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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,793 --> 00:00:05,298 That's a hairdresser's car. You're talking out the place where the sun don't shine, Terry. 2 00:00:05,323 --> 00:00:07,768 You're 0nly paying for the name. Talk to me when you've driven one. 3 00:00:07,793 --> 00:00:09,328 Look up. I don't need to drive one. 4 00:00:09,353 --> 00:00:12,328 Look down. Three cylinder, 1.5? 5 00:00:12,353 --> 00:00:14,848 Yeah, but, Terry, you're not the target buyer. 6 00:00:14,873 --> 00:00:16,178 Nor are you, mate. 7 00:00:16,203 --> 00:00:18,568 Hey, watch where youtre looking, you. You told me to look there. 8 00:00:18,593 --> 00:00:19,818 Not like that I didntt. 9 00:00:19,843 --> 00:00:21,618 I should report you. What are you like? 10 00:00:21,643 --> 00:00:23,468 No, d-don't do that. I'm not like anything. 11 00:00:23,493 --> 00:00:25,208 Please don't report me, I'll get suspended. 12 00:00:25,233 --> 00:00:27,098 I tm only playing. 13 00:00:27,123 --> 00:00:28,968 You dontt need to worry about me. 14 00:00:28,993 --> 00:00:31,568 I tm more of an old -fashioned girl. 15 00:00:31,593 --> 00:00:33,269 SHE LAUGHS 16 00:00:33,294 --> 00:00:34,968 Your face! 17 00:00:34,993 --> 00:00:36,129 SHE CHUCKLES 18 00:00:36,154 --> 00:00:37,498 ALAN LAUGHS AWKWARDLY 19 00:00:37,523 --> 00:00:39,129 CHUCKLl NG CONTI NUES 20 00:00:42,913 --> 00:00:45,018 Yeah, get the Sport to spec it up, mate. 21 00:00:45,043 --> 00:00:48,188 Clear the floor! Titles in five, four... 22 00:00:48,213 --> 00:00:49,668 Is she new? 23 00:00:52,503 --> 00:00:55,738 This programme contains some strong language 24 00:01:10,923 --> 00:01:12,298 SCATTERED APPLAUSE 25 00:01:12,323 --> 00:01:17,178 Hello! And welcome to This Time with Alan Partridge... 26 00:01:17,203 --> 00:01:18,488 And jennie Gresham. 27 00:01:18,513 --> 00:01:22,468 And I couldn't begin without saying a huge thank you to everyone 28 00:01:22,493 --> 00:01:25,328 who sent kind wishes to Sam and me on 0ur engagement. 29 00:01:25,353 --> 00:01:26,818 So thoughtful. Thank you. 30 00:01:26,843 --> 00:01:30,578 Hey, we couldn't be, by the way, more thrilled for you. 31 00:01:30,603 --> 00:01:33,908 The whole team has been as giddy as school gir*. Aw, thank you. 32 00:01:33,933 --> 00:01:35,348 The St Trinian's types, 33 00:01:35,373 --> 00:01:37,259 not the modern 0nes who edit their own faces. 34 00:01:37,284 --> 00:01:40,618 And, to that end, I will now gift you this. 35 00:01:40,643 --> 00:01:43,058 It's a horse's shoe. 36 00:01:43,083 --> 00:01:46,418 Aw! Alan, that's lovely. To bring me g00d luck? 37 00:01:46,443 --> 00:01:49,928 It...it was actual* given to my mother in the '50s 38 00:01:49,953 --> 00:01:52,568 by an itinerant tinker or gypsy. 39 00:01:52,593 --> 00:01:57,658 Rumour has it that that is the shoe that was worn by the horse 40 00:01:57,683 --> 00:02:00,198 that trampled that suffragette. 41 00:02:00,223 --> 00:02:02,408 Trying to remember her name. 42 00:02:02,433 --> 00:02:05,178 Emily Davison. No, the horse! 43 00:02:05,203 --> 00:02:07,928 So, yes, that is a lucky horse shoe. 44 00:02:07,953 --> 00:02:12,488 It literal* and metaphorical* hoofed women into suffrage. 45 00:02:12,513 --> 00:02:16,098 Now, you may remember from last week jennie's uncompromising 46 00:02:16,123 --> 00:02:18,818 interview with Armed Forces Minister Patrick Hincliffe, 47 00:02:18,843 --> 00:02:22,738 over the failure to pay pensions to war heroes, 48 00:02:22,763 --> 00:02:26,498 some of whom helped recapture the Falklands for Margaret Thatcher. 49 00:02:26,523 --> 00:02:29,098 I've got to say, jennie, it was a stunning piece of journalism. 50 00:02:29,123 --> 00:02:30,928 Thank you. TV journalism. 51 00:02:30,953 --> 00:02:33,178 Wel* thank you. I'm not s0 sure the minister thought s0. 52 00:02:33,203 --> 00:02:36,708 You know, there will a*ays be those people who categorise a woman 53 00:02:36,733 --> 00:02:38,648 asking tough questions as nagging. 54 00:02:38,673 --> 00:02:40,688 You know what I say? Let 'em! 55 00:02:40,713 --> 00:02:42,978 Because, at the end of the day henpecking works. 56 00:02:43,003 --> 00:02:44,389 That's why hens do it. 57 00:02:44,414 --> 00:02:46,648 Now, just 48 hours later, 58 00:02:46,673 --> 00:02:49,338 the Government has announced a change of direction. 59 00:02:49,363 --> 00:02:51,618 Let's take a l00k. 60 00:02:51,643 --> 00:02:55,538 And wetre off air. 30 seconds on VT. 61 00:02:55,563 --> 00:02:58,458 I spoke to the... Oh, Jesus, Lynn! 62 00:02:58,483 --> 00:03:00,618 My God, you should work for Mossad. 63 00:03:00,643 --> 00:03:03,259 I think they dress up as 0ld women when they need to kill someone. 64 00:03:03,284 --> 00:03:05,628 The editor of TV Choice phoned about the front cover 65 00:03:05,653 --> 00:03:07,498 of you and Jennie dressed as cowboys. 66 00:03:07,523 --> 00:03:10,648 The one where she's lassoing me, yes. 67 00:03:10,673 --> 00:03:12,428 Yeah... 68 00:03:12,453 --> 00:03:15,218 Lynn, if bad news had a smel* you'd stink. 69 00:03:15,243 --> 00:03:16,888 They're not running it any more. 70 00:03:16,913 --> 00:03:19,139 They're doing a piece on her and Sam. 71 00:03:19,164 --> 00:03:21,108 You're not going to like the headline. 72 00:03:21,133 --> 00:03:22,858 They've dressed them in gold suits. 73 00:03:22,883 --> 00:03:24,648 "TV's new golden couple." 74 00:03:26,363 --> 00:03:28,938 They want to know if you'd like to give them a quote. 75 00:03:28,963 --> 00:03:30,218 Absolute* not. 76 00:03:30,243 --> 00:03:33,188 That's like asking Jesus to give judas a big Easter egg! 77 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:34,928 ALAN EXHALES 78 00:03:34,953 --> 00:03:37,978 What's the most efficacious, positive thing we can say? 79 00:03:38,003 --> 00:03:39,538 Hmm... 80 00:03:39,563 --> 00:03:43,898 How about, "A spokeswoman said, Mr Partridge supports this union." 81 00:03:43,923 --> 00:03:45,648 Perfect. just change it to "spokesman". 82 00:03:47,323 --> 00:03:52,498 Oh, Ruth, sorry again for the misunderstanding with your father. 