0:00:04 > 0:00:07On today's show we are taking things to the extreme.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12As Radzi would say, I'm amped. This is going to be off the chart.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Coming up, Radzi takes the plunge and meets some furry life-savers.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Barney helps put together the world's largest passenger plane.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22I'm put through my paces by some birds that are quackers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:27And the boys go head-to-head in a totally AIR-some hovercraft race.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Plus, we've got a sneak preview of two truly extreme challenges.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34That's all coming up on today's Blue Peter.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Hello and welcome to Blue Peter from Switzerland.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Famous for its cows, cheese, chocolate
0:00:55 > 0:00:58and Roger Federer, Switzerland is also the home of some
0:00:58 > 0:01:03pretty extreme sports. Whether it's white water rafting or paragliding,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06if you love adrenaline, then this is the country for it.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Switzerland is also slap-bang in the middle of Europe,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11with Germany just over in the north that way,
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Italy not far that way, and France just over there, which is where
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Barney ended up when he went to check out some extreme engineering.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24This is the extraordinary story of how an aeroplane is made.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Its parts are made all over Europe.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28The tail section is made in Spain.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30The rear section is made in Germany.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33The wings are made in Great Britain, and then it's all
0:01:33 > 0:01:35brought together and assembled in France.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Now, that sounds quite complicated.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Well, it is complicated because this is no ordinary plane.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43This thing is big.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46And I mean big.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Big. Big.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Big!
0:01:51 > 0:01:52Big.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56This is the largest passenger plane in the world.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Its tail fin is as high as an eight-storey building.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02It's as long as two blue whales.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07It can carry 850 passengers, and has a take off weight of 560 tonnes.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10That's the same as 400 family cars.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13How this thing gets off the ground in the first place is a miracle
0:02:13 > 0:02:16of engineering, but it's largely to do with those mammoth wings.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Those wings are so big that in all this time of me
0:02:19 > 0:02:20telling you these amazing facts,
0:02:20 > 0:02:24I haven't even been able to get from one side to the other.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25It's huge.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30But before the wings can make this plane take flight,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33each one needs to take a 1,000-mile trip from the wing factory
0:02:33 > 0:02:37in Wales to the final assembly line in France.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41This is where the journey begins. The wing factory in North Wales.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45One wing takes 87 days to travel round the factory,
0:02:45 > 0:02:48transformed from raw materials until finally
0:02:48 > 0:02:52it's all wrapped up - er, literally.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56But how do you move a wing the size of three double-decker buses?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Easy. You use one of these.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00A mega-truck.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04With a staggering 96 wheels, this is the big daddy of gadgets,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07and they've given me the controller.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10BACK-UP ALARM BEEPS
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Oh, there's your beep.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13This is brilliant.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Not too bad, that, for a first go.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Right then, let's get a wing on it. Yeah?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22MUSIC: "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss
0:03:40 > 0:03:42This thing is a monster.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46This wing is now going to make its journey down this road
0:03:46 > 0:03:49towards a barge that's waiting on some water.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52The next stage of the journey begins.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55And the mega-truck is so clever, it's now steering itself,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58following radio signals transmitted from the road to keep
0:03:58 > 0:04:00all those wheels on the straight and narrow.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Or not-so-straight, and very narrow.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11With inches to spare, we've made it to the river.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Job done.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Who am I kidding?
