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 > 0:00:16'Each day, I'm going to journey through
0:00:16 > 0:00:18'the wonderful world of telly
0:00:18 > 0:00:20'with 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 > 0:00:59'You'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.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23I auctioned it off for charity.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- Yeah.- So, that was it.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28A lot came from it, however I think it was an accident, actually,
0:04:28 > 0:04:32that I even had that bikini cos I went to go into the jungle,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34and we're talking a couple of hours before I went in,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36one of the producers said,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38"You can't wear that. It's going to strobe."
0:04:38 > 0:04:40You know if you wear a pattern, too tight a pattern on TV
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- then it kind of...- They strobe up.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Yeah, it has a sort of strobing effect.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47So, I ran into just a local store and I went,
0:04:47 > 0:04:49"Give me the plainest, plainest bikini you have,"
0:04:49 > 0:04:52and I kind of... I owe it all to that girl that went,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- "We've got this for 20."- Yeah.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Myleene, I'm so pleased you're with us.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03We're going to take a trip down memory lane
0:05:03 > 0:05:06and look at your very first TV memory.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08It's Fraggle Rock.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13'Created by legendary puppeteer Jim Henson,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16'Fraggle Rock first bounced onto our British TV screens
0:05:16 > 0:05:18'in January 1984.'
0:05:18 > 0:05:22# Dance your cares away Worry's for another day
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- # Let... # - # The music play
0:05:25 > 0:05:26# Down at Fraggle Rock. #
0:05:26 > 0:05:28'The show followed the adventures
0:05:28 > 0:05:32'of a fun-loving group of furry subterranean creatures.'
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- We're Gobo!- Wembley!- Red!
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Oh, my gosh. This is so funny.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Oh, my gosh.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Did you know this song reached number 33
0:05:42 > 0:05:43in the British music charts?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Did it really?- Yeah. - I probably bought every copy.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- And I used to love the way the Fraggles moved.- Yeah.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- Shall we play a little bit more of the clip?- Yeah.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55It's very kind of you, Doris. No, no. I'm flattered.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Nothing would give me greater pleasure. And thank you.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01'While UK viewers fondly remember the captain
0:06:01 > 0:06:04'and his dog Sprocket who lived in the lighthouse,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06'this wasn't the case for everyone
0:06:06 > 0:06:09'as, cleverly, the human segment of the show changed
0:06:09 > 0:06:10'with the programme's location.'
0:06:10 > 0:06:12I'm the ideal man for the job.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15'So, in America, the man was an inventor named Doc,
0:06:15 > 0:06:20'while in France he was a chef with a dog called Croquette.'
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Why not?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Fraggle Rock is a haven for some of the most beautiful birds
0:06:24 > 0:06:27in the entire British Isles.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28I suppose it was something about
0:06:28 > 0:06:31having a real person in it that made it, do you think?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34And also that when you're a kid, when you're in on the joke,
0:06:34 > 0:06:37when the adults don't know, you just love that, don't you?
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Yeah, yeah.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40He never saw the Fraggles.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- No, the dog... - Sprocket always found the Fraggles.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- Yeah. - When you're a kid, you love that.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47# One and one and one are three
0:06:47 > 0:06:48# Can you sing as high as me?
0:06:48 > 0:06:50# One and one are only two
0:06:50 > 0:06:51# I can sing as high... #
0:06:51 > 0:06:53'Music played a key role in the show's success,
0:06:53 > 0:06:58'featuring a unique mix of 100 original, quirky songs.'
0:06:58 > 0:07:00# I'm the one that won! #
0:07:00 > 0:07:04'In 1989, Fraggle Rock became the first American TV programme
0:07:04 > 0:07:06'to be shown in the Soviet Union.'
0:07:06 > 0:07:09# One and one are only two I can hop as high as you
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- # Higher - Higher... #
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Look, that's how they move. That's...
0:07:14 > 0:07:16HE LAUGHS
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- What did you think of the hair? - I loved the hair.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- I think I fashioned a lot of my hair on them.- Really?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- Totally.- Really?- Yeah. Getting the body in.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- Tried to get that Fraggle look. - Of course. Have I succeeded?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- Um...you're not doing bad. - Thank you.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31It's very light.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34I mean, it's real comedy, isn't it, you know?
0:07:34 > 0:07:35I think when you look at what
0:07:35 > 0:07:37programmes are like now for children,
0:07:37 > 0:07:41which I see a lot with my own children,
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- it's all so fast-paced and it's so quickly cut.- Mm-hm.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Whereas with this, it's sort of presented on a plate
0:07:47 > 0:07:49- and you're just in there.- Yeah.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51It's different. It's a different way of viewing now.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54They've got such an identifiable look,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- and they don't make them like that anymore.- No. No.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00How about playing a nice quiet game of Paint A Song?
0:08:00 > 0:08:04- Oh, that's a good idea, Gobo. - Yeah. I could use a little therapy.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05- Oh!- Oh!
0:08:05 > 0:08:07So, does it just take you back?
0:08:07 > 0:08:11It totally has just transported me to sitting in my living room.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13What was your sort of TV snack?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Well, because it was just before we were going to have our dinner,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19my mum would get the special trays, these little plastic trays
0:08:19 > 0:08:23with little compartments and she'd chop up carrots
0:08:23 > 0:08:24and cucumbers and all sorts of...
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- Like crudites.- Yes.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28And then we'd have these chocolate dips
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- that were around at the time. - Chocolate dips.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Just bits.- Carrots, cucumbers, chocolate dips.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- Carrots, cucumbers, chocolate dips. - Are you going to the kitchen?
