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# Terrible Tudors, gorgeous Georgians

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# Slimy Stuarts, vile Victorians

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# Woeful wars, ferocious fights Dingy castles, daring knights

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# Horrors that defy description Cut-throat Celts, awful Egyptians

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# Vicious Vikings, cruel crimes Punishment from ancient times

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# Romans, rotten, rank and ruthless Cavemen, savage, fierce and toothless

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# Groovy Greeks, brainy sages Mean and measly Middle Ages

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# Gory stories, we do that And your host, a talking rat

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# The past is no longer a mystery Welcome to...

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# Horrible Histories. #

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In the Middle Ages,

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you really didn't want to get into a fight with a knight - oh, no!

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But if you refused to fight, things could still get quite messy.

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Oh, I can't look!

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FRENCH ACCENT: You, peasant, where is your master?

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What?

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Your master, the knight, where is he?

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I'm up here.

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Give me your land and your castle.

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Oh, you want me to give you my land and my castle?

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It's not going to happen.

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Hand them over, or else.

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Or else what?

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What are you going to do to me up here?

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I can do this...

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Ahhh!

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Oh! Oh, no, that is my peasant!

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Maybe I cannot get to you but I can get to your property.

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Owww!

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Ah! Stop it!

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How is he going to farm my crops when he only has one leg?

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He won't be able to,

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but you'll still have to pay for his upkeep.

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I don't believe this!

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-Now give me your land and your castle or they all get it.

-Yeah,

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hand over your castle!

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-Thank you.

-No problem.

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-Never!

-Arm or leg?

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Arm I suppose.

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-So sorry about this.

-No, no, I...

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Ow!

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-Oh!

-Now will you give me your land and your castle?

-Absolutely not.

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OK, same time tomorrow.

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-What?

-If you don't hand them over I will come back.

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Son, you are so stubborn.

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I take after you, Papa!

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By the way, give my love to Maman.

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Of course. Au revoir.

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Children, I tell you -

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I don't know what to do with them.

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HE PANTS

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A fight like that really did take place in France in the 1100s

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between a father and his son. Incredible!

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But not as incredible as the story of Joan of Arc

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who lead the French army against the English aged only 14. Yeah, 14!

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Joan claimed she was told to do it by an angel.

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Imagine that!

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I'm imagining it, I'm imagining it...

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I'm imagining it!

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Joan of Arc?

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What?

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Are you Joan of Arc?

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-Yeah.

-I am a vision of St Michael, I've been sent by God to find you.

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Pull zee other one!

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Seriously. You've been chosen to lead the French army

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against the oppressive English invaders.

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Nah, there must have been a mix up.

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-Why would you say that?

-Well,

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because A) I'm just an illiterate peasant,

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C) I'm a girl

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and A) I'm 14!

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I mean, sweeping up and darning socks I can do,

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but military leadership, not so much!

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He definitely said, I wrote it on my hand and everything.

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Are you sure it wasn't John of Arc, the bloke next door?

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Did someone call?

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John, have you been waiting on God to call on you

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to lead France in a glorious victory against the English?

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Yes, I have.

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No, it definitely says Joan.

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Right, um...

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-Sorry, John, false alarm.

-OK.

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I'm just next door if you need me.

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-Stay cool.

-Sorry, mate.

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So, um, what am I supposed to do?

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Convene with God, predict the future,

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lead the French army to victory and restore the King to his throne.

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Beats sweeping up!

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I bet, yeah.

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OK.

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Oh,

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who will darn all the villagers' socks?

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Oh, I'm sure we'll think of something.

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Ow! This is definitely what God wants?

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But, I mean, look...

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OK, so John of Arc was just made up and silly, but Joan of Arc,

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well, she was real

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and went on to defeat the English at Orleans in 1429.

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Sadly she was eventually captured by the English

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who claimed she was a witch, yeah, and they burned her at the stake.

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Well, what do you expect, this is HORRIBLE Histories.

