Live in NewcastleGateshead Blue Peter

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Barney, I'm so excited about this week's show.

How good is it to be in NewcastleGateshead?

Mate, I cannot wait to get started.

How's Lindsey getting here, by the way?

-I don't know. Did she say anything?

-No, nothing.

I'm down here, boys. These are the Royal Marines.

This is the River Tyne and today we are

live from NewcastleGateshead and you've got a front row seat.

Let's go. Whoo!

CHEERING

-Hello!

-Hello!

-Hello!

-How are you doing?

Welcome to CBBC Live in Gateshead for a very special Blue Peter.

First things first. Baltic Square, make some noise!

THEY CHEER

Yes!

It is so, so good to be here, so thank you all so much for coming,

and I've got to say a huge thank you to the Royal Marines

-for giving me a lift to work today.

-Oh, yeah! Thanks to the Marines!

We're always getting lifts from the Marines. We had a lovely walk.

We had a lovely walk in drizzle and everything.

At this part of the show we'd normally say what's on the show,

and imagine you cheering at home. But when you've got your own crowd,

we can hear it right here. Cos you're all lovely and smiley

and noisy. I'm going to list things, you're going to cheer.

That's the deal. We've got Pixie Lott on this stage today.

THEY CHEER

Getting there. A bit louder on the next one.

We've got to take part in our very own Blue Peter Epic Challenge.

THEY CHEER

Thank you. And how about an "ooh" for this next one?

We're going to be revealing the brand-new

Blue Peter Sport Badge 2014.

ALL: Ooh!

-Really nice.

-Yes, indeed, the Sport Badge is back

and it's better than ever, and to help reveal the brand-new design,

we have two incredible sportsmen.

We have, first of all, three-times Olympic medallist Louis Smith...

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..and current world champion of the 400m, Christine Ohuruogu.

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Yes, so make sure you keep on watching, plus we have

a money-can't-buy opportunity with Young Sports Personality of the Year.

-Radzi, how excited are you on a scale of 1 to 10...?

-Off the charts!

-Off the charts, Lindsey Russell!

-We are so excited.

Now, the Sport Badge is all about inspiring somebody else to

get involved with sport,

and that got us thinking, we want to ask you

who is your sporting hero and why?

Mine is, I mean, for me, the greatest boxer of all time,

the greatest sportsman of all time, Muhammad Ali.

I knew you were going to say that. Barney, you're down with the crowd.

-What are they saying?

-I am, like, well down with the crowd, yeah.

Jack, tell me who your favourite sporting hero is.

Footballer David Beckham because he's a great footballer

and he inspires people to get involved with sport.

He's got to be the greatest crosser of all time as well.

-And how about you, Bethan?

-The boxer Nicola Adams

because she was the first female person to win a gold medal in boxing.

Beautiful. Some great ideas down here,

but we'd like to hear from you at home too. Lindsey.

That's right. We are live, so get in touch with us.

Head to the website bbc.co.uk/bluepeter -

let us know your sporting hero and why, and, at the end of the show,

we're going to try and read as many of your comments as we can.

Talk about getting in touch - loads of you have done just that.

-By looking at the big badge wall...

-It's covered!

-It really is covered.

There is so much good post on the badge wall this week.

Have a look at this. It's from Imogen, she's 12 from Surrey.

She's spelt out Blue Peter, there's the logo,

and she's put all different sporting events on there. We love it.

Thank you very much.

Now, one I couldn't go without showing is from Georgina and Hattie.

-This is massive...

-It's huge!

-It really is huge!

With all the badges, all the presenters,

and it says "Blue Peter" in the middle. Love it, girls.

And, if you take a look at this, this is a cushion that's been

designed by Amber from Wimbledon and Sara from Surrey.

It's a Blue Peter cushion with the Blue Peter ship.

If you turn it round, it's got the old Union Jack on the back.

How nice is that? Very Team GB.

I think there's only one way to celebrate how great these Makes are,

and that's by getting a cheer from the crowd.

So, this is what they think of your fabulous work.

After three, one, two, three, go!

THEY CHEER

-That's so a compliment.

-Not bad.

So, not just earning a badge that gets you into 200 attractions

for absolutely nothing, but also that cheer of approval.

Now, if you're looking at this next shot, there he is,

what a gorgeous man, he's dancing around like a very sporty person.

-He's very excited.

-There's a very good reason for this.

-Yeah.

Follow us over here, because, last year,

we launched the Blue Peter Sport Badge. Of course, that was 2013.

Now, we've got a new one.

At that time last year, over three months,

we gave away over 4,000 of them. It's very popular.

