1 00:01:14,700 --> 00:01:17,080 Liverpool up to fifth, then she gets a wobble with something chronic. 2 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,340 All the way down, round the box, back bracket just doesn't like the vibrations 3 00:01:21,340 --> 00:01:22,720 in the red. It's not strong enough. 4 00:01:23,460 --> 00:01:26,020 The trouble with these cars is people will drive them. 5 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:27,860 Try a strap, Dink. 6 00:01:28,180 --> 00:01:29,158 Make it pretty. 7 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:30,200 One pretty strap. 8 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,740 I don't really want to write off a whole new system. And I don't really want to 9 00:01:33,740 --> 00:01:35,760 fit one, quite frankly. It's six o' bloody clock now. 10 00:01:36,060 --> 00:01:37,320 It's not. It is. 11 00:01:37,940 --> 00:01:41,480 1804. Oh, my God, where are my keys? What's the problem? Oh, well, I've got 12 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:42,480 be at the school, haven't I? 13 00:01:43,020 --> 00:01:44,020 I'm going to be late. 14 00:01:44,140 --> 00:01:45,540 Disaster. Never mind. 15 00:01:46,540 --> 00:01:47,840 Have a crack at it, Dink. 16 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,780 If it doesn't take, at least we tried, eh? Right. 17 00:01:55,900 --> 00:01:56,900 Oh, for God's sake. 18 00:01:57,180 --> 00:01:58,900 Make him formal. 19 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,980 He thinks he's a bloody poke. Get on with it, you lazy bugger. 20 00:02:12,620 --> 00:02:16,220 Synchro Mesh was the weak link in the 60s. People forever bringing back the 21 00:02:16,220 --> 00:02:17,660 leopard sea, moaning like hell. 22 00:02:17,860 --> 00:02:21,980 You know what my father used to do? He'd stuff a pair of silk knickers down the 23 00:02:21,980 --> 00:02:24,900 gearbox. Never failed. Smoothest change on the road. 24 00:02:25,300 --> 00:02:26,380 Ladies knickers! 25 00:02:26,820 --> 00:02:28,220 Ladies knickers! 26 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,160 Oh, my giddy arm. 27 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:32,800 Oh, sure. 28 00:02:33,180 --> 00:02:34,320 Where are they going? 29 00:03:00,490 --> 00:03:01,490 Stay there. 30 00:03:05,270 --> 00:03:06,510 It's all right. This is the boss. 31 00:03:07,750 --> 00:03:08,990 We've lost seven cars. 32 00:03:10,510 --> 00:03:11,510 Anybody hurt? 33 00:03:12,050 --> 00:03:16,510 Dink's a bit shaken. The weld on that G caught a fuel leak. Went up in his face. 34 00:03:16,630 --> 00:03:17,448 Oh, my God. 35 00:03:17,450 --> 00:03:19,950 But it's all right. He's all right. He's lucky it was just a flash. 36 00:03:20,230 --> 00:03:21,230 Dink? 37 00:03:21,990 --> 00:03:23,230 He said he could smell petrol. 38 00:03:24,210 --> 00:03:26,370 Well, I couldn't smell it. Jesus Christ, Carl. 39 00:03:27,150 --> 00:03:31,050 I couldn't smell it. Relax, man. It's all taken care of. 40 00:03:31,390 --> 00:03:32,390 Sorry about the mess. 41 00:03:32,590 --> 00:03:33,630 How do you feel, Dean? 42 00:03:33,850 --> 00:03:34,990 A bit of brain damage. 43 00:04:17,589 --> 00:04:18,709 Right, that's it, really. 44 00:04:22,830 --> 00:04:24,670 I just want to say one 45 00:04:24,670 --> 00:04:30,730 thing. 46 00:04:31,950 --> 00:04:34,870 I don't blame anybody for this, except myself. 47 00:04:36,110 --> 00:04:38,330 And I'm not going to sack anybody because of it. 48 00:04:39,650 --> 00:04:42,890 Yes, I'm going to have to lay a few of you off for a short while. 49 00:04:44,010 --> 00:04:48,130 But I want you to know this is a strictly temporary arrangement and in 50 00:04:48,130 --> 00:04:54,150 only until the insurance is sorted and we are fit to operate again as normal. 51 00:04:56,490 --> 00:05:00,770 Also, you know, I hope you know, that I would not be doing this if there was 52 00:05:00,770 --> 00:05:02,310 anything else I could possibly do instead. 53 00:05:04,410 --> 00:05:06,370 Right. Anyone want to say anything here? 54 00:05:09,370 --> 00:05:10,370 Yes, me. 55 00:05:11,750 --> 00:05:15,290 We've had a rough ride before and we'll have one again. 56 00:05:16,390 --> 00:05:20,010 And just because we've had a bit of a bonfire doesn't mean it's the end of the 57 00:05:20,010 --> 00:05:21,010 road. 58 00:05:21,090 --> 00:05:22,090 Amen. 59 00:05:28,450 --> 00:05:28,810 I 60 00:05:28,810 --> 00:05:37,850 need 61 00:05:37,850 --> 00:05:38,850 a coat of paint, this one. 62 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:41,360 God forgive me. 63 00:05:42,340 --> 00:05:43,860 I thought you put it rather well. 64 00:05:44,980 --> 00:05:46,820 I'm not following this conversation. 65 00:05:48,380 --> 00:05:49,380 I lied. 66 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,720 He lied. There's nothing temporary about any of this. 67 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,200 Will somebody explain, please? 68 00:05:57,980 --> 00:05:59,300 It's the end of the road, Penn. 69 00:06:00,180 --> 00:06:01,720 We got there six months ago. 70 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,040 You'll have to translate. 71 00:06:05,660 --> 00:06:08,480 The company is effectively bust. 72 00:06:09,230 --> 00:06:13,170 We function entirely on overdraft, the limits of which we transgressed some 73 00:06:13,170 --> 00:06:16,310 ago. Douglas Motors is what? 74 00:06:16,950 --> 00:06:17,950 What are we? 75 00:06:18,150 --> 00:06:19,710 Anathema to Sensible Investment. 76 00:06:20,190 --> 00:06:21,190 That's us. 77 00:06:21,210 --> 00:06:22,049 Says who? 78 00:06:22,050 --> 00:06:23,050 Bank manager. 79 00:06:23,650 --> 00:06:24,850 So what's the lie? 80 00:06:26,630 --> 00:06:29,670 Those men I laid off, I can't see I'll ever be able to take them back. 81 00:06:31,450 --> 00:06:32,450 It's funny, really. 82 00:06:33,310 --> 00:06:34,490 Can't afford to employ them. 83 00:06:35,710 --> 00:06:37,450 Can't make the cash properly without them. 84 00:06:38,190 --> 00:06:39,190 It's me, isn't it? 85 00:06:40,690 --> 00:06:42,030 I've never lied to them before. 86 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:46,190 I've never been lying to them. Ever. 87 00:06:51,810 --> 00:06:52,830 So we're ruined. 88 00:06:54,370 --> 00:06:55,370 Gavin. 89 00:06:56,270 --> 00:06:58,730 Perhaps you should just see if your father's all right. 90 00:07:05,230 --> 00:07:06,590 Could we mortgage the house? 91 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,440 Well, I think two mortgages are probably enough. 92 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:14,340 I keep making suggestions. He's not listening. He's just switched off. I 93 00:07:14,340 --> 00:07:15,340 switched off, Penny. 94 00:07:15,780 --> 00:07:19,580 It's just that everything you can think of, I have thought of and tried several 95 00:07:19,580 --> 00:07:20,559 times already. 96 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:21,700 All right, you don't have to snap. 97 00:07:22,820 --> 00:07:24,860 Look, I'm not. Oh, for heaven's sake. 98 00:07:25,260 --> 00:07:27,520 Well, what are you going to do? Sell, I expect. 99 00:07:28,180 --> 00:07:29,180 Then die. 100 00:07:29,260 --> 00:07:30,260 Not necessarily. 101 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,580 But I will, I will go down fighting. 