1. THE GOLDEN AGE OF BALLOONING
CAN BE SAID TO BEGIN IN 1783...Copy !req
2. WHEN THE MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS
MADE THEIR FIRST ASCENTCopy !req
3. IN A FIRE BALLOON.Copy !req
4. ON THE EVE OF THAT...Copy !req
5. OH, COME ON.Copy !req
6. MOMENTOUS ASCENTCopy !req
7. THE BROTHERS TOOK ONE LAST LOOK
AT THEIR CRAFTCopy !req
8. AS IT STOOD ON THE FIELDS
OF ANNECY.Copy !req
9. THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT
FOR US, JOSEPH.Copy !req
10. IT IS A GREAT MOMENT
FOR FRANCE.Copy !req
11. AH, OUI.Copy !req
12. THE FIRST ASCENT
IN A HOT AIR BALLOONCopy !req
13. BY THE MONTGOLFIER
BROTHERS, 1783.Copy !req
14. I CAN SEE US NOWCopy !req
15. JUST AFTER "MONTESQUIEU"
AND JUST BEFORE "MOZART."Copy !req
16. I THINK
I'LL GO AND WASH.Copy !req
17. GOOD LUCK.Copy !req
18. IT'S QUITE EASY,
REALLY.Copy !req
19. I JUST SLAP A LITTLE
WATER ON MY FACE...Copy !req
20. NO, NO, NO.Copy !req
21. GOOD LUCK FOR TOMORROW.Copy !req
22. OH, I SEE, YES.Copy !req
23. YOU, TOO.Copy !req
24. YOURS HAS BEEN
THE WORK.Copy !req
25. LET US HOPE
FOR A SAFE ASCENT.Copy !req
26. AND DON'T USE MY FLANNEL.Copy !req
27. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SHOWED ME
THE PLANS IN PARISCopy !req
28. I COULD NOT BELIEVE
THAT WE SHOULD BECopy !req
29. THE FIRST MEN
WHO WOULD FLY.Copy !req
30. YES, IT'S WONDERFUL.Copy !req
31. I'M SO EXCITED,
I COULD HARDLY WASH.Copy !req
32. YES, I, TOO, HAVE HAD
SOME DIFFICULTY WASHINGCopy !req
33. THESE PAST FEW DAYS.Copy !req
34. STILL, WHAT IS WASHING
WHEN WE ARE ON THE VERGECopy !req
35. OF A GREAT SCIENTIFIC
BREAKTHROUGH?Copy !req
36. JACQUES...Copy !req
37. YES, JOSEPH?Copy !req
38. I'VE NOT BEEN WASHING
VERY THOROUGHLYCopy !req
39. FOR MANY YEARS NOW.Copy !req
40. WHAT DO YOU MEAN?Copy !req
41. YOU MUST HAVE BEEN
WASHING YOUR FACE.Copy !req
42. OH, YES, MY FACE.Copy !req
43. I WASH MY FACE.Copy !req
44. BUT MY LEGS, MY STOMACH,
MY CHEST... THEY'RE FILTHY.Copy !req
45. WELL... I DON'T WASH
MY STOMACH EVERY DAY.Copy !req
46. AH, BUT YOU WASH
FAR MORE THAN ME.Copy !req
47. YOU ARE THE CLEANER OF
THE MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS.Copy !req
48. THIS IS NOTHING, JOSEPH.Copy !req
49. MONSIEUR
MONTGOLFIERCopy !req
50. A MR. PARFITT TO SEE YOU, SIR.Copy !req
51. NO, NO, NO,
BARTLETT.Copy !req
52. A MR. BARKLIT
TO SEE YOU, SIR.Copy !req
53. NO, BARTLETT,
WITH A "T."Copy !req
54. A MISTER...Copy !req
55. BARR-AT-ELETT TO SEE YOU, SIR.Copy !req
56. BARTLETT.Copy !req
57. BARKIT.Copy !req
58. BARTLETT.Copy !req
59. BARLIT... BARTLETT.Copy !req
60. A MR. BARTLETT
TO SEE YOU, SIR.Copy !req
61. I DON'T WANT TO SEE
ANYONE, O'TOOLE.Copy !req
62. TELL HIM TO GO AWAY.Copy !req
63. THANK YOU, SIR.Copy !req
64. WELL, IT'S
GETTING LATE.Copy !req
65. I MUST GO
AND HAVE A WASH.Copy !req
66. WHAT WILL YOU BE WASHING?Copy !req
67. OH, JUST MY FACE AND NECK.Copy !req
68. PERHAPS MY FEET
AND POSSIBLY... BUT NO!Copy !req
69. LOCK UP THE PLANS,
JOSEPH.Copy !req
70. TOMORROW,
THEY WILL MAKE US
THE TOAST OF FRANCE.Copy !req
71. THE FIRST ASCENT BY
THE MONTGOLFIER BROTHERSCopy !req
72. IN A BALLOONCopy !req
73. JUST AFTER "BALLCOCK"
AND JUST BEFORE "BANG."Copy !req
74. WHAT A POSITION.Copy !req
75. SO ON JUNE 7, 1783Copy !req
