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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:04,520 # Terrible Tudors, gorgeous Georgians Slimy Stuarts, vile Victorians 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:07,000 # Woeful wars, ferocious fights Dingy castles, daring knights 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,000 # Horrors that defy description Cutthroat Celts, awful Egyptians 4 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,600 # Vicious Vikings, cruel crimes Punishment from ancient times 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:14,000 # Romans Rotten, rank and ruthless 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,400 # Cavemen Savage, fierce and toothless 7 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,400 # Groovy Greeks, brainy sages Mean and measly Middle Ages 8 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,360 # Gory stories, we do that 9 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,320 # And your host, a talking rat 10 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,840 # The past is no longer a mystery 11 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:27,560 # Welcome to... 12 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,400 # Horrible Histories. # 13 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,360 Horrible Histories presents... 14 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,120 Welcome to my workshop where I've invented some 15 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,760 of the greatest rodent tech of all time. 16 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:48,080 Like the Interat, where you can use Snaprat and Ratsapp 17 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:52,600 to squeak to your friends online, or share funny cat videos, 18 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,560 or, as we call them in the rat world, 19 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,200 horror films! (THUNDER CRASHES) 20 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:57,560 (MIAOW!) 21 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,480 Yes, technology is all around us, 22 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:00,800 even in your home, 23 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,560 from your computer to the light bulbs 24 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,240 to the lock on your front door. 25 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,440 All of them were cutting-edge tech 26 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,480 when they were first invented, 27 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,360 although it took a bit of time 28 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,240 to perfect them. Mm. 29 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,240 WOMAN: Bitsy, darling, hurry up! 30 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,600 I'd like to make a call on my brand-new mobile phone! 31 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,080 Yes, I'm very successful. 32 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,720 Oh, the weight of this thing is killing me! 33 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:26,480 Oh, come on! 34 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,000 (GRUNTS) How bad can it be-eeeee? 35 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,200 Oh! What is that? 36 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:32,560 Gosh. 37 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,320 It's a bit on the weighty side, isn't it? 38 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:36,040 Oh, it's over five kilos! 39 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,920 It weighs about the same as a fully grown cat. 40 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:40,960 But it's so wonderful to be out and about 41 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:42,320 and able to communicate. 42 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:43,800 (KEYPAD BEEPS) Don't mind me, 43 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,160 I'm just making a call to somebody in Bristol! 44 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,280 The other side of the country, 45 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,320 right here in the street! 46 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:52,520 (PHONE RINGS) Oh, ow, ow, ow! 47 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:53,840 I'm OK, I'm OK. Oh! 48 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:55,640 I'm OK. OK, OK. 49 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:56,840 I'm OK! 50 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,440 Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! Hello, Brenda. 51 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,760 Hello! Not you, Bitsy. 52 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,720 Oh. Yes. No, it's me, Gwendoline. 53 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,960 I'm just calling you from the streets of London 54 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,400 on my brand-new mobile phone. 55 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,200 Hello? Hello? (INTERFERENCE) 56 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:13,400 I think the signal's gone. Hello? 57 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,520 Hello? Hello, hello? 58 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,080 Ah, there you are. Yes. 59 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,840 No, it's ever so convenient, actually. 60 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,720 Yes, it did cost a lot of money, actually. 61 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:23,600 Almost as much as a luxury holiday! 62 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,640 But it's so great not to be stuck at home with a boring normal phone. 63 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:29,360 I know... (BEEPING) 64 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,240 Brenda? Brenda? 65 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,600 Hello? Brenda! (GROANS) Oh! 66 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,880 It's out of batteries! 67 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,960 Battery life only lasts 35 minutes. What? 68 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,680 We could go back home and charge it if you like. 69 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,280 Oh! But it's supposed to be mobile! What's the point? 70 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:44,760 I'll go and get the car. 71 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,480 No, because I had to sell the car to pay for the phone. 72 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:48,600 (SIGHS) 73 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,320 It's fine, we'll just... 74 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:51,320 ..just walk. 75 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,880 Here we go. OK, ah! 76 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:55,840 Oh. Yeah. 77 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,600 Ah, Robert Dudley, my favourite Earl of Leicester. 78 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,160 To what does one owe the pleasure? 79 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,520 Your Majesty, I have brought you 80 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,880 a new year's gift. 81 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,760 Oh, a prezzie for little old me! (CHUCKLES) 82 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:11,400 Well, it's too small to be a castle. 83 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:12,960 (BOX RATTLES) 84 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,400 It doesn't sound like a new country. (CHUCKLES) 85 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,080 It's... Ah, what is it? 86 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,320 It's an arm watch, 87 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,000 one of the very first of its kind in England. 88 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,920 It's a beautiful bracelet with a teeny clock inside. 