Bird Hide I Want My Own Room

Ever dreamed of a brand new room?

Of taking control and designing it yourself?

I Want My Own Room makes your designer dreams come true.

SCREAMING

-# Woo hoo

-# I want, want my own room

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-# I want, want my own room

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-# I want, want my own room

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-# I want, want my own room

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This is I Want My Own Room,

the show that puts you in the designer hot seat.

Do you want to rebuild your bedroom into a race track? Easy-peasy.

Want to convert your wardrobe into a water slide?

Why not? You're in control.

Elliot needs a place to watch the birds in his garden.

-He takes control of the house,

-Yes!

Gets help from a high-flying designer to plan out his own room.

And what was that?

Mum and Dad are told to get stuck in.

-We don't know what he's got planned.

-With only four days to build it, will they finish on time?

Go, go!

And what will Elliot make of his new room?

-Three.

-Ah!

10-year-old Elliot lives with his dad,

mum and his big sister, Jess.

Elliot's favourite hobby is bird watching,

but unfortunately he can't see any birds from his bedroom window.

You never see any birds here.

The best place to view all the birds that visit his back garden

is from his sister Jess's room.

Elliot, it's seven in the morning, get out of my room. Mum! Mum!

With nowhere to put his bird food,

-Elliot's mum is always getting in a flap.

-Elliot!

Dad spends his time keeping the peace

when Jess needs her room for college work.

How many times have I told you?

Your sister needs to study. She's got university.

You'll have to bird watch in your bedroom, out of the way.

It's time for me to step in

and help Elliot find somewhere to watch the birds from.

-Hello.

-Hi, Lisa. Come on in.

-Thank you very much.

So, this is your room?

I like this room. It's got really cool wallpaper on it.

-Did you choose the wallpaper?

-Yes.

It's fabulous. What's wrong with this room? It's great.

The problem is there's no birds in the front.

They're all in the back.

You're overlooking the front. Why can't you see birds out the front?

All the cars pull up and there's loads of people walking about, so there's not many birds around.

-Is there a better room to see the birds?

-Yes.

This is your sister's room

-and you've got the bird table out there.

-Yes.

I think we need to get down to where the birds are, in the garden.

A reasonably-sized garden out here.

-Do Mum, Dad and Jess use the garden much?

-Don't use it for anything.

I'm thinking, you want to watch the birds,

so why don't we build you your own space out here?

-Is that a good idea?

-Yeah.

What do you think Mum and Dad would say to that?

-I think they'll be OK with it.

-Good stuff.

So Elliot can't spot birds from his bedroom

and keeps crashing his big sister's bedroom.

But I think we can do something with the space in the back garden.

But will Mum and Dad agree?

Mum and Dad, I've had a look around the house.

I understand what he means about problems with his space.

He's got a nice bedroom up there, you know?

I agree, it's lovely. It's a really great bedroom.

But I think you should experience the problems Elliot has.

-You have something for your Mum and Dad, haven't you?

-Yeah.

You have a sheet to write down how many birds you can see

and some binoculars. Mum, go to Jess's room.

Look out the back, see how many birds you can see.

Dad, you go to Elliot's room and see how many birds

you can see out of his window.

How many do you reckon he's going to get?

Armed with their binoculars, Dad is off to Elliot's room

and Mum in Jess's to see how many birds they can spot.

Oh, there's one.

How are you getting on, Mum?

Doing absolutely great. Seen lots of birds.

How are you getting on, Dad?

Well, not so good. I've seen lots of weird and wonderful things,

-but no birds yet.

-You've one more minute.

-OK.

-Then we'll be counting up your birds, OK?

-OK, got ya.

Wow! Where am I?

Time to tot up the tweets.

How did you get on spotting the birds out of the window?

I did really, really well.

I've seen a house sparrow,

a wood pigeon, goldfinch and greenfinch.

Obviously Jess's room is the room to spot the birds out of.

Dad, how did you get on?

I've seen many weird and wonderful things, but no birds.

Now do you understand why Elliot

is always going to Jess's room to try and spot the birds?

We do, I think, yeah.

Mum and Dad, do you agree to let Elliot redesign your house

and garden in whichever way he chooses to give him more space?

DRUMROLL

-I don't know.

-Go on.

-Should we? Yes or no?

-Yes.

-OK, we will.

-Yes!

Elliot is now in charge of designing his own room.

He's also in control of Mum and Dad and will have them working for him.

But it must be completed

before he has to give back the keys, in just four days.

