A vision of Britain.

Ronnie Rowlands · #1 November 3, 2006, 8:12 AM

Ladies and gentlemen, bear with me. Bear with
me please. Don't stop bearing with me for a few
moments. I have a vision, a vision of Britain. I see
a country peopled by ... a country peopled by
people who, who ... people it with charm, with
grace, yes even with greatness. As they people it,
they enhance it with their lightness, their amusing
accents, their v-neck sweaters and their unusual
children.

This country shall be free and wide and
pretty, and their people shall be free and wide and
pretty. And there shall be villages and towns and
family amusement theme heritage fun parks which
shall smell of urine and vomit.

And there shall be
twelve water and sewage businesses and leisure
dromes and huge edge-of-town crematoriums
and day-glo bermuda shorts which are flecked
with urine and vomit. I see "Impact" as a new kind
of flexible high-yield convenient cash and care
card for the kind of person you are today and I
hear the sound of many thousands of miles of
motorways, conveniently filled with many hundreds
of thousands of cars whose seats are stained with
children and urine and vomit. And the interior of
the cars shall be sweaty and hot and bad-tempered
and the queue for the exit that leads to the family
amusement heritage theme fun park shall be
hundreds of miles long.

And there shall be shiny
magazines out of which will fall many dozens
of smaller shiny magazines which shall offer
useful electronic golfing equipment and wall safes
disguised as three pin sockets and bright security
lamps and personal attack alarms and hand
freshen-up absorbent pads to soak up the urine
and the vomit. And the faces of the people who
are peopling this Britain shall be shiny and they
shall be flushed and pink for they shall know that
they are forging a new Britain of fun and heritage
and family leisure amusement and the boot of their
car shall easily accomodate the self-assembly fun
park that they shall erect in their bathrooms.

As
yet, it is all only a vision, a vision of family heritage
urine and fun leisure amenity vomit. But soon,
soon, with luck, sincerity and steadfast voting it
may become a reality.

Ben Dawson · #2 November 3, 2006, 10:03 AM

hahaha, great vision, and not for off from being a reality

. Maybe, next up, there could be "a vision of Britton (Chris Britton that is)"

.

Ross Hendrie · #3 November 3, 2006, 2:48 PM

Hehehehehe no...

Dont list our shortcomings infront of people man...

Ben Dawson · #4 November 3, 2006, 2:56 PM

actually, he said Britain, not the Uk, so technically Scotland's not involved...but I consider it all the same thing.

Ronnie Rowlands · #5 November 4, 2006, 8:04 AM

Scotland is in Britain.....what are you talking about?

Ben Dawson · #6 November 4, 2006, 8:09 AM

Britain, Wales and Scotland are officially seperate. But together they make the UK.

Ronnie Rowlands · #7 November 4, 2006, 8:13 AM

Yes......Britain is made up of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales....Together they also make Great Britain.......Great Britain and the United Kingdom are pretty much the same thing....

Ben Dawson · #8 November 4, 2006, 8:22 AM

yes, good point, that's why I consider it all the same thing.

Ronnie Rowlands · #9 November 4, 2006, 8:33 AM

But you are suggesting I was not including scotland in my speech, when I was, I was including all of Britain/UK.

Ben Dawson · #10 November 4, 2006, 9:08 AM

I'm not really sure why I pointed it out, I just did, don't know why...hey, look .

Ronnie Rowlands · #11 November 4, 2006, 9:25 AM

I've got them all, so I wouldn't need to look

There Is a new one coming out tomorrow, ITV, 9pm. You might enjoy it.

Ben Dawson · #12 November 4, 2006, 9:55 AM

But Torchwood is on at the same time.

Ronnie Rowlands · #13 November 4, 2006, 10:04 AM

Tape one of them.

Ben Dawson · #14 November 4, 2006, 10:25 AM

I can't, cos the reception without freeview is terrible (REALLY bad) and I can only tape the channel it's switched on to with the freeview.

Ronnie Rowlands · #15 November 4, 2006, 10:34 AM

Watch the repeat of Torchwood on BBC Two. Have you seen the trailers on itv?

Ben Dawson · #16 November 4, 2006, 10:56 AM

I've seen a couple, I have to say, from what I've seen, it seems to have been slightly modernized for a younger audience.

Ronnie Rowlands · #17 November 4, 2006, 11:35 AM

What Frost? How has it been modernised? Trust me Ben, Frost is not aimed at a younger age group

Frost has always kept with the times though. It has been going since 1992. after 1998 (Six series') they did one-off specials, 1999 2001 and 2002 saw one two part story shown over the festive period of those years. They did 4 in 2003, spread out over the year. And 2004 and 2005 saw just one episode respectively. Apparently, there are 3 due out this year, the one this Sunday, and a two parter over christmas.

Yes it's come a long way, recurring characters have come and gone, and only a few of the original cast are still in it. As follows-

Frost (Obviously)
Superintendant Mullet
DS George Toolan
Dr.Simpkins the pathologist(Davros in destiny of the daleks)
Dr.McKenzie the crime scene Doctor
Sergeant Brady

And thats it, don't know why I posted that, just thought you needed to know.

Ben Dawson · #18 November 4, 2006, 12:41 PM

that's probably what I meant by a younger audience, what I meant was that it was aimed at a new generation of adults...if that makes sense.

Jez · #19 November 4, 2006, 4:51 PM

Originally Posted by Ronnie Rowlands

Ladies and gentlemen, bear with me. Bear with
me please. Don't stop bearing with me for a few
moments. I have a vision, a vision of Britain. I see
a country peopled by ... a country peopled by
people who, who ... people it with charm, with
grace, yes even with greatness. As they people it,
they enhance it with their lightness, their amusing
accents, their v-neck sweaters and their unusual
children.

This country shall be free and wide and
pretty, and their people shall be free and wide and
pretty. And there shall be villages and towns and
family amusement theme heritage fun parks which
shall smell of urine and vomit.

And there shall be
twelve water and sewage businesses and leisure
dromes and huge edge-of-town crematoriums
and day-glo bermuda shorts which are flecked
with urine and vomit. I see "Impact" as a new kind
of flexible high-yield convenient cash and care
card for the kind of person you are today and I
hear the sound of many thousands of miles of
motorways, conveniently filled with many hundreds
of thousands of cars whose seats are stained with
children and urine and vomit. And the interior of
the cars shall be sweaty and hot and bad-tempered
and the queue for the exit that leads to the family
amusement heritage theme fun park shall be
hundreds of miles long.

And there shall be shiny
magazines out of which will fall many dozens
of smaller shiny magazines which shall offer
useful electronic golfing equipment and wall safes
disguised as three pin sockets and bright security
lamps and personal attack alarms and hand
freshen-up absorbent pads to soak up the urine
and the vomit. And the faces of the people who
are peopling this Britain shall be shiny and they
shall be flushed and pink for they shall know that
they are forging a new Britain of fun and heritage
and family leisure amusement and the boot of their
car shall easily accomodate the self-assembly fun
park that they shall erect in their bathrooms.

As
yet, it is all only a vision, a vision of family heritage
urine and fun leisure amenity vomit. But soon,
soon, with luck, sincerity and steadfast voting it
may become a reality.

Interesting....and certainly imaginable!

Chris Britton · #20 November 4, 2006, 6:00 PM

In thr works of Tom Baker on Little Britain "This is the United Kingdon of Great Britain!"