89 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:28,920 Why? Well, er... 90 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:33,000 ..it means that you'll know the time no matter where you go. 91 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,280 Er, I already know the time. 92 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,560 When I wake up, it's morning, 93 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,720 when my tummy rumbles, it's yum-yum time... 94 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,200 Yum-yum time. ..and when I yawn, 95 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:42,920 it's time for bed. 96 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,520 No rumbles yet. Give it about an hour, Thomas. 97 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:46,600 See? 98 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,400 With this arm watch, you'll know when an hour has passed. 99 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,800 If I were to ask you to meet me for a stroll in the gardens 100 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,280 at, say, 10:00 in the morning, 101 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,520 you'd know when to meet me. 102 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,320 And how will you know what time to meet me 103 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:00,440 for this stroll in the gardens? 104 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,920 Well, I suppose, like everyone else, 105 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,360 I'd have to walk into the town and look at the town clock. 106 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:07,480 Oh, yeah? 107 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,480 Of course it would take me a little time to walk back. 108 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,200 And you'd better not be late for our walk, Dudley. 109 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:16,360 It's incredibly expensive, 110 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,040 covered in diamonds and rubies. 111 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,480 Everyone's going to be totes jelly! 112 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,080 Oh, why didn't you say so? I'll keep it! 113 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,120 Oh! Oh, Giles? 114 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:27,600 Yes, Your Majesty. 115 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,240 Er, yep, you're late. Take him to the Tower. 116 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:31,760 What, why? 117 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,720 Should have got yourself an arm watch, mate. 118 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,880 Yes, he should have WATCHED out! Oh, ho-ho! Very good! 119 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,240 (CLOCK TICKS) 120 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:41,560 MAN: Welcome to Bletchley Park. 121 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,760 I'm Thomas Flowers, principal engineer and designer of... 122 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,920 ..Colossus, the world's first electronic computer. 123 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,560 During the Second World War, with the help of the Colossus, 124 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,840 we were able to crack German army codes 125 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:55,200 so we could read their secret messages. 126 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,160 And that helped us win the war. 127 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:58,520 (KEYBOARD CLACKING) 128 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,840 OK, I'll just go and get the printer. 129 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:03,320 (GRUNTS) 130 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:04,760 Right. 131 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,440 The machines even printed out the codes for us. 132 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,400 But tell me, what was the problem 133 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,480 with the Colossus Number 7's printer? 134 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:12,680 Did it...? 135 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:21,880 The answer is B. 136 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,880 The printer's motion was so fierce that it made the machine shuffle 137 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,680 across the room until it unplugged itself. 138 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,160 (WHIRRING) 139 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,320 It happened so much we had to tie it down with these ropes... 140 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,200 MAN: Argh! Get out of the way! (CRASHING) 141 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:36,200 (WOMAN SCREAMS) 142 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:37,640 Oh, probably should have tied that down 143 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,000 before I switched it on, shouldn't I? 144 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Come back! (CRASHING) 145 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,360 When you think of cutting-edge technology, 146 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:47,320 you might think of 3D printers, electric bikes 147 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,760 or a sausage pen. 148 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,400 It's both a pen and a sausage. 149 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,200 I invented that one. 150 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,760 Yes, our homes are filled with technology 151 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:00,400 that people from history would think was really bougie. 152 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,280 Some of it was deliberately designed to solve problems, 153 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:06,560 but other things were discovered completely by accident. 154 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,360 Look, it's a sausage AND a pen. 155 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,000 It's never been done before. 156 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:15,040 MAN: Dr Percy Spencer? Yes? 157 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,240 This had better be a major breakthrough 158 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:18,920 in military technology, Doctor. 159 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,080 I have an hour and 45 minutes 160 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,160 until my jacket potato is ready for lunch. 161 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,800 Then I think you'll be glad you came, sir. Recognise this? 162 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,400 Ah, yes, the cavity magnetron. 163 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,680 Hmm, a bit of kit that uses a type of radiation called microwaves 164 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,600 to detect enemy aircraft and ships. 165 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:36,200 I've read the briefing, Doctor. 166 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,200 But last night, sir, I was working next to the magnetron 167 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,360 when something...curious happened. 168 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:45,680 What are you looking at? 169 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,360 Oh, I was just remembering something. 170 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:49,920 I was working late in my lab. 171 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,240 Unknown to me, the magnetron was still on. 172 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,720 I felt a tingling sensation 173 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:58,960 run through my entire body. (SQUELCH!) 