Warwick Davis Remote Control Star

-Ever wanted to control a celebrity?

-Make your wish their command?

This is the show where three mates take charge of a star for the day

controlling them through funny situations like these...

Kick the bench down by accident.

Pretend to trip.

LAUGHTER

Start dancing.

# I'm the king of the jungle Yes I am! #

Now be a duck.

HE QUACKS

All the action takes place in our celebrity house.

It's rigged from top to bottom with hidden cameras and microphones.

And our remote controllers will be based here...

..in this hi-tech control room,

giving their star instructions via a secret earpiece.

It's time to remote control another star.

Let's meet today's remote controllers.

Hello, I'm Emily.

I'm the talkative one of the group because no-one can shut me up.

I'm Nontokozo.

And I'm the funny one because I'm so dramatic.

I'm Chelsea, the brains of the group.

I'm going to think of all the challenges for our star.

I think Chelsea is a quick thinker

and she'll bring lots of ideas for our remote control star.

Emily is going to bring a lot of chatter to our team

because she gets told off in class for chatting.

I think my team is going to perform well.

We're all good friends so it should make it easier.

I think Nontokozo is going to bring laughter

to our team when we work together.

-Remote controllers, are you ready to meet your star?

-Yeah!

-Who have you got for us today?

-I am so excited!

We have a top Hollywood star on our hands today.

You will know today's star from movies such as Harry Potter,

Star Wars, Chronicles Of Narnia and loads more.

It's Warwick Davis!

CHEERING

-Good to see you.

-Come and meet

the remote controllers.

How are you? Nice to meet you.

I'm a bit anxious about what you have got in store for me today.

-We're going to be mean today!

-Did you see the face?!

-I know!

-We're not going to be light on you.

-Oh, OK.

Warwick, you have to obey all orders no matter how tricky. Do you promise?

-I promise!

-Brilliant stuff. Here is your hidden earpiece.

-Are you ready for challenge one?

-I'm ready as I'll ever be.

Good luck! You go that way.

-Are you ready?

-Yes!

-Let's get on with the first challenge, come on.

Warwick is in position in the sitting room.

Four cameras are covering his every move.

It's time for the first of his three challenges.

Warwick, are you ready for your first challenge?

I have sweaty palms, but I'm ready!

You're a top actor and for this next challenge

you are going to have to pretend to be a massive diva

who hugely over-reacts about the smallest things.

WARWICK CHUCKLES

We've booked a carpet salesman to come and measure your living room

but you'll be a tricky customer -

a celebrity who just can't make up their mind.

Right!

You have to give the carpet salesman

-the strangest sales session of his life.

-OK.

-Are you up for it?

-I am up for it, yes.

The remote controllers will tell you what to say and do.

You have to keep it going for 15 minutes.

Get yourself relaxed, listen out for the doorbell and good luck!

Thank you!

'He has 15 minutes to become the trickiest customer in the world

'and during that time tasks will pop up on this screen.

'Will the remote controllers get Warwick to do them?'

-Are we ready, remote controllers?

-Yes!

-Ready!

'The carpet salesman is here

'and Warwick's pretend assistant is showing him through. Game on!'

-This is George.

-How are you?

-I will leave you to it.

Bear with me a second. I want to finish this line here.

Let's see how much of an awkward customer Warwick can be.

Carpets, obviously I haven't got many carpets.

I'm looking for... Yeah, I don't tend to like wood. What have you got here?

-Shall I bring them over to you?

-Oh, yes, please.

-Say, "You haven't got any orange."

-"Ah, you haven't you got orange."

There is no orange here. Is there any orange?

These are very neutral.

They look a bit natural. I wanted to get rid of that natural feel.

-Do you have orange in this range?

-Say you want purple.

-Or purple.

Purple? Is there a purple? How about...?

Is that the purple you're bringing?

-More like a plum colour.

-Plum. Plum. That's plum?!

I really wanted a purple with some orange spots.

Not really a plum, a purple.

When the fitters come, could we draw round a saucepan

and cut that bit out and put in the orange bit?

Orange and purple spots?! Whatever next?!

Will the salesman let him get away with handling the goods?

Test the carpet for softness in ridiculous ways - hugging it,

rolling on it and rubbing it on your back.

Can I just... How do we get a sense of...?

It is quite smooth.

