0:00:02 > 0:00:04Telly - that magic box in the corner.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07It gives us access to a million different worlds,
0:00:07 > 0:00:10all from the comfort of our sofa.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12'In this series, I'm going to journey
0:00:12 > 0:00:14'through the fantastic world of TV
0:00:14 > 0:00:17'with some of our favourite celebrities.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21'They've chosen the precious TV moments that shed light...'
0:00:21 > 0:00:24- Pick that one out. - It's called scone pizza.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25'..on the stories of their lives.'
0:00:25 > 0:00:27I used to go mental if a swimmer was on.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30It would just, like, make my life.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31'Some are funny.'
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Oh... Ooh, sha-bob...
0:00:33 > 0:00:36- Oh, my word! - 'Some...'- There's been a murder.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39- '..are surprising.' - My mother didn't laugh that much.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43It was hard going but, God, she laughed at that.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45'..some are inspiring...'
0:00:45 > 0:00:47In all of those programmes, in different ways,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51- there's something special going on. - '..and many are deeply moving.'
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- Oh.- The death of John F Kennedy...
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Now we can't imagine what it was like
0:00:57 > 0:00:59to see receive such devastating news then.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03'So come watch with us as we hand-pick the vintage telly
0:01:03 > 0:01:06'that helped turn our much-loved stars
0:01:06 > 0:01:08'into the people they are today.'
0:01:08 > 0:01:09Welcome to The TV That Made Me.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21My guest today is a former Blue Peter presenter
0:01:21 > 0:01:25and the most intrepid woman I have ever met.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30'Helen Skelton is the ultimate all-action heroine.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33'As Blue Peter's 33rd presenter,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35'we marvelled at her daring spirit as she took on
0:01:35 > 0:01:40'some of the greatest physical challenges across the world.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43'Marathon running, high-wire walking
0:01:43 > 0:01:47'and kayaking over 2,000 miles of the Amazon River,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50'to name just a few.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54'The TV that made her includes a dart-playing bull...'
0:01:54 > 0:01:55So it's pounds for points.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59'..and the early antics of our two best-loved Geordies.'
0:01:59 > 0:02:01You're all right, man. You're all right. I'm here.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04'But it was her love of adventure and sport,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06'combined with her determination and drive
0:02:06 > 0:02:10'that established Helen as the daredevil presenter she is today.'
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- Helen Skelton, here she is. How are you?- Hello. I'm very good thank you.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- You should be. - I'm very pregnant, yes.- Yeah.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- But, yeah, well, it's got to come out so it will be fine.- Yeah?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24All right. And when are we hoping it's going to come out?
0:02:24 > 0:02:28- Five weeks.- Yeah?- Yeah, so don't overexcite me.- No, no, we will try.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30And that's my mitigation in case I cry.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Why do you think you might cry?
0:02:32 > 0:02:34- Well, you're emotional, aren't you? - Yeah.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38- And I had a great childhood so I'll go, "Oh, that was when Granny used to sit there and..."- All right.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Telly takes you back like that, doesn't it?- Yeah.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44So, this is a collection of TV highlights that you've chosen.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46A lot of them you haven't seen for many, many years
0:02:46 > 0:02:49and we're going to rewind the clock now
0:02:49 > 0:02:52and just have a look at a young Helen Skelton.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01'Helen was born in 1983, the same year that both Breakfast TV
0:03:01 > 0:03:05'and comedy favourite Blackadder made their debuts onto our screens.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11'Helen and her older brother, Gavin,
0:03:11 > 0:03:15'were brought up on a dairy farm in the Lake District by mum Janet,
0:03:15 > 0:03:19'a nursery school teacher, and dad Richard, who ran the farm.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23'With the great outdoors on her doorstep,
0:03:23 > 0:03:27'it's no surprise she developed a thirst for travel and adventure.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32'But even as a youngster, Helen knew she wanted
0:03:32 > 0:03:36'to work IN the world of TV she grew up watching.'
