Science Theme 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.

# I want, I want my own room

# I want, I want my own room

# I want, I want my own room

# I want, I want my own room

This is I Want My Own Room,

the show that gives you a hand in designing your own space.

Oof!

Don't worry if you haven't got an eye for design -

we've got one.

Yargh!

Create any room you want because, let's face it...

..you're in control.

In control today is Jake,

he needs a space where he can indulge his passion for inventions

and entertain his friends, so I help him take charge of the house.

Yeah!

With the help of a cool designer, he creates his own room...

-Be nice to have lots of colourful leads and stuff.

-Yeah.

-..and Mum and Dad are told to lend a hand.

-Wake up!

With only four days to transform Jake's room,

will it be all systems go

or might it be all systems no?

-It's not going to work.

-No.

-Taa-daa!

11-year-old Jake lives by the sea with his mum, dad,

brother Adam, sister Emily and Freddie the dog.

Jake is mad about science and gadgets

and would love to spend all his time conducting cool experiments.

Jake has recently been given his sister Emily's old bedroom,

leaving his room free for creating contraptions.

But this room is old and drab and when Jake's friends come round,

there isn't even a comfy place to sit.

Unfortunately, Jake's house is so busy

that Mum and Dad have no time left at the end of the day

to turn Jake's old, dated room into a futuristic science pad.

I think it's about time I called in on Jake

to help him find a way of getting the super-duper space he deserves.

Hello.

-Hello, Lisa. Come on in.

-Thanks, Jake.

What's the problem with this space?

Well, it used to be my sister's room and since she's got a new room,

I've moved into this room.

The room is three different colours. Lilac there,

and then blue there, and pink round the edge.

How on earth did that happen?

Well, when I moved in, it got half painted.

Mum and Dad started but they were too busy to finish

so it's still pink.

-Your old room is next door?

-Yes.

This is a really good space, isn't it, in here?

I like to use it for when my friends come round as just a space to go,

but there's not enough seating in here.

I'm looking at the wallpaper. Is it a little bit babyish?

I've grown out of it since I got here which was ages ago.

It's a biggish room that we could redecorate to suit your needs more.

-Will Mum and Dad trust you to do the interior design?

-Probably not.

I think we need to go and find out. Shall we go and see?

-Yes.

-Come on.

-Let's do something with that room too.

-Yeah, OK.

-Cool.

Jake's room needs an overhaul.

However, Mum and Dad are too busy.

So will they let Jake take charge of getting it done?

-Can you stop being so busy? Are they always this busy?

-Yep.

Well, Mum and Dad, Jake's been showing me his room, haven't you?

Do you know what, I think he's got a point.

-It could do with a bit of a revamp, couldn't it?

-It's not that bad.

I couldn't reach all the way to the top.

-It's mostly blue.

-Yeah, and the other room, there's one chair.

-It's not great for having friends round, is it?

-There's only one Jake.

I think we need to demonstrate to you the problems that you face,

don't you reckon, Jake?

We're going to have a party. There's some party food.

If you'd go upstairs, I'll get the party started.

Go on, off you go.

Right, Jake. Come with me.

Calling all neighbours, calling all neighbours.

There is a party at Jake's house. Come on. Oh, yes, madam.

Come on down. Sir, madam.

Yes, come on down, party games just over here, sir. In you go.

Seems a bit of a tight squeeze so let's get everyone loosened up.

Let's have a party game - musical chairs! OK, ready? And...

# Agadoo-doo-doo

# Push pineapple shake the... #

Well, that didn't last very long, did it?

Well, thanks for coming, guys. Sorry it didn't last very long, the party.

Thanks for coming anyway. We really appreciate it.

Sorry it didn't last very long.

So, Mum and Dad,

-now you can understand the problems that Jake faces with his room.

-Yes.

So, do you agree to let Jake redesign your house,

in any way he chooses, to give him more space?

-I think so.

-Yeah.

-Yes!

-Yes!

Jake 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.

It must be completed before he has to give back the keys

in just four days.

To help Jake achieve this, meet Kathryn Rayward.