0:04:19 > 0:04:23It's another day and it's another bizarre image. Look at that.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25A massive wing on a boat.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Now, the wing is going to make its next part of its journey
0:04:28 > 0:04:30down the river, and hopefully under some bridges.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32So the captain has got to judge it just right
0:04:32 > 0:04:34because if the water level is too high,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37that wing will not fit under those bridges.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39That could be a problem, and if we're quick enough
0:04:39 > 0:04:42we can get to that first bridge and see if it fits. Come on.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50You can see how close it is from the bottom of the bridge
0:04:50 > 0:04:52and the top of the boat.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54That is so close.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57And I'm pretty sure this next bridge is actually a lot lower,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00and it doesn't look like that's going to fit from here.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03It is so, so close.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07This amazing wing has already had quite a journey down road
0:05:07 > 0:05:10and river, over and under bridges, and now it powers on towards
0:05:10 > 0:05:13the docks to be shipped to another country.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Despite all it's been through so far,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20this has been the easy part of the journey.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23I cannot wait to see what happens when it gets to France.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24I'll see you there.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Bonjour. I don't speak French.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36But I am in France, in a lovely little village called Levignac.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Lots of history here, beautiful, ornate buildings -
0:05:39 > 0:05:42but it is a village, which means it's quite small
0:05:42 > 0:05:44and that could be a problem.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Because this very narrow street behind me
0:05:47 > 0:05:51is the only street they can use to transport the massive parts
0:05:51 > 0:05:54that make the biggest passenger aeroplane in the world.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58And I don't think it's going to fit.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02To cause the least disruption to the locals,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05the convoy must come through here at night,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08which gives me time to see a finished A380 up close.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, this is the captain speaking.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14I hope you're going to enjoy your flight today.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16I've never flown one of these before, but it should be OK.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18I'm just going to get it started.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Get the keys out the glove box, and er, yeah. We'll be on our way.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Sit back and relax and enjoy the flight. OK.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Bye.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Excellent. Right, erm...
0:06:28 > 0:06:29How do we start it?
0:06:29 > 0:06:33But before you can fly a plane, you have to build a plane,
0:06:33 > 0:06:35and for that you need parts.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39So, the wing has travelled 1,000 miles by road, river and sea,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41and has finally arrived here in France,
0:06:41 > 0:06:42ready for the final leg of its journey.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46And you'll see it's been joined by some other parts of the plane too.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50It's got to be one of the most bonkers plane jigsaws I've ever seen.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Apparently there are some really big plane parts just here,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55but I can't find them.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56I guess that was a tall tale.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00So, this is it. The convoy is leaving.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03All these parts are heading to the factory
0:07:03 > 0:07:04where they're going to be assembled.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08But don't forget, they've all got to get through that really tiny village,
0:07:08 > 0:07:09and look at the size of it.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12It doesn't even seem possible that that's going to happen.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14So what we're going to do now is get back in the car,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16get ahead of them all, and see if the village is still standing
0:07:16 > 0:07:18by the time they get through it. Come on.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27So it's just gone past midnight here in Levignac.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29What would normally be a very quiet
0:07:29 > 0:07:31and dimly lit street is buzzing with flashing lights.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33I am so excited.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Now, this wing costs a fortune, and where it's about to go right now
0:07:36 > 0:07:39is a really tight part of the village.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Look how close that is.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45What an incredible thing to see. That's just the tail of a huge plane
0:07:45 > 0:07:49being driven through the centre of a village after midnight.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Do you know what I think would be quite funny is the people that are up
0:07:52 > 0:07:53in these houses here on the first floor
0:07:53 > 0:07:57just having a cup of tea and a plane just goes past the window.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58I mean, look at the size of that thing.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Just look at that.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04This is the only journey that this aircraft can do to get to the factory
0:08:04 > 0:08:06so they took that in mind when designing it
0:08:06 > 0:08:09so that it did actually fit through the village.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10That's engineering for you.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18So there it is - the final piece in this rather incredible jigsaw.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20The last part of the plane on its way to the factory
0:08:20 > 0:08:22before it gets assembled.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24So it's the last stage of its journey down here
0:08:24 > 0:08:27before it begins thousands more up there.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Incredible.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Well, that looked like pretty plain sailing - and walking, and driving.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39People have been taking flight in planes for more than 100 years,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41but I got into a bit of a flap last year
0:08:41 > 0:08:44when I was given one of my first ever Blue Peter challenges.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47But in the end, I did manage to get all my ducks in a row.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Pretty much. More of a clump. But it was extremely funny.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54What a lovely day in the countryside. Do you know what,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56this challenge could've been a lot worse.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Though...not really sure about the outfit that Barney's
0:08:59 > 0:09:01chosen for me. And that's not all he's given me.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Ahem. Shall we get these out of the way? Right.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08"Hi, Lindsey. Hope you have a quacking time today.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11"What do you call a cat that swallows a duck?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13"A duck-filled fatty puss."
