7:01:26 > 7:01:29Today's show is an animal extravaganza.
7:01:29 > 7:01:30In fact, there are six different types of animal
7:01:30 > 7:01:32just behind that door.
7:01:32 > 7:01:33I hope there are some super cute ones.
7:01:33 > 7:01:36- Or some little cute baby ones. - Let's have a look!- OK.
7:01:36 > 7:01:39TRUMPETING AND ROARING
7:01:39 > 7:01:40HE GULPS
7:01:55 > 7:01:58CHEERING
7:01:58 > 7:02:00Hello, everyone, and welcome.
7:02:00 > 7:02:03- I've got a question for you all - do you like animals? ALL:- Yeah!- Yes!
7:02:03 > 7:02:07- I'm going to need more - do you like jokes?- Yeah!- Yeah!- Well, then, good.
7:02:07 > 7:02:10- You at home, today's Blue Peter is just for you.- Absolutely.
7:02:10 > 7:02:13Let's kick off with the jokey-jokey.
7:02:13 > 7:02:16So, to prepare ourselves for Red Nose Day next week,
7:02:16 > 7:02:19Barney's constructing the perfect joke with none other than
7:02:19 > 7:02:22- hero of comedy, Sir Peter of Kay. Look at him!- Legend.
7:02:22 > 7:02:24As well as that, we're going to be checking in with our totaliser.
7:02:24 > 7:02:26You've been sending us in your lols,
7:02:26 > 7:02:29telling us what makes you laugh and letting us know what your
7:02:29 > 7:02:32top three favourite jokes are, just like this corker from Priya.
7:02:32 > 7:02:33I love it.
7:02:33 > 7:02:37Why did it take ages for pirates to learn the alphabet?
7:02:37 > 7:02:39They spent years at C!
7:02:39 > 7:02:42- Hey!- We like that, well done, Priya.
7:02:42 > 7:02:45So that's jokes out of the way, now let's talk about animals and
7:02:45 > 7:02:49let's talk about this little beauty, Shelley. So, Spot Shelley.
7:02:49 > 7:02:53Right now is a great time to jump on to the Fan Club and get ready,
7:02:53 > 7:02:55because as soon as you see a picture of Shelley,
7:02:55 > 7:02:58let us know and tell us where and then you might get your name
7:02:58 > 7:03:01- read out at the end of the show. Goodbye.- She's off. Whoa, whoa!
7:03:01 > 7:03:02- Mind the plant.- Dangerous.
7:03:02 > 7:03:06As well as that, animal expert Scott is going to be here in the studio.
7:03:06 > 7:03:09Now, he's brought along six creatures.
7:03:09 > 7:03:10Some of them are beauties...
7:03:11 > 7:03:14- Aww!- Lovely!
7:03:14 > 7:03:16Don't go anywhere. ..and some of them are beasts.
7:03:16 > 7:03:19THUNDER CRACK Look at that guy.
7:03:19 > 7:03:22The question is, who's going to be facing the beauties and the beasts?
7:03:22 > 7:03:24Who's it going to be? I don't want to face the beasts!
7:03:24 > 7:03:28Well, Linds, all this talk of beauty and beast has got me thinking -
7:03:28 > 7:03:31do you remember when we kind of met the cast of Beauty And The Beast?
7:03:31 > 7:03:34- Radzi, it's like we planned this. - Oh, watch it!- Have a look.
7:03:34 > 7:03:37So, who do you play - Beauty or The Beast?
7:03:37 > 7:03:39- Guess.- Beast?- Beast!
7:03:39 > 7:03:40- Yeah.- Awkward.
7:03:40 > 7:03:42The Beast was actually created using
7:03:42 > 7:03:45a combination of computer technologies -
7:03:45 > 7:03:48motion capture puppeteering for the body and
7:03:48 > 7:03:51a Mova facial capture for the face, which was done separately.
7:03:51 > 7:03:54So I sort of played The Beast twice and they fused it together
7:03:54 > 7:03:56with the magic of computer imagery.
7:03:58 > 7:04:00I thought I made a rather dapper iron, thank you very much.
7:04:00 > 7:04:02You did, I like you as an iron. You were very nice.
7:04:02 > 7:04:05To find out why we were being household objects and to see
7:04:05 > 7:04:09the full interview, head onto the BP website. It's there.
7:04:09 > 7:04:11So, back to the beauties and the beasts,
7:04:11 > 7:04:13which are right here in the studio...
7:04:13 > 7:04:15So, online, you guys have been voting for who
7:04:15 > 7:04:17you'd like to face the beasts.
7:04:17 > 7:04:20Now, if you were on the Fan Club on Tuesday you'll already know
7:04:20 > 7:04:24the answer, but here's what happened when Lindsey and myself found out.
7:04:24 > 7:04:26I'm nervous, Radz, you ready?
7:04:26 > 7:04:28They're going to choose you for the beasts, Linds.
7:04:28 > 7:04:31- I think they'll choose you, 100%. Ready?- I trust you.
7:04:31 > 7:04:34So, the person to face the beasts is...
7:04:35 > 7:04:37- Ha-ha-ha!- What?!
7:04:37 > 7:04:39Radzi!
7:04:40 > 7:04:41I thought you liked me!
7:04:41 > 7:04:44OK, this is the point where you put your knife and fork down, people,
7:04:44 > 7:04:48if you are eating, as we welcome to Blue Peter animal expert Scott.
7:04:48 > 7:04:50CHEERING
7:04:50 > 7:04:52- Scott, it's always a pleasure, my friend.- Hello, man.
7:04:52 > 7:04:53What have you got for us today?
7:04:53 > 7:04:56Well, we're going to be seeing the beastly animals,
7:04:56 > 7:04:58I thought we'd see a monstrous amphibian to begin with,
7:04:58 > 7:05:01- and we're going to meet the cane toad.- Amazing.- OK.
7:05:01 > 7:05:02Can I hold him, by the way?
7:05:02 > 7:05:05Well, this is one of the biggest amphibians in the world,
7:05:05 > 7:05:08one of the biggest toads in the world, and he is poisonous.