102 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,540 It's time to take the weapons from the wall. 103 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,980 We're talking about last resorts here, really, aren't we? 104 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:42,560 I've got one. 105 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,780 Oh? There's a bloke I used to box with a few years back. Works in the city as 106 00:07:46,780 --> 00:07:48,120 some kind of business analyst. 107 00:07:48,460 --> 00:07:49,419 No, Gavin. 108 00:07:49,420 --> 00:07:51,400 Penny doesn't like him because he once made a pass at her. 109 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:52,619 He did not. 110 00:07:52,620 --> 00:07:56,220 All right, because he once didn't make a pass at her. Who knows? But I think 111 00:07:56,220 --> 00:07:57,220 he's worth a try. 112 00:07:58,580 --> 00:07:59,580 What's his name? 113 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:00,680 Stephen Crane. 114 00:08:01,820 --> 00:08:03,540 He's probably too busy even to talk to us. 115 00:08:04,170 --> 00:08:05,330 Turn it off. 116 00:08:06,770 --> 00:08:07,830 It's the sun. 117 00:08:11,770 --> 00:08:16,110 Good sleep. 118 00:08:16,630 --> 00:08:19,050 I don't believe I've been to sleep. 119 00:08:19,430 --> 00:08:20,430 Oh, dear. 120 00:08:20,570 --> 00:08:21,529 At all. 121 00:08:21,530 --> 00:08:26,990 How awful for you. For at least three months. Three months? Nine days? 122 00:08:28,390 --> 00:08:29,950 I was reading my diary. 123 00:08:30,250 --> 00:08:31,250 Is that right? 124 00:08:31,570 --> 00:08:32,569 Mm -hmm. 125 00:08:33,790 --> 00:08:34,870 Getting bored with me? 126 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:38,730 When am I going to be late for work? 127 00:08:38,950 --> 00:08:39,950 Half an hour ago. 128 00:08:41,350 --> 00:08:43,230 Not really worth going in then, is it? 129 00:08:43,690 --> 00:08:44,690 Not really. 130 00:09:12,650 --> 00:09:14,330 What's your problem, apart from the obvious? 131 00:09:14,630 --> 00:09:15,630 Jimmy Blake. 132 00:09:15,670 --> 00:09:17,010 First bloody thing in all. 133 00:09:17,270 --> 00:09:18,390 But he's such a nice person. 134 00:09:18,810 --> 00:09:21,790 Bastard. Oh, I can't face him. Yes, you can. 135 00:09:22,150 --> 00:09:23,150 I'll hold your hand. 136 00:09:24,110 --> 00:09:25,110 Where's your report? 137 00:09:26,330 --> 00:09:27,330 In here. 138 00:09:27,430 --> 00:09:28,430 Oh, 139 00:09:28,950 --> 00:09:30,330 what's me bloody combination? 140 00:09:32,490 --> 00:09:35,090 Stephen. You recognise my type? 141 00:09:35,350 --> 00:09:37,450 Everyone's got a number. Oh, God. 142 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:42,260 You're very late. We're also at the main feature, so no worries. 143 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:47,520 Gum. 144 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:52,500 So? 145 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:56,760 Thank you, Marcus. 146 00:09:57,740 --> 00:09:59,280 That was jolly interesting. 147 00:10:00,660 --> 00:10:02,860 An astute purchase, as I see it. 148 00:10:03,140 --> 00:10:04,140 So you do. 149 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:06,900 So you do. 150 00:10:09,290 --> 00:10:10,830 So is that the green light then, Jimmy? 151 00:10:14,710 --> 00:10:15,710 No. 152 00:10:16,850 --> 00:10:20,750 Piers, tell us about Nesmith Recreation. 153 00:10:22,390 --> 00:10:24,510 Nesmith Recreation PLC. 154 00:10:25,170 --> 00:10:30,250 Small -time tax -losing toy of Lord Nicky Nesmith. Piers sleeps with Jimmy? 155 00:10:31,050 --> 00:10:34,090 Is that a fact? No, that's a lie. I wanted to make you feel better. 156 00:10:36,290 --> 00:10:37,410 My dears. 157 00:10:38,860 --> 00:10:40,800 Do share your amusement. 158 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,160 Sorry, Jimmy, but frankly, Nesmith is a dog. 159 00:10:46,180 --> 00:10:48,700 Rather brutish analysis, Stephen. 160 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:51,260 Business is up, certainly. 161 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:55,860 However, my little man at Inland Revenue tells me they've had Nicky's number now 162 00:10:55,860 --> 00:10:56,860 for 18 months. 163 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,060 Buy Nesmith, Jimmy, you'll wind up paying his tax bill, and we're talking 164 00:11:01,060 --> 00:11:02,560 wrong end of six figures here. 165 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,640 Not my project, of course, just... 166 00:11:07,690 --> 00:11:08,890 Thought it was worth mentioning. 167 00:11:09,150 --> 00:11:12,750 There is a contingency. We don't have to condemn the purchase because of it. 168 00:11:12,790 --> 00:11:13,790 Thank you, Pierce. 169 00:11:16,230 --> 00:11:20,430 Stephen, enlighten us on the subject of Telbeck Trust. 170 00:11:20,850 --> 00:11:21,850 Telbeck? 171 00:11:23,710 --> 00:11:24,750 You'll love it. 172 00:11:33,790 --> 00:11:34,790 Hey, thanks. 173 00:11:35,530 --> 00:11:38,830 Just like I'm a waste of space, I might as well find a report straight out the 174 00:11:38,830 --> 00:11:42,090 bloody window. Crane's law, rule number one, never let them get to you. If you 175 00:11:42,090 --> 00:11:43,310 do, you have to get them back. 176 00:11:43,550 --> 00:11:46,510 Then you tend to lose your job, which is something you can't afford to do, 177 00:11:46,550 --> 00:11:49,410 because you owe me 22 ,000 quid, and if I don't see somebody soon, you're going 178 00:11:49,410 --> 00:11:51,810 to wake up and find a horsey dead making a mess of your duvet, you know what I 179 00:11:51,810 --> 00:11:52,810 mean? 180 00:11:52,830 --> 00:11:53,830 So cheer up. 181 00:11:54,410 --> 00:11:58,770 Happy, happy, happy. Oh, yeah, but Steve... Listen, some you win, some you 182 00:11:59,370 --> 00:12:01,090 But I've never seen you lose. 183 00:12:02,090 --> 00:12:03,450 Tell Beck straight off. 184 00:12:03,790 --> 00:12:04,790 Hey. 185 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,620 Your promotion, is it official or what? 186 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:08,920 Oh, what? Nothing in print. 187 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:13,100 Marcus, Jimmy would like to see you. 188 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:14,700 Oh, Christ. 189 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:16,600 Jimmy would probably like to see you in a frock. 190 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,180 It's the way to get on. But for what now? 191 00:12:19,540 --> 00:12:21,580 You're going to get a small bollocking for talking in class. 192 00:12:22,260 --> 00:12:23,260 Relax. 193 00:12:23,380 --> 00:12:26,140 Just be sensible. 194 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:28,780 I'll wear a condom. 195 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:45,240 So, rule number one, it's not who you do, it's who knows you're doing it. 196 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:47,640 I'll bear it in mind. 197 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,680 There's a bloke looking for you, by the way. 198 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:52,280 Damn it. 199 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:57,260 Half a million quid. 200 00:12:58,240 --> 00:12:59,940 It isn't sweetie money, Gavin. 