To help Elliot achieve that, meet Ben Huckerby.

Ben runs his own interior design company

and he'll need all his skills to transform Elliot's empty garden

into a bird-tastic room of his own.

Tell me a bit about what you want to do in this space?

I need an observation hut

so I can view the birds from the bush and in the trees.

Do you need to be at a certain distance to see birds,

or is it better they're close up?

I'd like it around here. Not too close.

Does it have to be bright?

Does it have to be, you know, any light in there?

Or is it better kept dark?

You need to keep it camouflaged into the habitat.

We could get really adventurous and perhaps make it

and build it in the shape of a giant bird's nest.

-How would that sound?

-That sounds good.

-What was that?

-That was a blackbird.

-I missed it.

Yes indeed, Ben.

That was a very swift blackbird. Let's just see that again.

Look at that. Beautiful plumage.

We're going to use these to try and mark out a space.

I'm going to give you the clip board. I'll take the ribbon.

We're going to peg out the space.

Once Elliot and Ben have marked out the size of the room,

the next thing to do is find out what Elliot wants inside it.

I think this will be big enough.

We've got this enormous space now. What do you want to do in this area?

I'd like some bean bags here just for, like, sitting down

so it's a nice comfy area for me.

That could perhaps be in this corner or right over here?

OK, that sound good. You sit in the chair for me.

So, you imagine, so you probably will want

some little window to look through here.

With a plan laid down of the space they'll be working with,

Ben has decided to take Elliot to a local wetland nature reserve

to seek out some hides in the wild.

I understand you come here a lot.

Today I want you to come with a fresh pair of eyes,

not from a bird-watcher's point of view, a designer's point of view.

I'll give you a camera.

I want you to take pictures of things you think will be important

and things you'd like me to incorporate

within your design. So here's the camera.

'Heads up, Barry. Smile for the camera'

'Cheese!

'Nice one, Barry!'

The first place the boys are off to

is hidden deep in the wetlands reed beds.

I've brought you to the first hut.

Is this the sort of thing you're looking for me to design for you?

I do like these windows, but I'd like it to open and close,

or clip up so if I'm like that, it could fall on my head.

-What about a roof? Do you want a roof?

-Definitely a roof.

Thank goodness for that, Ben.

The least Elliot can hope for is a room with a roof.

On the other side of the beds,

there's another hut that's more sophisticated.

-It's got a roof.

-Not only has this hide got a roof,

turn it around and hey presto,

the front is designed like a giant bird.

Elliot, we are now at a different looking bird hut.

Tell me about your first impressions. What do you like about this?

I like the whole design of it because it's shaped like a bird.

-Do you like how it's constructed with the different layers?

-Yeah.

I hope you're not expecting anything as dramatic as this in your garden.

-No.

-Thank goodness for that.

I'd need to take over your parent's house.

With a thumbs up for the outside,

Ben has arranged to meet Tom, one of the centre's resident experts.

So, above our heads at the moment,

over the last few years we've had barn owls roosting there.

And barn owl chicks up there as well, actually.

Is it important to provide a nesting facility within the hide?

You could put bird boxes on the outside, that would be beneficial.

Birds feeding on the bird tables

would not have to travel too far away from the bird feed.

In a few bird boxes,

we have some young tree sparrows, I think you'll like.

You might get an opportunity to look at them today, if you want.

Yes, I'd like to do that.

This visit isn't just giving Elliot a chance

to get a good look around professional hides,

it's also showing Ben how passionate Elliot is about his hobby.

It's put loads of pressure on me to make sure this space

will be perfect for him and really, really comfortable.

Looking after the chicks in the bird boxes is Tom's colleague, Cain.

There we go.

Cain is specially trained

and birds should not be handled without expert supervision.

-Wow!

-Getting rare and rarer now.

Today, has made me think of what I'd want in my own space.

I loved all the hides and getting the photos of the hides,

I really enjoyed it. Everybody, smile!

Talk me through all the different things

you saw at the bird-watching centre?

We saw all different types of huts and designs.

There was also many types of nest boxes

and all different sizes and shapes.

Can you get different types of hides, is a hide not just a hide?

We can get different types, high, low, roof, no roof.

And different colours.

Have you managed to design where it will go

and how the inside will look?

He has a chair, a desk, with monitors to the side.

We'll put some cameras into the bird box and around the hide,

so it can allow him to see it through the monitors.

Brilliant. What do you think of it so far, Elliot?

I think that is going to be really fun.