7:05:08 > 7:05:10I'll leave that. Hence the gloves.
7:05:10 > 7:05:12Cos we're going to be holding other animals,
7:05:12 > 7:05:14so we'd better be safe than sorry.
7:05:14 > 7:05:17So, this guy, underneath his skin, he's got some toxins in here,
7:05:17 > 7:05:19in these glands, that he can ooze out, OK?
7:05:19 > 7:05:21And if you ingest it, they can be deadly.
7:05:21 > 7:05:24- There we go, we can see it's being squeezed out there.- No way!
7:05:24 > 7:05:25And if you ingest that, it can be deadly.
7:05:25 > 7:05:28And it's got adrenaline in it as well, which makes it
7:05:28 > 7:05:30super dangerous cos it makes your heart beat faster,
7:05:30 > 7:05:32and it gets that poison all round your body really, really fast.
7:05:32 > 7:05:33I'll definitely leave it there.
7:05:33 > 7:05:36These guys come from Central America, South America,
7:05:36 > 7:05:39but they're also found in Australia as well, where they were
7:05:39 > 7:05:43released on purpose to help with pest control, but it went wrong.
7:05:43 > 7:05:45They didn't really eat the pests and now they're everywhere
7:05:45 > 7:05:48cos these guys can lay about 30,000 eggs at a time.
7:05:48 > 7:05:5130,000 eggs at a time.
7:05:51 > 7:05:53- Australia wishes that they hadn't let these guys go.- Yeah!
7:05:53 > 7:05:56And it's killing all their native wildlife cos they're eating
7:05:56 > 7:05:58the frogs, the toads, and it's killing them.
7:05:58 > 7:06:00I heard they can do something cool with their eyes. Is that true?
7:06:00 > 7:06:02Their eyes are always bulging up -
7:06:02 > 7:06:04- have you noticed frogs' and toads' eyes always bulging up?- Yeah.
7:06:04 > 7:06:08- This is because they use their eyes to swallow their food.- No way.
7:06:08 > 7:06:10It's true, OK? You can see now,
7:06:10 > 7:06:13they use their eyes and they squeeze them down and we're going to
7:06:13 > 7:06:14go and have a little look at an X-ray,
7:06:14 > 7:06:17and you can see the eyes popping down, pushing the food down
7:06:17 > 7:06:19their throat, and that's how frogs and toads swallow their food.
7:06:19 > 7:06:21So I think that's a pretty amazing fact to learn.
7:06:21 > 7:06:22You never let us down.
7:06:22 > 7:06:25OK, well, we're going to pop this little beast away.
7:06:25 > 7:06:26I think he was pretty cool.
7:06:26 > 7:06:29I'm going to take these gloves off, if you don't mind.
7:06:29 > 7:06:30What's in this one, Scott?
7:06:30 > 7:06:32In here we've got something that's even more beastly, OK?
7:06:32 > 7:06:35Everybody's scared of this - it is the biggest spider in the world,
7:06:35 > 7:06:37- the bird-eating tarantula. - Oh, Radzi!
7:06:37 > 7:06:39- There we go. - Look at the size of that!
7:06:39 > 7:06:42- So he's pretty beastly. - Can they eat birds?
7:06:42 > 7:06:45- Wow!- So, they can eat birds, but actually, they prefer to eat things
7:06:45 > 7:06:48on the floor like mice, insects, and even snakes as well, Radzi.
7:06:48 > 7:06:51OK, the first thing I've noticed are the size of those fangs.
7:06:51 > 7:06:53He has got huge fangs. They're 2.5cm long
7:06:53 > 7:06:57and he uses them to inject venom into his food to kill it.
7:06:57 > 7:07:00And then he regurgitates digestive juices into his prey to turn it
7:07:00 > 7:07:02into juice so he can suck it up through his teeny, tiny mouth.
7:07:02 > 7:07:05Let's have a little look at them fangs, can we have a little look?
7:07:05 > 7:07:07Just as you're saying that, look at those fangs!
7:07:07 > 7:07:09So, could I perhaps pick up this spider?
7:07:09 > 7:07:12So you're feeling like you'd want to maybe touch him?
7:07:12 > 7:07:13Well, even if he didn't bite you,
7:07:13 > 7:07:16he's got another defence that we don't want to set off -
7:07:16 > 7:07:18he's covered in hairs that have got venom on the end,
7:07:18 > 7:07:20and you get them on your skin you're going to itch,
7:07:20 > 7:07:22and if you breathe them in it's not going to be good,
7:07:22 > 7:07:25so we're going to probably just leave him in there today.
7:07:25 > 7:07:27That's actually the coolest spider, genuinely, that I've ever seen.
7:07:27 > 7:07:30I love that spider. But can you possibly beat that?
7:07:30 > 7:07:35Well, we have got a third beast for you to meet. It's a little turtle.
7:07:35 > 7:07:38- Really?- Yeah, just a little turtle. - Can I get close?
7:07:38 > 7:07:41- Well, let's meet him first and see what you think.- Look at this.
7:07:41 > 7:07:45- Look at that! - Oh, it's a snapping turtle.
7:07:45 > 7:07:49- Look at that!- So, this little guy is a snapping turtle and...
7:07:49 > 7:07:51Why's he called a snapping turtle?
7:07:51 > 7:07:54Well, he's got a gigantic neck that snaps up to grab his food.
7:07:54 > 7:07:55And these guys are pretty prehistoric.
7:07:55 > 7:07:58They were walking the earth with the dinosaurs 215 million years ago.
7:07:58 > 7:08:00- No way!- And they're pretty much unchanged now.
7:08:00 > 7:08:03They use that snapping motion to grab food as it flies past.
7:08:03 > 7:08:06We can have a little look. This is an alligator snapping turtle.
7:08:06 > 7:08:08- Oh, whoa!- It looks like a worm in its mouth
7:08:08 > 7:08:10but it's actually part of his body -
7:08:10 > 7:08:13- it's a lure to get the fish in and then bam!- Whoa!
7:08:13 > 7:08:16Now you can see he's got his mouth open there - he's ready for action,
7:08:16 > 7:08:18so we're not going to get too close to him.
