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0:00:27 > 0:00:31# Horrible Histories. #
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Horrible Histories presents...
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Gorgeous George III.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33King George III was the grandson of George II
0:01:33 > 0:01:36and the great-grandson of George I,
0:01:36 > 0:01:40and became the third Hanoverian King in 1760
0:01:40 > 0:01:43when he was just 22 years old.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46It was a time of revolution around the world,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49so the monarchy wasn't always very popular,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52not that young George III really noticed.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54CROWD JEERS Ha-ha! Isn't it wonderful
0:01:54 > 0:01:55how all the people know who I am?
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Now, do take care, sir. Not everyone likes you.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Ha, nonsense.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01- Oi, George.- Oh!
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Oh, dear. They don't seem to like you much, do they?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Ah, I think
0:02:07 > 0:02:09it was meant for you, sir.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Oh, a gift. Wonderful.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Ow! Ow! TEETH CRUNCH
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Ow!
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Ah, another beautiful day for a ride, eh?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Hello, hello, yes, it's me. BOOING
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Recognise me from the coins?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Jog on!
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Yes.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Your Majesty, you must be careful now you are King.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Everyone can see you.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Yeah, but my people, they do love me, do they not?
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Oi!
0:02:34 > 0:02:37See how they shower me with gifts.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Thank you for catching that with your face.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44A petition for the King.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Whoo, a petition!
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Be careful, sir. It may be a trick.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Trick?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Oh, what, to get my autograph, you mean?
0:02:51 > 0:02:56Oh, don't be shy, sweetheart, everyone loves the King.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58PEOPLE GASP
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Oh, look, a blunt butter knife. What a lovely present.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Leave that with my manservant, would you?
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Right... Get your hands off me!
0:03:06 > 0:03:08No, no...
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- THUD - Get off me!
0:03:10 > 0:03:12You must stop provoking my fans, John.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- No!- Get off!
0:03:14 > 0:03:17I don't think much of this play -
0:03:17 > 0:03:20the actors are tiny.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Oh...
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Yeah?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Ah-ha!
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Oh, look, sir! A man with a gun.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32At last, this play's getting exciting.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- GUNSHOT AND GASPING - Oh, no!
0:03:35 > 0:03:38How terribly realistic.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Right, exciting bit's over.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Time for a snooze.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44HE SNORES
0:03:44 > 0:03:46It's true. Over 40 years,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50people really did try to assassinate George four times.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Although it's not quite true that the same servant got hit every time.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:03:55 > 0:03:58One lady tried to stab George with a blunt knife
0:03:58 > 0:04:00and when someone tried to shoot him at the theatre,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03he really did fall asleep afterwards.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06That must have been one boring play.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09He should have gone to see this next real-life Georgian attraction
0:04:09 > 0:04:12which took the nation by storm.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13It's the must-see show of 1743.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15MUSIC: Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin
0:04:15 > 0:04:17I've never seen anything like it.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18Amazing! Massive! Wrinkly!
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Wrinkly, yeah.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Clara the Rhino! RHINO GRUNTS
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Discovered in India, a hit in Holland, massive in Germany.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Zey never saw anything like it!
0:04:28 > 0:04:29So original!
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- We had seen all ze animals in Germany.- Ja.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- Cats, dogs...- Ja, ja.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- ..squirrels...- Ze Badgers!
0:04:35 > 0:04:36..bears.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Oh, used to quite like bears.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Bears are so over now!
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- Good, rhino with the horn.- Woohoo!
0:04:41 > 0:04:44In a specially built luxury tour cart,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Clara the Rhino will visit
0:04:46 > 0:04:47major cities all over Europe -
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Strasbourg, Stuttgart,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Nuremburg, Amsbach - wherever that is -
0:04:51 > 0:04:53and London.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- I got an autograph.- You didn't. - THEY GASP
0:04:55 > 0:04:56- I did.- You didn't.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- I did.- May I?- No.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Take home a full range of merchandise.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02We've got woodcuts, engravings,
0:05:02 > 0:05:03commemorative prints,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06porcelain, clocks and boxes.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Plus, take home a piece of Clara - not literally -
0:05:09 > 0:05:11your very own commemorative horn.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13It's awesome!
