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Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria

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Oct 21, 2026

Tyler AdamsHOST
40:51
After Granville escapes from a wag in a sports car, he rams his bike up the backside of an inspirational toilet roll salesman and Arkwright is obliged to buy two dozen rolls.
Tyler AdamsHOST
41:05
Later, Mavis hears Granville's rather disembodied voice coming from the cellar beneath the shop and Arkwright, spotting an opportunity, claims it belongs to the spirit of a Victorian shopkeeper.
Tyler AdamsHOST
41:15
Prompting Granville to play along, they encourage her to buy fig biscuits and inspirational toilet rolls on the strength of the spirit's recommendations.
Chris DiamondHOST
41:23
Inspirational toilet roll.

27 MINS LATER

Chris DiamondHOST
68:12
Hello,
Tyler AdamsHOST
68:12
Mavis.
Tyler AdamsHOST
68:13
She does believe Arkwright when he says that it's Sir Jasper, the ghost of a Victorian shopkeep.
Tyler AdamsHOST
68:20
It's clever but mean, and it results...
Jeremy FisherHOST
16:09
I think that was in May.
Jeremy FisherHOST
16:11
And then we did the second cruise on Cunard, Queen Victoria.
Gillyanne KayesHOST
16:14
Also to Norway.
Jeremy FisherHOST
16:15
Also to Norway.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
30:19
That was actually a real thing.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
30:21
British medical journals had written about deaths from arsenic wallpaper, and Queen Victoria reportedly had the green paper stripped out of the royal houses because of it.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
30:30
After that, Foster went after the chemist.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
30:33
That's the British word for a pharmacist.
JeremyHOST
35:16
These include the Oosterdam, Noordam, Westerdam, and Zuiderdam.
JeremyHOST
35:21
Plans changed, however, and it was reassigned to Cunard Line, where it was meant to debut as Queen Victoria.
JeremyHOST
35:29
Before launch, the vessel was reassigned once again, this time to P&O Cruises, which has operated Arcadia since 2005.
JeremyHOST
35:39
This transfer will finally bring the vessel into service with Holland America Line nearly three decades after it was originally ordered for the cruise line.
JeremyHOST
38:12
The 3,000-guest ship will remain with Cunard Line through its 28, 29 world voyage, beginning in January '29.
JeremyHOST
38:20
Afterward, it will ungo- undergo an extensive re-imagining and be renamed, entering P&O Cruises services, service in May of 2029.
JeremyHOST
38:31
After this move, Cunard will be left with a three-ship fleet, including Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria, and Queen Elizabeth.
JeremyHOST
38:39
Carnival UK, P&O Cruises, and Cunard president Paul Lu- Ludlow says this collection of the ships-
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
10:52
People were doubting she would actually float.
Rob BellNARRATOR
10:56
30,000 spectators lined the banks of the harbour, and the SS Great Britain even got the Royal Seal of Approval from Queen Victoria's husband.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
11:06
Prince Albert came down from London to Bristol on the Great Western Railway, so he was able to get on board Brunel's train to come and see Brunel's ship being launched.
Rob BellNARRATOR
11:15
In traditional fashion, a bottle of champagne was to be smashed against the hull of the ship for luck.
Anthony DavisHOST
5:28
it doesn't feel like Cunard to me on board because it is quite busy.
Anthony DavisHOST
5:33
And the joy of Cunard, even on the Vista ships, on Elizabeth and Victoria, it still never gets that busy.
Anthony DavisHOST
5:41
And that is really something to be celebrated.
Chris FrameHOST
5:44
Exactly.
Chris FrameHOST
5:53
Arcadia is a really interesting ship because she was originally ordered for Holland America.
Chris FrameHOST
5:58
Then she was transferred to Cunard before the ship was even laid down.
Chris FrameHOST
6:02
She was laid down as Queen Victoria.
Anthony DavisHOST
6:04
That's right.
Claire SiskGUEST
50:12
So we need to refer you.
Claire SiskGUEST
50:13
And I think I want to say the hospital was like Queen Victoria and Hayward's Heath.
Claire SiskGUEST
50:17
It was something like that.
Claire SiskGUEST
50:19
And I didn't have to wait long.
BradleyGUEST
43:42
Again, in the grills.
BradleyGUEST
43:43
And then in May, we're on Queen Victoria.
BradleyGUEST
43:45
So we're doing the four queens all within four or five months of each other.
BradleyGUEST
43:49
But for the next couple of months, it's all Cuenard.

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