Greenwich Jedward's Big Adventure

The United Kingdom, a land steeped in history.

Who better to be the nation's tour guides than...

Jedward?!

Today it's the centre of the world, quite literally, Greenwich.

I'm wearing tights, check it out!

Who will make a historic hash of it...

-Richard, this boat's amazing!

-It's a ship! It's a ship!

..and who will be all at sea...

We are located, here, in London.

That, you're pointing to, there, is Liverpool.

He doesn't even know where London is on the globe!

..as the tour guiding twins go head-to-head,

it's Jedward's Big Adventure!

Kiss me, Hardy!

Not a chance.

# Come with us, there's so much to discover

# Crazy adventures with me and my brother

# We'll take on things that will freak you out

# Cos this is Jedward's Big Adventure

# Be your tour guides, there's so much to do

# There's a whole planet out there and it's just for you

# Never know what you'll find and we'll mess with your mind

# Hair-raising, trail-blazing, totally wild

# Jedward's Big Adventure. #

The World-famous Greenwich, in south-east London,

a place overflowing with history.

You can visit one of the most famous ships in the world

or take a stroll through space and time in the Planetarium.

It's been home to Kings, Queens and sailors,

and, for the next two days, Jedward.

This is it, Edward, this is Green-wich.

Yeah! Home to the famous green witch.

Edward, I hope we don't meet the green witch. AHH!

John, it's OK, look. It's our mission, look.

Let's see what it says!

"Welcome to Green-wich, pronounced Greenwich,"

-BOTH:

-Oh!

"In 24 hours' time

"you will each be giving a group of tourists a guided tour."

Look, "Whoever gives the best tour will be rewarded

"with a trip across the universe!"

Wicked!

"BUT whoever loses will have to dance a jig

"wearing nothing but a lady's nightie with a shower of iced tea."

All I can say is I don't want to be dancing in a ladies' nightie.

We're going to need some help.

If only we had to awesome celebrity friends sitting on a bench nearby.

Look, it's Shannon Flynn and Stacey Solomon! Guys, get over here!

Welcome to Jedward's Big Adventure.

I've got one question to ask you guys, before we begin,

-what do you guys know about Greenwich?

-Green-wich?

Yeah, like, the green witch...?

-No, that's what we thought it was but is actually Greenwich.

-Oh!

-Oh!

So, we need you guys to help us to go on a tour tomorrow, with tourists.

-Are you ready for that?

-I'm ready.

I think you guys should relax while we go get the facts.

Come on, let's go ask the experts about Greenwich!

Think were going to be here a while!

Think you're right there, Shannon! Yes, that's it, boys. Hurry!

You've got lots to find out about

and there'll be no jumping ship to get out of this challenge.

John will be helped by Stacey and Edward will be with Shannon.

No pressure, Shannon, but Edward needs your help

as so far this series John is in the lead 2-0.

Each team will be given three stories,

which the tourists will be tested on.

So, the boys had better get their facts straight.

Edward, let's get out of here and find out more about Greenwich.

Time to meet the first expert -

it's Linda, there she is! Hello, Linda.

-BOTH:

-Whoa, amazing!

-Hey, I'm John.

-I'm Edward.

-And together we are Jedward.

We're here to find out what is this place

and why are there so many amazing paintings?

This is the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College.

It's the largest painted ceiling in the whole of Europe.

Stop, guys.

Do you know who Nelson is?

Horatio Nelson became famous for being a brilliant leader

during the Napoleonic wars but on the first day

of the famous Battle of Trafalgar, in 1805, he was shot and killed.

He didn't want to be thrown overboard and buried at sea,

so the sailors preserved his body in a cask of brandy to take him home.

He was only the second ever commoner to have a state funeral.

Thousands flocked as his coffin was taken, by barge, to St Paul's.

Here.

Even though he was a wonderful naval officer,

he was frightened of the sea and he was seasick.

He was only 5 foot 4

but his friend on board ship was a man called Hardy

and he was 6 foot 4,

so they would have been quite strange friends.

But when Nelson was dying he called for his friend and he said,

"Kiss me, Hardy." After all, he knew he was dying, he just wanted a hug.

