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1:16

Thanks for exploring the world of

1:18

Hyacinth Bouquet in the hit BBC

1:20

sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. My name

1:22

is Jonathan Vernon-Smith, and with me

1:24

is a man who has numerous

1:26

contacts in the European community. It's

1:28

William Hansen. Yes, Jonathan and I

1:30

here for one final series, because

1:32

as you all know by now, we

1:34

absolutely love Hyacinth bouquet and her world

1:36

in Keeping Up Appearances. In each episode

1:39

of this luxury podcast, William and I

1:41

take you through an episode of the

1:43

BBC sitcom Delving Deep Into the World

1:45

of the Bouquets. And

1:47

today is the fourth episode of

1:49

the last series, A Riverside

1:51

Picnic. Just take us through the

1:53

synopsis if you would, please, William. He

2:00

thinks will be a step up from her

2:02

normal candlelight. Suppose she has chosen a specific

2:04

part of the riverbank for the event, but

2:06

it's horrified when they turn up there on

2:08

the day, along with Elizabeth Emmett, the vicar

2:11

and his wife to discover that it's now

2:13

not quite as I did lakers when she

2:15

first discovered it's they all take to the

2:17

river In said. With. Even more

2:20

problems. A fabulous episode. I feel

2:22

like we say this every single time. we

2:24

didn't long as rain, but they're also good

2:26

on A, but this one's really good as

2:28

well. Yeah, off and any sort of. It

2:31

in some of the early a series of keeping up appearances.

2:33

sometimes if you had a really good one may be the

2:35

next one off to with not. Didn't. Match

2:37

or beat, but this one definitely

2:39

matches a dance. We begin in

2:41

the countryside high since I'm Richard

2:43

or in the Rover, two one

2:45

six and Hyacinth is in her

2:47

queen outfits. Can you remember in

2:49

two thousand and eighteen? When.

2:52

Under the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth,

2:54

Queen. Elizabeth turned up to garden policy.

2:57

In. Basically this out bit of got the

2:59

pictures here. Ssssss

3:03

dressed as House and the Pikachu.

3:05

Least bucket heads want to look

3:07

at least a few sort of

3:09

Google Queen dressed as high since

3:11

bouquet. There's the Daily Mail article

3:13

with a side by side photograph

3:15

and. She comes on the

3:17

since white gloves and or maybe he

3:19

manages to. Sleeves are a bit longer,

3:22

but this is this outfit that we

3:24

find Hyacinth in in the car. Fabulous.

3:26

They following a tractor that is absolutely

3:28

loaded up with horse manure and when

3:31

the tractor guys over a bump it

3:33

splashes a dollop of the horse manure

3:35

all over the windscreen to the rover.

3:37

get off as an no nos told

3:40

you. Of course as someone who lives

3:42

in London, the as I presume you

3:44

rarely encounter hospital. Yes, but

3:46

do my right to grow up in

3:48

the country. That's true. I am fat

3:50

ever finding a dollop of the outside

3:52

my drive home now Yes, because I

3:54

got horses riding past my house every

3:56

single day. Lots and lots of

3:58

horses, company in consummate. Well

4:01

quite often they will relieve themselves

4:03

at my entrance and I'll be

4:05

honest review. It doesn't best

4:07

place me know because it's squashes into the

4:09

tos my com yeah but it a to

4:11

use language time Richard does. Ah,

4:14

Him: My: in my head. Yes, yes

4:16

yes. You'd never hear it coming out

4:18

of my mouth. It's nice that hyacinth

4:20

game. If we married so long she

4:22

can sort of even average it. Isn't

4:24

saying it's him, She knows what's going

4:26

on the head as it's am I

4:29

wondered whether it in your other roll.

4:32

Your produces couldn't. Know

4:34

what you're thinking in your yes I do. Guess.

4:37

What range of emotions can they to tax

4:39

you are? you should ask them. Maybe you

4:41

should invite them onto a future episode of

4:44

his podcast is a be able to tell

4:46

you all of my inner workings at last.

4:48

They know me very well and I know

4:50

every single twitching facial expression what it means.

4:54

And I'm sure you'll and I can speak

4:56

to this. You're very easy to work with.

4:59

Ah, are you being sarcastic

5:01

me? Ah,

5:06

Snow on This. You're very aware of

5:08

the idea yes, but you really easy

5:10

to work with. I just don't like

5:13

incompetence or sloppy behavior. Should

5:15

I encountered Gabi did so Sloppy behavior.

