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01x11 - Sir Basil's Fishing Expedition

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Herbs". Aired: 12 February – 6 May 1968.*
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The Herbs consisted of a fantasy mix of human and animal characters inhabiting the magical walled garden of an English country estate.

01x11 - Sir Basil's Fishing Expedition

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parsley is a herb a very important one

too you can use parsley in all kinds of

ways a bay leaf is useful but I'm not so

sure about naweed lots of people like

Rosemary and basil is popular too mind

you it wasn't a very popular word in the

herb garden the other day not after sir

basil decided to go on one of his

fishing Expeditions parly was very upset

and as for sage well it had been raining

you see and as soon as the basil catches

sight of anything like a puddle out

comes his fishing rod if you like I'll

take you in the magic herb Gard G and

show you what happened

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herous it's quiet at the

moment but just you

wait ah Here Comes you know who hello

parsley the air is nice and fresh after

it's been raining it makes you want to

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sing I'm a very friendly L called

parley I am always very glad to see you

way but please don't sh speak to me too

harshly because I'm not particularly

Brave good gracious what was

that I suppose we might have guessed

It's s basil out fishing I don't know

what he's hoping to catch in a

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I am sasil the king of the hers I love

hunting and sh**ting and

fishing but when there is any hard work

to be done you notice I generally miss

it there now you got his line

for woo in Sage's Nest as well now

there's going to be trouble Sage doesn't

like being disturbed at the best of

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times I a rather Al

Sage I'm not at all happy in in a

rage someone or something is shaking my

Nest it's so bad for mys and I don't get

my

rest mind you I don't really blame him

for feeling upset do you

parley what's going on up there blessed

trees don't see how I'm expected to fish

the trees all

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around that might sound of that here

comes lady rosem I wonder what you have

to say my name is Lady Ros though I may

actly you know me you you find I really

am quite nice and kind basil what are

you doing basil got by job I got

something at last I should throw it back

again if I were you throw it back don't

know as I like the look of it much

doesn't look like a fish to me looks

more like some kind of twig a

twig I say don't keep poking me past

when you've had your breakfast I think

he's trying to tell you something b b

look

what less so haven't noticed those

before Bailey must be collecting wood

for the

winter that's it it's a jolly nice lot

should burn

well on parsley don't keep biting me

like that I've seen it now I think he to

tell us something

else what is it

parsley I wonder if it's something to do

with the weather I thought I heard some

rain just now B good Heavens it's old

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sage I'd rather for

sage I got happy

infection it's bad when allowed any rest

but it's worse when he's left in a tree

with

Nest what's he been up to Sage hasn't

been up to anything massive youve pulled

his nest down I pulled it down upon my I

haven't been near the thing it's that

blessed fishing rod of yours we should

have to get Bailey to put it back up

there again Bailey Bailey where are you

now basil see if you can find B Leaf

anywhere baa

Bailey where have you got to oh de

that's for it here comes Constable n we

now hello hello what's going on here is

this anything to do with you young

fellow

milion well whoever it belongs to is

going to be in serious trouble leaving

firewood all over the path like this

where anyone might trip over it have a

nasty accident is this your firewood

po

I don't think he likes that I don't

think he likes it at all but he his home

spoken of his firewood a good job he

isn't of an egg otherwise there might be

another

accident when more two the hour in

question

booted

twice

three times H I'm afraid this won't be

very good for you owl one o could have

been a mistake two Oaks sounds a bit

careless but Three

Oaks I should want this mess cleared up

by this evening before it gets dark

otherwise the matter will have to be

reported I should ignore that last out

and treat it as if it had never happened

but I shall be back and when I get back

I want to see this path cleared of

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firewood I

am and I watch to see that all is well

along the

garden

I don't think pasty likes the sound of

things of course Sage doesn't help

matters not that we can blame

him I don't think it's as easy as it

looks you've got to know which twig goes

where it's a bit like a jigsaw puzzle

only worse at least you can put a jigsaw

puzzle flat on the ground nests have to

stand up by themselves I say that's very

good very good indeed careful now here

comes

D the do

I'm I'm rather small and F and I'm often

in a

hurry watch out

do that's done it still if it won't

stand up to Dill's bks it certainly

wouldn't stand up to Sage's Hoots they

can be very loud sometimes I think

you'll just have to go away and think

about it

fastly there must be some way

perhaps no perhaps

not we might

even I don't know

then it's very difficult I

wonder no that wouldn't work

either well something's going on perhaps

bab had an idea a no use just worse than

trying to balance a pil of plates on top

of a

six is more difficult than yes yes yes

baby we all know it's difficult but can

you do it no my I can't I don't see why

Sage can't do it himself after all he is

a bird birds build nests ows don't

bazzle they always make do with other

birds leftovers it's probably something

to with their paks or their

laziness well we can't leave him

standing up there on a branch he might

walk in his sleep and have a nasty

accident as it's all your fault he's in

this m Basel I suggest you think of a

way out well it's all very well Rosemary

but I what's parsley doing parsley

parsley what are you up to H

yeah what you be doing parsley you leave

my Bloom alone you can play with one the

old ones if you like but that's my

special one that is all them Twigs is

magical Twigs I say what's you up to

parley put that down at

once and not in my eye neither you watch

what you doing muing about with my broom

like

that I don't think you'll get that out

hry not an ordinary TR that it's a magic

one here don't say you got another one

as for you Young D I'm surprised at you

just go passes up to his tricks he don't

mean to say as you asked to join

him you wait till Constable na de about

all this he'll be having his notebook

out like a shot he will and I don't know

which he'll be putting in first it may

be

parsley on the other hand it could be

Dill one moment B basil I do believe

parsley's had an idea good boy parsley

good dog Dill what do you mean good boy

I don't see anything good about tearing

Twigs of Bailey's magic broom look basil

see what they've done they've made a

frame

F

we ah I see what you mean lady

Rosemary if we thread these old TS

through these magic ones in and out like

this they'll all be held together

exactly B I think it's a capital idea

parle I really think you should take a

bow or even two b one to Dill as

well it won't take long to build s a new

Nest this

way especially if everyone lands a

PO or a

beak it isn't often see building a nest

Dills GA some Moss to make it nice and

comfortable and now lady Rosemary is all

ready to launch it hold on tight

Sage oh there's one thing everyone seems

to have forgotten you can't launch a

nest if it's fixed to the ground relax

Sage there's a slight hold

up of course B Le's magic broom I don't

know what they do without it sometimes

or without parley for that matter I hope

there are enough Twigs left on it it

gives me great pleasure to name this

Nest Sage's Nest blessing be upon all

those who live

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in there we are safe and sound back on

the branch where it

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belongs

I

Sage I'm happy got

R I must say that things have worked out

for the best and I'm grateful perap that

nothing your rest there's been a busy

day in the herb garden what with one

thing and another oh don't say it's

coming on to

rain I'm a very nervous L called

parsley if sir basil starts to fish

again

today you will see me disappearing

rather

smartly as I feel it's time that I was

on my

way very sensible pass better safe than

sorry goodbye see you again

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soon