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02x08 - The Prize

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Follyfoot". Aired: 28 June 1971 – 15 September 1973.*
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Originally inspired by Monica Dickens' 1963 novel Cobbler's Dream (republished in 1995 as New Arrival at Follyfoot); she later wrote four further books in conjunction with the series—Follyfoot in 1971, Dora at Follyfoot in 1972, The Horses of Follyfoot in 1975, and Stranger at Follyfoot in 1976.

02x08 - The Prize

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never give

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if you want

then it's up to you

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come

on oh come on kalinka

there's nothing to be afraid of

you want to play this silly game again

do you

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alright i'm off

now come on

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what

good

might be a funny game to you but that's

four times i've been off this afternoon

chomping you out again

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come on girl

it's all right there's nothing to be

afraid of

oh kalinka no for heaven's sake

if you think i'm getting off again

you're wrong

look i've had enough of your silly games

now come on

dora

steve

i'm over here

in the river

i thought you were kidding oh steve help

me out

why what's up it's kalinka she keeps

stopping

on

come on

come on you've got to get off she won't

go unless she'll leave her what do you

mean get off

come on stop messing about come on it

smells good i've had it all afternoon

then why did you ride into the river

well i'm planning out the cross-country

course for saturday

oh yeah

dora's great sports gala

it's a good idea

thought out and planned stuck in the

middle of the river it would be fun you

see

look how you're going to help me around

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you are a naughty girl now look what

you've done

pardon my own gentlemanly behavior

in front of a lady too

i was referring to kalinka of course

of course

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dora

um

this gymkhana thing you're organizing

for saturday

yes

can i invite wendy

on tammany of course

you can see how they're doing

i suppose so

she's a bit old isn't she it's meant for

children

i thought there were some things for

older girls

the cross country that's all

that's fine

tammy should be good at that

or can i

yes all right

invite who you like

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[Applause]

oh

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i said forget it it's giving everybody

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facing in the same direction it's a race

you've got them in a circle looks like

the merry-go-round of hampton people get

back

right now then watch it now watch it on

your line now then come along head up

chin in chest out now all set now don't

forget i'll just recap once you go and

burst the balloon over the flower pot

through the tires eat the apple and back

here as quick as you go right go

[Applause]

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just like the good old days they slugger

yeah bit of army discipline smarten them

up

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ah

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so there we have it folks first miss

bucktooth 1972

second an horrible little girl in

pigtails hey watch it watch it now can i

have the first three please over here

for your lovely prizes come along

steve you're supposed to be down at

folly foot planning out the course for

the cross country i know well it starts

in a minute

see you very good well done

a nice teddy bear for you penelope well

done that's jolly good and what's your

name

andrew a sword for you sir andrew

there we are well done

said the lord

just the cross country

we're racing against wendy i see

yes

well no prize for the winner no

you're that short of winning are you i

might oh there would be a prize i think

so you stay on this side

they'll all come down round the lake

you've got to point their way back okay

now go to the colonel's place

ah

but don't worry i'll come back

hello

hello

she's beautiful

it's a he

right now you all ready now you know the

way don't you through the trees down to

folly foot by the lake and back here

steve and slugger are down there and

they'll show you the way right now when

i drop the flag ready

steady go

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oh my god

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i just couldn't get him going