201 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,240 You used to tell me it grew on trees, here. It does. 202 00:13:03,780 --> 00:13:06,000 But people like you aren't allowed in the orchard. 203 00:13:08,090 --> 00:13:10,890 Banks are banks, Gav. They just won't spend into a loser. 204 00:13:16,870 --> 00:13:17,990 Who owns the company? 205 00:13:18,450 --> 00:13:19,450 Chairs. 206 00:13:19,850 --> 00:13:23,930 30 % sunk without trace on the USM. 70 % held by the family. 207 00:13:24,290 --> 00:13:25,290 I .e. Robert Douglas. 208 00:13:25,490 --> 00:13:29,910 And the two daughters. And 20 % technically belongs to Jamie. 209 00:13:31,510 --> 00:13:36,330 Because Robert thinks that it's the displeasure of the gods, the fire and so 210 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,740 The fact is, the company's been going elegantly to hell ever since his father 211 00:13:40,740 --> 00:13:41,740 died. 212 00:13:43,700 --> 00:13:48,700 This is unadulterated emotional blackmail, and I apologise, Stephen, but 213 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:50,480 a friend, see, and I don't know what else to do. 214 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:57,180 I'd have to come up and look round whenever's convenient for you. 215 00:13:57,680 --> 00:14:00,940 You're also calling in an old debt here, aren't you? Let's be frank about this. 216 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:04,620 There is an element to that, yes. 217 00:14:10,119 --> 00:14:11,119 Okay. Okay. 218 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:14,520 One thing I don't understand. 219 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:16,020 What? Who's Jamie? 220 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:17,480 Robert's son. 221 00:14:19,740 --> 00:14:22,300 He disappeared about two years ago. 222 00:14:22,500 --> 00:14:23,620 What do you mean, disappeared? 223 00:14:24,820 --> 00:14:28,740 Well, it's a long story, but basically he just shoved off the night his mother 224 00:14:28,740 --> 00:14:29,740 died. 225 00:14:29,980 --> 00:14:31,260 Haven't heard a peep from him since. 226 00:14:35,900 --> 00:14:36,900 All right. 227 00:14:41,420 --> 00:14:45,180 There are elementary checks that should be made by the police before calling 228 00:14:45,180 --> 00:14:49,140 you. It really isn't necessary to keep asking you to... No, no, no. It's what I 229 00:14:49,140 --> 00:14:50,140 asked them to do. 230 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,940 There's no reason why the body, if there is a body, should turn up at this 231 00:14:54,940 --> 00:14:56,000 particular institution. 232 00:14:57,680 --> 00:14:59,520 I do think you're wasting your time. 233 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:01,080 It's my time. 234 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:23,859 Where are you? 235 00:15:23,860 --> 00:15:25,140 Here. You're not. 236 00:15:26,420 --> 00:15:27,420 What's the matter? 237 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:34,480 I can't afford to waste a day poncing about in a stick pretending to be 238 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:35,480 interested in cars. 239 00:15:36,660 --> 00:15:39,480 There's a lot of action at work. You've got to keep your face six inches in 240 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:41,380 front of Blake's nose or he forgets who you are. 241 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:42,960 Pretends to forget. 242 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:50,840 You'll burn yourself out. Hey, rule number one. Live fast, die young, have a 243 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:51,840 good -looking corpse. 244 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:07,480 Joe. Marcus. 245 00:16:09,260 --> 00:16:12,000 Oh, I'm sorry, Peppa. I think I'm about to be sick. 246 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:14,080 Right. 247 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:15,820 Let's go find a good place to do that, then. 248 00:16:26,420 --> 00:16:27,420 Daddy? Daddy? 249 00:16:32,380 --> 00:16:33,380 I was falling. 250 00:16:37,380 --> 00:16:40,720 Oh, sorry, love. I thought I heard somebody up here. 251 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,480 Marcus. Over here, concentrate. Why are you so drunk? 252 00:16:57,780 --> 00:16:59,060 Because I've been drinking. 253 00:16:59,700 --> 00:17:03,440 Yes? Where have you been drinking? We'll try that, shall we? Open. 254 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:05,240 Do you know where you are now? 255 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:10,579 I'm a bugger's creak without a bloody paddle. 256 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,420 I'm redundant, me. 257 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:16,880 The bastards made me redundant. 258 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,180 You know what he said? 259 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,119 Dear heart... 260 00:17:24,290 --> 00:17:26,270 Dear heart. Dear heart? 261 00:17:27,950 --> 00:17:30,930 There's two things I've got to tell you. 262 00:17:31,310 --> 00:17:33,350 Well, the first thing is I'm redundant. 263 00:17:35,270 --> 00:17:42,110 The second thing... You're having Stephen run your money. Forget it. I 264 00:17:42,110 --> 00:17:44,950 just don't know how I'm going to be able to pay you. Don't worry about it. I'll 265 00:17:44,950 --> 00:17:46,170 have the headset around. 266 00:17:49,270 --> 00:17:52,810 He's only given it to bloody payers, hasn't he? 267 00:17:53,610 --> 00:17:54,830 Gave what to Piers? 268 00:17:55,290 --> 00:17:57,010 A promotion. 269 00:17:57,710 --> 00:17:59,310 Your promotion. 270 00:18:00,610 --> 00:18:02,610 That's the second thing. 271 00:18:05,110 --> 00:18:06,450 Are you going to be ticked? 272 00:18:11,530 --> 00:18:13,090 I haven't got the energy. 273 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:25,240 to make it better. 274 00:19:02,340 --> 00:19:03,340 Hello? 275 00:19:05,300 --> 00:19:09,160 Yes, I know I said yesterday, but you may have heard me experiencing a few 276 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:10,160 problems. 277 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,700 Still not past your test then, Ben? 278 00:19:19,020 --> 00:19:20,020 Hello, Stephen. 279 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:21,760 You're still very beautiful. 280 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:24,960 You haven't changed. 281 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:26,980 You certainly haven't. 282 00:19:34,570 --> 00:19:36,110 Morning. Good morning. 283 00:19:39,690 --> 00:19:40,690 Bank managers. 284 00:19:40,850 --> 00:19:42,050 Oh, is that what they look like? 285 00:19:42,430 --> 00:19:44,750 After shaking hands with them, count your fingers. 286 00:19:48,310 --> 00:19:49,610 Daddy? Yeah? 287 00:19:49,890 --> 00:19:51,070 Mr. Poyser's here. 288 00:19:51,370 --> 00:19:55,310 Oh, that man. If he had a slightly higher IQ, he'd be a plant. 289 00:19:58,990 --> 00:20:02,750 This is Eric Bailey, who's replacing me as manager. How do you do? 290 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,480 I hope 12 o 'clock is still convenient for you, Mr. Douglas. 