:00:14. > :00:24.Coming up on Blue Peter: Marriage Act are here with a sparkling
:00:24. > :00:32.experiment to show you. It is absolutely genius.
:00:32. > :00:36.2013 will be the year of these guys are.
:00:36. > :00:46.And you'll get pitch side access to the first of my Magnificent 7
:00:46. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:07.challenges for Red Nose Day. Find Hello! How are you doing? You are
:01:07. > :01:17.watching Blue Peter. We have two CBBC legends on the
:01:17. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:36.I do not find that very funny! The world is a better place when
:01:36. > :01:41.Dick and Dom on the telly. They have a brand new show, Absolute
:01:41. > :01:51.Genius. It takes a revolutionary look at some onions. Last night it
:01:51. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:04.was Isaac Newton. Let's have a look They are with us now in the studio!
:02:04. > :02:10.How are you? We are fine. It is good to be on one of the best shows
:02:10. > :02:15.on CBBC! If we will pay you later! Last night we were talking about
:02:15. > :02:19.Isaac Newton and how he defined the law of gravity. You tested this in
:02:20. > :02:28.a centrifuge. It was pretty remarkable! Talk us through what is
:02:28. > :02:32.going through your head. Mr Floppy face! It is like when you go on a
:02:32. > :02:36.roller coaster. That feeling you experience for two seconds carried
:02:36. > :02:41.on for 10 minute and it was horrific. It was really, really
:02:41. > :02:47.horrible. G force is strange, like being squashed by an invisible
:02:47. > :02:51.force. It was horrible but it proved a lot. Much like Blue Peter
:02:51. > :02:56.where we take on challenges, you are never one to stand on the
:02:56. > :03:04.sidelines, so you took part in the wall of death. Let's have girl
:03:04. > :03:07.look! A motorbike that goes vertically a round a wall. They did
:03:07. > :03:14.not tell me that it went straight up onto the wall without me knowing.
:03:15. > :03:22.It was horrible! You don't go up the wall, you went on the skirting
:03:22. > :03:27.board. Did you tell him to get you back down? Yes! Anything that goes
:03:27. > :03:32.round and round, makes you dizzy. I am with you on that. Obviously the
:03:32. > :03:42.brains in this show do not belong to you. You have got the looks. In
:03:42. > :03:43.
:03:43. > :03:51.fact, no! We have Fran! You get a very own Blue Peter bad because it
:03:51. > :03:57.is your first time on Blue Peter. Next week, the show is about
:03:57. > :04:03.Michael Faraday. He pie in the it electromagnetism. This involves you
:04:03. > :04:09.doing some unique experiments -- he was a pioneer of electromagnetism.
:04:09. > :04:16.We thought he better to put in at the Michael Faraday cage and Dick?
:04:16. > :04:21.So we fired three-quarters of a million volts at his head.
:04:21. > :04:27.Basically, you had electricity fired at your head? It was in the
:04:28. > :04:29.contract! We have to! It was a good way of understanding all of the
:04:30. > :04:38.theories and principle for us through it demonstrations led by
:04:39. > :04:46.Fran. Exactly. -- peers and principles through demonstrations.
:04:46. > :04:51.It was quite dangerous. Don't try it at home. Definitely. We can test
:04:51. > :04:56.electromagnetism here. In a nutshell? There is a relationship
:04:56. > :05:00.between magnetism and electricity. You can run electricity through a
:05:00. > :05:09.wire and that becomes a magnet. But Michael Faraday realised it was
:05:09. > :05:15.more than that. What he realised was if you turn a wire around a
:05:15. > :05:19.magnet, you get electricity in that wire. You generate electricity.
:05:19. > :05:24.great thing about Fran is she translates all of the signs that
:05:24. > :05:29.would normally confuse you and makes it easy to learn. Today is no
:05:29. > :05:39.different. Fran, take your position between the two bikes because we
:05:39. > :05:43.Can we please get a minute on the clock. We have attached to the back
:05:43. > :05:48.wheel of each of these a generator. They will pedal fast and we will
:05:48. > :05:55.try to light up the light bulbs. We will start with the first run and
:05:55. > :06:03.try to generate enough power to light all six lightbulbs. 60 watts,
:06:03. > :06:13.that is 360 watts in total. Quite difficult. Who will win? Dick and
:06:13. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:46.That's is not enough to power your Unbelievable! The that was
:06:46. > :06:46.
