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I'm off.

I've just done your soup.

I'm doing breakfast.

No, I've got to go.

Oh, well, thanks a lot.

I think I've got a six o 'clock, but it's only Pearson's. I'll be back about

seven. I'll ring you.

Up at the window. Through this window.

Right, man with dog. Man with dog. Out the back. Out the back.

Yeah.

Good morning, Trudy. Matt, hiya. We've got Ken Fry and Brian Fawcett in at

Oh, well, I know that. I told you that.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, but I left the office in a bit of a state last night.

Spruce it up a bit for us, will you?

Make me look organised.

I don't think anybody from Fry's would know whether you're organised or not.

Oh, and make sure we've got coffee and stuffing.

Biscuits. OK.

Oh, and burn one of your candles.

If there's a Neil's Yard remedy for inducing low self -esteem, spend what

have to. We need the contract.

OK, I'll see you when you get here.

Did you have him?

Well, I didn't.

He's night security, you work day. Don't you think you might have slipped up

here? Yeah, I don't even know his name.

Barry. He only works three nights a week.

Wait!

Is anybody working here?

Come on. Where are we?

He knows you're coming because he's had a bit of trouble with the roadworks

round there and you can never get a signal on the mobile, but I'll keep

I'm sorry, Ken, I've forgotten.

Are you black?

Where is Ken?

Mac, come on. I know you're in there.

What's going on, Mac?

Let me in!

What's happened?

I don't know.

She drew cash on the credit card at half nine.

She must have been there for the bank opening.

She only do it once because I've reported all the cards stolen.

Well, if she tries to use them again, at least I know where she'll be.

If she's decided she's going, what good's that going to do? She's making a

mistake.

Did you row?

No.

We swapped anniversary cards. I bought her a watch. I got sex.

Everything was...

Steve. No, no, it's all right. I'm with him now.

OK, hang on.

OK.

All right, I've got it.

No, no, it's fine.

Yeah, I'll be back as soon as I can.

Catherine's left this number for you. She'll be there till three.

If I'm ringing you, it's because I need to, so don't ignore me, all right?

See you, lad.

Can I just say from the top, James, I'm not a divorce liar.

I just represent the company.

Companies. What have you done?

Mac, I'll talk to you.

I will talk to you. I just want this clear enough first, OK?

I promise.

This is the most unpleasant position to be in. If you'd just let me state

Catherine's... Why did you leave me now, for God's sake?

Because you always managed to talk me out of it.

If I'd have planned it, I'd have done it differently, but I didn't. So just hear

what Robert... Will you just tell him?

She wants to sell the factory.

I want you to buy the building from me.

I know it was only a tax dodge, but it's the only thing anywhere with my name on

it. I just want something so I can go. I can't afford this thrill.

If I don't go now, I never will.

So?

What's he told you? James, I've said nothing. You're another one.

You screw in her. Oh, James.

Oh, dear God, this is ridiculous.

I've said absolutely nothing disloyal to either of you, but you must fake facts.

We shoved you away. That wanky old firm of yours would have pegged out long

since. You two -faced, fat... Robert, come on. This is my fault.

Come on. He won't touch you. I won't let him touch you.

Come on, Robert.

Robert!

Something's wrong.

OK, what's happened?

OK, which way?

Right.

OK, let us in, mate.

OK,

what's this?

He landed face down. My husband tried catching him and... OK, one way.

You could have said anything in there, thank you.

I just want a divorce, Mac.

Nobody wants to bury you.

Mr... Mr McIntosh, uh... Peter.

They've, uh, they've got, um... Uh, I think you've resuscitated my dad.

No, well, um... Well, I just, I did what I did, uh, to the ambulance guys.

Peter, I'm Catherine McIntosh.

Hello, we've, uh... Well, we haven't actually, but, uh, you know, I've seen

seen you in the office.

How's Robert?

Well, uh... Yeah, not.

He, uh...

He died ten minutes ago.

Well, he's 15 now, so... Had he been ill before, Peter?

He asked him to quit work last year and, you know, angina.

He'd had two minor attacks in the spring and... Sorry.

Yeah, anyway, so you know what he's like. I mean, what was he doing around

place that time of night, whatever it was?

Couldn't have been that vital, could it?

Hmm? No, no.

Could it?

You see?

You see, he's a stubborn old sod, isn't he? He's a greedy old... Greedy old sod.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. It's OK.

Convenient?

No.

I need to talk.

Be quick, Barry.

