0:00:02 > 0:00:04TV - the magic box of delights.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06As kids, it showed us a million different worlds
0:00:06 > 0:00:08all from our living room.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11This takes me right back.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12That's so embarrassing.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14I am genuinely shocked.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Each day, I'm going to journey through
0:00:16 > 0:00:18the wonderful world of telly
0:00:18 > 0:00:20with one of our favourite celebrities...
0:00:20 > 0:00:22It's just so silly.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Oh, I love it!
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Is it Mr Benn?
0:00:26 > 0:00:28SHE HUMS TUNE Shut it!
0:00:28 > 0:00:31..as they select the iconic TV moments...
0:00:31 > 0:00:34- Ooh, hello. - HE LAUGHS
0:00:34 > 0:00:36..that tell us the stories of their lives.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39- WOMAN GASPS - Oh, my gosh!
0:00:39 > 0:00:40- BOTH:- Cheers.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42- Some will make you laugh... - HE GRUNTS
0:00:42 > 0:00:44SHE LAUGHS Oh, no!
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- ..some will surprise... - SQUAWKING
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Oh!
0:00:48 > 0:00:49..many will inspire...
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Ooh!
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Look at this. Why wouldn't you want to watch this?
0:00:53 > 0:00:55..and others will move us.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Seeing that there made a huge impact on me.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59You're not having my kid.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Got a handkerchief?
0:01:00 > 0:01:06So, come watch with us as we rewind to the classic telly
0:01:06 > 0:01:08that shaped those wide-eyed youngsters
0:01:08 > 0:01:11into the much-loved stars they are today.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- APPLAUSE - Welcome to The TV That Made Me.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25My guest today has many strings to her bow.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to my flat Myleene Klass.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Hello.- How are you?
0:01:32 > 0:01:33- Good. How are you?- I am very well.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- Thanks for having me. - Welcome to my humble abode.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Very nice.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- Do you like it? - I like that I match the sofa.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- Oh, yeah.- I look like a cushion. - Was that intentional?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- No, but yes, it was.- Yeah?
0:01:46 > 0:01:50A classical musician, chart-topping pop star,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52fashion designer and TV presenter,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Myleene is no stranger to the small screen.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58The TV that made her
0:01:58 > 0:02:01includes a legendary all-round entertainer,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05a cult '90s game show that had us all on the edge of our seats...
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Two minutes left.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Whoa!
0:02:08 > 0:02:12..and a famous talk show that was one of her first steps
0:02:12 > 0:02:14on the path to stardom.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- So, are you excited about today? - I am.- Yeah?- Yeah, yeah.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Do you think TV has played a big part in your growing up?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Oh, hugely.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24I think even just the little sort of titbits
0:02:24 > 0:02:26you remember or things you come out and say.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I said to my girls the older day,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I said, "Do you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo?"
0:02:31 > 0:02:34And they just looked at me completely blankly.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38- You just think, you know, it just identifies an era.- Yeah.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Well, today is a celebration of your TV,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43classic moments that you have chosen.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- You can see why I am the way I am. - Yes, we will find out by the end.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Are we a similar age, though?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Will I find out why you're the way you are?
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- Do you think we're a similar age? No.- Well, I'm 21, so...- Yeah.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55But first up we're going to take a look
0:02:55 > 0:02:57at a very young Myleene growing up.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- OK.- Have a little look at this.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Born in Norfolk in 1978
0:03:03 > 0:03:07to a British-Austrian father and a Filipino mother,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Myleene fell in love with music from a young age,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14picking up her grandfather's violin at just four years old.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Her obsession with music continued to grow as a teenager
0:03:19 > 0:03:23and she won a scholarship to the prestigious Royal Academy of Music.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Myleene went on to work as a session singer to the stars.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33But in 2000, her life changed forever
0:03:33 > 0:03:37when she was catapulted to stardom as part of the pop group Hear'Say,
0:03:37 > 0:03:40and the rest, as they say, is history.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Isn't that lovely? Was it nice looking back?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- I haven't changed the hair very much.- No.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Yeah, good memories. It's nice, actually. I...
