0:00:24 > 0:00:26And good day to you.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34# This is the place to be
0:00:34 > 0:00:37# For Salty Dog and me
0:00:37 > 0:00:39# Down by the harbour, we'll be there
0:00:39 > 0:00:41# Round every corner, there's something to share
0:00:41 > 0:00:43# Give us a cheer, our friends are here
0:00:43 > 0:00:45# Just Salty Dog and me... #
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Ha-ha! Come on, Salty!
0:00:49 > 0:00:51# This is the place to meet
0:00:51 > 0:00:53# Down at the end of the street
0:00:53 > 0:00:55# Seagulls flying up in the blue
0:00:55 > 0:00:57# There's always a cup of tea waiting for you
0:00:57 > 0:00:59# Out in the sun, having some fun
0:00:59 > 0:01:01# Just Salty Dog and me
0:01:01 > 0:01:04# Haul away, haul away
0:01:04 > 0:01:06# Sing a song of the sea
0:01:06 > 0:01:08# Hoist the sail, I'll tell you a tale
0:01:08 > 0:01:10# Of Salty Dog and me
0:01:14 > 0:01:16# This is the place to go
0:01:16 > 0:01:18# And these are the people we know
0:01:18 > 0:01:21# The village is busy with things to see
0:01:21 > 0:01:23# There's the Rainbow, down by the quay
0:01:23 > 0:01:25# There's stories to tell, join us as well
0:01:25 > 0:01:26# Just Salty Dog and me... #
0:01:26 > 0:01:28PHONE RINGS
0:01:37 > 0:01:39OLD JACK HUMS A TUNE
0:01:39 > 0:01:43You know what, Salty? Today is not just any old day.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45It's Christmas Day!
0:01:45 > 0:01:47HE WHISTLES AND LAUGHS
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Hey, you know what?
0:01:49 > 0:01:52I think it might be a good idea to get everybody together
0:01:52 > 0:01:56for a good old Christmas sing-song - what do you reckon?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- Busy, busy!- Oh, look.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00There's Miss Bowline-Hitch.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Shall we go and ask her to join in?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Come on.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Oh, Miss Bowline-Hitch - Merry Christmas!
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Merry Christmas, Jack, and to you, Salty.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13I'm afraid I must dash, I'm busy-busy!
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Listen, I was going to ask
0:02:15 > 0:02:17if you fancied a sing-song tonight.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- Oh.- Hm?
0:02:19 > 0:02:24No - I am sorry. There's no sing-song on my list.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Must dash - busy-busy!
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Right - do you want a little push? There you are!
0:02:30 > 0:02:32So...never mind, Salty.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Plenty more fish in the sea.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Come on, girl.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55- Hello, Emily.- Oh! Hello, Jack! Happy Christmas.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58And a Happy Christmas to you, Emily, yes.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59You look busy.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Oh, I'm just packing up some ice-creams and lollipops
0:03:02 > 0:03:04to take to the hospital.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Oh, that is kind of you, Emily. Isn't that kind, Salty?
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Well, some people have to stay in hospital during the holidays,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14so I thought I'd give them a treat.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Yeah, yeah - listen, will you be back tonight?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18I thought it would be nice
0:03:18 > 0:03:21if we could all have a little sing-song together.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24I'm sorry, Jack. I won't be back in time.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26But I hope you have a lovely sing-song.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- Bye-bye!- Bye-bye.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Oh, well - two down, Salty.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Never mind. We'll keep trying.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Hup! Come on.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37BELL JINGLES
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- Ha! Captain Periwinkle. Ahoy there. - Oh, ahoy there!
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Christmas at the ready, sir.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Tinsel and holly bedecked on all sides.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- So, where's that daughter of yours? - Shelly?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53She asked me to look after things while she's away.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I've closed for Christmas
0:03:55 > 0:03:57and I'm going to the cliff tops to keep watch
0:03:57 > 0:04:00in case I see three ships go sailing by.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Oh. I don't suppose you'll be back by tonight, then, will you?
0:04:04 > 0:04:08I was hoping to have a sing-song with everybody, all together.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- I'm sorry, old friend, but I promised to keep watch all night.- Oh.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Never mind. Sing well, sailor! Sing loud!- Yeah...
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- Farewell!- Yeah - farewell to you, Captain.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Oh, dear.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Huh! Ah!
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- Fingers!- Toes!
0:04:27 > 0:04:29THEY LAUGH
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- Hello, you two! You look busy. - We are.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34We've got plenty of work to do today.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37What, delivering fish? It's Christmas Day!
0:04:37 > 0:04:41I know, but not everyone eats turkey on Christmas Day.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43We're delivering these to...
