0:00:04 > 0:00:08- There's nothing like breakfast alfresco is there?- Who's Al Fresco?
0:00:08 > 0:00:12- No, alfresco means outside in Italian.- Oh.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15You know I'm not Italian, don't you?
0:00:15 > 0:00:18No, it's just another way of saying eating outside.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21But it's not a way of saying it that I understand.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Next time someone says it, you'll understand.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Yes, I suppose I will.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29I'm eating my breakfast Bob Rescue.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33- No, Alf Rescue...co. Alfresco. - Bless you.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Why do you hug your orange juice before you drink it?
0:00:40 > 0:00:43You said it tastes better when it's freshly squeezed.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46No, it's the oranges...
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- Never mind. Shall I make some more? - Yes, please.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54Is it me, or is that seagull staring at my breakfast brioche?
0:00:58 > 0:01:00I don't trust seagulls.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Remember when we had fish and chips at the seaside
0:01:03 > 0:01:07and a seagull stole my chips, and my pickled egg, and my fish,
0:01:07 > 0:01:09and the paper it was wrapped in, and my bike.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Why would a seagull want your bike?
0:01:11 > 0:01:15It had five gears and a Thomas The Tank Engine bell.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18It was quite a catch for a seagull. Aargh!
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Help! Seagull attack. That seagull's got my breakfast.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Call the Air Force. Get me a jet pack!
0:01:24 > 0:01:27I shouldn't have filled this up so high.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I hope nothing gives me a big shock, cos it'll go everywhere.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Little Howard? Little Howard?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34HORN BLARES
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I, little Howard, have come up with another of my biiiig questions.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Why can't I fly?
0:01:40 > 0:01:44All I'd ask is you gave me a little bit more warning
0:01:44 > 0:01:46when you were going to do that.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49It'll be a beautiful day today, especially in Purley,
0:01:49 > 0:01:54where we're getting reports of monkeys dancing in the streets.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55HORN BLARES
0:01:56 > 0:01:59# I love monkeys I love monkeys
0:01:59 > 0:02:02# All those happy little chirpy little monkeys
0:02:02 > 0:02:05# With their tails and their bananas
0:02:05 > 0:02:07# I think that if we all were monkeys
0:02:07 > 0:02:10# We'd have happier mananas
0:02:10 > 0:02:12# Get me monkeys, lots of monkeys
0:02:12 > 0:02:15# Monkeys I adore
0:02:15 > 0:02:18# If my love said that she did not love those monkeys
0:02:18 > 0:02:23# I wouldn't love her any more. # Thank you very much.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26We love you too, little Howard.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28We have to take that again, a monkey talked.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Oh, for goodness sake.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Sorry, you sing this song about how much you love monkeys every week
0:02:33 > 0:02:34and I thought...
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Yeah, but we're still filming.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38You can't just talk while we're still rolling.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41This is the titles for the show!
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Sorry, little Howard.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Too late. It'll come out of your wages.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- We ready for another take? - Stupid monkeys.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52You can't fly because of gravity.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54What's gravity?
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Is it a cross between gravy and tea?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- No.- Oh, yes, sorry, that's Bovril, isn't it?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Is gravity like Bovril?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03No.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Is it like any other beef-based beverage on the market?
0:03:06 > 0:03:10No, gravity's the force that pulls us down to the ground.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13It's the force that made the orange juice fall on my head.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15So it's like clumsiness?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17You made me jump!