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Brilliant, Barney. And finally, "Duck."
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I don't really get that one.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23OK. That's very funny. Thanks, Barney.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30So, this is the wonderful waddling art of duck herding.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34And here to show me how it's done is ten-year-old Henrietta.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37She's been shepherding since she was just two.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Away!
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- Hello, Henry.- Hi, Lindsey. - How you doing?- I'm good, thank you.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- You're a bit of a pro at this, aren't you?- Yeah.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Now, what are we going to need to get these in control?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48First of all you're going to need a shepherd's crook.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- OK, thank you. - I tried to find one your size.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Nice small one, very good.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54And then you're going to need a sheepdog.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57'Border collies are often the sheepdog of choice, and that's
0:09:57 > 0:09:58'because they're a very clever breed.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02'And my trusty companion for the day is Max.'
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Maxy. Max.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Hi, Max.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09You can teach any dog to go left, right and stop and start
0:10:09 > 0:10:14- but they just...- Hello.- ..they have a special feel for sheep.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16So how do you make the dogs do what you want them to do?
0:10:16 > 0:10:21The basic commands are "come by" to the left and "away" to the right.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23OK, got it.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26And in between every command you have to say "lie down"
0:10:26 > 0:10:28so it just makes it easier for him.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Before we tackle the ducks, Henry demonstrates the commands
0:10:32 > 0:10:35on a flock of sheep, using her own sheepdog, Lad.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Come by.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Get up, Lad.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- Just telling him to walk on. - So he can hear that?- Yeah.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Lie down.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Listen.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48Oi!
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- Here we go.- Lie down.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Walk on.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55There we go.
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Lie down.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Come by.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Lie down.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04That was amazing. Wow. Now I've got to have a go.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05- Oh, dear.- Let's go.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Away!
0:11:07 > 0:11:08'Good start...'
0:11:08 > 0:11:10- Will he just go and find them now?- Yeah.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11'But then...'
0:11:11 > 0:11:12Come by.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- No. Come by.- Why was that wrong?
0:11:16 > 0:11:17This is terrifying.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19OK. Away!
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Awaaay!
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Awaaay! See, I'm doing it wrong.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Lie down. Lie down!
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- Oi!- Down.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Lie down!
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Why won't he lie down?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34'I'm not sure Max likes the sound of my voice.'
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Lie down.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- Good.- Come by.- Away.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Yes.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43'Maybe I'm beginning to get the hang of this.'
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Away.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Yes!
0:11:46 > 0:11:48'But sheep are not my challenge.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51'Time to try out my skills on a different flock.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52'I can't duck out now.'
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Away.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Oh, no. They've already split up.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Lie down. Lie down.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Yes, Max. Lie down.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Come by. Oh...!
0:12:06 > 0:12:08No, away.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09No!
0:12:09 > 0:12:10Lie down.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Hey, guys.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13I'm in the way.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14No, guys!
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Yes! One!
0:12:17 > 0:12:19SHE LAUGHS
0:12:19 > 0:12:21We've got one duck in the pen.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Now we've got to get all the others. Don't we, Max?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Max? Lie down! Oi!
0:12:26 > 0:12:28No, no, no!
0:12:28 > 0:12:30SHE LAUGHS
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I could cry!
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Yes, Max...
0:12:39 > 0:12:40Yes...!
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Please get in. Please get in.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Yes, yes, yes...
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Yes!
