Blackpool Jedward's Big Adventure

Just when you thought it was safe to venture out...

-Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

-Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

..the Jedward boys are back to surprise the nation's tourists...

BOTH: What's up, guys! We are Jedward!

John, life's a rollercoaster.

..and compete head-to-head to see who will be the best tour guide.

I think Shakespeare built the tower.

I think some of the facts that John was saying were not actually true.

Who will put their best foot forward?

Forward. Side. Together.

And you will stumble over the facts?

Seriously, can we get off now, please?

No, seriously. Can we get off?

It's Jedward's Big Adventure.

We're in Blackpool!

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

# A crazy adventure with me and my brother

# We'll dig up things that will freak you out

# Cos this is Jedward's Big Adventure

# We'll be your tour guide There's so much to do

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

# You never know what we'll find that will mess with your mind

# It's a hair-raising, trail blazing, totally wild

-# Jedward's Big Adventure.

-#

Blackpool - a holiday destination with something for everyone

from fast rides to sandy beaches, a very famous tower

and the equally famous...Jedward.

Edward, don't you think it's a bit cold for ice cream?

But, John, we're on holiday.

Look, it's our mission.

It can't be our mission, we're on holiday. Ice cream.

"Dear, Jedward, you are not on holiday.

"In just 24 hours time you will each have to give

"a group of tourists a guided tour of Blackpool.

"You'll be telling them all about the amazing history

"of this awesome seaside town." Cool.

"Whoever gives the best tour get to switch on the Blackpool Illumination.

"But whoever loses will be put to work cleaning

the floor of the Blackpool ballroom."

Edward, I wish some awesome celebrity would just walk by right now.

Your wish is my command.

-Katie Thistleton from CBBC.

-And Richard Wisker from Friday Download.

Hey, Jedward, how's it going?

Are you on holiday as well?

-Yeah, we're on holiday.

-No, we're not.

We're on a mission.

-Guys, can you help us?

-Yeah, why not?

-I'm down for that.

You guys relax while we go get the facts.

Come on, Edward.

Tomorrow John and Edward will be leading

a group of tourists around the historic seaside town of Blackpool.

A place they know nothing about.

Hey everyone, it's Jedcam here on the pier. Whoa.

John will be helped by Richard while Edward will be with Katie.

Each team will be given three short stories which the

tourists will be tested on to find out who the best tour guides are.

It's time for the boys to meet their first expert - meet David Cam.

If anyone can teach the facts to Jedward, David Cam can.

-David, are you on holiday?

-No, actually I work here.

Are people on holiday all year round in Blackpool?

They are these days. But that wasn't always the case

because many years ago people only had one week's holiday a year.

Blackpool has attracted visitors since 1735.

But it wasn't until the Victorian railways opened

during the Industrial Revolution that Blackpool boomed.

Workers from nearby mill towns flocked to the seafront

to spend their one week of yearly unpaid holiday.

This was knows as a wakes week.

Going to the seaside in Victorian times

was very different from nowadays.

You could be fully clothed for a dip in the sea

and bathing machines were popular for women.

These look like wooden sheds on wheels

which brought ladies into the water to bathe in privacy.

A bathing machine!

How many piers is there?

There are three piers, more than any in any town in the country.

Why do they build piers to get close to the bigger fish?

It's actually a Victorian idea to walk out over the sea,

to promenade over the water, which was a very novel experience.

Was Blackpool always an entertainment town?

Blackpool's the entertainment capital of Europe

and that's why it's so colourful and glitzy and full of fun.

From all the facts you've told me about Blackpool,

it seems like a pretty awesome place.

The sun is shining, today is going to be a Jepic day, come on.

-Let's get out of here.

-Come on, David.

A Jepic day indeed.

People have been coming to Blackpool for over 200 years

on their holidays.

CHEERING

But Jedward only have one day to learn all the facts.

And you're keeping David waiting.

Onto another ride.

Can you guess how old this one is?

-Ten years.

-20 years.

-Two.

It's actually 109 years old.

-109 years old!

-Wow.

