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Over 9,000 of you entered our Design A Dragon competition

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and we're going through your designs.

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They are amazing and now it's time to find out who's won this

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once-in-a-lifetime prize.

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-You ready, Radz?

-Let's do it, Linds.

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DRAGON GROWLS

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-Hello.

-And welcome to Blue Peter.

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I am so excited because on today's show we are going to reveal

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the winner for our Design A Dragon competition.

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In fact, Radz, I can't wait any longer. I'm just going to do it now.

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So, the winner of Blue Peter's Design A Dragon competition is...

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-Whoa, Linds!

-What?

-We've got a whole lot of show to get through.

-Oh.

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Yeah, case in point, Radio 1's Greg James

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and Chris Smith are in the house to play a very special game.

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We like that a lot.

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As well as that,

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Radzi and I go head-to-head in a very exciting golf challenge.

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-It's pretty serious and pretty fun.

-It is a lot of fun.

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We also go behind the scenes at London 2017 to see how the

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iconic London stadium goes through a whole lot of changes.

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And this lovely lady, we call her Shelley, where is she?

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She's somewhere in today's show.

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If you see her, jump on to the fanclub

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and let us know via a comment.

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Radz, she's off.

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I really am so excited. Can we just reveal the winner

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or can we at least have a sneak peek at the competition, please?

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Go on, then, Linds. OK, so back in May, as you well know,

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we launched the fantastic competition called

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Design A Dragon, giving you the chance to design

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a dragon that will sit in pride of place on the great pagoda

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in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.

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-So, do you want to see the top 30?

-Come on, let's do it.

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-Let's see them.

-These look amazing, don't they, Radz?

-They really do.

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This is the six-to-eight-year-old category

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and the quality is just off the charts.

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It's funny you say that cos Cressida Cowell, one of the judges,

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actually said, "Have we got the wrong category?

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"Are these really the six-to-eights? They're that good."

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I'm not surprised. It really is fantastic, this competition.

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The second category is the 9-to-11-year-olds,

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and, once again, look at the colour, look at the detail.

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They've been so creative with their dragons.

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You can see ones that go invisible, Chinese lanterns, there's a guitar.

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There's a bit of everything.

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And the good news is, if you can see your entry on here,

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all top 30 entries get yourselves a fantastic competition winners'

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Blue Peter orange badge.

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And this, by the way, the 12-to-15-year-olds,

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these look like professional artists.

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I think professional artists did these.

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I don't believe this is the 12-to-15 category. It is that good.

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Look at some of those sketches.

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If you've been watching very carefully,

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you will have actually seen the winner of the competition.

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-Can I say who it is?

-We can't.

-Oh.

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But we will reveal at the end of the show the top six and indeed the

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winning entry so perhaps pause the show now, rewind,

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decide your winner and see if you got it right.

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And if you can see yours, massive, massive well done to you.

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-Linds, what we going to do now?

-I don't know.

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-What are we going to do now, Radz?

-I've had an idea.

-OK.

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So today marks the start of the 146th Golf Open Championships.

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-Shall we reminisce?

-Oh, we love golf.

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-Shall we get in the mood?

-OK.

-Let's play a bit of golf.

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-No, I said golf, Linds.

-What?

-Watch this. You'll like it.

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We've come to a very special golf club in Watford

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for another Blue Peter challenge.

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I've got a golf ball. All I need now is a tee to put it on.

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Well, Radzi, you are in luck.

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No, Linds, one of these.

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I know.

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Yes, so my golfing knowledge isn't great but this game is over 500

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years old and in that time, golf has developed a language all of its own.

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-Now some of the clubs are called irons.

-That's right. Hello.

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No, Linds, this is an iron.

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-And some are known as woods.

-That's right.

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No, THIS is a wood.

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And one is even called a sand-wedge.

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-Cheese ploughman's.

-No.

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-I think I need some help.

-Well, you're in luck, Linds.

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Let me introduce you to two of the country's best golfers,

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pro superstars Charley Hull

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and Andrew "Beef" Johnston.