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Music, it was all about music for me all the time.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Very arty, very creative. And if it wasn't that, it was science.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Cos I think people forget that you are
0:04:00 > 0:04:02a classically-trained musician.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Yes. It's my little surprise card.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- Mm-hm. - They just think white bikini, right?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Yeah, they do.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11White bikini, that was from I'm A Celebrity...
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- Get Me Out Of Here!- That's right.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15It was that moment, which I believe you auctioned off...
0:04:15 > 0:04:17I did. I don't know where it's gone.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20I don't want to think about who's got it.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Myleene, I'm so pleased you're with us.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30We're going to take a trip down memory lane
0:04:30 > 0:04:33and look at your very first TV memory.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34It's Fraggle Rock.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Created by legendary puppeteer Jim Henson,
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Fraggle Rock first bounced onto our British TV screens
0:04:43 > 0:04:45in January 1984.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49# Dance your cares away Worry's for another day
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- # Let... # - # The music play
0:04:51 > 0:04:53# Down at Fraggle Rock. #
0:04:53 > 0:04:54The show followed the adventures
0:04:54 > 0:04:59of a fun-loving group of furry subterranean creatures.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- We're Gobo!- Wembley!- Red!
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Oh, my gosh. This is so funny.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07It's very kind of you, Doris. No, no. I'm flattered.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Nothing would give me greater pleasure. And thank you.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13While UK viewers fondly remember the captain
0:05:13 > 0:05:16and his dog Sprocket who lived in the lighthouse,
0:05:16 > 0:05:18this wasn't the case for everyone
0:05:18 > 0:05:21as, cleverly, the human segment of the show changed
0:05:21 > 0:05:22with the programme's location.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24I'm the ideal man for the job.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27So, in America, the man was an inventor named Doc,
0:05:27 > 0:05:32while in France he was a chef with a dog called Croquette.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34I suppose it was something about
0:05:34 > 0:05:36having a real person in it that made it, do you think?
0:05:36 > 0:05:40And also that when you're a kid, when you're in on the joke,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43when the adults don't know, you just love that, don't you?
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Yeah, yeah.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45He never saw the Fraggles.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- No, the dog... - Sprocket always found the Fraggles.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- Yeah. - When you're a kid, you love that.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52It's very light.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I mean, it's real comedy, isn't it, you know?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56I think when you look at what
0:05:56 > 0:05:58programmes are like now for children,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01which I see a lot with my own children,
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- it's all so fast-paced and it's so quickly cut.- Mm-hm.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Whereas with this, it's sort of presented on a plate
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- and you're just in there.- Yeah.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11It's different. It's a different way of viewing now.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13So, does it just take you back?
0:06:13 > 0:06:17It totally has just transported me to sitting in my living room.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19What was your sort of TV snack?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Well, because it was just before we were going to have our dinner,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25my mum would get the special trays, these little plastic trays
0:06:25 > 0:06:29with little compartments and she'd chop up carrots
0:06:29 > 0:06:30and cucumbers and all sorts of...
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- Like crudites.- Yes.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34And then we'd have these chocolate dips
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- that were around at the time. - Chocolate dips.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- Just bits.- Carrots, cucumbers, chocolate dips.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- Carrots, cucumbers, chocolate dips. - Are you going to the kitchen?
0:06:42 > 0:06:47OK. Carrots, cucumbers, chocolate dips.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51# And a partridge in a pear tree. #
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- Oh! - Carrots, cucumbers, chocolate dips.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58So, you wouldn't dip your cucumber in...
