Highlights Episode The Dengineers

-I'm Lauren.

-And I'm Joe.

-And this is The Dengineers.

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

LAUGHTER

Dens for adventure.

CHEERING DROWNS SPEECH

Hanging out with your friends and family.

-Wow!

-It's amazing!

-Yeah.

-Yeah!

And dens built to fulfil your dreams.

It's amazing, thank you so much.

Whatever your idea, the Dengineers team

are here to transform your inspiration into amazing spaces.

-Wow!

-Built especially for you.

-ALL:

-The den is done!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Merry Christmas!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Yes, Joe, it's time for that very special episode

of The Dengineers, where we get to have a look

at all of the best bits.

I know, and we get to relive all of the hard work that went into

creating those magnificent dens,

and some never-before-seen exclusives.

Not to mention, the surprise hits, the den days out,

the things that went really well and the things that didn't.

-Ready for this?

-I was born ready.

Here we go, three, two, one - go!

No, don't like it. It's not nice.

-Yeah!

-Hey!

-Woo!

Wow!

We've gone bigger, bolder and better on this series of The Dengineers.

I think it looks absolutely amazing.

It's better than I even expected.

Surprises on boats.

-Hello.

-Hiya, guys.

In giant presents.

Merry Christmas!

And there's even been surprises in disguises.

So you might have guessed, we're not actually wizards.

Awe-inspiring celebrities to take your breath away.

Did you expect to see me here? No?

Supercool engineering with a touch of magic.

-Amazing!

-All the ingredients to make the best dens so far.

CHEERING

It's amazing! I never dreamed it would be like this.

That is amazing!

As is standard on The Dengineers,

we had thousands of applications this year.

And this time round we've had to be more imaginative than ever,

surprising the chosen Dengineers in some very unusual places.

-Do you know what, I think we did a pretty good job.

-Yeah.

The start of every one of our Dengineer journeys

begins with the surprise hits.

And what do we need for these?

Our super sneaky hidden cameras, of course.

But keeping them out of sight is getting harder

and harder with you clever lot.

And with clumsy Joe around...

TAMBOURINE RATTLES

Shhh!

That was very close.

WHISPERING: That was very silly. Put that down.

TAMBOURINE RATTLES

Ooh!

Oh, that was actually really close.

We've had some pretty close shaves.

Oh!

That was actually very close.

In some not so ideal situations.

TV's glamorous!

That was really close! He's gone that way! See him?

But we can safely say that we've managed to surprise them

all in a variety of ways.

Hello. Hi. We're looking for Dilara.

Oh, hello. Morning. Would you mind grabbing that top box for me?

Thank you very much.

Hello!

SHE LAUGHS

Good morning!

Come back this way for me.

Hiya.

One things for sure - we've made some very happy customers.

-You're going to get your dream den made, how does that sound?

-Awesome.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

I never thought in a million years this would happen.

My heart is beating so fast.

It's going to be the biggest den we've ever built.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

After a long hard day's work, there is

nothing like just relaxing and taking in the view.

Oh, thanks, Joe!

And here on The Dengineers we are some of the hardest grafters around.

Oh, actually, I'll have that instead, thanks, mate.

-Anything else I can get for you, Your Majesty?

-No.

That should do fine, Joe, thanks very much.

-You really are a hard grafter, you.

-Yeah, I really am.

Pull!

Whoa!

CHEERING

Yes!

We are Dengineers!

Hear us roar!

What you didn't see was Dengineer Lee

loosening it all before we started.

-Have you got it?

-It's like holding a dog!

HE GROANS

-Doing really well.

-Thanks, mate.

This is the most work I've ever done.

OK, so sometimes we need a bit of help,

but no job is too big for the Dengineers.

There's been a serious amount of crane work on this series.

It's up, it's up, it's up. Wow!

I can't believe the size of it!

And we are lifting the shed.

I'm going to pretend that I'm not panicking.

Really scared? Really scared.

Push!

And we've even squeezed a massive rugby ball

into the smallest of entrances.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Everybody stop!

-Everybody stop!

-We are stuck.

-Right, nice and steady.

-Yep.

-Go.

THEY GROAN WITH EFFORT

Go on! Go on.

-We did it!

-APPLAUSE

We moved a whole castle turret.

