(orchestral music)
- Can I carry your bag, William?
Can I?
- Of course.
- Thanks.
(bike revving)
- Watch out, Longtail!
- Careful Sammy, you
could've knocked us over!
- Oh, careful Sammy. You
could've knocked us over.
Look at wimpy Longtail.
Going dancing with
the girls again?
- Give us a twirl then William.
- I don't twirl!
I pirouette!
- Oh he pirouettes.
- Just leave me alone.
- You can't play
real games, can you?
Like cheeseball?
- William could b*at
you at cheeseball
anytime he liked.
(Sammy laughs)
- Prove it the twinkle toes.
Go on, prove it!
- You show them William.
- Well,
I don't really know.
- See!
(Sammy laughs)
What a wimp!
Come on, we're late for
cheeseball practice.
- William. William wait!
What about ballet class.
(soft piano)
- I wonder what's
happened to William?
- Maybe he forgot?
- Don't be silly Alice.
William would never
forget ballet class.
(clapping)
- Could I have everyone's
attention, please?
I have some rather bad news.
William, won't be
coming anymore.
He has decided
to give up ballet.
(gasps)
- What?
(bell rings)
William?
- Angelina, what
are you doing here?
- Hello William.
Why have you stopped
doing ballet?
- Ah,
well you see
I'm not interested anymore.
- Not interested?
But you love ballet!
- Well, no I don't.
- You don't?
Why not William?
- Well,
ballet is for wimps.
- Wimps!
Is Mikael Whisker's a wimp?
Andre Ratalouv? And
what about me, William?
Are you calling me a wimp?
- Oh no. Of course not.
I just want to try
something else.
- [Mr. Longtail] William!
- There isn't anything else!
- You've forgotten your boots.
Oh, hello Angelina.
(Mr. Longtail laughs)
Great news isn't it?
- Hello Mr. Longtail.
Um, what news?
- My William is in the
Chipping Cheddar team
for tomorrow's
Cheeseball Cup Final.
- What?
- Yes, oh yes. We Longtail's
have a fine tradition
in the noble game of cheeseball.
(William sighs)
Now, Williams' great-grandfather
- Dad, I've got to go!
- Oh, yes. You don't want
to be late for practice.
- Cheeseball?
- [Cheeseball Players]
Hey, watch it!
Over here!
To me! To me!
- Yay
- All right lads, let's begin.
Catch, Longtail!
- Hooray!
Well played William!
(laughter)
- Here's Longtail,
hurt his tummy wummy.
- Get up Longtail.
Right, I want you
all to find a partner
for tackling practice.
- Looks like your my
partner, Longtail.
- But cheeseball?
How could he possibly
want to play cheeseball?
- Don't know.
- It's such a silly game.
- Oh dear.
- I mean, he's never
said anything about
cheeseball before.
- Oh, ouch.
He's not very good is he?
- No, not very good at all.
- Practice over. I'll
se you all tomorrow.
- If you thought that was tough,
you wait till the
final tomorrow.
The Brown Hill b*ll*ts
will make mince meat
out of you!
(Sammy laughs)
- Oh!
- Well done William!
That was great!
- We're going to
help you William.
- You are?
- Yes, we're going to teach
you how to play cheeseball.
- Oh, thank you very much.
- It says here that a
team has five players,
the player that crosses the
opponents line with the
ball scores a point.
The team with the most points at
the end of the game wins.
Simple.
Right. William, try
to tackle Alice.
- Ready William?
- Righto!
Come on, William!
- Faster, Alice!
Tackle her William!
- I win!
- Okay William.
This time you've got
to get past Alice.
Ready?
Go!
- I win again!
- Oh dear.
- It's no good.
I'm not even good enough
to play for the reserves.
- Well that's it. There were
six of you at the practice.
- So?
- Well there are only
five players on each side.
Why don't you ask
Mr. Scrummage if you
can be the reserve player?
That way you'll
still be on the team,
but you won't have to play.
- Brilliant.
- But that's being a wimp.
- Well, it's up to you William.
- But the Brown Hill
b*ll*ts are very rough.
- And very big.
- Still, it's your decision.
Well, if you are going to
play, can I have your bike?
- What?
- Well I doubt you'll be
needing it after the match.
Oh, can I have your kite?
- What do you mean?
- Can I have something?
- Where's Sammy?
I can't believe he's late again.
Right. Today, we're playing
the Brown Hill b*ll*ts.
What I wouldn't give to coach
such an invincible team.
Why, when they're
in full flight,
they're like a runaway train.
It's poetry in motion.
- Where would you like
these Mr. Scrummage?