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What is the very first thing we need to know?

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First thing we'll probably do is start off with the grip.

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You can't control how you hit the ball

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unless you hold the club correctly.

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-All right, first thing you do, left hand on top.

-OK.

-That's it.

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And then right hand comes on, connects, and then you can

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put your little finger over the top of that finger like that.

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-Oh, wow.

-Or put them in between. Whatever's more comfortable.

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-That?

-Yeah, more in between there.

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-Oof, OK.

-That's the grip sorted.

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-What comes next?

-For me, it's all about the stance.

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The stance - how you stand when you hit the ball.

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Without the right stance, you don't stand a chance.

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-First, put your feet together.

-Oh, together, right.

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-Then move your left foot a little bit to the left.

-OK.

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And then your right foot triple the distance to the right.

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-So actually my centre of balance is behind where the ball will be?

-Yeah.

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That's a game-changer.

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Grip sorted. Stance sorted.

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-What happens next?

-Time to hit the ball.

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That went a long way.

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In golf, the way you hit the ball is called your swing.

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Something Charley just made look so easy.

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Wow, it's amazing how difficult we are making this look.

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Just practise clipping the blue tee in the practice ring.

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-Without the ball there?

-Yeah, without the ball.

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Yeah, like that, and then give it a go with the ball,

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so you're trying to just hit the same spot every time.

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Now I have a feel for where I'm aiming, things start to improve.

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-Good shot.

-Woo!

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I actually can't believe I hit it.

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So Lindsey can actually hit it now.

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Charley, I need some help.

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Just good posture.

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Get your stance good and just feel confident in your swing.

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-Ooh, good, Radz.

-Strike.

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Mum, look at that.

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-That was a really good strike.

-Whoa!

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I like that one.

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Well, that's lucky because the golf doesn't end there, Radzi.

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As day becomes night, this place transforms into topgolf.

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Like normal golf but hi-tech.

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It's the perfect place for our next head-to-head challenge.

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Topgolf is played around the world and players earn

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points by getting their ball into different parts of the target.

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Now today we're each going to have ten balls and the winner is

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the person that gets the most points from that yellow target.

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I love this challenge.

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The yellow target we're aiming for has been split into nine parts

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and you can only score points on each section once.

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But we're not playing alone. I'm teaming up with The Beef!

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And I'm being joined by Charley.

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It's time to do our swing.

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Me first. Watch me, Linds.

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Oh!

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Yes, still watching, Radz.

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OK, so no points for me.

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Come on, Charley. I'm keeping the faith.

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Oh, beautiful! Get in the nine.

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It's not nine, but it's a five. We'll take it.

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OK, my turn. Oh, way too fast.

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Yeah, miles past the target.

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Beef! What a start!

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Me again. No, it's not going to be a nine.

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It's not even going to be in.

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OK, didn't hit the target. I'm just warming up.

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Come on, Charley, I believe in you. You can keep us in this.

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This is why they're professionals.

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That's what I'm talking about. We lead 14-9.

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Oh, it's a beauty.

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-It's something.

-Yeah, yeah.

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Six!

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Back in the lead!

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No-one scores for a full round

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until Beef is back.

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-It's an eight, isn't it?

-He's got the eight!

-Yes!

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That gives us a nine-point lead.

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Can we come back from this?

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Charley picks up another two points.

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That's the one. But Beef gets another one as well.

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So with one more round to go, Lindsey's team leads 24-16.

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We can still win this.

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I would ideally get an eight or a seven, or just on target.

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Think eight. Think eight.

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No, just go in. Stay in. Stay...

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Oh!

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Come on, Charley. Get an eight and we can draw. I believe in you.

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Keep the faith.

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-Oh!

-Come on, eight! Come on, eight! Come on, eight!

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Oh, it's a one. Not enough!

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Yes! The title's ours.

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-We did it.

-Yes, we did.

-I could not have done it without this man.

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You were amazing.

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-Actually, do you guys have a spare pair of trousers with you?