7:08:18 > 7:08:20- You can see that razor-sharp beak. - Yeah.
7:08:20 > 7:08:22These guys are pretty awesome,
7:08:22 > 7:08:25pretty beasty and we want to make sure we don't get bit by him.
7:08:25 > 7:08:26- So a good beast to end with? - Absolutely!
7:08:26 > 7:08:29Give Scott a round of applause!
7:08:29 > 7:08:30- CHEERING - Blimey O'Reilly!
7:08:30 > 7:08:33So, Scott will actually be joining us later on when you'll be
7:08:33 > 7:08:36- presenting Lindsey with more beautiful...- More beautiful animals.
7:08:36 > 7:08:38OK, fantastic.
7:08:38 > 7:08:40Now, last week I got a bit of a privilege, actually, because
7:08:40 > 7:08:43I got to see one of the projects which Red Nose Day helps to fund.
7:08:43 > 7:08:44Take a look at this.
7:08:46 > 7:08:49I've come to Herefordshire to visit one of the projects that
7:08:49 > 7:08:53benefits whenever you make your laugh matter.
7:08:53 > 7:08:56This is Jamie's Farm, where young people from the city get to come
7:08:56 > 7:09:00and experience a week of the country lifestyle, with the aim to
7:09:00 > 7:09:04hopefully improve themselves both at home and at school.
7:09:04 > 7:09:07Jamie's Farm gives young people who've not spent much time outside
7:09:07 > 7:09:11towns or cities the chance to help out on an actual working farm.
7:09:13 > 7:09:16The idea is that getting the guys out into the countryside and
7:09:16 > 7:09:19mucking in will improve their confidence,
7:09:19 > 7:09:23build teamworkig skills and give them a break from everyday life.
7:09:23 > 7:09:27And when I say mucking in, I mean it.
7:09:27 > 7:09:29Mitch, right now we're in amongst the pigs.
7:09:29 > 7:09:32We're moving poo, but you've got a smile on your face.
7:09:32 > 7:09:37Yeah, it's fun, helping them out and just doing stuff with them.
7:09:37 > 7:09:42- Is this anywhere close to anything you've done before?- No.
7:09:42 > 7:09:45Pig shovelling, done.
7:09:45 > 7:09:48'Thankfully, not all the jobs here involve pig poo.'
7:09:48 > 7:09:49Do you know what's next?
7:09:49 > 7:09:52- I think we're going to do some wood chopping.- Wood chopping.
7:09:52 > 7:09:54I'll be good at this cos I'm a chip off the old block!
7:09:54 > 7:09:56Ha-ha, cos it's a chip... No.
7:10:01 > 7:10:03Elissa, are you doing this just for fun?
7:10:03 > 7:10:05Cos this looks like a lot of fun.
7:10:05 > 7:10:08No, it runs the showers and the hot water and everything
7:10:08 > 7:10:09for the whole farm.
7:10:09 > 7:10:13What did you most hope to get out of being here on the farm?
7:10:13 > 7:10:17To get more confident around more people, new people.
7:10:17 > 7:10:20Is this anything like home life for you?
7:10:20 > 7:10:23No, because I live in a town
7:10:23 > 7:10:25and this is in the middle of the countryside,
7:10:25 > 7:10:28and it's really different.
7:10:28 > 7:10:30Under the watchful eye of adults on the farm,
7:10:30 > 7:10:33these young people are gaining incredible experiences,
7:10:33 > 7:10:37and to prove it, as we're filming, we get called to the sheep shed.
7:10:37 > 7:10:39Just put the legs through.
7:10:39 > 7:10:41One of the sheep is giving birth,
7:10:41 > 7:10:44and Holly and George are on hand to help her.
7:10:44 > 7:10:47How does it feel to give birth to your very first lamb?
7:10:47 > 7:10:48- Slimy. - THEY LAUGH
7:10:48 > 7:10:50- Yes, George.- Good lad.
7:10:50 > 7:10:52It's just, like,
7:10:52 > 7:10:55a great experience to be pulling a lamb out of the sheep.
7:10:55 > 7:10:58So it's just like a one-in-a-lifetime thing.
7:10:58 > 7:11:02We've seen twin lambs born on Blue Peter, and their first steps!
7:11:02 > 7:11:07How cool is that? So I unofficially named them Lindsey and Barney.
7:11:07 > 7:11:08Unofficially.
7:11:08 > 7:11:11Jobs done, we're heading out for a walk.
7:11:11 > 7:11:14This project is all about helping young people appreciate
7:11:14 > 7:11:15the great outdoors.
7:11:15 > 7:11:19But it also aims to get them working together and feeling part of
7:11:19 > 7:11:23a family, something which leader Toby thinks is rather important.
7:11:23 > 7:11:26Given the opportunity and the support and that love that
7:11:26 > 7:11:29a family can give that's unconditional,
7:11:29 > 7:11:33that makes them more positive about taking on challenges back in school
7:11:33 > 7:11:35and elsewhere in their life.
7:11:35 > 7:11:40And it's the money raised that helps Jamie's Farm make this happen.
7:11:40 > 7:11:43What a day it's been and what an opportunity to get to see how
7:11:43 > 7:11:47Red Nose Day directly helps projects just like this one here.
7:11:47 > 7:11:49Now, erm, does anyone know how to get back?
7:11:53 > 7:11:54What a project,
7:11:54 > 7:11:57and thank you to everyone at Jamie's Farm for making me feel so welcome.
7:11:57 > 7:12:00Just remember, projects like that really do rely on the funds
7:12:00 > 7:12:03raised on Red Nose Day, so get funding, people!
7:12:03 > 7:12:05That's right, and what do you need to do to get involved, Radz?
7:12:05 > 7:12:07Thank you very much, Linds, for assisting me there,
7:12:07 > 7:12:09- you professional, you. - I'm the producer now.
7:12:09 > 7:12:11If you decide to get involved,
7:12:11 > 7:12:13why don't you tell us exactly what you're doing by writing it
7:12:13 > 7:12:15just there, and also including your favourite jokes?