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Look at me, I'm a rhino!
0:05:14 > 0:05:16SQUELCH
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Rhino on tour.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Rhinoceros - why-not-ceros?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Despite his eccentric behaviour, George III was actually
0:05:25 > 0:05:28a very simple man with very ordinary tastes.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32In fact, at times he could be so dull it was his family who
0:05:32 > 0:05:35were driven crazy - with boredom.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37SHE YAWNS
0:05:44 > 0:05:49I have grown a turnip as large as my head.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Who should like to see it?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52HE BURPS
0:05:52 > 0:05:57How about watching me a-make a-some a-buttons-a?
0:05:57 > 0:05:59THEY SIGH
0:06:01 > 0:06:04CLOCK CHIMES
0:06:04 > 0:06:09Erm, who should like to see me dismantle a clock and then...
0:06:09 > 0:06:11put it back together again?
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- THEY GROAN - Right, I'm going to go the theatre.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Mother, I require £1,000.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19But we gave you £1,000 only yesterday!
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- Give, give, give!- Oh...
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Frederick, William, would you like to come and help me
0:06:24 > 0:06:25waste this money?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26- BOTH:- Yes, please!
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Or you could stay here
0:06:28 > 0:06:31and we could discuss, hmm, I don't know,
0:06:31 > 0:06:32crop rotation?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Ah, my favourite sweet princesses.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49At least you're still here with me for ever and ever.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54Who should like to see my fingernail through a microscope?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Right, that's it. I'm getting married to the Duke of Wurttemberg.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01But he is nearly seven feet tall and weighs the same as a cow.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03And smells like one too.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05(Anything's better than this.)
0:07:06 > 0:07:10All right, I'm getting married as well. I don't even care who to.
0:07:10 > 0:07:16You can't both leave me. It's so boring here!
0:07:16 > 0:07:18George, can't you see?
0:07:18 > 0:07:23You're tearing us apart with your relentlessly boring niceness.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Wait! I'll show you something exciting.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34A seed po-tat-o.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40Yes, sir. Yes, sir!
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Good day! I'm King George III.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Sometimes my children find me rather boring, despite the fact
0:07:46 > 0:07:48I love talking about farming techniques
0:07:48 > 0:07:49and different types of buttons.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I ask you!
0:07:51 > 0:07:55So can you guess what they nicknamed our home, Windsor Castle?
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Was it...?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Yes, the answer is...
0:08:07 > 0:08:10B - they call it the nunnery, where nuns live.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13No wonder they're all trying to get married
0:08:13 > 0:08:14and live far away from me, ha.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Can I interest you in a button?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19No? Button?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21No? Button?
0:08:21 > 0:08:22I'm awake!
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Whilst George was busy being boring at home,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30across the globe, the British Empire was anything but.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33It expanded as far away as places like India,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36from where we got cotton, tea, spices
0:08:36 > 0:08:39and even some of their words too.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Words we get from India...
0:08:57 > 0:08:59THEY GRUNT
0:09:02 > 0:09:04GLASS SMASHES
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- MUSIC: The Star-Spangled Banner - Under George III,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21the British Empire got bigger and bigger.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23He was even ruler of America.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Yee-haw!
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Until they rebelled against him.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Yee-ouch.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Hello, I'm Geoff Reason and welcome to Battles of the Day.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Coming to live from the 18th century,
0:09:35 > 0:09:37it's the Patriots versus the Loyalists
0:09:37 > 0:09:40in the American Revolution.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43And with one eye on tactics and another on a rising body count,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45it's Jamie Castle.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Now, Jamie, the American patriots are up against a powerful enemy
0:09:48 > 0:09:49in the British Loyalists,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52but aren't the Americans officially British too?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55They're still owned by the British at this point, Geoff, but
0:09:55 > 0:09:56the government have been hitting them
0:09:56 > 0:09:58with some outrageous taxes.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59They can't even buy a decent
0:09:59 > 0:10:00cup of tea without being taxed.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Well, let's hear from a man who loves tea and taxes,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05the King of England, George III.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08I make a great effort to get along with all my subjects,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10but these Americans, they're...