One, two, three!

And taken everything we need to make a den up the steepest

location we've ever had. Oh!

What are you doing down there?

Well, mate, I think we've got our first problem of the day here.

-What's that?

-Look at the driveway!

But sometimes, it's not the big jobs that get us.

How does it get everywhere?

I might have bitten off more than I can chew here, everybody.

That's where the spider is, Joe!

What?! Ah!

I'm fine.

But the den that needed the most graft was the epic

community den, our most ambitious and biggest den,

or should I say dens, we've made so far.

Working late into the night,

it needed every single Dengineer to get it done on time.

And a few other familiar faces had to put in their fair

share of hard work, too.

Oh! It's hard work, this painting.

Kathleen, I say, it's hard work, all this painting.

-Yeah, it is if you're actually doing it.

-Oh, yeah!

Do you want a muddy cuddle?

Oh! Get away from me, you filth!

Kathleen!

Ah! I'm dry-clean only, you filth bags!

I guess we've all put in a lot of hard work this year.

-High five.

-High-five to that.

But it's not all work, work, work.

-Being a Dengineer means having a whole load of fun as well.

-Yes!

DRILL BUZZES

You can't beat a good drill, can you?

OK, my dancing may not have improved,

but we've certainly excelled with our jokes this series.

Actually, Joe, I've just signed up for a year's worth of martial

-arts classes myself.

-Oh, which one?

-Origami.

It's not a martial art. It's the art of paper folding.

-What?

-Paper folding.

-Ah, I hope I can get a refund.

-You crease me up. Come on!

-Too soon, Joe. Too soon!

-Sorry.

So what happens in Turkey is they often have windows up quite high.

But we've not got much height because it's a den, so what

we've done is we've placed our window flat on the roof, like that.

-You could call it a "S'at window".

-Ha-ha.

-Eh? Eh?

I am called Frosty the Joeman.

-What do you reckon?

-Mmm...

Oh, yeah, you're not into that. I can understand.

-Oh!

-What was that snap?

Well, I've just gone and blown me own bubble.

Lee! That is not very funny.

Ahh! Ahh!

We've had plenty of laughs along the way.

Hang on! Don't hurt the Dengineers.

They've got a den to build! Aha!

Hi! Day one, everybody's arrived.

Maddie's sporting theme is rubbing off on everybody.

They're just warming up to start moving the shed.

Dedicated bunch, this lot.

No chocolate! No chocolate for you!

You're a building athlete, you can have a banana.

Can't ya? We've got a shed to move.

-Ready?

-No!

-Go!

Ah!

LAUGHTER

Ah!

Yeah!

That was my best one!

That was better, a lot quicker.

-You need to... Blow in here...

-OK.

And you need to fill the bag and play here.

HE PLAYS NOTE ON BAGPIPES Oh! Good lad. Carry on.

SHE PLAYS FALTERING NOTE, LAUGHTER

OMINOUS MUSIC Gosh, it must be around here somewhere!

-who are you looking for?

-You know, the legend of this loch, Nessie.

Oh! Joe!

-Joe, I think I can see her. Oh!

-What?!

Anyway, we've been all over the country,

from the low lands to the Highlands, meeting some proper legends.

And... Lauren? There's nothing...

It was just a bit of dirt on the lens, it wasn't...

Take a look at this.

We've gone all sporty this time round.

And some of our Dengineers even got a chance to meet their idols.

I have, like, no rugby skills whatsoever.

So I feel like we need maybe a bit of help,

maybe a bit of professional help.

Maybe a bit of help from this guy.

Hello, mate.

-Will met his sporting hero Jack Nowell.

-This is the one.

And he was pretty impressed with Will's rugby skills.

I've really enjoyed today. I think it's been awesome.

Will's got potential to be a great rugby player.

It is good to be able to see players like that

-when they are really enjoying it.

-Yes!

Great tackle!

The first throw I'm going to show you today is ippon seoi nage.

Naya also got to train with her idol, Sally Conway...

-And throw you over my shoulder.

-..an Olympic judo superstar.

-Do you want to have a go?

-OK.

Oh, that was the best one.

Being taught judo throws by an Olympian, it was just amazing.

It makes me feel like I'm actually one of them.

-Whoa!

-Oh, good, Nya. Excellent.

