Many A Slip 19xx.xx.xx Round 8

Summary

Harold's Old Time Radio - Episode Summary: "Many A Slip 19xx.xx.xx Round 8"

Release Date: April 21, 2025

Introduction

In this engaging episode of Harold's Old Time Radio, the spotlight shines on "Many A Slip", a lively quiz game reminiscent of the beloved shows from the Golden Age of Radio. Hosted by Roy Plomley, this episode features the eighth round of the contest, pitting two dynamic teams against each other: the Ladies Team comprising Isabel Barnett and Eleanor Summerfield, and the Gentlemen Team consisting of Richard Murdoch and Lance Percival. The rules are straightforward yet challenging: teams must identify and correct mistakes in presented sentences, with points awarded for both spotting and rectifying errors.

Round Overview

Timestamp: [00:30] – [29:19]

1. Opening Mechanics

Roy Plomley begins by explaining the rules and introducing the teams. Each correct identification and correction of mistakes earns the respective team points, fostering a competitive yet friendly atmosphere.

2. Sentence Correction Challenge

The first segment involves identifying errors in construction and electrical descriptions. For instance, at [01:22], Isabel Barnett humorously remarks:

"I don't know a thing about electricity. I only know that I'm 240. Shouldn't he be?"

This clever response highlights a mistake in voltage specification, earning her team valuable points.

Throughout this segment, both teams demonstrate sharp attention to detail. At [03:05], Roy Plomley explains the scoring system:

"One mark for making a mistake, spotting it, pressing a button, correcting it...if there's no mistake, points go to the other team."

This rule ensures that only accurate corrections are rewarded, maintaining the integrity of the competition.

3. Historical Facts Round

Transitioning to history, Plomley poses questions about the Battle of Trafalgar. At [06:10], Richard Murdoch correctly identifies the battle's date:

"1805."

Further probing into naval details, Lance Percival contributes:

"My experience tells me it's actually near Cadiz, not Corunia."

Their collaborative efforts lead to significant point gains, showcasing their historical knowledge.

4. Geographical Challenges

The quiz then delves into geography, with questions about Portugal's location and exports. For example, at [19:15], Isabel Barnett challenges the statement:

"Port doesn't actually grow, does it?"

This correction about port wine production from grapes on the banks of the Duoro River reveals her keen understanding of geographical nuances, earning her team more points.

5. Soccer Scores Segment

A departure from purely academic questions, the teams analyze fictitious soccer scores. At [20:27], Isabel Barnett notes:

"I'd done the most dreadful thing. Tisn't in the first division."

Her observation about the inaccuracies in league classifications adds depth to the competition, highlighting the importance of sports knowledge.

6. Poetry Interpretation

Roy introduces a poetry segment featuring "The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll. At [22:28], Richard Murdoch mistakenly attributes the poem to "Carol Levis," a slip promptly corrected by Lance Percival:

"It was the other chap, Dodgson. You know, Lewis Carroll."

This exchange not only rectifies the error but also underscores the cultural literacy expected in the game.

7. Cowboy Story Narrative

The final challenge involves crafting a cowboy tale filled with descriptive inaccuracies. At [25:07], Lance Percival points out:

"He doesn't have supper in the middle of the day when the sun's right overhead."

Such insights ensure the narrative remains authentic, reflecting the meticulous nature of the quiz.

Score Progression

Throughout the episode, the scoreboard reflects a tight competition:

• Ladies Team: Lead initially with 14 points at [06:04], steadily increasing to 60 points by [24:34].
• Gentlemen Team: Trailing with 6 points initially, surging to 70 points by [27:30].

Notable moments include strategic corrections and humorous exchanges that keep listeners entertained and invested in the outcome.

Conclusion

As the episode draws to a close, the Gentlemen Team emerges victorious with a final score of 70 to 67. Roy Plomley commends both teams for their sharp wit and extensive knowledge, ensuring a memorable and entertaining experience for listeners.