- Over there.
- I wish I was the reserve.
- Me too.
- Where was I?
Oh yes. Those
unbeatable b*ll*ts.
The roughest, toughest
team I've ever seen.
Yes, well not to worry.
I'm sure with a bit of
luck, you'll be fine.
Now, let me here the
Chipping Cheddar battle cry!
Chip, chip, chipping!
- Cheddy, cheddy, cheddar.
- Sammy Watts, your late.
- Sorry Coach, but
I crashed my bike.
- Oh no.
- Longtail?
- Yes, Mr. Scrummage?
- Get your boots on.
- Oh no.
- Cripes.
- My sons playing, you know.
William. Comes from a long
line of cheeseball players.
Now, his great grandfather
- Here they are!
Here's Chipping Cheddar!
And there's William!
William?
- But I thought he
was only the reserve.
- Not anymore he's not.
- Oh no.
- Oh no.
(whistle blows)
(audience cheers)
- Oh crumbs.
- What a wimp.
- Where's William?
I can't see him.
- He's at the
bottom of that pile.
Thanks to your
friend, we're losing.
Hey! You should stick
to dancing twinkle toes!
- Get up Longtail.
- That's it. Why didn't
I think of it before?
- Huh?
(audience cheers)
- William! On your
toes, William!
Remember Miss Lilly's
classes. That's it!
Now, sway to the left.
Wonderful!
Now run William!
Run like the wind!
(audience cheers)
Pirouette, William, pirouette!
Well done William.
Oh no. What's he doing?
(audience cheers)
- Wow, that was fantastic!
Nice one William.
Ow!
- [Henry Mouseling]
William! William!
- That's my son, William.
That's William with two l's.
- Chipping Cheddar danced
a famous cup victory.
You were brilliant William.
- Thanks, but I think I'll
stick to ballet from now on.
Cheeseball is for wimps.
- Sammy darling, higher!
- It hurts!
(laughter)
(piano music)
- [Alice] Ow
- [Angelina] What's
your favorite?
Blackberry pie or
blackberry crumble?
- Both.
- We'll have to make both then.
Um
So how many have you got?
- Um, oh, none Angelina.
- Me neither!
I just don't
understand it Alice.
Last year these bushes
were full of blackberries.
- I remember. I ate three
basketfuls all in one go!
- Well, let's try
a bit further in.
Ah ha
- Oh! Sorry, I, was just
looking for blackberries.
- Somebody must have
picked them all.
- Every single one.
- But who would do that?
- Oh, I was really looking
forward to that blackberry pie.
- Well it's not like
they actually belong
to anyone, is it?
- Penelope, that's
the whole point!
They belong to everyone.
Well, nobody we know
would've done it.
- No, it must've been
those harvest mice.
You know, the ones
camping in the field.
- Our mother said,
"They can't be trusted."
- [Teacher] Good
morning everyone!
I want you to
welcome a new pupil.
Come here dear.
I promise they won't bite.
(laughter)
This is Anya Mousezauski.
Anya will be with us for a
few weeks while her parents
help with the harvest.
- She must be from that camp.
- She's the one
we saw yesterday.
- Sit here dear, Angelina
will look after you.
(Penelope blows air)
- Oh.
- Ow!
- Oh, dum di dum.
- Odd ears.
(laughter)
- I'm sorry we
frightened you yesterday.
- That's okay.
- Do you want to go?
- Oh it's like flying.
I haven't been on a swing
since we left the Dacovia.
- Dacovia?
- Miss Lilly, my ballet
teacher is from Dacovia.
- Is she?
Which part is she from?
- Oh, I don't know.
- Whoops!
(laughter)
I dance too, not ballet though.
- Hey, Angelina!
It's not a good idea to
hang around with thieves.
- What are you talking about?
- Your family took
all the blackberries.
- No, it wasn't us! It
was a lady wearing a
- Just like a
harvest mouse to fib.
We don't want mice like
that in our village, do we?
- Why don't you go back
to wherever you came from?
- Yeah! Odd ears!
(laughter)
(soft music)
(laughter continues)
- Poor thing!
- Anya's mother isn't here yet.
Maybe we should wait with her.
- But Angelina, we'll
be late for ballet and
you know what Miss Lilly
says about being late.
- Well.
Just one lick?
- Darling we won't
have enough cakes
for the school fair if
you eat all the mixture.
- Oh.
- Here.
- There was a new
mouseling at school today.
- Really?
- Mmmm.
Her families come to
help with the harvest.
- The farmers are
always glad of the help
at this time of year.
Is she nice?
- Yes. She's really nice, Mom.