And Maddie's dream to become a Paralympian got a very

special boost when she met gold winning Paralympian Sophie Hahn.

-Amazing, I'm speechless.

-Are you a bit speechless?

-What do I do with my hands?

-You want big arms like that.

-Big arms?

-Yeah.

Have your strongest leg at the front.

-It's really brilliant training with her.

-Good, well done. Excellent.

Well done.

I think Maddie is brilliant and I think she's really enjoying it.

She's really talented.

She's so quick, isn't she, out there? She's gone!

It's only a practice, Mads, come back!

We're only practising.

-Have a look at that!

-There have also been other epic adventures

-away from the dens.

-A little bit scared right now,

because we are joined by Miss Hardbroom.

Including a winter wonderland tree in summer?

I think it's amazing.

It's not even cold!

On a hot sunny day, and we've got snow.

-Hey!

-Oh!

And we can't forget all those high-speed thrills that

knocked our socks off.

Oh, I don't like that upside down bit.

-Is it scary?

-A little bit.

-Here we go.

-SCREAMING

This is so much fun!

SCREAMING

-Are you clipped on?

-Yeah.

-See you down there, mate.

SCREAMING

Yes!

Wow!

Yeah!

-Yeah!

-I'm only OK with this

because I know there's a sandwich at the end of it.

Goodbye. Oh!

Oh, it's awful.

Don't like it. Don't like it.

Oh! Yeah. Loved that.

Do you know what? I think we have

made some pretty amazing dens this series.

Yeah, I think that's largely down to me, if I'm honest.

I mean I know I'm new, but I've got

some pretty strong den building skills.

-Are you absolutely sure about that, Joe?

-Yes.

-You are absolutely sure nothing has ever gone wrong?

-Nothing.

You might want to have a look at this.

So, first of all, Joe, there was the time

when you tried to put some shelves up.

Yeah, that's done.

-LAUGHTER

-Joe, have you done that shelf yet?

LAUGHTER

It's holding it, look. All right, all right.

But what about the time you tried to drill something?

Drill it!

Ha-ha!

Drill it!

I'm trying to sneak up on it.

Joe, it's lunchtime now. Done the shelf yet?

Drill it! No.

Looks all right there, doesn't it?

Drill...

I'm good at putting a flag on a pole, though.

What a rip-off!

Feeling pretty good about this at this point.

Yeah! Here you go, how's that?

Les Miserables, there you go.

-LAUGHTER

-What?

-It's going, isn't it?

-What have you done there?

-look at it - it's blowing in the wind.

-That's terrible, Joe.

-A flag has got one job and it's doing it.

-Really, Joe?

-I guess you could say the same for baking then.

-What can I do?

-You want to measure out some of the sugar?

-Yeah, anything.

There is a real chance I might get it all over your kitchen.

-Wait, whoa, whoa!

-Oh!

Yeah, but Lauren, remember the gym at Twickenham?

What, so just go...?

Squat, anger, push.

OK, anger...

SNAPPING

I may have actually broken it that time.

-Jack, are we in trouble?

-No.

And do I need to remind you about the slide at the play area?

-It's not as bad as it looks.

-What?

-It looks really bad.

-It's not.

-Keep your bum there.

-Yeah.

-So you don't come away from it.

-Ooh!

SHE GROANS ANGRILY

Oooh!

Ahh! What if I actually wet myself on the way down?

Then you'll go quicker.

-Ahh!

-OK. Three, two, one!

-Go!

-No, wait, wait, wait.

Here we go, three, two, one - go!

SCREAMING

-Yes!

-No!

OK, I think we'll call it even, shall we?

GROANING

Sorry about that. Sorry about that.

And it's not just us who've been caught out.

And we start from the middle and then work out to the edges.

-Think you can do that?

-Yeah.

-OK. Let's grab the stuff.

Where is this stuff?

LAUGHTER

LAUGHTER

Oh! S'at winda.

-That would've been good, wouldn't it?

-Yeah.

But my favourite moment was the time you had a go in Cammie's hammock.

Put your little bottom in there, go on. Go on, jump.

-It's weird, if you haven't got a step.

-Come on.

Jump?

-Oh!

-LAUGHTER

Right, just lean back. In you go. In you go, Joe.

