6:33:44 > 6:33:45Coming up on today's Blue Peter:
6:33:45 > 6:33:47Find out what happened when Radzi and I
6:33:47 > 6:33:49went head-to-head in an epic rowing race.
6:33:49 > 6:33:51Want to find out how to talk to one of these little fellas?
6:33:51 > 6:33:53We're going to be showing you how a little later.
6:33:53 > 6:33:57Also: Catching up with the HOTTEST band for 2014 - Rixton.
6:33:57 > 6:33:59It's all coming up on today's Blue Peter.
6:34:13 > 6:34:17- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ALL:- Hello!
6:34:17 > 6:34:19Welcome to live Blue Peter.
6:34:19 > 6:34:22Today, we've got a great show, we've got something for everyone.
6:34:22 > 6:34:24There's sport, music, brilliant artwork
6:34:24 > 6:34:26and some super-cute animals in the studio.
6:34:26 > 6:34:28And talking about animals,
6:34:28 > 6:34:31zoologist Lucy Cooke from the BBC One new series
6:34:31 > 6:34:33Talk To The Animals is here with meerkats!
6:34:33 > 6:34:35- I can talk to animals.- Can you?
6:34:35 > 6:34:37I saw the meerkats in the dressing room -
6:34:37 > 6:34:39"All right, boys, make me a brew!"
6:34:39 > 6:34:40No, Barns, that's not what it's about.
6:34:40 > 6:34:43Lucy's here to talk to us about the world of animal communication.
6:34:43 > 6:34:45It doesn't mean that you talk to the...
6:34:45 > 6:34:48- What, they're not making me a brew? - That's not happening.
6:34:48 > 6:34:50- Get my agent on the phone! - Oh, dear.
6:34:50 > 6:34:52So Barney can't talk to the animals, but if you could,
6:34:52 > 6:34:54we want to know what you would ask them.
6:34:54 > 6:34:56I think I'd talk to Iggy if I could talk to an animal
6:34:56 > 6:34:59and I'd ask her what she dreams about when she sleeps.
6:34:59 > 6:35:01Cos when she sleeps, she does this cute twitch thing.
6:35:01 > 6:35:03It's very adorable, and she's back next week!
6:35:03 > 6:35:05Exactly, that was going to be my question.
6:35:05 > 6:35:08If I could talk to any animal, I'd ask a silverback gorilla -
6:35:08 > 6:35:10how do they get so big just eating bananas? Where's the protein?
6:35:10 > 6:35:13- Good question.- I'd ask a meerkat where me cappuccino is!
6:35:13 > 6:35:15Oh, go away! Now, we are live and we want to hear from you.
6:35:15 > 6:35:17Head to the website...
6:35:17 > 6:35:21Tell us what animal you'd talk to and what you'd ask them.
6:35:21 > 6:35:22We want to know.
6:35:22 > 6:35:26This year has seen a whole summer full of fantastic sport.
6:35:26 > 6:35:27We had the World Cup in Brazil,
6:35:27 > 6:35:30the Tour de France - which started in Yorkshire -
6:35:30 > 6:35:32and my favourite, Wimbledon. It has been jam-packed.
6:35:32 > 6:35:35It really has been, and we love sport so much on Blue Peter
6:35:35 > 6:35:37that we even launched the brand-new design
6:35:37 > 6:35:39of our 2014 Blue Peter Sport Badge.
6:35:39 > 6:35:43Look at that, it is my favourite, and with this summer of sport,
6:35:43 > 6:35:45we couldn't go without having our very own sporting challenge,
6:35:45 > 6:35:47- could we, Linds?- No, we couldn't.
6:35:47 > 6:35:51But this being Blue Peter, it wasn't going to be easy.
6:35:54 > 6:35:56Linds, why on earth have you called me to come down to the canal
6:35:56 > 6:35:58dressed like this?
6:35:58 > 6:36:01Because, Radzi, it is time for another epic Blue Peter challenge,
6:36:01 > 6:36:02and guess what? It's me versus you.
6:36:02 > 6:36:04OK, again, what's it going to be this time?
6:36:04 > 6:36:09We're taking part in this year's Henley Rowing Regatta.
6:36:09 > 6:36:10The Henley rowing...
6:36:10 > 6:36:13Linds, we've already seen what my hair looks like in water.
6:36:13 > 6:36:14- Lindsey, look, not doing it. - What, Radz?
6:36:14 > 6:36:18- No, no, no.- Radzi! It'll be fine, we just need a bit of training.
6:36:19 > 6:36:21'This is the first time either of us have been rowing.
6:36:21 > 6:36:24'So we'll be training under the expert eye of Kevin Maynard
6:36:24 > 6:36:26'at a rowing club in Salford Quays.'
6:36:27 > 6:36:30'Kevin rowed professionally for 17 years, winning over 200 regattas
6:36:30 > 6:36:33'and has competed all over the world.'
6:36:33 > 6:36:34I cannot wait for this.
6:36:34 > 6:36:36'We're learning some basic oarwork
6:36:36 > 6:36:38'and how to balance in these playboats,
6:36:38 > 6:36:41'which, luckily for us, we can't fall out of.'
6:36:41 > 6:36:42- Bye!- Goodbye!
6:36:42 > 6:36:45- See ya!- Here I go.
6:36:45 > 6:36:47Radz, how does that feel?
6:36:47 > 6:36:50I feel as though I'm ten minutes away from the Olympics, Linds!
6:36:54 > 6:36:56HE CACKLES
6:36:56 > 6:36:58'It's my turn to have a try.
6:36:58 > 6:37:02'Now, I know I was feeling pretty confident about this challenge...'
6:37:02 > 6:37:03Lindsey, I'll see you in France!
6:37:03 > 6:37:05'..but suddenly I'm really not sure.'
6:37:07 > 6:37:09- Just go?- Free agent!
6:37:09 > 6:37:10No, I hate this!
6:37:13 > 6:37:15This is genuinely harder than it looks.
