The Case of the Missing Aristocrat | Butcher or Baronet | 2

British Scandal

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Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Arthur Orton is inching towards victory. But when an untimely death forces him to prove his identity in court, the game steps up. Now he must convince the world he’s Sir Roger Tichborne, or face public humiliation—and a one-way ticket to pennilessness.

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0:00.0	Oh, Matt, you're here. Great. We can get started.
0:07.9	Well, I've got no idea who Matt is meant to be.
0:12.4	But it's great to be here, Alice.
0:14.0	And I want to pay tribute to the wonderful way in which you've presented this year.
0:19.6	I'm, of course, Boris Johnson,
0:21.2	former and potentially future prime minister of the UK.
0:25.3	Right.
0:26.5	Are you acting like Boris Johnson for any reason in particular?
0:29.7	Because this series is not about Boris Johnson.
0:31.8	Well, I am him.
0:33.8	And look, I'd want to, I wouldn't make up to UK.
0:36.2	Any suggestion to the, the, the, the, the, I want to, I wouldn't be absolutely that, you know, any suggestion to the, the alternative is a, is a slur, you know, an inverted pyramid of piffle.
0:46.4	So you want me to believe that you are Boris Johnson, even though it's Matt stood in front of me?
0:52.0	I've never heard so much, nonsense spoken.
0:55.5	I mean, not even in the house con.
0:57.5	Look, I am genuinely bullish.
0:58.6	I think you could verify that.
1:01.6	Very easy.
1:02.5	I take it as a great personal sight
1:04.7	that you don't accept the truth before your eyes.
1:08.4	Okay.
1:09.1	Initially, I thought you were doing sort of like a funny bit or something.
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