Notable Quotes

• Isabel Barnett ([01:22]):

  "I don't know a thing about electricity. I only know that I'm 240. Shouldn't he be?"

• Roy Plomley ([03:05]):

  "One mark for making a mistake, spotting it, pressing a button, correcting it...if there's no mistake, points go to the other team."

• Richard Murdoch ([06:26]):

  "Another 20 points."

• Lance Percival ([16:46]):

  "What's it called?"

Final Thoughts

"Many A Slip" exemplifies the charm and intellectual rigor of classic radio quiz shows. With its blend of humor, competition, and informative content, this episode of Harold's Old Time Radio offers a nostalgic yet refreshing journey for both long-time enthusiasts and newcomers alike.

Transcript

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[Roy Plomley]

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[Roy Plomley]

How do you do? Ladies and gentlemen, Round eight of Many a Slip and the ladies have won six games against the gentleman's won it's anybody's contest. The teams on my right, Isabel Barnett and Eleanor Summerfield and on my left, Richard Murdoch and Lance Percival. Rules. I read out pieces with mistakes in them and the first team member to spot a mistake presses a button. If it's a member of the ladies team, it rings a bell. If it's a gentleman, it's a buzzer. The chairman's decision is final. And here we go. George built himself a new four bedroomed all electric house with everything correctly wired for the normal 250 volt AC system. Isabel Barnett.

[Isabel Barnett]

I don't know a thing about electricity. I only know that I'm 240. Shouldn't he be?

[Richard Murdoch]

Very personal question.

[Roy Plomley]

It says rather, isn't it? 250 volt AC. Merceder. You wrote this thing. Have you got any? Yes, that's perfectly right. 250, it's perfectly all right.

[Richard Murdoch]

That's bad luck.

[Roy Plomley]

You're 10 volts under. Yes. You're 10 volts under. We won't take any marks off. Let me explain at this point the scoring which we haven't touched on, it's one mark for making a mistake spotting mistake, another mark for correcting it and the marks are corrected to your team. But if a button is pressed for a mistake and there isn't one, then the marks go to the other team. In this case I think there was a reasonable doubt. We've now explained it to Isabel Barnett. She's happy, we're happy, we'll move on. When he moved in, there were no electric light bulbs anywhere and each room had but one bulb socket which hung from the middle of the ceiling by a single strand of insulated flex. Richard Murdoch.

[Lance Percival]

Well, flex has two strands.

[Roy Plomley]

Yes.

[Lance Percival]

So it couldn't have been a single strand.

[Roy Plomley]

Two marks to the gentleman. Hence let's all go down the strand of insulated flakes. He wanted a bright light in the kitchen, so he fitted a 150amp bulb there. Richard Murdoch.

[Lance Percival]

No, it was too 150 thing wouldn't go. 100 what?

[Roy Plomley]

150Amp bulb.

[Lance Percival]

Oh, there's no such thing as too bright.

[Richard Murdoch]

No, it's. It's a question of just before. Get that bell going. I think it's too heavy a load.

[Roy Plomley]

Right, I'll pass it to the ladies. What should it be?

[Lance Percival]

Watts.

[Roy Plomley]

Right. Two marks to the ladies. So he fitted a 150 watt bulb there.

[Richard Murdoch]

Yes.

[Roy Plomley]

In reaching the socket he stood on the gas cooker and damaged it.

[Lance Percival]

All electric?

[Roy Plomley]

Yes, all electric. Two marks.

[Lance Percival]

Oh, we're going to win this week. Lance.

[Roy Plomley]

In the larder, a 25 watt bulb had already been fitted.

[Isabel Barnett]

Isabel Barnett, you said there were no bulbs in any of the rooms.

[Roy Plomley]

So I did. Two marks to the ladies. In the larder, a 250 watt bulb. A 25 watt bulb had not already been fitted. And George rightly concluded it'd be.

[Richard Murdoch]

Wasn't it John's house? Yes, I thought it was John's house.