0:08:36 > 0:08:41OK. Carrots, cucumbers, chocolate dips.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45# And a partridge in a pear tree. #
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- Oh! - Carrots, cucumbers, chocolate dips.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51So, you wouldn't dip your cucumber in...
0:08:51 > 0:08:53I probably would do, actually.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- Would you?- Yeah. SHE GASPS
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- Do you want one?- Yes. - Go on, then.- Are you having one?
0:08:59 > 0:09:00What, carrot and chocolate?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Carrot and chocolate. I'll give it a go.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04If it's good enough for Myleene, it's good enough for me.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06If you're doing it, I'll do it too.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09That's what happens, cos they never give you enough little sticks.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Oh, do you know what?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- It's all right.- Are we back there now, Fraggle Rock, with your dips?
0:09:16 > 0:09:17That's not bad, is it?
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- It's actually really good. - LAUGHTER
0:09:20 > 0:09:21Yeah. I'd recommend this to anyone.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- A bit of chocolate and carrot. - Chocolate-dipped carrot.- Yeah.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27We might have just invented something there.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28- This is amazing.- Yeah?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30I can't believe you've done this for me.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Oh, we like to make an effort, you know.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Being at my little flat with my lodgers.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- LAUGHTER - You know...
0:09:37 > 0:09:40So, set the scene for us, you know. You'd be in your lounge.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Sitting in the lounge.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Shoes off, obviously. Not on the couch.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48And then just all snuggled up with my tray
0:09:48 > 0:09:49with my sliced carrots.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- Watching Fraggle Rock.- Yeah.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53So, we've already touched on your mum.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Tell us a little bit more about your home life.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Well, my dad used to be in the navy, so he's...
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Maybe that's something to do with the lighthouse keeper.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03He doesn't not look like that.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- My dad looks a bit like Captain Birdseye.- Oh, really?
0:10:05 > 0:10:06Proper navy seadog.
0:10:11 > 0:10:17My mum was quite strict with a lot of the TV,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20so there were certain things I wasn't allowed to watch.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- Oh, really?- Yeah, that she thought would scare me or...- Oh, right.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- ..that it would have a bad influence.- Yeah.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28But one thing I know everyone at school was watching,
0:10:28 > 0:10:29cos they used to talk about it
0:10:29 > 0:10:32and I used to miss it all the time, Grange Hill.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35I hear the music and I get a bit anxious.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- You get...- Cos I know I have to turn the telly off.- Really?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- Mm.- So, should we have a little look at Grange Hill?
0:10:41 > 0:10:42You're being very naughty.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Eh? Are you going to get all anxious when you hear the music?
0:10:45 > 0:10:48I'll hear the music and I'm going to want to turn it off.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52I've been programmed to do so. SHE HUMS GRANGE HILL THEME
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Do you want to hide behind the sofa? - I've got my cushion.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58Get the cushion. Here we go. There it is. Grange Hill.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00MUSIC: Grange Hill theme tune
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Making its debut the same year as Myleene was born,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Grange Hill followed the lives of the students
0:11:05 > 0:11:08and teachers at Grange Hill Comprehensive.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Famed for tackling the tough storylines,
0:11:10 > 0:11:12from bullying to drug addiction,
0:11:12 > 0:11:16the show ran for three decades, finally closing the school gates
0:11:16 > 0:11:21after 601 episodes in 2008.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- THEY HUM GRANGE HILL INTRO - I've got to press pause.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Off.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Are you ready for this?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Yeah. I don't know what I'm going to see. It's going to be a revelation.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Do you want to hold my hand? OK. This could scar you for life.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Oh, exciting.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40What do they want these for?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42- Where are you going with those? - Out of the way.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- I used to be in this.- Did you?
0:11:46 > 0:11:50I used to be an extra in Grange Hill.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52You touch these, I'll tell Mr Bronson.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55What would I want to touch them for? I've something much better in mind.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Looks a bit long, that tie of yours.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59You dare, I'm telling you, Davis.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03- Ooh!- This is the kind of thing she's talking about, you see.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Davis!
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Why do you need a tie that long?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Oh, I can see why your mum didn't want you to watch it.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- I mean, it is...- I'm quite shocked. - It's a bit full-on.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12He's lost his tie.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I just bought this tie. Three quid I paid.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Criminal, isn't it?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Now you'll have to save for another one.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Do you feel as though you might have missed out not watching Grange Hill?
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Um, I don't feel like I've missed out,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26now I've seen what I was missing.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- There was a lot of bullying, wasn't there?- Do you know what?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31In fairness, though, I think for my mum to let us watch that,
0:12:31 > 0:12:33I think...
0:12:33 > 0:12:36How do you explain that if that's not happening to you? Or...
0:12:36 > 0:12:37I don't know.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- Cutting ties, ripping off blazer pockets is not acceptable.- No.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- But eating carrots with chocolate is.- That's completely fine.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- Yes.- Absolutely.- Yeah.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53This is your next choice. This is your must-see TV.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56This is something you'd run home from school to watch.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59# Neighbours... #
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Oh, yes!
0:13:02 > 0:13:04# Everybody needs good neighbours... #
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Set in the fictional Aussie suburb of Erinsborough,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Neighbours has followed the trials and tribulations of residents
0:13:10 > 0:13:15of Ramsay Street for over 30 years.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Its instantly recognisable theme tune was composed
0:13:18 > 0:13:21by Tony Hatch, who was also responsible for
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Petula Clark's number one hit Downtown.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26# That's when good neighbours become... #
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Guy Pearce. He's, like, a Hollywood star now.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Yeah. Yeah.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32What if she doesn't turn up, eh?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34You're never playing the wedding.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37'Over 7,000 episodes of Neighbours
0:13:37 > 0:13:41'have been aired in the UK since 1986.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43'One of the highest-rated was of course
0:13:43 > 0:13:46'Scott and Charlene's wedding.'
