Transcript 1066 Blind Date Who Will Be King? Welcome to 1066 Blind Date Here’s your host with the most A legend in his own.

1066 Blind Date
Who Will Be King?
Welcome to 1066 Blind Date
Here’s your host with the most
A legend in his own lunchtime
Its your jester for the evening
Cilly de Black
Intro
Cilly: Thanks, our Tostig, and
welcome to a very special
edition of 1066 Blind
Date.
As we’re all aware our
dear king, Edward the
Confessor, has died and
we’re all really cut up
about it.
Intro
Cilly: Still our Lord does move
in mysterious ways and
this gives us a great
opportunity to play a very
special edition of the
game.
Our contestants will be
playing for more than
just a maiden’s hand.
They will play for the
throne of England
Intro
Cilly: So, without further ado
Let’s bring
in the boys!
Contestants
Contestant
Number 1
Contestant
Number 2
Contestant
Number 3
Hello, Number 1
Cilly: What’s your name
and where do you
come from?
No.1: My Name’s Harald
and I’m from
Norway
Hello, Number 2
Cilly: What’s your name
and where do you
come from?
No.2: My Name’s William
and I’m from
Normandy
Hello, Number 3
Cilly: What’s your name
and where do you
come from?
No.3: My Name’s Harold
and I’m from
Wessex
Cilly: As this is such a special
game we’re letting you,
the studio audience,
decide who should win!
We gathered questions
from the audience and
Ethelred the none too
fresh, will ask them for
you.
Question Number 1
Ethelred :
Hello everyone, I
represent the
people of England
and I’ve got three
lovely questions for
you
Question 1
Who said that you
should become
King?
Question to Number 3
King Edward
promised that I would
be King just before he
died.
Edward would want
the crown to go to the
most powerful AngloSaxon in England.
Harold of Wessex
Question to Number 2
Edward actually
promised that I would
be King in 1051.
Even Harold from
Wessex promised
that I should be King.
Number 3 is a liar!
Choose me, not him!
William Of Normandy
Question to Number 1
No-one promised I
should be King. They
didn’t have the right!
As King of Norway I
should be King of
England, like my
ancestor King
Canute!
Harald Hardrada
Question Number 2
Ethelred : Question 2
and
Who are your
friends
allies?
Question to Number 1
I have an alliance with
the King of Scotland and
the support of Harold’s
brother Tosti.
As King of Norway I
would get a lot of support
from the Vikings who live
in the north.
Harald Hardrada
Question to Number 3
The Witan, a meeting
made up of all the
most powerful people
in England elected
me to be King.
Everyone who
matters in England is
my friend and ally.
Harold of Wessex
Question to Number 2
God and the Pope
are my allies and you
don’t get better than
that!
The Pope has given
me his banner to fight
against that liar
Harold.
William Of Normandy
Question Number 3
Ethelred : Question 3
land.
I’m worried
about my
Would you take
my land off me
if you
were to
become King?
Question to Number 2
You might get to keep
your land if you vote
for me and I don’t
have to fight.
If I have to fight for
the throne I’ll have to
pay my army with
your land!
William Of Normandy
Question to Number 1
My supporters have
plenty of land back in
Norway and
Denmark.
As long as you pay
me lots of lovely taxes
I will leave your land
alone.
Harald Hardrada
Question to Number 3
I’m the biggest
landowner in
England.
I don’t have to pay for
my army with taxes or
land.
My supporters
already own them!
Harold of Wessex
How fantastic was that!
Cilly: What a difficult choice!
Any one of our strapping
lads would make a fine
King of England.
We don’t expect you to
choose straight away.
Here’s our Tostig with a
round up of our
contestants.
Our Tostig – Will it be Number 1?
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Harald Hardrada
He’s the popular Viking
who just wants your
taxes.
He’s the true heir of
Canute and thinks
Edward was a fake.
His support comes from
the North and he’s not
afraid of a fight.
Our Tostig – Will it be Number 2?
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William Of Normandy
He’s the holy Norman
with support from the
Pope.
He’s says everyone’s
promised him the throne,
even Harold from
Wessex.
Look out, he might just
take your land if your not
careful!
Our Tostig – Will it be Number 3?
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Harold of Wessex
He’s the local boy
made good who is
popular throughout
England.
He says he is
Edward’s rightful heir.
However, can you
believe a word he
says?
How fantastic was that!
Cilly: Here’s the bit you do.
Complete the sheets on
your desk.
Remember, you need to
vote for the contestant
you want to be king.
You must give reasons
why you’ve voted for him
and reasons why you
haven’t voted for the
other contestants
How fantastic was that!
Cilly: You’ve got 5 minutes to
decide.
Your time
starts now!
Number 1
No-one promised I
should be King. They
didn’t have the right!
As King of Norway I
should be King of
England, like my
ancestor King
Canute!
Harald Hardrada
Number 1
I have an alliance with
the King of Scotland and
the support of Harold’s
brother Tosti.
As King of Norway I
would get a lot of support
from the Vikings who live
in the north.
Harald Hardrada
Number 1
My supporters have
plenty of land back in
Norway and
Denmark.
As long as you pay
me lots of lovely taxes
I will leave your land
alone.
Harald Hardrada
Our Tostig – Will it be Number 1?
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Harald Hardrada
He’s the popular Viking
who just wants your
taxes.
He’s the true heir of
Canute and thinks
Edward was a fake.
His support come in the
North and he’s not afraid
of a fight.
Number 2
Edward actually
promised that I would
be King in 1051.
Even Harold from
Wessex promised.
that I should be King
Number 3 is a liar!
Choose me, not him!
William Of Normandy
Number 2
God and the Pope
are my allies and you
don’t get better than
that!
The Pope has given
me his banner to fight
against that liar
Harold.
William Of Normandy
Number 2
You might get to keep
your land if you vote
for me and I don’t
have to fight.
If I have to fight for
the throne I’ll have to
pay my army with
your land!
William Of Normandy
Our Tostig – Will it be Number 2?
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William Of Normandy
He’s the holy Norman
with support from the
Pope.
He’s says everyone’s
promised him the throne,
even Harold from
Wessex.
Look out, he might just
take your land if your not
careful!
Number 3
King Edward
promised that I would
be King just before he
died.
Edward would want
the crown to go to the
most powerful AngloSaxon in England.
Harold of Wessex
Number 3
The Witan, a meeting
made up of all the
most powerful people
in England elected
me to be King.
Everyone who
matters in England is
my friend and ally.
Harold of Wessex
Number 3
I’m the biggest
landowner in
England.
I don’t have to pay for
my army with taxes or
land.
My supporters
already own them!
Harold of Wessex
Our Tostig – Will it be Number 3?
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Harold of Wessex
He’s the local boy
made good who is
popular throughout
England.
He says he is
Edward’s rightful heir.
However, can you
believe a word he
says?
How fantastic was that!
Cilly:
Time’s Up
Count up your
Votes!
The Winner
is………….
Copyright Mr. Young
Closing Titles
Cilly: Just remember the final
decision of 1066 Blind
Date is not legally
binding.
So I would stay
away from
Stamford Bridge
and Hastings!
Copyright Mr. Young
Your Task
Write a letter of complaint or
congratulations to the show.
This will depend on whether or
not your contestant won.
Use all the information on the
worksheet and the
information from the
presentation to make your
letter as powerful as possible