76. THE MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS HAD
A REALLY GOOD WASH.Copy !req
77. STARTING ON HIS FACE AND ARMSCopy !req
78. JOSEPH MICHAEL MONTGOLFIER
WENT ON TO SCRUB HIS TORSOCopy !req
79. HIS LEGS AND HIS NAUGHTY BITS,
BEFORE RINSING HIS WHOLE BODY.Copy !req
80. THAT JUNE NIGHT, HE AND
HIS BROTHER BETWEEN THEMCopy !req
81. WASHED 17 SQUARE FEET
OF BODY AREA.Copy !req
82. THEY USED A KILO AND A HALF
OF CARBOLIC SOAPCopy !req
83. AND NEARLY 14 GALLONS
OF NICE HOT WATER.Copy !req
84. IT WAS INDEED
AN IMPRESSIVE SIGHT.Copy !req
85. NEXT WEEK ON
THE GOLDEN AGE OF BALLOONINGCopy !req
86. WE EXAMINE THE WORK
OF GLAISHER AND COXWELLCopy !req
87. THE ENGLISH BALLOONISTSCopy !req
88. WHO ASCENDED TO A HEIGHT
OF SEVEN MILES IN 1862Copy !req
89. WITHOUT WASHING.Copy !req
90. THERE'S ALSO A BOOK CALLED
THE GOLDEN AGE OF BALLOONINGCopy !req
91. PUBLISHED BY THE BBC
TO COINCIDE WITH THE SERIES.Copy !req
92. IT'S IN AN ATTRACTIVE
HAND-TOOLED BINDINGCopy !req
93. IS PRICED FIVE POUNDSCopy !req
94. AND FAILURE TO BUY IT
WILL MAKE YOU LIABLECopy !req
95. TO A £5O FINE
OR THREE MONTHS IN PRISON.Copy !req
96. THERE'S ALSO A RECORD
OF SOMEONE READING THE BOOKCopy !req
97. OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF BALLOONINGCopy !req
98. A CROCHET-WORK BEDSPREADCopy !req
99. WITH THE WORDS "THE GOLDEN AGE
OF BALLOONING" ON ITCopy !req
100. AVAILABLE FROM THE BBC,
PRICE £18Copy !req
101. OR FIVE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENTCopy !req
102. AND MATCHING TOILET SEAT COVERS
AND COURTESY MATSCopy !req
103. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF MANY
OF THE BALLOONS MENTIONED.Copy !req
104. ALSO AVAILABLE IS
A LIFE-SIZE MODEL FROGCopy !req
105. WHICH CROAKS THE WORDS
"GOLDEN AGE OF BALLOONING"Copy !req
106. AND AN ATTRACTIVE BAKELITE CASECopy !req
107. FOR STORING MOTORWAY
CONSTRUCTION PLANS INCopy !req
108. MADE IN THE SHAPE
OF A BALLOON.Copy !req
109. AND NOW, ANOTHER CHANCE
TO SEE EPISODE TWOCopy !req
110. OF THE AWARD-WINNING SERIES
THE GOLDEN AGE OF BALLOONING.Copy !req
111. OH, JOSEPH...Copy !req
112. ALL YOU THINK ABOUT
IS BALLOONS.Copy !req
113. ALL YOU TALK ABOUT
IS BALLOONS.Copy !req
114. YOUR BEAUTIFUL HOUSE ISCopy !req
115. FULL OF BITS AND PIECES
OF BALLOONS.Copy !req
116. YOUR BOOKS ARE
ALL ABOUT BALLOONS.Copy !req
117. EVERY TIME
YOU SING A SONGCopy !req
118. IT IS IN SOME WAY
OBLIQUELY CONNECTED
WITH BALLOONS.Copy !req
119. EVERYTHING YOU EATCopy !req
120. HAS TO HAVE
THE WORD "BALLOON"Copy !req
121. INCORPORATED
IN THE TITLE.Copy !req
122. YOUR DOGS ARE ALL
CALLED BALLOONO.Copy !req
123. YOU TIE BALLOONS
TO YOUR ANKLES IN THE EVENINGS.Copy !req
124. I DON'T DO THAT.Copy !req
125. WELL, NO, YOU DON'T DO THATCopy !req
126. BUT YOU DO DUCK DOWN
AND SHOUT, "HEY, BALLOONS!"Copy !req
127. WHEN THERE ARE NONE ABOUT.Copy !req
128. YOUR WHOLE LIFE
IS BECOMINGCopy !req
129. OBSESSIVELY
BALLOONIC,
YOU KNOW.Copy !req
130. WHY DO I HAVE
TO HANGCopy !req
131. FROM THIS BLOODY
GAS BAG ALL DAY?Copy !req
132. DON'T I MEAN ANYTHING
TO YOU?Copy !req
133. OH, MA CHERIE,
YOU MEAN MORE TO MECopy !req
134. THAN ANY HEAVIER-THAN-AIR
DIRIGIBLE...Copy !req
135. OH, THERE YOU GO AGAIN!Copy !req
136. DON'T WAGGLE!Copy !req