0:10:10 > 0:10:12they're unhappy, they're misled
0:10:12 > 0:10:15and they're deluded.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Basically, they're idiots.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Right, I mean, you haven't even been to America, though, have you?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22What's your point?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25We've got breaking transfer news from 1775.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28After previously fighting for the British in the Seven Years' War,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31George Washington has controversially joined
0:10:31 > 0:10:33the American Patriots. Jamie...
0:10:33 > 0:10:36It's a high profile signing by the Patriots, Geoff.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Washington's experience could be invaluable.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41George, the British Loyalists have got a professional army,
0:10:41 > 0:10:43whereas your army is mostly made up
0:10:43 > 0:10:45of farmers with rakes and pitchforks.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Surely you can't win?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49It's true, most of my men are frightened farmers who don't
0:10:49 > 0:10:52know a gun from a garden rake, but we've no choice.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55It's either the tyrannical rule of the British or revolution.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Which is why I have therefore resolved to conquer or die.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Woohoo! Yeah!
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Oh, my gun don't working.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07I do not know this man.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Farmers against soldiers, Jamie.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10It's men against boys, Geoff.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11No, it's definitely
0:11:11 > 0:11:13farmers against soldiers.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14We've got another big battle
0:11:14 > 0:11:16at Saratoga in 1777.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19A shock win for the plucky Patriots, Geoff.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Wow, a victory like that is sure to attract some cash from abroad.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24They won't win the war without it.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Mr Frenchman, why are you helping America?
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Ah, because we believe passionately in the dream of a free
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- and independent America. - That's right.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33No, I'm just kidding. We just really hate ze English!
0:11:33 > 0:11:35SCREAMING AND GUNFIRE
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Thank you very much. Oh, both cheeks, ha.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Woohoo! Yeah!
0:11:41 > 0:11:42No, no, you're not French.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Jamie, a bad day for the Brits.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45They may have lost America
0:11:45 > 0:11:46but they've still got Canada,
0:11:46 > 0:11:48so, yes.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54The loss of America was a real blow to George III.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55but back in Britain,
0:11:55 > 0:12:00life under his reign saw some huge changes in the way people lived.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02But from the doctors to the dinner table,
0:12:02 > 0:12:06the Georgians still behaved in some pretty strange ways.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Ah, a feast fit for a king.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Funny, that, cos, ha-ha! Yes...
0:12:12 > 0:12:14All my favourite foods.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18You can't beat boiled eggs and a muffin.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Hold on, we sit down in order of importance,
0:12:21 > 0:12:27so Papa sits down first because he's a viscount.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Actually, I'm a duke.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31I'm more important than a viscount.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Ooh, cow's heels.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Delicious and cheap.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37You can't beat feet meat.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Oh, yes, so it's
0:12:39 > 0:12:40the Duke, the Viscount, then me...
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Oh, no, no, no...then it's me.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45But I'm the eldest sister!
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Come on, everyone, tuck in.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50This lemonade's my own recipe.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55Yes, but I'm married to an earl now, so I take precedence over you.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00Fine, so it's the Duke, the Viscount, then it's my sister,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02then me, then you.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Is it just me or does this taste of onions?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Mmm, no, it is just me. All right, feet meat.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11But, erm, I'm an earl,
0:13:11 > 0:13:16and you're my wife, so we're more important than a viscount.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Yeah...
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Yes, right, so it's the Duke,
0:13:21 > 0:13:23the Earl, the Earl's wife,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26the Viscount and then me.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28A message, Your Highness.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35Exciting news! My second favourite cow has just had a baby cow.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37CUTLERY CLANKS
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Pray, why is everyone eating so fast?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Sorry, forgot to mention,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49when the King finishes eating they take our plates away.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Well, I didn't really want cow heel anyway.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Mmm, limonade.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Urgh! Oh, my...