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Howard Oliver Drinkwater Reed. Look at the state of you.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- Get in the bath this instant. - That is where I was going.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25I need to have a word with Mother.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Can you go up and fill the bath for me, please?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30OK. Dum-de-dum.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Listen, little Howard's got it into his head
0:03:35 > 0:03:36that he wants to learn to fly.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Can you tell him it's not possible? He won't listen to me.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44- Of course, and don't worry, your secret's safe with me.- What secret?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- I've filled the bath, big Howard. - Brilliant.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Remember what I said, Mother.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Mother's the word.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54That's what I said.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58What's this nonsense about you wanting to fly?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01It's not nonsense. I do want to fly.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Humans aren't built for flight.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Their bones are too big and heavy.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Birds can fly because their bones are so light they're almost hollow.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12If human bones were that flimsy, you'd collapse in a heap,
0:04:12 > 0:04:16especially if you were a great fat thing like big Howard.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Also, birds have two sets of very strong breast muscles
0:04:19 > 0:04:22that account for 35% of their body weight.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25If humans had them, they'd look like this.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26No-one looks like that.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29If they did, they'd never fall down a manhole again.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35So those are the only reasons that humans can't fly then?
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- Well, there's that, but of course they don't have wings.- Oh, right.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42But I see people flying all the time on telly.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45I know, I'll show you people who look like they're flying
0:04:45 > 0:04:48and you have to tell me how they're doing it.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Wow, he's not touching the ground, he's flying!
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Sadly not. Look.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56You see? He wasn't really flying.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00He'd just been shot out of a cannon. How about this one?
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- He's floating in mid air!- How do you think he's doing it, though?
0:05:04 > 0:05:09I'd say his lovely bouffant hair was made of magic.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Good guess, but they're not flying, they're actually falling.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16But the plane they're in is falling at the same speed,
0:05:16 > 0:05:18so it looks like they're floating.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20It's called parabolic flying.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23So it's not his hair that's magic then?
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Little Howard, when I said to fill the bath,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- I meant to fill it with water.- Oh.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32And whatever horse you got that from needs to see a vet.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Now, do you see that ordinary people can't fly?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Yes, I suppose so.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Good, so let's hear no more of this nonsense.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Mind you, superheroes can fly, of course.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Are superheroes real?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Oh, yes. Big Howard used to be a superhero, you know.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51No! I'd know if he was.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Well, he could never give away his secret identity, but look.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Help! Help! Big Hero, help!
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Shush, damsel, fear not, Big Hero's here.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- Big Hero, thank goodness.- Big Poo.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- What did he say?- Big Hero?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12It sounded quite a lot like Big Poo.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- No, definitely Big Hero.- Right, what can I do for you, hot stuff?
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Can I save your baby from a tidal wave? Can I wrestle a bear?
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Can I punch a giant iguana?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- No, I've forgotten where I parked my car.- Find your flipping car?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I can fly at 10,000 mph, for heaven's sake.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31It's a yellow Fiat Punto.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Fine.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Big Howard can fly!
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Yes, but he hasn't done it for years.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Has he still got his magic costume?
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Oh, I wouldn't let him throw that out.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55Here, that gives me a very irresponsible idea.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- What are you doing?- I'm throwing all your clothes up on the roof.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Oh, I see, OK. Sure. What!? Why?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28So you can fly up and get them.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Oh, I see. OK. I've got you. What the... Why?
0:07:32 > 0:07:36I told mother to tell you that people can't fly and now you
0:07:36 > 0:07:39think I can fly and you've thrown all my clothes on the roof.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41What on earth did she say?
0:07:41 > 0:07:45It's OK, big Howard, I know all about your secret identity.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50And besides, I haven't thrown ALL your clothes up on the roof.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Oh, no.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04But I saw you flying with my own eyes.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05I was acting, little Howard,
0:08:05 > 0:08:09in a TV show called The Extraordinary Adventures Of Big Hero.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11It was a job I did before I started doing comedy.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14I never actually flew. It was all done with special effects.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17But how did you fly in the mystifying mystery
0:08:17 > 0:08:19of the missing yellow Fiat Punto?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21I'll explain once we've got my clothes.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23You're going to have to fly to do that,
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- because remember the ladder got stolen by those squirrels.- Oh, yeah.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Oi! Come back!
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Flipping squirrels!
0:08:46 > 0:08:47I'll call the Fire Brigade.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49They'll get my clothes down.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Hello, the Fire Brigade?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Can you come round and take my trousers down?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Yes, all right. Goodbye.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05They said never call again, especially if there's a fire.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07So can you show me how you flew then?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I'll do just that.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11To the BBC!