And that means that over 4,000 of you inspired your friends

and your family to get involved in sport, and so, we thought,

-"We're going to do it all over again."

-That's right.

There have been some incredible sporting events over the last

few years and, right here on Blue Peter,

we've taken on some pretty epic challenges.

And we thought, "That's something we're proud of.

"That is something we should never forget."

# We've come a long way

# But we're not too sure where we've been

# Doo-doo-doo

# We've had success

# We've had good times

# But remember this

# Been on this path of life for so long

# Feel I've walked a thousand miles

# Sometimes strolled hand in hand with love

# Everybody's been there

# Once I knew the boundaries

# I looked into the clouds and saw

# My face in the moonlight

# Just then I realised what a fool I could be

# Just cos I look so high I don't have to see me

# Finding a paradise wasn't easy but still

# There's a road going down the other side of this hill

# Never forget where you've come here from

# Never pretend that it's all real

# Someday soon this will all be someone else's dream

# This will be someone else's dream

# Never

# Everybody sing, oh, baby!

# Never

# No, never

# Never forget, oh, no

# Someday

# Louder, louder, louder

# Oh

# Oh, oh

# Never

# Forget where you've come here from

# Never

# Pretend that it's all real

# Someday

# This will all be someone else's dream

# This will be someone else's dream

# We've come so far... #

Get involved, inspire a friend

and you could win a Blue Peter Sport Badge.

# And we've looked each day and night in the eye

# And we're still so young and we hope for more. #

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How good was that? How many sporting superstars were there?

And that's just Barney Harwood at the end there,

the sporting superstar that he is.

I've got quite a high voice, haven't I? Thank you very much.

We actually do have some real sporting superstars

who are about to join us right now to help reveal the brand-new

design and they come in the form of two British Olympians.

Would you please welcome to stage three-time Olympic medallist

Louis Smith and current, current 2013 400-metre champion

Christine Ohuruogu.

CHEERING

-Guys, welcome to Blue Peter.

-Hi, guys!

It is a pleasure to have you guys here and, by the way,

feast your eyes on this gold medal, ladies and gentlemen!

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Now, guys, you are incredible at sports, but, Christine,

I'll start with yourself, what does it mean to be involved in sports?

Why is it so important?

Being in sport is so important to me, because I've learnt

so much stuff that really helps me in my day-to-day life.

I get up out of bed every day and I'm so happy to

go out and run and compete.

-I've just come back from the Bahamas, which was lovely.

-Nice!

Yes, it was. But that's what we have, we get a chance

to travel the world and meet really, really great athletes,

meet cool people like Louis Smith, come on shows like this.

You know, I have a lot of fun doing what I do.

I'm very jealous, it has to be said. The Bahamas!

-It doesn't get much better than that!

-That could be

a great sporting achievement. You do well in the race...

a free holiday to the Bahamas!

We could ask you questions all day,

but Lindsey's down in the crowd.

Yes, Abigail, you've got a question for Christine, haven't you?

Um, if you weren't an athlete,

what would you do in sport?

Ooh, that's good question. Christine?

Yeah, that's a really good question.

If I wasn't an athlete, I think

I probably would have done netball, because I used to play netball,

so I probably would just have continued doing that.

And, Olivia, you've got a question for Louis. What is it?

What was your most embarrassing moment and why?

I like that one! Louis?

My most embarrassing moment? What, in sport?

-Um...

-Not in life, not in life!

-That could be a different story!

I remember I was trying to get ready for the European Championships

in 2010, and my leotards were in my friend's room

and I was panicking, I was trying to get ready...

So I nipped out my room...

went through the corridor in my pants

and they thought it'd be funny to lock me out both rooms.

So, while other teams were leaving to get the bus,

I was standing outside in my pants, so...

-that's embarrassing.

-Louis and Christine, you're here for

a good reason today and that is to reveal the brand-new

Blue Peter Sport Badge 2014.

The crowd are going to give you a "whoa!" You take your own cue.

One, two, three, go!

CROWD: Whoa!

-Oh!

-And there it is!

Give the brand-new design a huge round of applause! Oh, my goodness!

Yes! But the most important fact of this, is the simple fact that it's

now your chance at home to get your hands on a Sport Badge.

Louis and Christine, thank you so much for being here today.

It's really been very cool.

Now, even if you actually earnt a Blue Peter Sport Badge in 2013,

and you still want to apply for one this year, you can,

but if you're wondering how you're going to do it,

here's some inspiration from the class of 2013.

My name is Sophie and I inspired Katy to take up

pole-vaulting for my Blue Peter Sport Badge.

My dad inspired me to pole vault

because I found out that he won a Commonwealth gold medal in Edinburgh.