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Onion?!
0:14:09 > 0:14:11No, no, still bad, still bad.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14Ah, it's Mrs Carver, isn't it?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Yes, is Dr Hannity not available?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19- No, he's hurt his back sunbathing. - Ah.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20But I'm his locum,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Dr Barrington Marmaduke from the Georgian era.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Barrington?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- Yes, it's long for Barry.- Ah.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28But you know, I'm a fully qualified Georgian doctor,
0:14:28 > 0:14:29so don't worry about that.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Sorry, Georgian?
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Now, what seems to be the problem?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- (Why is he wearing that on his head?)- (Shh!)
0:14:34 > 0:14:37It's his acne, Doctor.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Erm, have you tried drinking seawater?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42No, of course I haven't tried drinking seawater.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- Would that help?- Oh, well, we Georgian doctors believe
0:14:45 > 0:14:47that a dose of brine will cure most ailments.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48I'm not drinking seawater.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50No, no, no, no, not just seawater.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51No, no! That would be silly.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54You have to mix it with milk and tartar sauce.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57- OK, I'm going.- I think... - No, wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00I do have another efficacious remedy for bad skin.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01What's in that?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- Butter...- Right.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04- ..sugar...- Lovely.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- ..gold leaf...- Ooh!
0:15:06 > 0:15:07..snail shells...
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- All right.- ..and wine.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Well, I suppose...
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Oh, and a puppy.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14- A what now?- Just a dead puppy.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Boiled!
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Don't worry, I took all the intestines out
0:15:18 > 0:15:20as recommended. I'm not an idiot!
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Oh, I'm so sorry,
0:15:24 > 0:15:28he's not learnt to automatically trust everything doctors say yet.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Waste not want not, hmm...
0:15:31 > 0:15:33HE SLURPS
0:15:33 > 0:15:36STOMACH RUMBLES
0:15:36 > 0:15:38THUD
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Now, my wonderful subjects agree that I am rather splendid,
0:15:42 > 0:15:46so, they named lots of exciting new discoveries in my honour.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Lemons-ah!
0:15:49 > 0:15:52But which of these discoveries was originally given my name?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Was it...
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Tick-tock, tick-tock.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04The answer is...
0:16:04 > 0:16:07A - a planet.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10My favourite astronomer William Herschel
0:16:10 > 0:16:13named a newly discovered planet George's Star,
0:16:13 > 0:16:17though those pesky Germans are calling it Uranus.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18It won't stick.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25MUSIC: (To the tune of) Parklife by Blur
0:16:25 > 0:16:29# Oi Here's the thing, I'm the King
0:16:29 > 0:16:31# I have ministers and minions, millions
0:16:31 > 0:16:33# Well, a few, so let me tell you about my...
