:00:13. > :00:16.With guest stars David O'Doherty, Chris Judge, Ben Bailey Smith
:00:17. > :00:22.and Holly Smale, coming to you live from Centenary Square, Birmingham!
:00:23. > :00:26.It's Blue Peter Awesome Authors: Live!
:00:27. > :00:41.MUSIC: "Banacle Bill" by Banks Wag
:00:42. > :01:08.Welcome to live Awesome Authors. Birmingham, make some noise! We're
:01:09. > :01:12.going to be announcing the winner of our Dream Big competition. Over 8000
:01:13. > :01:18.of you replied. You can find out who the winner is today. He was excited
:01:19. > :01:28.for that? Everybody! So many awesome authors and also your favourite CBBC
:01:29. > :01:32.stars. You can see Jack and Leona from Wolfblood. You can also see Ben
:01:33. > :01:41.Shires in the Kickabout tent. We have some awesome authors. Some of
:01:42. > :01:45.the most awesome authors. Holly Smale, Ben Bailey Smith... Screen if
:01:46. > :01:51.you want to! Fantastic illustrator Chris Judge as well. Let's hear it
:01:52. > :01:54.for them. Later, we will put them on the spot and test them. They are
:01:55. > :02:01.going to come up with a live story. But we need the help of you lot. How
:02:02. > :02:05.does that sound? We're going to ask them some of your questions. There
:02:06. > :02:09.are lots of them, but we can't do that until we give all of the
:02:10. > :02:17.awesome authors a massive round of applause!
:02:18. > :02:25.Lots of you send in your questions. Thanks for joining us. Nice to be
:02:26. > :02:31.here. We are in Birmingham, what do you make of this? Or some! Back
:02:32. > :02:38.home! Very happy to be here. This is Mark's family! It's like the
:02:39. > :02:43.Zimbabwean family that I've got. A host of questions came in, Lindsey
:02:44. > :02:51.is taking care of the first one. At the front, what is your name?
:02:52. > :03:00.Jasmine. What was Holly's favourited book that she read? Favourite book?
:03:01. > :03:03.The first one that I wrote... Reading or writing? Rating? The
:03:04. > :03:13.first one, because it started my entire writing life. Question for
:03:14. > :03:18.David, are you scared of any of the things from Danger is Everywhere?
:03:19. > :03:23.When I was little, I was genuinely scared of sharks coming out of the
:03:24. > :03:28.loo! I was scared of a lot of things, but I would check and block
:03:29. > :03:37.before sitting on it. A little tip? Nobody wants a bite on the bottom.
:03:38. > :03:48.This one is for you, Chris. What is your favourite thing to draw? I
:03:49. > :03:54.really like drawing whales and fish. Anything under the sea. Lindsey
:03:55. > :04:00.loves them! I don't, I'm terrified of them! So many Blue Peter badges,
:04:01. > :04:08.what is your name? MLE. When did you start writing books, Holly? I was
:04:09. > :04:12.five, when I wrote my first story. That means anybody can do it, all of
:04:13. > :04:24.you can. I started writing my first proper book when I was 21. Violet
:04:25. > :04:30.Piano Guava, Ben, what inspired you to start writing? I always wrote
:04:31. > :04:35.rhymes. Some people know me as a rapper. When I was a kid, I was
:04:36. > :04:40.writing rhymes, when I have my own kids, I was writing them for my own
:04:41. > :04:49.kids. I've got the Four O'clock Club. I started writing silly rhymes
:04:50. > :04:55.for silly kids. A serious question down here, what is your question,
:04:56. > :05:00.Charlotte? Do you have any tips for becoming an author? You have to sit
:05:01. > :05:05.there, there is an old line about having to put some glue on your
:05:06. > :05:11.trousers, sit there and write something cool. That is probably the
:05:12. > :05:17.best. Learn to spell. In from you, I've got one question. If you put
:05:18. > :05:22.down an awesome book, it was incredible, how do you choose
:05:23. > :05:30.another awesome book? You would need some kind of book disorder. I don't
:05:31. > :05:34.know where we would find one. -- a book sorter. Here, we love books and
:05:35. > :05:42.we wanted to know what you are reading at the moment. I am reading
:05:43. > :05:51.Cream, by Jacqueline Wilson. Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Foxy Tales. The
:05:52. > :05:57.Witches. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix. I like this book,
:05:58. > :06:03.because it has nerve wracking moments. This one is funny, it is
:06:04. > :06:09.like a drama. Dramatic and action packed. It shows that some people
:06:10. > :06:16.can be good and some people can be bad. Surprises, like the flying pig.
