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♪ Terrible Tudors,
Gorgeous Georgians
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♪ Slimy Stuarts, Vile Victorians
Woeful Wars, Ferocious Fights
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♪ Dingy Castles, Daring Knights
Horrors that defy description
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♪ Cut-throat Celts, Awful Egyptians
Vicious Vikings, Cruel Crime
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♪ Punishments from ancient times
Roman, rotten, rank and ruthless
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♪ Cavemen, savage,
fearsome, toothless
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♪ Groovy Greeks, Brainy Sages
Mean and Measly Middle Ages
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♪ Gory stories, we do that
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♪ And your host, a talking rat
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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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Well, exceptional scenes here
at the Houses of Parliament,
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where a brand-new political party
has just been formed.
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Let's join the action, live.
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And so I am proud to announce
the Demo-rat-ic party.
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And I'm very pleased to say
that joining us
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will be my new advisor,
an expert in winning national votes,
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the political giant
that is Dani Dyer.
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Wait a minute, Dani Dyer?
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All right, Rattus? Oh, hello there.
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With the best
will in the world, Dani,
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I was told I was getting
an expert in modern politics.
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What do you know about
the vicious world of back-stabbing,
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unholy alliances and lying?
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I was on Love Island.
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Fair point. Welcome on board.
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So, what DO you know about politics?
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Well, I know that democracy
is the second greatest export
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of ancient Greece. Oh, right,
well, what was the first?
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Kebabs.
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HE LAUGHS
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Hey, I think we might be
made for each other.
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Citizens of Athens,
I am here to announce
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the birth of democracy.
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CROWD: Ooh!
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From now on, Athens will be ruled
by all of its citizens, equally.
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Equal rights, equal votes, and every
citizen can suggest new laws.
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You had something.
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I'd like to suggest
a new law on free pudding.
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Yeah. Yeah. When I said everyone,
obviously I didn't mean children.
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Ugh. I didn't want to do it, anyway.
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I like the sound of this democracy.
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I have an idea for a new law.
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Sorry, sorry, sorry. No foreigners.
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How could he tell?
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Yeah, yeah, I've got an idea
for a new law. No slaves.
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Oh, you won't know
what it was then, will you?
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Was it to free all the slaves?
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So everyone is equal except for
children, slaves and foreigners?
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And women, yes.
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Women can't vote either.
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Did I forget to mention that?
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Ugh, should be called man-ocracy.
SHE TUTS
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So, when it comes to the politics
of running Athens,
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democracy means we all get a say.
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Looks like it's you and me, sir.
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I'm not that really into politics,
to be honest.
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Then you are an idiot.
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Right, that's it. Hey! Hey!
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I didn't mean that as an insult.
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Idiot is the Greek word for citizen
who isn't interested in politics.
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Oh. Right.
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Also, you are an idiot.
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And yet you and I
are completely equal. Exactly.
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So long as you are
a landowning Greek citizen like me.
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Where do you live?
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Under the cart.
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Oh. Just me, then.
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For a long time,
Britain didn't have a democracy -
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we were ruled over by
kings and queens
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right up until Oliver Cromwell
defeated King Charles I
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in the Civil War.
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Finally, the people's
representatives in Parliament
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were able to rule the country
and Charles was locked up,
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never to see the light of day again.
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Well, I say "never".
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Congratulations, General Cromwell,
we've caught the king yet again,
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so the war should be over any day.
You've done a great job.
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Of course I have.
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The name's Oliver CromWELL,
not Oliver CromRUBBISH.
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Oh, no, that sounded better
in my head.
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No matter my Lord,
we must decide quickly what to do
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with King Charles before
he tries to escape,
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like he did at Hampton Court.
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This is a castle, there's no way
the King is getting out of here.
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He knows he's beaten this time,
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and with him out of the way
this country can be run properly.
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Um... We should cut off his head,
just in case.
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I mean, it's much harder
to lead an army
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when you haven't got a head,
am I right? But...
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..does not the Bible teach mercy?
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Perhaps we should let him live
on the condition
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that he gives the throne to his son.
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Yeah, but what if the son
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is like the father,
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swanning about doing as he pleases
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cos he thinks he gets his power
directly from God?
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Yes, Charles is a very big-headed.
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Which is why we'll need
an extra large axe to chop it off.