291 00:20:08,980 --> 00:20:10,340 Oh, yes, yes, of course. 292 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,940 So how much would one of these set you back nowadays, then? Look at this type, 293 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,300 like this one, 16 grand. 294 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,640 Oh, where I come from, you could buy a house with that. 295 00:20:18,900 --> 00:20:21,180 You can't walk around with your arm hanging out the ass, can you? 296 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:23,120 It's a good business. 297 00:20:23,220 --> 00:20:24,059 No, it isn't. 298 00:20:24,060 --> 00:20:26,400 Sorry, Stephen, I need to borrow my husband a minute. 299 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:28,320 Something's come up. 300 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:29,920 Try it. 301 00:20:30,270 --> 00:20:33,170 Well, Alfred here is production manager. He'll give you the tour, tell you what 302 00:20:33,170 --> 00:20:36,230 you need to know, catch up with you and on. What's the matter? It's always like 303 00:20:36,230 --> 00:20:37,450 this. How disappointing. 304 00:20:38,050 --> 00:20:42,590 The prototype of the Douglas letter that we see today was designed, built and 305 00:20:42,590 --> 00:20:46,050 raised by Sir John Douglas personally in 1931. 306 00:20:49,690 --> 00:20:51,130 This is the gear cutting machine. 307 00:20:52,070 --> 00:20:53,990 And there's the lathe. 308 00:20:54,430 --> 00:20:57,110 Oh, I must show you this. 309 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,060 A bank of drilling machine. 310 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:02,560 Ten years older than me. 311 00:21:02,860 --> 00:21:04,740 And still in perfect working order. 312 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:06,080 Are you? 313 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:09,460 Little money spent here would be money well spent. 314 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:11,080 Aye. 315 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:13,160 Worthwhile investment, don't they? 316 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,160 Oh, yes. 317 00:21:16,580 --> 00:21:19,340 Of course, we had a lot of trouble in here with the pigeons. 318 00:21:19,780 --> 00:21:20,780 In the old days. 319 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:21,939 Oh, dear. 320 00:21:21,940 --> 00:21:26,600 They used to roost up there and drop all over the fresh pollock with their 321 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:27,600 droppings. 322 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,520 So he stuck that cat up there, see? 323 00:21:34,940 --> 00:21:37,540 Perfect. Haven't had any problems since. 324 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:42,800 Nobody's demeaning the quality of the product. The car isn't the problem. 325 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:44,440 It's the management. 326 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,840 It's the management, the marketing, the capitalisation. 327 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,120 You simply don't have the backup to sell profitably a vehicle that's so 328 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:55,820 expensive to make. If I may speak frankly, Robert... 329 00:21:56,250 --> 00:21:58,850 You're a managing director, but you behave like a mechanic. 330 00:21:59,070 --> 00:22:00,070 I am a mechanic. 331 00:22:00,630 --> 00:22:01,630 We make cars. 332 00:22:01,870 --> 00:22:03,590 Yes, but we don't make money, do we? 333 00:22:04,270 --> 00:22:10,890 Look, there are leopards on the road which my father made when he was my 334 00:22:10,890 --> 00:22:13,410 age. Robert, it's not a question... Now, just listen to me. 335 00:22:13,810 --> 00:22:19,950 These cars are anything up to 60 years old, and their owners use them every 336 00:22:20,170 --> 00:22:24,070 I don't know how... They are able to do so because nobody at Douglas Motors at 337 00:22:24,070 --> 00:22:25,770 any level has ever compromised. 338 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:30,540 on the quality of materials, craftsmanship, or ambition for the mark. 339 00:22:31,020 --> 00:22:35,680 Now, I know I could bang out pre -assembled engines in half the time for 340 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:36,599 the cost. 341 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:37,740 So why don't you? 342 00:22:38,140 --> 00:22:39,440 Is he listening to me? 343 00:22:40,260 --> 00:22:42,200 Because I choose not to. 344 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:44,560 As a matter of principle. 345 00:22:44,860 --> 00:22:50,020 Principles are a luxury you can no longer afford, quite frankly. Look, we 346 00:22:50,020 --> 00:22:53,220 experienced a small misfortune with this accident. 347 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:54,520 Mr. Douglas. 348 00:22:54,810 --> 00:22:58,310 This company's misfortune is neither small nor is it accidental. 349 00:22:59,050 --> 00:23:04,470 I have recently been approached by a Japanese buyer, a new client. His name 350 00:23:04,470 --> 00:23:08,870 Yamaguchi. He's very keen and there's every possibility of a major contract. 351 00:23:09,210 --> 00:23:10,790 Oh, well, that is good news. 352 00:23:11,250 --> 00:23:15,550 Without the bank's continued support, I shall be unable either to repair the 353 00:23:15,550 --> 00:23:19,670 fire damage or re -engage the necessary staff to fulfil such a contract. 354 00:23:20,090 --> 00:23:22,630 Could we be specific about Mr Yamaguchi's requirements? 355 00:23:23,790 --> 00:23:26,790 I shall discover them specifically when I meet the gentleman next week. 356 00:23:27,490 --> 00:23:28,490 I see. 357 00:23:28,850 --> 00:23:32,270 I don't wish to bore you with the adjustment in lending policy at hairy 358 00:23:32,330 --> 00:23:35,510 but I'm afraid that unless you can demonstrate radical new management 359 00:23:35,510 --> 00:23:36,870 initiatives... 50 cars. 360 00:23:37,930 --> 00:23:40,410 The figure of 50 cars was mentioned. 361 00:23:41,090 --> 00:23:45,810 Principally along the lines of further substantial rationalisation of 362 00:23:46,070 --> 00:23:47,770 I don't think... Please. 363 00:23:50,090 --> 00:23:51,090 Please. 364 00:23:54,730 --> 00:23:57,230 Soon here, mind your feet, accounting. 365 00:23:57,970 --> 00:24:00,070 Of course, this isn't all a big thing. 366 00:24:00,550 --> 00:24:03,550 We lost everything prior to 1940 with the bombing. 367 00:24:04,430 --> 00:24:07,430 Mind you, that's going back a bit. 368 00:24:11,590 --> 00:24:12,590 What's this? 369 00:24:13,650 --> 00:24:15,530 The future of Douglas Martin. 370 00:24:16,530 --> 00:24:17,850 And that's little Richard. 371 00:24:19,830 --> 00:24:21,270 Looks like a spaceship. 372 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,840 Thank you, Mr. Duxbury. You've been jolly helpful. 373 00:24:38,060 --> 00:24:41,740 It's not in your interest, Mr. Douglas, to insult my profession. 374 00:24:41,980 --> 00:24:43,100 I'm not insulting your profession. 