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First broadcast 18th October 1969.

Hedges gets the students all excited about animal conservation and it a fit of enthusiasm they decide to adopt an animal from the local zoo.

John Alderton - Bernard Hedges
Deryck Guyler - Norman Potter
Noel Howlett - Mr. Cromwell
Joan Sanderson - Doris Ewell
Richard Davies - Mr. Price
Erik Chitty - Mr. Smith
David Barry - Frankie Abbott
Peter Cleall - Eric Duffy
Peter Denyer - Dennis Dunstable
Liz Gebhardt - Maureen Bullock
Malcolm McFee - Peter Craven
Penny Spencer - Sharon Eversleigh
Kristin Hatfield - Pupil sat next to Craven

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00:00You
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00:56Yes.
00:58Well.
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01:12Oh.
01:14Yes.
01:15Well now are you seeing me or am I seeing you?
01:18I'm seeing you.
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02:00Oh.
02:01What are they, some sort of sedative jujube?
02:05Oh, no, Helen!
02:06Bedmaster, wax earplugs!
02:08Huh?
02:11And so, unless we plan ahead...
02:16...and devote more time, money, and effort to the preservation of wildlife.
02:21There will come a time when the migration of the great game herds will be only a story that we tell our children.
02:26The future of these animals, and that of some species already in danger of extinction...
02:31...is in your hands.
02:33Goodbye.
02:36Thank you very much.
02:41Well, this is the first time...
02:46...for everything, I suppose.
02:47You were actually interested in that programme, weren't you?
02:49Oh, it was terrific, wasn't it?
02:51I didn't like it when that elephant got poached.
02:54Yes, and her poor little son got...
02:56...or orphaned.
02:57Was it a son?
02:58I didn't notice him underneath.
03:01Well, he looked like a son, didn't he, sir?
03:04Er, round the eyes, yes, he did.
03:07Just to have her tufts away for ivory.
03:09Which is right off snooker, didn't it?
03:11I'd say the elephant was alright if I was out there.
03:14I'd probably hate myself for asking...
03:16...but what would you do?
03:17Pull all the pouches, tea fan.
03:19Wow.
03:20Well, that's a truth...
03:21...now that's barbaric, isn't it?
03:22Sir is killing animals just for souvenirs.
03:24He's bloody outright.
03:26When he looked at his mother lying there...
03:29...his little face.
03:31I swear he was sobbing his little heart out.
03:34Yes, well, let's not try and get too emotional.
03:36What I want to hear are your practical suggestions.
03:39I told you, pull the pouches, tea fan.
03:41...apart from penal dentistry, Abbott.
03:44Let's get it.
03:45Why should people...
03:46...wanna poach rhinoceros his horns?
03:51Well, Dennis, a long time ago...
03:56It was felt that rhinoceros his...
03:58They're using for aphrodisiacs, Dennis.
04:00Oh.
04:01Thank you, Sharon.
04:02Well, now, poaching is, of course, revolting...
04:06...and his little trunk went on there!
04:08...and his little trunk went on there!
04:09...and his little trunk went on there!
04:11...and his little trunk went on there!
04:12...and his little trunk went on there!
04:13But, er, let us try and consider animal c...
04:16...conservation in broader terms.
04:18For instance, how are we going to balance the survival...
04:21...against the increasing rate of civilization?
04:24No, I don't know the answer to that!
04:26What is it, Chief?
04:27Well, I don't know.
04:28I'm asking you!
04:29Oh, well, leave it with me!
04:31Can you call it a thing?
04:34Please, sir!
04:36What is it, Dennis?
04:37What is an African dysiac?
04:41Well, well, Dennis, er, an aphrodisiac is...
04:46...well, er, strictly, strictly speaking, Dennis, er, there is...
04:51...no such thing as an aphrodisiac.
04:54If there was, what would it be?
04:56Er, well, I...
04:57...if...
04:58...if...
04:59...if...
05:00...if...
05:01...it would be, like, er, a course of...
05:03...vitamins...
05:05...only...
05:06...more powerful...
05:07...more interesting, too!
05:09Oh, fun!
05:10Thank God!
05:11Yes, what have you thought, sir?
05:12Well, I don't claim that she's going to conserve all your animals...
05:15...but, er...
05:16...what about having a weekly whip-round to help out the authorities?
05:19Oh, yeah!
05:20That's a good sign!
05:21See, inside you is a very nice young man.
05:23Now, why don't you let him get a look in more often?
05:25No!
05:26Nice!
05:27Long oldies, doesn't it?
05:28Yeah!
05:29Please, sir?
05:30Yeah, we're finished with the affid...
05:31...but, is he accidentally?
05:32No!
05:33This money!
05:34Couldn't we send to Africa and buy an animal?
05:36...so that no-one could touch him?
05:37Yeah!
05:38A gorilla!
05:39Hoo-hoo-hoo!
05:40There we go!
05:41You've got one of those, er...
05:42...have I?
05:43Yeah!
05:44Now, Dennis, that's a very, very nice...
05:46...idea, but hardly practical, I think.
