Theyre headed for town. The brats. Oh, if only i had a big stick. [ siren wailing ] [ horn honking ] dammit excuse me, mammy. No, stay in the car. Right. Oh, no. [ belching ] once more into the breach. Are you sure you dont want another one . No. For christmas . Thanks, siobhan. I wouldnt want to be caught drunk in charge of a nativity play. Can i have you out of the car, mr. Fahey . Mmm . Come along. Get your hands off me. Theres children watching. Its all right, children. Santas just tired. I am not. Lay off. Im arresting you under section 49 of the road traffic act. [ students chanting ] ambrose is arresting santa. It cant be helped, i suppose. They have the flu. Oh, ill have plenty of company for the dinner. Dont worry. Have you changed your mind . I think id better have a black coffee. Im in worse shape than i imagined. Yeah, you too. Byebye. Assumpta . Assumpta . Can i have a coffee . Have you got presents . Yeah. Have you got one for your dad . My dads in prison. You have to put one under the tree to show him youre thinking of him. Better hurry, the shopsll be closed tomorrow. Come on, you lot. Its christmas eve. This girl has a party to get ready. [ all continue Christmas Greetings ] weve had a lovely evening. Im delighted. Byebye. Have a good one. And have the greatest party. night, assumpta. Happy christmas. Happy christmas. Goodnight, men. [ musical interlude ] conn . I know youre there. Padraigd kill you if he knew you were here. Kevin, watch out. Mind the shaft aaahhhhh kevin kevin . Kevin . happy christmas, dad. Happy christmas. This is better than boring old klosters, isnt it . I was having a terrible dream. I was locked in a lift with imelda. Happy christmas, brian. Happy christmas, ambrose. Wheres your mother . At first mass in cilldargan. Ambrose left her earlier. I have to go and pick her up in time for the childrens mass. Shes collecting the set. Dont leave me alone with that woman. Its like being nibbled to death by ducks. Kevin conn joy to the world, you two uup Christmas Day kevin . kevin . [ knock at door ] yep . Father. Hey, padraig happy christmas. What can i do for you . Its kevin. I cant find him or conn anywhere. Dont worry, im sure theyll turn up. Could you get ready to do the narration in case they are late . With the wings . No, in civvies. Im sure you know the drill by now. Yeah, i suppose so. All right, thanks, padraig. Father, were ready. Thanks, niamh. Were all set for you, peter. Right, then. Good morning to you. Good morning, father. And a very happy christmas to you all. Same to you, father. Now, i know that a lot of you will have been given wonderful presents and toys this morning. And probably you cant wait to get out of here and go home and play. But, we have to remember why weve been given these toys, and whose special birthday it is that were here to celebrate today. And were very privileged this morning. Where have you been . Wheres kevin . What, in gods name, have you been up to . The Real Christmas message. Padraig . You stay there. Dont move, ill be back in a second. And so it came to pass at that time that Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken. So joseph took his wife, mary, who was with child to bethlehem. Any room . Any room . And because there was no room at the inn. Any room . Certainly, theres pucks of room. Come on in, and bring mary with you. [ parishioners laugh ] pucks of room, he says. Pucks of room. He wasnt supposed to say that at all. Ambrose. Ambrose. Ive got a problem here. Kevins missing. I noticed he wasnt at the mass. Theres something going on. Conn turned up then ran off, and theyre not up at the house. Well. What . Theres money missing. How much . 50 quid. Right. Im sorry, i was looking forward to Christmas Day at home. You know, that fellas more trouble than hes worth. Still, you cant leave him out there. Ill be back as soon as i can. Ill go have a look, padraig. I have to run niamh and my mother home. Ill go with you. No, you stay at home in case they show up there. Okay . Niamh . Niamh . whats happening . Conn oneill is missing. Oh, him. And kevin okelly. Trust padraig to lose the two of them. Ambrose has gone off to search for them. What, on his day off . Oh, that christmas spirit. Dont leave me alone with that woman, all right . Promise. Cooee. Hows the patient this holy morn . Niamh [ knock at door ] its the three wise men. Kevin and conn are missing. Oh. We need to organise search parties and that. We wondered if we could use here as a base . Sure. We promise we wont disturb your party. Are they in there . Dont worry about the party. What can i do . Listen, dont worry. Im sure everythings going to be fine. Thanks, siobhan. Uhoh. Are you okay . My 50 quid. I found it. Conn . Do you wanna get in . Conn, stop. Its okay. Conn let me go leave me alone let me go its okay, its okay. Slow down. Now, take it easy. Whats the