375 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,780 I'm insulting you. Am I supposed to be impressed by that? 376 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,160 I think it probably went over your head. 377 00:24:59,300 --> 00:25:00,420 That's a quick one, Mr. D. 378 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:06,220 So we can take negotiations proceeding well. 379 00:25:15,580 --> 00:25:16,580 Winning? 380 00:25:17,980 --> 00:25:20,980 Nobody's winning. Some of us are losing faster than others, that's all. 381 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,060 Crane's law, rule number one, never say die. 382 00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:26,780 Unless, of course, you're already dead, but people are too polite to point it 383 00:25:26,780 --> 00:25:27,780 out. 384 00:25:28,780 --> 00:25:30,900 I think you're Stephen Crane. So do I. 385 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:40,780 Making sports cars is no occupation for an adult person, Mr. Crane. 386 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,860 Agreed. Money, money, money. I'll be carried to the barbecue in a long box 387 00:25:44,860 --> 00:25:46,060 before I make any money. 388 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,280 Commonly, I need a week to understand the business. 389 00:25:52,620 --> 00:25:54,380 A couple of hours here is enough, eh? 390 00:25:55,350 --> 00:25:58,590 Now, you're going to say, aren't you, something like this. I can tell it to 391 00:25:58,590 --> 00:26:01,310 the hard way or the hard way. 392 00:26:02,110 --> 00:26:04,010 Come on, Mr. Crane, on the chin, why not? 393 00:26:04,210 --> 00:26:05,210 You don't make enough cars. 394 00:26:05,570 --> 00:26:07,950 You sell them at the wrong price to the wrong sort of customer. You're too 395 00:26:07,950 --> 00:26:11,550 local, too old -fashioned, too ready to waive costs for regulars, and you don't 396 00:26:11,550 --> 00:26:12,710 pay your boys enough for the work they do. 397 00:26:13,710 --> 00:26:14,710 Agreed. 398 00:26:14,790 --> 00:26:18,590 The sort of individual prepared to bail you out of this situation is called a 399 00:26:18,590 --> 00:26:21,430 complete dickhead. No, no, please, say what you mean. 400 00:26:22,210 --> 00:26:23,210 Fortunately... 401 00:26:25,489 --> 00:26:27,190 The world is full of them. 402 00:26:37,790 --> 00:26:41,870 Pardon? You're no fun at all. Go on, get in. So what's a dumb like you doing in 403 00:26:41,870 --> 00:26:42,870 a beautiful place like this? 404 00:26:43,270 --> 00:26:44,730 I've had Marcus on the phone. 405 00:26:47,450 --> 00:26:48,450 It was awful. 406 00:26:49,070 --> 00:26:50,650 He just cried and cried. 407 00:26:51,930 --> 00:26:55,100 I just didn't know what... What do you expect me to do about it? 408 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,660 I'm up to here with Gavin Bloody Nichols and his dinky toys. I thought Marcus 409 00:26:59,660 --> 00:27:00,660 was your best friend. 410 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,480 Everybody's my best friend when they run out of money, Joe. Let's face it. 411 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:04,560 Jesus. 412 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:10,640 Listen to me. 413 00:27:11,580 --> 00:27:12,539 It's okay. 414 00:27:12,540 --> 00:27:14,220 No, it's not okay. He is my best friend. 415 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,400 I'll find him a job somewhere. God knows how, but I'll try. Sod that. 416 00:27:22,860 --> 00:27:23,860 It's the money. 417 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:25,920 What do you mean? 418 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,860 I lent Marcus ages ago. Yes, I know. Well, I can't ask for it back now. The 419 00:27:28,860 --> 00:27:30,680 stupid tosser's gone and got himself sacked, can I? 420 00:27:32,260 --> 00:27:33,520 You are a nice man. 421 00:27:34,180 --> 00:27:36,780 I'm a bloody saint. I've still got to pay for all this. 422 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,320 I can't afford to write off 25 grand being nice. 423 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:44,740 22. Interest. 424 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:49,660 My halo's slipping. 425 00:27:57,130 --> 00:27:58,130 Come and get me. 426 00:28:01,610 --> 00:28:02,610 Come on. 427 00:28:02,870 --> 00:28:04,770 How's it going? Just about to start. 428 00:28:05,130 --> 00:28:06,130 Watch out. 429 00:28:06,210 --> 00:28:07,210 Watch out. 430 00:28:08,170 --> 00:28:09,450 Big threaten with bankruptcy. 431 00:28:10,190 --> 00:28:12,950 Missing blind date all in one week. They're more than a man could stand. 432 00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:14,830 Hmm? 433 00:28:15,450 --> 00:28:17,990 Ladies and gentlemen, blind date! 434 00:28:20,850 --> 00:28:21,850 About the money. 435 00:28:23,410 --> 00:28:24,750 I might be able to help. 436 00:28:25,950 --> 00:28:26,950 What? 437 00:28:27,530 --> 00:28:29,110 Go through Daddy's handbag. 438 00:28:31,330 --> 00:28:32,330 In a way. 439 00:28:33,450 --> 00:28:34,670 What kind of way? 440 00:28:36,210 --> 00:28:37,410 What kind of way? 441 00:28:37,710 --> 00:28:39,130 I don't know. Tell me. 442 00:28:42,030 --> 00:28:48,450 Well, it's just... I don't know. 443 00:28:49,650 --> 00:28:51,450 No, it's too dangerous. I'm sorry. 444 00:28:57,900 --> 00:29:00,760 Joe! What? There's a naked woman in the corridor. 445 00:29:01,220 --> 00:29:02,220 What? 446 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:11,340 What kind of way? 447 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,000 So, what kind of an animal is Stephen Crane? 448 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:23,020 He's rather like one of those things on Tom's videos that won't lie down when 449 00:29:23,020 --> 00:29:24,020 you shoot it. 450 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:27,400 Time's getting short, then. 451 00:29:28,260 --> 00:29:30,000 Do you really suppose he can get us the money? 452 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:32,780 He's certainly very persuasive. 453 00:29:33,820 --> 00:29:36,120 Stephen! You know you want to tell me. 454 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,360 Sorry, I missed that. All right, all right. 455 00:29:42,900 --> 00:29:44,400 But I can't tell you till tomorrow. 456 00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:08,500 your entire body when you're asleep. 457 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,020 Oh, shit! 458 00:30:18,220 --> 00:30:25,160 Okay, think of a number, 459 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:26,200 big bum. 460 00:30:27,420 --> 00:30:28,780 37. Double it. 461 00:30:29,940 --> 00:30:30,940 74. 462 00:30:31,540 --> 00:30:33,780 74 ,000 direct to summary. 463 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,460 Nice one. Very tasty. 464 00:30:36,430 --> 00:30:37,430 And another? 465 00:30:39,150 --> 00:30:40,770 139. Minus your age. 466 00:30:41,970 --> 00:30:43,130 Can't do minus. 467 00:30:44,590 --> 00:30:48,650 112. Spot on. Number of cars on order here. 468 00:30:49,610 --> 00:30:52,930 What a fabulous investment opportunity this is. 469 00:30:54,790 --> 00:30:55,790 What's this? 470 00:30:56,450 --> 00:30:57,450 A game? 471 00:30:57,810 --> 00:30:59,010 That kind of thing. 472 00:31:00,110 --> 00:31:02,410 It's called killing three birds with one stone. 