0:03:36 > 0:03:38You always wanted to be a telly presenter?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- I always wanted to be a camera person...- Right.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43..because I thought they went places first
0:03:43 > 0:03:45and I wanted to be a newsreader for a long time
0:03:45 > 0:03:48because I thought they knew everything first.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53- But, yeah... I think...- So you're just nosy?- Yeah, exactly.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57My first boss said I used to listen into everyone's phone conversations, it was really rude,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59and I was like, "I can't help it." It's nosy.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Yeah, but that's what a great news correspondent is, isn't it?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- Exactly. That's it, yeah. - Someone who wants to be nosy
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- and wants to find out what's happening.- I just like people.- Yeah.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- And like knowing something before anyone else.- Yeah.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- I've got a little snack for you, Helen.- Have you?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16I've got your favourite. I've got it out in the kitchen.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18I shan't be a moment. Just talk amongst yourselves.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20At the minute, if it's not moving, I'm eating it.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- So, yeah, anything should be good. - You're eating for two now, girl.
0:04:23 > 0:04:29- Oh, what have we got? - We've got a nice, weak...
0:04:29 > 0:04:33And we've got some... Do you remember this?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35This stuff?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37What is it?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- It's salmon paste.- Oh, no!
0:04:39 > 0:04:43That smell has instantly, already prompted my memory.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Go on.- That takes me back to my friend's nana's house, Mrs Wills.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- I like the way you've got to put the lid back on.- It's the smell!
0:04:49 > 0:04:50You don't like it?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53No. That looks a lot more orange than the type Nana Wills got me, but I trust you.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- Well, it's probably fresh. - Yeah, the type we had
0:04:56 > 0:04:58was probably in the larder for about six months.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01So when did she used to give you this?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Wednesday evenings, before Brownies, we used to go to my best friend's
0:05:04 > 0:05:08gran's house and she made us salmon sandwiches,
0:05:08 > 0:05:12and then you got your face washed rather aggressively with a dishcloth,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16as only nanas can do. Then we used to sit down for a bit of Pingu.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Isn't it mad how that smell made me think "Pingu"?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I don't think I've eaten salmon paste since.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Well, this will make you feel at home.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31You've got your little snack and here's a bit of Pingu.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- Go on, you can have a bit. - Oh, do I have to?
0:05:35 > 0:05:39PINGU THEME MUSIC PLAYS
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Like that.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Oh, how come you get a little bit and look at the size of that?
0:05:44 > 0:05:49# P-P-P, P-P-P Pingu, Pingu... #
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Using good old-fashioned stop-motion animation,
0:05:52 > 0:05:56this Swiss-made children's series followed the mischievous penguin
0:05:56 > 0:06:00and his family's adventures in their igloo at the South Pole.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03It first aired in 1986
0:06:03 > 0:06:06and it wasn't long before the perky Plasticine penguin
0:06:06 > 0:06:10and his naughty friends attracted a massive cult following.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13The thing I loved about Pingu was that he never spoke.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- He just went, "Ooh, ooh." - Aah-ooh-ooh-aah...
0:06:21 > 0:06:25The show's magic lay in the mysterious language Pingu spoke
0:06:25 > 0:06:28that children worldwide could recognise.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32It meant an international appeal for the little flightless fella
0:06:32 > 0:06:35that quickly lead to global TV stardom.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39But also, the animation isn't brilliant, is it,
0:06:39 > 0:06:43compared to what we have now? But that's the best thing about it.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Like, the little fins...
0:06:47 > 0:06:49HE WHISTLES
0:06:49 > 0:06:52To date, it's estimated that Pingu has been seen
0:06:52 > 0:06:58by more than a billion people on 140 TV stations worldwide.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- And he was kind of cheeky, wasn't he, Pingu?- He was. He was naughty.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Which is what you love when you're a kid.- Yeah.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07But I think the seal was even more naughty than Pingu.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I loved the noises. That was my favourite thing,
0:07:12 > 0:07:14the way they just... The sound effects are so good.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Listen to it when he eats that fish.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18HE SLURPS AND SMACKS LIPS
0:07:18 > 0:07:23The little giggle. And I love the movement.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24No...
