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00:00Ferocious fights, stingy castles, daring knights
00:02Horrors that did by description, cutthroat cults or cruel egyptians
00:05Vicious vikings, cruel crimes, punishments from ancient times
00:07Roman rotten, rank and rootless, cavemen, savage, pears and tubeless
00:10Groovy Greeks, brainy sages, mean and missing middle ages
00:13Gory stories, we do that, and your host a talking rat
00:18The past is no longer a mystery, welcome to...
00:22HORRIBLE HISTORIES
00:27Horrible Histories presents The Roaring 1920s
00:42Roaring 20s, oh what is in store
00:46First let me tell you what has gone before
00:50I'm all ears
00:52New world orders, falling dynasties
00:56New chapters for the Russians and Chinese
00:59Sounds like the bee's knees
01:01In Mexico and Europe revolution
01:05Empires crumbling right before your eyes
01:09What a hullabaloo
01:11Independence seemed like the solution
01:15Rulers, they were fleeing for their lives
01:19What's a king and queen to do?
01:21Einstein's theory
01:24The Titanic too
01:26Unthinkable
01:27Turned out that wasn't true
01:29But look on the bright side
01:31Great war over
01:33No more Spanish flu
01:36Gal's got the vote
01:37But there's still more to do
01:39I gotta wait till I'm thirty
01:41It wasn't just a tale of mass destruction
01:46New inventions, there were quite a few
01:49Ain't this the cat's pajamas?
01:51Motor cars went into mass production
01:56Dishwashers and vacuum cleaners
01:58Two
01:59Oh
02:00Boop boop boop boop
02:01A new decade
02:03Twenties
02:04Here we come
02:05An era of peace
02:07And optimism
02:09Snakes can only get better
02:11Best foot forward
02:13Ninety-tens can say farewell
02:15The roaring twenties
02:17Are gonna be swell
02:19Yes, we're living it up
02:24100 years ago
02:26Welcome to the 1920s
02:29One of the greatest ever eras of change
02:32Here at the start of the 20s
02:34Everyone is full of hope for the world
02:36The First World War and the Spanish flu pandemic
02:39Are finally over
02:40And normal life can start again
02:43One group of rich youngsters
02:45Have even dedicated themselves to having fun
02:49They're racing cars
02:51Throwing parties
02:52Dressing up
02:53And generally having the best time of their lives
02:57Read all about it
02:58The outrageous young posh people who are shocking the nation
03:01And who the papers are calling the bright young things
03:04Oh, I don't know why the papers are so obsessed with our divine little treasure hunt Zeta
03:10You wouldn't think that hiding sweet little clues around the city for our friends to find
03:14Would be of such interest
03:16Oh, car!
03:17Car!
03:18Oh, the police car!
03:21There's dozens of the chaps right now chasing after us
03:25Do we, sir?
03:29Want to break into the Hobus factory and leave a clue in a loaf of bread?
03:32Do I?
03:34Drive on, sister!
03:36And would you believe it?
03:38Baron's daughter caught speeding!
03:39Darling, I didn't know there were any speed limits
03:41You surely apply to people as posh as me
03:44They apply to everyone
03:46And don't think we won't look into where all those jewels came from
03:49Oh, my daddy gave me them, of course
03:51Some kind of Baron, is he?
03:53Yes, Baron Ellington, is that
03:55Oh, the other one
03:57Aristocratic young ladies behave properly
03:59Everybody knows that
04:00Not anymore, darling
04:01It's the modern age
04:03Anything goes
04:04Now, take one more photo, will you sweetie?
04:06The papers will adore it
04:08There's also exclusive photos from the bright young thing's latest party
04:12What do I look like?
04:13Someone who's not rich?
04:14Ha, ha, ha
04:15See ya
04:16Good to see you
04:18Wow
04:19Relax, old chad
04:22This is not a normal boring party thrown by your parents
04:25This is a party thrown by me, Stephen Tennant
04:28And I know how to have fun
04:31We're young
04:32We're rich
04:33There's no war on
04:34And it's a wild party
04:35A wild wild west party, to be more specific
04:37Jabal! Jabal!
