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01x02 - The Windmills

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.

01x02 - The Windmills

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will

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and i think that's very likely

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out always turn the goods out we can

depend upon you

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it is lunchtime at spotty's wooden

company and bertha has stopped work

tom the robot is cleaning

all morning bertha has been making

windmills they're a special kind of

musical money box

mr sprott the designer hopes they will

sell a lot of them

to people who like to save money

ted has gone to the canteen and flo has

gone shopping

roy and nell are eating their sandwiches

what sort of sandwiches are yours now

cheese and cucumber

very nice would you like to try one

no thanks i prefer mine

what have you got in yours peanut butter

and cornflakes

together mmm in a sandwich

yes very nice

what's wrong with that oh

nothing must taste funny though

where's flo she's gone shopping she'll

be back soon

i think i'll savor one of my sandwiches

i expect she'll be hungry

this is a jolly good idea of mr sprotts

making a windmill into a money box

yes if you put a coin in the slot the

sails go round

and it plays a tune does it i'll have a

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go

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that's very good i like that

i'll have another go

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tom likes it too does it play any other

tunes

i don't know i'll put a coin in and see

it's the same tune but it's very pretty

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tom wants to play it

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hey how do we get our money out

i suppose you have to have a key to

unlock it

but i haven't got a key neither have i

i haven't seen any keys berth has been

making these windmills all morning

but she hasn't made one key oh well

that's the end of our lunch hour

back to work i'll have to tell ted

that there are no keys for the money

boxes

right back to work now then let's see

where were we ah yes

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ted have you got a coin yes why

put it in the windmill and see what

happens

very clever people are like that

no they won't people put money into

money boxes

so they can save it to spend later

that's right well you can't spend it if

you can't get it out again

this money box has no key

hey there seems to be a lot of money in

there

yes mine and mine

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and tom's

i've just put a coil in too but we can't

get it out again bertha hasn't made any

keys

and bertha's been making windmills all

morning

he doesn't say anything here about

bertha having to make keys

when mr sprott designed the windmill he

must have forgotten

mr duncan the factory foreman has come

to see what all the chatter is about

what's the trouble ted you should have

started work five minutes ago

oh hello mr duncan there's something

wrong with the windmill murray box

looks all right to me put a coin in the

slot and see what happens

ah well uh i'm not too sure i have a

coin to spill you have to put a coin in

to find out what's wrong with it

i suppose so hey

very good very good indeed

looks all right to me the thing that is

wrong with it mr duncan

is that once you put your money in you

can't get it out again

oh oh you mean i can't get my coin back

that's right there's no key to it with a

back

but but there must be a way

he's no good mr duncan

well i better take this and show it to

mr wilmig

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and you don't better get back to work

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uh

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good afternoon ted afternoon pages

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uh where's flow

she went shopping at lunchtime

ah ooh she's late back for work

yes i wonder where she's got to

right oh tom

everyone was busy making more windmills

when flo arrived back

looking very unhappy i'm so sorry i'm

late

ted but i'm very upset

why what's wrong flow i couldn't buy

anything

because on the way to the shops i lost

my purse

with all my money in it oh flo

that's terrible did you look everywhere

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yes everywhere

that's why i'm so late poor old flo

you must be hungry too look i've saved

you one of my

cheese sandwiches i'd better take this

home with me

because there'll be nothing for supper

have a good look round flow

maybe you lost it here yes i will

thank you ted

upstairs in the office mr duncan is

showing the manager and miss mcclackety

how the money box works hmm

very good but you say that now i have

put the money in

i can't get it out that's right sir

you can't open the bag see for yourself

hmm this is a design problem

miss mcclackety ring mr spirot and ask

him to come and see me

in the design office mr sprott has just

invented a new money box for bertha to

make

and he's trying it out now

what's this tracy

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that shouldn't happen

all right i'll tell him mr willmate

wants to see you in his office

something has gone wrong with the

windmill oh dear

not more problems i better go see

you see mr will meek you just can't get

the money out

surely that means it is a jolly safe

money box

something wrong with my windmill mr will

make

yes there is mr sprott pop a coin in the

slot and you will

see i haven't any coins left i put the

last one into my barrel organ

and i have put all mine in your windmill

and i'm not wasting any more money oh

i will i like the tune it please

splendid there's nothing wrong with it

one of my best designs

now how'd you get the money out of the

money box you can't until it's full

such a pleasant way to save don't you

think but isn't there something

missing no there's nothing missing it's

all there

what about a key you don't need a key

when the money box is full the last coin

you put in makes the sales go around the

other way

he plays a different tune the back opens

and all the money falls out

oh that's nice a very clever

money box mr sprott congratulations

thank you that i better go and tell ted

he's worried because bertha isn't making

any keys

we'll take it down and show him how it

works

meanwhile on the factory floor flo is

still looking for her purse

i don't know where i could have lost it

i've looked everywhere

don't worry flow we'll let you some

money until payday

thank you ted

stop working for a moment ted mr

sprott has something to show you

the windmill money boxes do not need

keys to open them

all this one needs is one more coin a

coin please

from anyone but no one seems to have any

coins left

they've all put them in the windmill

does no one have a single coin

sorry

not one the only coins i had i put in

the windmill

the only coins i had were in my purse

and i lost that

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good afternoon everyone pagey

have you got a coin yes thank you i have

several

paget this windmill is one of mr spot's

best designs

all you have to do is put a coin at a

slot and see it working

in there yes and then see

what happens

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bingo have i won a jackpot

no painted that is the money we all put

in

to test it i know why don't we give the

money to flowers she's lost her purse

a splendid idea yes of course you must

have the money flow

thank you everyone when people buy the

windmill

how will they know how it works mr

sprott

because all the instructions are printed

on the box

well i never so it is i never thought to

look

remember now you should always read the

instructions on the box

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sometimes dream when we work out what

you

have to do you can always turn the goods

out always turn the goods out

we can depend upon you

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you