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♪ Terrible Tudors,
gorgeous Georgians 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 crime
Punishments from ancient times

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♪ Romans, rotten, rank and ruthless
Cavemen, savage, fearsome, toothless

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♪ Groovy Greeks, brainy sages
Mean and measly Middle Ages

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♪ Gory, ghastly, mean and cruel

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♪ Stuff they don't teach you
at school

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♪ The past is no longer a mystery

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♪ Welcome to

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♪ Horrible Histories. ♪

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Horrible Histories presents...

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Since the dawn of time,

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humankind has searched for distraction.

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In the Stone Age,

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there was cave painting,
the music of the bone whistle,

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and the comedy
at The Dirty Great Club.

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In Ancient Rome -
chariot races, gladiators,

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and the news carved on a wall.

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You'll never guess who Zeus
is dating. Only Cleopatra!

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Oh! But he's already married!

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In the Middle Ages, the Vikings
entertained each other with stories.

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And so ends the tale of Jormungandr,

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the giant snake that will kill the
mighty Thor at the end of times...

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ALL: Ahh!

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Guys, guys, honestly,
it's just a story.

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HE YELLS

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A glory age followed, the age of
Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre,

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where some performances would even
include actual cannon fire.

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Does anyone know
how to build a theatre?

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The Victorian Era and home
entertainment, as demonstrated

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by legendary writer Charles Dickens.

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Who also dabbled in magic.

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Be amazed as I pull
a live guinea pig out of a hat!

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{\an8}CHOMP!
Ow!

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Is it any wonder that we were
delighted by the invention of radio,

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{\an8}television and... the
Big Brilliant Crew.

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Huh?

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{\an8}What do you mean that's not
what it stands for? Oh, right.

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{\an8}The British Broadcasting
Corporation!

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{\an8}Eh, my idea was better.

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Yeah, it's the
British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Hi, I'm Rose, EastEnders actor,

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Strictly winner,

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and a lover of a good party.

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And that's why I'm here -
at what is DEFINITELY a real party -

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to celebrate our 100th year
of the BBC with you.

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We did have a cake with 100 candles
on it, but it set off a sprinkler.

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The BBC today is here for you,
bringing you dance show...

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STRICTLY THEME

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...soap opera...

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EASTENDERS THEME

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...and some other stuff
that I'm not in.

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Now, your school might have a motto.

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The BBC have one, too.

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"To educate, inform and entertain."

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Which were created by the BBC's
first Director General, Lord Reith.

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But, surprisingly, he wasn't
an obvious choice for the job.

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Hello, my name is Lord Reith.

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I was the first
Director General of the BBC,

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which basically means
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I'm kind of a big deal.

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My top tip is,
when applying for a job at the BBC,

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make sure you are happy with
your application before you send it.

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After I posted mine,

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I discovered the man who was going
to interview me was Scottish,

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so I decided to change
my application

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to make it absolutely
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SCOTTISH ACCENT: ..extremely
Scottish myself

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by proudly pointing out
my ancestors were from Aberdeen.

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REGULAR ACCENT: And I thought it
might help cos I knew absolutely

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{\an8}nothing about broadcasting.

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{\an8}I didn't even know what it was.

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E... Exc...

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SCOTTISH ACCENT: Excuse me!

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Someone alert the Hand Police!

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Lord Reith was in charge
when TV first started

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and things were very
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There was only one channel

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and you could only get a TV signal

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if you lived near a transmitter
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And even if you could get a signal,

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the pictures didn't have any colour.

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They were black and white.

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Imagine watching TV like this.

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No way!

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The picture quality was so bad
back in the day

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that the presenter had to wear
special make-up just to be seen.

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Hey, guys!
Betty and Barb here from 1936

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with a cool new invention,
Mr Logie Baird's televisor.

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Or, as some call it, television.

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And the BBC are launching an actual
televisor-vision. Just television.

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It'll be the first teleVISION
channel in the UK.

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And we have one of their new
cameras with us today.