174 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,880 But once the tingling stopped, 175 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,160 I was left with something warm, soft, brown 176 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,800 in my pocket. 177 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,600 Is this really something you want to be sharing? 178 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:08,880 Absolutely. 179 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,840 It had a familiar smell, but I still couldn't be sure, 180 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,800 so I did what any good scientist would do. 181 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,280 Ew! Gross! 182 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,040 No, sir, I was talking about chocolate. 183 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:20,080 Chocolate? 184 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:21,920 I had a bar in my back pocket and it melted. 185 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:24,080 Why, what did you think? Er, no, look! 186 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,200 What I'm trying to say here, sir, is the microwaves emitted 187 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,720 from the magnetron, heated the chocolate in my pocket 188 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:31,200 and cooked it. 189 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,320 And it works on stuff like corn, as well. 190 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:35,240 Here, sir, you'll want to brace yourself. 191 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:36,640 Brace myself for what? 192 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:38,200 Oh, you'll see. (WHIRRING) 193 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,320 Ah, we're taking fire! 194 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:42,040 No, sir. (WHIRRING STOPS) 195 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:43,200 We're making popcorn. 196 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,080 I believe I've invented some kind of cooking machine. 197 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,400 Fascinating. It seems to heat things up 198 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,240 much, much faster than with a traditional oven. 199 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,440 So, no more waiting for your lunchtime jacket potato. 200 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:56,800 Oh, I'll have to take this to the joint chiefs. 201 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,160 Oh, my microwave cooker? 202 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,320 No, popcorn. They love snacks. 203 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:01,600 What else can this thing do? 204 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,400 Well, I was just about to try it out with an egg. 205 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,200 (DEVICE WHIRRS) 206 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,200 (SPLAT!) 207 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,480 "Less time for egg." 208 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:20,200 Ahem, watch and learn, Grover. 209 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:23,360 Yes? Madam, 210 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,000 I'm Hubert Cecil Booth of the Vacuum Cleaner Company Ltd, 211 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,360 and I'm here to offer you the opportunity of a lifetime. 212 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:31,400 Ooh! 213 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,680 Let me introduce Puffing Billy... (FANFARE PLAYS) 214 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:36,720 ..the first petrol-powered vacuum cleaner, 215 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,600 available to you for just a small fee. 216 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,080 Ooh, how exciting! 217 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,440 Switch on her five-horsepower engine, 218 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,600 and she will suck the dirt right out of your house. 219 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,320 (MACHINE WHIRRS) Oh! 220 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:49,520 Ooh. 221 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:52,640 Whoa! Oh! 222 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,720 Well, I suppose it does seem effective. Do come in. 223 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:57,520 Oh! Ooh! 224 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:59,720 Madam, today's your lucky day. (SQUAWK!) 225 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:01,440 I've sold machines like this 226 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:02,960 to the German Emperor William II, 227 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,040 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia 228 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,480 and Sultan Abdul Hamid in Constantinople. 229 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,560 Oh, gosh, that is impressive. 230 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:11,920 Turn her on, Grover. 231 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:12,960 Right you are, boss! 232 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:16,760 Oh, it's doing a wonderful job! 233 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:18,120 Yeah, I came up with the idea 234 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,720 by sucking dirt from a chair through some cloth with my mouth, 235 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:21,760 like this. 236 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:24,440 Oh, please don't do that. 237 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:26,280 Sorry. Urgh! 238 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:27,960 How about paying us to do the whole house? 239 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,920 We could start at the bottom and go all the way up to the top. 240 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:34,280 All the way up to the top! Full power it is, boss. 241 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,480 Oh, no! Oh, no! 242 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,040 Just a few teething troubles. 243 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:41,160 This didn't happen 244 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,360 when my invention cleaned Westminster Abbey 245 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,160 for King Edward VII's coronation. 246 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,400 Oh, whoa! (SQUAWK!) 247 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,360 Captain Peck! Turn it off! 248 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,520 Turn it up? It's already on full. 249 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,880 What's going on? Oh! 250 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:55,880 Oh, no! (Argh! 251 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,880 Oh, well, I think we can agree 252 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,480 the room is spotless. 253 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,320 Argh! Whoa! Oh! 254 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,400 Boss, I think we've got a blockage. 255 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,720 You don't say. Hmm. 256 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,000 Ah, Gladys, you're back. 257 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,200 I trust you had a smashing vacation. 258 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,160 I did, thank you, ma'am. 259 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,880 And I just wanted to apologise for chipping the china 260 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,920 on the day I left. Oh! 261 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,360 Think no more on it. 262 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:25,920 Are you sure you're not mad at me, ma'am? 263 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:30,360 No, no! It was just my best 350-year-old 264 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,680 priceless family china. Right. 