People should inspire a friend to take up a sport

because it is active and they learn something new.

And that's how I earnt my Sport Badge!

Hi, I'm Ben.

I earnt my Blue Peter Sport Badge by inspiring my best friend,

Sam, to take up tennis.

My granny inspired me to take up sport,

because she's the oldest person in Britain to complete an Ironman.

And that's pretty impressive considering she's pretty old.

It's a great feeling to know that you've earned this badge and

it's wonderful to know you've helped somebody take part in a new sport.

And that's how I earned my Sport Badge.

My name's Holly and I inspired my brother to do

wheelchair basketball to get my Sport Badge.

It's really fun to get somebody inspired and, hopefully,

they could help you with it and you can compete against each other.

My dream is to be a Paralympian

and, hopefully, get into Tokyo's Olympics.

And that's how I earnt my Sport Badge.

My name's Hamza

and I earned my Sports Badge

by inspiring my friend, Luke, in cricket.

I like cricket because I'm very good at it.

One day, I'm going to be a cricketer

and I'm going to play for Pakistan.

-Go on!

-Get inspired.

-And you...

-Could earn yourself...

ALL: A Blue Peter Sport Badge.

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The legends that are Sophie, Ben, Holly and Hamza.

Truly inspirational stuff, thank you, guys. A lovely little film,

but if that hasn't inspired you enough, fear not,

we've got some very exciting news, haven't we?

Yes, cos if you were watching Blue Peter last year,

you may have seen the time when I had the opportunity to be

a judge on the panel of the Young Sports Personality of the Year.

Well, this year, it's your chance to be.

That's right. This is such exciting news,

because if you get one of our 2014 Blue Peter Sport Badges,

then you could be considered to be on the actual judging panel

at the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award.

-It's so exciting!

-It's such a cool thing to do.

A few things you need to take in mind.

When you go to the website,

you'll find the Blue Peter Sport Badge application form,

get permission from a parent or guardian,

and tick the box at the bottom that says you would like to be considered

to be on the judging panel, and then you have to answer

-a simple question.

-It is very simple.

It is, "What would make you a great judge on

"the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Awards 2014?"

Now, it is a really cool thing to do, but, more so than that,

it's a privilege to be on it, so make sure you apply for this year's

Sport Badge so you are in with a chance.

And don't forget to tick that box that actually says why you

would like to be considered as a judge

to be on the panel for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.

Now, we couldn't be talking about this and getting sporty

if we weren't getting active ourselves. Isn't that right?

That is right. When you think of what makes a top sportsman or woman,

you may be thinking strength...

you may be thinking a bit of speed...

and you may be thinking a bit of leadership.

SHE BLOWS WHISTLE

-Radzi!

-Yes, Lindsey, sorry.

Now, those skills are actually very important

for our next challenge that we trained for.

This wasn't any ordinary sport, though.

We were training to be medieval knights!

# When a knight won his spurs in the stories of old

# He was gentle and brave, he was gallant and bold. #

And then...there were these three.

-YONKO:

-'Meet Squire Barney of Harwood,

'Squire Lindsey of Russell,

'and Squire Radzi of Chinyanganya.

'These young apprentices are out to experience medieval knight school.

'They'll be put through three awe-inspiring challenges,

'but who will be crowned Blue Peter's knight?

'And who will end up in the fearsome trebuchet?'

Challenge One, Birds of Prey.

EAGLE SCREECHES

Will our squires fall foul of this high-flying challenge and who will

swoop to victory as they attempt to achieve the perfect landing?

-BARNEY:

-Meet Ernie, a milky eagle owl.

In times of old, birds of prey were used to catch food, so we squires

need top-notch handling skills, otherwise, we're going to be hungry.

All we have to do is tempt Ernie to fly onto our gauntlet

and stay there.

How hard can it be?

Come on, Ernie. Ernie!

'Squire Lindsey is up first.'

Ernie...

do what my training taught me. Ernie?

'Looks like Ernie doesn't give a hoot.'

-OK, let's go.

-You would be a hungry squire, wouldn't she?

She wouldn't eat for, like, weeks.

Lindsey, it's going absolutely pear-shaped.

'Surely, you can't take any longer?'

OK, Ernie, ready? Well done.

-'Finally!'

-Good job.

Now, how long do you think you can hold an owl?

-Go on!

-Go on, Linds, dig deep!

-Oh!

There's some wibbling and wobbling going on.

Ernie's decided to bail out!

'Radzi is up next and he's looking pretty confident.'

-This chicken is good.

-He can see it, he can see it, he can see it!

It's there! Well played.