5:18

I tend to get a bit sleepy

5:20

yes and woe betide anyone know. but

5:22

thankfully your a joy to work with

5:24

William. Oh and you never see the

5:26

snoopy side of may know which is

5:28

excellent. Liz is outside watering she's awesome

5:30

gonna she says to him it you

5:32

can come out it serve it is

5:34

safe. They've gone off for drives and

5:37

he's gone back to being that sort

5:39

of scared pathetic m it rather than

5:41

the play into it Camp Emmons which

5:43

The Shanks began watching this episode. with

5:45

an analytical at bend to

5:47

it is why does not

5:50

consistent back garden. We.

5:52

never see if only the lease his back

5:54

garden or high since really do you know

5:57

there's a brief moment where they come out

5:59

of the back door of Hyacinth's house but

6:01

you certainly never see Liz's back door. But

6:05

he... No.

6:12

More's the pity. Emmett

6:18

is then reading the telegraph and

6:20

did you notice the headlines on the front page

6:22

of the telegraph? No. There's a

6:24

headline about Russia and another

6:27

headline about enemies of then Prime

6:29

Minister John Mayjays. Like history is

6:31

repeating itself. Repeating itself, yes. How

6:34

wonderfully we've moved on in 30 years. Yes,

6:36

that will of course mean a lot to

6:38

our British audience that have taken interest in

6:40

world affairs, not so much to our listeners

6:42

further afield. In Russia. No,

6:45

definitely not. Do you think we have any bucketheads in

6:47

Russia? I'm sure we do. Well if so, have a

6:49

word will you? And

7:00

they wouldn't have these problems if they sung

7:02

together. Not enough people sing

7:04

together. That's true. Hyacinth and

7:06

Richard are back on the road and

7:08

Hyacinth wants to see the river. Yes,

7:10

and just as they hit

7:12

the peak of the bridge she begs

7:15

Richard to stop. Stop! So she

7:17

can appreciate the view. And

7:19

obviously, funnily enough, this is what

7:21

happens on a road, there's a car behind. Yeah. Who

7:24

is not best pleased on this narrow bridge they

7:26

can't pass. And then again, and

7:29

we've sort of said this with series

7:31

five, you get little bits of extra stuff

7:33

that starts to creep in and they play

7:35

around with these tropes. Richard

7:39

talks about the bucket bouquet thing. Yes. And

7:42

it's the only time it's addressed, I believe. Yeah.

7:44

Other than people getting the pronunciation wrong. It

7:47

was always bucket until I met you, he

7:49

says. And

7:51

it just, I love it, because it just

7:53

gives us a little glimmer into the slight

7:55

backstory, concerning what we already know. Yes, and

7:57

I wonder whether Richard had any family. Yeah.

8:00

And how they felt about Hyacinth. Mmm.

8:04

Whole other spin-off that could have occurred. That's what

8:06

it could have been. Mmm. We'll

8:08

talk about young Hyacinth another time. You've been

8:10

a very funny move today, Richard Bouquet.

8:13

I can hear you thinking again. It

8:16

is not Bouquet's bucket. It was

8:18

always bucket till I met you. No

8:22

kids can swallow that. So and Daisy are sunbathing outside

8:24

the front of their property. Yes, although

8:26

we don't at first know it is the front of their property

8:29

and they're just kind of short. With the

8:31

windbreak in the background. Yeah. Did

8:33

you ever have childhood memories of sitting on a beach

8:35

with a windbreak? Once. Oh.

8:38

Yes. Every single holiday in

8:40

the UK. Always a British beach, yes.

8:42

The windbreak around you, my mother's

8:44

feet up on the cool box, eating

8:47

sandwiches with sand in them. Did she bring

8:49

out a miles by from a bucket of...

8:51

Honestly. ...on a spider by. Honestly, I don't

8:53

know why we used to bother, but we

8:56

did. Yeah, and there is again, it's

8:58

a nice bit of Onslow and Daisy to knock. What

9:00

happened to that terrible bird you used to knock about

9:02

with? I married you. Yeah. She's

9:05

reading The People. Ah. I

9:08

don't think The People still exists as a newspaper, does it? No,

9:10

I don't think it does. There's a lot of newspaper

9:13

chat in this, isn't there? Because we're going to come

9:15

on to the vicars newspaper, I'm sure, in a minute.

9:17

We certainly are. Harrison and Richard are now by the

9:19

river and she loves

9:21

it. She's revelling in the river, isn't she

9:23

really? Yeah, and so much. I

9:26

think everything at this point has

9:28

been filmed on location. Yeah. The

9:31

next scene, they're in a boat. She

9:33

loves it so much, they've obviously commandeered a boat.