I can't wait to see the real thing.

'That all sound great.

'But just before we get started, let's draft in a little help.'

OK, Mum and Dad, as you very kindly gave Elliot the keys to your house,

he's got a little something for you.

Mum, Dad, this is going to be my own room,

so I don't want you to feel left out, so here we go.

Looking good, Mum and Dad. Good work.

You're going to help me build my own room. Here are a couple of spades.

-Spades as well?

-Yep!

-I'm in charge now.

I think Elliot's getting the hang of this being in charge.

I don't know if it was the right idea giving our Elliot the keys, you know!

We don't even know what he's got planned.

Yes!

All right, Mum and Dad?

-Now, then.

-How are you getting on, Mum and Dad?

-It's hard work.

-It's only fair to give you some help, isn't it?

-All right.

So, we're going to call in some of the I Want My Own Room team to give you a hand.

So it's time to call in the I Want My Own Room team to make Elliot's design a reality.

Or it might just remain a pipe dream.

Elliot, I've found a pipe here.

-Have you?

-Oh, that sounds a bit worrying!

-It's not like a gas pipe.

-I hope not. It's under here.

It's a bit of a worry, I must say.

-That's a water pipe?

-Water.

-Was that rain?

-That was the pipe.

-Really?

-Yes.

-It's like a second world bomb.

World War II bomb? We need a hero.

This is a job for Indiana Elliot. It's the Bottle Of Doom.

-It's just a bottle.

-Is it?

-It's just a bottle of water.

I think they put this down to test us.

Crisis over, let's get cracking. It's been a long day

and although everyone has been working really hard,

we still have an awfully long way to go.

While we wait for the cement to dry, let's see what our designers think of the first day's work.

Well, guys, that is the first day done.

-Do you like what you have seen so far, Elliot?

-Yeah, I really like what's happened today.

I can't wait to what will happen tomorrow.

We're doing OK but we'll see how it goes.

To be able to see the birds in his back garden,

-Elliot was always crashing his sister's room.

-Mum!

But now he has the keys to the house...

-Yes!

-..Mum and Dad have let him use the back garden

to create his very own bird sanctuary.

Will the I Want My Own Room team be flying high come the final day?

Or will Elliot's dream of a new room come crashing to the ground?

It's the start of the second day.

Elliot's room still has no walls, let alone a roof.

With everyone keen to make Elliot's dream of having his own bird hide come true,

it's all hands on deck and soon things start to take shape.

But Elliot has spotted a flaw in the design.

There's no window, so I'm not going to be able to see the birds,

unless Ben's got a plan but, you know, I'm a bit worried now.

Oh dear. The back wall is turning into a bit of a worry wall.

However, it's amazing what a little bit of sunshine does.

The walls are up and a lot of willow branches have arrived.

I'm sure Ben has an amazing plan for them.

-First, he has a great idea for Elliot's desk.

-I'm going to give you this pencil

and I'd like you to draw on the size and shape of your desk,

-imagining the chair will be bang in the middle here. OK?

-OK.

Get the binoculars and so I can put the chair up as far as possible.

Do you want a mirror at the same size so it is going to match?

-Yes?

-Here.

OK. So you can really imagine your chair in there now,

-so we can get that cut out and get it made for you.

-Brilliant.

While our gentleman joiner, Andy, gets Elliot's new desk into shape,

I'll ship out to the front to check on Mum and Dad.

Hey, what are you up to here?

-Well, Elliot's cracking the whip. He's got us sanding these boards.

-Really, cracking the whip?

-Oh!

-He's thriving, isn't he?

-Yeah.

-He's a hard boss.

-Good stuff.

Meanwhile, at the back,

the I Want My Own Room team are working at a pace.

Things are really moving and Ben is making fine use of all that willow.

So, now we have the hole in the ground,

I'm going to plant the willow straight into these holes,

which will grow itself and I'm hoping will grow right over

into a nest structure over the end of the hide, almost camouflaging it

and making it like a professional bird watching hide.

Just when things are on the up, the rains come down.

I'm really, really worried about the whole scheme now.

We're all cracking together, the whole team's working and now,

I'm don't know what's going to happen. Starting to panic.

Oh, no, as if getting Elliot his space wasn't hard enough,

much more of this and the room will be a washout.

With the rain holding up the work outside,

Ben has come up with a great idea for the inside of Elliot's new room.

He's using the photograph of the tree sparrow Elliot took

on their trip to the bird-watching centre.