83 00:03:52,523 --> 00:03:53,928 Water under the bridge. Yeah. 84 00:03:53,953 --> 00:03:56,218 It's just that I 'd just not seen him in the studio before 85 00:03:56,243 --> 00:03:59,928 and the reason I said, "I thought I told you to wait in the car," 86 00:03:59,953 --> 00:04:02,498 was because I mist00k him for my Uber driver. 87 00:04:02,523 --> 00:04:04,108 I don't know if you know but the picture 88 00:04:04,133 --> 00:04:05,928 they show on the app is quite small. 89 00:04:05,953 --> 00:04:08,108 To be honest, I quite enjoyed watching you squirm. 90 00:04:08,133 --> 00:04:10,648 Hi, Ruth. She never gives me a bloody inch, this one! 91 00:04:10,673 --> 00:04:13,108 Wetre going live in five, four... 92 00:04:15,093 --> 00:04:16,338 Welcome back! 93 00:04:16,363 --> 00:04:19,269 Now, as past of 0ur Crackdown On Crime season, 94 00:04:19,294 --> 00:04:21,348 today we're l00king at punishment. 95 00:04:21,373 --> 00:04:24,698 Yesterday we heard your views on the return of flogging. 96 00:04:24,723 --> 00:04:28,298 But today, is mass imprisonment still g00d policy? 97 00:04:28,323 --> 00:04:31,578 Ruth Duggan joins us to tell us about a very different approach. 98 00:04:31,603 --> 00:04:34,418 That's right, Jennie, because for the last 24 hours 99 00:04:34,443 --> 00:04:37,568 Alan has been wearing an electronic tag. 100 00:04:37,593 --> 00:04:40,858 Voluntarily, I should add. Yes, you should, if you don't mind! 101 00:04:40,883 --> 00:04:42,928 Sorry, I wouldn't want to cast you in a bad light. 102 00:04:42,953 --> 00:04:44,658 Yeah, don't do that, we'll get letters. 103 00:04:44,683 --> 00:04:46,938 Yeah, serious*. Some people just don't like it. 104 00:04:46,963 --> 00:04:49,378 So, Ruth, tell us about the tag. How does it work? 105 00:04:49,403 --> 00:04:52,738 So, tags allow probation services to monitor compliance 106 00:04:52,763 --> 00:04:54,498 with home detention curfews. 107 00:04:54,523 --> 00:04:57,058 Essential*, if you aren't home when you're meant to be, 108 00:04:57,083 --> 00:04:59,978 it raises the alarm. Not quite right. OK? 109 00:05:00,003 --> 00:05:02,178 The latest tags, like the one you wore, 110 00:05:02,203 --> 00:05:05,818 monitor all of the 0ffender's movements, 24í7, using GPS. 111 00:05:05,843 --> 00:05:07,908 Right, I see. I thought you told me... 112 00:05:07,933 --> 00:05:10,628 Allowing us to track all their movements in real time, 113 00:05:10,653 --> 00:05:13,178 or call up anywhere they've been over the last 24 hours. 114 00:05:13,203 --> 00:05:14,548 Wow. Right. 115 00:05:14,573 --> 00:05:18,418 Something civil liberties groups might well take issue with. Yes. 116 00:05:18,443 --> 00:05:21,648 So this is your movement map for the 24 hours that you wore it. Ooh. 117 00:05:21,673 --> 00:05:22,938 OK. 118 00:05:22,963 --> 00:05:25,708 And we can see that you made a few excursions during the day. 119 00:05:25,733 --> 00:05:28,938 Starting with a trip to a swimming p00* between 10 and 11am. 120 00:05:28,963 --> 00:05:30,818 Mm- hm. Put in a few lengths. 121 00:05:30,843 --> 00:05:33,568 Wel* we know from the p00l's website that it was water aerobics 122 00:05:33,593 --> 00:05:36,298 from 10 till 11. Yes. This week I did do that. 123 00:05:36,323 --> 00:05:39,858 Then there was a visit to Svenson Cosmetic Solutions. 124 00:05:39,883 --> 00:05:41,088 Is that a clinic? 125 00:05:43,563 --> 00:05:46,948 You were there for an hour just after 2pm. 126 00:05:46,973 --> 00:05:48,648 No idea. 127 00:05:48,673 --> 00:05:50,338 Wel* we know you were. 128 00:05:52,243 --> 00:05:54,368 No idea. But it was you who went there. 129 00:05:56,733 --> 00:05:58,188 You don't remember? 130 00:05:59,473 --> 00:06:01,778 Nothing. It was yesterday, Alan. 131 00:06:01,803 --> 00:06:03,938 That's something a probation 0fficer might flag. 132 00:06:03,963 --> 00:06:05,508 Hair clinic?! 133 00:06:05,533 --> 00:06:08,508 Likewise your next stop, a visit to a clothes shop. 134 00:06:08,533 --> 00:06:11,648 Ah, yes! McGovern's of Norwich. Gentleman's outfitters. 135 00:06:11,673 --> 00:06:14,698 They made me a pair of twill pleated notchback trousers 136 00:06:14,723 --> 00:06:16,218 for the G00dw00d Revival Festiva* 137 00:06:16,243 --> 00:06:18,508 which I needed to get fitted with an elastic waist. 138 00:06:18,533 --> 00:06:21,988 I'm afraid when it comes to my battle with my waistline, 139 00:06:22,013 --> 00:06:23,428 I'm waving the white flag. 140 00:06:23,453 --> 00:06:25,738 Not t00 se* conscious to admit that, you know, 141 00:06:25,763 --> 00:06:28,548 which proves I wasn't trying to conceal anything earlier. 142 00:06:28,573 --> 00:06:33,858 You went back and forth to the gents 0utfitters 16 times. That's correct. 143 00:06:33,883 --> 00:06:35,988 Which, again, a probation 0fficer would query, 144 00:06:36,013 --> 00:06:38,088 as it might imply illicit activity. 145 00:06:38,113 --> 00:06:41,098 Or even indicate mental health issues. Could do. 146 00:06:41,123 --> 00:06:44,058 I mean, I do ten sudokus a week. But, yeah, could do. 147 00:06:44,083 --> 00:06:46,648 Wel* you can see how it l00ks 0dd. Not real*. 148 00:06:46,673 --> 00:06:50,348 I went to town to drop my trousers off, then it started raining, 149 00:06:50,373 --> 00:06:52,978 s0 I ran home, then I remembered I 'd driven into town. 150 00:06:53,003 --> 00:06:55,098 So I ran back to the car park for my car, 151 00:06:55,123 --> 00:06:57,088 but realised I left my parking ticket at home, 152 00:06:57,113 --> 00:06:59,259 s0 I went back home to get my parking ticket, 153 00:06:59,284 --> 00:07:01,458 but couldn't get in because I left my house keys in the car. 154 00:07:01,483 --> 00:07:03,658 I walked back to the car, got the keys, walked back home, 155 00:07:03,683 --> 00:07:05,728 got the parking ticket, walked back to town for the car, 156 00:07:05,753 --> 00:07:07,168 and drove it back home. 157 00:07:07,193 --> 00:07:09,628 Then McGovern's called to say my trousers were ready. 158 00:07:09,653 --> 00:07:12,088 So I drove back int0 town, got the trousers but I realised 159 00:07:12,113 --> 00:07:15,009 I 'd left my wallet at home s0 I couldn't leave the car park again. 