9:36

Poor Richard is rowing and

9:38

Harrison decides at that

9:40

very moment that the whole

9:42

atmosphere is perfect and she's

9:45

therefore going to hold a riverside

9:47

picnic. And as she's coming up

9:49

with this idea, again following

9:51

the theme of the Contessa 2 episode, she

9:53

announces to Richard, mind the yacht! That's

9:56

not a yacht, it's a rowboat. lovely

10:00

have you ever done rowing? Yes,

10:03

yes I have. Do you

10:05

like it? No. No. No. Why would

10:07

anyone like rowing? Awful. That's why I

10:09

got invented motors. Exactly. You can zip

10:11

along on your motor. It's very exhausting

10:13

and the coordination on a rowing boat

10:15

where you have to sit backwards and

10:18

kind of row your way backwards. And

10:20

not see where you're going? No it's

10:22

horrible. Yeah it's not nice. We once

10:24

went on a big family holiday with

10:26

my aunts and uncles and cousins and

10:29

we were on holiday in the de

10:31

rowing region of France. Of course you

10:33

were. And we all decided to go

10:35

kayaking. Oh hideous. Absolutely.

10:40

We fell out big time. Yes. My

10:43

brother and my cousin Tom and me in

10:45

one kayak and we could not get it

10:47

going in a straight line. No. We were

10:49

absolutely foul with each other. I

10:51

must have been 15, James would have been 12.

10:54

It was not a

10:56

recipe for success. I went kayaking in

10:59

Spain a couple of years ago and

11:01

it was a two-hour experience and

11:04

I kind of arrived on the beach and

11:07

put my life jacket on and there was

11:09

this young chap who

11:11

was our kind of tour guide and

11:13

he was very excellatable and exuberant. Oh no.

11:15

And was kind of getting everyone in their

11:17

boats and I got in my boat and

11:19

everyone started going and within literally I would

11:22

say a minute and a half I was

11:24

exhausted. Yeah don't blame me. We'd only just

11:26

set off and he's like come

11:28

on everyone come on guys. And

11:30

I wanted to batter him to death with

11:33

my oars. Continuing

11:35

a theme from last week. Two hours

11:37

in this kayak. The rest

11:39

of the holiday was ruined because I couldn't move my arms.

11:43

Because of your rowing. Because of the

11:45

kayaking. Yeah. It's never worth it. He

11:47

said oh let's let's go round the

11:49

rocks and as I'm

11:52

going round the rocks the waves were

11:54

smashing my kayak into the side. It

11:56

was awful. People do this for fun.

