big day for you.

-Big, big day.

-Have you been busy since then?

-I've been so busy.

I've been signed now, I've been recording my album which is out

next month and I'm going on tour as well so I'm very busy.

-And you're busy on today's show, actually.

-Busy doing pancakes.

Well, I was going to say your new single,

but, more importantly, you're going to be making some pancakes as well.

-Yes.

-Are you excited for that?

I'm more excited about the pancakes, if I'm honest.

It's going to be good.

And as you've said, your team are wearing these golden jumpers,

which are absolutely incredible.

Can I have one after the show?

That was a no. I'm not getting one, that's fine.

Now, as we mentioned earlier in the show,

Hafza wrote in and she said that she's a massive fan of yours.

Now, you haven't even met in rehearsals,

but to prove where the purple badge form can get you,

can you please welcome to Blue Peter Hafza and her sister Shareen?

CHEERING

Hafza, come in. How are you?

-OK.

-Oh, she's straight over to Calum to say hello.

-Shall we have a hug?

-Hug it out. That's what we like to see.

-How are you?

-Welcome to BP. Are you a big fan of Calum's?

-Yeah, I love his new song.

Oh, really? Oh, you're going to love it later.

-How long have you been a fan?

-About three years.

-Good.

-Amazing, since the beginning.

-Yeah.

-Stick around cos do you want to help me with our pancake-off later?

-Yeah.

You do. Have you made pancakes before?

-Yeah.

-OK, we're going to be fine, we're going to be fine.

-Good.

You guys bond, say hello,

meet and we're going to go over to the Big Badge Wall. Mollie?

Well, the Big Badge Wall is a thing of beauty if I do say so myself.

I can't believe we've received all this post

-just in one week.

-It's a lot.

It is a real lot. I love this one sent in by Mia.

She's drawn her guinea pig here called Pancake,

which is a great name. I need your help here, guys.

-It's very fitting, isn't it?

-Very fitting, I need all the help

I can get for this pancake challenge,

so I hope you guys are watching today.

As well as that, I absolutely love this.

It's from Jude, who's 12 from Swindon.

Have a look, it's our safe from last week's show

-and says, "What's inside?"

-Oh!

-Well, I'll tell you what's inside.

Let's see. Pull it up.

-It's the Diamond badge!

-Oh.

-How good is that?

-So good!

-I've actually been allowed to hold one.

We've got one right here, have a look.

If you want to earn one, all you need is to do

is fill out a badge form, it's on the BP website.

You've got the whole year, and actually, loads of you have

already been in touch filling out your Diamond badge forms.

-So, well done and well done to Jude.

-That is so cool.

And remember, guys, if you've got a Blue Peter badge,

-then you can get into over 200 attractions across the UK...

-Ready?

-ALL:

-# For free! #

-That was the best one we've ever done!

-Wow.

I've got goose bumps, that was fab. You need to get ready for pancaking.

-Pancakes.

-You need to work on the batter, Mollie.

While she does, 2018 is a huge year for commemorating

the rights of women, and I went to London

to find out a little bit more.

This is the Palace of Westminster in London.

Otherwise known as the Houses of Parliament.

It plays a big part in all our lives,

because it's here that the UK's laws are discussed and put in place.

It's a building that has been home to some huge moments in history,

and has survived two world wars.

This is Central Lobby, right in the centre of the palace,

and it's slap bang in the middle of the House of Commons

just over there, where the government and opposition MPs

discuss the laws they want to pass,

and the House of Lords just over there,

where those laws are looked at again with a fine-tooth comb.

We've got access to the House of Commons chamber.

Oh, my goodness!

It is quite unbelievable to be actually in here.

Wow!

It's from this very spot every week that the Prime Minister stands

and has to answer questions on how they're running the country.

And trust me, things can get pretty intense.

-Order! Order!

-JEERING

Order!

This is a cover-up, Mr Speaker. Pure and simple, and it stinks.

And I thought being a BP presenter was tough.

Everyone who is 18 or older gets to vote for who sits here

and makes the country's laws.

Today, voting is a basic right for every adult,

but it hasn't always been that way.