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- Bless him.- I know.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30You do feel as if they make it up as they go along, don't they?
0:07:30 > 0:07:35And his mouth. When he gets really excited, his mouth goes out a long way, like a little trumpet.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- Yeah.- And then it just gets big at the end.- Yeah.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Noot, noot, noot!
0:07:41 > 0:07:44And, for me, that's the kind of precursor to all the great animation
0:07:44 > 0:07:47you get now like Finding Nemo and Toy Story and all that kind of stuff.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- Oh, this is it, yeah.- This is the good stuff, back in the day.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53You do not have to worry about what Pingu's going to say or do.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- Because he can't say anything. - It's just entertaining.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Well, exactly. You don't have to worry about your child
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- repeating something inappropriate. - Like, "Nee-nyeh."
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Noot, noot, noot!
0:08:03 > 0:08:06So it was the simplicity of it that was appealing?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- I think so. I just thought it was funny.- Yeah.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11And I just liked the little noises. I thought he was cute,
0:08:11 > 0:08:13I thought he was naughty, he was mischievous.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15It was one of those that you always think,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18"Aw, Pingu, you silly sausage."
0:08:18 > 0:08:22So what was it like growing up? What was your living room like?
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Our living room hasn't changed that much, to be honest.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28We had a big fireplace. Real fire, cos I grew up in a big, old farmhouse
0:08:28 > 0:08:29- so it heated everything.- Mm-hm.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32And me and my brother used to fight to get close to the fire
0:08:32 > 0:08:35so one of us would sit there, red-raw on one side
0:08:35 > 0:08:37cos we were so hot but we weren't moving.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- No.- No-one was giving up that space next to the fire.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47I want to ask you about something...
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Well, a show that possibly moved you when you were a kid, you know?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54We talk about TV tears, you know?
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Something that really touched you?
0:08:57 > 0:09:01I was a very loyal telly viewer when I was growing up
0:09:01 > 0:09:03so had my programmes that I liked to watch.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06I loved to watch Grange Hill, loved to watch Newsround,
0:09:06 > 0:09:07loved to watch Byker Grove.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10We just need to be sure what we're getting ourselves into, yeah?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Filmed in Newcastle, and based around a local youth club,
0:09:13 > 0:09:18the BBC's gritty teen soap told tales of hi jinks and tragedy,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21with a cast recruited from ordinary schools.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23It ran for a mammoth 18 seasons,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26quickly becoming an institution and the one TV show
0:09:26 > 0:09:32that's guaranteed to get you talking in a Geordie accent. Why-aye.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Don't worry, we'll have your money. Won't we, Duncan?
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Aye.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- Don't you find you want to go, - GEORDIE ACCENT:- "Byker Grove?"
0:09:41 > 0:09:43"Grove." Oh, yeah.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45And, unthinkable as it is, let's not forget
0:09:45 > 0:09:49that Ant didn't have Dec at his side until Byker Grove.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Casting two unknown actors to play friends PJ and Duncan,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57was the start of the celebrity duo's incredible careers.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02I have never been paintballing because of Byker Grove.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Ah, well, we've got a moment that will...
0:10:04 > 0:10:07It'll come flooding back to you now. Here it is.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09KLAXON BLARES
0:10:09 > 0:10:12THEY CHEER
0:10:14 > 0:10:16So what's the background to this moment, then?
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- They were on an awayday or something like that.- Yeah.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Nat!
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Put it back on, put it back on!
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- Now. - KLAXON BLARES
0:10:30 > 0:10:36- Oh! I can't even watch it. - Aw. Is it really...?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39HE SCREAMS
0:10:40 > 0:10:42It's awful because, as someone who
0:10:42 > 0:10:44wears contact lenses, has terrible eyesight,
0:10:44 > 0:10:48my eyes meet in the middle, it's awful if you can't see,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51and when he did... And I'm very protective of my eyes
0:10:51 > 0:10:53and when he did that, I was just thinking,
0:10:53 > 0:10:55"Oh, wow, that must have hurt."