But just think back 100 years ago, before they invented aeroplanes,

this was the only way that people could really experience flight.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach was founded

in 1896 by WG Bean.

The oldest ride is a flying machine which is 109 years old.

It was built by Sir Hiram Maxim whose ultimate dream

was to take to the skies.

At the turn of the 20th century, before aeroplanes were invented,

there was a great race for humans to fly.

As it was expensive to fund,

Maxim built the flying machine ride

and the money he made funded his real flying inventions.

Wow, what an amazing inventor. What else can you show us?

If you come with me, I'll show you the engine room.

-Let's go. Lead the way.

-Come on.

-Wow, this places looks amazing.

-What can you tell us about this?

Travelling fairs used to travel all over Europe for hundreds of years,

but WG Bean set about establishing a permanent amusement park,

so this was the very first permanent amusement park in Europe.

And this is the engine room to the flying machines,

which was the biggest ride he built.

And this is where it all started.

You were the trend setter, you set the trend.

It's like when me and John started off with our hair,

-now everybody has it.

-I haven't.

Don't worry, you can if you want.

-LAUGHTER

-Don't do it, David!

John, life's a rollercoaster.

Edward, you're going to go down as the biggest loser in history.

-No, you are.

-You are.

You're suppose to be swotting for tomorrow's tour, boys,

not going on all the rides.

MUSIC: "Song 2" by Blur

The boys seem to be having a hair-raising time

at the Pleasure Beach, but enough pleasure and more facts, please!

CHEERING

-I am the winner!

-Moving on.

And it's time to meet our next

expert - Jenni. Hello, Jenni.

She has a very, very, tall tail to tell.

-Hey, boys!

-What's up, Jenni?

-S'up, girl!

What are you going to tell us about the place?

-What other towers do you think it's based on?

-Tower of London.

-Tower of Jedward.

-No. It's actually the Eifel Tower.

And you could even say that this wonderful landmark is

the ultimate holiday souvenir.

The Blackpool Tower was built in 1894 after town mayor

John Bickerstaffe took his family on holiday to Paris

and fell in love with the Eifel Tower.

His immediate thoughts were, "I want one of those!

"This is just what Blackpool needs."

The town was rapidly becoming the number one resort in the country.

The tower is 158m tall and boasts a circus and ballroom.

When it originally opened,

the circus featured 40 polar bears performing in the water.

What an incredible tower!

-Do you want to go up the tower?

-Yeah. Let's go!

-Are we there yet?

-No.

-Are we there yet?

-No.

-Are we there yet?

-No.

-Jenni, are we there yet now?

-No.

-Are we there yet?

-No.

-Are we there yet?

-Are we there yet?

Are we there yet?

Are we there yet?

Whoa. Jenni, it's pretty scary up here.

When the tower was built in 1894,

it was actually the tallest building in the UK at the time.

Jenni, do a lot of people propose up here?

Just get down on one knee and it's like, "whoa" and then...?

Yeah, they do and they also like to write their names in the sand

or say "marry me" on the sand and then come up.

-Jenni.

-Jenni.

We're tying our shoe laces. Don't get excited.

Lucky escape, Jenni.

It's time for another story and here to take us through it

step by step, take it away, Jenni.

But where are Jedward?

Make some noise for Jedward!

Woo!

I'm John, he's Ed, we are Jedward. Let's do this.

Trust these two to make an entrance.

This is amazing.

Jenni, look at all the gold, look at all the paintings,

this place is magical.

Yeah, we've even had Strictly Come Dancing film here.

It's not just for celebrity types though,

it's for everyone to enjoy, so that everyone can feel like a superstar.

The beautiful ballroom at the Blackpool Tower was opened in

1894 and was later redesigned

by architect Frank Matcham.

The idea was to give every factory girl in the north of England

the opportunity to become a duchess for the day.

It is the home of ballroom dancing

and you can put your dancing shoes on there 364 days a year.

Wow, this place is a nonstop party.

Some other interesting facts about the tower

and the ballroom is the actual floor takes a whole week to clean.