:06:46. > :06:52.incredible. In that experience, Dom, you felt miserable. I have little
:06:52. > :06:58.legs! There is quite a lot of electricity there but it is fair to
:06:58. > :07:02.say it takes a lot of energy to produce not a lot of energy. Yes.
:07:02. > :07:07.We had 360 watts. A person cannot generate enough electricity to boil
:07:07. > :07:11.a kettle. That is a shame because we could do with a cup of tea. Stay
:07:11. > :07:20.with us. We are live. If there is anything
:07:20. > :07:26.you want to ask Dick and Dom, you You can ask them anything you like.
:07:26. > :07:33.Red Nose Day is on the horizon. This year for comic relief, I am
:07:33. > :07:36.going to be doing seven challenges to inspire you to raise money for a
:07:36. > :07:41.fantastic cause. I did my first one on Saturday at Twickenham in front
:07:41. > :07:45.of a packed crowd of England and Scotland fans. It was going to be
:07:45. > :07:49.loud! In five days' time, I will attempt
:07:49. > :07:54.to kick a conversion at Twickenham in front of tens of thousands of
:07:54. > :07:59.fanatical rugby fans. I don't know anything about rugby but I have got
:07:59. > :08:08.a trip up my sleeve. I am engaged to this guy and luckily for me, he
:08:08. > :08:12.plays rugby league, with these guys. I have come to Warrington Wolves,
:08:12. > :08:22.to be introduced to the world of rugby. I am about to see what I
:08:22. > :08:27.
:08:27. > :08:33.That was a bad one. I don't think she has got a good chance to be
:08:33. > :08:38.honest of getting a conversion. or laughing at me already! She is
:08:38. > :08:45.doing her best. Hopefully she can keep it going. It has been a mixed
:08:45. > :08:50.start but I clearly have a lot of work to do. If you go further back,
:08:50. > :09:00.you get giddy and start jumping up and down. Because I am nervous!
:09:00. > :09:00.
:09:00. > :09:07.Take it slowly. If I slowed down, if I focus... Exactly. You think I
:09:07. > :09:12.can do it? Yes. He has to say that. He is my fiancee. In three days I
:09:12. > :09:16.have to attempt to kick that ball in Twickenham. I think Ritchie made
:09:16. > :09:21.a fair point, I do need to concentrate. That is why I am here
:09:21. > :09:27.today for some extra help and I don't think there is any messing
:09:27. > :09:31.with this guy. Saracens fly-half, Charlie Hodgson. Premiership
:09:31. > :09:38.leading goalscorer. He is no stranger to Twickenham. Let's see
:09:38. > :09:45.if he can get my boots into shape. That is what I need to be able to
:09:45. > :09:53.do! Hello. Excited? I feel a bit sick if I am honest. I really want
:09:53. > :09:56.to be able to do it but I have to do it in three days. Hopefully you
:09:56. > :10:00.will be fine by the weekend. Where do we start?
:10:00. > :10:06.A little run two warm-up and stretches and then I am ready for
:10:06. > :10:11.my kicking lessons. The first tip is not to place the ball on the tee.
:10:11. > :10:18.People have different tactics. I have mine up right. Which will make
:10:18. > :10:23.it goes further? At the front. will have a go at that. I feel it
:10:23. > :10:29.is sitting higher so I can kick it. Line up the themes when you are
:10:29. > :10:39.kicking it, in the direction you want it to go. -- this seems. Point
:10:39. > :10:49.your foot. There. Which bit of the ball and I hitting? The bottom, so
:10:49. > :10:50.
:10:50. > :10:59.you can get the elevation. This inside part of the ball. And now
:10:59. > :11:05.your approach to the ball. 45 degrees. I think I should do that
:11:05. > :11:14.to maintain my concentration. Looking forward, the sideways three
:11:14. > :11:24.steps to get my 45 degrees, and then run at it. Nearly! So close.
:11:24. > :11:32.
:11:32. > :11:40.Try again. But not close enough, so Yes! It is a bit hit and miss. I
:11:41. > :11:48.get a bit distracted. Focus. You do one enemy forget about what you are
:11:48. > :11:52.trying to do. I am nervous. -- you do one and then you forget. These
:11:52. > :11:56.guides a rugby-mad and knows something's about kicking.
:11:56. > :12:06.Hopefully they can help me and get some tips from a top rugby star.
:12:06. > :12:07.