0:06:58 > 0:06:59I probably would do, actually.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- Would you?- Yeah. SHE GASPS
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Do you want one?- Yes. - Go on, then.- Are you having one?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06What, carrot and chocolate?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Carrot and chocolate. I'll give it a go.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10If it's good enough for Myleene, it's good enough for me.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12If you're doing it, I'll do it too.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15That's what happens, cos they never give you enough little sticks.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16Oh, do you know what?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- It's all right.- Are we back there now, Fraggle Rock, with your dips?
0:07:22 > 0:07:23That's not bad, is it?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- It's actually really good. - LAUGHTER
0:07:26 > 0:07:27Yeah. I'd recommend this to anyone.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- A bit of chocolate and carrot. - Chocolate-dipped carrot.- Yeah.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33We might have just invented something there.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34- This is amazing.- Yeah?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36I can't believe you've done this for me.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Oh, we like to make an effort, you know.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Being at my little flat with my lodgers.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- LAUGHTER - You know...
0:07:43 > 0:07:46So, set the scene for us, you know. You'd be in your lounge.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Sitting in the lounge.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Shoes off, obviously. Not on the couch.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54And then just all snuggled up with my tray
0:07:54 > 0:07:56with my sliced carrots.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- Watching Fraggle Rock.- Yeah.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59So, we've already touched on your mum.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Tell us a little bit more about your home life.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Well, my dad used to be in the navy, so he's...
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Maybe that's something to do with the lighthouse keeper.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09He doesn't not look like that.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11- My dad looks a bit like Captain Birdseye.- Oh, really?
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Proper navy seadog.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20This is your next choice. This is your must-see TV.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23This is something you'd run home from school to watch.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26# Neighbours... #
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Oh, yes!
0:08:28 > 0:08:30# Everybody needs good neighbours... #
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Set in the fictional Aussie suburb of Erinsborough,
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Neighbours has followed the trials and tribulations of residents
0:08:37 > 0:08:41of Ramsay Street for over 30 years.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Its instantly recognisable theme tune was composed
0:08:44 > 0:08:47by Tony Hatch, who was also responsible for
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Petula Clark's number one hit Downtown.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53# That's when good neighbours become... #
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Guy Pearce. He's, like, a Hollywood star now.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Yeah. Yeah.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59What if she doesn't turn up, eh?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01You're never playing the wedding.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Over 7,000 episodes of Neighbours
0:09:04 > 0:09:07have been aired in the UK since 1986.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10One of the highest-rated was of course
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Scott and Charlene's wedding.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Expect a few more people than this
0:09:14 > 0:09:16for a wedding like this, wouldn't you?
0:09:17 > 0:09:23On the 8th of November 1988 over 19 million viewers
0:09:23 > 0:09:27across the UK tuned in to watch a young Kylie Minogue
0:09:27 > 0:09:29marry heart-throb Jason Donovan.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Here she comes, backlit.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40# The only dream that I... #
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Does it take you back? - This is insane.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45I used to...
0:09:45 > 0:09:47I mean, you're leaving school, you dawdle,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50you get home when you get home, but this, I broke a sweat.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54# A chance to talk, a chance to grow... #
0:09:56 > 0:09:59And the tune that got them down the aisle
0:09:59 > 0:10:01was Angry Anderson's Suddenly.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04It reached number three in the UK charts,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06and who was in the number two spot?
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Only Kylie and Jason with Especially For You.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15# Suddenly you're seeing me
0:10:17 > 0:10:19# Just the way I am
0:10:19 > 0:10:21# Suddenly you're hearing me
0:10:21 > 0:10:24# Cos I'm running just as fast as I can to you
0:10:24 > 0:10:25# She's running just as fast as she can... #
0:10:25 > 0:10:28LAUGHTER
0:10:28 > 0:10:29# Suddenly... #
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- I've watched that quite a few times. - Really?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35I mean, let's be honest. This is your specialist subject.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37If you were on Mastermind, it'd be Neighbours.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- Possibly, yeah.- Yeah.- Yes. LAUGHTER
0:10:40 > 0:10:42And what did you love so much about it?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43You know, I don't know.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Something just swept the nation. Everybody loved Neighbours.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48I think they used to have the most...