I want it to smell a lot more than that.

Say, "I want it to smell of strawberries."

Yeah, I want it to smell of strawberries though.

Can you scent them, when we're washing it?

If we wash it, can we infuse it as well? That's ever so good.

I don't like air fresheners but if the carpet could smell...

If it could look strawberry coloured.

I can't help you with that. I can help you with a proper wool carpet,

which has a natural smell to it, but if you want a scent,

you'll have to put some sort of air-conditioner in it.

Say Tom Cruise gave me a piggyback down the red carpet.

Chelsea is doing a great job on the mic.

This carpet has history. Tom Cruise the actor is quite short

and he gave me a piggy-back down this very carpet.

This is amazing.

Say, "Do the moonwalk."

Can you do the moonwalk? That was one of the things...

I desperately try and do this.

You can come on. Now you haven't got your shoes on. Just give me...

Nice! He's got him moonwalking!

That's pretty cool. Not bad.

You're better than me... and I've been practising. Cool.

There's five minutes to go.

Can he get him to test how soft the carpet is?

Get the salesmen to rub the carpet on his face.

Just feel this carpet, feel the quality. Rub it...

Come down here a minute. Feel it, smell it first.

You can smell the fame!

I can't smell anything.

Do a roly-poly.

-Careful!

-I know, but I'm seeing how padded it was.

Time to see just how much of a journey this carpet salesman

is prepared to go on with Warwick.

Get the salesman to join you for a magic carpet ride.

Just sit there a minute. This is what they said to me...

Scoot down there a little bit.

Come here. I can't sit cross-legged, but sit cross-legged.

He has been amazingly patient. How far will he let him go?

Warwick has just one minute left.

Apparently this will lift off if we try...

I was in Harry Potter. Seriously, don't laugh.

-"You just have to believe."

-You've just got to believe!

Just believe, let your feelings go and your thoughts, and you may rise.

-Make a wish!

-'Time's up.'

-Make a wish.

Make a wish. Wish that you were on a hidden camera show!

They may not have been able to fly the carpet,

but these remote controllers worked their magic.

LAUGHTER

Oh, blimey!

-No, stay down there. I like this.

-What were you coming to do today?

I was under the impression I was coming to measure up for carpets.

And you wanted a luxury carpet.

It's official, you're the best carpet salesman ever.

A big round of applause. Amazing, well done. Brilliant.

I think he was a good sport. He did well.

My favourite instruction was when Warwick did the roly-poly.

My favourite part of the challenge

was when Warwick got him to do the moonwalk.

That's pretty cool. Not bad!

You're better than me... and I've been practising.

I think he did really well. It was really funny.

Remote controllers, you've been brilliant so far.

-Are you ready to guide Warwick through to the next challenge?

-Yes!

These guys have a set of instructions

harder than the last challenge.

-How will you cope?

-I don't know. The last challenge was difficult.

That was a starter. This is the main course!

We're taking you out of your mansion and going out on the street.

-One word for you, one clue - it'll be magic.

-Magic?

-Warwick, off you go before I give it away. Good luck!

-Thank you.

For this challenge, Warwick's out on the street, eager to work his magic.

Literally. He has just 15 minutes to road-test his powers of illusion

on an unsuspecting member of the public.

Remote controllers Chelsea, Emily and Nontokozo

will be hidden in the surveillance van

commanding Warwick via a sneaky earpiece.

-Hello.

-Warwick, this is Joel in the van, can you hear me?

-I can hear you, Joel.

-Good. Right, you are a magician.

-Ah.

You're on the streets, you have got to do a magic trick where you

lose somebody's £20 note by posting it in a letter box.

-OK.

-Convince them they don't need the 20 quid back.

You have something else for them.

-I'm going to hand you to the remote controllers now.

-Thank you.

-Good luck, Warwick.

-Thank you very much.

Warwick is going to get £20 off a passer-by, lose it

and then he can only use his powers of persuasion to pay them back.

Most of the cameras are hidden,

but Warwick has a pretend TV magic show crew

out on the street with him.

Warwick only has 15 minutes to round up a willing participant.

It is time to get cracking.

Approach somebody casually.

Hello, hi. Do you like magic?

No, you don't like magic.

Hello. Do you like magic?

You have a very magical dog. I can sense it.

I'm going to do an illusion with a £20 note.