Quick?

What? I meant to be staying.

Well, you can't now.

I've told my mum I'm out all night. I've got no key.

Knock her up, then.

I'll wait for kids. What kids?

You said you were single.

Which I am, with two kids.

Which is why I'm in with mums.

Oh, for... Just go home, Barry.

Which is what they all say.

What are you doing here, Catherine?

He listened to you.

I don't want anything to do with this, whatever it is.

Choice way to dump a guy you've had ten years out of, Catherine.

I've tried before.

I went to a friend's house and he stalked the police till she had to get

police.

And I knew he cancelled the credit cards because that's what he did last time.

Blocking me in. Well, it's his money.

And all I do is spend it.

Well, I have worked.

Ninety -seven, I got a counterweight.

DKNY? Well, what else am I trained for?

And I enjoy getting that job.

And I lasted six weeks.

Why? Look, I don't know why you've come round here, Catherine, but I don't want

to get roped in. He sabotaged it.

He's ringing the shop 15 times in one day.

Chit -chat.

He wants to know who I'm talking to, who me mates are.

Susan, Kate, Laurie and Pete.

Pete? All men work there.

He knew men worked there because he'd been in the shop half a dozen times to

drag me out for lunch.

He lost me the job.

You can't blame him for getting twitchy about you around blokes.

Some of those guys from work you messed around with, they put themselves on the

dole, terrified Mac could find out.

Guys with kids, families.

So they had no right being anywhere near me, had they? You rubbed his nose right

in it, you lousy cow.

You told them something, didn't you?

I know exactly when it was you were in hospital.

You called him, he came running and you told him.

And you know what he did to me when he came home, Trudy?

Nothing.

He didn't even mention it.

But I could tell.

I'd expected fireworks when he found out.

And losing his rag, hitting me even. Max never hit you, so don't give me that. I

wouldn't have cared if he had, because then at least he'd have reacted.

Bernard could have gone.

He did nothing.

It doesn't matter what I do or with who because he's not bloody looking, is he?

He's never going to let me go.

So he's up for grabs now.

Show your hand, Trudy.

You never know.

I don't want your husband.

I don't like your life.

I don't even like your house.

Well, we've got that much in common, then.

Tell him from me, if this isn't signed by six tomorrow, I've someone

else interested.

What is it?

Tell him I mean it.

Mac!

They're surveyors.

Catherine's given them permission to be here. Have you been to the solicitors?

Working for who?

Catherine! Catherine and?

They won't tell me. Have you seen the solicitor?

This building's in her name. She can do what she likes.

Jonesy! Jonesy Malone! Gizzefield!

What? Don't lead to harassment!

Written warning! One more, you're out!

Get that jewellery away from my cooking gear, you bloody moron!

What are you looking at?

I am not paying for my wife to leave me.

Understand?

I don't want her to go. Max, listen to me. If she's not, come on in. I'm not

paying for my wife to leave me.

What's going on? Whatever it is, Max is not too chuffed about it. You see him?

Yeah. Saddle up and give him the iron.

I'll pick her off. No, find out what you're doing.

I apologise.

It's taken a bit longer than normal to... Sorry.

I think my dad filed his notes the way some people pack a holiday suitcase, you

know.

Return journey.

I only heard this morning. I'm sorry.

I lost my dad seven weeks ago.

Can you get Catherine McIntosh to give us two more days?

No. Why not?

Because...

She is represented by someone else now. She's gone to Truman and Copeland, which

is what Dad should have encouraged in the first place.

She's got another buyer.

I know.

Who?

Well, that is Mac's business, really, but as far as I can tell you, he's not

defending the move.

Samson Brooks.

They're five times bigger than us. What do they want our building for?

Probably want to be six times bigger.

No, I'm sorry. That's not funny.

Peter, will you talk to Catherine? Get her to wait.

I'll talk to Mac.

Matt's got the business up for sale and nobody's telling us anything.

Yvonne, cut it out. I mean it. Cut that out.

You know, settle about it. Don't I?

According to that little guy, they're doing a survey for Samson Brooks.

If this firm's gone bust, we want to know.

Do you order new cutting tables if you're going bust, Kev? I don't think

What, my tables?

Brooks owns three factories that have all laid off people in the last two

months. Why buy this place unless they're looking for smaller premises?

You can bet your arse we won't be first in line to fill it. What, XE -77 tables?

Laser blades?

Kevin, shut up.

All I know is... Mac's wife's left him.