She's been an interior designer for over a decade

and has redecorated over 100 rooms.

But can she drag Jake's old rooms out of the Stone Age

and into the space age?

Just tell me, Jake, how do you use the space at the moment?

Basically, it's just a room for my friends and it would be nice

if I could just have a room to be proud of.

This room, it's really not the place where you want

to do your inventions and think and hang out.

Kathryn has brought along an overhead projector

and quickly draws out the shape of Jake's room,

which is then projected onto his wall.

It's then Jake's turn to draw in what he would like in his room.

First up is a sci-fi control panel.

So this is going to be the control panel

with all the little buttons and stuff on there.

-Be really nice to have lots of colourful leads and stuff.

-Yeah.

It does have lots of leads coming out of there

and then bubbly ones here.

Jake, that is brilliant.

That's a fantastic start and I love these drawings.

However, there's a cool place that I'd like you to have a look at,

that I think is going to help us with this design.

That would be great.

Kathryn has got her work cut out to design a room

with Jake, who is mad about science.

But Kathryn's got a capital idea,

and is taking Jake to London and the Royal Festival Hall.

The Hall is celebrating the Festival of Britain

which opened here in 1951,

joining science and design, creating an ultra-modern look.

This is such a brilliant place

because it's where science and design come together,

and there's loads of brilliant things to see.

But I'd really like you to take this camera

and take pictures of anything you think is interesting

and then I can look at your photographs

and incorporate them into the finished design for your bedroom.

It's down to you, Jake.

The museum holds many exhibits relating to the time

of the Festival of Britain,

including some very scientific wallpaper.

There is a doctor who was a crystallographer

and she liked looking at naturally occurring patterns through X-ray.

These patterns here were insulin,

This is an insulin tie

and this is wallpaper based on the same pattern as well.

It's just amazing that you can make art out of science.

I'm really pleased that Jake likes the wallpaper.

It's given me a really good idea for his bedroom.

Very intriguing, Kathryn.

To reinforce the whole science and art theme,

the museum have recreated a 1950s living room.

I love the coat hanger over there.

-They are almost like molecules or cells.

-Yeah.

Also, there's a scientific element to it, too.

It's just amazing how science and design

can come together to make such fantastic objects,

and I think it's great and inspiring that I've come here.

With Jake giving Kathryn plenty to think about, back at the house,

it's all systems go for Mum and Dad.

So, while Kathryn cracks on with the design,

Jake's got something for you.

-Here you go, Mum.

-Thank you.

-There you go, Dad.

-Thanks.

Well, Mum and Dad, that's better. You're looking ready for action now.

The reason we're here,

is because you didn't quite finish the job next door.

This time, Jake will make sure you finish the job you start.

First job, clear this room.

Yes, boss.

Hurry up!

As we've only got four days to get this room done,

we've asked the I Want My Own Room team to get stuck in.

Oh, Stu, where you going with that?

-Just about to smash it up and put it in the skip.

-No, don't do that.

I've got a really good idea for that, a plan.

If you go and put it safely aside, I will get back to you on it.

-Thanks very much.

-Don't chuck it in the skip whatever you do.

With the room clear, it's time to see Kathryn's floor plan.

-Did you enjoy your trip to London?

-It was great.

I really enjoyed it, and it was a great inspiration.

-What did you see that you liked?

-Well, I saw the lights outside.

-Is that what we've got here?

-I can be the assistant here.

It's an outdoor light, which is why it's outside,

and it just looked quite funky and groovy.

I like that, what's that?

That is a coat hanger but it looks like

it has molecules or something on it.

Going and seeing, historically, how brilliant a marriage it can be,

putting science with art,

has given me loads of brilliant ideas,

as you can see from my floor plan.

We know it's really important to have some seating in here

and a sofa-bed because you want friends to come and stay, don't you?

We are going to do a bit of that in the corner there.

Just behind us here is going to be the control centre of the room.

My really, really exciting bit is I'm going to create

a little secret passage through the wardrobes

so that Jake can shut his doors

and Mum and Dad won't know which room he's in.

-Do you like the sound of that, Jake?

-Yeah, sounds great.