:06:17. > :06:24.Harry Potter, the prisoner of Azkaban, it is really cool. Good
:06:25. > :06:29.night Mr Tom. It is about a small boy that lives with somebody called
:06:30. > :06:40.Tom Oakley. So many books to choose from, which one is the perfect page
:06:41. > :06:47.turner for you? Whether you like, comedy, drama, you can use the book
:06:48. > :06:51.sorter for inspiration. I like reading because when you are bored,
:06:52. > :06:54.you can just read and then it is like you have gone to a different
:06:55. > :06:59.place. Makes you feel like you are inside the book. It makes you want
:07:00. > :07:04.to know what happens next. It's very fun and takes you places, you feel
:07:05. > :07:07.like you are in the book. Why not use the book sorter and join in with
:07:08. > :07:10.the summer Reading challenge? You never know where their next book
:07:11. > :07:19.might take you. That is the sum of reading sorted.
:07:20. > :07:30.Diary of a Wimpy Kid, all the way, or The Witches. Gangster Granny, I
:07:31. > :07:36.think mine has been taking notes! Let's talk about my hair sister I
:07:37. > :07:43.have found! We asked everybody to bring a book they would like to
:07:44. > :07:48.swap. Birmingham, show your books! Wave them high in the air so we can
:07:49. > :07:56.see them. That is a lot of books. We have some keen bookworms on the
:07:57. > :08:02.stage. I love your T-shirt. What have you brought? I have brought The
:08:03. > :08:11.Dragonfly. And your Blue Peter badge! What have you brought? The
:08:12. > :08:18.Wind In The Willows. I love that, I wouldn't swap that! Just kidding! I
:08:19. > :08:26.liked this book, because it is full of advance your deliberate
:08:27. > :08:30.production venture. I have Billionaire Boy By David Walliams.
:08:31. > :08:39.It's a really young boy that is a millionaire. Like Radzi? Amazing.
:08:40. > :08:44.Lets swap our books. On account of three. Three, two, one! Swap books.
:08:45. > :08:57.Good job. No fighting, please. Is everybody in the audience swapping?
:08:58. > :09:05.You are wearing the best T-shirt in the world. Does it glow-in-the-dark?
:09:06. > :09:11.Yes! Awesome. Captain Underpants. Are you happy with it? I have read
:09:12. > :09:17.it at school, but I haven't got it. Now you have got it! I've got The
:09:18. > :09:27.Dragonfly Pool. Are You Pleased With That? I've Never Heard Of It. You
:09:28. > :09:31.had better read it and let us know. We are here with genuine Blue Peter
:09:32. > :09:35.super fans. Melissa has brought this, look at this box, practically
:09:36. > :09:42.every Blue Peter badge. Round of applause! Hopefully what we have
:09:43. > :09:48.done here has inspired you to get swapping. If it has, jump online and
:09:49. > :09:52.let us know how you do. Those are the amazing books. Where would we be
:09:53. > :09:56.without the awesome authors that wrote them? A few weeks ago I went
:09:57. > :10:04.to catch up with some of them at the world's biggest book Festival.
:10:05. > :10:07.I am at Hay Festival in Wales, where some of the biggest and brightest
:10:08. > :10:11.authors in the business are here to discuss everything books. We caught
:10:12. > :10:25.up with them to find out what makes them tick. Does not look gorgeous?
:10:26. > :10:31.At the camera? I like to write funny books. If it doesn't make me laugh,
:10:32. > :10:35.it doesn't go in. I've always loved drawing. When I was at primary
:10:36. > :10:39.school, I thought it would be wonderful if I could earn my living
:10:40. > :10:45.drawing pictures. I started writing when I was eight years old. When you
:10:46. > :10:51.love reading, the logical thing to do is that you want to write your
:10:52. > :10:54.own stories. We are all storytellers, reading is one of the
:10:55. > :10:59.great pleasures and privileges of the world. When you watch a film,
:11:00. > :11:03.that is how it is. A book is inside your head. It made me feel all kinds
:11:04. > :11:07.of things, happy, terrified and everything in between. That is what
:11:08. > :11:13.is brilliant about books. They can make you feel 1 million emotions at
:11:14. > :11:18.once. It can turn you into a time traveller, take you to places and
:11:19. > :11:24.times that nothing else can do. I love reading, I read a lot. It takes
:11:25. > :11:30.you to different places. Wherever you are, you can be somewhere else.
