duly noted garda egan. well, here we are. oh, lord. um...y must have been watching me putting it in the boot. [ chuckles ] what the heck. it's christmas. [ ♪ folk music playing ♪ ] ho, ho, ho, ho. merry christmas! happy christmas. hungry? merry christmas, assumpta. merry christmas, mr. quigley. happy? i'm as happy as a turkey on boxing day. captions by: midwest captioning des moines, iowa the inspiration for britain's 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 today's money of £21 million. that's 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

ambulance department, garda egan here. i need an ambulance to meet me on the johnstown road.woman giving birth beside me here in the car. yes, i do. as it happens, it's my wife. well, thanks, johnny. i'll pass that on... over. and hurry up... over. the lads in civil defence said congratulations. aaahhhh!!! oh, god. interesting times we live in. the miracle's over, the crowds are gone, and donal and liam are out of business. i wonder, was it corn oil or sunflower oil... on the statue? i don't know. gave donal and liam a tidy roasting anyway. it's all right, love. okay, okay, just take it easy. that was the worst one so far, ambrose. i know, love. remember just, just keep breathing. i am breathing. remember the classes. how would you know? you fainted at that bit. help me. i'm frightened. it'll be okay. i'm here. ah, the serenity of a good pub. what has you so happy? i've retired and my fortune is made. a fortune? thought you were fired. i was. but things turned out for the best. i'm supplying father clifford with a new car, well, newish. but what's best of all, i have just sep