7:12:15 > 7:12:17One next to Lindsey's face,
7:12:17 > 7:12:18one next to Barney's face and one next to my face.
7:12:18 > 7:12:21I was actually reading that back-to-front behind the card.
7:12:21 > 7:12:24Well done. You go and just get yourself together there, Radz.
7:12:24 > 7:12:25Someone who's done just that is Tommy.
7:12:25 > 7:12:27Have a look at this. He's nine.
7:12:27 > 7:12:30He's drawn us there, he's sent in some of his favourite jokes.
7:12:30 > 7:12:33In fact, they're so good, Tommy, I'll let you tell the joke yourself.
7:12:33 > 7:12:35- Nice.- Off you go.
7:12:35 > 7:12:39Who was the first king to invent fractions?
7:12:39 > 7:12:40King Henry the Eighth!
7:12:40 > 7:12:43LAUGHTER
7:12:43 > 7:12:44Very nice!
7:12:44 > 7:12:47Finishing on a cheeky little dab there as well, we like that,
7:12:47 > 7:12:50and he's dong a sponsored penalty shootout. Well done, my friend.
7:12:50 > 7:12:51Let's talk about Rosa.
7:12:51 > 7:12:55Rosa, you've pledged to change your baby brother's nappy
7:12:55 > 7:12:56on Red Nose Day.
7:12:56 > 7:12:59- Stinky!- And for that, can we hear your joke, please?
7:12:59 > 7:13:01What do whales eat for lunch?
7:13:01 > 7:13:03Fish and ships!
7:13:03 > 7:13:06- Hey-hey!- Very nice!- Like it, Rosa.
7:13:06 > 7:13:09Well, let's talk about the totaliser cos your jokes actually make
7:13:09 > 7:13:10points on this fantastic totaliser.
7:13:10 > 7:13:14At the start, we set ourselves the target of achieving 1,000.
7:13:14 > 7:13:16We smashed it. 2,500, we smashed it.
7:13:16 > 7:13:185,000, we smashed that and we're now going for
7:13:18 > 7:13:20the unbelievable 10,000.
7:13:20 > 7:13:23But can we beat where we're currently at, which is 5,000?
7:13:23 > 7:13:25- Drumroll!- Let's find out, OK. DRUMROLL
7:13:25 > 7:13:26Go!
7:13:27 > 7:13:31- No!- Oh, we haven't slipped into 6,000!- No!
7:13:31 > 7:13:34- Which means we need help from you, please, people.- We need your help.
7:13:34 > 7:13:36You've only got until Wednesday 22nd March.
7:13:36 > 7:13:38PS, that's very soon,
7:13:38 > 7:13:41which means you need to get in touch down there and make us laugh.
7:13:41 > 7:13:43Please, hurry up, send in your jokes.
7:13:43 > 7:13:45And if you've sent one in, you can send another one in.
7:13:45 > 7:13:46- Send another one in?- Yeah.
7:13:46 > 7:13:49Tell your friends, tell your brother, your sister, your parent.
7:13:49 > 7:13:51Classmates, teachers, so your whole class can get involved.
7:13:51 > 7:13:54- Send them in, cos we need to smash it.- That's right.
7:13:54 > 7:13:57It's our Nose Day special next week the day after the deadline,
7:13:57 > 7:13:59so send those in as soon as you can. Please get involved.
7:13:59 > 7:14:00And on Red Nose Day itself,
7:14:00 > 7:14:03we'll also get to see Barney Harwood, Mr Barney Harwood
7:14:03 > 7:14:06doing a challenge which is so far up his strasse, it is unbelievable.
7:14:06 > 7:14:09- That means street. - I'm partly German, you see.
7:14:09 > 7:14:11So, Barney's trying to construct the perfect joke,
7:14:11 > 7:14:13but to do that he needs help from the pros.
7:14:13 > 7:14:15- And I need to catch my breath. - HE EXHALES
7:14:15 > 7:14:19How many Blue Peter presenters does it take to change a light bulb?
7:14:19 > 7:14:20No, that doesn't really work.
7:14:20 > 7:14:24Why did the Blue Peter presenter cross the road?
7:14:24 > 7:14:27Erm, to get closer to you?
7:14:27 > 7:14:28What are jokes?
7:14:28 > 7:14:30Ah, thank you, that should do the trick.
7:14:30 > 7:14:32Let's have a look. Here we go, jokes.
7:14:39 > 7:14:41That sounds about right.
7:14:41 > 7:14:43So, for this year's Comic Relief, I'm on
7:14:43 > 7:14:48a mission to find out how to write and tell the perfect joke.
7:14:48 > 7:14:49Now, where do I start?
7:14:49 > 7:14:53Well, how about one of the biggest British comedians on the planet?
7:14:53 > 7:14:57Over one million tickets sold in arenas across the UK and Ireland.
7:14:59 > 7:15:02Officially the biggest and fastest-selling stand-up
7:15:02 > 7:15:05comedian of all time,
7:15:05 > 7:15:07I give you Peter Kay!
7:15:09 > 7:15:12Let's talk about a joke. What is a joke? What makes something funny?
7:15:12 > 7:15:18A joke, I think, is a nice, straight story with a funny left turn,
7:15:18 > 7:15:21a funny surprise at the end that you're not expecting.
7:15:21 > 7:15:25I used to like teachers with amnesia. Who do you think you are?
7:15:25 > 7:15:27How old are you?
7:15:27 > 7:15:29Where should you be now?
7:15:29 > 7:15:31Do you know who I am?
7:15:31 > 7:15:33Take the viewer down a path they think they're going down
7:15:33 > 7:15:35and then pull the rug at the last minute.
7:15:35 > 7:15:37- Pull the rug from under them, that's one type of joke.- Yeah.
7:15:37 > 7:15:38Another joke is..
7:15:38 > 7:15:41Well, all jokes are like that, I suppose, really.
7:15:41 > 7:15:43When you do comedy,
7:15:43 > 7:15:47I think you're born with a gauge and you just have something in you, like
7:15:47 > 7:15:53a radar, an antenna, where you kind of get to know what you think works.
