Horrible Histories (TV Series)
Episode #1.4 (2009)
Jim Howick: Various
Quotes
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Grim Reaper : Name?
Matthew Webb : Matthew Webb.
Grim Reaper : Mm. Year of death?
Matthew Webb : 1883.
Grim Reaper : Profession?
Matthew Webb : Professional swimmer.
Grim Reaper : I'll just put 'Unemployed'.
[Webb chuckles]
Grim Reaper : Method of death?
Matthew Webb : Well, I was the first man to swim the English Channel in 1875, and I became quite the Victorian celebrity, participating in exhibition swimming matches and floating in a tank of water for 128 hours. I even wrote a book. The Art of Swimming.
Grim Reaper : Hmm. So, method of death... water related, perchance?
Matthew Webb : Aha. Well, I thought I'd go one better than swimming the Channel, so I... I tried to swim across some rapids.
Grim Reaper : Mmm. And where were these rapids exactly?
Matthew Webb : Underneath Niagara Falls.
Grim Reaper : [Stifling laughter] Niagara Falls?
Matthew Webb : It wasn't pretty.
Grim Reaper : [laughing] I bet it wasn't! You plonker!