[Roy Plomley]

Before it was George's house. Two marks to the ladies.

[Richard Murdoch]

Oh, sorry. Well, he had two names, you see.

[Roy Plomley]

And George rightly concluded it had been left there by the previous owner, Eleanor Summerfield.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

It was a new house, wasn't it?

[Roy Plomley]

And so.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

So it couldn't have had a previous owner.

[Roy Plomley]

How true. Too much.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

Good.

[Roy Plomley]

Each of the bedrooms had been decorated in a different color. Pink, blue, yellow, green and beige. Ellen Sunfield, you said four bedrooms, didn't you?

[Eleanor Summerfield]

And you just said five colors for five each different color, you know.

[Roy Plomley]

You're on the ball today, aren't you? Yes. Two marks. The pink bedroom had bulb sockets in each of the four Wal.

[Isabel Barnett]

Isabel Barnett, you said originally that each room had hanging down Dickie's two stranded flex in the middle of the ceiling.

[Roy Plomley]

That's all. Yes, two marks. The GPO telephone was disconnected. But as Joe was a bit of an electrician, he connected. Lance Bessel.

[Richard Murdoch]

Well, I think Isabel Barnard was about to press. I thought I pressed before. There's something wrong with that GPO telephone there.

[Roy Plomley]

There's nothing wrong with that gpo.

[Lance Percival]

But it was wrong if he was a bit of an electrician.

[Roy Plomley]

Who.

[Richard Murdoch]

Read the sentence again, would you please?

[Roy Plomley]

The GPO telephone was disconnected. But as Joe was a bit of an electrician.

[Richard Murdoch]

Well, it was George.

[Roy Plomley]

Yes, a third bounce personally.

[Richard Murdoch]

At last he got it too much.

[Roy Plomley]

But as George was a bit of an electrician, he connected it up to the 250 volt circuit. Isabel Barnett.

[Isabel Barnett]

I think he'd be sent to jail for that. Am I not right, that nobody is allowed to connect up telephones except a GPO engineer.

[Roy Plomley]

What would happen if he connected it up to the 250 volt?

[Isabel Barnett]

Well, yes, I don't know what would happen. But he mustn't and shouldn't and couldn't.

[Roy Plomley]

Do it right too much. Yes, because he rang up all his friends, asked them to a housewarming party and they all lived happily ever afterwards. What's the score now, Ian Messer? The score is, I'm afraid, the girls are still winning and the boys at.

[Steve Race]

14 and the boys are 6o.

[Roy Plomley]

Well now then, a little bit of history.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

History?

[Roy Plomley]

History, yeah.

[Richard Murdoch]

Another 20 points.

[Roy Plomley]

The battle of Trafalgar, or Trafalgar, was fought on October 21, 1815. Yes, Richard Murdoch.

[Lance Percival]

That's one date I do know. It was 185.

[Roy Plomley]

Two marks to the educated, Mr. Murdoch. 1805. This most famous of sea battles took place a few miles off Cape Finisterre, Mr. Murdoch.

[Lance Percival]

Oh, well, Cape Finisterre is right up in the north by Corunia. This was right down in the south near Cadiz.

[Roy Plomley]

Yes, and what was the name of the cape?

[Lance Percival]

Trafalgar.

[Roy Plomley]

Trafalgar, quite right. Two marks in the pleasant weather of early spring. Isabel Barnet.

[Isabel Barnett]

Well, if you were right and Mester was right the first time about October, it could couldn't have been the pleasant weather of early spring.

[Roy Plomley]

No, it couldn't, could it? Two marks then. Right. Nelson was aboard the famous flagship HMS Royal Sovereign. Richard Murdoch.

[Lance Percival]

Victoria.

[Richard Murdoch]

Still hanging about in Portsmouth, you know.

[Roy Plomley]

Oh yes, it's still on it. Victory. Yes. Royal Sovereign was Collingwood's flagship, HMS Victory. And when the enemy, the German fleet hove in view.

