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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
I ran the place.
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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
clear that I was...
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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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Um...
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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
different back then.
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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
in London.
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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
make it really good
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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
radio newsreaders?
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{\an8}That's that what's-her-name
was speaking like a proper chap.
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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
to show everyone how important
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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: # And we are live
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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
show for children popular,
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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
still only watch two TV channels
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in the UK - one run by BBC
and one run by ITV.
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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
we call the channel today.
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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
three whole channels on TV
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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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