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- Oh, is there a dress code? - Good heavens, no.- Brilliant!
0:09:15 > 0:09:18# I need a hero
0:09:18 > 0:09:22# I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night
0:09:22 > 0:09:26# He's gotta be strong And he's gotta be fast
0:09:26 > 0:09:29# And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
0:09:29 > 0:09:30# I need a hero
0:09:30 > 0:09:35# I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light
0:09:35 > 0:09:39# He's gotta be sure It's gotta be soon
0:09:39 > 0:09:41# And he's gotta be larger than life... #
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Wow! That's amazing. It's magic!
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- I'm afraid it isn't.- Who are you?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49This is Charlie, my old director.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51We worked together on my TV show.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54What idiot gave you your own TV show?
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Ahem.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Oh.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Yes, well, that nearly got me fired.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Anyway, it only looks likes you're flying on the TV.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04The computer removes all the blue
0:10:04 > 0:10:08and puts in a picture of whatever you like. Take a look at this.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Oh, look, I'm flying on the telly!
0:10:10 > 0:10:15I'm flying! But I'm not even moving, that's rubbish. Wow!
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Look, I'm moving. I'm really moving! No, I'm not.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21All I can see is a load of blue everywhere.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24This must be what it's like to live at the bottom of the sea.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25Yeah, imagine that.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Before computers, they did it with rear projection.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Just step over here, please.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- What's this? - This is the Wright Brothers,
0:10:39 > 0:10:40one of the first people
0:10:40 > 0:10:43to successfully build and fly an aeroplane, in 1903.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47- Oh, it's going to hit us! - It's not real, big Howard.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Ow!
0:10:51 > 0:10:54I'm afraid I'm not interested in flying in an aeroplane, Charlie.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- Why not?- I don't like the food.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58If you want to fly without a plane or wings,
0:10:58 > 0:10:59I know someone that can help.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Scientists at the University of Nottingham
0:11:02 > 0:11:05have made tomatoes and strawberries levitate using magnets.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Wow! That's amazing.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Can you take us there right now?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11With TV magic?
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Of course not, I'm a TV director, not a wizard. Just step over here.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Because you can't do it, isn't it? You're rubbish.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- Oh, come on. - OK and jump in the air, please.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Thanks, Charlie.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29The University of Nottingham's
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Tomato and Strawberry Levitating Department.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Something like that, yeah. Come on.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Don't look now, we're being followed. Look!
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- You said I shouldn't look now. - That was then. You can look now.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- It's that seagull.- I can't see him.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48On that lamppost, taunting us with his twitching beak,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50the one who stole my breakfast brioche.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Look at him, the dirty brute.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54How can you be sure it's the same seagull?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57I'd know him anywhere, those greedy eyes,
0:11:57 > 0:12:00the brioche crumbs stuck to his claws.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02I'm going to learn to fly and I'll get you!
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Richard from the diamagnetic levitation department
0:12:05 > 0:12:06is waiting for us. Come on.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Shall we run?
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Yeah.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11# Da-na da-na da-na da-na da-na da-na...lunch! #
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- We've heard that you can make things levitate?- That's true.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22We can make things fly. We can make things levitate using this machine.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25it's set up for levitating things with lots of water in,
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- so fruit and vegetables, that kind of thing.- Fantastic.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Can you levitate a raspberry?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Yeah, we can levitate a raspberry.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- What about an elderberry? - We can levitate that, too.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- What about a loganberry?- Yeah.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40A kumquat?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Yeah, a kumquat as well.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- I'm not even sure I know what a kumquat is.- What about a gooseberry?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Can you stop listing fruit?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Richard, can you show us some of the stuff you can make levitate?
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Inside this tin can we have a very strong electromagnet.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01An electromagnet is a coil of wire
0:13:01 > 0:13:05wrapped round and round which you pass an electric current through.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06We pass so much electric current,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09it generates a very powerful magnetic field
0:13:09 > 0:13:14and this magnetises objects that you don't normally think of as magnetic,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16fruit and vegetables and so on.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Anti-gravity blackberry. Wow!