6:37:15 > 6:37:18'Radzi is handling this much better than me.
6:37:18 > 6:37:22'I just can't quite get my oars to move in the right direction.'
6:37:22 > 6:37:25- Come this way. - KEVIN LAUGHS
6:37:25 > 6:37:27I'm a really bad driver! Aah!
6:37:27 > 6:37:30'Yeah, it's not getting any better,
6:37:30 > 6:37:33'in fact, things seem to be going from bad to worse.'
6:37:33 > 6:37:35'So, after our first outing on the water,
6:37:35 > 6:37:39'it was fair to say we needed all the help we could get!'
6:37:46 > 6:37:49We're here at the Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake in Caversham
6:37:49 > 6:37:52to meet two British rowing champions...
6:37:52 > 6:37:54Olympic champions at that!
6:37:54 > 6:37:57- So where are they? - They're just over THERE!
6:37:57 > 6:38:01'Meet Helen Glover and Heather Stanning.
6:38:01 > 6:38:04'At London 2012, the pair entered the history books
6:38:04 > 6:38:08'when they won the first gold medal for Team GB...'
6:38:08 > 6:38:13- COMMENTATOR:- Into the record books! And fabulously well done there!
6:38:13 > 6:38:15Great Britain have Olympic champions.
6:38:15 > 6:38:18'..and became the first British women rowers EVER
6:38:18 > 6:38:20'to win gold at an Olympic Games.'
6:38:20 > 6:38:22Helen and Heather, it's an absolute pleasure to meet you guys
6:38:22 > 6:38:25and you are two of the very best rowers in the world,
6:38:25 > 6:38:28which is clear by your Olympic gold medal.
6:38:28 > 6:38:30But how did you get started in rowing?
6:38:30 > 6:38:32Well, I started with a talent ID programme.
6:38:32 > 6:38:33I'd never rowed before.
6:38:33 > 6:38:35Because I'm quite tall and suited to rowing,
6:38:35 > 6:38:38I picked up the sport and made it to the Olympics in four years.
6:38:38 > 6:38:39- Wow!- Whoa!
6:38:39 > 6:38:41And then, Heather, what about yourself?
6:38:41 > 6:38:43Well, I went slightly differently.
6:38:43 > 6:38:45When I went to university I wanted to try something new.
6:38:45 > 6:38:47So I joined the university boat club.
6:38:47 > 6:38:52Mainly to have fun, meet new people and...yeah, stay fit.
6:38:52 > 6:38:56As gold medallists, do you have three top tips to help us out?
6:38:56 > 6:38:58I think tip number one is going to be listen to your coaches
6:38:58 > 6:39:00and the other people in your boat.
6:39:00 > 6:39:03They can see what you are doing and give you the best feedback.
6:39:03 > 6:39:06Tip number two would have to be relax -
6:39:06 > 6:39:08the more relaxed you are, the better you'll row.
6:39:08 > 6:39:09And then tip number three would be
6:39:09 > 6:39:11try and stay in time with each other
6:39:11 > 6:39:13and that'll give you the best chance of not falling in.
6:39:13 > 6:39:17So, listen to your coach, relax and row in time?
6:39:17 > 6:39:20- Exactly. Now let's see what you've got on the water!- OK.
6:39:24 > 6:39:27Linds and I are going to be training with Helen and Heather
6:39:27 > 6:39:30in the same boat as a quadruple scull.
6:39:30 > 6:39:32That means the four of us will be in here today,
6:39:32 > 6:39:34but on race day, WE will be up against each other.
6:39:34 > 6:39:37- So, friends for now, Linds!- For now!
6:39:37 > 6:39:38Whoa...
6:39:40 > 6:39:43'And suddenly, we're in a boat with two Olympians.'
6:39:44 > 6:39:45Good start.
6:39:47 > 6:39:48'And I'm feeling the pressure!'
6:39:48 > 6:39:50Just chill.
6:39:50 > 6:39:54If you are getting white knuckles, something's going wrong, OK?
6:39:54 > 6:39:57Don't want to be gripping so much that your knuckles have gone white!
6:39:57 > 6:39:59And if you feel like you've gone out of time,
6:39:59 > 6:40:02just watch Heather's blades and get back in time whenever you can.
6:40:04 > 6:40:07'We start getting into our stride, or so we think!'
6:40:09 > 6:40:13How many strokes did we just do? About 200?
6:40:13 > 6:40:14- Yeah.- And how many were good?
6:40:14 > 6:40:16- You had a really good one!- One?!
6:40:16 > 6:40:17- One!- One good stroke!
6:40:17 > 6:40:21'But practice makes perfect. More practice for us then!'
6:40:24 > 6:40:26That did feel amazing, though, didn't it?
6:40:26 > 6:40:29- It feels like you're flying. - It was such a good improvement.
6:40:29 > 6:40:32- It was really good.- It feels like you're flying, I really like that.
6:40:32 > 6:40:35I really enjoyed it, but I'm not going to lie...I'm shattered!
6:40:35 > 6:40:38- I'm honestly shattered! - There's so much to think about.
6:40:38 > 6:40:40No, definitely. Concentration.
6:40:40 > 6:40:43What are my arms doing? What are my legs doing? Listening to you guys.
6:40:43 > 6:40:45There's a lot to think about.
6:40:45 > 6:40:49I'm not physically shattered, I'm just mentally...really tired.
6:40:53 > 6:40:56'What an unbelievable opportunity we've had today -
6:40:56 > 6:40:58'to row with Helen and Heather.
6:40:58 > 6:41:00'They've taught us so much.'
6:41:00 > 6:41:03'Radzi, I hope we remember it all for the race.'
6:41:03 > 6:41:06So, you feeling ready for your challenge at Henley yet?
6:41:06 > 6:41:09I am! Bring it on! I mean, we'll need a lot more training.
6:41:09 > 6:41:12- A lot. In fact, Linds, do you have Kevin's number?- Yeah.
