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01x04 - Episode 4

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Adventures of Portland Bill". Aired: 4 October 1983 – 25 June 1986.*
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Set in a fictional lighthouse on the Guillemot Rock, just off the coast from the fictional village of McGuillycuddy.

01x04 - Episode 4

Post by bunniefuu »

adventures of portland build

this is my lighthouse on the kiliman

ride

comedy was very tired he'd been up all

night on watch

beyond i've heard you going to bed early

but this is ridiculous it's 8 o'clock in

the morning

now as lighthouse is around we have to

sleep in curved bunk beds to fit the

shape of the walls

they're called banana bunks

and chromity just couldn't get to sleep

in his

oh it's no good said grummity

it's too light for me to go to sleep

building roster making too much noise

so he decided to go downstairs

oh no

i can't get to sleep complain comedy

there's too much light and you're making

too much noise

[Music]

but then he noticed that ross was

drinking lemonade

oh a lemonade he said sleepily hey okay

oh i'm thirsty is that glass for me

ah thanks

this might help me get to sleep you

shouldn't drink so fast said ross that's

right you'll get the hiccups i said and

sure enough

they did

well he tried holding his breath but it

was no use he couldn't stop hiccupping

you know what you need i said

you need a good fright

that'll get rid of them

shouted ross

it's no good

i knew you're going to

do it

poorly comedy

here i said sit down quietly and do some

of my knitting it's time to check the

light well i wish i hadn't given him my

knitting

every time he echoed it he dropped a

stitch

this jumper's gonna be so full of holes

hiccup comedy

we'll have to

use it as a fishing net

meanwhile

ross decided to have one more go at

giving comedy a frog

well i arrived back in time to see them

both on the floor in a tangle of wool

and hiccups

oh dear crumbly i said you look

exhausted you really should be in bed

but

i can't

i told you it's too light and noisy and

now i've got the hiccups as well

and i just can't get to

sleep

if you really want to get rid of those

hiccups and get to sleep

run downstairs and fetch two bottles of

lemonade and you wouldn't working at

but

the rate down at the

bottom of the light house now courtney

do you want to stop those hiccups or not

i said

well of course he did so he dragged

himself off hiccuping all the way

[Music]

what an effort for two bottles of

lemonade

[Music]

it worked then i says

no more hiccups

exactly climbing all those stairs has

got rid of them but why are the bottles

of lemonade and my wooly hat a*s

grummity if the noise and light is still

bothering you take the corks from the

bottles put one in each here and pull

your hat down over your eyes

like this

that won't work said ross

and he looks so silly but comedy

couldn't hear him

he was fast asleep come on this won't

[Music]

edward stones emporium

what's that

time for a song oh good

a box of nails for finisterra of tartan

two

some chicken wine a pair of pliers now

which one would he choose there's

letters and there's parcels lots of

groceries

today's the day that eddie stone makes

his deliveries

[Music]

two jars of homemade honey three pounds

of china tea

some ten pegs and some tennis ba*ls a

slice of cheddar cheese

there's letters and there's parcels lots

of groceries

today's the day that eddie stone makes

his deliveries

[Applause]

[Music]

ross what kind of house doesn't weigh

very much i don't know

a lighthouse

[Laughter]

do

[Applause]

edward stones emporium what's that

time for a story oh good

this is my friend eddie stone the

shopkeeper he's very proud of his shop

it's the only one in our village of

mcgillicuddy he's not only the

shopkeeper he's also the miltman mayor

postman meter man and policeman

eddie put on his milkman's hat

you know

he had special pegs put in the front of

his bike for all his hats

it was delivery day and eddie was

particularly happy because it was also

his birthday

morning mrs lundy

lovely day you said

hello eddie have you got my milk

for yester here you are

oh thank you said mrs lundy

by the way i've got a small parcel

for me no for portland bill

mustache

i'm cooking some special biscuits

oh

cheerio then

sorry daddy disappointed that she hadn't

mentioned his birthday

[Music]

eddie arrived at finisdaire's crop where

he put on his meter man's a*s

morning finister

i've just come to read your meter

oh yes eddie i'm sorry i can't make you

a cup of tea i'm just off for the day

will you deliver this letter to the

lighthouse for me please

poor already

everyone seemed so busy and no one

wished him happy birthday

i wonder why there's so much mail for

portland bill

eddie then pull on his policeman's app

hello hello hello there fast net

constable stone here

i've just come on a routine visit to

check your dog license

yeah certainly constable said fasteners

got it here somewhere

there they are oh by the way would you

mind delivering this parcel to the

lighthouse for me

eddie thought it was very odd

everywhere he went that day the same

thing happened

everyone had a letter or parcel for him

to deliver to me

but nobody mentioned his birthday

at long last eddie was ready to bring

all the letters and parcels to the

lighthouse

[Music]

eddie arrived around sunset

funny i couldn't see anyone

oh hi

anybody in

[Music]

when he got no answer he walked in and

climbed the staircase to the living room

you've got lots of mail today bill

happy happy birthday

yes happy birthday eddie i called come

on in

surprise said mrs lundy welcome to your

party

chuckle comedy

all the passes in your bag i think you

laugh finished there

it was the best way to keep them a

surprise at last eddie understood oh

now i know why everyone was so busy

today he smiled you're going to be busy

i told him opening all those parcels

and i'm happy to say that eddie thought

it was the best birthday surprise he had

ever had

oh come with me to the rolling sea while

the weather's calm and still

and we'll have some fun and laughter

with the adventures of portland bill

[Music]