[Music]
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 build
this is the only shop in the village of
mcgillicuddy
and what a shop it is
it sells everything from washing lines
to paint boxes
spanner
oil
chalky biscuits
nutty biscuits and a big bowl of string
and was there anything else comedy
no thanks eddie
wait a minute
what are these oh they're oil paints i
keep a supply in for miss shannon the
potter she paints lovely pictures
ugh so do i oh yes
landscapes portraits
joining up the numbers hmm
i could have taken it up you know they
used to call me the uh
morning edit
i've brought another painting for you to
sell to the tourists
huh
sell
sell
for money
oh yes the tourists can't get enough of
them well i could sell twice as many if
miss shannon could paint them oh you're
too kind i do hope but they're very good
okay
do you think the tourists would buy my
paintings they're very good too
i'm sure that they would tell you what
you can show me some this afternoon
portland bill has invited me to the
guillemot rock to paint the lighthouse
bye
bye bye print the lighthouse here
um
do you want anything else comedy
oh yes
no let's see i'll have a canvas a big
one a big frame a brush a pallet paints
lots of paints a smock and uh how to
paint lighthouses
i'll be famous
don't just stand there ross help me to
set up my studio
before our mission arrives i'm going to
hit the lighthouse
and sell the pictures to the
tourists i'll be rich and i'll be famous
but michelle is already here and she
already here look well quickly you set
up the easel while i go and change but
chromatin there's something i've got to
tell you ah quite ros i haven't either
time now i must get ready but chromity
it's not what you think oh what's he use
he never listens to anything i say
[Music]
[Applause]
do a loop ready to paint my masterpiece
you look a proper picture
perhaps
[Music]
oh yes it certainly needs another
character paint to keep out the winter
storms
[Music]
[Applause]
oh no again oh
[Music]
oh no
i thought miss shannon was coming to
paint a picture of the letters not the
decorator
never mind chromity my this is a good
painting
oh
it is
yes
it's the most promising piece of
abstract painting that i've seen this
year
what are you going to call it call it
why not call it the lighthouse trip
lighthouse
oh
no
[Music]
not again
[Music]
Edward Stones Emporium
edward stone's emporium
what's that time for a song
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
[Music]
two jaws of homemade honey three pounds
of china tea
some tent 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
[Music]
what sits at the bottom of the sea and
shakes
i don't know
a nervous wreck
[Music]
do
A Royal Visit
[Applause]
edward stone's emporium what's that time
for a story oh good
this is the village of mcgilly cuddy
it's a small place and of course
everybody knows everybody else's
business
but sometimes what they hear is not what
it really turns out to be
the other day i was talking on the
telephone to eddie
oh yes
she's rather pretty
well that's a fine bill
i'll pick her up from the lighthouse
then
and yes she can stay for a week
of course i have to get some special
food for her i couldn't offer her
ordinary food hmm and i'm sure that she
loved talking to all the villagers
goodbye now uh i've got to go i've got
some customers waiting
yes yes goodbye
ah and can i help you finish there
yes said thanks eddie i'll have an
earthy cake please oh jolly good i think
grandma tyree has just made a new batch
this morning i'll just pop around and
get them won't be a
minute did you hear what eddie was
saying he's expecting a visitor
she must be very important
he's getting in some special food and
she's very pretty
oh that she's a princess
didn't he say that she would be talking
to the villagers uh yes
we'd better form our royal welcoming
committee we'd better tell everyone to
be at the keysight at half past three
what was that uh i said i'd i'd have an
ooty cake for my tea
oh
[Music]
it wasn't long before the word got round
and he's picking her up from the
lighthouse this afternoon
blistering barnacles
[Music]
um
[Music]
here's your mail bill is my guest ready
i'll just go and fetch her
mind the step now
be comfortable good
we won't be long now
[Music]
hey
[Music]
uh thank you thank you everyone
but but why all the flags and and what's
this wonderful greeting for
well there's a rumor going around the
village that you are expecting a special
guest
well a princess actually
so we put two and two together and we
all thought we'd come to meet her and
give her a proper welcome
oh how kind well i just get it
come along then
boy it's comedy's cousin's parrot
yes it's valencia i'm looking after her
for a few days
where's the princess we thought okay
we put two and two together and made
five
it just goes to show that you shouldn't
listen to too much gossip
we formed a welcome committee and put up
all these flags
well all your efforts weren't really
wasted
after all valencia is quite an important
old girl
[Music]
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
[Music]
you
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02x08 - Episode 8
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Set in a fictional lighthouse on the Guillemot Rock, just off the coast from the fictional village of McGuillycuddy.
Set in a fictional lighthouse on the Guillemot Rock, just off the coast from the fictional village of McGuillycuddy.