This is a lot of things, none of them fun.

Back you go, lad.

Are you in?

-Oh!

-Yeah, there you go.

-What do you think?

-Yeah, fine.

You look happy. Feel the peace.

Getting out is going to be a struggle.

Lauren, who do you think is better at challenges, me or you?

-Oh, me, obviously.

-You're probably right.

-All or nothing?

-Go on, then.

One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war.

-Come on, give me your thumb.

-No, no! Oh!

Yes, she knows.

We've had loads of challenges this series,

including making the most complicated marble run ever.

Apparently, it takes 30 minutes.

I actually don't know where to begin.

There's no way this is going to take 30 minutes!

Here we go. In three, two, one. Here we go.

-Yes!

-Go on.

-Yes.

-Yes! Yes!

-Careful.

YES!

Yes!

Lauren, that took you hours and you had loads of help.

I, on the hand, nailed it with my knowledge of Scottish history.

Famous Scottish scientist, Alexander Fleming, discovered what medicine?

-Penicillin.

-Yeah, correct.

-Name a Robbie Burns' poem.

-The Badger.

A correct answer would have been Auld Lang Syne.

That's not a poem, it's a song.

After Bonnie Prince Charlie was defeated at the Battle of Culloden,

what did he dress up as to escape?

Was it as sheep, a tree or a lady?

-A lady.

-Yeah, you got it right.

-Yeah!

That is the best I've ever done in a test. So I'll take that.

Yeah!

Yeah, Joe, but how good are you with your senses?

I was awesome with mine when I was put to the test.

Have you got your armpit in the air or something?

What is it?

Oh, OK, someone's got some good sort of perfume on them.

I'm going to say that is Norell.

Is it Norell?

Ahhh! I said Norell!

Then it was time to try out my sense of touch.

Oh! Oh! What's that?

Are there two bald-headed people in here?

Am I feeling two elbows or two heads?

What's going on?

One of them is Lee.

There's only one bald man, I'm going to have to give up.

No way! And finally, my sense of taste.

When I took this job, nobody said I was going to be licking a Dengineer.

So, come on, who is it? Let's have a go.

Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!

Ughhhhh!

-I'm going to say that is the beard of sound man Ben.

-Yes!

Oh, yes!

So that is two-and-a-half out of three,

which I think means that I know the Dengineers pretty well.

Hurrah!

Yeah, sure, but let's see which Dengineer is the best at push-ups.

These pebbles are like tiny little pins.

-13, 14.

-Go on.

14.

48.

49. 50.

Clearly not me, then.

Well, that showed everybody, didn't it, really?

The challenges Dengineers always do well in have included

some very impressive science and engineering.

Like the cool ventilation in the Turkish den to make sure

the temperature is always perfect for tea drinking.

The clever simplicity of the sliding doors in the martial arts den.

Oh, wow! So the ball bearings act like little wheels almost.

Building materials didn't get much more flexible

than the fibreglass used to make our most unique shaped den

in the form of a rugby ball.

The mechanism behind the drawbridge gave the Scottish castle den

one of the most spectacular entrances.

And who can forget the "out of this world" stargazing rotating roof?

The wheels on the outside help the roof rotate in one fixed direction.

-Right.

-And the ones on the inside keeps it in one place.

-I see.

So if we put the ball on top, which would act as our roof,

we continuously can rotate it

and the wheels that are on the inside basically help.

If I push the roof...

for the roof not to go anywhere.

-As roofs go, it's pretty cool, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Amazing! Wow!

But it's not all about the challenges here on the Dengineers.

It's obviously all about the dens.

Imagine if they were all mishmashed into one awesome ultimate den.

-It'd be good that, wouldn't it?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Our dream fantasy den would be

as huge as the spectacular community den.

This is the biggest den we've ever done. It's huge.

The outside of the den

would have the awesome shape of Will's Rugby den.

With a drawbridge and rooftop walkway

just like the one from Alec and William's Scottish castle den.

It would also have a massive window for the best views,

like Ocean has in his marble run den.

-Go on. That looks really good.

-Wicked.

And to make it eye-catching, it would have

the cool mosaic pattern of the Turkish den.

Finished off with the sliding doors from Nya's martial arts den.

And inside would be the hocus-pocus floor

from Kieran's witchcraft and wizardry den.

