1 00:01:17,527 --> 00:01:18,562 Lizzie? 2 00:01:18,647 --> 00:01:21,525 Yes, William? I won't be a moment. William? 3 00:01:22,047 --> 00:01:25,596 I've just rung to say that Paul is here. 4 00:01:25,687 --> 00:01:27,518 - Paul? - Yes, right now. 5 00:01:30,327 --> 00:01:32,045 Paul is here. 6 00:01:32,327 --> 00:01:33,760 Paul is with you? 7 00:01:33,847 --> 00:01:37,078 Not actually with me, no. He's outside the door, waiting for me. 8 00:01:37,567 --> 00:01:39,398 He looks extraordinary, too. 9 00:01:39,487 --> 00:01:41,603 He looks like he has been living in a cave. 10 00:01:42,447 --> 00:01:44,005 You've no idea what he wants? 11 00:01:45,127 --> 00:01:47,516 - Why he might want to see me? - No. 12 00:01:49,167 --> 00:01:50,520 Not a clue. 13 00:02:32,607 --> 00:02:34,518 Paul, is it you? 14 00:02:35,247 --> 00:02:37,966 It is you. How extraordinary, after all this time. 15 00:02:38,127 --> 00:02:39,480 It is me, yes. 16 00:02:40,207 --> 00:02:42,402 - How goes it? - It goes well, I think. 17 00:02:42,487 --> 00:02:44,796 Very well. And with you? You look... 18 00:02:44,887 --> 00:02:48,323 - Like shit? - No, of course not. 19 00:02:48,727 --> 00:02:50,479 Different. Tiny bit different. 20 00:02:50,847 --> 00:02:52,360 - Busy, are you? - Very busy. 21 00:02:52,447 --> 00:02:54,438 Always busy, stirring away at this and that. 22 00:02:55,967 --> 00:02:58,925 - You weren't looking for me, were you, Paul? - Of course. 23 00:02:59,007 --> 00:03:02,443 - Why were you doing that? - I think it's time you paid me a visit. 24 00:03:02,527 --> 00:03:04,961 You haven't seen where I am living now, have you? 25 00:03:05,047 --> 00:03:08,278 No, that would be good. And, yes, can't wait to see that. 26 00:03:08,367 --> 00:03:13,839 Look, Paul, I'm running late as it is, and I've got a very important meeting. 27 00:03:14,087 --> 00:03:15,645 Very important. 28 00:03:15,727 --> 00:03:17,877 And as you can see, the meter is running. 29 00:03:19,727 --> 00:03:25,279 And I'm very uncharacteristically paying for this taxi. So, I'll call you tomorrow? 30 00:03:25,367 --> 00:03:27,278 - Same number, isn't it? - Yes. 31 00:03:27,367 --> 00:03:29,642 Yeah, I'll call tomorrow without fail. 32 00:03:29,727 --> 00:03:33,606 Go. Go now to the Savoy, go. Come on, what are you waiting for? Go. 33 00:04:14,847 --> 00:04:17,566 Hello. This is Charlie. 34 00:04:20,847 --> 00:04:23,566 Now I was just explaining to Charlie that in Saxon England, 35 00:04:23,647 --> 00:04:27,356 there was actually no word for "woman". It was just "man" and "man". 36 00:04:27,807 --> 00:04:29,957 You believe me? It's a joke. 37 00:04:30,047 --> 00:04:32,481 Marvellous. Absolutely marvellous! 38 00:04:33,287 --> 00:04:35,960 There are facts in here that will make your hair stand on end. 39 00:04:39,807 --> 00:04:41,559 WILLIAM: There she is. 40 00:04:42,327 --> 00:04:43,840 Always on time. 41 00:04:44,927 --> 00:04:46,360 Regular as clockwork. 42 00:04:50,127 --> 00:04:52,482 Nobody seems to have noticed her except me. 43 00:04:56,887 --> 00:04:59,924 Ingrid, the man, was left for... Hello. And what's your name? 44 00:05:00,007 --> 00:05:02,567 - Yasmin. - Yasmin? Now, Yasmin's a good name. 45 00:05:04,007 --> 00:05:05,963 - Hi. - Hello. 46 00:05:07,367 --> 00:05:09,323 You walk by here all the time. 47 00:05:09,407 --> 00:05:11,125 That's right. It's my lunch hour. 48 00:05:12,487 --> 00:05:16,480 - I'm Paul. Paul Reynolds, by the way. - I know. 49 00:05:17,687 --> 00:05:19,757 And that's your home. I know that, too. 50 00:05:20,327 --> 00:05:23,319 And these are all your grounds, as far as you can see. 51 00:05:23,927 --> 00:05:26,316 But this is a right of way, isn't it? 52 00:05:26,687 --> 00:05:28,803 - I'm all right here, aren't I? - Yes, of course. 53 00:05:28,887 --> 00:05:31,447 You're free to go wherever on my land, whenever you want. 54 00:05:31,527 --> 00:05:32,516 Thanks. 55 00:05:32,607 --> 00:05:34,643 - And you are? - Lizzie. 56 00:05:35,527 --> 00:05:38,803 Lizzie Thomas. I work in an estate agent in Ashbourne. 57 00:05:38,887 --> 00:05:42,562 So, I know all about your property, I should say "properties". 58 00:05:42,647 --> 00:05:45,286 I read about you buying this building and that building. 59 00:05:45,367 --> 00:05:47,676 You don't want a drink? Or a little food? 60 00:05:48,727 --> 00:05:51,366 - Or a job? - No, thanks. None of those. 61 00:05:51,487 --> 00:05:53,079 Not today, but maybe... 62 00:05:53,887 --> 00:05:58,756 - I've a selection of possibilities. - I have got to go if I want to finish my walk. 63 00:05:58,847 --> 00:06:00,519 I can't be late back for work. 64 00:06:03,887 --> 00:06:05,605 Will she look back? 65 00:06:05,927 --> 00:06:08,043 I bet she doesn't look back. 66 00:06:11,207 --> 00:06:13,960 All our W's in the right place, are they? 67 00:06:17,167 --> 00:06:20,045 All our R's nice and perky, are they? 68 00:06:23,927 --> 00:06:26,999 I think we have a tiny bit of slippage here, haven't we? 69 00:06:28,087 --> 00:06:33,036 All our F's and K's in good order, are they? No keys getting stuck? 70 00:06:42,207 --> 00:06:44,004 I know this customer. 71 00:06:44,247 --> 00:06:47,125 Mrs Wheeler will see to the customer, thank you very much. 72 00:06:50,567 --> 00:06:52,922 - What are you doing here? - Come and work for me. 73 00:06:53,007 --> 00:06:56,397 - As what? - As my secretary, at first. 74 00:06:56,607 --> 00:06:59,883 - At first? That sounds dangerous. - No, it doesn't. 75 00:06:59,967 --> 00:07:04,358 It's exactly what it seems. Personal Assistant. I need one. 76 00:07:04,647 --> 00:07:08,765 - You must have loads of secretaries. - At this precise moment, there's nobody. 77 00:07:09,367 --> 00:07:10,561 And why is that? 78 00:07:10,647 --> 00:07:13,161 You'll see, I expect, when you come and work for me. 79 00:07:13,247 --> 00:07:17,479 Enough chat, Lizzie. Back to work. Mrs Wheeler, see to the gentleman. 80 00:07:18,327 --> 00:07:19,885 What've you got to lose? 81 00:07:20,927 --> 00:07:22,076 I'll start in a month. 82 00:07:22,167 --> 00:07:23,964 - It's too late. - That's my offer. 83 00:07:24,767 --> 00:07:26,086 Take it or leave it. 84 00:07:41,647 --> 00:07:43,239 (PEOPLE TALKING) 85 00:07:50,407 --> 00:07:52,045 (PEOPLE LAUGHING) 86 00:08:14,047 --> 00:08:15,082 Here she is. 87 00:08:18,327 --> 00:08:19,601 With her typewriter. 88 00:08:22,407 --> 00:08:23,726 She looks the business. 89 00:08:28,567 --> 00:08:31,400 WILLIAM: It's the Albert brothers. They're artists. 90 00:08:31,487 --> 00:08:32,681 (TYPEWRITER CLACKING) 91 00:08:32,767 --> 00:08:35,122 Actually, they're not really brothers, as it happens. 92 00:08:35,207 --> 00:08:38,085 They just think it's a more handy label for when they become famous. 93 00:08:40,127 --> 00:08:42,083 The Albert Brothers. 94 00:08:42,767 --> 00:08:44,485 It's not bad, actually. 95 00:08:45,047 --> 00:08:47,766 There's a couple of old aristos, members of the House of Lords. 96 00:08:47,847 --> 00:08:49,246 You don't need to worry about them. 97 00:08:49,487 --> 00:08:54,163 That's Neville Coyle. He's making his name as a brilliant right-wing thinker. 98 00:08:55,607 --> 00:08:57,996 He's always very pale. Baby-smooth complexion. 99 00:08:58,087 --> 00:09:00,396 I call him The Blob. He's one to watch. 100 00:09:00,487 --> 00:09:02,284 (TYPEWRITER CLACKING) 101 00:09:03,247 --> 00:09:07,399 Then it's Francis Butterworth, the magnificent scholar of Medieval History. 102 00:09:07,487 --> 00:09:12,003 He's only ever written one book in his life, but another is expected sometime soon. 103 00:09:13,207 --> 00:09:16,119 There's Redfern, of course. He's a revolutionary. 104 00:09:16,647 --> 00:09:18,285 Has very radical ideas, 105 00:09:18,367 --> 00:09:21,643 how to teach children how they should play in the woods until they're at least 12. 106 00:09:21,727 --> 00:09:23,160 Never take exams. 107 00:09:24,447 --> 00:09:26,836 Paul collects people that interest him... 108 00:09:28,567 --> 00:09:30,922 and then lets them do whatever they want. 109 00:09:32,487 --> 00:09:34,682 - And now he has collected you. - No. 110 00:09:35,807 --> 00:09:38,958 I'm just the secretary. That is quite different. 111 00:09:40,807 --> 00:09:42,001 Graham. 112 00:09:42,687 --> 00:09:45,485 He's a poet, and a homosexual. 113 00:09:45,887 --> 00:09:48,481 Quiet bloke, but he makes no secret of it. 114 00:09:52,447 --> 00:09:54,961 Then, of course, there's William Sneath... 115 00:09:55,047 --> 00:09:56,082 me. 116 00:09:57,447 --> 00:10:00,917 Who, for some reason caught Paul's eye like everyone else here... 117 00:10:01,767 --> 00:10:04,156 and is hoping to prosper just by being near him. 118 00:10:08,607 --> 00:10:10,837 Each party is bigger than the last. 119 00:10:11,967 --> 00:10:17,246 You'll just have to hope you're not here when he holds the next one. It's a lot to organise. 120 00:10:18,927 --> 00:10:20,599 Those are great decorations. 121 00:10:23,407 --> 00:10:25,796 Why don't any of his secretaries last? 122 00:10:26,687 --> 00:10:28,200 I wouldn't know, would I? 123 00:10:28,447 --> 00:10:29,880 Nearly there. 124 00:10:30,167 --> 00:10:31,202 Sorry? 125 00:10:33,167 --> 00:10:36,716 I mean you've nearly reached the room where you'll work. Come on. 126 00:10:39,007 --> 00:10:40,998 - Will this do? - Of course. 127 00:10:42,527 --> 00:10:44,279 It's so good you're here. 128 00:10:47,167 --> 00:10:49,727 When do you want me here tomorrow? When do we start? 129 00:10:49,807 --> 00:10:52,640 - 8.30? 9:00? - No, there's no rush. 130 00:10:53,207 --> 00:10:54,845 There's never any rush. 131 00:11:01,287 --> 00:11:02,481 (MAN SHOUTING) 132 00:11:04,807 --> 00:11:06,286 (BELL RINGING) 133 00:11:29,367 --> 00:11:31,403 (RINGING CONTINUES) 134 00:11:37,887 --> 00:11:39,320 (DEEP VOICE) Lizzie! 135 00:11:45,567 --> 00:11:46,966 (RINGING STOPS) 136 00:11:48,447 --> 00:11:49,516 Come in. 137 00:11:53,367 --> 00:11:55,517 Oh, I am... I'm so sorry. I'm... 138 00:11:55,607 --> 00:11:58,485 - I thought somebody was calling me. - WOMAN: It was me. 139 00:12:00,167 --> 00:12:01,156 (BELL RINGING) 140 00:12:01,247 --> 00:12:02,236 (DEEP VOICE) Lizzie! 141 00:12:02,327 --> 00:12:03,442 (GIRLS LAUGHING) 142 00:12:03,527 --> 00:12:07,566 - I'll be back in my office, if you want me. - No, there's no need to go back there. 143 00:12:07,647 --> 00:12:10,957 - What can he have in mind? - Don't! Christine! Shh! 144 00:12:11,047 --> 00:12:13,766 Please, I want to talk to you. Wait for me in the long gallery. 145 00:12:13,847 --> 00:12:18,079 Please, okay? There's a nice spread there of fruit and coffee and... Okay? I'll be out... 146 00:12:18,167 --> 00:12:21,921 Stop it! Stop. Christine, stop it! I'll be out in less than a minute. 147 00:12:43,407 --> 00:12:44,806 I'm so sorry. 148 00:12:45,327 --> 00:12:50,481 - Everything took much longer than we expected. - Which isn't always the case, is it? 149 00:12:54,447 --> 00:12:57,166 It is all clear now. He's ready for you. 150 00:13:00,927 --> 00:13:02,201 You can go in now. 151 00:13:10,727 --> 00:13:12,957 That was unforgivable, I know. 152 00:13:14,927 --> 00:13:17,600 - I'm sorry. - Was that some sort of test? 153 00:13:19,687 --> 00:13:22,645 'Cause if it was, I really hope I failed it. 154 00:13:22,727 --> 00:13:25,799 Well, we really should do some work before you leave. 155 00:13:27,487 --> 00:13:28,840 Let me show you something. 156 00:13:30,247 --> 00:13:31,726 Come over here. 157 00:13:42,767 --> 00:13:44,758 Here is everything I intend to do. 158 00:13:46,207 --> 00:13:48,038 All my plans are here. 159 00:13:50,767 --> 00:13:53,679 - The future is in this room. - The future? 160 00:13:55,087 --> 00:13:56,918 You can find it in all this mess? 161 00:13:58,087 --> 00:13:59,884 Usually. Most days. 162 00:14:03,327 --> 00:14:05,204 I've been lucky, so far. 163 00:14:05,527 --> 00:14:09,042 You know, with property. Buying this building, selling that building. 