A Christmas Mission CBeebies Stargazing

Merry Christmas, stargazers.

I've come to Stargazing Park

to deliver a Christmas present to Maggie.

I hope she likes it. It's very her.

PHONE RINGS Oh!

Hold on a second. Accept call.

-Oh! Hello, Maggie.

-Merry Christmas, Chris.

And merry Christmas, stargazers. I've got a surprise for you.

-How wonderful! What is it?

-It's a Christmas mission.

A Christmas mission? That sounds out of this world. Come along, too.

Prepare for launch. Five, four, three, two, one,

liftoff!

# We're on a mission to explore the wonders of the stars above us all

# Planets, stars and more, they're for us to find when we look up high

# Here we go!

# We're going stargazing!

# Gaze at stars, shining bright

# We're going stargazing!

# Spot a zooming satellite

# We're going stargazing!

# Glimpse the moon and the planets above

# We're going stargazing!

# So just look up, look up, look up! #

I can't wait to find out what Maggie's Christmas mission is.

Stargazers to Chris. Come in, Chris.

Ready to receive Christmas mission data.

OK, stargazers, let's go.

Those baubles look very pretty.

They're twinkling like stars in the night sky.

We're making a shape you often see in the night sky.

Do you know what it is?

I can see one, two, three, four, five, six, seven stars.

The Plough.

That's right, Chris. We've made the Plough.

The Plough is part of a constellation known as Ursa Major.

The Great Bear.

But the Plough also has a very important job to play

in the night sky cos it points towards the North Star.

These two stars are known as the pointer stars,

and if you follow them this way...

Follow, follow, follow...

-..then they point to the...

-North Star!

Yes, that's right!

And that's your Christmas mission,

-to...

-ALL:

-Follow the star!

Follow the star? Oh!

That sounds like the most Christmassy

of Christmas missions, Maggie. Mission accepted.

Excellent. And there will be stargazers to help you.

Stargazer Roxy is waiting for you to get your mission started.

Great. Come on, let's go and find Roxy and the North Star.

# We wish you a merry Christmas

# We wish you a merry Christmas

# We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. #

Hello, everyone.

You sound so Christmassy and you look so Christmassy

in your Christmas hats.

-Now, Roxy, can you help me find the North Star?

-Yes. Watch this.

Oh, how clever!

One, two, three,

four, five, six, seven stars.

Seven stars in the shape of...

-ALL:

-The Plough! With the pointer stars.

-Brilliant.

To find the North Star, I follow the pointer stars.

Follow, follow, follow

all the way to the North Star.

Now I know the way to go. Thank you, stargazers, merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

Thanks, stargazers. You've really helped Chris on his way.

Who else do you think we should invite to join

-the Christmas mission?

-Robert the Robot!

That's an excellent idea, Angus. Robert loves Christmas.

And it's all bright and shiny like he is. Let's give him a call.

Thanks, Beryl. I'll see you soon.

Right, that's the Christmas supplies for Justin's house...done.

Next job, crackers for Little Monster.

-PHONE BEEPS

-Where's the phone?

Where's the phone? Arggh! Yeah. Robert speaking,

learned friend and servant of Justin. How may I help you? Oh, yes.

Receiving loud and clear, mission control.

Maggie's asking for my help.

This is going to be the best Christmas ever!

I mean, Robert the Robot reporting for duty.

Robert, your Christmas mission is to follow the North Star.

Galloping galaxies and somersaulting snowmen, I'd love to!

Maggie, I'll call you back. Sprouts on the loose. Oh, no!

Oh, come back, sprouts. You're delaying Maggie's mission!

Oh, no, come back, you silly sprouts. Come here.

Oh! Oh!

Dot my diodes. I'm never going to save the sprouts.

And what about Maggie's mission?

This is a Christmas catastrophe. There's only one thing for it.

-Panic!

-Stop!

-We'll help you.

-You will?

Oh, my Christmas stars, thank you.

Well, let's get to it. Come on.

Oh!

-Oh, thank you. You've saved Christmas.

-Hooray!

Let's face it, Christmas isn't Christmas without sprouts. Oh!

And now I can join in with Maggie's Christmas mission.

Would you like to help me?

-Yes.

-First, I need to follow the North Star, but I've got to find it.

-Now, how do you do it again?

-The Plough.

Deck the halls! It's the Plough.

Well done, stargazers. So, follow the two pointer stars.

Follow, follow, follow...