What I want you to do is create your own piece of bespoke art work.

That will be your piece, this is going to be mine.

We're going to lay tracing paper over, just like this.

This doesn't have to be done for birds,

you can do it for any hobby or even your favourite pop star.

What I'd like you to do is, very softly,

just trace, very gently, around the edge of the bird.

OK? Now, what I would like you to do is take this piece of paper,

put it over there like that. Pick one of the colours.

What I would like you to do is take the crayon and hold it flat to the paper

and do a really, really big squiggle, like this.

OK, let's hold that over and see what that's going to look like.

Yes, perfect. At the bottom of this picture,

I would like you to put your initials so I know you've drawn it, or write your name.

Perfect. What I'd like you to do,

is I'd like you to put the tracing paper on to this, face down.

That's it.

Then I'd like you to put the orange over the top of it.

That's it. And we'll close it and, hey presto...

Wow! Your own piece of bespoke art.

Wow, I'm impressed!

So am I. That'll look great in Elliot's new room, if we ever get it finished.

Let's hope tomorrow's weather is better than today's.

Day three, the sun is out

and Mum and Dad are already on a tea break.

-Those two!

-Nightmare. Come on.

But the I Want My Own Room Team know, because of yesterday's rain,

they must make hay while the sun shines.

However, it's not all sunshine and smiles for Elliot.

I'm worried cos there are no windows so I can't see any birds.

Let me worry about your worry wall.

Oh, I wonder what wonders await the worry wall.

I'm sure all will be revealed.

First, I have a rather sweet recipe for the disaster that is Mum's freezer.

I know, Mum, you were saying you get really annoyed,

because when you come out of the freezer, you want to get stuff out the freezer

-and Elliot's bird food is all over the place. Is that right?

-Yes.

I'm going to make something which hopefully means

-you'll not have mealworms on your freezer, any more.

-Good.

I'm going to get Mum and Dad to use some of this bird seed

-and the rest can be stored in Elliot's new room.

-Excellent.

-FRENCH ACCENT:

-Mon chefs, mon petit fleurs,

you are looking very elegant in the chef's outfits.

-Who does all the cooking in the home?

-Me.

-Both of us.

-Me.

Right, moving on, now what I think we'll do is devise something

so you didn't have loose bird seed all over your freezer so we're going to make bird cakes.

To make the perfect bird cake,

get an old plastic container with a hole in the bottom and put string through it.

This will be used for binding it and hanging it up.

Add some twigs for bulk.

Ask a grown up to melt some lard in a pan,

then pour in your bird seed and mix together.

Once it's fully mixed, spoon it into the plastic containers.

When it's set, remove the plastic and hang it up.

A feast for all your feathered friends.

-FRENCH ACCENT:

-I will leave you to it. Very best of luck, bon chance.

I shall see how you are doing later on.

You do all the cooking? My eye!

The proof will be in the pudding. Now watch.

Just put a little stick in there.

-You've got your own sticks there!

-Oh, er... I know.

-You do all the cooking in our house?

-Yeah.

I think not.

Oh, dear, you've got a twig in your pan there, Tom.

-I don't know...

-And that is the perfect bird cake.

Oh, le petit chef, I've brought your harshest critic

and the expert in to see how you've done with the bird cakes.

This looks a lot better than that one.

Give it a shot, pick it up, see if it stays in.

See if it sticks together really well.

There we go. Ah. OK, Dad, let's see what yours is doing.

To be on the safe side, I'll do it over the sauce pan.

-SHE LAUGHS

-That was even worse!

LAUGHTER CONTINUES

-So what do we think of that overall, Elliot?

-Pretty bad, if I must say.

Yeah, pretty bad, Mum and Dad.

-You'll have to do the cooking now.

-Is he?

-Yeah.

'While Mum And Dad have failed miserably with their bird cakes,

'Ben's been trying to get into his new apartment.'

I can't work out how to get into it. The bottom seems fixed.

But if you turn this and then....

Now the bird boxes and the cameras are fitted, the rest of the design

is to remain a secret, so it's time for Elliot and Mum and Dad

to fly the nest until the final day.

Come on, then, Elliot, Mum and Dad. It's time for you to go now.

We've got to crack on with all the things you can't see.

Just think, when you come back, you'll have your own room.

-Oh, I'm so excited!

-Good stuff!

-We'll see you then.

-See you later.

-Bye.

-Bye.

Well, at least we hope he's going to have his own room.