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CROMWELL LAUGHS
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But if we kill him,
the people might turn against us.
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True, we're not very popular,
are we?
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Yeah, it's weird.
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You know, we've been good Puritans,
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and we'll close all the theatres,
we'll ban sports
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and cancel Christmas, I mean,
what's not to like?
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Exactly.
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Working with Charles
could be popular.
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Working with Charles?
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He's made a deal with the Scots
to attack us.
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Of course, we could
just send him away.
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Italy, maybe?
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Is that your idea of a punishment?
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He wages war against his own people
and we give him a little holiday?
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No. Head off, now!
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We cannot order
the death of the King.
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Oh, will you please
make up your minds!
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HE SCREAMS
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He's escaping. Right, that's it.
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We execute him. Yes!
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But then again... No backsies. Aw.
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If I get elected, I'll be the first
rat ever to enter Parliament.
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I think first might be pushing it.
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Hey, I can't wait to get in there
with all the other MPs
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and sit on the thrones and
ride the crocodiles,
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and - oh! - dress up as a space dog!
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You don't really know what
happens in Parliament, do you?
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What gave it away?
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Literally everything you just said.
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Well, what do they
do in there, then?
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Well, they have debates
about new laws
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and decide how to run the country.
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The debates do get
a little bit rowdy, though,
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so they have someone called
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the Speaker of the House. Oh, yeah?
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And they decide who can talk
and who can't talk.
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Just to make sure everything
runs smoothly.
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Oh, that sounds like
a very tricky job. It is.
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It used to be even harder,
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because the Speaker used
to have to sit there
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throughout the whole debate,
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no matter how long it took.
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What? Even if they have to, um...
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Oh, yes. Oh.
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And I would like to conclude
by saying
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that, like our Royal Navy ships,
the Prime Minister Mr Pitt's
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argument is clapped out
and full of holes.
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Order, order.
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Can we move things along a bit?
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I'm rather in desperate need of
a trip to the little Speaker's room,
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and as you know, law states that the
Speaker cannot leave the chamber
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whilst there is a debate,
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even if he is bursting. Mr Pitt.
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CHEERING
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His Majesty's government
is aware that the smallest holes
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in the ships' hulls can lead to
a constant trickle of sea water,
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leading quickly to a great gushing,
nay, the constant stream...
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Right! I'm just going to have to go
right here. ..of arguments.
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One moment, please.
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Don't mind me! Mr Pitt.
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With...
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TRICKLING
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..French war looming,
money will always be found
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to stem the flow.
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SPEAKER GROANS
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Mr Fox!
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When will the money
be found, Mr Pitt? Hm?
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And WHERE will it be found?
CHEERING
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Mr Pitt.
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His Majesty's Treasury
will foot the bill,
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though taxes will have to be raised.
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What do you say to that, Mr Fox?
SPEAKER GROANS
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Taxes are never...
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SPEAKER SHUDDERS
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..the best solution...
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GROANING: Oh, God.
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..to our problems.
CHEERING
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SIGHING: Oh, that's better.
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A never-ending tax
that will run and run...
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TRICKLING STARTS AGAIN
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Still not finished.
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There must be another solution.
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You're telling me.
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Perhaps someone could be persuaded
to donate a big lump sum.
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Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
FARTING AND SPLASHING
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SPEAKER CLEARS HIS THROAT
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Can I, um, borrow
your notes, please?
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It wasn't that bad.
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It is here that Prime Ministers
make history.
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You the Prime Minister,
Spencer Perceval? I am.
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But leave a message
with my secretary.
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Here's my message for you, sir.
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GUNSHOT
Argh!
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But how will history remember them?
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Prime Minister, you've been shot!
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I am murdered.
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Do you have any last words?
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Yes, I am murdered.
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Yes, I know, I heard,
but have you got any last words?
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I am murdered.
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I. Am. Murdered.
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You see, the thing is,
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I don't want to put
any pressure on you right now,
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but you haven't really
done much as Prime Minister
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and this is likely to be the last
thing that you're remembered for.
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Yeah, plus you're the only
Prime Minister to be shot,
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I mean, it's such a big deal,
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you really need to have
some famous last words.
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I know it's a big deal,
I am murdered.
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THEY GROAN
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No. It's close. It's just...
it's not doing it for me.