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- What, 15 million viewers at one point?- Yeah, it was.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54- So...- The wedding was watched by over 19 million Brits.- There you go.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- You see?- I know.- You see.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59And then was in...you know, that's daytime television.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- Yeah, that's right. - You know.- Yeah.- Colossal.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Nearly as much as us.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05There you go. LAUGHTER
0:11:05 > 0:11:08So, I mean, it meant a lot you, Neighbours.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Yeah. I had posters. I had the sticker books.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12You had the sticker book.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- Oh! You are good.- Oh, yes.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17You are good! I had this!
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- There's your sticker book.- No! SHE GASPS
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- And there's all the...- Look at this!
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- Oh, you're kidding. - Yeah. There's all the...
0:11:26 > 0:11:30- You've got the whole collection? - Yes, we have indeed.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- Yeah.- Do you know what this is...?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Not even monetary value.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Do you know what this is to, like, my 11-year-old self?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- Yeah. - SHE GASPS
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Natalie Imbruglia.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47I mean, do you think kids today just won't ever experience
0:11:47 > 0:11:50that sort of excitement?
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Stickers and...
0:11:51 > 0:11:55I mean, I'm excited even now, and I can genuinely say I don't know
0:11:55 > 0:11:58if my children would be this excited about a sticker book.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- Let me just put that together. - This is unbelievable.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04Put all that... Look. They're all in there, every one of them.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Crickey. I can't believe you have this.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- And that's your book. - You'd have been my hero in school.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11It's in mint condition.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15And it's yours.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- You're joking.- Yeah. It's yours. - APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Aw. God bless you.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22Yeah.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Give me another album.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Give me another album. I got one kiss.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- Yeah. Let me put that away.- Oh, my gosh.- You'll get that at the end.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31That's yours to take with you.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33I can't believe that. Thank you.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34So, how...
0:12:34 > 0:12:36I want to go ring my sister now and tell her I have that.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- LAUGHTER - Aw.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- You're not filling up a bit, are you?- I am a little bit.- Aw!
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I'm all emotional. You're taking me back to my childhood.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Now, you got to meet Jason, didn't you?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- I did.- You went into the jungle with him.- I did. Yes, yes.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51What was that like, meeting one of your childhood heroes?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53It was really good fun cos
0:12:53 > 0:12:55I'd sort of seen him from afar,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57you know, at work sort of bumping into each other,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00but there we were in a contained environment,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02and we got to chat.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05He couldn't believe I knew all the characters.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- Like, I was asking about Madge and Harold all the time.- Yeah, yeah.
0:13:08 > 0:13:15And then he did the unthinkable for, like, my 11, 12-year-old self.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19We got to sing Especially For You, to do the Kylie lift.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Oh, lovely. So you done that.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24I used to watch it on Top Of The Pops,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27and she'd do the run to him and he'd pick her up
0:13:27 > 0:13:28and twirl her around,
0:13:28 > 0:13:32and I even bought a velvet waistcoat to look like Kylie.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Your next choice is comfort TV,
0:13:39 > 0:13:43and pardon the pun, but this is AMAZING.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Presented by Richard O'Brien, cult game show The Crystal Maze
0:13:48 > 0:13:53was one of Channel 4's most-watched shows during the '90s.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Viewers tuned in to see the contestants tackle
0:13:55 > 0:13:59tough challenges in four different zones.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02This was my first experience of, like, really shouting at the telly.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- Really?- "Behind you!" You know.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Fill it up with water from the magic spring.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14- Did you always want to be part of the show?- Oh, for sure.- Yeah?
0:14:14 > 0:14:19My auntie, you know those crystal collections that people have?
