(bright orchestral music)
(both laugh)
(audience applauding)
(audience cheering)
(students laughing)
- Quiet please, darlings.
I hope you have a
wonderful summer break,
and I expect to hear all
about your exciting adventures
when ballet lessons start
again in two weeks' time.
(gasps)
(students chatting)
- Oh, just think,
two whole weeks at the seaside.
- Sand castles,
shells, swimming, yay!
- And ice cream.
- Yay!
(laughs)
Won't it be
wonderful, Angelina?
- Whoa!
- No, William, it
won't be wonderful.
- [William And Alice] Oh.
Angelina, I'm sorry,
I forgot that...
- That you aren't
even going on holiday,
are you, Angelina?
(both laughing)
- What a shame,
but I suppose somebody's
got to stay at home
and watch the flowers grow.
(both laughing)
(Angelina sighs)
- Poor Angelina.
- Oh!
- Oh, Angelina, you'll
have a great time.
(William groaning)
There's lots fun things
to do in Chipping Chatter.
- Name one, Alice.
- Well, for a
start, you could...
(William sighs)
You could...
(William grunting)
(mice chatting)
- You can always
play with Henry.
(camera clicks)
(chuckles)
- Angelina, do you want
to take some pictures?
I found some lovely flowers.
- William, there is no way
I'm spending my summer
holiday playing with Henry.
(Henry giggles)
(Polly coos)
- It's not fair, Mum.
Everyone is going on
holiday except me.
- I'm not going on
holiday, Angelina.
Do you want to take some
pictures of some rocks?
- No, Henry.
- I'm sorry, dear, but
the opera opens next week,
and your father has to
interview Maria Mozzarella
for the special edition of
"The Mouseland Gazette."
- Oh.
(Maurice sighs)
- This is certainly not my day.
- Oh, come here.
- I've just been told that
the famous Maria Mozzarella
never gives interviews.
(Polly coos)
Oh!
What am I going to do now?
- Oh, dear.
- What's an interloo?
- It's interview, Henry.
It's talking to someone
about yourself and your work.
(chuckles)
- We could give an
interpew together,
and then we could take some
pictures with my camera.
Couldn't we, Angelina?
- No, Henry, we couldn't.
- [Henry] But...
- Maybe you can find someone
else from the opera, Dad.
- Well, it is short
notice, but I suppose
I'll have to try.
- Say cheese!
- Don't expect me
home for dinner, dear.
Looks like it's going
to be a long day.
(Polly coos)
- Oh, looks like it's going
to be a long two weeks.
- Oh, please, Angelina.
- Oh, all right, Henry.
- Oh, Angelina, you're going
to love taking pictures.
We could find some
flowers.
- Let's go
and find those flowers, Henry.
Maybe we could even
watch them grow.
- Yay!
- Oh, dear, your father
is having a rough day,
and now he's left
his lunch behind.
- Oh, I'll take it to him, Mom.
- Thanks, dear.
- I'm sorry, Henry, mwah,
but I can't play with
you today after all.
Dad needs me!
- Oh.
- Yes, that's marvelous.
Yes, I know he's
a very busy mouse.
No, no, I won't be late.
Thank you.
(Angelina panting)
Goodbye.
Hello, Angelina.
- You forgot your lunch, Dad.
- Oh, thank you, my dear,
but I'm afraid I won't
have time for lunch today.
I got an interview with one
of the other singers,
Cameron Cheesecloth.
- Dad, I was thinking, since
it is the summer holiday,
and since there's
absolutely nothing to do,
what if I helped you
with the special edition?
- Oh, Angelina, that's
a very generous offer,
but I'm afraid--
- Please, Dad!
- I'm sorry, dear.
If it was any
other week, I'd--
(telephone ringing)
Oh.
Hello?
Ah, Mr. Inkspot.
Ready for the big day today?
Oh, oh, dear.
No, of course I understand.
I'll manage.
Yes.
Look after yourself.
Get well soon.
Goodbye.
(Angelina gasps)
Oh.
I suppose there won't be
any special edition now.
Mr. Inkspot is ill
and won't be in today.
- Don't worry, Dad!
I can work the
printing press for you.
- Angelina, it's
a very tricky job.
- But I've seen Mr. Inkspot
do it a hundred times.
- I don't know.
- Please let me help you, Dad.
- Maybe.
- Dad, I won't let you down.
We'll get the special
edition out together.
- [Maurice] Oh.
(Angelina groaning)
(fan whirring)
(papers rustling)
- Ah, right there are the inks.
(Angelina grunting)
Aw.
Oop!
- Oh.
(fan whirring)
(Maurice muttering)
And there.
- Oh.
- Good as new.
- Thank you.
Hm.
Well, I'd better
start the press,
and then I'll have to go.
- Oh, I'll do it, Dad!
- No, after
everything else today,
I wouldn't want to be
late for the interview.