0:13:26 > 0:13:31It's flying! Mushrooms can fly!
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Make it spin, Richard. Make it spin round.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58That's amazing.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Let's try another thing. Ask him, please. Go on, ask him.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Yes, all right. All right. Calm down.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Little Howard would like to see if this can fly.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- It's called Super Sausage. - Come on, Super Sausage.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19All the mustard you want if you can do this. Come on.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Oh, you're rubbish, Super Sausage.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Excuse me, Mr Scientist.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Why can't you make Super Sausage fly?
0:14:30 > 0:14:33The magnet's set up for levitating water at the moment
0:14:33 > 0:14:36and the Super Sausage doesn't have enough water in it.
0:14:36 > 0:14:42- It's just a bit too fatty. - Big Hero, we can always try Plan B.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Yes, all right.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50- Can you try this as well? He's called Mega Carrot.- Yeah, OK.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Is it an orange bird?
0:14:52 > 0:14:57Is it an orange plane? No, it's a levitating root vegetable.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59It's Mega Carrot!
0:14:59 > 0:15:03It's flying, hooray!
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- I don't suppose you could... - Big Howard,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- you just ate Super Sausage.- Could you ever make people fly with this?
0:15:13 > 0:15:18Well, we could, but we just can't fit people inside the small hole.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22So I'm sorry, little Howard, you're just too big to fit.
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0:16:53 > 0:16:56LITTLE HOWARD LAUGHS
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Little Howard? Little Howard?
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Brilliant! So we can use this machine to make us fly.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Haven't you been listening?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Richard just explained we can't make people fly!
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Could we train some superhero carrots to do it for us?
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Little Howard! Sorry, he goes into these dream sequences.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Are you having a dream sequence again?- Yeah.- Well, stop it.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- It was a really good one this week...- Oi!
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Sorry. So I'm no closer to learning to fly then?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Well, I did tell you about Jet Man.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32- Jet who?- For goodness sake! Richard told us about a man in Switzerland
0:17:32 > 0:17:34who can fly using jet power.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Hooray! Where's Switzerland?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39I don't know, but he also says there's a bloke in the UK
0:17:39 > 0:17:40who is trying to do it.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Is that the bloke who flew over the English Channel?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50It took a lot of hard work, that. It's basically
0:17:50 > 0:17:54a standard aerodynamic rigid aeroplane-type carbon fibre wings,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56with a span of about 8 feet.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Then you've got four small kerosene-burning
0:17:58 > 0:18:01jet engines that are a big version of a type designed
0:18:01 > 0:18:02for model aeroplanes.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05You use the hand throttle and your body to manoeuvre,
0:18:05 > 0:18:06and Bob's your uncle.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Wow! It must be amazing, being able to fly.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Yes, I suppose it must be, mustn't it?
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Yeah.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- Don't you know?- I've never actually gone as high as that
0:18:18 > 0:18:19with my own jet wings.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24- You mean that's not you? - Oh no. No, not yet.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26But it will be when I get the funding.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Who's that then?
0:18:28 > 0:18:32That's Yves Rossi, an ex-military pilot from Switzerland.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Nice bloke, bit of a swat and of course, he's got a girl's name.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37But me and him have been working
0:18:37 > 0:18:39to perfect jet-propelled human flight
0:18:39 > 0:18:43for 20 years or more. Of course, he's rather got the edge on me now.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47So how high can you fly at the moment then?
0:18:47 > 0:18:48I'll show you if you like.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50If you two pop out of the shed,
0:18:50 > 0:18:54- then I'll get jetted up, as we jet men call it.- Brilliant!- Brilliant!
0:18:59 > 0:19:02He'll never be able to fly very high, will he?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05I don't know, depends how powerful his jet engines are.
0:19:05 > 0:19:06He knows what he's talking about.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08He lives in a shed!