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That is not our best angle.

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Picture quality isn't really there
yet, but don't panic.

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Make-up can help.

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DING!

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Do I really need this much?
This is just the start.

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The next stage is going to make
your friends GREEN with envy.

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Think red might be more natural.

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Sorry, red disappears on screen.

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Which I think might
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for covering all your spots
and blemishes.

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DING!

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It looks great on you.

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You know who else
it would look great on?

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DING!

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Thank you, Barbara.

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I can't wait to see
what it looks like on television.

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Mr Logie Baird,
we're ready for our close-up.

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You better be right about this, Betty.

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Oh, you really don't look that bad.

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I know. So remember, guys, when
it comes to television make-up,

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more is more. Like and subscribe!

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Betty, how do we get this stuff off?

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I don't know. Keep smiling.

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What do you mean, I look better
with that make-up? Cheeky!

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It was early days for TV,

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but during World War II,
BBC Radio became vital

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in letting people know
what was happing in the war.

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Some of Winston Churchill's
greatest speeches were broadcast

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over the radio
and people at home would

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gather around their radio
to find out what was happening.

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But not everything
they heard could be trusted.

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The enemy had started
broadcasting their own fake news.

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But we found a way to make that
much more difficult for them.

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What's afoot, Director General?
There is a war on, don't you know?

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Minister, you know how the Nazis
have been spreading fake news

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by talking like British
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{\an8}That's that what's-her-name
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{\an8}Too easy to take off.

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I'm not sure what you just said.

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But we think our newsreaders'
accents might be too easy to copy.

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Well, we have the answer.

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He's called Wilfred Pickles.

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How do? This is Wilfred Pickles
reading t'news on BBC Home Service

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or summat. I'm so giddy,
I could give up me scran.

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Ooh, gosh, I'm eight years in a
bind, what language is he speaking?

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What language am I speaking?
What language are YOU speaking?

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I'm Wilfred Pickles. Goodnae.

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From vere is this
Vilfred Pickle, Gruber?

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From the Shire of York. Vere they
have flat caps und vippets.

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Vippets? Vippets. Was ist vippets?
Vippets is vippets.

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You're just saying vippets at me.

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Ve vill do our best. Here goes.

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Aw-reet, lass,
vere dow middlin' by gum.

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Ee, champion.

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Hallo, I am Vilfred Pickle-haft.

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Pickle onion.

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Vere Vinnie the Pick-els.

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What? It makes no sense.

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Ve must learn to imitate his accent
or the Fatherland is doomed.

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'Ow do? 'Ow are ya?

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'Ow do? 'Ow are...

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Argh!

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THUD!

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His voice box exploded.

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Curse you, Vilfred Pickles!

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I'm Una Marson,
the Jamaican poet, playwright,

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journalist and broadcaster.

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And I was the BBC's
first-ever black producer.

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I joined BBC Television in 1939

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and then the Second World War
broke out.

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So, what do you think BBC TV did
during the war? Did it...

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...switch off for over six years?

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The answer is C, it closed down.

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There was no television at all
in Britain during the war.

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You know, maybe it's not always
a bad thing to turn the TV off

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once in a while.
Not now, obviously.

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SPLAT!

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Once the war was over,
the TV service was switched back on

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and almost nobody watched
because no-one had TV.

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It took one very special event
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TV could be, and that was the day
the whole country gathered

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to watch the Coronation
of Queen Elizabeth II.

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How exciting, Terrance.
Our very own television set

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so we can watch
the Queen's Coronation in peace.

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Oh, an historic moment. And I
couldn't wish for someone better

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to share... Hiya, Mum, Dad.
Thought I'd come keep you company.

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Sandra. I suppose...
Hi, Granny. I brought the kids.

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First television
set in the whole street.

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Hello, Maureen.

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We were going to listen to the
Coronation on the radio,

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but we've heard
you've got a television.

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"We"? Just the cousins. Hello.
Second cousins. Hiya.