6:41:12 > 6:41:14Cos I need to call him now.
6:41:16 > 6:41:20You have no idea how hard rowing is until you try it.
6:41:20 > 6:41:22Helen and Heather make it look so easy.
6:41:22 > 6:41:24And that is why they are Olympic gold medallists.
6:41:24 > 6:41:27But stay watching if you want to find out how Lindsey and I got on
6:41:27 > 6:41:29when we took part in one of the most famous rowing competitions
6:41:29 > 6:41:32anywhere in the world - the Henley Royal Regatta.
6:41:32 > 6:41:34And I think one of the best bits about that challenge
6:41:34 > 6:41:36was trying a new sport from scratch.
6:41:36 > 6:41:39That's what it's about. You are supposed to be inspirational.
6:41:39 > 6:41:40Inspire your friend or a family member
6:41:40 > 6:41:42to get involved in a sport that you love.
6:41:42 > 6:41:46You could get your hands on one of these - the BP Sport Badge 2014!
6:41:46 > 6:41:48- Check it out.- That's right, and even if you applied last year,
6:41:48 > 6:41:50you can still reapply this year
6:41:50 > 6:41:52and try to get your hands on a 2014 Sport Badge.
6:41:52 > 6:41:54As loads of you have, just like Phoebe!
6:41:54 > 6:41:56- Take a look at this picture she sent in of her kayaking.- Aww!
6:41:56 > 6:41:59- She's on the water as well. Love your work.- Yes, Phoebe.
6:41:59 > 6:42:01- She said, "Anything you CANOE, I CANOE better!"- Oh!
6:42:01 > 6:42:03I'm so sorry.
6:42:03 > 6:42:05Shrey introduced his brother to badminton.
6:42:05 > 6:42:07Congratulations, guys. That's what it's about -
6:42:07 > 6:42:10showing people how to inspire their friends and family.
6:42:10 > 6:42:12To find out how people have earned their badges,
6:42:12 > 6:42:14go online, you can see lots of stuff on there,
6:42:14 > 6:42:16or if you want to know how to earn your very own, watch this.
6:42:16 > 6:42:19The Blue Peter Sport Badge is all about inspiring others
6:42:19 > 6:42:21to take part in sport.
6:42:21 > 6:42:24Maybe you're cricket crazy, hooked on hockey,
6:42:24 > 6:42:26or fanatical about football.
6:42:26 > 6:42:29Whatever your choice of sport, you could earn a Sport Badge.
6:42:29 > 6:42:33Between now and September, get a friend involved in your sport.
6:42:33 > 6:42:36Take them golfing, bring them to badminton, it really is up to you.
6:42:36 > 6:42:39But get a picture of you both taking part
6:42:39 > 6:42:42and go to the Blue Peter website and fill in the application form.
6:42:42 > 6:42:44Make sure your parent signs it,
6:42:44 > 6:42:46then pop it in the post and wait.
6:42:47 > 6:42:51By applying for your Sport Badge, you could become one of the judges
6:42:51 > 6:42:54for the Young Sports Personality Of The Year Award.
6:42:54 > 6:42:56To get involved, ask your parents or guardian
6:42:56 > 6:42:58and then tell us why you would make a great judge.
6:42:58 > 6:43:02One 2014 Sport Badge holder will get to sit on the judging panel
6:43:02 > 6:43:05and go to the awards ceremony.
6:43:05 > 6:43:08Badge applications are open until 30th September.
6:43:08 > 6:43:10You have to inspire someone this year to be in with a chance
6:43:10 > 6:43:12of receiving one.
6:43:12 > 6:43:14So, go on, be inspiring and get involved!
6:43:14 > 6:43:17You heard it there, so get involved and apply.
6:43:17 > 6:43:18And please keep your letters,
6:43:18 > 6:43:20e-mails, pictures and poems coming in.
6:43:20 > 6:43:22There's another badge you can get if you want!
6:43:22 > 6:43:24It's on this camera, check it out.
6:43:24 > 6:43:27It's the Blue Peter Badge - it could be yours for being creative.
6:43:27 > 6:43:30You could get your stuff on the television with us three, like this.
6:43:30 > 6:43:32And look, there is the big Blue Peter Badge Wall
6:43:32 > 6:43:33with all the pictures on.
6:43:33 > 6:43:36- Ellen sent this - me driving a Formula Two car...- That's so good!
6:43:36 > 6:43:38..and look, "I want one!" she knows her stuff.
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6:43:42 > 6:43:45It's Blue Peter old and Blue Peter young.
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6:43:46 > 6:43:49That is so good. Thanks so much to everyone who sent something in.
6:43:49 > 6:43:51We love receiving your post.
6:43:51 > 6:43:54And remember, a Blue Peter Badge can get you into over 200 attractions
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6:43:56 > 6:43:58- For free, for free, for free. - Which is great,
6:43:58 > 6:44:00and that is something we are celebrating recently
6:44:00 > 6:44:01with the poster competition.
6:44:01 > 6:44:04It's been so popular. Over 1,500 of you have got in touch.
6:44:04 > 6:44:05But now for an announcement
6:44:05 > 6:44:07- and we need a sound effect for this, please.- Ah!
6:44:07 > 6:44:09Are you ready? Please don't send in your posters
6:44:09 > 6:44:11because that means the competition is now closed.
6:44:11 > 6:44:13Don't send any more stuff, it won't count.
6:44:13 > 6:44:16And we will be announcing the winner in just two weeks' time,
6:44:16 > 6:44:18- so make sure you are watching then. - That's right.
6:44:18 > 6:44:21We've got some exciting news and we know you love competitions.
6:44:21 > 6:44:22We've got one coming up in September
6:44:22 > 6:44:24that is quite literally out of this world!
6:44:24 > 6:44:27I like what you did there. You might have seen this online.
6:44:27 > 6:44:30There's a British astronaut - the first ever - called Tim Peake.