0:12:52 > 0:12:55I think after that, the Blue Peter team can pretty much throw anything
0:12:55 > 0:12:57at me and I'll take it in my stride,
0:12:57 > 0:12:58like water off a duck's back.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00OK, that's enough of the poor duck jokes,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I'm going to leave those to Barney.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Now, take two very excited Blue Peter boys
0:13:04 > 0:13:07and one high-octane motorsport, and what do you get?
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Barney, Radzi and loads of extreme speed.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Welcome to the world of hovercraft racing.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17180 horsepower, 90mph...
0:13:17 > 0:13:19and no brakes.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Hovercraft racing is not for the faint-hearted.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22Guys, we'll have to go again on that one.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- You said NO brakes.- Yeah. No brakes.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Barney, no brakes?
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Hovercrafts aren't just difficult to stop, but also to drive.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37The big powerful fan blows air underneath the craft
0:13:37 > 0:13:39to lift it off the ground.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41So, helping us to stay in control is this man,
0:13:41 > 0:13:43F2 racer Marc Bradley-Upton.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Hi, Marc. Nice to meet you.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- Morning, guys.- Hey.- How are you?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Really good. I'm very excited. How about you, Radz?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51I'm very... These look incredible.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Where do we start to even learn?
0:13:53 > 0:13:56OK. Well, the first thing I want to show you is what CAN go wrong
0:13:56 > 0:13:58if you drop the throttle on a corner.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03You can go up to that under 10mph.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06At that point, you will get thrown out of the hovercraft.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- So, lesson one, we could fall out of it. OK, good.- OK.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Lesson two: I'll show you how to steer it.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Your handlebars, which push those little bits of rudder at the back.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16So, steering then.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18If you want to turn left, handlebars back towards your tummy,
0:14:18 > 0:14:21weight to your left knee, and when you're in the corner,
0:14:21 > 0:14:22you accelerate.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Shall we get in 'em?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- Let's get in them.- All right.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34'It was time to put our training to the test,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37'and I was starting to get the hang of it. Unlike someone else.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41'Slow and steady wins the race, Barney.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44'Yeah - you're meant to go in between the flags, Radz, not over them.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49'Yeah, yeah. I'm just warming up.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57'We've kind of mastered land, so now let's try water.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00'And I love it.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02'And as you can see, Radzi...'
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Here we go, here we go, here we go...!
0:15:04 > 0:15:06'..he loves it too.'
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Go, go, go, go, go! Yeah!
0:15:11 > 0:15:12So that's it. Practice over.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Now we've got to race these things
0:15:14 > 0:15:16and the only way we can is by doing a driving test.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19But not only that, we actually have to PASS that test in order to race.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20But who's going to go first?
0:15:20 > 0:15:21BOTH: You're going first.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23BOTH: I'm not going first.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25This could take a while.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27But we didn't have a while,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30because it was time to meet Lee Willers, our examiner.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Let the test begin.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- Nervous about this test?- Yes.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36I'm very nervous about the test.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38All right, I'm going to ask a couple of questions.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41First of all, how would you stop that engine?
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- So, you can pull the choke...- Yeah.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Or you could pull out the leads which would take the spark out the plugs.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Yeah. Right, flags. Red flag, what does that mean?- Red flag -
0:15:50 > 0:15:52stop when safe to do so.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54A waved yellow flag?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57A waved yellow flag means that a craft in front of you has
0:15:57 > 0:16:00broken down or has some kind of failure, and is in your path.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02So, you're going to prepare to start the engine.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- I genuinely feel nervous. - Yeah, lose the nerves.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07'Now for the practical part of our driving tests.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09'Time to start our engines.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11'Yeah, whenever you're ready, Radzi.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13'Like this!
0:16:13 > 0:16:16'Yeah, yeah. I've got this.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19'The course involves us going in and out of flags,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21'a 360-degree turn,
0:16:21 > 0:16:26'successfully driving on and off the water,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29'then ending exactly where we started.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33'But have we passed?'
0:16:33 > 0:16:38- Your entry to the water was a little bit too quick.- 'Oh, dear.'