oh trust dazzy to buy me a slow one

time when he's not slow you know

it's you

you're too tense

horses can tell are nervous ryder

dora's good isn't she

it's what she's all about

she lives for horses is that why she

doesn't like me because i've only got

two legs

dora doesn't dislike anyone

she's just not that interested in people

just horses

really

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steve

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yeah

hey i thought seven had to go past there

was only six do you think once chucked

it in

wendy

oh

hello miss

you better be off i'll be waiting for

you uh we could phone tell the colonel

she's here

stay for tea

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well

i enjoyed that

i can't say i'm sorry it's over i'm not

very good at buns lemonade and proud

parents

well i think we deserve a cup of tea

don't you i just need a copper won't be

long right

thank you

i say yeah

are you doing anything this evening

there's a little hop down the village i

just wondered if you'd like to come

along

well i hello wendy

hope you enjoyed yourself yes thank you

ver good tea yes

coffee at the disco then

touch of the old ray maps eh no thank

you

i was hoping steve would what

give me some help with my riding lessons

yeah i'd love to i don't seem to be very

good you've got to get used to tammany

first

who won a race or need and i asked you

needn't ask

after t then

hmm

yeah fine

high up storm coming

you've put tammany in copper's stable

there wasn't another empty one you know

how upset copper gets okay i'll shift

him go and have some tea i want to rub

him down settle him

but can't wait just five minutes

all right leave it i'll do it myself

keep your hands down and even

look through his ears that's it

hands down

look

you're all tensed up

just just sit into your saddle and relax

you gotta sit naturally

you're all stiff no i'll never be any

good yes you will

i don't want it

yeah anymore

i'll ask dora if tammany could stay the

night

does she run the place oh dora

well not really

it's more hers than mine if you see what

i mean i see all right

she thinks only of the horses yes so you

keep saying

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what's up with the horses today

nothing why

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oh no

oh kalinka

oh no

hi hello steve town is nearly ready dora

suggested we try a different saddle

it'll make it easier

dora has

yes

steve i don't feel like riding today

i brought the pygmy campbell with me can

you come for a drive

i'm not sure

you have to ask dora of course

no

just tell her that's all

but she's out

be brave

live a little

okay

will you drive

will i

oh that's smashing looking bodywork

i wouldn't trust him with it myself

i take it you refer to the call

and what else do i refer to may i ask

slugger

can you call the vet it's polinka

there's something wrong with her it's

her eyes

it's known as moon blindness you're sure

are you i'm afraid so

well how long did you give her

before she's totally blind well that's

very difficult to say

of course she may not go totally blind

poor old girl

there's always something isn't that

you'll take care of her when she'll

give her the best we've got

she's the daughter of a big wig

ambassador somewhere

buenos aires i think

somewhere like that

and they've got lots of money

that's all i know really

and you

me

i'm a coal miner son

he was k*lled when i was a kid

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and my mother runs an all-night coffee

store in the liverpool docks

so she bosses you around

now look

dora does not boss me around

i know what you're thinking

okay so she is mistress of folly foot

she is also one of the kindest

gentlest nicest people i've ever known

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hey why wasn't there a prize for the

cross-country race on saturday

i suppose she knew she'd win

she's as confident as that is she

about horses yeah

oh there ought to have been a prize

will you drive me over to my place we

need the horse box so i can take tammany

home

i want to pick something up too

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let's get another cat holding

call it chopped dry in a minute hey hang

about mate you're making me wobble

wobbly says you wouldn't think i shifted

a great car because would ya

look it's an art in it making toast

you're the sort of shift old rembrandt

while i was in the middle of a

masterpiece

oh

sorry i jogged your arm rembrandt my old

mate but i've got to make the tea

hey honey my masterpiece masterpiece

done to a nice golden black

mastic

yeah well it's your fault you distracted

me

hey

cheer up

chin up

tee up

you don't have to worry you know

that's steve

leave it run

look you can work it out can't you

she's flash ain't she she's my type

don't go for me those sort of birds do

yeah i've noticed

so if they go for me i'll swinging wrong

they ain't likely to go for an old

square like steve now are they i ask you

qed

quad erat

whatever it is

demonstrandum hey

oh yeah that's it

so you see oh going all classy this

afternoon thank me first of all

rembrandt now french

italian wow whatever it is it's the

darkest bit of framework i've ever heard

look i know steve he's not the type no

him if you know him you're the only one

that does ain't that right

he's a dark horse that's his trouble

never know where he's going to jump

you just trust all ronnie

now stop moving come and have your team

stop it stop it do you hear how can i

get finished

oh kalinka

laura

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yes

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oh yeah

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saga just told me

i'm sorry

poor old thing

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it's not your day is it

win a few lose if you eh

oh steve

come on

there's someone to see you

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it's wendy

she's uh

come to collect her horse

hello dora

i'm terribly sorry about kalinka

i wanted to thank you for letting me be

in the cross-country race on saturday

that's all right i wasn't very good

tammany can be funny sometimes

it wasn't tammany it was me

as i've been told in no uncertain terms

counts a lot in this place doesn't it

are you are with horses

anyhow i brought a present for the

winner

thanks for the race

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i ought to have had it inscribed

to one of the kindest gentlest nicest

people i've known

end of quote

you're giving away state secrets

come on

let's get your horse

is

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dreams come true if you want them too if

you want them to then it's up to you

grow and grow

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