164 00:14:09,127 --> 00:14:12,722 I've made pots of money without ever having to think too deeply about it. 165 00:14:17,167 --> 00:14:18,759 But in here... 166 00:14:19,087 --> 00:14:21,885 In here, this is what I really want to do. 167 00:14:23,007 --> 00:14:25,475 The list of the top ten projects. 168 00:14:27,447 --> 00:14:29,438 What I plan for the next few years. 169 00:14:30,047 --> 00:14:34,962 A city centre I have a great scheme for, many other things, not just buildings. 170 00:14:36,167 --> 00:14:40,001 - And then there are the windmills. - Wind power, something I am very interested in. 171 00:14:43,767 --> 00:14:44,802 Am I Don Quixote? 172 00:14:46,487 --> 00:14:48,205 Not quite sure, yet. 173 00:14:51,767 --> 00:14:54,884 I need a little help with this, as you can see. 174 00:14:55,447 --> 00:14:56,880 (WATER LAPPING) 175 00:14:57,487 --> 00:14:59,318 Someone who'll crack the whip. 176 00:15:00,007 --> 00:15:01,326 Get it organised. 177 00:15:01,407 --> 00:15:02,920 (WATER LAPPING) 178 00:15:10,207 --> 00:15:11,196 (LIZZIE GASPING) 179 00:15:19,367 --> 00:15:21,403 And I'm interested in crocodiles, too. 180 00:15:25,287 --> 00:15:28,882 - Why? - I'll explain later. It's only eighth on the list. 181 00:15:32,527 --> 00:15:33,926 You'll stay? 182 00:15:35,767 --> 00:15:39,442 - Help me make all this come true? - We'll work normal hours? 183 00:15:39,767 --> 00:15:42,361 Of course. I'm not quite as lazy as I seem. 184 00:15:42,447 --> 00:15:46,679 We'll work ultra normal hours. The most conventional hours we can find. 185 00:15:46,847 --> 00:15:50,044 - Not too many parties? - No parties. Definitely not. 186 00:15:50,607 --> 00:15:52,598 I don't want to hold any more. I promise. 187 00:15:53,767 --> 00:15:54,961 Not for a long while. 188 00:16:00,647 --> 00:16:03,081 I thought I might make each project colour-coded. 189 00:16:03,207 --> 00:16:06,643 Give it its own colour, so we'll know immediately where it is. 190 00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:09,566 It's terrific. 191 00:16:11,247 --> 00:16:12,885 A code in colour. 192 00:16:17,247 --> 00:16:18,362 It's great. 193 00:16:29,567 --> 00:16:32,081 MAN: (TEASING) She's coming. 194 00:16:32,167 --> 00:16:35,284 The secretary is a-coming. 195 00:16:44,727 --> 00:16:45,921 Lizzie? 196 00:16:46,767 --> 00:16:48,644 Always in such a hurry. 197 00:16:51,887 --> 00:16:54,162 - Morning. - Hi. 198 00:16:55,167 --> 00:16:58,284 There are eight letters from America... 199 00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:04,406 - and one from Poland. - Thank you, Lizzie. 200 00:17:06,207 --> 00:17:07,481 Nice day. 201 00:17:10,247 --> 00:17:11,600 (WHISTLING) 202 00:17:15,487 --> 00:17:16,715 Come on. 203 00:17:17,727 --> 00:17:19,922 (PEOPLE CHEERING AND LAUGHING) 204 00:17:24,327 --> 00:17:25,601 (SNORING) 205 00:17:38,367 --> 00:17:40,164 Just got to a difficult part... 206 00:17:40,847 --> 00:17:42,280 in my book... 207 00:17:43,527 --> 00:17:45,518 just struggling with it, as you can see. 208 00:17:47,367 --> 00:17:50,006 Competitive sport's going to become a thing of the past. 209 00:17:52,767 --> 00:17:56,601 Don't you know? I'm founding a society dedicated to it. 210 00:17:58,247 --> 00:17:59,965 NOSCP. 211 00:18:01,287 --> 00:18:02,436 "Noscp." 212 00:18:04,927 --> 00:18:06,838 No School Competitions. 213 00:18:08,047 --> 00:18:10,686 REPORTER: (ON TV) More than 100 white and coloured youths 214 00:18:10,767 --> 00:18:12,962 fought a pitched battle against the police. 215 00:18:13,047 --> 00:18:16,119 Some were as young as 12, the oldest no more than 20. 216 00:18:16,207 --> 00:18:18,562 It lasted for eight hours and at the end of it 217 00:18:18,647 --> 00:18:21,878 Merseyside's chief constable said it was a planned attack. 218 00:18:21,967 --> 00:18:23,400 "We were set up,"he said. 219 00:18:24,527 --> 00:18:27,803 (WHISPERING) Whatever you do, don't disturb the assistant. 220 00:18:27,887 --> 00:18:33,086 And still the bricks, stones and lumps of iron were thrown, worst of all, the petrol bombs. 221 00:18:33,807 --> 00:18:37,163 And against all this, riot shields and visors were not enough. 222 00:18:37,247 --> 00:18:38,760 (VOLUME DECREASING) 223 00:18:38,847 --> 00:18:40,599 Always working. 224 00:18:40,687 --> 00:18:42,962 Always buried in Paul's papers. 225 00:18:43,247 --> 00:18:46,319 Yes, there are some really great ideas in here. 226 00:18:47,527 --> 00:18:51,156 So, you see blue for instance, is the wind, the windmills. 227 00:18:51,647 --> 00:18:54,684 Everything to do with wind power, that's blue. 228 00:18:55,207 --> 00:18:57,437 We can see where all that is now, at a glance. 229 00:18:57,727 --> 00:18:58,762 It's magical. 230 00:18:59,807 --> 00:19:01,206 Spectacular. 231 00:19:02,047 --> 00:19:05,084 I never thought the room could look like this. It's great. 232 00:19:05,167 --> 00:19:07,806 So we're ready then, for the next stage? 233 00:19:09,967 --> 00:19:11,525 Making these things happen? 234 00:19:16,127 --> 00:19:18,118 Yeah, we are. Absolutely. 235 00:19:19,647 --> 00:19:22,480 There is just one other colour before then. 236 00:19:22,567 --> 00:19:24,797 - This colour. - And what's that? 237 00:19:25,847 --> 00:19:29,522 It's my birthday in a couple of weeks. I thought I'd hold a picnic. 238 00:19:33,047 --> 00:19:35,163 - Come on, Lizzie, don't look like that. - No. 239 00:19:35,247 --> 00:19:36,441 It's not a party. 240 00:19:36,527 --> 00:19:40,202 No. But you must think I'm an awful killjoy, which I'm not. It's just that... 241 00:19:42,487 --> 00:19:46,002 - I thought we were going to really start. - We are, I promise. 242 00:19:47,047 --> 00:19:49,515 After one very small, everyday picnic. 243 00:19:52,527 --> 00:19:53,562 LIZZIE: It's ready. 244 00:19:55,127 --> 00:19:56,640 (GONG SOUNDING) 245 00:20:14,207 --> 00:20:16,277 (PEOPLE CHUCKLING HEARTILY) 246 00:20:17,607 --> 00:20:20,963 ALL: One, two, three. 247 00:20:21,527 --> 00:20:23,438 ALL: Whoo! 248 00:20:42,967 --> 00:20:44,480 My sister's enjoying herself. 249 00:20:45,367 --> 00:20:48,518 Good luck to her. She's been disabled from birth, you know. 250 00:20:49,447 --> 00:20:53,122 But look at all the rest of them, snouts in their hampers... 251 00:20:53,647 --> 00:20:55,524 gobble, gobble, gobble. 252 00:20:56,807 --> 00:20:58,684 They can't believe their luck, can they? 253 00:21:00,567 --> 00:21:02,125 I think I will make the toast. 254 00:21:02,207 --> 00:21:03,799 (GLASS TINKLING) 255 00:21:04,687 --> 00:21:05,881 The toast. 256 00:21:05,967 --> 00:21:09,596 Surely the time is right for the birthday toast. 257 00:21:09,727 --> 00:21:13,322 The politician. Of course, it has to be him who thinks of the toast first. 258 00:21:14,007 --> 00:21:16,282 To Paul, on his birthday. 259 00:21:16,407 --> 00:21:20,082 No number. Don't put a number on it. His age, very unlucky. 260 00:21:22,687 --> 00:21:28,444 We're all very aware of how privileged we are to receive such hospitality, 261 00:21:29,047 --> 00:21:33,245 in what must be one of the most beautiful settings in the world. 262 00:21:34,207 --> 00:21:36,038 We second that. 263 00:21:36,447 --> 00:21:38,677 To Paul, the maestro. 264 00:21:39,007 --> 00:21:44,035 The only patron that we would accept a patronage from. 265 00:21:44,127 --> 00:21:46,561 I endorse all of that and more, 266 00:21:46,647 --> 00:21:50,242 because if it wasn't for you, I would still be on the local paper. 267 00:21:50,927 --> 00:21:53,839 This is pathetic. I'll show you how to do it. 268 00:21:57,247 --> 00:21:58,919 What we should be saying... 269 00:22:00,087 --> 00:22:01,839 PAUL: (LAUGHING) Here he comes. 270 00:22:02,727 --> 00:22:04,001 ...is this. 271 00:22:04,927 --> 00:22:06,076 Paul... 272 00:22:06,527 --> 00:22:10,122 you have vision, vision beyond your years... 273 00:22:11,287 --> 00:22:14,245 because with you, there're no structures. 274 00:22:15,847 --> 00:22:17,075 Freedom, 275 00:22:18,087 --> 00:22:19,361 dreamtime, 276 00:22:20,287 --> 00:22:23,245 daydreams and night dreams, 277 00:22:24,767 --> 00:22:25,882 space. 278 00:22:26,647 --> 00:22:29,684 The only thinking environment that makes sense. 279 00:22:30,927 --> 00:22:34,966 You young people here, do not forget this moment... 280 00:22:36,447 --> 00:22:38,881 because I do not kneel before you, Paul... 281 00:22:39,407 --> 00:22:40,806 but I do teeter. 282 00:22:43,127 --> 00:22:47,837 You are the one and only and we are truly, truly grateful. 283 00:22:49,367 --> 00:22:51,756 - To Paul! - ALL: To Paul! 284 00:22:58,607 --> 00:23:01,121 That's quite enough of that, all of you. 285 00:23:01,847 --> 00:23:03,041 But thank you. 286 00:23:04,567 --> 00:23:05,682 Thank you. 287 00:23:07,207 --> 00:23:10,358 Right. Now, I think you need a bit of waking up. 288 00:23:12,167 --> 00:23:15,284 I've bought myself a little present. 289 00:23:16,767 --> 00:23:17,961 Lizzie. 290 00:23:19,367 --> 00:23:20,561 MAN: Oh my God! 291 00:23:33,807 --> 00:23:35,206 All aboard! 292 00:23:38,247 --> 00:23:39,726 Room upstairs. 293 00:23:44,927 --> 00:23:46,485 All aboard. 294 00:24:14,007 --> 00:24:14,996 Hurry up! 295 00:24:17,607 --> 00:24:19,404 Hey, you know the route? 296 00:24:19,487 --> 00:24:22,365 Because of the weight of the bus, we have to keep to the main avenue. 297 00:24:22,447 --> 00:24:24,244 - You do understand? - I hear you, Lizzie. 298 00:24:24,327 --> 00:24:25,999 Otherwise, it'll get stuck. 299 00:24:27,207 --> 00:24:30,563 - The 98. All the way to Maida Vale. - Maida Vale! 300 00:24:32,127 --> 00:24:33,799 - Quiet, everyone. - Well done. 301 00:24:33,887 --> 00:24:35,559 (BUS HORN TOOTING) 302 00:24:44,767 --> 00:24:46,564 (WHOOPING AND CHEERING) 303 00:24:49,767 --> 00:24:53,203 Never has a bus been so full of talent. 304 00:25:02,487 --> 00:25:04,603 What the hell is he doing? 305 00:25:04,687 --> 00:25:06,040 Hold on! 306 00:25:10,687 --> 00:25:12,120 (PEOPLE GASPING) 307 00:25:38,847 --> 00:25:40,121 (PEOPLE GASPING) 308 00:25:41,487 --> 00:25:43,762 That was the best bus ride ever. 309 00:25:59,607 --> 00:26:02,679 It's stuck, Lizzie. Don't worry about it. 310 00:26:10,367 --> 00:26:12,437 (PEOPLE CHUCKLING) 311 00:26:37,567 --> 00:26:39,922 - We can't move it. - I like it like that. 312 00:26:40,007 --> 00:26:43,795 - Somebody could have got badly hurt. - I've always wanted to drive a London bus. 313 00:26:43,887 --> 00:26:45,718 I got a bit carried away. 314 00:26:46,287 --> 00:26:48,960 - Some people had fun. - LIZZIE: Of course, that explains it all. 315 00:26:50,767 --> 00:26:52,758 I don't belong here, do I? 316 00:26:54,247 --> 00:26:57,762 - I really don't. - That's exactly why I want you here, Lizzie. 317 00:26:57,847 --> 00:27:01,726 - To bully me, cause me grief. - That's a really great job, Paul. 318 00:27:02,767 --> 00:27:05,361 Find somebody else to kick your arse. 319 00:27:05,447 --> 00:27:08,245 I am working all the time in here... 320 00:27:09,687 --> 00:27:12,838 going over and over things, and sometimes I just need to let rip, 321 00:27:12,927 --> 00:27:14,758 so I can start again. 322 00:27:16,407 --> 00:27:19,160 There's a room you have never seen. Let me show it to you. 323 00:27:20,087 --> 00:27:22,282 Please meet me there tomorrow morning. 324 00:27:28,287 --> 00:27:29,561 I'm here. 325 00:27:29,847 --> 00:27:33,806 - Are you going to stay over there all the time? - Depends what you've got to show me. 326 00:27:35,327 --> 00:27:37,636 I see you've got him a new tank. 327 00:27:38,047 --> 00:27:40,356 Is that what you wanted me to see? His new home? 328 00:27:40,447 --> 00:27:41,482 No. 329 00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:45,956 Those shops are the first thing I bought, at the age of twenty-one. 330 00:27:46,767 --> 00:27:48,962 My father was a Dagenham car worker. 