265 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:37,360 It's just the other maids said you had a rather extreme reaction. 266 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,480 Would one call inventing a whole machine that washes dishes 267 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,280 just so you can't break them anymore extreme? 268 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,080 You invented a dish-washing machine? 269 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:47,120 Whoa! 270 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,920 It was either that or I do the dishes myself, 271 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,000 which would have been extreme. 272 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,960 What exactly does this dish-washing machine of yours do? 273 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,720 It washes dishes. 274 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,280 It removes dirt and the possibility 275 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,680 of clumsy human beings smashing my crockery. 276 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:06,880 (SHOUTS) Don't smash that, too! 277 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,000 I just wanted to see how it worked. 278 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,960 It's simply a wheel mounted inside a copper boiler 279 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,440 which gently turns the delicate dishes 280 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,240 through the soapy water, 281 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,040 instead of smashing them together 282 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,600 like an angry cavewoman. Ha-ha! 283 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,280 Which I can only assume is your technique. 284 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,960 Oh! People adore my idea. 285 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,840 I've already had several orders from hotels and restaurants. 286 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:37,120 It might be the first commercially successful dishwasher in history. 287 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,400 I expect I will be quite rich. 288 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,720 As long as you're not angry, I shall go about my duties. 289 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,120 Oh! 290 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:45,480 Excellent! 291 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,320 Of course those duties will no longer include dish smashing. 292 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:49,960 You mean dish washing. 293 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,160 I know what I mean. 294 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:53,640 (DOOR SLAMS) 295 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,240 Did you know computers were invented thousands of years ago? 296 00:11:58,240 --> 00:11:59,440 Well, kind of. 297 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:01,000 Come on, give me 20 seconds. 298 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,440 I'll convince you. Ready? Go! 299 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,080 Charles Babbage invented the first thing you recognise as a computer, 300 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,440 the Analytical Engine, back in 1833. 301 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:09,920 It was used for calculations. 302 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,520 The first calculator was made in 1623, 303 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,200 and thousands of years before that, they used abacuses. 304 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,920 And even before the abacus came, the Ishango bone, 305 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,440 which was from about 20,000 years ago 306 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,560 and might well have been used for counting and calculating. 307 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:24,080 So, in a way, that makes it a kind of computer. Whew! 308 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,760 MAN: Where's Daddy's little princess? 309 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,560 Hey, I've got a surprise for you! 310 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:32,360 Oh, Dad, you haven't! 311 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:33,760 It isn't...? 312 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,560 It is, come on! Ha-ha! 313 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:37,840 Eek! I got you 314 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,680 your very own Ishango bone! 315 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:44,080 Yeah! Or what you kids like to call it, 'iBone', innit? 316 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,640 Thanks, Dad. It's just I was kind of hoping for the iBone 5. 317 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,520 What? There's nothing wrong with the 4! 318 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,160 This Ishango bone is topnotch technology, no? 319 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,040 Literally! They're notches. Look, 168 etchings. 320 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:56,680 It's just I was kind of holding out 321 00:12:56,680 --> 00:12:59,320 for the one with the extra notches on the side. 322 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:00,920 Ah, you don't need extra notches on the side. 323 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:02,840 Look, you've got the lines there that you can count 324 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:04,120 and do your times tables. 325 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:05,280 OK. 326 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,800 Look, look. Two rows there that add up to 60, 327 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,040 and then one in the middle that adds up to 48. 328 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,760 You could use it to count the phases of the moon. 329 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,000 Is that the biggest one they had? 330 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,960 Listen, this is genuine baboon fibula. 331 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:20,480 (GRUNTS) 332 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,240 Straight from the baboon's leg! Hmm. 333 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,280 It's just my friend said that it's difficult to spot 334 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,480 the difference between the baboon's one and the knock-off. 335 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:31,000 This one has got the quartz fixed to the end. 336 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,040 Yeah. So you could do your engravings and that. 337 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:38,000 Aw, thanks, Dad! I love it! Hey-hey! 338 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,080 I know how you young people like your latest gadgets and that. 339 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,520 Although I'll probably just use it for games and stuff. 340 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:45,960 Pow-pow-pow! Take that! 341 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,080 Look at that, she loves it. Pow-pow-pow! 342 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,680 Notches in bones, eh? What will they think of next? 343 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:52,560 (SCREECHING) Oh, oh! 344 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:54,560 Watch out for the angry one-legged baboon! 