6:44:30 > 6:44:33He's going to the International Space Station in 2015 on a mission.
6:44:33 > 6:44:35Now, on that mission he'll be wearing a special suit
6:44:35 > 6:44:37and on that suit will be a mission badge.
6:44:37 > 6:44:40You may get the chance to design that badge
6:44:40 > 6:44:42which he will be wearing in space.
6:44:42 > 6:44:44- It's amazing, isn't it? - It's incredible.
6:44:44 > 6:44:46We can't tell you about it just yet,
6:44:46 > 6:44:48but we can tell you about it on Thursday 4th September,
6:44:48 > 6:44:49so don't apply yet.
6:44:49 > 6:44:52Make sure you watch this show, or that show rather,
6:44:52 > 6:44:55because it's going to be absolutely megatron, let me tell you indeed.
6:44:55 > 6:44:58Now though, time for one of life's greatest mysteries,
6:44:58 > 6:45:00one of those things you've always wanted to know the answer to.
6:45:00 > 6:45:02Why do you always take two hours in make-up?
6:45:02 > 6:45:04That's not the question!
6:45:04 > 6:45:06Good one, Radzi, thanks for saving that till the live!
6:45:06 > 6:45:08It's actually, can we talk to animals?
6:45:08 > 6:45:11And there's a brand-new series on BBC One, it started last night,
6:45:11 > 6:45:13and it's trying to answer that exact question.
6:45:13 > 6:45:15Take a look.
6:45:15 > 6:45:18- LUCY COOKE:- All across the world, animals are talking to each other.
6:45:19 > 6:45:22In extraordinary ways.
6:45:22 > 6:45:23Ever since I was little,
6:45:23 > 6:45:26I have wanted to become a real-life Dr Dolittle and talk to the animals.
6:45:26 > 6:45:30I think it's something we'd all secretly love.
6:45:30 > 6:45:33You're all nodding at your TV screens, aren't you?
6:45:33 > 6:45:35Of course you want to be able to talk to the animals,
6:45:35 > 6:45:37especially cute little guys like this guy.
6:45:37 > 6:45:38This is Razzy, he's a meerkat.
6:45:38 > 6:45:40Isn't it weird that he's called Razzy?
6:45:40 > 6:45:42He's the most hyperactive out the bunch,
6:45:42 > 6:45:43but more about that in a bit,
6:45:43 > 6:45:45because this brand-new series about talking to animals
6:45:45 > 6:45:48is hosted by a lovely person who is sat right next to me.
6:45:48 > 6:45:50Lucy, you are the real-life Doctor Dolittle?
6:45:50 > 6:45:53I am, I am. Want to know what these meerkats are saying to each other?
6:45:53 > 6:45:55I'd love to, they're making a lot of noise.
6:45:55 > 6:45:57They are incredibly chatty creatures, meerkats.
6:45:57 > 6:45:58It's hard to shut them up
6:45:58 > 6:46:01because they like to keep in touch the whole time,
6:46:01 > 6:46:04gossiping about what they're doing to keep in contact with one another.
6:46:04 > 6:46:08He's having a good old forage... quite silently there, actually.
6:46:08 > 6:46:11It's like a little adventure, isn't it? Look at him go!
6:46:11 > 6:46:14- There's about 20 different calls that they make.- Yeah.
6:46:14 > 6:46:18To say that they are foraging or that they want feeding
6:46:18 > 6:46:22and one of the most important ones they do is an alarm call
6:46:22 > 6:46:24when they spot a predator.
6:46:24 > 6:46:26Sure. Is it much like a language that we would use?
6:46:26 > 6:46:27Ours is complex and complicated,
6:46:27 > 6:46:29it's made of lots of different sounds
6:46:29 > 6:46:32and ups and downs and different words, is theirs as complicated?
6:46:32 > 6:46:33No. It's not as complicated,
6:46:33 > 6:46:35but it's a lot more complicated than you'd think.
6:46:35 > 6:46:38With their alarm calls, they've got different alarm calls
6:46:38 > 6:46:39for different predators,
6:46:39 > 6:46:43so the meerkat that's on guard will say to the other meerkats
6:46:43 > 6:46:45whether it's a predator that's coming from the sky,
6:46:45 > 6:46:47if it's a hawk, or if it's coming from the land
6:46:47 > 6:46:50and how urgent that threat is, how close it is.
6:46:50 > 6:46:52So, it's a lot more sophisticated than you'd think.
6:46:52 > 6:46:54And it's a language picked up by other animals
6:46:54 > 6:46:56that live in the same environment.
6:46:56 > 6:46:58- We have some footage here of a drongo.- Yeah.
6:46:58 > 6:46:59Tell us about the drongo,
6:46:59 > 6:47:01it's an incredible thing they've got going on here.
6:47:01 > 6:47:04It's an information superhighway, the Kalahari.
6:47:04 > 6:47:06All the animals are listening in to each other
6:47:06 > 6:47:09and can speak each other's languages and they recognise the alarm calls,
6:47:09 > 6:47:10and the drongo knows that
6:47:10 > 6:47:14and it can mimic the alarm calls of the meerkat amongst other animals
6:47:14 > 6:47:18and it does that in a benevolent way to let them know there's danger,
6:47:18 > 6:47:20but it also does it to steal their food.
6:47:20 > 6:47:23- It's very cheeky, isn't it? - Yeah, it's very cheeky.
6:47:23 > 6:47:25For such a small bird as well. When you hear "drongo",
6:47:25 > 6:47:28you think of a big thing that walks around, but the drongo is tiny...
6:47:28 > 6:47:29Yeah, very small but very clever.
6:47:29 > 6:47:32It can mimic up to 30 different calls.
6:47:32 > 6:47:34Well, while we're talking about mimicking,
6:47:34 > 6:47:36I think it's only right that we have a go at it as well.
6:47:36 > 6:47:38- OK, we can do a drongo. - Let's join in.
6:47:38 > 6:47:39We can do a drongo noise?
