Jedward's Big Adventure
| Jedward's Big Adventure | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's |
| Presented by | Jedward |
| Voices of | Jim Howick |
| Opening theme | Jedward's Big Adventure performed by Jedward |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Initial |
| Distributor | Endemol UK |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBBC Channel |
| Original release | 6 February 2012 – 31 January 2014 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Jedward's Big Adventure is a children's television programme airing on CBBC. It is hosted by Irish twins Jedward (John and Edward Grimes) and follows them as they visit various UNESCO historical sites around the United Kingdom.
Each teaming up with celebrity guests, the twins are tasked with learning as much about each site as possible, before leading a tour of real tourists and passing on what they've learned.
Two series of five episodes each were produced and broadcast, whilst a third series was extended to 10 episodes, broadcast in January 2014.
Each episode sees the twins taken on guided tours around various historical landmarks where there are given facts to learn. After this, each twin is given a celebrity helper forming Team John and Team Edward. They must then relay the facts first to their celebrity helper, and then later on to a group of tourists, trying to make the facts as clear and memorable as possible.
At the end of each tour, the tourists are given a quiz to test their knowledge on what they have learnt, with questions corresponding to the subjects taught by each team. The winner is the team whose tourists scored highest. The losing team faces a forfeit. For the second and third series, the winning team also won a special treat.
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The twins arrive at the Tower and are taught about its construction and The Yeoman Warders. They are taken to see examples of instruments used to torture prisoners of the tower, including Guy Fawkes. They are then shown Traitors' Gate and taught about the significance of the Ravens before finally been taught about The Royal Menagerie. John and Brian scored 20 points, while Edward and Joe scored 28.
Winners: Edward and Joe
The boys arrive at the Ironworks and are taught about what is needed to make Iron. They then go down into a coal mine and are learn about the working conditions that miners faced. They are also told about the use of children as workers. Next they are shown the conditions of an Iron furnace before being taken to see the Stack Square cottages lived in by the Ironworks employees. Finally they learn about transportation at the time such as the use of the Canal and the Railway systems. John and Richard scored 31 points, while Edward and Ceallach scored 21
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