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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/london/blackadder-star-tony-robinson-trains-rail-staff-to-deliver-comedy-announcements-7745404.htmlQuoteBlackadder actor Tony Robinson has come up with a cunning plan to make the morning commute from London to Birmingham more bearable.The actor and presenter has teamed up with Richard Preddy, who wrote the sitcom Green Wing, on a series of witty announcements to be played on trains between Birmingham and London and at Marylebone Station.Preddy wrote the lines while Robinson, who played dim-witted Baldrick in Blackadder, spent a month with staff on Chiltern Railways helping them learn the lines.A month to learn a few lines QuoteAmong the announcements passengers will hear are:"I'd like to welcome passengers boarding this 7.33 from Birmingham Moor Street to London Marylebone. If you've just bumped into someone who you barely know, you now have one hour and 30 minutes of awkward small talk. Good luck.""For any passengers who've not visited London before, do please prepare yourselves for the capitals overwhelmingly calm and relaxing pace of life.""We will shortly be passing through West Ruislip where we will be racing the Underground trains. Do please feel free to cheer for our driver.""Will any passengers listening to noisy iPods please get a better taste in music. Thank you."Hilarious Perhaps the VP could offer alternatives
Blackadder actor Tony Robinson has come up with a cunning plan to make the morning commute from London to Birmingham more bearable.The actor and presenter has teamed up with Richard Preddy, who wrote the sitcom Green Wing, on a series of witty announcements to be played on trains between Birmingham and London and at Marylebone Station.Preddy wrote the lines while Robinson, who played dim-witted Baldrick in Blackadder, spent a month with staff on Chiltern Railways helping them learn the lines.
Among the announcements passengers will hear are:"I'd like to welcome passengers boarding this 7.33 from Birmingham Moor Street to London Marylebone. If you've just bumped into someone who you barely know, you now have one hour and 30 minutes of awkward small talk. Good luck.""For any passengers who've not visited London before, do please prepare yourselves for the capitals overwhelmingly calm and relaxing pace of life.""We will shortly be passing through West Ruislip where we will be racing the Underground trains. Do please feel free to cheer for our driver.""Will any passengers listening to noisy iPods please get a better taste in music. Thank you."
Quote from: Miss Demeanour on May 14, 2012, 01:04:55 PMhttp://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/london/blackadder-star-tony-robinson-trains-rail-staff-to-deliver-comedy-announcements-7745404.htmlQuoteBlackadder actor Tony Robinson has come up with a cunning plan to make the morning commute from London to Birmingham more bearable.The actor and presenter has teamed up with Richard Preddy, who wrote the sitcom Green Wing, on a series of witty announcements to be played on trains between Birmingham and London and at Marylebone Station.Preddy wrote the lines while Robinson, who played dim-witted Baldrick in Blackadder, spent a month with staff on Chiltern Railways helping them learn the lines.A month to learn a few lines QuoteAmong the announcements passengers will hear are:"I'd like to welcome passengers boarding this 7.33 from Birmingham Moor Street to London Marylebone. If you've just bumped into someone who you barely know, you now have one hour and 30 minutes of awkward small talk. Good luck.""For any passengers who've not visited London before, do please prepare yourselves for the capitals overwhelmingly calm and relaxing pace of life.""We will shortly be passing through West Ruislip where we will be racing the Underground trains. Do please feel free to cheer for our driver.""Will any passengers listening to noisy iPods please get a better taste in music. Thank you."Hilarious Perhaps the VP could offer alternatives Daahling one should have a little man who drives.
I have a little man who dives ...does that count ?