473 00:31:03,470 --> 00:31:05,270 Gavin and the dinkies get bailed out. 474 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,040 Blake gets peed upon from a great height. 475 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,340 And Crane gets a happy little face. 476 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,140 You are insane. 477 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,480 Insane. Six letters double it. Twelve million profit last year. 478 00:31:18,140 --> 00:31:19,500 Before or after tax? 479 00:31:21,220 --> 00:31:22,220 After. 480 00:31:22,980 --> 00:31:24,800 Golly, didn't they do well. 481 00:31:27,380 --> 00:31:31,140 Are you coming to bed now? 482 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:33,240 Yeah. 483 00:31:40,780 --> 00:31:43,600 Sorry I was, you know, today. 484 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:45,080 Doesn't matter. 485 00:31:45,820 --> 00:31:47,300 We've got a lot on your mind. 486 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,120 It was probably my fault for making you sleep. 487 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,340 That's a busy day tomorrow. 488 00:31:53,540 --> 00:31:54,540 Let's turn in. 489 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:00,040 Not yet. 490 00:32:00,580 --> 00:32:02,080 I don't feel very sleepy. 491 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:49,080 What time is it? 492 00:32:49,740 --> 00:32:51,560 Time to tell me what's in Daddy's handbag. 493 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:53,520 Transfrontier Holdings. 494 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,160 Did I ever tell you what a beautiful woman you are? 495 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,580 Stephen, listen, I've got to check that's still the case. 496 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,360 He said he'd fix the takeover for Friday week. 497 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,240 Plenty of space. By now we're laughing. They can't touch us. But I've got to 498 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:06,580 check. OK? 499 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:10,040 OK. Don't buy anything until I tell you it's safe. 500 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:13,020 Did you hear what I said? 501 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:14,520 What's the matter? 502 00:33:15,180 --> 00:33:16,180 Don't you trust me? 503 00:33:27,630 --> 00:33:29,230 to go shopping again with your Uncle Stephen. 504 00:33:29,430 --> 00:33:30,430 Let me get my truck. 505 00:33:30,490 --> 00:33:31,490 Okay. 506 00:33:31,910 --> 00:33:33,390 Transfrontier, put me on for 20k. 507 00:33:42,030 --> 00:33:43,190 What's this drivel? 508 00:33:44,090 --> 00:33:48,570 From the man who brought you Loughlin PLT, Cosgrove Partners, Telbic Trust, 509 00:33:48,570 --> 00:33:50,710 Douglas Motor Manufacturing Company Limited. 510 00:33:52,490 --> 00:33:53,530 Peaches and cream. 511 00:33:53,850 --> 00:33:55,610 What were you up to, dickering about? 512 00:33:56,540 --> 00:33:58,380 bucolicly, when you should have been working. 513 00:33:58,780 --> 00:33:59,780 I was working. 514 00:33:59,860 --> 00:34:05,060 I don't wish to appear churlish, Stephen, but I do feel a bit of a churl 515 00:34:05,060 --> 00:34:08,199 on. The word small cash injection. 516 00:34:09,340 --> 00:34:13,780 Scarcely competent to describe an investment of £492 ,000. 517 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,440 Hmm? I didn't say anything. 518 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:17,760 You rarely do. 519 00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:20,600 Why are you smirking? 520 00:34:21,460 --> 00:34:25,360 Because you're always so bloody grumpy when you're about to make a lot of 521 00:34:26,159 --> 00:34:27,440 It eases my conscience. 522 00:34:27,739 --> 00:34:32,900 Moreover, I'm not as yet persuaded by this tawdry document. 523 00:34:34,699 --> 00:34:36,780 How did you arrive at this figure? 524 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,199 I asked my girlfriend to think of the first number that came into her head, 525 00:34:41,199 --> 00:34:42,199 subtract her age. 526 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,600 Don't be cheeky, puppet. 527 00:34:45,580 --> 00:34:46,580 Morning, Jones. 528 00:34:55,790 --> 00:34:57,870 Morning. Is that all ready? 529 00:34:59,250 --> 00:35:01,150 Well, so what's new? 530 00:35:02,150 --> 00:35:03,350 Transparency's been brought forward. 531 00:35:05,610 --> 00:35:06,610 Oh? 532 00:35:07,530 --> 00:35:08,530 When to? 533 00:35:09,110 --> 00:35:12,830 Tomorrow, which is good news. This stuff's been clogging up my desk for 534 00:35:21,690 --> 00:35:22,730 755, please. 535 00:35:23,710 --> 00:35:25,130 Also, there's the new car. 536 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,560 I've seen it. Full specification blueprint on the wall. 537 00:35:29,180 --> 00:35:31,380 Pretty? I don't know how to describe it. 538 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:33,240 It's like a spaceship. 539 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:36,540 Any other thoughts? 540 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:38,920 I promoted Piers. 541 00:35:39,780 --> 00:35:41,140 Was I supposed to look surprised? 542 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,140 Your turn next time. 543 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,880 Something a little more substantial, perhaps. 544 00:35:48,860 --> 00:35:49,860 That would be nice. 545 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:56,460 It beats me why I allow myself to be advised by you. 546 00:35:58,380 --> 00:36:00,740 You're such a devious little oik. 547 00:36:02,460 --> 00:36:03,920 May I use your telephone? 548 00:36:05,940 --> 00:36:06,940 No. 549 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:08,600 Use your own. 550 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:15,100 Gavin, make me laugh. 551 00:36:17,220 --> 00:36:19,880 Stephen Crane just rang and invited himself to dinner. 552 00:36:20,220 --> 00:36:21,680 Oh, did he? 553 00:36:23,380 --> 00:36:24,380 Not tonight. 554 00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:25,720 Sorry, Robert. 555 00:36:25,740 --> 00:36:28,740 Penny's already given me a roasting. But Victoria's coming up. I know. I 556 00:36:28,740 --> 00:36:30,080 completely forgot. 557 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,160 Oh, never mind. We'll make a space for him. 558 00:36:33,460 --> 00:36:36,460 Did he, um... Did he say... Nope. 559 00:36:37,540 --> 00:36:39,160 Hmm. No indication. 560 00:36:39,980 --> 00:36:41,540 No mention at all, I'm afraid. 561 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:42,800 Oh. 562 00:36:43,580 --> 00:36:44,800 Gonna be an interesting evening. 563 00:36:50,570 --> 00:36:51,730 So, number five, please. 564 00:36:53,370 --> 00:36:54,830 Hello, is Stephen Crane around at all? 565 00:36:56,250 --> 00:36:58,130 It's me again, Joe. First Tokyo, right? 566 00:36:59,810 --> 00:37:01,490 Would you mind? It is rather urgent. 567 00:37:01,910 --> 00:37:03,250 If you can wait somewhere, you'll see it. 568 00:37:04,210 --> 00:37:05,210 Thanks very much. 569 00:37:07,350 --> 00:37:09,890 Poor little Stephen Crane, Pierce. 