05:48However, there are certain, er...
05:49...zoos over here that allow...
05:51...to adopt an animal.
05:52And then there are the, er...
05:53...societies for the preservation of wildlife.
05:56We could have a bush baby!
05:57Oh, yeah, I love them!
05:58Or a black panther!
05:59Now, just a minute.
06:00No, no, no, we'll never...
06:01...that first one, that adopting came...
06:02...and we want to do that!
06:03Right!
06:04How do we start?
06:05Well, you start by...
06:06...I-I don't know.
06:09Aw!
06:10Guys, sure...
06:11...you like a knife, don't it?
06:12Mm-hmm.
06:13It's our childish little mind's all excited...
06:14...and then BANG!
06:15He died!
06:16...I don't know!
06:17Alright, I'll, er...
06:18...I'll look up the details for you...
06:19...but in the meantime...
06:20...I'll look up the details for you...
06:21...but in the meantime...
06:21...please don't forget the naked ape!
06:25Three minutes!
06:26...and thirty seconds!
06:27Fantastic!
06:29Mile of the century!
06:30It must be a world...
06:31...the record!
06:34Don't satirise me!
06:35Well, don't come bursting into...
06:36...my classroom then!
06:37Well, I have to when that television set...
06:38...has been in here for three minutes...
06:39...and, er...
06:40...four to seven seconds...
06:41...exactly!
06:42There is an answer!
06:43Which...
06:44...would be?
06:45Now you're in!
06:46Yeah, get out!
06:48Thank you, 5C!
06:49You ought to bring your other selves more often!
06:52Well, I never had all this...
06:53...when I was at school, you know...
06:54...louderly to...
06:56...about watching television!
06:57Oh!
06:58Why, I never even had a back to my seat!
06:59Oh!
07:00So get out your tracks!
07:01Yeah, this was it!
07:05No back to my...
07:06...my bench, filthy!
07:07You ought to bring your...
07:08...just move on!
07:09Just move on!
07:10Just move on!
07:11No one is leaving here...
07:12...until I've assisted with the temporary transfer...
07:14...of my operation...
07:16...of my spirit!
07:17I'm cool, Norman!
07:18You aren't intellectual!
07:19Yeah!
07:20So get on with it and watch it!
07:21Spirit delicateness!
07:21Find out your movies!
07:22Go!
07:26It was marvelous, Price!
07:28Those kids were so involved!
07:29They were so engrossed!
07:31Yeah, yeah!
07:32I mean, for instance, when I asked them if they were enjoying the program...
07:34...they even told me to shut up!
07:35That's fantastic, isn't it?
07:36Oh, yeah!
07:37I say, Price, old man!
07:40I do wish you'd...
07:41Listen!
07:42Ha!
07:43Ha!
07:44Ha!
07:45Why is it that my ear...
07:46...always spawns the plague of fifth great musical jokes?
07:49I'm sorry, I thought that was quite inventive!
07:51Well, leave him alone or he'll go deaf!
07:54This ear is my ear!
07:55Oh!
07:56Oh, Price!
07:57Well, I'm allowed to!
07:58It's mine!
07:59But if they can adopt an...
08:01...an animal!
08:02Oh, well, got out the animal, I said!
08:03I'd have thought you'd have been interested in this as a bio...
08:06...the biologist of no note whatsoever!
08:07Oh, well, I suppose anything that stimulates an interest in the animal world can't be all that...
08:11...but...
08:12That's splendid news, Hedges!
08:13I've just telephoned my friend in the Zoological Society...
08:16...and your animal adoption idea is perfectly feasible!
08:19Marvellous!
08:20However, there are certain...
08:21...of conditions!
08:22I've got to spend six months in quarantine!
08:23What?
08:24No, no, don't be silly!
08:25No, it's...
08:26...simply that the larger municipal zoos have discontinued the practice...
08:29...but some of the private...
08:31...soos...
08:32...and which...
08:33...they welcome financial assistance...
08:34...and I have the name of just such a...
08:36...in Suffolk!
08:37I know!
08:38One in Fen Street!
08:39Oh, shut up, Morbid!
08:40Would you like me to...
08:41...arrange the particular...
08:42...adoption by 5C?
08:44Marvellous!
08:45And thanks very...
08:46...much for all your help, Smithy!
08:47I say, the telephone, as I recall, is in the Headmaster's study!
08:50Why did you wear your...
08:51...your map just to walk down the corridor?
08:53I went to a public telephone box...
08:55...as the Headmaster...
08:56...and I are not speaking...
08:57...I would most certainly not ask to borrow his instrument!
09:00Ah, look...
09:01...why don't you two just shake little wiggies and make up, eh?
09:04Certainly not!
09:05The only...
09:06...this is on him to extend his...
09:07...little wiggies first!
09:09Say, look at that!
09:11Oh, God!
09:12Yeah, they come!
09:13Go on, boy!
09:14I say, you fellows...
09:16...what's...
09:17...this...
09:18...here?
09:19Ah, ah, ah, ah!
09:21...the machine school!
09:22Zoom!
09:23Oh, yes, of course!
09:26Oh, how splendid!
09:27The children will be pleased!
09:28Er, what's it called?
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