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Expect a few more people than this
0:13:48 > 0:13:50for a wedding like this, wouldn't you?
0:13:51 > 0:13:56'On the 8th of November 1988 over 19 million viewers
0:13:56 > 0:14:00'across the UK tuned in to watch a young Kylie Minogue
0:14:00 > 0:14:03'marry heart-throb Jason Donovan.'
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Here she comes, backlit.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13# The only dream that I... #
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- Does it take you back? - This is insane.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18I used to...
0:14:18 > 0:14:21I mean, you're leaving school, you dawdle,
0:14:21 > 0:14:23you get home when you get home, but this, I broke a sweat.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27# A chance to talk, a chance to grow... #
0:14:30 > 0:14:32'And the tune that got them down the aisle
0:14:32 > 0:14:34'was Angry Anderson's Suddenly.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37'It reached number three in the UK charts,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39'and who was in the number two spot?
0:14:39 > 0:14:43'Only Kylie and Jason with Especially For You.'
0:14:45 > 0:14:49# Suddenly you're seeing me
0:14:50 > 0:14:53# Just the way I am
0:14:53 > 0:14:55# Suddenly you're hearing me
0:14:55 > 0:14:57# Cos I'm running just as fast as I can to you
0:14:57 > 0:14:59# She's running just as fast as she can... #
0:14:59 > 0:15:01LAUGHTER
0:15:01 > 0:15:03# Suddenly... #
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- I've watched that quite a few times. - Really?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I mean, let's be honest. This is your specialist subject.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10If you were on Mastermind, it'd be Neighbours.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- Possibly, yeah.- Yeah.- Yes. LAUGHTER
0:15:13 > 0:15:15And what did you love so much about it?
0:15:15 > 0:15:16You know, I don't know.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Something just swept the nation. Everybody loved Neighbours.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21I think they used to have the most...
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- What, 15 million viewers at one point?- Yeah, it was.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- So...- The wedding was watched by over 19 million Brits.- There you go.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- You see?- I know.- You see.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32And then was in...you know, that's daytime television.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Yeah, that's right. - You know.- Yeah.- Colossal.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Nearly as much as us.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39There you go. LAUGHTER
0:15:39 > 0:15:41So, I mean, it meant a lot you, Neighbours.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Yeah. I had posters. I had the sticker books.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46You had the sticker book.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Oh! You are good.- Oh, yes.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50You are good! I had this!
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- There's your sticker book.- No! SHE GASPS
0:15:54 > 0:15:56- And there's all the...- Look at this!
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- Oh, you're kidding. - Yeah. There's all the...
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- You've got the whole collection? - Yes, we have indeed.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- Yeah.- Do you know what this is...?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Not even monetary value.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Do you know what this is to, like, my 11-year-old self?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Yeah. - SHE GASPS
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Natalie Imbruglia.
0:16:15 > 0:16:21I mean, do you think kids today just won't ever experience
0:16:21 > 0:16:23that sort of excitement?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Stickers and...
0:16:25 > 0:16:28I mean, I'm excited even now, and I can genuinely say I don't know
0:16:28 > 0:16:31if my children would be this excited about a sticker book.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- Let me just put that together. - This is unbelievable.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Put all that... Look. They're all in there, every one of them.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Crickey. I can't believe you have this.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- And that's your book. - You'd have been my hero in school.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44It's in mint condition.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48And it's yours.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- You're joking.- Yeah. It's yours. - APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Aw. God bless you.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Yeah.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Give me another album.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Give me another album. I got one kiss.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- Yeah. Let me put that away.- Oh, my gosh.- You'll get that at the end.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04That's yours to take with you.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06I can't believe that. Thank you.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07So, how...
0:17:07 > 0:17:09I want to go ring my sister now and tell her I have that.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- LAUGHTER - Aw.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- You're not filling up a bit, are you?- I am a little bit.- Aw!
0:17:15 > 0:17:17I'm all emotional. You're taking me back to my childhood.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Now, you got to meet Jason, didn't you?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- I did.- You went into the jungle with him.- I did. Yes, yes.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24What was that like, meeting one of your childhood heroes?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26It was really good fun cos
0:17:26 > 0:17:28I'd sort of seen him from afar,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31you know, at work sort of bumping into each other,
0:17:31 > 0:17:33but there we were in a contained environment,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35and we got to chat.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39He couldn't believe I knew all the characters.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41- Like, I was asking about Madge and Harold all the time.- Yeah, yeah.
0:17:41 > 0:17:48And then he did the unthinkable for, like, my 11, 12-year-old self.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53We got to sing Especially For You, to do the Kylie lift.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Oh, lovely. So you done that.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57I used to watch it on Top Of The Pops,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00and she'd do the run to him and he'd pick her up
0:18:00 > 0:18:01and twirl her around,
0:18:01 > 0:18:05and I even bought a velvet waistcoat to look like Kylie.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Kylie and Jason are up there with the top TV couples,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13but there are few who've had as many ups and downs as Frank
0:18:13 > 0:18:15and Pat Butcher in EastEnders.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Pat and her hundreds of earrings
0:18:19 > 0:18:23worked their way through many a man in East London,
0:18:23 > 0:18:24but the love of her life
0:18:24 > 0:18:27was always cockney wheeler-dealer Frank,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30who she loved until the day he died in 2008.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38A much less volatile couple but who were just as in love
0:18:38 > 0:18:41were Denise and Dave from The Royle Family.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Viewers never got to see their wedding,
0:18:43 > 0:18:47maybe because the writer and star of the show, Caroline Aherne,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50was always reluctant for filming to take place
0:18:50 > 0:18:51outside the Royles' house.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57And who could forget Terry and June?