-'Oops.'

-Yeah! Ernie!

-See you later!

-Oh, no!

Was that meant to happen?

How hard is it to get an owl back from the top of a castle?

I can't believe you just got rid of the challenge.

'No bird, no food. Someone's going to be hungry.

'And what about my go?'

Ernie, here. Look at this,

a nice bit of chicken. Yes, mate, look at that. Beautiful, isn't it?

Look at him spinning round. He wants a bit of that action, yes!

Good lad.

'Stay there, Ernie! Stay!

'Stay.'

-OK!

-He's off.

-He's off. Well done. Really?

-I'll be honest. I thought my hat was gone!

-Really?

'Whilst Ernie is rescued yet again,

'it's time to find out which one of us rules the roost.'

-I think I'm going to go for Lindsey.

-Yes, yes, yes, yes!

Yes! I did not expect that!

-That is ridiculous!

-Are you being serious?

-That is actually...

To be fair, I was the one person who didn't lose the bird.

YONKO: So, Squire Lindsey is the winner with three points,

Squire Barney gets two points,

and in last place with one point is Squire Radzi.

Challenge Two, Combat!

Forsooth, our squires must now take part in the Combat Challenge,

but they best be careful not to lose their heads...

or arms or legs, toes, fingers...I mean, the list goes on.

It happens all the time. Speaking of which,

I've got one here.

It might come in handy.

'It's time for our archery skills to be put to the test.'

Yes!

-Now, it's time for the bull's-eye!

-Go on, Lindsey!

So, to the right and a bit higher and you've got the bull's-eye.

-THEY GROAN

-Well played, Linds.

THEY CHEER

-Whoo-hoo!

-Goodness!

'Now we're fully warmed up, it's straight onto sword skills,

'and Sir Louis of Warwick Castle

'is just the person to get us started.'

We're going to teach you the first page of a fighting manual. OK?

It's from 1409, it's called Flos Duellatorum, which is

the Italian martial arts.

-Oh!

-'So, Sir Louis shows us three basic moves.'

-Yes!

-'Defensive footwork, a circular parry...'

-Get away!

'And how to disarm your opponent.'

-Uh, uh!

-'But not how to do your own sounds effects!

'All that's left for us to do, is to put it together

'and make it look convincing. I'm up first. Wish me luck.'

It's actually quite scary when he's got the lid on.

-METALLIC CLATTER

-Yes!

Waggh!

Ugh! Grr!

Ugh!

SWORD TAPS

SHE LAUGHS

APPLAUSE

Oof!

ARMOUR CLATTERS

Ah! Yes!

We've made our decision, and it was very tough.

First place...

..has to go to...

-..Barney.

-Yes!

-Well done, Barn.

-Congratulations.

-Thank you very much.

YONKO: So, it's natural swordsman Squire Barney in first place.

For sheer ferocity, Squire Lindsey takes second place.

And, for sheer uselessness, Squire Radzi in last place.

Onwards toward the final challenge.

There was a knight named Eric and jousting was his game,

but he didn't like to fight and often ran away.

Let's hope that our squires don't do this, in this their final challenge.

It's time for...

Dress A Knight!

All we have to do is dress our knight for a full day of jousting.

First comes chain mail,

a tabard and belt,

before we hand over their helmet, shield and lance,

but who can do it in the fastest time?

Three, two, one! HE BLOWS WHISTLE

Oh, quick! Oh, that's so heavy!

'Radzi, stop horsing around!'

Big buckle at the top?

-Big buckle at the top, yeah.

-There you go.

'While those two are left battling with the belts, I've finished.

'Victory is mine!'

-Yes!

-TRUMPET FANFARE

-There you go.

-'Slowcoaches!'

-Shield. Oh, wow! That's heavy!

-'Come on, Muscles.'

'It's neck and neck, but Lindsey just edges it,

'leaving Radzi to bring up the rear.'

The final scores are in and the winner

of Blue Peter's Knights' School is Barney with eight points!

Sir Louis, would you do the honours?

I hereby dub thee Sir Barney, Knight of Warwick.

-You may now rise a knight.

-Wow!

Congratulations, you're earnt your spurs.

-Oh, look at them!

-Well done.

-Excellent work, Barn.

I shall defend the castle and all of its fair maidens until my death.

'I do like my new title and, what's more,

'I get to send the gallant losers to wind the fearsome trebuchet -

'a type of huge medieval catapult used to storm castle walls

'by hurling missiles through the air.

'In this case, a flaming cannonball.

'It takes four people to wind down the great arm ready for firing.'

The idea of doing this...

for hours and hours, no chance.