137. I'VE RUN YOUR BATH
FOR YOU, JOSEPH.Copy !req
138. OH, I'M SO SORRY.Copy !req
139. I DIDN'T REALIZE...Copy !req
140. IT'S ALL RIGHT.Copy !req
141. WE'VE DONE THE DIFFICULT BIT.Copy !req
142. WELL, DON'T FORGETCopy !req
143. WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL GUEST
COMING THIS EVENING.Copy !req
144. OH?Copy !req
145. DON'T TELL ME YOU'VE
FORGOTTEN ALREADY.Copy !req
146. THE MAN WHO IS GIVING US
THOUSANDS OF FRANCSCopy !req
147. FOR EXPERIMENTS.Copy !req
148. WHAT MAN?Copy !req
149. LOUIS XIV.Copy !req
150. ISN'T HE DEAD?Copy !req
151. EVIDENTLY NOT.Copy !req
152. ALL RIGHT, I'LL BE ROUND.Copy !req
153. OH... AND, JOSEPH?Copy !req
154. YES, JACQUES.Copy !req
155. YOU WILL... WASH, WON'T YOU?Copy !req
156. YES, OF COURSE.Copy !req
157. HIS ROYAL MAJESTY,
LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE.Copy !req
158. AND MR. BARTLETT.Copy !req
159. YOUR MAJESTY, IT IS
A GREAT PRIVILEGE.Copy !req
160. WELCOME TO OUR HUMBLE ABODE.Copy !req
161. IT'S, UH... VERY NICE
TO BE HERE.Copy !req
162. O'TOOLE...Copy !req
163. SIR?Copy !req
164. A CLARET FOR
HIS MAJESTY, PLEASE.Copy !req
165. THERE'S A MR. BARTLETT OUTSIDE
AGAIN, SIR.Copy !req
166. NOT NOW, I CAN'T SEE HIM.Copy !req
167. WE HAVE THE KING
OF FRANCE HERE.Copy !req
168. YES, SIR.Copy !req
169. YOUR MAJESTY, YOU'VE HAD
A PLEASANT JOURNEY, I TRUST?Copy !req
170. YES, YES,
OH, DEFINITELY, YES, YES.Copy !req
171. OH, AYE... AYE.Copy !req
172. YOU HAVE COME FROM PARIS?Copy !req
173. WHERE?Copy !req
174. FROM PARIS...
YOU HAVE TRAVELED FROM PARIS?Copy !req
175. OH, YES, YES, WE'VE COME
FROM... FROM PARIS, YES.Copy !req
176. OH, YES.Copy !req
177. YES, WE'VE JUST COME FROM...
YEAH, YEAH, PARIS, YES.Copy !req
178. SIR?Copy !req
179. YES, O'TOOLE.Copy !req
180. WHICH ONE IS
THE CLARET, SIR?Copy !req
181. THE CLARET IS IN THE DECANTER.Copy !req
182. THE WOODEN THING?Copy !req
183. NO, NO, THE GLASS THING.Copy !req
184. THE GLASS DECANTER
WITH THE ROUND GLASS STOPPER.Copy !req
185. OH, YES, BEHIND THE DOOR.Copy !req
186. NO, NO... ON THE SIDEBOARD.Copy !req
187. THE SIDEBOARD?Copy !req
188. THE SIDEBOARD, YES.Copy !req
189. LOOK, YOU GO INTO
THE SALLE A MANGERCopy !req
190. THE DINING ROOM, RIGHT?Copy !req
191. AND THE SIDEBOARD'S
ON YOUR LEFT BY THE WALL.Copy !req
192. BESIDE THE
MASTER'S PORTRAIT.Copy !req
193. AH! ABOVE
THE MIRROR, SIR.Copy !req
194. NO, NO, NO,
NO, THE MIRROR'S
ON THE OTHER SIDE.Copy !req
195. IT'S OPPOSITE THE MIRROR.Copy !req
196. BUT THAT'S
THE TABLE, SIR.Copy !req
197. NO, YOU DON'T GO
AS FAR AS THE TABLE...Copy !req
198. YOU GO INTO THE ROOM, RIGHT?Copy !req
199. ON YOUR RIGHT IS THE DOOR
TO THE ORANGERYCopy !req
200. STRAIGHT AHEAD OF YOU IS
THE DOOR TO THE LIBRARYCopy !req
201. AND TO YOUR LEFT
IS THE SIDEBOARD.Copy !req
202. AH, YES, I SEE, SIR.Copy !req
203. AND THE CLARET IS ON TOP OF
THE SIDEBOARD, TO THE LEFT.Copy !req
204. ON THE LEFT.Copy !req
205. YES.Copy !req
206. AS ONE LOOKS
AT IT, SIR?Copy !req
207. YES.Copy !req
208. I SEE, SIR...
THANK YOU.Copy !req
209. O'TOOLE.Copy !req
210. YES, SIR?Copy !req
211. WILL YOU PLEASE
TELL MONSIEUR JOSEPHCopy !req
212. OUR GUEST IS HERE?Copy !req
213. YES, SIR.Copy !req
214. I'M SORRY
ABOUT THAT,
YOUR MAJESTY.Copy !req