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APPLAUSE

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Welcome to Ready Steady Feast.

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Now, aye, aye me hearties and shiver me timbers,

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please welcome aboard the infamous pirate, Captain Ned Low.

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Arrr.

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Arrrr, right back at you.

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So, pirate Ned, what have you got for us? Salted meat? Sea biscuits?

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No, no, no, no, no.

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I only deal with the freshest ingredients.

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I likes the meat to still be warm.

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OK, well let's see what's in your pirate booty.

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APPLAUSE

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There we are, fresh out the bag.

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Well, we don't normally allow helpers.

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Helpers? They're not helpers, they're the ingredients.

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AUDIENCE GASP

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Stop your fidgeting, you scurvy knaves.

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This one here's a Spanish prisoner. I'm going to cut out his heart.

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Then I'm going to takes this Frenchman and burn 'im alive.

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Finally, I'm going to cut the ears off this here swabby,

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sprinkle them with a little bit of salt

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and then makes him eat them.

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I hope you're not vegetarian.

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Oh...

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Well, I thought you were going to eat them.

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-I don't eats them.

-No.

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Frankly I'm quite offended, what do you think I am.

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I just does all that for the fun!

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HE LAUGHS

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SHE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY

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Grubs up!

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Arrr!

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You can see why no one wanted to be captured by us pirates.

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So when we was at sea, we had to use some pretty clever tricks.

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HE CHUCKLES

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Hold fast, lads.

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Looks like there's a lady on board!

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-Hello, gorgeous!

-I saw her first.

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BOTH: OH!

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I'm going to put my patch over my good eye, like that.

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That be horrible.

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It's me, your captain!

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So it is!

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Shiver me timbers!

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Captain, seriously, what is going on?

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It's my brilliant new tactic for capturing rich merchant ships.

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If they think we're all women,

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they'll never guess we're actually pirates.

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ALL: Arrrr!

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We can sail nice and close to their ship, leap aboard,

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slaughter the lot of them,

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and steal all their treasure!

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ALL: Arrrr!

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Here be your disguises,

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-Ooh, no, no.

-No...

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-Right, what's the problem?

-Well,

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-won't we look a bit...girly?

-OK.

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Hands up who's got a better idea?

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I said hands up, Jack.

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THEY ALL LAUGH

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Oh, Jack's got a suggestion.

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OK, what if we was to lower the Jolly Roger

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and put up the distress flag instead.

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A ship always has to come to the help of another ship in distress.

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When they look through their telescopes and see pirates

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they'll be long gone.

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What if we was to make it look like we've all been massacred?

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Arrr! Huh?

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We lays on deck, covers ourselves in red paint,

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pretend that we've been slaughtered.

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Then the crew come aboard, we spring to life,

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grab our cutlasses and suddenly it's...

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HE MAKES SLICING AND STABBING NOISES

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They be the dead ones!

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ALL: Arrrr!

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Nice one, Jack, high five.

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-Seriously, why would you do that?

-Sorry.

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Hand out the red paint, Jack.

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Oh, um...

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(I didn't bring any red paint.)

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-What did you say?

-I said I didn't bring any red paint.

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He didn't bring any paint.

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Back to plan A. Get these blouses on, ladies.

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Fancy the pink one!

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I want the pink one, that's my birth colour.

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Please don't do...

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Ow!

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Did you know we Victorians were a very inventive bunch?

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But sometimes the old methods are the best methods.

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Good day.

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This is Victorian Dragon's Den.

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This is Victorian Britain, an age of enterprise and industry

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when many great inventions were... well, invented by inventors.

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So can any of tonight's candidates

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convince the dragons to put money behind their ideas?

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First up, it's Mr Nathaniel Twonk.

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Gentlemen

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and lady.

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Allow me to explain a most efficacious device

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that I have invented.

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I call it the automatic bottle washer.

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This device will automatically wash bottles for hours on end,

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without the need for attention or adjustment.

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-Ah!

-Marvellous, yes, I'm in.