04:39You're wearing make-up
04:40Of course I am
04:41It's 1920s
04:43Rules don't exist
04:44At least not for us rich youngsters
04:46We can wear whatever we want
04:49There you go
04:50It's a cowboy party, after all
04:52But then what does he come as?
04:53Oh, don't mind him
04:54That's Viscount Chiddingly Right
04:57He just hasn't gone home since last week's baby party
05:00Okay, everyone
05:01Smile
05:02Read all about the bright young things
05:05Oh, look
05:06I'm in the paper
05:08Mummy will be so proud
05:13The 20s are a time of exploration and discovery
05:17British archaeologist Howard Carter
05:19Has found and opened the tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamu
05:24It's full of wonderful treasures
05:26But also contains a powerful deadly curse that strikes all those who go inside
05:32Or at least, that's what some people think
05:40Hello there
05:41I'm Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
05:44Writer and creator of Sherlock Holmes
05:48And welcome to
05:50Ghosts definitely exist
05:55This week on Ghosts definitely exist
05:59The curse of
06:00The mummy
06:02What's that darling?
06:03Not you mummy
06:04Thank you mummy
06:06In 1923
06:07Howard Carter
06:08His financial backer Lord Carnarvon
06:10And Carnarvon's daughter Evelyn
06:12Entered the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun
06:15Unleashing
06:16The curse of the mummy
06:18Oh
06:19Someone's unleashed something in here
06:21Well it said it wasn't me
06:23Carnarvon
06:24Oh daddy
06:26After they entered the mummy's tomb
06:28The curse claimed its first victim
06:30Right outside Howard Carter's house
06:33A dead canary
06:35A dead canary
06:39Coincidence?
06:40Ha!
06:41Carter's canary was eaten by a snake
06:43And a cobra
06:44Is the sign of the Pharaoh
06:46Of course it's actually pretty common for snakes to eat birds
06:50So it's hardly conclusive proof
06:52Conclusive proof there
06:54Shortly after the mummy's curse claimed its first human victim
07:00Aunty do you want a cup of tea?
07:04Not now mummy
07:05I said
07:06Yes though please
07:08And some bickies
07:09Thank you
07:12Two months after the tomb was opened
07:14My father Lord Carnarvon
07:16Who funded the dig
07:17Sadly died
07:20They say his death was mysterious
07:22But we all know what happened
07:23He was bitten by a mosquito and died of the infection
07:26Plus he was a sick old man
07:28Who ignored all of his doctor's advice
07:31Personally I don't think the curse of the mummy had anything to do with it
07:33The mummy's curse had struck again
07:37But he wasn't the only victim
07:39My own friend
07:40Bertram Fletcher Robinson
07:42Died just three
07:45Years
07:46After writing about a mummy
07:48The curse was spreading
07:50Who would be next?
07:55Next time
07:56Ghosts definitely exist
07:57Me
07:58Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
08:00More on my investigation
08:03We talked to the man at the centre of the curse
08:06Egypt expert
08:07Howard Carter
08:0958 people entered the tomb
08:11And only 12 of those died over the next 10 years
08:14Many of them were either already ill
08:16Or pretty old
08:18I was one of the first people in the tomb
08:19And I'm fine
08:20The curse is utter rubbish
08:22La la la la la la la la la la la
08:24Not listening
08:26I guess we won't be talking to him after all
08:29See you next time
08:30Unless the curse of the mummy strikes
08:34Darling I'm popping out
08:35OK, Mummy. Good.
08:39Don't forget the eggs.
08:42This summer, the Roaring Twenties become the Exploring Twenties
08:46in a true story of courage, adventure
08:48and an almost ridiculous disregard for safety.
08:51In Trans-Atlantic.
08:54Don't worry about the plane, guys. It'll be fine.
08:57Oh. Um...
09:02Wait.
09:03Lindbergh, you're trying the impossible.
09:06Lindbergh will be attempting to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic
09:10from New York to Paris.
09:12Any malfunction will lead to almost certain disaster.
09:15Yeah, but they'll give me $25,000 when I make it.