6:47:39 > 6:47:41No, I can't do a drongo, we can be like drongos and mimic.
6:47:41 > 6:47:44Sure. OK, let's steal someone's food by using a noise.
6:47:44 > 6:47:46So, what noises have you learnt? I could just watch this.
6:47:46 > 6:47:48I could watch this for hours!
6:47:48 > 6:47:50Just a meerkat attacking what he probably thinks
6:47:50 > 6:47:52is a mouse or a rodent, but it's just a bit of...
6:47:52 > 6:47:55- Brilliant.- He probably thinks it's a scorpion and it's worth eating.
6:47:55 > 6:47:58Do you want to know hippo? Fancy learning hippo?
6:47:58 > 6:47:59Let's do hippo. Why not?
6:47:59 > 6:48:01OK, so hippo's a bit like an evil Father Christmas.
6:48:01 > 6:48:05It's kind of like a, "Ha-ha-ha-ha!"
6:48:05 > 6:48:06- OK!- A bit like that.
6:48:06 > 6:48:08If any hippos are listening, let's see if this has a reaction.
6:48:08 > 6:48:11Are you ready? "Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!" Any hippos looking up?
6:48:11 > 6:48:14They should bob their heads out of the water.
6:48:14 > 6:48:15Oh, look, there they go.
6:48:15 > 6:48:18- They're bobbing their heads out of the water.- As if by magic.
6:48:18 > 6:48:21- What have I just said?- You've just said, "Hello, this is my patch".
6:48:21 > 6:48:23They're sticking their heads up - "Hello, this is my patch".
6:48:23 > 6:48:25Hello, hippos! What else can you do?
6:48:25 > 6:48:27Cos this is more of a, "Oh, hello!" isn't it?
6:48:27 > 6:48:31I can do a romantic lady sloth looking for love. Go on, then.
6:48:31 > 6:48:33OK. She goes... Sorry about this.
6:48:33 > 6:48:36- She goes, "Wheeee!" - SHE SPEAKS IN HIGH-PITCHED TONE
6:48:36 > 6:48:39"Wheeeee!" It has to be that note?
6:48:39 > 6:48:42It's got to be D-sharp, otherwise the males, they won't respond.
6:48:42 > 6:48:44Beautiful, thank you. No male sloths on the way over.
6:48:44 > 6:48:46It'd take them four hours anyway!
6:48:46 > 6:48:48- Lucy, thanks for coming in and talking to us.- My pleasure.
6:48:48 > 6:48:51I'll use that technique all the way home to attract...
6:48:51 > 6:48:53No, I'm not. So the next episode we can see tonight?
6:48:53 > 6:48:55Yes, tonight, eight o'clock, BBC One.
6:48:55 > 6:48:58Lots of fantastic animal communication stories, yep.
6:48:58 > 6:49:00Beautiful. We have our own language at Blue Peter.
6:49:00 > 6:49:02- Radzi and Lindsey... - HE GARBLES NONSENSE
6:49:02 > 6:49:04I'm not doing it, it's rubbish. Here they are.
6:49:04 > 6:49:05LINDSEY LAUGHS I think you need
6:49:05 > 6:49:07a bit more practice there, Barney!
6:49:07 > 6:49:09It's pretty fair to say that Lindsey and I,
6:49:09 > 6:49:12we've had a fair few epic challenges over our time at Blue Peter.
6:49:12 > 6:49:13- We have.- Like rally driving.
6:49:13 > 6:49:16- I won that one. - Like horse carriage racing.
6:49:16 > 6:49:19- Yeah, I won. - The Next Step dance-off.
6:49:19 > 6:49:20Yeah, I won that one as well.
6:49:20 > 6:49:23The world championships of the stone skimming.
6:49:23 > 6:49:25Well done, you can have that one, Radzi.
6:49:25 > 6:49:28Now time to get back to the challenge that we saw earlier on in the show.
6:49:28 > 6:49:32You've seen us training, but now it's time for our race at Henley.
6:49:40 > 6:49:41Race day is finally here
6:49:41 > 6:49:45and that means that we're here at the Henley Royal Regatta.
6:49:45 > 6:49:47Radzi and I have been training hard for weeks
6:49:47 > 6:49:50and now it's finally time to go head-to-head and row in pairs.
6:49:50 > 6:49:52Linds, where are our rowing partners?
6:49:52 > 6:49:54I thought you were calling them, Radz?
6:49:54 > 6:49:57No, no, no, you said YOU were definitely calling them, Linds.
6:49:57 > 6:49:59Don't worry, they're getting the boats ready.
6:49:59 > 6:50:03'And here they are - Jenny Chapman and Pete Warman.'
6:50:04 > 6:50:07'Jenny's been rowing for five years
6:50:07 > 6:50:09'and has already raced at Henley three times!'
6:50:11 > 6:50:13'Pete has been rowing for nine years
6:50:13 > 6:50:15'and has also competed at Henley before,
6:50:15 > 6:50:19'where, in 2009, he won the Britannia Cox Fours race.'
6:50:20 > 6:50:23So, THEY'RE up to the job, but, Linds,
6:50:23 > 6:50:25I feel as if something's missing.
6:50:25 > 6:50:27I know. I wish we could have some last-minute help.
6:50:27 > 6:50:30If we just knew an Olympic, world and European champion, that would be...
6:50:30 > 6:50:33- All in the same person. - Oh, that would be...
6:50:33 > 6:50:35- Hey, guys.- Helen!
6:50:35 > 6:50:36How's training going?
6:50:36 > 6:50:39Well, it's funny you mention that because some of us
6:50:39 > 6:50:41have trained more than others, Lindsey.
6:50:41 > 6:50:44- Maybe some of us don't need to train as much!- Oh, big statement, or is it?
6:50:44 > 6:50:46Due to the fact you've brought a 6ft 4in, 15.5st Pete
6:50:46 > 6:50:48in the back of your boat!
