Horrible Histories (TV Series)

Episode #3.4 (2011)

Simon Farnaby: Various

Quotes 

• Andrea : [Bagpipe music playing in the background]  Well, today's programme features a number of traditional Highland Games pursuits. There's the running race, the lifting a heavy stone competition and throwing a hammer. Preferably in the direction of the bagpipe player.

  [a whooshing sound, followed by a cry of pain and the bagpipe music stops] 

  Andrea : Oops. Feel a bit bad about... saying that now. Anyhoo, there's one particular event that caught my attention, and I have the winner here with me now. Jamie, congratulations.

  Jamie : Thanks, Andrea!

  Andrea : So, you won the bizarrely named 'Twisting the cow' competition. Can you tell us exactly what that involves?

  Jamie : Well, Andrea. It involves twisting the four legs off a cow.

  [Holds up one of the legs] 

  Andrea : A... a *dead* cow?

  Jamie : Aye, a *dead* cow - we're not animals!

  [Takes a bite out of the leg] 

  Andrea : And can you tell us exactly how you made it through to today's final?

  Jamie : Well, I put in a lot of hard work, but I mostly did it on the *hoof*.

  [Points to the hoof of the leg and laughs] 

  Jamie : On the *hoof*!

  [laughs] 

  Andrea : I imagine twisting the leg off a cow is pretty difficult. Do you get many injuries?

  Jamie : Well, I did tear a calf muscle during my warm up. But I've never been injured myself!

  [laughs and points to the leg]