570 00:37:10,370 --> 00:37:11,370 In what respect? 571 00:37:11,410 --> 00:37:16,010 A little toad so desperate to lick up to me after his professional 572 00:37:16,010 --> 00:37:17,010 disappointment. 573 00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:21,600 He's gone to enormous pains to bring me something quite delicious. 574 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:22,800 How nice. 575 00:37:23,780 --> 00:37:29,560 Pantolized and confound, my dear. The perfect incentive strategy for the 576 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,480 Arriviste in our midst. 577 00:37:32,060 --> 00:37:34,000 I thought you'd heard my news. 578 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:35,440 Huh? 579 00:37:37,240 --> 00:37:41,580 Franklin's making a bid for Transfrontier through the services at 580 00:37:42,540 --> 00:37:46,080 We must allow the competition a little of his business. 581 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:50,360 First Tokyo ran a check on individuals who'd bought into the company this 582 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,840 morning. An offer must be imminent. 583 00:37:53,260 --> 00:37:57,620 And found that someone in particular had been a little previous with their 584 00:37:57,620 --> 00:37:58,620 checkbook. 585 00:37:59,820 --> 00:38:01,820 Naughty. Called Stephen Crane. 586 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,100 Just had their compliance officer on the line. 587 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:07,780 Told him there must be some terrible mistake. 588 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:10,500 Get Crane. 589 00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:16,420 Please get that thing out of the way. 590 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:17,980 Now watch out, you can toss. 591 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:19,400 Come on. 592 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,260 You're wasting your bullets. They're already dead. 593 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:22,600 Oh, my God. 594 00:38:23,420 --> 00:38:25,460 I don't believe it. She's on time. 595 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:26,959 No, that's the leopard. 596 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:27,960 It's gone to Victoria. 597 00:38:28,260 --> 00:38:29,260 Then it's smoothie tops. 598 00:38:48,630 --> 00:38:55,390 Now, the monstrous regiment is through there, and the booze is in there. Make a 599 00:38:55,390 --> 00:38:56,390 rational decision. 600 00:38:56,670 --> 00:38:57,870 Red, please. Good man. 601 00:39:00,190 --> 00:39:01,190 Yeah? 602 00:39:02,910 --> 00:39:04,990 First Tokyo compliance. 603 00:39:05,250 --> 00:39:06,250 Call me back. 604 00:39:08,730 --> 00:39:09,730 Blake? 605 00:39:10,330 --> 00:39:12,090 Yes. Hello again. 606 00:39:13,670 --> 00:39:16,210 Regrettably, Mr. Crane is not available. 607 00:39:17,580 --> 00:39:18,620 One moment. 608 00:39:19,860 --> 00:39:25,520 You might find it useful to interview a person in your company's employ by the 609 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:26,520 name of Joe. 610 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:28,860 Without an E. 611 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:34,900 I have in front of me a note found on Mr Crane's desk. 612 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:39,880 It says, and I quote, Call Joe. 613 00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:43,640 One T -O -K. I presume that means... 614 00:39:44,060 --> 00:39:45,058 First, Tokyo. 615 00:39:45,060 --> 00:39:46,180 V, urgent. 616 00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:48,500 Ah. 617 00:39:48,820 --> 00:39:50,420 Well, of course, isn't it? 618 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,200 Oh, not at all. 619 00:39:54,940 --> 00:39:56,360 Glad to be of assistance. 620 00:39:57,100 --> 00:39:58,100 Oh, God. 621 00:40:01,300 --> 00:40:02,740 God, the people. 622 00:40:04,460 --> 00:40:06,360 Hilly, hilly boy. 623 00:40:07,940 --> 00:40:09,040 Unlucky, of course. 624 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,480 Will they prosecute? I doubt it. 625 00:40:12,230 --> 00:40:16,990 The city is rarely inclined to parade its misdemeanours before the proles. 626 00:40:16,990 --> 00:40:22,290 get so agitated. Besides, I don't believe there is sufficient dirt to take 627 00:40:22,290 --> 00:40:25,790 sensibly to court. But they will expect you to dismiss him. 628 00:40:26,390 --> 00:40:27,390 Of course. 629 00:40:27,770 --> 00:40:28,770 But there we are. 630 00:40:28,990 --> 00:40:34,070 I could never seriously countenance advancing a man who says lounge. 631 00:40:37,590 --> 00:40:39,710 Now I believe we have an engagement. 632 00:40:46,570 --> 00:40:47,328 What did he say? 633 00:40:47,330 --> 00:40:48,730 I think it's bloody rude. 634 00:40:49,130 --> 00:40:52,790 I expect he... Daddy's getting drunk worrying about it. I expect he just 635 00:40:52,790 --> 00:40:54,310 to have a moment with your father on his own. 636 00:40:58,750 --> 00:40:59,750 Stephen, are you lost? 637 00:41:01,610 --> 00:41:02,610 First on the right. 638 00:41:17,550 --> 00:41:18,550 All right, my folk. 639 00:41:21,970 --> 00:41:24,250 Well, I think it would be easier if you came out. 640 00:41:35,990 --> 00:41:38,090 You've never actually met our host. 641 00:41:38,590 --> 00:41:39,590 Only in legend. 642 00:41:40,090 --> 00:41:44,250 What? I've heard a lot about him. I suspect most of it is true. 643 00:41:44,570 --> 00:41:45,810 His talents... 644 00:41:46,190 --> 00:41:47,190 are substantial. 645 00:41:48,010 --> 00:41:54,990 A remarkable man arrived with his arse in rags from some sordid mid 646 00:41:54,990 --> 00:41:57,330 -European hovel in 1946, 647 00:41:58,070 --> 00:42:02,610 aged 12, hacked his way to the top at the time he was 30. 648 00:42:04,010 --> 00:42:06,810 It all sounds insurmountably tedious. 649 00:42:07,990 --> 00:42:12,270 In spite of it all, he's a fascinating man. 650 00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:17,740 As a guiding principle, leave the conversation to me. I don't want to come 651 00:42:17,740 --> 00:42:19,360 from this empty -handed. 652 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:20,800 You won't. 653 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:23,700 Piers Garfield Ward. 654 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:25,200 Homer Franklin. 655 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,620 What will you drink, Tom? Oh, your money's no good here. 656 00:42:28,940 --> 00:42:29,940 Felix? 657 00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:34,820 No, on the contrary. I have in my pocket a little list of poorly companies that 658 00:42:34,820 --> 00:42:36,600 I should like you to buy for me. 659 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:37,840 Shall I give it to Piers? 660 00:42:38,300 --> 00:42:39,300 Yes, I shall. 661 00:42:40,410 --> 00:42:44,170 Now, I don't think you've ever met my daughter, Joanna. 662 00:42:51,630 --> 00:42:53,450 Always makes business with failure. 663 00:42:54,350 --> 00:42:56,410 Not the only way, but the best. 664 00:43:01,650 --> 00:43:02,990 Here she is. 665 00:43:03,330 --> 00:43:05,870 Come here, give me a cuddle immediately. 