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Sometimes I said, yeah, feeling alone No

one to talk to, I got no telephone

Hi, this is Eddie Cotton on Sherwood Sound, the heartbeat of Nottingham. And

you don't like it, there's plenty more space on the dial.

Meanwhile, if any of you toe rags out there are still asleep, here's something

to make you rise and shine.

If I don't get a line, then neither do you lot.

Okay,

our phone line's open in ten minutes, so call the NYLTH, the man you love to

hate, on 501 -379.

Morning, my name's Boone. Come to Mr. Anscombe.

Move over, move over, move over.

Hi.

Ken Boone, Miss Ransom?

Have a seat.

Thank you.

Mr. Ransom?

Yeah, there's a Mr. Ken Boone for you.

Okay.

He'll be with you in a minute.

Shall I take your helmet?

We don't get a lot of head -on collisions around here, you know.

Yeah, all right.

Thank you.

Laura.

You understand what I'm saying, Helen?

You're saying green, Harry.

I'm saying green.

I'm saying ecology.

I'm saying look at this place.

I've been looking at it for the past four years. Look at it again.

Look at it afresh. Look at it through my eyes.

And what do we see, Harry? We see old world elegance.

We see unspoiled beauty.

We see profit.

Oh, that'll make a change.

Yeah, well, that's your opinion. And you're not only entitled to it, you're

welcome to it. Look, just call us back when you've had the lobotomy reversed,

will you, Mr. Simmons? No, you listen to me. Yeah, I'd love to, mate, but I've

got a few of my producers, you know, at the MSL Cutout device switch.

Popularity? Well, Eddie, well, it depends on how you look at it.

I mean, playing through as a track crazy as Eddie Cotton, well, he just plays up

to him.

But that's how he pulls 200 ,000 listeners a day.

Well, that's not bad, is it?

Not bad. It's fantastic.

Considering when I discovered him, he was a plumber's mate with a mobile

And that's half the reason why our MD wants an eye kept on him.

Yeah, well, I'm doing my best.

Oh, I should open your wood, Ken.

That Eddie there is very precious to us.

And he's very precious indeed to Sherwood Sound.

We take space.

Exclusive space.

Always check your readership profile.

Watch it after the ABs or the odd C1.

I agree.

Well, everybody's green these days, Helen. I mean, everybody who is anybody.

Philip always used to say this place should be a goldmine. Yes, well, so it

should. All it needed was somebody with a bit more experience, if you don't mind

my saying so.

Of course I don't mind. I wouldn't have advertised for a partner if I did.

Thanks, Eddie. That was a great show. That was Eddie Cotton, capsule NYLTH,

man you love to hate.

This is Tony Lyons.

Reluctant. I'm sure it's out.

I want you to come with me through till three. We're going to have a good time.

And for all you sleepless housewives out there, it's better than a mogadon.

Come on, Jerry, get out of here. You're around, I think.

It usually is.

Can you fill me in with a few details? Has Mr Cotton been threatened or what?

If I had to borrow a detective every time, Eddie was threatened.

Well, I don't think the financial resources of this place could stand it.

Ain't that the truth, my man?

Oh, the man you love to lie.

What Eddie really needs to protect, well, what Mr. Stone feels that he needs

protect him from, is himself.

The Eldham Celebrity Pro -Am.

Great.

Harry. Hmm?

About Trent Meadow.

Yeah? I mean, how many tennis courts are you thinking of fitting in down there?

Oh, better off a dozen, I reckon.

Aren't you being a little overambitious? Morning.

Oh, good morning, David.

Who's that?

David Tredegar. Same two weeks every year. He was a great chum of Philip's.

had a lot in common.

Really?

See, the trouble with Eddie is, I love him as I do. I have to agree with Stone

here. But he can be a touch, um, unpredictable.

You mean sometimes he can be unaccountably nice?

No. I mean sometimes he don't even turn up.

And when he does, he isn't exactly sober.

See, this Saturday's roadshow is going to be a very big event for us, Kim.

it'll be tricky.

Playing nanny to someone who doesn't want a nanny?

Anyone who think you didn't want a job?

Eddie!

Question for you.