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- # Court life - Most days I'm awake by 5am
0:16:36 > 0:16:38# I love clocks I'm a dull man who likes dull food
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- # Boiled eggs, toast, plate - Fork, knife
0:16:41 > 0:16:43# Then it's off to prayers I love praying
0:16:43 > 0:16:46# Like clocks too but not as much as I like God
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- # And believe in the... - Next life
0:16:48 > 0:16:50# Happy to spend hours in ice-cold churches
0:16:50 > 0:16:52# Not sold on all this court drama
0:16:52 > 0:16:55# Frankly calmer as a dairy farmer
0:16:55 > 0:16:58# All the courtiers
0:16:58 > 0:17:01# Noble sons and daughters
0:17:01 > 0:17:05# We all bow hand in hand
0:17:05 > 0:17:12# Bending backs in my court life
0:17:19 > 0:17:20# Did I tell you I like clocks?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22# I don't like loud knocks on the door
0:17:22 > 0:17:25# It enrages my sense of enormous wellbeing
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- # Quiet life - I don't ask much of my pages
0:17:28 > 0:17:31# Just no coughing, spitting sneezing or moving
0:17:31 > 0:17:33# Still life
0:17:33 > 0:17:36# Oh, and don't come between me and the door, else you're stuck here
0:17:36 > 0:17:38# Until me or the Queen decides to leave
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- # Poor wife - And when you enter the room
0:17:41 > 0:17:43# Walk slowly backwards towards the wall
0:17:43 > 0:17:46# Whoops, careful, now
0:17:46 > 0:17:50# All the courtiers
0:17:50 > 0:17:53# Noble sons and daughters
0:17:53 > 0:17:56# We all bow and offer our hands
0:17:56 > 0:18:04# Think most of them can't stand court life. #
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Do you know what one means?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Ho-ho! Quite a mover.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12But George III certainly was an odd fellow,
0:18:12 > 0:18:16and as he got older, his behaviour became more and more strange,
0:18:16 > 0:18:20and rather than spend lots of money living a life of great extravagance
0:18:20 > 0:18:25like other kings, it was farming that became his great hobby.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27SHEEP BLEATS
0:18:29 > 0:18:33This week on Historical Countryfile, we've come to the beautiful
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Georgian era to talk to a genuine Georgian farmer.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40So, farming...
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Hello!
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Oh, Your Majesty.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44No, please, call me Farmer George.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Everyone else does, don't they?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Arr!
0:18:48 > 0:18:52I'm always popping in unannounced to help out on the royal farm.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Ooh! Have you met the Prussian Ambassador?
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- Sorry?- The tall chap over there...
0:18:59 > 0:19:01green hair.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02(Not a lot to say for himself.)
0:19:03 > 0:19:06So, interesting times to be a farmer.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Oh, absolutely. All change!
0:19:09 > 0:19:12More crop rotation, more selective breeding,
0:19:12 > 0:19:14it's a real agricultural revolution.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18We could talk about it for hours and I often do.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah...
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Arr!
0:19:22 > 0:19:23Mind you, I learnt everything
0:19:23 > 0:19:28I know from Ralph Robinson in the Annals of Agriculture.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Ah, Ralph Robinson...
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Yes, he's a genius.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Yeah, I can't see anything by him in here.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35What?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37I don't believe it.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39They haven't published my letter!
0:19:39 > 0:19:41- Your letter?- I mean...
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Ralph Robinson's letter.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46That's it, I shall have to write to them again.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49I mean, write to them for the very first time
0:19:49 > 0:19:51because I've never written to them before,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54pretending to be someone called Ralph Robinson, and ask them why
0:19:54 > 0:19:59they haven't published my top tips on crop rotation... I mean...
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Ralph Robinson's top tips on crop rotation
0:20:01 > 0:20:05because you see, I am not him.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07You've been writing in to the newspapers
0:20:07 > 0:20:09about agriculture using a made-up name?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Ye...no.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Honestly, what does a king have to do to get some respect around here?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Lemons-ah!
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I'm sorry, Ambassador. Ja, ja.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Ja, ja, ja, ja, auf wiedersehen.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Ich bin un Krankenwagen, ja, ja, ja.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Ja, ja...
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Did you know the name George is Ancient Greek for farmer?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39How appropriate!
0:20:39 > 0:20:42George III may have lived quite a plain life,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45but there was nothing plain about Georgian fashion -
0:20:45 > 0:20:47especially for the men.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52I'm Patrick,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54this is Heidi,
0:20:54 > 0:20:58and welcome to Historical Catwalk.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Today, wow!
0:21:00 > 0:21:04We've got fashionistas from the reign of King George.
0:21:04 > 0:21:09I'm talking jewels, wigs, frills and that's just the men.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Go, boyfriend!
0:21:11 > 0:21:14'First up, it's William the macaroni.'
0:21:14 > 0:21:17'Is this, like, the best outfit ever!'
0:21:17 > 0:21:20'Yeah, or have we wandered into a circus by mistake?'