0:14:19 > 0:14:23- Does anyone here collect crystals? Those.- Yeah.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27She used to have one that looked like the Crystal Maze.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31I used to always go in the cupboard and take it out
0:14:31 > 0:14:32and try and re-enact this.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36If they cast somebody as Mumsie, they need someone beautiful.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Someone like Elizabeth Taylor. Someone of that nature.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Oh. Ow!
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Glenn Close would be better. Two minutes left.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47I don't think anyone had done TV like him either.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- You know, the sort of asides to the viewers at home.- Yeah.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Ah!
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Ooh!
0:14:53 > 0:14:55SHE LAUGHS
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Oh, I forgot how good this was!
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Is it me or is that person really rubbish?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01LAUGHTER
0:15:01 > 0:15:02Argh!
0:15:02 > 0:15:04She's not SAS, is she?
0:15:06 > 0:15:10So, what did you find comforting about The Crystal Maze?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Do you know, I liked how flamboyant
0:15:12 > 0:15:14and just out-there Richard O'Brien was.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Never seen anybody like him.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17I think he's possibly my spirit animal.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20I wear as much leopard, if not more, than him now,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22so somewhere in my psyche I'm still channelling him.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Like Crystal Maze, many shows over the years
0:15:26 > 0:15:30have challenged contestants to remain on their feet.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Back in the '60s, It's A Knockout hit our screens.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Over the course of 35 years,
0:15:35 > 0:15:39viewers watched teams go up against each other in often ridiculous
0:15:39 > 0:15:42and sometimes downright dangerous games.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Gordon Burns pushed people to the limit
0:15:50 > 0:15:51during The Krypton Factor,
0:15:51 > 0:15:54which he nicknamed TV's toughest quiz.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Best pals Ant and Dec launched Friends Like These in 1999,
0:16:02 > 0:16:06pitting a team of male mates against a group of female friends
0:16:06 > 0:16:08in nerve-jangling challenges.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14And more recently,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17we took great pleasure in watching contestants and many celebrities
0:16:17 > 0:16:19like the lovely Kate Adams here,
0:16:19 > 0:16:23slip, slide and get generally soaked in Total Wipeout.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29I suppose, weirdly, maybe my love for that kind of thing
0:16:29 > 0:16:32made me go and do things like I'm A Celebrity,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34which isn't unlike it now.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36- Yeah. - But these were the predecessors.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- So, are you a big fan of reality TV? - I'm a huge fan, yeah.- Yeah?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Well, I was kind of born from the fire of it, so before that,
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- I took part in Popstars. - Of course, Popstars, yeah.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50- Which somebody told me was, like, 12, 13 years old now.- Oh.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51- Ooh!- Don't.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- It goes so quick, doesn't it? - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56But was that a big leap of faith for you?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Were you confident in going into it or were you...?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- Nobody knew what it was at the time.- Yes.- So...
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- It was a pre-runner for X Factor... - Yeah.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- ..and Britain's Got Talent and... - Yeah, and at the same time...
0:17:08 > 0:17:11At the same time that Popstars was running,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13we also had another programme that had just started
0:17:13 > 0:17:14which was called Big Brother,
0:17:14 > 0:17:18so it really was the birth of reality,
0:17:18 > 0:17:23and, you know, to be sitting in a house and chatting away
0:17:23 > 0:17:25and you go to make a cup of tea and then inside the teapot
0:17:25 > 0:17:30would be a microphone, it really was like a new era for us,
0:17:30 > 0:17:34cos we weren't familiar with that kind of environment at all.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36And now I think people are so familiar and used to it
0:17:36 > 0:17:37they can even spot the cameras,
0:17:37 > 0:17:41but for us at the time, it was so new and it was so exciting.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Your next choice is your biggest influence,
0:17:50 > 0:17:54and like you, she seems to be good at everything she did.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56A lady who will always be in our hearts.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Aw.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03# Step inside love
0:18:03 > 0:18:04# Let me find... #
0:18:04 > 0:18:07The late, great Cilla Black is a prime example
0:18:07 > 0:18:10of an all-round entertainer and a main staple
0:18:10 > 0:18:13on our TVs throughout her career.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15She really sells it, doesn't she?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Incredible.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- Effortless.- Yeah.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Totally effortless.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24# Step inside love
0:18:24 > 0:18:28# And stay, step inside love... #
0:18:28 > 0:18:32- Nobody was like her.- Mm-hm.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34I thought she was the coolest person ever as well
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- cos she used to hang out with the Beatles.- Mm-hm.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37Love that.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41# Step inside love
0:18:41 > 0:18:44# And stay, step inside love
0:18:44 > 0:18:46# I want you to
0:18:46 > 0:18:47# Step inside love
0:18:47 > 0:18:49# You know I need to
0:18:49 > 0:18:51# Step inside love
0:18:51 > 0:18:53# I want you to... #
0:18:53 > 0:18:55So, what made you choose Cilla Black?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57To me, I think that...