331 00:27:49,047 --> 00:27:52,323 I was determined not to do that, not to work there. 332 00:27:52,967 --> 00:27:55,879 I saw these derelict shops, all along a high street. 333 00:27:55,967 --> 00:27:58,606 I formed a consortium, I bought the lot. 334 00:27:58,807 --> 00:28:01,879 The whole of the empire comes from that first purchase. 335 00:28:02,367 --> 00:28:05,677 All that work, and now you can drive a London bus around your estate. 336 00:28:05,767 --> 00:28:08,600 And out there is all the work you've done, 337 00:28:08,727 --> 00:28:11,400 everything beautifully colour-coded. 338 00:28:14,447 --> 00:28:19,919 Would you work with me to bring all that stuff out there, into here? Into this? 339 00:28:20,967 --> 00:28:23,242 Channel it into an action plan. 340 00:28:23,767 --> 00:28:25,758 You'll know all about my finances. 341 00:28:25,847 --> 00:28:28,645 You'll sit in at meetings with my financial advisers. 342 00:28:28,727 --> 00:28:32,925 You'll see the way things are prioritised, what figures are set aside for which projects. 343 00:28:33,007 --> 00:28:35,885 You will be able to read all my thoughts... 344 00:28:36,687 --> 00:28:37,881 in here. 345 00:28:38,367 --> 00:28:40,722 Nobody has been allowed to do that before. 346 00:28:41,727 --> 00:28:44,799 And I'll give you a raise. I'll double your salary. 347 00:28:46,967 --> 00:28:50,118 Come on, why not? I want to show you I can work. 348 00:28:51,727 --> 00:28:53,638 And you'll tell me about the crocodile? 349 00:28:55,487 --> 00:28:56,522 Maybe. 350 00:28:57,407 --> 00:28:59,204 (TYPEWRITER CLACKING) 351 00:29:07,207 --> 00:29:09,277 Coffee. Get me some coffee. 352 00:29:13,967 --> 00:29:15,605 Since you're working, I will. 353 00:29:18,127 --> 00:29:21,836 - One day, Lizzie, you'll run a major corporation. - Oh, yeah. 354 00:29:28,407 --> 00:29:30,967 Computers. I should buy a computer. 355 00:29:31,767 --> 00:29:33,439 I don't like them. 356 00:29:35,327 --> 00:29:39,161 Get into computers, Lizzie, don't let the blokes make it their preserve. 357 00:29:39,247 --> 00:29:42,159 You know, in the early days of computers, and not so long ago, too, 358 00:29:42,247 --> 00:29:45,398 there were lots of women, they understood them better than men, 359 00:29:45,487 --> 00:29:48,240 because it was considered as lowly as typing. 360 00:30:05,007 --> 00:30:06,520 (TAPPING ON BOOK) 361 00:30:06,607 --> 00:30:07,960 (WHISPERING) I think we're there. 362 00:30:11,127 --> 00:30:12,958 The future is planned... 363 00:30:14,207 --> 00:30:16,084 and what's more, it's costed. 364 00:30:17,247 --> 00:30:18,475 We've finished. 365 00:30:21,407 --> 00:30:22,726 Not quite. 366 00:30:23,407 --> 00:30:26,205 - You haven't told me about the crocodile. - I will... 367 00:30:27,767 --> 00:30:30,076 and I want to hear your opinion of all of this. 368 00:30:31,487 --> 00:30:33,045 But first we must celebrate. 369 00:30:33,807 --> 00:30:36,799 - Must we? - I've had this house for five years. 370 00:30:38,087 --> 00:30:42,205 You've been here nearly a year. That must mean it's time for a party. 371 00:30:43,127 --> 00:30:46,358 I wondered when that was coming. A small party? 372 00:30:46,447 --> 00:30:49,086 No. I'm going to invite absolutely everybody I know. 373 00:30:49,167 --> 00:30:53,718 - We'll need the whole county to house that lot. - No, we'll draw up the list together. 374 00:30:54,367 --> 00:30:57,837 And once it is agreed, no one will be added. I promise. 375 00:30:58,807 --> 00:31:01,480 You all know where you are going to be, you've got your positions. 376 00:31:01,567 --> 00:31:04,525 So keep to them, don't wander off. Concentrate all the time. 377 00:31:05,207 --> 00:31:09,359 Now, coming to this party is everybody from Cabinet ministers to small children. 378 00:31:09,527 --> 00:31:13,520 I'm sure we'll all be able to tell the difference, but just in case, 379 00:31:14,207 --> 00:31:17,358 there's a full list I'm putting up here of everybody that's coming. 380 00:31:20,647 --> 00:31:21,841 Lizzie. 381 00:31:25,127 --> 00:31:26,480 You can't wear that. 382 00:31:27,527 --> 00:31:28,642 Why not? 383 00:31:29,327 --> 00:31:34,196 - I'm one of the staff. I'm not a guest. - Don't be stupid, don't be really idiotic. 384 00:31:34,287 --> 00:31:36,005 You run this place. 385 00:31:37,127 --> 00:31:39,436 Go on, go and put something really great on. 386 00:31:41,167 --> 00:31:43,044 (SINGING) 387 00:32:03,247 --> 00:32:05,442 Wonderful sight, isn't it? 388 00:32:10,447 --> 00:32:12,403 You look wonderful, too. 389 00:32:13,207 --> 00:32:14,276 Now. 390 00:32:16,047 --> 00:32:18,436 He really has turned into Gatsby. 391 00:32:19,527 --> 00:32:22,280 And you've arranged everything brilliantly, Lizzie. 392 00:32:22,367 --> 00:32:24,927 - Thanks. - God. 393 00:32:26,327 --> 00:32:28,124 Hello, sir. Very good to see you. 394 00:32:28,207 --> 00:32:32,405 Five bishops, three members of the cabinet, at least. 395 00:32:33,567 --> 00:32:36,684 And I don't need to tell you who everybody is any more, do I? 396 00:32:38,207 --> 00:32:40,846 I better get over there, hadn't I? Do myself some good. 397 00:32:40,927 --> 00:32:44,158 Too perfect an opportunity. Got to tuck in. 398 00:32:49,567 --> 00:32:51,205 (VEHICLES HONKING) 399 00:33:09,927 --> 00:33:11,201 Make way! 400 00:33:11,687 --> 00:33:14,326 Make way for the unemployed. 401 00:33:14,407 --> 00:33:16,716 Get all of these people out of here, please, at once. 402 00:33:16,807 --> 00:33:18,877 They're not coming in here, they're not on the list. 403 00:33:18,967 --> 00:33:21,037 - Oh, really? ...something private as well. 404 00:33:21,127 --> 00:33:22,685 - Please, come in. - Yes! 405 00:33:25,767 --> 00:33:27,837 Don't worry, this is a party for everyone. 406 00:33:28,887 --> 00:33:30,320 It'll be fine. 407 00:33:30,687 --> 00:33:33,520 My parties need a surprise element to keep them fresh. 408 00:33:34,647 --> 00:33:36,080 Everybody in. 409 00:34:13,247 --> 00:34:16,398 This boy is the cleverest person at this party. 410 00:34:17,207 --> 00:34:20,040 Ask him anything. No matter how obscure... 411 00:34:21,207 --> 00:34:24,165 Oliver will know. He's like Mr Memory. 412 00:34:24,927 --> 00:34:27,725 How tall is the Archbishop of Canterbury? 413 00:34:28,247 --> 00:34:30,761 The Archbishop of Canterbury is very tall. 414 00:34:32,487 --> 00:34:34,205 I think over 6'3". 415 00:34:34,967 --> 00:34:37,686 And what is the biggest fish in the sea? 416 00:34:38,367 --> 00:34:42,838 The biggest fish in the sea is the whale shark, which is known to be 46 feet. 417 00:34:59,327 --> 00:35:00,965 (PEOPLE SHOUTING) 418 00:35:13,687 --> 00:35:15,120 How's the tour going? 419 00:35:15,647 --> 00:35:17,763 - Going well? - Yeah. 420 00:35:36,887 --> 00:35:39,196 (MICROPHONE FEEDING BACK) 421 00:35:42,127 --> 00:35:45,597 Four million unemployed! Four million unemployed! 422 00:35:58,567 --> 00:36:00,046 Have you seen Paul? 423 00:36:00,127 --> 00:36:03,324 I have to find out if he needs me to do anything about those kids. 424 00:36:03,407 --> 00:36:05,045 He was just here. 425 00:36:06,247 --> 00:36:08,477 I wouldn't go down there if I was you. 426 00:36:25,527 --> 00:36:27,722 She's found us. 427 00:36:27,807 --> 00:36:32,323 You didn't know we were here, did you? On our prototypes. 428 00:36:33,047 --> 00:36:35,515 Okay, guys, let's roll. 429 00:36:35,607 --> 00:36:38,440 Out the way, Lizzie. We're going to have a little fun. 430 00:36:38,847 --> 00:36:41,202 Run over a few cabinet ministers. 431 00:36:41,287 --> 00:36:43,198 Paul arranged all this with you, didn't he? 432 00:36:59,647 --> 00:37:02,241 - Where is Paul? I must find Paul. - Haven't seen him. 433 00:37:02,327 --> 00:37:03,726 MAN: He's down by the lake. 434 00:37:05,647 --> 00:37:07,160 (PEOPLE WHOOPING) 435 00:37:10,327 --> 00:37:11,680 All right, here we come! 436 00:37:11,807 --> 00:37:13,399 (PEOPLE SHOUTING) 437 00:37:58,447 --> 00:38:01,041 Lizzie, Lizzie, Lizzie, what's the matter? 438 00:38:01,127 --> 00:38:03,436 Those kids have gone mad. They're doing terrible damage. 439 00:38:03,527 --> 00:38:06,917 Somebody's got to stop them! No. They're not unemployed kids off the street. 440 00:38:07,007 --> 00:38:09,680 They're hired trouble makers. He's paid them to perform. 441 00:38:09,767 --> 00:38:11,678 It's just them larking around. 442 00:38:11,767 --> 00:38:15,646 Look, Paul likes to stir up the great and the good sometimes, that's all, okay? 443 00:38:15,727 --> 00:38:18,764 You've just got to calm down. It's not as bad as it looks. 444 00:38:18,847 --> 00:38:21,042 Lizzie, just enjoy yourself, please. 445 00:38:30,047 --> 00:38:32,436 - Have you seen Paul? - No. 446 00:38:34,767 --> 00:38:38,043 No drugs make any difference. I am what I am. 447 00:38:39,327 --> 00:38:41,238 Nothing can change that. 448 00:38:44,447 --> 00:38:47,439 I know a couple of bishops who really love this room. 449 00:39:04,127 --> 00:39:06,163 Still, it's only paper, isn't it? 450 00:39:08,447 --> 00:39:10,324 Doesn't matter in the end. 451 00:39:38,247 --> 00:39:41,284 Get out! Get out of here! 452 00:39:41,367 --> 00:39:42,356 (SCREAMING) 453 00:39:42,887 --> 00:39:46,357 Get out! What the hell do you think you're doing? 454 00:40:28,087 --> 00:40:29,725 (WOMAN SCREAMING) 455 00:40:29,807 --> 00:40:31,081 Look out! 456 00:40:40,287 --> 00:40:41,925 Come on, darling! 457 00:40:50,367 --> 00:40:52,005 Get me the police, please. 458 00:41:02,487 --> 00:41:03,636 Come on. 459 00:41:05,567 --> 00:41:06,602 Please. 460 00:41:10,167 --> 00:41:13,637 Shit. I can't find my driver. Cunningham, will you wait? 461 00:41:22,527 --> 00:41:26,202 Okay, Cunningham, time to step on it. Let's get out of here. 462 00:41:33,287 --> 00:41:35,801 - Are you crazy? - Am I crazy? 463 00:41:35,927 --> 00:41:38,760 What have you done? You can't call the police. 464 00:41:38,847 --> 00:41:40,041 I have called the police. 465 00:41:40,127 --> 00:41:42,846 Do you realise who's here? Do you know who some of the guests are? 466 00:41:42,927 --> 00:41:46,203 Somebody was going to get hurt. I couldn't find you, I had to do something. 467 00:41:46,287 --> 00:41:50,838 - It's a lie, Lizzie. It's not the real reason. - Not the real reason? I see. 468 00:41:51,087 --> 00:41:52,918 And what is the real reason? 469 00:41:53,167 --> 00:41:58,321 The real reason is you want something I can't give you and you can't forgive me for that. 470 00:41:58,607 --> 00:42:01,485 It's not my fault that I can't... I don't wanna... 471 00:42:01,607 --> 00:42:05,486 You really think this is about sex, you arrogant shit. 472 00:42:05,647 --> 00:42:10,323 It doesn't occur to you for one single moment, does it, that not everybody finds you irresistible? 473 00:42:11,007 --> 00:42:16,127 There was a fire, there was dangerous behaviour, there were children at this party. 474 00:42:16,287 --> 00:42:18,642 People were going to get really badly hurt. 475 00:42:19,527 --> 00:42:22,917 Somebody had to take control. So, I called the police, 476 00:42:23,767 --> 00:42:27,237 and I suggest you go downstairs and talk to them. 477 00:42:28,167 --> 00:42:30,123 Explain away your party. 478 00:42:32,287 --> 00:42:35,199 And don't worry, I'm already leaving. 479 00:42:36,567 --> 00:42:38,717 You will never see me again. 480 00:42:51,087 --> 00:42:53,476 WILLIAM: Please, for heaven's sake. 481 00:43:03,767 --> 00:43:06,281 I'm writing a book on English heretics. 482 00:43:06,687 --> 00:43:10,521 If I keep up my current good progress, I'll be finished in about three years. 483 00:43:38,567 --> 00:43:40,398 Pick something, Oliver. 