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The New Emergency Services is a popular IT Crowd joke among fans of the series and appeared in the episode: Calamity Jen. The joke is that the emergency services have been updated and have changed there number from the UK 999 to 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3

Transcript

Announcer: "Has this ever happened to you?"

(Shows an old lady falling down from the top of the the stair, getting up and the falling down another flight of stairs to the ground floor.)

Announcer: "From today, dialling 999 won't get you the emergency services. And that's not the only thing that's changing. Nicer ambulances, faster response times and better-looking drivers mean they're not just "the" emergency services - they're "your" emergency services. So, remember the new number:

Announcer: [singing number]: 0118 999 881 999 119 725... 3

(repeats)

Old Women: Hello, I've had a bit of a tumble"

(Shows that Moss is sat there watching the advert)

Moss "Well that's easy to remember [singing number] 0118 999 881 999 119 725... 3 "



Other Appearances

From Hell: In the Series 3 episode 'From Hell' Douglas asks Moss to call 999 for him, but Moss informs him that there is a new number and begins singing it.
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