[Richard Murdoch]

I'm not having that, you know, even. I mean, I may be daft, but what is the answer?

[Lance Percival]

I can tell you. It was the French and the Spanish, I think.

[Roy Plomley]

Two marks to the gentleman. The French and Spanish fleet hove in view. He telegraphed his famous Isabel Barnett.

[Isabel Barnett]

No.

[Roy Plomley]

No what dear?

[Isabel Barnett]

He didn't. He didn't telegraph what? Put it up and little flags which I don't know about but that's what he did.

[Roy Plomley]

He put it up on little flag, shall we say signaled.

[Isabel Barnett]

That's right.

[Roy Plomley]

Two months signaled his famous signal. England expects each man to do his duty.

[Richard Murdoch]

England specs every man.

[Roy Plomley]

No, let us have it again. What you say it should be?

[Richard Murdoch]

I, I, I. What do you want to conference here?

[Lance Percival]

You see that England expects a man to do his duty.

[Roy Plomley]

Yes. All right, it's between you. You got it right. Lance Percival left out with that But Richard Murdoch put it in England. Expects that every man will do his duty in England. That night, to celebrate the great victory, crowds gathered and sang around Nelson's collar. Isabel von.

[Isabel Barnett]

Well, the audience knows. No, they couldn't have done it round Nelson. Squall them. There wasn't time to get it up.

[Richard Murdoch]

Yes, right.

[Roy Plomley]

Yeah. The friend. Too much. The friend.

[Richard Murdoch]

I. I think there's another couple of points there because owing to the somewhat lacking of speed by sending flag signals, they couldn't have been celebrating it that night.

[Roy Plomley]

Quite right. Two marks.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

Nice.

[Roy Plomley]

The French and Spanish fleet had been beaten, but Nelson had been mortally wounded so badly that he died. Who was that? Isabelle.

[Isabel Barnett]

And I think you're right. Now wait, let me think. 1805. No, he wasn't mortally wounded on that one.

[Roy Plomley]

Two marks to the gentleman.

[Richard Murdoch]

There was actually. Actually, there is a grammatical point there, because you can't be mortally wounded badly or. Well, if you're mortally wounded. That's it, mate. You know, you.

[Roy Plomley]

Two more marks for the gentleman.

[Lance Percival]

I've seen the ship. And he hit his head on that brass plate on the deck.

[Roy Plomley]

He was laid to rest in. Minster Abbey. Anybody want to start anything?

[Isabel Barnett]

He wasn't laid to rest there. We rest on that.

[Roy Plomley]

Right. One mark. Anybody? Gentlemen, do you want to get a mark by saying where he was laid to rest?

[Lance Percival]

Well, I don't want to lose one by getting it wrong.

[Roy Plomley]

St. Paul's Cathedral. And at the end of the historical piece, the score now is 22 to the gentleman and 20 to the ladies. What a popular success. The day before yesterday, Lord and Lady Pragwell, who have cropped up before in this program, were asked to open a bazaar in Cragwell Valley in aid of the Chronic Ginger Beer Drinkers Club. Lady Pragwell said they'd be delighted to declare the club open. Who was that? Bizarre. Quite right. Too much so yesterday, with a dab of ginger beer behind each ear. Isabel Garnet.

[Isabel Barnett]

The day before yesterday they were asked.

[Richard Murdoch]

Yes, but they're good.

[Roy Plomley]

They were asked if they would. The day before yesterday. So yesterday with a dab of ginger beer. Yes. Two marks of the good one.

[Lance Percival]

They didn't give much chance, did they?

[Roy Plomley]

No. Well, they'd asked two or three people before who couldn't. You know how.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

I did.

[Roy Plomley]

So yesterday with a dab of ginger beer behind each ear. Because he had never been to a bazaar before, Lord Cragwell put on his flat cap and in spite of being in his middle 50s, ran all the way to the bazaar at the top of the hill.