Science crazy Jake had nowhere to entertain his mates,

but we've convinced Mum and Dad to let him redesign his old bedroom

and Jake is now creating a new, modern, sci-fi space.

But will Jake be over the moon when he sees his finished room

or will the sky come tumbling down?

Day two, and Jake wants to get things started.

Come on, everybody. Get to work.

Five, only five. Who are we missing?

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Mum and Dad.

Wake up! No sleeping on the job.

Once inside, Jake is keen to get Mum and Dad on task.

What shall we do with your mum and dad?

I just reckon we should get them working really hard.

Mum, I've got a power sander there. Dad, come on.

With Mum on the power tools,

Dad is given the job

of knocking through from the playroom to the bedroom.

Will he be good at it? He won't mess it up?

He probably won't be good at it but he probably won't mess it up.

And not to be outdone by Mum, heroic Dad powers through the wall.

Meanwhile, taking her cue from the coat stand

and wallpaper in London,

Kathryn has come up with a super idea for a sculpture

in Jake's new room.

I really like this wallpaper behind and the pattern.

I think it's really interesting.

I thought what we could do is make a kinetic art sculpture.

What we've got is some multi-coloured modelling clay, some scissors,

some little eyelets, glue, some fishing wire,

and this is the important bit,

I got Stuart to make me, out of a plank of wood,

this rather nice thing which is a piece of wood

with little eyelets screwed into it.

What we will do with the fishing wire and out of the clay,

we can make interesting shapes.

The whole thing is going to hang

and look a bit science-y at the same time.

-Does that sound good?

-Sounds great.

Once Jake and Kathryn have made their shapes,

they need to be attached to the wire using the eyelets.

Now, it's time to turn up the heat.

Then, hopefully, when they're baked in the oven...

they'll hold nice and tight.

While Kathryn pops their shapes in the oven,

Dad has finished upstairs and is helping me and Mum

with a little bit of painting.

How is it having Jake tell you what to do?

He's gone from quite an obedient child to quite a bossy little man.

-Who does he get that from?

-He gets that from his mother.

Less chat, everybody, and just get on with the painting. Get it done.

-They're good and cooked.

-Looks like Jake's shapes are cooked to a T.

Once the shapes have cooled down, they're attached

using the fishing wire to the wooden baton.

That's quite groovy, look at that. What do you reckon?

-I think it's great.

-I like it.

I think the sculpture looks great too

and with everyone getting stuck in,

Kathryn is planning something for Jake that sounds very interesting.

What I've got here is a microphone and if you speak

into the microphone for me, then I've got some software

and it means that we can actually see the sound waves of your voice.

Here's the microphone.

Make sure that you speak with it right close to your mouth.

-My name is Jake.

-Cool.

-Stewart.

-Kathryn.

I've got an interesting job for you.

-I've recorded Jake's voice and these are his sound waves.

-Brilliant.

How cool is that?

What I want you to do for me is make me a shelf

but maybe take this as our inspiration and maybe have a chunk -

maybe take it from that tall bit to that slightly less tall bit -

and do me a frontage which is imitating Jake's sound waves.

-Just sticks made up, across and around the sides.

-Perfect.

I can't wait to see that and hopefully I won't

have to wait too long as the work's going very well indeed.

A thought echoed by Kathryn and Jake.

We'll crack on again tomorrow, hope the sun is still shining

and I think all will be brilliant.

Bring on tomorrow.

Day three and the whole team are racing to get on with the job.

Come on, everybody. Up and at it.

Well, almost the whole team.

Mum and dad last, of course.

-Slow.

-Slow.

A few days ago, Jake's room was a cluttered mess with just one chair.

We started his room transformation by clearing away all his stuff

and now I'm going to help him sort that stuff out.

We've got a lot of stuff here, Jake. Do you know what you want to keep?

-Yeah, pretty much.

-Cool. Let's go for it.

In no time at all, Jake has sorted his stuff

into what he wants to keep, what he wants to recycle,

and a box full of goodies that will be taken to the charity shop.

-I am impressed, Jake. You seriously know your own mind, don't you?

