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Coming up on today's show, find out if this airplane wing, | 7:29:33 | 7:29:36 | |
which is the same length as three double-decker buses, | 7:29:36 | 7:29:38 | |
will make it through a tiny French village. | 7:29:38 | 7:29:41 | |
And what do you get if you cross Sam and Mark, | 7:29:41 | 7:29:43 | |
table tennis balls, plastic bottles and balloons? | 7:29:43 | 7:29:46 | |
Plus it's competition time. | 7:29:46 | 7:29:47 | |
What story would you tell if you only had 500 words? | 7:29:47 | 7:29:51 | |
That's all coming up on today's live Blue Peter. | 7:29:51 | 7:29:53 | |
Don't go anywhere! | 7:29:53 | 7:29:55 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 7:30:10 | 7:30:13 | |
Hello! I do like a round of applause to start the show. | 7:30:13 | 7:30:16 | |
You're watching Blue Peter. You know that, you pressed the button. | 7:30:16 | 7:30:19 | |
It seems weird to fit all that into half an hour, but we will. | 7:30:19 | 7:30:22 | |
-We've got a special screwdriver. -Blue Peter magic. | 7:30:22 | 7:30:24 | |
We're live, as Barney said. | 7:30:24 | 7:30:26 | |
Which means we want you to get in touch and join in. | 7:30:26 | 7:30:29 | |
Later in the show, we're going to be talking | 7:30:29 | 7:30:31 | |
about Radio 2's 500 WORDS competition. | 7:30:31 | 7:30:33 | |
So today, we're thinking all about words, aren't we? | 7:30:33 | 7:30:36 | |
-Yes, we are, Lindsey. -Yes! RADZI LAUGHS | 7:30:36 | 7:30:38 | |
We want to know what is your favourite word... | 7:30:38 | 7:30:41 | |
-BOTH: -And why. -Mine has to be boom. | 7:30:41 | 7:30:43 | |
There's no better way to describe something awesome than boom. | 7:30:43 | 7:30:46 | |
-You say it all the time. -Blancmange is a great word. | 7:30:46 | 7:30:49 | |
It's quite French, as well, at the end there. | 7:30:49 | 7:30:51 | |
-With the "ggg"! -Well done. -Thank you. I've been practising. | 7:30:51 | 7:30:54 | |
What's your favourite word? Get in touch and tell us... | 7:30:54 | 7:30:57 | |
We'll try and read out as many as we can at the end of the show. | 7:30:57 | 7:31:01 | |
-That's right. So, why don't you pootle over to the website. -Pootle? | 7:31:01 | 7:31:04 | |
-Do you actually say that word? -Yes, pootle. | 7:31:04 | 7:31:06 | |
It means to go at a leisurely pace. It's my favourite word. | 7:31:06 | 7:31:08 | |
-It's a good word. -Reminds me of my -nan. I like that. | 7:31:08 | 7:31:11 | |
I'll do a leisurely stroll now, but it's not a pootle, | 7:31:11 | 7:31:13 | |
it's more of a soar, which is what you're doing, flying above my head. | 7:31:13 | 7:31:16 | |
I love anything and everything to do with planes and I've been | 7:31:16 | 7:31:20 | |
lucky enough on Blue Peter to do some pretty incredible stuff. | 7:31:20 | 7:31:22 | |
I've walked on them, I've actually flown planes, | 7:31:22 | 7:31:25 | |
and, as you can see here, I was pretty excited about it. | 7:31:25 | 7:31:28 | |
Aaargh! | 7:31:33 | 7:31:34 | |
So imagine how excited I was when the Blue Peter team told me | 7:31:41 | 7:31:44 | |
that the wings for the biggest passenger plane in the world | 7:31:44 | 7:31:47 | |
are made right here in the UK. | 7:31:47 | 7:31:49 | |
I just had to go and find out a little bit more about it. | 7:31:49 | 7:31:52 | |
So, this is the start of what turned out to be a thousand-mile adventure. | 7:31:52 | 7:31:56 | |
This is the extraordinary story of how an aeroplane is made. | 7:32:01 | 7:32:05 | |
Its parts are made all over Europe. | 7:32:05 | 7:32:07 | |
The tail section is made in Spain, | 7:32:07 | 7:32:09 | |
the rear section is made in Germany, the wings are made in Great Britain | 7:32:09 | 7:32:13 | |
and then it's all brought together and assembled in France. | 7:32:13 | 7:32:16 | |
Now that sounds quite complicated. | 7:32:16 | 7:32:18 | |
Well, it is complicated, because this is no ordinary plane. | 7:32:18 | 7:32:22 | |
This thing is big. | 7:32:22 | 7:32:24 | |
And I mean big! | 7:32:24 | 7:32:26 | |
Big! Big! | 7:32:28 | 7:32:30 | |
Big! | 7:32:30 | 7:32:31 | |
Big. | 7:32:31 | 7:32:33 | |
Say hello to the Airbus A380. | 7:32:33 | 7:32:38 | |
This is the largest passenger plane in the world. | 7:32:38 | 7:32:41 | |
Its tail fin is as high as an eight storey building. | 7:32:41 | 7:32:44 | |
It's as long as two blue whales. | 7:32:44 | 7:32:47 | |
It can carry 850 passengers and has a take-off weight of 560 tonnes. | 7:32:47 | 7:32:53 | |
That's the same as 400 family cars. | 7:32:53 | 7:32:56 | |
How this thing gets off the ground in the first place is a miracle | 7:32:56 | 7:32:58 | |
of engineering, but it's largely to do with those mammoth wings. | 7:32:58 | 7:33:02 | |
Those wings are so big that, | 7:33:02 | 7:33:03 | |
in all this time of me telling you these amazing facts, | 7:33:03 | 7:33:06 | |
I haven't even been able to get from one side to the other. | 7:33:06 | 7:33:09 | |
It's huge. | 7:33:09 | 7:33:11 | |
But before the wings can make this plane take flight, | 7:33:12 | 7:33:15 | |
each one needs to take a thousand-mile trip | 7:33:15 | 7:33:18 | |
from the wing factory in Wales to the final assembly line in France. | 7:33:18 | 7:33:22 | |
