00:00Stand to attention chaps for our latest movie watch exclusive for it's only the King's speech.
00:05Alright Bertie, it's actually quite good fun.
00:07You bet it is hells. Costume drama, stonking script, first-rate actors, oh and Mr. Darcy himself, the housewives pinup.
00:15Mother. Shorten the humming each time. Mother.
00:20Manufacturing!
00:21So what the devil is it all about then?
00:23About a man overcoming a stammer and right at the moment when radio is taken off as a mass medium.
00:28The nation believes that when I speak, I speak for them. But I can't speak.
00:32You're doing yourself down Colin, it's not that bad.
00:39The King?
00:40Actually it is pretty appalling. Why don't you just change jobs?
00:43He can't.
00:44Stammering is its own problem. And, you know, that's a sense of dread you can feel in a room with
00:50one person.
00:51Jerry Seinfeld observed that that means that if you go to a funeral most people would rather be in the
00:55coffin than giving the eulogy.
00:57Crikey. So you're no longer playing Mr. Darcy or some derivation of Mr. Darcy.
01:01You're playing Bertie, Albert, George. Hell, what on earth should we call you?
01:05Your Royal Highness. Then, then sir, after that.
01:10I see, it's like that is it? So just to get this straight, your dad, George V, has popped his
01:14clogs.
01:14Your brother, Edward VIII, has abdicated in favour of some American woman.
01:18Wallace Simpson.
01:20Yep, that's the one. And now you have to ascend the throne in the age of new media, i.e.
01:24radio, with a speech impediment. Sounds horrific.
01:26This family's been reduced to those lowest basis of all creatures. We've become actors.
01:32Actually, that is pretty low.
01:34They're idiots. They've all been knighted. What makes it official, then?
01:38Well said, Geoffrey. But what was that comforting advice your father gave you, Colin?
01:41Who will stand between us, the jackboots, and the proletarian abyss? You?
01:48That's the one. Nice pep talk, Dad. Anyway, fortunately, Hells tracks down an Aussie speech therapist who can work wonders
01:55with Alberti.
01:57So, what can we expect, then, from the movie, other than the 17 F-bombs in one sentence?
02:01It's a story of real friendship, how another human being can really significantly help another human being.
02:07It's really humane. But I also loved it and got really involved for his humour and its heart and its
02:14wit and its humanity.
02:17I just can't wait to see my mates being brilliant.
02:19Well said, Timbo. We thought The King's Speech is, without doubt, one of the standout films of the year.
02:24And we are only seven days in. Set during a fascinating period in British history, with a sizzling script and
02:29cracking performances,
02:30we are giving this a crowning five stars.
02:32Why should I waste my time listening to you?
02:34Because I have a right to be a voice!
02:42Yes, you do.
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