Big Train

- Season 2

(2002)

Meet the Spanish flamenco dancers with a speciality in defusing car bombs, some tortoises that speak fluent French and a man who discovers his rival in love is far from human.

One man's passion for potatoes leads to trouble, the world premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's The Working Class is the stuff nightmares are made of and the pros and cons of being blessed with huge hands are weighed up in a variety of scenarios.

Beefeaters explain why they feel forced to riot in protest at their constant persecution, a boxing toddler is being put under pressure by her parents to throw her next prize fight and Den Davies, Britain's second most famous rostrum cameraman, shows what can happen when career demands become too much.

The Beefeaters return on a recruitment drive, the hazards of employing a man on strings are uncovered and we meet Dominic Flasks, a zoo keeper with a preference for sea lions.

The advantages of wearing armour are brought home for a group of knights in a battle who discover that whilst Hawaiian shirts may seem cool, they're not much of a defence against the average blade. And afer finding their second Messiah in two days, the Church of Science and Knowledge looks at making its questionnaire just that little bit harder.

Even if your legs are about to be cut off thanks to a bloody battle, there's still time to celebrate your surgeon's birthday - whisky or no whisky. Lessons can also be learnt from the public information film that questions whether making a ham sandwich can honestly be classed as nothing more than just a bit of fun, and from the over-confident office worker whose job really is his life.