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0:00:32 > 0:00:34Horrible Histories presents...
0:00:34 > 0:00:38Sensational Shakespeare.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40In this week's Oh Yea! Magazine,
0:00:40 > 0:00:42the sensational story of the young man who became
0:00:42 > 0:00:45THE greatest writer in THE history of THE world
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- and captured the heart of royalty. - He did, you know!
0:00:48 > 0:00:50You screamed at his Macbeth!
0:00:52 > 0:00:53You gasped at his Hamlet!
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Alas, poor Yorick,
0:00:55 > 0:00:57I... Ah!
0:00:57 > 0:00:59You laughed at his Bottom.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02That was the character's name, OK?
0:01:02 > 0:01:03No-one was laughing at my bottom.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Look, I'm trying to write a play.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Now, finally, the mind-blowing truth
0:01:07 > 0:01:10about William Shakespeare before he was famous.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13What? There must be something juicy!
0:01:13 > 0:01:14His parents - exposed!
0:01:14 > 0:01:17I'm Shakespeare's dad, John.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19And I'll tell you the truth about
0:01:19 > 0:01:21my quiet life as a local businessman.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Rubbish! What about some saucy romance?
0:01:23 > 0:01:27I'm Anne Hathaway and I'll spill all my secrets of my marriage
0:01:27 > 0:01:29- to William Shakespeare! - Sizzling secrets!
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Naughty secrets!
0:01:31 > 0:01:33We got married...
0:01:33 > 0:01:34and had some kids!
0:01:34 > 0:01:36BORING secrets! Oh, come on, guys!
0:01:36 > 0:01:39I had some debts and...
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Oh, I used to make gloves.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43It is a FASCINATING process...
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Pathetic!
0:01:45 > 0:01:46Discover Shakespeare's early life,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48which we don't really know anything about.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Exclusive, in Oh Yea! Magazine,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52(but I wouldn't bother, TBH.)
0:01:52 > 0:01:54You realise I can hear you?
0:01:55 > 0:01:58It's true! Shakespeare's early life is a bit of a mystery.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02We hardly know anything about him until he moved
0:02:02 > 0:02:04from Stratford-upon-Avon to London
0:02:04 > 0:02:06to make his name in the theatre.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08And theatre was huge in Tudor times.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11It had to be - there wasn't any telly.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Cor - imagine that. No telly!
0:02:15 > 0:02:19All the actors and playwrights were like mega-famous celebs.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Yeah. They behaved THAT badly.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23RAUCOUS LAUGHTER
0:02:23 > 0:02:25It all got a bit fruity backstage.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27The bounder came at me with a lute!
0:02:27 > 0:02:30So I put him down with a perfect witty response.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Ah, what was that, Spenser?
0:02:32 > 0:02:33I decked him! Haaa!
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Banter!
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Excuse me! Is this where all the...theatre stars hang out?
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Fan boy alert.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- Should I give him an autograph... or kill him?- Nice!
0:02:46 > 0:02:51Lad, you are addressing the greatest theatrical stars of the age.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Ben Jonson, actor and writer,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Kit Marlowe, playwr...
0:02:55 > 0:02:57- SIGHING:- Where's he gone?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Ha-ha! Surprise!
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Master of disguise!
0:03:00 > 0:03:02And this is Gabriel Spenser.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05He's just an actor, but we let him hang out with us
0:03:05 > 0:03:07because he likes drinking and fighting.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09He also does a good line in literary criticism.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11This wine is literally disgusting!
0:03:13 > 0:03:17I might come back later, when you're less busy and, um...drunk.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Ha! That'll be never!
0:03:19 > 0:03:21What do you want, spod?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Well, actually, I was looking for some advice.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Basically, at the moment,
0:03:26 > 0:03:27I'm mainly, like, an actor,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30but, like, I'm looking to get more into writing and, like,
0:03:30 > 0:03:34I'm mainly specialising in playing old man parts...
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Old man parts!
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Very funny. Um...
0:03:39 > 0:03:40My name is...
0:03:40 > 0:03:43William Shakespeare.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- Set square?- No, er... Shakespeare.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- Shark beer?- Shakespeare.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- Shake n' Vac?- Shakespeare.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Snack pot?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53That literally sounds nothing like Shakespeare.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Well, anyway, I write plays.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Listen up, skateboard.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Writing plays is a rookie mistake.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Real writers drink and fight
0:04:03 > 0:04:04and go to prison.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Well, I have a wife and kids, so I have to earn a living.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Unlike some people.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Anyway, I'm pretty good at writing plays, a lot of buzz around me.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Oooh!