Down here there are little lights underneath,

so when it's a bit darker in here,

it all glows to give it a spooky glow.

Whoo!

The telescope for the ultimate stargazing experience

from Helena's Observatory den.

All the sporting goodies that Maddy has in her sport den.

Some of the biggest stars in sport have all written messages

and signed their pictures.

From Astrid's Christmas den, we'd have the fireplace TV

where you can also watch your favourite movies.

You can watch Christmas movies on it as well

-when you don't want to get warm.

-Cool!

And of course the brilliant bouncy padded pod from the sensory den.

-So, who designs all of these amazing dens?

-Me.

Of course it's not me, these guys do it.

I drew a shed.

One, two, lift it up.

Our crack team of design masterminds

have surpassed themselves this series.

Hello, everybody! Hello!

And Sedge certainly pushed the boat out, or should I say ball out,

with the rugby den.

We've got a bit of a mammoth task in front of us to get this done

in time, so no matter how big the job is, it's just got to get done.

The Scottish castle den brought a brand-new attraction

-to the Highlands.

-How good is this?

-Wow! Look at it up here.

It's definitely the first time I've been on the roof of a den.

And with the witchcraft and wizardry den,

he waved his wand and designed a magical wonderland.

Olga, the creator of visually stunning structures,

exceeded herself too, with her spectacular works of art.

We decided to go with the floor that goes up with the wall

and then looks like a race track.

The sport and martial arts dens were brilliant designs.

Watch those fingers.

With Tony and Satwinder's combined 40 years of experience,

they also delivered the goods.

The inspired marble den was a masterpiece.

He's got this love of marble runs and rollercoasters

and we want to give a sense of that, so there's strips on the side

that give a sense of the big round windows kind of rolling or moving.

And the striking Turkish den was a mosaic delight.

And Maral wasn't to be outdone either.

This is going to be so exciting

because it's one of the bigger dens that we're doing in Dengineers

and it's actually one of the first rotating dens,

so it's a huge task for the team.

The Observatory den was a rotating marvel.

And with the Christmas den, she even turned summer into winter.

-All right, guys, how are you?

-Very well, how are you?

-Good to see you.

What I've done is I've called in the other designers as well

to give me a hand on this.

And all these brilliant minds worked together to create

the Dengineers' greatest achievement so far

with the community den in Liverpool.

CHEERING

Joe, do you know what?

I think we have absolutely outdone ourselves building dens this year.

Not half! I can't believe how amazing they all are.

But what do our Dengineers' friends and families think?

-Are you ready to see the den?

-Yeah!

What was that? I said, are you ready to see the den?

Yeah!

Here we go then. Three, two, one...

It's not a den, it's a village!

Helena, what do you think?

It's so good.

Oh, that's awesome.

Whoa!

-What do you think about that?

-It's so awesome.

Merry Christmas!

It's amazing.

When I first saw my den, I thought it was absolutely amazing.

The colours and all the structure was absolutely phenomenal.

He's done his job, hasn't he? That's amazing,

-it really is, brilliant.

-Thank you, thank you.

-Yes!

-There you go.

-Thank you for building my den.

-You're welcome. It was a pleasure.

-We built it together.

-Look at that!

Look at the chains.

That's amazing.

Oh, my word, it's fantastic.

I think it's going to go on the map of Scottish castles, it's that good.

Open your eyes, have a look.

-What do you think?

-Amazing!

It's a broomstick.

There's no way we could ever have imagined this at all.

It's so cool, everything is amazing.

This den is going to mean a lot to me

because it is going to take me back to Turkey whenever I'm inside it.

I think my den is absolutely amazing.

I'd give up all my birthday presents just for this den.

It's massive and it's so colourful and bright.

I couldn't pick a better den.

It's more than we could ever have imagined.

For every child, for every age,

there's something for everybody, it is just fabulous.

Well, sadly, that is the end of the road for this series, Joe.

Yeah, it's been emotional,

from the surprise hits to the den day-outs, we've loved every second.

And there's only one thing left to see...

-BOTH:

-The brilliant dens!

We've had the best time ever,

with some epic builds on this series of the Dengineers.

And if you're missing us already,

visit the CBBC website where you can find more.

But for now, there's one last thing to say.

This den is done!