-Yeah.

Meanwhile, back inside, the work is moving at a pace.

The perfect time for Mum and Dad

to make a little something for Jake's new room.

So, Dad, Mum, so you feel part of the finished room,

we'd like you to make Jake a '50s molecular clock.

Very appropriate for his science room.

Just to spice it up a bit, we thought we'd make two.

You can make these in no time at all.

Take a wooden, round-faced clock.

Ask a grown-up to make some holes in the side.

These should be big enough to fit some wooden dowels in.

Attach the dowel to the clock.

Poke a small hole in some ping-pong balls,

then fit some ping-pong balls to the end of the wooden dowels.

Taa-daa! A nifty, '50s-style molecular clock.

Now, the reason we're doing two is so that Jake can judge

which one he thinks is the best.

You happy? You ready? Off you go.

-Oh! I don't even know why you're bothering.

-Fighting talk.

I'm nearly done. Mum has actually had a brainwave of putting...

I won't tell you because you might copy.

There we go. All done. And now for the moment of truth.

-Which one do you like best?

-They do look fabulous, don't they?

I reckon I like Mum's.

-Yeah!

-Yes.

With Mum's clock a big hit, it's time to check up on Kathryn.

-Hello. Oh yes, the door's in. Very good.

-Cool, isn't it?

-Yeah, really good.

-I want to show you this, the most exciting thing.

This is so cool - in here, I've got a DNA kit.

-A what?

-A DNA kit and this is amazing, look. I'll give that to you.

What you do is this is a company who send you the DNA kit.

Then to get your DNA you take the cotton bud out of there

and swab it on the inside of your mouth.

Hold on, I am loving this. Am I allowed to open it?

Yeah, open it up. It's something like a medical thing. You've got swabs.

You've got two in case you get one wrong.

That's it, side of your mouth and on the inside.

You send it back to them, they analyse it.

Shove it in there, in it goes.

Send it off to them and then you get this amazing thing back. Ready?

-This is wallpaper.

-It's a DNA fingerprint!

-It's Jake's DNA fingerprint.

-You are kidding me!

-I am not.

How cool is that? It's amazing, isn't it?

Kathryn, I love it. You've played an absolute blinder.

I think Jake will love his wallpaper but he'll have to wait

until the final day to see it because from now on,

the rest of the design is to remain a secret.

So it's time for Mum, Dad and Jake to call it a day.

Well, guys, the time has come for me to send you away from your own home.

That's the bad news.

The good news is when you come back, Jake,

you'll be able to see your brand new room!

-Yes!

-Right, off you go and we'll see you tomorrow.

-Goodbye.

Cheers.

See his brand new room if we've finished it by then.

Maybe I'm being a bit harsh, because once the wallpaper's up,

the room will be practically finished.

I think this will be the first time ever the I Want My Own Room team

isn't working late into the night.

It's the final day and I think I've spoken too soon.

The wallpaper still isn't up. I've got the fear again.

I've got the fear! Stu?

It's all hands to the pump if we're ever going to get this room - room?

Two rooms done - before Jake gets back.

Just to let you know, we have less than an hour until

Jake and the family are back.

Up against it timewise. Is this the bed?

Yeah, we're just attempting to put it together now.

-So the platform goes there.

-Yeah.

Then you've got the mattress.

I know Jake's a slim child

-but he'd need to be a sheet of A4 to get on there, wouldn't he?

-Yeah,

-we were thinking that actually.

-It's not going to work.

-No.

Better get this out to Stuart. Come on, let's go.

Less than an hour to go. It's never straightforward, is it?

-When in need, go straight to a man with a plan. Stu.

-What?

The bed is too high and so we need it cutting down.

-You're joking!

-I'm not.

-How much?

-I reckon about that.

-Is Paul busy?

-He's just finishing off upstairs.

-I've got loads to do!

I know we've less than an hour left but we've got to do it.

-How far off the ceiling is it?

-At the moment, by the time

we've got the mattress on, he's got about that much room. Seriously.

-Cutting it fine there.

-I know, but we've got to do it.

-Thank you, Lisa.