Notebook, pencil, notes, now.
Oh, where are those notes?
- What does Mr. Inkspot do?
Oh, oh, I remember.
I squeeze,
and I press that here.
(press grinding)
I did it!
Mmm, cheese pie, my favorite!
- Ah, oh.
Angelina, you really
shouldn't have
started the press by yourself.
It's a very complicated
piece of machinery
and we wouldn't want it to--
(case clatters)
(Angelina groans)
break.
- I'm really, really sorry, Dad.
- Oh, it's not your fault, dear.
You didn't know about
the press shaking.
I should have been
paying attention.
- I'll make it up to
you, Dad, I promise.
- I'm sure you will, dear.
Well, I suppose I should
call Cameron Cheesecloth.
I'll never be able
to repair the press
and make it to the interview.
(Angelina gasps)
- I know!
I can do the interview for you.
- No, Angelina, there's been
enough trouble for one day.
- Oh, please, Dad.
I may not be a
very good printer,
but I'm sure I'll be a
(Maurice groans)
great reporter.
- Angelina, interviewing
someone famous
takes a lot of confidence.
- Dad, in case you
don't remember,
I interviewed the famous
Whiskersteps all by myself.
If there's one thing I
have, it's confidence!
And anyway, there's
no one else to do it,
and it would be a
shame to disa--
(chuckles)
- You'd better run
along, Angelina.
- Oh.
- You don't want to keep
Cameron Cheesecloth waiting.
(gasps)
- Oh, oh, you'll see.
It'll be the best
special edition ever.
- Eh.
(cheerful music)
(Angelina panting)
- Oh, if I'm going to
be an ace reporter,
I'll need the right hat.
(mutters nervously)
- [Henry] Say cheese!
Aha!
- Oh!
(giggles)
- Are you coming to
play now, Angelina?
- No, Henry.
I've got to go and interview
Cameron Cheesecloth
at the Theater Royal.
- Ooh, can I come?
- All right, but only if you
tell me when you see the bus.
- Okay.
(bell rings)
- Oh, Henry.
- I saw the bus, Angelina.
- Oh.
(Angelina and Henry panting)
Henry, you wait here.
I'll be back after
the interview.
- But Angelina, I, I, oh.
(panting)
- I've an interview with
Cameron Cheesecloth.
- [Clerk] Sorry, but you
just missed him, love.
- Just missed him?
But I couldn't have.
- Afraid so.
He left a few minutes ago.
- Which way did he go?
- You could try out the back.
You might just catch him.
(motor clunking)
- Oh, wait, wait, I'm here!
(groans)
Oh, oh!
(camera clicks)
(giggles)
- Was it a good
interpew, Angelina?
- No, it wasn't.
It's the first time ever
there won't be a special edition
of "The Mouseland Gazette,"
and it's all my fault.
- Well, maybe
everyone's forgotten
about the special edition.
- Oh, Henry, I
hope you're right.
- And a strawberry
one for you, Angelina.
Oh, and be sure to
tell Mr. Mouseling
just how much we're looking
forward to the special edition.
(Angelina whimpers)
Everyone's so excited.
I want to know.
(mechanic groaning)
- It's all Maria
Mozzarella's fault.
Imagine being that famous and
not giving any interviews.
After all, if it weren't for
all the people that love her,
she wouldn't even be
famous, would she, Henry?
- [Henry] No.
- And I'll tell you
one thing, Henry.
When I'm a famous ballerina,
I'm going to give
lots of interviews.
After all, stars have
a duty to their fans.
Maria Mozzarella should
be ashamed of herself.
- Oh, my dear, a
little Mouseling.
(Angelina gasps)
You're so right.
Maria Mozzarella should
be ashamed of herself.
- Oh!
- Ms. Mozzarella.
(camera clicks)
- Oh, the perfect
front page, Angelina.
I don't know how you managed
an interview and a picture.
- Well, if Maria Mozzarella
hadn't had a puncture,
and Henry hadn't had a camera,
I couldn't have done it.
- Ah, thank you, my dear.
You seize the
opportunity, Angelina.
That makes you a
real ace reporter.
Hmm.
- Thanks, Dad.
And you know what?
When I'm a famous ballerina,
I'll let you interview
me any time you like.
- You're better.
(both laugh)
(bright orchestral music)
(joyful piano music)
(mice laughing)
- And jump, two, three,
and Penelope and Priscilla,
throw your hoops.
That's lovely.
(mice giggling)
Now Alice and Angelina.
(Alice and Angelina grunt)
Perfect.
And now, Henry, throw
your hoop high in the air.
(Henry grunting)
- [Henry] Oops!
Uh-oh.
(both mutter nervously)
(all laugh)
- Ow!
That was really
dangerous, Henry.
- Henry, darling,
not quite that high.