666 00:43:06,450 --> 00:43:09,590 Oh, you haven't waited for me, have you? Yeah, of course we have. Come on in. 667 00:43:10,609 --> 00:43:11,609 Who's the guest? 668 00:43:11,710 --> 00:43:14,210 Oh, he's a friend of Gavin's. He works in the city. 669 00:43:14,590 --> 00:43:15,990 Oh, I thought he looked a bit timid. 670 00:43:16,370 --> 00:43:17,530 Does he drive a BMW? 671 00:43:18,130 --> 00:43:20,650 Victoria, please, no Che Guevara at the table tonight. 672 00:43:20,890 --> 00:43:23,990 He's trying to raise some money on our behalf, and he's going to talk to me 673 00:43:23,990 --> 00:43:24,990 about it after dinner. 674 00:43:25,070 --> 00:43:28,970 Well, why doesn't he talk about it with you now? Because, obviously, he's failed 675 00:43:28,970 --> 00:43:29,970 to get many. 676 00:43:30,810 --> 00:43:32,050 Don't let him eat too much, then. 677 00:43:33,510 --> 00:43:38,410 Can we now congratulate you on a successful bid for Transfrontier? 678 00:43:38,410 --> 00:43:39,410 a league. 679 00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:40,720 The price is climbing. 680 00:43:41,180 --> 00:43:42,760 Oh, how irritating. 681 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:44,520 As you say. 682 00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:47,900 But I expect my family will keep me informed. 683 00:43:48,860 --> 00:43:51,460 You work at Transfrontier, Joanne? 684 00:43:52,540 --> 00:43:55,360 Jo? No, I work for First Tokyo. 685 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:06,600 Do I see here the name? 686 00:44:07,310 --> 00:44:08,330 Douglas Motors? 687 00:44:08,650 --> 00:44:09,650 Ah, yes. 688 00:44:09,690 --> 00:44:15,030 Not seriously on your list, is it? The celebrated product calamitously 689 00:44:15,030 --> 00:44:16,030 mismanaged. 690 00:44:16,650 --> 00:44:20,390 A prestigious morsel appears for a man who collects such things. 691 00:44:21,150 --> 00:44:22,230 Surely not. 692 00:44:22,790 --> 00:44:27,650 The managing director is a decrepit drunk, squandered every sort of 693 00:44:27,650 --> 00:44:29,750 credit. Ah, yes. 694 00:44:30,090 --> 00:44:32,230 A month of floundering, perhaps? 695 00:44:32,570 --> 00:44:34,970 Then we shall hear the death rattle. 696 00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:37,660 Your cue to deliver me the corpse. 697 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:42,700 You're saying the company is not, as it were, in the best of health. 698 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,180 I think that's what I'm saying. 699 00:44:45,860 --> 00:44:46,860 Yes. 700 00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:52,160 Well, isn't this nice? 701 00:44:54,140 --> 00:44:55,140 Can we order now? 702 00:44:56,580 --> 00:44:59,940 Academics are not parasites, Mr. Crane. I never said you were. 703 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:05,460 I fully appreciate the impact your research into 14th century secular 704 00:45:05,460 --> 00:45:06,880 -making is going to have on world economy. 705 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:13,120 We are, as a commodity fetishist like yourself should recognise, a service 706 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:14,240 industry. That's right. 707 00:45:14,900 --> 00:45:15,980 Like a laundry. 708 00:45:16,500 --> 00:45:20,460 I would consider working as a washerwoman a far more constructive 709 00:45:20,460 --> 00:45:21,359 than yours. 710 00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:23,700 Victoria, I've often had the same thought myself. 711 00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:26,340 Stop playing to the crowd and defend yourself. 712 00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:28,700 Shall I give you a bit of help? 713 00:45:29,260 --> 00:45:31,400 A woman's fee, of course, so you don't have to listen. 714 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:37,800 Your bank has lots and lots of money, which it lends to people who don't 715 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:38,800 have much at all. 716 00:45:39,540 --> 00:45:41,020 Or this is where you say yes. 717 00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:46,120 Yes. So then these people have enough money to pay you a great big fee, 718 00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:50,780 including a substantial commission for you personally, a high rate of interest, 719 00:45:50,980 --> 00:45:53,420 and, of course, fines if they default. 720 00:45:55,280 --> 00:46:00,220 Yeah, but... So at the end of this whole wonderful process, You have even more 721 00:46:00,220 --> 00:46:01,220 money than before. 722 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:02,640 And they have even less. 723 00:46:03,300 --> 00:46:04,300 Yes? 724 00:46:05,220 --> 00:46:06,220 Yes. 725 00:46:06,820 --> 00:46:12,340 So, what good did you ever do anybody who was misguided enough to ask you for 726 00:46:12,340 --> 00:46:13,340 help? 727 00:46:13,720 --> 00:46:15,220 Any more for any more. 728 00:46:16,180 --> 00:46:23,120 Well, I did pay a check on special clearance for £492 ,000 into your 729 00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:24,460 father's account this afternoon. 730 00:46:25,820 --> 00:46:28,240 But I'll take your point. 731 00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:46,640 That's brilliant. 732 00:46:47,700 --> 00:46:49,320 That's absolutely brilliant. 733 00:46:51,940 --> 00:46:52,779 Hello, 734 00:46:52,780 --> 00:47:03,400 big 735 00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:04,400 boy. 736 00:47:06,980 --> 00:47:08,500 What's the matter, darling? 737 00:47:10,700 --> 00:47:11,700 Can't you sleep? 738 00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:13,880 The trains. 739 00:47:13,940 --> 00:47:16,980 They stop and then they go round again. 740 00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:19,640 Sleepy, aren't you? 741 00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:28,960 Stephen? 742 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:32,060 What about a nightcap? 743 00:47:35,720 --> 00:47:36,720 The end. 744 00:47:47,210 --> 00:47:48,210 The end. 745 00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:18,100 I'm not having it. 746 00:48:18,740 --> 00:48:20,100 Not in my house. 747 00:48:20,700 --> 00:48:21,700 Robert. 748 00:48:40,380 --> 00:48:41,380 What is that? 749 00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:44,020 This is against the law. 750 00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:46,600 And I will not allow it in my house. 751 00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:48,440 Do you understand? 752 00:48:49,980 --> 00:48:52,140 Listen, why don't you just piss off and let me have a smoke? 753 00:48:54,700 --> 00:48:55,720 We're finished, Jamie. 754 00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:57,880 We've always been finished, Dad. 755 00:49:00,980 --> 00:49:01,980 Give me that! 756 00:49:02,220 --> 00:49:04,160 Get off! 757 00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:06,080 Get off! 758 00:49:07,620 --> 00:49:08,880 Give me! 759 00:49:10,260 --> 00:49:11,260 Stop it! 760 00:50:19,050 --> 00:50:20,050 What do you want?