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Nah, not it. It's a ruddy goose come over with a message from Churchill, asking how we like the bathing over here.

8 seconds sound clip from the The Snow Goose (1954) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:20:36 in the radio play.

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[...]

- Princess! Oh, princess, watch over him. Watch over him.

- Hey, you all right, mate?

- Fine.

- Hey, look at that one. A ruddy great bird flying into all that muck and stink. Look at it.

- What is it? A swan or something?

- No, it's a ruddy goose. Here, look at it, circling round like it was a dive bomber.

- I'll tell you what we're done for. It's the angel of death had to pick us up.

- Nah, not it. It's a ruddy goose come over with a message from Churchill, asking how we like the bathing over here.

- Yeah, it's a good omen, that's what it is. We'll get out of here yet, mate. You mark my words.

- We won't get out unless some perisher comes and picks us all up, and that's the honest truth.

- Here, here comes a chap that's going to take us there. Look, that little sailing boat coming round through the smoke there.

- Oh, look at him, sailing along as cool as you please, like a blooming toff out for a pleasure spin on a Sunday afternoon at Henley.

- Blimy, look at the bullets whipping the water up all round him.

- I hope he makes it. That's where they sunk the Ramsgate motorboat this morning.

[...]

The Snow Goose (1954) Sound Clip

Laurence Olivier 1970s portraitListen to Laurence Olivier bring the characters of Paul Gallico's story 'The Snow Goose' to life in this rare 1954 Theatre Royal radio play, featuring sound clips on our page.

Actors: Laurence Olivier (Narrator / Philip Rhayader)

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