160 00:07:15,034 --> 00:07:17,498 Walked home, got my wallet, then walked back to get my car, 161 00:07:17,523 --> 00:07:19,808 but I 'd left the car keys at home, so then I walked back 162 00:07:19,833 --> 00:07:21,868 to the car and drove home. 163 00:07:21,893 --> 00:07:24,728 Then I realised McGovern had given me the wrong trousers, 164 00:07:24,753 --> 00:07:27,009 s0 I drove back to town, swapped them for the right ones, 165 00:07:27,034 --> 00:07:28,538 before walking home. 166 00:07:31,683 --> 00:07:33,658 That means you left your car... Forget the car! 167 00:07:33,683 --> 00:07:36,348 I'm not bothered about the car. I was in pain. My scalp was bleeding. 168 00:07:37,883 --> 00:07:41,418 Ruth Duggan, thank you very much. You're welcome. 169 00:07:41,443 --> 00:07:43,628 Here's what's coming up in the rest of the show. 170 00:07:44,683 --> 00:07:46,088 And wetre off. 171 00:07:48,294 --> 00:07:50,298 Howard. Howard. Howard! 172 00:07:50,323 --> 00:07:52,818 Sor... Sor-Sorry to bother you. 173 00:07:52,843 --> 00:07:55,149 I don't know what you think, but I'm slight* worried 174 00:07:55,174 --> 00:07:57,628 about jennie going on about this bloody engagement. 175 00:07:57,653 --> 00:07:59,628 Thrilled to bits for her. Obvious*. 176 00:07:59,653 --> 00:08:01,508 But I worry that for the viewer it trivialises 177 00:08:01,533 --> 00:08:03,538 the rest of the content, you know, drags it down a bit? 178 00:08:03,563 --> 00:08:05,019 Bit low- brow. 179 00:08:05,044 --> 00:08:07,058 It's a bit lTV, isn't it? 180 00:08:07,083 --> 00:08:08,978 Wel* it does play well. Yeah... 181 00:08:09,003 --> 00:08:11,698 I n Saudi Arabia, public beheadings play well in football stadiums, 182 00:08:11,723 --> 00:08:13,168 but you can't help thinking, 183 00:08:13,193 --> 00:08:15,149 "Is that the best use of a football stadium?" 184 00:08:15,174 --> 00:08:18,858 OK, I understand. But we do need to think about the human interest. 185 00:08:18,883 --> 00:08:20,458 Mmm. Hmm. Mm- hmm. 186 00:08:20,483 --> 00:08:21,948 Simon's just learned to swim, 187 00:08:21,973 --> 00:08:24,538 perhaps we should spend 20 minutes on that? 188 00:08:24,563 --> 00:08:26,668 All right, let's go. 189 00:08:26,693 --> 00:08:30,848 And wetre back in five, four... 190 00:08:30,873 --> 00:08:32,009 Welcome back! 191 00:08:32,034 --> 00:08:34,388 Now, Norman Stanley Fletcher, 192 00:08:34,413 --> 00:08:35,728 the Guildford Four ff. 193 00:08:35,753 --> 00:08:38,269 Slopping out, "Wh0's the daddy?" 194 00:08:38,294 --> 00:08:39,808 Mr Bridger, 195 00:08:39,833 --> 00:08:41,269 "You want some?" 196 00:08:41,294 --> 00:08:42,978 "Shut it, you nonce! " 197 00:08:43,003 --> 00:08:45,889 Ne*0n Mandela, Bobby Sands, 198 00:08:45,914 --> 00:08:48,258 Andy Cou*0n, the Wests. 199 00:08:48,283 --> 00:08:50,378 We all have 0ur favourite prisoner. 200 00:08:50,403 --> 00:08:52,658 But a new survey out this week asks 201 00:08:52,683 --> 00:08:55,428 whether 0ur prisons are doing more harm than g00d. 202 00:08:55,453 --> 00:08:59,149 We sent Alan int0 the heart of the criminal justice system. 203 00:09:01,393 --> 00:09:04,098 London, the year 2023, 204 00:09:04,123 --> 00:09:08,228 and leather-clad renegade Nero Costa is on the run. 205 00:09:08,253 --> 00:09:10,818 With the police now able to detect wrongdoing before it's happened 206 00:09:10,843 --> 00:09:14,708 by accessing 0ur brains over Wi- Fi for signs of thought crime, 207 00:09:14,733 --> 00:09:16,218 police are able to apprehend 208 00:09:16,243 --> 00:09:18,538 s0-called pre-crimina* without trial. 209 00:09:18,563 --> 00:09:22,258 My character, Ner0 Costa, is wanted for the murder of a politician 210 00:09:22,283 --> 00:09:24,528 he is yet to even meet. 211 00:09:25,763 --> 00:09:27,458 Viva la revolucion! 212 00:09:27,483 --> 00:09:28,988 Aha! 213 00:09:29,013 --> 00:09:31,698 GUNFl RE 214 00:09:31,723 --> 00:09:34,458 The stuff there of some dystopian sci-fi movie, 215 00:09:34,483 --> 00:09:37,019 current* seeking seed finance and a distributor. 216 00:09:37,044 --> 00:09:39,418 I n real life, though, with the thought police confined 217 00:09:39,443 --> 00:09:41,228 to the Guardian's comment pages, 218 00:09:41,253 --> 00:09:43,708 we re* on mass imprisonment to curb crime. 219 00:09:43,733 --> 00:09:45,668 But some criminal justice campaigners 220 00:09:45,693 --> 00:09:47,378 even take issue with that. 221 00:09:47,403 --> 00:09:51,458 Why? Wel* in '97' researchers at Stanford University 222 00:09:51,483 --> 00:09:54,098 conducted a prison experiment in which volunteers were given 223 00:09:54,123 --> 00:09:56,518 roles as inmates or guards. 224 00:09:56,543 --> 00:09:59,458 Within days, the guards had become sadistic and crue* 225 00:09:59,483 --> 00:10:01,438 the prisoners servile and weak - 226 00:10:01,463 --> 00:10:03,388 a power dynamic familiar to anyone 227 00:10:03,413 --> 00:10:05,738 wh0's stayed with their wife's parents at Christmas. 228 00:10:05,763 --> 00:10:07,988 I have personal experience of the kind of damage 229 00:10:08,013 --> 00:10:10,068 the Stanford Experiment can cause. 230 00:10:10,093 --> 00:10:13,098 I n 2004, I'm ashamed to say that I took part 231 00:10:13,123 --> 00:10:15,858 in a Channel 4 rehash named Loose Screws. 232 00:10:15,883 --> 00:10:18,058 If you ever want to see your kids again, 233 00:10:18,083 --> 00:10:19,899 you'd better start showing some respect. 234 00:10:19,924 --> 00:10:21,378 Right, wh0's next? 235 00:10:21,403 --> 00:10:22,738 The series was never broadcast. 236 00:10:22,763 --> 00:10:24,348 Where's Vernon? 237 00:10:24,373 --> 00:10:26,418 Academics pour scorn on 0ur prisons 238 00:10:26,443 --> 00:10:28,608 from the comfort of their leather big chairs. 239 00:10:28,633 --> 00:10:30,708 But how many have ever been in a prison? 240 00:10:30,733 --> 00:10:34,738 None! Whereas I've come to sample a bit of porridge first hand. 241 00:10:34,763 --> 00:10:36,508 Not the kind I have for breakfast. 242 00:10:36,533 --> 00:10:40,538 Organic 0ats, linseed, sliced nana, 243 00:10:40,563 --> 00:10:43,308 all washed out with piping hot coffee and my tablets. 244 00:10:43,333 --> 00:10:45,188 BUZZER But the... Hello? 