I feel like I've got to hold on.

You don't hold onto that.

'Once the winding is finished, it's time to release the fireball!'

Cannonball!

'Oh! I want one! I really want one!'

Awesome!

CHEERING

He deserves it. Would you please give a regal round of applause

for Sir Barney!

CHEERING

Thank you very much, my lovely squires!

I'm getting into this a bit too much. But I am keeping the crown on

for the rest of the show. Now, we asked you to get in touch

and tell us about your sporting heroes.

Yeah, the first one is from Ginger Fuzzy Zoots,

who says Tom Daley cos he tries his best

and never gives up. That's a good one.

Lots of you are inspired by Jessica Ennis,

like Diamond Bubbly Frog, Red-black Chatty Puffin,

and Opal Rocking Hyena, who says, "She's my sporting hero too."

This is lovely.

-Mustard Chocolate Nectarine says, "My sporting hero is Radzi."

-Aww!

"Because when he did his swimming challenge,

"he inspired me to push myself harder in my own swimming."

Thank you so much for getting in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

-I was so cold.

-You looked it as well, but well done for trying.

-Thank you.

-Now, we've got time for a very,

very special guest who we're very excited about.

Her first two singles went straight to number one in the UK charts

and her debut album sold more than a million copies.

Since then, eight consecutive top 20 singles,

another number one, and she's about to release her third album.

She's also a very popular guest presenter on Blue Peter last year.

Please give it up, go mad as loud as you possibly can

for the lovely Pixie Lott.

CHEERING

-Hello!

-Hello!

-Hi!

-Hiya, how are you doing?

Pixie, thank you so much for coming on Blue Peter,

-we love having you here.

-My pleasure.

Now, you've been in the industry since you were 15,

so what was it like to start so young?

I loved it. I feel so lucky that I knew what I wanted to do

and I could start at a young age.

And I want to make sure I can keep doing it forever.

We love seeing you do what you do, so take your position, please.

-Thank you.

-We're about to see the performance of a lifetime!

While Pixie does that, we'll tell you what's happening next week.

We'll have a bit of a spring in our step, because we're live

-from the set of Springwatch.

-That's right.

We've been celebrating the green badge for six weeks,

-and we'll be live with Chris and the gang.

-Cannot wait.

One final thank you to everyone here for sticking out for the weather,

Thanks to the CBBC boys as well.

-Thank you!

-Now, with her latest single, go mad. It's Pixie Lott!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

MUSIC: "Lay Me Down" by Pixie Lott

# You see me howling at the moon

# It's what you taught me to do

# Mmm

# I'm chasing stars just to get back closer to you

-# You see the ashes by the fire

-Fire

# The only light that I knew

# Mmm

# I touched the flame just to get back closer to you

# Show me the way

# I've done travelled too far with the cross on my back

# And a hole in my heart

# Now you say there's no love to be found

# When six feet down

# And I thought that'd make me closer to you!

# Why don't you lay me down?

# Lay me down, lay me down

# Won't you lay me down?

# Lay me down closer to you!

# Why don't you lay me down?

# Lay me down, lay me down

# Won't you lay me down?

# Lay me down closer to you!

# You hear me beating at the door

# What else you want me to do?

# Whoa

# You got me crawling out the walls to get closer to you

# Yes, you do

# Show me the way

# I've done travelled too far with the cross on my back

# And a hole in my heart

# Now you say there's no love to be found

# When six feet down

# And I thought that'd make me closer to you

# Why don't you lay me down? Lay me down, lay me down

# Won't you lay me down?

# Lay me down closer to you!

# Why don't you lay me down? Lay me down, lay me down

# Won't you lay me down?

-# Lay me down closer to you!

-Whoa-oh-oh

# Whoa-oh-oh

-# Closer to you

-Whoa-oh-oh

# Whoa-oh-oh

# Show me the way

# I've done travelled too far with the cross on my back

# A hole in my heart

# Now you say there's no love to be found

# Six feet down

# And I thought that'd make me closer to you

-# Whoa-oh-oh

-Closer, closer

# Closer to you

# Yeah

# Closer to you

# Why don't you lay me down?

# Lay me down, lay me down

# Won't you lay me down?

# Lay me down closer to you!

# Why don't you lay me down?

# Lay me down, lay me down

# Won't you lay me down?

# Lay me down closer to you!

# Why don't you lay me down?

# Lay me down, lay me down

# Won't you lay me down?

# Lay me down closer to you!

# Why don't you lay me down?

# Lay me down, lay me down

# Won't you lay me down?

# Lay me down closer to you

# Yeah. #

CHEERING

Pixie Lott!

See you next week!