-What?

-No.

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I thought all golfers brought one...

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in case you got a hole-in-one.

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-Cos you... Better than a birdie...

-Come on.

-Cos you get...

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See, you can't beat Russell and Beef. We are the dream team.

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Now on to something a little different.

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Fans of Radio 1 are going to love these guys.

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They're very well known for their banter on the Drivetime Show.

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Please welcome Greg James and Chris Smith.

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CHEERING

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-Hello, guys. Thanks for coming on BP.

-Thanks for having us.

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-Are these your first badges?

-Yes, they are.

-Really?

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-Yes, this is the greatest achievement of our lives.

-Life made.

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-Of the week...?

-Lives.

-Life, done.

-Yes.

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Guys, we're so happy you are here but we're even happier

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-cos you've done one of these, you've done a book.

-Yeah.

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Which is great. Tell us more about Kid Normal, Greg.

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Well, we're very happy to be here, first of all,

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cos we love Blue Peter. This book is called Kid Normal.

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It stars that boy on the front, called Murph,

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and he's 11 and he goes to a new school but he accidentally gets

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enrolled in a school for superheroes and he has no superpowers.

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So he has to work out how to survive in that school, but he has a plan.

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-Just leaving it there.

-We don't want to spoil it.

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-He's got a plan, we're not going to say any more.

-Tell you the end.

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-Chris?

-Yes?

-What was Greg like to write with? Be honest, now.

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Absolute nightmare. No. No, not at all. He's been brilliant.

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It's been really fun writing a book together cos we can act out

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the characters to each other and make each other laugh with

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-loads of stupid stuff like making up villains who are half wasp.

-Great.

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-And eat a lot of pizza. We've eaten a lot of pizza.

-Have you?

-Yes.

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You've obviously worked out a lot cos imagine

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if you were coming in here huge after writing a book.

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Yeah, we had about one pizza per 100 words, Lindsey.

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-It's fine.

-Loads of treats.

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Now, tell us about Murph, cos he's always wrong place, wrong time.

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Bless him. Is that based on anyone, Greg?

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Well, Murph is a bit of Chris and a bit of me, really.

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But also when you read it

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you'll realise there's a lot of Murph in everybody.

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It's that feeling of when you go to a new school or anywhere

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when you're that sort of age, everyone's massive

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and everyone's brilliant at stuff and you're just sort of bleh.

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-I think everyone can relate to Murph a little bit.

-Yeah.

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He has his own little way of working things out.

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That's the best thing about writing a story.

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You can make yourself the hero

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-and make really cool stuff happen to you.

-Does Murph like pizza?

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-He loves pizza.

-Great.

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OK, listen, we want to put your superhero skills...

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Sorry to just chuck your book but it's game time.

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We're putting them to the test, OK? You've each got cards next to you.

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You're going to have 30 seconds. The rules are simple.

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30 seconds to act out your superhero powers that are on those cards

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and, by the way, it is all to play for cos the winner's going to

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get one of these - the Blue Peter Golden Cape.

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-CHORAL VOICES SING

-Oh!

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Come on. Yeah, look. It looks like this. It's beautiful.

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So, really, guys, the pressure is on. All right?

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It's also going to be judged by our superhero judge.

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Who is the superhero judge?

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I thought you'd never ask, Greg. Bring him in!

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-Yes! Hello, my friends.

-Wow.

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I am a Wolfman, so named

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because of the place I come from - Wolverhampton.

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It's tenuous but I'm going with it. My voice has suddenly changed.

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I have the power to control tortoises with my mind.

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I have an encyclopaedic knowledge of professional wrestling,

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I can fit an entire stationery cupboard upon my hair.

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-Radz, are you OK?

-No, I'm very unwell.

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-Where's the accent from?

-I don't know what's happening.

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-Right, we haven't got long. 30 seconds.

-Where's Radzi gone?

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Chris, you're up first.

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-Ready? Three, two, one. Off you go.

-OK.

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Strongman. Body-builder.

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-Strength.