If we lose the show tomorrow,

then that mean's I'm going to have to clean this whole entire floor

and I cannot spend a week cleaning a floor.

Anyway guys, do you want to try some dancing?

Oh, yes, I love to dance.

I don't think she meant that kind of dancing, boys.

Thanks goodness Margaret and Robert are here to waltz them into line.

Forward. Side. Together.

Forward, not backwards.

Forward. Left.

Side. Together. Forward. Right.

I want to thank you guys so much for teaching us how to waltz.

You're amazing dancers

but time for you guys to learn some Jedward dance moves.

Let's show them, John.

Woo!

They've certainly got a few flashy moves,

but there'll be no dancing around the facts tomorrow.

Right, time to meet our next expert - Lee. Hello, Lee.

This guy's solid as a rock when it comes to the facts.

This rock totally rocks.

-Can you see the name inside there?

-Blackpool rock.

Today we're going to make rock with your name through.

-Really?

-We all know that Blackpool rock is the ultimate seaside treat.

Rock was originally invented in Dewsbury, Yorkshire,

but it was Blackpool that made it famous as a holiday treat.

Rock is made from water, sugar and glucose

and is boiled to a temperature of 150 degrees Celsius.

During WW2, rock would be traded on the black market

because of its high sugar content.

Sugar was a highly valued commodity during times of rationing.

Women would steal or swap rock

and sugar for luxury items such as nylon tights.

I'm going to make some Jedward rock!

Taking over the sweet world.

-This is rocking and rolling.

-Very good, Lee.

-Wow.

-Whoa.

-It's amazing.

It's about 37 kilos of sugar and glucose on there.

These colours I'm putting in, these are going on the outside.

It looks like melting lava.

This is going here now.

It will turn white.

MACHINE WHIRS

I'm going to make the letters now.

Just look at the red. See the letter R.

-That says Jedward.

-Amazing.

All this is going to be one great stick.

The letters are going in between these two pieces.

What you're going to see now is probably

the biggest bar of rock you have ever seen.

There you go, guys, there's your one big stick of Jedward rock.

Amazing.

And now it will be spun out to size.

This part of the job is called spinning.

And what you have to do is try and get all of it the same size.

I don't think that's the way you do it, boys.

This, Edward, is totally Jedward style.

Stop mucking about and get rolling.

Jedward, knock, knock.

Perfect. Jedward.

The day is nearly over, but there's still time for one more story

and here to shed a little more light on Blackpool, it's Richard.

Illuminate us with the facts, Richard.

What can you tell us about these amazing lights?

Well, this is Blackpool Illuminations.

The greatest free light show on earth.

The Blackpool Illuminations began in May 1912 to mark the town's

first royal visit from Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Louise.

Nowadays the lights are an annual event

that runs from September to November.

The illuminations stretch for nearly six miles

across Blackpool's seafront.

You can even spot the world's largest mirror ball there.

If you stretched out all the cabling it would measure over 120km.

Wow, that's some Jepic lights.

What are these things you're going to show us?

I've got you some drawings. That is for that.

-Is this the original design?

-That's right.

They all start off either on a computer or in the old days

they used to start off on cardboard like this one.

-Amazing.

-How about this one? This one's from the 1950s.

So these are all the designs. Someone wanted a spaceship.

How about that one from the '70s?

I see a lot of designs going on here,

but I think we need a Jedward design, what do you think?

Maybe next year.

Who can you name drop right now who's turned on these lights?

Robbie Williams. Gary Barlow. We had a horse do it one year, Red Rum.

-Unbelievable.

-If a horse could do it, so can we.

I don't know, horses are pretty smart.

Right, guys, who's going to win

and who's going to switch the lights on tomorrow?

-I'm going to win.

-I'm going to win. I was born to turn on these lights.

John, a lot of famous people have turned on those lights,

I just hope it's me.

Well, that's certainly sparked their interest.

But let's hope Jedward are switched on tomorrow

as it will be their turn to be the experts with

the help of Katy and Richard of course.

Back at Hotel Jedward, the team should be preparing for their tours.