09:18If you make it, at least take a parachute and a radio.
09:21They'll weigh me down.
09:22Don't worry. I practiced for over an hour.
09:25The flight takes 33 hours. You need some safety equipment.
09:29I know that. I've got five sandwiches.
09:32And some cotton wool to block out the sound of the engine.
09:35Whoo, it's loud.
09:36Charles Lindbergh flies the Spirit of St. Louis in Trans-Atlantic.
09:41What did you say?
09:42And after 24 hours of the journey across the ocean,
09:44Lindbergh will face his darkest moment.
09:46Oh, no.
09:47We weak hands fall.
09:49Exactly.
09:50No, it is raining easy.
09:54Ouch!
09:55Must be over France.
09:56Now, where's Paris?
09:57Oh!
09:58Um...
09:59But with courage and determination.
10:00Finally, Paris Airport will be within his grasp.
10:03And he won't notice.
10:04He'll just fly right by it.
10:06But after 33 and a half hours, a man will land and become a legend.
10:11Yay!
10:12I've got his hat!
10:13And another man will steal his hat, causing people to mistakenly think he is the legend.
10:17Uh, hello?
10:18Hey, guys!
10:19I'm Lindbergh!
10:20Me!
10:21Charles Lindbergh in Trans-Atlantic.
10:22Because when you've got sandwiches and a tin to we in, the sky's the limit.
10:23Okay, give me some privacy.
10:24I need to pee again.
10:25Recording, Louis.
10:26Hi.
10:27I'm Louis Armstrong.
10:28I rose to fame in the 1920s, becoming one of the world's most influential jazz singers
10:42and musicians.
10:43He-he.
10:44But even the best make mistakes.
10:47During one recording, I dropped my music.
10:50But tell me, what did I do next?
10:53Did I?
10:54A. Stop the session and start again.
10:58B. Sing the words of a different song.
11:01Or C. Sing made-up nonsense to fill the gap.
11:05He-he.
11:06The answer is C. I made stuff up.
11:09Scooby-dee-bow, shoo-wop-ba-da-ba-boo-well-sell.
11:14We call that scat in the clubs.
11:17That was amazing.
11:19This is gonna be the first mainstream record ever to contain scatting.
11:23Oh, well, you don't want me to sing it again with the right words.
11:26No.
11:27No way.
11:28This is gonna change music forever soon.
11:30Everybody's gonna be doing it.
11:32Hey.
11:33Scream!
11:34Flop!
11:35Doodly-wop!
11:36We-a-doo-dee-doodly!
11:37It's a quarter to flap!
11:38Ye-he.
11:39Well, hopefully not everybody.
11:42The roaring twenties are amazing.
11:46But let's be honest, they're not roaring for everyone.
11:50In fact, for some people, things stink, and not in a good way, like a cow plop or a rotten
11:56old fish.
11:57Mmm, yum.
11:59Poorer people are having to live in overcrowded, unsafe, run-down houses called slums, which
12:05are pretty miserable.
12:06Even I wouldn't want to live there, and I live in a sewer.
12:09Hello, I'm Phil.
12:11And I'm fabulous.
12:14And our couple today, Steve and Joe from Surrey, want to buy a home in East London.
12:18But I can tell, just by looking at their clothes, that they'll never be able to afford a home
12:22in modern London.
12:23So we're here in the 1920s.
12:25Welcome to historical location, location, location, location.
12:29Don't do it with us, please.
12:35So for value for money, we're going to be looking at a so-called rookery.
12:38A charming name for a slum in 1920s East London.
12:42Yeah, well, I suppose it's got character.
12:44Yes.
12:45Try not to get any of it on your shoes.
12:47Oh, yeah.
12:48She weren't lying, you know.
12:49I'm on sleep.
12:50Yeah, I'm coming.
12:51I'm coming.
12:52So, as you can see, the room comes with both a tin bath and a rather handsome original
12:59feature.
13:00Easy, tiger.
13:01See you in my new house, mate.
13:03Whoa.
13:04No.
13:05We were thinking of buying the house for just us to live in.