0:10:55 > 0:10:58And I think I knew what was coming. I knew he was going to go blind, and the following weeks,
0:10:58 > 0:11:02where he's learning to do things and coming to terms with the fact he's blind....
0:11:02 > 0:11:04But didn't the series end on that
0:11:04 > 0:11:07and then you had to wait some time for the next series?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09I just remember the subsequent episodes where his girlfriend
0:11:09 > 0:11:12took him out and she had to lead him down the steps
0:11:12 > 0:11:15and had to teach him how to live being blind,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- and it was heartbreaking. I wept... It was heartbreaking.- Yeah.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20He can't see!
0:11:20 > 0:11:21It's not real.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Yeah, but it is. It was as a kid, to me, you know? I felt his pain.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27But it all comes flooding back, doesn't it?
0:11:27 > 0:11:28What, with the sandwich and that,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31I mean, it really does move you again.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Oh, definitely.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I think you cannot underestimate how important children's TV is
0:11:36 > 0:11:39in helping young adults form opinions and stuff.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43And I think a lot of those programmes, you do store them,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45there's no denying it. If you watch them as a kid, you store them
0:11:45 > 0:11:48and they impact on your memories and how you think about things.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53Byker Grove, Grange Hill, all those shows taught me about drugs,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- taught me about stuff like that even though...- Yeah.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00I remember watching things on those shows and thinking,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- "Oh, is that really what happens?" - Yeah.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05When you talk about drugs, it's obviously saying how...
0:12:05 > 0:12:08The effects it had and how wrong it is.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Yeah. There was a character on Byker Grove who was doing loads of things
0:12:11 > 0:12:13and then got himself in all kinds of trouble,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15got himself involved in drugs and then you saw him
0:12:15 > 0:12:18physically go downhill and you saw him lose out on loads of things,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21and I think for a lot of people in my generation that was a warning.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Helen, we're moving on to must see TV.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Something that was unmissable to you.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Hello.- Oh, look at him.- Oh, look at him!- Look how young he is.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44Look how chiselled he is. You could abseil off those cheekbones.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48A year ago today, Iraqi tanks rolled into Kuwait, an invasion...
0:12:48 > 0:12:52A young Krishnan Guru-Murthy was just one of many correspondents
0:12:52 > 0:12:56breaking news headlines on Newsround.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59It ran for over 40 years and was one of the world's first
0:12:59 > 0:13:03TV news magazine shows aimed specifically at children.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08- Now, as a kid, did you watch Newsround?- Oh, religiously.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11I was one of those kids that was always out doing stuff
0:13:11 > 0:13:15so I used to record it on a VHS tape and then get in and watch it.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- Well, of course, now it's totally different.- Well, of course.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20You've got to catch up on everything, haven't you?
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Well, you just look at your phone to get the news but obviously then,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27I had to put my VHS in, rewind, make sure my brother hadn't re-recorded something,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30so I could catch up on what was going on.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Elsewhere, there's suffering too after what Saddam Hussein did.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35On the borders of Iraq, the Kurds
0:13:35 > 0:13:38are still living in refugee camps, scared to go home.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41..how gritty and how serious it was.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46Oh, yeah, people think that Newsround is all about dolphins and whales.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49It isn't at all. You're doing exactly the same stories
0:13:49 > 0:13:53- as in the six o'clock news, the ten o'clock news.- Yeah.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56You just have to be careful about how you tell that story.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58The effects of the invasion, a year ago today,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00may be felt for years to come.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03When I joined Newsround, sometimes you'd go to events
0:14:03 > 0:14:06and the six o'clock news would be there as well and they'd be like,
0:14:06 > 0:14:08"Oh, Helen will go last, it's only Newsround."
0:14:08 > 0:14:11And I used to think, "We're doing the same stories as you are
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- "only we have to use language that is appropriate for seven-year-olds." - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19And tell it in a different way. So I never let them go first.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23I used to get my elbows in... "Wait your turn. We're on air first, you."