Let's hope they've remembered the facts.

Richard, how you feeling right now?

I am pretty nervous.

You should let all your nervousness release right now.

-Let it all go.

-It's all gone.

Tomorrow we are going to be ballroom dancing. Shall I teach you now?

Yeah, let's do some ballroom dancing.

This is going well.

To the side. And that way.

What's your game face?

Well, the kids might get quite scared with that.

You're not wrong. Go to bed, you lot.

HE YAWNS

Morning!

The sun is up and Blackpool is coming to life once more,

but are Jedward ready to give a top notch tour of this seaside town?

And here comes Edward modelling the brand-new collection by Jedward.

No, is the answer.

He's got his cool sunglasses. These are inspired by the famous Blackpool.

Concentrate, boys,

because a group of tourists are already on their way.

These guys have no idea who they're meeting or what we've got in store.

Blackpool Tower's right there.

I'm most excited about going on a ride.

BOTH: I'm most excited about getting some rock today.

They've arrived. It's time for the tourists to meet their tour guides.

What's up, guys, I'm John, that's Edward. Together we are...

-BOTH:

-Jedward!

Are you guys excited to be on Jedward's Big Adventure?

ALL: Yeah!

Before we start, make some noise for Richard Wisker from Friday Download.

He's going to be on my team.

And Katie Thistleton from CBBC.

CHEERING

I'm John, that's Richard and together we are Jard.

That's Katie and I'm Edward and together we are Kedward.

Yo, yo, yo, it's Kedward. Don't mess with us.

-Are you guys ready for this? ALL:

-Yeah!

Let's go. Come on.

It's time to start the tour and Team John are up first.

Let's hope the coast is clear

and they aren't all at sea with the facts of Blackpool's beginnings.

All right, kids, welcome to Blackpool.

It's not because it's a ginormous swimming pool,

that's because it gets dark outside, it's black and it's the pool, OK.

So, don't worry about that.

What is he talking about? Get on with it.

As you can see there's three piers.

Back then in 1750 was when people first starting making Blackpool

totally awesome.

It was 1735, John, oh, dear.

Back in the olden times people only had one week's holiday.

-How many weeks? ALL:

-One week.

I'm like, Richard, you got a week off.

I'm going to Blackpool.

You haven't told them it's called wakes week, John. That's a key fact.

What other facts do you know?

-Um...

-Yes?

-What do you know, Richard?

I know the sea goes in and out.

-That's a fact.

-And it's wet and salty and blue, is that it?

Back then people used to get the train.

Who wants to go on a train now?

We told you the facts. Let's do this.

High-five up here. Let's do this. Let's go.

-On the train.

-Oh, dear, it's a poor start to John and Richard's tour.

I'm sure there was nothing in there

the tourists couldn't have guessed already.

But how will Edward and Katie compare at the Pleasure Beach?

They're hoping to make a flying start.

Have you always wanted to fly in the sky,

flying free like a bird, like a plane?

Well, here you can at Pleasure Beach,

we're going to be flying today.

At the time it was a really big deal

because people couldn't fly on planes, so this was the first ride

in all of the world where you could actually feel like you were flying.

It's 109 years old, how crazy is that?

It's older than me by like, loads.

And people didn't really go on holiday then,

people just didn't get on a plane and fly off to Spain like we do now,

so they came here and went on these and it felt like they were flying.

Do you guys want to change into your goggles and your flying hats?

-ALL: Yes.

-Get some of these on.

-Here you go.

-No more hats there. You can have a box.

-You got the coolest.

-Your box is rocking it.

-Yup, if all else fails, put a box on your head.

Are we ready to fly?

ALL: Yeah!

Let's check out the flying ride.

Bing-bong. Welcome to Jedward Airways.

You are on board flight Jed to nowhere.

We'll be sky-high shortly

but in the meantime please note there are no emergency exits.

Have a nice flight.

Captain Edward doesn't look very happy.

Don't go any higher. Can we get off now, please?

No, seriously, can we get off? Can we stop?

