Do English People Know The 10 Greatest Britons? | Easy English 99

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Who is this historical figure?
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Er…
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Oh no!
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Who is that?
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Is that Einstein?
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Is it?
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No.
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Who… who is it?
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I don’t… I don’t…
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If it’s modern, we might not know. - No.
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Er… I can’t tell from them.
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Oh, I’ve got no idea.
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Some scruffbag.
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Hello, welcome to Easy English.
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So ''Wikipedia'' has a list of the  ''100 Greatest Britons of All Time'',
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which you’re seeing here. And it made me think;
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how many of these great Britons  do typical Britons know?
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I’m on Brighton beach to find out, here we go.
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Who is this Britain? - Winston  Churchill. - Winston Churchill.
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Can you tell me; who is this Britain?
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Oh, I think it's Winston Churchill. - Okay.
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And er… what… what do you know…  what do you know about him?
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Any facts? - He was the prime  minister when I was young. - Yeah?
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So yes, I’ve remembered him from  years and years. - That’s good
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D’you know any fun facts about Winston Churchill?
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Fun facts, he like… he's like me;  a bricklayer. - Really? - Yeah.
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Really? What, before… - He  built all his garden walls,
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around his property, apparently.  - That is a fun fact.
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Apart from being the prime minister. - Yeah.
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Right c’mon, let’s… we’re gonna  go a bit… bit more modern.
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A nice big one for ya. - Ah! Well there you are,
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David Beckham isn’t it.
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Oh, David Beckham. - David Beckham.
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Oh, that looks like David  Beckham. - A long time ago.
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David Beckham. - Very good. -  Okay. - Are you a fan… of his work?
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Er… Do I admire David Beckham's  work? Well, he was a goo…
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he was a good footballer. - Yeah?
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I'm not really a football fan, but  I mean, I recognise him, obviously.
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We do like football, but… - We do like football
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but not Man United. - No.
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He owns a football franchise in Miami. - Nice.
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Yeah, that will do.
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His wife is a successful fashion designer,
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having been a pop singer in the first place.
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So yeah, one of the glory…  glamorous couples of our time.
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Shakespeare. - William Shakespeare. - Yeah.
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Okay, William Shakespeare. - Okay.
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Probably the best playwright  ever… ever to have lived.
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Any facts you know about William Shakespeare?
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Where shall we three meet, upon the heath?
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Fun facts? - Did one of his plays at school,
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which was ''As you like it''  which was quite a comedy, yeah.
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A lot of further education is  built around a lot of his works
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and studies. And erm… so many contemporary things
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have been based on his works.
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Is this a dagger I saw in front  of me? Yeah! Yeah, that's the one.
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Who's that? - Lady Diana.
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Who’s that? - Princess Diana. - Perfect.
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Yeah, Lady Di of course.
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Who’s she?
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Who’s she!? She was… - Just  in case people don’t know.
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She was the first wife of Prince Charles.
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Okay, obviously the mother of William and Harry.
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Yeah erm… married Prince Charles. - Yeah.
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Came to a… a… a sticky end, unfortunately.
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Died much too early, maybe didn't necessarily,
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fit into the royal family, but  probably the first of the royals
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to sort of, break ranks as it  were and become more popular,
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make the monarchy more popular.
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I think she had a miserable life,
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while she was with Charles  and the royal family. - Yeah?
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And I think she… yeah, had a lot  of depressions and frustrations.
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And, I think she was unhappy  with the… this whole royal… s**t.
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That was well summarised. -  Yeah! Yeah! - This royal s**t.
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Okay, next one. - Okay, Sir  David Attenborough, yeah.
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Oh yes, David Attenborough. -  Yeah? - Well, he’s the… well,
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he tells us everything  about nature and everything,
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he’s a wonderful man, yes.  - You like him? - Oh yes.
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More recently, about climate  change and saving the planet.
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Erm… you know, probably the most  recognised voice, I would say, on TV.
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Yeah, true! - And a fantastic voice,
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that he's got and very soothing  and loved by everybody.
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And he’s a true, I think, English icon.
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Who is this historical figure?  - Er… Queen Elizabeth the first.
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Very good, fantastic. And, do  you… what do you know about her?
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Any little facts or… - She was  daughter of Henry the eighth,
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she was queen in the 16th century,
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about the time William Shakespeare was around.
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But he obviously went into James as well.
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Favourite people for her, were people like Riley,
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who was a privateer or pirate or great sailer,
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depending on your point of view.
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And yeah, she was unmarried, no  children, which is why we then,
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had a Scottish king, afterwards.
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But all related, because James  was son of Mary, Queen of Scots,
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or something like that.
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Oh, I’ve got no idea.
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Some scruff bag.
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I've got no idea who he  is. I'm not into pop songs.
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He’d probably like it if he  was referred to as a scruffbag.
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Who is he? Let’s have a look.
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Oh, Johnny what’s-his-face. - Rotten.