0:18:58 > 0:19:03When you ask what a consummate performer is all about, it's Cilla.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Mm.- Like you said, she can do everything.- Yeah.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07And she's got this way.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10I mean, I actually was really lucky and I got to meet her,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13and you feel like...
0:19:13 > 0:19:15You feel like she genuinely, you know,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- wants to sit and talk with you. - Yeah.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20And she gives that time to you and she's just so...
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- Well, she was so down-to-earth. - Yeah.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25But she was an incredible performer.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26Incredible performer.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I loved her as a musician. Then I loved all the shows that she did.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- Yeah.- So, Blind Date, that was huge when I was a kid.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35- Mm-hm.- Everyone was sitting on their three stools
0:19:35 > 0:19:39and her sort of gearing them up, and her genuine shock
0:19:39 > 0:19:40if they were just appalling
0:19:40 > 0:19:44or if they were genuinely going to get married.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46When she said that thing about her hat,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48my mum would be on the floor.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- Yeah.- Oh, I just thought she was just fantastic.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Did it inspire you? Did it make you think, "Do you know what?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55"I'd like to do that."
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I don't know if there was one key moment
0:19:57 > 0:19:59when I thought, "That's what I'm going to do,"
0:19:59 > 0:20:02but now the more I sit here and I think of all the shows that
0:20:02 > 0:20:07I watched and what I was consuming, even subliminally, it's all there.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15You were a regular on our screens before you ever became a huge star.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Yeah. I was a jobbing muso, yeah. Yeah, I was.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21So, when I was at college, music college,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I'd teach on a Saturday,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28and then in the evenings I'd work as a session musician.
0:20:28 > 0:20:34So, I was performing with Michael Ball and Michael Crawford...
0:20:34 > 0:20:36- Oh, really?- ..as well. And...
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Cos I always think of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em,
0:20:39 > 0:20:40but he was also a proper muso.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- Phantom Of The Opera, yeah. - Yeah, of course.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44And then I'd be...
0:20:44 > 0:20:46I'd do jobs on Parky.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- Well, it's funny you should say that...- Oh!
0:20:48 > 0:20:52..because this is you on Parkinson with the legend that is KD Lang.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53KD Lang!
0:20:53 > 0:20:56# Consequences of falling
0:20:56 > 0:20:58# Consequences of falling... #
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- And I believe you're a backing vocalist.- A backing vocalist.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03# Consequences of falling
0:21:03 > 0:21:08# Consequences of falling... #
0:21:08 > 0:21:10No way!
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Oh, my God. I've not seen this.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17HE LAUGHS
0:21:20 > 0:21:23# Consequences of falling
0:21:23 > 0:21:24# Consequences... #
0:21:24 > 0:21:26I've got that move down, haven't I?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- All backing vocalists have to do that move.- Look at this!