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I'm in.

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I'm in.

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Our next hopeful inventor is Mrs Edwina Gruelbucket.

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Gentlemen and madam,

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I wish to present you with a golden opportunity

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to invest in my most marvellous invention.

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The automatic potato harvester.

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-Wonderful!

-I'm in.

-I'm in.

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Well it's been a good day for our hopefuls so far,

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let's see if Sir Chesterton Widebelly can make it a clean sweep.

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Lady and Gentlemen.

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I have invented something which I believe will truly change the world.

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I call it,

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the vacuum cleaner.

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But what does it do?

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It sucks...

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-Oh, dear.

-It sucks all right.

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The dragons aren't impressed.

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Never mind.

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Can Chesterton win them round?

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You could use this instead.

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ENTHUSIASTIC MUMBLING

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That's more like it, yes, I'm in.

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I'm in.

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I'm in, yes.

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The Victorians made children do all sorts of terrible jobs.

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But they also invented lots of technology.

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Electricity, the railway, steel ships, the car, the radio...

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Oh for goodness sake, just listen to this.

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# T'was the age of Queen Victoria's

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# A period notorious

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# So many brand new goods we did create.

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# Our list is long and glorious though I don't intend to bore yous

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# Was a time of great invention

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# Was it really what did we invent then?

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# Well I'm just about to mention

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# Drum roll please let's raise the tension... #

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HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

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We invented...

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This musical.

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Is that all?

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Well...

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# A chap called Henry Bessemer invented molten steel

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# Which lead to other chaps creating the automobile

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# Which lead to petrol tyres and bikes

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# So all that was required

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# Roads so concrete came and tarmac thought up too

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# You're hired!

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BOTH: # Ohhh

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# Concrete, tarmac, steel

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# The automobile

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# Seal of rubber wheel

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# Such inventive zeal

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# Still there's plenty to reveal

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# Victorian brains worked overtime to come up with ideas

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# We invented light bulbs

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-# Nice one!

-Cheers!

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# Typewriters and radios now news was fast conveyed, hello

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# The telephone was no good till a second phone was made, hello!

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BOTH: # Our inventors did not snooze

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# Always had another ruse

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# The latest flushing loos

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# Films that did amuse

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# Flashbulb cameras to use

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# What a picture, what a picture

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# Vacuum cleaners, toilet paper post boxes and stamps

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# Toilets aspirin, anaesthetics locks, electric lamps

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# Sewing machines, x-rays, comics

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# Ice-cream in a pot

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# Easter eggs and rockets

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# We invented the whole lot.

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# Ohhh. #

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Hang on, there's more.

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# Trains and lines and bridges and the underground as well

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# Paddle steamers, prams and disinfectant for their smell

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# Sterile doctors instruments one last unmentioned brand

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# Victorians invented the world's first conveyor band

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# Cuddly toy? #

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Invented 1902 - the year AFTER Victoria died.

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BOTH: # Ohhh

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# Barometers were new

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# Iron ships are cool

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# What genius

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# Thank you Seems we're almost through

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BOTH: # Just one little oversight... #

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We invented dynamite.

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Yeah, it's probably a good idea.

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No, really, he does stink.

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All right.

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And soap wasn't the only way Saxons had of cleansing things.

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No, darling, don't touch it, it's fallen in that poo.

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Don't worry,

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Mummy knows what to do.

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'New Saxon Sign of the ross.

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'Now cleansing action is more powerful than ever.'

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There.

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It's all pure and cleansed.

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You can eat it now.

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'Protect you and your family.'

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Are you sure?

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Yes, darling, I've done the sign of the cross over it.

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'Saxon Sign of the Cross kills all household germs...dead.'

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'Warning, spiritual blessings

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'are unlikely to kill any germs whatsoever.

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'Eating poo is a very bad idea.'

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OK, so the sign of the cross didn't actually work.

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No wonder in Saxon times we had some very unpleasant diseases.

