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