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Third cousins. Hi.
Both cousins once removed. Hi.

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And a chap Bert met in the pub.
Hiya. And his cousins.

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Well, i-i-i-it's nice to have
a couple of... Morning.

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I saw some people climbing through
the window and thought I better...

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Oh, you've got a telly!

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In 'ere, lads, I was right!

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You don't mind, do you?
They're on leave.

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Budge up. There's no more room.
Getting a bit full in here.

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Oh, I've just brought
the brothers from the abbey

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who don't have a television.

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Which is all of us.

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{\an8}I can't see!

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{\an8}Move.

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{\an8}You're not missing much,
the picture's awful.

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And tiny. Ah, please,
get your head out the way.

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Oh, come on, Terrance, they've got
a television at the Town Hall.

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There'll be less people down there.

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CHEERING AND CHATTER

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SPLAT!

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Yes, in the 1950s, a TV became
the thing that everyone wanted

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and the BBC even started
broadcasting programmes

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aimed at kids.

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These shows were
sometimes quite serious

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and that is the tradition
that we try to keep going

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here on Horrible Histories.

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SPLAT!
See?

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But did you know there was
one brilliant children's show

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that was launched over 60 years ago
on the BBC that's still going today?

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Well, to tell you about it,
here's a song we made earlier.

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Oh!

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♪ October '58

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♪ And we first began

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♪ In black and white, we started

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♪ Our first viewer was your nan

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♪ That means for over 60 years,
we've been on your TV screen

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♪ But there's some bits,
if we're honest

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♪ That we wish you hadn't seen

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♪ Lulu the cute elephant
came from the zoo

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♪ She stood on John Noakes' foot
after doing a massive poo

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♪ We invited in some Guides
so they could sing a happy song

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♪ But when the fake fire set alight,
it all went very wrong

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♪ Cos we were live

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♪ We did it live

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♪ What happened in the studio
went down at five

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♪ Or half past five

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♪ We made a Tracy Island
with paper mache and some glue

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♪ And of course
we'd made one earlier

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♪ And you all made one, too

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♪ You sent in old tinfoil
and milk bottle tops

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♪ Raising lots of money
to train guide dogs

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♪ We've had adventures climbing
towers, princesses sent on safari

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♪ And our totalisers counting
all that cash for charity

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♪ And we are live

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♪ We do it live

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♪ So far over 60 years,
in 60 more, we'll still survive

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♪ We'll keep on giving badges,
always have a friendly pet

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♪ There's so much more to come

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♪ We've hardly started yet

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BOTH:

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♪ We do it live! ♪

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Hello. I'm Verity Lambert.

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I was the first female
TV drama producer at the BBC.

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My top tip is,

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if you want to make your history
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then add a few bug-eyed monsters.

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Even when they tell you not to.
Which is what they told me.

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The programme I was making
was Doctor Who

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and it was meant to be
an educational show

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about science and history,
with no bug-eyed monsters.

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{\an8}I introduced the Daleks

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{\an8}and the whole thing took off.

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So, if you have a history show
for children, my tip is

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get yourself a bug-eyed monster.

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And now on Horrible Histories,

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it's time for the next skeeeetch!

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It's a big much. Oh.

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SPLAT!

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Until the late 1960s, you could
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in the UK - one run by BBC
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But, in 1964, the BBC decided
to launch another.

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It was a moment for an inspirational
new channel name,

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a name that would sum up hope
and dreams of the nation.

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And they call it...

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...BBC Two.

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They really put in a lot of effort
into that name.

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Mind you, it stuck,

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because it's still what
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BBC Two was a big hit.

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Although the launch night didn't
quite go according to plan.

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Launch night for a brand-new TV
channel, BBC Two will be great.

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We're finally moving with the times.

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Uh-oh. Here's someone
who's moved a bit too much.

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I can't understand a word
that hip floor manager says.

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Big day, daddios, you cats solid?

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Uh, sure thing, meow bud, yo.

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I beg your pardon?
I'm trying to speak youth.