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It just doesn't grab me.
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You think you can do a better job?
Knock yourselves out.
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Um...
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Kiss me, Hardy.
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No, it's been done.
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How about something a bit silly?
Like, um...
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I'll never get this stain out.
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I mean, I can't do his voice, but...
No, it is close. Thank you.
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I am not Spencer Perceval,
I am his twin brother, Leonard.
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The real Spencer is...
HE GURGLES
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And then he...
Die just before you...
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I'm sticking with
"I am murdered", thank you.
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I don't want to say anything else,
in case it's dumb and people think
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I'm a total nincom...pooooooop.
Ooh, he's off.
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And he's gone.
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"I am a total nincompooooop."
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PERCEVAL GASPS
THEY GASP
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I...am...murdered.
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All right, we'll go...
We'll go with that.
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I did like nincompoo...
Same. But, you know.
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Hello, Queen Victoria I, here.
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Also, Queen Victoria the last -
there haven't been any others.
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You know, we royals
still had a say in Parliament,
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because although the people
elected the governments,
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the Prime Ministers would still
report directly to me.
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Your Majesty, the role
of the monarch at a historic moment
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such as this... I'm going to
stop you there, Lord Salisbury,
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you know, you're not
my first Prime Minister.
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I know, Ma'am, but...
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During my reign I've had ten
different prime ministers,
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heading up to 20
different governments.
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I don't doubt that,
Your Majesty, but...
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil,
the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury,
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you, sir, are
Prime Minister number ten.
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TO THE TUNE OF: Mambo No 5
by Lou Bega
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♪ One, two, three, four, ten
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♪ I can count them up to five,
then count five again
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♪ Prime ministers,
Tory, Liberal and Whig
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♪ They try to tell one what to do
but one doesn't give a fig
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♪ A little bit of Melbourne
in my life
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♪ A little bit of Peel by my side
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♪ A little bit of Russell
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♪ That was all I need
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♪ A little bit of Derby
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♪ Who was he?
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♪ A little bit of Aberdeen
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♪ Please don't go
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♪ A little bit of Palmerston,
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♪ Oh, dear, no
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♪ A little bit of Derby
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♪ Seriously, who?
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♪ What? More Palmerston?
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♪ No, thanks - boo!
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♪ One, two, three, four, ten
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♪ I can count them up to five
then count five again
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♪ I liked Melbourne, Disraeli,
Aberdeen and Peel
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♪ But I didn't like Palmerston
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♪ That's just how I feel
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♪ Mambo Number Ten
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♪ There were some from the left
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♪ There were some from the right
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♪ If we are not amused
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♪ They're not doing it right
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♪ For a time Lord Russell reappeared
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♪ Then someone called Derby
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♪ Still no idea
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♪ Then Benjamin Disraeli
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♪ But not for long
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♪ Then Gladstone
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♪ Ugh, glad when he was gone
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♪ Disraeli for encore
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♪ Then Lord Gladstone
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♪ What a bore
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♪ A little bit of Salisbury
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♪ Please don't go
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♪ Then more Gladstone
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♪ Seriously, no
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♪ Salisbury
Yes, my son
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♪ Gladstone
Please kill one
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♪ The Earl of Rosebury
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♪ For a bit
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♪ Then more Salisbury,
and that's it. ♪
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Victorian politicians weren't very
good at minding their own business.
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Not satisfied with meddling at home,
they also meddled abroad,
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even in countries
that weren't theirs.
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In 1884, the German Chancellor,
Otto Von Bismarck, invited 12 other
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European nations, plus America,
to come to Berlin to carve up
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the whole continent
of Africa between them.
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The plan was to find a fair way
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of dividing up the continent
among the group.
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Of course, it wasn't very fair
on the tens of millions
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of African people
who already lived there.
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Gentlemen.
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The vast continent of Africa.
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Rich in gold, copper,
diamonds, rubber, timber.
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The aim of this conference
is to divide this vast land
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between the great powers
in the most civilised way possible.
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To that end, may I announce
this session open with the word...
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..BUNDLE!
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MUSIC: Flight Of The Valkyries
by Wagner
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Hey! Give me that! Hey!
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Give me that!
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Hey! Give me that bit! Hey!
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CHICKEN CLUCKS
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It says here there's an important
conference happening in Berlin.