She owns a building.

She's having it boned.

That's all I know.

You find out I've got two kids and then everything goes stone dead.

And what do you reckon the underlying psychology is there, Barry?

If you hadn't mentioned them by accident, it might have helped.

Er, yeah, but, erm... Come on, they don't change who I am.

Do they change who I am?

They change what you're looking for.

What's wrong with a girlfriend if you've got kids?

I don't want to be anybody's Auntie Trudy. Oh, no, no, no.

Girls look after their own lives.

They don't want me bringing anyone back home.

How old are they?

They're seven and eight.

Mr. McIntosh, we're under instructions to observe a deadline.

If you don't buy the building from Mrs. McIntosh, you've got no control of the

lease.

You'd be insane to let your competitors set your rent.

You're here till 2005, whatever you do.

Your wife's trying to offer you a way out.

What's he doing?

How you doing, Matt?

Never broken any promises, you know.

She's right. She never wanted me in the first place.

I was sorting the estate out the month after my dad died.

She was a tenant in one of his flats.

I needed to get rid of domestic properties to help with the deficit on

place.

She came to my office yelling about breaching the lease and ripping her off.

It worked. I gave in.

Five -foot shit, hard -nosed as hell, told me exactly what she thought of me.

I was a breath of fresh air from the kind of woman I'd been used to.

So I apologised.

Bought her flowers, extended her lease six months, never got a thank you. I

mean, I should have told me something, eh?

I used to meet her from work.

I found out which laundrette she used.

Found out where she went drinking.

I chiselled away for the best part of a year till she said yes.

All the promises came from me.

The scale and polish is on the calendar.

Why don't you want to be found?

Let me in the car.

I'll change.

To what?

To whatever you want.

I don't know what I want.

Well, work it out and tell me. Matt, cut it out.

Do you know how much it makes me cringe when you... Have

you any idea what it feels like to sleep with a man who knows you've been with

someone else and says nothing?

Because you did know, didn't you?

Why don't you want it better than what we've had?

What's wrong with you?

I'll give you double the price of the building if you tell me you love me.

It's three words.

300 grand.

You all right, Mrs McIntosh?

I'm fine, thanks.

Stuff's going out today.

Not if this carries on. Keeps cutting out. Why can't you fix it? Because it's

meant to be under guarantee.

If I touch it, they'll say it's our fault.

Max, the officer, please.

Visit us.

Max, the officer, please.

Look, never mind the bloody guarantee. Just get it sorted. Can you fix it?

Well... Can you fix it? Yes. Great, do it.

Can you?

If you see smoke coming out of it, do us a favour and grab me coat.

Max, can we leave on the book for a word later? It's official.

It's a pair rule.

Yeah, well, I've nothing to say yet, OK?

We need to know what you're thinking, Max.

People are getting really scared.

They do.

Look, I'll know more tomorrow, OK?

Macintosh Tech?

Oh, hiya, Janet.

Er, no, hang on a sec, it's in the book.

We booked in?

No, no, no.

I just wondered how things were.

Yeah, come through.

I'm sure there's nothing to worry about.

Take a seat, Peter.

Can I be honest about your situation?

Your dad always was.

Trudy, either come in or cut the draft.

I just wondered if you know how much trouble you're in.

Now that Samson Brooks actually own the shell of the building.

Yeah, we got another fax yesterday. They're hiking the rent 200 % from the

of this month.

So why did you let them buy it? Next question.

You're aware there's no appeal on a commercial rent?

Yes. So they could double it by next year? Yes.

Can you afford it? No.

OK, but this is no solution in itself.

However, have you ever seen...

The land deed to this place.

Not that I can remember.

I pulled them out of the file this morning.

Did you know that this site is actually reserved for local employment?

They can't develop it, they can't do anything else with it. So?

So, Sampson Brooks don't need the building. Truth be told, they can't even

afford the building.

They bought it with the sole intention of damaging you. Because we're winning

their contract.

Yeah, so what's your point, Peter?

What is the value of the building?

Without the business.

You can't separate the building from the business. No, no, hang on.

What if you don't want the building?

We do.

No, no, no. It can never be built on, so the land's worth nothing. What if they

thought that you didn't need it anymore?

Yeah, a firm my dad looked after sold this place for demolition.

And it comes down in nine months.

We can't operate out of here.

There's no facilities.

They'll get to use it for peanuts.

Once Samson Brooks realise you don't need the Macintosh building, they'll

shit themselves.