11:58

I know. for that

12:00

yeah it was all fun the trouble is you can't

12:02

go back because you don't want to

12:04

look like a fool in front of the group

12:06

do you know no you ought to style it

12:09

out no and then they started taking photos well

12:11

all of my photos I

12:13

have faced like thunder I

12:15

can imagine definitely not riparian

12:18

entertainment that's true there's cut

12:20

to they're now out of their windbreak and

12:22

back inside in bed as they normally are

12:25

on so and Daisy can hear a banging noise yeah

12:27

and there's a great line from on slow is Rose

12:29

got a man in if she

12:31

had of a do three old things that noise

12:33

then they work out it was probably daddy

12:36

yes we're never quite sure what

12:38

daddy's doing actually no episode with that banging

12:40

nope doesn't doesn't get paid

12:42

off you kind of watch it you think

12:44

well there's obviously gonna be some kind of

12:47

conclusion to this banging noise nothing no I

12:49

think it's a Roy Clark eccentric moment yes

12:52

I would agree it's it's just we'll just

12:54

write it for the sake of filling a

12:56

page hi since and Richard are in bed

12:58

and all of a sudden there's no banging

13:00

there higher since just comes out with a

13:02

major pronouncement right yeah

13:06

which means of the river bank yeah

13:08

she's found the word in Sheridan's dictionary

13:10

I love the fact Richard's asleep and

13:12

his shock yes at waking up wouldn't

13:15

you be yeah as

13:17

she's going through the dictionary looking for a

13:19

suitable word I presume this is for the

13:21

invitation yes she needs the word riparian and

13:23

again it's just sort of marketing she would

13:25

be great in marketing now and she's come

13:27

up with her the full phrase for

13:30

the experience which is going to

13:32

be a waterside supper with

13:34

riparian entertainment and what is interesting with

13:37

that last word in that sentence is that at

13:39

some points in the episode its entertainment and

13:42

other points its entertainment fluctuates

13:44

and it sort of depends on whether

13:47

they're on location or in the studio

13:49

at television center but it's always riparian

13:51

indeed with a role more on slow

13:53

daisy daddy chat he's inventing something we

13:56

weren't worried too much about it no

13:58

because it never gets paid I'm busy

14:01

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16:06

There is out of side picnic

16:09

and we are now outside waning

16:11

Elm. The. Postman is they're

16:13

throwing the last ah yes because he

16:15

doesn't want to go near the door

16:17

and up obviously he falls short has

16:19

it's catches him in the act and

16:21

she wants a word with him. I

16:23

like the on the the shops where

16:25

we've cleared the doorstep and just her

16:27

leg disappear and step in on he

16:29

is very funny show. Guess the reason

16:31

she wants a word with the postman

16:33

she wants to see if he has

16:35

the invitations the next door room she's

16:37

posted it because of course she likes

16:39

people to know she only use his

16:42

first class stamps. I didn't think this is silly.

16:45

When my can i got merits a

16:47

regards. And. Our

16:49

neighbors. Who I see our neighbors

16:51

within the same building you did said it's your next

16:54

door neighbor We did. She

16:57

wanted of did I used by suppress

16:59

them yes and we took a photograph

17:01

of us posting their letter so when

17:03

they would check their male hilariously as

17:05

I said on this punk also for

17:07

I'm the only person in our block

17:09

attacks the post box So not only

17:11

did I. Post. There lesser

17:13

i think electricity from a communal

17:15

postbox to put in their rank

17:17

and then take downstairs to give

17:20

them. right? Completely waste

17:22

of my time and money. They.

17:27

Now know I used as

17:29

if I didn't before. Yes. And

17:31

the guy true that the

17:33

rather funny moment where he is

17:35

refusing to reveal whether he

17:37

has the invitation and so she

17:40

describes the imitate describes the

17:42

envelope. Can you remember it without

17:44

he notes on it's up

17:46

a lavender Carla? No, no, it's

17:49

a lilac color. No, no,

17:52

It's. Know move lavender center

17:54

to move in love and descent

17:56

and wasn't as stamp aligns perfectly

17:58

to the right. Yeah to

18:00

the edge of the on black yes But

18:03

why do you think is all odds big

18:05

These we know live in Emmett surnames from

18:07

other episodes is that she says beyond belief

18:09

is addressed to live emits Elizabeth and them.

18:11

It has since would not have address normal

18:13

out like that because that is not correct

18:15

on Mumble Opener it would be Mrs. Export

18:18

and we don't know what her husband's

18:20

name is or could be Mrs Ie.

18:22

Warden if we're being model and missed

18:24

a hoax with yeah it wouldn't be

18:26

Elizabeth Nimitz. I felt that was a

18:28

little bit but in charge with me

18:31

an awesome fluff of crank phone right?

18:33

Well you must write to Herald Snowden,

18:35

Tell him I will. The bickering is

18:37

why the having breakfast and it's clear

18:39

they've been invited to the Waterside South.

18:41

off with her I Patreon Entertainment or

18:43

as the because Wife says in Rupaul,

18:45

Ryan and Time and Yes and talking

18:47

of the. Because wife. Tomorrow.

18:50

On our bonus know. She's.

18:52

Here. Oh. How wonderful our

18:54

new close personal friend. She's come

18:56

out a report in Entertainment? Yes!

18:59

Wonder if he'll bring anything? Yes

19:01

Marion Baron guess I would love

19:03

my wife's cat so do tune

19:05

in tomorrow. Bucket Heads Elizabeth a

19:07

name it have also been invited.

19:09

Guests. To the waterside tamper with her I

19:12

Perry and entertainment with skips over the because

19:14

newspaper. Ah, The Independent the

19:16

Independence which I think pick up probably would

19:18

rate problem is that the one that's no

19:20

that still going. Know

19:23

the on line and no longer exist

19:25

as a paper. it is only online.

19:27

yeah I came here surfaces now he

19:29

be scrolling on the news app? He

19:31

certainly would be. or the vicar decides

19:33

that he's going to call to tell

19:35

high since that they're not going to

19:37

be going. But of course when he

19:39

tries to do so he fails miserably.

19:41

An end phone goes date. Yeah.

19:44

Because he's given up his realize that he's

19:46

also battle with high sensory just puts phone

19:48

down. But. Rouge. yeah it's

19:50

very rude. I like that that know that

19:52

we are seeing. The guests

19:54

trying to decline. Yeah. I

19:56

like the poetry of seeing each

19:59

guest attempts. And

20:01

obviously failed. and I. Mean

20:12

spirited away. same at times over

20:15

the wall. He's. Going to ring the

20:17

doorbell? And as he at rings

20:19

the doorbell front door opens. To

20:23

he also fails and Port Elizabeth who

20:25

finds a quite funny these failed then

20:27

gets invited coffee in ten minutes. Yes,

20:29

but m it does manage to stand

20:31

up and decline the coffee invitation history

20:33

sort of finally mustered strength and even

20:35

he's quite quick wit. We've talked before

20:38

about how you define things, you just

20:40

say no thank you notes that the

20:42

phone down now aren't the second thoughts.

