Josh, who lives with epilepsy so severe that he has one type of seizure every four seconds, has been tuning into his favourite CBBC TV show Dick and Dom In Da Bungalow for years.
Josh from Cornwall, accompanied on his big day out by his older brother Robert, 17, and parents Sharon and Robert, travelled up to London where Make-A-Wish arranged for them to stay in a hotel, go on a bus tour of London and have a feast at the Hard Rock Café. The next morning a limousine pulled up to escort Josh and his family to the BBC Television Studios where Dick was there to greet them.
After a personal tour of the BBC, including the Blue Peter Garden, eight studios and stars' dressing rooms, the family met up with Dom and the puppet dog and ate Cornish cake and biscuits which Josh had brought for them. Josh was then invited to stay in the studio while they rehearsed the day's programme.
Josh's mum Sharon said, "Meeting Dick and Dom was really emotional for all of us. Josh accepts his illness and never complains, but to see him so happy and excited was quite overwhelming. Josh belly laughs at Dick and Dom all the time and their show is the one thing that he loses himself in and is able to forget his illness, so to meet them and laugh with them has been so fantastic."
"Josh is usually 'special' for the wrong reasons but on this day he was special for all the right reasons, it was perfect."
Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood, aka Dick and Dom, said, "We think Make-A-Wish is a fantastic charity and meeting Josh was a real honour. He was very entertaining, a kindred spirit."