They'll be begging you to buy it back off them.

Coat price.

What if it backfired and they rented mine to somebody else?

How many other firms do you know like yours needing premises?

I don't know. That's the point.

We haven't got a choice.

You've got to take that risk.

Will it come like a change in the weather?

Will its greeting be courteous or rough?

Will it alter my life altogether?

Oh, tell me the truth and not love.

So, er,

what are you doing, then?

W .H. Auden.

Bugger off, Barry.

OK.

Who's he?

Lawyer.

Hiya. All right.

See ya.

Oh, Barrick, can you do us a favour?

I thought buggering off was the favour.

Could you nip across to Tony's and get us a pizza? Are you a vegetarian?

No. Deep pan large Australian, feta salads, and will you get us a bottle of

from the office?

Who's patrolling the factory while I'm out on errands? Who patrolled it while

you were asleep when we turned up?

Do you like red or white?

Oh, anything, yeah.

Well, red.

Well, burgundy.

I can pay. No.

Get a receipt.

How did he...? Er, wrong.

You've changed the invoice name. It's got to say Macintosh Limited and not

Macintosh Textiles. It's got to be completely worth the time as a new

Yeah.

Why don't you take your uniform off?

Yeah. And put your crash helmet on.

What? I'll take these to the sorting office at Crewe for us. I need to get

in the first post.

Crewe?

Bloody Crewe?

I'm in the Vanille Tech ages, and I am not a lackey. Please, Barry, it's really

important. I'll give you 20 quid from petty cash, and I'll stay here with your

mad dog.

And I'll hang around for a bit.

Oh, yeah.

Drew, Martin, go on through.

Shut the door.

Anybody want coffee?

Yeah, go on.

Hello.

Is it right, then?

You bailing out?

No. You've misled yourselves, as usual.

So that's what we tell people.

Firm's 100 % solvent.

If you want to tell them anything, you tell them from me. They can go through

books any time they want, all right?

OK.

How many wagons were here on site tonight?

Four. There was one in London, one in Hull, one in Portsmouth.

Right, we need to borrow two or three more with drivers, obviously.

What for?

We need to move the machines out. Which machines?

All of it.

Machines, stock, toilet roll.

Now you're taking the piss.

You've not gone, boss, but you're doing the moonlight.

It's complicated.

If we don't, I won't last longer than six months anyway.

Where's the stuff going? Storage.

I've rented space.

Who's moving it? Whoever we can get.

With you supervising.

Well, you're transport manager.

I've never shifted machinery.

Well, they're only sewing machines, for God's sakes.

There's a crew of engineers coming in to dismantle the heavy stuff.

What, 40 -foot cutting tables?

We leave them here.

They're about to be scrapped to get the new ones in anyway.

This is... You can't organise this kind of thing in two days. This is the only

slack we get before autumn.

I'm going to have to lay people off a week at least.

Paid? Yes, paid.

We need loaders and labourers, about 50.

Come in, you make a list up.

They'll get a hundred quid bonus for a single night's work. People you trust to

keep their mouths shut. Well, you won't find fifty of them.

Oi, have I gone see -through?

Look, the only word that goes out is we're not returning to this building,

right? No, not all right. You could be bullshitting here.

Yeah, well, I'm not.

Well, as long as you remember, I'll be moving into your house if this goes pear

-shaped. Well, you'd be welcoming, have that in writing.

You need to listen to this.

The first thing I want you to hear and remember is your jobs are safe.

I am not bankrupt.

The company is not bankrupt. Your jobs are safe.

As of now, this building is closed.

I no longer own this building.

I'm in negotiations for new premises which the city council are helping me

They'll be found as fast as possible.

And you'll all be notified personally about return to work.

Your wages will be paid for the duration at basic rates.

I give you my word.

If you knew how much this is costing me, you'd know I'm only doing it this way

because it's absolutely essential to the future of this company.

If you've any questions, stay behind. Otherwise, collect your things from your

lockers and boxes.

I repeat, this building will be closed from 6 .30 tonight.

Matt! Hey, Matt!

Can I keep this?

Well, it's bugger all without a table.

No, I want to keep it, put it in my bedroom.

Get around the bloody bench you are, Kev, you know that.

Brian!

Brian! What?

Matt says I can take this all with me. Great, Jed. Why don't you take the table

and I'll start up your own business?

Hey, yeah, I'll come by next door and knock, Drew.

Get out of here and I'll put this off home.

Ooh, big Matt.