LAUGHING

Is this fun, are you enjoying it?

He's adopting the brace position. Brace! Brace!

Stop! Seriously. Stop!

Someone pass him a sick bag.

-CHEERING

-Oh, he's all right.

All right, guys, how fun was that? Who wants to go on again?

ALL: Me! Me!

-No.

-Oh, Edward.

He may not have enjoyed the heady height,

but did they land the facts with the tourists?

It was the best ride ever.

I loved the flying machines because it was exhilarating.

Now it's time for Team John.

Let's see if they can remember any of the facts at all this time.

Welcome to the Blackpool Tower.

The tower is one of the most iconic towers in the whole of Blackpool.

This is the only tower,

except for the sand castle towers you make down the beach,

and basically I know a lot of facts but I forgot them all.

-Good.

-Did you know who built the tower?

-I think Shakespeare built the tower.

-What?

Don't listen to him. Does anyone know who built the tower?

-I built the tower.

-You built it?

-Yeah.

-Don't listen... That's not a fact.

-I built it with my own hands.

How long did it take you to build the tower?

It took me like... It took me a while.

What is this?

Do you know what the tower's made of?

Of course I do. It's made out of iron. It's made out of steel.

-It's made out of sweets.

-Uh...

It's made out of chocolate. There's bits that are edible.

It's not made out of chocolate.

-Do you guys think it's made out of chocolate?

-ALL: No!

This tower is over 10,000 metres tall.

I was going to say about 10,000 metres.

No, it's not. 10,000 metres is like ginormous.

-I think it's about 70.

-It's 158!

70m... It can't be.

I'm going to make a guess.

-It's about...

-It's 158m.

Isn't that obvious? It's as clear as day.

You can actually see through the glass which is pretty cool.

Let's have a look through the glass, guys.

ALL: Whoa!

Put your hands in. On there. Jard!

ALL: Jard!

It's official, that was some of the worst tour guiding

I've ever seen in the history of Jedward's Big Adventure.

Oh, dear.

I think some of the facts that John was saying were not actually true

because we all know that John did not make the tower

and it is not made out of chocolate.

Meanwhile, Team Edward have gate-crashed the daily tea dance

to give us a twirl for the next part of their tour.

Strictly facts please.

Check it out, guys, were here in the Blackpool Ballroom.

Spin. Look at all the gold.

It was built in 1894. It's open 364 days a year.

It only closes on Christmas. Do you know how to dance?

ALL: No!

Well, today we're going to teach you how to do the waltz.

Are you ready to learn how to do the waltz?

It goes, left, side, together. Right, side, together.

Probably wondering, we don't have music on right now,

-but see that piano up there? It's called a...

-Wurlitzer.

All right, guys, we're going to do some Jedly Come Dancing. You ready?

BOTH: Keep dancing!

Yes, welcome to Jedly Come Dancing.

And tonight dancing the Jedwaltz it's the big adventure tourists!

Ow! Get off my foot!

Hallelujah, some professionals at last.

Ah, elegant and graceful.

Unlike this.

There you go. See, that's how you do it.

And that's how you don't.

Give her a kiss then.

Well, that certainly swept the tourists off their feet.

They might remember their cha-cha-chas,

but will they remember their fa-fa-facts?

I give Jedly Come Dancing 10!

-7!

-10!

I give Jedly Come Dancing 9,108.

Some high marks indeed.

But will Team Edward be top of the leaderboard at the end of the day?

Now to Team John whose tour so far, quite frankly, has been a shambles.

Can they salvage something at the rock factory?

All right, guys, we are here making rock candy.

What does that mean?

It means you got to pull up some cool rock signs!

Three, two, one. GUITAR PLAYS

Awesome.

The glucose needs to be 150 degrees. See that pot over there?

How hot does it need to be?

ALL: 150.

And don't forget that's in degrees Celsius.

Whoa.

It looks like mush.

The candy's made out of sugar and glucose.

And water, boys.

-As you can see, he is making what?

-L.

-An L.

Richard, I'm going to leave now for two minutes.