245 00:10:45,213 --> 00:10:48,868 It's Alan Partridge, I've got permission. 246 00:10:48,893 --> 00:10:51,388 But the kind of porridge served at Her Majesty's pleasure. 247 00:10:51,413 --> 00:10:53,458 Where the 0n* piping hot coffee 248 00:10:53,483 --> 00:10:56,508 is the hot coffee thrown in your face by a troubled teenager 249 00:10:56,533 --> 00:10:58,178 with a rubbish dad. 250 00:10:58,203 --> 00:11:00,978 That's right - borstal. 251 00:11:03,003 --> 00:11:05,338 Tissue, item, semi-used. 252 00:11:05,363 --> 00:11:07,738 Access key insignia with leather toggle. 253 00:11:07,763 --> 00:11:11,098 Chicken shop wet wipes, five units. 254 00:11:11,123 --> 00:11:12,938 I didn't want to go to a men's prison, 255 00:11:12,963 --> 00:11:15,238 but seeing as the women's prison didn't get back to me, 256 00:11:15,263 --> 00:11:18,718 I would be incarcerated here, in a youth offenders institute. 257 00:11:18,743 --> 00:11:20,019 Loads of 'ps, for the homeless. 258 00:11:20,044 --> 00:11:21,428 And the gloves? 259 00:11:24,613 --> 00:11:26,618 Why? 260 00:11:26,643 --> 00:11:29,188 To kick 0ff, I spent what seemed like an hour 261 00:11:29,213 --> 00:11:31,149 with prison governor Maurice Pe*. 262 00:11:31,174 --> 00:11:32,878 It's about carrot and stick, isn't it? 263 00:11:32,903 --> 00:11:34,828 A*hough you can't hit people with a carrot. 264 00:11:34,853 --> 00:11:36,818 He said the boys nicknamed him Strangeways 265 00:11:36,843 --> 00:11:38,218 because he used to work there. 266 00:11:38,243 --> 00:11:39,868 But I'll let you be the judge. 267 00:11:39,893 --> 00:11:43,588 When these young lads walk through these d00rs and become inmates, 268 00:11:43,613 --> 00:11:46,978 I stand them where you are now and I say... What? 269 00:11:47,003 --> 00:11:48,258 "You blew it, kid." 270 00:11:48,283 --> 00:11:49,948 I say, " Forget what might have been." 271 00:11:49,973 --> 00:11:51,308 Three words, Alan. 272 00:11:51,333 --> 00:11:53,029 Three words that are banned in my 0ffice - 273 00:11:53,054 --> 00:11:55,338 shoulda, woulda, coulda. 274 00:11:55,363 --> 00:11:57,068 "Shoulda done this, shoulda done that." 275 00:11:57,093 --> 00:11:58,298 You didn't. 276 00:11:58,323 --> 00:11:59,738 "Coulda done this, coulda done that." 277 00:11:59,763 --> 00:12:00,978 You didn't. 278 00:12:01,003 --> 00:12:02,978 "Woulda done this, woulda done that. 279 00:12:03,003 --> 00:12:05,378 "You didn't." No, YOU didn't. 280 00:12:05,403 --> 00:12:06,899 I liked Maurice. 281 00:12:06,924 --> 00:12:09,228 His inspirational shtick could be a little preachy, 282 00:12:09,253 --> 00:12:12,029 honed by Sunday mornings spent as a Christian minister, 283 00:12:12,054 --> 00:12:14,258 but if he thinks we have a soul inside us, 284 00:12:14,283 --> 00:12:17,948 like some sort of h0* spleen, where's the harm in that? 285 00:12:17,973 --> 00:12:20,608 Because you know what the prize is? It's a future. 286 00:12:20,633 --> 00:12:23,178 What's the prize? The future? 287 00:12:23,203 --> 00:12:24,308 Wrong. No. 288 00:12:24,333 --> 00:12:26,458 Not TH E future - A future. 289 00:12:26,483 --> 00:12:28,029 There's a boy's eye. 290 00:12:28,054 --> 00:12:31,668 Because changing direction is a choice. 291 00:12:31,693 --> 00:12:34,438 But whose choice? Mine? 292 00:12:34,463 --> 00:12:37,378 It slow* dawned on me Maurice was asking questions he knew 293 00:12:37,403 --> 00:12:39,388 he and I both knew the answers to. 294 00:12:39,413 --> 00:12:40,878 Which fe* like cheating. 295 00:12:40,903 --> 00:12:43,468 Then again, a*hough a bit simplistic for the likes of me... 296 00:12:43,493 --> 00:12:45,258 Where is it? Behind you. 297 00:12:45,283 --> 00:12:47,338 ...it was perfect for daft lads. 298 00:12:47,363 --> 00:12:50,228 Governor Maurice has very kind* allowed me to spend a night 299 00:12:50,253 --> 00:12:54,228 at the facility, in a r00m current* closed for refurb. 300 00:12:54,253 --> 00:12:56,268 Right, well. Here it is. 301 00:12:56,293 --> 00:12:58,618 There's a l00, there. Modesty wall. 302 00:12:58,643 --> 00:13:00,748 Fee* like some sort of epoxy resin. 303 00:13:00,773 --> 00:13:02,748 It's a little pokey, 304 00:13:02,773 --> 00:13:05,098 not unlike my assistant's lounge. 305 00:13:05,123 --> 00:13:07,818 The lighting is terrible, no dimmer switches. 306 00:13:07,843 --> 00:13:10,149 Again, like my assistant's lounge. 307 00:13:10,174 --> 00:13:14,098 There's a few, uh, materia* for ablutions. 308 00:13:14,123 --> 00:13:16,298 T00thbrush, t00thpaste, bog rol* 309 00:13:16,323 --> 00:13:19,258 soap, comb - quite a g00d one, I'll have that. 310 00:13:19,283 --> 00:13:22,818 Uh, yeah, it's not the Ritz. 311 00:13:22,843 --> 00:13:25,228 It's, to be fair, more like a Marriott. 312 00:13:25,253 --> 00:13:28,308 But tonight, for me, it's home. 313 00:13:34,813 --> 00:13:38,478 But before I got my head down, it was time to chow down. 314 00:13:38,503 --> 00:13:40,948 Do I pay for this? No-one pays, mate. 315 00:13:40,973 --> 00:13:43,258 Wel* the taxpayer does. 316 00:13:44,533 --> 00:13:45,818 But I was wary. 317 00:13:45,843 --> 00:13:46,978 Anyone sitting here? 318 00:13:47,003 --> 00:13:48,899 First impressions matter in the clink. 319 00:13:48,924 --> 00:13:51,779 And these were some of the toughest teenagers in Wi*shire. 320 00:13:51,804 --> 00:13:53,868 Leroy, Smithy 321 00:13:53,893 --> 00:13:55,948 and, to a lesser extent, Ken. 322 00:13:55,973 --> 00:13:58,149 The main thing was not to stand out, 323 00:13:58,174 --> 00:14:00,098 keep my head down and my nose clean. 324 00:14:00,123 --> 00:14:02,899 How did I do? Pretty wel* I think, 325 00:14:02,924 --> 00:14:05,048 my nervousness 0n* occasional* spilling out 326 00:14:05,073 --> 00:14:08,159 int0 a fixation with the availability of milk. 327 00:14:08,184 --> 00:14:10,029 Oh, there's milk? 328 00:14:10,054 --> 00:14:12,098 I didn't know there was milk. 329 00:14:13,483 --> 00:14:14,868 Can I have some milk? 330 00:14:14,893 --> 00:14:16,678 "Eight o'clock - New Faces, 331 00:14:16,703 --> 00:14:19,428 "with regulars Mickie Most and Tony Hatch." 