7:15:53 > 7:15:55Still always a gamble, cos you might not be right,
7:15:55 > 7:15:58but something initially makes you write it down,
7:15:58 > 7:16:03and then you try it out on your friends and you see and you just...
7:16:03 > 7:16:05It's just like any job - the more you do it,
7:16:05 > 7:16:07the better at it you'll be.
7:16:07 > 7:16:10It's like slow motion, like, "Mu-u-u-m!"
7:16:12 > 7:16:14"Get a spoon!"
7:16:15 > 7:16:19"Me biscuit's fallen in me brew!"
7:16:19 > 7:16:22All right, so, listen, let's break it down to three top tips.
7:16:22 > 7:16:24So, what is it that makes a joke funny?
7:16:24 > 7:16:26Surprise.
7:16:26 > 7:16:28Timing.
7:16:28 > 7:16:30And, erm, I can't think of a third.
7:16:30 > 7:16:33- So let's just do two.- Two, then.
7:16:33 > 7:16:36- You made it hard by saying three. - I was going to say six!
7:16:36 > 7:16:39So, we now know what one of the funniest men in the country
7:16:39 > 7:16:42thinks makes a good joke, but if I'm going to come up with my own
7:16:42 > 7:16:46side-splitting gag, I want to find out more about jokes.
7:16:47 > 7:16:49Where did it all start?
7:16:49 > 7:16:51Did a caveman wake up one morning and tell another caveman
7:16:51 > 7:16:53a knock-knock joke? Probably not,
7:16:53 > 7:16:56but I know a man who might be able to help me with my history.
7:16:58 > 7:17:01I've come to meet Robert Ross, a comedy historian
7:17:01 > 7:17:04who has an in-depth knowledge of comedy through the years.
7:17:05 > 7:17:08- Robert, so good to see you. - How are you doing?
7:17:08 > 7:17:11Yeah, really good, thank you. Let's start at the very beginning.
7:17:11 > 7:17:13- Where do jokes come from? - Well, I think, you know,
7:17:13 > 7:17:15as you said as you walked in here about the caveman,
7:17:15 > 7:17:17I think the first joke was probably
7:17:17 > 7:17:18the caveman slipping on the first banana skin
7:17:18 > 7:17:21- and his mate laughing at it. - Yeah.- That's the point about jokes -
7:17:21 > 7:17:23if it happens to somebody else, it's funny,
7:17:23 > 7:17:25if it happens to you, it's tragedy.
7:17:25 > 7:17:28So, how do we go from slapstick to things that we do as human beings
7:17:28 > 7:17:32naturally to telling jokes? Where do you think that came from?
7:17:32 > 7:17:35Well, it's observational, again. I think you go from slapstick...
7:17:35 > 7:17:37The slapstick was a stick that people just hit over the head with,
7:17:37 > 7:17:40- and that was funny, you know, and... - I didn't know that.
7:17:40 > 7:17:43Yeah, and jesters at the court of King Arthur would hit people
7:17:43 > 7:17:46over the head with inflated pig's bladders - that was funny.
7:17:46 > 7:17:47So, anything sort of bodily function,
7:17:47 > 7:17:49anything ridiculous is funny.
7:17:49 > 7:17:51Then people started doing observational comedy.
7:17:51 > 7:17:54So you're saying, "Remember the time when someone said so and so?"
7:17:54 > 7:17:56- and people laugh because they recognise that.- Yeah.
7:17:56 > 7:17:59People say that, "Put t'big light on."
7:17:59 > 7:18:01"Put t'big light on while I'm doing a crossword, will you?"
7:18:01 > 7:18:05"Put t'big light on." A 2,000W bulb.
7:18:05 > 7:18:06"Put t'big light on."
7:18:06 > 7:18:08How about how to build the perfect joke?
7:18:08 > 7:18:09That's the idea of this search,
7:18:09 > 7:18:13is to try and find a way to write the perfect joke.
7:18:13 > 7:18:14I mean, is there such a thing?
7:18:14 > 7:18:18It's hard. You've got to know your audience, be liked by them,
7:18:18 > 7:18:21do something topical, do something they understand, and just,
7:18:21 > 7:18:23you know, make it funny to them.
7:18:23 > 7:18:25Because there's no such thing as the perfect joke -
7:18:25 > 7:18:27you and I will laugh at different things.
7:18:27 > 7:18:29Go out on that stage and just win them over, smile, you know,
7:18:29 > 7:18:31bring them into your little world of comedy
7:18:31 > 7:18:33and then belt them. It's great.
7:18:33 > 7:18:36- Robert, it's been an absolute pleasure.- My pleasure.- Cheers, then.
7:18:36 > 7:18:38Oh! Sorry, a bit of slapstick there for you.
7:18:40 > 7:18:42But slapstick isn't the only way to make people laugh -
7:18:42 > 7:18:44there are lots of different styles of joke,
7:18:44 > 7:18:47as these young comedians can demonstrate.
7:18:47 > 7:18:48Repetition.
7:18:48 > 7:18:49I like beans.
7:18:49 > 7:18:52I like kidney beans, I like baked beans,
7:18:52 > 7:18:57I like Mr Bean, I like broad beans, I like red beans, I like blue beans.
7:18:57 > 7:18:59I really like beans.
7:18:59 > 7:19:00Slapstick.
7:19:00 > 7:19:02MICROPHONE FEEDBACK
7:19:02 > 7:19:03Absurdity.
7:19:03 > 7:19:08A teacher asked her student, "What's the capital of France?"
7:19:08 > 7:19:12So the student said, "Erm, upper-case F."
7:19:12 > 7:19:14There are lots of classic ways to tells jokes.
7:19:14 > 7:19:15Of course, you've got the knock-knock jokes
7:19:15 > 7:19:17and you have Doctor, Doctor jokes.
7:19:17 > 7:19:19You know a few yourself, I'm sure you do.
7:19:19 > 7:19:21Now, though, I've got to find out how to build THE perfect joke.
7:19:24 > 7:19:28So, after a little bit of thinking time, and a few attempts...