484 00:43:41,047 --> 00:43:43,003 Choose something to keep. 485 00:43:44,087 --> 00:43:46,806 There may not be another party for a while. 486 00:44:35,567 --> 00:44:38,206 He's really quite cute though, he kind of gets away with it. 487 00:44:38,287 --> 00:44:41,006 - What does he get away with? - They're quite nice. 488 00:44:41,647 --> 00:44:43,160 - It's so nice. - Do you think? 489 00:44:43,247 --> 00:44:44,282 Yeah. 490 00:44:45,047 --> 00:44:47,959 Have you ever been on holiday with someone after two months? 491 00:44:48,327 --> 00:44:49,646 Who is it? 492 00:44:50,487 --> 00:44:51,966 It's my old boss. 493 00:44:59,127 --> 00:45:02,517 - Are you sure it was him? - I really don't want to talk about it. 494 00:45:11,127 --> 00:45:14,756 Boys or something. You know, like a boy band or... 495 00:45:16,767 --> 00:45:17,882 Paul. 496 00:45:19,367 --> 00:45:20,436 Hi. 497 00:45:20,887 --> 00:45:22,923 - How are you? - Great. 498 00:45:26,127 --> 00:45:29,722 This is my business associate, Ken Tyler. This is Lizzie. 499 00:45:30,967 --> 00:45:32,480 Lizzie Thomas. 500 00:45:33,047 --> 00:45:35,925 And this is Carol, Carol Drew. She works with me. 501 00:45:36,007 --> 00:45:38,362 Hi, I'm Lizzie's assistant. 502 00:45:38,447 --> 00:45:42,122 Well, they say you never bump into people in London. People you know on the street. 503 00:45:42,207 --> 00:45:45,165 - Apparently you do. - I think we've disproved that. 504 00:45:45,527 --> 00:45:47,916 - Are you living here now? - On and off. 505 00:45:49,567 --> 00:45:51,956 Got to go, Lizzie. We have a meeting, we're late. 506 00:45:55,127 --> 00:45:58,403 - That's him? That was him? - Don't look back. 507 00:45:58,487 --> 00:46:01,126 Don't stare, Carol. Come on, just walk, Carol. Just walk. 508 00:46:01,207 --> 00:46:04,324 - It's not the first time you've seen him? Since... - Yes. 509 00:46:09,447 --> 00:46:12,086 Move this meeting to 5:00. That would help me. 510 00:46:12,167 --> 00:46:13,202 (PHONE RINGING) 511 00:46:13,287 --> 00:46:14,879 I'll answer that. 512 00:46:15,927 --> 00:46:17,360 PAUL: Hello, Lizzie. 513 00:46:17,727 --> 00:46:19,718 - It's Paul. - Paul? 514 00:46:22,967 --> 00:46:24,639 What're you doing? 515 00:46:24,887 --> 00:46:29,085 What am I doing? You mean now? I'm working. 516 00:46:29,327 --> 00:46:32,444 I'm round the corner. Come and meet me for lunch. 517 00:46:32,927 --> 00:46:35,521 Paul, I can't. I have a meeting. 518 00:46:36,767 --> 00:46:38,564 Yes, of course you can, Lizzie. 519 00:46:39,167 --> 00:46:42,284 I've been meaning to ask you to lunch ever since we met in the street. 520 00:46:42,367 --> 00:46:45,165 - That was 18 months ago, Paul. - Yeah, I've been busy. 521 00:46:45,767 --> 00:46:48,281 I'm in The Queen's Head, 81 Sunderland Avenue. 522 00:46:48,367 --> 00:46:52,076 That's hardly round the corner, and no, I can't come. 523 00:46:52,847 --> 00:46:55,441 - I have to go to this meeting, it's important. - Come on, Lizzie, 524 00:46:55,527 --> 00:46:57,563 you'll only keep wondering about it if you don't come. 525 00:46:57,647 --> 00:46:59,717 (DRILLING MACHINE WHIRRING) 526 00:47:18,407 --> 00:47:21,479 (SURRENDER BY SWING OUT SISTER PLAYING ON JUKEBOX) 527 00:47:28,607 --> 00:47:30,962 For a moment, I thought you weren't gonna come in. 528 00:47:31,047 --> 00:47:32,196 For a moment, I wasn't. 529 00:47:33,527 --> 00:47:36,280 I ordered you a drink, I presumed... 530 00:47:37,127 --> 00:47:39,561 You used to drink this. Should I get you something else? 531 00:47:39,647 --> 00:47:41,205 No, this is great. 532 00:47:48,887 --> 00:47:50,115 There's no need to be nervous. 533 00:47:51,087 --> 00:47:52,361 I'm not nervous. 534 00:47:54,087 --> 00:47:55,566 So, how's the job? 535 00:47:56,527 --> 00:48:00,566 - Venture capitalists. Are they performing well? - It's interesting. 536 00:48:01,287 --> 00:48:03,642 It could hardly fail to be, really, you know, 537 00:48:03,807 --> 00:48:07,482 trying to guess the future, back winners. Be ahead of events. 538 00:48:07,567 --> 00:48:09,000 (PEOPLE CHEERING) 539 00:48:10,687 --> 00:48:13,759 This is an interesting place to choose to have lunch, Paul. 540 00:48:13,847 --> 00:48:15,246 Yes, I come here often. 541 00:48:21,407 --> 00:48:23,602 I was an arrogant shit when you worked for me. 542 00:48:24,447 --> 00:48:28,076 But, you know, success, like some lousy rock star, that's what it was. 543 00:48:28,167 --> 00:48:31,398 It was so predictable. It went to my head... 544 00:48:32,447 --> 00:48:33,960 you lose touch with who you were 545 00:48:34,047 --> 00:48:36,800 because you can't quite believe what's happened to you. 546 00:48:36,887 --> 00:48:39,447 It's like you have to behave like that. 547 00:48:41,207 --> 00:48:42,879 And I'm sorry. 548 00:48:44,967 --> 00:48:46,639 I'm truly sorry. 549 00:48:49,847 --> 00:48:51,724 - What's the matter? - No. 550 00:48:53,087 --> 00:48:55,237 I'm just surprised. I wasn't expecting that. 551 00:48:56,447 --> 00:48:59,484 Well, you can go now, if you want. The exciting bit's over. 552 00:49:01,167 --> 00:49:04,523 I feel, you know, if anybody should be saying sorry... 553 00:49:04,607 --> 00:49:07,804 - Don't even start. - Everything was so intense, so chaotic. 554 00:49:07,887 --> 00:49:10,481 Maybe that's why all sorts of things happened in history. 555 00:49:14,527 --> 00:49:16,006 I talked to the press. 556 00:49:16,567 --> 00:49:19,764 - I thought you'd never ever forgive me for that. - It's in the past. 557 00:49:20,087 --> 00:49:22,555 It's gone. It's completely gone, Lizzie. 558 00:49:28,967 --> 00:49:30,366 You know, if you think about it, 559 00:49:30,447 --> 00:49:33,439 pubs haven't really changed at all in the last 60 years. 560 00:49:34,567 --> 00:49:37,798 They should become a lot more feminine, don't you think? 561 00:49:39,327 --> 00:49:41,443 The feminisation of pubs. 562 00:49:41,807 --> 00:49:44,002 Pink lights, soft lights... 563 00:49:44,087 --> 00:49:46,442 You know, I should pitch that at work, shouldn't I? 564 00:49:46,727 --> 00:49:49,799 I often think of you at work because you were right, of course. 565 00:49:50,447 --> 00:49:51,766 Computers. 566 00:49:52,167 --> 00:49:54,442 We're just starting to get them in now, 567 00:49:55,007 --> 00:49:57,840 and I wish I knew more than the guys about how they work. 568 00:49:58,167 --> 00:50:02,240 Wind power. Not quite so big at the moment, but... 569 00:50:04,247 --> 00:50:06,203 Do you want another round? 570 00:50:18,007 --> 00:50:20,965 - You all right, Lizzie? - Yeah, I was just... 571 00:50:23,207 --> 00:50:26,279 I just had an amazing thought, fabulous notion. 572 00:50:27,127 --> 00:50:30,642 - What are you doing, Paul, at the moment? - This and that. 573 00:50:31,367 --> 00:50:35,201 You know, that bastard you met in the street with me was a disaster. 574 00:50:35,727 --> 00:50:38,082 Sometimes I pick the wrong types. 575 00:50:39,207 --> 00:50:41,243 But, you know, I'm giving one or two things a whirl. 576 00:50:41,327 --> 00:50:43,795 I've lost a bit of money, but I've still got enough. 577 00:50:43,887 --> 00:50:46,355 You wouldn't... I can't believe I'm saying this, 578 00:50:46,447 --> 00:50:48,517 you wouldn't join our firm? 579 00:50:49,687 --> 00:50:51,837 - They wouldn't have me. - Of course they would. 580 00:50:51,927 --> 00:50:55,442 No one's better than you at reading the future. You'd be brilliant for us. 581 00:50:55,527 --> 00:50:56,926 The signing of the century. 582 00:50:59,687 --> 00:51:01,917 Okay, it was a crazy idea. 583 00:51:02,007 --> 00:51:05,761 It was just one of those things you blurt out. 584 00:51:05,847 --> 00:51:07,439 I'd be honoured. 585 00:51:08,487 --> 00:51:11,399 - Would you? Would you really? - Yes. 586 00:51:12,727 --> 00:51:16,720 Yeah, it'd be exciting to pick successes in a more business-like environment. 587 00:51:16,807 --> 00:51:18,957 - Are you sure? - I am sure. 588 00:51:19,047 --> 00:51:21,641 And you wouldn't have a problem, you know, 589 00:51:21,727 --> 00:51:24,195 your ex-secretary being a... 590 00:51:25,447 --> 00:51:29,076 being a sort of... equal? 591 00:51:30,247 --> 00:51:32,397 It's a team business, Paul. 592 00:51:32,807 --> 00:51:35,321 - You'd be on... - On my best behaviour. 593 00:51:36,527 --> 00:51:37,516 I promise. 594 00:51:38,927 --> 00:51:40,724 I'd love to be part of your setup, Lizzie. 595 00:51:41,367 --> 00:51:42,436 He's here. 596 00:51:53,727 --> 00:51:55,046 Welcome, Paul. 597 00:51:55,127 --> 00:51:57,846 I'll introduce you to everybody when the moment is right. 598 00:51:57,927 --> 00:52:01,476 You'll meet the whole floor. A lot of names to digest in one go, I know, 599 00:52:01,567 --> 00:52:04,365 especially, as we happen to have five Lauras at the moment. 600 00:52:04,366 --> 00:52:09,281 Laura T, and Laura B and Laura W, and the other Lauras. 601 00:52:09,366 --> 00:52:14,042 You'll get used to everything here very quickly. You'll be seeing them all at our meetings. 602 00:52:14,686 --> 00:52:18,235 Straight through there. That's your office. I hope it's sufficient. 603 00:52:18,326 --> 00:52:20,886 We don't go in for big private spaces. 604 00:52:20,966 --> 00:52:24,959 In fact, we're in the middle of review. This whole space is under review. 605 00:52:26,366 --> 00:52:27,640 (PHONE RINGING) 606 00:52:27,726 --> 00:52:31,514 We're gonna have our regular Monday morning meeting in precisely 22 minutes. 607 00:52:32,046 --> 00:52:33,479 See you there. 608 00:53:01,246 --> 00:53:03,282 Since it's the first day, I'll forgive you. 609 00:53:03,366 --> 00:53:06,915 You're not going to have those assistants escort you to work every day, are you? 610 00:53:07,006 --> 00:53:08,234 Certainly not. 611 00:53:09,006 --> 00:53:12,362 They just wanted to see what venture capitalists really look like. 612 00:53:16,646 --> 00:53:18,876 Great view. I like it already. 613 00:53:19,606 --> 00:53:22,757 - It's just a pity about the decor. - What's wrong with it? 614 00:53:23,446 --> 00:53:24,765 I like it. 615 00:53:28,606 --> 00:53:30,517 Travelling light, I see. 616 00:53:31,846 --> 00:53:34,360 Paul, you will come to all the meetings? 617 00:53:34,806 --> 00:53:37,400 I know you're called a consultant, but you will come? 618 00:53:37,486 --> 00:53:38,760 I said you would. 619 00:53:39,406 --> 00:53:41,874 - It's important here, because... - It's a team. 620 00:53:42,606 --> 00:53:44,039 It is a team. 621 00:53:44,726 --> 00:53:46,000 I love teams. 622 00:53:48,566 --> 00:53:50,238 A line of soup. 623 00:53:50,886 --> 00:53:53,719 Farmyard. Wonderful smells. 624 00:53:54,206 --> 00:53:57,278 A line of soup supported by a line of outlets. 625 00:53:57,526 --> 00:54:00,723 A line of surprising seafood outlets. 626 00:54:01,646 --> 00:54:03,876 Make the ocean do the talking. 627 00:54:04,886 --> 00:54:09,801 Electric books are the things to be getting into. Everybody knows they're gonna be taking over. 628 00:54:09,886 --> 00:54:13,595 Reading books on screens, pocket-sized electric books 629 00:54:13,686 --> 00:54:17,520 can carry over 1,000 titles in one electric book. 630 00:54:17,806 --> 00:54:20,240 One moment, you're in the middle of David Copperfield, 631 00:54:20,326 --> 00:54:24,683 you hit a bit of a slow patch, not to worry. Now it's Portnoy's Complaint. 632 00:54:24,766 --> 00:54:27,075 Mingle and edit. Edit and mingle. 633 00:54:31,366 --> 00:54:35,154 A flaky, very flaky meal... 634 00:54:36,246 --> 00:54:39,636 What I mean is, a homemade-looking snack, 635 00:54:40,166 --> 00:54:43,317 that you eat walking along, for the busy working woman. 636 00:54:43,686 --> 00:54:48,123 A sort of English-Chinese roll, 637 00:54:48,486 --> 00:54:50,238 but your mother could have made it. 638 00:54:51,326 --> 00:54:53,715 Or else, a gadget... 639 00:54:55,046 --> 00:54:58,243 - to turn the... - Pages of your electric book. 640 00:54:58,326 --> 00:54:59,475 That's right. 