20:44

And. It is actually city doesn't quite nice own.

20:47

oh thank ya. Since he needed to make

20:49

me allowed to be like he was potentially

20:51

doing earlier I'm going over to own size

20:53

this of as he more building weren't It's

20:55

continuing and we said that that doesn't get

20:57

resolved. At. This point it

20:59

took me a Monday. you. For. All

21:01

your. Quirks. And eccentricities.

21:04

Are. Quite Sunday aren't new? Sorry.

21:07

You're quite handy around the house. No.

21:09

One not what you mean I'm had

21:11

used to compress our. Oh

21:14

yes I did. Eight. Apparently I compared

21:16

to most of homelessness to be listening

21:18

to this. Ah ha ha ha ha.

21:20

I'm basically handy Md. Well no, I

21:23

wouldn't get too carried away with my

21:25

one moment of success stripping the carburetor

21:27

Jim Manley mic and what? easier over

21:29

the weekend didn't you do something with

21:32

a sale? I replaced the are seal

21:34

on the bottom of my boss Alice

21:36

screen. Yeah, Oh hang on, I even

21:39

I've done that. You decide often. Assignment

21:41

on this ninety Clinical My my achievements.

21:43

I mean, I actually had to replace it twice because

21:46

the first one I snapped when I tried to put

21:48

it on someplace call. So for that. Yes,

21:50

Or no, I wouldn't describe myself as

21:53

a handy person and generally quite useless.

21:55

I mean, Drilling. Drilling a hole. Are

21:58

always files soon. Moisture

22:00

More Practice. So

22:17

no, I wouldn't describe myself as a

22:19

handy person. What? I would. Plan.

22:22

On giving you that under the cycle

22:24

I'm very touched but I've ever invite

22:27

me rent detail why? For you know

22:29

you wouldn't want me during the cake

22:31

been an it noted that an outside

22:33

when he help I think we don't

22:36

have any more of this one little

22:38

tiny bit of the studio am but

22:40

they're outside when he elm a convoy

22:42

of cars parked outside and hyacinth is

22:45

checking everything over. the guy patronizing to

22:47

think m it was a neat not

22:49

yeah she says she comes out with

22:51

my favorite. Line In this episode where

22:53

she tends to Richard and she said she

22:56

says oh do to keep When I pushed

22:58

him a post they were written is that

23:00

your favorite line in the lobby okay I

23:02

have a different they have to make plastic

23:04

picnic were who has cost even I would

23:07

not have custom a plastic between one different.

23:09

Hit. Wouldn't be plastic if I

23:11

had many sports. I quite

23:14

like a butterfly. this is

23:16

the S and amp up

23:18

more practical Yeah guests were

23:20

drawn so I like and

23:22

indeed thus entire prone chance

23:24

when they finally gets to

23:26

go from skip you have

23:28

it. Will go back. Not

23:30

lovely lime upon you to

23:32

pins the safety of my

23:34

said Aleks Norwegian Prawns? Yes

23:36

Did you notice his room

23:38

in the background? One. Of

23:40

the neighbors little boys, Comes.

23:42

Out of the end of the drive while

23:44

they rule loading the cars out, a little

23:47

boy in the background appears at the end

23:49

of drive and he's watching this all unfold.

23:51

Oh no, he was, probably, you know, genuinely

23:53

just a little boy come out to pie

23:55

and suddenly saw a television program a hit

23:57

Bbc sit Yeah filmed outside his house. Yeah,

24:00

okay, no. get on my back in the

24:02

same in the background and this talk at

24:04

this moment of violence. And will

24:06

come on Spanish and minutes in that varnishes

24:08

is sort of. This discussion as to where

24:11

she is, he or she spiced have turned

24:13

up to help take everything to the rhythms

24:15

and tree and hyacinth goes back to phone

24:17

her into the whole and their skin is

24:19

another facet of to suck twist on the

24:21

normal trope of Mercedes sauna and room for

24:24

a pony. yes it's now Mercedes soon And

24:26

a musical beat a classical of cool because

24:28

it is which sounds the at Whether it's

24:30

classical pop music, it's very nouveau riche to

24:32

have a musical be day that you like

24:35

a be day not. Max? No

24:37

idea. I think. There's.