6:50:48 > 6:50:50- I've still been training. I've got blisters.- A good sign.
6:50:50 > 6:50:52But, Helen, any tips for us?
6:50:52 > 6:50:54Make sure you listen to the person that you're in a boat with.
6:50:54 > 6:50:58Stay in time and row together, but really enjoy it. It'll be fun.
6:50:58 > 6:51:00It is amazing to be here,
6:51:00 > 6:51:02but there's a lot of people watching, aren't there?
6:51:02 > 6:51:04Absolutely. Try to ignore the pressure
6:51:04 > 6:51:06cos there's a lot watching you on the bank.
6:51:06 > 6:51:08Remember - stay focused and in your boat.
6:51:08 > 6:51:11- Team Radzi versus Team Lindsey. - May the best boat win!
6:51:12 > 6:51:14'Enough of the fighting talk,
6:51:14 > 6:51:16'it was time to get our boats on to the river.'
6:51:16 > 6:51:18I can't see this going well.
6:51:18 > 6:51:19'Henley is on the River Thames
6:51:19 > 6:51:23'and people have been rowing here for 175 years.
6:51:23 > 6:51:26'For this regatta, more than 200 races will take place over five days
6:51:26 > 6:51:29'and we are lucky enough to be in one of them.'
6:51:29 > 6:51:32'Lindsey and I will be racing each other
6:51:32 > 6:51:35'along 500m of the official two-kilometre course
6:51:35 > 6:51:38'with thousands of people cheering us on.
6:51:38 > 6:51:39'No pressure then!'
6:51:40 > 6:51:44I know Radzi has put more into this and he has trained hard.
6:51:44 > 6:51:47And I have trained...moderately hard.
6:51:47 > 6:51:49It is time to give it the beans and give it my all!
6:51:49 > 6:51:52Now we are here, I wish I had done a bit more cos this is intense.
6:51:52 > 6:51:54This is the calm before the storm.
6:51:54 > 6:51:59This is going to be tough and I am genuinely quite scared.
6:52:00 > 6:52:02She's pretending she's not very good,
6:52:02 > 6:52:04but I guarantee, no matter how good or bad she is,
6:52:04 > 6:52:07she's going to give this everything she's got!
6:52:09 > 6:52:11'Fred is the umpire for our race
6:52:11 > 6:52:14'and he'll be making sure we don't break any rules.'
6:52:14 > 6:52:16Attention!
6:52:16 > 6:52:18Go!
6:52:18 > 6:52:19'And we're off.'
6:52:19 > 6:52:22'Uh-oh! Lindsey and Pete have already got off to a flyer.'
6:52:22 > 6:52:24'It really helps to hear Helen cheering us on
6:52:24 > 6:52:25'from the umpire's boat.'
6:52:25 > 6:52:26Come on, guys!
6:52:28 > 6:52:30'I thought we were miles ahead at the start,
6:52:30 > 6:52:33'but we may have been a little too confident.'
6:52:35 > 6:52:38- Oh, no! Oh, no!- You're rowing well, Lindsey, it's good.
6:52:38 > 6:52:40Go on, Radzi, that's good!
6:52:42 > 6:52:44'Yes, this is our chance to get ahead,
6:52:44 > 6:52:46'I just need to stay focused.'
6:52:46 > 6:52:51- FRED:- That way, Radzi! Take it off with the left, pull the right.
6:52:51 > 6:52:54'No! My steering's all over the place, but we're giving it our all.'
6:52:57 > 6:53:00'This could be another chance for us to get back in the lead.'
6:53:00 > 6:53:02Come on, guys, sprint finish!
6:53:02 > 6:53:06'Almost at the finish, one final big push.'
6:53:06 > 6:53:09- JENNY:- That's the finish, take it down.
6:53:09 > 6:53:12'We're over the finish line. I've no idea who's won.'
6:53:12 > 6:53:15I thought it was too close to call, I couldn't tell.
6:53:15 > 6:53:17Well, Lindsey was leading the whole way down.
6:53:17 > 6:53:19And in the last 20 strokes, 20m,
6:53:19 > 6:53:22Radzi had a really good push to the line.
6:53:22 > 6:53:27That was not easy. My heart at that start line was pounding.
6:53:27 > 6:53:29I gave that absolutely everything I've got.
6:53:29 > 6:53:30Jenny, what did you reckon?
6:53:30 > 6:53:33I thought it was a really good race, a really solid performance.
6:53:33 > 6:53:35One of the best pieces you've done.
6:53:37 > 6:53:40I can honestly say that I was actually really, really impressed.
6:53:40 > 6:53:42I was really proud of you out there
6:53:42 > 6:53:44and I just thought that you took it on
6:53:44 > 6:53:46and you did exactly what we had told you to.
6:53:46 > 6:53:50'Wow, high praise for both of us from an Olympic gold medallist!'
6:53:50 > 6:53:52'But there has to be a winner.'
6:53:52 > 6:53:55Helen and I had to wait for the judges
6:53:55 > 6:53:58- because it was so very tight.- Wow.
6:53:58 > 6:54:01They had to look at the video on two or three occasions
6:54:01 > 6:54:05before they decided that Lindsey had won!
6:54:05 > 6:54:09Yes, yes! Yay!
6:54:09 > 6:54:12In the words of runner-up Radzi Chinyanganya - boom!
6:54:12 > 6:54:14- It's another win. - That was close, though.
6:54:14 > 6:54:17- It was.- We got to be in boats with Olympic gold medallists.
6:54:17 > 6:54:18- I'm inspired. - Unbelievable challenge.
6:54:18 > 6:54:21- Brilliant, well done. My next bit's about being inspired.- Is it?
6:54:21 > 6:54:24Head to the Blue Peter website and click on "Get Inspired".
6:54:24 > 6:54:27Don't forget, you can apply for your 2014 Blue Peter Sport Badge. Thanks.