In fact, as recently as 100 years ago,

many people couldn't vote at all.

And men and women weren't seen as equal.

Marie works in the Houses of Parliament,

and I've come to meet her to find out more.

Marie, where are we? This place is absolutely incredible.

We are in the Parliamentary Archives in the original Act Room,

surrounded by 60,000 Acts of Parliament going back 500 years.

All of these laws affect women's lives, but women had no say

whatsoever in the making of them, because they couldn't vote.

More than 100 years ago,

many men and all women weren't allowed to vote.

Believing this was wrong, a group of women began to protest.

Yes, our women taxpayers are entitled to vote!

They were called the Suffragettes,

and over time, their protests grew louder and louder.

In 1913, a Suffragette called Emily Wilding Davison died

after being hit by the King's horse.

But still, nothing changed, until the First World War broke out.

With the men away fighting, many women found themselves

in the workplace, doing jobs previously only done by men.

And things were no different right here in the Palace of Westminster.

So, I've come back to experience one of those roles.

OK, so during the First World War, the House of Commons employed

four girl porters to deliver mail and other items between offices.

The youngest was only 14 years old.

-Today, you're going to get to be a girl porter.

-Is this my job?

-It is, yes.

-OK, the pressure's on. Better get to it.

-Hello?

-Hello. Thank you very much.

The war changed Britain.

After four years of doing these jobs, women were seen as more equal.

In 1918, the government passed a law which gave the women

older than 30 and all men over 21 the right to vote.

It was a small change, but it was a start.

10 years later in 1928, women were given the same rights as men.

And someone who knows all about how important that was

is Baroness Jenkin of Kennington,

who's a member of the House of Lords.

-Hello, Lindsey, lovely to see you.

-Great to meet you.

Let's talk about this act, because it was so very important

at the time but it's still very important to everyone now, isn't it?

Yes, it seems extraordinary that only 100 years ago, women,

you and I, wouldn't have had the vote.

And indeed, of course, a lot of men wouldn't have had the vote.

It was the coming back from the war which was the catalyst

which made everything change.

So, 1918 was the start.

But of course, there was still so much to do.

And we all have to get involved, and girls today have to step up as well.

Everybody can play a part

and we shouldn't take our hard-fought freedoms for granted.

Fast-forward to recent times and women not only

vote for our government, they're part of our government,

making decisions on how our country is run.

I've also got quite a special piece of post to deliver

for Harriet Harman, who is the longest-serving female MP.

-Hi, there.

-Hi, Harriet, how are you? I'm Lindsey.

-Hi, thanks.

It's great to meet you, I've got your mail for this morning.

See what we've got here today.

-You've got quite a lot today, actually.

-Great, thank you.

It's special to meet you

because you are the longest serving female MP, which is incredible.

So, how does that feel? What does that mean to you?

Well, there's been such a change.

I've been a Member of Parliament for 35 years,

and when I first arrived, it was nearly all men.

There was hardly any women at all, and it was really a time

when people thought men should do the speaking

and women should do the listening,

and men should make all the decisions.

And over these last years, that has completely changed

and women want to be on equal terms with men,

in the House of Commons, as well as everywhere else.

It's amazing to think that just 100 years ago,

young women just like me would have been denied the basic right to vote.

They literally had no way of having their say.

But the vote changed all of that, and you know what?

Making this Blue Peter film has reminded me just how important it is

for everyone to use their voice and have their say.

It really is so important. If you want to know more, test yourself.

You can do our Vote 100 quiz, that is on the BP website,

so make sure you check it out. Now, time for a bit of fun,

cos next Tuesday is Shrove Tuesday,

which means one thing.

-ALL:

-Pancake Day!

Yes, film crew, thank you.

So, we're doing a bit of a pancake-off in true BP style.

It's going to be Mollie versus Calum.

-I love how focused you are, by the way.

-I'm so focused.

-Quite funny.

Now, we let you each choose your own batter, your own ingredients.

Mollie, let's come to you first because you've gone sweet vibes?

Yes, I've got very much a sweet tooth,

so I've gone in for the bananas, strawberries, blueberries.

-Oh, classic.