:11:31. > :11:32.You can't beat that. I love being taken to another world and getting
:11:33. > :11:38.the chance to let somebody else's life. It makes me feel happy and
:11:39. > :11:49.excited, or sad, all of the things in between, that is why I love
:11:50. > :11:57.books. My favourite book is Half Magic. I love stories about magic,
:11:58. > :12:04.especially when it goes wrong. The Giant Jam Sandwich, my favourite
:12:05. > :12:10.subject, food. My favourite children's book is probably the BFG.
:12:11. > :12:15.I love reading shampoo bottles in the bathroom. If you are thinking of
:12:16. > :12:20.writing a poem or story, do it! You never know where it might take you.
:12:21. > :12:30.What a legend, he has a stoat in his beard, you know. We're going to be
:12:31. > :12:33.announcing the winner of the Dream Big competition soon. First, we
:12:34. > :12:40.would like to put our Awesome Authors to the test and set them a
:12:41. > :12:50.challenge. It's time for the Lost The Plot challenge! As you know,
:12:51. > :12:54.stories are made of sentences. We will challenge our authors to make a
:12:55. > :13:04.story using sentences that includes a world -- word that I am holding.
:13:05. > :13:10.Are you up for that? We need you to do some awesome sound effects. What
:13:11. > :13:15.is the sound effects to this? Nice! Quite relaxing.
:13:16. > :13:37.As Lindsey hates sharks and fish, let's put Simon the shark's best
:13:38. > :13:41.friend, it was a lion, called Leah. Due to being camping through the
:13:42. > :13:50.winter, Leah had caught a terrible cold and was constantly sneezing.
:13:51. > :13:54.But it was OK, because this is how he used to propel himself along the
:13:55. > :14:00.ground, sneezing himself forward and grabbing onto the tale of a cow.
:14:01. > :14:13.You can do better than that, guy, come on! The thing about lions, they
:14:14. > :14:17.are easily distracted, especially with apps on phones, they kept
:14:18. > :14:23.walking into things. Silly lion! Of course, the biggest
:14:24. > :14:34.scream that Leah gave was when she walked directly into a wall! She
:14:35. > :14:46.fell backwards, hit her head and then... Oh?! And then... Good luck,
:14:47. > :14:53.Holly! Then a passing donkey, saved the cow, who had smashed its head
:14:54. > :14:57.against the wall, everyone had forgotten about him, clearly not
:14:58. > :15:07.passionate people, and then took the lion, lying on the floor! So many
:15:08. > :15:12.animals! It is like Noah's Arc! The other thing about lions, they are
:15:13. > :15:16.famously loud at roaring but do terrible parts. The parts are
:15:17. > :15:23.capable of scaring the animals in the vicinity.
:15:24. > :15:28.What happens when I do a part? So it had been a plan of the lion all
:15:29. > :15:32.along to fake walking into a wall, just be to able to part in a
:15:33. > :15:38.donkey's face. It was always going to go down that
:15:39. > :15:45.road, wasn't it! Then the lion gave an evil laugh! Well done. If you
:15:46. > :15:48.have just tuned in, you are not dreaming, this is a live show from
:15:49. > :15:54.Birmingham. That was a story from the Awesome Authors. Head on line to
:15:55. > :16:00.the website, you will find it there! Give them a round of applause.
:16:01. > :16:05.Incredible. Now it is nearly time to announce
:16:06. > :16:08.the winner of the Dream Big competition. Her is a recap of the
:16:09. > :16:13.incredible competition we launched in May.
:16:14. > :16:21.As part of Roald Dahl's 100 birthday celebrations and to mark the arifle
:16:22. > :16:26.of the BFG to the big screen, we launched a giant competition... We
:16:27. > :16:31.asked you to create your very own dream story. The winning entry to be
:16:32. > :16:36.turned into an amazing animation. The writer would be in with a chance
:16:37. > :16:39.of meeting a Hollywood directing legend.