-Thank you, Brooke.

-Thank you. You love it really. Loves it really.

So with the legs cut down and the bed up,

it's time for a quick clean around.

# I want to break free

# I want to break free... #

You can't fault the I Want My Own Room team.

If anybody can get this done on time, it's them.

Guess what, I've got some good news.

We're going to get an extra day to finish off the room.

Yeah!

Bad news is I'm completely lying.

We've got half an hour left before Jake and family are back.

-That's half an hour.

-No pressure then, Lisa(!)

-No.

-How are we going to do, are we going to do it, Stu?

-Yeah.

Stu better be right.

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

With the clock in, time's up, Jake's back.

Welcome back to your own house, Mum, Dad, Jake.

The time has nearly come to see your new room.

-How are you feeling about that, Jake?

-I'm really excited.

So, Mum and Dad, what has it been like having your 11-year-old

in control of your house and of you?

Hard work. I think he's really enjoyed bossing us about.

-It's been a great experience.

-You'll be pleased to hear

it's time for you to get control of the house again.

Jake, you know the rules.

You've got to hand the keys and control back to your mum and dad.

-Feel good?

-I do.

-OK, do you want to take control?

Let us back in the house.

Just four days ago, Jake's old room left a lot to be desired,

with tired old wallpaper and nowhere for his mates to sit.

We decided it was time to give Jake the futuristic space he deserved,

and with the help of the I Want My Own Room Team,

Jake has created his very own science pad.

Jake wanted somewhere for his friends to sit

and a sci-fi control panel.

Kathryn's designer know-how has given Jake a funky shelf

built around his own voice waves, a secret passage into his bedroom

and the ultimate in scientific designer chic -

his very own DNA wallpaper.

But what will Jake make of Kathryn's take on his very personal tastes?

Three, two, one.

Taa-daa!

Oh, my goodness. Whoa!

This is great.

That's a lovely chair.

You didn't have any seats in your old room, did you?

In this one, you've got two seats and...

A sofa-bed!

That is a lovely sofa-bed and I've noticed the bookshelf.

-Do you know what that is?

-No.

It's a digital representation of your voice.

Oh, my goodness!

Now, as I undo the blind, shout when you recognise it.

-Oh, it's the lights!

-It's the photograph.

-It's my picture!

-It's the photograph you took of the lights in London.

-I like that!

Looking at that wallpaper, does it remind you of anything?

Zebra crossing.

-You know when you see DNA fingerprints?

-Yeah.

-It's your DNA fingerprint on your wallpaper.

-How did you get that?

-That is awesome.

-OK.

-I think it is absolutely marvellous.

I absolutely love this room.

He loves this room and through the secret door, he's got another one!

-Coming through into the bedroom area.

-Oh, wow!

-So much stuff!

-I know, you've got seating for five in there.

If that wasn't enough, you've got another seat under there.

Yeah. I like those drawers.

Those are your old chest of drawers that we've pepped up and revamped.

There's a lamp on there as well. This is my dream come true.

-Is it really?

-Yeah.

-Is it everything you'd hoped it'd be?

This is just more than I ever imagined.

I am really thankful.

It's just been great, I mean, the whole experience.

It is better than anything I could have ever imagined,

especially the DNA on the wall, and my desk behind me.

I just love it.

I think it's fair to say, Jake is happy with his new room.

But, what do Mum and Dad think?

-Oh!

-Wow.

Oh, wow. What do you think, Jake?

It's...it's great, yeah.

It's a completely different room, it's fantastic.

It's ticked everything on your wish list, hasn't it?

-It's great.

-It's just like being somewhere different, it's fantastic.

I'll never forget this.

Aww!

You know, Jake is such a special and unique person,

and I'm just really pleased that the I Want My Own Room team

managed to create a room that's as individual and as wonderful

as him, because, you know what, he really deserves it.

Jake's now got all the space he needs to play with his mates.

It's nice, isn't it?

And it's great.

# Woohoo I want, I want my own room

# I want, I want my own room

# I want, I want my own room... #

I think I'm probably the happiest boy in the world.

Yeah, I'm extremely happy.