0:18:57 > 0:19:00The middle class, middle-aged suburban couple
0:19:00 > 0:19:05whose happiness was forever being thwarted by Terry's terrible luck.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Well, I'm going to take you back now to Sundays, family favourites,
0:19:15 > 0:19:17and this is the...
0:19:17 > 0:19:21- The Wonder Years.- It was, in one. - Yes!
0:19:21 > 0:19:23# What would you do
0:19:23 > 0:19:26# If I sang out of tune... #
0:19:26 > 0:19:29An American TV show set in the late '60s and '70s,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32it made a generation of kids nostalgic for a decade
0:19:32 > 0:19:34they'd never set foot in.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37The Wonder Years ran for six series,
0:19:37 > 0:19:41first airing in the UK on the 20th of August 1989.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42# Oh, baby... #
0:19:42 > 0:19:46This iconic teen comedy drama is instantly recognisable
0:19:46 > 0:19:50by its home-video style title sequence,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53featuring Joe Cocker's With A Little Help From My Friends,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56which was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57# Whoa, yeah... #
0:19:57 > 0:20:00I can't even tell you how much I loved this,
0:20:00 > 0:20:04cos it was the one time the whole family would be there.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08- Yeah.- Even my dad, cos he'd watch this.- Really?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11'At least Paul was happy to hear of my rejection. It meant...'
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Over an impressive 115 episodes,
0:20:15 > 0:20:19viewers tuned in to Channel 4 at tea-time to follow Kevin Arnold,
0:20:19 > 0:20:21played by Fred Savage,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24as he fumbled his way through suburban adolescence.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25It tastes all right to me.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29The series set itself apart from other shows of its time,
0:20:29 > 0:20:32with its use of single camera, lack of canned laughter
0:20:32 > 0:20:35and a narration by an adult Kevin.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37'All right, that did it.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40'There was only so much one guy could take.'
0:20:40 > 0:20:44- Did you enjoy the adult voice commentary?- Loved it. Loved it.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48And actually, there were so many really nice little lessons in there.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50There was one particular show
0:20:50 > 0:20:53where I remember he just didn't bother with his maths.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55He'd just had enough and he thought the teacher
0:20:55 > 0:20:57was pushing him too hard. Then he realised...
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Later on, the teacher died and he had seen something in him
0:21:01 > 0:21:02- and was trying to help him. - Oh, right.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04And I remember his line was,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06"You don't even need to mark it. It's an A."
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- Aw.- And to remember those lines when you're a child,
0:21:09 > 0:21:10it just shows what an impact it had.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12That, and I always wanted
0:21:12 > 0:21:14to be able to grow my hair as long as Winnie.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16THEY LAUGH
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Let's say it did get caught under the bun but didn't suffocate,
0:21:19 > 0:21:21it probably would've flown away when...
0:21:21 > 0:21:23- BOTH:- Eddie put the ketchup on.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26'Winnie and I always saw eye-to-eye on stuff like that.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29'It was like we were born under the same sign or something.'
0:21:30 > 0:21:32But what about the relationship between Kevin and Winnie?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- I loved that.- Yeah.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38After watching it, I'd try and find as much information as I could.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Again, that side of me always wanted to know.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47And I remember hearing that when they filmed their first kiss,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50both their mums clapped at the end and just feeling the pain
0:21:50 > 0:21:53and embarrassment of what that must've been like for them.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55I think it was a coming-of-age for them
0:21:55 > 0:21:58and a coming-of-age for, you know, where I was at as well.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Yeah. - Starting to look at boys. Um...
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Trying to hide when they are having their first kiss.
0:22:04 > 0:22:10And I think for me, when you're little,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- just even one or two years can seem so much older than you.- Mm-hm.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16And watching this now, they're like little teenies.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Yeah, yeah.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20But I remember Kevin just seemed so much older.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25- And Winnie was untouchable. She was like a goddess to me.- Yeah.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27- Oh, is that the new lunch menu? - Yeah.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Pizza boats, chilled pears and carrot sticks on Wednesday.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33'Maybe it was the buzz of the cafeteria.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36'Maybe it was the sting from Lisa Berlini,
0:22:36 > 0:22:38'but sitting there across from Winnie,
0:22:38 > 0:22:40'I felt a hunger burning within me.'
0:22:40 > 0:22:44I always remember my dad laughing,
0:22:44 > 0:22:46and not necessarily getting the joke.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- And he'd say, "You'll understand when you're older."- Yeah.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52And he's absolutely right, because the way they played this,
0:22:52 > 0:22:54as a child you liked it,
0:22:54 > 0:22:56but I think every age group could enjoy this.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Yeah, yeah.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Winnie, will you go to the dance with me?
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Dance?
0:23:05 > 0:23:06I can't.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11I'm already going with Kirk McCray.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Damn you, Kirk McCray.- Mm-hm.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21- Everyone had a Kirk McCray. - Yeah. There's always a Kirk.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23I think that's what it was as well.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26You were sort of experiencing those things at the same time.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28- But your whole family used to watch? - The whole family.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31My mum, dad, brother, sister and myself, yeah.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33All around the telly on a Sunday. Loved The Wonder Years.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35And did your mum have a fondness for the show?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37My mum really loved it.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39She really loved it, and I was allowed to watch that.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41There was no cushions.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43But I think looking back now,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45what does strike me about it is that
0:23:45 > 0:23:48my dad would always say, "One day you'll understand."