641 00:55:00,166 --> 00:55:02,919 While you're in bed the book will be on a screen 642 00:55:03,006 --> 00:55:06,123 and you can flick the pages without ever having to touch any paper. 643 00:55:09,606 --> 00:55:12,279 This is the future for entertainment. 644 00:55:12,726 --> 00:55:17,561 You live inside it, you select where you go. You're alive in 3D. 645 00:55:18,926 --> 00:55:22,123 Nobody dictates where the story goes, you choose. 646 00:55:22,326 --> 00:55:26,080 You are the film director, you are the storyteller. 647 00:55:26,566 --> 00:55:28,841 You are the master. 648 00:55:31,126 --> 00:55:32,684 It's great, isn't it? 649 00:55:33,886 --> 00:55:36,081 People rather like to be told stories. 650 00:55:42,486 --> 00:55:43,714 What happened? 651 00:55:44,006 --> 00:55:45,041 Where did he go? 652 00:55:45,486 --> 00:55:47,761 (LOUD, REPEATED BANGING) 653 00:56:08,806 --> 00:56:11,479 - Is there anything you want? - I just wondered what the noise was. 654 00:56:11,606 --> 00:56:12,834 The noise is me. 655 00:56:15,046 --> 00:56:16,957 (BUTTERWORTH CHUCKLING) 656 00:56:19,206 --> 00:56:20,844 Well, whatever it takes. 657 00:56:21,246 --> 00:56:25,080 We're restructuring as you can see and not before time. 658 00:56:25,406 --> 00:56:30,878 Our space is now communal. No special desks, no ownership of surfaces. 659 00:56:30,966 --> 00:56:33,639 As the work happens, the space happens. 660 00:56:34,326 --> 00:56:35,839 We're all a team. 661 00:56:35,926 --> 00:56:39,714 A unit that lives and breathes in the same environment. 662 00:56:41,206 --> 00:56:44,118 As open as the sky. Hm? 663 00:56:46,006 --> 00:56:47,803 (LAUGHING LOUDLY) 664 00:56:49,446 --> 00:56:51,437 (PHONE RINGING) 665 00:56:59,326 --> 00:57:01,965 What's this about? Why is he being such an arsehole? 666 00:57:02,046 --> 00:57:04,765 I think you should give him his office back. 667 00:57:04,846 --> 00:57:08,680 I think it's important to him. I mean he is a sort of solitary thinker, isn't he? 668 00:57:08,886 --> 00:57:10,399 That's his speciality. 669 00:57:11,286 --> 00:57:12,844 (BUTTERWORTH YELLING) 670 00:57:14,486 --> 00:57:17,478 I thought he was meant to be giving us his great report. 671 00:57:17,566 --> 00:57:20,842 - All his big ideas. - Give him his office back and he will. 672 00:57:32,086 --> 00:57:33,360 Thank you. 673 00:57:57,006 --> 00:57:59,236 Any day now, Paul will be giving his report. 674 00:58:12,166 --> 00:58:14,441 This better be worth waiting five months for. 675 00:58:36,086 --> 00:58:38,600 As you know, over the past few months, 676 00:58:38,686 --> 00:58:41,564 Paul has been working as a separate team. 677 00:58:42,286 --> 00:58:44,561 A team of one, you might say, 678 00:58:44,646 --> 00:58:48,525 which on occasions, has had added members, 679 00:58:48,606 --> 00:58:51,359 but was essentially a focused project of his own. 680 00:58:52,286 --> 00:58:54,800 And now we are going to hear the fruits of his work. 681 00:58:54,886 --> 00:59:00,483 What Paul thinks should be our priorities, ideas we should be particularly concentrating on, 682 00:59:00,566 --> 00:59:04,764 themes we should be alive to, growth areas that are poised to explode. 683 00:59:09,966 --> 00:59:11,319 Over to you, Paul. 684 00:59:13,246 --> 00:59:14,884 Marcus, thank you. 685 00:59:17,966 --> 00:59:19,604 I have one word for you. 686 00:59:20,966 --> 00:59:23,321 When you say it out aloud, it sounds like two words 687 00:59:23,406 --> 00:59:26,523 but, of course, it's spelt as a single word. 688 00:59:27,686 --> 00:59:28,721 So... 689 00:59:29,726 --> 00:59:31,159 I've one word for you. 690 00:59:32,966 --> 00:59:34,035 Bookshops. 691 00:59:40,726 --> 00:59:42,045 Bookshops! 692 00:59:42,326 --> 00:59:44,920 - And? - And? There is no "and", Marcus. 693 00:59:45,006 --> 00:59:48,965 Why should there be an "and"? One pure idea is what you want. 694 00:59:50,206 --> 00:59:52,959 There are very few bookshops. 695 00:59:53,046 --> 00:59:56,675 A chain of quality bookshops, that's what is needed. 696 00:59:56,766 --> 00:59:59,155 Perhaps with a coffee shop tucked inside. 697 00:59:59,246 --> 01:00:02,204 - Books and shops. - And coffee? 698 01:00:05,246 --> 01:00:06,964 Let the books do the talking. 699 01:00:11,446 --> 01:00:15,200 Anyone wanting more details? I will be available in my office. 700 01:00:25,046 --> 01:00:26,081 (DOOR SHUTTING) 701 01:00:26,766 --> 01:00:29,155 That shit, that fucker. 702 01:00:29,846 --> 01:00:33,361 I'm too angry. If I go anywhere near him now, I think I'll hit him. 703 01:00:33,926 --> 01:00:36,281 He got his office back... 704 01:00:36,366 --> 01:00:38,834 - for that! - Don't worry. 705 01:00:41,006 --> 01:00:42,997 I'll deal with it, I promise you. 706 01:00:51,326 --> 01:00:52,441 LIZZIE: How dare you? 707 01:00:52,526 --> 01:00:53,641 (DOOR BANGING SHUT) 708 01:00:53,726 --> 01:00:54,761 How dare you? 709 01:00:54,846 --> 01:00:56,165 PAUL: What have I done? 710 01:00:56,246 --> 01:00:58,919 You just came here to disrupt everything, didn't you? 711 01:00:59,006 --> 01:01:01,964 You promised. You promised me you wouldn't do this. 712 01:01:02,046 --> 01:01:04,640 - That you'd behave yourself. - And I have, haven't I? 713 01:01:05,326 --> 01:01:07,794 I've been quiet. I haven't ordered people around. 714 01:01:07,886 --> 01:01:10,354 I haven't thrown my weight about. I've kept myself to myself. 715 01:01:10,446 --> 01:01:13,040 I believed you, I supported you. 716 01:01:13,526 --> 01:01:16,598 But you never had any intention of working properly, did you? 717 01:01:16,686 --> 01:01:19,723 You didn't need this job, so you thought I'll just take the piss. 718 01:01:19,806 --> 01:01:23,276 - Your idea of a little revenge? - I don't know what I have done. 719 01:01:23,366 --> 01:01:26,244 - I thought I'd been the perfect employee. - Get out of here! 720 01:01:26,326 --> 01:01:28,078 Get the fuck out of here now! 721 01:01:28,166 --> 01:01:31,476 It's a good idea, you know, Lizzie. The bookshops, it really is. 722 01:01:31,566 --> 01:01:33,204 Five months' work. 723 01:01:33,926 --> 01:01:36,520 That's meant to be five months' work, is it? 724 01:01:36,606 --> 01:01:38,961 - It's a farce! - You really want me to go? 725 01:01:39,046 --> 01:01:41,116 I want you out of here in the next half hour. 726 01:01:41,206 --> 01:01:43,242 - And take all this shit with you. - Then I'll go. 727 01:01:43,326 --> 01:01:44,759 I will go, Lizzie. No hard feelings. 728 01:01:44,846 --> 01:01:47,838 That's what you think. I just want you out of here, Paul! 729 01:01:50,006 --> 01:01:51,803 Everybody's listening to this. 730 01:01:52,846 --> 01:01:56,361 - Everybody's watching. - You should get out of here, too, you know. 731 01:01:56,766 --> 01:01:59,599 I'm not even going to bother to reply to that. 732 01:01:59,766 --> 01:02:04,078 Because you really don't want to make a habit of destroying everything you touch. 733 01:02:04,166 --> 01:02:06,361 This was a pathetic idea of mine. 734 01:02:06,446 --> 01:02:09,518 Thinking you could ever change. It was the worst idea of my life. 735 01:02:09,606 --> 01:02:12,484 And get rid of all these horrible old books, too. Everything! 736 01:02:12,566 --> 01:02:14,318 Just take everything! 737 01:02:37,806 --> 01:02:40,923 That was a surprisingly good dinner. 738 01:02:41,006 --> 01:02:42,883 The pudding was good, at least. 739 01:02:42,966 --> 01:02:46,959 Did you hear the Home Secretary saying she could be gone soon? 740 01:02:47,806 --> 01:02:50,195 There are rumblings, rumblings. 741 01:02:51,966 --> 01:02:53,558 Do you know what I think? 742 01:02:53,646 --> 01:02:57,002 She's only done ten years, she wants to do at least 20. 743 01:02:59,286 --> 01:03:02,039 Always got your finger on the pulse, haven't you, Neville? 744 01:03:02,126 --> 01:03:04,401 I try. It's what I do best. 745 01:03:06,526 --> 01:03:10,485 COYLE: Now, I would give you a lift, but I am going in the other direction. 746 01:03:28,886 --> 01:03:30,080 PAUL: William. 747 01:03:33,606 --> 01:03:35,437 - Good dinner, was it, William? - Paul! 748 01:03:35,526 --> 01:03:37,118 - How are you, William? - Good. 749 01:03:38,006 --> 01:03:39,678 Well, keeping my head above water. 750 01:03:40,046 --> 01:03:43,755 - Fancy seeing you on top of a bus. - I like buses, remember? 751 01:03:44,006 --> 01:03:47,476 The picnic, yeah, of course. Yeah, I like buses. 752 01:03:48,366 --> 01:03:50,880 I mean, I'm much too mean to take taxis all the time. 753 01:03:50,966 --> 01:03:54,242 We must catch up some time very soon, Paul. 754 01:03:54,326 --> 01:03:57,921 - I've got to get off here. This is my stop. - Yes. Don't get off, William. 755 01:03:58,006 --> 01:04:00,839 No, I've got to get off. This is my stop... 756 01:04:01,086 --> 01:04:03,441 and there's somebody waiting for me to get home. 757 01:04:03,526 --> 01:04:05,915 - Miss your stop. - Miss my stop? 758 01:04:06,366 --> 01:04:09,085 There's something I want to show you. It's not far. 759 01:04:09,606 --> 01:04:11,881 Since you're here, and I'm here. 760 01:04:12,726 --> 01:04:14,159 What've you got to lose? 761 01:04:16,566 --> 01:04:19,876 I thought you said it wasn't far. I don't believe I've agreed to do this. 762 01:04:19,966 --> 01:04:21,763 We're nearly there, it'll be worth it. 763 01:04:22,926 --> 01:04:24,803 "Was he following me?" Is that what you're... 764 01:04:24,886 --> 01:04:27,400 You weren't, were you? You weren't following me, surely not. 765 01:04:31,446 --> 01:04:36,076 It's the end of the line! Paul! Paul, you've taken me to the end of the line! 766 01:04:36,166 --> 01:04:38,396 This is ridiculous. What on earth are we doing here? 767 01:04:38,566 --> 01:04:42,115 - A little eatery just here. Best food in London. - I've already eaten. 768 01:04:42,326 --> 01:04:46,080 - I'm absolutely stuffed with food. - But you can always eat, William, can't you? 769 01:04:46,166 --> 01:04:47,724 I need to call my girlfriend. 770 01:04:47,806 --> 01:04:50,684 Come on, one of the only 24-hour eateries in London. 771 01:04:51,646 --> 01:04:53,637 It's amazing how few there are still. 772 01:04:58,486 --> 01:05:00,044 A little surprise. 773 01:05:08,886 --> 01:05:10,319 WILLIAM: Spooky place. 774 01:05:11,406 --> 01:05:12,885 All that way for this? 775 01:05:18,606 --> 01:05:21,325 You're right, I did have space for this. 776 01:05:23,486 --> 01:05:25,124 It's good, very good. 777 01:05:25,846 --> 01:05:27,677 So what did you want to show me? 778 01:05:28,646 --> 01:05:29,681 That man. 779 01:05:31,006 --> 01:05:33,998 - Recognise him? - No, don't think so. Should I? 780 01:05:34,126 --> 01:05:35,161 Look again. 781 01:05:36,926 --> 01:05:39,679 No, I don't recognise him. I've never seen him before. 782 01:05:41,046 --> 01:05:42,081 That's Oliver. 783 01:05:44,486 --> 01:05:45,555 Oliver? 784 01:05:46,326 --> 01:05:48,760 Good Lord! Is it, him? Oliver. 785 01:05:50,406 --> 01:05:51,521 Oliver. 786 01:05:55,046 --> 01:05:56,195 What's the matter? 787 01:05:57,406 --> 01:05:59,283 - Should I go over? - No, leave him. 788 01:06:01,566 --> 01:06:04,956 He keeps himself to himself. If he wants to, he'll join us. 789 01:06:05,446 --> 01:06:07,562 We both found this place separately. 790 01:06:08,406 --> 01:06:12,194 - I've discovered it's full of people who can't sleep. - You can't sleep? 791 01:06:12,286 --> 01:06:15,278 - I find it difficult to, sometimes, yes. - Is it? 792 01:06:15,766 --> 01:06:19,156 - Is it because the money's gone? - No, that's not important. 793 01:06:20,206 --> 01:06:23,164 I gambled on a few things and lost, so what? 794 01:06:23,486 --> 01:06:25,954 Got involved with the wrong people. 795 01:06:26,046 --> 01:06:28,276 At least it was all my doing. 