0:00:02 > 0:00:04- BELL RINGS - What you making there, Colin?
0:00:04 > 0:00:08It's my famous home-made carrot and ginger jam.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Ms Hucklebuck's been under the weather all week.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12I'm hoping it will make her feel better.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14SNEEZING AND COUGHING
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Best of luck with that.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Happy harvest, everyone.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Hello?
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Hello?
0:00:24 > 0:00:25Hello?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28This is Brain Freeze, with...
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Standby!
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Come on, everybody!
0:00:45 > 0:00:47It's time for...
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Today's question is, will carrots turn me orange?
0:00:55 > 0:00:59When we think of carrots, we picture the classic orange vegetable,
0:00:59 > 0:01:04- but did you know they used to be purple?- A purple carrot?! Yuck!
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Before the 16th century,
0:01:06 > 0:01:08cultivated carrots came in a mix of colours,
0:01:08 > 0:01:12but Dutch farmers took mutant strains of the purple variety
0:01:12 > 0:01:16and developed them into the sweet, plump, orangey ones we know today.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Tell me, Doctor, what is a carrot made of?
0:01:21 > 0:01:22Carrots are full of vitamin...
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Yes, so all of them, basically.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30As well as...
0:01:32 > 0:01:34OK, OK, loads of vitamins, we get it.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Oh, I think we need to take a break.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40OK, everybody, take five.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42HE KNOCKS ON DOOR
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Yes?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46SHE SNEEZES AND COUGHS
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Sorry to disturb, Ms Hucklebuck.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50I just thought I'd bring you this gift.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52A... A gift?
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Be right there.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Oh! Jam!
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Oh, er...how, er...
0:02:04 > 0:02:09- Thoughtful?- How thoughtful, yes. That's a word, yes.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12SHE SNEEZES
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Sorry, Jonathan.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Ugh! My name is Colin, actually.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22BELL RINGS Oh, crumpets!
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Positions!
0:02:29 > 0:02:32So tell me, Dr Knowles, will carrots turn me orange?
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Carrots contain a molecule called carotene,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37which gives the carrot its orange colour.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Too much carotene in your body can lead to
0:02:39 > 0:02:43discolouration of the skin - a condition known as carotenemia.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Carotenemia? That sounds awful. When I get that if I eat carrots?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Don't panic, Professor,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51you would need to eat
0:02:51 > 0:02:53enormous amounts of carrots for this to happen.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Sounds like a challenge to me.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59And even if you did turn a bit orange, it wouldn't do you any harm.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02So there you have it, folks, carrots CAN turn you orange.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Sometimes we really are what we eat.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Which would explain why I'm looking more and more like a potato.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10See you next time.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Let's get this harvest party started.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18IRISH JIG PLAYS
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Whoa! I never knew harvest was THIS dangerous!
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Well, Colin, how did your jam go down with Mrs Hucklebuckle?
0:03:26 > 0:03:31- Did she throw it back in your face? - McCork, be careful!
0:03:31 > 0:03:36- Don't worry, Colin, it's party time. - Get up and have a dance!
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Whee! I'd forgotten how much I love dancing.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44And I've just remembered why dancing is not allowed in the studio.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Whoa, whoa, whoa!