0:23:48 > 0:23:52- Yeah.- Any day now.- Yeah, yeah. So, you get it now.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- I think I get more of it, yes.- Yeah.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- He'd been through all of those situations.- Yeah, yeah.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01- Whereas I was still about to.- Yeah.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Your next choice is comfort TV,
0:24:08 > 0:24:12and pardon the pun, but this is AMAZING.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17'Presented by Richard O'Brien, cult game show The Crystal Maze
0:24:17 > 0:24:22'was one of Channel 4's most-watched shows during the '90s.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24'Viewers tuned in to see the contestants tackle
0:24:24 > 0:24:28'tough challenges in four different zones.'
0:24:28 > 0:24:31This was my first experience of, like, really shouting at the telly.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33- Really?- "Behind you!" You know.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Fill it up with water from the magic spring.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43- Did you always want to be part of the show?- Oh, for sure.- Yeah?
0:24:43 > 0:24:48My auntie, you know those crystal collections that people have?
0:24:48 > 0:24:52- Does anyone here collect crystals? Those.- Yeah.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56She used to have one that looked like the Crystal Maze.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00I used to always go in the cupboard and take it out
0:25:00 > 0:25:01and try and re-enact this.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05If they cast somebody as Mumsie, they need someone beautiful.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Someone like Elizabeth Taylor. Someone of that nature.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Oh. Ow!
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Glenn Close would be better. Two minutes left.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16I don't think anyone had done TV like him either.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- You know, the sort of asides to the viewers at home.- Yeah.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Ah!
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Ooh!
0:25:22 > 0:25:24SHE LAUGHS
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Oh, I forgot how good this was!
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Is it me or is that person really rubbish?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30LAUGHTER
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Argh!
0:25:31 > 0:25:33She's not SAS, is she?
0:25:35 > 0:25:39So, what did you find comforting about The Crystal Maze?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Do you know, I liked how flamboyant
0:25:41 > 0:25:43and just out-there Richard O'Brien was.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44Never seen anybody like him.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46I think he's possibly my spirit animal.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49I wear as much leopard, if not more, than him now,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51so somewhere in my psyche I'm still channelling him.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Like Crystal Maze, many shows over the years
0:25:55 > 0:25:59have challenged contestants to remain on their feet.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Back in the '60s, It's A Knockout hit our screens.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Over the course of 35 years,
0:26:04 > 0:26:08viewers watched teams go up against each other in often ridiculous
0:26:08 > 0:26:11and sometimes downright dangerous games.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Gordon Burns pushed people to the limit
0:26:19 > 0:26:20during The Krypton Factor,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23which he nicknamed TV's toughest quiz.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Best pals Ant and Dec launched Friends Like These in 1999,
0:26:31 > 0:26:35pitting a team of male mates against a group of female friends
0:26:35 > 0:26:37in nerve-jangling challenges.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43And more recently,
0:26:43 > 0:26:46we took great pleasure in watching contestants and many celebrities
0:26:46 > 0:26:48like the lovely Kate Adams here,
0:26:48 > 0:26:52slip, slide and get generally soaked in Total Wipeout.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I suppose, weirdly, maybe my love for that kind of thing
0:26:58 > 0:27:01made me go and do things like I'm A Celebrity,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03which isn't unlike it now.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05- Yeah. - But these were the predecessors.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- So, are you a big fan of reality TV? - I'm a huge fan, yeah.- Yeah?
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Well, I was kind of born from the fire of it, so before that,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- I took part in Popstars. - Of course, Popstars, yeah.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19- Which somebody told me was, like, 12, 13 years old now.- Oh.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20- Ooh!- Don't.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- It goes so quick, doesn't it? - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25But was that a big leap of faith for you?
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Were you confident in going into it or were you...?
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- Nobody knew what it was at the time.- Yes.- So...
0:27:31 > 0:27:33- It was a pre-runner for X Factor... - Yeah.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37- ..and Britain's Got Talent and... - Yeah, and at the same time...
0:27:37 > 0:27:40At the same time that Popstars was running,
0:27:40 > 0:27:42we also had another programme that had just started
0:27:42 > 0:27:43which was called Big Brother,
0:27:43 > 0:27:47so it really was the birth of reality,
0:27:47 > 0:27:52and, you know, to be sitting in a house and chatting away
0:27:52 > 0:27:54and you go to make a cup of tea and then inside the teapot
0:27:54 > 0:27:59would be a microphone, it really was like a new era for us,
0:27:59 > 0:28:03cos we weren't familiar with that kind of environment at all.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05And now I think people are so familiar and used to it
0:28:05 > 0:28:06they can even spot the cameras,
0:28:06 > 0:28:10but for us at the time, it was so new and it was so exciting.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18- Myleene, we're moving on to comedy hero now.- Yes.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20- And we've got Mr Bean.- Oh, yes.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Rowan Atkinson proving that actions speak louder than words.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31- His facial expressions are second to none.- I know.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36'Mr Bean first emerged in Rowan Atkinson's stage show
0:28:36 > 0:28:38'during the '80s.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40'After collaborating with Richard Curtis -
0:28:40 > 0:28:44'the man behind smash hits like Bridget Jones's Diary
0:28:44 > 0:28:47'and Love Actually - and writer Robin Driscoll,
0:28:47 > 0:28:52'Mr Bean was developed into a hugely popular TV series during the '90s.'
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Myleene, do you ever get in a state like this?
0:28:58 > 0:29:01- Only this morning. - Really?- Only this morning.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Did you do your make-up in the car on the way over?
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- I did my make-up in the car today. - Did you really? Really?
0:29:05 > 0:29:08- Can you tell? Yeah, I did. - You look gorgeous.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Oh. No, I really did. I genuinely did it.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13The gentleman who got me here had to help me unzip
0:29:13 > 0:29:15because, look...