Name again, please.

First, I'd like you to tell Ken here how you feel about Mr Stone's little

arrangement.

Oh, yeah, well, I've always said it, Kenneth.

I mean, a bodyguard's just what I need. I mean, you can't be really unpopular

without a bodyguard, can you?

Nah, a big oaf like you suits me down to the ground.

Publicity page.

Thanks.

Facilities are the key. When I sold the plaza suite, the property market peaked.

The only thing to do in its lump is to buy.

You don't even know Trent Meadows, but there... Well, it's obviously unused,

we're in a position to offer Mr Gibbs a price slightly above the market value.

He's not a businessman, Harry. No, he's not. He's a farmer. And they're even

more interested in money.

Stay in the pace.

Oh, 25 plans at once. You know Harry. How did it go at the station?

Oh, all right, yeah. Thanks for the intro.

I heard Bill Stone was looking for someone. Is the job exciting?

Yeah, yeah, it's fine.

Put me back on my feet.

At the start, anyway.

Is the boy about?

He's gone down to the pool to burn off some of his excess energy, I hope.

I'm wasting my time.

Can you order if you're going to straighten out the belly aching, eh?

I mean, it's your first job, for God's sake.

A job is a gimmick, isn't it?

They're just as dumb.

Just to boost that kid's ego.

Biggest excitement will be me dragging him out of some bar.

I've made the wrong decision.

Ken, trust me.

You're destined for greater things, man. I mean, look at me.

The coaching inn, the plaza suite, and now this.

Yeah.

Look at me, Texas Rangers, BDI.

Now I'm a glorified babysitter, paying guests.

Oh, give it time, Ken. Give it time.

You're going to love it here.

Things are going to be fine.

Things were fine in Birmingham.

Oh, no, they weren't fine in Birmingham, Ken.

And you know it, mate.

Look, I'm not complaining, mate.

Well, it's funny, Ken. It sounds as though you're... Grateful for the money

the office, the loan.

Are you set up yet? Yeah.

I don't feel at home there, Harry.

It's not my territory.

I don't know anybody.

Look, Ken, this town could be the making of me, and it could be the making of

you as well if you put your back into it.

I mean, Freshfields and Pastures, new mate. I mean, what have you got to lose,

eh?

How's your room?

Yeah, fine, fine, yeah.

Life goes on, Ken.

Okay.

So you go and get your office shipshape before I come along and see what it is

that I'm putting my money into.

Okay?

Go on, then.

Ah! Hey!

Who's that, dummy?

Hello, Rocky.

Oldest trick in the book, mate. You shouldn't have fallen for that one.

You great bird.

I thought you might like to see what we've done with the club in the short

that I've been here, Mr Gibbons.

Oh, might I suggest the entrecote?

I'll have the fricassee of vegetables.

That'll be the entrecote for you, will it, Mr Crawford?

No, no, no. The fricassee will be fine for me as well.

Unusual to find a vegetarian farmer.

Possibly, but then I only grow organic crops, Mr Crawford.

Oh, I see.

Well, I see we've got something in common.

The environment is one of my preoccupations as well.

I see we have a basis for discussion.

Discussion about what?

Oh, the land.

Being neighbours, that kind of thing, you know.

Sounds like a preamble to a request to mend the boundary fence.

Not at all, Mr Gibbs, not at all.

It's a preamble to a request to move it.

I'm sorry?

Trent Meadow.

I wondered if you'd be interested in selling it.

A credit card?

Yeah. You just slide it down the door where the lock is.

Yeah, I know that.

Since when did you have a credit card?

Since I've become a company director, Ken. I tell you, Texas range has been

booming since you left.

Really?

No, not really.

Anyway, I bought you last year's accounts from BDI.

Yeah, great.

Thanks. Just what I needed.

Something to clutter up the place, eh?

About nine foot high, eight foot wide, ladies and gentlemen, Big Ken.

Well, I'm not sure if he's acting shy or just looking for his brain.

Come on, Ken, take your tongue out of neutral and say...

Hello. Ah, well, there you are. You see, there is hope for revolution yet.

I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll have another tune, and then I'll come

straight back and tell you exactly what Big Ken's doing here.