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Hello, Engelbert, how you doing?

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All right, Edwin? Yeah, mustn't grumble, mustn't grumble.

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I see you've still got a nasty case of that ergotism.

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Yeah, I think I must have eaten some bread

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that was infected with that ergot fungus, you know?

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It's like me arms and legs are on fire. I can't stop from twitching.

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How are you, all right? See you've still got some fleas then.

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That's right, Edwin. I just can't seem to shake them.

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-Have you tried having a bath?

-Yeah, I had a bath only a year ago

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and I've tried that new Saxon cure.

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Locked all my flea-infested clothes in an air-tight box.

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I heard about that one, yeah.

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Supposed to suffocate the fleas, isn't it?

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-Does it work?

-What do you think!?

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Maybe you should try some new clothes or something.

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I'm wearing some new underwear, but it's definitely not helping.

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-What's it made of, mate?

-Stinging nettles!

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Argh!

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Well, anyway, good to see you, mate, hope the fleas clear up a bit.

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-Yeah, I hope your ergotism gets better.

-Oh, I'll be fine.

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If it was anything serious something would have dropped off by now.

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Anyway, good to see you mate.

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Good to see you.

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Take care.

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Edwin? I think you left something behind.

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It's true, ergotism gave you gangrene,

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which meant bits of you could just drop off.

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Arms, check. Legs, check.

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Taily...

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Taily, where are you, Taily! Taily! Taily!

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Oh, there you are!

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Ha-ha! Little Taily. Thank goodness.

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Hello and welcome to the News At When.

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When? The 1600s when the people of Britain went to war with each other

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to decide whether they wanted the country ruled by a king

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or ruled by Parliament.

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With more details, it's over to Bob with the Civil War report. Bob.

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Thank you, Sam. Well, it's 1625 and I hope you're dressed smartly

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because here comes the king.

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Yes, it's King Charles I and right from day one

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he is stirring up trouble.

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He's supposed to be Protestant like the Church of England,

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but he keeps doing very Catholicy things like marrying a Catholic,

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praying like a Catholic and wearing a I-Love-Catholics t-shirt.

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Except not the last one.

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Charlie's behaviour annoys a lot of people,

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especially in Parliament down here in London.

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So Charlie tells them to take some time off, about ten years in fact,

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leaving him in charge, which is fun.

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But not for long. First the Scots,

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sick of this bossy, Catholic-loving king start a war against him

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and then the Irish, sick of English people stealing all their land

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start another war against him

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and wars are very expensive so Charlie brings back Parliament

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so he can ask them for some money.

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And they say, "No, because you tried to get rid of us, remember?"

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Instead they give him a list of what they don't like about him.

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Talk about trouble. Over the next two years the country divides in two

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with some people siding with Charlie, that's the Cavaliers,

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and others siding with Parliament - the Roundheads.

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Until in 1642, here in Nottingham, civil war is declared.

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And what a war it is. In fact if we look at the fight-o-meter

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we can see that at the first major battle, victory goes to...

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No-one at all, how very dull, it's a dead heat.

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But in round two here in London the winner is...

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Oh, a great result for the Roundheads.

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Followed by a real killing by the Cavaliers in the West Country.

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And then another win for the king up north

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taking Bolton, Preston, Wigan and Liverpool,

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where my cousin runs a dry cleaners just off the high street.

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Half price on Wednesdays - worth remembering.

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But the kings luck can't last.

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It's complete murder at Marston Moor followed by a knockout at Newbury

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and annihilation at Naseby.

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In fact he's doing so badly he's broken our thingy!

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But Charlie has an idea. He'll make a truce with the Scots

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if they'll help him fight the Roundheads.

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Which is absolutely brilliant.

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Except it doesn't work and they just hand him over to Parliament.

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So, the Roundheads win, the Cavaliers lose

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and that is the end of that.

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But not for long! It soon becomes clear that the Roundhead leader,

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Oliver Cromwell is as much fun as stinging nettle underpants,

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so the Scots finally form an alliance with Charlie

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to overthrow Cromwell. Yes, it's Civil War - Part Two!