Took three months to bring him home and then he was laid out here,

in his big coffin, and 50,000 people filed past the body.

-That's crazy, that's like Wembley Stadium!

-Absolutely.

-The whole country was in mourning.

-And where was he? Was he here...?

He was here, exactly where this plaque is,

in a beautiful coffin on top of a table.

And people would walk in and go...

They couldn't see his body cos it had been pickled for three months.

So, they couldn't touch him?

No, it was just to his coffin they wanted to walk past.

-And show their respects?

-And show their respects.

-For their hero?

Absolute hero.

So, John and Edward are now Nelson experts

or will playing dead be all they remember? Time will tell.

But not yet because they are off to meet their next expert, Steve...

S'up, Steve? ..at the Queen's house.

-Wow!

-All right, Edward,

we came here to find out all we know about the building.

-Hey, I'm John!

-Hi, John. Hi, Edward.

-Is this your house?

-I wish it was.

-Who lives here?

-What is this place?

-This is the Queen's house.

The Queen's house at Greenwich was a gift from King James I to his wife.

It was his way of saying sorry, according to the story,

for having sworn at her in public

when she accidentally shot one of his dogs while hunting.

Sadly, she died before it was completed...

but the house was still used as she had intended,

as a venue for lavish parties.

So, back then, what type of parties did they have?

There was one famous one in 1617 that we know about,

I think you would've liked it.

There would have been people dressed up,

there would have been Baroque music...

-What's brock music?

-Baroque music is...

-Broccoli?

-No.

-Was Baroque music, erm, the rock and roll of its day?

It wasn't the rock and roll of its day

but it was definitely at the cutting edge of the forms of music

that were played at that period.

And what type of dancing where they doing?

Were they doing, like, this kind of dancing?

-This dancing? This dancing?

-Oh, dear...

Shuffling, shuffling, were they doing?

..I bet Steve's wishing he had stayed in bed this morning.

-Get back in here, Steve!

-No, I'm scared now.

-Like this.

Oh, make it stop, someone, please.

Oh, let's just leave them to it.

Good, it's over.

And time for the next story for tomorrow's tour.

What I wanted to talk to you about, here, is King James I.

He was the first monarch to have the idea of designing a union flag.

When James VI of Scotland became James I of England

he created Great Britain, so a new flag was needed.

It was designed by King James's heralds and combined

the St George's Cross of England with St Andrew's cross of Scotland.

Two centuries later it was adapted

to include the Irish flag of that time

and from then on became the flag we know today.

He was originally King of Scotland,

then he came all the way from Scotland to England -

-it was kind of like borrowing a hairdryer.

-N-n-n-not exactly.

But it kind of is because imagine the hairdryer's in Scotland

and you say, "Can I borrow it?" So, then there's two hairdryers,

meaning the hairdryer's broken and... What do you think?

-You've lost me completely.

-Yeah, me too.

I'm with you, Steve, not a clue what that was all about.

Hey, everyone, it's John and Edward,

and right now we are outside

this crazy pirate ship.

So, the twins now know all about Nelson,

the Queen's house and James I.

Next, they need to go and see a man about a ship.

There's our ship and there's our man, Richard!

Hurry up, boys, don't keep Richard waiting and mind you don't trip!

We're here to find out all we can about this ginormous boat

and these awesome, cool heads behind us. What are they?

These are all figureheads from merchant ships

-that have been lost at sea.

-What's a figurehead?

It is, literally, a figure on the bow of a ship

-and it brings good luck.

-So, what's the name of this boat?

This is the Cutty Sark,

it's the most famous sailing ship in the world.

The Cutty Sark was built in 1869.

It is believed the name was chosen as the ship glides in the breeze

like a lady's short nightie or, in Scottish, a Cutty Sark.

The ambition was for her to be the fastest ship

in the annual race to bring tea back from China.

She never actually won the race

but she did once complete the journey

in a record breaking 107 days.

She's been described as the fastest

and greatest sailing ship of her time.

That's a weird name, Cutty Sark, what does that mean?

Is actually a white nightdress and it was worn by the witch Nannie

in the poem Tam O'Shanter, by Robbie Burns.