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Berlin. Where is Berlin?
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In Europe.
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It's a very long way away.
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What has that got to do with us?
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The conference is
to decide our future.
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Well, I am sure they are taking
their decisions very seriously.
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MUSIC AND BICKERING CONTINUES
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I do worry.
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They have some very uncivilised
behaviours in Europe.
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There are many tribes
always fighting each other.
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How can they divide our land
if they are not here?
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They have a map
and they are drawing lines on it.
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Surely drawing lines on a map
just divides the map?
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If they want to divide the land,
one should draw lines on the land.
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Excuse me, this way, coming through.
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Morning.
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Now, just keep going
in that direction,
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until you hit the Belgian chap
with the Congo string.
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Don't mind us. What are you doing?
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This is our house!
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Actually, that side there is now
the German country of Tanganyika,
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and this side here is
the completely different country
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of British East Africa or Kenya.
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Have you gone silly?
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Are you trying to tell me I'm now
in a different country from my wife?
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Afraid so, old chap.
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I mean, you could always cross over
and join her.
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Nuh-uh-uh-uh! Passport, please.
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Nobody has explained to us
why you get to do this.
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Never felt the need, old boy.
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Don't worry,
I'm sure you get used to it.
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Pip-pip.
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Hi, I'm Mahatma Gandhi,
which means "great soul".
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Not my actual name, obviously.
I'm really called Mohandas.
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But Great Soul has a nicer ring
to it, don't you think?
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I am currently protesting
against the British Empire,
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which has forced its rule over India
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and will not allow we Indians
the right to vote.
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I believe in non-violent protests
such as hunger strikes,
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so I haven't eaten anything
for six whole days.
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I am literally willing to die
for what's right.
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MAN CLEARS HIS THROAT
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Mr Gandhi, sir,
the British government are prepared
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to start negotiations
on the independence of India.
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Finally! You took your time!
I'm absolutely blooming starving!
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Right. Um....
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Well...my wife made me
some sandwiches.
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Just some BLTs.
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I'm a vegan!
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The L and the T are OK, but the B
is completely unacceptable.
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The protest continues.
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Gandhi has some new demands!
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A vegan option, apparently,
immediately.
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And a packet of crisps, too.
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Gandhi. I'm willing to die
for what is right.
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Numb bum.
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So, when the politicians
aren't doing what the people want,
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sometimes the people protest?
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Exactly.
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Let me demonstrate.
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Oi, he says all the police are
going to confiscate your cheese.
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CROWD BOOS
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Banana skin, lovely.
Do you know what?
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We should announce
unpopular laws more often.
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Be careful, though.
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Sometimes protests
are much bigger than that.
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Did you know, one of our biggest
protests in history
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was for the fight
for women to get the vote?
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Can you believe women
didn't used to be able to vote?
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Yeah, and there was a time
when they weren't even allowed
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inside Parliament to watch debates.
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MUTED CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
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Oh.
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I'm terribly sorry, I thought this
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was the Ladies' Gallery,
not a cupboard.
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Yes, it is. Come in.
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Make room, ladies.
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But I'm here to listen to
the House of Commons debate.
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Oh, yes, you can.
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And, actually, if you look
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right down there, you can see
the Prime Minister himself.
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A bit.
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We can't be expected
to squeeze in here.
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The House of Commons is an enormous
chamber, there's plenty of room.
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Well, they're actually
debating that right now.
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Or at least I think they are,
it's very difficult to hear.
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It is the feeling of this house
that women in the chamber
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would cause interruptions.
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They're saying we'd cause eruptions.
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Parliament isn't
on an active volcano.
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Or, worse, would wink
at MPs and distract them.
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Apparently we'd steal
their keys and attack them.
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How dare he!
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I draw the honourable members'
attention to a letter
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I received some years ago
from an actual lady.
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CHEERING
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She says she's happy women
are being excluded
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from certain public areas
of Parliament.
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And I'm inclined to believe
that she stands for all women
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in relation to this ban.
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Ah. He said he had a letter from
one woman saying she was happy,
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so they assume all women
feel the same.
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Ridiculous.
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You can't have heard that right.
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The lady in the letter has spoken.
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Motion carried,
no women in the public gallery.
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Oh, you did.