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Filey.- Saltburn.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Eh?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- Saltburn.- Filey.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- The village down the road.- Oh.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- They're having a lovely... - Seafood delight.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56They've asked us to stay. I love seafood delight!
0:04:56 > 0:04:59It's a pity - I thought we'd have a nice sing-song tonight,
0:04:59 > 0:05:01just like the old days.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Oh, I'm sorry, Jack.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- Maybe next year, eh? - Next year, yeah, done.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Don't forget the most important thing -
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- Mary...- Christmas!
0:05:10 > 0:05:11- No, no - Mary...- New Year?
0:05:11 > 0:05:15No, no, no - Mary JONES down at the big hotel
0:05:15 > 0:05:17makes lovely mince pies, so pop in.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19THEY LAUGH
0:05:19 > 0:05:20See you later, Jack!
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- Merry Christmas! - Merry Christmas, Salty!
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Bye-bye. Well, that's it, Salty - it's just you and me, innit?
0:05:27 > 0:05:32Still, you are the best company I could ever, ever have.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33HE LAUGHS
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Yes, you are. And I've got a lovely Christmas present for you.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Shall we go and open it? Come on, then.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Good girl.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49SHIP'S HORN TOOTS
0:05:49 > 0:05:52There we are. Yeah - that's it.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55Here we go.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58I promised you a present, didn't I, Salty?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Can you guess what it is?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02It's a bone, a lovely, tasty yum-yum.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05You can have that later. No, don't open it yet.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Save it for your Christmas tea
0:06:07 > 0:06:11and I'll rest my old bones over here.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Oh - good girl.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17It's a lovely old time, Christmas - isn't it, Salty?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Yes - full of memories.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27I've got a good story to tell, Salty.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32A winter's tale about a Christmas long, long ago.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Once upon a twinkly time, long, long ago,
0:06:37 > 0:06:41I was a young fella, m'lad - you wouldn't have recognised me.
0:06:41 > 0:06:47I had a shock of think, black hair and freckles all over my face.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51I wasn't Old Jack back then. I was Young Jack.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Oh, it was so long ago.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57I had Salty's great-great-great-granddad,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Sandy, with me.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01And even he was a little puppy.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05So, that Christmas, I woke up in the morning
0:07:05 > 0:07:07and I ran all the way down to the harbour
0:07:07 > 0:07:10to see my best friend, Sailor Sue.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13And there she was, with her great big smile
0:07:13 > 0:07:15and her mop of wild red hair.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I said, "Merry Christmas, Sailor Sue!"
0:07:18 > 0:07:21And she said, "Merry Christmas, Young Jack!"
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Now, Sailor Sue and I had been best friends
0:07:25 > 0:07:27ever since we were born.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29We spent all our days together,
0:07:29 > 0:07:33swimming and playing and messing about with lobster pots.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35We always had such a good laugh together.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39But that Christmas morning, Sailor Sue looked a bit sad.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43I said, "What's wrong, Sailor Sue? It's Christmas Day!
0:07:43 > 0:07:44"You're meant to be happy."
0:07:44 > 0:07:48She said, "Oh, Jack, a terrible thing has happened.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52"I had three Christmas presents, all ready for the big day,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55"but then a great big wind came along,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57"and it blew them out to sea.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00"I've lost them, Jack, and I don't know what to do."
0:08:00 > 0:08:04So I said, "I'll help you find 'em, Sailor Sue."
0:08:04 > 0:08:07She said, "Will you really, Jack?" I said, "Of course!
0:08:07 > 0:08:10"What are best friends for? Come on!"
0:08:10 > 0:08:14And we ran along the harbour wall till we got to my boat.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17But remember, this was many years ago,
0:08:17 > 0:08:21and the Rainbow...wasn't called the Rainbow back then,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23cos she hadn't got her stripes yet.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26She was a just a little brown tub.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29So I said, "All aboard the Little Brown Tub!
0:08:29 > 0:08:31"We're going on a quest."
0:08:32 > 0:08:35"What's a quest?" said Sailor Sue.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39"It's a journey", I said, "a journey to find something."
0:08:39 > 0:08:43"And we are going to find your lost Christmas presents.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45"Off we go!"
0:08:45 > 0:08:48So, we set off on our Christmas quest,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Sailor Sue and me.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Ho-ho! We zoomed along in the Little Brown Tub,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57heading north over the cold, wintry sea.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59There was snow in the air
0:08:59 > 0:09:02and the wind nipped at our fingers and toes,
0:09:02 > 0:09:05but we shivered and smiled,
0:09:05 > 0:09:09because we both loved being out at sea,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11in any kind of weather.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14And then we reached a huge iceberg.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18It was cold and frosty and towering above us.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Sailor Sue called out, "There it is!"