It captured the imagination of Jock Willis,

the man who built this ship.

It looked like the sales blowing in the wind.

Why don't we go on board, guys? Come on, guys.

Come on, let's check it out!

-Richard, this boat's amazing.

-It's a ship! It's a ship!

-Let's go in here!

-In here, in here.

So, this is it?

-This is one of the cabins that the apprentices would sleep in.

-Wow.

And I'm talking, here, guys as young as 13, 14.

You've got to imagine the waves crashing in here.

This was always wet.

All your possessions would be in wooden chests

and you would sit down at your chest to eat your meal.

This is the saloon,

where the officers would have relaxed at night,

-had a glass of wine.

-This is a big contrast to the other room.

The other room was really small, really cramped.

-This room has, like, loads of space, loads of...

-Total luxury.

Yeah, this is. This is how the other half lived.

Don't get too used to it, boys.

You've got plenty more to investigate.

Stop filming me. I'm going to the toilet!

Have they listened to Richard or has it all gone down the pan?

Ha-ha-ha, Sorry!

-I think the Cutty Shark is the best ship in the world.

-Oh, do you?

Right, well, I'm sure the Cutty "Shark's" very nice

but let's stick to this ship, shall we(?) The Cutty Sark!

Oh, no, help me, I'm tied up!

-Let's get out of here.

-Come on, time to disembark.

You have a big hill to climb if you want to be good tour guides

and here's the next expert to help you on your way. Rob!

What is this line that everyone is queueing up to take photos with?

Is not just a line, it's THE line.

This line is the line against which

the position of everything on Earth is measured.

How far East or West of it, it is.

-What's it called?

-The Prime Meridian or the Greenwich Meridian.

Did they get a huge ruler that went around the world and just, did it?

Not quite. It's an imaginary line.

The Greenwich Meridian Line

can claim to be the centre of world time.

It divides the Eastern and Western Hemisphere's of the Earth,

just as the equator divides the North and the South.

-Edward, wake up, it's not TIME to sleep!

-Ha-ha-ha.

Greenwich Mean Time is related to universal time,

which determines the time everywhere on Earth. It's a standard Time.

So, when its midday here, midday Greenwich Mean Time,

it's midday in international time.

We're talking about time a lot right now, OK.

-What is the actual time cos I don't have a watch.

-Well, the...

-Do you have a watch?

-I haven't got a watch on me, no.

-You're talking about time and you don't have a watch?

-I've got the sun.

-So, if the world split in half, with this be the middle?

-No.

That would be the East and that would be the West.

-I'm in the West and he's in the East?

-Yeah.

-And where's North? That way? This way?

-That way.

-Oh, dear.

Let's hope the celebrity helpers

will have a better sense of direction in tomorrow's tour.

Well, they look happy enough anyway.

Now for the last stop on the tour -

Greenwich's world-famous observatory.

Wow, what is this?

This is called the 28 inch telescope. It weighs 18 tons.

The Royal Observatory was built for King Charles II, in 1675,

to improve navigation at sea

and today we are still passionate about studying the universe,

and the Observatory houses a giant telescope so powerful that

some nights you can see the moon, the planets and the stars.

If I went to New York and was eating a hot dog would you be able to,

like, zoom in here and go, "Edward, yo, get me a hot dog!"?

No, because the Earth is round so I wouldn't be able to see you.

-Can you see aliens?

-No aliens have yet been seen through the telescope.

-I'm pretty sure.

-Have you ever seen a total eclipse?

-I have seen a total eclipse, yes.

-Of the heart?

-Not, not of the heart, no.

No, they haven't built a telescope for that yet, boys,

but they are trying!

I really want to win that prize.

Yeah, yeah, whatever, I want to win this prize.

So, that's their fact finding mission complete.

The winner tomorrow will get to go stargazing but will

they remember all of those stories or was it in one ear, out the other?

Back to Jedward HQ to hook up with their team mates

and prepare for tomorrow's tour.

Is this eyebrows or a moustache?

Who knows, Stacey? We'll find out tomorrow.

I was thinking that the doughnuts would represent the planets.

