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* EdibleAmmunition: An episode had the host interviewing a puppet Royal Army catering unit. Their equipment included a tank full of "bangs"- sausages - which were instantly flash-cooked and fired out of its main gun, and an anti-aircraft-artillery piece which had been adapted with an integral cooker to cook rissoles and fire them up to descending paratroopers.

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* EdibleAmmunition: An episode had the host interviewing a puppet Royal Army catering unit. Their equipment included a tank full of "bangs"- "bangs" -- sausages - -- which were instantly flash-cooked and fired out of its main gun, and an anti-aircraft-artillery piece which had been adapted with an integral cooker to cook rissoles and fire them up to descending paratroopers.



* TalkingToHimself: All of the Potties' voices are by Bentine.
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* MonumentalTheft: One episode had someone stealing Nelson's Column, the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. It turned out he had only removed them so he could have them cleaned as gifts to the respective governments.

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* MonumentalTheft: One episode had someone stealing Nelson's Column, the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty.Art/StatueOfLiberty. It turned out he had only removed them so he could have them cleaned as gifts to the respective governments.
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''Michael Bentine's Potty Time'' was a long-running British children's show, starring Creator/MichaelBentine, directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets (called "Potties"), comically re-enacting famous historical situations. There were two or three 2-foot tall Potties and about six 1-foot tall ones, with numerous costume changes.

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''Michael Bentine's Potty Time'' was a long-running British children's show, starring Creator/MichaelBentine, directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets (called "Potties"), comically re-enacting famous historical situations. There were two or three 2-foot tall Potties and about six 1-foot tall ones, with numerous costume changes. Bentine appeared as himself, introducing two stories in each half-hour episode and often arguing with the Potty characters over some of the more implausible incidents.
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* TrainJob: One episode retold the story of a train robbery during the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar.

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* TrainJob: One episode retold the story of a train robbery during the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar.UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar (the same incident, incidentally, that inspired Creator/BusterKeaton's 1926 film Film/TheGeneral).
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* EdibleAmmunition: An episode had the host interviewing a puppet Royal Army catering unit. Their equipment included a tank full of "bangs"- sausages - which were instantly flash-cooked and fired out of its main gun, and an anti-aircraft-artillery piece which had been adapted with an integral cooker to cook rissoles and fire them up to descending paratroopers.
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* MonumentalTheft: One episode had someone stealing Nelson's Column, the Effiel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. It turned out he had only removed them so he could have them cleaned as gifts to the respective governments.

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* MonumentalTheft: One episode had someone stealing Nelson's Column, the Effiel Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. It turned out he had only removed them so he could have them cleaned as gifts to the respective governments.
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* StolenGoodReturnedBetter: A thief steals Nelson's Column, the Effiel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. It turns out the thief was actually having them cleaned as a gift to the governments of the United Kingdom, France and the USA and returned them in 'as-new' condition.

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* StolenGoodReturnedBetter: A thief steals Nelson's Column, the Effiel Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. It turns out the thief was actually having them cleaned as a gift to the governments of the United Kingdom, France and the USA and returned them in 'as-new' condition.
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''Michael Bentine's Potty Time'' was a long-running British children's show, starring MichaelBentine, directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets (called "Potties"), comically re-enacting famous historical situations. There were two or three 2-foot tall Potties and about six 1-foot tall ones, with numerous costume changes.

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''Michael Bentine's Potty Time'' was a long-running British children's show, starring MichaelBentine, Creator/MichaelBentine, directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets (called "Potties"), comically re-enacting famous historical situations. There were two or three 2-foot tall Potties and about six 1-foot tall ones, with numerous costume changes.
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* StolenGoodReturnedBetter

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* StolenGoodReturnedBetterStolenGoodReturnedBetter: A thief steals Nelson's Column, the Effiel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. It turns out the thief was actually having them cleaned as a gift to the governments of the United Kingdom, France and the USA and returned them in 'as-new' condition.
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* MonumentalTheft

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* MonumentalTheftMonumentalTheft: One episode had someone stealing Nelson's Column, the Effiel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. It turned out he had only removed them so he could have them cleaned as gifts to the respective governments.
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* TrainJob: One episode retold the story of a train robbery during the AmericanCivilWar.

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* TrainJob: One episode retold the story of a train robbery during the AmericanCivilWar.UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar.

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* GreatEscape: "The Great Potty Escape"

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* GreatEscape: "The Great Potty Escape"Escape".



* POWCamp: "The Great Potty Escape"

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* POWCamp: "The Great Potty Escape"Escape".


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* TalkingToHimself: All of the Potties' voices are by Bentine.

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''Michael Bentine's Potty Time'' was a long-running British children's show, starring MichaelBentine, directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets (called "Potties"), comically re-enacting famous historical situations.

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''Michael Bentine's Potty Time'' was a long-running British children's show, starring MichaelBentine, directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets (called "Potties"), comically re-enacting famous historical situations. There were two or three 2-foot tall Potties and about six 1-foot tall ones, with numerous costume changes.


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* StudioAudience: In later series.
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* POWCamp: "The Great Potty Escape"
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''Michael Bentine's Potty Time'' was a long-running British children's show, starring Michael Bentine, directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets (called "Potties"), comically re-enacting famous historical situations.

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''Michael Bentine's Potty Time'' was a long-running British children's show, starring Michael Bentine, MichaelBentine, directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets (called "Potties"), comically re-enacting famous historical situations.
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* GreatEscape: "The Great Potty Escape"
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* TrainJob: One episode retold the story of a train robbery during the AmericanCivilWar.
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* TheSandiegoMonumentalTheft

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