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01x03 - A Mouse in the Works

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.

01x03 - A Mouse in the Works

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always turn

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and i think that's very

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this week at wood and company bertha is

making

jack-in-the-boxes roy is checking each

box

and tom the robot helps

nell packs each toy

and flo stacks it

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it looks as if roy is having trouble

with this one

i can't keep this one in ted push it

right down in the box roy

and close the lid quickly

that did the trick ted well done roy

let's see only 20 more to make

oh oh oops

catch it tom

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catch it flow it's getting away i've got

it

i've got it oh i've caught it

i've caught it but i can't hold it come

and get it roy before it gets away again

what should i do with this one ted it

won't stay in his box

ah i see that's because it's come

unstuck

better put it to one side till we can

mend it hey

don't let bertha make any more till i

get this lot stacked

help you flo

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i wonder how it came unstuck

very good morning to everyone

good morning pageant we haven't finished

yet but you can take those boxes there

be careful with them pan jig yes they're

jacking the boxes

oh yes indeed i will be most careful

they're very springy fellows

look out panjid

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while tom's still looking for the jack

in the box and not having much luck

mr duncan the factory foreman is having

a quiet cup of tea from mrs tupps

trolley

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goodness me what have you got there mr

duncan

it looks rather like a jack in a box

that's escaped from its books

so that's what bertha's making today

yes but not very well but the look of

things

hmm bertha needs more glue to stick the

jack fairly into boxes

roy slip a log to the stores and get a

large tin of glue will ya

righto ted

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gosh that jack-in-the-box must have gone

a long way

well done tom

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in the dispatch department pageant keeps

all the things made by the factory

before they're sent to the shops

suddenly he spots something strange

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uh who i wonder how that happened

most definitely something's been

nibbling at my boxes

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roy comes to the store to get a tin of

glue

panda tells him about the holes in the

cardboard boxes

oh yes mr duncan had better know about

this

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there he is

roy tells the foreman about the holes

pandit found in the boxes

holes in boxes i can't have that

i must tell mr wilmick

on his way to the manager's office he

meets mr sprott

ah mr duncan look at this something has

been chewing at the bottom of my

drawings

leave it to me i'll report it to mr

willmake

in her office miss mcclacketty the

manager's secretary

is busy typing good morning miss

mccluckerty

i've come to see the manager good

morning i'll tell him you're here

mr duncan is here to see you mr willmake

i'll be right out mr mccleckerty

good morning mr duncan what can i do for

you

i'm here to report strange goings-on mr

wilmick

pringet has found holes in some of his

boxes and mr sprott's drawings have been

chewed

um do you know what i think

i think there must be a mouse in the

works

a mouse here in the factory oh

a mouse uh why are you standing on your

chair miss mcclackety i'm

looking for the mouse sir mr duncan

tell mr sprott to design a mousetrap

we must catch this mouse before more

damage is done

i'll tell him straight away sir when you

get

down from your chair miss mclacatey will

you please

telephone around the factory and ask

everyone to keep their eyes open for a

mouse

downstairs in the factory bertha is

still making jack-in-the-boxes

everyone is busy working they hadn't yet

heard about the mouse

what's wrong with tom

what's the matter tomorrow

hey what's the matter with bertha don't

know ted

i can't think what's gone into her i

wonder what made bertha do that

a funny thing for her to do a lot of

funny things are happening this morning

has anyone here seen a mouse

a mouse a real live mouse

yes in the factory somewhere making

holes in panji's boxes

and chewing the ends of mr sprott's

drawings

poor thing it must be hungry it's got to

be found

we can't have a mouse in the box mr

wilmick has ordered everyone to look out

for it

we don't have to look far mr duncan it's

sitting by your boot

oh

i see it there it goes

where where

here it is oh it's got inside bertha

i can't see it hand me that mop

right don't hurt it

it hasn't done any harm

thank you right no come out wee

mozy don't hurt it mr duncan

all right i'll use something else

the mop is stuck in the machine

perhaps the mouse has got hold of the

other end

when i say three pull hard right

ready one two

is not gonna like this

i'd better go and tell mr wilmick that

we have found the mouse

in the design office mr sprott and tracy

have finished making the mousetrap

i have carefully designed this to

capture the mouse without hurting it

how does it work mr sprott we put some

cheese in here

the mouse comes along here sniffs the

cheese

yum yummy thinks some nice cheese for

dinner it walks along the board here

up those steps and onto this platform

the weight of the mouse

makes the box go meow

the mouse thinks there must be a cat

coming after it so it runs forward into

here the door shuts behind it

like this and we have the mouse safely

in the cage

munching the cheese very clever mr

sprott

nice hopefully fishy now where's that

mouse

we can't stop bertha working again until

we get that mass out of there

hello ted so it's gone inside bertha has

it

yeah we tried everything to coax it out

will your mouse trap work mr sprott i

hope so

i'll put it down here where the mouse

can smell the cheese now

everyone back to work otherwise the

mouse won't come out

one half pair equals two

c

did i hear a cat meow that must be mr

sportsmail's trap

i've said my invention hasn't worked

no help back to the drawing board

i bet bertha could make something to

catch the mouse ted a good idea roy

uh let's see what she can do

now four of the five over died

bertha's just made another box

it's not like the other boxes this one

has a hole in the front

i wonder what's inside it

that's the mop that mr duncan lost how

will this catch the mouse

oh yes i can see what it is

let's put it on the floor and see what

happens

there you are just as i thought

it's a mouse house all he wanted was a

warm place to sleep

give it to me i'll take it home

my boy john will look after it

thank you versa

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always turn the goods up we can depend

upon you