story . Leave me alone its not my fault wheres kevin . Conn, wheres kevin . Is he okay . Conn, is kevin okay . I didnt mean it. I swear. I want my dad. Ambrose is here. Well . I cant get a word out of him; hes terrified. What about padraig . He definitely doesnt want to talk to padraig. He says hell only talk to you. Father . The priest isnt allowed. To tell anyone what he hears in confession . No one. Well, father i think im after. Killing kevin okelly. Its only been ten minutes. Then again, it is conn oneill. Could be here till new year. Hes up at the old copper mines. Ill get up there. Were gonna need more help. Im going with you. I told you about that old mine. If hes hurt ill kill you. Hey, padraig nobody said it was conns fault. Well head back to fitzgeralds and organise from there. Is he hurt . Its hard to make sense of what ive heard. I think wed better hurry. Michael. Ive got the rescue team. Theyre at least an hour away. What about the ambulance . Theyll be here soon. Shouldnt we be up there . Padraig and ambrose have gone ahead. Kevins down a shaft, we think. We might not be able to reach him without the mountain rescue team. I do a bit of climbing and potholing. How much . Ive never rescued anybody, but i know ropes. Well, theres bound to be some ropes up at eamon byrnes. Here, take my car. Brendan, go with him and show him where it is. Ill meet you at the mine. Hes down a really deep shaft in there its very treacherous we could hear him, poor fella can i get to him . We couldnt get near him its a sheer shaft and the walls are crumbling. Youll need the mountain rescue, or timmy if he can make it. Assumptas just called; theyve found kevin. They need blankets. Vblankets . Did they find him in bed . Hes down a shaft. Is he all right . I dont know. Theyre all up there. Dont you go. She might be back any minute. Gotta go, dad. Ooh all right, get me a brush, will you . Can you hear us . Kevin . Kevin . God help us. Ah, come on. Its all right padraig. Hes probably just fallen asleep. Exhaustion. Kevin kevin he may be unconscious. He was responding earlier. I know; thats what worries me. We dont know the extent of his injuries. He may have gone into shock. I hope these fellas get here fast. Yoohoo. Im baack. All the men are gone up to the mine shaft. It was very thrilling, watching them prepare themselves. I wanted to help but the girl in the pub said that the best way to help was by looking after sick people. Youll help best, she said, by looking after brian quigley. I wont forget her for it. Ive got some torches. Santa specials. I knew somebodyd want them. Damn [ fr. Clifford ] okay, lads, over here. Now, be careful cause the shafts just there. You, go round the other side, thats it. Yeah, over there. Right. This is a job for two. Does anybody here know anything about potholing . Good man. Can i have the rope, please . Lets get on with it, so. Take that. Right, heres what were gonna do. You and me, were gonna go down there. Right. Im not making sandwiches. Huh . Well, thats what women are supposed to do, isnt it . While the men do manly things like rescuing people and attacking neighbouring villages and shelling defenceless citizens assumpta, what are you on about . This is ballykay. I know, i know. But its the principle of the thing. Men do. Women wait. Well, i think im as much a feminist as the next but ambrose only had a bowl of cornflakes this morning. Tea and sandwiches for the men it is, then. But theyre not getting jam on it. [ knock at door ] can i come in . Brian . Any chance of a drink . Its for the pain. You can sit there and wait. Were doing something. Okay, hold on. Take it easy. Mind his head. Thats it, fellas. Its going nicely. Thats it, keep it going. Thats it. Mind his head. All right. Come on. Is he coming . Slow down. Okay, nearly there. Is he okay . Well done, timmy. Well, what dyou expect . He is my nephew. Well done. In my work as a priest, gard egan, i have occasion to hear certain things. I know it was conns fault. Its not that, ambrose. A penitent who shall be nameless, has found a stash of goods which are secreted in these workings. Where . In there beyond the hole. Youll need a torch. I gave mine to donal. This ones working. Thanks, liam. Thanks, father. Well done, lads. I think hes got a fracture of the fibula and a broken collar bone. He may have concussion as well. Youll be okay, son. Bingo thank you, conn oneill. I could make sergeant out of this. Ill kill you, liam. I hear you were brilliant. Ah, it was nothing. The shaft wasnt that deep but it was treacherous enough. Look, ive got sandwiches if youre hungry. The chicken, i left it in the oven. Ive gotta go, assumpta. Well, you can have some of mine, if you like . Ambrose i thought youd left with the others. Well done, pet. Dyou want a sandwich . No, thanks. Look what i found. Wow loads more of it inside. Wow. Hit my