13:09Unlikely here in the slums, Joe.
13:12Many houses are overcrowded.
13:13But the good news is he's included in the price.
13:16But what's the wifey like?
13:17The wifey?
13:18Oh, she's dead, unfortunately, so she's not included.
13:20Sorry, could we just draw attention to the freestanding, totally mobile bar?
13:25You mean the tin can with the naked man in?
13:27It's a big selling point.
13:28You can move it anywhere in the house and enjoy a bath wherever you like in your property.
13:31Once you've filled it up from the only tap in the street and then warmed the water through
13:34on the fire.
13:35So, there isn't a bathroom?
13:37Oh, there's actually no plumbing at all.
13:40Or another way of looking at it.
13:42Every room is a bathroom.
13:44So, hold on.
13:45Where'd you go to the toilet, then?
13:46I'm actually really glad you asked that.
13:48No-one wants to use this bathwater after I'm done with it, do you?
13:50No, thank you.
13:51Oh, perfect.
13:56That's another method of warming the water up.
13:58Hang on.
13:59So, guys, is it your dream home?
14:02Well...
14:03Absolutely not.
14:04All right, well, I'll see you out then.
14:05Oh, way, way.
14:06Oh, way, way, way.
14:07Oh, way, way, way, way.
14:09No.
14:10Well, there's one original feature I didn't need to see.
14:16Congratulations, Rosemary.
14:19I guess.
14:23Oh, no.
14:24Finally, I'm married.
14:26Would you look at my Nigel?
14:29Sorry to take one of the last eligible men in the village.
14:32I'm sure I'll cope.
14:34No, you've got to be quick, Belinda.
14:36Because there are many more women than men these days.
14:39Some women are trying to steal other people's husbands.
14:41I mean, look at that, look.
14:43Can't keep their eyes off him.
14:45Would you?
14:47Hello, ladies.
14:48Oh, it's Nigel's dad.
14:50He's newly single.
14:52And you are looking for a husband.
14:54Oh, I'm sorry, Ducky.
14:56I'm not interested.
14:57Oh, still grieving your poor wife, aren't you, Mr Crud?
15:01Nope.
15:02Just playing the field.
15:03There's never been a better time to be a single man.
15:06What with World War, the Spanish flu,
15:09so many young men have died.
15:12And there's almost two million women out there who can't find a boyfriend.
15:17The papers call them surplus women.
15:19Oh, ladies!
15:21Well, I'm just so lucky to have my Nigel.
15:25Are you, though?
15:27Of course.
15:28It's natural for a woman to want to be married.
15:31You can stay at home, cook and clean.
15:33Well, I won't be doing much of that.
15:35I have a very important job.
15:37She's a very talented engineer.
15:39You'll have to give all that up now that you're married.
15:42I'm not giving up my job.
15:43Oh, you'll have to.
15:45What?
15:46Aren't you lucky?
15:47OK, I think we're done here.
15:49You may be the best of a truly awful lot,
15:51but I am not giving up my job for anyone.
15:54Bye, Nigel.
15:55Oh, well, you'll do.
15:57Welcome to the family.
15:58Oh, Rosemary, wait for me!
16:00Oh, boyfriend!
16:01Ha-ha!
16:04Another man down!
16:08The twenties are tough for a lot of us.
16:11We haven't got much money,
16:12even though we minors spend all hours doing back-breaking work.
16:17That's why we're calling a general strike.
16:20We want to be paid more and treated better.
16:23It's 1926 and all around the country,
16:27people are stopping working in sympathy with us.
16:30Ha!
16:31And as you can imagine,
16:32the government are not happy about it.
16:37Sorting out the beefs of the past.
16:39Philip IV of Spain,
16:40this 30 years war has gone on long enough.
16:43With the justice of today.
16:45Stop it at once,
16:46or you'll get this gavel right up your Habsburgs.
16:49Welcome to Tired Beefs with Judge Rinder.
16:54The British government,
16:55led by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin,
16:57is fighting millions of ordinary workers
16:59who are planning to down tools
17:01and go on a general strike in support of the miners,
17:03who are fed up with the pay and conditions of their job.