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With the Scots and Cavaliers fighting on the same side,

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they can't lose.

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Or so we thought. Cromwell crushes both of them

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and it's goodbye Civil War, goodbye Charlie's head

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and goodbye kings and queens all together.

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Cromwell is now in charge of the country and with the warring over,

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Olli can stop being mean to the Cavaliers

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and start being mean to the rest of us.

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He turns Britain into a Puritan state

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which means banning anything that's fun,

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including sport, theatre and Christmas.

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Then he runs out of stuff to ban, gets bored and dies.

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So his son, Richard takes over but he's about as much use

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as a jelly pickaxe and before long the people of Britain

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just want the petty Puritans out, and the crazy kings back.

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Yes, Prince Charles is welcomed home with open arms

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and becomes King Charles II and the monarchy is restored!

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It's The Restoration which gives us lots of fun things

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like Restoration comedies,

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fashion and furniture, including this delightful mahogany bureau.

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Now, do I hear £750, 750 for the bureau,

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750 once at the back,

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I've got 800 for the bureau, 800 going once at 800,

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900 for the bureau, 950 at the back there,

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I've got £1,000,

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£1,000, going once at £1,000, twice at £1,000,

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SOLD for £1,000 for the beautiful lady with a beautiful bowl haircut.

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And back to you, Sam.

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One of the decisive battles of the English Civil War

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was at Marston Moor, but what happened there

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was unusual to say the least.

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Let's go over live to Mike Peabody

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to find out what actually happened. Mike.

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I'm here at Marston Moor just west of York -

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The site that promises to become one of the most brutal

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and bloodiest battles of the whole Civil War.

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I'm hoping to catch up with Prince Rupert,

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leader of the Royalist forces,

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who's currently preparing his Cavalier army for...dinner.

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What ho, old bean.

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Hello. Mike Peabody, HHTV News. Prince Rupert, hello.

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I couldn't help but notice you're not actually preparing for battle.

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Of course, not. It's gone 7 o'clock, only an hour of daylight left.

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Not enough time for a battle, but plenty of time for a slap up feed!

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So I've ordered the entire Cavalier army to down weapons

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and have supper. Sit down, join us. Pheasant?

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-No, I'm a Duke.

-THEY LAUGH

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-Pheasant, peasant - get it?

-Yes, very good.

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The problem is, there are thousands of enemy Roundheads

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just over there on the other side of the moor.

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Aren't you a little bit worried?

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Well, yes, I am rather worried. I'm going to die...

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of thirst! Pass me the wine, old man!

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-To the King.

-The King!

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What happens if the Roundheads launch a surprise attack?

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Hold on! I think I hear something.

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HE BURPS

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THEY LAUGH

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No, you big ninny. No-one's going to start a long battle

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this late in the day, it's just not how we do things in the Stewart era.

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If they would attack now, we would... Argh!

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THEY SCREAM

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Right. Right. Now you listen. I have a butter knife

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and I'm not afraid to use it, so get back. This is Mike Peabody,

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HHTV News at the surprise Roundhead attack at Marston Moor,

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really wishing he was somewhere else.

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You, get back or I will spread you, I am not joking!

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When the Romans invaded Britain,

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they had a bit of a problem in East Anglia.

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The land they found there was wet and marshy.

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Very, very wet and very, very marshy.

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But then one Roman general had a bright idea -

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Why don't we use stilts?

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His plan worked brilliantly.

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The stilts stopped the Romans getting wet.

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But there was on small problem -

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the Celts worked out that the Romans on stilts...

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Argh!

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..were very easy to knock over.

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The Romans fell like dominos and the Celts swiftly finished them off.

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Ah, well. I guess it's back to the drawing tablet.

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And quickly. Argh!

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And don't come back!

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HE CLEARS THROAT

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Sorry about that.