[Richard Murdoch]

Well, you see, it was in Praguewell Valley before. Yes, and therefore it won't be on ill will it there too much.

[Roy Plomley]

He arrived coincidentally with Lady Pregwell, who had driven in the family coupe, arriving five minutes before him. Richard Murdoch.

[Lance Percival]

She arrived five minutes before him, so they can't have arrived simultaneously.

[Richard Murdoch]

It was a very large car, you.

[Lance Percival]

See, and he couldn't run with his.

[Isabel Barnett]

Front end arrived with Lord Pragnell, the back end arrived five minutes.

[Roy Plomley]

Nice visual gag. Well worth two marks. Right. At 3pm Wrong time. Isabel Bond, is it? I haven't said anything about time at all.

[Steve Race]

Well.

[Roy Plomley]

In this case it was 3.2marks to the gentleman, he introduced his wife, Lady Pragwell, who spoke so well for three hours that none of the audience were bored. Richard Murdoch.

[Lance Percival]

Oh, none of the audience, I think that's right.

[Richard Murdoch]

None of the audience was bored.

[Roy Plomley]

Right. Lance Basel. Two marks. None of the audience was bored. When she told how her husband had attended every bazaar.

[Lance Percival]

He'd never opened a bazaar before.

[Richard Murdoch]

Not in Craigwell Valley, anyway.

[Lance Percival]

He never attended a bazaar.

[Roy Plomley]

Yes. Two marks. Two more, I say.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

Gone mad.

[Richard Murdoch]

The short circle.

[Roy Plomley]

When she told how her husband hadn't attended every bazaar since his birth in 1920. There's a woman, Isabel Barney.

[Isabel Barnett]

I presume this is taking place in the present day? More or less time in the present then. He was in his middle 50s, so he couldn't have been born in 1920. Something.

[Roy Plomley]

Can't argue with that. Two marks of the day.

[Richard Murdoch]

I thought we'd give them that one, you know.

[Roy Plomley]

They cheered wildly and threw tomatoes nonchalantly at each other, knocking Lord Bragwell's gray topper off in the process.

[Isabel Barnett]

It was a flat cat.

[Roy Plomley]

Flat out. Yes, quite right. Too much. At the end of the speech, the Pragwells had had enough and went back to Cragwell hall, arriving in time for hot muffins.

[Richard Murdoch]

I thought it was Cragwell Manor before.

[Roy Plomley]

Nothing about Craigwell Manor so far. No. 2 marks for ladies.

[Richard Murdoch]

Sorry about that.

[Roy Plomley]

The Crackles had had enough and went back to practical hall, arriving in time for hot muffins at 5:00.

[Richard Murdoch]

No, no.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

Yeah, well, she spoke for such a long time. It's past that time now, you see.

[Roy Plomley]

Yes.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

Yeah.

[Richard Murdoch]

They arrived at 5:00am they had a long drive back.

[Roy Plomley]

Two marks. Well, in the summer field on the latest tea, which brings us to 34 to the gentleman against 28 to the ladies. And at this point I'm handing out.

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[Roy Plomley]

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[Roy Plomley]

Steve race at the piano for some musical mistakes.

[Steve Race]

Thank you, Roy. There's no denying that the three most popular piano concertos are first of all, the one by tchaikovsky. By rachmaninoff. I should hope so too. Who did that?

[Roy Plomley]

Who was that?

[Richard Murdoch]

That was not by rachmaninoff.

[Steve Race]

Oh, that gets you one point. That's one point. Anyway, let's have a ting over there, Eleanor.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

I think it was the mendelssohn violin.

[Steve Race]

It was. And you get the other point. That's one to each. And the third concert I was going to mention is by grieg. Grieg's piano concerto in a major begins like this. A minor. Never mind. It begins.

[Isabel Barnett]

The second note was wrong.

[Steve Race]

Yes, Good enough. I'll take that.

[Roy Plomley]

Two points.