CHEERING
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Women weren't just banned from
the chamber of the House of Commons.
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They were banned from voting, too.
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This led to years of campaigning
from groups like us,
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the Suffragettes.
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We'd use any form of protest
we could
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to get attention for our cause.
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And one of our members came up
with a rather ingenious way
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of getting noticed by Parliament,
her name was Emily Wilding Davison.
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SHE SHOUTS
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What day is it?
Why are you in my cupboard?
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Oh, it's 6am! Is it Monday? Yeah.
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Monday, 3rd of April,
1911, census day.
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Every single person in Britain
is having their address recorded
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and I, Emily Wilding Davison,
proud Suffragette,
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can officially record my residence
as the Houses of Parliament.
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Well, a cupboard
in the Houses of Parliament.
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I may not be allowed to vote here
because I am a woman,
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but the Parliament will forever
be listed as my home.
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How long have you
actually been in there?
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Er, roughly 46 hours.
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I snuck it here on Saturday and
I've been hiding here ever since,
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fortified by beef sandwiches
and lime cordial.
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I haven't spoken
to anyone in two days.
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Actually, is there
a ladies' loo nearby?
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Not down here in the crypt,
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but if you take that set of stairs
there and go all the way to the top,
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take a right... Or is it a left?
No, I tell a lie, it is a right,
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and down the corridor,
into the library,
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into the canteen. No! No, not
the canteen, the clerks' office.
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Oh, while you're there,
say hi to Brenda, would you?
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Lovely girl, Brenda, going through
a bit of a hard patch at the moment.
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Then back into the corridor,
down the steps, mind the gong...
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Thank you ever so much.
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Ah, have a nice day.
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Ugh! Oh!
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All right? I'm Edith Garrud,
I'm a Suffragette from Wales.
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When we protested
the lack of votes for women,
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many of us got beaten up by police.
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So what did I do to protect
my fellow Suffragettes?
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Did I...?
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The answer is A, I trained
30 ladies in Suffra-jitsu.
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Yes, I may have been
the tiniest Suffragette,
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but I was also the toughest.
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Hang on, I'll show you some.
Come here, Mr Cameraman.
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Right. No.
THUMPING
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Votes for women! Votes for women!
SHOUTING
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So women in the UK finally
got the right to vote in 1918,
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leading to a whole new movement
of the women in politics.
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Eventually, this led to our
first female Prime Minister,
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Margaret Thatcher.
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But before she was PM, when she
first became leader of her party,
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being a woman meant that
she still had to make extra effort
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to be taken seriously.
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Well, congratulations on becoming
the first female leader
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of a British political party,
Margaret.
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Oh! Thank you, Bernard.
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But we do still
have some work to do
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if you're going to be elected
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as Britain's first female
Prime Minister.
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I'm talking about the voice.
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Oh, really?
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Is it not posh enough?
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Actually,
it's a little bit too posh. Oh!
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COCKNEY ACCENT: You fink I should
talk like a cockerney and all that,
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me ol' sparrow? Lor, love a duck!
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Please, never, ever do that again.
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Roger that, guv.
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Look, we need to find you a voice
that people will respect.
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IN CHURCHILL ACCENT: Never!
In a field of Grantham grocers...
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Goodness me, no.
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A little more feminine
than Winston Churchill.
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Maybe try your normal voice,
but huskier,
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00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:09,200
slower and with the emphasis
on certain words.
499
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,280
Something like this?
500
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,640
THUNDER CRACKS
My name is Margaret Thatcher
501
00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:19,520
and I will be Prime Minister of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
502
00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,840
Is that the sort of thing
you were thinking of?
503
00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,520
STAMMERING: That's...perfect.
504
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,520
How are you doing that voice?
505
00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,080
You thinking about having a poo?
506
00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:33,120
What?
507
00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:34,720
OK, well, Margret, with that voice,
508
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,040
you will definitely
become Prime Minister.
509
00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:38,800
Really? How exciting!
510
00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,040
I can't wait to tell the family,
they'll be thrilled!
511
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:45,080
You must never talk in your
normal voice in public again, OK?
512
00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:46,320
Fine.
513
00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,200
I'll do the poo voice.
THUNDER CRACKS
514
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:50,680
Great.
515
00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,040
Although, we probably
shouldn't call it that.
