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02x09 - Episode 9

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.

02x09 - Episode 9

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[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 my lighthouse on the gillamat

rock

once a year ross and i take a day's

leave and roll over to the mainland to

help finish their dip his sheep

comedy stays behind to look after the

lighthouse

i'm afraid there are a lot of chores to

do chromity

i will

check the winding mechanism

hi bill

give duggar a bath and i will

polish the brass work hi bill

mend the generator

hey bill

do the laundry

yes bill anything else

yes don't forget to cook the tea

we'll be as hungry as seahorses when we

arrive back tonight

sorry to leave you with all the work

comedy don't worry we'll manage

hmm bye

come on dogger we better start right

away there's a lot of work to do

right what's first on the list

check the winding mechanism

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wow

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forgot all about the chores dozed off to

sleep and dreamed lovely dreams of

owning his own lighthouse

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

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dreamed about a big juicy bowl

they woke up two hours later

hey oh no we've been asleep for hours

and we've got lots of work to do hmm

what's next on the list

man the generator come on dogger

now to mend the generator

comedy first had to undo a nut on the

casing

he told dan

but it wouldn't budge

blistering barnacles

so many jobs to do and i can't even get

started ah

suffering swordfish it's working

chronicly was so pleased by not having

to dismantle the generator that he

decided to celebrate by making a cup of

tea

then he tried to think of ways of doing

the other jobs quickly

polish the brass whip

no let me see

got it crummady's idea for polishing the

paint work work on the treat

luckily they didn't hurt themselves and

chromity had two more good ideas that's

elsie it's scrambled eggs and fruit

salad for tea and while you're in there

dogger we may as well give you a bath

oh i wish we could do the laundry this

quickly

hello

a storm

ah that gives me another good idea i'll

put the soap in this pocket the storm

will wash our laundry much better than i

can and when it's over the wind will

blow them dry

when we arrived back at the lighthouse

we couldn't believe our eyes

we finished the chores comedy i will

check the winding mechanism i will

give them dogger about

hey bill

polish the brass work eyeball

amended the generator

i bill done the laundry

i built

blistering barnacles you have done well

how did you manage to get your chores

done so quickly

oh i had a few good ideas that's all

and i've just had another one let's have

our tea

okay yes please oh i'm starving hungry

oh yes please we're as ugly as sales

come on dogger i'll take you for a walk

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i'm

to the mainland it's a lovely sunny day

and as i roll i like to sing it helps me

on my way

i'll do a spot of fishing

to see what i can catch

a message in a bottle or a tasty

silverfish

roll my boat

sing my song

i'm going to the mainland and i'll get

there before long

when is the sea like a restaurant i

don't know when is the ceiling festival

when it's full of fish and chips

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roll my boat

sing my song

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how about another story

we keepers have an old saying that goes

orders is made to be obeyed and of

course

ross and crumbly always have to learn

the hard way now your first order is to

roll across to the mainland to eddie

shop and pick up a fresh supply of

grandma tyrese oaty cakes and the second

order is to collect from eddie a very

special package from the meteorological

office now whatever you do

don't try to open it and bring it back

as soon as you can and don't forget the

oldie cakes bye sir

hi sir

do this don't do that beat up your

greens

you'd be a lighthouse keeper stop

crumbling swamiji you know that it's

good for you i wouldn't mind but it's so

boring

nothing exciting ever happens to us

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soon to find out just how wrong he was

good morning edward stone's emporium at

your service hello eddie we've come to

collect a special person for portland

bill oh yes the very important parcel

and uh a fresh supply of ooty cakes

certainly at just one moment

ross

i wonder what's in the special package

everyone's been so secret about

this is the special package from the met

office whatever you do don't pull this

piece of string

i'll just pop into the shop and fetch

the ot cakes

won't be a moment sorry to keep you

waiting

do you think it's a surprise treat no it

can't be luke it's clearly labeled net

office do not pull string

i don't believe it go on

let's have a little peek no you'll ever

know no comedy which bit of string did

it mean anyway i can't see a bit of

string

oh look here it is oh this bit of string

don't

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here's your fresh supply of other cakes

where have they gone to

the weather balloon fly up into the sky

with comedy and ross hanging on for dear

life

up and up they flew over the village of

mcgilly cuddy

when will you learn to follow orders

don't pick an argument no russ and don't

look down

what a marvelous view no there's been a

stare

hello lads lovely day for a joyride hey

have fun

those lads online for dear life they

flew in land across mcgillicuddy

then sudden gusto took them out across

the sea

oh no we're going out to sea

this is all your fault dramatic

isn't it it is hey it's me it is me

it is

it is me it is

those lads flew on and on until just

when they needed it they had a piece of

good luck

it's the lighthouse it's coming straight

for us

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we've landed

oh no but what we're gonna tell bill

hello lads why what a surprise i didn't

expect you back this soon

my word you've even set up the new

weather forecasting equipment well done

now that was the first order

um

bill

i've got something to tell you hold it

ross my second order now where did you

put the double helping of ulti cakes

because it's tea time

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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 build

[Music]

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