796 01:06:28,526 --> 01:06:30,915 You hear some amazing stories in here. 797 01:06:31,126 --> 01:06:33,720 People who were shafted by their business partners, 798 01:06:33,806 --> 01:06:35,876 lose their house, suddenly lose their job, 799 01:06:35,966 --> 01:06:38,526 and are left by their wives, all on the same weekend. 800 01:06:40,006 --> 01:06:43,715 - Bumped into anyone else from the old days? - You mean have I followed anybody else? 801 01:06:43,806 --> 01:06:46,525 - I don't believe you are following me. - Suit yourself. 802 01:06:48,006 --> 01:06:49,234 I saw the Albert Brothers. 803 01:06:52,286 --> 01:06:55,403 PAUL: I find it very interesting the way people react to seeing me. 804 01:06:56,006 --> 01:07:00,124 You have to admit it's fascinating, especially, as I introduced them all to each other. 805 01:07:00,366 --> 01:07:02,960 - And Lizzie? - No, I haven't seen Lizzie. 806 01:07:03,166 --> 01:07:06,158 Well, getting married very soon. Yeah, big wedding. 807 01:07:07,086 --> 01:07:09,884 - Got my invitation last week. - Really? I haven't got mine. 808 01:07:09,966 --> 01:07:11,479 Now she wouldn't, would she? 809 01:07:11,726 --> 01:07:15,002 Paul, come on. She wouldn't invite you to the wedding. 810 01:07:15,086 --> 01:07:18,078 For Christ's sake, there's a feud going on between you two, remember? 811 01:07:18,166 --> 01:07:21,636 - There is no feud. - All right, fine. Okay, if you say so. 812 01:07:23,446 --> 01:07:26,404 I'll give her your best wishes, shall I, for old times' sake? 813 01:07:26,806 --> 01:07:27,841 Of course. 814 01:07:32,566 --> 01:07:34,557 (BAND PLAYING SONG FOR WHOEVER) 815 01:07:38,326 --> 01:07:40,521 - The Fotheringays. - Peter Fotheringay. 816 01:07:40,606 --> 01:07:42,039 Felicity Fotheringay. 817 01:08:09,006 --> 01:08:10,041 Crumbs. 818 01:08:12,246 --> 01:08:13,838 (PEOPLE APPLAUDING) 819 01:08:24,446 --> 01:08:25,561 Paul. 820 01:08:26,926 --> 01:08:28,518 We haven't seen you in so long. 821 01:08:29,366 --> 01:08:30,401 Haven't we? 822 01:08:32,686 --> 01:08:35,325 You look different somehow, you two. 823 01:08:36,366 --> 01:08:37,435 Sure. 824 01:08:37,926 --> 01:08:42,477 Sure, we're creating anarchy in the city now, instead of the art world 825 01:08:42,926 --> 01:08:46,521 and, well, got to look the part, haven't you? 826 01:08:46,606 --> 01:08:48,324 So we can fleece them. 827 01:09:09,166 --> 01:09:10,201 Paul? 828 01:09:11,526 --> 01:09:14,324 - Goodness me! Fancy seeing you. - Fancy? 829 01:09:14,886 --> 01:09:16,763 Amazing, here we all are. 830 01:09:17,206 --> 01:09:18,719 Together again. 831 01:09:19,046 --> 01:09:20,638 Older, certainly. 832 01:09:20,726 --> 01:09:22,557 - Wiser? - Definitely not. 833 01:09:22,846 --> 01:09:24,074 Is that you, Oliver? 834 01:09:24,686 --> 01:09:26,677 Good lord, it is. Oliver. 835 01:09:27,766 --> 01:09:30,155 How tall is the Archbishop of Canterbury? 836 01:09:31,526 --> 01:09:34,359 - You know I am always holding you up. - Holding me up? 837 01:09:34,566 --> 01:09:38,115 I hold you up as the cleverest child I ever saw. And why? 838 01:09:38,566 --> 01:09:42,002 Because you took all of your exams and passed with maximum marks. 839 01:09:43,646 --> 01:09:45,716 You know, I was so wrong all those years ago. 840 01:09:45,846 --> 01:09:48,360 We must measure and define always. 841 01:09:49,166 --> 01:09:52,044 Checking a child's progress. Testing and testing. 842 01:09:52,486 --> 01:09:57,002 - You're a government advisor now, aren't you? - Chief educational advisor. 843 01:09:57,926 --> 01:09:59,962 Discipline and creativity, 844 01:10:00,526 --> 01:10:02,960 hand in hand, inextricably linked. 845 01:10:03,486 --> 01:10:05,363 That's where we are now. 846 01:10:06,566 --> 01:10:08,158 (HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH PLAYING) 847 01:10:08,446 --> 01:10:09,561 Paul. 848 01:10:11,126 --> 01:10:12,605 What are you doing here? 849 01:10:13,126 --> 01:10:15,686 Don't make any trouble, please. It's Lizzie's big day. 850 01:10:16,046 --> 01:10:18,560 I'm here to cause trouble? What gave you that idea? 851 01:10:25,806 --> 01:10:27,524 Paul, a drink. 852 01:10:29,806 --> 01:10:31,034 Isn't it great? 853 01:10:31,126 --> 01:10:33,799 I think we've hired the most beautiful house in England. 854 01:10:34,286 --> 01:10:36,959 And the decor and everything. It's amazing, don't you think? 855 01:10:37,246 --> 01:10:39,396 I say that, and Lizzie did it all. 856 01:10:39,886 --> 01:10:41,285 She did everything. 857 01:10:42,046 --> 01:10:44,765 And it's a double celebration, too, did you know that? 858 01:10:44,846 --> 01:10:48,236 - She's just got this great new job, too. - Yes, she has indeed. 859 01:10:48,326 --> 01:10:50,886 AET, one of the biggest companies around. 860 01:10:51,646 --> 01:10:54,956 I had a little hand in arranging that. I made a few introductions. 861 01:10:55,846 --> 01:10:56,995 See you later. 862 01:10:59,206 --> 01:11:00,434 The groom. 863 01:11:00,526 --> 01:11:05,042 Well, I better go and get ready, study my little speech. 864 01:11:06,046 --> 01:11:07,115 Paul? 865 01:11:07,686 --> 01:11:11,474 Here by the water is fine, but maybe not in the marquee, okay? 866 01:11:14,246 --> 01:11:16,441 Don't worry. You don't have to guard me. 867 01:11:17,086 --> 01:11:19,316 I'll stay rooted to this spot. 868 01:11:28,566 --> 01:11:30,363 PAUL: Graham died, you know? 869 01:11:30,806 --> 01:11:32,319 Remember, Graham, the poet? 870 01:11:33,486 --> 01:11:34,680 Died of AIDS. 871 01:11:36,646 --> 01:11:37,999 That's sad. 872 01:11:39,406 --> 01:11:40,475 Poor chap. 873 01:11:41,206 --> 01:11:43,162 Supper is served! 874 01:11:52,206 --> 01:11:55,881 Ladies and gentlemen, any moment the speeches will be descending, 875 01:11:55,966 --> 01:12:00,005 so scrape those plates, lick those bowls. Thank you. 876 01:12:04,086 --> 01:12:05,121 I'm hungry. 877 01:12:12,726 --> 01:12:14,762 Pardon me, is this finished? 878 01:12:16,126 --> 01:12:18,515 - And my friend? - Table three, yes. 879 01:12:19,086 --> 01:12:20,439 Thank you very much. 880 01:12:21,686 --> 01:12:26,362 Very nice, thank you. We're not proud, we can scoop around. 881 01:12:46,726 --> 01:12:48,762 - Paul? - Lizzie. 882 01:12:48,966 --> 01:12:50,399 Paul, please. 883 01:12:50,486 --> 01:12:52,397 - Please? - Don't make trouble. 884 01:12:52,846 --> 01:12:54,279 Why should I make trouble? 885 01:12:55,086 --> 01:12:56,758 I'm very happy for you. 886 01:12:57,366 --> 01:13:01,245 All your other ex-bosses are here, and it's good to have a ghost at a wedding. 887 01:13:01,446 --> 01:13:02,765 My parents are here. 888 01:13:03,566 --> 01:13:05,318 That's them over there. 889 01:13:07,806 --> 01:13:09,717 I want it to be special for them. 890 01:13:10,286 --> 01:13:15,360 Sorry. Thought I'd make a phone call. Lugging this great thing around. 891 01:13:16,126 --> 01:13:18,594 Lizzie and you are going to work together, I gather. 892 01:13:18,686 --> 01:13:20,916 - That's correct. - It's a great hippo. 893 01:13:23,046 --> 01:13:25,241 - Excuse me? - AET. 894 01:13:25,326 --> 01:13:30,275 A great hippo. Big, heavy company, awkward, loads of divisions 895 01:13:30,366 --> 01:13:32,641 waddling slowly, but... 896 01:13:33,326 --> 01:13:36,796 it's a great thing to be a hippo, very difficult to destroy. 897 01:13:37,486 --> 01:13:38,601 Quite. 898 01:13:39,566 --> 01:13:42,399 - Never heard it put like that before. - Paul likes animals. 899 01:13:43,606 --> 01:13:45,517 Paul and I used to work together. 900 01:13:46,126 --> 01:13:47,525 He was my mentor. 901 01:13:53,086 --> 01:13:54,883 Paul, please. 902 01:13:58,326 --> 01:14:00,044 I'm sorry, I am. 903 01:14:00,126 --> 01:14:03,163 That I borrowed the ideas for the decorations from the old days, 904 01:14:03,246 --> 01:14:07,034 although I did help with them, too, back then. But I know how it must appear to you. 905 01:14:07,126 --> 01:14:10,323 I'm sorry I didn't invite you. I wasn't brave enough. 906 01:14:10,886 --> 01:14:13,446 I didn't know what you would do. But please. 907 01:14:13,926 --> 01:14:17,282 Please don't ruin my wedding. Not in front of my parents, my new boss. 908 01:14:17,366 --> 01:14:19,675 - Please, Paul. - You really think I would? 909 01:14:20,326 --> 01:14:21,759 I don't know. 910 01:14:23,486 --> 01:14:26,603 - You're capable of anything, Paul. - I knew you'd invite everybody. 911 01:14:26,886 --> 01:14:29,002 I wanted to see what they'd look like now. 912 01:14:29,726 --> 01:14:32,115 I'm here because of them, really. 913 01:14:32,766 --> 01:14:34,484 And I wanted to wish you well, of course. 914 01:14:35,086 --> 01:14:38,681 - I mean it, Lizzie. - Thanks. You've done that, okay? Now, please... 915 01:14:39,806 --> 01:14:41,398 Jesus! 916 01:14:42,286 --> 01:14:44,356 This is a nightmare, this is horrible. 917 01:14:47,206 --> 01:14:50,596 Paul, please, I'm begging you. I would kneel if I could in this dress. 918 01:14:50,686 --> 01:14:53,598 Lizzie? Hello, Lizzie. 919 01:14:53,686 --> 01:14:57,315 We must have the bride back soon, Lizzie. So back here, please. 920 01:14:57,406 --> 01:15:00,239 The ordeal of the speeches beckons. 921 01:15:00,326 --> 01:15:02,681 Look, please, Paul. Don't ruin things. 922 01:15:02,766 --> 01:15:05,200 Maybe you think I deserve that, maybe I do, but please... 923 01:15:05,286 --> 01:15:08,358 Sure, whatever you want. I don't want to cause any problems. 924 01:15:09,526 --> 01:15:11,835 I just have a notion I wanna put to you. 925 01:15:11,926 --> 01:15:14,201 - A business proposition. - Absolutely. 926 01:15:14,286 --> 01:15:15,355 I'll call you. 927 01:15:15,446 --> 01:15:17,914 - You'll call me? - I will, I promise. 928 01:15:18,006 --> 01:15:20,315 I'll call as soon as we get back from our honeymoon. 929 01:15:20,406 --> 01:15:22,124 Now I want to hear what you have to say. 930 01:15:22,206 --> 01:15:25,004 If you go now, I promise I will call you. 931 01:15:26,166 --> 01:15:27,804 I absolutely promise. 932 01:15:57,126 --> 01:15:58,525 (DOOR OPENING) 933 01:15:59,806 --> 01:16:03,321 - Your 12:30 is here. - Good. Show him straight in, Diana. 934 01:16:07,086 --> 01:16:08,519 (LOUD DRONING) 935 01:16:14,766 --> 01:16:17,234 William, what've you done to yourself? 936 01:16:17,886 --> 01:16:19,319 I don't know. 937 01:16:19,886 --> 01:16:23,640 I was in bed, merely sleeping, I hasten to say, 938 01:16:23,726 --> 01:16:26,763 and it's age, I think. 939 01:16:26,846 --> 01:16:28,723 So, are we having lunch here or out? 940 01:16:28,806 --> 01:16:30,125 (LOUD DRONING CONTINUES) 941 01:16:30,206 --> 01:16:34,961 No, certainly not here, not with all this going on. They're redoing all the offices. 942 01:16:35,046 --> 01:16:39,085 We're almost the last one left like this. Soon be gone. 943 01:16:40,086 --> 01:16:41,280 What a pity. 944 01:16:42,446 --> 01:16:45,438 It suits this mighty organisation... 945 01:16:46,446 --> 01:16:48,277 especially those lamps. 946 01:16:49,166 --> 01:16:51,475 Your book is a great success, isn't it? 947 01:16:51,726 --> 01:16:54,524 Well, it's just easy to read history, really. 948 01:16:55,366 --> 01:16:59,564 Why we won the war. I'm doing a book of political gossip, too. 949 01:17:00,526 --> 01:17:04,314 The Blob said he would feed me lots of useful things. 950 01:17:05,326 --> 01:17:07,715 Talking of gossip, have you ever been in touch with... 951 01:17:07,806 --> 01:17:09,478 (LOUD DRONING CONTINUES) 952 01:17:09,566 --> 01:17:11,955 Have you been in touch with Paul since the wedding? 953 01:17:12,046 --> 01:17:13,240 (MOUTHING) 954 01:17:13,326 --> 01:17:16,079 Paul. Have you been in touch with... 955 01:17:19,686 --> 01:17:21,722 - Do you ever call him? - No. 956 01:17:22,286 --> 01:17:24,436 I keep meaning to pick up the phone. 957 01:17:24,526 --> 01:17:27,563 Yes, well, as the years go by, it must get more difficult. 