WEAKEST LINK
So it happened Jelly and Jackson were lucky enough to be invited to the Weakest Link to take part in the Puppet Special. It was completely amazing but the hardest puppeteering i have EVER done! It was SO PAINFUL....but SO worth it
We answered every question right, apart from one! I was so happy!
Anyway to see the result and the most hilarious show ever (Roland Rat was on it... my hero and was so so good) watch on
FRIDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2007 6PM on BBC1
CELEBRITY THE WEAKEST LINK
I'm not saying ANYTHING but Friday 9th of November 2007 may be a nerve wracking day.
All I will say is that I'm READING THE ENCYCLOPEDIA!!!!!!!
IT'S EASY BEING GREEN
Certainly when you are a gorgeous Green Story Maker and you have a lot of green friends!
A new programe has been dreamt up encouraging CBeebies viewers to Be Green and who better to lead the way than Jelly the Green Queen herself and with help from Kermit THE Frog not a lot can go wrong.... Yes you heard it right Kermit THE Frog and little Jelly Bean are set to change the world!!!!!
SPRINGWATCH FESTIVAL - BIRMINGHAM
This weekend Detective Dan, myself and Jelly were lucky enough to go to Birmingham to take part in one of the many Springwatch Festivals which were being held all over the country. 
I don't think it would be unfair to say that we slightly underestimated the amount of children who would turn up just to see Jelly and meet Detective Dan.
Our first show began on the Saturday in a little tent with Dan and Jelly behind a table and the children who had come to watch sitting on the floor. The MINUTE Jelly appeared from behind the table the children were on their feet, running up to the table, peering behind it, waving in Jelly's face, trying to touch her and everyone shouting "HELLO JELLY, HELLO JELLY, HELLO JELLY!!!!!!!" at the tops of their voices. This went on for about 10 mins where upon the event organizers called security.
So two big men turned up and tried to control the mass of children, slightly unsuccessfully. When we came to the end of the show they decided it was too mad to continue without some sort of barriers and so big metal bars were put up to keep the children back from the table. It was hilarious. With the barriers now in place and children under control everyone thought we were ALL safe. children safe, Jelly & Dan safe. All good.
However all was not so, again the minute Jelly appeared the children were up on the feet and surging forward to the barriers, now getting slightly crushed! Again they called security, two more burley men turned up. Things calmed down. We got through the show, no one was hurt and the event organizers decided that the next day they would move the whole performance to a big marquee in the park. We did one more show on the Saturday and exhausted we returned to the hotel and made it to bed nice and early!
The next day things were very different, now we had a big tent, barriers and a lot more security guards things were under control. So the organizers decided we should do some live radio encouraging people to come down... It was AMAZING, this cool lady called Jenny turned up in this car where upon she put up a HUGE mast and off we went...... live on radio Birmingham! I WAS SO EXCITED. I have ALWAYS wanted to be on the radio and Jelly could hardly contain herself!
So a few more thousand people turned up, all with children wanting a photo of them and Jelly... After our first show I brought Jelly outside only to be surrounded by hundreds of children and parents pushing to get close and a photo of their child with Jels. I could NOT stop laughing.. IT WAS MAD...It was like being Victoria Beckham. (By the way i didn't mention that it was like this the whole of Saturday too but we just went with it)
Anyway now things were serious as there was many more people and AGAIN they called security. They were SO wonderful and organized a pen for me and Jelly to sit in and the people then had to que to wait their turn for a chance to meet Jelly and have a photo. (I felt like Father Christmas!)
Here is Jelly with her bouncers!!!!
Anyway I have to say that the whole event was completely AMAZING, from the wonderful wonderful people who helped out & looked after us SO well to every single child Jelly and I met who at times bought me to tears they were so sweet. THANK YOU SO MUCH for such a fantastic time, I will never forget it!
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Check out Jellys Blog to see some of the pictures children bought for Jelly!
Here is a link to the BBC Birmingham website with details of the show & pictures of Jelly and some of the lovely children we met.
GROWN UP SPRINGWATCH!
On Tuesday night Lotte (one of the CBeebies Springwatch Directors) and Detective Dan (one of the presenters), myself and little Jelly went to visit the Grown Up Springwatch Farm!! We had such fun and watched the show go out live from the gallery! There were SO MANY monitors.. it was like mission control but for animals.. VERY EXCITING!!
Here is a pic of the gallery where it all comes from..
and here is outside......
it looks prettier on tv doesn't it!
