Do Something Different
Once a DSD has been pledged, the user can then mark it as completed, once they have tried the activity. Once they had received training, the boys and girls would compete against each other.In the links presenters Sam and Mark would try out a DSD, such as swimming with sharks, trying out the infamous cola and mentos experiment, pigeon racing or racing cars at Silverstone. The DSD Challenges were 18 minute films, divided into three sections. The activities included golf, pottery, indoor skydiving and playing the xylophone.
In these segments, a group of three boys and a group of three girls would learn a new activity. It is hosted by music duo Sam and Mark.
Sam and Mark are aiming to get one million children to try out new things; literally to do something different , also referred in the programme as DSD-ing . Each child who registers on the website adds to the growing total, with the ultimate goal of reaching one million DSDs. The Ayesha s Stats area contains statistics such as the number of DSDs that have been completed, the regions of the UK that have the most DSDers, the most pledged and most popular DSDs. .
Each episode was first shown at 8 a.m. The website is divided into a number of sections, including How you can DSD , Pledge a DSD , and Ayesha s Stats . In the Plegde a DSD section, viewers can suggest DSDs for users to try out, and pledge to do the suggestions.
This initial run comprised ten 45 minute episodes. Mark s challenge was to learn hip-hop dancing, and take part in a one on one battle at the UK street dance Championships. The Boys vs Girls segments of the show were presented by Ayesha.
After each team had a go at the activity, the mentor judged which group performed better. Overall, the girls won during the Easter run, beating the boys 6 - 4. The show is heavily dependent upon the website which accompanies the series.
The films followed the journey of a different viewer each episode, who had been challenged to do a specific DSD activity - for example, one child who was a hip-hop street dancer learned to be a ballroom dancer, and took part in a national competition. A different group of children was featured for each episode.
Some of the children used in the Easter shows were previously gamers on the shows predecessor, Level Up. The Sam and Mark Challenge films were similar to the DSD challenges, but they followed the progress of the two presenters being challenged to DSD. Do Something Different is a show produced and broadcast by CBBC.
It is unknown whether another series will run. The idea of the show is to get one million children to do something that they haven t previously tried, by the end of summer 2007. Although it started one week earlier in the time slot 7:15am-8:00am on BBC TWO Each of the Easter and Summer shows contained different strands - Each episode was recorded in a different location within the UK.
They would receive training in this activity from a child mentor who had excelled in that field. on BBC Two, with a different episode being shown for each of the ten weekdays of the Easter holidays. The second run of the show began transmission during the UK schools summer holidays, in the same timeslot.
Ideas suggested by the presenters have been incredibly diverse and have included cooking a Spanish Omelette, learning to DJ, taking up a new sport, learning the ukulele, and (somewhat tongue-in cheek) the suggestion to cross breed some lions and puffins to make luffins . The first run of the series was transmitted during the UK schools Easter holidays on BBC Two, as well as on the CBBC Channel. All three parts to a challenge were shown within one episode of the programme.
A child who completes a DSD is referred to as a DSDer . These had five parts, with one part from one of the challenges being shown in each episode of the programme.
It doesn t matter what activity the viewer chooses to do, as long as it is something different from their normal past times and activities. Sam s challenge was to train to become a stuntman in the US, and take part in a stunt-show.