It's a monumentally complicated and ambitious journey. | 7:33:22 | 7:33:26 | |
So I thought I'd volunteer to help. Bring it on! | 7:33:26 | 7:33:30 | |
This is where the journey begins. | 7:33:30 | 7:33:32 | |
Well, actually, that's just a stream. Sorry. | 7:33:32 | 7:33:34 | |
This is where the journey begins - the wing factory in North Wales. | 7:33:34 | 7:33:39 | |
This place is the size of 12 football pitches | 7:33:39 | 7:33:43 | |
and it's so easy to get lost in here. | 7:33:43 | 7:33:45 | |
I'll be all right, though. I'll just WING it! | 7:33:45 | 7:33:48 | |
'One wing takes 87 days to travel round the factory, | 7:33:48 | 7:33:52 | |
'transformed from raw materials until, finally, | 7:33:52 | 7:33:55 | |
'it's all wrapped up, literally.' Can you imagine trying to wrap that? | 7:33:55 | 7:33:59 | |
You know how difficult birthday presents can be. | 7:33:59 | 7:34:01 | |
Luckily, you don't have to. It's been done by professionals. | 7:34:01 | 7:34:04 | |
As soon as that goes out of that door, | 7:34:04 | 7:34:05 | |
the journey starts to get very exciting. | 7:34:05 | 7:34:08 | |
But how do you move a wing the size of three double-decker buses? | 7:34:08 | 7:34:13 | |
Easy! You use one of these - a mega truck! | 7:34:13 | 7:34:16 | |
With a staggering 96 wheels, this is the Big Daddy of gadgets | 7:34:16 | 7:34:21 | |
and they've given me the controller. | 7:34:21 | 7:34:23 | |
HE LAUGHS, TRUCK BEEPS | 7:34:23 | 7:34:26 | |
Ooh, there's your big... This is brilliant. | 7:34:26 | 7:34:30 | |
-Not too bad, that, for first go. -Right, let's get a wing on it, yeah? | 7:34:33 | 7:34:37 | |
So, now the low loader is in place, what they've got to do is use | 7:34:38 | 7:34:42 | |
hydraulics to push it up and lift this entire thing off the ground. | 7:34:42 | 7:34:46 | |
That is incredibly heavy. | 7:34:46 | 7:34:48 | |
'All that's left to do is secure the wing... | 7:34:48 | 7:34:51 | |
'and we're ready for take-off.' | 7:34:51 | 7:34:53 | |
I love my job. | 7:34:53 | 7:34:55 | |
MUSIC: "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss | 7:34:55 | 7:34:58 | |
This thing is a monster. | 7:35:15 | 7:35:18 | |
This wing is now going to make its journey down this road | 7:35:18 | 7:35:21 | |
towards a barge that's waiting on some water. | 7:35:21 | 7:35:23 | |
The next stage of the journey begins. | 7:35:25 | 7:35:27 | |
'And the mega truck is so clever, | 7:35:27 | 7:35:29 | |
'it's now steering itself, | 7:35:29 | 7:35:30 | |
'following radio signals transmitted from the road | 7:35:30 | 7:35:33 | |
'to keep all those wheels on the straight and narrow. | 7:35:33 | 7:35:35 | |
'Or not so straight and very narrow.' | 7:35:35 | 7:35:38 | |
It's got to make it round this corner on the bridge. | 7:35:38 | 7:35:41 | |
Just watch how close it gets to the curb here. | 7:35:41 | 7:35:43 | |
'With inches to spare, we've made it to the river.' | 7:35:48 | 7:35:51 | |
Job done. | 7:35:53 | 7:35:54 | |
Ha! Who am I kidding? | 7:35:54 | 7:35:56 | |
It's another day and it's another bizarre image. | 7:35:59 | 7:36:02 | |
Look at that! A massive wing on a boat. | 7:36:02 | 7:36:05 | |
Now the wing will make its next part of its journey | 7:36:05 | 7:36:07 | |
down the river and hopefully under some bridges. | 7:36:07 | 7:36:10 | |
So, the captain has got to judge it just right, because, if the | 7:36:10 | 7:36:12 | |
water level is too high, that wing will not fit under those bridges. | 7:36:12 | 7:36:17 | |
That could be a problem. | 7:36:17 | 7:36:18 | |
If we're quick enough, we can get to that first bridge | 7:36:18 | 7:36:20 | |
and see if it fits. Come on. | 7:36:20 | 7:36:22 | |
You can see how close it is from the bottom of the bridge | 7:36:27 | 7:36:30 | |
and the top of the boat. | 7:36:30 | 7:36:32 | |
Whoa, that is so close! | 7:36:32 | 7:36:34 | |
I'm pretty sure this next bridge is actually a lot lower. | 7:36:34 | 7:36:37 | |
It doesn't look like that's going to fit, from here. | 7:36:37 | 7:36:39 | |
It is so, so close. | 7:36:41 | 7:36:42 | |
'This amazing wing has already had quite a journey down road | 7:36:43 | 7:36:47 | |
'and river, over and under bridges and now it powers on towards | 7:36:47 | 7:36:50 | |
'the docks, to be shipped to another country.' | 7:36:50 | 7:36:53 | |
Despite all it's been through so far, | 7:36:54 | 7:36:57 | |
this has been the easy part of the journey. | 7:36:57 | 7:36:59 | |
I cannot wait to see what happens when it gets to France. | 7:36:59 | 7:37:02 | |
I'll see you there. | 7:37:02 | 7:37:04 | |
That is going to be amazing, and part two is coming up later in the show. | 7:37:06 | 7:37:10 | |
Now, are you a budding JK Rowling, | 7:37:10 | 7:37:11 | |
or do you aspire to write as well as Anthony Horowitz? | 7:37:11 | 7:37:14 | |
If so, listen up, | 7:37:14 | 7:37:16 | |
because, this week, the 500 WORDS competition was launched, | 7:37:16 | 7:37:18 | |
and Barney went to London to find out a little bit more. | 7:37:18 | 7:37:21 | |
It's early morning in the capital city. | 7:37:23 | 7:37:25 | |
Everything is quiet, peaceful, serene. | 7:37:25 | 7:37:28 | |
# Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday... # | 7:37:30 | 7:37:32 | |