-I've actually added berries into my mix here.

-Not to get fancy or anything, Calum.

-I know!

-But I've gone for thick American-style pancakes as well.

-OK.

-So, wish me luck with those.

-I like your style and I love blueberries.

-So, good luck.

-There you go.

You get on with that, because you're nearly ready to flip, I think.

-I know.

-Cal, let's come to you.

-Yes?

-You're joined firstly by two amazing sous-chefs.

-My two chefs.

-We should say hello to you guys.

-Hi!

-Hello.

-Did you think a Purple badge form would get you here, by the way?

-No.

No! Now, you're making pancakes with Calum Scott, it's a big deal!

Calum, speaking of which, what are you going to be making?

Because there's some rogue ingredients.

Yeah, I'm going for weird pancakes.

I've got myself some cheese, spinach, beans.

I've got some onions, I know you're a big fan of pickled onions.

-I love pickled onions, actually.

-Some tomatoes and some puree.

Calum, I've got a lot of time for you

but I think you've gone a bit weird with the baked beans, but we'll see!

-You never know.

-Exactly.

-You help him out, OK, guys? Good.

-Oh! Mollie's already flipped.

-Right, I flipped.

I've just got to get them out of the silverware. Oh, here we go!

Lovely! Beautifully done, she's ready to stack.

You need to be plating. Shall we count Calum down for a flip?

-Ready?

-Yes!

-ALL:

-Three, two, one!

Whoa!

-Yes!

-That was flipping brilliant. Well done, Calum.

You need to plate up ASAP, my friend.

By the way, if you're doing these at home, get a parent to help

or an adult to help with hot pans, because they can be dangerous.

You haven't got long, get those toppings on, girls.

-That on the base.

-They're kind of making a pizza pancake?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-They said they wanted Calum Scott pancakes.

We'll see how that goes.

-What are you going to do?

-Scott's face.

-Scott's face?

-Calum Scott's face on a pancake.

-Yes.

-OK, this really has gone rogue.

-Some green stuff on there.

-Where's the head?

-Mollie?

-Come on, Mollie.

-This is going way better than rehearsals.

-It really is!

-That's saying a lot.

-Mollie's was raw and disgusting.

-How are you going to get that out?

-I actually can't.

-Shake it!

-Smash it on the floor.

-Right, really give it some welly here.

-Come on, Mollie!

-Give it some welly!

-Yes, it's out!

-Yes!

-CHEERING

You're doing well. This is going exactly as planned.

Your stack looks phenomenal. Right, they haven't got long.

Shall we count them down?

Ten, nine, eight, seven...

-Quick!

-..six, five, four, three, two, one.

KLAXON BLARES

Time is up, there's nothing more you can do.

-I like that, hands up.

-I think we've done it.

That looks incredible, I'm going to come to Mollie's first and taste it.

Because I am the official adjudicator. How hard is my job?

Mollie, these look great.

-This is a lot better than rehearsals.

-They're not raw!

So, well done. I'm going to get a strawberry.

-I'm not going to lie, Mollie, that's good.

-Did I nail it? High-five.

-You know it!

-Yes!

OK, wow! This is beautiful.

Pickled onions for eyes, I like this. Beans for a mouth.

I can't believe I'm going to eat this, but I am.

I'm going to get a pickled onion in. Ugh!

THEY LAUGH Guys! Lovely.

I've now filled my mouth, unfortunately.

But who do we think the winner should be?

Calum! Calum!

The winner... THEY CHANT

..of Blue Peter's pancake-off is...

It's Calum Scott! CHEERING

-Fab work! Sorry.

-So close, so close.

You know who would have loved this, is Radzi Chinyanganya.

Where's Radzi when you need him?

Exactly, but fear not, we're about to see his little face,

because you've been voting on which film of Radzi's

you want to see again.

Yes, you had the choice of watching Radzi harvesting peas,

racing with a wool sack, or climbing a massive dam.

That's right, and you chose...

-..climbing a massive dam.

-Of course.

It's his best challenge, it's so good. So guys, sit back, relax...

Can I just interrupt?

I've just remembered, with it being your big birthday year,

-I have made...