332 00:14:19,453 --> 00:14:23,668 Fortunate*, I found some 0ld copies of the TV Times from the '70s 333 00:14:23,693 --> 00:14:26,769 and I was able to break the ice by reading them out loud. 334 00:14:26,794 --> 00:14:28,828 "Nine o'clock - Armchair Thriller. 335 00:14:28,853 --> 00:14:33,618 "A man returns home to find his wife has been replaced by someone e*e." 336 00:14:33,643 --> 00:14:35,268 "'O:30 - Film. 337 00:14:35,293 --> 00:14:39,308 "Roger M00re stars in '969 caper Crossplot." 338 00:14:39,333 --> 00:14:40,698 What channel's this? 339 00:14:40,723 --> 00:14:43,698 This is just Central. I haven't got to the regional variations yet. 340 00:14:43,723 --> 00:14:45,138 You see, up until 20 years ag0, 341 00:14:45,163 --> 00:14:47,628 ITV were split in '5 different franchises. 342 00:14:47,653 --> 00:14:51,058 So, if you were in Leeds you'd be watching Yorkshire TV. 343 00:14:51,083 --> 00:14:53,338 I n Newcastle, that would be Tyne Tees. 344 00:14:53,363 --> 00:14:55,518 Where I'm from, it was Anglia. 345 00:14:55,543 --> 00:14:57,258 What the fuck are you on about? 346 00:14:57,283 --> 00:14:59,068 ALAN SIGHS 347 00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:04,899 I magine lTV is a housing estate. 348 00:15:04,924 --> 00:15:08,138 There are '5 dealers, punting a bit of this, a bit of that. 349 00:15:08,163 --> 00:15:11,978 Then one day tw0 big guys roll up, blacked-out Range Rover, 350 00:15:12,003 --> 00:15:14,618 bit of muscle. That's Car*on and Granada. 351 00:15:14,643 --> 00:15:19,598 They l00k around and say, "We team up, this can be our manor. 352 00:15:19,623 --> 00:15:21,868 "We could sort these tarts right out." 353 00:15:21,893 --> 00:15:26,188 So, they flash the cash, bang a few heads together, 354 00:15:26,213 --> 00:15:31,628 couple of years later it's floated as ITV PLC. 355 00:15:31,653 --> 00:15:34,268 All wrapped up with a pretty little bow. 356 00:15:34,293 --> 00:15:36,878 ALAN LAUGHS CONTENTEDLY 357 00:15:36,903 --> 00:15:38,468 You couldn't make it up. 358 00:15:39,804 --> 00:15:43,698 For it was the night locked in my cell that would be the acid test. 359 00:15:43,723 --> 00:15:46,779 Caged in a box with neither Wi- Fi nor air freshener, 360 00:15:46,804 --> 00:15:48,858 I s00n fe* the wal* closing in. 361 00:15:50,843 --> 00:15:53,598 I was going slow* insane. 362 00:15:53,623 --> 00:15:57,678 My 0n* friend, a ping pong ball I 'd named Ball Pong Ping. 363 00:15:59,083 --> 00:16:00,548 Oh God... ff. 364 00:16:01,523 --> 00:16:02,909 DOOR UNLOCKS 365 00:16:04,413 --> 00:16:06,674 Morning. 366 00:16:06,699 --> 00:16:10,414 Wel* that wasn't t00 bad. 367 00:16:10,439 --> 00:16:14,025 Um, after the initial anxiety had subsided, 368 00:16:14,050 --> 00:16:16,334 I found that the solitude was quite usefu* I was able to 369 00:16:16,359 --> 00:16:19,744 unjumble a lot of muddled thoughts that had dogged me for a while. 370 00:16:19,769 --> 00:16:23,704 For example, I devised a new system for storing kitchen utensi* 371 00:16:23,729 --> 00:16:27,414 that ensures the most common* used items are closest to hand. 372 00:16:27,439 --> 00:16:30,104 It works like this, every time you use an item, 373 00:16:30,129 --> 00:16:32,414 it moves one space nearer to the hob. 374 00:16:32,439 --> 00:16:35,905 Over time, the little used items you bought from a covered market - 375 00:16:35,930 --> 00:16:38,814 apple corer, spaghetti measurer, spiralizer - 376 00:16:38,839 --> 00:16:42,544 gravitate to the furthermost reaches of the drawer through lack of use, 377 00:16:42,569 --> 00:16:45,584 while the essentia*, such as your wooden spoon and tin opener, 378 00:16:45,609 --> 00:16:48,664 will a*ays be vying for top spot where they belong. 379 00:16:48,689 --> 00:16:52,785 It's fair, tamper- pr00f and great for your mental hea*h. 380 00:16:52,810 --> 00:16:54,264 Now, you've got to excuse me, 381 00:16:54,289 --> 00:16:58,144 I have to go join a group of young men for a morning nosh. 382 00:16:58,169 --> 00:17:00,414 Nosh is cockney for meal. 383 00:17:02,349 --> 00:17:06,594 Just the man. Er, as discreet* as possible, uh... 384 00:17:06,619 --> 00:17:10,494 How do I put this? My latrine has a tissue issue. 385 00:17:10,519 --> 00:17:13,544 So, I'll leave it in your capable hands. 386 00:17:15,329 --> 00:17:18,134 My conclusion, if prisoners have the right attitude, 387 00:17:18,159 --> 00:17:20,664 the prison system is broad* fine. 388 00:17:20,689 --> 00:17:23,854 Like Ner0 Costa, my initial misgivings were gone. 389 00:17:26,219 --> 00:17:30,544 I'm joined now by Simon Denton, a man you'd never find in a prison. 390 00:17:30,569 --> 00:17:33,254 Broadm00r, more like! Ha, yes. Now all week... 391 00:17:33,279 --> 00:17:35,264 A secure hospital. I ndeed. 392 00:17:35,289 --> 00:17:37,474 Now all week... Diminished responsibility. 393 00:17:37,499 --> 00:17:40,054 Wel* we can diminish your responsibilities if you like. 394 00:17:40,079 --> 00:17:43,214 Now, all week we've been seeking views from about the country. 395 00:17:43,239 --> 00:17:46,194 Yes, indeed y. We asked whether prison, community service, 396 00:17:46,219 --> 00:17:49,744 or a police caution were the best way to punish non-violent 0ffences. 397 00:17:49,769 --> 00:17:53,584 Now, 0ften, in a chart like this, people would refer to them 398 00:17:53,609 --> 00:17:55,254 as pieces of cheese. Or pie? 399 00:17:55,279 --> 00:17:57,134 Or maybe slices of cake? 400 00:17:57,159 --> 00:17:59,474 Or pie? Obsessed with pie. 401 00:17:59,499 --> 00:18:00,544 It's a pie chart! 402 00:18:00,569 --> 00:18:04,184 But today, to keep it themed, I've gone for slices of porridge. 403 00:18:04,209 --> 00:18:06,474 Can you slice porridge? If it's thick. 404 00:18:06,499 --> 00:18:09,574 So, a whopping 86ofo said non-violent 0ffenders 405 00:18:09,599 --> 00:18:11,984 should 0nly get a police caution. Down you come. 406 00:18:12,009 --> 00:18:14,184 Only 4ofo said prison. 407 00:18:14,209 --> 00:18:15,854 Now, if we... Wait, wait, wait. 408 00:18:15,879 --> 00:18:18,424 On* 4ofo? 409 00:18:18,449 --> 00:18:20,854 And 86ofo just said a police caution? 410 00:18:20,879 --> 00:18:22,474 For non-violent crimes. 