That is, until DJ Chris Evans wakes up the nation | 7:37:32 | 7:37:36 | |
with the UK's favourite breakfast show. | 7:37:36 | 7:37:38 | |
# The Chris Evans Breakfast Show! # | 7:37:38 | 7:37:41 | |
I'm at the home of Radio 2 and, in a few minutes, | 7:37:41 | 7:37:44 | |
I'm going to be live on air to talk about 500 WORDS 2014, | 7:37:44 | 7:37:47 | |
the short story writing competition which gives you the chance | 7:37:47 | 7:37:50 | |
to let your imagination run wild. | 7:37:50 | 7:37:52 | |
Last year, I had the pleasure of reading out | 7:37:54 | 7:37:56 | |
one of the winning stories at the 500 WORDS final in Hay-on-Wye. | 7:37:56 | 7:38:00 | |
"It was by chance that I met B, or 1069B, to give him his real name." | 7:38:00 | 7:38:05 | |
It really was a fantastic experience and so when Chris asked me | 7:38:05 | 7:38:08 | |
to get involved again this year, I jumped at the chance. | 7:38:08 | 7:38:11 | |
On the way on the show, Barney from Blue Peter | 7:38:11 | 7:38:13 | |
talking about 500 WORDS, | 7:38:13 | 7:38:15 | |
along with head judge Richard Hammond. | 7:38:15 | 7:38:19 | |
So, we're about to go live on BBC Radio 2. | 7:38:19 | 7:38:21 | |
This show has over ten million listeners. | 7:38:21 | 7:38:23 | |
Let's go and spread the word. Well, all 500 of them. | 7:38:23 | 7:38:26 | |
Barney, tell us about your experience there last year. | 7:38:26 | 7:38:29 | |
In many ways, you saved the day, didn't you? | 7:38:29 | 7:38:31 | |
It was kind of last minute last year. | 7:38:31 | 7:38:33 | |
Helen Skelton was supposed to be reading the story that | 7:38:33 | 7:38:35 | |
Olivia Hunt wrote, and she got a bit ill, so, the night before, | 7:38:35 | 7:38:38 | |
I get a phone call. | 7:38:38 | 7:38:39 | |
So, when I read the actual story on the day, | 7:38:39 | 7:38:41 | |
it was the first time I'd read it through. | 7:38:41 | 7:38:43 | |
You asked Olivia what she thought about me reading the story. | 7:38:43 | 7:38:46 | |
She said, "Well, it's OK, but he's not a girl." | 7:38:46 | 7:38:49 | |
A good book has to take you somewhere, doesn't it? | 7:38:49 | 7:38:51 | |
Yeah, a good book has to take you somewhere. There should be a journey. | 7:38:51 | 7:38:55 | |
I think the fact that it's 500 words is one of the keys that helps | 7:38:55 | 7:38:58 | |
the children do that, because you've got to get on with it. | 7:38:58 | 7:39:01 | |
And also what's great about 500 words is it's not too daunting, | 7:39:01 | 7:39:04 | |
cos it's not too many. | 7:39:04 | 7:39:05 | |
The website is up and running. | 7:39:05 | 7:39:07 | |
This year, it's got a new little character, Alphabot. | 7:39:07 | 7:39:09 | |
-Brilliant. -Alphabot can say hello to us. | 7:39:09 | 7:39:12 | |
-'Happy Monday!' -That's Alphabot for you! How good is he? | 7:39:12 | 7:39:16 | |
We had 90,000 entrants last year | 7:39:16 | 7:39:18 | |
and they go through two phases. | 7:39:18 | 7:39:20 | |
They get whittled down to the top 50 and then we, the judges, | 7:39:20 | 7:39:24 | |
sit down, read all 50 | 7:39:24 | 7:39:25 | |
and sit round a table for as long as it takes to put across, | 7:39:25 | 7:39:29 | |
"Right, I think this one should go forward," or, "I think this one." | 7:39:29 | 7:39:32 | |
And they are all amazing. It is a pleasure. | 7:39:32 | 7:39:35 | |
This isn't homework. | 7:39:35 | 7:39:36 | |
You're sitting down to read 50 exciting, fabulous stories. | 7:39:36 | 7:39:40 | |
-Headline time, please. -500 words is the limit. | 7:39:40 | 7:39:42 | |
There are two categories - nine and under, or ten to thirteen. | 7:39:42 | 7:39:45 | |
And really two big rules to think about. | 7:39:45 | 7:39:47 | |
Your story must be completely made-up and no more than 500 words. | 7:39:47 | 7:39:51 | |
But, believe me, that is enough. | 7:39:51 | 7:39:53 | |
In those 500 words, you can take us to space, | 7:39:53 | 7:39:55 | |
it might be cowboys, heroes, criminals, villains. | 7:39:55 | 7:39:57 | |
It's your imagination. It's entirely up to you. Be in charge. | 7:39:57 | 7:40:01 | |
'I've loved every minute of being on the Breakfast Show, | 7:40:01 | 7:40:04 | |
'but it's only fair that the person who has the last word | 7:40:04 | 7:40:07 | |
'on 500 WORDS is Mr Chris Evans.' | 7:40:07 | 7:40:10 | |
Blue Peter viewers! | 7:40:10 | 7:40:11 | |
500 WORDS 2014 needs you. | 7:40:11 | 7:40:15 | |
Go to the Radio 2 website at bbc.co.uk/radio2 | 7:40:15 | 7:40:19 | |
and 500 WORDS to find out more now. | 7:40:19 | 7:40:22 | |
Now if you are thinking of entering, the details are also on | 7:40:23 | 7:40:27 | |
our website, plus we've got somebody who I think might just inspire you. | 7:40:27 | 7:40:32 | |
That's right. She's the author of the Darcy Burdock series. | 7:40:32 | 7:40:34 | |
She's toured all over the world telling her stories and, | 7:40:34 | 7:40:37 | |
on top of that, she even illustrates all of her own work. She's a genius. | 7:40:37 | 7:40:40 | |
-Incredible! -Please welcome to the studio the amazing Laura Dockrill. | 7:40:40 | 7:40:43 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 7:40:43 | 7:40:45 | |
-Hello! -Welcome, Laura. | 7:40:45 | 7:40:47 | |
-Step on up. -Hello. How are you doing? | 7:40:47 | 7:40:49 | |