:12:07. > :12:12.Get some power on the ball. I have kicked a lot today but I am fairly
:12:12. > :12:17.pleased, but no where near prepared. Be if I was at home I would be
:12:17. > :12:21.terrified, but I think she can do it. Mental strength is a huge part
:12:21. > :12:26.of this game that so how did Charlie cope in front of thousands
:12:26. > :12:32.of people? It is difficult. You have to try to block it out and
:12:32. > :12:38.concentrate on what you are doing. At the Six Nations, everybody is
:12:38. > :12:44.excited. In your experience of the fans, what will they be like at
:12:44. > :12:49.half-time? You will be all right. It depends if you get it over! You
:12:49. > :12:54.might get a bit of stick! I am sure you will get enough support.
:12:54. > :13:01.thank you so much for your help today. I will Endeavour to not let
:13:01. > :13:04.you down on Saturday. As long as she focuses on the tips I have
:13:04. > :13:09.given her and she concentrates on those each time she approaches the
:13:09. > :13:15.ball, she should be far line. all starts this weekend when I will
:13:15. > :13:22.be attempting to kick one of these. Even after the live show, I am a
:13:22. > :13:31.practising. Rugby has taken over my life this week.
:13:31. > :13:37.Three steps back. 3 to the side. That is terrible!
:13:37. > :13:42.And Twickenham is only two days away.
:13:43. > :13:47.It is such an amazing thing to do. Not only is Ritchie an amazing
:13:47. > :13:53.player, but you've got to play with professional rugby players!
:13:53. > :13:58.Amazing! I took it too seriously. That is not like you. I am
:13:58. > :14:05.competitive and I was getting stressed out. You can find out how
:14:05. > :14:10.I got on later in the show. Helen. You are a pig and I am a goat.
:14:10. > :14:20.According to the Chinese Zodiac. Because this weekend sees the start
:14:20. > :14:25.
:14:25. > :14:29.Chinese New Year celebrations usually last for 15 days. It is
:14:29. > :14:34.currently the year of the dragon. But on Sunday it is the turn of the
:14:34. > :14:39.snake. If you are a snake, its 41 mysterious, intuitive, have a good
:14:39. > :14:46.temper and a good at communicating. Famous snakes include Daniel
:14:46. > :14:51.Radcliffe and Dani Harmer. This is Blue Peter, so of course we've got
:14:51. > :14:59.some snakes in the studio! I've just remembered, I've got a dentist
:14:59. > :15:08.appointment. Look who's over here, it's Blowfish. What have we got
:15:08. > :15:13.here? These are some corn snakes. They are only little. Are they
:15:13. > :15:17.venomous? No, they are not, and they are so cute. Why are they
:15:17. > :15:21.different colours if they are the same type of snake? They are kind
:15:21. > :15:27.of like cats and dogs. We've bred them to have these colours. As far
:15:27. > :15:32.as snakes to day go, I think I have it would snake here! These are just
:15:32. > :15:41.little babies compared to what we are going to get up to. This one is
:15:41. > :15:45.going down my top. Its blending in! There we go. We and we found out
:15:45. > :15:51.you were coming in, we found out about what these guys eat.
:15:51. > :16:01.Apparently... They eat Helen! eat rodents. Look at the size of
:16:01. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:08.them. That is some snack! Rodents are small-fry to these guys. This
:16:08. > :16:13.is a milk snake. He could be really quite nasty. Look at the banding,
:16:13. > :16:19.you might think, venomous snake. He's a beautiful colour. There's an
:16:19. > :16:28.old rhyme that we can remember to prove that this snake is safe. Read
:16:28. > :16:36.in yellow, venom lack. Read then yellow, will kill a fellow. We are
:16:36. > :16:42.still talking small-fry. We need to a bit of it. This is a real stake.
:16:42. > :16:48.This is a reticulated python. This, essentially, is the longest snake
:16:48. > :16:58.on the planet. How long do they get? There's one in Oregon that is
:16:58. > :17:03.
:17:03. > :17:08.They are cracking beasts. What does reticulated mean? It refers to the
:17:08. > :17:12.pattern on it. It means net like. It's wonderful camouflage. They
:17:13. > :17:19.have beautiful skin and they feel so smooth. You expect them to be
:17:19. > :17:28.slimy but they are not. Yes, they are very dry. They are gorgeous. I
:17:28. > :17:35.like how they get their names. you look at a pattern on the corn,
:17:35. > :17:40.it's exactly the same as the pattern on... Look at that. This
:17:40. > :17:46.python is hissing, do I need to be worried? No, she's fine, just
:17:46. > :17:52.checking it out. The front of this snake has something very clever.