24:39

Something about us Brits we don't quite get

24:41

it. Do know a Bj really is what

24:43

your mum wishes or feet and on holiday?

24:45

Yes, you don't use a be die for

24:47

what it was designed for. Know. I

24:50

never know you meant to sit forward or

24:52

back. Are getting

24:54

it? much matters know. You. Just

24:56

have to make sure the jets in the right place.

24:59

I. Thought you filled the bowl a

25:01

bit like a sink. know you can

25:03

do and later only Spanish around for

25:06

some zoc from the middle. Ah and

25:08

you could nominee probably makes more

25:10

sense to face the wall. See you

25:12

sit on a new turn, the tap

25:15

and the jets blasts. I'm where it

25:17

should blossom and a new kind of

25:19

wash yourself and then use a

25:21

towel. Yeah.

25:25

It's just is never going to work now. as

25:27

that is a some british. States.

25:30

One washing your bottom well in that

25:32

way, The Professor. The

25:35

Continental. it is of a continental many

25:37

years but anyway ball has a musical

25:39

be day. Yeah, which, presumably, and

25:41

I burst forth with Edelweiss or something while

25:43

she's washing hubble some candles. Or to me

25:46

that. I

25:49

should be appropriate if woods this discussion

25:51

as to why fall. It's not their

25:53

Bruce can't stand up. he's drunk on

25:55

sharing. he has he is

25:57

so she's gonna have to get somebody else to

25:59

draw her in the Mercedes to

26:01

the river. From the same income bracket

26:03

however. Also we see Onslow driving the

26:06

Mercedes yet. Not yet, yeah but we

26:08

will do yes. Yeah I want to

26:10

come back to that. Okay. Don't make

26:12

me forget. Alright. Isn't this thrilling? Why

26:15

did you put her in my parish? They're

26:18

still getting ready for the off. Higher

26:20

since the piers now wearing what I

26:22

refer to as her luxury waterside outfit.

26:24

Yes with a little sort of helmet.

26:27

Yes what was it called in the

26:29

40s when they did the Charleston? Was

26:32

it the Flappers? Yeah she did such

26:34

a flapper. A riparian flapper. She's

26:37

ready for waterfide. She's a ripar.

26:40

Off they go. The vicar has

26:43

a different car. Oh is he

26:45

upgraded? Have you noticed the Peugeot,

26:47

the trusty Peugeot is not there.

26:50

Instead he and his wife

26:52

are driving the same color car but it's

26:54

a different car. Do you know where it is? No. It's

26:57

a voxel cavalier. Is

27:00

that better than the Peugeot? Syntonic blue. Oh again?

27:03

It's a Syntonic blue. He knows what he likes.

27:05

But it's a voxel cavalier. Off

27:07

they go and they're going down a road that's full

27:09

of potholes and there's that nice physical moment where higher

27:11

since decide she better get out and

27:14

guide their way through the potholes. But

27:16

just before that happens and they're going

27:18

over these potholes her hat is I

27:20

thought it was a bit odd they

27:22

do like comedy sound effects where a

27:24

twang and it's clearly not the sound

27:27

that her hat makes as her hat

27:29

slightly tips back and I just felt it was a little bit

27:31

over slapstick. Oh okay.

27:34

Notes to the writer. Yeah quite. So

27:37

she's there guiding them through the

27:39

potholes and the I

27:41

think it's the vicar. Is it the

27:43

vicar or is it Emmet who says

27:45

that must be so tempting? Emmet. It's

27:47

Emmet. It's psychopathic Emmet. Psychopathic sadistic Emmet.

