Blue Peter - BP Backstage: Mwaksy's 60-Second Send-off

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Mwaksy joined BP Backstage for the last time, to give us a whirlwind of laughter and memories. She zipped through questions faster than a rocket, telling us about her wild adventures, funny mishaps, and the best friends she made on her Blue Peter journey. It was like a super-speed trip down memory lane, and we'll always remember her with a big smile! 😄🚀

What are some of your favourite Mwaksy moments? Let us know in the comments below!

Now's your chance to find out more about Molly, as we asked her to tell us her three favourite songs from Nova Jones, the three dances she enjoyed best on Strictly Come Dancing, and even what her favourite places are! 

Can you what she might have picked? Be prepared for an extremely wholesome answer to her favourite places, too! 🥰

We were joined by Radio 1 royalty and incredible authors, Greg James and Chris Smith to help us launch our brand new Blue Peter Book badge! ⭐️

We challenged Greg to a tricky brain teaser game that Radio 1 listeners might recognise... It's Wrong Answers Only!

Watch as Greg and Chris laugh and struggle through thinking of the wrong answers to some easy questions. It's trickier than you might think! 😂

Do you know the correct and real answers to the questions? Have a go yourself, let us know if you can get them all correct in the comments below! 💯

We danced our final summer show away with the incredible Strictly Come Dancing Professional dancer, Graziano Di Prima! 

Graziano brought all of his excitement and energy from the ballroom to the Blue Peter Garden, where we challenged him to a game of This or That: Dance Dilemmas! 💃🕺

Check out Graziano's Dance Dilemmas in the video and play along yourself, what answers would you choose?

We were joined by the legendary Potato Queen herself, Poppy Cooks for one of our summer shows, and it was even National Potato Day in August, so this can only mean one thing...

It's time to challenge Poppy to our Potato or PotaNO quiz!

Watch how Poppy attempts to reach the highest score in this tricky quiz, and why not have a go yourself by playing along with the quiz below! Just hit pause on the video between questions to give yourself time to make your own guess.

What score do you think the Potato Queen will reach? Top marks, or do you think she'll miss a few?

Can you beat or match Poppy's score? Good luck!

Watch the video above and be amazed by Magic Singh's amazing mind trick, exclusively for BP Backstage!

Pick a card, any card...

Did his mind reading trick work on you, were you suprised and amazed? Do you think you can even figure out how it's done? Why not try it on your friends and family? Perhaps you can be a master magician, too!

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Does anybody have any ideas how it was done, or is it purely just magic? ✨

We caught up with Harriet Freestyle for some one to one training in freestyle football!

Harriet showed us three top tricks that you can learn easily at home, just for us on BP Backstage!

Watch the video and why not have a go yourself? You could even use the tricks and skills you learn from Harriet to apply for your brand new 2023 Sport badge! ⚽️

Recently, Big Manny returned to Blue Peter and brought a massive pool of custard with him. To Joel's surprise, Manny had him stand and even walk on the custard pool to demonstrate what a non-Newtonian liquid is!

Listen to this quick break down on how the custard pool works as both a solid and a liquid, from the man himself, Big Manny!

If you missed Joel walk on the custard and want to see the mess for yourself, check it out on BBC iPlayer!

Abby recently had the amazing experience of visiting the only giant pandas in the UK, Yang Guang and Tian Tian. They were so full of personality and absolutely loved being the centre of attention on Blue Peter!

Spend a minute getting to know Tian Tian a little better, as she wanders around her enclosure and eats lots and lots of tasty bamboo! 🐼

If you want to see more from Tian Tian and Yang Guang, the UK's only giant pandas, then you can still catch up with Blue Peter on BBC iPlayer!

Joel and Henry went on an epic day out at a festival for dogs recently! There was doggy dancing, massages, tricks training and so much more.

There was lots for Joel and Henry to do, so here's a little extra just for BP Backstage...

Watch the video at the top of the page for an exclusive chat with Springwatch's Michaela Strachan!

What better way than to take you on a behind the scenes tour of an outdoor Blue Peter show!

This week Blue Peter brought the studio outside, and wow, did we needed the space! There were BMX stunts, wheelchair basketball and a live DJ, too. Come and join Joel, Mwaksy and Abby for a little tour around what happens behind the scenes of a special outdoor episode, from the morning through to the afternoon!