215. APPARENTLY, SIR,
THERE IS A PLANCopy !req
216. TO BUILD A CANAL BETWEEN
THE TWO EGYPTIAN TOWNS...Copy !req
217. NOT NOW, O'TOOLE.Copy !req
218. WELL, EH... MR. MONTGOLFIERCopy !req
219. LET'S NOT BEAT
AROUND THE BUSH.Copy !req
220. MY DUKES AND I ARE
VERY BUSY MEN.Copy !req
221. WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS
SEE THE PLANSCopy !req
222. OF YOUR PROPOSED BALLOON
IF THAT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE.Copy !req
223. CERTAINLY,
YOUR MAJESTY.Copy !req
224. I HAVE THEM HERE
READY PREPARED.Copy !req
225. OH, GREAT, HEN.Copy !req
226. WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS
TAKE THESE BACK WI' USCopy !req
227. FOR THE ROYAL ARCHIVES OF, ER...Copy !req
228. FRANCE.Copy !req
229. FRANCE, AYE.Copy !req
230. WELL, IT IS INDEED
A GREAT HONOR,
YOUR MAJESTYCopy !req
231. THAT I CANNOT
REFUSE.Copy !req
232. RIGHT, OKAY, LET'S GET 'EM.Copy !req
233. JUST A MOMENT!Copy !req
234. JOSEPH!Copy !req
235. THAT MAN IS NOT LOUIS XIV.Copy !req
236. JOSEPH, ARE YOU
OUT OF YOUR MIND?Copy !req
237. I'VE BEEN LOOKING IT UP
IN MY BATH.Copy !req
238. LOUIS XIV DIED IN 1717.Copy !req
239. IT'S NOW 1783.Copy !req
240. ANSWER ME THAT.Copy !req
241. DID I SAY LOUIS XIV?Copy !req
242. I'M SORRY, I MEANT LOUIS XV,
LOUIS XV.Copy !req
243. HE DIED IN 1774.Copy !req
244. ALL RIGHT, LOUIS XVI.Copy !req
245. LISTEN TO ME, SMARTARSE.Copy !req
246. WHEN YOU'RE KING OF FRANCE,
YOU'VE GOT BETTER THINGS TO DOCopy !req
247. THAN GO AROUND ALL DAY
REMEMBERING YOUR BLOODY NUMBER.Copy !req
248. DO YOU WANT TO ARGUE
ABOUT NUMBERS?Copy !req
249. NO, NO.Copy !req
250. WELL, LET'S GET HOLD
OF THESE PLANSCopy !req
251. FOR THE ROYAL ARCHIVES.Copy !req
252. WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK
TO, ER...Copy !req
253. PARIS.Copy !req
254. PARIS BY TONIGHT,
SO COME ON, GET A MOVE.Copy !req
255. I GOT AS FAR AS
THE SIDEBOARD, SIR.Copy !req
256. HEY, STOP THEM!
STOP THEM!Copy !req
257. NO NEWS ON THE CANAL,
I'M AFRAID, SIRCopy !req
258. BUT APPARENTLY IN INDIACopy !req
259. THEY'RE THINKING OF
BUILDING A RAILWAYCopy !req
260. BETWEEN THE TOWNS
OF LAHORE...Copy !req
261. WILL LOUIS XIV GETAWAYCopy !req
262. WITH THE MONTGOLFIERS'
PRECIOUS PLANS?Copy !req
263. IS 16 YEARS OF WORKCopy !req
264. TO BE STOLEN
BY THIS SUSPECT SOVEREIGN?Copy !req
265. IS FRANCE REALLY IN THE GRIP
OF A GLASWEGIAN MONARCH?Copy !req
266. WATCH NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE OF
THE GOLDEN AGE OF BALLOONING.Copy !req
267. NOW...Copy !req
268. SO NOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT
HAS COLLAPSEDCopy !req
269. AND SHOWN ITSELF INCAPABLECopy !req
270. OF PROVIDING ANY KIND
OF UNIFYING FORCECopy !req
271. I FEEL THAT WE DO NEED
THE KIND OF STABILITYCopy !req
272. AND THE BREATHING SPACECopy !req
273. THAT A MILITARY PRESENCE
WOULD PROVIDE.Copy !req
274. LORD INTEREST.Copy !req
275. YES, I AGREE
THE ARMY SHOULD
TAKE OVERCopy !req
276. BUT I THINK IT SHOULD NOT
INTERFERE WITH THE PROGRAMCopy !req
277. OF STREET EXECUTIONSCopy !req
278. WHICH I FEEL HAVE BEEN
THE SHOT IN THE ARMCopy !req
279. THAT THE BRITISH ECONOMY
SO DESPERATELY NEEDED.Copy !req
280. YES, THE MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS'