Can you tell them all a fact cos I've got to go?

What. He can't be...? He's not... I can't believe it!

-Where's he gone?

-Where's John?

He's meant to be my team-mate, he's meant to be supporting me,

and he's just left me, completely left me on my own.

It's not good enough, is it, guys?

TOILET FLUSHES

A toilet break! Well, that's a first for the show.

I had to go. When you've got to go, you've got to go.

And as Lee carries on making the delicious rock,

Team John decides, yes, you've guessed it, to dance.

Less dancing, boys and more facts. That's if they can remember some.

Do you guys want to be part of making the process?

Basically we need you to start rolling.

Guys, you are professional rollers already.

-I'm so strong. Look at this.

-Oh, you're rock hard.

Well, that was a different kind of tour

with all the dancing and wee stops,

but did the tourists manage to digest any of the facts at all?

It's time for the last stop on the tour

and Team Edward are hoping they can shed some light on

the Blackpool Illuminations.

What do they look like?

You guys are probably wondering why I'm wearing lights on my head

and cool sunglasses.

It's because I'm here to talk about Blackpool illuminations.

It's one of the things that Blackpool is really famous for.

Illuminations, they used to draw them by hand.

Now they do them on a computer. Check it out.

-These are really old.

-What a work of art.

Look at that. They were made into illuminations.

It's very popular and brings a lot of tourism to the area

because people drive up the whole six miles just to check out

all the LED lights.

The illuminations started because someone very special came here

and it was all created for her. I'll give you a hint...

-Who do you think it was?

-Want some tea?

-KID: The Queen.

Well done, it was the Queen. That was why they made the illuminations.

Wrong. I think all those lights have sizzled your brain,

it was Princess Louise.

Guys, it is light at the moment outside,

so we can't really see the illuminations, and we thought

why don't we make our own illuminations.

-Who wants to do that?

-ALL: Yeah!

So what we're going to do is get our light or a glow stick,

and what you do is, you can do a letter or a star or a love heart.

And I'm going to take pictures on my camera here

and we're going to have a long exposure on it,

so that we can see the shapes that you guys are making.

I'm so excited. Take a picture of me!

Keep making your shape.

Edward, switch the lights off in three, two, one...

Ready, Edward? Make your shape.

-Is that suppose to be you guys?

-Yep.

-That is amazing.

Dazzling stuff there from Team Edward, but will it be enough to

light up a path to victory or will it be lights off and forfeit time?

It's the moment of truth.

Have the tourists remembered those all-important

vital facts on Blackpool?

Was all the flying, dancing,

rock and rolling too much of a distraction?

It's time to find out as the tourists take the big test.

"Who founded the Blackpool Pleasure Beach?"

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

"How old is the flying machine?"

For each correct answer,

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

What are the three main ingredients of rock? Three?

They didn't even tell us about the ingredients.

-Sugar.

-And the team with the most points will win,

whilst the losers will face the humiliating task of cleaning

the ballroom floor.

Ouch. The test is now over.

It's time to reveal the final score.

This is the time you've been waiting for.

So, Team John...

have 19 points.

RICHARD: Not cool.

It's really bad.

And Team Edward...

..have 21.

We did it!

It's all you.

Congratulations, Team Edward!

Edward and Katie are now off to enjoy switching on Blackpool's

famous illuminations.

Whilst for the losers John and Richard, it's forfeit time.

Katie, I'm so excited. This is a big deal. These are big lights.

I'm so excited, are you?

-I'm so excited. Are you ready?

-Yes, let's do it.

BOTH: Ten, nine, eight...

-This is ridiculous.

-Richard, I can't believe it.

I can't believe you.

BOTH: ..seven, six, five...

It's only been two minutes.

We got another six days, 23 hours and 57 minutes to go.

BOTH: ..four, three, two, one!

-Let there be light!

-Team Kedward!

-Yes!

-Yay!

Six miles of light.

-Blackpool rocks!

-That's amazing.

-It says Jedward on the tower!

-I know.

J-E-D-W-A-R-D.

Jedward.