7:19:28 > 7:19:32OK, I think I've got it. I think I've got a funny joke.
7:19:32 > 7:19:35It's simple, it's subtle...
7:19:35 > 7:19:38But I think it's funny. Here it goes.
7:19:38 > 7:19:39'Who better to test it out on
7:19:39 > 7:19:42'than these guys from the comedy workshop?'
7:19:42 > 7:19:44Yeah, my boots. Oh, so cheeky.
7:19:44 > 7:19:46Always sticking their tongue out.
7:19:46 > 7:19:47LAUGHTER
7:19:47 > 7:19:50'Well, they seemed to like it, but for Red Nose Day
7:19:50 > 7:19:53'I'm going to put my joke to the ultimate test.'
7:19:54 > 7:19:57- Hey!- Look, Radzi is doing his happy dance because he loves Peter Kay
7:19:57 > 7:20:00- so much.- Pete! Love you.- And he's watching right now with his son,
7:20:00 > 7:20:01- so hello.- Hello!
7:20:01 > 7:20:04Now, if you want to see the rest of Barney's joke-athon challenge -
7:20:04 > 7:20:06it's amazing, by the way, make sure you're watching next week.
7:20:06 > 7:20:08- It's good, isn't it? - It's incredible.
7:20:08 > 7:20:11Check this - this is Barney racing through the streets of London.
7:20:11 > 7:20:14He's on BBC Radio 2 with Graham Norton. He's there on a speedboat.
7:20:14 > 7:20:16He's at Twickenham with the England versus Scotland rugby match.
7:20:16 > 7:20:19He's also doing the warm-up at Let's Sing And Dance For Comic Relief.
7:20:19 > 7:20:21- Whoa, all in one day!- One day, 24 hours.- That is jam-packed.
7:20:21 > 7:20:24Speaking of which, have a look at this week's big badge wall,
7:20:24 > 7:20:26jam-packed with all your amazing post.
7:20:26 > 7:20:29Now, Connor obviously knew what I'd be wearing today because
7:20:29 > 7:20:30- he put it in a picture.- Nice.
7:20:30 > 7:20:31There's Radzi on a monkey, me on a snake
7:20:31 > 7:20:34and all the way down here we've got a little tiger Barney.
7:20:34 > 7:20:35We like that a lot. Thank you. Well done.
7:20:35 > 7:20:39Lindsey, get excited - it's Joshua from Didcot.
7:20:39 > 7:20:41My hometown, Didcot!
7:20:41 > 7:20:44And we are three red noses, Lindsey, Barney and myself,
7:20:44 > 7:20:46and you get a blue badge, Joshua. Well done, dude.
7:20:46 > 7:20:48Thank you so much for all your amazing post.
7:20:48 > 7:20:50Keep it coming in to the usual address.
7:20:50 > 7:20:52We love receiving it. We're like proud parents.
7:20:52 > 7:20:53The address is right there.
7:20:53 > 7:20:56We're going to be having a make and bake special soon as well -
7:20:56 > 7:20:57keep your eyes peeled.
7:20:57 > 7:21:00But for now, it's time to meet some very special animals.
7:21:00 > 7:21:02Let's walk this way. It's time to say hello to the beauties.
7:21:02 > 7:21:04- I'm referring to you as well, Scott. - Oh, thank you very much.
7:21:04 > 7:21:06Who have you brought along here today?
7:21:06 > 7:21:09You've come to look at the beautiful animals today.
7:21:09 > 7:21:11We've already met one amphibian, which was the cane toad,
7:21:11 > 7:21:13- which was a little bit beastly. - Yeah.
7:21:13 > 7:21:15So I thought that maybe you could meet a beautiful amphibian -
7:21:15 > 7:21:18the red-eyed tree frog, the most colourful and beautiful frog,
7:21:18 > 7:21:19- I think, in the world. - Yes, please.- OK.
7:21:19 > 7:21:23- Now, hang on, you said colourful and beautiful and red-eyed.- Yeah.
7:21:23 > 7:21:24He's not very red-eyed, is he?
7:21:24 > 7:21:27He doesn't really look very beautiful or colourful
7:21:27 > 7:21:28because he's actually using camouflage.
7:21:28 > 7:21:31He's closed his eyes, he's covered up all his bright colours
7:21:31 > 7:21:33and he'd be stuck against a leaf in the wild.
7:21:33 > 7:21:37But if a predator does manage to find him with that camouflage,
7:21:37 > 7:21:40well, he can do this.
7:21:40 > 7:21:41- Are you ready?- Hello.
7:21:41 > 7:21:43- Let's have a look. - So, this guy is awake.
7:21:43 > 7:21:46Oh, yes, and we can see he's got orange feet. Can I hold him?
7:21:46 > 7:21:48Let's get him on your hands, then.
7:21:48 > 7:21:49This is exciting. OK.
7:21:49 > 7:21:50So he's got orange feet,
7:21:50 > 7:21:53and I don't know if you can see at home... If I turn him like that,
7:21:53 > 7:21:55can you see? He's got blue armpits.
7:21:55 > 7:21:58This guy is a legend. And red eyes. Look at him!
7:21:58 > 7:22:00Scott, tell me more, please. I love him.
7:22:00 > 7:22:03When he does open his eyes, it makes the predator panic a little bit
7:22:03 > 7:22:05and gives him that little vital second
7:22:05 > 7:22:06to be able to escape from danger.
7:22:06 > 7:22:09But also, the red eyes are used for something else as well -
7:22:09 > 7:22:12- it gives him awesome night vision as well.- Oh, really?
7:22:12 > 7:22:15- So, you think he's pretty beautiful? - I do.- He's pretty awesome.
7:22:15 > 7:22:18- I think he's gorgeous. Is it time to put him back?- Well...
7:22:18 > 7:22:19I want to put him in my pocket!
7:22:19 > 7:22:21- I think you're probably... - Off you go!- You're probably
7:22:21 > 7:22:24going to want to meet some of our other little animals as well.