345 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:56,000 Ow! Ooh! 346 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,440 ANNOUNCER: Welcome to Historical Dragons' Den, 347 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,600 where inventors from history come to pitch their creations 348 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,480 to our modern business dragons. 349 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,080 Our dragons are looking 350 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:09,920 to put their own money into the right project. 351 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,240 And the first historical inventor before them 352 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:13,440 is Nikola Tesla. 353 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,280 An early pioneer of electricity, 354 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:17,360 can his new bit of tech shock them into investing? 355 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,040 Hello, Dragons. Grr! Pfff-pfff! 356 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,560 Pffffffrp! Pffffffrp! 357 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,120 I don't know why I did that. Sorry. 358 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:28,080 So, Mr Tesla, I've heard lots of exciting things 359 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,120 about your work with electric motors and how to power them. 360 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,080 Have you got something electrifying 361 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:34,320 for us today? 362 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:35,760 (CHUCKLES) I certainly have. 363 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,320 You're my favourite. 364 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,040 Presenting the mechanical oscillator, 365 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,880 powered by compressed air. 366 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:44,040 Ta-da! 367 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,240 What does it do? Allow me to demonstrate 368 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,160 using one of the greatest American novelists. 369 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,960 It's Mr Mark Twain! Woo! 370 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,360 Hello, Dragons. Nikola. 371 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,480 Can Tesla's vibrating machine 372 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:57,920 shake our dragons into investing? 373 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,080 (MACHINE REVS, JUDDERS) Ooh-hoo-hoo! 374 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,400 I'd shake you by the hand, Mr Twain, 375 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:05,800 but you're shaking enough already. 376 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,960 It is a very pleasant sensation. 377 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,480 (PARP!) Woo! 378 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:10,800 It gives you vigour and vitality! 379 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:12,320 It certainly gives him something. 380 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,880 You'll see the genius of my machine any minute now. 381 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,240 (PARP!) Oh! Is there a toilet nearby? 382 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,920 As in very nearby? (PARP!) 383 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,120 It's just, er, over there. (PARP!) 384 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,160 Although from the sounds of it, I think it might be too late. 385 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:26,720 So, you've invented a machine 386 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,600 that makes famous novelists poo themselves? 387 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:30,760 That's right. 388 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,840 Now, who wants to invest? 389 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,280 Like the contents of Mr Twain's bottom, I'm out. 390 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:36,760 ANNOUNCER: A blow for Tesla. 391 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:41,320 With Deborah out, will Peter or Sara invest in his poo platform? 392 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:42,680 Does it do anything else? 393 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,760 What else does it need to do? 394 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,480 It is fantastic. Would any of you like to try it out? 395 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:48,720 I'll give it a try. 396 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,320 Sit down, Peter. Oh! 397 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,440 No-one wants to see a dragon poop on TV. 398 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,000 With the greatest of respect, I'm out, too. 399 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,760 (PARP!) Oh, no. 400 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:58,280 No, no, no, Mr Twain, 401 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:00,480 that's not the toilet - that's the lift. 402 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:02,600 (SQUELCH!) Too late. 403 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,640 MARK TWAIN: Oh! Anyone invented self-cleaning pants? 404 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,480 A vibrating poo platform? 405 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:10,920 I'd invest. 406 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,440 Sadly, that bit of tech isn't still around, 407 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,960 but a lot of old technology is, 408 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,640 like the bow and arrow. Oh! Huh. 409 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:19,960 Still used today, 410 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:24,440 this game-changing bit of kit was invented to make hunting easier 411 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,840 in prehistoric times. Mm. 412 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,200 Sire. Hm. 413 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,360 I think you'll be impressed. 414 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,960 I've invented a new weapon that will revolutionise hunting. 415 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:36,520 Oh, exciting. 416 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,960 I started with a small sharpened piece of bone. 417 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:40,240 But that is tiny. 418 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,760 You will never catch a lion with this. Look. 419 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,560 Did that hurt? Uh, well, a little bit. 420 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:48,120 No, it didn't. OK, but I hadn't finished. 421 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:51,080 You see, next, I glued it to the end of a piece of wood. 422 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:52,840 Ah, you are wasting your time. 423 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:54,840 Look, this is the smallest spear I have ever seen. 424 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,680 Hm. You will never catch a vicious beast 425 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:58,280 with this child's toy. Look. 426 00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,720 Ah! Did that hurt? 427 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,200 It hurt quite a lot, actually. No, again. 428 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,440 What if I said I could hurl this tiny spear a vast distance 429 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:07,720 and hit a target using this? (BOING!) 430 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,520 Interesting. Let me have a go. 431 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,280 Hmm. 432 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,280 Ah! Ah, useless! 