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Look at me, I'm Billy Springle-spangle
0:04:17 > 0:04:21and I write plays and I plan for the future!
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- I genuinely don't know who that's supposed to be.- It's you!
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Look, I'm not good at impressions, right? But I am good at fighting!
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Consider yourself taunted - outside!
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Listen, buddy, I'm a writer, not a fighter!
0:04:34 > 0:04:38And I'm going all the way to the top, without you guys.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Everyone will know my name.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- William...- Star squeam.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Should have seen that coming.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Good for you, stage smear. Top bloke!
0:04:46 > 0:04:47(Nerd!)
0:04:47 > 0:04:49I heard that.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Hey, history lovers. Comin' at ya,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55it's Eliza-brills and Eliza-thrills!
0:04:55 > 0:05:00It's the top three most epic things ever in Elizabethan entertainment.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01At three...
0:05:04 > 0:05:05..by William Shakespeare.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08The boy from the sticks has come out of nowhere
0:05:08 > 0:05:11and is taking the London theatre scene by storm.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Shrews are so hot right now.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I want one!
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Not that kind of shrew!
0:05:17 > 0:05:20A shrew as in a nagging, angry, grumpy woman.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Ew! I DON'T want one.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24At two, you guessed it,
0:05:24 > 0:05:28it's another play by William "Show Off" Shakespeare!
0:05:28 > 0:05:29It's Much Ado!
0:05:29 > 0:05:31What's it about?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Nothing!
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Gotcha! It's not really about nothing!
0:05:35 > 0:05:37It's about a totes emosh comedy
0:05:37 > 0:05:39where everyone's like, lovers,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42then, like, haters, then, like, all dressing up as each other.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Shakespeare's plays are, like, super hot right now.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48I'm, like, Christopher Marlowe who?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Ben Jonson who?
0:05:50 > 0:05:55And at number one, the most Elizabest-est fun thing evs is...
0:05:56 > 0:05:58It's not a play, it's a live show
0:05:58 > 0:06:00with a monkey riding a horse
0:06:00 > 0:06:03and a dog chasing it around the stage.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04WHAT?
0:06:04 > 0:06:07People watch this? It's a cool thing?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Oh, yes... Of course it's a cool thing! I knew that!
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Monkeys and horses are SO hot right now.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18And that's your Elizabethan entertainment round-up for today!
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Selfie!
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Ah! Good morrow.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I'm an actor, I came the moment I received your text.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- I sent that four hours ago. - He wasn't a very fast runner.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- Well, basically, we need... - Sorry, can I stop you there?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35I am a massive Shakespeare fan.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Whatever this part, I shall not let you down.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- OK, well, basically...- Ooh!
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Is it Richard III?
0:06:41 > 0:06:46"Now is the winter of our discontent..."
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- No, it's not.- Or is it Hamlet?
0:06:49 > 0:06:53"To be...or not to be."
0:06:53 > 0:06:55It's not to be.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56OK. Ooh!
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Is it Henry V?
0:06:57 > 0:07:02"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more."
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- It's not Henry V. - OK, what is the role?
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Well, basically they had bear baiting and dog fighting in here
0:07:08 > 0:07:10last night and we need you to clear up the bear poo
0:07:10 > 0:07:11before the audience arrives.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Actually, you should probably clean up the dog poo while you're at it.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16And the bits of dog.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Oh.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Well, once more unto the breach, dear friend,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22once more!
0:07:22 > 0:07:23SQUELCH!
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Ooh! Think you've trodden in... - Oh...
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Actually, I think that was one of mine.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Surely that's bear poo?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Yeah, that's bear poo.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Yes, there were no loos in Elizabethan theatres -
0:07:36 > 0:07:38and worse still, no loos in a lot of the houses,
0:07:38 > 0:07:42so people just chucked their poo and wee out of the window every morning.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Charming!
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Oh, Catherine, I do so love the dawn. And I love you!
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Oh, Francis!
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Catherine, we have been courting since childhood.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Would you consent to be my wife?
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Yes!
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Oh, Catherine, I want to remember this moment forever.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09I don't think that will be a problem.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12# Do-do-do do-do Do-do-do do do do-do
0:08:12 > 0:08:15# Never seen so much do-do Do-do-do do do do-do
0:08:15 > 0:08:18# I'm singing in urine
0:08:19 > 0:08:21# Just singing in urine
0:08:22 > 0:08:25# It's raining number ones
0:08:25 > 0:08:28# In the street that I'm in
0:08:28 > 0:08:32# This piddle from above
0:08:32 > 0:08:36# Cannot dampen my love
0:08:36 > 0:08:39# I'm singing and dancing
0:08:39 > 0:08:40# In urine.. #
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Huh!