0:19:08 > 0:19:11He's been working hard on this for a long time.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32I don't know if you've noticed but I actually had to use
0:19:32 > 0:19:34some ordinary household objects.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Don't worry, though.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- The principle is as sound as a pound.- Really? As much as a pound?
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Can you fly as high as a seagull?
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Well, it depends how high the seagull is.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- What about getting my clothes off the roof?- I could lend you a ladder.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- That would be great! - No, we need you to fly!
0:19:51 > 0:19:54OK. Well, let's fire this baby up and see how high she goes.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57I've made some minor adjustments this morning,
0:19:57 > 0:20:00so fingers crossed it should go higher than Tuesday,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- although today, though, the wind... - Get on with it!- Right.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05OK, well, shall we have a countdown?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- Yeah.- 100...
0:20:07 > 0:20:1010, 9, 8, 7, 6...
0:20:10 > 0:20:165, 4, 3, 2, 1...
0:20:16 > 0:20:17hooray!
0:20:17 > 0:20:22- Oh, monkey dos.- Well, it was better than Tuesday.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25So, about that ladder then?
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Oh, it looks like I'm never going to be able to fly.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Don't be like that. I know somewhere you can fly.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35- What do you mean?- Have you never heard of indoor skydiving?- No.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37They do it in Bedford.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42- Hooray, Bedford!- I can take you there now if you like.- Brilliant!
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- If you pay my bus fare and lend us 40 quid.- Oh, for goodness sake.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Well, where is it? He's brought us to the middle of nowhere.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- There's nothing here... Oh, right. - Yeah, there it is.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58That's the largest indoor skydiving wind tunnel in the world, you know.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00And they do a very good bacon sandwich.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Yes, it's safer and a lot less scary than actual skydiving,
0:21:04 > 0:21:08which is just as well, cos I'm not terribly keen on heights. So...
0:21:10 > 0:21:13What?!
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Wow! Look at them, they're brilliant at it.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Welcome to Body Flight. We are the world's
0:21:26 > 0:21:28largest and fastest indoor skydiving facility.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33Wow! Look at how high they're going. They're spinning round and round
0:21:33 > 0:21:37and round and round and round and round and round.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Your legs, I'm just going to bend them slightly at the knees.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44We need to keep you in a stable flying position.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48OK, not too bad.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Good, good, good, and bring your palms up.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Well done.
0:21:56 > 0:22:02- There we go, look at that, perfect body position.- Swot! Teacher's pet!
0:22:04 > 0:22:08OK, so that's the propeller. It's got a diameter of five metres.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09That's twice the size of you.
0:22:09 > 0:22:17And it goes at 150 miles an hour, at 750 revs per minute.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19It doesn't blow you up. It sucks you up.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23The air goes round the sides, comes back and pushes you back up.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Yay! Let's fly. At last!
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Ready to go? Let's go. Wooh!
0:22:32 > 0:22:36What, right now? There's a very good cafe downstairs, you know. Oh, dear.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44Wow!
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Cor! Look at Big Howard flying!
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Look at his big, flappy face.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Turn it up! Come on!
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Maybe Jet Man shouldn't have had all those bacon sandwiches.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Apparently he's sick every time.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Every time he's been here they have to clean the fan.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17He's very impressive. He's almost as good as the experts.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20The way he's flying up there, Jet Man...
0:23:20 > 0:23:22No, he's rubbish. He's terrible.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27I thought he said he'd done it before?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Apparently he has. He's done it about 80 times.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Just never really got any better.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37I'm flying! I'm flying, look at me! Woohoo!
0:23:37 > 0:23:41I'm flying! Someone doing a lot of rolling...
0:23:44 > 0:23:45Wow!
0:23:48 > 0:23:51That was amazing. We were flying!
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Yeah, and Jet Man UK lent us his ladder.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55For a small fee. For a very reasonable fee.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Which means we don't have to fly to get the clothes off the roof.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00Can you be careful with that?
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Of course I'll be careful with that.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Oh, sorry, did I...
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Oh, my goodness, I'm so sorry! Are you OK?