head though. Oh, did you . Maybe. Peter took it. No, ive got his keys. I could have sworn i left it here, you know. Uhoh. Timmy. Sweet suffering jesus. What am i gonna tell peter . Ah, brian. Forgot you were here. Is he all right . Yeah, hes fine. Youve gotta go home. No, i do not. You cant stay here. Ill be no trouble. A legd be good. Bit of stuffing. I basted the turkey. Its doing nicely. [ knock at door ] dont let imelda egan in under any circumstances. Ah, assumpta, weve burnt the turkey. [ siobhan ] to a frazzle. And we just brought these party hats and wondered if. Oh. Come in. Oh, would you look whos here. Hows the young fella . Hell be fine. Which is more than can be said for this. Well, thats good news. Listen, peter, theres something i need to tell you. Its a good job its too late for you, old friend. Dyou think assumpta would let us in . She might. Well walk. Its too close to use the car. Well. Thats what i needed to talk to you about, father. [ knock at door ] ah, would you look who it is. Its the priest and the priesttobe. Happy christmas. You all right . You look as if you just lost your best friend. Ask him. I just killed his car. The javelin . Fell over the cliff. Total writeoff. I loved that car. I think a stiff drinks allowed, eh . Niamhs bringing over her turkey as well so theres crackers and all sorts. Hold the door kevins sleeping so i thought i might. [ cheers and applause ] come in. Here, happy christmas. Happy christmas, assumpta. You kept your life as a climber fairly schtum, donal. Well, to tell you the truth, father, i didnt know what potholing was. I thought it was, like filling in holes in the road. Ah. But its like any job. Once you get started its easy enough. You know yourself. You have to keep your ear to the ground to pick up bargains like these. Now, these are dirt cheap. Fire damaged, but theyre just as good as ones 4 or 5 times the price. Here, go on, pull. Hard now. Go on. So, what happened to your party . Ah. It disappeared. A bit like your car. Oh, sorry. Ah, what the heck. Its christmas. So . See, when i found the cave it was like buried treasure. I wanted to pay you back for looking after me. And how did kevin fall . He chased me into the mine. You have to get round the hole to get to the treasure. I knew it was there. I shouted. But he couldnt see me in the dark. Im sorry now i ran away. But i was sure he was dead. Its cool. Hes not dead. [ cheers and applause ] i think what impressed me most, garda egan, is that you tracked down those goods while off duty. A good garda is never off duty, superintendent. Duly noted garda egan. Well, here we are. Oh, lord. Um. They must have been watching me putting it in the boot. [ chuckles ] what the heck. Its christmas. [ folk music playing ] ho, ho, ho, ho. Merry christmas happy christmas. Hungry . Merry christmas, assumpta. Merry christmas, mr. Quigley. Happy . Im as happy as a turkey on boxing day. Captions by midwest captioning des moines, iowa the inspiration for britains most famous seaside landmark came from the great paris exhibition of 1889 when the mayor of blackpool decided that mr. Eiffel had had really a rather good idea. So welcome to a second helping of the roadshow from blackpool tower. 2,500 tons of steel, five million bricks, and a cost in todays money of £21 million. Thats what it took to build the blackpool tower back in 1894. It was considered to be the greatest single piece of British Engineering at the time. And just in case of disaster the manchester architects of tuke and maxwell thoughtfully designed it to topple into the irish sea. It does get windy. The plan was to build towers as tourists attractions up and down the country. It failed in places like morecambe and the isle of man, making blackpool tower all the more desirable. When the public were first admitted to this victorian entertainment complex, the riffraff were kept at bay by a small but significant charge of six pence for the privilege. And what was on offer besides a trip up the tower . Tea dances to tunes from the mighty wurlitzer organ. But there were rules. Gentlemen may not dance unless with a lady. Disorderly conduct means immediate expulsion. And on sundays please remain seated. Theres no dancing allowed. Our palatial venue for the day hosted many a fine tea dance and artistes so today were hoping for a few more neat steps and performances from our specialists. Lets see what they have to offer. Have you said your prayers . Sorry . Have you said your prayers . Why . What do you mean . Because you brought a prayer machine. Oh, right. Okay. This is for saying prayers. Its an incense burner and youll find that throughout the world all religious communities at some stage burn incense and the incense goes up to heaven. And thats the idea of this thing. Really . Okay. Its called a koro which is the japanese term for an incense burner, so that