0:08:45 > 0:08:47And now, we have so much to plan.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51The venue, the guest list, and of course, your bridal shower.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55You HAD to say it, didn't you?
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Take it from the top...
0:09:01 > 0:09:05I've come to 17th-cent...century London
0:09:05 > 0:09:10to witness a performance of Shakespeare's tr...
0:09:10 > 0:09:14tragic masterpiece, Romeo And Juliet.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18What a visceral, immersive experience -
0:09:18 > 0:09:24the actors creating these sights and sounds of a rowdy mob.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28We ain't acting, mate! We're the audience!
0:09:28 > 0:09:30But you're...peasants!
0:09:30 > 0:09:34Yeah, so what? Everyone likes Shakespeare, don't they?!
0:09:34 > 0:09:37It only cost a penny, so even wretches like us can get in!
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Oh, well, that is wonderful. Art of course should be for everyone.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Here, you've got something on your shirt, mate... Ha!
0:09:47 > 0:09:52- Now, let's find my seat.- Seat?! You're having a laugh, mate!
0:09:52 > 0:09:54It's standing only down here.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56If you want a seat, you're going
0:09:56 > 0:10:00to have to pay extra, like them poshy-pants up there.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Oh, there are my people! Hail, fellow...
0:10:05 > 0:10:06EXPLOSION
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Oh!
0:10:08 > 0:10:11What on earth was that? The riffraff are revolting!
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Nah, mate - it's just the special effects!
0:10:15 > 0:10:17What... What is THIS?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19To pee or not to pee!
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Yeah, OK. It's really good.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Shakespeare himself - let's see what the Bard makes of all this.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Maestro!
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Oh, Maestro - tell us,
0:10:31 > 0:10:35what is the inspiration behind your timeless classic,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Romeo And Juliet?
0:10:37 > 0:10:38This.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Romeus And Juliet by Arthur Brooke?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47You mean...you ripped it off?
0:10:47 > 0:10:48Whoa, whoa, whoa.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51I didn't rip it off, OK? Let me tell you what I did.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54I took it and made it my own, do you see the difference?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Just sprinkled some of that magic dust on it,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58that is bona fide Shakespeare, baby.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01This is one of your classics!
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Timeless theatre!
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- Cabbage.- What?
0:11:06 > 0:11:09What a rip-off! It's true, though.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Shakespeare often borrowed his plots from other stories.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16You could say he was an early recycler!
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Suit yourself.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20But it was his hard work
0:11:20 > 0:11:22and incredible way with words that
0:11:22 > 0:11:25set him above his roguish rivals.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Hey, writers - why don't you drop some lyrics?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- RAPS:- Yo, yo, put down your quill
0:11:30 > 0:11:33This show is about to get real
0:11:33 > 0:11:34Writers in the house!
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Drop a beat!
0:11:37 > 0:11:40You can call me Jonson I'm straight out of jail
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I scribble down my plays so that I can post bail
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I wrote 30 plays I'm a lyrical saviour
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Got sent to prison for my lewd behaviour
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Christopher Marlowe Street name Kit
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Did time in Holland cos my cash was counterfeit
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Mention I'm a spy and you're going to get hit
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Obviously I can't talk about that bit
0:11:57 > 0:11:59S to the P to the E to the enser
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Spenser, ah-ah, ah-ah More like a fencer
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Stabbed a man but I'm claiming self-defence, yeah
0:12:04 > 0:12:06To the writers in the pub Things are getting tenser
0:12:06 > 0:12:08# And I am Shakespeare
0:12:08 > 0:12:11# I'm working hard on my writing!
0:12:11 > 0:12:13# I've got sound investments
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- # And I'm not into fighting - What?!
0:12:16 > 0:12:18# My plays are wild
0:12:18 > 0:12:20# But I'm financially prudent
0:12:20 > 0:12:23# They want to go to prison
0:12:23 > 0:12:24# But personally, I wouldn't. #
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Listen up, bro!