0:29:15 > 0:29:18THEY LAUGH I couldn't reach.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22There's got to be something in the highway code about this.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28'So successful was Rowan's oddball character Bean
0:29:28 > 0:29:31'that an animated series and two feature films followed.'
0:29:34 > 0:29:37I still love this and my little ones now love this,
0:29:37 > 0:29:40a new generation, which just shows you it speaks to everybody.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45But also he's...this show is massive internationally,
0:29:45 > 0:29:47but in some really random countries.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50I've been in some really random countries and they're like,
0:29:50 > 0:29:52"You know the queen and you know Mr Bean."
0:29:56 > 0:29:58- That's brilliant.- It is, isn't it?
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- He's so good.- He is.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03- Oh, that's so clever. - Have you ever met him?
0:30:03 > 0:30:08I have met him, and actually it's one of those situations
0:30:08 > 0:30:11where you do believe, "I can't speak cos it's Mr Bean."
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16How would you describe your own sense of humour?
0:30:16 > 0:30:18I would never have initially have said slapstick,
0:30:18 > 0:30:21and then I've just been, like, guffawing with you
0:30:21 > 0:30:22all the way through.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24I do like a bit of the wit.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27That's why I think I do like him on Blackadder as well.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Yeah.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32And him and Stephen Fry were just genius together.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35I think what's clever about Rowan is he can move from slapstick
0:30:35 > 0:30:38and then move into, you know, comedy acting with Blackadder
0:30:38 > 0:30:39and things like that.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42You know, he really is one of our all-time greats.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44- Timeless, isn't he?- Yeah.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Yeah, he's a great, great comedian, and I hate him.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Britain's produced many stars of slapstick,
0:30:51 > 0:30:53like the physical comedy skills
0:30:53 > 0:30:56of Michael Crawford's character Frank Spencer.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Originally, the BBC had earmarked Ronnie Barker or Norman Wisdom
0:31:00 > 0:31:02for the role.
0:31:02 > 0:31:03Less dangerous stunts,
0:31:03 > 0:31:07but just as funny was John Cleese's Basil Fawlty.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11Inspired by a rude hotel manager Cleese encountered while filming
0:31:11 > 0:31:14with the Monty Python team, Basil was born.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17So successful was the series that the British Film Institute
0:31:17 > 0:31:22voted it the number one TV show of the 20th century.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24And let's not forget more recent greats
0:31:24 > 0:31:26like the marvellous Miranda Hart.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30The 6'1" former lacrosse champ started writing comedy
0:31:30 > 0:31:35in her early 20s and rose to fame as the accident-prone singleton
0:31:35 > 0:31:37in the sitcom Miranda.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Such fun.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Your next choice is your biggest influence,
0:31:48 > 0:31:52and like you, she seems to be good at everything she did.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54A lady who will always be in our hearts.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Aw.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01# Step inside love
0:32:01 > 0:32:03# Let me find... #
0:32:03 > 0:32:05'The late, great Cilla Black is a prime example
0:32:05 > 0:32:08'of an all-round entertainer and a main staple
0:32:08 > 0:32:12'on our TVs throughout her career.'
0:32:12 > 0:32:14She really sells it, doesn't she?
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Incredible.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- Effortless.- Yeah.
0:32:18 > 0:32:19Totally effortless.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22# Step inside love
0:32:22 > 0:32:27# And stay, step inside love... #
0:32:27 > 0:32:30- Nobody was like her.- Mm-hm.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32I thought she was the coolest person ever as well
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- cos she used to hang out with the Beatles.- Mm-hm.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36Love that.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39# Step inside love
0:32:39 > 0:32:43# And stay, step inside love
0:32:43 > 0:32:44# I want you to
0:32:44 > 0:32:46# Step inside love
0:32:46 > 0:32:47# You know I need to
0:32:47 > 0:32:49# Step inside love
0:32:49 > 0:32:51# I want you to... #
0:32:51 > 0:32:53So, what made you choose Cilla Black?
0:32:53 > 0:32:55To me, I think that...
0:32:57 > 0:33:01When you ask what a consummate performer is all about, it's Cilla.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04- Mm.- Like you said, she can do everything.- Yeah.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05And she's got this way.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08I mean, I actually was really lucky and I got to meet her,
0:33:08 > 0:33:11and you feel like...
0:33:11 > 0:33:14You feel like she genuinely, you know,
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- wants to sit and talk with you. - Yeah.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19And she gives that time to you and she's just so...
0:33:19 > 0:33:21- Well, she was so down-to-earth. - Yeah.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24But she was an incredible performer.
0:33:24 > 0:33:25Incredible performer.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28I loved her as a musician. Then I loved all the shows that she did.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31- Yeah.- So, Blind Date, that was huge when I was a kid.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33- Mm-hm.- Everyone was sitting on their three stools
0:33:33 > 0:33:37and her sort of gearing them up, and her genuine shock
0:33:37 > 0:33:39if they were just appalling
0:33:39 > 0:33:42or if they were genuinely going to get married.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44When she said that thing about her hat,
0:33:44 > 0:33:46my mum would be on the floor.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49- Yeah.- Oh, I just thought she was just fantastic.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52Did it inspire you? Did it make you think, "Do you know what?
0:33:52 > 0:33:53"I'd like to do that."