..there it is! The North Star.

Thank you, stargazers. Now I know which way to go.

-Merry Christmas, stargazers!

-Follow!

-Follow the star.

-Follow the star.

-Follow the star.

-BOTH:

-Oh!

-Roller-skating reindeer, it's Chris.

-It's Robert! What a lovely surprise.

-I don't suppose you're on Maggie's Christmas mission, too?

-Yes.

-I've got to...

-BOTH:

-Follow the star.

Oh, Robert, look.

ROBERT GASPS

The Plough. That must be part of the Christmas mission.

Follow the pointer stars.

Follow, follow, follow... The North Star.

-We must be getting close. Come on!

-Oh!

Chris and Robert are on their way.

They're following the star and they're almost here,

but there's one more thing to do. Let's do a countdown from five.

-ALL:

-Five, four, three, two, one.

THEY CHEER

-Chris, look at this!

-Welcome to the Christmas star party.

-Hello, Maggie.

-Hello, everyone. We've made it.

-Well done, Chris. Well done, Robert.

-Christmas mission complete.

-And look at the Christmas star.

The North Star shining bright on a Christmas night.

# Follow the star to the Christmas tree and join the fun tonight

# We're partying on the earth below While the stars are shining bright

# Dance underneath the Christmas stars,

# Enjoy the party fun

# Presents to open, games to play

# And sprouts for everyone!

# Christmas stars are shining Shining for you and me

# Christmas stars are shining in the sky and on the Christmas tree

# Christmas stars are shining Shining for you and me

# Christmas stars are shining Shining and on the Christmas tree

Come on, stargazers. Let's find out what's going on at the party.

-Hello, stargazers. So what Christmas present did you get?

-Bubbles.

Bubbles are spheres. Just like stars.

And you're filling the sky with stars.

Wow! There are presents everywhere. Oh! Has Rudolph lost his red nose?

-It's a planet.

-Of course it is. It's a red planet.

-Now, stargazers, do you know a red planet?

-Mars.

-Now, what is that?

-Saturn.

-Hello, stargazers. Are you enjoying the party?

-Yes.

Oh, Maggie, we certainly are. And you're just in time for presents.

-And this one is for you.

-Oh, wow!

Thank you. I wonder what it is.

Oh! Wow!

It's a night sky full of stars.

-Can anyone see the Plough?

-Is it there?

-Yes. That's it.

Now, who can remember how to use the Plough to find the North Star?

-Do we follow the pointer star?

-ALL: Follow, follow, follow!

The North Star.

And that's where it is above the Earth.

It sits right on top of the North Pole.

Now, what happens if I spin the umbrella?

-The stars keep moving.

-That's right.

When we look at the stars from Earth,

they appear to move because the Earth is spinning.

But there's one star that doesn't look like it's moving.

-And that is...

-The North Star.

So the North Star is a very useful star

because it always shows us where North is.

-Maggie, Chris, we've found the North Star. Come on in.

-Wow!

Come on in. Now, very clever Alana is going to show us. Go on, Alana.

Look up there. It's the Plough. Follow the pointer stars.

-ALL: Follow, follow, follow.

-And what have we found?

ALL: The North Star!

That is excellent, stargazers.

But there are quite a few other constellations

up there dancing around the North Star.

Can you see five stars in the shape of a W?

-Now, those five stars are a queen called...

-ALL: Cassiopeia.

There's Auriga, the charioteer.

-Now, the three faint stars make up his...

-ALL: Nose.

Another three stars in the shape of a triangle make up his pointy...

ALL: Hat.

Those bright stars in the shape of a cross are Cygnus, the swan,

flying along the Milky Way.

And there in the middle of them all is the North Star.

What a beautiful view of the Christmas sky.

The constellations dancing around the North Star.

# The stars are dancing in the sky above

# They're here to party, too

# Cassiopeia and Cygnus the swan are here to dance with you

# Ursa Major, the great white bear, is bopping in the sky

# Everyone's dancing around the North Star

# Is it time for a mince pie? It's practically cake

# Christmas stars are shining Shining for you and me

# Christmas stars are shining

# In the sky and on the Christmas tree. #

Thank you, stargazers, for joining in our Christmas mission.

We hope your Christmas sparkles brighter than the North Star.

-So, from all of us... ALL:

-Merry Christmas!

# Christmas stars are shining Shining for you and me

# Christmas stars are shining

# In the sky and on the Christmas tree. #