0:12:26 > 0:12:28I killed a man who was armed with some candles
0:12:28 > 0:12:30I'd fight a duel if you wore the wrong sandals
0:12:30 > 0:12:33I'm in jail so much that I'm wearing out my cuffs
0:12:33 > 0:12:35You could call us writers but we're just a bunch of roughs
0:12:35 > 0:12:40# And I am Shakespeare I do the job properly
0:12:40 > 0:12:44# Building my plays and a portfolio of property... #
0:12:44 > 0:12:45ALL: Embarrassing.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49# I want to write the greatest plays ever
0:12:49 > 0:12:54# But staying out of trouble would seem to be clever... #
0:12:54 > 0:12:57No, no, no, no way! I'm going to die drunk in a fight
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Keep it real, he's going to kill me for a slight
0:12:59 > 0:13:02I'm fighting so often there's barely time to write
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Forget about your quill We'll be up all night.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Introducing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Say, what?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11I'm Queen L to the I to the Z
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Ruling this land from the sea to the sea
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Shakespeare's plays are the plays I wanna see
0:13:16 > 0:13:18So drop another Falstaff ting on me
0:13:18 > 0:13:20King James, her successor Feeling just the same
0:13:20 > 0:13:23I like him so much That I'm giving him my name
0:13:23 > 0:13:25- Thanks!- The King's Men - the greatest in the land.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Well, isn't this nice? Turned out grand.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30Nice work, William.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Becoming a success wasn't easy in Elizabethan times
0:13:33 > 0:13:36and neither was staying healthy, particularly
0:13:36 > 0:13:39if you listened to the advice Tudor doctors were giving out.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41It's hard to find the time to eat well.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44That's why it's important to make sure you're eating your...
0:13:44 > 0:13:45none-a-day!
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Hello. I'm an Elizabethan doctor, so I know what I'm talking about
0:13:49 > 0:13:52when I say fruit helps spread disease.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Beugh! Fruit!
0:13:54 > 0:13:55< MEOW!
0:13:55 > 0:13:59So I advise that at times of pestilence, people eat none-a-day.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02- none-a-day!- How did you get it?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Your none-a-day can be made up of whichever delicious,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08but unfortunately death-spreading, fruits you like.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09You could have no apples...
0:14:09 > 0:14:12App-solutely awful.
0:14:12 > 0:14:13No quince!
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Qu-ite deadly.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17No pears!
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Pear-tentially fatal
0:14:19 > 0:14:21or even no damsons.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Dams...
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Um...
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Death!
0:14:26 > 0:14:29As long as it's none-a-day!
0:14:29 > 0:14:30none-a-day!
0:14:30 > 0:14:32So, what are we supposed to eat instead, then?
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- Try replacing your fruit and veg with meat.- Eurgh!
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- That meat smells rotten.- Of course!
0:14:38 > 0:14:41You're too poor for the good stuff!
0:14:41 > 0:14:46So, remember - when it comes to fruit, always have your none-a-day!
0:14:46 > 0:14:49None-a-day keeps the Elizabethan doctor away!
0:14:49 > 0:14:50BOY VOMITS
0:14:50 > 0:14:52That'll be the fruit from earlier.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Yes, all right - mind the shoes!
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Hi, there.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Now, the problem with becoming super famous is that
0:14:59 > 0:15:03I have to sign autographs, like, all the time.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05But tell me this - how did I spell my name?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Was it...
0:15:16 > 0:15:18The answer is of course C.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22William...Shakespeare.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Wait, no... It was A.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27No, it was B.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Hang on - it was all of them!
0:15:29 > 0:15:31That's right, I spelt my name lots of different ways.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Between you and me, spelling - not a big deal in my time.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37No spelling tests. Sa-weet!
0:15:37 > 0:15:39An actual part, this time?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Yes, you're filling in for the lead actor, who died of smallpox,
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- so he's got the week off.- The lead?
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- I always did see myself as a bit of a Romeo.- Wardrobe.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Yeah, two noble Italian families at war,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53their children marrying in secret.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55I will be the best Romeo you...
0:15:56 > 0:16:00- HIGH-PITCHED:- I appear to be in a dress.- Yeah, you're playing Juliet.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Can we get this girl shaved, please?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Somebody... John!
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Lippy.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07Um, sorry... Er...
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Juliet?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- Hm?- Moi?
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Yeah - what are we going to do? Have a girl playing the part?
0:16:14 > 0:16:16We don't have women on stage!
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Obviously, but no-one's going to believe a man of my virility
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- and manly manliness is a pretty young girl...- Excuse me, madam.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25- Where's the bloke playing Juliet? - Behind you.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Give us the wig.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- But no snogging. And if anyone wolf whistles, I'm out of there.- Fine.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Now get ready for your entrance, it will be you
0:16:34 > 0:16:36and the gentle nurse who breast-fed you as a child.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Another last-minute replacement, but I'm sure you'll be fine.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Right. Is my bra on straight?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Yep.- Golden.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Mwah, mwah.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- Let's get this done, I'm wrestling at seven.- Uh!
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Break a leg.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Outrageous, but true.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Girls weren't allowed to be actors in Shakespeare's time,
0:16:55 > 0:16:57so boys had to play their parts.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59And they used real wrestlers for some of the fight scenes.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01But if you think that was odd,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04you should see what was going on in the Tudor garden.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Hello, and welcome to the opening day
0:17:09 > 0:17:13of the Horrible Histories Horticultural Society Garden Show
0:17:13 > 0:17:15in the time of William Shakespeare.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Or as we like to call it...