If you missed the episode, you can catch up on all the sunshine, music and sporty fun on BBC iPlayer! 

We had The SpongeBob Musical in the BP studio and of course we had to catch up with the wonderful Divina De Campo, who plays the villainous Plankton! 🍍

Watch Divina play This or That, do you agree with Divina's choices? Maybe you'd prefer a huge wig rather than huge heels?

Let us know how you would answer Divina's This or That questions in the comments below:

The wonderful Evie Meg joined us on Blue Peter to talk about the top three things that make her feel good! 💙

You might know Evie Meg from her social media ✨

Evie Meg is a huge advocate for disability and mental health. She talks openly about her conditions such as Tourette's syndrome, and how her hobbies and activities help to relax her, make her feel good and even help to keep her tics under control.

Find out Evie's top three feel good things here!

We caught up with the incredible Freya Skye backstage at our amazing Eurovision-themed show to find out her Three Top Threes!

Watch the video above to find out Freya's favourite animals, food and places. Do you and Freya have favourites in common? Maybe you LOVE peas as well!

Let us know your Three Top Threes for places, foods and animals in the comments below:

Our brand new 42nd Blue Peter presenter is here! You've seen Abby's Meet me in a Minute, now Abby joins us to tell us three quick facts about herself! 

Check out video at the top of this page and let us know what you think, did any of her facts surprise you?

Maybe you have something in common with Abby? Colourful socks anyone?! 🧦

And check out Ex-BP presenter Lindsey Russell's extra special good luck message for Abby's first show!

Mwaksy and Team BP went to Sweden 🇸🇪 with our competition winner, Star!

There was lots of exciting Minecraft things happening on the trip, but Mwaksy of course managed to find some time to have a little dance with a Swedish violinist playing the Blue Peter theme tune! 🎻🎶⛵️

Why not have a go at learning Mwaksy's epic dance moves? 💃

How much did this video make you smile? 😍

This week, we joined Richie and Henry on Henry's extra special Blue Peter adoption anniversary celebrations! 

Henry got to play with lots of lovely friends, Richie made a dog-friendly cake and they got to hang out on an indoor beach!

Check out the video to see all the fun on one of Richie and Henry's last shoots together. 💙

We asked this week's musical guest, Conrad Murray, to show us a bit more on how to beat box especially for BP Backstage!

Have a go yourself, can you practice your "Boom Te Kla"? Maybe you'll try some beatboxing to earn yourself a music badge?

Check out Conrad's tip and his beatboxing freestyle with music partner Aziza!

On this week's show, we met the amazing Hayley who was part of the JinLong Martial Art's wushu performance!

Hayley was kind enough to join us for some BP Backstage action and demonstrated some incredible skills, like high kicks and long staff spinning. 

She also taught us to say "Happy New Year!" in Chinese and Mandarin! 🎆

Check out the video above to see Hayley in action! Let us know in the comments if you're going to look for a wushu class to take part in!

We spoke to some of the incredible stars at the Sports Personality of the Year awards event, including the Young Sports Personality Of The Year winner, Jessica Gadirova! 🏅

Find out what sporting legends such as Rebecca Adlington 🏊‍♀️ and Beth Tweddle 🤸‍♀️ had to say about sport and be inspired by their wise words!

Will you be trying a new sport this year? Let us know in the comments!

If you've been watching Blue Peter, or been involved in the Blue Peter Fan Club, you just might be able to get 5/5 in this tricky true or false quiz!

It's all about Joel and Mwaksy's extra special Iceland Adventure! Give it a go and let us know your score in the comments.

Did you enjoy meeting Freya in a minute? Did you have a favourite fact about herself that she shared? Let us know in the comments!

Make sure you watch the full episode, catch up on iPlayer now!

Did you enjoy meeting Freya in a minute, or taking a look at our Blue Peter Iceland Adventure behind the scenes pics? Let us know in the comments.

If you want to see more from our awesome Blue Peter guests, and are interested in seeing more cool photos and videos from behind the scenes on Blue Peter film shoots, head over and tell us what you want to see on BP Backstage.