411 00:18:22,499 --> 00:18:23,614 Are you sure? 412 00:18:23,639 --> 00:18:25,394 The pie don't lie! It's porridge. 413 00:18:25,419 --> 00:18:27,114 Right. Let's have a l00k at the nation. 414 00:18:27,139 --> 00:18:30,754 So the bowls of porridge indicate where people called in from. 415 00:18:30,779 --> 00:18:33,544 So we have Doncaster, we have Styal. 416 00:18:33,569 --> 00:18:36,294 Belmarsh? Belmarsh is there, yeah. 417 00:18:36,319 --> 00:18:38,834 Simon, these are all prisons. Uh- huh. 418 00:18:38,859 --> 00:18:41,624 Sorry, is that not what you... Why would it be? 419 00:18:41,649 --> 00:18:43,984 You said we're asking prisoners what should we do with them? 420 00:18:44,009 --> 00:18:48,114 No, I said, we were asking - col0n - 421 00:18:48,139 --> 00:18:50,864 "Prisoners - dash - what should we do with them?" 422 00:18:50,889 --> 00:18:53,254 Not... You asked prisoners what we should do with them. 423 00:18:53,279 --> 00:18:55,474 Prisoners aren't going to give you an objective answer. 424 00:18:55,499 --> 00:18:57,854 Chickens don't vote for Christmas. Turkeys. But, yeah. 425 00:18:57,879 --> 00:19:00,194 This is not the place. But that's not what it could have been. 426 00:19:00,219 --> 00:19:01,934 Fell short. What e*e have you got? 427 00:19:03,329 --> 00:19:04,864 ALAN SIGHS 428 00:19:04,889 --> 00:19:06,344 Now, every day this week, 429 00:19:06,369 --> 00:19:10,795 we've been meeting some of Britain's most extraordinary ordinary people. 430 00:19:10,820 --> 00:19:14,214 Yesterday I met an ice cream man who's secret* been giving 431 00:19:14,239 --> 00:19:16,394 ice creams to children for free. 432 00:19:18,089 --> 00:19:21,834 But today, jennie journeys north to meet '2 recruitment consu*ants 433 00:19:21,859 --> 00:19:24,144 from Preston who have formed a choir. 434 00:19:24,169 --> 00:19:26,544 Their name? Vocal Support. 435 00:19:26,569 --> 00:19:27,704 I ncredible. 436 00:19:27,729 --> 00:19:29,045 Here's her report. 437 00:19:30,579 --> 00:19:31,905 And wetre off. 438 00:19:33,050 --> 00:19:34,424 Keep taking the tablets. 439 00:19:34,449 --> 00:19:37,184 I do take tablets. Wel* take more then! 440 00:19:37,209 --> 00:19:39,414 ALAN CLEARS HIS THROAT 441 00:19:39,439 --> 00:19:41,665 Hey, theytre right about you. You do smell nice. 442 00:19:41,690 --> 00:19:43,864 I tve got a chair that smells like you. 443 00:19:43,889 --> 00:19:45,424 A chair? 444 00:19:45,449 --> 00:19:47,655 Arentt you going to say that I smell nice? 445 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:48,824 You smell nice. 446 00:19:48,849 --> 00:19:50,154 Itts my new perfume. 447 00:19:50,179 --> 00:19:52,274 I tve got it on this silver handkerchief. 448 00:19:52,299 --> 00:19:53,944 Have a sniff. 449 00:19:53,969 --> 00:19:55,144 ALAN SNl FFS 450 00:19:55,169 --> 00:19:56,665 Bring your nose down. 451 00:19:56,690 --> 00:19:58,214 Right down. 452 00:19:58,239 --> 00:19:59,434 What do you think? 453 00:19:59,459 --> 00:20:01,024 Mmm. Swimming p00*. Go0d smell. 454 00:20:01,049 --> 00:20:02,424 Yeah, it is. See ya. 455 00:20:02,449 --> 00:20:04,634 " People"? Yes, wel* who though? 456 00:20:04,659 --> 00:20:07,494 Because I don't think I have been going on about it. 457 00:20:07,519 --> 00:20:09,864 And if there's someone on the team that has a problem with me, 458 00:20:09,889 --> 00:20:11,944 I think I want to know who it is. 459 00:20:11,969 --> 00:20:14,194 Yes, fine, I will bear it in mind. 460 00:20:14,219 --> 00:20:15,224 Yeah. 461 00:20:16,569 --> 00:20:18,114 Did you hear that? Yeah? 462 00:20:18,139 --> 00:20:19,584 Someone has complained, 463 00:20:19,609 --> 00:20:22,154 saying that I'm talking about my engagement t00 much. 464 00:20:22,179 --> 00:20:23,344 Whaaat?! 465 00:20:23,369 --> 00:20:25,224 That's ridiculous! 466 00:20:25,249 --> 00:20:26,785 Wh0 would say that? I ... 467 00:20:27,969 --> 00:20:30,184 God almighty, I've a g00d mind to 468 00:20:30,209 --> 00:20:32,014 round everyone up and put a flea in their ear. 469 00:20:32,039 --> 00:20:34,024 Don't. They'll just say I'm a diva. 470 00:20:34,049 --> 00:20:35,474 No, n0, n0. 471 00:20:35,499 --> 00:20:38,374 There's a culprit at large, I want someone fingered, 472 00:20:38,399 --> 00:20:40,424 and I don't care who he or she is. 473 00:20:40,449 --> 00:20:41,775 It's fine, Alan. 474 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:43,655 Jennie, I'm happy to do it. 475 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,024 Do you know what, then? 476 00:20:46,049 --> 00:20:47,754 If you think it would help, then yeah. 477 00:20:47,779 --> 00:20:49,864 Actual* that's a g00d point, if... 478 00:20:49,889 --> 00:20:54,574 Cos when you make waves it can make your own boat bob about a bit. 479 00:20:54,599 --> 00:20:56,874 And you don't want bobby boat bother. 480 00:20:58,329 --> 00:21:00,424 Yeah, you're right. I'll just ask people to stop 481 00:21:00,449 --> 00:21:03,184 passing on congratulations on air. I think that is real* smart. 482 00:21:03,209 --> 00:21:04,864 Do you think I was going on about it? 483 00:21:04,889 --> 00:21:06,554 I don't think you were going on about it. 484 00:21:06,579 --> 00:21:09,154 And even if I did, I don't think it trivialises the show, so... 485 00:21:09,179 --> 00:21:10,785 Trivialises... 486 00:21:10,810 --> 00:21:13,354 The person that spoke to Howard, that's the word they used. 487 00:21:13,379 --> 00:21:17,374 Yeah, that's such an 0verused word by people these days. 488 00:21:17,399 --> 00:21:19,824 It's ridiculous. Think of another word! Mm. 489 00:21:19,849 --> 00:21:21,854 And wetre back on in five, four... It's so overused. 490 00:21:21,879 --> 00:21:23,734 Is it? Yeah. Mm. 491 00:21:25,209 --> 00:21:28,294 Now 0ur final guest tonight is a man who gave up the bright 492 00:21:28,319 --> 00:21:31,354 lights of showbiz, following, as he'll tell us himse*, 493 00:21:31,379 --> 00:21:33,554 a brush with Alan Partridge. 494 00:21:33,579 --> 00:21:35,864 Go0d name for a show, that. It is. 495 00:21:35,889 --> 00:21:40,014 And, having taken a new direction, he's now helping 0thers do the same. 496 00:21:40,039 --> 00:21:43,504 Please welcome a man I have seldom seen 497 00:21:43,529 --> 00:21:45,474 but never forgotten, 498 00:21:45,499 --> 00:21:47,234 Joseph B Beasley. 