0:24:06 > 0:24:09If I had a nose, that would have been broken.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Now I've flown properly, I think I can forgive the seagull.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Oh!
0:24:14 > 0:24:15LITTLE HOWARD LAUGHS
0:24:15 > 0:24:20Look at you, the seagull did a poo on you! Oh, no! That's revolting.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21BIG HOWARD LAUGHS
0:24:21 > 0:24:22It's not funny. Stop it.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25That seagull's just eaten my hot dog!
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Here, hold these, will you?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Go get him, hot dog man!
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Hot Dog Man could be like a partner to Super Sausage.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39They could fight Mustard Mouse and it'd be a really good team...
0:24:39 > 0:24:44- Little Howard? Little Howard? - I'm up here, Big Howard.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- I'm flying! I'm flying!- Let go of the balloons, Little Howard.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51I'm flying a bit too high, actually.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54On second thoughts, don't let go of the balloons. Hold on!
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Argh! Help me! I'm flying!
0:24:58 > 0:24:59# Up there
0:24:59 > 0:25:03# Look at him float off without a care
0:25:03 > 0:25:06# Drifting like a bin bag in the air
0:25:06 > 0:25:11# He could pretty much go anywhere
0:25:11 > 0:25:13# Up there.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16# Fly
0:25:16 > 0:25:19# All I wanted to do was to fly
0:25:19 > 0:25:23# Now it seems that I'm about to die
0:25:23 > 0:25:26# Falling like a rock down from the sky
0:25:26 > 0:25:29# Oh, why?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32# Cos falling is natural
0:25:32 > 0:25:36# Flying, it is not
0:25:36 > 0:25:41# Old gravity has news for me
0:25:41 > 0:25:43# That cannot be forgot
0:25:47 > 0:25:51# Aeroplane or helicopter When I land, I'll need a doctor
0:25:51 > 0:25:54# Jet pack me direct to A&E
0:25:54 > 0:25:56# Growing wings could be curse
0:25:56 > 0:25:59# Unless they flew me to a nurse
0:25:59 > 0:26:02# An NHS one please cos they are free
0:26:02 > 0:26:06# Hovercraft or lead balloon Please take me to a doctor soon
0:26:06 > 0:26:09# Fly me with a magnet to a quack
0:26:09 > 0:26:14# Then when I have convalesced I'll tell you what would be the best
0:26:14 > 0:26:18# Please don't even try to fly me back
0:26:18 > 0:26:21# Flying is easy
0:26:21 > 0:26:25# It's landing that's the worst
0:26:25 > 0:26:28# I hope I'm near a hospital
0:26:28 > 0:26:32# When the bubbles burst. #
0:26:32 > 0:26:34BALLOONS POP
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Aargh! They're popping the balloons! They're trying to kill me!
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Oh, I'm going down.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43They saved me! the seagulls saved me!
0:26:43 > 0:26:47# Falling is natural
0:26:47 > 0:26:51# Flying it is not
0:26:51 > 0:26:55# Old gravity has news for me
0:26:55 > 0:27:01# That cannot be forgot. #
0:27:01 > 0:27:04The seagulls saved my life.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07You see, they're not that bad, are they? Thank you, seagulls!
0:27:07 > 0:27:09LITTLE HOWARD LAUGHS
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Look at your face!
0:27:13 > 0:27:16I've changed my mind. Seagulls are brilliant.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Yeah, they're great. I'm going to join the RSPB.
0:27:20 > 0:27:26# That cannot be forgot. #
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Hello, everyone. Sorry, I don't know where Big Howard is.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32He was here a minute ago.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36- Little Howard, look, I'm flying! - How are you doing that?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40I'm on wires like they use in the theatre.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Isn't that very expensive and you need an expert to set it up for you?
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Yeah, but I made this myself with a belt and fishing wire.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49It's just as strong... Oh!
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Argh!
0:27:50 > 0:27:51THUMP!
0:27:51 > 0:27:52ALL: Oooh!
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Stop filming! Call an ambulance!