0:16:38 > 0:16:41You just stayed in that lean a little bit too long, OK?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43'This isn't looking good.'
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- No problem. Passed.- Yes! Get in!
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Thank you very much, that's brilliant news. Thank you.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50- I've passed?- Yes.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51Yes!
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Get in!
0:17:06 > 0:17:10They're kitted out and ready to go. Let's meet our racers.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14In red, number 157, it's Radzi.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22In blue, number 156, Mr Barney Harwood.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Let's do this.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34The race will last for ten minutes.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Whoever completes the most laps in this time wins.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40'And we're off.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43'It's a slow start for Radzi and I take an early lead.'
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Just get your confidence, Radzi.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50'We've both made it safely round corner one,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53'and before we knew it, lap one was over.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56'But on lap two, I'm still in the lead.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59'Anything can happen, Barney.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01'And it did, on lap three.'
0:18:01 > 0:18:03MUSIC: "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Barney Harwood has crashed!
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Barney, if you can hear me, mate, I do hope you're all right, buddy.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13'But thanks as well, because I'm now in the lead.'
0:18:13 > 0:18:14My engine just died.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17I didn't do anything.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Yeah, that's more like it! Hold it, don't lose it. Oh...
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Go, go, go. Yeah!
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Yeah, yeah, yeah!
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Whoo! We got away with it.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35'Keep on making those mistakes, Radzi, I'm not far behind.'
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Here we go, concentrate now, please, Radzi.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Uh-oh.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Oh, Radzi's down! Radzi's down.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I just took a wooden post out.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51I do apologise.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55'I've lost track of the laps, I've had a couple of bumps,
0:18:55 > 0:18:56'but I know I'm ahead
0:18:56 > 0:18:59'and it's on the last corner and the home straight.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01'Winner! Better luck next time, Barns.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03'Yeah, whatever.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05'That was fun.'
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Radzi, well worthy, mate. Congratulations.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08- Thank you.- What a great day.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Blue Peter is all about getting involved and trying something new,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18and this summer 2014 we've set the bar even higher.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22We want you to inspire your friends to get involved in sports,
0:19:22 > 0:19:26and if you do, you might just get your hands on one of these.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28- COMMENTATOR: - The gold medal is Great Britain's.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32What a wonderful moment for Great Britain and the 18-year-old.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Great Britain have won the gold medal.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Hi, I'm Heather Stanning.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Great Britain, into the record book...
0:19:39 > 0:19:41I was inspired to get involved in sport
0:19:41 > 0:19:44probably through my PE teachers at school.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46My proudest sporting achievement to date has to be
0:19:46 > 0:19:49of course my Olympic gold medal.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51To earn your Blue Peter Sport Badge, get involved
0:19:51 > 0:19:54and inspire a friend to take up a sport that you love.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55I'm Jenny Jones,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57an Olympic bronze medallist
0:19:57 > 0:19:59in slopestyle snowboard.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01The people that inspired me to get into snowboarding were
0:20:01 > 0:20:06my brothers, initially with surfing and then we moved on to snowboarding.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Jenny Jones, doing it for Great Britain...
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Write in and let us know how you've inspired your family and friends
0:20:12 > 0:20:14in participating in sports.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15I'm Nile Wilson,
0:20:15 > 0:20:16I'm an artistic gymnast.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Doing gymnastics has changed my life.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21My proudest achievement is winning five gold medals
0:20:21 > 0:20:24at the 2014 Junior European Championships.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Hi, I'm Keri-Anne Payne, Olympic silver medallist
0:20:27 > 0:20:29and double world champion, the 10K open water.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Keri-Anne is really battling. And Keri-Anne's coming back at her...
0:20:33 > 0:20:36My inspiration for swimming was Stephen Parry who won a bronze medal
0:20:36 > 0:20:39in the 200 butterfly in the Athens Olympics.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42He really inspired me to know that I can achieve my dreams
0:20:42 > 0:20:43if I work really, really hard.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46And Keri-Anne is going to take silver...