Do you happen to have such a note?

Great. Good work.

He has managed to find somebody already. That is quick work.

Check to see if it is real.

An ordinary £20 note, it is real.

I hope so, I just got it from the machine!

-I am going to sign the £20 note.

-"Are you rich?"

-Are you a rich man?

-No.

-No.

There we go, I have signed that with my signature. Do you know who I am?

-I do, I recognise you.

-OK, good.

-"You definitely want this back?"

-You definitely want this back?

-It would be nice.

-OK.

-Otherwise he does not eat.

The dog suffers if I don't give you the money back.

OK, so. I'm going to fold this envelope in half.

Would you like to inspect that?

-"What is your dog's name?"

-What is the dog's name?

-Mica.

-Mica. Hello, Mica.

Get the dog to sniff it.

So, Mica, check this.

OK, so that is in there. We put the £20 note in that envelope.

-Take the envelope and post it into the post box for me.

-Do I have to?

You do indeed, it is part of the illusion, how it works.

-"Hurry up, or are you chicken?"

-Hurry up, are you chicken, sir?

-Come on.

-Here we go.

-Are you a man or a mouse?

So, let us all agree that the envelope is in the post box.

'That bloke thinks Warwick will be able to magic his note back,

'but he has just posted it to Remote Control Star headquarters.'

-Focus on me.

-I'm focussing.

Say, "You have got to believe."

Believe.

-Keep believing.

-I'm believing.

-Are you believing?

-I am.

-OK.

'The man is expecting his note to be in that envelope,

'but Warwick doesn't actually know any real magic.'

-There.

-Oh, that is so much better than a £20 note(!)

-What do you think of that? That is me.

-It is, yeah.

I like it.

-So there you go, well done.

-Thank you very much.

'I can't believe he swapped his cash for Warwick's photo.

'Well done, Warwick!'

"Have you got another 20?"

-'Hold on.'

-Have you got another 20?

-It didn't go as well as I'd hoped.

-I do, actually.

'He's going for another note!'

Nice work, Warwick.

-I don't like to do this, but...

-"Shall we go again?"

Shall we do it again? I think I could get it.

What was wrong... I know what went wrong now.

"It must have been the lighting that went wrong."

It was the lighting, to do with...

There is a weird atmosphere in this particular area.

-I've never used this post box. So...

-There it is.

-Right, in the box?

-It's going in the box.

-It's going in the box?

"It's addressed to my house."

That's good. That's my address on the envelope, so...

That is clever! You deserve that!

"You have got to believe."

Close your eyes, now, believe.

We have to spin round, turn round as you've got your eyes closed.

Get Mica to close her eyes.

Turn round. Mica, close your eyes, lovely, come on.

Close your eyes.

"Do you believe this is a prank for children's CBBC show?"

-Do you believe...?

-I believe.

Do you believe this is a prank for a hidden camera show?

I don't know, I believe I just lost 40 quid!

Time is up.

You are exactly right. You're on CBBC.

Congratulations, thank you very much indeed. And you are £40 worse off.

'That was magic!

'Good work, remote controllers.'

-Mica, what a star!

-Can we show you some real magic?

Close your eyes. Put your hand out.

As if by magic, £40 is back for you.

-My favourite instruction was the believe bit.

-Yes, do you believe?

-Do you believe?

-I believe.

-Do you believe it's a prank?

It was all very good. I enjoyed it.

-Rock, paper, scissors.

-I'm a cowboy!

Be careful of the chicken. Duck, duck.

It is brilliant that all the stars

have agreed to be remote controlled on our show.

To be fair, we promised to have a go ourselves -

on JK And Joel Remote Controlled.

This is the part of the show where

we are told exactly what to do by remote control text message.

We never know what's coming our way,

but we have promised to obey every order no matter how awful.

-And there goes the phone.

-What is the text message?

-The exercise bike shop.

-Good idea.

Here we are in the busy shopping centre.

And what do you know? A pair of exercise bikes.

Oh.

Pink, green.

Why do you always get pink?

-PHONE BEEPS

-Another text message.

'The first one to spin under 7mph gets a cream pie smack in the face.

'Do you know, I bet I can beat Joel on this challenge.

'Ready, steady, go.'

Steady.

Oh, no! My shoe!

Hang on!

It's gone, it's gone!