17:06First off, everybody,
17:09apologies for the court's toilets being out of order.
17:12It is, I'm afraid,
17:13unfortunate timing.
17:16Not to worry, Your Honour.
17:18We bought our own chamber pots.
17:20Some of us like to empty them onto that lot over there.
17:22How awful.
17:23I'll tell you what's awful.
17:24The government want to lower our pay
17:26and make us work longer hours.
17:27Not a penny off the pay.
17:29Not a minute on the day.
17:30What does the Prime Minister have to say about all of this?
17:32Your Honour,
17:33these people are ruining our country
17:35with their greedy demands.
17:37They're threatening to stop working for nine whole days.
17:40What do you think would happen if I did that?
17:42I don't think anyone would notice.
17:44Wait!
17:45That does it!
17:46The Prime Minister smash!
17:47Order! Order!
17:48Prime Minister,
17:49stop challenging that docker to a fight!
17:51That's something I never thought I'd ever say again.
17:53You know what?
17:54Fine.
17:55I don't need to get involved myself anyway.
17:57I've hired 50,000 special constables
18:00to take care of this lot
18:01in London alone.
18:02They'll get these lazy workers back to work.
18:0550,000?
18:06Where ever did you find them?
18:07Well, a lot of them are
18:08middle-class shopkeepers and businessmen,
18:10but we've also recruited from...
18:13the upper classes.
18:15Hally-ho!
18:19Hello.
18:20We are members of the Polo Club,
18:22and we signed up to keep these greedy poor folk
18:25in their places.
18:28Hi-yah!
18:29Such fun!
18:30They gave us truncheons.
18:31It's not a truncheon,
18:32it's a chair leg!
18:33Yes, we ran out of truncheons.
18:34Okay, you might have support from some
18:36in the middle and upper classes,
18:37but we've got King George V on our side!
18:40Oh!
18:41Your Honour,
18:42these workers need support.
18:44You try living on their wages
18:46before you judge them.
18:47Certainly not!
18:48It takes a three-week all-inclusive holiday
18:50in Blackpool to get a tan like this.
18:52That doesn't come cheap.
18:53Your Honour,
18:54the simple truth is
18:55we do not need these workers anyway.
18:58We can just get people
18:59from higher classes
19:00to work at the docks instead.
19:01Well,
19:02what's a dock?
19:03Ooh,
19:04one of those little furry chaps
19:05with the waggy tails!
19:06That's a dog!
19:08Stop laughing at us!
19:10Or I shall give you
19:11a right good chair-ligging.
19:13Bring it on!
19:15Oh!
19:16I've got a poop on my head!
19:17I cannot work in these conditions!
19:19Well, neither can we!
19:20Join our strike!
19:21No way!
19:22Why won't you join our strike then?
19:24I went to law school
19:25for seven years for this.
19:29Things are hard for many people,
19:31all right,
19:32but at least they've got some stuff
19:33to take their minds off it.
19:35There are huge stars in the 20s,
19:37like Louis Armstrong,
19:39the comedian Charlie Chaplin,
19:41and my personal favourite,
19:43the singer,
19:44dancer,
19:45and political campaigner
19:46Josephine Baker.
19:48She's American,
19:49but she moved to Paris
19:50to make a name for herself,
19:51and she's becoming a big star.
19:54Mind you,
19:55she does hang out
19:56with some pretty surprising characters.
20:06Yes?
20:07Ms Baker, may I come in?
20:08Oh, Monsieur Develle!
20:09Now's not a good time.
20:10I'm about to go on stage
20:11to perform my act.
20:12And...
20:15I have some friends over.
20:17Ms Baker,
20:18that sounded like a spider monkey.
20:19No!
20:20It was...
20:21Norwegian.
20:22Yes, Bjorn,
20:23you may have some cake.
20:25Well, if that is everything.
20:26Ms Baker,
20:27your singing and dancing
20:28have made you
20:29and the Fully Berger's Theatre
20:30the talk of Paris.
20:31However,
20:32we do ask
20:33that you keep your animals
20:34at your apartment
20:35and not in your dressing room.