Come on, Ken. Play the game.

Yeah, that's the whole point, isn't it? It's just a game.

No point in me guarding you in the studio, is there?

OK, so you're a gimmick. What's your problem?

You want to drum up work for your agency, don't you?

Of course I do.

Well, then, so plug it.

Like what?

Well, like here, on the airwaves, free publicity. Tell everyone about it.

I like you, Ken. We've got a lot in common.

How'd you figure that out?

Well, I'm smarter than you are.

Look, I tell you what, you've got 90 seconds to think of all the lovely

you're going to say about your agency.

So who is this guy anyway?

Ken Boone.

Boone? Yeah.

Can you handle it?

No problem.

Ciao.

Ken, talking of weapons, do you ever carry arms when you're working?

No, I try to keep strictly non -violent.

And if you could see, Ken, you'd understand why nobody tries to start any

trouble when they're around him. I can tell you this is one satisfied customer.

Hello, and the next caller is President Gorbachev.

Do you speak Russian, Ken?

Well, enough to get by when I meet a Russian spy.

I see Jerry's made a new discovery.

Are you grooming him to take over from Eddie?

Not if I have anything to do with it.

Look, I'll tell you what, Mr Stone.

I'll go on standby for the telephone, shall I? Just in case Eddie doesn't make

it. I don't think there's any danger of that.

That's why I've taken on Boone.

I just wish I'd made the break sooner.

Thank you, Mr Gibson.

I spent ten years of my life chasing my tail around the circle line before I

finally plucked up courage.

Oh, the good life, eh?

So you've had a think about my offer?

Indeed I have.

What you said made very good sense.

Oh. I've let Trent Meadow lie here too long without doing anything for me. You

mustn't let your resources go to waste.

Exactly.

You keep going on about it. Ken, get the limo out. You're taking me for a drink.

Well, this is where your job really started.

Stay close to him.

You got a spare crash helmet?

Where do I get one of these?

Bit of class, is this? Stop making these before you were thought of.

Go on, I'm waiting up for it.

Get it. Go on, get on.

What's so special about this place, though?

Oh, this is where Jerry discovered me.

I stood a disc upstairs.

Eddie's electric music was ringing.

What? We've got to start somewhere.

Do some clerical work, he says.

Find the filing cabinet.

Kenneth?

This is no way to run a business.

Right.

Hell no.

Ladies and gentlemen, here we go, I'm the director of the yearly Common Road

Show. That's right, T -M -Y -L -T -H, the man you love to hate.

I tell you, if any of you suffers more requests, you know, don't be afraid.

This is why I'm on the back of a £5 note.

Oh, can me, old mate.

Singles, eh?

You don't have to worry, mate. The point is, this telephone's for nothing.

Good.

I don't know, it's saying nothing. Look at that.

All right.

He's still my beating heart.

Yeah, Ken, do you play pool?

Not very well. No?

We'll come and learn from him after.

I want Gibbs Farm to survive as a small holding, but I'm a romantic as well.

Now, I've thought about your offer, but it's not what the countryside's there

for. I want the people to come and enjoy this land. Oh, they will.

Oh, they will.

How many?

Well, if we offer a dozen courts.

There's a maximum of two at each end.

Mr Crawford, my plan is this. I want to turn Gibbs Farm into a sort of, well, a

sort of commune, if you like. A what?

Now, don't worry, I'm not talking about hippies. Just plain, ordinary folk who

want to come out for a few days, enjoy the open air, and till the soil as their

forefathers did.

Well, yes, Mr Gibbs.

Yes, I see what you mean.

Yes, a fascinating idea.

But as Trent Meadow isn't arable land, I mean, I cannot... Mr Crawford, I'll

have to give these people something in return.

I'll have to put them up during their stay.

Well, I'll put them up here.

Do you mind? I mean, no wonder I'm losing my concentration.

Sorry, I didn't catch that.

Yeah, well, I'm not surprised with all the noise you were making. What's your

game?

Infinitely superior to yours, I should think. He didn't mean that. No, yeah, I

did mean that. Yeah, well, you want to watch that mouth of yours? Do I? Get on

the bike, Eddie, now.

