Nick Revell: BrokenDreamCatcher

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BBC

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4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

"This was meant to be a story about Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 but seems to have turned into one about when the Dalai Lama told me to eff off." Master storyteller and satirist, Nick Revell returns to BBC Radio 4 with a remarkably believable (no, really!) story about one man and his time traveling tea towel. We find out how Bonnie Prince Charlie became a cruise ship entertainer and meet celebrities from the past, present and future as the story wends its way from The Fox and Gynaecologist (Islington's last remaining traditional boozer) around the world, through time - and back to the pub. Hold on tight because it's a funny, fast-paced ride through Nick's imagination and out the other side with original music and sound design by contemporary composer, Paul Clark. Written and read by Nick Revell Music and sound design by Paul Clark Producer: Steve Doherty A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:04.8	Hello, I'm Nick Revel, and this is Broken Dream Catcher.
0:08.7	Tonight's story, the tale of the time-traveling tartan tea towel.
0:17.0	This was meant to be a story about Bonnie Prince Charlie
0:19.8	and the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, but it seems to have turned into one
0:24.8	about when the Dalai Lama told me to fuck off.
0:29.4	Bonnie Prince Charlie, you'd know him by sight,
0:31.8	he's the guy in the powdered wig on the shortbread tins.
0:35.5	Air to his family business, the House of Stuart,
0:38.1	which for 80 years or so had been not department stores or knitwear,
0:43.1	but being kings of Great Britain and Ireland.
0:47.6	Then, they got unpopular, as Royals often do,
0:51.1	got kicked out as Royals often don't and replaced by the House of Hanover.
0:56.9	The Stuart's moved to Rome, they're watched constantly by Hanoverian spies,
1:01.3	in case they ever hatch a plan to get the crown back.
1:04.8	Charlie, flamboyant, utterly charming on difficult terms with his father.
1:09.7	In his early 20s, driven by a narcissistic sense of destiny,
1:13.8	sneaks out of Rome, dodging the spies,
1:16.7	sails to Scotland to raise an army with the dream of restoring his father to the throne.
1:22.3	Yep, started a war to heal relations with his dad.
1:27.8	Always doomed, not enough support, weapons or money.
1:32.0	But when did reality ever stop a charismatic populist leader
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