516
00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:54,240
No.
SHE FARTS
517
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:55,280
Whoops.
518
00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,160
If it took us hundreds of years
519
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,440
to elect
our first female Prime Minister,
520
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,960
how long till we elect
our first rat one?
521
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:05,160
I don't know.
522
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,880
But not eating your own votes
would be a start.
523
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,440
Fair enough. Do you know what?
524
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,040
I don't think I'm cut out
for political life, anyway.
525
00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,320
Frankly, I wouldn't mind
if we went back to a full monarchy.
526
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:16,720
I look up to royals, you know?
527
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,760
Especially when I'm hiding
in their toilet bowl.
528
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,280
Oi! My dad's part royalty, you know?
529
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,480
I doubt it's any of
the parts I've seen.
530
00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,400
Well, Dani, thanks
for all your help today.
531
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,000
I may not have got elected,
532
00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,320
but I've learned a lot
about politics,
533
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:33,120
from ancient Greece
right up to modern times.
534
00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:36,200
And it's been quite a ride
for the common people, too.
535
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,280
TO THE TUNE OF: Common People
by Pulp
536
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,720
♪ It came from Greece
We were the first to acknowledge
537
00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,560
♪ The idea of a democratic college
Oh, yeah
538
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,480
♪ So it started there
539
00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,520
♪ Before that we were all
just ruled by royals
540
00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,520
♪ They thought that common folk
should just be loyal
541
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:01,560
♪ Oh, yeah... ♪
542
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,360
Well, we weren't having
that any more.
543
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:07,720
♪ So we tried
544
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,240
♪ The first system
for the common people
545
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,080
♪ No longer treat them
like a bunch of sheeple
546
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,480
♪ Each law voted for by the people
547
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,400
♪ Democracy meant they got
to keep all the power
548
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,040
♪ But only if they qualify... ♪
549
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,960
Slaves, women and foreigners
need not apply. Mm.
550
00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:35,280
♪ You're meant to join in
if you like it or not
551
00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,400
♪ If you refuse we call you an idiot
552
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:39,440
♪ Oh, yeah
553
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,240
♪ That word came from there
554
00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,440
♪ Romans were less rude
and we thought it better
555
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,200
♪ To have a Senate
and appoint Senators to implement
556
00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:57,400
♪ The laws of government
557
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,680
♪ This sort of meant
that for the common bloke
558
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,240
♪ Democracy became a bit of a joke
559
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,520
♪ Power was just held
by a load of rich geezers
560
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,840
♪ Till the republic
was ended by Ceasar... ♪
561
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:17,120
Thought I'd give being
a dictator a crack.
562
00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:22,000
♪ But then they stabbed me
in the ba-a-a-a-ack
563
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,200
♪ Civil war was aimed to bring
564
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,400
♪ A chance to restrain the King
565
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,640
♪ Still the people were ignored
566
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,880
♪ Power stayed with King
567
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,560
♪ And Lord Cromwell's
Roundheaded intent?
568
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,880
♪ Restrain the King
with Parliament
569
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,240
♪ Ended when I lost my head
570
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:48,840
♪ I won but then we got
Charles II instead!
571
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:52,080
♪ Still we tried to
stand up for choice
572
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,960
♪ Make Parliament hear
the people's voice
573
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,280
♪ But it was hard to get
that message though
574
00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,840
♪ Nothing changed till 1832
575
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,160
♪ But there's one thing to note
576
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,080
♪ The working class
and women still can't vote
577
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,760
♪ For common workers
the fight's not done
578
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,760
♪ Until the end of World War One
579
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,840
♪ Votes for women
thanks to Suffragettes
580
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,200
♪ And no-one's found
a better system yet
581
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:23,160
♪ As Churchill said
to our great-grandmothers... ♪
582
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,280
Democracy's worst...
583
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:26,960
..apart from all the others.
584
00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:34,120
Completely different
British company... Ooh, no, no.
585
00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:37,400
I am but a woman,
but the houses of...poo...
586
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:38,440
THEY LAUGH
587
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:39,480
Wasn't that bad.
588
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,240
Oh.
PEOPLE LAUGH
589
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,880
♪ The past is no longer a mystery
590
00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,520
♪ Hope you enjoyed
591
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,760
♪ Horrible Histories. ♪
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