499 00:21:47,259 --> 00:21:49,474 To you and me, joe Beasley. 500 00:21:49,499 --> 00:21:52,354 Joe, you were a comedian and entertainer 501 00:21:52,379 --> 00:21:57,994 and were invited 0nt0 a BBC chat show, hosted by Alan here, in 1994. 502 00:21:58,019 --> 00:21:59,915 Let's just remind 0urselves what happened. 503 00:21:59,940 --> 00:22:01,354 # Knowing me, knowing you... # 504 00:22:01,379 --> 00:22:04,944 This is the fresh face and g00d looks of young comedian joe Beasley, 505 00:22:04,969 --> 00:22:06,665 pictured here on the right. 506 00:22:06,690 --> 00:22:08,544 Joe was hungry for a shot at the big time. 507 00:22:08,569 --> 00:22:11,144 Joe Beasley, and Cheeky Monkey! 508 00:22:11,169 --> 00:22:15,344 Yet when I gave him a chance on my own show, he fell apart. 509 00:22:15,369 --> 00:22:17,354 So here's a little joke, right. 510 00:22:17,379 --> 00:22:20,104 What do you get if you cross Fred Flintstone... 511 00:22:20,129 --> 00:22:21,954 Er, n0, not what if you cross... 512 00:22:21,979 --> 00:22:23,734 LAUGHTER 513 00:22:23,759 --> 00:22:25,744 What d'ya... What d'ya get if you erm... 514 00:22:25,769 --> 00:22:28,434 And we went up the big, up the big dipper... Oh, God. 515 00:22:28,459 --> 00:22:30,864 And when he began assau*ing the monkey, 516 00:22:30,889 --> 00:22:31,915 I had... 517 00:22:31,940 --> 00:22:33,024 ...to in... 518 00:22:33,049 --> 00:22:34,304 ...tervene. 519 00:22:34,329 --> 00:22:35,554 MONKEY SHRl EKS 520 00:22:35,579 --> 00:22:37,014 ECHOl NG: Don't touch it! 521 00:22:37,039 --> 00:22:39,284 It was an act of mercy. 522 00:22:39,309 --> 00:22:41,144 The wonderful joe Beasley and Cheeky Monkey. 523 00:22:42,249 --> 00:22:43,954 When I posted the animal back to him, 524 00:22:43,979 --> 00:22:47,504 I received the curtest of replies - "Ape received". 525 00:22:47,529 --> 00:22:50,504 When a monkey bears his teeth, it's an act of aggression. 526 00:22:50,529 --> 00:22:52,554 But when joe showed me his this morning, 527 00:22:52,579 --> 00:22:55,354 I knew it was probab* just a smile. 528 00:22:55,379 --> 00:22:57,714 Oh, you must have thought it would be your big break? 529 00:22:57,739 --> 00:22:58,824 Oh, I did. 530 00:22:58,849 --> 00:23:02,665 But you can see what happened. I mean, everything fell apart. 531 00:23:02,690 --> 00:23:05,704 I went from her0 to zer0 literally 0vernight. 532 00:23:05,729 --> 00:23:08,994 15 straight summers with Hoseasons, I was king of the camps. 533 00:23:09,019 --> 00:23:13,785 He was. It was all laid on for me, the beer, the fags, you name it. 534 00:23:13,810 --> 00:23:16,734 Chalet gir*? Oh, yeah. Waitresses. 535 00:23:16,759 --> 00:23:19,274 Cleaners. And I lost myse*. 536 00:23:19,299 --> 00:23:21,154 It all came crashing down on your show. 537 00:23:21,179 --> 00:23:22,994 Rehearsal's s0 important, isn't it? 538 00:23:23,019 --> 00:23:24,504 People have tried to comfort me. 539 00:23:24,529 --> 00:23:26,274 They said it could've been much worse. 540 00:23:26,299 --> 00:23:29,644 Someone said, " If you'd gone on any 0ther show in that slot, 541 00:23:29,669 --> 00:23:31,554 "twice as many people would have seen it." 542 00:23:31,579 --> 00:23:33,074 Yeah. I'm not sure that's accurate. 543 00:23:33,099 --> 00:23:34,915 And that's always been a great comfort to me. 544 00:23:34,940 --> 00:23:36,874 And then things went from bad to worse? 545 00:23:36,899 --> 00:23:38,504 That was the tipping point. 546 00:23:38,529 --> 00:23:40,634 I mean, after that, everything changed. 547 00:23:40,659 --> 00:23:44,024 The phone stopped ringing, the b00kings dried up. 548 00:23:44,049 --> 00:23:47,204 And, wel* surprise surprise, we started drinking. 549 00:23:47,229 --> 00:23:49,994 Right. And when you say "we", would that be you and your partner, 550 00:23:50,019 --> 00:23:53,384 or your wife, or... No, n0. 551 00:23:53,409 --> 00:23:55,354 Oh, that's strange. 552 00:23:55,379 --> 00:23:58,234 Where's he gone? He was here a minute ag0? 553 00:23:58,259 --> 00:24:00,024 Has anybody seen him? 554 00:24:00,049 --> 00:24:01,384 He's there! He was there! 555 00:24:01,409 --> 00:24:03,795 Where is he? Has anyone seen Cheeky Monkey? 556 00:24:03,820 --> 00:24:05,354 He's there. He's there! 557 00:24:05,379 --> 00:24:07,024 Where? I n the case! 558 00:24:07,049 --> 00:24:08,184 Ah! 559 00:24:08,209 --> 00:24:09,594 LAUGHTER 560 00:24:09,619 --> 00:24:11,074 End of the pier! 561 00:24:11,099 --> 00:24:12,704 Hey, pack it in, you! Calm down. 562 00:24:12,729 --> 00:24:14,464 This is exact* their level! 563 00:24:14,489 --> 00:24:15,805 Oh, your breath! 564 00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:17,304 O00h- h00! 565 00:24:17,329 --> 00:24:19,864 Have you had that Peperami out of my bag? 566 00:24:20,969 --> 00:24:23,294 He's nodding! He's nodding now. 567 00:24:24,539 --> 00:24:27,234 No! Leave it, he's not worth it. 568 00:24:27,259 --> 00:24:28,304 Everything OK? 569 00:24:28,329 --> 00:24:29,874 He just doesn't like a grass. 570 00:24:29,899 --> 00:24:31,554 Right. I was just trying to join in. 571 00:24:31,579 --> 00:24:33,925 Come on, you grassed him up. 572 00:24:33,950 --> 00:24:36,644 But, yeah, I was the one in a bad way. 573 00:24:36,669 --> 00:24:37,994 I believe you ran up debts 574 00:24:38,019 --> 00:24:40,714 and ended up having to ch00se between your house and your car? 575 00:24:40,739 --> 00:24:43,754 That's right, s0 I chose the car. Cheeky says, 576 00:24:43,779 --> 00:24:46,944 "You can't drive your house, but you can sleep in your car." 577 00:24:46,969 --> 00:24:49,024 As long as the car's r00my. Was it... 578 00:24:49,049 --> 00:24:52,114 It was a 30-year-0ld Ford Fiesta 1.1. 579 00:24:52,139 --> 00:24:54,024 Right. I mean, how the heck do you sleep in that? 580 00:24:54,049 --> 00:24:56,545 Fold up the rear seats, you break the passenger seat, 581 00:24:56,570 --> 00:25:00,434 and then you can fit a lil0 in, diagonally. 