0:17:17 > 0:17:20the HHHSGS ITTOWS.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25And we start with one of the gold medal frontrunners -
0:17:25 > 0:17:28the traditional Elizabethan garden.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Well, you've got all your English classics.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32You got your roses, you got your violets.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Over there, you've got your horse's head.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Charming name. Is that some sort of daffodil?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38No, it's a horse's head.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- Keeps the pests away. - INSECTS BUZZ
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- HE RETCHES - And children.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45And horse lovers, and practically everyone else.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Is there not an easier way of protecting your garden?
0:17:48 > 0:17:50You can walk a toad around your garden.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52And then bury him, and then dig him back up again,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54and then chuck it away as far as you can.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- GLASS SMASHES - Oi!
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- So that gets rid of pests? - Well, it gets rid of the toad.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Though not always for long.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06CROAK!
0:18:06 > 0:18:09To one of the more exotic gardens now,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12from the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15I'm here to talk to head gardener Mehmet.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Be a pleasure to talk to a... a normal gardener. So...
0:18:18 > 0:18:20These are your assistants?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Er, no, these are my prisoners.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24- I thought you were a gardener. - That's right.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28But in the Ottoman royal court, the head gardener's duties
0:18:28 > 0:18:31include pruning, watering, tending the hedges
0:18:31 > 0:18:32and executions.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Executions?
0:18:35 > 0:18:39I don't just deadhead the plants, if you know what I mean, eh?
0:18:39 > 0:18:43They don't call me the HEAD gardener for nothing, eh?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- Do you get it?- Yeah, I got... I get it, yeah.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Then perhaps you'd like to look at my runners.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Oh, lovely - runner beans.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Er, close. Runner human beans!
0:18:52 > 0:18:55If they make it to the river bank, they go free.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58It's the law. Get set, go!
0:18:58 > 0:19:00THEY WHIMPER
0:19:00 > 0:19:02I'm going to get ya!
0:19:02 > 0:19:03- Missed me!- Urgh.- Agh!
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Ohh!
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Oh!
0:19:07 > 0:19:09They nearly made it that time!
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Want to see my hanging baskets?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Um... Out!
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Oooh!
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Oi!
0:19:19 > 0:19:21CROAK! Tsch!
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Now, life wasn't always a bed of roses
0:19:23 > 0:19:26for the country's most famous playwright either.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29He still had plenty of demanding fans.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31And when one of your fans is the King,
0:19:31 > 0:19:34well, things can get tricky.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Oh, right, come on, Willy.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Time to write that play for the King.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Right after a round of Angry Bards.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- RINGING - Oh!
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Cripes!
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Your Highness!
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Will! Loving your work.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57How's that new play for me coming along?
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Oh-ho-hoo!
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Tiptop. Just adding the finishing touches.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03PIG SQUEALS
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Sorry, that was, um...the local pig.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10Sounds pure quality. Where's it set, this play of yours?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11"Where's it set?"
0:20:11 > 0:20:13you ask.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Er... It is set...
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Somewhere rugged and heroic?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- Scotland?- Good lad!
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Ooh...
0:20:24 > 0:20:27I hope you've got some, er, witches in there.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- Witches?- Aye, witches, witches.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31You know, witches.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32I wrote a book about them.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Look, get this right and the title...
0:20:35 > 0:20:37The King's Men could be yours.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- Sounds good, eh?- Hey!
0:20:39 > 0:20:41How does three witches sound?
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Because that's how many I've just put in... Put in before.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46The King's Men it is.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- Bye-bye.- Bye.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Witches? I haven't got the main character yet.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58Well, if in doubt, consult the Holinshed history book.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59Ah.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02Never lets me down.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06The King's Men, eh?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Think this calls for a little me treat.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- RINGING - Oh!
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Hey, my darling wife!
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- When are you coming home? - Look, great news.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21I spent our holiday money on a coat of arms. Huh?!
0:21:21 > 0:21:23- All the most respectable families have one.- Ugh, really?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Yeah. I wish I could talk, but I've got to get back to work.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27These plays won't write themselves.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Don't you dare hang up on me!
0:21:29 > 0:21:30I love you.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Right, coat of arms.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Yes! Oh, the neighbours are going to be spitting!
0:21:38 > 0:21:40DOG BARKS
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- Out, Spot. Out! - DOG WHINES
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Go on!