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We need BBC Two to feel different
to BBC One or ITV.

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Groovy, manio.

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Well, we can agree that having
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is incredible.

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Makes you wonder how many
there'll be in the future.

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Five? Six?

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GASPING

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CLATTERING
Ow!

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There's a fire
at Battersea Power Station.

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The whole of West London's
lost power

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so the BBC Two launch is postponed.

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{\an8}Emergency generator should get
the lights back on. Ah.

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All right?

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Well, that's done a poo
on my groovy pie. Manana, cats.

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I mean, it's just noise, isn't it?
Oh, remember.

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There's a kangaroo in the lift.
Custard!

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What on earth does that mean?

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I guess it's groovy
young people code

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for "there's been a fire
at Battersea Power Station."

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"Custard" means "cool".

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Guys, there's a kangaroo
in the lift.

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We know. It's totally custard.

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Yeah, that's right.
Anyway, manana, cat. Fish.

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Odd name for a kangaroo, Custard.

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{\an8}That's just what we call him,

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{\an8}the BBC Two mascot for the launch.

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{\an8}His real name's George.

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Is he going to be OK in the lift?
DING!

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Yeah, as long as no-one opens the...

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{\an8}Argh! There's a kangaroo
in the liiiiift!

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{\an8}Yeah, Custard.

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Custard! Try "George".

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We borrowed him
from a circus for the launch,

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but he got stuck in the lift.

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Well, let's try and get... Argh!

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All right? I'm Mick Jagger.

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My rock and roll band
The Rolling Stones

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was the first band to perform
on Top Of The Pops.

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That was the biggest pop music
show in Britain for over 40 years.

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Millions and millions of people
watched it every week.

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But what did the programme do
in the early days

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when bands like mine weren't
available to appear on the show?

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Did they...

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And the answer is C.

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They put people in strange costumes
and got them to dance.

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That's not how ordinary people move.

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But who wants to be ordinary?

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Thanks, Mick. And that's almost it
for the 100th Birthday party.

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HOOT!

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It really has been
a wonderful 100th year

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and especially
for children's TV on BBC.

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To celebrate, we're ending with
a song. I hope you enjoyed it.

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And here's to the next
100th year. Bye!

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Hello. I'm Lord Reith.

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Are you enjoying this?

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Would you like to find out how
children's television all began?

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MUSIC: TO THE TUNE OF
PURE IMAGINATION

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♪ Come with me

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♪ From your settee

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♪ On a journey
into children's television

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♪ On CBBC

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♪ A horrible history

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♪ Of your favourite transmissions

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♪ Shows were short and slow
so long ago

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♪ Watch With Mother
and For The Children

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♪ They made superstars
of Bill and Ben

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♪ Though we never
got much sense from them... ♪

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Flobadob. See what I mean?

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♪ But as the time passed,
we had a blast

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♪ With colour, cartoons
and strange creatures

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♪ From Tweenies and Telly Tubbies

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♪ To hanging out with Tracy Beaker

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♪ Switch the TV on

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♪ And we'll be gone

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♪ On a journey
into children's television on CBBC

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♪ A horrible history

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♪ Of your favourite transmissions

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♪ From one day a week

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♪ To every night

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♪ And don't forget Saturday morning

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♪ On so many shows

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♪ It's chaos, you know

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♪ So much fun,
they needed a warning... ♪

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"Do not try this at home."

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♪ Gunging those celebrities
and spraying them with goo

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♪ When we were shouting Bogies,
you would shout it, too

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♪ When not at home

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♪ Watch on your phone

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♪ You can view us everywhere

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♪ Always something new

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♪ Shows made just for you

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♪ Lifelong friends
who are always there. ♪

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That's it. Till next time.

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And the time after that.

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Some of Wiltson Churchill's
greatest speech...

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LAUGHTER

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"Wilson Churchill." Ahhh!

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♪ The past is no longer a mystery

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♪ Hope you enjoyed

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♪ Horrible Histories. ♪

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