He's gone!

'I hate cream! I hope it won't be that bad next time. Will it?'

Do it again!

I just don't get it. I was focused, I had a game-plan,

I knew what I was doing. It was almost like someone has put

washing-up liquid on my pedals or something.

Anyway, let's crack on with the show.

Warwick is in position in the garden

and is going to get an interesting visitor.

Headphones on, lights down.

Today's remote controllers, Chelsea, Emily and Nontokozo

are primed and ready to take their star through his final challenge.

Warwick is in position in the garden awaiting their command.

As before, hidden cameras are covering his every move.

Warwick, it is JK here.

-Hi, JK.

-We know you like to raise a lot of money for charity

so we've come up with a genius way to raise

thousands of pounds and you'll be literally rolling in money

by doing a sponsored roll across America.

What, literally on my side like a sausage, sort of that roll?

Yes, that is exactly what we mean.

-Oh, no!

-We have some good news for you. You are going to get some help.

We have hired you a personal trainer

to help you prepare for your charity roll across America.

Your challenge is to get him to take your quest seriously.

-And this is good news?

-The remote controllers

will make up even more ridiculous facts for you to say.

-Of course they will.

-Remote controllers, are you ready?

-Yes.

-Good luck, Warwick.

-Thank you.

The personal trainer has arrived

and it is now Warwick's job to give him a workout he will never forget.

Remember, he has to keep this task going for 10 minutes.

-Warwick?

-All right?

-Sorry, I didn't see you!

-Hiya.

-This is Jed.

-What's that, Jed?

-Jed.

-Jed or Jess? Jed? All right, mate. How's it going?

That's a cool name you've got - kind of like Jedward without Edward.

-High five.

-Pleased to meet you.

-OK, so... I am here.

-Yes, you are.

Check this out. Warwick Davis, rolling coast to coast.

What I want form you today is some techniques,

just prepare me for this.

'Time for the remote controllers to put him through his paces.'

"Can you show me some good rolling techniques?"

Can you just...? I am new to this rolling.

I haven't done this since I was a kid.

Can you show me how to roll?

Let's get down and let's get going. I haven't got a dog, so don't worry.

Get down into the rolling position.

-Are you coming this way?

-Go over yourself.

-Close-in.

-Keep everything close-in.

And what sort of speed?

It depends if you are going up or downhill.

"What happens when I come to a fence?"

'Ha-ha! How is he going to get around this one?'

What happens when you get to like a fence?

-Because I can't get up.

-You can't get up?

The way I have been sponsored is I have to roll every inch of the way.

"With no breaks."

And no break, I must not stop.

I mean, I can go slowly... and all that stuff.

Two minutes are gone and he has got him rolling.

How much further can Warwick string him along?

You need to make up three ridiculous facts about your challenge.

This is going to sound ridiculous.

But my PA said, at some point, when it is daylight, I have to

put a blindfold on and then when it gets dark, I can take that off.

She said I've got to eat at least three meals a day

while I am still rolling,

so I thought sausage rolls was a good idea.

You know what I mean? Because it is round.

And Scotch eggs. I'm trying to think of round food.

One more fact.

Each day I do it, I have to sing a different song

that is currently in the top 10.

This is some safety gear that I have got together, OK?

-This is your bog-standard knee-pads.

-This is what you're wearing?

Yeah, I've got to pad my elbows.

"Would you mind helping me put it on?"

Give us a hand putting it on. Where do I put that?

'Jed has been incredibly patient.

'Warwick has got to keep this going for just another six minutes.'

Ask to feel his muscles and see if he is strong enough.

-Can I just see...? You have got some good muscles there.

-Thank you.

"Feel my muscles."

Feel that, there.

You got some there as well.

I've been working out for at least three days now.

"Can you put my helmet on for me?"

Can you pop that on? I don't know which way round that goes

and it is important for safety. Mind the hair!

The personal trainer does not suspect a thing. Right, time to get messy!

"Can you show me how to roll on the surfaces?"

Right, now, we have got these surfaces here.

This is just sand.

"This is Texas."

This is Texas -

the dry... I mean, not as dry as I'd like

because we had some rain, but it is the dry, barren Texas desert.

It looks soft, but it might be a bit of an obstacle.

-I don't think so.

-You're not worried?

Put your money where your mouth is and show me?