0:09:21 > 0:09:23And she pointed.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28And there, on top of the iceberg, was a top hat.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31She said, "The wind must have blown it all this way.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35"But that iceberg is ever so high - how are we going to get it down?"
0:09:35 > 0:09:38I said, "Don't you worry about that."
0:09:38 > 0:09:41And I blew a special whistle - it went...
0:09:41 > 0:09:43HE WHISTLES
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Ha!
0:09:44 > 0:09:47And out of the sea came lots and lots of flying fish.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52And one of the flying fish leapt up, up, up
0:09:52 > 0:09:55and knocked the top hat off the iceberg,
0:09:55 > 0:10:01and it came tumbling down, down, down and...I caught it.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05And I said, "It's a very nice top hat, Sailor Sue.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07"Who's it for?"
0:10:07 > 0:10:11She said, "Never mind that. We've got two more presents to find.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14"The Christmas Quest continues. Onwards!"
0:10:14 > 0:10:17So we said goodbye to the flying fish
0:10:17 > 0:10:19and sailed off in the Little Brown Tub,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22top speed, heading west.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29Then we reached a big cliff-face, looming over us.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32It was the shore of some strange, distant land,
0:10:32 > 0:10:37but Sailor Sue pointed up and called out, "There it is!"
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Halfway up the cliff-face, on a narrow ledge,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42there was a bunch of flowers.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44"They're so high up", said Sailor Sue.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46"How can we get them down?"
0:10:46 > 0:10:49I said, "Don't you worry about that."
0:10:49 > 0:10:52And I blew another special whistle.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53This one went...
0:10:53 > 0:10:56HE WHISTLES
0:10:56 > 0:11:01And out of the sky came my old friend Brenda the Stork.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03I called out, "Can you help us, Brenda?"
0:11:03 > 0:11:06She said, "I certainly can. Please be patient.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08"Just wait a moment, thank you!"
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Brenda swooped down, picked up the flowers in her beak,
0:11:12 > 0:11:14then she flew over the Little Brown Tub
0:11:14 > 0:11:16and let go of the flowers
0:11:16 > 0:11:19so that they fell down, down, down...
0:11:19 > 0:11:23And Sailor Sue caught them with both hands.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27I said, "That's a very pretty bunch of flowers.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28"Who are they for?"
0:11:28 > 0:11:32She said, "Never mind that - we've got one more present to find.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35"The Christmas Quest continues. Onwards!"
0:11:35 > 0:11:38So we said goodbye to Brenda the Stork
0:11:38 > 0:11:40and sailed off in the Little Brown Tub,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43top speed, heading south.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Soon, we came upon Bluey the Whale.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48BLUEY SNORES
0:11:48 > 0:11:52He was fast asleep, snoring and bobbing up and down
0:11:52 > 0:11:54on top of the waves.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Sailor Sue pointed up and said, "There it is!"
0:11:58 > 0:12:02But I couldn't see anything. I said, "Where?"
0:12:02 > 0:12:04And she said, "THERE!"
0:12:04 > 0:12:10So I got out my trusty telescope and had a look.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15There was a gold ring, right on top of Bluey's head.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20"It's too high up", said Sailor Sue. "How can we get it down?"
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I said, "Don't you worry about that."
0:12:23 > 0:12:27And I blew another special whistle. This one went...
0:12:27 > 0:12:30HE WHISTLES
0:12:30 > 0:12:32And the waves parted
0:12:32 > 0:12:36and there was my old friend, Pearl the Mermaid.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42We said, "Merry Christmas, Pearl!" And then we told her the problem.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47She said, "Don't worry - all you need is this."
0:12:47 > 0:12:52And she held up a big, long tickly feather.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56I said, "We better stand back, Sailor Sue."
0:12:56 > 0:13:01So we did and Pearl swam up to Bluey
0:13:01 > 0:13:03and tickled him with the feather.
0:13:03 > 0:13:11Bluey woke up and he sneezed a great, big, enormous sneeze.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16He went, "Blah...lah...lah...PHOO!"
0:13:17 > 0:13:20And a huge fountain of water blew out of his blowhole.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23It sent the gold ring spinning through the air,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27it went up, up, up and then down, down, down.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32Sailor Sue and I both reached out and we caught it - together.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36"Hooray!" said Sailor Sue. "Well done, Jack!"
0:13:36 > 0:13:41I said, "That's a very nice gold ring, but...who is it for?"
0:13:41 > 0:13:45She said, "Never mind. The Christmas Quest is over.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48"We found all the presents. Now it's time to go home, Jack."