0:21:29 > 0:21:31SHE GASPS
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- I can't believe you have this. - It's great, isn't it?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35# Consequences of falling
0:21:35 > 0:21:36# Consequences of falling
0:21:36 > 0:21:38# Consequences... #
0:21:38 > 0:21:39You're getting me all emotional again.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42I must have been, like, 20, 21.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46- You were very young. I mean, this was quite some time ago now.- Yeah.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50I remember I had to save up to get that tux jacket.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55I was told we had to all look sort of the same, uniform.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59And I was, like, you know, a poor muso, a poor student.
0:21:59 > 0:22:05There was one job that came up that was quite a decider for me,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08or quite a tricky one, because I was asked to be a backing vocalist
0:22:08 > 0:22:10for Robbie Williams for the Brits.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Mm-hm.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14And in the interim of getting the booking,
0:22:14 > 0:22:18I got into the band that became Hear'Say.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23So, I then had to turn down the job as the backing vocalist
0:22:23 > 0:22:24because I was there on my own right.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Oh, right. Oh, right.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28And that was an incredible feeling,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31but the jobbing muso in me was still thinking,
0:22:31 > 0:22:32"Could I do both?"
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- Cos we didn't know what was going to happen there...- Yeah.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37..at the time, and, "I think I should do both,"
0:22:37 > 0:22:38but when I first did start Popstars,
0:22:38 > 0:22:40I didn't know what I was walking into,
0:22:40 > 0:22:44so I was promised by Nigel Lythgoe...
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- Do you remember Nasty Nigel? - Yes, Nasty Nige.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I was promised about six weeks work at Christmas,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52which for a jobbing muso, I was like, "Hallelujah.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54"Thank the gods. That's going to be perfect."
0:22:54 > 0:22:57And it went on for two years, which was amazing.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01And then later on I think what it did is it gave me
0:23:01 > 0:23:05sort of a grounding in how that side of entertainment works,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08and I went back into my classical music
0:23:08 > 0:23:12and then my presenting.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14I loved it. I'm really grateful for that time.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Myleene's promotion from backing singer to the front line
0:23:19 > 0:23:22of pop sensation Hear'Say set her on a path
0:23:22 > 0:23:24to becoming the star she is today.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27# Wherever you go
0:23:27 > 0:23:28# I want to be there
0:23:28 > 0:23:30# Whatever you do
0:23:30 > 0:23:31# You know I'm going to be there
0:23:31 > 0:23:32# It's pure and simple... #
0:23:32 > 0:23:35As well as being a key moment in her career,
0:23:35 > 0:23:38joining Hear'Say also helped to buy her own piano.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40# Whatever it takes... #
0:23:40 > 0:23:42That was what I spent my Hear'Say money on,
0:23:42 > 0:23:43my student loans and a piano,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- and I didn't even have enough for the stool.- No.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48I didn't have enough for the stool. I used to sit on a cardboard box.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50People always ask, "What did you spend your first paycheque on?"
0:23:50 > 0:23:52That was it. Student loan and my piano.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55And then now, as a result of my job now,
0:23:55 > 0:23:59I'm still an uber-fan of these artists that I grew up with.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01I had to perform...
0:24:01 > 0:24:03"I had to."
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- I got the chance to play the piano for Chaka Khan.- Oh, wow.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08And I nearly...
0:24:08 > 0:24:10I don't know how she didn't ask me
0:24:10 > 0:24:12to be removed from the building, to be honest.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Cos I played,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17but I stared at her the whole way through with the biggest grin
0:24:17 > 0:24:21because to be playing with your idols, to be working in TV,
0:24:21 > 0:24:24playing the piano, wearing all my big froufrou frocks
0:24:24 > 0:24:28and playing with Chaka Khan and that's my job...
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- Yeah.- ..it's the best feeling in the world.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I know I'm the luckiest person in the world, cos...
0:24:35 > 0:24:37But then at the same time, conversely, I do think...