I feel it'll get, and I'm going to have him.

Yeah.

Point, eh?

Yeah, lads, have a game with us.

Easy. I've got to get up very early in the morning.

Quick day.

Another minute!

It's not quite ready yet.

Do you have any phone calls?

No. Why? What's the matter?

Oh, little sod.

Give me the slip.

Well,

what are you going to do now, then?

What can I do?

I've tried a couple of clubs. He could be anywhere.

I'll give you hand. There's no point.

He could be around his girlfriends by now.

Besides, it'd take us too far too long to get looking respectable.

The club's a bit knobby around here.

What's that?

What? That.

Oh, that.

Oh, that's your Aspergistra. It's a good luck present from me to you for the

start of your new business.

Well, I'm going to need that, aren't I? Good luck.

First bloody job I get and I cock it up.

How about we go out and I treat you to a nice takeaway with me flexible friend?

Yeah. All right, why not?

Yeah, I'll take the lad's out Saturday night sometimes.

You know, one of them curry houses up Stoney Lane.

Is that the best way to spend Texas Rangers profits?

Incentive, Ken.

Lads need a bit of incentive.

So you're doing all right, eh?

Mm. I reckon.

I had a postcard from California last week.

From Joe.

He wants to know when we're going to come over and stay.

Really? Mm.

Is that the real reason you come up here, Ken?

You know, Margaret, I mean.

I never realised I'd miss her so much.

It was bloody awful.

Then Harry sold the plaza suite, so I knew somebody was trying to tell me

something.

No partner, no office, nothing.

You still have Texas Rangers?

No. You were in charge by then. Couldn't kick you out, could I, eh?

No, I've done the best thing.

Sign it over to you and bugger off.

Back to the land, eh?

That's what I thought.

Then Harry bought into Woodcote.

Offered to set me up here.

Fresh incentives, Ken. New opportunities.

I had nothing to lose.

What do you miss, bro?

I need a curry.

No, it's all right at Woodcote.

But I could do without a bum start to my business.

I suppose you will turn up in the morning.

How much was that?

Oi, oi, oi! Don't go that -a -way, mate.

Climb not on expenses.

Good morning world. This is the Eddie Cotton show, but is this Eddie Cotton

speaking? No, it's not. It's Tony Lyon standing in for the man you love to

But let's be honest, he's always ill to stoke, but today he's sick as well.

Never mind, Eddie, if you're listening, mate, we wish you well, don't we, gang?

So it's a double dose of me through to 12 and my own show after.

It's a marathon. Am I going to make it?

I think I am.

Let's get the show on the road with Bananarama and help.

I actually mentioned the word commune.

I can see them now, hordes of them.

Well, working holidays aren't quite Woodstock, you know, Harry.

Not to start with, maybe, but how long will it be before we've got the

Stonehenge lot down on our doorstep?

I mean, I can see them now. The whole meadow covered with ranshackled

wigwams. Well, how do you know he's not going to build proper accommodation?

Because I've seen his house.

And if that's his idea of proper accommodation, he'd be condemned before

off the drawing board.

Well, there's not much we can do about it.

Yes, there is.

We can mobilise public opinion.

In favour of what?

In favour of not allowing any kind of accommodation to be either built,

or pegged out on what I would consider to be a local beauty spot.

I'm told you recently moved your agency from Birmingham, Mr Boone. Yeah, that's

right. Well, perhaps we can see why.

Well, I mean, I'm doing my best.

It's not easy. Eddie's very shrewd.

That's why we hired a professional.

At least we thought we had.

I don't want excuses. I want him back.

I need him for the telethon.

Well, it's 24 hours before the telethon. Now, give us a chance, eh?

I will get him back.

I suggest you do, Mr Boone.

Otherwise, your newly planted agency may have difficulty taking root here in

Nottingham. I could see to that.

Fine.

Come on, Rocky.

I've got the phone on and I've got work to do.

What?

We're going to find out what Eddie did last night.

I already know, mate.

What? Here, look, under the door. Have a look.

Bloody hell.

I thought about what I was going to do. I didn't know what to do, you know.

Ken?

Ken?