With so much to do and so little time to do it in,

the I Want My Own Room team will be working late into the night

to have any chance of giving Elliot his dream room.

-SPRING MUSIC PLAYS

-It's the morning of the last day.

-MUSIC STOPS AND SHE SCREAMS

-And we've got sheds loads to do.

I don't want to worry you, but when I looked inside ten minutes ago,

I thought, "This is the least finished

"a build has been so far on the final day."

Yeah, yeah, I can see where you're coming from,

but we've a full team this afternoon

-and, hopefully, we can really crack on.

-I really hope so.

MUSIC: "Ray of Light" by Madonna

This is what the bird cakes were supposed to look like. Mmm.

They still don't smell much better,

but hopefully the birds'll think they taste good.

All the little birds will come and feast on them. Yum, yum.

And the rest of the bird seed is neat and tidy

in Elliot's new room, leaving Mum's freezer seed-free.

Oh, but watch out, Elliot's on his way.

A few more minutes and we've arrived!

'Elliot's only around the corner and we're just getting his desk in.'

-That's not good, is it?

-(There's a big gap.)

Don't worry, we're going to cut it down and then just fix it.

Go, go! Come on!

-Ten...

-ALL: ..nine, eight...

seven, six, five, four, three, two, one....

We're here!

So, Elliot, Mum, Dad,

the time has almost come for you to see your new space. Are you excited?

Oh, yeah, really excited!

The first thing you have to do is give the key back to Mum and Dad.

It's time for them to take control again.

-Are you ready to do that?

-This is the bit I like, Elliot.

-Go on. There we go.

-Thank you!

-Yes!

-Elliot, are you ready to see your new room?

-Yeah.

Come on, let's go and see your space!

'Just four days ago, Elliot was a frustrated bird watcher.

'He couldn't see any birds from his bedroom

'and was always moved from sister Jess's room

'that overlooked the birds at the back of the house.

'We decided the best place for Elliot to be was in the back garden.

'And, with the help of the I Want My Own Room team,

'Elliot has created his very own bespoke bird hide.

'Elliot wanted viewing hatches looking out to the birds,

'a table for his books

'and somewhere comfy to while away his bird-watching hours.

'Ben's designer know-how has brought the birds into Elliot's room,

'given him a funky whiteboard and a viewing deck,

'so he can spot the birds near and far.

'But will the reality live up to Elliot's dream?'

One, two, three...

Oh!

Amazing! Can we go in?

-Yeah.

-HE GASPS

-What do you think?

-Wow!

What can you see? Don't you think it's great? Do you like that?

This!

This!

Ooh...

Flaps, so you can see out!

-Cos this was your worry wall.

-Yeah.

-You worried you wouldn't see out.

Of course, if you want them shut...

you can then watch them on the monitor!

Wow!

-Do you think that's cool?

-Yeah, way cool.

-Look at the whiteboard.

-This is even cooler.

-LAUGHTER

-What's that little trap door thingy?

-Go up and have a look.

Can you spot what all the birds are?

Kingfisher...mallard...

moorhen, a heron.

-Wow!

-'Well, I think Elliot's happy, but what do Mum and Dad think?'

-Unbelievable!

-Ooh!

-I can't believe it!

-Is that the worry wall?!

-That's it. Nothing to worry about now.

-Elliot, it is absolutely brilliant!

-The paintings!

-Amazing, aren't they?

Oh, Mum, are you a bit overcome by it all? Oh...

-It's just so amazing.

-I can't believe it!

-A dream come true.

-It is absolutely amazing to have my own room.

I won't get kicked out of Jess's room any more.

Oh, my gosh! I love it!

LAUGHTER

'I think the room is a big hit with everyone.

'And I've got one more surprise for him.'

Now then...

If you look on the screen now, you'll just be able to see Elliot

and Lisa coming around the corner into the back garden.

-The two of them on the telly!

-A nesting box there.

-Oh!

That's got a camera in.

So, next time you get some birds nesting in there,

you'll be able to see the chicks hatch.

There's one trained down here to see the birds

and the other one trained over the hedge,

cos you had to go into Jess's room for the height to see in the field.

The camera's trained into the field to see all the birds in the field.

-What do you think of your hide?

-Amazing. I can't describe it.

It's absolutely amazing.

You've really made my dream come true.

I won't lie to you, that was one stressful build.

But, when we saw Elliot's face and his mum crying tears of joy,

oh, it was all worth it. He loves his own room.

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Oh, my room's amazing! It's better than Christmas.