- Sorry, Miss Lilly.
- You must practice, Henry,
so everything is perfect
for Queen Seraphina's
visit tomorrow.
(all gasp)
And you, Angelina, should
help your little cousin.
- Of course, Miss Lilly.
Oh.
(gentle music)
I can't believe I'm
having to spend the day
teaching you how to
throw a hoop, Henry.
You better not spoil
things tomorrow.
- I won't, Angelina.
- Of course you won't.
Have a nibble on one
of my gingerbread mice.
- Yeah!
- [Alice] I made them for
Queen Seraphina's party.
- My mom's making her
extra light furry cakes.
- [Angelina] They're
fairy cakes, Henry.
- Yes, fairy cakes, and
Dad's made a statue.
- Can you believe
that we'll be dancing
for Queen Seraphina?
Oh, it's so exciting.
- Is it difficult
making statues?
- Oh, yes.
(Angelina and Alice gasp)
Dad says you've got to be
very careful with statues,
'cause they're very,
very fra, frag...
They break easily.
(motor humming)
- [Louis] Gently, Maurice.
- [Maurice] I am
being gentle, Louis.
- [Louis] Right a bit.
Left a bit.
Right a bit.
And that should do it.
(Louis groans)
(Maurice groans)
(statue rumbling)
Oh, no!
(both groaning)
- [Maurice] No harm done.
- Oh, right.
(both groaning)
Careful, Maurice.
- I am being careful, Louis.
- Oh, phew, thank
goodness that's all right.
If anything had
happened to this statue,
it would have been
an absolute disaster.
I've heard that
Queen Seraphina was very
- Louis?
- particular about her statues.
She hates--
- [Maurice] Louis!
- What is it, Maurice?
- There.
- Where is the head?
Oh, no!
Well, at least
it's in one piece.
All I have to do is
stick it back on, and...
(concrete cracking)
Or make another.
Come on, Maurice.
We better be quick.
(engine rumbles)
- I am being quick, Louis.
- Now, Henry,
remember, not too high,
not too fast, and not too far.
- [Henry] Uh-huh.
(Henry grunts)
(Angelina gasps)
(Angelina and Alice groan)
Oops.
- Oh, I'll get it.
(panting)
(gasps)
It's Queen Seraphina's statue.
- Is it all right?
- Well, I've never actually
met Queen Seraphina,
but doesn't she have a head?
(Angelina gasps)
- Oh, no, Henry.
You beheaded Queen Seraphina.
- Huh?
Sorry, Angelina.
- [Angelina] What
are we going to do?
- Well, I'll tell my dad, and
he'll make her another head.
- Don't be silly, Henry.
Uncle Louis will be
very upset with us.
- Oh, but I didn't
mean to do it.
- Oh.
Of course you didn't, Henry.
(Henry whimpering)
(Alice muttering)
Well, we can't stick it
together again, Angelina, so--
- Of course we can, Alice.
- How?
- We'll find a way.
(gentle music)
(Maurice and Louis grunting)
- Come along.
Hold it carefully, Maurice.
- I am holding it
carefully, Louis.
- You two must be hungry
after all your hard work.
How about a cheese pie?
- Mmm, ooh.
No.
Cheese, no, I couldn't.
Oh, yes, please.
I know, I've always been
partial to your cheese pie.
- It says here that if you
want to repair a statue,
you need plaster.
- What's plaster?
- [Alice] White powdery
stuff that comes in a bag.
- Oh, like that?
(Angelina gasps)
- That's it, and
they've got two,
so they won't mind
if we take one.
(grunts)
- And we'll need water,
and something to mix it in.
See if you can find a bucket
in the garden, please, Henry.
- [Henry] Okay.
- I'll just make a start
on my super light
fairy cakes, dear.
(humming)
- There is nothing as light
as your super light
fairy cakes, dear.
- Why, thank you, Louis.
(humming)
- [Louis] Don't forget
the plaster, Maurice.
- Oh, I won't forget
the plaster, Louis.
(Maurice hiccups)
Oh, thanks (hiccups)
for the cheese pies,
(hiccups) delicious.
(Maurice grunts)
(Maurice hiccups continuously)
(Henry panting)
- So that's five scoops
of plaster, and
three cups of water.
There, that should be enough.
Oh!
(both laugh)
Oh, Henry.
- Ah, this looks like a nose,
so let's start with this.
- It says in the book
that it has to settle.
(all sigh)
- I'm sure it will be nice and
settled by tomorrow morning.
Come on.
(Louis humming)
- Perfect!
Well, even though I
say so myself, Maurice,
that is a triumph.
We just have to
wait for it to dry.
I wonder if there are any more
of those cheese pies.
(thunder rumbles)
- Oh, (hiccups) yes.
(raindrops falling)
- [Louis] Yes, now, lift it up,
lift it up, a
little higher, yes.