433 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,000 This will never catch a leopard. 434 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,440 I wouldn't be so sure. Aaaah! 435 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:20,920 Watch me, Sire. 436 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,120 Oh, impressive! 437 00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:26,680 Mm-mm. 438 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:28,920 So I hold it like this? 439 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:30,680 Right. (TWANG!) 440 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,040 Ow! Ooh! 441 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:33,360 Oh! Sire! 442 00:17:33,360 --> 00:17:35,200 I would have hit the target if he didn't get in the way. 443 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:36,640 Let me have another go. 444 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,920 I think I'll stand over here. 445 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,120 Ah! Ah! Oh! Oh! OK. This is the one. 446 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:42,880 Fire. 447 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,440 Ooh! Argh! Oh! 448 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,280 It's broken. Ah! 449 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,440 Try again but round the other way. Yeah, that way. 450 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:50,880 Oh-oh! Yes. 451 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,680 OK. Round this way, alright. Run away, run away, runaway. 452 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:56,680 Aaaaargh! Oh, er... 453 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,600 Where is it? Ah! Ah, it's here. 454 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,920 I mean, the bow round the other way. 455 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:04,000 Yes. Oh, oh, no, no, no, no, no! 456 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,320 I'm getting out of here! (GRUNTS) 457 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,120 Ooh! Aaaargh! (SOBS) 458 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:10,400 Look. 459 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,120 It's bound to take a bit of getting used to. 460 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:13,480 Hmm. A bit! 461 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,320 I'm pretty sure I'm getting the hang of this now. 462 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,440 Please, please, please, please, please 463 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:20,960 You did it! 464 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:22,680 (ALL LAUGH) 465 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,040 Amazing! 466 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,120 You have invented a tool that can fire small spears. 467 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:30,320 I call it a bow and arrow. 468 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,240 The bow and arrow! 469 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:33,880 Er, actually the other way, 470 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,480 but it doesn't matter. 471 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,000 Ah! 472 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:40,720 Hey, there, peasant farmer! Oh! Oi! 473 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,680 What are you doing creeping about like that? 474 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:45,240 Sorry. I'm a bit nervous, you see? 475 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:46,800 First day as a salesman. 476 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,520 Right. Ahem, hello, sir-slash-madam. 477 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,400 I wanted to see if you were interested 478 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:53,840 in the offer of a lifetime. 479 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:57,000 I'm busy. I have to till these fields before sundown, 480 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,480 and it takes ages with these tools. 481 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,200 I have to plant the seed or we won't have grain, 482 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:01,720 and my children will starve. 483 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,080 But that's exactly why I'm here. You want to adopt Kenny? 484 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:05,760 What? No, no, no, no, no, no. Worth a try. 485 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,120 I want to sell you something. 486 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,480 It's called the plough. 487 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,360 Can't eat that. It's made out of wood. 488 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:14,560 You don't eat this - you farm with it! 489 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,000 A demonstration of the tech of the future. 490 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,760 So, you drag it like this. 491 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,640 The spike digs out a channel behind you. 492 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:24,840 Then you just drop in the seeds as you go. 493 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,960 Now, the plough uses a highly scientific concept 494 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:29,320 known as 'pulling'. 495 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,760 Alright, if this "ploo" is so good, 496 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:33,000 why haven't I heard of it before? 497 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,400 Plough. Play. 498 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:35,480 Plough. Plah. 499 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:36,880 Say it with me, plough. Pa-lee. 500 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,440 We'll work on it. It's only just been invented. 501 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:41,120 You know what, let me just show you 502 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:42,800 how good this plough really is. 503 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,320 Fine! But I don't think it's going to work. 504 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:46,920 See how easy this is? 505 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:47,920 Hmm. 506 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,360 You can do this field in seconds, eh? 507 00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:50,520 Oh! 508 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,520 No, um...I'm still not convinced, you know? 509 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,280 I might need a longer demonstration, so just keep going. 510 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,320 Better to watch an expert like you show me how it's done, innit? 511 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,200 I am an expert. 512 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,640 (SOFTLY) Idiot. 513 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:04,760 You crack on, mate. I'm just going to nip off for a second. 514 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,680 I'll be...I'll be right back. 515 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:07,800 Oh. 516 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,240 Oh, yeah, bringing more customers? I love it! 517 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:11,840 Bring the whole neighbourhood. 518 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,880 ANNOUNCER: With the lift hosed down and the windows open, 519 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,360 the Dragons are welcoming their next historical hopeful to the den - 520 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:23,000 Chinese mathematician, astronomer, inventor, 521 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,040 engineer, scholar and artist Zhang Heng. 522 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:27,600 Hello, Dragons. 