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- I'm going to move onto guilty pleasures now.- Oh, good.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34This is something you loved watching but didn't really
0:14:34 > 0:14:35want anyone else to know.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- Yes!- Yes. Bit of Bully.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Welcome to another edition of Bullseye.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43We've got a great audience in here tonight, raring to go
0:14:43 > 0:14:46but they've got to stay in, we've locked the doors.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Let's play Bullseye.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51This, for me, was after I'd had my Findus crispy pancake
0:14:51 > 0:14:55- and before I had my bath.- Yeah. - Sunday night.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59OK, let's play Bullseye. Questions in the first round are £30 each.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02There are the three brains sitting all ready to play the game.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06'This legendary ITV game show combining dart playing
0:15:06 > 0:15:10'and quiz questions was an instant hit.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14'During the 1980s, in its prime slot on Sunday evening,
0:15:14 > 0:15:18'as many as 17 million of us tuned in to watch.'
0:15:18 > 0:15:21C-O-N-C-I-S-E.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Bully says it's correct. 30 points, you've got.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29'It was hosted for 14 years by one of TV's most-loved personalities.'
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Who would you like to be if you weren't Brian Barnes?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Oh, Clint Eastwood, of course.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Jim Bowen has got a great voice as well, hasn't he?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- Gravelly, like yourself. - Thank you very much.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Well, he was a comedian, wasn't he?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43He was a comic but he was a schoolteacher as well.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45What did you love about the show, then?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49I loved Bully. I loved it that they went home with a Bully.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51One of those little, fat ornaments.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55- I thought, "Oh, I would have liked one of them."- Did you never...?
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- No.- Aw...- You can't get them unless you go on it.- Really?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01And I loved the prizes. Here's what you could have won.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03And they were always offering people speedboats.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Not that many people have use for a speedboat.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11- I know.- You live in a terraced house in Wigan. Here's a speedboat.- Yeah.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15£100 a question now, questions even more difficult...
0:16:15 > 0:16:18I never, ever, ever got the opportunity
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- to possibly even touch a Bully.- No.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Well, we're going to put that to the test
0:16:25 > 0:16:28and give you the opportunity to have a little game
0:16:28 > 0:16:31of our own version of that iconic show.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33It's like Surprise Surprise.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36I know, I know. Behind this, which weighs about four tonnes...
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- ..we've got a dartboard. - Oh, brilliant!- There it is.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46- And, one moment, I shall get the darts.- Excellent.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51- So, you come round here.- OK.- And we'll play our very own darts quiz.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Yes, ladies and gentlemen. OK.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56In one! Didn't put you off then, did I? OK, sorry, go on.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Go on, go on.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02- Oh.- Oh, it... Uh...- Ten.- Number ten. - Didn't have the height.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06On Bullseye, the consolation prize was a...?
0:17:06 > 0:17:12- Bully.- Bendy Bully, that's not the answer.- Oh.- And your BFH...
0:17:12 > 0:17:14That's what he used to say, "And your BFH..."
0:17:14 > 0:17:16What did BFH stand for?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Before you go home?
0:17:18 > 0:17:19- Bus...- Oh.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- Bus fare home.- Bus fare home! Sorry, sorry.- Well done, you got that one, Helen.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- There's no question. - Head home.- Yeah. OK.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- Ooh.- Oh, it's a treble but not the right one.- It's a treble 12.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31OK, here we go.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35When deciding whether to gamble their winnings from the prize board,
0:17:35 > 0:17:40what period of time did contestants have to decide?
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Oh, I'm going to go 20 seconds.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46It was actually the time it took the board to revolve round.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Oh, OK. Right, yes. Big board, yeah.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51It's all right, you've got one right. Well, nearly.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53OK, so let's go for the big one, the big finish.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56You'll get this, you'll get this one.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- Aw.- Ooh, you do like that 12.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- There it is, another 12. - I wanted a treble 20.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Now, please, stand on the oche.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07Despite the fact Jim Bowen claimed to have never said this line,
0:18:07 > 0:18:11what is his best-remembered Bullseye catchphrase?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Well, I loved it when he said, "Here's what you could have won."
0:18:13 > 0:18:15That was harsh. But "super, smashing, great".
