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'Boys From The Bush' - Episode: 'Our Rellos'

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QPR Screen References: No.15 – ‘Boys From The Bush’ – Episode: ‘Our Rellos’

This classic series has never been released commercially and as far as I know it has never been
repeated by the BBC or anywhere else for that matter.

The main characters are the Toomer's, Reg and Doris, who emigrated from Shepherd's Bush over
20 years previously and I suppose Reg would be viewed as an archetypal Pom by the locals.

He runs ‘Melbourne Confidential’ with Dennis Tontine. Arlene is their Oz born daughter and also
in the household is Leslie, Reg’s young Chelsea supporting cousin who arrived in Melbourne after
getting divorced in England.

This episode is the fourth from the second series and was shown on the 2nd June 1992.

Reg arrives at his local branch of the ‘Returned and Services League’, a similar organisation to the
British Legion, for a committee meeting.

As he’s about to go in, the bar man hands him a letter – “Letter for you Reg, Pommie stamp.”
Reg looks at the postmark and with a smile on his face, he replies – “Better than that, London…W12.”

It’s an invite from the North Shepherd's Bush British Legion and they suggest that the visit should
be marked by a special trophy to be contested by their two respective Darts champions –
“Their champion and ours.”

Reg thinks it’s a foregone conclusion as he’s been the champion for the last five years.
He tells his long suffering missus, Doris, that it’s 24 years since he’s seen the ‘promised land’ –
“I’m going home Doris.”

The big day arrives and Reg is full of confidence. He’s wearing his hooped top with a large crest
and a metal QPR badge. When he’s introduced on stage he gives out a loud and defiant -
“Come On You R’s.”

Despite other members of the committee bringing in a very useful ‘wildcard’ player, Reg manages to
beat him in the final and amid the celebrating, he turns to his young cousin and tells him:
“Les, I’m going home – Come On You R’s.”

This is short lived as the committee point out to him that he’s not a nationalised Australian and
therefore doesn’t qualify. Meanwhile Doris thinks about entering a Cornflakes competition to win a
trip to England so that she can be present at her mum’s wedding in West London
(which happens to be to Reg’s step-father and which Reg strongly disapproves of).

The final scene shows Reg and Doris at home in bed and she tells him that she’s sent in for that
competition but Reg is still smarting about not going to Shepherds Bush –
” Naturalisation, they can stick it, bloody Melbourne.”
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Re: 'Boys From The Bush' - Episode: 'Our Rellos'

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Odd that it was never released on video
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