Community Den The Dengineers

-I'm Lauren.

-I'm Mark.

-And this is The Dengineers.

The show that puts you in charge of building your very own dream den!

Whoa!

-Indoors...

-Is this yours?

-Yeah!

-Outdoors...

-Oh, that's so cool!

-Even underground...

-Whoo!

-That's amazing!

Whatever you want, the Dengineers team

are here to transform your ideas into amazing spaces.

Built especially for you.

Here we go!

ALL: Dengineers!

Hello!

Amazing!

-Ohhh!

-SHE GASPS

-Ohhh!

-Oh, wow!

Hello and welcome to The Dengineers.

We've come to Manchester for a very exciting challenge.

We're going supersized!

Any den is awesome, but we're going to have our work cut out

if we're going to build a den for an entire school.

Here's what we know about today's team of Dengineers!

The Lancasterian isn't just any old school.

Our school is brilliant because...

We have a great hall where we can play sports

and practise our wheelchair dancing.

We've got brilliant classrooms.

And an amazing sensory room.

-No.

-Yes.

-No.

-Yes.

-No.

-Yes.

We've got a fun playground.

We just don't have a place to hang out on our own.

-Sit!

-HE BLOWS WHISTLE

Dengineers, we want you to come into our school and build us

a massive den!

CHEERING

Ah!

This is our biggest challenge yet for the Dengineers -

a den fit for a whole school!

-Yeah! Don't chicken out now, Mark.

-Never!

We're about to surprise an entire school assembly.

-It's round here look!

-It's in there. Come on!

More than 100 pupils and teachers are gathering in the hall.

Get down, get down!

For what they think is a normal end of term assembly!

Today, there are so many things that we are proud of.

Quick, quick, quick!

We are going to be showing you some of the things that people...

The head, Mrs Cass, is expecting us.

But everyone else, including our seven Dengineers, have no idea.

This way.

-Hi.

-Hi.

-Would you sign in for me?

Sign in quick, quick, quick.

While everyone's being entertained by a dance, we're poised

ready to pounce.

-It's all going off in there, it's a proper party!

-I know!

-This is our scariest yet.

-I know, I'm really nervous.

It's scary with a couple of children, let alone this many.

Wish us luck!

-Oh!

-Hello, Mrs Cass!

-Hello!

-CHEERING

Hello! My name is Lauren! This is Mark.

We are from CBBC's The Dengineers

and we've got some pretty exciting news for you all.

Are you ready for this?

We are going to be building you guys your very own

massive dream den just for the school.

CHEERING

Mrs Cass, do you mind if some of the guys come and help us?

We are going to need help. There is so much to do.

-Yeah, they'll be more than willing.

-Thanks, Mrs Cass! Bye!

-Bye, guys.

-Let's go, guys.

-Come on then, mate, let's go!

Before we start, some of our Dengineers and their teaching

assistants have agreed to show us around their school.

-Go on, Morgan!

-Home to nearly 100 kids with complex medical conditions

-from all over Manchester.

-I'm going!

Before Mark gets too battered,

let's go and find out more about this amazing school.

So, guys, tell me what is your school like?

Sometimes really good, but sometimes the teachers can be really grumpy!

-Really! Ooh, guys.

-All the teachers are grumpy!

Do you hear this? And Ben, when it's playtime,

where do you go, where do you hang out?

Near the climbing frame.

And then sometimes it's under the canopy

and we just talk and chat about things.

Here's the playground the kids currently use.

It's great, but for those in wheelchairs

it's a bit limited cos they can't go everywhere.

The den has to be about creating a space where everyone can go

and have fun and where teachers definitely aren't allowed!

Tak, what sort of stuff do you think you guys will be doing in the den?

Talking, gaming...

-Having fun?

-Yeah!

-Chilling out?

-Yeah.

-It's going to do everything!

-Yeah!

-I'm excited about this!

We've got a lot of work to do, guys.

Are you going to give us a hand?

-ALL:

-Yes!

-That's what I like to hear!

So what's the best way to turn the ideas of a whole school

into one big den?

A trip to the Dengineers mobile HQ with its den-tastic brain.

That's how!

And Ethan's agreed to come on board.

Tell me what pictures you like and what sort of ideas you like.