0:33:53 > 0:33:55I don't know if there was one key moment
0:33:55 > 0:33:57when I thought, "That's what I'm going to do,"
0:33:57 > 0:34:00but now the more I sit here and I think of all the shows that
0:34:00 > 0:34:05I watched and what I was consuming, even subliminally, it's all there.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08- They're all very entertainment-based.- Hugely.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Hugely, and I think if, you know,
0:34:10 > 0:34:13someone's going to do some armchair psychology,
0:34:13 > 0:34:15it's what I do - it's all there.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17- Yeah.- It's all there -
0:34:17 > 0:34:20all those influences and the people that I really respected.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22I like how she carried herself.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24I thought she was just a lady, through and through.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33You were a regular on our screens before you ever became a huge star.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Yeah. I was a jobbing muso, yeah. Yeah, I was.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39So, when I was at college, music college,
0:34:39 > 0:34:41I'd teach on a Saturday,
0:34:41 > 0:34:46and then in the evenings I'd work as a session musician.
0:34:46 > 0:34:52So, I was performing with Michael Ball and Michael Crawford...
0:34:52 > 0:34:54- Oh, really?- ..as well. And...
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Cos I always think of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em,
0:34:56 > 0:34:58but he was also a proper muso.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00- Phantom Of The Opera, yeah. - Yeah, of course.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02And then I'd be...
0:35:02 > 0:35:03I'd do jobs on Parky.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06- Well, it's funny you should say that...- Oh!
0:35:06 > 0:35:09..because this is you on Parkinson with the legend that is KD Lang.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11KD Lang!
0:35:11 > 0:35:13# Consequences of falling
0:35:13 > 0:35:15# Consequences of falling... #
0:35:15 > 0:35:18- And I believe you're a backing vocalist.- A backing vocalist.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20# Consequences of falling
0:35:20 > 0:35:25# Consequences of falling... #
0:35:25 > 0:35:27No way!
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Oh, my God. I've not seen this.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34HE LAUGHS
0:35:37 > 0:35:40# Consequences of falling
0:35:40 > 0:35:41# Consequences... #
0:35:41 > 0:35:43I've got that move down, haven't I?
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- All backing vocalists have to do that move.- Look at this!
0:35:46 > 0:35:48SHE GASPS
0:35:48 > 0:35:50- I can't believe you have this. - It's great, isn't it?
0:35:50 > 0:35:52# Consequences of falling
0:35:52 > 0:35:54# Consequences of falling
0:35:54 > 0:35:55# Consequences... #
0:35:55 > 0:35:57You're getting me all emotional again.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00I must have been, like, 20, 21.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04- You were very young. I mean, this was quite some time ago now.- Yeah.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08I remember I had to save up to get that tux jacket.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13I was told we had to all look sort of the same, uniform.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17And I was, like, you know, a poor muso, a poor student.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- So they didn't supply you? - And I was so proud...
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- No, no. - Just go buy something in black?
0:36:21 > 0:36:25Go and get a black tux, and, you know, black suit jacket.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27I think KD Lang has made an effort, hasn't she?
0:36:27 > 0:36:31- SHE LAUGHS She's KD Lang.- Yeah.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35But I was second mezzo. "Go and get yourself a jacket."
0:36:35 > 0:36:38And I remember saving up my money to go and get that jacket.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- So, you were a backing vocalist. - Yeah.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Did you do that for many other artists?
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Yeah, I did... Oh, gosh. Who else did I do?
0:36:45 > 0:36:49- I did a lot on the Paul O'Grady show when he was Lily Savage.- Right.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- When she was fabulous.- Yeah. - So, I did a lot of that.
0:36:52 > 0:36:58There was one job that came up that was quite a decider for me,
0:36:58 > 0:37:01or quite a tricky one, because I was asked to be a backing vocalist
0:37:01 > 0:37:03for Robbie Williams for the Brits.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04Mm-hm.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07And in the interim of getting the booking,
0:37:07 > 0:37:10I got into the band that became Hear'Say.
0:37:10 > 0:37:16So, I then had to turn down the job as the backing vocalist
0:37:16 > 0:37:17because I was there on my own right.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Oh, right. Oh, right.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21And that was an incredible feeling,
0:37:21 > 0:37:24but the jobbing muso in me was still thinking,
0:37:24 > 0:37:25"Could I do both?"
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- Cos we didn't know what was going to happen there...- Yeah.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29..at the time, and, "I think I should do both,"
0:37:29 > 0:37:31but when I first did start Popstars,
0:37:31 > 0:37:33I didn't know what I was walking into,
0:37:33 > 0:37:37so I was promised by Nigel Lythgoe...
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- Do you remember Nasty Nigel? - Yes, Nasty Nige.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42I was promised about six weeks work at Christmas,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45which for a jobbing muso, I was like, "Hallelujah.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47"Thank the gods. That's going to be perfect."
0:37:47 > 0:37:50And it went on for two years, which was amazing.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54And then later on I think what it did is it gave me
0:37:54 > 0:37:58sort of a grounding in how that side of entertainment works,
0:37:58 > 0:38:01and I went back into my classical music
0:38:01 > 0:38:04and then my presenting.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07I loved it. I'm really grateful for that time.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Myleene's promotion from backing singer to the front line
0:38:11 > 0:38:14of pop sensation Hear'Say set her on a path
0:38:14 > 0:38:17to becoming the star she is today.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20# Wherever you go
0:38:20 > 0:38:21# I want to be there
0:38:21 > 0:38:23# Whatever you do
0:38:23 > 0:38:24# You know I'm going to be there
0:38:24 > 0:38:25# It's pure and simple... #
0:38:25 > 0:38:28As well as being a key moment in her career,
0:38:28 > 0:38:31joining Hear'Say also helped to buy her own piano.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33# Whatever it takes... #
0:38:33 > 0:38:35That was what I spent my Hear'Say money on,
0:38:35 > 0:38:36my student loans and a piano,
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- and I didn't even have enough for the stool.- No.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41I didn't have enough for the stool. I used to sit on a cardboard box...