-Look at this!

-..some Blue Peter cupcakes!

-Look!

AUDIENCE WHOOP

We're all going to have one, we're going to sit back

and eat some cupcakes.

-Enjoy this. Thank you!

-You're very welcome. Get one!

No!

Argh! What?!

Oh, no! What?

This is the Diga di Luzzone.

And on the face of the dam

is the world's tallest man-made climbing wall.

That is so much bigger than I thought it was going to be.

There are over 650 climbing holds from bottom to top

of this massive concrete structure.

From above, the dam looks huge.

From the bottom, it's immense.

-Right then, see you up there.

-Here we go.

My biggest concern is that I use my arms too much at the start

and I don't have enough energy left for the finish.

You ready, Radzi?

Let's go.

For the first few metres, there's a handy ladder.

But as soon as I reach the first hold, there's no turning back,

and now it's all down to me.

The climb is multi-pitch,

which means it has five different sections, all about 30 metres long.

We'll stop at the end of every pitch before attempting to climb the next.

The holds are just like indoor climbing holds,

only there's a lot more of them.

So, I'm now as high as I've ever been on an indoor climbing wall.

So, now I've got to go this times maybe seven or eight.

30 minutes in, the first pitch is done.

And I know what my view is going to look like for the next new hours.

And now look what is to my right.

Concrete. What is to my left?

Concrete. What's beneath me?

A lot of concrete.

But there's no time to hang around.

On the face of the dam, I'm completely exposed.

The sun is directly above us, it's hot and it's sapping my energy.

There is still such a long way to go.

It's amazing how lonely you feel.

If my mum were here, she would not be happy.

She'd be screaming. Saying, "Radzi, be careful."

Well, Mum, that's what I'm trying to be.

After a few more holds, that's another pitch done.

I can safely clip in and have a moment to rest and take stock.

Now you can see this part of the wall, that's straight,

that's off to the side.

So, this pitch goes diagonally left. And...

..from what everyone's saying,

this could be one of the more tricky parts to this climb.

So, this is time to focus.

Time to regather my thoughts, regather my energies,

and give this one the beans again.

I've been climbing for over two hours.

It's far longer than I've ever experienced

and my arms are cramping up.

This makes everything so much harder.

As my body starts to fail,

I begin to question if I've really got it in me to make it to the top.

The last few metres have really taken their toll.

And at the end of this pitch, I'm completely exhausted.

Aggh! Aggh! SHE LAUGHS

-That was all types of bad.

-I know. Well done, Radzi.

But there is no way I'm giving up now.

-You going to try and lead this pitch?

-I'm going to try and lead it.

-Yeah, good one, Radzi.

-Come on.

Come on, Radzi.

-With less than 30 metres to go...

-You all right?

..I'm taking the lead.

I've felt fresher, I'll be honest.

My arms are tired, my legs are tired.

I'm pushing myself beyond what I ever thought was possible.

I've been on this dam for almost five hours, and the end is in sight.

There is no stopping me now.

HE GASPS

Ah, yes! Yeah!

HE GRUNTS Ah!

Ah, ah!

Oh, that was so hard.

Oh, can't believe I did that.

I've never been so scared...

..in all of my life.

The amount of times I just wanted to give up.

I thought I couldn't do that.

My... My arms have got nothing.

No, they've got absolutely nothing left.

Every part of your body is telling you to stop.

And you've just got to keep on going.

I feel on top of the world right now.

APPLAUSE

Radzi! That's one of my fave challenges he's ever done.

-We love you, Radz.

-He so brave, isn't he?

Now, Linds, I think it's time to announce

-the February Fan Of The Month.

-I think it is. Cue the music!

-MUSIC PLAYS

-Whoo!

I feel silly, because you've done Strictly. I shouldn't be doing this.

I think I should be dancing better than this.

Anyway, this fan is always really kind and chatty

to the other fan club members.

They are, they love books and they're always letting

the other members know what's on the BP website.

Basically, this person is a ledge.

-Yes, they are, shall we take a look?

-Let's do it.

-Let's do it!

-Drum roll...