-The cars.

-Cars!

-Cars, yeah? Why do you want the cars?

-Cos we like racing.

You like racing cars. OK, let's stick them right in there.

What about a stage?

-Yeah.

-A stage you can do the dancing on there.

What else would you like to do in the den?

Play hide-and-seek.

Something like that? Yeah?

-Homework - do some homework in the den?

-Yeah.

Most importantly...

Have a laugh!

There you go, have a laugh!

Ethan's laid out an awesome den plan.

It's got to be a place to race, to perform, to chill and laugh,

but most importantly,

somewhere every child in the school can access and enjoy.

-Love it!

-Are we ready for this?

-Yes!

-Let's do it!

-Let's do it!

With so much work to do on this massive project,

one Dengineer just isn't going to do it.

CHEERING We need seven!

We've got a plan.

Here's the quiet corner of the school grounds

where the den will be built.

It looks pretty, but the uneven paving

and the grass means the whole area is inaccessible to wheelchairs.

So it's time to get the diggers in and start changing it.

Well, I'm afraid to say, teachers, but from here on in it is

Dengineers only, which means for you guys, it's detention time!

Go on off you go! No more for you!

-See you later, guys, bye!

-Bye!

We are in charge now, guys!

-ALL:

-Yes!

You know what, I don't trust those two not to peep.

Excuse me!

Do the bottom on this one.

They need to get working.

So Beck, Ben and Ethan need to give me

a hand covering all these windows.

Like the den we're building, even this job is supersized.

They're thoroughly enjoying being in charge

and keeping secrets from me

and they keep telling me that it's going to be pink

and there are going to be castles and I hate pink castles.

Well done, guys.

I think if any of your teachers peep through at the den now,

they would be very, very naughty, wouldn't they?

Yeah!

Yeah, no peeping, Mrs Cass!

So, for such a huge challenge,

it's clear we are going to need a designer full of big ideas.

And that could only mean Sege!

36 years spent building amazing structures for very demanding

customers means he's our man.

He finds inspiration all around him

and he's dying to bring some of that magic to Manchester.

Day one on site, and Sege has also brought the rain with him.

With only five days to complete the entire job,

his team need to concentrate on job one - getting the den bases and

the ground precisely level so this can be a wheelchair-friendly den.

Between the showers, Dengineers Dieumerci, Morgan

and Cleo head over to find out more about Sege's master plan.

There's a lot of you guys, so one den isn't big enough.

-No, no, no!

-No, not at all.

-No, no!

-So we've gone for five dens!

-Five dens!

-Yeah!

-How about that, five dens!

-Wow!

And what we're going to do also is we're going to link them

up with a path, so you're able to charge backwards

and forwards to whichever one you want.

And Sege has brilliantly designed the dens themselves to

reflect the kids' love for all things racing and transport.

Now, guys, I need you to tell me

what sort of transport you would like in the dens.

-Something very cool.

-Something very cool.

-Something that's too cool for school and what would that be?

-Cars!

-Cars!

-Cars! can you do it, can you do a car?

I can do a car. OK!

-Train!

-You want a train?

Train. The car versus a train. I love it!

-Too cool for school!

-Yeah.

-Oh, yeah!

At last, we know the theme - a transport den.

Sege has come up with an ambitious plan for multiple dens,

all joined together by a brightly coloured pathway

all the kids at the school can use.

The whole area will be a safe place away from the teachers, to play,

eat and just chill out.

As the rain begins to ease, the first den structure flies up.

It's only day one and already

I've been called into the teachers' office!

Thankfully, Mrs Upton and Mrs Cass just want to tell me

more about their awesome kids.

So tell me about some of the kids here.

What are their personalities like?

Well, a full range of personalities - some very quiet,

shy and some very big bubbly,

enthusiastic, confident young people.

Julie, what does this den mean to the kids?

There are so many things that, as children, we take for granted.

We take it for granted that we can go to our mate's house for tea

or that we can go swimming together.

But I think if you've got four friends all in a wheelchair,

it's really hard to find the space to do that.

So I think the den for our kids, will give them the time

and the space to just do all those things what's done in school.

Rumour has it, the word on the street, is that

when they're not looking, you guys are going to be trying to

hang out in there and use the space. Is that right?