523 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,640 Sometimes called the da Vinci of Ancient China, 524 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,600 can he artfully get our Dragons to invest? 525 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,480 Mr Zhang Heng, what have you brought to show us? 526 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,880 This is Houfeng Didong Yi. 527 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,600 It is one of the first devices to detect earthquakes. 528 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,000 Your device is obviously way ahead of its time. 529 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,560 How does it work? 530 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,600 If any vibrations in the ground are detected, 531 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:47,960 a ball is shaken from the dragon's mouth 532 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:49,960 in the direction of the earthquake's source. 533 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,040 (RUMBLING) 534 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,160 I think the design is charming. 535 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,280 ANNOUNCER: Very few people move the unshakeable Dragons, 536 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,080 so could this be a great sign? 537 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,320 I'm confused. How is it making this building shake? 538 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,600 It's not. It's detecting quite a big earthquake. 539 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,200 We should really run. 540 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,160 We're all in! 541 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,000 Someone save the cash! 542 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,720 Looks like Zhang's tech has really brought the house down. 543 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,800 Hello, I'm Thomas Edison, one of the greatest 544 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,520 and most inventive minds ever to have lived. 545 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,480 I suffered with quite bad hearing loss, 546 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,480 so when my musician friend Hans Von Bulow visited 547 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,760 so I could record him playing the piano on the phonograph, 548 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,640 how did I listen along to it? 549 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:30,920 Did I...? 550 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:42,600 The answer is B. 551 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,200 I bit the instruments. 552 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,440 The sound vibrations would travel through my teeth, 553 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,440 then through my skull and into the hearing nerve 554 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:49,560 inside my head. 555 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:50,680 It's genius! 556 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,640 OK, Hans, hit it! 557 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,200 (PIANO PLAYS) 558 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,480 (MUFFLED) Oh, yeah! 559 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,400 This is a real banger. 560 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,640 # Loo Man, Loo Man The living toilet poo man 561 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,640 # From the Middle Ages With a bucket so that you can 562 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,200 # Have a poo in a private place 563 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,160 # Sitting on my bucket with a cape To hide your face 564 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,480 # Head, bum And then you're done 565 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,960 # I will charge depending if you did a two or one 566 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,800 # Loo Man! # 567 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,800 ANNOUNCER: Please welcome today's historical figure 568 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,200 who really needs the loo - 569 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,240 Hedy Lamarr! 570 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,240 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 571 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,560 Greetings, friend. 572 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,440 Are you the 1940s superstar film actor Hedy Lamarr, 573 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,360 also known as the most beautiful girl in the world? 574 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:43,560 (LAUGHTER) Yes, I...I suppose I am. 575 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,720 Sorry, I was hoping to, erm, use the bathroom. 576 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:47,760 (PARP!) 577 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:51,400 (CHUCKLES) Well, you're in luck, for I am Loo Man! 578 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:52,760 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 579 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,280 You, Hedy Lamarr, have been transported through time 580 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:56,560 from the 1940s 581 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,560 through a mechanism too complicated to explain. 582 00:22:58,560 --> 00:22:59,840 Oh, I don't know. 583 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,040 I'm also an engineer and inventor, so... 584 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,520 AUDIENCE: Ooh! Hold on. As well as a film star? 585 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:08,960 Yes, er, I invented a cube that you could drop into water 586 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,360 to make a refreshing drink, like cola. 587 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:13,360 Does it work with all liquids? No. 588 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:14,800 No. No. (LAUGHTER) 589 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,360 Well, that's a shame. 590 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:17,880 Plop Quiz! 591 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,440 What is happening? 592 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,640 Answer questions one and two, and I'll let you do a... 593 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:23,840 LOO MAN AND AUDIENCE: Poo! 594 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:25,560 Please can we be quick? 595 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,680 I've got a couple of extras wanting to make their grand entrance. 596 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,680 (PARP!) Say no more. Question number one. 597 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,080 You were in films like Samson And Delilah 598 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,840 and Boom Town - that one sounds good. 599 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:36,960 But tell me about some of your tech. 600 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,160 OK, during the Second World War, 601 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,600 I invented a piece of technology 602 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,200 to help the war effort. 603 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,600 It was called a Frequency Hopping Guided System. 604 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,360 If my customers had a guided system, 605 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,920 I'd have to mop the floor a lot less. 606 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:51,680 (LAUGHTER) 607 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,120 It's horrible, actually. 608 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:55,600 It was a radio signal that couldn't be hacked, 609 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,080 so the Nazis couldn't interfere with our torpedoes. 