PLANS DID INDEED TURN UPCopy !req
281. SIX MONTHS LATER,
AND A LONG WAY FROM PARISCopy !req
282. AT THE COURT OF
KING GEORGE III OF ENGLAND.Copy !req
283. "TITTY WAS VERY WORRIED.Copy !req
284. "WHERE COULD MARY BE?Copy !req
285. "HE LOOKED EVERYWHERE...Copy !req
286. "UNDER THE STONES
AND BEHIND THE BUSHES.Copy !req
287. "AND MR. SQUIRREL HELPED HIM
BY LOOKING UP IN THE TREES.Copy !req
288. AND MR. BADGER HELPED HIM
BY LOOKING UNDER THE GROUND..."Copy !req
289. AND SO, YOUR MAJESTY,
WE THE COMMONSCopy !req
290. DO HEREIN CRAVE
AND BESEECH THAT...Copy !req
291. YOUR MAJESTY,
LOUIS XVIII IS HERE.Copy !req
292. WHO IS LOUIS XVIII?Copy !req
293. HE'S THE KING OF FRANCE,
YOUR MAJESTY.Copy !req
294. AND THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT
TO HAVE, SIR.Copy !req
295. THERE IS NO LOUIS XVIII.Copy !req
296. PSST.Copy !req
297. TELL HIM
IT'S LOUIS XVII.Copy !req
298. HE CRAVES YOUR MAJESTY'S PARDON.Copy !req
299. HE HAS HAD A LONG JOURNEY HERE
AND MISCOUNTED.Copy !req
300. HE IS LOUIS XVII.Copy !req
301. LOUIS XVI IS
DEAD ALREADY?Copy !req
302. YOUR MAJESTY,
I'M LOUIS XVI.Copy !req
303. OH, CHRIST.Copy !req
304. YOUR MAJESTY, I'M LOUIS XVICopy !req
305. AS YOU SO RIGHTLY SAYCopy !req
306. AND I DON'T WANT
TO MUCK ABOUT.Copy !req
307. I'VE GOT A WEE PROPOSITIONCopy !req
308. WHICH COULD MAKE
THE NAME OF GEORGE IVCopy !req
309. THE MOST RESPECTED
IN EUROPE.Copy !req
310. GEORGE III.Copy !req
311. GEORGE III, SORRY.Copy !req
312. WHERE CAN WE TALK?Copy !req
313. DID YOU SEE THAT?Copy !req
314. WE SHALL HAVE
A STATE BANQUET
AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE.Copy !req
315. NO, I DON'T WANT
TO HANG ABOUT.Copy !req
316. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT,
YOU KNOW.Copy !req
317. I'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO, ER...Copy !req
318. PARIS.Copy !req
319. PARIS BY TONIGHT,
YOU KNOW.Copy !req
320. MUST YOU
LEAVE US,
LOUIS?Copy !req
321. I'D RATHER JUST SELL THE PLANS
AND NIP OFF, GEORGIE BOY.Copy !req
322. WELL, ALL RIGHT,
WE SHALL BUY THE PLANSCopy !req
323. IF YOU WILL UNDERTAKECopy !req
324. TO DISENGAGE YOUR TROOPS
IN AMERICA.Copy !req
325. DO WHAT?Copy !req
326. AND I SHALL GIVE
YOU £10,000
FOR THE PLANS.Copy !req
327. £10,000!Copy !req
328. RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.Copy !req
329. WE'LL DISENGAGE THE, UM...Copy !req
330. YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SAID.Copy !req
331. WE'LL DISENGAGE 'EM.Copy !req
332. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, HEN.Copy !req
333. I'LL PUT A DUKE
ONTO IT, OKAY?Copy !req
334. RIGHT.Copy !req
335. THAT'S THE WORST THING
YOU CAN DO TO ANYBODY.Copy !req
336. YOU ASKED FOR IT, SONNY.Copy !req
337. YOU COULD HAVE BROKE
MY BLOODY NOSE.Copy !req
338. I'LL BREAK YOUR...Copy !req
339. NORTH! PLEASE!Copy !req
340. YOU SAW IT.Copy !req
341. IT WAS RIGHT
ON THE BONE.Copy !req
342. NORTH, WILL YOU SEND
FOR THE DUKE OF PORTLAND?Copy !req
343. WE HAVE A FINANCIAL MATTER
TO DISCUSS.Copy !req
344. WELL, IT
REALLY HURT.Copy !req
345. NO, LOOK HERE,
I THINK IT'S BETTERCopy !req
346. IF YOU GIVE THE MONEY TO USCopy !req
347. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING BACK.Copy !req
348. WE'VE GOT A BAG.Copy !req
349. NO, DON'T