-February's Fan Of The Month is...

-BOTH:

-..Lilac Viola Zook!

There we go, well done to you.

If you want to be FOTM, that means Fan Of The Month,

in March, make sure you head to the Fan Club Live

and you can get involved with all of that.

Now, it's worth talking about the BBC Own It campaign.

This is really cool and a way to be surf-savvy, we're calling it.

And how to stay safe online.

So, if you head to the BBC Own It website,

you can get advice on how to stay safe and happy and healthy online.

Basically, how to be the boss of your own online presence,

which I like the sound of.

Definitely, there's also advice there from Millie Inbetween

and The Next Step, and there's hints on noticing things online

-that might not look quite right.

-It's very important.

When you've checked that out, head to the BP website,

just cos it's great.

-It is.

-If you don't believe me, have a look at this.

We have...spoon one.

Oh, he's got one!

This looks like a curtain.

THEY LAUGH

I have designed outfits for both humans and for dogs.

But this is the first time I've ever designed anything for a tortoise.

Erm, you know what? I don't know!

I have no idea who this is.

Well, there is always so much going on in the Blue Peter website

and today, there's a real lot going on because Calum and I

are going to be live on there and you can ask us anything you want.

-Anything? Are you sure?

-Anything, Linds, anything you want.

I'm going to log on and get involved, quite frankly.

Now, we're playing Spot Shelly, of course.

-Guys, where is she hiding?

-She was hiding on my top.

Oh, she's right there. And who spotted Shelly?

ZJ Unicorn One.

Yes, what a name! Yes!

Beautifully presented, maybe you should co-present next week.

-I think so.

-You're fantastic, both of you. Eat your cupcakes.

That's nearly it for today's show. Have you had a nice time?

I've had the best time, thank you so much for having me.

-I loved having you here.

-I loved being here.

You need to pack your thermals, because on Saturday...

-The Saturdays?

-No, not The Saturdays!

-Oh, I thought you mentioned The Saturdays.

-Get over it.

This Saturday on CBBC at 6.30, you can see our Winter Sports Special.

It's going to be so good.

Radzi and I are going head-to-head on the ice

-for a bit of speed-skating.

-Oh, my gosh.

-That's 6.30 this Saturday... Random, I know!

-Goodness me.

..on CBBC. And next week's show, pack your thermals all over again

because it's another icy special, it's going to be such a good show.

There's loads coming up.

There's also lots of liquid nitrogen experiments.

That sounds so cool, I need to be here.

It does sound amazing, it's going to be good.

Mollie, you didn't know we were going to do this

-but this is your second time on Blue Peter.

-Yes?

You've done something different,

so that means you've earned your very own Blue Peter...

-You're joking!

-..Silver badge.

-There you go, Mollie!

-Wow!

-You've had a good day?

-Oh, thank you!

-I've had the best day.

-You can come any time, I love having you here.

-My goodness, this is so cool.

-The coolest thing ever.

This is amazing! Best surprise ever.

We'll go celebrate and guys,

who's coming up with their brand-new single right now?

-It is...

-Calum Scott!

-It's Calum Scott!

# There goes my heart beating

# Cos you are the reason

# I'm losing my sleep

# Please come back now

# And there goes my mind racing

# And you are the reason

# That I'm still breathing

# I'm hopeless now

# I'd climb every mountain

# And swim every ocean

# Just to be with you

# And fix what I've broken

# Oh, cos I need you to see

# That you are the reason

# There goes my hands shaking

# And you are the reason

# My heart keeps bleeding

# And I need you now

# If I could turn back the clock

# I'd make sure the light defeated the dark

# I'd spend every hour, of every day

# Keeping you safe

# And I'd climb every mountain

# And swim every ocean

# Just to be with you

# And fix what I've broken

# Oh, cos I need you to see

# That you are the reason

# Oh

# Yeah, yeah

# I'd climb every mountain

# And swim every ocean

# Just to be with you

# And fix what I've broken

# Cos I need you to see

# That you are the reason

CHEERING

That was so great! See you next week.

-Steve Backshall is going to be here. Make sure you're watching.

-Bye.

-Bye!