7:22:24 > 7:22:27- Oh, he's slimy!- You're going to have to pop this glove on for me
7:22:27 > 7:22:29- for the next animal, if that's OK. - I can see him coming!
7:22:29 > 7:22:31- You're going to meet our very own Barney.- Hello!
7:22:31 > 7:22:34Oh, my goodness, you're amazing! So, this is Barney the barn owl.
7:22:34 > 7:22:36Barney the barn owl, that's right.
7:22:36 > 7:22:38Say hello to everyone at home.
7:22:38 > 7:22:40Look up, Barney. Oh!
7:22:40 > 7:22:43- Whoa!- That's fine, that's absolutely... Hop back on, mate.
7:22:43 > 7:22:45Let's get him back up on your glove. Come on, Barney.
7:22:45 > 7:22:46That wasn't meant to happen.
7:22:46 > 7:22:48Now he's on me!
7:22:48 > 7:22:50- OK, there we go.- All right.
7:22:50 > 7:22:55So, Barney the barn owl is actually an owl that's native to Britain,
7:22:55 > 7:22:58so you at home, you may be able to see an owl like this flying round
7:22:58 > 7:23:00- by your house at night.- At home? I just saw it in the studio, Scott.
7:23:00 > 7:23:02OK, well, there we go.
7:23:02 > 7:23:06And these guys will be out at night looking for about 2,500 mice a year
7:23:06 > 7:23:09- to be able to survive. That's a lot of mice, right?- That's a crazy diet.
7:23:09 > 7:23:12That is a crazy diet, but it means that he is an awesome hunter.
7:23:12 > 7:23:15- And why is that?- Well, he has some special things to help him.
7:23:15 > 7:23:17The first thing is, he's got a very special shaped head...
7:23:17 > 7:23:19Look at the camera, Barney.
7:23:19 > 7:23:21..a bit like a dish, and it catches all the sound, but also,
7:23:21 > 7:23:25he's got some asymmetrical ears that are quite important to him,
7:23:25 > 7:23:27so he's got one ear that's high up and one low down,
7:23:27 > 7:23:29- just like this grey owl here... - That is so clever.
7:23:29 > 7:23:31..an ear at the top, an ear at the bottom,
7:23:31 > 7:23:33so when the sound flows either from above or below him,
7:23:33 > 7:23:36he can actually tell whereabouts the prey is.
7:23:36 > 7:23:38- He knows where dinner is, basically! - He does indeed.
7:23:38 > 7:23:40But that's not the only thing that helps him,
7:23:40 > 7:23:41he's got something else quite cool.
7:23:41 > 7:23:43As you can tell, he's as light as a feather.
7:23:43 > 7:23:47- You say that... No, he is, he is. - He's pretty light.
7:23:47 > 7:23:49But he's also got really, really soft feathers as well,
7:23:49 > 7:23:52- and he uses them...- Barney, don't you dare!- He's going to go!
7:23:52 > 7:23:55..to be able to fly almost silently, like you can see here.
7:23:55 > 7:23:58And he flies so silently, but unfortunately,
7:23:58 > 7:24:00it does have its downsides as well,
7:24:00 > 7:24:02because his wet feathers are not waterproof,
7:24:02 > 7:24:05like most birds of prey, so that means he can't go hunting if
7:24:05 > 7:24:08it's raining, which isn't great if you live in England!
7:24:08 > 7:24:10Before he tries to fly off, I'm going to just give him back.
7:24:10 > 7:24:13Go that way. There you go, Barney. See you later. Oh! Bye-bye.
7:24:13 > 7:24:16And we've got some more guests as well, haven't we?
7:24:16 > 7:24:18- Well, you can lose the glove for this one.- OK.
7:24:18 > 7:24:20But I am going to get you to hold the next one,
7:24:20 > 7:24:22- so pop your hands out, OK? - Do I trust you?- And close your eyes.
7:24:22 > 7:24:23- Let's do it.- OK.
7:24:23 > 7:24:25This had better be a beauty, not a beast, Scott,
7:24:25 > 7:24:27or we might not speak again!
7:24:27 > 7:24:30- OK.- OK, no peeking, OK?
7:24:30 > 7:24:33Oh, oh! Prickly! Hello! Who is...
7:24:33 > 7:24:37- Who is this?- Maybe the cutest animal we've brought on Blue Peter so far.
7:24:37 > 7:24:39Now, what do you think this is, Linz?
7:24:39 > 7:24:41You're trying to trick me, but I think it's a hedgehog.
7:24:41 > 7:24:44Well, it does look just like a hedgehog, but it's not.
7:24:44 > 7:24:47In fact, this little guy is more closely related to elephants
7:24:47 > 7:24:50- than it is to hedgehogs. - Really? How does that work?
7:24:50 > 7:24:53Well, I'm going to tell you about something called convergent
7:24:53 > 7:24:55evolution, when two things in totally separate places
7:24:55 > 7:24:59evolve to fill the same gap in a habitat, or look the same,
7:24:59 > 7:25:01and that is exactly what these have done,
7:25:01 > 7:25:03because they come from Madagascar, and in Madagascar,
7:25:03 > 7:25:06they do not have hedgehogs, so instead,
7:25:06 > 7:25:09they have got the tenrec, and it does exactly the same job.
7:25:09 > 7:25:11It's out at night, eating all them slugs and snails, you know.
7:25:11 > 7:25:14They are honestly incredible. Scott, I love it when you come in,
7:25:14 > 7:25:16I really want to keep him as our Blue Peter pet,
7:25:16 > 7:25:17but he's got to go back to sleep.
7:25:17 > 7:25:20- Thank you so much, Scott.- Thank you.
7:25:20 > 7:25:23Earlier, we got to see the amazing work done by Jamie's Farm.
7:25:23 > 7:25:25Well, last week, Lindsey also got to see another project,
7:25:25 > 7:25:27helped funded by Red Nose Day.
7:25:30 > 7:25:34Today, I've come to Exeter to take part in a very special activity.
7:25:34 > 7:25:35Let's go.
7:25:35 > 7:25:39Balloons is a project funded by Red Nose Day,
7:25:39 > 7:25:44that supports young people who have lost someone they're close to.