God, what have you been up to? You look absolutely dreadful.

I feel like I've got this little geezer running around inside my head causing

havoc with a trauma hook.

I'm never getting overs like this.

Do something for us, eh, Laura?

I think I've got some aspirin in my bag.

What you need is lots to drink.

Water, I mean.

Or a head transplant.

What time is it now?

Twenty to ten.

What? I'd better get in there and face the music.

As a local tradesman, you have an interest in protecting this community.

As a local tradesman, I've got an interest in selling meat.

Ah, well, there you are, you see.

Mr Gibbs doesn't eat meat. Then in that case, I hope he finds a lot of work in

families who do.

I don't think you understand.

These aren't going to be ordinary families.

You're not going to find any financial director suddenly deciding they want to

race organic wheat.

The only people with enough time on their hands are going to be society's

-offs. Mr Crawford, I enjoy supplying Woodcut Park.

Whether or not I supply Gibbs Farm, Richard Gibbs is still a local man, and

makes him all right by me. I don't want to be involved.

I don't think he's going to remember anything about last night.

I'm on my way back now.

Back me the contract tomorrow.

Good.

Adios.

Has Stone seen that?

It's worse than that. He's with Eddie. He turned up ten minutes ago with a

world's worst hangover. Where is he?

In Stone's office.

Sorry isn't good enough, Eddie.

You've been sorry before.

Look, I really didn't mean... Are you OK?

What does it look like?

A touching reunion.

Found each other at last.

Which is very convenient.

Because you can now accompany yourselves to the front door.

You're both finished, Sherwood signed.

No. Last thing I remember is leaving the pub.

Sorry, Ken.

And the next thing you remember is waking up in her bed.

On her bed.

What a terrible feeling nothing even happened.

What hotel?

Savoy, room 151. I checked it this morning.

And you can't even remember her name?

No. And I make a point of normally never forgetting.

God, I don't know why I feel so rough.

I didn't even drink that much last night.

So it's not like a normal hangover?

No. It always feels worse when I've just got a sack.

What am I going to do, Ken?

I mean, one minute, you know, you ride night, and then...

Puff! It all goes up in the cloud. It's just mugged. Yeah, I know.

Do you know where Jerry is?

Yeah, he's coming over here to see you. Oh, good. He always looks after me.

Listen, this DJ who's standing in for you... What's on your lines?

Is he a mate of yours?

Are you kidding?

He'd be lapping this up.

Right, I'm going over to that girl's hotel room.

I've got an idea.

I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll fight him at the planning stage.

What planning stage? Well, if Gibbs is going to put people on his land, he's

to make an application.

Harry. So if we can't halt him outright, then we can delay him until he gets fed

up with the idea.

Harry. Hmm?

I think I'm going to have to put my foot down.

Sorry?

Well, when you came here, we never talked about terms and conditions, did

Well, Helen, it's a partnership.

We've got to trust each other. Right then, trust me.

If you go around putting everyone's backs up... The club may flourish, but

there's just going to be no point in being here.

I couldn't bear that.

All right?

Yeah. Yeah, all right.

Good.

Helen? David!

Who owns Trent Meadow?

Not you as well.

Come on, let's get you out of here before there's another row.

Help me.

Hi. Can I help you? Yeah, I'm trying to track down my daughter.

She's a tall blonde girl with cowboy boots.

We've had a bit of a misunderstanding at home with her mum. She's very... What's

her name?

Well, she could have checked in as anybody, really.

Well, er... We had Donna Delaney check out about an hour ago.

Yeah, yeah, that's that.

She didn't pay by credit card, did she?

Is there a problem?

Well, it is a bit embarrassing. Do you think you could do me a favour and rip

that up and I'll pay you cash?

All right.

That's £174 .98, please. What?

Well, room service, phone call, late -night movie.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, expensive tape.

Gets that from my mum.

Look, could I give you a cheque for it, please?

Bufo calamita. Do you even know what that is?

I have it washed. The natajack toad. You've got anything?

Down on Trent Meadow.

And there are at least two pests, which means it's a spawning ground.

Is your shirt damp? Yes.

Helen, you ought to be very excited.

It's a very rare species.