:17:53. > :17:55.Around the lips of its mouth it has heat sensitive areas. They are
:17:55. > :17:59.picking up infra-red radiation. It's the same thing you see in the
:17:59. > :18:04.movies when someone puts on special goggles and they can see the
:18:04. > :18:12.outlines. This may punts in exactly the same way. They are clever
:18:12. > :18:16.creatures. Thank you for bringing these guys in. I'm going to borrow
:18:16. > :18:21.this guy for a minute. At the weekend, I entered my very own that
:18:21. > :18:25.snake pit. I went to Twickenham. It was one of the first matches of the
:18:25. > :18:29.Six Nations, between England and France. It was the place that I was
:18:29. > :18:32.to take on my first challenge. I'm doing seven challenges ahead of Red
:18:32. > :18:42.Nose Day. My first one was to attempt to kick a penalty at half-
:18:42. > :18:43.
:18:43. > :18:48.I have been having sleepless nights about this all week. This is
:18:48. > :18:53.massive, this is exciting. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I
:18:53. > :18:57.am so nervous, because I don't want to mark it up. I'm completely
:18:57. > :19:01.freaking out. I think I'm more nervous about this than I was about
:19:01. > :19:11.the high wire. The nerves are really starting to take over. It's
:19:11. > :19:11.
:19:11. > :19:15.It's the morning of the game, so in a few hours, I will attempt to kick
:19:15. > :19:19.this ball over that far. It definitely looks higher for some
:19:19. > :19:23.reason in this stadium. I'm excited. Of course I'm nervous, I didn't
:19:23. > :19:28.sleep much last night, but I feel like the stage has been set, so I
:19:28. > :19:32.can feel the anticipation rising. I'm going to make the most of this
:19:32. > :19:36.positive feeling. As Twickenham gets ready for the Six Nations
:19:36. > :19:40.match between England and Scotland, the players are warming up, and are
:19:40. > :19:44.led by their fitness coach, Bobby. To take my mind up my daunting task,
:19:44. > :19:46.I'm going to find out how a professional rugby player prepares
:19:46. > :19:51.professional rugby player prepares for a big match. A few hours from
:19:51. > :19:58.kick-off, what will the players be doing now to get match ready?
:19:58. > :20:04.will eat twice, chicken breasts today and a plate of pasta as well.
:20:04. > :20:11.Three or four chicken breasts? I don't have that in a week! How much
:20:11. > :20:15.will they run around? Eight or nine kilometres. Fluid is really
:20:15. > :20:21.important. How much will they sweat during the game? They will lose up
:20:21. > :20:26.to three litres of fluid. One litre of fluid is a kilo, so that's two-
:20:26. > :20:31.and-a-half to three kilos. Should I be drinking loads to get ready?
:20:31. > :20:36.you should be topping up. The it's a bit too late! As kick-off
:20:36. > :20:40.approaches, the crowds gather. My support arrives to give me some
:20:40. > :20:50.inspiration. As we take our seats, I try my best to enjoy the first
:20:50. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:08.That's it, easy peasy. I'll just do that. It's nearly half time, so the
:21:08. > :21:15.team give me some final tips. I'm absolutely freaking out. I did it
:21:15. > :21:19.loads of times in training. You did. Just aim at the scoreboard. Try and
:21:19. > :21:29.hit the number six. That's my cue, and the commentator is keeping a
:21:29. > :21:31.
:21:31. > :21:41.This is Cumbria's finest. I'm here with Chris Paterson, one of the
:21:41. > :22:01.
:22:01. > :22:06.finest figures in the game of rugby, Oh, I think she's just gone left!
:22:06. > :22:15.I'm absolutely gutted. I've done it a million times. Why couldn't I do
:22:15. > :22:20.it that time? I'm freaking out, I don't like it. You were so close!
:22:20. > :22:24.I'm gutted, but that's just the kind of person I am. I think I can
:22:25. > :22:34.look back and say, guess what, at least we went out there and had a
:22:34. > :22:38.go. You could do something amazing That was so close, but hopefully it
:22:38. > :22:41.will inspire you to do something sporty and raise money for Comic
:22:41. > :22:45.Relief. You could get sponsored to kick as many conversions as you can
:22:45. > :22:49.in five minutes. If football is more your thing, ask someone to be
:22:49. > :22:53.goalie for an hour. You could get sponsored to score to save. You
:22:53. > :22:56.might prefer getting wet, so why not put your goggles on and get
:22:56. > :23:00.sponsored for each lot you swim at your local pool. Even better, get
:23:00. > :23:04.your friends to be part of a swimming relay, because more splash
:23:04. > :23:09.means more cash. Checkout the Blue Peter website but details of how to
:23:09. > :23:12.pay in the money you braced. I'm not sure whether it's the slow
:23:12. > :23:18.motion or the dramatic music that goes with it, but that was so close.