27:50

Who wants to mow her down. In

27:53

a hidden run. Yes. They

27:55

arrive at the river and they're all carrying

27:58

the equipment. Yes and we see... Then

28:00

the debut on screen

28:03

of file it played by Anna

28:05

Dawson Yes, she's only in four

28:07

episodes on slow is driving the

28:09

Mercedes now What why did this

28:11

strike you as being unusual is

28:13

the insured? Good

28:16

point. Mmm, when you expect the

28:18

answer to that is no well

28:21

you say that but generally when

28:23

you insure your vehicle fully comprehensive

28:26

You are then normally with most good

28:28

insurance companies. You are also insured to

28:30

drive anybody else's car with their permission

28:32

But only third party so

28:34

had he had an accident in Violets

28:37

Mercedes the third party

28:39

would have been covered on on slows

28:41

insurance But as for violence Mercedes, it

28:44

probably would have been a write-off. Okay

28:46

fair enough, but this is on the

28:48

slow Do you think he has

28:50

car insurance? Oh what so he was driving

28:52

the Cortina illegally? Just a

28:54

hunch. Oh gosh. Well in that case. No, he

28:56

wouldn't have been good and And

28:59

would he be with the reputable insurer if he did have a

29:01

problem? Really not don't strip

29:03

the fun out of this Who's

29:07

gonna say they're there in the

29:09

Mercedes it on the slow daisy

29:11

violet rose and daddy yes And

29:15

then we cut back to the other

29:17

revelers the riparian revelers. They're still walking

29:19

along the river Just run the next

29:21

bend getting very out of breath sing

29:24

if you like yes We love to

29:26

go a wonder ring along the river

29:28

bank Oh, I believe it

29:30

goes the river bank or was it the

29:32

mountain path well, she sings the river bank

29:35

the river bank Yeah, well that works in

29:37

doesn't it first to us mountain Unfortunately the

29:39

position that higher sense had chosen For

29:42

the waterside supper with riparian

29:45

entertainments has been ruined

29:47

by the presence of a dredger Yes,

29:49

and she she goes all very Julius

29:51

Caesar friends Don't

29:56

be faint-hearted doing her sort of

29:58

Julius Caesar or Henry the fifth

30:00

type speech which I quite like. Again

30:04

it was a different type of hyacinth that

30:06

we get but over on the other side

30:08

of the riverbank Violet and Co have arrived

30:11

and start setting up for their own picnic.

30:14

Well maybe another episode we'll discuss

30:17

the sort of how Violet is

30:20

portrayed and

30:22

sort of the acting choices that were

30:24

made but I think it's

30:26

sort of I think that is sort of

30:29

how I pictured Violet but I can't really

30:31

remember how I pictured Violet the first time

30:33

I watched all these episodes before I saw

30:35

Violet. But I think

30:38

they get the look quite right. Yes, I think

30:41

Violet is supposed to just be

30:44

she's obviously the sister who's married

30:46

into money and yet she's

30:48

still totally down to earth. She's not like hyacinth

30:50

at all is she? No and actually how they're

30:53

portraying her obviously is a bit nouveau riche, musical

30:55

bidet etc but actually if you sort

30:57

of took Violet now and put her in today terribly

31:00

sophisticated I wouldn't say nouveau riche at

31:02

all by today's standards. I

31:04

mean who hasn't got a musical bidet these days?

31:06

I'm gonna go and get two. So

31:28

Hyacinth has suggested they better go and

31:30

find an alternative spot. And they then

31:32

get into their craft into

31:35

this procession of boats it's now a not a convoy

31:37

of cars but a fleet of boats going

31:40

down the river at Oxford. Yes. Presumably very

31:42

near where Contessa 2 is moored because if

31:44

you notice one of the boats in the

31:46

distance is called the Benson something and

31:49

again it was the Benson Marina right where

31:51

they filmed Contessa 2 in series 3. They

31:53

get to a lock and a hyacinth doesn't

31:55

understand the lock system. Have you ever done

31:58

a lock? No. Have you not? No,

32:00

have you? Yes, we went on a, many years ago

32:02

we went on a narrowboat holiday. There are locks in

32:04

Birkensted, aren't there? There are locks in Birkensted. There are

32:06

locks where we went on a lovely dinner. That's right.

32:09

Recently. It's a very enjoyable dinner.

32:11

Locks, it's rather interesting because in

32:13

this episode they have a lock

32:15

keeper. But in my experience, most

32:17

of the locks you have to do yourself, which involves getting

32:19

out of the boat and you have

32:21

to crank this handle to let the water,

32:24

because you know the lock helps with the

32:26

water level being different. Yes. So

32:28

you have to kind of let the water out to it and

32:30

then the boat lowers and then you're on the next level

32:32

of water and off you go. But you

32:35

have to do it yourself. And we

32:37

went on this narrowboat holiday. My mum said

32:39

it was the most boring holiday she'd ever

32:41

had. Don't blame her. She hated every minute

32:43

of it. Yeah. Doing a maximum

32:46

of four miles an hour on the English canal

32:48

system. Pretty dull. We

32:50

must have done it. I, we did, we did a holiday on

32:52

the Norfolk Broads when I was six. And

32:54

I suspect we did. I can't really remember it.