"Or are you a chicken?"

-Or are you chicken?

-No, No.

You're not chicken, are you, John?

-I'll go down the bottom.

# Go, John Go, John! #

Go, John, go, John! Yes!

'John, Steve, Jedward?

'Jed is so patient with Warwick pretending not to know his name.'

"Is it safe to go now?"

-It is safe for me to do this?

-Yeah, yeah.

Yes. Now I just go over. Do I just go over?

-John, help me! Geoff, Geoff!

-Go, go, go!

-Did that hurt?

-That really hurt.

Oh, God!

How far have I gone?

-"Push me."

-Push me, John.

-Push me, John, I can't go faster.

-You can do it!

'Warwick is struggling with 3 metres, let alone 3,000 miles.

'Will he blow his cover?'

"I'm scared of going fast, Steve."

I'm getting dizzy. John!

"Stop me, Steve!"

REMOTE CONTROLLERS LAUGH

'Hang in there, Warwick.

'Two minutes to go and time for the final task.'

"Can you hide in the barrel for me while I pretend to be a bear?"

I have got this barrel here.

Because I was worried about certain things in America.

They have critters, as they call them, like a bear. I'm worried...

-And mosquitoes.

-And mosquitoes and stuff.

This is something to use to protect me.

-What do you think of that?

-Say, "Can you get in for me?"

-WARWICK GROWLS

-If a bear, do you know what I mean?

-It's going to...

-Yeah, no way in there.

Is that going to be good? Just jump in. I want to see how it rolls.

"It is for my own safety."

-Just hop in.

-'He is actually doing it.

'Viewers, don't climb in barrels - it could be dangerous.'

"Nice one, James."

-All right, James, in you go.

-'Good work, remote controllers.'

THEY LAUGH

"Can you get in any further?"

Can you go in a bit further? Good.

You are in there rolling and I will attack it

and we will see how it feels and you can feed back.

"It's a mosquito."

-Mosquitoes, they're coming at you.

-WARWICK BUZZES

Start being a cow.

-OK, they're getting you.

-Be a bear.

-It's a bear.

-WARWICK GROWLS

Now be a duck.

WARWICK QUACKS

How is that? Feed back!

Come on, roll.

'Yes! They did it.'

"Steve, there is something I want to tell you now."

-'Time to reveal the joke.'

-Come on, come with me, mate.

High-five for that. Let me tell you are on hidden camera.

Yes! But you have been absolutely fantastic.

Meet Warwick. Warwick, Jed. Not Steve, not James, not John.

-Jed, did you think anything was a bit strange?

-Yes, it was pretty strange.

-Nothing like I've encountered before.

-How was his rolling?

It was actually really good.

You get the technique and everything. Thank you for that.

And getting in that barrel.

-Good on you, good sport.

-A bit of cushioning...

-Jed, you are a star.

-Thank you.

-Give me ten!

THEY LAUGH

I think Warwick done absolutely brilliantly.

He just kept in character the whole time and he was brilliant.

John, help me, Geoff! Geoff!

My favourite moment was when he got him into the barrel

and they started rolling around.

-It is a bear.

-WARWICK GROWLS

My favourite moment was when Warwick wouldn't stop rolling.

He was like, "Stop it, Steve, stop it!"

I'm getting dizzy. John!

My favourite moment was everything - the whole thing was hilarious.

So here we are, end of the day.

Warwick, how good was he?

He has been really good, he has been amazing.

Thank you, all I heard was you laughing in my ear the whole time.

Waiting for the instructions - "Hee-hee!"

I think he did really well, I think he was a good sport.

I thought he did really well, he kept in character the whole time.

Did I obey all the instructions?

-Yes.

-What was your best bit?

My favourite section was, I suppose, working with the carpet salesman.

-He was brilliant.

-The magic carpet.

And just working out on the streets with everybody

and offering to do magic.

Girls, you have been brilliant

and we have got something for you to remember us by. Look at this!

Exclusive Remote Control Star baseball hats

and these cool hoodies. You can have one of these each.

You get to keep them! There you go. Lovely stuff.

-Have you had a fantastic day?

-Yes, really good.

I think everyone deserves a big round of applause.

That is all we've got time for today.

Until next time, when another star

meets three remote controllers here on...

-ALL:

-Remote Control Star!

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