And here is Bill and me in his caravan! Lucky me!
But the BIG NEWS is Jelly is going to be on the Grown Up Springwatch show tonight at 7.30pm on BBC1
WOW
CHARLIE THE CHICK
This year for CBeebies Springwatch the team decided to "grow" some chicks and ducks and set up some incubators at the Springwatch Headquarters. The first little chicklet was born whilst we were away on Skomer filming.
I got to meet her recently and I was LUCKY enough to name her... so here am I with Charlie the Chick!
That day Jelly and I also did some filming with the lovely Chris from Doodle Do.. he has a nice accent because he is Welsh. He was also very very kind to Jelly and laughed at her jokes, which is nice because he is ACTUALLY a comedian!
SKOMER ISLAND
So some of you may know that finally one of my little dreams (and a massive dream for Jelly) to see Puffins in the wild finally came true recently, when we went filming on Skomer Island for CBeebies Springwatch 2007. I'm not sure I have enough pictures to explain how utterly amazing the island is/was but.....
it's sheer remoteness........
coupled with the most amazing sunset I have ever seen in my life...... (and this photo has NOT been enhanced)
not to mention the puffins......
made this one of the most incredible trips of my working life.
Skomer Island is a tiny island off the coast of Wales which is only accessible by a small boat. The island has no cars or houses or shops or proper heating, electricity or people for that matter!!! The only people on the island are the island warden and his girlfriend, their 2 year old daughter Martha and a handful of volunteers who are there for the wildlife. Tourists visit the island day by day to witness the amazing variety of birds which inhabit the island and then there was us… the CBeebies Springwatch team who descended upon the island for 2 nights and 3 days.
CBEEBIES LIVE
A few weeks ago I went to see CBeebies Live in Belfast 
and met lots of lovely friends!!!
PC Plum, Me and Spencer from Balamory!
Justin Fletcher dressed as a clown
and Me! After the clown kissed me!!
The Tweenies even had a space ship!
It was fantastic!
WE WON WE WON WE WON!!!!
Last night CBeebies Springwatch won a BAFTA for best Pre-school Live Action Show! We couldn't believe it!!! Sitting at the table together when they were about to announce the winners we said to each other "Well there's no way we've won.. there are no cameras near us" So we all looked around at the other people in out catagory to see who it would be, I didn't feel nervous or excited, I honestly just felt interested to see who it would be... And then when they announced "And the winner is CBeebies Springwatch!" We looked round at each other in shock.. none of us moved. In my head I could hear myself saying "They just said Springwatch! They just said Springwatch! That's US!! GET UP!!! GET UP!!!"
And then we all stood up and couldn't decide which way to go up to the stage and the cameras were on us and then I thought I might cry because I couldn't believe it! I was SO PROUD of us... ALL of US!
Because the reason we won is down to everyones hard work, determination and dedication and we have all done so well.......I am very lucky to have worked with such amazing people!
We all deserve to win a smiley BAFTA face!
ps.. My mum reminded me this morning that back in January 2005 when it was just Clare and I on the team thinking up ideas and planning we said to each other.. "Yeah the old team is back together....lets make another BAFTA nominated show!" And not only did we do that, we won it!!!
Me and Ron!......Ooooo and Sportacus from Lazy Town!
I met Ron Weasley!
And Sportacus (real name - Magnus) from Lazy Town (when he won his award he walked up on his hands to get it!!!)
Watching Jelly on the big screen! She was so sweet!
CBeebies Springwatch
CBeebies Springwatch has been re-commissioned and Jelly has a new role as a roving reporter! Very exciting! First stop Lundy Island with Bill Oddie to see Puffins.. one of her life long dreams! Lundy Island is a very small special place just off the coast of North Devon...take a look...
www.lundyisland.co.uk
Bafta Nomination - CBEEBIES SPRINGWATCH
Nominations announced -
The British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards in association with Electronic Arts.
PRE-SCHOOL LIVE ACTION
CBEEBIES SPRINGWATCH - Tony Reed, Clare Bradley, Aliex Yuill (BBC/CBeebies)
DOODLE DO - Tony Reed, Geoff Coward, Lizi Botham (BBC/CBeebies)
MILKSHAKE SUMMER - The Production Team (Five/Five)
THOMAS & FRIENDS - Simon Spencer, Steve Asquith (HIT Entertainment Limited/Nick Jr UK)