WORRY, LOUIS.Copy !req
350. WE SHALL TALK
TO YOUR MONSIEUR NECKER.Copy !req
351. WELL, ACTUALLY, WE'D RATHER
YOU DIDN'T, YOU KNOW.Copy !req
352. WE'VE BEEN HAVING A WEE BIT
OF TROUBLE WITH HIM RECENTLYCopy !req
353. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?Copy !req
354. MONSIEUR NECKER?Copy !req
355. THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED
SO MANY VALUABLE REFORMSCopy !req
356. AND PROVED
SO POPULARCopy !req
357. DESPITE HIS OPPOSITIONCopy !req
358. TO MIRABEAU'S POLICY
OF ISSUING "ASSIGNATS"?Copy !req
359. AYE, YEAH.Copy !req
360. BUT THE TROUBLE IS, HE'S BEEN
DRINKING A BIT RECENTLY.Copy !req
361. YOU KNOW, 14 LAGERS
WI' HIS BREAKFASTCopy !req
362. THAT SORT OF THING.Copy !req
363. WELL, VERY
WELL, LOUIS.Copy !req
364. JUST A MOMENT!Copy !req
365. OH, CHRIST!Copy !req
366. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?Copy !req
367. I AM JOSEPH MONTGOLFIERCopy !req
368. THE INVENTOR
OF THE FIRE BALLOON.Copy !req
369. THE MAN BEFORE YOUCopy !req
370. IS AN IMPOSTOR.Copy !req
371. OH, NO, I AM NOT, HONESTLY.Copy !req
372. NO, NO, NO, NOT YOU,
YOUR MAJESTY.Copy !req
373. THIS MAN.Copy !req
374. THIS LOUIS THE SO-CALLED
KING OF FRANCE MAN.Copy !req
375. WHAT NUMBER DID HE GIVE YOU
THIS TIME?Copy !req
376. LOUIS XXIII?Copy !req
377. I GOT IT RIGHT.Copy !req
378. YEAH, I BET YOU TOOK
A FEW GUESSES.Copy !req
379. LISTEN, YOU SPOTTY
SASSENACH PILLOCK.Copy !req
380. YOUR MAJESTY,
THE RONETTES ARE HERE.Copy !req
381. AND MR. BARTLETT.Copy !req
382. OH, DEAR, I'M NOT SUPPOSED
TO GO MAD UNTIL 1800.Copy !req
383. JOSEPH HAS BEEN GONE
FOR SIX MONTHS NOW.Copy !req
384. WE HAVE
HEARD NOTHING.Copy !req
385. HE CAN LOOK
AFTER HIMSELF.Copy !req
386. OH, BUT HE HAD ONLY
ON A TOWEL, YOU KNOW.Copy !req
387. ANTOINETTECopy !req
388. FROM NOW ON, THERE IS ONLY
ONE MONTGOLFIER BROTHER.Copy !req
389. BUT LOUIS XIV HAS THE PLANS.Copy !req
390. OH, YOU MUST WAIT
UNTIL JOSEPH RETURNS.Copy !req
391. THE PLANS ARE HERE, CHERIE.Copy !req
392. LET ME PUT MY TONGUE
IN YOUR MOUTH.Copy !req
393. WHAT DO YOU MEAN?Copy !req
394. WELL, WE'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE FRENCH, AREN'T WE?Copy !req
395. NO, NO, NO.Copy !req
396. I MEAN,
WHAT ARE THE PLANSCopy !req
397. WHICH JOSEPH AFTER
IS CHASING?Copy !req
398. PLEASE, LET ME PUT IT
IN A LITTLE WAY.Copy !req
399. OH, JACQUES, ZE PLANS!Copy !req
400. I TAKE IT OUT
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT.Copy !req
401. ARE YOU SURECopy !req
402. THE CLARET WAS
ON THE LEFT OF
THE SIDEBOARD, SIR?Copy !req
403. YES, O'TOOLE, IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN THERE.Copy !req
404. WELL, I'LL LOOK
FOR ONE MORE MONTH, SIR.Copy !req
405. PLEASE LET ME
PUT IT...Copy !req
406. BY THE WAY, SIR,
MR. BARTLETT
HAS GONE, SIR.Copy !req
407. HE SAID HE COULDN'T
WAIT ANY LONGER.Copy !req
408. THANK YOU,
O'TOOLE.Copy !req
409. NOT AT ALL, SIR,
I'VE EN JOYED BEING IN IT.Copy !req
410. RIGHT.Copy !req
411. THANK YOU, SIR...
MAM'SELLE.Copy !req
412. BY THE WAY, SIRCopy !req
413. MR. BARTLETT
HAS GONE, SIR.Copy !req
414. HE SAID HE COULDN'T
WAIT ANY LONGER, SIR.Copy !req
415. THANK YOU,
O'TOOLE.Copy !req
416. NOT AT ALL, SIR.Copy !req
417. I'VE EN JOYED
BEING IN IT.Copy !req