-Maybe.

-We could have staff meetings there.

-Yeah, that would be good!

As I said, no adults allowed.

Unfortunately, it's not all smiles outside.

the rain has hit progress on day one hard.

-The weather's been abysmal.

-It's horrible today.

It's been a real Manchester rainy day.

What effect has the rain had?

It's slowed us down, but the guys have been fantastic,

-everybody's working hard.

-How are you feeling schedule-wise?

Apprehensive! I'm feeling a bit sort of "Will we, won't we?"

on each stage, so you never know.

As long as the weather holds off we should be OK.

So we always knew that this was going to be a massive, task

for the Dengineers team.

But being here on site today has really made me

realise how massive this is.

I mean, just look behind me!

We have got mud everywhere, there is gravel everywhere.

And if we suffer any more setbacks, we are

going to find ourselves in real trouble.

Keep the faith, Lauren. Dengineers, we believe in you!

Early on day two and the site is a hive of activity,

but once again the sun hasn't come to the party,

despite Sege's best efforts.

I've been doing a stop-the-rain dance all morning.

I've been wishing, crossing everything I can cross, jumping up

and down, rolling all over the floor, just to make the rain stop.

Whatever you've been doing, Sege, it's working!

And that's good news for the ground,

because to make it suitable for wheelchairs,

first, we lay 40 tonnes of gravel and hard-core, which level it out

and allow water to drain away.

That would take a whopping 500 trips in a wheelbarrow, so it's a good

job for Lauren we've got a dumper truck or SHE'D be doing it!

This job will still take a while, so I'm taking a few of our Dengineers

off site to a place that's sure to fuel their need for speed.

Morning!

'Morgan, Cleo, Ethan, Beck

'and Ben are here to experience a high flying mode of transport...'

I'm pleased to announce the Dengineers special charter

-flight is now ready for boarding.

-Whoo!

..a passenger jet!

This looks like a real plane you would fly away on holiday on,

but in fact it's a Boeing 737 simulator.

This is Richard and he's a real pilot.

But he's not flying today, the Dengineers are.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

This is Ben your captain speaking.

-I hope you enjoy this flight.

-CHEERING

Captain Ben!

Get the engine started...

Once Richard gets us safely airborne...

CHEERING

We're up in the air!

This looks cool!

Captain Ben takes the controls.

Now this is all you.

Nice job, Ben.

If you turn it a little bit to the right.

Nicely done, Ben. Well done, buddy.

Nice one, Captain Ben!

If we just pop that over your head, Cleo.

And there's no shortage of other Dengineer pilots

waiting in the wings.

-What's it like to fly an aeroplane?

-Good!

-Good, yeah?

-Yeah!

-Excellent!

If I'm not careful you might end up taking my job!

Slowly pull this back, start pulling it back towards you.

-And watch the nose start to rise!

-Come on, Morgan!

-How cool is that?

-You can see, look, you're flying it now!

I'm flying!

And a nice right-hand turn and there we go. Yeah! Perfect!

Well done, nice and smooth!

Finally, it falls to Beck to bring this awesome den day out

back down to earth.

Easy, Beck, easy! Are you feeling confident about landing?

Yeah. We'll be now landing at your airport of Dengineers.

And a touch to the right!

And...touchdown!

CHEERING

Yeah! Very smooth!

Back on site, we're not flying so high.

Although there are a few hints of the magic to come, progress

is still muddy, slow and, frankly, a bit worrying.

OK, Mark, you can see all the edge boarding going in for the paths.

'I think Sege needs a legendary Wrighty pep talk.'

Sege, the king of dens,

-you never worry me on any job you've ever done.

-Right!

Right, but we're standing here, day two, with three days to go...

-Yeah.

-..and there looks like there's loads to go.

Normally, you'd be further on in the whole process, wouldn't you?

It's just very tight, where there's a lot of work to do in

a small amount of time, but I hope we're getting out of that now.

Well, the thought of never having a den ready on time is always

a nerve-racking feeling,

so make me go home, rest assured, we're going to get this done!

-We're going to get it done!

-Promise me!

Promise ya. There's always going to be a den ready!

Sege never ever lets you down!