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- You're late!- Yeah, and you're lucky I came at all.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51No way am I playing a girl again. And while we're at it,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54I'm not playing the donkey from A Midsummer Night's Dream,
0:21:54 > 0:21:58the monster from The Tempest, or the King's hump from Richard III.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03You are playing Lord Antigonus from A Winter's Tale.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Our usual actor's... Well, he's unavailable.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Mm-hm. Mm-hm. "Exit pursued by a bear."
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- Who's playing the bear? - There's your cozzie.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Oh, it looks like you're the same size as the last guy.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Mind you, he's...shorter now.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Realistic blood stains.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Ha-ha! Yeah.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- Yeah...- So who did you say was playing the bear?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- BEAR ROARS - Ooh!
0:22:26 > 0:22:28He's very good at the voice, whoever he is.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- You remember the bear baiting?- Yeah.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- They let us borrow a real one. - Agh! Agh!
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- BEAR ROARS - Yeah, that's it.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36Exit pursued by a bear.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- Do that on the night and you'll... - ACTOR SCREAMS
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Ooh!
0:22:42 > 0:22:44John, who's next on the list?
0:22:45 > 0:22:46John!
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Welcome to Escape To The Historical Country
0:22:53 > 0:22:56and, this week, we're in picturesque Stratford-upon-Avon.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59Will and Anne Shakespeare
0:22:59 > 0:23:02are looking to find their dream country retreat.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05The second largest house in Stratford is on the market,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08and with Stratford just a four-day cart commute from London,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10prices here are high.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13So, tell me, Will, what has prompted this move?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Well, basically, three years ago,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18I became a shareholder in the company that produces my plays.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Um, kerching!
0:23:21 > 0:23:23That was the sound of money.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Um, so the time was right to upgrade to our dream home, really.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29And, er, yeah. But that said, I won't pay over the odds.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32I do try to only spend on the bare essentials.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Mate, where do you want this massive and unnecessary coat of arms?
0:23:39 > 0:23:43With fabulous kerb appeal and double carriage parking,
0:23:43 > 0:23:47New Place is a house that really says, "I've made it."
0:23:47 > 0:23:48That's not important to me.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50I'm looking for a family home,
0:23:50 > 0:23:54not just some big, very impressive gaff
0:23:54 > 0:23:57that says, you know, "Look at me."
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- Shall we go in?- Yeah.- Yes.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- All right.- All right. - No, excuse me, love.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07No. No, your...your...
0:24:07 > 0:24:11And there you have your top-of-the-range en suite.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Now, with its innovative timber frame construction
0:24:14 > 0:24:16and - count 'em - ten fireplaces, this...
0:24:16 > 0:24:1811. There are 11 fireplaces.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22..this really is an ideal home for a playwright.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Look, forget the plays.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27I'm all about being a landowner and a respectable businessman now.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Isn't writing plays respectable? ANNE LAUGHS
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Oh, you are joking!
0:24:34 > 0:24:36It's somewhere between, er...
0:24:36 > 0:24:39cockfighting and a monkey riding a pig.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Er, excuse me, mate, where do you want us to stick this?
0:24:43 > 0:24:46I've got a couple of suggestions.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- Why are you doing this?- You didn't tell me about any of this.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51I definitely told you. You were asleep or something.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56So, Will and Anne, it's crunch time.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00A property like this is not going to stay on the market for long.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Do you think you'll be putting in an offer?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Look, this is a big house.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Really much more suited for a prosperous country gentleman
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- than a mere scribbler of plays. - I agree.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16So, yes, I will definitely be buying it.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Ugh! Finally! Right... Stick it up here?
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Yeah, right up there, please, where everyone can see it.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- Ugh! Ooh, watch out.- Ahh!
0:25:24 > 0:25:25Oh!
0:25:25 > 0:25:29- Works for me. Drink?- Mochaccino.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Ow!
0:25:31 > 0:25:36Shakespeare became so famous that everyone knew his words and phrases.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37Great for publicity.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Not so great when you just want to do the shopping.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Five groats a bag, I ask you!
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Oi, oi... Oi, look, there's that Shakespeare back from London Town.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- Ooh!- Oi! Oi, Shakespeare.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- Yes.- Don't set him off again.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Yes, that was me. Thanks, guys, well done.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03VILLAGERS LAUGH
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Every dog will have its day!
0:26:07 > 0:26:10HE LAUGHS
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Look at his face!
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Oh, dear, Mrs Shakespeare, has he eaten you out of house of home?
0:26:16 > 0:26:17That is the question!
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Look, guys...
0:26:19 > 0:26:23I am so glad that you like my work.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26But I would just really appreciate it, mate,
0:26:26 > 0:26:28if you could let us shop in peace. Thank you.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Listen, we have talked about this. It's a compliment, remember?