Oh, right, OK.

They did baroque dancing, do you know what that is?

-Oh, yeah, Baroque, the music period.

-Can you describe to me?

-Is it rock and roll, is it pop?

-It is this, it's the lute.

-So, we're going to...

-The out of tune lute!

-And here's the moon!

-Right.

-Did you ever think a pizza could be such a good moon?

-No.

-We're going to use that tomorrow. We're going to use a lute.

-OK.

You're going to, can you play it or will I play it?

I don't think I'm qualified to play the lute.

I think you're all over it, OK? So, you play that lute, OK?

Do you want to try this on?

-It'll be really easy to play.

-OK.

-So you, just, kind of, like, lie there.

-OK. Oh...

May be like, maybe like.

-Do you know where we are on this globe?

-Erm, let me see, OK.

Well, let's, look for the UK.

Here's the United Kingdom and we are located, here, in London.

That, you're pointing to, there, is Liverpool.

I don't know how I feel about tomorrow, actually.

He doesn't seem to know a thing about anything.

I mean, I have faith in him.

I've known him a long time and I feel, I feel we can do it.

But he doesn't even know where London is on the globe!

And we've got to teach people...

about all of these facts and I'm scared.

I don't want to wear a nightie and be covered in iced tea!

What am I going to do?

Better learn the lute!

You've got 24 hours, Stacey. Good luck with that!

Oh, dear.

I'm feeling OK about the challenge tomorrow.

He's got all the props and stuff and everything looks cool

but I'm not sure if we know the facts well enough to tell everybody

and then for them to get them right, but I really, really want to win.

You'd better get a good night's sleep then, Shannon. Night-night.

Morning!

It's early at Greenwich

and both teams are getting ready for the day ahead.

The tourists are on their way and have no idea what's in store.

I think we're going to learn about something historic, probably.

I'm not sure what, because history is big.

I think we'll learn about the Egyptians.

I think we're going to learn about the Victorians today.

I want it to be fun and exciting.

I hope the tour guide isn't my mum.

We can do better than that, Isaac!

Time to surprise some tourists.

What's up, guys!

I kind of screamed because I've never seen a celebrity in real life.

Hey, what's going on, kids?

When I saw John and Edward were our tour guides, I got so excited.

So, we're here to give you guys an amazing, awesome tour of Greenwich.

-High-fives all round. Yes! Are you guys ready for this?

-ALL: Yes!

-What do you guys know about Greenwich?

-Nothing.

Well, as you guys know, me and Edward are twins.

-I'm John and he's Edward, and together we are...

-ALL: Jedward!

So, I'm going to be one team and he is one team,

and we need help from our celebrity friends, Edward.

-Stacey Solomon and...

-Shannon Flynn!

Here we go!

Walking at a very slow pace.

Everybody say hello to Shannon and Stacey!

When I saw Stacey and Shannon, I was really happy.

-Let's get this tour on a roll.

-Indeed, let's.

First up, it's Edward and Shannon.

I'm going to be Nelson, you can be Hardy,

and as you can see, we've got really cool outfits.

-Yeah, they'll really good.

-I'm wearing tights, check it out.

Yes, Edward. It's very nice but they won't get you points.

Now, how many facts do you remember about Lord Nelson?

I'm Lord Horatio Nelson,

-commander-in-chief of the British Navy.

-This will be good.

-I'm Captain Hardy.

-Kiss me, Hardy!

-Yeah, I thought we weren't going to mention that.

-Go to my last words...

-Dramatic!

-Kiss me, Hardy.

-Steady!

-Yeah, well it was a sympathy kiss cos he was dying.

-Right.

Lord Nelson was one of Britain's greatest ever naval hairies.

-What did she say?

-Naval hairies.

Sorry, can I hear that again?

-Naval hairies.

-Naval hairies?! I think she meant heroes.

And he lost the use of his right arm.

-Yes, and his right eye, he lost his right eye.

-Other eye!

But he carried on leading the Royal Navy

-until his greatest victory which was the Battle of Trafalgar.

-She's good!

-I was dead.

-At least we brought you home.

-In brandy and pickle.