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I'm Rebekah Tiler,
0:20:48 > 0:20:49I'm a weightlifter.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53My proudest achievement is being European weightlifting champion.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Rebekah Tiler!
0:20:55 > 0:20:58My family and friends inspired me to take up weightlifting.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01They said I'm really talented and should join a local club, and I did.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Hi, my name is Libby Clegg and this
0:21:03 > 0:21:05is my guide runner Mikail Huggins.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08But here comes Libby Clegg. There's a medal on offer for Great Britain.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10For me, being involved in sport
0:21:10 > 0:21:12has completely changed my life.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15I feel much more confidence and more independence.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19So a wonderful silver-lined moment for Libby Clegg...
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Get involved, inspire a friend
0:21:21 > 0:21:23and you could win a Blue Peter Sport Badge.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Remember, the new-look Sport Badge is limited edition this summer,
0:21:28 > 0:21:32so get your application forms in quicker than a Lewis Hamilton
0:21:32 > 0:21:35qualifying lap. Plus, you never know where it might take you.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37And I'm proof of that.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40I'm not just in Switzerland because of the lovely mountain views,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43and this is not the first time I've been here in the last few months.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Oh, no.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I've been training for an epic,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49icy and downright dangerous mountain marathon.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54That was horrendous.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56What am I doing?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Every two years, there is a race in the Swiss Alps
0:21:59 > 0:22:02that's so mentally and physically demanding
0:22:02 > 0:22:04people call it the toughest team event in the world.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10And my challenge is to take on that race.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12To do that, I'm following a gruelling training regime.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Go, go, go!
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Learning the skills I need to ski down
0:22:15 > 0:22:18and uphill for 17 hours straight.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Keep pushing!
0:22:19 > 0:22:21This is so scary.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23And with just six months of preparation,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26attempting to become an extreme endurance athlete.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29This is not going to be easy.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37But I'm not the only one.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Radzi's been in Switzerland too, as part of his high-climbing challenge.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43The final part of his mission was to scale
0:22:43 > 0:22:45the world's highest climbing wall.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48You've got some mega-exciting Blue Peter challenges coming your way.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Here's an exclusive look.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56I know I've got something ahead of me.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57I know it's going to be spectacular,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59it's a Blue Peter challenge -
0:22:59 > 0:23:01they wouldn't have trained me for 16 weeks
0:23:01 > 0:23:03if it wasn't going to be spectacular.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05I've got to really think about my own safety
0:23:05 > 0:23:07and if I make a mistake now,
0:23:07 > 0:23:09I could get hurt.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I don't know if I can do this.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15How exposed does this make you feel?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17You're going to feel really small and insignificant.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21It's definitely going to be the hardest thing you'll have ever done.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24That was so frustrating, I felt so close.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28You did it.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Now, you have to wait just a tiny bit longer to find out how Radzi
0:23:32 > 0:23:34and I got on, but trust me, it's worth it.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Now, something else that Switzerland is famous for
0:23:37 > 0:23:40is these beautiful St Bernard dogs.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Now, these guys are only two months old, but the adults used to be used
0:23:43 > 0:23:46in the Swiss Alps right here for mountain rescue.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50The first St Bernards were trained more than 300 years ago,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53to save lives on treacherous mountain passes.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56The most famous St Bernard dog was called Barry, and in the 14 years
0:23:56 > 0:24:01he spent on the mountains, he rescued more than 40 people.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04St Bernards are no longer used for alpine rescue.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06These days you're more likely to be picked up in a helicopter.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10But they are still the national dog of Switzerland, and I can see why -
0:24:10 > 0:24:12cos they are absolutely adorable.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16A little bit nearer to home is a close
0:24:16 > 0:24:19relative of the St Bernard keeping the rescue tradition alive,
0:24:19 > 0:24:23as Radzi found out when he met some pretty extreme animals.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30If you got into trouble at the beach
0:24:30 > 0:24:33then you'd hope that you'd get rescued.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36But you probably weren't expecting that help
0:24:36 > 0:24:37to come in the form of a dog.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Meet Ellie.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48She's from Newfound Friends,
0:24:48 > 0:24:52a charity that trains Newfoundland dogs to help rescue people at sea.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55The Newfoundland breed originates from, you guessed it,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Newfoundland in Canada.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Ellie, what is it about Newfoundlands that makes them
0:25:00 > 0:25:01such good rescue dogs?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03They've got really big webbed feet, which helps them
0:25:03 > 0:25:04swim through water,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07a thick double coat,
0:25:07 > 0:25:08which helps keep them warm,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10and they're amazingly strong.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11How much do they weigh?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13They can weigh up to 13 stone.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16I'm 11 stone. So that's a big dog.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19How do they train to become rescue dogs?