Just hold it there.
Hold it there.
Wait.
Yes.
- Queen Seraphina, welcome
to Chopping Cheddar, no.
Welcome to Chotting Chipper.
Oh.
Air Chatting, no,
Chotting Chip, chop.
- Now don't be nervous,
my little (speaking
foreign language).
I'm sure you've done a
lot of practicing, Henry.
- No, Miss Lilly.
Ow!
(Angelina grunts)
I mean, yes.
- Wonderful, darling.
(mice giggle)
(grunting)
- What's in here?
- My extra light fairy cakes.
- There must be an
awful lot of them.
- Oh.
- You did put the head
on the right way around,
didn't you, Louis?
- Of course I did, Maurice.
- [Announcer] Here
comes Queen Seraphina.
(mice cheering)
- Huh?
- Ah, Queen Seraphina.
Welcome to Chipping Cheddar.
- Oh, Seraphina.
- Lilly, my dear.
(both laugh)
- Today, Queen Seraphina,
we will be unveiling a
statue in your honor.
- Hot?
- First the Mouselings
of Chopping Cheddar,
Chapping Chotter, oh, dear,
Chopping Chotter.
(gentle piano music)
Oh.
(Angelina humming)
- [Queen Seraphina] Oh.
- Oh!
(Angelina giggling)
(Henry groans)
(all gasp)
- So amusing.
(claps hands)
(audience applauds)
(mice laughing)
- Where did my hoop go?
- Not now, Henry.
- And now for the unveiling
of the statue of our
most gracious monarch,
Queen Seraphuna, ah, phina.
Queen Seraphina.
(audience cheering)
There you are, ma'am.
- Thank you.
Uh-huh.
(audience cheering)
(Queen Seraphina gasps)
- The head looks really good.
- Yes.
- The head looks perfect.
- Told you.
- Oh, look at that tail.
- [All] Tail?
- Queen Seraphina,
I don't know what--
- This is the first
statue I've seen
where my tail is exactly
the right length.
I love it.
- Oh!
(audience cheering)
- Oh, there's my hoop!
(gasps)
Oh, dear.
- How did the tail get so short?
We were careful,
weren't we, Maurice?
- We were very careful, Louis.
(Henry grunting)
- What is it, Henry?
- Dad, Dad, my hoop
knocked the tail off.
I'm sorry I spoiled the day.
- Oh, Henry, you
didn't spoil the day.
You saved the day.
- I did?
(Louis chuckles)
(Henry panting)
Angelina, I didn't spoil the
day like you said I would.
I saved it.
- I heard, Henry.
Oh, well done.
- Well, we did our bit, too.
If it hadn't been for us,
Queen Seraphina's statue
would be headless.
- Actually, you're right, Alice.
Maybe we should take
up statue modeling.
- We'll do the heads.
- And I'll do the tails.
(giggles)
(dreamy harp music)
(Henry grunts)
(all laugh)
(bright music)
(gentle piano music)
- [Angelina] Oh,
our little stars
are playing musical statues.
When the music changes,
you have to stop moving.
Oh!
Little Scarlet's
moved, so she's out.
And so is Antonia.
Sometimes, when you're
in the corps de ballet,
and dancing in a group,
you have to be very still
when the principal
dancers are performing.
(drum rolling)
Oh!
(Angelina giggles)
Now Hamish and
Charlotte are out too.
(gentle piano music)
(drum rolling)
Oh, poor Caitlyn.
It's really difficult
standing absolutely still
when you're on pointe,
and giggling means
you're out too, Callum.
Is Poloma the last one in?
No, it's Iman.
Well done, Iman.
You're very good
at keeping still.
Oh, I see the little stars
are copying everything
Caitlyn does.
That's so when they're
in the corps de ballet,
they can work well together.
It's really important to do
what everyone else is doing.
(Angelina giggles)
Oh, Scarlet.
(suspenseful music)
(Angelina gasps)
They look really scary.
I wonder who Caitlyn and
Callum are pretending to be.
They look lost.
Caitlyn seems very worried.
Hm, maybe Callum's supposed
to be her little brother.
(Angelina gasps)
I think they're being
Hansel and Gretel.
Oh, dear, Poloma's
pretending to be a ghost,
but Callum can't see her,
'cause she's not moving anymore.
I don't think he
believes Caitlyn.
Oh look, Callum, there's
another little ghost.
Hm, he's still not sure.
Oh, those little ghosts
are being very naughty.
Oh, good, Antonia's
pretending to be the Sandman.
She'll chase those ghosts away.
Now she's sending Hansel
and Gretel to sleep.
Sometimes, even when you're
not in the corps de ballet,
you have to keep very still.
(bright piano music)
02x03 - Ace Reporter/Heads and Tails
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British childrens series about Angelina Mouseling, a young mouse who loves dancing ballet, her family, and her classmates.
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