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Then why does it feel like he's winding me up?
0:26:33 > 0:26:36And you, Mrs S, have a face that could launch a thousand ships.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37BUZZER
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Excuse me!
0:26:40 > 0:26:43That is not my line! That is Christopher Marlowe.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45VILLAGERS: Ooh!
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- I think he's got a touch of the green-eyed monster.- Ooh, yes!
0:26:48 > 0:26:51I'm not jealous of Christopher Marlowe!
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- Is that what that means? - Parting is such sweet sorrow.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I think he liked that.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59VILLAGERS LAUGH
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Are we done?
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Yes.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Right, um...
0:27:04 > 0:27:06So sorry about that.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09How much do we owe you for the food he, er, used?
0:27:09 > 0:27:11- Seven shillings.- Right.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Um... Oh, gosh.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16I'm afraid I've only got five. Is there any chance I could owe you?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18No. You know what they say.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Neither be a borrower nor someone who lends people things.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26It's - "neither a borrower nor a lender be".
0:27:26 > 0:27:28It's a very famous line.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Get it right!
0:27:31 > 0:27:33- Please!- Right.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37- It's time to move house again? - Yeah, now.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39OK. Good riddance, eh?
0:27:39 > 0:27:43I'm sorry, I forgot that was one of yours. I...
0:27:43 > 0:27:45I'll be in the shed.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Hamlet. Macbeth.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Richard III.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Henry V.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Othello.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59All killer, no filler.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04But what was my most successful work during my lifetime?
0:28:13 > 0:28:15The answer is, of course...
0:28:17 > 0:28:20You've never heard of it? That's my most successful poem.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21That's right -
0:28:21 > 0:28:25my poems were sometimes more successful than my plays.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26Hang on, I'll do it for you.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Er, wait, let me just check it. Um...
0:28:31 > 0:28:32Yes, here we go.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35"If music be the..." No, that's not it.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Er, give me five.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40There are so many Shakespeare plays
0:28:40 > 0:28:44that some people think he couldn't possibly have written them all.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47I said a frothy cappuccino made with oaten milk. You're fired.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51- 'Wait, no, give me...' - Ah, the man himself.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Author of Macbeth, Hamlet and Othello.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55- I thank you!- The Earl of Oxford.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- I'm not the Earl of Oxford. - Sorry, Christopher Marlowe.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- I'm William Shakespeare. - No, you're not.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Shakespeare just put his name on those plays.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05Those other guys wrote them.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07No, well, I think that's unlikely,
0:29:07 > 0:29:10given that the Earl of Oxford died before I wrote a lot of those plays,
0:29:10 > 0:29:11as did Marlowe.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15Well, I read it on the internet, so it must be true.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Read it, did you? Who is this guy?
0:29:17 > 0:29:19- Terence, you're fired.- Ugh!
0:29:19 > 0:29:21See ya, Terence.
0:29:21 > 0:29:26- So, Will, what can I do for you? - Well, I have a proposal for you.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29All of my plays in one book -
0:29:29 > 0:29:32The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare.
0:29:32 > 0:29:38It's been done, darling, many, many times.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41But...I didn't publish any of my works.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Not in your lifetime, darling. This is the modern world.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49I'll tell you what the public want - something new. How about a sequel?
0:29:49 > 0:29:52Hamlet Strikes Back.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53Richard III...D.
0:29:53 > 0:29:5612th Night 2: 13th Night.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Or what about a rerun of your latest play?
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- Vortigern And Rowena.- What's that?
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Last done in Georgian times with your name on it.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06- I didn't write that play.- A-ha!
0:30:06 > 0:30:10So you're NOT the writer of the William Shakespeare plays.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Terence, you can have your job back. Sebastian, you're fired.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16No, that's not a Shakespeare play.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19That must have been faked by someone long after I died.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- Terence, you're fired. Basti, you're back in.- Ugh!
0:30:22 > 0:30:24See ya, Terence.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Will, have you ever thought of using one of your stories
0:30:27 > 0:30:31as a basis of...I don't know, a movie or a cartoon?
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Um... Hamlet set in a pride of lions.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- There could be an evil uncle lion... - It's been done - Lion King.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42Well, fine, then. Romeo And Juliet: The Musical, but with gangs.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44West Side Story.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48- Romeo And Juliet with garden gnomes. - Gnomeo And Juliet.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Looks quite good.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- Taming Of The Shrew: The Musical. - Kiss Me Kate.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Taming Of The Shrew as a '90s teen romcom.