I think I believe him, but there's no denying this is the biggest

challenge ever faced by the Dengineers.

But a new day brings the sun, and finally

some tantalising hints of how this space will look

when it's transformed into a transport-themed wonderland.

That'll do, yeah. Wait a minute.

Inside, the curiosity is getting the better of head Mrs Cass.

Excuse me!

'I noticed that there was a bit of a gap.

'I don't think everyone had put everything up neatly,'

but no-one's been looking as far as I know.

'Hm, so you won't have seen all the progress we're making today.'

The joiners are really getting on with the wooden den structures,

which allows our army of Dengineers painters to get to work.

Meanwhile, Sege needs help with a colourful transport-themed upcycle.

Hi, guys. I want to tell you about our upcycle project, OK?

What we thought would be a really good idea

-was to upcycle some tyres...

-Cool!

-..into plant pots.

-Yes!

-Now, I've got tyres here,

but the first thing that needs to be done is we need to paint them.

Andy's going to help you, so can I leave you to get on with it?

-Yeah.

-See you, then, good luck.

These tyres will make perfect plant pots once they're painted up,

lined and filled with soil.

Just keep moving the brush back and forth, get it into all the gaps.

I'm really excited about the den.

I think I'm the dirtiest. Hold out your hands.

-Yeah, definitely!

-I think I might win, actually. What do you think?

Yeah!

After a very long time watching paint dry...

-Shall we get some soil inside?

-Yes!

-Yes!

Yeah, let's do it.

..the sun comes out and Tak Ho, Ben and Dieumerci

have arrived to finish the job.

We've added a special drainage liner into the tyres.

And in it goes. Nice one!

And once they're full of soil, it's time to get planting.

-OK, guys, I've got some plants here. Which ones do you want?

-Blue!

Pop it into the hole. There we go!

And after a quick water,

the main man's back to inspect the job.

Wow, these look fantastic. Really good.

-Let's go and get them in the den.

-Yeah!

-Great, let's get them done!

A busy day is drawing to a close on site

and the all-important work on the ground is almost finished.

A level surface means a vital job can now commence -

laying the weatherproof pathways,

which will link all the den structures together.

A special mixture of rubber chips

and glue are carefully spread over 90 square metres of pathways,

to create an awesome wheelchair-friendly racing track.

It's a time-consuming, tough job

for the Dengineers. Tonight could be a late one.

It's day four and you'll be able to see little hints of the theme

coming through now - it's all about the transport theme.

So you can see behind me there's the car, the aeroplane,

the railway carriage.

Then we'll encompass the hot-air balloon, the lorry...

It's all coming together now.

To make sure Sege is sticking to the plans, six Dengineers

are on their way for a site visit.

It's big, brilliant and amazing!

And they've got a lot of questions.

How do we get in the den?

Well, that's all revealed tomorrow, that is!

How big is the den inside?

All of you could fit in there comfortably.

Why have we got a telephone box on it?

Well, did you not want a telephone box, then?

-What's that blue one going to be?

-It's another form of transport.

-A train!

-All will be revealed tomorrow.

-CHANTING:

-Sege, Sege, Sege, Sege!

No, I can't tell you. I can't tell you!

The kids are very demanding.

They know exactly what they want and don't settle for anything less.

-Can I go, please?

-No cup of tea for you, Sege.

-Bye, see you all later. See ya! Bye!

-ALL:

-Bye!

We're not letting the kids back in until the reveal,

so now it's all about adding the big visual features that will

bring the dens alive.

And making sure all structures are prepared

to face the Manchester weather.

Power is hooked up in the main den.

The red bus gets its bold waterproof top coat.

The stage is being hand painted with a graffiti backdrop.

Is that in the centre?

And the magical hot-air balloon is inflated, using polystyrene balls!

While all this is going on, sit back, it's time for a den hack.

If you have one,

using a tablet can be a great way of making your journey even more fun.

And I've got a great idea to make using your tablet

even easier in the car!

This is my Tablet Holder Hack!

Get yourself an old metal coat hanger.

Grab the middle and pull it to make a diamond shape.

Then push the bottom of the diamond up towards the hook end

to make a shelf.

Put an elastic band around the neck of the hanger,

and then hook the whole thing around the back of the front headrest.