0:18:15 > 0:18:18You are absolutely right. Well done indeed. Sit yourself down.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Thank you.
0:18:20 > 0:18:26Now, sit there, close your eyes because I've got a surprise for you.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Are you ready?- If it's not a Bully, this is going to be really harsh.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Don't be nervous. Open your eyes.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Aah, yes!
0:18:35 > 0:18:38I just said, "If it's not a Bully this is going to be really harsh!"
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Oh, you've raided a lot of car-boot sales for that, haven't you?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44I think you have... Do you know what?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46We've all done this,
0:18:46 > 0:18:51and can I just show you what he used to have under his shirt?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- I don't know what that is. - SHE LAUGHS
0:18:53 > 0:18:57- That's a terrible spray tan, that's what that is.- I know it is.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Oh, that is brilliant.- So there you are. You didn't get all the questions right
0:19:00 > 0:19:02but we're happy to give you that with our love.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Oh, that's the best thing I've ever been given in telly.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Oh, isn't that lovely? Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Well done.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Now, this is the family favourite we're moving onto.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20I won't say any more.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Let's have a little look at it. Here we go. Helen's family favourite.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28And tonight's test examines the ability to retain
0:19:28 > 0:19:29and discard information.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- Yes!- What is it, Helen?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33The Krypton Factor.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38'Another hit game show from ITV that began in the '70s,
0:19:38 > 0:19:42'The Krypton Factor ran for nearly 20 years,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44'pushing contestants to their limits...'
0:19:44 > 0:19:47..and Steve is going to have to work really hard to get back...
0:19:47 > 0:19:49'..testing their mental ability...'
0:19:49 > 0:19:51..74, third letter...
0:19:51 > 0:19:53'..and their physical endurance.'
0:19:53 > 0:19:55He's trained so hard for this race.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Everything on this, you've probably done, haven't you?
0:19:58 > 0:20:02I've never done this assault course. I used to go and watch people at a local Army assault course
0:20:02 > 0:20:04because I thought it was like Krypton Factor.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06And he falls, which allows Nick Clarke to pass him
0:20:06 > 0:20:07so disaster for Steve,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10from first to fourth in just two obstacles.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13They put them through their paces, didn't they? There's no denying.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15The instructor and judge for the round
0:20:15 > 0:20:17is Lieutenant Commander Trevor Toms.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Which bit are we on now? Oh, the simulator!
0:20:20 > 0:20:23And next goes Mike McEwan, takes the pilot seat first.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25I loved the idea of doing something like that.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Directly ahead is HMS Illustrious, steaming along at about 20 knots.
0:20:29 > 0:20:35At the time, there weren't any fancy video games like that.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- Oh, I agree, yeah. - There weren't any fancy simulators.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Now you can go to a theme park and go in a simulator
0:20:40 > 0:20:43and have a go at something like this or rig it up in your living room
0:20:43 > 0:20:45with your Xbox or whatever but you couldn't then.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48My computer games at the time were those ping-pongs,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- one ball going across the screen. Doink.- Do-do-do.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53And both the interior and exterior views
0:20:53 > 0:20:55show he's coping pretty well at the moment.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57This was family viewing.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00This, with my mum, dad, brother and my grandad.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Well, here comes Mike probably now regretting
0:21:02 > 0:21:05those earlier mistakes as he watches Norman charging on towards
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- the final of obstacle, the maze. - You see...
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- He should have lifted his legs up. - Yes!
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- I know where you're going, I know where you're going.- You watch it...
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Disappointed with Red. Lift your legs up, love!
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Yeah, but there's probably a small word called exhaustion kicking in there.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21..crosses the line for 6 points for second place.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24My audition for Blue Peter was very similar to that assault course.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26You do take things very seriously.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Oh, I wish I wasn't so competitive but I can't help it.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- Really?- It's my brother's fault!
0:21:30 > 0:21:34I was brought up with an older brother and our house was always full of his friends,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37and if I wanted to hang out with them and play with them, I had to keep up.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41He wouldn't let me play cricket until I could overarm bowl, stuff like that. We're the same now.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45- But there was no, sort of, leniency to you, being a girl.- Oh, no!