32:56

So boring. Boats are boring though,

32:59

aren't they? I don't understand why people get excited

33:01

about boats. Unless it's the QE2. Unless it's the

33:03

QE2. I

33:05

like the fact that she

33:07

just bypasses all the other boats

33:09

completely ignoring naval

33:11

etiquette with, thank you very much

33:14

holiday makers. She also

33:16

tells the lock keeper that they've sailed on the

33:18

QE2. Yes, which is why he should

33:20

get on with it. And

33:22

she tries to stand up and is slightly wobbly. That

33:25

sort of looks like she was actually doing that within

33:28

the lock. There's no,

33:30

later on it's clearly a stunt

33:33

person. Patricia Routledge did apparently every

33:35

single stunt bar two. There

33:38

were two stunts she didn't do. Now

33:40

I presume one of them was where she

33:42

fell out of Contessa 2 into the river.

33:45

Yes. I don't know what the other one was though.

33:48

Well, I think this episode getting

33:50

drenched. Really? But also she

33:52

didn't climb over the wall in episode

33:55

0-1. Well, she said that

33:57

she had done all of the stunts

33:59

bar two. Well if we

34:01

ever meet her... We'll ask her. That's

34:03

question one. We cut to them all rowing

34:05

down the river and Hyacit can't

34:07

understand why they're going so slowly because when

34:09

you watch the boat race they seem to

34:11

go much quicker than that. But there are

34:13

eight of them. That's true. And at

34:16

all this point they've been outside for quite some time

34:18

now, probably longer than anticipated. Do you know what went

34:20

through my mind? What? You shouldn't be

34:22

eating those select Norwegian prawns. No. Do

34:25

they go off quickly then? You don't want

34:27

seafood or eggs or dairy in the sun or

34:29

in the heat. You

34:31

get really ill. Unless

34:33

they're in a cool box. You

34:36

know I don't eat anything that swims. No. So

34:38

I wouldn't know. I mean eggs.

34:41

Hard boiled eggs. That would be alright. Not if

34:43

it's been sitting in the sun. I

34:46

wouldn't. What? Even for a

34:48

couple of hours? Sitting in the

34:50

sun? I wouldn't risk

34:52

it for a biscuit. No. Okay. Well

34:55

thank you for that hygiene advice. Thank you. Call

34:58

me Dr Lisa. Hyacinth decides she's going to assist

35:00

Richard with the rowing. So she

35:02

goes to sit next to him. I think that's

35:04

uncharacteristically nice of her. It is sweet isn't it?

35:07

Unfortunately it doesn't go without her incident though because

35:09

she knocks him off his seat while she's trying

35:11

to manoeuvre herself into the boat. And I think

35:14

at this point they're setting it up for a

35:16

slight reprise of the Contessa 2 falling into the

35:18

river. But obviously we don't get that. We get

35:20

something else. What they don't see

35:22

is because they're rowing and they're back is...

35:24

Which is a good gag because it's been set

35:26

up earlier for those that don't know rowing. They've

35:29

set up the fact you don't face in the

35:31

direction. That's absolutely right. And they're

35:33

rowing into, well what

35:35

they don't realise is the dredger

35:37

that is still there lifting all

35:39

of the mud and riverbank

35:42

or riverbed out of the water.

35:45

And of course they row straight into it and get completely drenched.

35:47

Love it. We then cut to the

35:50

lovely picnic. The picnic that Hyacinth had

35:52

in mind that bizarrely

35:54

her down market family are doing.

35:57

And they're setting up a nice time as this

35:59

procession. of boats goes past,

36:01

but in reverse order. Yes. Liz

36:04

and Emmett first. Yes. They wave at

36:06

them. They say, hello! Hello, Onslow! Then

36:09

Vicar and Vicar's wife, all very cordial. And

36:13

finally, wait for it, the big reveal. A

36:15

drowned rat hyacinth. Looking very, very stately.

36:18

Mm. And as Onslow says, and good

36:20

on Onslow for paying his sister in

36:22

or a compliment, you have to admire

36:24

that stiff upper lip. Yes. Little bit

36:26

of a royal wave. Yes. As

36:29

they go past. And I was like, there was a

36:31

line that appears a little earlier from the Vicar who

36:33

says, well, I haven't had the picnic,

36:35

but I must say I enjoyed

36:37

the riparian entertainment. Nice line.

36:39

And as did we watching

36:41

it. Yes. Good episode. Thoroughly

36:44

enjoyable. Tough question.

36:47

Hyacinth is alarmed. Riparian entertainment. Which is

36:50

your favourite? Hyacinth is alarmed. Yes, true.

36:52

Without a doubt. This one probably just

36:54

after. Yeah. Very good, though. What

36:57

fun we've had. Indeed. And if you want

36:59

to keep up with the bouquets, you can

37:01

of course listen to William and me chatting

37:03

through every episode of series one, two, three

37:06

and four. You should know

37:08

by now, for the 7th

37:10

and final series, we have a

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37:22

said, we will be talking to

37:24

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37:27

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