20:36Sure!
20:37I know that.
20:38No animals here.
20:39Hello!
20:40That was my friend,
20:44the painter,
20:45Pablo Picasso.
20:46He has an odd laugh.
20:47Who's a pretty boy then?
20:49You are Pablo!
20:50Well, if that is everything.
20:52Guys, you have to keep it down.
20:54Ms Baker,
20:56we know you have animals in there.
20:57I do not!
20:58You said that you would
20:59take me to court
21:00if I kept animals
21:01in my dressing room.
21:02Yes!
21:03And there is a snake
21:04around your neck!
21:05Excuse me.
21:06Ms Baker?
21:07Stop, Sydney!
21:08You're strangling me!
21:09I've bought the raw meat
21:10from the hotel for you, Ms Baker.
21:11Who is the raw meat for?
21:12Um...
21:13Me!
21:14Thank you, Albert.
21:15You're a godsend.
21:16I'm gonna name my pig after you.
21:17Oh!
21:18Ms Baker,
21:19I know you have a pig, a snake,
21:20a spider monkey,
21:21and a parrot in there.
21:22Oh!
21:23You mean the cheetah got out?
21:24There's a cheetah in there?
21:25Oh!
21:26He sounds hungry.
21:27Excuse me.
21:28Hey, Chiquita!
21:29Ms Baker,
21:30it was bad enough
21:31when you kept the pig in the kitchen.
21:32To break the doorway down
21:33to get him out,
21:34I know you have animals in there!
21:35I do not!
21:36What proof do you have?
21:37Ms Baker,
21:38what proof do you have?
21:39Ms Baker,
21:40what proof do you have?
21:41What proof do you have?
21:42What proof do you have?
21:43Ms Baker,
21:44the cheetah's trying to eat the parrot.
21:45Albert was just joking.
21:46That's it.
21:47I've had enough.
21:48I'm going to get to the bottom of this.
21:59You'll be hearing from our lawyers.
22:03Ah,
22:04so this is a Hollywood bash, is it?
22:06Mm-hmm, yes.
22:07Oh, my goodness.
22:09Excuse me.
22:10You're Charlie Chaplin, aren't you?
22:11The amazing comedy actor.
22:12I'm Winston Churchill,
22:13and I'm a deep admirer of all of your films.
22:16Your clowning ability is beyond compare.
22:19Mr Chaplin,
22:20you wouldn't do me the honour,
22:21the privilege of perhaps doing one of your funny bits
22:24or an impression of some sort?
22:26Sure.
22:27Why not?
22:28See if you can guess who this is.
22:29Um...
22:30Oh!
22:31Uh...
22:32Uh...
22:33Uh...
22:34Uh...
22:35Uh...
22:36Uh...
22:37Queen Victoria.
22:38Einstein?
22:39Greta Garbo?
22:40No, it's...
22:41Napoleon!
22:42Yes, yes.
22:43The very next thing I was going to say,
22:44took the words out of my mouth.
22:45Yes, Napoleon.
22:46Do it again, Mr Chaplin.
22:47Please.
22:48It's three o'clock in the morning.
22:49No more Napoleon.
22:50It's such a good impression.
22:51I insist that you play Napoleon in your next film.
22:52We'll see.
22:53Um, I don't have a script, so...
22:54No, Mr Chaplin.
22:55Never fear.
22:56I shall write your script.
22:57So, we open on Napoleon.
22:58And he is in a rage.
22:59You can do your famous funny walk.
23:00Like that.
23:01Yes, it's perfect.
23:02And he's hungry.
23:03All he has to eat is a shoe.
23:04Like you ate your shoe in your hilarious film, The Gold Rush.
23:06Ha!
23:07Ha!
23:08Ha!
23:09Ha!
23:10Ha!
23:11Oh!
23:12What are you doing?
23:13That was a fake shoe made of licorice.
23:14Oh!
23:15Oh!
23:16What are you doing?
23:17That was a fake shoe made of licorice.
23:18Oh!
23:19Oh!
23:20Oh!
