All Over the Place (children's television programme)
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All Over the Place is a children's television programme produced by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

. It is similar in ways to the discontinued programme Wonderful World of Weird
Wonderful World of Weird
Wonderful World Of Weird was a British children's television programme shown on BBC Two. Hosted by Ed Petrie and featuring Ortis Deley, Lizzie Greenwood and Jake Humphrey. It ran for three weeks, from February 2007 to March 2007...

, however All Over the Place is not principally a game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...

. It features the CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...

 presenters Ed Petrie
Ed Petrie
Edward 'Ed' Oliver James Petrie is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He was born, and grew up in, the seaside resort of Rustington, and was educated at Broadwater Manor in Worthing and the independent school Ardingly College in the village of Ardingly in West Sussex...

, Holly Walsh
Holly Walsh
Holly Walsh is an English comedian and comedy writer from Guildford in Surrey, known mainly for her work on TV and radio in the UK.- Early life :...

, Dick and Dom
Dick and Dom
Dick and Dom are a children's comic double act consisting of the presenters Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood. They are primarily known for presenting children's television, such as Dick and Dom in da Bungalow for 5 series between 2002 - 2006...

, Gemma Hunt
Gemma Hunt
Gemma Hunt is a CBBC presenter who also used to be on the TV series Xchange.-CBBC:Gemma joined the CBBC continuity team in 2002, since then she has presented on the CBBC Channel and also on BBC One and BBC Two. In 2004 she was noticed by CBBC series Xchange and later became a presenter until its...

, Johny Pitts
Johny Pitts
Johny Pitts is a UK TV presenter, writer and photographer from Sheffield. He currently presents Escape from Scorpion Island, Roar and All Over the Place...

, Barney Harwood
Barney Harwood
Barney Harwood is an English television presenter and actor, known for his work with CBBC.-Television:For CBBC, he presented Prank Patrol and was a voice-over commentator for The Smokehouse, while on BBC Two, he co-presented Basil's Swap Shop , alongside Basil Brush.Previous work for CBBC included...

, Iain Stirling
Iain Stirling
Iain Andrew Stirling is a stand-up, writer and television presenter from Edinburgh now based in London. Having started stand-up whilst in his final year of Law at Edinburgh University, a year which saw him make the final of both the Paramount Funniest Student and Chortle Student Comedian of the...

, Joe Swash
Joe Swash
Joseph Adam Swash is an English actor and presenter. He once played Mickey Miller in the British television soap opera EastEnders. He is the older brother of Shana Swash, who played his on-screen younger sister Demi Miller until July 2006. He also won the TV reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me...

, and London Hughes.

Format

The show features the presenters travelling 'all over the place' in the UK and finding strange and random places to visit. Most of the segments include a competition of some kind or a song. Places visited include:
  • Air guitar
    Air guitar
    Playing air guitar is a form of dance and movement in which the performer pretends to play rock or heavy metal-style electric guitar, including riffs, solos, etc. Playing an air guitar usually consists of exaggerated strumming and picking motions and is often coupled with loud singing or lip-synching...

     world championships (view here)
  • Bat
    Bat
    Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...

     hospital on the Isle of Wight
    Isle of Wight
    The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...

     (view here)
  • The world's largest vacuum cleaner
    Vacuum cleaner
    A vacuum cleaner, commonly referred to as a "vacuum," is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors, and optionally from other surfaces as well. The dirt is collected by either a dustbag or a cyclone for later disposal...

     collection, whose owner could tell any vacuum cleaner from its sound alone (view here)
  • Preston Bus Station
    Preston bus station
    Preston Bus Station is the central bus terminus in the city of Preston in Lancashire, England.- Design :Built in the Brutalist architectural style between 1968 and 1969, designed by Keith Ingham and Charles Wilson of Building Design Partnership with E. H. Stazicker, it has a capacity of 80...

     (view here)
  • The Alnwick Castle
    Alnwick Castle
    Alnwick Castle is a castle and stately home in the town of the same name in the English county of Northumberland. It is the residence of the Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman conquest, and renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a Grade I listed building.-History:Alnwick...

     treehouse (view here)

Episodes

# Episode Airdate Main Event Winner
1 Series 1, Episode 1 5 February 2011


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The Song: Storybook Glen

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2 Series 1, Episode 2 6 February 2011


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The Song: Polar Bears

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3 Series 1, Episode 3 12 February 2011


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The Song: We Belong together

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4 Series 1, Episode 4 13 February 2011


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The Song: The 8 Wounders of the Isle of Wight

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5 Series 1, Episode 5 19 February 2011


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The Song: Twisted Spire

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6 Series 1, Episode 6 20 February 2011


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The Song: More to Liverpool

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7 Series 1, Episode 7 26 February 2011


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The Song: Preston Bus Station

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8 Series 1, Episode 8 27 February 2011


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The Song: Pirates

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9 Series 1, Episode 9 5 March 2011


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The Song: Lost Gardens of Heligan

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10 Series 1, Episode 10 6 March 2011


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Bet you didn't know this about: Scarecrows

The Song: Looks like it's on Fire!

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11 Series 1, Episode 11 12 March 2011


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The Song: This House

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12 Series 1, Episode 12 13 March 2011


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The Song: Rollercoaster

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13 Series 1, Episode 13 19 March 2011 Joe
Joe Swash
Joseph Adam Swash is an English actor and presenter. He once played Mickey Miller in the British television soap opera EastEnders. He is the older brother of Shana Swash, who played his on-screen younger sister Demi Miller until July 2006. He also won the TV reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me...



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The Song: Railway Station

The Main Event: Dragon Boat Racing


A series 2 will be filmed in 2011 to be shown in 2012
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