-Very well, now that you're here, Laura. -Oh, thanks! | 7:40:49 | 7:40:52 | |
Now, Laura, as a writer, what advice would you have | 7:40:52 | 7:40:55 | |
for any viewers hoping to write a 500 word story? | 7:40:55 | 7:40:58 | |
What I would say, use your imagination, | 7:40:58 | 7:41:00 | |
trust your instinct and be brave. | 7:41:00 | 7:41:01 | |
I love when people have pushed themselves | 7:41:01 | 7:41:03 | |
in the stories they write. | 7:41:03 | 7:41:04 | |
When you're reading a story, what makes you excited? | 7:41:04 | 7:41:07 | |
For me, it's all about character. | 7:41:07 | 7:41:09 | |
I think if somebody's pushed themselves, | 7:41:09 | 7:41:11 | |
found that good character, that can guide a whole story. | 7:41:11 | 7:41:14 | |
-Humour, as well, sometimes. -Humour is a winner, always. | 7:41:14 | 7:41:16 | |
I feel you can't go wrong with humour. | 7:41:16 | 7:41:18 | |
-If you've made someone smile. -And, as a special treat, | 7:41:18 | 7:41:20 | |
you've written your very own 500 word story | 7:41:20 | 7:41:23 | |
and you're going to perform a bit of it for us in the studio. | 7:41:23 | 7:41:25 | |
-So, I'll let you go and get ready. -OK, thank you very much. | 7:41:25 | 7:41:29 | |
And whilst Laura gets ready, this is exclusively for you at home - | 7:41:29 | 7:41:32 | |
The Smile That Was Left At Home is being written, performed | 7:41:32 | 7:41:35 | |
and beautifully illustrated by Laura Dockrill. | 7:41:35 | 7:41:38 | |
Joe had left his smile at home. | 7:41:38 | 7:41:41 | |
He was only out with Dad, so he wouldn't need it. | 7:41:41 | 7:41:44 | |
He put it underneath his favourite comedian Ali-Greater's joke book. | 7:41:44 | 7:41:49 | |
It would be safe there. | 7:41:49 | 7:41:50 | |
Dad sighed, disappointed. | 7:41:50 | 7:41:52 | |
"I made sure you inherited my dazzling smile | 7:41:52 | 7:41:55 | |
"and what do you do with it? Leave it at home! | 7:41:55 | 7:41:58 | |
"You never know when you might need a smile | 7:41:58 | 7:42:01 | |
"and we're at the zoo today." | 7:42:01 | 7:42:02 | |
Of course! How could Joe have forgotten? | 7:42:02 | 7:42:05 | |
He'd been so wrapped up in the Ali-Greater book | 7:42:05 | 7:42:08 | |
that it had slipped his mind. | 7:42:08 | 7:42:10 | |
What a stupid day to leave his smile at home! | 7:42:10 | 7:42:13 | |
There was so much to smile at. | 7:42:13 | 7:42:15 | |
Penguins waddling, | 7:42:15 | 7:42:16 | |
meerkats standing upright like electrified teddy bears, | 7:42:16 | 7:42:20 | |
pigs snuffling, monkeys pulling faces. | 7:42:20 | 7:42:24 | |
They reached the alligators, | 7:42:24 | 7:42:26 | |
when Joe heard a voice he recognised. | 7:42:26 | 7:42:28 | |
"Isn't that...?" Dad started to say. | 7:42:28 | 7:42:31 | |
"Ali-Greater!" Joe squealed. He was right there, in the zoo, | 7:42:31 | 7:42:36 | |
doing some filming for his TV show. | 7:42:36 | 7:42:39 | |
He was dressed as an alligator and was being hysterical, as always. | 7:42:39 | 7:42:44 | |
"I don't believe it!" Joe gawped, "He's my favourite!" | 7:42:44 | 7:42:49 | |
"Go over," Dad nudged, "Get an autograph." | 7:42:49 | 7:42:52 | |
"I'm so excited!" Joe flapped over | 7:42:52 | 7:42:54 | |
with Dad following, all jumpy behind. | 7:42:54 | 7:42:56 | |
"Stand back, kid! We're filming!" | 7:42:56 | 7:42:59 | |
grunted a bossy man with a clipboard. | 7:42:59 | 7:43:02 | |
Ali-Greater smiled. | 7:43:02 | 7:43:03 | |
He really was a nice man. | 7:43:03 | 7:43:06 | |
"I'm your biggest fan!" Joe gushed, "I know all your jokes! | 7:43:06 | 7:43:09 | |
"I read your book every night!" | 7:43:09 | 7:43:11 | |
Ali-Greater laughed. "Awesome. | 7:43:11 | 7:43:13 | |
"Why don't you jump in a scene with me? | 7:43:13 | 7:43:15 | |
"I'm filming something for my show, be great to get you in." | 7:43:15 | 7:43:19 | |
The bossy man with the clipboard didn't seem too happy, | 7:43:19 | 7:43:22 | |
but Dad seemed proud. | 7:43:22 | 7:43:24 | |
"I'll say a few jokes and you laugh, cool?" | 7:43:24 | 7:43:28 | |
Not cool. Not cool at all. | 7:43:28 | 7:43:31 | |
Joe began to sweat. Dad gulped. | 7:43:31 | 7:43:34 | |
They both knew that Joe had left his smile at home. | 7:43:34 | 7:43:38 | |
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING | 7:43:38 | 7:43:41 | |
Laura, thank you so much. | 7:43:41 | 7:43:42 | |
-That was lovely. -Thank you. | 7:43:42 | 7:43:45 | |
Now, for those of you at home, you may have noticed, | 7:43:45 | 7:43:47 | |
that was only 289 words, not the full 500. | 7:43:47 | 7:43:50 | |
So, if you do want to find out how that story ends, | 7:43:50 | 7:43:52 | |
just jump onto our website... | 7:43:52 | 7:43:54 | |
Plus you can find out how to enter the competition yourselves. | 7:43:56 | 7:43:59 | |
Barney, why so sad? | 7:43:59 | 7:44:01 | |
Sorry, Radzi, I left my smile at home. | 7:44:01 | 7:44:04 | |
I'm only kidding. Come back! I've got a cracker, watch this... | 7:44:04 | 7:44:07 | |
Let's talk about what happened earlier, shall we? | 7:44:07 | 7:44:10 | |
We were following the story of a massive aeroplane wing | 7:44:10 | 7:44:12 | |
as it made its way to France. | 7:44:12 | 7:44:14 | |
The last time you saw it, it was on a boat, | 7:44:14 | 7:44:15 | |