Slide in the tablet.

Secure it with a rubber band.

And you're good to go.

And that's it! My awesome Tablet Holder Hack.

Pretty good, right?

Reveal day has finally arrived at the Lancasterian School mega-den.

Designer Sege and his team are battling to beat the toughest

challenge the Dengineers have ever faced.

Sege, not that I expected anything different, it is looking fantastic.

There's still loads to do but it's the serious stuff now.

Everybody mucking in for last knockings to make sure

we get all the colours on, the last bits

and pieces all attached to where they've got to go.

The site is a colourful hive of activity.

55 square metres of turf and 9 tonnes of soil will ensure nature

spills into the den and wheelchairs can get right up to the trees.

And one important feature is ready to be fitted - the awesome sign.

Are you here again? You do know we've got a lot to do, don't you?

Now, don't tell Sege, but someone's let Mark Wright near a paintbrush.

-Are you sure that's the right colour?

-I dunno.

I've painted it white but there's red going through it!

What do you mean? Are you kidding?

Who's just painted that post?

Did you like the colour of your shirt and painted it on there too?

-I was trying to control the situation!

-Was it just him?

-It's just him always!

-Well, I'd sack him.

-Whoops!

I do sometimes wonder how we got this job.

But as this epic den races towards the finish line, thankfully

the rest of the Dengineers team seem to know what they're doing.

I absolutely love what the children have done with these,

they look amazing!

That was all down to the kids, all of it! It is looking so cool.

Everyone as a team has made this place look incredible.

Just a few final stickers to go on the bus.

Surely Lauren can't get this job wrong...

Oh!

Ohh!

Oh, no, no!

Sege, look away. Sege, look away!

She was doing so well, then lost the patience.

-You can sort this out?

-I'll sort it out.

-They can sort it out!

After one last monumental push, against all odds...

I think we're done, almost!

This has been the most tiring, the most demanding

and the absolute tightest.

But, Sege, I'm afraid the time is running out.

You need to call your guys out of there. The kids are on their way.

Chaps, that's it. All done, it's over, finished.

A quiet corner of the school grounds,

for so long off limits to many of the pupils...

is now firmly on the map.

1,000 hours of Dengineering graft have resulted in the Depot,

a magical transport-themed town

tied together by a stunning rubber pathway.

-Come on!

-Hiya!

And the kids are about to get their first look.

Check it out!

ALL SCREAM WITH EXCITEMENT

-Have a look at this!

-We did it!

How good is this, guys?

-Yeah!

-Our very own den!

-Yeah!

-Do you love it?

-Yeah!

I'm so pleased!

-They absolutely love it!

-Yeah!

Yeah, man! Whoooo!

I'm going in here!

-Beck, what do you think?

-It's amazing!

CHEERING

How cool's this? It's like an actual hot-air balloon!

There's our picture, look, from when we went into the aeroplane!

So much fun!

So much fun!

So, is the den good?

-ALL:

-This den is done!

This den is done, they say, yes!

The incredible Depot den is an amazing space

every pupil at the Lancasterian School can enjoy.

From the awesome main den, with its board of memories

and funky cartoon wall, to the magical hot-air balloon,

to the retro bus, to the performance stage,

this place oozes fun and creativity.

Wheelchairs can easily zip around the bright pathways

and into each den.

Let's just hope the teachers love it too.

TEACHERS LAUGH WITH DELIGHT

Oh, wow! Oh, my, can we come in?

-ALL:

-Come in.

CHEERING

We've got a London bus.

You've done an absolutely amazing job.

I can't believe it!

CHEERING

Family and friends are all dying to take a peek.

Oh, it's brilliant.

'On Monday, it was just normal rubbish.'

It looked rubbish, to be honest.

Oh, that's cool!

But today, it's just... unspeakable of.

I love all these different textures here, Cleo.

Sege has done a really great job and I really want to say thank you,

so thank you, Sege.

We always knew it was going to be a big one, but what a way to finish!

I mean, look at it, it's incredible.

Five days to get all that done.

The team have just been incredible. I absolutely love it!

Do you know what, I think we did all right, Marky boy.

-Lozza, we Dengineered it!

-Yeah, we did!