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Module I TV TranscriPts Programme Three Documentaries
UNIT 1 A BRITISH SENSEOF HUI\ÍOUR
DIRECTOR Y e s , I t h i n l i t i s t r u e . T h e B r i t i s h d o h a v ea v e r y s g o o < J e n s eo f h u m o u r . I t h i n k t h e B r i t i s h a r e i n f a c t w o r l c Jf a m o u sf o r h a v i n g . . ' f o r b e i n g a v e r y funny nation. S A R A ( r ' o i c eo v e r ) h a W h a t k i nd o f e x h i b i t s r ed i s p l a y e d e r e ? DIRECTOR exh s W e a r c< J i s p l a y ' i n g i h i t i o no f c a r t o o n' . o r i g i n g l o d r a w i n g s .W e a r e a l s o e x h i h i t i n gc a r i c a t u r e f famous people. And also comic strips, from or nc\,spapers from comic books. o SARA (r'uice ver) ' e v e n t n t h eh i s t o r ¡o f B r i t i s hh u m o u r i An importan('Punch', a humourous of was th¿ publication o w d m a g a z i n e h i c h a p p e a r ea t t h e b e g i n n i n g f t h e V i c t o r i a n r a ,i n I E 4 l . c o GAR' (r'oice ver) l n b¡ u I t s . i o k e s ' e r eu : r C e r s t o o d ' b o t h i n t e l l e c t u a as d th t r v o r k e r sI t s c r i t i c i s md i d n ' t r e s p e cp o l i t i c i a n s , e c h u r c ho r e v e nt h e c l ue e nh e r s e l f . S A R A ( r ' o i c eo v e r ) 'Punch' o a bccam¿ s¡'nrbol f humour V c r y 's o o n a n d f r c ¿ d o mo f ' e x p r e s s r o n . G A R ) ' ( v o i c eo v e r ) We were quite fornrnateto have one of the most importanf British cartoonistsdraw a cartoon for I n a ts t n q l l s n : JOln'BYRN'E H e l l o , m y n a m ¿i s J o h n B ¡ ' r n e . I ' m a c a r t o o n t s t ' T ha t ' sE n g l i s h . ' a n d I w i l l n o w d r a w a c a r t o o nf o r s o I w i l l s L a r t f f b y d r a w i n gt h e t ¿ a c h e r . . . r a n o f f w i t h t h e f a c e ,s o m eh a i r . . . . o SARA (r'oice ver) a J o h n B ¡ ' r n eh a s c l o n ¿ r t r v o r ka n d w r i t t e n s c r i p ( s l o r S u n ¿ : m a n t h e - l n c r e ¡ l i b l cH u l k , t h e F o u r

S A R A ( r 'o i c eo v e r ) : o f T h i s i s a m a c h i n eo r c r u s h i n g ¿ a s n c b ¡ ' o n e . . . P o . A n e x a m p l e f B r i t i s hh u m o u r . It's said that onc of the most distinctivc c h a r a c t e r i s t i co f t h e B r i t i s h i s t h e i r s e n s c o t ' s o l h u m o u r .A ¡ i r o n i i , s e l l : c r i t i c aa n d s u b t l cs e n s ¿ f humour. G A R \ ' ( r ' o i c eo ve r ) r O r a t l c a s t h i si s t h ek i n d o l ' h t r ¡ r l o ttth a th a sc o t l l c and crrtotrn. l d o \ \ ' nt o u s t h r o r r : : hi t c r a t u r c S A R A ( r o i c eo l e r ) a r B u t t h e r e ' s n o t h ek i n d o f h t r m o r t r . ie a c s S t a n d - u p o m e d i a nh a r ' ¿ b i g a u r J i e n c n G r ¿ a t i B r i t an . o GAR' (r'oice ver) S i i o ' * ' lsi k e t h iso n eg ( )o n t o u ra l l o v c r t h dc o u n t r ) ' , c d n t p l a ; ' i n g o a u d i e n c ei s v a r i o t r s i f ' f ¿ r e n tl u h s ' o of \ 4 ¡ h a t r e t h c c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s t h e B r i t i s hs ¿ n s e f a h u mour'J CO]\fEDIAN o Well, it's changed ver the lasttwcnt)'ycars' r e a l l ¡ ' .I n t h e p a s t ,B r i t i s hh u m o u rr v a sm o r ea b o u t . m a k i ngj o k e s . . . a b o u t . .s e x i s ts o r t o f j o k e s , r a c i s t d j o k e s . . .B u t t h e s e a y si t ' s c h a n g e a b i t a n d . . - i t ' s d ahout more observational humour. It's f t a k i n g . . . m a k i n gu n o f y o u r s e l fr e a l l l ' , r a t h e rt h a n m a k i n gf u n o f o t h e rp e o p l e ' S A R A ( v o i c eo v e r ) C a r t o o n sa r e a n o t h e rim p o r t a n tb r a n c h o f B r i t i s h u humour. 'e visit¿d the National lvf seum of d i r ¿ c t o ri f i t i s t r u e t h a t C a r t o o nA r t a n d a s k ¿ di t s o t h e B r i t i s h h a v ea s o o d s e n s e f h u m o u r .

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