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Look around you.

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Look around you.

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Just look around you.

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Have you worked out
what we're looking for?

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Correct. The answer is...

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This programme, "Ghosts",

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is discussed in chapter 15
of your textbook,

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which accompanies this series.

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Please ensure you have
your copybook at hand,

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as you'll be asked to take down
notes from the screen

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at various points
throughout the programme.

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Ghosts.

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You may know them
as ghouls or phantoms,

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or demons, or spirits,
or spirims, or spictrims.

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From the sightings of the
headless spirit of King Henry VIII

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to the poltergeist activity
of the ghost of Sir Ian Whitaker,

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former General Secretary
of the TGWU,

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ghosts are all around us.

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But there's no need
to be scared of ghosts.

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- (SCREAMS)
- It's a very childish attitude,

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as the majority of them
are quite harmless.

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This spirit is helping a girl
with her homework,

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while this one is mending
its master's caravan.

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Most of us are interested
in the spirit world,

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and if we're not reading about it
in popular magazines,

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we're paying a visit
to our local medium.

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They usually have
something interesting to say.

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Are you still making that lovely
onion soup for yourself, dear?

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An experiment was carried out

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to produce
a visualisation of a spirit.

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In order to visualise, we'll
be using this piece of equipment,

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a Gloriette 80 Materialiser,

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a complex arrangement
of diodes, marbles and valves

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which enables us to make
visual contact with the dead.

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The machine is turned on,

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and then primed
by inserting the crucifix.

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(WHIRRING)

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A candle is placed
on a map of Cornwall

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and the scientist
begins his incantation.

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Make sure you note it down.

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Emarf wodniw eht gnitsud
saw aniram.

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Emarf wodniw eht...

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There's our spirit.
He appears to be in some distress.

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Perhaps he's missing colleagues
or loved ones back at home.

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He may even be missing you.

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Do you know this man?

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(GROWLS)

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Now let's see what a ghost can do
under controlled conditions.

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Can a spirit pass through
a solid surface?

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Evidently, yes.

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Drink a glass of orange squash?

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Thirsty work. How about
trying on this hat for size?

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It fits!

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- (GLASS SMASHES)
- If the ghost misbehaves,

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we administer
a strong electric current.

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Note that down
in your copybook now.

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Not all ghosts
are of living things.

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This roll of sticky tape,
for instance, is a ghost.

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So is this van.

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Sometimes,
when a ghost materialises,

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it leaves behind a physical
residue, known as ectoplasm.

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It's perfectly safe to eat.

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In fact many people have likened
the taste to that of pigs' milk.

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One way in which ghosts
are different from man

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is that they can' t whistle.

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Try as they might, the most they
can muster is a rather feeble hiss.

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Perhaps it's because
their lips are transparent

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and their tongues are see-through.

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But despite our differences,

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man and ghost
can forge a successful partnership.

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Let's look at this phenomenon
more closely,

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as we step inside
the haunted laboratory.

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An experiment was carried out

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to demonstrate how man and ghost
can work together as a team.

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Let's see how the partnership works

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as together
they measure the effects

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of nitric acid upon calcium.

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Get ready
to write down your observations.

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First, a bottle of powdered calcium
is placed upon the work surface.

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Next, a small amount of calcium
is poured into the beaker.

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Only about 4,000 million biligrams,
or 4 grams.

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That's enough.

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Ghosts can be
a little unpredictable at times.

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The scientist fetches
a fresh beaker,

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and the experiment continues.

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Now for the nitric acid.

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Nitric acid is highly corrosive,

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so care must always be taken
when handling.

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- (GHOST) Hello!
- Using a pipette,

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the ghostly assistant
collects a few drops of the acid.

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Now the ghoul is instructed to
release the acid into the beaker.

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Come on.

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(SIZZLING)

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This is a naughty spirit.
That could have hurt.

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The scientist will need
to rinse the affected area

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with cold water immediately.

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(ALARM)

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(WHOOSHING AND GROANING)

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It seems that for this spirit,
teamwork is not on the agenda.

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The scientist has no choice
but to abandon the experiment.

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Note that down
in your copybook now.

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Over the course of this module,

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we've learnt a lot
about the nature,

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characteristics

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and behaviour of ghosts.

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So the next time you're playing
with your Ouija board,

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take a moment out to remember this.

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In the end, you too will die
and become a ghost.

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It may be in fifty years,
it may be tomorrow.

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It may even be...

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today.

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Now hand in your copybooks
to your teacher or head of class.

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In the next programme,
we will look at reggae.

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(REGGAE MUSIC)