-Yes, super strength.

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Fire. Dragons.

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Yes, yes, yes, yes.

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-OK.

-Telepathic. With...?

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-Adding to...

-A dog.

-You're a wolf.

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And you're changing into a thing which is a tortoise.

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OK, pass, pass, pass.

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-It's a lip.

-Moustache!

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-With a beard.

-Smelly.

-Ninja armpits.

-Smell-o-vision.

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Yes.

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Oh, super, cape, hero! KLAXON

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-Running fast!

-Yes, running fast, super-speed.

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OK, stop, stop, time is up.

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You scored four. Well done.

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APPLAUSE

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Sit down and get your breath back.

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-Greg, do you think you can beat that?

-I can.

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I'm not going to throw the cards cos that was dangerous, genuinely.

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-Sorry about that.

-OK. Greg.

-Danger is my middle name.

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Off you go.

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-Flying.

-Yes.

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Time. Late. Lindsey Russell.

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-Time travel.

-Yes.

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-Invisibility.

-Yeah.

-Camouflage.

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You're good at this.

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-Small.

-Tiny mouse.

-Turning off.

-Naughty, bad.

-Shrinking power. Tiny.

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-Tiny puppy.

-A dog.

-Bad dog.

-Cuteness power.

-Good dog.

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Talking to animals!

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You can't say it!

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Underwater. Hold your breath. Swim.

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-Yes, that.

-Time is up. Sit down.

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-At the end of that, you scored four as well.

-A tie!

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You're going to have to share that cape.

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You can sit with it round both of you on the way home.

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-Guys, thank you so much for coming in.

-I think we have it like that.

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Also, let's go have a look at some of our amazing Blue Peter post.

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-Come this way, guys.

-Let's walk.

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-Come on, come on.

-We're sharing the cape.

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Come over this way and check out this week's big badge wall

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covered in all your wonderful post. Guys, what do you make of it?

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This is incredible. Sorry, I was just talking to this,

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it's so lifelike.

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So lifelike, isn't it? A bit of post I especially love this

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week is from Noor, who's six, from Manchester. Check this out.

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They've made the pagoda in Kew Gardens.

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They've improvved with the colours, which I like.

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Absolutely stunning.

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And not long now to find out whose dragon is going to be

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calling that place their home very soon.

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-This is our favourite, though.

-Go on. Who is it from?

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This is from Morgan in mid Wales, who's six, and he wanted to

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make a sandcastle that would never get swept away by the tide.

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-Look at that.

-Great idea.

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Love this flag at the top. A lovely Welsh valley with a little lamb on.

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That is attention to detail, right there.

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Now, Mia, Wolfman does not like this post. Wolfman loves this post.

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The perfect replica of this man Radzi or whatever his name is,

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dressed as a wrestler. What a great sport that is.

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-You've changed the accent.

-I know.

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I am an evolving amorphous, Lindsey.

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I've never seen Wolfman and Radz in the same room, either. You know?

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-Lindsey, my work here is done. Goodbye, puny humans.

-Bye, Wolfman.

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Thank you so much, guys, for coming in today.

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-We've loved having you here.

-Thank you. It's been great.

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-That's a good one. One of the best we've ever done. Hey, Radz.

-Hey.

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-That's quite a transformation.

-Yeah, I know. It's fine.

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It's fine. No-one saw anything.

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-I'll leave that there.

-You've got something in your hair, mate.

-Do I?

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-I couldn't... I can't see anything.

-Do the next bit.

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OK, if you thought that was good, which it wasn't, let's be honest,

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this is going to be a lot better.

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There's a place in London that draws crowds from miles around

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and this summer, it's hosting

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the biggest athletics event on the planet.

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-BOTH:

-This is London Stadium.

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Barney, I'm trying to make a film here.

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Yeah, so am I, thank you very much.

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Just take a look at this place.

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That is a feat of precision engineering.

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It hosts Premier League matches, it hosts rugby matches, pop concerts,

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athletics and it's got a really cool slide.

