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01x07 - The Tea Nurse

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Bertha". Aired: 1 April 1985 – 18 June 1986.*
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Series is set in an industrial estate occupied by the Spottiswood & Company factory, a small manufacturing plant producing a wide range of goods ranging from cuckoo clocks to windmill money boxes.

01x07 - The Tea Nurse

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you are a lovely machine

and anyone who works with you

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always turn

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and i think that's very

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you can always turn the goods out always

turn the goods out

we can defend upon you

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today at spotty's wooden company bertha

is making watering cats

roy is checking to see that they're all

right before he passes them on to tom

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so

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ted bertha has stopped

yes i wonder why she did that

maybe she's fed up with making watering

cans

that's probably what it is she's been

making them for three days now

no i don't think she's fed up now maybe

something is stuck inside her

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beth has switched off ted hey

yeah she is how did that happen

i didn't do it and nell was packing and

flow was stacking

who could have switched her off do you

suppose tom did it

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oh no tom didn't do it he was helping me

oh somebody must have done it bertha

wouldn't just switch herself off

she might if he was bored with making

watering cans

hmm

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well that is a mystery

back to work everybody

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oh

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not again

bertha switched herself off again ted

why did she keep doing that it's funny

isn't it like ted said

it's a mystery oh switch it on again

job come and stand here and see what

happens

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so what happened tom

so that's what's causing bertha to stop

the levers brokers

we won't be able to make any more

watering cans until that's repaired ted

now you're right roy i better go see mr

sprott

what shall we do ted you can

clear away those broken boxes i shall be

back soon

okay ted i'll get the dumper truck

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uh

throw the boxes into the dumper now

ouch what's the matter oh

i've cut my finger oh how did you do

that now

on the sharp edge of that old box oh

let me see oh it's only a scratch

but you'd better put something on it

i'll tie my handkerchief round it

hmm i think you want to have a proper

bandage on that now

yes your handkerchief might not be all

that clean

mrs tupp has the first aid box in her

kitchen

i'll send tom with a note for her tom

take this note to mrs tap in the kitchen

ted is in the design office talking to

mr sprott about bertha's broken lever

hmm yes yes that does sound serious

i don't know if we have any of those

leave it in stock ted

before i can find out i must know the

part number

ah these are the plans of bertha

as you can see some are very old

how old is she mr sprott i i don't

rightly know

bertha was here long before i came you

see

bertha has been modernized over the

years

here we are

is that the lever ted

yes that's the one the ordered off lever

part number c c246

punch that up on your computer tracy and

see if we have it in stock

right let's have a look here what can we

find

well i'm afraid it looks as if we

haven't got that particular lever in

stock mr sprott

i don't know what we're going to do then

where's the cart make any more watering

cans because she keeps stopping

i'll come and have a look at that ted

maybe something can be done

oh uh thank you tracy can't belong

there's a very pleasant lady

with a happy kind of job and she's

usually got a great big kettle

boiling on the hobby cause

she misses tofu makes a cup of

lovely fresh fruity oh she's proud to

be supplier now to all the factory

when the tea break comes she's there

with cakes and rolls and buns stacked on

a trolley

on her trolley

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fixing food

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what a good thing to relax to have

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just as you please

that's the time to just relax to take a

bite and have a chat this is tough she

makes a cup of

lovely fresh fruity and in addition

when everyone gets really busy but when

tea

break comes she's there with cakes and

rolls

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trolley

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mrs tupp back in her kitchen is tidying

up

she has all the teacups to wash

hello tom what have you got there a note

for me

oh deary me nella's cut her finger

and needs a bandage from the first aid

box yes

well she'll need a nurse to put the

bandage on properly

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i'd better check the first aid box

bandages sticky plaster lint

ointment scissors everything we need is

here tom

now if you will carry this for me we'll

go and see the patient

come along tom i'll just go and dump

these old boxes outside

is it still hurting now yes it's

stinging

oh i wish mrs tut would hurry up

what's the matter now now let's cut our

finger on one of those old broken boxes

oh dear that can be nasty you must have

something done about it

mrs tuff is coming with the first aid

box

good now ted show me this broken lever

on bertha

is this the one

uh-huh yeah well we haven't got one of

these in the factory

we'll have to buy a new one tomorrow but

what we do about working this off to do

yes that is a problem isn't it

put the first aid box down there tom

let me see your finger now

oh don't worry it's not as bad as it

looks

i'll put some ointment on first it'll

keep out the germs

and make it feel better hold it there

for me now

while i get the bandage does it hurt

dear

it's throbbing a bit now that'll soon go

away

hold the end nail and i'll put some

sticky plaster on it

hold that for me tom

there now that should do it all right

thank you mrs tap you're our tea nurse

oh thomas got himself all stuck up with

the tape

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stay still tom

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there we are hey

that gives you an idea i think bertha

could do with some first aid mrs tap

oh dear are she been in the wars too

she's got a broken lever bring your

sticky tape

i've thought of a way of keeping bertha

working until we get a new lever mr

sprott

do you think you can put some sticky

tape around that mrs tap to uh

stop it switch it off oh yes of course

i'll hold the lever on and you

put the tape around

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is that all right that is splendid mr

stuff

that should only dollar till we get a

new lever thank you mrs top you make a

jolly fine

what did bertha say

i think she said thank you mrs huffle

oh oh she's welcome i'm sure

here come the watering cans ted

good how birther

back to

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out always turn the goods out we can

depend upon you

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you