418. RIGHT.Copy !req
419. THANK YOU, SIR...
MAM'SELLE.Copy !req
420. MORE! MORE! MORE!Copy !req
421. "GEORGE III" WAS ARRANGED
AND COMPOSED BY NEIL INNES.Copy !req
422. HE IS AVAILABLE FROM THE BBCCopy !req
423. PRICE FOUR POUNDS OR
EIGHT MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.Copy !req
424. THAT WAS EPISODE THREE OF
THE GOLDEN AGE OF BALLOONING.Copy !req
425. MA Y I REMIND YOU
THAT THERE'S STILL TIMECopy !req
426. TO GET YOUR GOLDEN AGE
OF BALLOONING SUPPOSITORIESCopy !req
427. DIRECT FROM THE BBC, PRICE
£4.5O OR £19 FOR A SET OF SIX.Copy !req
428. WELL, IN A MOMENT, THE BBC WILL
BE CLOSING DOWN FOR THE NIGHT.Copy !req
429. BUT FIRST, HERE IS
A PARTY POLITICAL BROADCASTCopy !req
430. ON BEHALF OF
THE NORWEGIAN PARTY.Copy !req
431. HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT BROADCAST
WILL BE DISCUSSED LATERCopy !req
432. BY LORD GEORGE-BROWN,
EX-FOREIGN SECRETARY;Copy !req
433. MR. SVEN OLAFSON, THE EX-
NORWEGIAN MINISTER OF FINANCE;Copy !req
434. SIR CHARLES OLLENDORFFCopy !req
435. EX-CHAIRMAN OF
THE NORWEGIAN TRADES COUNCIL;Copy !req
436. MR. HAMISH McLAVELL,
THE MAYOR OF WICKCopy !req
437. THE NEAREST
LARGE TOWN TO NORWAY;Copy !req
438. MRS. BETTY NORDAYCopy !req
439. WHOSE NAME SOUNDS
REMARKABLY LIKE "NORWAY'sCopy !req
440. MR. BRIAN WAYNOR, WHOSE NAME
IS AN ANAGRAM OF "NORWAY'sCopy !req
441. MR. AND MRS. FORD,
WHOSE NAME SOUNDS LIKE "FJORD"Copy !req
442. OF WHICH
THERE ARE A LOT IN NORWAY;Copy !req
443. RON AND CHRISTINE BOSLO...Copy !req
444. FERDINAND VON ZEPPELIN WAS BORN
IN CONSTANCE IN 1838Copy !req
445. THE BROTHER OF BARRY ZEPPELINCopy !req
446. THE LEAST TALENTED
OF THE 14 ZEPPELIN BROTHERS.Copy !req
447. HMM!Copy !req
448. MEANWHILE, FOR
FERDINAND VON ZEPPELINCopy !req
449. THE YEAR 19O8 WAS
A YEAR OF TRIUMPH.Copy !req
450. HERR ZEPPELIN,
IT'S VONDERFUL!Copy !req
451. IT'S PUT BALLOONING
RIGHT BACK ON ZE MAP.Copy !req
452. IT'S NOT A BALLOON,
DO YOU HEAR?Copy !req
453. IT'S NOT A BALLOON,
IT'S AN AIRSHIP!Copy !req
454. AN AIRSHIP, DO YOU HEAR?Copy !req
455. WELL, IT'S
VERY NICE, ANYWAY.Copy !req
456. TELL ME, WHAT ISCopy !req
457. THE PRINCIPLE
OF THESE BALLOONS?Copy !req
458. IT'S NOT A BALLOONCopy !req
459. YOU STUPID,
THICK-HEADED SAXON GIT!Copy !req
460. IT'S NOT A BALLOON!Copy !req
461. BALLOONS IS FOR
KIDDY-WINKIES.Copy !req
462. IF YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH
BALLOONS, GET OUTSIDE.Copy !req
463. "YORKSHIRE
PUDDING...Copy !req
464. A TYPE OF THICK
PANCAKE, EATEN
WITH LARGE..."Copy !req
465. I HEAR YOU ARE TO NAME
THE BALLOON AFTER BISMARCK.Copy !req
466. "BISMARCK"? OF COURSE I'M NOT
CALLING IT AFTER BISMARCK.Copy !req
467. IT'S A "ZEPPELIN."Copy !req
468. IT'S NOTHING TO DO
WITH BLOODY BISMARCK!Copy !req
469. SURELY HE GAVE YOU
SOME MONEY FOR IT?Copy !req
470. GET OUTSIDE!Copy !req
471. "ZA... BAG... LIONE...Copy !req
472. A SORT OF CREAM MOUSE...
MOUSSE OF ITALIAN ORIGIN."Copy !req
473. FERDINAND, THAT WAS
A MINISTER OF STATECopy !req
474. YOU JUST THREW OUT
OF THE BALLOON.Copy !req
475. IT'S NOT
A BALLOON!Copy !req
476. IT'S AN AIRSHIP!Copy !req
477. ALL RIGHT, I'M SORRY.Copy !req
478. ALL RIGHT, GO
AND HAVE A LOOK.Copy !req
479. NO, I'M FINE HERE,
THANK YOU.Copy !req
480. "ZUCCHINI...