:16:40. > :16:43.I'm Steven Spielberg, director of the BFG.
:16:44. > :16:48.To judge the competition, we lined up an incredible panel.
:16:49. > :16:52.I am Ruby. I play Sophie in the film.
:16:53. > :17:00.Joining her was someone special indeed.
:17:01. > :17:05.Hello, I'm Lucy Dahl, Roald Dahl dahl's youngest daughter.
:17:06. > :17:11.We were sent thousands of entries. It was tough! I loved it.
:17:12. > :17:16.Absolutely loved it. But, which Dream would they choose?!
:17:17. > :17:22.This is so exciting. The crowd are on the edge of their
:17:23. > :17:25.seats. Over 8,000 of you applied. Let's look at our incredible
:17:26. > :17:31.runner's up. We have a mixture of illustrations.
:17:32. > :17:37.Rockets going to the moon. Hand stands. Jessie, from Devon, that
:17:38. > :17:41.could be my favourite. I'm sure that Chris Judge will have to have
:17:42. > :17:45.something to say. They must be the best underpants.
:17:46. > :17:50.And stinky socks. They are hard to draw.
:17:51. > :17:55.Let's have a look at this one from Hannah from Lancashire. She's drawn
:17:56. > :18:00.an amazing animation. So much detail there. She has teeny tiny writing to
:18:01. > :18:04.skij on a very good story. Hannah, well done you.
:18:05. > :18:10.William from Hertfordshire, you are a genius. You told the door of Moon
:18:11. > :18:16.on Toast. We all know that the moon is made of cheese. Your imaginations
:18:17. > :18:21.are fantastic. All of the runner's up receive this, the official orange
:18:22. > :18:29.Blue Peter badge! It is beautiful. Do the ooohs! And keep them going.
:18:30. > :18:33.We go through the age categories. These are the age category
:18:34. > :18:39.finalists. Let's have a look. It is exact from Walsall. A round of
:18:40. > :18:43.applause. Such a good design. Magical toes and trapdoor in his
:18:44. > :18:55.belly button. What do you make of that? Awesome! Well done, exact. I
:18:56. > :19:00.have an outie! ! The top entry in the 9-11 category is Isabela from
:19:01. > :19:05.Monmouthshire who told the classic story of a cow jumping over a moon
:19:06. > :19:14.using a jet pack made from milkshake! Of course! And the final
:19:15. > :19:19.reveal, the winner of the age category, 12-15 years old is Betty!
:19:20. > :19:24.Look at this style. And at the bottom, the shot is called Two Can
:19:25. > :19:30.Play At This Game. Huge congratulations to all three of
:19:31. > :19:34.you. There is a picture of your work on its way to you. You have the
:19:35. > :19:38.orange Blue Peter badge and all three are going to the BFG premiere
:19:39. > :19:44.in London. Awesome. A huge well done. Now, something you have been
:19:45. > :19:50.waiting for. Time to announce the winner of the Dream Big competition,
:19:51. > :19:55.they will have their story animated and meet the Hollywood director,
:19:56. > :19:58.Steven Spielberg. So exciting. To do the honours, I hand over to the
:19:59. > :20:04.lovely Ben. I can tell you that the winner of
:20:05. > :20:10.the Dream Big competition is... Betty! She is live with us in
:20:11. > :20:23.Birmingham! Betty, out you come. Yes! Congratulations to you! How are
:20:24. > :20:29.you feeling? Amazing. So surreal. Have you heard the story? Tell us
:20:30. > :20:35.about your story? It is about toucans and they are estate agents
:20:36. > :20:39.but are fired as they are toucans. But I will not spoil it.
:20:40. > :20:44.We can tell you a little more about it in a minute.
:20:45. > :20:49.Betty, you have not seen the finished animation.
:20:50. > :20:57.Are you excited? Absolutely. On a scale of 1-10? 100! Well, here
:20:58. > :21:07.it is, the winning entry turned into animation. This is the premiere.
:21:08. > :21:18.They were fired from the job at the estate agent as they were toucans.
:21:19. > :21:24.They were upset. One felt he was a people toucan, the other felt he had
:21:25. > :21:29.planning skills. Unemployed, they read books and sang opera. A period
:21:30. > :21:36.of reflection on their corporate live, showed them that their skills
:21:37. > :21:42.did not make for good estate agents. They opened their own internet cafe
:21:43. > :21:47.in Shoreditch. Providing a career's advice service for other animals
:21:48. > :21:53.stuck in dead-end jobs, unsuited to their skills.