0:13:48 > 0:13:52So we wished Bluey and Pearl a very merry Christmas
0:13:52 > 0:13:55and we sailed all the way back home.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58As soon as we arrived at the harbour, I said...
0:13:58 > 0:14:02"We always have so much fun together, don't we, Sailor Sue?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05"I...I wish we could do this all day long.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09"But you'd better deliver those Christmas presents,
0:14:09 > 0:14:11"before they get blown away again."
0:14:12 > 0:14:14And Sailor Sue smiled. She said...
0:14:16 > 0:14:19"They were never blown away. I was only pretending.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24"I did it myself. I scattered the presents far and wide,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27"all over the sea - north and west and south."
0:14:27 > 0:14:32I said, "Why? Why did you do that?
0:14:32 > 0:14:36"Hold on a minute...who are those presents for?"
0:14:36 > 0:14:42She handed me the top hat. She said, "The top hat is for you, Jack."
0:14:42 > 0:14:46I said, "Oh! Well, it's very nice. Thank you."
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Then she held up the flowers and said,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51"The flowers are for me."
0:14:51 > 0:14:55I said, "Oh! Well, that's nice. You look lovely."
0:14:55 > 0:15:01And she said, "The gold ring is for both of us."
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I said, "Is it? Why's that, then?"
0:15:05 > 0:15:09She said, "Because I'm going to marry you, Young Jack.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13"I'm going to marry you and we can spend our lives together,
0:15:13 > 0:15:17"having fun and adventures and quests every single day.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20"What do you say, Jack? Will you marry me?"
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Oh...I was delighted.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29What a Christmas present! I was smiling from ear to ear.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32I said, "Oh, yes, I certainly will, Sailor Sue.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34"Will you marry me?"
0:15:34 > 0:15:36She said, "Yes, I will."
0:15:36 > 0:15:40And I said, "Merry Christmas, Sailor Sue."
0:15:40 > 0:15:44And she said, "Merry Christmas, Jack, my love."
0:15:44 > 0:15:46And we got married!
0:15:46 > 0:15:50On Christmas Day, I married the most beautiful girl
0:15:50 > 0:15:52in the whole wide world.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56And we sailed away and we had fun and adventures
0:15:56 > 0:15:59and quests every single day.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01HE LAUGHS FONDLY
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Oh, that was a long, long time ago.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06My hair's no longer black.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09And my freckles? Oh, long since gone.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Ah...
0:16:11 > 0:16:14But I still think of her, Salty. Every single day.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19And on Christmas Day, I think of her more than ever.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Merry Christmas, Sailor Sue.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Merry Christmas, sweetheart.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29HE SIGHS
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Do you know, it's a shame we never had that sing-song.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Oh, she loved a good old sing-song, did Sue.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38MUSIC PLAYS
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Eh?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Can you hear that, Salty?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45That's music I can hear.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Look, Salty! It's night already. And it's snowing, too!
0:16:51 > 0:16:53It really is Christmas, isn't it?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Come on, girl, let's go and take a look.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Well, I'll be blowed! It's my lovely old friends!
0:17:03 > 0:17:08# This is the place to be
0:17:08 > 0:17:11# We're gathered out here on the quay
0:17:12 > 0:17:17# Hoping that all of your wishes come true
0:17:17 > 0:17:22# Singing our Christmas song specially for you
0:17:22 > 0:17:26# The cold wind will blow We'll sing in the snow
0:17:26 > 0:17:31# At Christmas by the sea
0:17:31 > 0:17:36# The stars are all set in a blanket of blue
0:17:36 > 0:17:41# The moon on the water is twinkling too
0:17:41 > 0:17:45# Snowflakes as bright as a million lights
0:17:45 > 0:17:50# At Christmas by the sea... #
0:17:50 > 0:17:53We wanted to surprise you, Jack!
0:17:53 > 0:17:56We wouldn't have missed this for the world.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59I organised everything - busy-busy!
0:17:59 > 0:18:02She kept us all ship-shape, Jack.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07We all remember Sailor Sue, Jack, and she loved a good sing-song.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Merry Christmas, Jack!
0:18:10 > 0:18:15# The snow is a-falling Another year ends
0:18:15 > 0:18:20# Whatever the weather We're here with our friends
0:18:20 > 0:18:24# A wonderful sight on a magical night
0:18:24 > 0:18:29# At Christmas by the sea
0:18:29 > 0:18:34# A wonderful sight on a magical night
0:18:34 > 0:18:39# At Christmas by the sea. #
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Oh, aren't you the best friends in the world!
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Every single one of you.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Merry Christmas, everyone...everywhere.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Merry Christmas.