0:21:20 > 0:21:24William, you are everything that is best about the macaroni style.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Bright colours, frills, lace, powder, rouge, bows,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31and you look a bit like a wedding cake.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- HE SPLUTTERS - Oh, yeah,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36and you've got a mouthful of cork balls to hide the fact that
0:21:36 > 0:21:38you've lost a lot of teeth.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Well, if it wasn't for the insects
0:21:40 > 0:21:42attracted to the flour in your wig
0:21:42 > 0:21:45you would be perfection. WILLIAM SPLUTTERS
0:21:45 > 0:21:48You are so WOW-liam.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Oh, God, I wish I'd thought of that.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Let's meet our next contestant.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Charles is a dandy.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Yeah, the...the dandies were a dandilicious reaction to the
0:21:59 > 0:22:02crazy powder clowns of the macaronis,
0:22:02 > 0:22:05and Charles, you have the look perfectly.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07I should think so. It took me ten hours to get ready.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Normally it takes five, but I didn't like the colour
0:22:10 > 0:22:12of my handkerchiefs so I had to start again.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Even King George III's son,
0:22:13 > 0:22:17the Prince Regent, is following the dandy fashion.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Yeah, but there can be only one winner.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Man with the perfect green handkerchief.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - Ah! Green? It's aquamarine!
0:22:27 > 0:22:28This is a disaster.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29I shall have to start again.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31I'll be back in five hours. Ugh!
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Well, he's gone, so the clown wins.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36FLIES BUZZ Ah, the insects from
0:22:36 > 0:22:38William's wig have migrated.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Ah!
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Ah! See you next time. Ah!
0:22:44 > 0:22:47All that fuss about a few fleas in their clothes.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48You should see my pants!
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Actually, no, you shouldn't.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53George III's behaviour became so unpredictable
0:22:53 > 0:22:57that in the end, his son, the Prince Regent was put in charge.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Thankfully, he wasn't mad.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03No, but he was very, very bad.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05I'm here at a celebration of the life
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- of our much-loved King George III. - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:08 > 0:23:09Now, thousand of people have turned out to
0:23:09 > 0:23:11show their appreciation for the King.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15I'm a kangaroo! CHEERING
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Hang on, this isn't meant to be a celebration of my dad,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20this is meant to be a celebration of me becoming Prince Regent.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Yeah, like that's
0:23:22 > 0:23:23something to celebrate.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24In other royal news,
0:23:24 > 0:23:25ceremonial and official
0:23:25 > 0:23:27royal duties have been passed
0:23:27 > 0:23:28from the King to the scandalous
0:23:28 > 0:23:30waste of space that is his son.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Did he just call me a waste of space?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Today, King George spent many happy hours touring his bedroom,
0:23:35 > 0:23:38buttoning and unbuttoning his waistcoat.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Flappy, flappy! CHEERING
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Ha-ha, he's such a character!
0:23:43 > 0:23:44Excuse me...
0:23:44 > 0:23:49It's just a shame his son insists on hanging round like a bad stink.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- Cold.- Haven't you got some scandal to be getting up to, as usual?
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- I'm...- You can't open the paper without reading about you and your
0:23:55 > 0:23:58siblings embarrassing yourselves. The King's doing his best.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00His best? He lost us America.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Well, if he'd had had a bit more support from his kids,
0:24:02 > 0:24:03maybe he wouldn't have.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Lemon! That's a good point actually. CHEERING
0:24:07 > 0:24:12Do you realise that he talked for 57 hours solid over Christmas!
0:24:12 > 0:24:13- 58!- Sorry, 58!
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- Yeah, well, he obviously had a lot to get off his chest.- Look,
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- I'm Prince Regent now.- Shh!
0:24:19 > 0:24:20- But I...- Shtoom!
0:24:20 > 0:24:21- But...- Button it!
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- I have been... - # God save our gracious... #
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- Shh!- Listen to me!
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Somebody has to take charge. My father has
0:24:29 > 0:24:31- behaved completely erratically. - CHEERING
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Yes, and he's ill.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35What's your excuse?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39(He thinks you're really bad now.)