582 00:25:00,459 --> 00:25:02,915 Is he OK? He's got a bit of a bee in his bonnet, 583 00:25:02,940 --> 00:25:05,224 about when you cut my act short, when I was on your show. 584 00:25:05,249 --> 00:25:07,354 Right. Leave it, Cheeky. 585 00:25:07,379 --> 00:25:09,424 I told you not to bring it up. Just leave it! 586 00:25:09,449 --> 00:25:10,795 Wel* it was live TV. 587 00:25:10,820 --> 00:25:12,464 Yeah, try telling him that. 588 00:25:12,489 --> 00:25:16,104 OK, and that's when you reinvented yourse* as a drugs counsellor, 589 00:25:16,129 --> 00:25:18,104 which is fantastic. Wel* not straight away. 590 00:25:18,129 --> 00:25:21,394 After I turned a corner, that's when Cheeky here, 591 00:25:21,419 --> 00:25:23,354 he started to spiral out of control. 592 00:25:23,379 --> 00:25:25,754 Oh? Cheeky? Yeah, it's quite sad, really. 593 00:25:25,779 --> 00:25:27,665 He wanted to see his mother for one last time. 594 00:25:27,690 --> 00:25:29,994 So he hitched a ride to Chester Z00. Go on. 595 00:25:30,019 --> 00:25:31,914 But when he got there it was t00 late. 596 00:25:31,939 --> 00:25:33,944 Go on. She'd been put to sleep. 597 00:25:33,969 --> 00:25:36,384 Oh. Did he go ape? 598 00:25:37,739 --> 00:25:39,904 Oh, p00r Cheeky. 599 00:25:39,929 --> 00:25:42,754 I think he wants you to come over and apol0gise. Ladies and gentleman, 600 00:25:42,779 --> 00:25:44,994 boys and girls, do you think he should apol0gise? 601 00:25:45,019 --> 00:25:47,184 Yes, go and apol0gise! Go on. 602 00:25:47,209 --> 00:25:50,904 All right, I'm very sorry, Cheeky. I'll try not to joke in the future. 603 00:25:50,929 --> 00:25:53,234 It'll be all right now, it was a bad time for him. 604 00:25:53,259 --> 00:25:54,714 You know, you weren't to know. 605 00:25:54,739 --> 00:25:57,434 He was working as a rent monkey in Sa*0rd. 606 00:25:57,459 --> 00:25:59,024 What, for sex? 607 00:25:59,049 --> 00:26:02,634 And now, fast forward 25 years from your showbiz career, 608 00:26:02,659 --> 00:26:05,164 and you're performing to a different kind of audience. 609 00:26:05,189 --> 00:26:06,264 Yeah, that's right. 610 00:26:06,289 --> 00:26:09,394 We visit prisons and we talk to young 0ffenders 611 00:26:09,419 --> 00:26:10,904 and those with addiction problems. 612 00:26:10,929 --> 00:26:12,594 Now, you're going to give some advice 613 00:26:12,619 --> 00:26:14,434 to a couple of our This Time viewers, aren't you? 614 00:26:14,459 --> 00:26:15,795 And Cheeky. 615 00:26:15,820 --> 00:26:18,634 So, I believe we've got an email from Caroline in Milton Keynes, 616 00:26:18,659 --> 00:26:19,954 who asks... 617 00:26:25,289 --> 00:26:28,314 Is a monkey the right person to be seeking advice from? 618 00:26:28,339 --> 00:26:30,434 Wel* the important thing is to get to a safe place. 619 00:26:30,459 --> 00:26:31,795 Call 999. 620 00:26:31,820 --> 00:26:33,744 If you can't talk, dial 55. 621 00:26:33,769 --> 00:26:35,434 The police will flag it as domestic abuse 622 00:26:35,459 --> 00:26:38,444 and be able to trace your call. 623 00:26:38,469 --> 00:26:41,824 Oh, yeah. Cheeky says, " Help is out there. You're not alone." 624 00:26:41,849 --> 00:26:43,154 I was going to say that! 625 00:26:43,179 --> 00:26:45,744 Genuine* g00d advice. Sound advice, there. 626 00:26:45,769 --> 00:26:47,254 Wel* we all need help. 627 00:26:47,279 --> 00:26:48,744 It's a jungle out there. 628 00:26:48,769 --> 00:26:51,384 Wel* maybe that's why Cheeky fits in. What? 629 00:26:53,609 --> 00:26:55,354 I'll deal with this. 630 00:26:55,379 --> 00:26:57,904 What do you mean, "Cheeky fits in"? 631 00:26:57,929 --> 00:26:59,314 Well... 632 00:26:59,339 --> 00:27:00,884 Go on. 633 00:27:00,909 --> 00:27:04,194 Wel* monkeys like the jungle. 634 00:27:04,219 --> 00:27:05,675 Hey, n0! 635 00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:07,504 No, Cheeky, n0! You promised me! 636 00:27:07,529 --> 00:27:09,384 You'll ruin everything ! Not again, Cheeky! 637 00:27:09,409 --> 00:27:10,624 No, n0! 638 00:27:10,649 --> 00:27:12,604 Cheeky! You'll muck things up! 639 00:27:12,629 --> 00:27:14,434 Come on! Christ! 640 00:27:14,459 --> 00:27:15,994 J ENNl E LAUGHS 641 00:27:16,019 --> 00:27:17,304 I'm s0, s0 sorry. 642 00:27:17,329 --> 00:27:18,624 You're fucking mental. 643 00:27:18,649 --> 00:27:19,795 Apol0gies there. 644 00:27:19,820 --> 00:27:22,754 They do say, never work with children or animals. 645 00:27:22,779 --> 00:27:25,104 I'm afraid that's all we have time for. 646 00:27:25,129 --> 00:27:27,024 Joe, and of course, Cheeky Monkey, 647 00:27:27,049 --> 00:27:29,114 it's been a pleasure having you on the show. 648 00:27:29,139 --> 00:27:31,904 I hope that didn't trivialise any of the issues discussed. 649 00:27:31,929 --> 00:27:34,254 And that's all from This Time. 650 00:27:34,279 --> 00:27:36,634 Join us next time on This Time. 651 00:27:36,659 --> 00:27:38,114 Go0dnight. 652 00:27:39,549 --> 00:27:41,184 And wetre off. 653 00:27:41,209 --> 00:27:42,744 Wel* that went wel* ey? 654 00:27:42,769 --> 00:27:43,874 You real* hurt my neck. 655 00:27:43,899 --> 00:27:45,514 Oh, give over, you'll be all right. 656 00:27:45,539 --> 00:27:47,874 That stuff with the monkey, that's all made up? 657 00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:49,744 Yeah, it's just a load of bollocks. 658 00:27:49,769 --> 00:27:52,624 It's a prop for kids and vulnerable people. 659 00:27:52,649 --> 00:27:55,104 I've got a dozen Cheeky's in a bin bag at home. 660 00:27:55,129 --> 00:27:57,314 Right. So, how's it going with you, then? 661 00:27:57,339 --> 00:28:00,154 Ah, g00d, you know. I'm back on BBC One. 662 00:28:00,179 --> 00:28:02,434 No! Up here. 663 00:28:02,459 --> 00:28:03,874 Yeah, yeah, g00d. 664 00:28:03,899 --> 00:28:05,184 Scale of one to ten? 665 00:28:05,209 --> 00:28:06,274 Four. 666 00:28:06,299 --> 00:28:07,904 I've been lower. Right. 667 00:28:07,929 --> 00:28:10,084 Call me. 668 00:28:10,109 --> 00:28:11,874 Any time. Right. 669 00:28:11,899 --> 00:28:13,805 And it'll just be you on your 0wn? 670 00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:14,874 Yeah. 671 00:28:17,580 --> 00:28:19,034 Abba-dabbad00. 52471

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