But some of the other
were mean to her.
- Oh dear. Well, she's
lucky to have a friend
like you to stick up for her.
Want to lick now?
- No, thanks.
- No odd ears today?
- Maybe they've moved
to another village
to steal their blackberries.
- Oh, shush!
- I wonder where Anya is?
- [Anya's Dad] Well,
what have we here?
- Oh!
- Anya you have a visitor.
(Anya coughing)
- Thanks Papa.
- Please, come in.
(coughing continues)
- Are you ill?
- No, not really.
I didn't want to
go to school today,
so I said I wasn't
feeling very well.
- Anya, I'm sorry
about yesterday.
- It's all right.
- I mean, I should
have said something.
I should have, been
a better friend.
- It always happens,
you get used to it
when you change
schools every season.
- But, you are
coming back tomorrow?
- I'm not sure.
- Oh that's
beautiful. What is it?
(folk music playing)
That was the most wonderful
dance I've ever seen.
Anya will you teach it to me?
- Of course I will.
- Well, how about
some tea first.
I'm sorry it's not
blackberry jam,
but Anya and I couldn't find
a single blackberry, could we?
- No, that lady must
have picked them all?
- What lady?
- She was over here somewhere.
She was wearing a red skirt,
with blue flowers, like
- Like this?
- Yes!
- And there it was,
stuck in the brambles.
So all we have to do is
find out who's it is,
and we have our thief.
- Hey, what are you doing
with our moms scarf?
- Once a thief, always a thief.
- Odd ears.
- It's not Anya who's the thief.
- What?
- No, I think you know
who the real thief is.
- Yes.
- What do you mean?
- Your mother picked
all the blackberries.
- And you knew all the time.
- What if mom did pick them?
It's not stealing. You said
they belong to everyone.
- Anyways, it was
for the school fair.
- Yes, Mom has this special
recipe for blackberry jelly.
- Yes, it's
delicious. You'll see.
She'll make loads of money
for the school and then
you will be thankful.
(calm music)
(bowling pins fall)
- It taste like burnt rubber.
- I quite agree.
- If you're going to
take all the blackberries
you might at least
make a decent jelly.
- , , , , oh goodness,
so many.
Great. Thanks!
That's tickets!
- And I've sold .
- That's twice as
much money we made for
the school last year.
- Great. Come on
or we'll miss it.
- Right.
(folk music playing)
(audience cheers)
- Goodbye and thank
you for everything.
- Goodbye. Come back soon.
- Yes, and bring
some more music.
- Oh, we will.
- I wish you weren't leaving.
- So do I. But I'll be back
again next harvest time.
- Promise?
- I promise.
Besides, you said
you'll teach me ballet.
(orchestral music)
- [Angelina] Vanessa is
teaching Toby and Antonia
how to do folk dancing.
That's why they're
wearing shows with heels
rather than ballet shoes.
I love ballet but folk
dancing is wonderful too.
And some of the steps
are quite different
from classical ballet.
Now Toby is doing jumps,
and Antonia is doing a step
called pas de bas, and
those are called runs.
Vanessa is showing
Callum how to clap
in time to the music.
Clapping is very
popular in folk dancing.
He's also learning
which leg to start on.
Now Callum's doing a
rhythm step in two-four.
And those are picked up runs,
where he kicks his heels
up behind him as he dances.
It's not easy to get
the timing right.
This sequence of steps
is called a reverence.
It's a very good way
of finishing a dance.
That was really good Callum!
I think Charlotte, Peloma and
Antonia want to have a go.
It's difficult to
dance in those skirts
because there's
so much material.
They're called character skirts,
and they're especially
for folk dancing.
This is a rhythm
step in three-four.
The girls have to make sure
they keep in time
with the music.
Now the girls are doing heel
and toe steps with jumps.
You have to be careful to keep
your feet pointing in
the right direction.
And to clap at the right time.
And now the girls are
doing pas de bas again.
That was great!
I think Peloma wants to
learn some more steps.
Oh good, Kaitlyn's
going to show them what
the older girls do.
That's a hop, heel,
hop, toe and gallop.
And those in and out steps
are called half breaks.
That's a pivot and
that's a [Indistinct].
Now Kaitlyn's doing a promenade.
And more half breaks.
I'm going to practice some
foot dance steps right now!
(soft piano music)
01x09 - The Cheese Ball Cup Final/Angelina and Anya
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British childrens series about Angelina Mouseling, a young mouse who loves dancing ballet, her family, and her classmates.
British childrens series about Angelina Mouseling, a young mouse who loves dancing ballet, her family, and her classmates.