23:21Oh!
23:22Oh!
23:23Oh!
23:24Oh!
23:25Oh!
23:26A fake shoe made of licorice for the film.
23:28I'm really sorry.
23:29It's getting very late.
23:30So, I'm going to...
23:31Oh!
23:32Don't worry.
23:33I've got all night.
23:34Oh, good.
23:35Lucky me.
23:36So, Napoleon is in his bathtub.
23:37Just think of the comic possibilities!
23:39So, he's there.
23:40And he's arguing with his brother.
23:42And then...
23:43And then...
23:44Napoleon splashes water all over his brother's clothes.
23:47It's action!
23:48It's fun!
23:49Ha!
23:50Ha!
23:51Oh!
23:52Exactly!
23:53That's exactly the thing.
23:54Wonderful, wonderful slaps they do.
23:55It's not true you're acting like a complete clown.
23:58That...
24:02means the world coming from you.
24:05Oh!
24:06You have made my year, Mr. Chaplin.
24:10Hi there.
24:12I'm 1920s legend Gertrude Stein.
24:15And I spent much of my time in Paris with my wife, Alice Topless.
24:19Hi there!
24:20Eyes on the road!
24:21You know, I like nothing better than being driven around the city.
24:25But what surprising thing did I like to do in the car?
24:29Was it...
24:30A. Cooking.
24:31B. Writing.
24:33Or...
24:34C.
24:35Doing impressions of Joan of Arc.
24:37The answer is...
24:38C.
24:39Doing impressions of Joan of Arc.
24:40Oh, Judge!
24:41Oh, my French!
24:42Put them in on fire!
24:43Oh!
24:44Quit kidding around and tell them the real answer.
24:46Okay...
24:47The real answer is...
24:49B.
24:50I did some of my best writing in the car.
24:52The sights and sounds of the Parisian streets inspired me to come up with some of my best ideas...
24:56B.
24:57B.
24:58Oh!
24:59Sometimes...
25:00You could even read them.
25:01It's on the road!
25:04Paris is one of the most exciting places to live in the 1920s.
25:09It's jam-packed with artists and writers like Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
25:18Together, they're known as the Lost Generation.
25:21And who better to play us out?
25:26Writers flocked to this town
25:28Talking about Lost Generation
25:31And started hanging around
25:33Paris was our destination
25:36American literary types
25:38Looking for new inspirations
25:41Disillusioned with the stars and stripes
25:43Leaving behind our nation
25:46And novelist Gertrude Stein
25:49Writer of great reputation
25:51Had these guys around all the time
25:53Dropping in for conversation
25:56I knew all the artistic greats
25:58So Archie had appreciation
26:01Picasso and Matisse were my mates
26:03For our great great dedication
26:05Lost Generation
26:07For us American expats
26:10The Lost Generation, baby
26:12Paris is where it's at
26:15The Lost Generation
26:18Hammingway, journalist and writer
26:20Was held in great admiration
26:23Also a handy barroom fighter
26:25Useful in an altercation
26:27As Scott Fitzgerald author supreme
26:30Great Gatsby was his creation
26:32Got new ideas from the Paris scene
26:35It fueled our imagination
26:37The Lost Generation
26:38The Lost Generation
26:40To be creatively free
26:42The Lost Generation, baby
26:44Paris is the place to be
26:53Sylvia Beach is my name
26:55Ran a bookshop on the banks of the Seine
26:57James Joyce, the author of Ulysses
27:00I'm actually Irish, if you please
27:02These writers often met round mine
27:05Are coming together a brilliant mind
27:07She published my greatest work
27:10I thought he was a bit of a
27:12Last Generation
27:14An intellectual melting pot
27:17The Lost Generation, baby
27:19Paris has got the lot
27:21The Lost Generation
27:23Came up with that phrase on my own
27:26America's my country, baby
27:29But France is my home
27:32Talking about First Generation
27:36Hello, I'm Phel
27:41Is it your dream home?
27:45Is it your dream home?
27:46Wah!
27:47The past is no longer a mystery.
27:53Hope you enjoyed Horrible Histories.
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