Just because he's bald, friends go to the let's go.

No, sorry, Bay 14, right at the back, because there's loads to go in.

What?

What?

It's just Baywatch Nights.

It's not funny. It's so not funny.

Space World, right in the back.

What?

Drink.

Somewhere.

Meal.

Okay. Okay.

Okay. I used to work

in a factory.

Yeah, right through the summer.

I loved it.

Students do.

I'd love to get me four weeks' holidays in one go and just set off.

You know? See nothing or no -one for 50 miles.

Alaskan Highway.

Winnie Bagel pulling a Lincoln.

No, that's what they do, you know.

North American steaks like doormats, Monty reckons.

Yeah.

Every five miles you get some of the best food you'll ever eat in your life.

Landscapes with a capital L.

Alaska, you.

You've barely been out of Manchester.

No. No.

What about the Himalayas?

What about them?

Backpacking.

You met a bird from Tyneside Bridge. You got diarrhea once and you were home by

Sunday, you lying tossy. Oh, yeah.

Rough guide to nowhere.

You got a postcard from Kathmandu. I did that, didn't I? I don't know. But you

were in Doncaster when it got posted, Kev. Mam caught you out on a 1471.

Mam, it's Kev. We're OK. It's sweltering, but we're managing.

Mam, 1471.

Doncaster. Whatever you want to think, mate. Yeah? Whatever you want to think.

Trudy, there's not much more we can do here now, so we're going to go down to

Chippy. Do you fancy fishing chips?

It'd be great, yeah.

Do you fancy paying?

Get a receipt.

Nobody gets married unless they want to, Mac.

You didn't force her into church.

I did, though.

She was a 17 -year -old.

Showed her what kind of house we'd live in, money we'd have, showed her loyalty,

and I, um... I talked her into believing loving somebody's not something that

happens overnight.

I believed it myself for the first couple of years.

I'll bribe the Trudy, simple as that.

The double sheets are loaded and leaving this morning. The double balances are

leaving this morning. And single sheets... Can you just hold on a sec?

Can you just come and put it down on the side there and hang on? The single

sheets... Just hold on. Steve!

Where's Steve?

Martin, it's the courier's thingy.

It's the stationery. You'll have to sign for it. Hello. Sorry.

The single sheets.

Not interested.

Not interested.

Not bloody interested.

The only thing that we've got a delay on are the pillow tweezers. Hello, who's

this from? We can get those to you next week.

No, Martin Leach, transport manager. Is that all right? I'll call you back this

afternoon to confirm.

Thank you, bye.

Janice Piper, very urgent.

Janice, what?

Tell them from me, no meeting.

I just bought a building nobody wants.

And I am very, very happy with the one we have found.

Well, no, it won't be in the freezer because it's fresh.

Fridge, second shelf, in tinfoil.

All right.

My sister, 35, going on infant.

Do you fancy a drink after work sometime?

Weekends are better, cos me sister nips down to Leicester.

Great.

McIntosh, but... McIntosh Limited.

And don't call me again. Call Peter Cochran. He speaks the same language as

which is not meant to be a compliment.

What do you think of this?

It's bloody awful.

Hello, Peter Cochran speaking.

Yep. No, you're you. I'll speak to him.

Hello, Thomas. What can I do for you?

Yep.

Macintosh textiles. Yeah, hang on, I'll just grab the file out.

I thought that was all sorted out.

I think he took it in his asthma.

Really? No, no, no, no, he was always relatively pleasant to me.

Yeah, Dad took care of him mostly.

Oh, here we go.

The last instructions we had were to proof a contract on another building.

No, I can't tell you that.

Er,

yeah.

No, I can't. No.

No, I really, really can't. Yeah.

Shh.

Yeah. No, if you... Yeah, if your clients want to arrange a meeting, they

need to ring James McIntosh direct.

Did he?

OK. Er, well... Well, yeah, I think you're putting it, but I'll try.

OK. Mm -hm.

Okay. Yeah.

Yeah, bye -bye. Yeah, bye -bye. Bye -bye.

Oh, God.

Three o 'clock.

Slimy, greedy bastards.

Ring Brooks at two and cancel, then call him at five and make it for six.

Right, let's get these up.

That's it.

Is the packer wired back in yet? Yeah.

It's on.

Get a couple of packers and try the machine out before we can rely on it.

Please. Please.

Martin, who's still out?

Brennage has fallen. They're nearly finished loading.

Right, well, go out and speed them up.