[Steve Race]

Two points for the ladies. Time for our quick medley. All these songs are about the weather.

[Roy Plomley]

Yes.

[Steve Race]

Two points. Two points.

[Roy Plomley]

The ladies.

[Steve Race]

On to the next tune. Another two points lost there.

[Lance Percival]

I don't think that was about the weather.

[Steve Race]

What was it called?

[Lance Percival]

What's it called?

[Steve Race]

I'll put you out of your misery, dicky. The sunshine of your smile. Two points to the ladies. It was about the weather. The next tune. You're short. Remember stormy weather. Anyway, here's the middle bit.

[Roy Plomley]

Eleanor's humpy ping. Yes.

[Steve Race]

It goes up first, down second. Two more points. And to close the medley part, just the last phrase of this to you.

[Roy Plomley]

Richard meadow.

[Lance Percival]

That is not about the weather.

[Roy Plomley]

You're quite right. What is it about?

[Steve Race]

And that gets you two points. Two points to the men. And finally, from my point of view from Italy. Funicular. Funiculi. Oh, somebody wants to say beautifully pronounced. Two points.

[Roy Plomley]

Yes.

[Steve Race]

Here's the tune.

[Roy Plomley]

Eleanor. Some people.

[Steve Race]

Two points. Telego.

[Roy Plomley]

Thank you, Steve race. And that musical interlude brought the score to 41 to the ladies and 37 to the gentlemen.

[Lance Percival]

It's a pity, K Monsty.

[Richard Murdoch]

We'll try and fix that. Anyway.

[Roy Plomley]

Yes, Portugal is a european country roughly bounded by longitude 7 to 9 west and latitude 37 to 42 north. Any arguments? No, it's quite right. In other words, Portugal runs down the west coast of Spain. Lance Per.

[Richard Murdoch]

No, no, it's impossible for it. It borders on Spain. Doesn't run down the west coast of Spain.

[Roy Plomley]

Runs down the west side.

[Richard Murdoch]

West side, yes.

[Roy Plomley]

Two miles.

[Richard Murdoch]

It's a sort of west side story, really.

[Roy Plomley]

One of its most famous exports is port, which grows on the banks of and on the sun view.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

Port doesn't actually grow, does it?

[Isabel Barnett]

It's the grapes.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

You grow the grapes and then you make the port.

[Roy Plomley]

Right, two marks of the river Duoro. There are not many large towns or cities in Portugal other than Lisbon and Valencia.

[Richard Murdoch]

No, no, no, Valencia is in Spain.

[Roy Plomley]

Right, two points to Lance Percel and the gentleman swimming from the little Portuguese fishing villages in the waters of the Mediterranean.

[Richard Murdoch]

There's no.

[Lance Percival]

No, it's well outside the Mediterranean. It's all get past jib before you get to the Med.

[Richard Murdoch]

Yes. Atlantic.

[Roy Plomley]

Atlantic. Too much. And there is good fishing to be had a few miles off the east coast.

[Richard Murdoch]

No, there's no east coast. Portugal. Unless you happen to be dipping into a Spanish river.

[Roy Plomley]

Right, two marks. And the end of that geographical piece has brought the gentleman into the lead again by 45 to 43. It's getting. And I think they have possibly a slight advantage in the next piece, which is about soccer.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

Oh, no. Oh, no.

[Lance Percival]

It's all yours.

[Roy Plomley]

In this following soccer announcement, we know the scores are fictitious, so there's no need to correct these. So here we go with League Division One. Everton 3. Wolves 3. Fulham 2 West Ham Nil. East Bromwich Albion 2 West Bromwich Albion 2 marks to Lance. Pass. West Bromwich Albion 2, Nottingham Forest 3. Yes. Isabelle, what have you done?

[Isabel Barnett]

Oh, I'd done the most dreadful thing. Tisn't in the first division.

[Roy Plomley]

It is.

[Isabel Barnett]

Oh, do I know.

[Roy Plomley]

It was two marks to begin.