-Yes, or pickled in brandy.

-I now smell.

You were getting a bit whiffy.

-I was pickled.

-Yes, so were we. We were drinking the brandy!

-Wrap it up, guys.

-That's it, I'm off. Farewell, adios!

If all else fails, play dead.

-Kiss me, Hardy.

-Not a chance.

Yes, it's not kisses he needs, it's points.

-Watch your feet, kids. Watch your feet!

-Don't leave me here.

Did Team Edward get the facts across

or will the tourists be, 'lost at sea' during the test later on?

Oh, I'm sorry!

Next up it's John and Stacey in some very fetching outfits

and they're at the Queen's house talking about Baroque music.

One of the main Baroque instruments was the lute.

Welcome to the Queen's House.

Baroque music isn't like pop music of rock music.

It's more like doo-doo-doo...

CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS

Stacey, my hair is ruined.

At least you've got the Jedward wig!

-It's crazy how popular Jedward hair was back then.

-I know,

I thought it was original but actually

it's from the Baroque period. Everyone's doing it.

-How do you think the tourists took our tour?

-I think they loved it.

We danced, we put masks on, we wore wigs and they learned something.

-What did they learn?

-They learnt that... I don't know!

APPLAUSE

Stacey, we're the best tour guides ever.

We'll let the tourists be the judge of that, shall we?

I thought it was really funny in there because we had to dress up.

My favourite team was John and Stacey because they were funny.

It's good news for John and Stacey.

Let's see if Edward and Shannon can top that

with the story of the union flag.

Let's go upstairs!

James I was the first of England and the sixth of Scotland.

He came all the way to Scotland and he was like, "I'm taking this over."

Because it was like under new management,

they had to make a new flag so they combined the English...

..and the Scottish flag, and they came together...

..making this flag!

-It's the old union flag.

-Do you guys recognise this flag?

-ALL: Yes.

-Later on, they added St Patrick's cross.

It's like a huge X, but not for any other TV shows,

just an X for a cross.

And then they added it to this one,

and here is the union flag that we know today.

As we can see, Wales isn't on it

because if it was, there would be a dragon.

-Do you guys want to design your own flags right now?

-ALL: Yes.

-Well, get going.

-Here we go then - flag time.

Interesting start.

Flowers there.

Mind his head!

Three, two, one, drop everything.

Put your pens down!

We're going to pick a winner now. Are you ready?

Speak up, I love a secret.

That doesn't look like a flag. I've seen that one before.

Right.

Homer Simpson?!

-And the winner is Planet Jedward.

-Of course it is.

Everybody looked like they enjoyed themselves. We got some good flags.

-Hopefully they won't let us down in the test.

-We shall see, Shannon.

We shall see.

Now, all aboard the Cutty Sark.

It's time to find out how much John and Stacey remember about it.

-What's John up to?

-You look so much better.

-I don't think that's going to look right.

-Where's Stacey?

Perfect.

This ship is one of the most famous ships in the whole entire world.

The Cutty Sark used to go all the way from Britain to China

and it was one of the fastest ships back then. It was very, very fast.

Does anyone know what a figurehead is? A figurehead can be anything.

Anyone can be a figurehead. Even I could be a figurehead, like this.

-It's a bit scary.

-I made a figurehead.

-That's what they were up to!

-You guys don't believe me?

-ALL: No.

-Do you want to see the figurehead I made?

-Yes!

Come on, let's check it out.

These are the amazing figureheads, which are totally awesome.

I want you guys to see if you can spot the figurehead I have made.

Right, come on.

Erm, can't spot... Hang on, go back.

-Left, left! There.

-Can I go now?

Yes, you can.

Who thinks Stacey should come back to life?

-All right, Stacey, get out of here.

-John has spoken.

It's time for the next story from Edward and Shannon

and they're in the observatory talking about the solar system.

There are eight planets and you guys have to put them

in the right order coming from the sun,

and for every planet that's in the right place, you get a point.

-The winning team get to eat all the food.

-You've got one minute - go.

Remember, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Earth,

Neptune, Uranus, Venus. There's eight planets.

Start with the sun and put them in the right order coming from the sun.

