14. Conversation ♫

Presenter: … and welcome back to this week’s Celebrity House Challenge! Now this is the moment you have all been waiting for, as once again we go with Tina for a look inside a celebrity’s house.

Tina: Thank you, David. And welcome to all you viewers out there. Well, here I am in one of the most luxurious homes I have ever been in, and just look at this wonderful lounge. In the middle is a superb leather sofa that can seat no less than six people, and in front there is this marvelous coffee table, made of wood with a glass top. The book on the coffee table is an atlas of the world, so perhaps that’s one due to the identity of our mystery famous person. It seems they are adventurous and enjoy travel. On the wall behind the sofa is a great painting, a fine example of modern art… this person is clearly very cultured and has excellent taste. And opposite the sofa is the television, and what a television it is; a huge state-of-the-art wide screen TV and there are so many videos and DVDs here, so this person must surely be a movie fan. The floor is polished wood, which gives the whole room an elegant feel. Near the door to the kitchen, there are some children’s toys on the floor, so this person must have a family. Well, what else can I say here? Oh, there are some beautiful flowers in the window – they add a feminine touch to the room, and together with the ladies’ handbag here on the sofa you might think this person is a woman. Oh, yes, and one more thing – behind the sofa against the wall there is a very modern desk, with a computer and lots of work-like things, so this person probably needs to use a computer for their work, and they may even work from home… so, David, who lives in a house like this? It’s back to you in the studio…

15. King Henry IV (Act III, Scene I) ♫

OWEN GLENDOWER: Sit, cousin Percy; sit, good cousin Hotspur, For by that name as oft as Lancaster Doth speak of you, his cheek looks pale and with A rising sigh he wisheth you in heaven.

HOTSPUR: And you in hell, as oft as he hears Owen Glendower spoke of.

OWEN GLENDOWER: I cannot blame him: at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shaked like a coward.

HOTSPUR:  Why, so it would have done at the same season, if your mother’s cat had but kittened, though yourself had never been born.

GLENDOWER:  I say the earth did shake when I was born.

HOTSPUR:  And I say the earth was not of my mind, If you suppose as fearing you it shook.

OWEN GLENDOWER:  The heavens were all on fire, the earth did tremble.

HOTSPUR: O, then the earth shook to see the heavens on fire, And not in fear of your nativity.

16. A Date for the Theatre ♫

Mike: Hello, Jack. Why the rush? Where are you going?

Jack: Hello, Mike. I’m on my way to meet Joyce at the station. We’re having dinner at a Chinese restaurant and then we’re off to the theatre.

Mike: Do you often go to the theatre?

Jack: Yes, Joyce and I usually go at least once a fortnight; sometimes more. Do you ever go?

Mike: Yes, but I don’t often find time these days. There are so many other things to do.

Jack: True, true.

Mike: Listen, perhaps Janet and I can arrange to meet you and Joyce one Saturday evening. We can have dinner together and go on to a theatre.

Jack: That’s a good idea.

Look, I forget the name of the play, but there’s a good comedy on at the Theatre Royal next week. If you like, I can book four seats for next Saturday.

Mike: All right. I’m meeting Janet later this evening so I can make sure that she’s free next Saturday. I’ll ring you tomorrow to confirm if we are coming.

Jack: Fine. I must fly now. It’s six o’clock already and Joyce’s bus arrives at ten past. She hates waiting around and I don’t want to spoil everything by upsetting her before we start our evening.

Mike: I’ll phone you tomorrow then. Give my regards to Joyce. Have a good evening.