0:21:45 > 0:21:48If couldn't do it, then I wasn't allowed to play.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49And my husband knows how to push a button.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52If he says, "Oh, go downstairs and get the remote."
0:21:52 > 0:21:55I say, "No, don't be lazy!" and then he'll go, "I'll time you."
0:21:55 > 0:21:58And then I go. Why is that? What is that?
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- Well, Blue Peter continues to this day, doesn't it?- Yes.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09It is the longest running kids show in the world.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12We celebrated its 50th anniversary when I was on it
0:22:12 > 0:22:15and I was on it for six years and left in 2013.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17What we have got for you now is a little treat.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19This is your first introduction to...
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Well, you being introduced to the nation on Blue Peter
0:22:23 > 0:22:27for the very first time. Here it is.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Well, you know my name's Helen.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30I'm 5' 4".
0:22:30 > 0:22:31I've got brown eyes.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35This is Cumbria in the North West of England. It's where I'm from.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37This is the farm where I grew up.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- So, do your parents still live there?- Yeah, they do, yeah.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45- Idyllic.- Yeah, it was a very Famous Five kind of childhood.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Like, play in the barns, swim in the river, build a raft,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52all that kind of stuff. Yeah, I loved it.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55This is my family. They know way too much about me.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- Aw.- Aw.- Oh, my grandad's not with us any more.- Aah.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01It takes you about half an hour in front of the mirror, doesn't it?
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Ohh...
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- Is nice to see him again? - Oh, yeah.- Of course.- He loved it.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09He used to carry a Blue Peter annual around all the time.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13This is where I learned to dance. I even helped teach some of these guys.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Oh, my word. What?
0:23:15 > 0:23:16There you are giving it some welly.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19There's no getting away from anything now, is there?
0:23:19 > 0:23:22DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:23:27 > 0:23:31- You are a good mover.- No, I THINK I am. There's a difference.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32No, there's no denying.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37I just liked the kids. I used to do a lot of tap dancing.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39I got invited to the Ken Dodd Tap Awards once
0:23:39 > 0:23:42and that is invitation only so...
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Say no more. Cos you obviously auditioned for it.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Well, I was on Newsround at the time.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50So I got in trouble because I was blonde when I auditioned
0:23:50 > 0:23:53and I just went in and dyed my hair one day.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55And they went, "What? You can't do that any more."
0:23:55 > 0:23:58But I was on Newsround so my audition was a bit weird.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- The audition involved an assault course.- Uh-huh.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05And I took it really seriously and did it really quick
0:24:05 > 0:24:08and I didn't do any presenting and they said, "Go back and do it again."
0:24:08 > 0:24:12And something I am genuinely excited about is the fact
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- that I've got two new friends. Helen!- Hello.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- Go on, bring the cats over.- Yeah, I've already bonded with these guys.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Socks and Cookie, sounds like they've had a cracking summer.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22- Yeah.- But so have we, haven't we? - We have.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Andy and Joel used to pretend that they were allergic to the cats
0:24:25 > 0:24:27so they didn't have to hold them.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31And I used to carry that cat around and its hair would get stuck
0:24:31 > 0:24:34to all my lip gloss and my lip balm so I looked like I had a beard
0:24:34 > 0:24:36and a moustache by the end of each link.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Our first challenge sees all three of us
0:24:38 > 0:24:41trying to get a massive kite up in the air.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- You look tiny!- And Andy and Joel... I mean, that studio was huge!