0:24:37 > 0:24:38You know what?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Those eight hours every day sitting at the piano
0:24:41 > 0:24:44while everyone else is going out having a gay old time
0:24:44 > 0:24:46and I was trying to get my scales down
0:24:46 > 0:24:50and get my pieces down, it has paid off.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59So, what do you enjoy watching now? What is it...?
0:24:59 > 0:25:03I... What do I like? I love trash TV.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04I like things where I can feel my brain...
0:25:04 > 0:25:07What do you class as trash TV?
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Anything with the Kardashians.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Oh, the Kardashians. You love the Kardashians.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- Only cos it's on.- Yeah.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16SHE LAUGHS
0:25:16 > 0:25:18No, I love Location, Location...
0:25:18 > 0:25:20- BOTH:- Location.- Yeah.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23I think, you know, when you start to do up your house
0:25:23 > 0:25:24and suddenly you feel like,
0:25:24 > 0:25:26"Oh, yeah. I'm sure I could do this."
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Then when you watch that programme,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31you realise the talent that they have.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Kirstie is incredible. Absolutely love it.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36So, I'm quite addicted to that.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- Bit of Grand Designs. - Oh, I enjoy that, yeah.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- Yeah.- I adore that.- I like to see the guy that's like, "See that tree?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45- "I'm going to make it into a house." - Mm.- And they do.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Yeah.- I love things like that.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49I love things that, you know, are sort of transformative.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Yeah. So, how old are your children?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54- My eldest is eight.- Yeah.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58- And my youngest is four.- Aw.- Yeah.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02- So...- What sort of TV do you encourage them to watch?
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Actually, something we've been watching recently that they enjoy
0:26:06 > 0:26:09- is The Secret Life Of 4 Year Olds. - Yeah.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12It's so funny. Have you seen this?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- Yeah. It's on Channel 4, isn't it?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- They really love that.- Yeah, I've enjoyed watching them. Yeah.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Just those little asides and the way they see the world.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22- You couldn't write it. - No, you couldn't.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25You genuinely couldn't. And I just think...
0:26:25 > 0:26:28He says, "I'm not crying. I'm just washing my eyes."
0:26:28 > 0:26:30LAUGHTER Aw!
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- That's what he said. I love that line.- Aw!
0:26:32 > 0:26:34You see?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Yeah, and often they don't see the world as a whole.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39It's just what's going on at the time.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- They just live in the moment, yeah.- They really do.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- And we should take a tip from that, shouldn't we?- Yeah, 100%.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46- Yeah.- So, they love that.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48We all love to snuggle up on the sofa
0:26:48 > 0:26:53and we all have our little blankets, our set blankets, and that's it.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- That's our Saturday. - And do they have...
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- You know what?- ..a bit of a dip?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01We haven't done carrot sticks. We usually do a bowl of popcorn.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05- Yeah.- So, I'm definitely going to introduce carrot sticks.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08That's going to go down really well. LAUGHTER
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- Well, I want to thank you for being here and being my guest.- Thank you.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13You've been an absolute joy,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16and I just don't know what to say, really.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19You are hugely talented. There's no denying it.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- That's very kind, but you... - We are very lucky to have you here.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25At this point, I give my guest the chance to pick a theme tune.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27We know what you're going to pick.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29- We know it's The Crystal Maze.- Yep.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31So, what we thought we would create in my flat today
0:27:31 > 0:27:33is The Crystal Dome.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34- Ooh, nice.- Yes.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37It's that moment where the contestants at the end of the show
0:27:37 > 0:27:42had to grab gold bits of paper, so if you'd like to stand there...
0:27:42 > 0:27:47And, Myleene, I would like you now to say the world-famous phrase.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49OK.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Start the fans, please!
0:27:51 > 0:27:53MUSIC: The Crystal Maze theme tune
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- Hey!- Whoa! Whoa! - APPLAUSE Oh!
0:27:56 > 0:28:00We will see you next time on The TV That Made Me.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Thank you very much. Bye-bye.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- Hey!- Watch those silvers.