[Isabel Barnett]

I can't go home tonight. Within 15 miles of Nottingham.

[Richard Murdoch]

No, it's not counting.

[Roy Plomley]

Right. Stoke Town 4 Stoke City. City City 2 marks to the ladies. Stoke City 4, Bolton nil. Blackpool 3. Motherwell 2.

[Richard Murdoch]

Oh, Motherwell is a Scottish lot of laddies who do not come south very much.

[Roy Plomley]

Two marks the judge.

[Richard Murdoch]

And cannot beat Rangers either. I tell you that for nothing.

[Roy Plomley]

Birmingham nil. Harlequins 6. Eleanor something.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

Harlequins aren't a football team.

[Roy Plomley]

Oh, they are rugby.

[Isabel Barnett]

Rugby football.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

Yes, that's what I mean. Rugby football team.

[Roy Plomley]

Too much Chelsea for Aston. Villains. What?

[Richard Murdoch]

Aston Villa. They are a bunch of villains.

[Roy Plomley]

I'll be there. But. That's right, that. And the score now is 53 to the gentleman. 47 to the ladies. Poetry. Here are the first two verses of the Walrus and the Carpenter by Carol Levis. Richard Murden.

[Richard Murdoch]

Opportunity.

[Roy Plomley]

Not.

[Lance Percival]

It wasn't Carol Levis. No. It was the other chap, Dodgson. You know, Lewis Carroll.

[Roy Plomley]

Lewis Carroll. Too much. The sun was shining on the sea Shining so very bright. Richard Murdoch, wasn't it?

[Lance Percival]

Shining with all its might.

[Roy Plomley]

Two marks. Shining with all his might. He did his very best to make the waves all smooth and bright. Eleanor. Some few.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

I think it's the billows.

[Roy Plomley]

The billows. It is too much. The billows. Smooth and bright. And this was strange because. Eleanor Summerfield.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

And this was odd because.

[Roy Plomley]

This was odd because. Two marks. It was the middle of the night. Second verse. The walrus and the carpenter. Come on. The sum of you.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

You've left some out. The second verse is something else. Oh, wait a minute. The sea was wet as wet could be. Or something like that.

[Roy Plomley]

Never mind. It wasn't the second verse. It was indeed the fourth. Yes. Two marks. The Walrus and the carpenter were walking hand in hand. Murdoch.

[Lance Percival]

Were they walking hand in hand?

[Richard Murdoch]

Don't ask me. I got left behind. A Carol Levis as far as I got.

[Roy Plomley]

Who passed on the Lady Steve?

[Lance Percival]

Eleanor.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

I did.

[Roy Plomley]

Eleanor.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

They were close at hand. They were just good friends.

[Roy Plomley]

Yes, but walking close at hand. Too much. They cried like anything to see such quantities of sand. Eleanor. Some. Few.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

I don't think I should have done that, did they? They wept like anything.

[Roy Plomley]

Yes. Two months. They wept like anything to see such quantities of sound. If this were only swept away, they said. Elena. Some field.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

I'm sure that's wrong.

[Roy Plomley]

Yes, it is.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

The water comes walking hand in hand. They went back in disease that consist of sand. If this were only cleared away.

[Roy Plomley]

Two marks. If this were only cleared away, they said then wouldn't it be grand?

[Eleanor Summerfield]

It doesn't count.

[Isabel Barnett]

They said.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

It would be grand.

[Roy Plomley]

Too much. And that brings the ladies into the lead again with 60 to 57. Ah, a cowboy story. The hot Nevada sun stood high over the dusty main street of Redwood Gulch when the fat, swarthy stranger rode in. The marshal had just finished his supper and was smoking a pipe. Yes, Richard.

[Lance Percival]

Well, he doesn't have supper in the middle of the day when the sun's right overhead.

[Roy Plomley]

Too much. The marshal had just finished his 11th and was smoking a pipe outside the Blackace Saloon. The stranger looked at him and his red beard bristled.