and, since then, it's arrived at France. | 7:44:15 | 7:44:17 | |
So, things are about to get tricky. | 7:44:17 | 7:44:19 | |
Will the massive wing make it through le petit village? | 7:44:19 | 7:44:22 | |
Or will it end up hitting the maisons? That's French for houses. | 7:44:22 | 7:44:25 | |
It's about to get really exciting. | 7:44:25 | 7:44:27 | |
And you get to see some more of my French skill. Voila. | 7:44:27 | 7:44:30 | |
Bonjour. Foufe de la poupe de champignon de slippy slipper. | 7:44:36 | 7:44:40 | |
I don't speak French. | 7:44:40 | 7:44:41 | |
But I am in France, in a lovely little village called Levignac. | 7:44:41 | 7:44:44 | |
Lots of history here, beautiful ornate buildings. | 7:44:44 | 7:44:47 | |
But it is a village, which means it's quite small. | 7:44:47 | 7:44:50 | |
And that could be a problem. | 7:44:50 | 7:44:53 | |
Because this very narrow street behind me | 7:44:53 | 7:44:55 | |
is the only street they can use to transport the massive parts | 7:44:55 | 7:44:59 | |
that make the biggest passenger aeroplane in the world. | 7:44:59 | 7:45:02 | |
This double-decker plane is truly massive. I've been following | 7:45:04 | 7:45:09 | |
the extraordinary journey of its mighty wings. | 7:45:09 | 7:45:12 | |
The last time I saw one was in North Wales, | 7:45:12 | 7:45:15 | |
and, from there, a ferry carries the wings to the south of France. | 7:45:15 | 7:45:18 | |
But to get to the factory, the only option is to go by road. | 7:45:18 | 7:45:22 | |
Which is why it's got to come through here. | 7:45:24 | 7:45:27 | |
And I don't think it's going to fit! | 7:45:27 | 7:45:30 | |
'To cause the least disruption to the locals, | 7:45:32 | 7:45:34 | |
'the convoy must come through here at night, | 7:45:34 | 7:45:37 | |
'which gives me time to see a finished A380 up close | 7:45:37 | 7:45:40 | |
'with chief test pilot Peter Chandler.' | 7:45:40 | 7:45:43 | |
I think the first thing you notice is the staircase, isn't it? | 7:45:43 | 7:45:45 | |
-It's such a huge plane. It has an upstairs, as well. -That's right. | 7:45:45 | 7:45:48 | |
That's the unique thing about this aeroplane is that it has | 7:45:48 | 7:45:51 | |
a full double-deck, so there's a main passenger deck here | 7:45:51 | 7:45:53 | |
and there's another full passenger deck upstairs. | 7:45:53 | 7:45:56 | |
So, yes, we have a big staircase there. | 7:45:56 | 7:45:58 | |
The scale of this thing is just incredible. | 7:45:58 | 7:46:00 | |
This is all very impressive | 7:46:00 | 7:46:01 | |
and it's the bit we've come to see but, more importantly, | 7:46:01 | 7:46:04 | |
the bit you get to play with, the cockpit. | 7:46:04 | 7:46:06 | |
Do you want to go there now? | 7:46:06 | 7:46:07 | |
I would love to. It's not even my birthday. | 7:46:07 | 7:46:10 | |
In the end, you've got all the gadgets that you need | 7:46:13 | 7:46:15 | |
when you're in the air and that's all fine | 7:46:15 | 7:46:17 | |
and we like learning about it, but the key question is, | 7:46:17 | 7:46:20 | |
how fast does it go? | 7:46:20 | 7:46:22 | |
Around 600mph is the speed over the ground. | 7:46:22 | 7:46:25 | |
And, of course, in testing, although that's the normal cruising speed, | 7:46:25 | 7:46:28 | |
we have to take it significantly faster than that. | 7:46:28 | 7:46:31 | |
'This is so cool. And it's about to get cooler.' | 7:46:31 | 7:46:34 | |
There you go. | 7:46:34 | 7:46:35 | |
Always wanted to do this. Thank you, Peter. | 7:46:35 | 7:46:38 | |
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is the captain speaking. | 7:46:38 | 7:46:41 | |
I hope you enjoy your flight today. | 7:46:41 | 7:46:42 | |
I've never flown one of these before, but it should be OK. | 7:46:42 | 7:46:45 | |
I'm just going to get it started. | 7:46:45 | 7:46:47 | |
Get the keys out of the glove box and, yeah, we'll be on our way. | 7:46:47 | 7:46:51 | |
Sit back and relax and enjoy the flight. OK. Bye. | 7:46:51 | 7:46:55 | |
Excellent, right, um... How do we start it? | 7:46:55 | 7:46:59 | |
'But before you can fly a plane, you have to build a plane, | 7:46:59 | 7:47:02 | |
'and, for that, you need parts.' | 7:47:02 | 7:47:04 | |
So, the wing has travelled 1,000 miles by road, river and sea | 7:47:04 | 7:47:08 | |
and has finally arrived here in France, | 7:47:08 | 7:47:10 | |
ready for the final leg of its journey. | 7:47:10 | 7:47:12 | |
If you look in the distance, | 7:47:12 | 7:47:13 | |
it's been joined by other parts of the plane. | 7:47:13 | 7:47:15 | |
It's got to be one of the most bonkers plane jigsaws | 7:47:15 | 7:47:17 | |
I've ever seen. This all goes together to make one whole plane. | 7:47:17 | 7:47:20 | |
Have you ever seen anything like it? | 7:47:20 | 7:47:22 | |
They'll need a lot of glue, I know that. | 7:47:22 | 7:47:24 | |
I've done these myself. But smaller versions, obviously. | 7:47:24 | 7:47:27 | |
I want one. | 7:47:27 | 7:47:29 | |
Apparently, there are some really big plane parts just here, | 7:47:30 | 7:47:33 | |
but, um, I can't find them. I guess that was a tall "tail". | 7:47:33 | 7:47:36 | |
So, this is it, the convoy is leaving. | 7:47:38 | 7:47:41 | |