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Later we'll be talking to Christian VII of Denmark
0:24:42 > 0:24:44who slaps diplomats in the face,
0:24:44 > 0:24:46challenges random people to fights
0:24:46 > 0:24:48and throws things off his balcony into the street
0:24:48 > 0:24:52and he's still better behaved than the Prince Regent.
0:24:52 > 0:24:53Harsh.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Kangaroos must get so tired! CHEERING
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Ah!
0:24:59 > 0:25:02That's all from me, back to the studio.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07So, George III lived to the ripe old age of 81 and passed the
0:25:07 > 0:25:10crown on to his son, the Prince Regent,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12who became George IV.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14At the time of Georgie Three's death,
0:25:14 > 0:25:17he was the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Cracking innings, old chap!
0:25:22 > 0:25:24# Chatty Death, Chatty Death
0:25:24 > 0:25:27# My grisly interviews
0:25:27 > 0:25:29# Chatty Death, Chatty Death
0:25:29 > 0:25:32# They're dead and famous too
0:25:32 > 0:25:34She said, "I've been dying to meet you."
0:25:34 > 0:25:36I said, "You're not the only one, love!"
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Ha-ha! What?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Oh, welcome back.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Time for my next guest,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46former King of Great Britain and Ireland, George III!
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Kan-gar-roo!
0:25:51 > 0:25:53WIND BLOWS Thank you. Thank you very much.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Hello, hello, hello.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58You look a bit familiar. Have we met before?
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Well, of course I'm familiar, I'm the King.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Mmm, and very handsome you are too.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Likewise, you have very thoughtful eyes.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09So, Georgie, Georgie-boy,
0:26:09 > 0:26:10how would you like to be remembered?
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Well, I did a lot, erm, I reigned for 60 years.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16- Yeah.- I was a good family man -
0:26:16 > 0:26:18had 15 children, you know -
0:26:18 > 0:26:21and I had a great respect for learning.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I started a royal collection of thousands of books.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Oh, yes, and you had a great collection of clocks, didn't you?
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Yes, I did! Tick-tock, tick-tock.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Loved them! And I had my own astronomical observatory.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Yeah, yeah, yeah, very good, very good. What a great guy.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Do you want to tell him or shall I?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43No, I'll tell him, it's my show.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Beg your pardon? Tell me what?
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Well, it's a shame the only thing anyone remembers you for
0:26:48 > 0:26:49is that you were mad!
0:26:49 > 0:26:51No!
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- Sorry, mate.- That's not fair, it was an illness
0:26:53 > 0:26:56that you can get just like any other illness.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I mean, everyone gets ill sometimes, don't they?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Yeah, only last week I had a terrible cough.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- I couldn't stop COFFIN and COFFIN. - BA DUM TSH
0:27:04 > 0:27:08Coffin! Coffin, as in coughin', get it?
0:27:08 > 0:27:09No.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12That one tickled your funny bone, didn't it? I can tell!
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Well, it's just that my illness just happened to make me do
0:27:15 > 0:27:18slightly weird things, that's all.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- Tell you what, I'll grant you a final wish...- Oh, goodie!
0:27:20 > 0:27:24..as long as it's being catapulted backwards in chair into a portal,
0:27:24 > 0:27:25which takes you to the afterlife.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28Ah!
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:27:30 > 0:27:34I think he was a few tombstones short of a graveyard, don't you?
0:27:34 > 0:27:36But then, aren't we all?
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Not me, though, eh?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Guys, not me, though.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Guys?
0:27:42 > 0:27:43Charming.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47# Chatty Death, Chatty Death Hope next time it's not you. #
0:27:47 > 0:27:48Hoo-hoo!
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- Is it fresh?- Hmm.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- As fresh as... - Ha-ha-ha!
0:27:55 > 0:27:58My father has been heh-heh-heh...
0:27:59 > 0:28:01OK?
0:28:01 > 0:28:05# The past is no longer a mystery Hope you enjoyed...
0:28:05 > 0:28:08# Horrible Histories. #