:23:18. > :23:22.It was so good to watch but... It doesn't matter, 80,000 people, you
:23:22. > :23:26.went out there and did it. I think you did a great job. I was so
:23:26. > :23:30.nervous, but this is to inspire you to do something for Comic Relief.
:23:30. > :23:33.Let us know what you're going to do ahead of this Red Nose Day. Visit
:23:34. > :23:36.the website, there's loads more the website, there's loads more
:23:36. > :23:42.ideas and everything you need to know about Red Nose Day. Tell them
:23:42. > :23:48.what you're doing next. I'm going to be heading to the West End in
:23:48. > :23:55.London to attempt to be in two West End shows in one evening. He's
:23:55. > :24:00.laughing. Listen to this. Beautiful! What a voice! I cannot
:24:00. > :24:05.sing. We've spent so many car journeys together when Helen starts
:24:05. > :24:09.to entertain by starting singing. I'd rather walk! Let's go over to
:24:09. > :24:14.two guys who've got beautiful voices in their own unique way.
:24:14. > :24:24.They are answering your questions. They are not alone. We have a group
:24:24. > :24:29.
:24:29. > :24:37.of children here from a science Would you like to go ahead with the
:24:37. > :24:41.first question, Ben? Who ruined the most experiments? That was probably
:24:41. > :24:46.me. I did went out of quite a few things. I wouldn't go underneath a
:24:46. > :24:50.bridge. There was this box hanging underneath a bridge which was about
:24:50. > :24:56.300 ft off the ground. I wouldn't go under bat. I didn't go in the
:24:56. > :25:02.centrifuge. I ruined the series. is pathetic. I had to do it all
:25:02. > :25:08.myself. You started to give it a go. No, I didn't. The Clifton
:25:08. > :25:13.Suspension Bridge - no! He's just there with his own like that,
:25:13. > :25:20.whilst I'm hanging under a suspension bridge. We will never
:25:20. > :25:27.make Blue Peter presenters, put it that way. Who was your favourite
:25:27. > :25:31.genius? I think it was a guy called Basil jet. He created something
:25:31. > :25:36.that we all use but we don't know it, which is the underground sewer
:25:36. > :25:39.system. The London sewer system. There's miles of pipes underneath
:25:39. > :25:46.London. So when you flush the toilet or go in the Shayler, that's
:25:46. > :25:50.where it all goes. You went down to have a look at it. Yes, we did.
:25:50. > :25:56.It's smelly! The smell when you go down there, what would you think it
:25:56. > :26:01.smells like down there? Don't be rude! It is congealed fat. You are
:26:01. > :26:05.not meant to take that down the plughole. It goes down there, it
:26:05. > :26:10.sticks all over and it stinks. People have to scrape it off.
:26:10. > :26:15.Ridley says, what's it like having to do dangerous things on TV?
:26:15. > :26:18.would know. It's great. The great thing about the job, as you guys
:26:18. > :26:23.know, is what you get to do some incredible things that you would
:26:23. > :26:27.never get to do at any other point in your career. They might be
:26:27. > :26:31.dangerous, health and safety is all set up. I did do the Faraday cage.
:26:31. > :26:37.That was probably one of the most dangerous things we did in the
:26:37. > :26:42.series. I would never have done that, but you did it. Effectively
:26:42. > :26:51.it is fair to say that date wins on that one. Thanks for coming in.
:26:51. > :26:55.that it? All of you lot minus one question! It is not just things
:26:55. > :27:01.that have an outside the studio that we are fans of. Last week,
:27:01. > :27:06.Chris Packham was our guest and we made bird feeders together. To make
:27:06. > :27:10.sure that the UK's birds are happy and well fed. You've been having a
:27:11. > :27:20.go. We've got some examples of what you've been getting up to. Gracy
:27:21. > :27:27.
:27:27. > :27:32.and Nancie have been hard at work Edward has made six bird feeders.
:27:32. > :27:38.This one is the Michelin star of bird feeders. They look brilliant.
:27:38. > :27:41.If you'd like to get involved, go to the website. I Can't Take My
:27:41. > :27:44.eyes Off You right now with that beautiful hat. Thank you, guys, for
:27:45. > :27:47.coming in. There's just time to coming in. There's just time to
:27:47. > :27:52.tell you what's happening on next week's Blue Peter. I take on my