ITALIAN MARROWS..."Copy !req
481. "ZINGARA... A GARNISH
OF FINELY CHOPPEDCopy !req
482. OR SHREDDED
LEAN HAM..."Copy !req
483. "TONGUE..."Copy !req
484. "MUSHROOMS
AND TRUFFLES."Copy !req
485. "ZAKUSKI, A RUSSIAN
HORS D'OEUVRE, SERVED..."Copy !req
486. "WITH TINY PIECES
OF SLICED..."Copy !req
487. OH, LOOK, IT'S THE CHANCELLOR!Copy !req
488. WHAT? PRINCE VON BULOW? HERE?Copy !req
489. JA!Copy !req
490. COMING HERE?Copy !req
491. NO, HE IS HERE.Copy !req
492. OH, I MUST GO AND
PUT MY OLD UNIFORM ON.Copy !req
493. HE WON'T
NOTICE, HELMUT.Copy !req
494. HE'S DEAD.Copy !req
495. DEAD?Copy !req
496. HERE?Copy !req
497. JA, IN OUR SITTING ROOM.Copy !req
498. THIS IS OUR SITTING ROOM, DEAR.Copy !req
499. JA, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.Copy !req
500. THE DRAWING ROOM.Copy !req
501. JA, WELL, IT'S
A KIND OF SITTING ROOM.Copy !req
502. WELL...Copy !req
503. LOOK!Copy !req
504. WHICH ONE IS VON BULOW?Copy !req
505. HERE, LOOK!Copy !req
506. OH, JA!Copy !req
507. OH, UND ADMIRAL TIRPITZ!Copy !req
508. OH, JA, JA!Copy !req
509. AND VON MULLER
AND HERR REICHNER...Copy !req
510. OH, JA!Copy !req
511. AND HOLLWEG
AND VON GRAUNBERG...Copy !req
512. THAT IS
NOT GRAUNBERG.Copy !req
513. DAS IST GRAUNBERG.Copy !req
514. DAS ISTMOLTKE.Copy !req
515. OH, JA!Copy !req
516. HE'S A LOT OLDER
THAN I THOUGHT.Copy !req
517. HE'S A
CLEVER MAN, JA.Copy !req
518. AND ZIMMERMANN...
AND... AND KIMPTE.Copy !req
519. OH, KIMPTE, JA.Copy !req
520. WHAT SHALL
WE DO, HELMUT?Copy !req
521. WE MUST RING THE GOVERNMENT.Copy !req
522. THIS IS THE
GOVERNMENT, HELMUT.Copy !req
523. OH, DEAR!Copy !req
524. IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO HAVE SO
MANY MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENTCopy !req
525. DEAD IN OUR SITTING ROOM.Copy !req
526. DRAWING ROOM.Copy !req
527. JA, WELL...Copy !req
528. NO MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT
ARE DEAD IN OUR SITTING ROOM.Copy !req
529. JA, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.Copy !req
530. WELL...Copy !req
531. PERHAPS I SHOULD MAKECopy !req
532. A LITTLE SPEECH,
OR SOMETHING.Copy !req
533. NO, NOT A SPEECH,
HELMUT, NO.Copy !req
534. SHALL WE MAKE THEM
A CUP OF TEA?Copy !req
535. IT WOULD BE
A WASTE OF TEA.Copy !req
536. BUT WE MUST
DO SOMETHING.Copy !req
537. SO MANY IMPORTANT PEOPLE
IN OUR DRAWING ROOM...Copy !req
538. WE MUST DO SOMETHING!Copy !req
539. WE COULD SORT
THEM OUT.Copy !req
540. AND MAKE A LITTLE LIST.Copy !req
541. JA, JA, JA.Copy !req
542. GOOD, WE COULD PUT THE MINISTERS
FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRSCopy !req
543. OVER AGAINST THE WALLCopy !req
544. AND FOR THOSE FOR INTERNAL,
HERE BY THE CLOCK.Copy !req
545. AND WE CAN SORT THEM OUT
ALPHABETICALLY?Copy !req
546. NEIN, NEIN, NEIN.Copy !req
547. WE JUST PUT THE CLEANEST
BY THE DOOR.Copy !req
548. HERE WE ARE.Copy !req
549. NO, NO, NO, THAT IS...
THAT'S VON BULOW.Copy !req
550. HE MUST GO OVER HERE.Copy !req
551. BUT THAT IS
MY READING CHAIR.Copy !req
552. HE IS THE REICH CHANCELLOR
OF GERMANY, HELMUT.Copy !req
553. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHTCopy !req
554. BUT I THINK HE WOULD
HAVE BEEN BETTERCopy !req
555. UP AGAINST
THE CLOCK, YOU KNOW.Copy !req
556. NO, HE WOULD NOT LOOK
NICE UNDER THE CLOCK.Copy !req
557. I DID NOT SAY
UNDER THE CLOCKCopy !req
558. I SAID AGAINST
THE CLOCK.Copy !req
559. WELL, THEN WE COULD NOT
SEE THE CLOCK!Copy !req
560. WE PUT THE MINISTER FOR
THE COLONIES UNDER THE CLOCK.Copy !req
561. HE'S SMALL.Copy !req
562. NO, THE COLONIES ARE
INTERNAL AFFAIRS.Copy !req
563. HE MUST GO AGAINST THE WALL!Copy !req
564. EDUCATION.Copy !req
565. AH!Copy !req
566. SOON WE'LL BE ABLE
TO MAKE A LIST.Copy !req
567. OH, JA, JA.Copy !req
568. WAIT A MINUTE.Copy !req
569. WHO'S THAT BY
THE CAT LITTER?Copy !req
570. I DON'T KNOW!Copy !req
571. I'VE NEVER SEEN
HIM BEFORE!Copy !req
572. HE IS NOT
A MEMBER OF
THE GOVERNMENT.Copy !req
573. GET HIM OUT OF HERE.Copy !req
574. PUT HIM IN THE DRAWING ROOM.Copy !req
575. HE'S IN THE DRAWING ROOM,
MY DEAR.Copy !req
576. JA, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.Copy !req
577. PUT HIM IN THE SITTING ROOM.Copy !req
578. YOU CAN PUT HIM
IN THE SITTING ROOMCopy !req
579. IF HE'S IN
THE DRAWING ROOM.Copy !req
580. - COUNT FERDINAND
- VON ZEPPELIN'S BEHAVIORCopy !req
581. ON THAT FLIGHT IN 1900Copy !req
582. HAD INCREDIBLE,
FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCESCopy !req
583. FOR ONE OF
THE FALLEN MINISTERS...Copy !req
584. THE TALENTED HERR VON MAINTLITZCopy !req
585. ARCHITECT OF THE NEW GERMAN
EXPANSIONIST FARM POLICY...Copy !req
586. FELL ON TOP OF AN OLD LADY IN
NIMWEGEN, KILLING HER OUTRIGHT.Copy !req
587. HER DAUGHTER, ALICE, SUFFERED
SEVERE CEREBRAL DAMAGECopy !req
588. FROM THE TALENTED MINISTER'S
HEAVY BRIEFCASECopy !req
589. BUT WAS NURSED BACK TO LIFE BY
AN ENGLISH DOCTOR, HENDERSON.Copy !req
590. EVENTUALLY, THEY MARRIEDCopy !req
591. AND THEIR ELDEST SON,
GEORGE HENDERSONCopy !req
592. WAS THE FATHER
OF MIKE HENDERSONCopy !req
593. PRODUCER AND DIRECTORCopy !req
594. OF THE GOLDEN AGE
OF BALLOONING.Copy !req
595. - ... MR. AND MRS. RITA TRONDHEIM;
- REGINALD BO-SANKWAYCopy !req
596. WHO WOULD BE NEXT TO NORWAY
IN A RHYMING DICTIONARYCopy !req
597. IF IT INCLUDED PROPER NAMESCopy !req
598. AND IF HE PRONOUNCED HIS NAME
LIKE THAT.Copy !req