-Mars.

-Jupiter.

Who's making the right solar system right now?

The girls are doing good.

They can't eat the planets because if someone does,

that meal won't be a full solar system, and I would never do that.

-You were eating the marshmallows.

-I wasn't.

-No fibbing, Edward!

-Three, two, one.

-All right, stop!

So, the order is:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

-Let's see how many they got right.

-Mercury, Mars...

-This is Earth.

-Uranus.

-Saturn.

-Jupiter. Neptune.

-Pluto.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune.

Who did best? Can you guess? Drum roll, please.

The boys!

They all got them a bit muddled up,

but the boys were a bit less muddled than the girls.

Well done, Team Edward. But will you be stargazing later?

Or will you be in for a cold drenching of iced tea?

It's close.

Let's see whether Team Jacey can seal the deal with their final tour.

But what's this?

Yes, it's East Or West,

the game show that's sweeping the nation live from Greenwich.

-Here's Stacey!

-Here is the Greenwich Meridian line.

-Woo-hoo!

-If I stand on this side, I am on the west,

but if I jump over here to my glamorous assistant, I'm on the east.

So the aim of the game is to guess which cities are in the east

and which are in the west.

If you get it wrong, you're out of there.

It's time to play East Or West. Showtime!

Please step onto the Meridian line.

Is Las Vegas on the west or the east?

The answer is west!

All of those standing on the east, you are eliminated.

Beijing.

Ning-ning-ning!

It's on the east, you're all correct.

Where is Dublin in the world?

Mumbai!

-Berlin.

-It's getting very difficult.

Where is Berlin, Stacey?

-It's in the east.

-We have a winner!

Join us next week... Sorry, enough of that.

What do the tourists think of today's tour guides?

I really want John and Stacey to win

because they're absolutely brilliant as a pair.

I think Shannon and Edward did really well

on explaining what happened

and it was really good. I learned a lot.

I think the team that did best was John and Stacey.

I do think John and Stacey are going to win it,

-but I just want to give Edward some support.

-Quite right, too.

He does need your support.

He's currently lagging behind John with a grand total of zero wins

so far this series, but is his luck about to change?

We're about to find out, as it's time for the big test.

Which two countries' flags made up the union flag?

James the first or second?

They are being asked two questions on each of the stories.

A party house.

For each correct answer,

there's a point in it for the team that told that story.

And the team with the most points will win.

Meridian line divide. East...no.

East, west.

Greg from the Planetarium is here with the results.

Can Edward redeem himself or will John continue his winning streak?

So, we've got the results.

Edward and Shannon...

-45 points.

-Yay!

-This is horrible.

John and Stacey...

-..63 points.

-Yes!

No way!

Team John have done it again!

Bad luck, Edward and Shannon.

Amazing!

So, Edward, you're normally drinking iced tea

but now you're going to be drenched in iced tea.

I'm going to perform a jig in a Cutty Sark.

ACCORDION MUSIC

Each and every one of those little dots is a sun, just like our Sun.

-Guess which one this is.

-Earth.

It is indeed the Earth, absolutely right.

ACCORDION MUSIC

-So cold!

-I'm really sorry.

This one here is Venus.

Now, this has a very thick atmosphere of poisonous gases,

-temperatures hotter than your oven at home.

-Woah!

Here's the moon, this orbits the Earth

and it's made of rock just like the Earth.

Can we...

-Now we're moving to...

-Mars.

-Mars, indeed.

Is there aliens on Mars?

There are no aliens on Mars. Now we come to the really big planets.

-Jupiter.

-Jupiter, indeed, the biggest planet in the solar system.

It's quite pretty.

It's extremely pretty, and then beyond Jupiter we have Saturn,

the ringed planet.

-Stop!

-I'm really sorry!

-So close.

-So cold!

-Nearly there. So close.

There we go. Ooh!

So, as we see our Milky Way there, with all those stars and planets.

Is Planet Jedward there?

It could be, easily.

I don't think I'm ready to go there yet, John.

I'm happy with this planet.

-I think you're already on Planet Jedward, Stacey.

-I hope not!

You've been on Planet Jedward all day.

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