It's protected.

Oh.

going through all that again.

Sorry.

Mr Lyons? Yeah.

Remember me, Ken Boone?

Oh yes, the private detective.

I don't need a bodyguard, thank.

I just want to have a quick word with you about the man they love to hate.

You're running the telethon, yeah?

And what, do you reckon you're going to reach the target?

Anything Eddie Cotton can raise, I can double it.

Not much love lost between you two, is there?

Look, what are you getting at?

I reckon Eddie was set up, missing his own show, those photographs down the

club, all that.

And you think I've got something to do with it?

Yeah. You and Donna Delaney.

If I were you, Ken, I'd think about doing something else for a living.

They're protected under the Conservation of Wild Creatures Act.

Right. What does that mean exactly?

You may not kill them, capture them... Build on them?

Build?

On the spawning grounds?

That's all I need to know.

Come on, we're going to see Harry.

Tony Lyons is going to London at the end of the month, to one of the big

stations. He doesn't need to pull a stunt like that.

Well, Donna Delaney has phoned somebody in this building seven times in the last

two days.

It must be Eddie.

He can play the aggrieved innocent all he likes, but who else is there?

I think he's being set up.

Look, Mr Boone, I've got 101 members of staff to replace, not least my top two

DJs. The telethon's a complete pig's ear and the press are on my back. I haven't

got time to theorise.

I appreciate what you're doing. It's your reputation after all.

But until you come up with hard evidence, I'll just have to assume that

has confirmed my worst suspicions about him.

Yeah, look, you've got to give it some... Hello?

Yes?

So which one is it this time?

Hello.

Hello, Ken.

Um... Yeah, he's fine. Still sleeping, recovering.

You checked out that hotel with the...

Yeah, little old lady. Very nice she was. I think it was the mother. And

was another one to a chiropodist.

Yeah. One to the evening mail.

And there was this one to a company called Radio Star Sound. Now, they're a

pirate radio station and she works for them.

Nice one, Rocky.

Well done.

Yeah, what would you do without me, eh, mate?

Now, listen, I've thought up a little slogan for an advertising campaign might

help you get on your feet sort of thing. Would you like to hear it?

Ken?

Ken?

Can I have a word with you a minute?

What are you doing here? I heard you've been given the call.

Can you help me get back inside the building?

What? Well, it's nothing. I just need to check a couple of records.

Can you get me past that security guard?

I'm always telling him about the job, and he's been wanting to come in and

a look around for ages.

You know, the studios and that.

Only, you see, me dad works during the day, so I thought...

If you wouldn't mind.

Well, this is your order.

Keep him on the tight end, will you? I will.

Thanks.

Why couldn't I have been your older brother?

Wrong accent?

No, Stone's not going to change his mind. I tried everything I could.

It's a bit tricky, isn't it?

I even told him I'd leave.

He didn't have to do that.

Well... Once the telephone's out of the way, I can't see any point in hanging

around here.

And they can't treat you like that.

Well, you know, Tim Boone reckons I was set up.

How do you mean?

Well, someone at the station.

Someone wants me out.

Sounds thick enough to be true.

I mean, Sherwood Sounds isn't about radio.

It's about politics or how to stab your best friend in the back.

How would I do, Jerry?

I mean, what do you think?

You keep hold of what's important, all right? Then you get ready to put all

behind you and make a clean start somewhere else.

Well, this one's no good.

What did you expect to find?

A little red sticker saying devious sod, capable of stitching up his mates. I

don't know.

If you've got me near you on a wild goose, Chasel.

Don't you get nervous, otherwise I'll panic.

This is what I want.

Bit early in the day, isn't it?

What? Ah, well, if you want to catch some extra spawning, Mr... Certainly do

not. Some aspects of nature are a little too green for Harry. Thank you, Helen.

Hello? Hi. Hiya. Thanks for coming. It's all right. I think this might get us

off the hook. I know she's in.

I've written down a few details by ten o 'clock.

Do you know what you're going to say?

No, sir.

Hi.

Hello, Donna Delaney?

Hi, it's Laura here from Sherwood Sound.

Mr Anscombe's asked me to pass on an urgent message to you.

