Museum Piece Series 1 Episode 2

we present arthur lowe, john, the measurer and five done in dad's army episode, two museum piece featuring john lara james beck and ian lavender with this week's guest eric woodburn. Now here is the latest news, and this is john snagg reading it.
It is may 1940, and through france and belgium, the nazi war machine sweeps forward relentlessly In britain, the able-bodied men and some not so able have answered their country's call to join britain's citizens of the local defense volunteers. The men who make up this new part-time force are out on parade every night of the week, but in spite of this, they carry on their work a day lives as usual. It is monday morning and at swallows bank in warmington on sea, the manager mr mannering and his chief clerk get down To the business of the week.
Ah, listen come in. I want to have a word with you about yesterday's maneuvers. Oh, do you, sir? I think we learned a lot of valuable lessons.
I'm sure we did, sir. At the same time, I don't think we receive the unthinking obedience which we're entitled to expect if we have to become an efficient fighting unit. Well, I wouldn't say that sir well, I would when I ordered one of the platoons wade Through the river.
Did I get on thinking obedience? Well, some of them did have a thought or two, sir, exactly. Furthermore, some of them put those thoughts into words, unless i'm very much mistaken. When I gave the command forward the river somebody said get stuffed with phrases.
The voice sounded distinctly english wilson, I mean, of course, praise is very crafty anyway i'll try and see it doesn't happen again. Hmm, but the point is this wilson, whoever said it, nobody crossed the river. Well, some of us were wearing our best suits you weren't wearing a pursuit, but my father said he thought very highly of it.
Young pike showed the right spirit. He went in after his thighs lucky for us that he wasn't wearing his father's suit. Well, actually, sir, he was Wearing his father's fishing waders.
It was just bad luck that he fell flat in his face halfway across. Be that as it may, I would have welcomed an example from you as my second in command. Well, I was first across the bridge, sir, partly a brilliant move.
Wilson after i'd already explained that the bridge was demolished, but it wasn't sellers. It was supposed to pretend it was demolished, but I did say we all did we All pretended it was demolished and we just used it to help us to pretend to go splashing through the river without actually getting wet. You know sometimes wilson, your attitude.
What is mean yeah? Well, i'm over sorry, sir, but anyway, i'm sure when we get our universe, you'll be able to send us charging like madmen through every river in the district with impunity. I'll remember that sergeant wilson Is that there's any news of the uniform sir six weeks of the earliest single rifles six weeks until then, we have to fight hitler's parachutists with one shotgun: 15 carving knives, my cricket, bat and lance corporal jones's, assay guy left out the Pepper and don't forget, got his number three iron, i'm sure he'd do better with the wood come in. Here's the poster! Oh thank you! You seemed to recovered from your Ducking yesterday.
Oh yes, sir! As soon as I got in I wallowed in a hot bath, wallowed, that's not very patriotic! Is it you're only supposed to have six inches of bath water? You know yeah! Well, I worked it out that you can have seven six inch baths a week. That means you can have 42 inches of water, but I do better than that. I make do with two 15 inch baths, so we can save 12 inches of water [ Music ], save your mathematics for your work.
Pike that'll, be all yes, oh yeah, wilson. Here's another request for an account to be closed, which one is that it's the peabody museum of historical army weapons. This is from the curator.
Apparently he's joined the navy. The museum is being closed for the duration and he wants us to transfer all Their funds to a deposit account until he returns you deal with that. Will you wilson? Yes, sir, by the way? Oh just a moment.
Yes, what is it? Did? You say weapon, museum, sir. Yes, that's right by joe wilson. Are you thinking what i'm thinking? I doubt it? So we never know there might be something that we can use.
Well, I don't think we should get too excited. Sir. Their prize Exhibit is a full-scale replica of burdessia's chariots they've got to the crimean, did they and the boar war? Certainly that sort of thing won't be of any use to us nonsense.
British army hasn't changed its rifle since they threw out the flim clock. What do you think they used to relieve latest methods, but i've never really given it much thought: carbines, wilson, three or three carbines around a dutchman, well i'll draft a Letter to ghq suggesting they look into it? Oh, no! Oh! No! We're not waiting for reams of bump from them. Before we see another dawn, the sky could be black with parachutes.