6:54:27 > 6:54:31It's topics time now and straight in with the first one,
6:54:31 > 6:54:33it's from Magenta Giggly Cheetah who says,
6:54:33 > 6:54:36"I would ask a tiger what it would have for dinner tonight."
6:54:36 > 6:54:38Oh, good one. Grey Peachy Panda says,
6:54:38 > 6:54:40"If I could talk to animals, I would ask a chicken
6:54:40 > 6:54:42"that lives on a farm what it's like
6:54:42 > 6:54:44"to have your eggs stolen all the time".
6:54:44 > 6:54:46- That's a really good question. - Great question.
6:54:46 > 6:54:47Ginger Bright Elephant says,
6:54:47 > 6:54:49"Geese, why do you travel in V-form?"
6:54:49 > 6:54:52I like how they've addressed the question. Straight to the geese!
6:54:52 > 6:54:55- One of my favourite questions ever! - Philosophical. Grey Small Hawk says,
6:54:55 > 6:54:58"I would ask a bee - how long do you collect nectar for?"
6:54:58 > 6:55:00- Good question. - I bet you know the answer to that.
6:55:00 > 6:55:03I knew the one about geese, but I didn't want to bore the viewers.
6:55:03 > 6:55:06Uh, don't! Ivory Enormous Carrot says,
6:55:06 > 6:55:09"I would ask a monkey if they'd rather be related to humans or not".
6:55:09 > 6:55:11That's a weird one, but I like it.
6:55:11 > 6:55:13Pearl Hockey Robot - these names are getting better.
6:55:13 > 6:55:16"I would ask a killer whale - how long have you been on this planet?"
6:55:16 > 6:55:17That's a cracker, isn't it?
6:55:17 > 6:55:20One final one here from James The Labrador saying,
6:55:20 > 6:55:23"Can you please stop asking us what we sound like and what we say
6:55:23 > 6:55:25- "and just show us a bit of Rixton?" - HE SIGHS
6:55:25 > 6:55:27# All I need's a little love in my life... #
6:55:27 > 6:55:31Manchester four-piece Rixton are one of the UK's hottest new bands.
6:55:31 > 6:55:34Jake, Danny, Charley and Lewi have been making waves
6:55:34 > 6:55:37on both sides of the Atlantic with their debut single,
6:55:37 > 6:55:40Me And My Broken Heart, which stormed into the US Top 20.
6:55:40 > 6:55:42# My love... #
6:55:42 > 6:55:45In just one year, they've gone from performing cover versions online
6:55:45 > 6:55:48to appearing on prime-time hit TV shows in America.
6:55:48 > 6:55:51With sold-out tours in London and Manchester last month,
6:55:51 > 6:55:53Rixton are poised to be the next big thing
6:55:53 > 6:55:57and luckily for us, they're here now in the Blue Peter studio.
6:55:57 > 6:56:00Please welcome to the studio, it's Rixton!
6:56:00 > 6:56:03CHEERING Hello. Clapping yourself.
6:56:03 > 6:56:04Thank you so much for coming in
6:56:04 > 6:56:07and wearing your Blue Peter Badges with pride today.
6:56:07 > 6:56:10- That's all right, it's an honour. - Years this has taken us to get!
6:56:10 > 6:56:12- It's been our dream.- Well done, and also a massive well done -
6:56:12 > 6:56:14you are midweek number one in the charts.
6:56:14 > 6:56:17- Yes, we are.- Very exciting. Fingers crossed for a number one here.
6:56:17 > 6:56:20How do you go from making covers online - how you started -
6:56:20 > 6:56:23to being massive in America?
6:56:23 > 6:56:25We got a phone call from Scooter Braun,
6:56:25 > 6:56:26which is Justin Bieber's manager.
6:56:26 > 6:56:29He called us when we were in the studio, didn't he, Jake?
6:56:29 > 6:56:30Yeah, he called my phone.
6:56:30 > 6:56:33I thought it was someone pranking me at first.
6:56:33 > 6:56:35- You thought it was a joke? - I just hung up, I hung up,
6:56:35 > 6:56:38- and then I called back and, yeah. - Well, I'm glad you did call back
6:56:38 > 6:56:40cos Rixton are doing pretty well, aren't you?
6:56:40 > 6:56:41- We're all glad you did.- We are glad.
6:56:41 > 6:56:43- That was a good move. Now, Jake... - Yes.
6:56:43 > 6:56:45..performing runs in the family for you, doesn't it?
6:56:45 > 6:56:47- It does. - Cos your dad is Shane Richie.
6:56:47 > 6:56:48- He is.- Alfie Moon in EastEnders.
6:56:48 > 6:56:51And your mum's Coleen. I think we've got a photo...
6:56:51 > 6:56:54- There's your mum - Coleen Nolan. - Fantastic. Just me in a wig.
6:56:54 > 6:56:55Now, we are so happy to have you here
6:56:55 > 6:56:58and we've got loads of questions from our viewers,
6:56:58 > 6:57:00- so I'm just going to get started, is that OK?- Of course.
6:57:00 > 6:57:02The first one is from Red Violet Dancing Ostrich.
6:57:02 > 6:57:05- Well, that's the best name I've ever heard ever.- Good name.
6:57:05 > 6:57:08It says, "Do you have any secret talents and if so, what are they?"
6:57:08 > 6:57:10- Secret talents.- Secret...
6:57:10 > 6:57:12Oh, yes! Mr Daniel Wilkin,
6:57:12 > 6:57:15- he has the third largest tongue in Europe.- Is that official?
6:57:15 > 6:57:18- It's not, I've made it up, but we can pretend.- Can we see it?
6:57:18 > 6:57:21- Yeah.- Show us. Oh! That's worthy of a round of applause!
6:57:21 > 6:57:24APPLAUSE That's quite horrible!
6:57:24 > 6:57:25I just got a clap for my tongue.
6:57:25 > 6:57:29And Fire Opal Disco Dude - another great name -
6:57:29 > 6:57:31says, "Who has the worst hair in the morning?"