0:25:19 > 0:25:21We train them from a young age and get them used to the water -
0:25:21 > 0:25:24swimming, retrieving, holding things in their mouths.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Eventually they'll build up to jumping off the boat
0:25:26 > 0:25:28into the water, to rescue someone.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32So in real life they jump off a boat to actually rescue a casualty.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Yes, they'll always jump with someone,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36so with a trained lifeguard,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40just because they can't talk to a casualty that's in the water,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43and the lifeguard's there to do what the dog can't, basically.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45While these dogs have impressive power that makes them
0:25:45 > 0:25:49ideal to rescue people, they do need some guidance.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Usually this comes in the form of a skilled
0:25:51 > 0:25:53and experienced handler like Ellie,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55but today they've agreed to
0:25:55 > 0:25:58let me have a go with one of their Newfoundland dogs, Leandi.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Ellie, I've got the kit on. What am I going to be doing?
0:26:02 > 0:26:05OK, so basically you need to run off the end of here and jump in.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09The dog will follow you off the end of the pontoon, and it'll go to
0:26:09 > 0:26:11the casualty, and once the casualty's got
0:26:11 > 0:26:14hold of the harness on the dog, tell the dog to go to the boat.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Hopefully, Leandi goes to the boat.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Are there any guarantees she'll do that?
0:26:18 > 0:26:21If you're calm and assertive, then...
0:26:21 > 0:26:23yes. Hopefully.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26She's never worked with you before, so this is all new to her
0:26:26 > 0:26:29as well as new to you. She'll be looking for you for guidance.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31So from the sounds of things, it's all on me.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Chloe is playing the role of a stranded swimmer,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37and it's down to me and Leandi to rescue her.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Good girl.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Harness...
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Boat.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Good girl, Leandi.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Leandi was absolutely perfect.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10She followed me immediately off the pontoon,
0:27:10 > 0:27:14she got to Chloe, I said boat and she went straight for the boat.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Well done, Leandi. Good girl.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Do you know what?
0:27:18 > 0:27:23Before today I had no idea that in water, dogs really do save lives.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25And if I were stranded for real, I'd be pretty relieved
0:27:25 > 0:27:29if what I saw coming to save me was a Newfoundland dog.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Oh, how adorable was Tizz?
0:27:36 > 0:27:39And how amazing was Leandi jumping into the water like that?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41But check this out. Ready, Barry?
0:27:41 > 0:27:42La patte.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Well done.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46That's it for today's show, but make sure you're watching it
0:27:46 > 0:27:48next week for some more Blue Peter best bits.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51We'll be catching up with everyone's favourite Time Lord
0:27:51 > 0:27:52in a Doctor Who special,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54and our sonic device
0:27:54 > 0:27:57competition winners see their designs brought to life
0:27:57 > 0:28:00and meet the brand-new Doctor, Peter Capaldi.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Hello, how you doing?
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Thank you very much for your designs, they're great.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Do more, keep drawing, keep working. Keep being creative.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Say bye, Barry. We'll see you then. Bye.