 Success Stories Meet some former winners and finalists from previous Under 16s schemes and find out their secrets to success.  Serious Andes
A challenging adventure to help build a pre-release enclosure for endangered spectacled (or Andean) bears in Ecuador has recently been completed by the eight participants who took part in this scheme ran by CBBC and BBC New Talent.
The new series starts on Monday 4th June on BBC One. Find out more 'Serious' Winners
Meet Larry and Promise, two former 'Serious' winners, who tell us how they found the whole experience - from applying and the auditions, to what it was really like on the expedition and what they got out of it.
Find out more Music Makers
We were looking for 40 young Music Makers to play with the Philharmonic Orchestra to record a new version of the Blue Peter theme tune.
We auditioned 600 people then 40 won a place at the residential camp in April, where they recorded the new track.
Take a look at the audition photos  Serious Amazon
Meet the eight young explorers who travelled to the Amazon to help rare Red Uakari monkeys and Pink River dolphins during 2005.
Find out more Young Storytellers
In 2005 we were looking for young people who could write imaginative and original stories. Ten winners were helped to transform their stories into exciting radio at BBC studios, which were then be broadcast on BBC 7's 'The Big Toe Radio Show' and BBC Radio 4's 'Go4It'.
Find out more Joseph McManners
Since performing the lead role in The Little Prince, Joseph has gone onto record his first album 'In Dreams' for Sony Records, has appeared in many theatre productions, played Oliver in the BBC's "Celebrate Oliver!" presented by Shane Ritchie and appeared in an episode of BBC's The Sound of Musicals.
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 Serious Arctic
At Easter in 2004 eight young explorers headed into the depths of the Arctic, where they sledged across ice floes, worked with huskies, set up camp and survived in temperatures well below freezing.
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