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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.32,0:00:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello and welcome to the news at when, when at the 1600s
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.74,0:00:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the people of Britain went to war with each other, to decide if they wanted the country to be ruled by a King, or by Parliament
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.69,0:00:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With more details we'll send it over to Bob Hale
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.61,0:00:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Civil War report, Bob
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.07,0:00:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Sam, well its 1625 and I hope you're dressed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.74,0:00:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smartly because here comes the King
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.93,0:00:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes its King Charles I, and right from day 1 he is stirring up trouble
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.61,0:00:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mainly because he is suppose to be a Protestant like the Church of England
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.76,0:00:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he keeps doing some very Catholicy things, like marrying a Catholic, praying like a Catholic, and wearing an I love Catholics T-shirt
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.74,0:00:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except not the last one, and Charlies behavior
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.69,0:00:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,annoys an awful lot of people especially in Parliament in London
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.76,0:00:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Charlie tells them to take some time off, about 10 years in fact, leaving him in charge
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.93,0:00:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the entire country which is jolly good fun, but not for long
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.40,0:00:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First the Scots sick of this bossy Catholic loving king start a war against him
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.13,0:01:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then the Irish sick of English people stealing their land start another war against him
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.28,0:01:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wars are very expensive, so Charles brings back Parliament just to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.60,0:01:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask them for some money, and they said no, because you tried to get rid of us
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.52,0:01:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember? Instead they just give him a big long list of all the things they don't like about him
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.69,0:01:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, talk about trouble, over the next 2 years the country divides in 2
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.29,0:01:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With some people siding with Charlie, thats the Cavaliers, and others siding with Parliament
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.12,0:01:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thats the roundheads, until in 1642 here in Nottingham Civil War
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.52,0:01:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is declared and what a war it is, in fact if we look at the fight-o-meter
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.69,0:01:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can see that the first major battle at Edgehill, victory goes to...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.84,0:01:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one at all, how very dull, its a dead heat, but in round 2 here in London
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.13,0:01:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the winner is, oh a great result for the Roundheads, followed by...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.68,0:01:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a real killing for the Cavaliers in the west country
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.92,0:01:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then another win for the King up north taking Bolten, Preston, Wiggen and Liverpool, where my cousin Ed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.24,0:01:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,runs a dry cleaners just up the high street, half price shirts on wednesdays, worth remembering
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.92,0:01:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Kings luck can't last, its complete murder at Marston Moor
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.77,0:01:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By a knockout at Newbury, and annihilation at Naseby,in fact he's doing so
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.15,0:02:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,badly he's broken our thingy, but Charlie has an idea he'll
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.53,0:02:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make a truce with the Scots if they help him fight the Roundheads, which is absolutely brilliant
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.96,0:02:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except it doesn't work at all and they just hand him over to Parliament, woops
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.57,0:02:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the Roundheads win and the Cavaliers lose, and that is the end
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.74,0:02:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that, but not for long, it soon becomes clear that the Roundhead
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.57,0:02:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leader Oliver Cromwell is about as much fun as stingy ? underpants, so the Scots finally join an alliance with Charlie to overthrow
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.15,0:02:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cromwell, yes, its Civil War, part 2!!! With the Scots and the Cavaliers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.60,0:02:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting on the same side there is no way they could lose, or so we thought, yes, Cromwell completely destroys both of them and its goodbye Civil War
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.44,0:02:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Goodbye Charlie's head, and goodbye kings and queens all together, yes, Cromwell is now in charge
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.45,0:02:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the country with the war ing finally over Oli can stop being mean to the Cavaliers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.49,0:02:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start being mean to the rest of us, he turns Britain into a Puritan state, which means banning anything fun including sport, theatre
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.15,0:02:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Christmas, and then he runs out of stuff to ban, gets bored, and dies, so his son
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.07,0:03:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Richard takes over but he's about as much use as a jelly pick axe, and before long the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.20,0:03:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people of Britain just want the petty Puritans out, and the crazy Kings back
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.07,0:03:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, Prince Charles is welcome with open arms, he becomes King Charles II
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.07,0:03:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the monarchy is restored! Its the Restoration which gives us all sorts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.07,0:03:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of fun things including Restoration comedies, Restoration fashion, and Restoration
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.92,0:03:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,furniture, including this delightful mahogany bureau, now do I hear $750 lbs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.60,0:03:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(auctioneer voice)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.44,0:03:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(auctioneer voice)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.90,0:03:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(auctioneer voice)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.68,0:03:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and back to you Sam.