[Isabel Barnett]

It was dark and swarthy.

[Roy Plomley]

Too much.

[Isabel Barnett]

He might have had a red beard, I must admit. But no, we'll stick to dark and Swarthy, Right.

[Roy Plomley]

I know you, he snarled. What's it matter?

[Lance Percival]

And I saw you. A stranger. He didn't take him long to get to know him.

[Isabel Barnett]

He might have known him somewhere else.

[Roy Plomley]

I think you've got a point here, Murdoch. Don't you think? Famous. Give him a point for that. Give him two for that. Stranger. I know. Yes, I know you, he snarled. I know you too, the marshall snarled back, throwing away his. Yes. Richard Meadow.

[Lance Percival]

Oh, I thought the marshal spoke first. And I know you too, the marshal snowed back. And I've lost two points, haven't I?

[Roy Plomley]

Yes, yes, yes.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

Eleanor Zambia, you said, throwing away his. And it must have been cigaretted because he was smoking a pipe, you said throwing away his.

[Richard Murdoch]

Well, wait till we get to it.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

Throwing away.

[Roy Plomley]

I cannot accept that. I have to. He might have been throwing away his pipe. He might have got tired.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

But I didn't.

[Roy Plomley]

You might have given up smoking altogether, throwing away his cigar.

[Richard Murdoch]

Never have I waited for something with a finger pressing on.

[Roy Plomley]

He wanted to say Mr. Perspective.

[Richard Murdoch]

I was wanting to say that he.

[Roy Plomley]

Was smoking a pipe too much and advancing towards him. We no want your kind in Blackwood gulch.

[Isabel Barnett]

Oh, it's changed color. It was redwood gulch last time.

[Roy Plomley]

Right. Isabel Barnard, We've got to work. We don't want your kind in redwood gulch. Keep her riding till you're clear out of Arizona.

[Richard Murdoch]

No, no.

[Roy Plomley]

That was a dead heat.

[Richard Murdoch]

Yes, it was Nevada.

[Eleanor Summerfield]

Yes.

[Roy Plomley]

One mark each side.

[Lance Percival]

Two points each.

[Roy Plomley]

One point each. Suddenly the stranger went for his gun, but the marshal drew his six shooter like greased lighting and fired four times in rapid succession. The stranger's slim body twitched.

[Richard Murdoch]

Now he was fat and fat and.

[Roy Plomley]

Swarthy before he was. Two marks on this.

[Richard Murdoch]

Fat and swarthy.

[Roy Plomley]

The stranger's fat and small body twitched, but somehow he managed to level his gun. Bang. Bang, bang. The marshal's gun spoke again.

[Richard Murdoch]

No, no, he's a new six shooter and he's only got. He's got one too many bangs, if you excuse me.

[Roy Plomley]

Right. Two more marks, Lance. The marshal's gun spoke only twice, and the stranger dropped like a polex steer onto the muddy ground.

[Richard Murdoch]

No, it was a. It was a sort of. Certainly. Nevada.

[Roy Plomley]

Hot.

[Lance Percival]

Sunny.

[Richard Murdoch]

It's a hot sunny. You know, there's no mud about, really. It's dry.

[Roy Plomley]

You think?

[Richard Murdoch]

Well, in my experience, it's all desert.

[Roy Plomley]

Out there in the dusty main street.

[Richard Murdoch]

Yeah.

[Roy Plomley]

Yes. Right. Two marks. And at this point, that is as far as we can go. Now, while Messiter's trembling hand is adding up the score. Let's have a look here. This is twist or bust, isn't it? The gentleman 70 and the ladies 67. Oh, there'll be wild doings in London tonight. And that's all for this week. On behalf of our two teams. Isabel Barnett, Helen Some Field. And Richard Murdoch and Lance Percival, the triumphant pair on my left. And Steve Race, the musical mistakes Man, I'll say goodby.

[Richard Murdoch]

It.