7:25:44 > 7:25:48I meet up with one of the organisers, Sarah, to find out more.
7:25:48 > 7:25:50Sarah, great to meet you today.
7:25:50 > 7:25:53Can you tell me about the children that Balloons helps?
7:25:53 > 7:25:55So, we work with children when they've been affected by
7:25:55 > 7:25:58bereavement, when someone that they love has died,
7:25:58 > 7:26:01and obviously that's a really difficult time in their lives.
7:26:01 > 7:26:03First of all, the children all have one-to-one support,
7:26:03 > 7:26:05but once they've completed that,
7:26:05 > 7:26:07they can take part in our activity days,
7:26:07 > 7:26:09and that's what we are doing today.
7:26:09 > 7:26:11And today's activity is raft building.
7:26:11 > 7:26:15Working together to build a raft that will stay afloat is
7:26:15 > 7:26:17a great way to make new friends.
7:26:17 > 7:26:19Let's make sure that one's the same, and let's get
7:26:19 > 7:26:23a couple of little wooden blocks underneath them as well.
7:26:23 > 7:26:24And cross over...
7:26:24 > 7:26:26So if that comes apart, that's our fault!
7:26:26 > 7:26:28- That looks quite good. - That's my fault!
7:26:28 > 7:26:29What do we do next, then?
7:26:29 > 7:26:31- ALL:- Barrels!
7:26:31 > 7:26:33Barrels, for flotation!
7:26:33 > 7:26:35Is it going to fit? Yes!
7:26:36 > 7:26:38Going to pull this tight.
7:26:38 > 7:26:40Fingers crossed they're tight -
7:26:40 > 7:26:43if not, we're about to get very wet!
7:26:43 > 7:26:46This morning, Lindsey and everyone else,
7:26:46 > 7:26:48we made a raft and we put it in the water.
7:26:48 > 7:26:50Go!
7:26:50 > 7:26:52But things didn't really go too well.
7:26:52 > 7:26:54We're going to go in, aren't we?
7:26:54 > 7:26:56We did think it was going to float, but then,
7:26:56 > 7:26:58some of the back ropes came off.
7:26:58 > 7:27:00SCREAMING
7:27:00 > 7:27:01It was all a bit...
7:27:01 > 7:27:04"OK, we're going to go in, we're going to go in!"
7:27:04 > 7:27:06I don't want to go in, I don't want to go in!
7:27:06 > 7:27:08Oh, Lindsey's in, Lindsey's in!
7:27:08 > 7:27:11SCREAMING
7:27:12 > 7:27:16You know what, I think that might have been my knot that came loose.
7:27:16 > 7:27:17I'll keep that to myself!
7:27:20 > 7:27:23Once we've had a chance to dry off, I sit down with one of the guys
7:27:23 > 7:27:26Balloons has helped through a hard time.
7:27:26 > 7:27:28So, James, we had a pretty fun session on the raft.
7:27:28 > 7:27:31When did you first start coming here? What was the reason for that?
7:27:31 > 7:27:35My grandad passed away of cancer. He was 55 years old and it hit me
7:27:35 > 7:27:38so hard, because he was such a very special person to me.
7:27:38 > 7:27:41How has Balloons changed your life? Has it made it different?
7:27:41 > 7:27:45Yeah, it's made me more, like, happy and, like,
7:27:45 > 7:27:48it makes me have courage as well, because there's lots of things,
7:27:48 > 7:27:50activities that I wouldn't do normally,
7:27:50 > 7:27:53like abseiling or something like that, or kayaking,
7:27:53 > 7:27:56I wouldn't normally do that and I don't really like doing
7:27:56 > 7:27:58anything like that, but now I like doing it.
7:27:58 > 7:28:00I think you're pretty wicked,
7:28:00 > 7:28:02it's just a shame we're not good at building rafts, isn't it?
7:28:02 > 7:28:04- Yeah!- High-fives.- Thank you.
7:28:06 > 7:28:08Projects like Balloons are helping to change the lives of
7:28:08 > 7:28:11children and young people all over the country,
7:28:11 > 7:28:16and that's why it's so important to get involved this Red Nose Day.
7:28:16 > 7:28:18So, we just want to say...
7:28:18 > 7:28:21- ALL:- Make your laugh matter!
7:28:23 > 7:28:25- Ha-ha!- That's right, make your laugh matter,
7:28:25 > 7:28:28it's so important you get involved this year with Red Nose Day.
7:28:28 > 7:28:29Do it, get the template!
7:28:29 > 7:28:31Now it's time to find out who won Spot Shelley.
7:28:31 > 7:28:34- First of all, where was she? - She's so cheeky!
7:28:34 > 7:28:36There she is! She's brave!
7:28:36 > 7:28:38Blimey, what a place to hide! Well, the winner of that,
7:28:38 > 7:28:41the first person to spot her was SuperSillySloth. Well done, you.
7:28:41 > 7:28:43As well as that, after the show, get online and you will find
7:28:43 > 7:28:46Fan Club Hour, we love it, favourite time of the week!
7:28:46 > 7:28:48Whilst online, why don't you play Hacker's Nosey Adventure?
7:28:48 > 7:28:50Play it all the way to the end
7:28:50 > 7:28:52and you can vote for your favourite red nose.
7:28:52 > 7:28:53That is it for this week,
7:28:53 > 7:28:55but next week, make sure you're watching,
7:28:55 > 7:28:57it's the Red Nose Day special. We can't wait!
7:28:57 > 7:29:01And we are announcing the winners of our comedy classroom competition.
7:29:01 > 7:29:03- It's going to be good! - I am so pumped about seeing
7:29:03 > 7:29:05Barney's joke-a-thon challenge. He's excited about it and so are we.
7:29:05 > 7:29:08As well as that, get your tap shoes on and your leotards ready,
7:29:08 > 7:29:11it's a musical special, we're joined by the cast of Grease.
7:29:11 > 7:29:13I think we should finish on a dab, shouldn't we?
7:29:13 > 7:29:16- We'll see you next week. - Dab, dab, dab, dab!