:21:54. > :21:59.APPLAUSE Betty! You can't believe it, can
:22:00. > :22:03.you. What was it like to watch that and see your work on the big screen
:22:04. > :22:07.in It is fantastic. It is like my drawings, what I did. It is all
:22:08. > :22:11.moving. Brilliant. You should be proud of yourself. Are
:22:12. > :22:15.you sorted with the dress for the premiere tomorrow? I am.
:22:16. > :22:21.Fantastic. If you want to see action of us
:22:22. > :22:25.being celebs, head online. And if you thought that was
:22:26. > :22:37.exciting, wait until you see what is coming up very seen on Blue Peter.
:22:38. > :22:44.-Very soon on Blue Peter. I'm not coming last. That's not
:22:45. > :22:50.happening! I feel so tired! Get involved... Get active... Inspire
:22:51. > :22:56.one of your friends to a sport you know.
:22:57. > :23:04.Your very own Blue Peter sporting badge! I don't think I have ever
:23:05. > :23:14.been this excited on Blue Peter, ever! How good does that look? We
:23:15. > :23:20.are so excited for Blue Peter over the next few months. It will be
:23:21. > :23:24.awesome. Speaking of awesome, there are more Awesome Authors tomorrow at
:23:25. > :23:32.9.00am. We are very excited about that. And we are to be joined by
:23:33. > :23:39.David Baddiel, Alex T Smith, Lucy Hawking and Narinder Dhami. And jump
:23:40. > :23:42.on to Fan Club, we are going high-pitched as Nicola Davis is
:23:43. > :23:47.taking part in a question and answer session. An animal expert, an author
:23:48. > :23:52.and very good. A massive thank you to our Awesome
:23:53. > :24:02.Authors! How brilliant have they been? And we need to say thank you
:24:03. > :24:07.to you lot. You have been awesome. And before you go, a performance on
:24:08. > :24:14.the stage from Diamond. Before you sing, let's talk about Blue Peter,
:24:15. > :24:18.you are a super fan? Who isn't. You guys are obviously massive Blue
:24:19. > :24:26.Peter fans, right? Yeah! The favourite part of the show? The make
:24:27. > :24:32.section. I used to go home and make sure mum saved all of the washing up
:24:33. > :24:35.bottles and loo rolls. What about your favourite book when
:24:36. > :24:40.you were younger? Charlie and theChocolate Factory. I love it so
:24:41. > :24:44.much. I saw the classic film. It is my favourite.
:24:45. > :24:50.There is a part of me, whenever I open a chocolate bar, I am kind
:24:51. > :24:58.of... You want that golden ticket. You are going to be singing Praying?
:24:59. > :25:03.Yes. Incredible. Everyone, it's BB
:25:04. > :25:06.Diamond. # Wanna go all night
:25:07. > :25:14.when you're around me # You just give me
:25:15. > :25:19.something that I need # Make your move, let me know how
:25:20. > :25:23.you're feeling about me # I can read all the signs
:25:24. > :25:26.that you wanna tell me # You can have all you like cos
:25:27. > :25:30.I've waited you see # Just to find you're the one
:25:31. > :25:32.always knew you would be # But this night just
:25:33. > :26:11.got me in too deep # As I close my eyes
:26:12. > :26:15.you whisper to me # Oh, you say the words
:26:16. > :26:17.I long to hear # Make your move, let me know how
:26:18. > :26:23.you're feeling about me # I can read all the signs
:26:24. > :26:26.that you wanna tell me # You can have all you like,
:26:27. > :26:28.cos I've waited you see # Just to find you're the one
:26:29. > :26:31.always knew you would be # Cos I've been waiting
:26:32. > :27:14.way too long, yeah # I wish that I could
:27:15. > :27:42.live this night again # I'll hold on to this
:27:43. > :27:44.moment till the end # I wish that I could
:27:45. > :27:47.live this night again # I'll hold on to
:27:48. > :27:59.this moment till the end. # Thank you so much Blue Peter, CBBC,
:28:00. > :28:00.thank you! I'm BB Diamond, I'll see you soon.
:28:01. > :28:04.See you tomorrow!