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A slide? It doesn't matter, we're not talking about that right now.

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We're talking about scale.

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-BOTH:

-This place was built for the Olympics.

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Excuse me, Radz.

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There we go.

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Hey, where are you going?

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Although it was built for the London 2012 Olympic Games,

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the stadium was always intended to be used again

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and again for different events

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so after the Olympics, the stadium had its top floor removed,

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the roof replaced

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and the ground floor completely re-engineered.

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They also build a roof that's twice the size of the original one.

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That makes it the biggest of its kind in the world.

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They used 6km of cable, that weighed a total of 930 tonnes.

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That's as heavy... That's the same weight, right, as...

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You know what? Nothing is that heavy.

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Look at it.

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It's now possible to host football matches, concerts,

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motor sport events and this summer it's home to

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the London 2017 World Athletics Championships

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and the Anniversary Games.

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And that's why we're here.

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The Anniversary Games is just around the corner, so that

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stadium is being turned from its last set-up

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into an athletics stadium.

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It is a huge deal and I can't wait to get inside.

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Every year since the London 2012 Olympics,

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the Anniversary Games has hosted the world's best athletes right

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here in the stadium and we've come to help them get ready.

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We're just two days away from the big event and as you will see

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and hear today, work is well under way.

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And the guy in charge of all that is called Chris

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and that's who I'm going to meet now.

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-Chris, nice to meet you.

-Hi, Barney, welcome to London Stadium.

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-Thank you very much. You're the project manager.

-I am one of the

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-project managers, yeah.

-You've been getting ready for a big event

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-for quite a while.

-We have.

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We've had a busy summer,

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so we've been moving seats, so we have to skate them.

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We use what we call air skates, which is really high-pressure air

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which actually goes down on to the surface

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and just lifts the seats just ever so much off the ground.

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Like a massive puck on an air hockey table?

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-That's exactly what it's like.

-That's genius.

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And what we've had is the track protection down,

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so that's protected the track and the playing surface whilst

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we've had the concerts.

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OK, so as you know, I'm here today to help.

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So you need to see Greg, our groundsman.

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He's just over there, so go and introduce yourself.

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With the seats in place and the track revealed,

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the team are now working on the finishing touches to the stadium.

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Every line and blade of grass has to be just right for the athletes,

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so it's time for Barney to get gardening.

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-If you want to grab the bucket.

-OK.

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So, all it is, is just a light scattering of grass seed

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-where you can see the bare patches.

-As easy as that.

-Yeah.

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-Here we go.

-As easy as that.

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-That's perfect.

-How long for this to grow?

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I should say we should see that growing in about five days.

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-Is that all?

-That's all it is, yeah.

-Nice sprinkling, Barn.

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But you'll have to keep going to fill it all in,

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because this lawn needs nearly 400 kilos of grass seed, so...

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-good luck.

-Barney, how did you get on?

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Really good, bucket's empty, so we're all done.

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-Are we going to build some sandcastles?

-No.

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-I'll get the bucket.

-Not quite.

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What we do, we're getting the long-jump pits ready for topping up

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-with some more sand.

-Yeah.

-In preparation for Sunday's event.

-OK.

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-So over to you.

-OK.

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So if it all fails elsewhere and you need some

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grass for your garden or your sandpits raking, give me a call.

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OK, Barn, that's enough of you. I'm taking over this one.

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So it's Sunday morning and the crowds are arriving and I've

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come here to find out what all this conversion business is all about.

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The atmosphere is buzzing, by the way and this is a happy dance.

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Hey!

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I could watch this all day. This is the warm-up track.

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Some of THE best athletes in the world are all here getting

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themselves mentally and physically ready, and then the best bit is,

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we're going to see them in there very soon.

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After weeks of preparation, the stadium is finally ready

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and the crowd are all seated.

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It's time for the athletics to begin.

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There's so much going on.

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In athletics, it's not just one thing that happens,

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there's track events, there's pole vault, there's long jump all

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happening now, and they've just crossed the finish line!