All these parts of the plane are heading to the factory | 7:47:41 | 7:47:43 | |
to be assembled together. But don't forget, | 7:47:43 | 7:47:45 | |
they've all got to get through | 7:47:45 | 7:47:46 | |
that really tiny village that we saw. And look at the size of it! | 7:47:46 | 7:47:49 | |
It doesn't even seem possible that that will happen. | 7:47:49 | 7:47:52 | |
So what we will try and do now is get back in the car, | 7:47:52 | 7:47:54 | |
get ahead of them all and see if the village | 7:47:54 | 7:47:56 | |
is still standing by the time they get through it. Come on. | 7:47:56 | 7:47:58 | |
So it's just gone past midnight here in Levignac. | 7:48:04 | 7:48:07 | |
What would normally be a very quiet and dimly lit street | 7:48:07 | 7:48:10 | |
is buzzing with flashing lights. | 7:48:10 | 7:48:12 | |
I am so excited, and so is the rest of the village. | 7:48:12 | 7:48:14 | |
Lots of people have turned out to see this happen. | 7:48:14 | 7:48:16 | |
Especially because of the bit it's about to go through. | 7:48:16 | 7:48:19 | |
You can see how tight this space is. | 7:48:19 | 7:48:20 | |
Now, this wing costs a fortune, and where it's about to go right now | 7:48:20 | 7:48:24 | |
is a really tight part of the village. | 7:48:24 | 7:48:26 | |
Look how close that is! | 7:48:26 | 7:48:28 | |
I can't believe what I'm seeing. You'd never see an aeroplane | 7:48:28 | 7:48:31 | |
flying this low through a village, that's for sure. | 7:48:31 | 7:48:33 | |
What an incredible thing to see. That's just the tail of a huge plane | 7:48:33 | 7:48:38 | |
being driven through the centre of a village after midnight. | 7:48:38 | 7:48:42 | |
Do you know what I think would be quite funny, is the people | 7:48:42 | 7:48:45 | |
that are up in these houses here on the first floor, | 7:48:45 | 7:48:47 | |
just having a cup of tea and a plane just goes past the window. | 7:48:47 | 7:48:50 | |
I mean, look at the size of that thing! Just look at that! | 7:48:50 | 7:48:53 | |
It's the only journey this aircraft can do to get to the factories. | 7:48:54 | 7:48:58 | |
They took that in mind when designing it, | 7:48:58 | 7:49:00 | |
so that it did actually fit through the village. | 7:49:00 | 7:49:02 | |
That's engineering for you. | 7:49:02 | 7:49:04 | |
Look how close that is there to the roof as it goes through. | 7:49:04 | 7:49:07 | |
Any tighter or any closer to that roof | 7:49:07 | 7:49:10 | |
and somebody would wake up with no roof on their house. | 7:49:10 | 7:49:12 | |
So there it is - the final piece in this rather incredible jigsaw - | 7:49:17 | 7:49:20 | |
the last part of the plane | 7:49:20 | 7:49:22 | |
on its way to the factory before it gets assembled. | 7:49:22 | 7:49:24 | |
So it's the last stage of its journey down here | 7:49:24 | 7:49:26 | |
before it begins thousands more up there. Incredible. | 7:49:26 | 7:49:30 | |
Ooh, just! Just got through! I'm glad it did. Now... | 7:49:33 | 7:49:36 | |
time for something very different, because Sam and Mark are here! | 7:49:36 | 7:49:40 | |
-CHEERING Hello, Sam and Mark. -Hello! | 7:49:40 | 7:49:44 | |
-Thanks for joining us on Blue Peter today. -Thanks for having us. | 7:49:44 | 7:49:47 | |
-You're going to help me make a mini game, aren't you? -Yes. | 7:49:47 | 7:49:49 | |
A very exciting one. But to help it make a bit more sense, | 7:49:49 | 7:49:52 | |
let's have a look at this first. | 7:49:52 | 7:49:54 | |
Let's do this! It's time to wind up your dad. Get winding, go on! | 7:49:54 | 7:49:58 | |
Audience, where should we take him? | 7:49:59 | 7:50:02 | |
AUDIENCE: To the top! | 7:50:02 | 7:50:04 | |
What are you waiting for? In three, two, one, release the Dad! | 7:50:04 | 7:50:08 | |
CHEERING | 7:50:08 | 7:50:10 | |
-APPLAUSE Yes! -Throw him down! Throw him down! | 7:50:15 | 7:50:18 | |
-Outrageous! Dad pin bowling. -Yeah! -Yes! -Tell me more. | 7:50:18 | 7:50:21 | |
Um, we stick a dad in, um, basically a massive leotard, | 7:50:21 | 7:50:26 | |
stick him in a bowling ball and put him right down the middle. | 7:50:26 | 7:50:30 | |
-For revenge? -Yes. At the top of every show, | 7:50:30 | 7:50:33 | |
we get a kid out of the audience whose parents have embarrassed them | 7:50:33 | 7:50:36 | |
-and that's the way of them getting their own back. -OK. | 7:50:36 | 7:50:38 | |
-There's Mum pin bowling too. -Barney Harwood pin bowling? | 7:50:38 | 7:50:41 | |
-We could do! -That would be fun. -I'd love to see that. | 7:50:41 | 7:50:44 | |
-I'd love to see that! -Anyway, let's get on with this. | 7:50:44 | 7:50:46 | |
We'll show you how to make a mini version of the game. | 7:50:46 | 7:50:48 | |
So, don't be worried, you don't need a dad or a mum or anything. | 7:50:48 | 7:50:51 | |
You just need ping-pong balls, or table tennis balls. | 7:50:51 | 7:50:54 | |
You need, what are they? Tennis balls, juggling balls, | 7:50:54 | 7:50:56 | |
you need a pair of scissors, some food colouring... | 7:50:56 | 7:50:59 | |
-One juggling ball! -..a plastic bottle and some scissors. | 7:50:59 | 7:51:02 | |
-I think that's everything. Shall we get started? -Let's do it. | 7:51:02 | 7:51:04 | |
The first thing you need to do is get your bottle, undo the lid, | 7:51:04 | 7:51:07 | |