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Johnny Rotten. - Johnny Rotten, well done.
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It’s not Johnny Rotten… is it? - Yeah! Bang on!
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You can tell you read the newspaper. - Go on then,
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tell us what you know about erm… Johnny Rotten.
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Johnny Rotten; punk. - Yes.  - That’s about it really.
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John Lydon or Johnny Rotten. - Never heard of him.
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D’you like the ''Sex Pistols''?  - I’ve heard of them,
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but I've never heard of him.
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''Sex Pistols'', punk. - Yeah, loud, offensive.
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Obnoxious. - Yeah, selling… selling butter.
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Selling butter, yeah.
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No, I don’t know who that is, let’s have a look.
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That’s Isamgar… Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Oh that’s Isambard Kingdom Brunel. - Wow!
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You’re the first one to get that  so far, from the people I’ve asked.
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Oh right. - I mean, once I  said his name, they knew.
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But, I don’t think people  generally knew what he looked.
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That’s one of the most famous pictures of him.
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Yeah right, that’s all I could find.
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Maybe you’d know it if I said the  name, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
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Oh Brunel, yeah. That’s the chap  who did all the lovely bridges
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and railways and things. - Oh,  so you know who he is then?
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Yeah, the Bristol… Bristol area. - Yeah! Perfect.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel was  definitely one of the greatest er…
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engineers of the Victorian era.
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A great er… engineer the  ''Great Western Railway''.
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But, he championed broad-gauge  (railway) to start with,
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which went to normal-gauge, which was what;
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four-foot eight and a half or something.
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And he also pioneered a vacuum  railway on the south coast,
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he also built things like Clifton  Suspension Bridge and also ships;
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(SS) Great Western, (SS) Great Eastern.
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And one of those; (SS) Great  WesternSLASH(SS) Great Eastern,
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(SS) Great Western, I think. Ended up… no, no.
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SS Great Britain, sorry, ended  up on the Falkland Islands
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and is now back in Bristol,  having been fully restored.
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Yes, so you can visit it.
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John Lennon.
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Ah, John Lennon. - Perfect.
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Okay, John Lennon; member of ''The  Beatles'', wrote some fantastic songs.
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You a fan? - ''Imagine'' probably,  is the best one he’s ever written.
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Er… yeah, I mean ''The Beatles''  were very good, in earlier times.
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I thought they went a bit off in the late 60’s.
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But yes, they were a pretty good  band. From Liverpool, of course.
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You a fan? - Kind of, yeah. - Yeah, early.
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We’re music fans, so basically…
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When he was in ''The Beatles''  but not really after that…
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well, not me, personally. -  Non of his later stuff? - No.
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I wasn’t a fan of ''The Beatles'', no.
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Never really liked ''The Beatles'' no, not at all.
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Didn’t particularly like their music.
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But erm… obviously, he was  erm… you know, one of a kind.
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Yes, started off in the ''Cavern Club''
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and places like that in the  north… north west of England.
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And yeah, very popular, very  successful across the world,
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lots of little screaming girls following them
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and meeting them at airports  and things like that, yes.
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Unfortunately, he did get  shot in New York and killed,
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which was a great shame.
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Er… Darwin? -  
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Yeah! Wow, well done.
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Who is this? - I would guess  that’s George Bernard Shaw.
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It's wrong, but it’s… I can see  where you think… where you’re going.
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Oh, Charles Darwin. - Wow! Very good.
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Might be Darwin. - No, I  don't know. - You’re correct.
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Second guess; Charles Darwin.
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And er… what do you know about Darwin?
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Yeah, his most er… popular theory about species
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and survival of the fittest.
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Er… evolution, basically.  - Yeah… he invented it er…
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Well, I don’t know if he invented  it, Ahe’s part of it, himself.
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It’s his theory wasn’t it. - Yeah.
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Beagle. - Oh yeah, HMS Beagle.  - Oh, is that his… tell me more.
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I don’t know this. - I think he… he…
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I’m fairly sure he sailed on HMS  Beagle with Banks and all that lot.
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Yeah, he could have done.  Yes, that's possibly true.
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He might not be making that up.
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That’s one for ''Wikipedia'' as well, isn’t it.
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Better check your facts.
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Erm… that… is that… that’s  not erm… is that Nelson?
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It is Nelson! - Horatio Nelson, yeah. - Well done.
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I didn’t even know that. - No…  no, that’s yeah, Nelson so erm…
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battle of Trafalgar was it? -  Yeah. - battle of Trafalgar;
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came to a sticky end.
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Oh er… Rowling. - Wow.
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And other than… other than  the obvious, d’you know any…
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any facts about her? - She writes  as… what is it? Calbrai… no.
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(Robert) Galbraith or something.
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She does have pseudonym other than  J.K. Rowling, but I can’t remember.
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It’s a detective series which  have been done on the TV.
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Thanks for watching this week’s episode,
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let us know in the comments below,  how many of the Brits you knew.
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And we’ll see you next week, bye.
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