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Unfortunately lots of Romans did end up settling in Britain

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and they were very different from us Celts.

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Welcome to this special Celtic episode of Historical Wife Swap.

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This is Mr and Mrs Celt.

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Their family have lived in Britain for centuries

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and they're doing a wife swap with their new neighbours -

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the Romans.

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Originally from Italy, they've recently conquered Britain.

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How will these two very different cultures get on?

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Hello. I'm Mrs Roman. You must be Mr Celt.

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Hello, Mrs Roman.

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-Oh, what a lovely stable.

-Stable? No, no, this is our home.

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-Oh.

-I just haven't had the chance to make it look nice, you know.

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I was just about to put up these decorations.

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SHE SCREAMS

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Enemy head battle trophies.

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I was thinking of putting this one up here.

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What do you think? Er, oh... Hello? Where's she gone?

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We Romans build our villas with stones and plaster,

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and I asked that fur ball what Celts make their walls out of.

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and it is only sticks and - get this -

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animal poo.

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Ugh!

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But how is Mrs Celt faring at the Roman villa?

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Hello...oh!

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Sorry, sorry!

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It's the price you pay for having such long, beautiful Celtic hair.

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-I'm Geldir.

-You're a bit late, aren't you?

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I was expecting you first thing.

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But it is first thing!

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But it's nightfall.

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But to us Celts, nightfall is the start of the new day.

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I see!

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Well, I'm afraid you've missed supper. It's a shame,

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I've laid on peacock rissoles. But do have an apple!

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What on Earth is that?!

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It's fruit! You eat it.

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It's delicious, we brought them over from Italy.

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That's not half bad!

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We're off to a good start!

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THEY LAUGH

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So, will dinner time in the Celtic hut go smoothly?

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-Are you no' hungry?

-No, I think I've lost my appetite.

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I'd like to go to bed now. Can you show me where my bedroom is, please?

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-HE LAUGHS

-Bedroom? That's a good one!

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We have a wolf skin on the floor over there to keep you warm.

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CRACKING Ow!

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I cut my foot!

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What...?

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Ewww!

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It...it's his teeth and...

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Ooh, that's a nasty cut.

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We'll soon sort that out with top-of-the-range Celtic medicine!

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-HE WHISTLES

-Here, boy!

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-A lick of the dog's tongue'll heal that up!

-BARKING

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-HE WHISTLES

-Here, boy! Where is he?

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-Here, boy!

-HE CHUCKLES

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Where is the...

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Hello?

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How are the sleeping arrangements in the luxurious Roman villa?

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-You'll be staying in the guest bedroom this evening.

-On the floor.

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-On the bed!

-A bed!

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-Oh!

-You should be warm enough,

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I've got the slaves stoking the central heating.

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And in the morning, you can just have a nice, hot bath.

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A hot bath?!

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Or a dip in the mosaic pool in the peacock garden, if you prefer.

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Then the slaves will get you dressed.

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Oh! I think I'm going to like it here after all!

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This new Roman fruit is delicious!

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Apples, pears, plums...

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Yummy!

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And they've even brought new animals over to Britain, too.

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And they're so cute!

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MIAOWING Oh, look! Here's one now!

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Here, puss-puss!

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Here, puss...ow!

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Well, the wife swap is over

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and it's clear not everyone has enjoyed their experience.

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I have had the most awful time.

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You Celts - you eat like animals, you sleep on the floor,

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your huts are made of animal poo,

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decorated with severed heads,

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you're savages.

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All right, dear, no need to be rude.

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No, Marcus! I'm sorry.

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I want you to take me back to Rome.

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I miss the climate, the neighbours, the civilisation...

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Aye, that's right!

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You get yourselves back to Rome, ya stuck-up idiots!

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You might not appreciate our dirty, stinky hut, but tae us, it's home!

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When you talk to my wife like that, I will get angry.

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Get out of here, pal!

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-Nasty.

-Come on, love.

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Let's go home.

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Any chance you could take me with you? Oh!

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