0:30:56 > 0:30:5910 Things I Hate About You.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Basically, everything Shakespeare-related
0:31:02 > 0:31:04has been done to death, darling.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07What about the Earl of Oxford?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- Sorry?- I said, what about the Earl of Oxford?
0:31:10 > 0:31:14- But you're not him.- Yes, but the internet thinks I am, doesn't it?
0:31:14 > 0:31:15So are you suggesting...?
0:31:15 > 0:31:18The Complete Works Of The Earl Of Oxford.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23Ahh! Ooh, thou est a genius, my lord. Deal!
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- I feel dirty.- Kiss it.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34Shakespeare died in 1616, aged only 52,
0:31:34 > 0:31:37but he had changed the English language forever.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42And even today, 400 years later, we're still using his words
0:31:42 > 0:31:45and enjoying his plays all over the world.
0:31:45 > 0:31:50Top work, Mr S. You really are the greatest.
0:31:50 > 0:31:56He's left us with over 150 poems, 38 plays, like Hamlet, Macbeth, and...
0:31:56 > 0:31:59You know what? He can tell you himself.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02And a one, a two, a one, two, three, four.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07# That's right, it starts in 1589
0:32:07 > 0:32:10# Yes, all these plays of mine
0:32:10 > 0:32:13# Well, if you've got the time
0:32:13 > 0:32:16# First up, Two Gentlemen Of Verona
0:32:16 > 0:32:18# Play number two was The Taming Of The Shrew
0:32:18 > 0:32:20# Then Henry VI Part II and III
0:32:20 > 0:32:22# And Titus Andronicus I wrote that, too
0:32:22 > 0:32:25# Henry VI Part I, kind of a prequel
0:32:25 > 0:32:27# Edward III, Richard III Keeping it regal
0:32:27 > 0:32:30# Theatres close Uh-oh, no shows, what to do?
0:32:30 > 0:32:32# Wrote sonnets instead Love poems to you
0:32:32 > 0:32:34# Back on track with Comedy Of Errors
0:32:34 > 0:32:36# Love's Labours Lost Love's Labours Won
0:32:36 > 0:32:39# History beckoned, Richard II
0:32:39 > 0:32:41# I make that a dozen I've done
0:32:41 > 0:32:44# Romeo And Juliet I nicked the plot, is where it's set
0:32:44 > 0:32:46# Midsummer Night's Dream, King John No sweat
0:32:46 > 0:32:49# Merchant Of Venice Merry Wives Of Windsor
0:32:49 > 0:32:51# Henry IV, two parts for my sins
0:32:51 > 0:32:55# A list of the plays what I wroted
0:32:55 > 0:32:59# And you'll find what I wrote often quoted
0:32:59 > 0:33:04# My back catalogue is looking bloated
0:33:04 > 0:33:07# Deep breath time
0:33:07 > 0:33:10# Much Ado About Nothing Henry V and Julius Caesar
0:33:10 > 0:33:12# As You Like It
0:33:12 > 0:33:14# To be or not to be Hamlet was writ by me
0:33:14 > 0:33:16# Twelfth Night, all right Troilus And Cressida
0:33:16 > 0:33:19# Measure For Measure Othello, All's Well
0:33:19 > 0:33:21# Oh, dear, King Lear That didn't end well
0:33:21 > 0:33:23# Timon Of Athens and Macbeth
0:33:23 > 0:33:26# Antony And Cleo I ain't finished yet
0:33:26 > 0:33:29# A list of the plays what I've written
0:33:29 > 0:33:34# I'm the greatest playwright in Great Britain
0:33:34 > 0:33:39# Still some more, though, if you're not yet smitten
0:33:39 > 0:33:42# One last time
0:33:42 > 0:33:45# Pericles, Prince Of Tyre Coriolanus
0:33:45 > 0:33:47# Winter's Tale, Cymbeline The Tempest, famous
0:33:47 > 0:33:48# Cardenio, Henry VIII
0:33:48 > 0:33:51# And then last up It's Two Noble Kinsmen
0:33:51 > 0:33:55# The end of the list that I wroted
0:33:55 > 0:34:00# Not unreasonable how much I've gloated
0:34:00 > 0:34:05# Your respect for my work duly noted
0:34:05 > 0:34:08# Will-i-am!
0:34:08 > 0:34:12# My plays, they did bubble and boil
0:34:12 > 0:34:16# Yes, I brought new life into the soil
0:34:16 > 0:34:21# Fit for shuffling off this mortal coil
0:34:21 > 0:34:24# Stood the test of time
0:34:24 > 0:34:27# Whose name do you all remember?
0:34:27 > 0:34:29# Mine. #
0:34:29 > 0:34:30CHEERING