like so, and then pour in and fill it up with about... | 7:51:07 | 7:51:12 | |
Oh, dear, I've got it all over the table. ..about a third of water. | 7:51:12 | 7:51:15 | |
-So exciting! I've never done a make. -Have you not? | 7:51:15 | 7:51:18 | |
-This is big-time, man. -It's a good one. | 7:51:18 | 7:51:20 | |
-What are you smelling? -Lime was in that. -Really? | 7:51:20 | 7:51:22 | |
Remember, all the details are on the website... | 7:51:22 | 7:51:25 | |
Now, I'm going to funk mine up a bit with a tiny bit of food colouring. | 7:51:27 | 7:51:31 | |
-Somewhere there? -Here we go. -Thank you. | 7:51:31 | 7:51:33 | |
And you just need a few drops of this | 7:51:33 | 7:51:35 | |
and it just makes it look a bit individual. | 7:51:35 | 7:51:37 | |
-Like that. Would you like some? -Yeah! -There you go. | 7:51:37 | 7:51:40 | |
And then you need to put your lid on nice and tightly, like so, | 7:51:40 | 7:51:43 | |
give it a little shake and you've got the beginning of your skittle there. | 7:51:43 | 7:51:47 | |
It's looking nice and green. Now, to make it look more skittle like, | 7:51:47 | 7:51:51 | |
you need to get the top on it. | 7:51:51 | 7:51:52 | |
So I'm going to grab the ping-pong ball and a balloon. | 7:51:52 | 7:51:55 | |
-Could you pass the balloon? -Yeah. | 7:51:55 | 7:51:57 | |
And you might need to help me with this, because it's a bit tricky. | 7:51:57 | 7:52:00 | |
A Blue Peter top tip is just cut the end of the balloon, like so, | 7:52:00 | 7:52:03 | |
-because that makes it a bit easier to get that table tennis ball in. -OK. | 7:52:03 | 7:52:08 | |
-And then, here we go. Give us a hand. -Of course. | 7:52:08 | 7:52:11 | |
Can you help me get that in there? | 7:52:11 | 7:52:12 | |
-I'll do more on my own, shall I? -It's not easy. | 7:52:12 | 7:52:14 | |
-Oh, there we go. Like a pro. -Almost! -Almost done it. | 7:52:14 | 7:52:18 | |
-Didn't want to do it... -And then, the next thing you need to do is just | 7:52:18 | 7:52:22 | |
slot that on the top of the water bottle, like so. There you go. | 7:52:22 | 7:52:26 | |
-It's starting to look more skittle like. -I'm a lefty. | 7:52:26 | 7:52:29 | |
-What have you done? -Where are the left-handed scissors? | 7:52:29 | 7:52:32 | |
Get someone's help if it's difficult. | 7:52:32 | 7:52:34 | |
The next thing you need to do is decorate your skittle. | 7:52:34 | 7:52:37 | |
I might have some masking tape for that. | 7:52:37 | 7:52:39 | |
You can paint it, put glitter on it, whatever you want. | 7:52:39 | 7:52:41 | |
While I'm doing this, tell us what wind ups we can expect. | 7:52:41 | 7:52:45 | |
-You're struggling that? -A nightmare. -LAUGHTER | 7:52:45 | 7:52:47 | |
An absolute nightmare. It's harder than it looks. | 7:52:47 | 7:52:49 | |
Get an adult to help you. Don't let Sam do it! | 7:52:49 | 7:52:51 | |
-On tomorrow night's show... -Yeah? 6pm! -Yes, 6pm. -CBBC. -CBBC. | 7:52:51 | 7:52:56 | |
-We've got Union J helping us with a wind-up, which is great. -Oh, yeah? | 7:52:56 | 7:52:59 | |
-Yeah! -They came along to a hidden camera shoot. -They did, they did! | 7:52:59 | 7:53:02 | |
-And they were fantastic. -Were they? | 7:53:02 | 7:53:04 | |
Speaking, as well, of people you've had on, Barney Harwood, I believe. | 7:53:04 | 7:53:07 | |
-The legend! -Yes, the legend that is. | 7:53:07 | 7:53:09 | |
He's coming up in a few weeks, actually. We've got... | 7:53:09 | 7:53:11 | |
There's a girl who comes on the show who's a massive fan of Blue Peter | 7:53:11 | 7:53:15 | |
and a massive fan of Barney. So it was great. | 7:53:15 | 7:53:17 | |
We got Barney disguised as a clown... | 7:53:17 | 7:53:19 | |
-Why not? -..put him in a line-up of other clowns. -Why not? Yeah! | 7:53:19 | 7:53:22 | |
She had to guess which one was Barney. | 7:53:22 | 7:53:24 | |
We won't say if she gets it right, but she gets a really good prize. | 7:53:24 | 7:53:27 | |
-On February 21st, that episode, I think. -I'm glad you know that. | 7:53:27 | 7:53:30 | |
-That's impressive! -That's good knowledge there. | 7:53:30 | 7:53:32 | |
You should be working on the show, not us! | 7:53:32 | 7:53:34 | |
-What is that? -It's starting to look like a skittle now. I might just... | 7:53:34 | 7:53:38 | |
-Oh, dear. That's a mess, guys! -I'm having a nightmare here! | 7:53:38 | 7:53:41 | |
An absolute mess. You're worse than Jedward! | 7:53:41 | 7:53:44 | |
-Whoa! -Whoa! -Calm down right now! -LAUGHTER | 7:53:44 | 7:53:48 | |
-Shall we have a go at playing with these? -Yes! -Everyone grab a ball. -OK. | 7:53:48 | 7:53:51 | |
I'll take the juggling ball. It looks like it'll work the best. | 7:53:51 | 7:53:54 | |
And then bring your skittles down. You're still decorating. | 7:53:54 | 7:53:57 | |
-It looks lovely. -Thanks. -You've done a great job. | 7:53:57 | 7:54:00 | |
Get it down here with the rest of them. | 7:54:00 | 7:54:02 | |
-We've set up a little bowling alley there. -I like it! | 7:54:02 | 7:54:04 | |
-And then, if you come back here with me, we'll all have a go. -OK. | 7:54:04 | 7:54:07 | |
-Are you guys ready? -Ladies first. -OK. Oh, no, I don't want to miss. | 7:54:07 | 7:54:12 | |
-Ooh! -Oh! Harder than it looks. -Aargh! | 7:54:12 | 7:54:14 | |