610 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:00,600 (PARP!) 611 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,920 Sounds like you want to launch a torpedo yourself, love. 612 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:04,360 Question number two. 613 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:07,280 Do you think you'll leave a lasting legacy, 614 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:08,880 aside from that smell? 615 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,320 Well, apparently the work I did on the Frequency Hopping System 616 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,640 was later vital to the development of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. 617 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:16,880 (PARP!) Ooh! 618 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,640 Well, I don't know about Wi-Fi, 619 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,920 but I know that that was really whiffy. 620 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,880 Hedy Lamarr, it's been an absolute pleasure. 621 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:24,200 You may pass. Oh! 622 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,640 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 623 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,120 Time to release a blockbuster! (PARP! SQUELCH!) 624 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:29,800 Well, I know I'll be tuning in. (LAUGHTER) 625 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,600 Join me next time when I'll be stopping 626 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,720 another historical celeb from taking a poo, 627 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,840 to ask questions just for you. 628 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,640 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 629 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:45,200 Well, I've been working hard, and I've created some brand-new tech. 630 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,720 Presenting Rattus 2.0! 631 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,200 I call it RatGPT. 632 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,840 (LAUGHS) 633 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,720 He's going to do my job for me, 634 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,360 while I lie on a beach somewhere. 635 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:04,080 Thomas Edison was one of history's busiest tech whizzes, 636 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,680 creating over 1,000 inventions. 637 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,440 See? He's amazing! 638 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,360 And they don't have to pay me. 639 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,840 Edison helped develop electricity, 640 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,920 sound recording, cinema 641 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,080 and even X-rays. 642 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,360 Hang on, this thing could put me out of a job! 643 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:23,720 Here's Edison to tell you everything. 644 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,720 Take it away...away...awa... (INTERFERENCE) 645 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,880 Oh! Phew, he's broken! 646 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:31,320 And thank goodness for that. 647 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,880 I think I'll leave this tech lark to the experts. 648 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,800 (MUSIC TO THE TUNE OF SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT BY NIRVANA PLAYS) 649 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,760 # Look round your house at all the things 650 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,960 # The light that shines, the phone that rings 651 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:56,040 # The sounds you like, the things you view 652 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,920 # I had a hand in all you do 653 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:02,480 # Oh, who am I? 654 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,200 # The light bulb guy 655 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,640 # You'd be surprised 656 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:11,120 # Thomas Edison, the inventor 657 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:12,960 # Of the light bulb 658 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,680 # Illuminator 659 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,200 # Movie studio 660 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,680 # Black Maria 661 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,880 # Kinetoscope 662 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,360 # Movie camera 663 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:25,200 # Phonograph 664 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,400 # Voice recorder 665 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,480 # And the network electric power 666 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:32,600 # All me! 667 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,160 # I said I'd make a new design 668 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,160 # Every 10 days 669 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,560 # They weren't all mine 670 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,280 # I paid for help from other minds 671 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,680 # To bump the numbers 672 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,280 # Never mind 673 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,720 # With Graeme Bell's phone 674 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,520 # I did tell him 675 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:01,840 # What you should say when the thing rings 676 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,960 # I disagreed with old Bell boy 677 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,320 # I said, "Hello" 678 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:09,880 # He said, "Ahoy" 679 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,920 # Ahoy, ahoy, ahoy, ahoy, ahoy 680 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,800 # Ahoy, ahoy 681 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,280 # Imagine that 682 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:21,600 # Thomas Edison, the inventor 683 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,760 # The Vitascope, the projector 684 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,280 # Mimeograph, kind of printer 685 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:33,400 # Electric pens, not a winner 686 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,160 # With the lights on, is this dangerous? 687 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:41,760 # Yes, my light bulb made me famous 688 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,040 # Yeah! # 689 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,200 When Americans say, "I want to go plop..." 690 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:53,280 (LAUGHTER) 691 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,800 I'll be stopping more historical celebrities from taking a poo... 692 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,400 (LAUGHTER) 693 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,920 There'll be music playing. (LAUGHTER) 694 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,760 # The past is no longer a mystery 695 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,840 # Hope you enjoyed Horrible Histories. # 696 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:08,840 Captions by Red Bee Media 697 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:10,840 Copyright Australian Broadcasting Corporation51095

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