A Book At Bedtime - Redgauntlet is a sketch that appears in "A Book at Bedtime," the thirty-eighth episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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On the show A Book at Bedtime, the presenter, Jeremy Toogood (Michael Palin) will be reading 'Redgauntlet' by Sir Walter Scott. He reads at the standard of a young child, sounding out words and pointing along as he reads. Another presenter (John Cleese) appears and takes the book, reading it more fluently at first, but stumbles at 'crimson streaked-sky'. Annoyed, a different presenter (Eric Idle) takes the book from him, and carries on reading, but all three have trouble reading 'Cairngorm'. As they progress, more of the crew joins to help them pronounce the hard words. It cuts abruptly.