6:57:31 > 6:57:34Oh! Who's going to...
6:57:34 > 6:57:36- Mine's pretty bad. - It's curly, innit?
6:57:36 > 6:57:37Mine's curly, so...
6:57:37 > 6:57:40I know that when Charley wakes up his is exactly like this, exquisite.
6:57:40 > 6:57:42- It never moves.- It's exquisite.
6:57:42 > 6:57:44- Thank you for coming in today. - Thanks for having us.
6:57:44 > 6:57:46There's more questions to check out online
6:57:46 > 6:57:48and an exclusive online performance by Rixton.
6:57:48 > 6:57:50While you get ready, just time to tell you
6:57:50 > 6:57:52what's coming up on next week's show.
6:57:52 > 6:57:54'We're going to be celebrating
6:57:54 > 6:57:56'the start of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.'
6:57:56 > 6:57:58'And Radzi and I head to the Scottish Borders
6:57:58 > 6:58:01'to design our very own Blue Peter tartan.'
6:58:01 > 6:58:02'I get to meet one of Great Britain's
6:58:02 > 6:58:05'most successful Paralympic athletes, Libby Clegg.'
6:58:05 > 6:58:07And the most famous bagpipe band in the world -
6:58:07 > 6:58:09The Red Hot Chilli Pipers - are going to be right here.
6:58:09 > 6:58:12- Can't wait.- And they're playing the Blue Peter theme tune. Very cool.
6:58:12 > 6:58:15And now, playing us out with their brand-new single, we love it,
6:58:15 > 6:58:17it's Me And My Broken Heart with Rixton.
6:58:17 > 6:58:19- We'll see you next week! Goodbye! - Ta-ra!
6:58:19 > 6:58:21CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
6:58:21 > 6:58:24# All I need's a little love in my life
6:58:24 > 6:58:27# All I need's a little love in the dark
6:58:27 > 6:58:31# A little but I'm hoping it might kick-start
6:58:31 > 6:58:33# Me and my broken heart
6:58:33 > 6:58:36# I need a little loving tonight
6:58:36 > 6:58:38# Hold me so I'm not falling apart
6:58:38 > 6:58:42# A little but I'm hoping it might kick-start
6:58:42 > 6:58:44# Me and my broken heart... #
6:58:44 > 6:58:46Let's go!
6:58:46 > 6:58:49# I got one, aimed at my heart
6:58:49 > 6:58:52# You got one, tear me apart
6:58:52 > 6:58:53# And then some
6:58:53 > 6:58:57- # How do we call this love? - Oh-oh-oh-oh
6:58:57 > 6:59:00# I try to run away
6:59:00 > 6:59:03# But your eyes tell me to stay
6:59:03 > 6:59:07# Oh, why? Why do we call this love?
6:59:07 > 6:59:08# Oh-oh-oh-oh
6:59:08 > 6:59:15# It seems like we've been losing control, baby
6:59:15 > 6:59:18# Somebody tell me I'm not alone
6:59:18 > 6:59:19# When I say
6:59:19 > 6:59:23# All I need's a little love in my life
6:59:23 > 6:59:25# All I need's a little love in the dark
6:59:25 > 6:59:28# A little but I'm hoping it might kick-start
6:59:28 > 6:59:31# Me and my broken heart
6:59:31 > 6:59:34# I need a little loving tonight
6:59:34 > 6:59:36# Hold me so I'm not falling apart
6:59:36 > 6:59:40# A little but I'm hoping it might kick-start
6:59:40 > 6:59:42# Me and my broken heart... #
6:59:42 > 6:59:44Whoo-hoo!
6:59:44 > 6:59:48# Maybe some part of you just hates me
6:59:48 > 6:59:51# So you pick me up and play me
6:59:51 > 6:59:54# How do we call this love?
6:59:54 > 6:59:55# Oh-oh-oh-oh
6:59:55 > 6:59:59# One time Tell me you need me tonight
6:59:59 > 7:00:02# To make it easy You lie
7:00:02 > 7:00:06- # And say it's all for love - Oh-oh-oh-oh
7:00:06 > 7:00:12# It seems like we've been losing control, baby
7:00:12 > 7:00:16# Somebody tell me I'm not alone
7:00:16 > 7:00:17# When I say
7:00:17 > 7:00:20# All I need's a little love in my life
7:00:20 > 7:00:23# All I need's a little love in the dark
7:00:23 > 7:00:27# A little but I'm hoping it might kick-start
7:00:27 > 7:00:29# Me and my broken heart
7:00:29 > 7:00:31# I need a little loving tonight
7:00:31 > 7:00:34# Hold me so I'm not falling apart
7:00:34 > 7:00:38# A little but I'm hoping it might kick-start
7:00:38 > 7:00:40# Me and my broken... # Let's go! Hey!
7:00:40 > 7:00:43# Whoa oh, whoa oh
7:00:43 > 7:00:45# Me and my broken heart
7:00:45 > 7:00:49# Whoa oh, whoa oh
7:00:49 > 7:00:51# Me and my broken...
7:00:51 > 7:00:55# Yeah, yeah...
7:00:55 > 7:00:57# Me and my broken...
7:00:57 > 7:01:00# Yeah, yeah... #
7:01:00 > 7:01:01One, two...
7:01:05 > 7:01:07# Me and my broken heart
7:01:07 > 7:01:10# All I need's a little love in my life
7:01:10 > 7:01:13# All I need's a little love in the dark
7:01:13 > 7:01:16# A little but I'm hoping it might kick-start
7:01:16 > 7:01:18# Me and my broken heart
7:01:18 > 7:01:21# I need a little loving tonight
7:01:21 > 7:01:24# Hold me so I'm not falling apart
7:01:24 > 7:01:27# A little but I'm hoping it might kick-start
7:01:27 > 7:01:30# Me and my broken heart. #
7:01:30 > 7:01:33CHEERING AND APPLAUSE