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I love athletics!

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The long jump's under way.

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That's the very same pit that Barney raked yesterday.

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Let's hope his raking is good enough for an international athlete.

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And of all the international athletes, there's

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one who could call this stadium practically his second home -

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-Sir Mo Farah.

-Mo Farah cheered on by this huge crowd.

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-One question for you, Mo.

-Yeah.

-You got an incredible reaction.

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-What does this stadium mean to you?

-This stadium means

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everything to me, this is where I made my breakthrough,

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this is where I became Olympic champion,

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this is where my life has changed and I love the people,

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I love the stadium, and I just get emotional, you know?

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I was getting ready before the race

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and I was, like, getting really nervous.

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You're a superstar, Mo. Thank you very much indeed.

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What a day it's been and do you know what?

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More so than the athletics,

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actually it's seeing how this stadium has transformed,

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whether it be the track, the field, the seats, everything,

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it's been so good to get behind-the-scenes with Barney

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and see it all come together.

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And speaking of Barney, I wonder where he got to?

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He'd better not be messing around in the giant slide, you know?

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Oh, wow.

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Whoa! That was good.

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Vintage Harwood.

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-Oh!

-He's a very happy man.

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-Happy dance all over the shop.

-I love athletics!

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Please can we do our winners in the Design A Dragon comp, please?

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Let's do it. So early in the show,

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we showed you our top 30 entries for our Design A Dragon competition.

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Now, as you can see, the standard was so very high.

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The judges actually really struggled whittling it down

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to 30 from over 9,000 of you that entered.

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-That is ridiculous, isn't it?

-But whittle it down they did,

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so in the three categories, they chose their favourite two entries,

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leaving us with a top six.

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-Shall we have a look?

-Let's have a look.

-Let's walk this way.

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So the top two in age six to eight category, first we've got Amar.

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Now, his dragon is incredible.

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It's called Synth and it makes energy from nature.

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It's ridiculous. He's labelled it, he's gone into so much detail.

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They were so impressed. And the other dragon is by Freya.

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Now, this dragon is called Goldie, who make weeds go away

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and makes flowers bloom instead, so it's a very green dragon.

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We like that a lot. Well done.

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And on to the 9-to-11-year-old category.

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Kick things off with Hannah's design.

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Her dragon is called Dazzler and it glows up and actually glows

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the Chinese lanterns to help guide Dazzler along the way.

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Now over to Florence's incredibly colourful design.

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Her dragon is called Fargesia and it protects endangered plants.

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Look at the detail in that, it's incredible, this.

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These are amazing. I don't know how they chose.

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Let's have a look at the ages 12 to 15 category.

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The top two, we'll start with Annie's dragon.

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Now, this dragon is called Tempers.

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It is beautiful and you can see on the wing there,

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it reflects the past, the present and the future

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and she's even included a mini pagoda.

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How creative is that? And then we'll move on to Tia's dragon.

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Now this one is wonderful.

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It's called Scraps and he can actually rebuild himself into

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other things using little scraps of metals like forks and screws.

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-They're amazing. I don't know how we have a winner, but we do.

-We do

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and we can only choose one winner.

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Our judge Cressida Cowell described our winning

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design as being creative, imaginative

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and original and perfectly appropriate for Kew.

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-So, here we go. Can I finally do it?

-Let's do it.

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The winner of Blue Peter's Design A Dragon competition that will

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sit pride of place at the pagoda at Kew Gardens is...

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-It's Florence!

-Yeah!

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Come on over, Florence.

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Oh, well done, you, and look at that big smile.

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How does it feel to have an orange badge on and actually be the winner

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-of this competition?

-I mean, it feels amazing, it's so cool

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to think that it's going to be on top of the pagoda.

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It is. You've done that. It's going to be designed by real artists.

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It will be. Can you talk us through your design? Because it genuinely...

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I have no idea how you came up with this.

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Well, I found this bamboo on the internet, which is called

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a Blue Dragon bamboo and I thought it'd be really perfect.