0:38:41 > 0:38:46..and invite people to my house, and next-door there was, like,
0:38:46 > 0:38:50a takeaway and I'd go and ask them for all the cutlery from there.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54So, I'd have plastic cutlery and these little paper serviettes
0:38:54 > 0:38:57and a cardboard box and this amazing piano.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58That's what...
0:38:58 > 0:39:01People always ask, "What did you spend your first paycheque on?"
0:39:01 > 0:39:03That was it. Student loan and my piano.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05And then now, as a result of my job now,
0:39:05 > 0:39:10I'm still an uber-fan of these artists that I grew up with.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12I had to perform...
0:39:12 > 0:39:13"I had to."
0:39:13 > 0:39:17- I got the chance to play the piano for Chaka Khan.- Oh, wow.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19And I nearly...
0:39:19 > 0:39:21I don't know how she didn't ask me
0:39:21 > 0:39:23to be removed from the building, to be honest.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24Cos I played,
0:39:24 > 0:39:27but I stared at her the whole way through with the biggest grin
0:39:27 > 0:39:32because to be playing with your idols, to be working in TV,
0:39:32 > 0:39:35playing the piano, wearing all my big froufrou frocks
0:39:35 > 0:39:38and playing with Chaka Khan and that's my job...
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- Yeah.- ..it's the best feeling in the world.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46I know I'm the luckiest person in the world, cos...
0:39:46 > 0:39:48But then at the same time, conversely, I do think...
0:39:48 > 0:39:49You know what?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Those eight hours every day sitting at the piano
0:39:52 > 0:39:55while everyone else is going out having a gay old time
0:39:55 > 0:39:57and I was trying to get my scales down
0:39:57 > 0:40:01and get my pieces down, it has paid off.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10So, what do you enjoy watching now? What is it...?
0:40:10 > 0:40:13I... What do I like? I love trash TV.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15I like things where I can feel my brain...
0:40:15 > 0:40:18What do you class as trash TV?
0:40:18 > 0:40:19Anything with the Kardashians.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Oh, the Kardashians. You love the Kardashians.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- Only cos it's on.- Yeah.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27SHE LAUGHS
0:40:27 > 0:40:29No, I love Location, Location...
0:40:29 > 0:40:30- BOTH:- Location.- Yeah.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33I think, you know, when you start to do up your house
0:40:33 > 0:40:35and suddenly you feel like,
0:40:35 > 0:40:37"Oh, yeah. I'm sure I could do this."
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Then when you watch that programme,
0:40:39 > 0:40:42you realise the talent that they have.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Kirstie is incredible. Absolutely love it.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47So, I'm quite addicted to that.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49- Bit of Grand Designs. - Oh, I enjoy that, yeah.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53- Yeah.- I adore that.- I like to see the guy that's like, "See that tree?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- "I'm going to make it into a house." - Mm.- And they do.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58- Yeah.- I love things like that.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00I love things that, you know, are sort of transformative.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Yeah. So, how old are your children?
0:41:03 > 0:41:05- My eldest is eight.- Yeah.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09- And my youngest is four.- Aw.- Yeah.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13- So...- What sort of TV do you encourage them to watch?
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Actually, something we've been watching recently that they enjoy
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- is The Secret Life Of 4 Year Olds. - Yeah.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22It's so funny. Have you seen this?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- Yeah. It's on Channel 4, isn't it?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- They really love that.- Yeah, I've enjoyed watching them. Yeah.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Just those little asides and the way they see the world.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33- You couldn't write it. - No, you couldn't.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36You genuinely couldn't. And I just think...
0:41:36 > 0:41:39He says, "I'm not crying. I'm just washing my eyes."
0:41:39 > 0:41:41LAUGHTER Aw!
0:41:41 > 0:41:43- That's what he said. I love that line.- Aw!
0:41:43 > 0:41:44You see?
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Yeah, and often they don't see the world as a whole.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50It's just what's going on at the time.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52- They just live in the moment, yeah.- They really do.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- And we should take a tip from that, shouldn't we?- Yeah, 100%.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- Yeah.- So, they love that.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59We all love to snuggle up on the sofa
0:41:59 > 0:42:04and we all have our little blankets, our set blankets, and that's it.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- That's our Saturday. - And do they have...
0:42:07 > 0:42:09- You know what?- ..a bit of a dip?
0:42:09 > 0:42:11We haven't done carrot sticks. We usually do a bowl of popcorn.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16- Yeah.- So, I'm definitely going to introduce carrot sticks.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19That's going to go down really well. LAUGHTER
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- Well, I want to thank you for being here and being my guest.- Thank you.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24You've been an absolute joy,
0:42:24 > 0:42:27and I just don't know what to say, really.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30You are hugely talented. There's no denying it.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33- That's very kind, but you... - We are very lucky to have you here.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36At this point, I give my guest the chance to pick a theme tune.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38We know what you're going to pick.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- We know it's The Crystal Maze.- Yep.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42So, what we thought we would create in my flat today
0:42:42 > 0:42:44is The Crystal Dome.
0:42:44 > 0:42:45- Ooh, nice.- Yes.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48It's that moment where the contestants at the end of the show
0:42:48 > 0:42:53had to grab gold bits of paper, so if you'd like to stand there...
0:42:53 > 0:42:58And, Myleene, I would like you now to say the world-famous phrase.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59OK.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Start the fans, please!
0:43:02 > 0:43:04MUSIC: The Crystal Maze theme tune
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- Hey!- Whoa! Whoa! - APPLAUSE Oh!
0:43:07 > 0:43:11We will see you next time on The TV That Made Me.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Thank you very much. Bye-bye.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15- Hey!- Watch those silvers.