958 01:17:28,366 --> 01:17:30,800 (DRONING CONTINUES) 959 01:17:33,086 --> 01:17:34,963 How can you work in this? 960 01:17:41,446 --> 01:17:42,799 A new look. 961 01:17:43,526 --> 01:17:46,882 Yes, well, I suppose, we must all succumb eventually. 962 01:17:52,446 --> 01:17:54,323 - I've just seen a ghost. - Hm? 963 01:17:55,726 --> 01:17:59,275 They look unmistakeably like management consultants to me. 964 01:18:00,526 --> 01:18:04,724 Usual thing, isn't it? When everyone's made to reapply for their jobs. 965 01:18:05,326 --> 01:18:08,523 More young people sent along to fuck up our lives. 966 01:18:08,846 --> 01:18:12,282 I must discover once and for all who gave them permission to start doing that. 967 01:18:15,406 --> 01:18:17,966 We're ready for you, Ms Thomas. 968 01:18:34,846 --> 01:18:35,881 So. 969 01:18:40,486 --> 01:18:42,044 We have met before. 970 01:18:43,446 --> 01:18:45,323 Don't know if you remember. 971 01:18:45,406 --> 01:18:46,555 I do remember. 972 01:18:47,766 --> 01:18:49,199 That was in another life. 973 01:18:50,526 --> 01:18:53,404 I should never have agreed to let these lights stay. 974 01:18:54,006 --> 01:18:57,362 "Oh, keep the original fittings, they're charming," they said. 975 01:18:57,446 --> 01:18:58,765 Well, I hate them. 976 01:19:00,326 --> 01:19:02,476 Must get them removed immediately. 977 01:19:02,806 --> 01:19:03,955 Now... 978 01:19:04,046 --> 01:19:07,516 Simone and I are grateful for your cooperation 979 01:19:07,606 --> 01:19:10,643 and for the time you've let us sit in on your work. 980 01:19:10,726 --> 01:19:12,557 It has all made sense. 981 01:19:12,646 --> 01:19:15,444 - It all made sense? - There is just one other matter. 982 01:19:16,686 --> 01:19:20,679 We've noticed, checking your CV, sometime ago you talked to the press, 983 01:19:20,766 --> 01:19:24,156 immediately after having left the employment of a Mr Paul Reynolds. 984 01:19:27,046 --> 01:19:28,843 Would you like to comment on that? 985 01:19:30,406 --> 01:19:31,919 I shouldn't have done that. 986 01:19:32,726 --> 01:19:37,595 There was no confidentiality clause in my contract then, but even so, I should never have done that. 987 01:19:39,806 --> 01:19:42,240 You have to understand it was a different age. 988 01:19:44,286 --> 01:19:48,837 It was like the end of something really, rather reprehensible. 989 01:19:51,046 --> 01:19:54,038 It was the last dregs of that '70s-style anarchy. 990 01:19:56,686 --> 01:19:59,803 I don't know if that's an excuse for what I did, but... 991 01:20:08,646 --> 01:20:10,238 But that's what it was. 992 01:20:14,766 --> 01:20:15,801 Bye. 993 01:20:23,206 --> 01:20:24,685 I'll call you back, Willie. 994 01:20:41,166 --> 01:20:43,157 Lizzie, please take a seat. 995 01:20:49,686 --> 01:20:52,405 I'm delighted to say we'd very much like you to join our team. 996 01:20:53,206 --> 01:20:54,241 Great. 997 01:20:54,326 --> 01:20:56,282 There going to be some very considerable changes, 998 01:20:56,366 --> 01:20:59,597 and I have to warn you that everything that is discussed between us 999 01:20:59,686 --> 01:21:01,438 will be in the utmost confidence, 1000 01:21:01,526 --> 01:21:04,643 can only be discussed between the individuals in this room, 1001 01:21:04,726 --> 01:21:06,956 and with no one else under any circumstances. 1002 01:21:08,766 --> 01:21:10,916 Now to prepare for this, I suggest you... 1003 01:21:11,766 --> 01:21:13,597 take the rest of the week off 1004 01:21:13,926 --> 01:21:17,316 while some of the people less fortunate than yourself are leaving. 1005 01:21:17,886 --> 01:21:19,763 - Right. - And do something 1006 01:21:19,846 --> 01:21:22,440 you've always meant to do in the next few days. 1007 01:21:22,526 --> 01:21:24,960 Get as far away as possible from the office... 1008 01:21:25,686 --> 01:21:27,324 and come back refreshed. 1009 01:21:53,046 --> 01:21:54,161 Hello? 1010 01:22:05,886 --> 01:22:06,921 Hello? 1011 01:22:08,326 --> 01:22:11,159 She's here! The lady is here! 1012 01:22:11,966 --> 01:22:13,240 Hi, everybody. 1013 01:22:14,806 --> 01:22:17,923 Rachel, after all these years, and Angela, too. 1014 01:22:18,726 --> 01:22:20,444 It's amazing to see you. 1015 01:22:20,766 --> 01:22:22,245 We thought you'd never come. 1016 01:22:22,966 --> 01:22:24,001 Paul. 1017 01:22:24,806 --> 01:22:27,764 - How do I get across? Is there any other way? - No. 1018 01:22:28,686 --> 01:22:31,075 No other way. Stay there, Lizzie, don't move. 1019 01:22:31,166 --> 01:22:32,918 (INAUDIBLE) 1020 01:22:36,686 --> 01:22:40,599 Might have guessed it would be an obstacle course, coming to see you, Paul. 1021 01:22:40,686 --> 01:22:43,484 You have to dress for the country, didn't anyone tell you? 1022 01:22:44,406 --> 01:22:47,045 Why do I always feel overdressed every time I see you? 1023 01:22:52,126 --> 01:22:54,321 I had no idea you had a family. 1024 01:22:56,406 --> 01:22:58,761 As you can see, I never do things by halves. 1025 01:22:59,166 --> 01:23:04,081 It's just such a surprise. I never ever pictured you as a family man. 1026 01:23:04,886 --> 01:23:06,205 Are they, er? 1027 01:23:07,366 --> 01:23:09,482 - Are they? - From both women? 1028 01:23:09,566 --> 01:23:11,796 - Yes. - I think so. 1029 01:23:13,846 --> 01:23:15,404 Yes, they are, of course. 1030 01:23:16,646 --> 01:23:18,238 You and your harem. 1031 01:23:23,166 --> 01:23:26,841 Got yourself another Eden here, haven't you? Far away from everything. 1032 01:23:28,406 --> 01:23:29,998 Do you know there's been an election? 1033 01:23:30,086 --> 01:23:33,362 That after all these years Labour has got in, or are you completely out of touch? 1034 01:23:33,446 --> 01:23:35,880 - The lady has come. - Kids make way! 1035 01:23:35,966 --> 01:23:37,035 It better be warm. 1036 01:23:38,206 --> 01:23:40,197 We're coming in, make way. 1037 01:23:40,726 --> 01:23:44,765 - Anybody in our way gets flattened. - You don't want to get flattened. 1038 01:23:52,406 --> 01:23:53,725 How lovely. 1039 01:24:03,126 --> 01:24:06,880 Never thought you'd see me here, too. Never thought I'd last the distance. 1040 01:24:09,286 --> 01:24:10,924 - You busy? - Yes. 1041 01:24:12,166 --> 01:24:14,236 About to be fantastically busy. 1042 01:24:16,286 --> 01:24:20,438 Don't let them kill the big beast, remember. Your company. 1043 01:24:21,566 --> 01:24:23,841 Its spread is what makes it great. 1044 01:24:23,926 --> 01:24:26,315 - Who's the lady? - This lady? 1045 01:24:27,046 --> 01:24:28,559 This lady here... 1046 01:24:29,526 --> 01:24:32,757 - she's my sister. - No, why did you say that? 1047 01:24:33,686 --> 01:24:35,404 Come on in, Lizzie. 1048 01:24:36,246 --> 01:24:38,396 Come on, it's great. 1049 01:24:43,566 --> 01:24:47,525 Thinking just because she's disabled, doesn't mean she should have to share a lover? 1050 01:24:47,606 --> 01:24:50,598 No, I wasn't. You don't always know my thoughts. 1051 01:24:51,206 --> 01:24:52,764 I was thinking she looks happy. 1052 01:24:55,966 --> 01:24:57,035 Jesus. 1053 01:24:58,366 --> 01:24:59,594 Here we all are. 1054 01:25:00,246 --> 01:25:04,842 Redfern at the picnic. The Blob, Oliver with his sparkler. 1055 01:25:06,046 --> 01:25:09,482 You always keep the past with you, wherever you are, I've noticed that. 1056 01:25:10,806 --> 01:25:13,798 - Whatever happened to the crocodile? - He lives in Norway now. 1057 01:25:15,206 --> 01:25:16,355 In luxury. 1058 01:25:16,446 --> 01:25:19,404 Never did tell me why you were so interested in the crocodile. 1059 01:25:20,166 --> 01:25:22,600 - Why he was eighth on the list? - Simple. 1060 01:25:23,566 --> 01:25:27,354 Big asteroid hits the Earth, end of all dinosaurs. 1061 01:25:28,286 --> 01:25:29,435 But wait a minute, 1062 01:25:29,526 --> 01:25:32,518 there's a huge reptile that survives totally unchanged. 1063 01:25:32,606 --> 01:25:34,597 Survives the Big Bang, 1064 01:25:34,686 --> 01:25:37,883 just the same now as he was 200 million years ago. 1065 01:25:38,046 --> 01:25:39,240 How did he manage it? 1066 01:25:39,686 --> 01:25:43,395 Find that out and you could've found the secret of life. 1067 01:25:43,486 --> 01:25:47,115 And how are you going to find that out just by keeping him in a tank? 1068 01:25:47,206 --> 01:25:49,083 Using dreamtime, remember? 1069 01:25:50,806 --> 01:25:52,524 Kind of important, isn't it? 1070 01:25:54,606 --> 01:25:57,518 - Do you have time to think, Lizzie? - Of course I do. 1071 01:25:59,166 --> 01:26:00,884 This is the place for thinking. 1072 01:26:01,726 --> 01:26:05,196 You should give it a try sometime, it might have extraordinary results. 1073 01:26:05,286 --> 01:26:07,675 Now stop trying to wind me up, Paul. 1074 01:26:08,326 --> 01:26:11,477 You always have an amazing knack of making me feel uncomfortable. 1075 01:26:15,966 --> 01:26:18,082 I think I've got a message from work. 1076 01:26:20,526 --> 01:26:22,482 I may need to get back to London early. 1077 01:26:23,486 --> 01:26:26,000 You don't have to go in the hot tub, you know. 1078 01:26:26,086 --> 01:26:28,316 Would you stay, if you didn't have to go into the tub? 1079 01:26:28,406 --> 01:26:30,966 No, I just need to get back to London, okay? 1080 01:26:31,046 --> 01:26:32,718 This is work. 1081 01:26:32,806 --> 01:26:34,285 Great changes are happening. 1082 01:26:39,126 --> 01:26:42,357 - Why did you say I was your sister? - Aren't we brother and sister, Lizzie? 1083 01:26:42,446 --> 01:26:45,040 If you mean we were always fighting, yeah, we certainly did that. 1084 01:26:45,126 --> 01:26:47,640 - We managed that okay. - All right, you don't have to get angry. 1085 01:26:47,726 --> 01:26:50,035 There's no need to get uptight. 1086 01:26:50,846 --> 01:26:53,280 You know I never really saw you as a hippy, Paul. 1087 01:26:54,646 --> 01:26:57,285 I never ever imagined you'd settle for that. 1088 01:26:58,926 --> 01:27:00,723 It's such an easy option. 1089 01:27:00,806 --> 01:27:03,559 It's all right. You don't have to say, "I'll call you," this time. 1090 01:27:03,646 --> 01:27:05,796 If you want to, just say, 1091 01:27:05,886 --> 01:27:08,275 "I'll see you in another eight years." 1092 01:27:16,286 --> 01:27:19,642 Ah, there you are. 1093 01:27:19,726 --> 01:27:22,399 I'm not late, am I? I hope I'm not late. 1094 01:27:23,686 --> 01:27:25,199 We'll do this tour very quickly. 1095 01:27:25,286 --> 01:27:28,642 It is obvious why we're here, and it'll get even more obvious. 1096 01:27:33,246 --> 01:27:34,599 Good morning. 1097 01:27:37,246 --> 01:27:38,998 Morning. 1098 01:27:41,206 --> 01:27:42,434 Good morning, ladies. 1099 01:27:48,086 --> 01:27:50,156 Perhaps, later, ladies. Thank you. 1100 01:27:55,686 --> 01:27:58,758 I need a moment alone with my team. Thank you. 1101 01:28:05,006 --> 01:28:06,405 I have to say this now, 1102 01:28:06,486 --> 01:28:09,319 because it's all the more powerful, while we are in amongst it. 1103 01:28:09,406 --> 01:28:11,601 This is the past, everybody. This is over. 1104 01:28:12,286 --> 01:28:15,198 We will be ridding ourselves of all these factories. 1105 01:28:16,846 --> 01:28:22,239 We make everything from these vacuum cleaners to lamp posts, from soap to helicopters. 1106 01:28:22,326 --> 01:28:25,204 It's ridiculous. It will all be shed. 1107 01:28:26,446 --> 01:28:30,121 It's been due for years and now, at last, we can do it. 1108 01:28:32,246 --> 01:28:36,034 Not a word of this, of course. Not yet, not a single word. 1109 01:28:44,326 --> 01:28:45,805 Who's going to tell them? 1110 01:28:46,766 --> 01:28:48,040 And when? 1111 01:28:53,686 --> 01:28:55,756 Jesus. We're buying all this? 1112 01:28:57,086 --> 01:28:59,361 Sorry, talking to myself. 1113 01:29:02,086 --> 01:29:03,405 No, leave it on. 1114 01:29:03,926 --> 01:29:05,803 Helps me to concentrate. 