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And then I, like, cut out lots of different leaves

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and collaged them together.

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You can tell you spent so much time on this and you've done

0:24:480:24:51

so much research into your dragon, which the judges loved.

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What's that moment going to be like when you go to Kew Gardens and

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you look up at the pagoda and you can see your dragon standing there?

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It's going to be incredible. Yeah, I can't wait.

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-Are you really proud of yourself?

-Yeah, I am.

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You should be and your family are here today and they're going,

0:25:030:25:06

"Go on, go on, Florence!" Well done, you.

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Florence, E-normous congratulations and to every single person who

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managed to get their entry on this board or indeed inside the top 30.

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Well done, you. I bet you're so excited,

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but we have actually got some other very exciting news for our top

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five entries that you can see on the board here,

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because actually they are also going to be made into dragons in a

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dragon trail that leads the public to see your dragon on the pagoda.

0:25:270:25:32

-How cool is that?

-Round of applause! APPLAUSE

0:25:320:25:34

-Amazing.

-Yeah!

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-Well done, top five.

-Yes, indeed.

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Well done to all of you who sent in post.

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We love it when you send in post, just like this a lot.

0:25:410:25:43

So from dragons to dinosaurs, check out what Sophie's made.

0:25:450:25:49

A dinosaur called the Gorgeousaurus. Of course that's what it's called!

0:25:490:25:52

What a name

0:25:520:25:54

and what a hairdo. Looks a little bit like mine.

0:25:540:25:56

She says it likes bows, high heels, hats and earrings.

0:25:560:25:59

And that's got you your very own Blue Peter badge.

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Ahem! Now, Barney, you will love this one.

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I'm using a posh accent, you see,

0:26:060:26:07

because it's you in the Victorian era, because Emily

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and Isabelle from Wigan have teamed up to create this masterpiece.

0:26:110:26:15

Look at your 'tache and you're even saying, "I look handsome."

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Oh, you modest devil, you.

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Ben from Edinburgh, you are a genius.

0:26:210:26:24

You've perfectly recreated Barney's recent mountain bike challenge.

0:26:240:26:28

Look how happy he is to be stood next to a bike with shiny

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wheels and 3-D clouds.

0:26:310:26:33

Those clouds, by the way, contained an awful lot of rain on the day,

0:26:330:26:36

so Barney got wet, but he also loved every minute of it.

0:26:360:26:40

So Sophie, Emily, Isabelle and Ben, you've all got style, you've

0:26:410:26:44

all got skill and you've now all got your very own Blue Peter badge.

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That is nearly it for this week's show.

0:26:490:26:51

As ever, we've been playing Spot Shelley.

0:26:510:26:53

She was very cheeky this week.

0:26:530:26:54

Look, you can see there, she was hiding on Radzi's mask.

0:26:540:26:58

-Cheeky little Shelley.

-What an attractive superhero!

0:26:580:27:02

If you want to find out if you won this week,

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get on to BP Fan Club Live straight after the show

0:27:040:27:07

and while you're online, there's loads to do.

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Check this out.

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Check out our top 30 dragon designs.

0:27:120:27:15

Greg James and Chris Smith.

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Here's one I made earlier. Hahaha!

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Don't touch what you can't afford.

0:27:200:27:21

I'm off.

0:27:210:27:22

Can you work out where Shelley is?

0:27:220:27:25

This is where the adventures start.

0:27:250:27:27

Exclusive chats with Cars 3 stars

0:27:270:27:29

and our emoji dream generator.

0:27:290:27:32

Get it all on the Blue Peter website.

0:27:320:27:35

Make sure you watch next week's show

0:27:350:27:37

because we're getting muddy with the Royal Marine Commandos.

0:27:370:27:40

As well as that, the Summer Badge Challenge is back

0:27:400:27:42

with the Big Badge Boat Bonanza. It's going to be good.

0:27:420:27:45

That was alliteration, Linds.

0:27:450:27:46

-Let's say goodbye.

-See you next week.

-Bye-bye!

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