Yeah, he said he would have rang you himself when he tied up on an outside

broadcast.

He said, could you meet him at the telethon at ten o 'clock sharp?

Yeah, I know, but he did say it was really important.

Thanks.

Bye.

Brilliant. Well done.

Right, now I've got to work on Eddie.

It's amazing to think that a few little animals can stand in the way of

progress, isn't it? Yeah, there you are.

Was my offer to purchase the bed out still standless, but of course now I

discount. Oh, Harry, I think the thud of tennis shoes would be equally

disruptive to the poor toe.

That's a good shake on the status quo.

What do you think?

I don't believe you. It's true.

I saw it in Hanscom's file.

As from the end of the month, he's out on his air.

What does that prove?

I mean, he wants out anyway. He's resigning. He's nothing without you.

why he's stitched you up, got you the sack.

Yeah, but why would he do that? I don't know why, but I'm sure he did.

No, I can't see it. You're way off the mark there, you know, Ken.

I think, like, Jerry's the only one who's stuck with me through all of this

anyway.

No, you're wrong. Forget it.

Oh, Jerry, can I have a word? Yeah, I'll be right back.

This

isn't such

a good idea. You really shouldn't be here.

Yeah, it wasn't my idea. It was Boone's.

Boone's? Yeah.

Oi, listen, Jerry.

He was saying something to me about your contract's up at the end of the month

or something.

Really? Yeah.

So what, is it true?

Well, yeah, it is, as a matter of fact. Then why didn't you tell me?

Because I didn't want to worry you. What are you talking about? It doesn't

matter, Eddie. Listen, I have just pulled off the best deal in my life. Oh,

yeah? Now, listen, what I'm talking about, I'm talking about the cost of it.

Yeah. Yeah.

Europe. They want you, my boy. You.

Yeah. Look, I haven't got time to tell you that, so I'll catch you later, and

I'll run it all by you then. Oh, that sounds great.

That's the target. And we can beat it with your help right here today.

Rickett.

I'm sorry, mate. You was wrong. Eddie, just wait. You was wrong. I just talked

to him just now. What for?

What for?

Look, over there. By the ice cream.

Who do you think she's going to say?

What's going on? What the hell are you doing here? If anybody should... Now do

you believe me?

Well, you should have done it this way, Jerry, should you?

Eddie. Yeah?

Eddie, listen.

Eddie, listen!

Look, we've got the contract.

Just sign it.

The whole of Europe wants to hear you.

Look, you've got the job.

I did it for you, Eddie.

Eddie, you need me.

Yeah, I've already got a hole in the head, thanks, Jill.

Hang on.

I've got an idea. You might be able to get your job back.

Just wait.

Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.

Now, live on Sherwood Sound, it's the NYLTH, the man you

love to hate, Mr...

Eddie Cotton!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Again! My first happy customer.

Oh, great, mate.

You were right.

Bit of a celebration.

Oh, I can't, mate.

I've got to get back to Birmingham.

You've got all this lot to tidy up, and I've got a board meeting at half or two

o 'clock.

I'll see you.

Hey, Rocky.

Well, thanks for your help, mate.

It's all right, mate.

It's nice to see you.

Yeah, you too.

Well,

come back and see us sometime, won't you?

I'm not under too much stress.

You take it easy.

I'm going to miss you.

I'll send you a postcard. From Birmingham.

I'll see you sometime.

Yeah, see you sometime.

And we're interrupting because we've just had our first pledge.

£500 from the Sherwood Sound managing director, Mr Stone.

which just goes to prove what I've always thought. He's absolutely mad.

Anyone would think he wanted me to stay.

They're not going to let him leave Nottingham and he knows it. Hello.

I bet they wouldn't do the same for a receptionist.

What do you mean?

I'm out of a job.

You're joking.

Was that my fault?

No, it's OK, I'll find another one.

I just wanted to pop in, say goodbye.

You know, wish you all the best in Nottingham.

Wait a minute, love, I mean...

What about a job with a smaller company?

You know, a bit of filing.

Quite a lot, actually.

What? Just to begin with?

Depends how quick you are.

You're on.

Wow.

Welcome.