Ya gonna love this ..............

[Andy the Coastie]

MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY News Release (130/06) issued by The Government
News Network on 17 May 2006

PLEASE NOTE EMBARGO
Not for publication or broadcast before
0900 hours Friday 19 May 2006

One of the nation's favourite public information films - Joe and Petunia - has
been given a 21st century makeover. The animated characters first appeared
on our screens in 1968 urging people to dial Her Majesty's Coastguard on
999 for coastal emergencies.

The Central Office of Information (COI) has rescued the film from the archives
on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to commemorate COI's
60th anniversary.

The original film has been digitally re-mastered and its original features
have been updated to reflect society today. Petunia - still voiced by Wendy
Craig - is now listening to an iPod and reading a glossy gossip magazine.
Joe's knotted hanky has been swapped for a trendy check cap and he dials
999 from his mobile phone when they finally realise a man at sea needs help.

John Astbury, MCA's Chief Executive, said: "The original film was extremely
effective in raising awareness that HM Coastguard is a 999 emergency service.
This message is equally important today so we were delighted to work with
COI to re-launch the film with a modern twist."

The film recently scooped third place in a BBC online poll run in association
with The National Archives and COI.

Alan Bishop, COI's Chief Executive, said: "COI has been producing public
information films for 60 years and they have an enduring appeal. It's great
that we can celebrate this work by combining the past and present."

Wendy Craig, the actress who provided the voiceover for Petunia, comments:
"I hope people who saw the film first time around will have fun spotting
the changes."




I remember this the first time round

[Ding Dang Doo]

Andy,

do you SLEEP??????

[gibbon]

Originally Posted by Ding Dang Doo

Andy,

do you SLEEP??????

Well I doubt he could manage to sleep after getting the news ahead of official release.

Oh well it is gone 9AM here, and it is already in the public domain so I cant see any issue with it being here a bit sooner than later, just so that those people who are up all night waiting can go back to bed at ease.

Obviously if it was a serious issue Andy would have kept his gob shut in the first place rather than providing enough information to find the info via google

MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY News Release (130/06) issued by The Government
News Network on 17 May 2006

PLEASE NOTE EMBARGO
Not for publication or broadcast before
0900 hours Friday 19 May 2006

One of the nation's favourite public information films - Joe and Petunia - has
been given a 21st century makeover. The animated characters first appeared
on our screens in 1968 urging people to dial Her Majesty's Coastguard on
999 for coastal emergencies.

The Central Office of Information (COI) has rescued the film from the archives
on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to commemorate COI's
60th anniversary.

The original film has been digitally re-mastered and its original features
have been updated to reflect society today. Petunia - still voiced by Wendy
Craig - is now listening to an iPod and reading a glossy gossip magazine.
Joe's knotted hanky has been swapped for a trendy check cap and he dials
999 from his mobile phone when they finally realise a man at sea needs help.

John Astbury, MCA's Chief Executive, said: "The original film was extremely
effective in raising awareness that HM Coastguard is a 999 emergency service.
This message is equally important today so we were delighted to work with
COI to re-launch the film with a modern twist."

The film recently scooped third place in a BBC online poll run in association
with The National Archives and COI.

Alan Bishop, COI's Chief Executive, said: "COI has been producing public
information films for 60 years and they have an enduring appeal. It's great
that we can celebrate this work by combining the past and present."

Wendy Craig, the actress who provided the voiceover for Petunia, comments:
"I hope people who saw the film first time around will have fun spotting
the changes."

[Buoyant Babe]

'Ey up Petunia, there's a man jumpin' up and down over there.

It's all right Joe, it's just Andy the Commie...

[Devon Rob]

Is that the one where they stand on a cliff and wave back at the drowning man....I´d find it funny if it didn´t make me realise how old I am!

[Ding Dang Doo]

Scene: Sailor in small boat struggling against high waves and wind. Meanwhile a couple sit picnicking on a - strangely windless - clifftop, looking out to sea.

PETUNIA (eating ice cream): Oh it's ever so nice and peaceful up here, Joe. Nice view, too.

JOE: Aye, very nice Petunia. And look at that nice little boat. He's having a lot of fun out there in his nice little dinjy. That's what they call them, you know, sailing dinjies.

PETUNIA: Aren't they nice people at our hotel, Joe?

(Joe, looking through binoculars, sees sailor hanging on to his boom for dear life.)

JOE: Hey hey! Hello! Now he's splicing his main brace.

PETUNIA (focusing on ice cream): Though I don't think the man on table six is very nice.

JOE (still looking at sailor): Ey, do you think he's in trouble, Petunia?

PETUNIA: Ooh no, Joe, he's just enjoying himself on holiday.

(Sailor is thrown into sea, then waves frantically for help.)

JOE: Oh, he's decided to have a swim. Now he's going to climb back again. I expect that water's a bit cold, don't you? Oh, oh, he's changed his mind. Now he's waving to us. Coooeeee! I can't say I recognise him, though.

Cartoon
Ask for the coastguard

PETUNIA: Well he must know us. Maybe it's the gent on table number six?

JOE: No it's not him, he's much...Oh now he's shouting. LOVELY DAY, IS'NT IT?

SAILOR: HELP HELP! DIAL 999 AND ASK FOR THE COASTGUARD.

JOE: I can't hear a word he's saying, you know.

(Sailor's words appear in a speech bubble: in a postmodern joke, somehow Joe is able to read the speech bubble.)

JOE, reading: Dial 999... and... ask... for... the... coast...guard... Well I never!

(Joe runs to phone box and dials 999.)

VOICEOVER: If you see a boat you think may be in distress, dial 999 and ask for the coastguard.

[ScubaSue]

Thanks D3 - that's just heaved a whole load of memories up for me

[Andy the Coastie]

Originally Posted by ScubaSue

Thanks D3 - that's just heaved a whole load of memories up for me

YOUR OLD AS WELL , THEN

[Buoyant Babe]

Originally Posted by Andy the Commie

YOUR OLD AS WELL , THEN

Sadly, me too!

[Ding Dang Doo]

Originally Posted by Buoyant Babe

Sadly, me too!

eck hem...

me too.... (ish)