0:24:46 > 0:24:50Andy and Joel, they become like your brothers
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- because you're together so much. - Mm-hm.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55You know, my first day at work, we went to Alaska
0:24:55 > 0:24:58and we were in a tent living together for weeks on end.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00- On your first day at work?- Yeah.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02We flew to Alaska, the three of us, and the crew, obviously.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05We were in a tent, living in a camper van,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08and they're like your family in the sense that you love them
0:25:08 > 0:25:10and you wouldn't let anybody say anything about them
0:25:10 > 0:25:12but you can fight with them like cat and dog.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13- Yeah.- It was great.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15You're just exploring the world, having a great time,
0:25:15 > 0:25:19and the thing about Blue Peter is, your job is to experience stuff.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21It's not work, it's just playing out.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24And hopefully we can get our giant train of 50 Blue Peter badges
0:25:24 > 0:25:27in the air at one time.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32- Why are you laughing?- Because it feels like another lifetime.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36We've made 50 giant Blue Peter badges, with the help
0:25:36 > 0:25:38of this very creative gang of children.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41On Blue Peter, it takes you to... It sounds full-on
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- but it takes you to emotional highs and emotional lows, you know?- Yeah.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47I filmed with, you know...
0:25:47 > 0:25:49I filmed with terminally ill children in my arms,
0:25:49 > 0:25:53I've filmed facial surgery on orphans in Indian slums
0:25:53 > 0:25:56and then the other times, you're flying...
0:25:56 > 0:25:59I flew an RAF... I flew a Red Arrow, flipped it.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02So you're really high and really low so with the crew...
0:26:02 > 0:26:06But at that young age, how do you cope with those sort of emotions?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09You do it on telly. You share everything with the viewer
0:26:09 > 0:26:12and I think that's the unique thing about Blue Peter.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16You're never asked to be a telly presenter, you're just asked how you feel about stuff.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19So thank you very much, guys. You've done a fantastic job.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Fingers crossed we're going to do it.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22But it's a hard lifestyle to maintain.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25I got to the point where I knew I wanted to get married
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- and all the rest of it and... I knew it was time to go.- And have children.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Yeah, Oh, God. It took me a year to leave.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- It took me a year to build up to handing my notice.- Really?
0:26:34 > 0:26:36And finally, what did it for you?
0:26:36 > 0:26:39What was it that just went, "I've got to tell them now"?
0:26:39 > 0:26:43- I went to Heathrow to park a plane and...- Like you do.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- Tuesday.- Tuesday.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48I'm going to Heathrow. I'm going to park a plane, left hand down a bit.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51And I walked in and the guy went, "Oh, you're back again?
0:26:51 > 0:26:52"What are you doing today?"
0:26:52 > 0:26:57And I thought, "Right, it's time to someone else to have a go."
0:27:02 > 0:27:06So, what do you enjoy watching today? If we do a full circle?
0:27:06 > 0:27:08What is it you love?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- Massive Game Of Thrones fan.- Yeah.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12And I'm not normally into that kind of stuff.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Massive DIY SOS fan.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- I weep from the start. - Yeah, yeah, it is...
0:27:17 > 0:27:20It is... You know, those home improvement shows,
0:27:20 > 0:27:24where it matters, where that person is having what they are having done
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- for a reason because they've done such good.- Yeah.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30You're just gone, aren't you, from the start. I've gone, I've gone.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Well, good luck with everything. Did you enjoy it?
0:27:33 > 0:27:35- Have you enjoyed this experience? - Oh, I've had a great time!
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- You've got your Bully.- Oh.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41So we want to thank you very much for being part of TV That Made Me
0:27:41 > 0:27:46and you get a chance now to pick a theme tune for us to go out on.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Any theme tune you wish.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Can I have It's Only A Game Show?
0:27:50 > 0:27:52It's Only A Game Show.
0:27:53 > 0:27:58- Why?- Cos, again, that takes me back to good old family game show...
0:27:58 > 0:28:02family time around the telly together and it will be in your head all day.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04All right, then. This is going to be in your head all day.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08My many, many thanks to Helen Skelton and It's Only A Game Show.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Thank you, bye-bye.
0:28:14 > 0:28:19# It's only a game so put up a real good fight
0:28:20 > 0:28:24# I'm gonna be snookering you tonight
0:28:26 > 0:28:31# I'm famed for my aim so you better believe I'm right
0:28:31 > 0:28:35# I'm gonna be snookering you Snookering you tonight!
0:28:35 > 0:28:39# Snookering you... Snookering you tonight. Whoo! #