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01x06 - Episode 6

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.

01x06 - Episode 6

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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 bill

[Music]

one sunny seaside day i was in my boat

the puffin

checking the lobster box

but i didn't have any luck

i think the lobsters were playing hide

and seek

well it was a lovely day and by now i

was feeling a bit peckish

when i opened my picnic box i found a

note wrapped around my sandwiches

by king neptune's beard i'd forgotten to

tell ross and comedy about the signal

i'd received from head office

it must have slipped my mind in my hurry

to get away

but

i had an idea

i could send a message by semaphore to

comedy who was on watch in the

lighthouse well first of all i had to

attract his attention

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back in the lighthouse cromity was

cleaning the windows when suddenly he

spotted me way in the distance oh what's

up with bill

and we rushed to get his telescope oh

now where's it going

got it

now where's bill gone

ah there he is

oh he wants to send a message

where's my code book

hold on a minute bill he shouted

when comedy was ready i began to send my

message

but he was not very good at semaphore

i spelt out

head

caper

organizing official visit

end of june

but comedy read it as the head keeper is

organizing a fishing trip this afternoon

ah got it

with that done i carried on checking the

lobster

hmm

sacramento feeling pleased with himself

a message from head office

i'd better tell ross

uh hello a village shop please ross was

in mcgillicuddy collecting some surprise

from eddie stone's shop when the phone

rang

edward stone's emporium edward speaking

it's a dreadful line i

feel fine too said comedy but listen i

got a message for you from bill there

was a great deal of crackling and

buzzing on the line and chromity was so

excited he couldn't seem to make ross

understand head keeper fishing trip this

afternoon cousin peter fish and chips

this afternoon

okay i've got it comedy repeated ross

and he put the phone

what was all that about us eddie

oh it's comedy's cousin peter from the

mainland he's coming this afternoon and

i think we're having fish and chips for

tea

i'll buy some of your special oat cakes

for afters

well you're in luck i've only got four

left

[Music]

when i arrived home i got a shot the

table was piled high with a feast and

ross and chromity were looking pleased

with themselves

hello bill

we got your message said gravity but

neither the head keeper nor cousin peter

have arrived yet

by neptune's beard i said you've got my

message all wrong

but i didn't bother to explain i just

sat down to t

you two will have to polish up your

semaphore i told you

hi after we polish off our tea

comedy

cheeky monkey

[Music]

there's always something happening on

the guillemot rock

[Music]

we're polishing and cleaning everything

we can till all the brass is gleaming

and the rooms are spit and spun

scrub dust polish and rub with cleaning

cloth and water tub splish splush

mopping the floor with puddles and

bubbles all over the floor

hey bill what's yellow and highly

dangerous

shark infested custard

[Applause]

do

[Music]

splish splush mopping the floor with

puddles and bubbles all over the floor

we've polished and we've cleaned up

everything we can now all the brass is

gleaming and the room the spit and spam

[Music]

tell us another story bill

one sunny seaside day comedy and i were

on the mainland to pick up the

provisions from eddie stone's shop

morning eddie hello bill we've come for

our week's supplies oh well what'll it

be this time

well uh i'll have a bag of toffees

please

toffees

do you want the special nutty ones asked

ellie

but comedy's attention was on something

else

chromity do you want the nutty ones

repeated eddie

um

tell me how does this vacuum cleaner

work

ask comedy

well i had to laugh

that's not a vacuum cleaner i said

it's a metal detector

it makes a noise so you can find things

that are made of metal when they're

buried

oh why

said comedy things like treasure

like saint bozo's treasure that was lost

in this very village 200 years ago i'll

take it i'll take it and he handed eddie

six months pocket money grabbed the

detector and rushed out of the shop

i'll be rich i'll be rich i'll be able

to buy toffees by the tin tinfoil

when i find the treasure i'll be so rich

i'll be able to buy my own lighthouse

as he passed mrs lundy's garden

oh hello mrs lundy i'm searching for

lost treasure with my new metal detector

uh

would you mind if i tried it out in your

garden oh do

laugh mrs lundy that will be fun

so

comedy started searching the guy when

suddenly

it's buzzing it is

saint bonzo's treasure

i found the treasure

oh no you haven't said mrs lundy as

comedy handed her the air grip she'd

lost that morning

my goodness you've also found that

knitting needle i lost last year oh

and the button from my gardening coat oh

thank you comedy thank you and to show

how grateful she was she gave him one of

her prized cabbages as a reward

oh thank you said comedy

well i must be off i have to find the

treasure before the banks closed

[Music]

[Applause]

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comedy only walked a short distance down

the leafy lane when he saw finn stare

the crafter

you're not looking for lost treasure are

you finister

no comedy something much more valuable

water

this old tap has never worked properly

and now it's stopped completely

i think the problem is underground

but i can't find the water pipe

well of course

chromity had just what was needed his

metal detector

and he soon put it to you searching for

the pipe

let's dig here exclaimed comedy suddenly

[Music]

well done comedy you found the pipe

no wonder the tap wouldn't work

it's leaking

but i can soon fix that

finish there was so grateful for

comedy's help that he gave him a basket

of eggs and fruit

when comedy arrived back at the keysight

he found me waiting for him did you find

the buried treasure i asked oh no

but i found some treasure to add to the

week's supplies said comedy proudly as

he handed me the eggs fruit and mrs

lundy's prize cabbage

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

you