Yes! Two. | 7:54:14 | 7:54:17 | |
-Brilliant. -You've knocked hair off the cameramen! -Sorry. | 7:54:17 | 7:54:21 | |
Guys, thank you so much for coming in today. Remember, CBBC, | 7:54:21 | 7:54:24 | |
6pm every Friday if you want to watch these two winding everyone up. | 7:54:24 | 7:54:28 | |
-It's going to be good, isn't it? -I hope so! -Yeah! | 7:54:28 | 7:54:31 | |
Barney and Radzi, over to you. | 7:54:31 | 7:54:33 | |
Thanks, guys. We were BOWLED over by that. | 7:54:33 | 7:54:36 | |
I knew you'd crumble on that one, Radzi. Check out our big badge wall. | 7:54:36 | 7:54:41 | |
It's a big badge and it's a wall. That's why we call it that. | 7:54:41 | 7:54:43 | |
On last week's show, we had the chilli challenge. | 7:54:43 | 7:54:45 | |
As you can see, Sophie has drawn a picture of myself | 7:54:45 | 7:54:47 | |
-and Shirley Bassey here. -LAUGHTER | 7:54:47 | 7:54:50 | |
It was an amazing challenge, it really was, and we both ended up | 7:54:50 | 7:54:52 | |
with serious tummy ache. Don't try that at home. | 7:54:52 | 7:54:54 | |
-But great fun and thank you for your picture. -Do not try that at home! | 7:54:54 | 7:54:57 | |
Now, Lindsey spoke about them already, | 7:54:57 | 7:54:59 | |
Jedward, they helped us make a ring-pull bracelet. | 7:54:59 | 7:55:02 | |
And look, Hayley has done just that. A very good job there. | 7:55:02 | 7:55:05 | |
And somebody who's taken it to the next level is Becca. | 7:55:05 | 7:55:09 | |
She's made a ring-pull handbag. Feast your eyes on that beauty! | 7:55:09 | 7:55:13 | |
It's amazing. It's not just stuff on the big badge wall | 7:55:13 | 7:55:16 | |
we like to show off. Look at this. | 7:55:16 | 7:55:17 | |
On the website, go to a section called Star Of The Week. | 7:55:17 | 7:55:20 | |
This is for the individual person who has been super creative and | 7:55:20 | 7:55:23 | |
is selected by our amazing badge team to be featured on the website. | 7:55:23 | 7:55:26 | |
If you want to have a look, check it out. | 7:55:26 | 7:55:27 | |
If I hit the ship here and go to the website, | 7:55:27 | 7:55:29 | |
I can show you something else really cool, | 7:55:29 | 7:55:31 | |
cos it's got my face on it and a jet ski - look at it. | 7:55:31 | 7:55:33 | |
-Jet Boat Barney. -It does. | 7:55:33 | 7:55:36 | |
-Eliot Fox played that and I believe he is sixth. -Yes, 2,120 he got. | 7:55:36 | 7:55:40 | |
-Sam and Mark, you've played it? -Not any more! -Not any more! | 7:55:40 | 7:55:42 | |
-What did you get? -We got him. Both of us. Smashed him. | 7:55:42 | 7:55:46 | |
-How much? What score? -2,000... 20 hundred million, something.... | 7:55:46 | 7:55:50 | |
Who's the top presenter? | 7:55:50 | 7:55:52 | |
-Radzi... -Oh! What?! -Really? -..stop plugging your score! | 7:55:52 | 7:55:55 | |
-Fact! -They've got BAFTAs, you can't say anything. Right, we asked you | 7:55:55 | 7:55:58 | |
to get in touch and talk about your favourite words. Let's have a look. | 7:55:58 | 7:56:02 | |
One's even been trending, and that's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. | 7:56:02 | 7:56:06 | |
That's loads of people's favourite word. It's a good one. | 7:56:06 | 7:56:08 | |
-One of the best. -Boys, what would you like? -Skiddly-bop. -Beautiful. | 7:56:08 | 7:56:12 | |
-Classic! -I like plop. It's fun to say. -That's onomatopoeic as well. | 7:56:12 | 7:56:17 | |
It was for me last week after the chilli challenge! | 7:56:17 | 7:56:19 | |
LAUGHTER | 7:56:19 | 7:56:21 | |
-Yeah, er... -LAUGHTER | 7:56:21 | 7:56:24 | |
-I was getting flashbacks. Not good. -Guilty as charged. | 7:56:24 | 7:56:27 | |
Orange Glittery Cabbage says, "My favourite word is knickerbocker, | 7:56:27 | 7:56:30 | |
"because it makes people pull funny faces when they say it." | 7:56:30 | 7:56:32 | |
-Are you making one of those now? -No, I'm having flashbacks. | 7:56:32 | 7:56:35 | |
Blue Groovy Hyena says, "My favourite word is flibbertigibbet." | 7:56:35 | 7:56:38 | |
-That's a brilliant word! -I love that! That is a good one. | 7:56:38 | 7:56:41 | |
And Emerald Terrible Gadget says, | 7:56:41 | 7:56:44 | |
"Abbreviate, because it's a long word that means to shorten a word." | 7:56:44 | 7:56:47 | |
-Good point. That is a good one. -Clever! -Thanks for getting in touch. | 7:56:47 | 7:56:51 | |
We hope you enjoyed today's show. Next week's show is | 7:56:51 | 7:56:53 | |
just as exciting. Take a look at what's happening. | 7:56:53 | 7:56:55 | |
I get to boss around pop star Peter Andre | 7:56:55 | 7:56:58 | |
as I'm on the set of his next music video. | 7:56:58 | 7:57:01 | |
And we'll be celebrating Chinese New Year and making | 7:57:01 | 7:57:03 | |
-a lot of noise in the process. -LOUD TAPPING | 7:57:03 | 7:57:05 | |
That's what it's all about. Sam and Mark, | 7:57:05 | 7:57:07 | |
-thank you so much for coming in. -Thank you! -You really are geniuses. | 7:57:07 | 7:57:11 | |
-TAPPING CONTINUES -We'll see you on next week's show | 7:57:11 | 7:57:14 | |
when we show you how to drum a decent rhythm like Radzi here. | 7:57:14 | 7:57:17 | |
-Have a great week. -Bye-bye! -Bye! -Bye! | 7:57:17 | 7:57:20 | |
-Are you finished? -Stop it! -See ya! | 7:57:20 | 7:57:22 | |
Can anybody hear that? | 7:57:22 | 7:57:24 |