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01x12 - Episode 12

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.

01x12 - Episode 12

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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

this is my loiters guillermo

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ross and crumbly were busy

working open appetite

huh i'm hungry said crumbly

well i said i'll catch us a nice silver

herring for supper

oh no not fish again complain grass

hey it would be nice to have a change a

great comedy

i wish you could catch a tin of baked

beans

for that to happen i says i'd have to

see what the mermaids could leave

mermaids said

they don't exist oh yes they do i

chuckled

i often hear them singing down by the

rocks

star for nonsense said grummany and they

both went inside mumbling

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[Applause]

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well i didn't like that much because

when those two get together they're

generally up to no good

and i was right

no one believes in mermaids whispered

comedy they don't exist i reckon bill's

pulling our leg

but i have an idea we can turn the joke

back on him

first we need a tin of baked beans then

our tractor's attention when you tied

the beans onto the end of his fishing

line

we'll tell him the mermaids put it

there that's a good idea gravity i can't

wait to see bill's face

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well i was outside fishing for supper

when i saw the lads out of the corner of

my eye

[Laughter]

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suddenly i heard a strange voice calling

my name

oh bill oh bill

it's me

the better me

i'm over here

well i looked around but i couldn't see

anyone so i carried on fishing

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[Applause]

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now when ross tried to walk my line onto

the tin of beans he couldn't reach and

he dropped the tin into the sea

oh no

no we can't play our trick on bill

now you'll never believe this but

suddenly ross looked up and saw a real

live mermaid

and she spoke to him

hello

my name's belle

whoa

i think you dropped this

said the mermaid as she tied the tint of

my fishing line and giving it a little

ting she dived back into the sea

well of course ross was amazed

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i caught something i cried that which

comedy rushed down

fooled you

it wasn't a mermaid it was ross who tied

that tint your line

but just then ross came charging up the

steps hey oh

chronogy call ross i saw one

bill's right i saw a real live mermaid

oh

said granny

you can't fool me

next thing you'll be telling me that

they gave us a trifle for afters no i

said

it's a rice pudding

trifle i don't know

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eduard stone's emporium

what's that

time for a song oh good

a box of nails for finished air a bolt

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

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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

ross what did dogger say when he sat on

the sandpaper um i give up ruff ruff

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do

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[Applause]

edward stones emporium what's that

time for a story oh good

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we're all very proud of our little shop

in the village of mcgilly cuddy

and regular customers like mrs lundy

always get special care and attention

from eddie stone the shopkeeper

there we are mrs lundy

said eddie oh and i put a few extra

toffees in for good measure

see what i mean

special care and attention

now i were feeling a little peckish

so i just popped into the shop to ask

for an oldie cake

when blow me down a large stranger

interrupted me one odi cake hey that's

quaint

back home in texas we buy cookies by the

wagonlord oh well smile daddy in mcgilly

cuddy we try to cater for everyone how

can i help you sir

well i'm not so sure you can help me in

this little shopping course no offense

but i need a whole heap of groceries

here

no order is too big or too small for

edward stone's emporium sir

well i'm mighty pleased to hear that my

friends call me

oil derrick and i'm shopping for the

pharaoh oil rig

here's the list when can you have it

ready

well i've never seen eddie turn so white

the list seemed to go on forever and

ever

and i could see it really had him

worried

but

that's more than i sell in a month gas

betty no i don't think i can but this is

where i stepped in

you can collect your order after lunch

mr oil derrick oh he said and after

wishing us both a happy day he went on

his way

oh stop today

says i you just leave this to me

and so off i went to visit each one of

eddie's best customers

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i called on mrs lundy

minister

grandma tyree

and passnet

and when i told him about oil derrick

and the big shopping list they all

wanted to help

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meanwhile

eddie was pacing up and down like a

jellyfish in a hurricane still worried

about the big shopping list oh dear oh

dear

oh dear oh dear suddenly to his

amazement all eddie's best customers

turned up carrying parcels

i've baked you all the bread you need

eddie

said grandma tyree

and i've caught some fish

said fastnet

then finished there rolled up with a

large milk churn

and mrs lundy arrived with her

wheelbarrow full of vegetables from her

garden oh thank you thank you everybody

put it down oh yes sir thank you

oh

eddie was delighted and could hardly

wait for oil dare to come back to

collect his order

[Music]

here you are sir spoiled eddie proudly

your special order all ready and waiting

land sakes i'm impressed babe derek

i would like to place a regular order

with edward stone's emporia

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[Applause]

these vegetables are as big as the ones

we have back home in texas

and that's only a brussels sprout i said

pulling his leg where do you see our

cabbages hey

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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

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