Fearne Cotton - The Biography. Nigel Goodall
she was thrilled about her latest challenge, she was also slightly nervous about taking it on. One of the reasons was simple: at school her least favourite subjects were science and technology, and so she thought her involvement in the show might be less successful than anything she had previously done – she was, after all, more of an arts girl. She had achieved an A grade for A level art and so the kind of shows she had been doing up to that time more or less suited her qualifications.
But as soon as she started work on the programme, she loved it: ‘It showed just how exciting science is and how much fun it can be.’ The part of the show that she particularly enjoyed was when she was able to demonstrate magical science experiments that viewers could also carry out at home: ‘You won’t believe some of the cool things which we did with vinegar on the show. We made a bone bendy by putting it in vinegar, which is pretty mad. Who would think that you could make a bone bendy? We even showed how to make an egg bounce using vinegar!’
She was also convinced that her favourite ‘High Tech Eureka’ featured on the programme was going to become a real craze. ‘We show amazing new sweets for the first time on British TV, which have holograms stamped onto the surface. They look unbelievable,’ she enthused at the time. ‘I reckon they’ll be a huge hit. We also made a hologram in the studio using a laser pointer, which was absolutely incredible. It looked so beautiful.’
This time around, she shared presenting duties with Kate Heavenor, who had landed her first presenting job on another CBBC show, Fully Booked. Since then, she had presented Hyperlinks and FBi, and had fronted The Crew Room on BBC Choice as well as appearing on Children In Need, a programme that Fearne would later end up being involved with herself.
Like Fearne, Kate had no formal science training to be a presenter for a science and technology programme for kids but she did have a scientific father of sorts, who became an accomplished inventor. A dentist by trade, he identified a need for a toothbrush that would encourage people to hold the brush at a 45-degree angle and developed a brand of handle that is successful in helping to hold awkward or heavy objects easily. It’s now used on a diverse range of products, from saucepans to baby buggies.
Looking back, Kate has particularly fond memories of recording the ‘Wild Eureka’ part of the show that looked at the part science plays in the animal kingdom. In one item she filmed about pelicans, the pelican in the studio somewhat unexpectedly decided to use Kate’s head as a convenient perch. She even got a kiss from a sea lion: ‘I knew that if I just gave the sea lion a peck on the cheek it would turn away really quickly and we wouldn’t get the shot we needed. So I really went for it and gave the sea lion a smacker on the lips! Fearne couldn’t believe what I’d done and she still makes fun of me for it.’
In another programme, Kate and Fearne explained how a tornado works, thanks to a large demonstration machine set up in the studio. Kate found herself spinning round and round on a large disc to demonstrate how things at the centre of a tornado move much faster than they do nearer to the outside: ‘We recorded the item straight after lunch and we had to do it quite a few times. At one point I felt very queasy because of all the spinning. I’m sure I looked quite ill on the finished programme.’
When they weren’t working together, Kate and Fearne would spend their time off-camera hanging out with each other, doing what most girlfriends do. Then a regular visitor to Fearne’s new flat, Kate was always popping round for what she called a natter: ‘I’ve even got my own special box of tea there so I don’t drink all of Fearne’s. I haven’t got a toothbrush there yet, but let’s just say that our clothes have become rather interchangeable.’
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