clarifies where its from, but how did it get from japan to here . My nan had a friend that was who worked out in malaysia. He was a banker out there, and he gave her this piece. I think its from about the 1950s. I remember when i was growing up she was keeping hold of it just as knack. Were they buddhists . No. No, i dont think so. So its never been used . I dont think so. In your house. Not as far as i know, no. Well, what you do is you take the lid off, and its a pretty chunky old lid. Lets just move that off. My goodness, its heavy. And you put the incense inside here, and the incense is an offering. But by putting this on the incense has to escape through the vent holes here. The vent is cast with this extraordinary frieze. Now, to western eyes they look like swastikas. Well, they are swastikas. Theyre buddhistic swastikas. The swastika in oriental art means the heart of buddha. So by allowing your prayers to waft through this symbol, youre getting into the heart of buddha. And on top, hes called a karashishi and he is a guardian a buddhistic guardian dog. And you can see hes looking quite friendly, really. Hes playing with this lovely brocade ball, which spins around. But its a wonderful piece of workmanship. And it would be easy to overlook something that is really quite subtle. This bronze, smooth bronze, actually contains this beautiful design and then in the center here do you know what that is . No idea. No. Well, its a badge. We would call it a crest. Its armorial. It is actually the crest of the tokugawa clan so the ruling clan of the 19th century. This piece was made probably at about the same time as this ballroom. Japanese works of art were finding their way into europe in huge quantities at that time. There was enormous interest in european things japanese. In fact, if you look up at the ceiling youll see one japanese character. I spotted him just before. Hes come straight down from the cadre. But there was this interest in japanese works of art which brought these things to europe. I guess this was made almost certainly in kyoto where ive actually seen them. Still, even to this day they do this inlay work. By hand. By hand . Tapping in. So its a jolly nice object. So back to saying prayers. How much do you think it might fetch . Ive got no idea. No idea. Its very difficult to say, actually because this market goes up and down up and down, and with financial uncertainty, and with japan being in quite a bad state i reckon that today this is probably worth somewhere in the region, lets say, between £3,000 and 4,000. Really . Oh, my word. Ill get a holiday booked. So get the logistics. Thats fantastic. Thank you very much. I cant tell you a lot about them. They actually belong to my motherinlaw. When i first looked at them, i didnt even realize they were mosaics. So it was only because somebody had a magnifying glass that we were realized they were the mosaics that she kept referring to. And there are one or two that are quite pretty, but i have to say that this one in particular you hate it . I dont like it. I dont like it at all. You would never wear it . No. Absolutely not. No . What exactly do you dislike about this . Its so glittery. It is glittery isnt it . Very glittery and shiny and sparkly, and i dont really like sparkly. No, no. I suppose it is very sparkly. Its sparkly for a reason, actually because there are little copper filings that are imprisoned in a glass background. But theyve come an enormously long way to your motherinlaw, in the main from italy. And theyre the grandest tourist objects that you could ever think of. They are souvenirs. If you came to blackpool you might take away a little, you know paste brooch with the tower on it. If you went to rome or to florence youd come back with a micro mosaic. Because everywhere you went on the grand tour youd be shown miraculous mosaics in the ceilings of santa maria majiore in rome or perhaps in pompeii. I dont know what else. And you wanted a bit of that to bring back to smokey, smoggy old london. And as a souvenir, a very grand souvenir, mounted often in gold. Well, the miracle of these objects is that theyre not made of stone but theyre actually made of glass, and glass is an extraordinary material. When its viscous, you can stretch it and stretch it and stretch it rather like sort of toffee or Something Like that and then snap it and make tiny, tiny little tesserae, which are a reference to hard stone mosaics, but actually in this case theyre made of glass. It may have helped them to achieve this dazzling effect because they could choose the colors, and they could get the grading of the size correct to the subject matter. But they could also heat the tiny tesserae in a furnace and to a sort of viscosity, i think is the right word. Thats a good word that, isnt it . Viscosity. And then they fused together. When they cool, they sor