1115 01:29:08,206 --> 01:29:13,838 Everything on this list is going. Everything on this list is a potential purchase. 1116 01:29:13,926 --> 01:29:16,486 And at last we've got a replacement for those. 1117 01:29:16,566 --> 01:29:20,798 Managed to survive a year longer than I wanted, but the end is in sight now. 1118 01:29:20,886 --> 01:29:24,083 We will be buying every internet and every telecom company 1119 01:29:24,166 --> 01:29:25,963 we can lay our hands on. 1120 01:29:26,046 --> 01:29:28,879 We have a huge cash cow and now we are going to milk it. 1121 01:29:28,966 --> 01:29:32,003 The share price will be �16, �17 within a year. 1122 01:29:32,086 --> 01:29:34,805 There will be the most dramatic growth in the company's history, 1123 01:29:34,886 --> 01:29:38,276 - perhaps, in any company's history. - It's amazing what we are buying... 1124 01:29:38,566 --> 01:29:40,602 but are we going to spread the risk? 1125 01:29:41,006 --> 01:29:44,476 If they're all internet and telecom companies, if things were to slow... 1126 01:29:44,566 --> 01:29:48,081 Telecom is an energy force unlike any other. 1127 01:29:48,966 --> 01:29:50,479 It cannot slow. 1128 01:29:59,686 --> 01:30:01,802 You know, of course, this plan is bollocks. 1129 01:30:13,006 --> 01:30:14,519 (GLASS SHATTERING) 1130 01:30:23,206 --> 01:30:27,165 Why does this give me such pleasure, Lizzie? Because we were being so slow. 1131 01:30:27,926 --> 01:30:32,317 So very slow to take action, to get this company to join the real world. 1132 01:31:09,926 --> 01:31:14,442 REPORTER: They believe inside this reptile may be one of the strongest antibiotics in existence. 1133 01:31:14,526 --> 01:31:18,360 A defence mechanism so powerful it kills all forms of bacteria. 1134 01:31:18,446 --> 01:31:20,755 The question that has puzzled many researchers 1135 01:31:20,846 --> 01:31:23,724 is why crocodiles never die from the wounds they receive 1136 01:31:23,806 --> 01:31:25,478 from the frequent fights they indulge in? 1137 01:31:25,566 --> 01:31:26,681 Be there, Paul. 1138 01:31:26,766 --> 01:31:28,404 Something truly remarkable seems to exist... 1139 01:31:28,486 --> 01:31:29,601 Answer the phone, Paul. 1140 01:31:35,806 --> 01:31:38,798 Studying these results, I want to issue a health warning. 1141 01:31:38,886 --> 01:31:43,960 Just looking at them that will seem as if some of our acquisitions are not performing. 1142 01:31:44,166 --> 01:31:46,839 There's a slowdown in the telecom sector, 1143 01:31:46,926 --> 01:31:50,123 but this is because we're in a process of transition. 1144 01:31:50,206 --> 01:31:51,525 We're in the middle of the cycle. 1145 01:31:51,606 --> 01:31:55,235 PAUL: The only thing these need is a little tweak. BOSS: Things are not as they seem. 1146 01:31:55,326 --> 01:31:56,805 A little redesign. 1147 01:31:56,886 --> 01:32:01,562 A little poke and a prod, and we are set for the 21 st century. 1148 01:32:02,006 --> 01:32:07,000 People will always need to clean their homes. 1149 01:32:08,526 --> 01:32:10,084 We have a future! 1150 01:32:21,966 --> 01:32:24,002 BOSS: We are taking a deliberate... 1151 01:32:24,086 --> 01:32:26,236 Gentlemen, this bowl is a Fear Bowl. 1152 01:32:26,326 --> 01:32:29,045 People in years to come will look at this in bewilderment, 1153 01:32:29,126 --> 01:32:32,004 because it is a power bowl, a terror bowl, 1154 01:32:32,086 --> 01:32:35,283 a bowl guaranteed to make people more stupid. 1155 01:32:37,326 --> 01:32:38,998 Why did you agree to this, Lizzie? 1156 01:32:39,486 --> 01:32:42,284 BOSS: Lizzie? Lizzie? 1157 01:32:43,566 --> 01:32:44,999 Lizzie, are you with us? 1158 01:32:47,446 --> 01:32:50,643 Have we thought enough about what we are doing? 1159 01:32:51,446 --> 01:32:54,279 - Thought enough? - We're pouring money away. 1160 01:32:55,006 --> 01:32:56,803 We've sold off 75 of our businesses. 1161 01:32:56,886 --> 01:32:59,958 Sometimes giving them only a day's notice of what's happening to them. 1162 01:33:00,046 --> 01:33:03,197 We're now thinking of making another 20 or 30,000 people redundant. 1163 01:33:03,286 --> 01:33:06,995 The share price is in freefall. So, yes, I'm just wondering, 1164 01:33:07,086 --> 01:33:09,202 have we been doing enough thinking, gentlemen? 1165 01:33:09,286 --> 01:33:11,720 We all committed to this strategy. 1166 01:33:13,246 --> 01:33:15,237 There's no turning back, naturally. 1167 01:33:16,126 --> 01:33:18,686 There's no possibility for second thoughts. 1168 01:33:20,886 --> 01:33:24,765 Remember, the results are not what they seem. 1169 01:33:55,766 --> 01:33:58,439 - It's time for the meeting, I do realise. - Yes. 1170 01:34:00,686 --> 01:34:02,563 You know, I just heard on the radio... 1171 01:34:03,766 --> 01:34:05,757 the share price has gone under a pound. 1172 01:34:07,366 --> 01:34:09,277 Now just 75 pence. 1173 01:34:10,846 --> 01:34:12,120 How could that happen? 1174 01:34:13,246 --> 01:34:14,361 I know. 1175 01:34:16,286 --> 01:34:18,720 But not everything is what it seems. 1176 01:34:21,126 --> 01:34:23,560 20,000 people losing their jobs... 1177 01:34:24,606 --> 01:34:26,358 but it is not what it seems. 1178 01:34:47,526 --> 01:34:50,359 BOSS: Once the full business cycle is played out, 1179 01:34:50,446 --> 01:34:54,837 then we will be in a much stronger position than we ever were before. 1180 01:34:54,926 --> 01:34:57,599 WOMAN: When will the whole cycle have taken place? 1181 01:34:59,646 --> 01:35:02,365 Well, it is difficult to be precise. 1182 01:35:02,886 --> 01:35:04,604 These results cannot be taken... 1183 01:35:04,686 --> 01:35:07,803 It's amazing what they've done. Completely incredible. 1184 01:35:08,566 --> 01:35:13,082 One of the biggest companies in Europe has been destroyed in just under two years. 1185 01:35:13,926 --> 01:35:17,396 It is a train wreck, staggering in its ineptitude. 1186 01:35:17,646 --> 01:35:19,557 How could clever people be so stupid? 1187 01:35:21,126 --> 01:35:24,198 Many people will be ruined, their life savings. 1188 01:35:24,366 --> 01:35:26,641 I know you'll understand... 1189 01:35:27,726 --> 01:35:29,637 I've lost thousands and thousands. 1190 01:35:30,646 --> 01:35:34,116 There is a limit to what I can say at this juncture. 1191 01:35:35,526 --> 01:35:37,278 A lot of business to do. 1192 01:35:37,486 --> 01:35:40,876 In fact, I have a very important meeting to attend, right now. 1193 01:35:40,966 --> 01:35:42,684 (CLAMOUR OF DISCONTENTED VOICES) 1194 01:35:42,766 --> 01:35:46,315 In no sense a crisis meeting, 1195 01:35:46,406 --> 01:35:49,478 but which is one I must travel to right away. 1196 01:35:59,246 --> 01:36:02,443 There will be a full statement in due course, I promise you. 1197 01:36:03,286 --> 01:36:06,722 Nobody is trying to evade or run away from anything. 1198 01:36:15,126 --> 01:36:17,196 (INDISTINCT) 1199 01:36:21,726 --> 01:36:23,478 (INDISTINCT) 1200 01:36:49,126 --> 01:36:51,401 This way, Ms Thomas, I must take you to the car. 1201 01:36:51,846 --> 01:36:53,199 (REPORTERS SHOUTING) 1202 01:36:53,286 --> 01:36:55,083 No, just give me a moment. 1203 01:37:08,566 --> 01:37:10,636 I'm here, ladies and gentlemen... 1204 01:37:11,486 --> 01:37:14,922 to tell you that we fully intend to face up to what has happened... 1205 01:37:15,006 --> 01:37:17,679 and explain it with the utmost clarity. 1206 01:37:18,286 --> 01:37:19,639 We were... 1207 01:37:20,246 --> 01:37:23,044 We are the custodians of a great company. 1208 01:37:24,486 --> 01:37:25,885 A very great company. 1209 01:37:27,406 --> 01:37:29,317 And if mistakes have been made... 1210 01:37:30,526 --> 01:37:32,960 I, for one, will not shirk my responsibility. 1211 01:37:33,046 --> 01:37:35,401 Lizzie, what about all the people who lost money? 1212 01:37:35,486 --> 01:37:37,795 What about the 20,000 people who lost their jobs? 1213 01:37:37,886 --> 01:37:39,319 I have nothing further to add. 1214 01:37:41,446 --> 01:37:43,596 (CLAMOURING VOICES) 1215 01:37:54,086 --> 01:37:56,122 (INAUDIBLE OVER SHOUTING) 1216 01:38:05,726 --> 01:38:07,557 (WHIMPERING) 1217 01:38:19,806 --> 01:38:21,683 (REPORTERS SHOUTING) 1218 01:38:29,446 --> 01:38:32,836 No more questions. She'll not be making any more statements. 1219 01:38:38,206 --> 01:38:42,199 Look, she's already said everything she's going to say to you. 1220 01:38:51,166 --> 01:38:53,157 Would you leave? 1221 01:39:15,406 --> 01:39:16,634 Lizzie! 1222 01:39:17,286 --> 01:39:19,163 Lizzie, it's Paul! 1223 01:39:20,526 --> 01:39:22,642 You're going... 1224 01:39:22,726 --> 01:39:25,559 You're going to say, "I told you so," and I can't bear that. 1225 01:39:25,646 --> 01:39:29,082 - I can't bear to hear that, Paul. - Would I say that? 1226 01:39:29,166 --> 01:39:31,521 Yes, you fucking would. Of course you would. 1227 01:39:31,606 --> 01:39:35,155 And I can't believe, I can't believe what I've done. 1228 01:39:35,246 --> 01:39:37,077 I could see it all happening. 1229 01:39:37,166 --> 01:39:40,442 The amazing stupidity of it all and I couldn't do anything. 1230 01:39:40,526 --> 01:39:42,164 I couldn't stop it. 1231 01:39:42,606 --> 01:39:45,484 You once said I destroy everything I touch. 1232 01:39:45,566 --> 01:39:49,878 - You haven't destroyed anything. - I was party to it, I agreed. 1233 01:39:50,646 --> 01:39:55,242 I sat there, I was with them. I saw all those people lose their jobs. 1234 01:39:55,646 --> 01:39:58,843 And when everything was going wrong, I couldn't find you, you bastard. 1235 01:39:58,926 --> 01:40:00,882 I couldn't get in touch. 1236 01:40:01,206 --> 01:40:03,595 Even when I saw about the crocodile. 1237 01:40:03,686 --> 01:40:06,120 I've moved, that's why you couldn't find me. 1238 01:40:06,686 --> 01:40:08,199 I've left the farm. 1239 01:40:08,286 --> 01:40:11,642 You were right. Being a hippy was far too easy. 1240 01:40:11,726 --> 01:40:16,242 Now, I hear you're making money again. Your chain of bookshops is doing okay. 1241 01:40:16,326 --> 01:40:20,365 So you can watch all this feeling really good, because you got it right, didn't you? 1242 01:40:21,246 --> 01:40:22,645 Jesus, Paul. 1243 01:40:23,286 --> 01:40:27,074 I don't want to have to think about you every day for the rest of my life, saying, 1244 01:40:27,166 --> 01:40:29,122 "I got it right, didn't I, Lizzie?" 1245 01:40:29,206 --> 01:40:30,958 I can think of worse punishments. 1246 01:40:31,046 --> 01:40:33,560 And what is this, Paul? You and me. 1247 01:40:33,646 --> 01:40:35,602 I just don't understand. 1248 01:40:35,686 --> 01:40:39,201 You know, I love my husband. He's sitting watching me... 1249 01:40:39,966 --> 01:40:43,322 talking to a man, talking to a man he doesn't even know. 1250 01:40:43,406 --> 01:40:45,522 Talking like this, and I love him. 1251 01:40:45,606 --> 01:40:50,919 I really love him, and I don't love you. Not in that way. 1252 01:40:52,286 --> 01:40:54,846 - I've never loved you in that way. - I know. 1253 01:40:55,566 --> 01:40:58,444 Then why is it that I think about you so much? 1254 01:40:58,526 --> 01:41:00,039 Why is it that often, 1255 01:41:00,126 --> 01:41:03,641 you're the first thing I think of in the morning? When I wake, you know? 1256 01:41:03,726 --> 01:41:07,355 What would Paul say about this, about what I'm about to do? 1257 01:41:07,526 --> 01:41:11,724 What would Paul feel about that? What's that called, Paul? 1258 01:41:12,726 --> 01:41:14,682 Going bonkers, probably. 1259 01:41:14,806 --> 01:41:16,558 Why is it happening? 1260 01:41:17,206 --> 01:41:20,596 Because we were born to work together but we couldn't manage it. 1261 01:41:20,686 --> 01:41:22,642 And we can't stop thinking about it. 1262 01:41:22,726 --> 01:41:25,763 - And that's my fault, I suppose? - Absolutely not. 1263 01:41:26,046 --> 01:41:31,200 People need to work with other people that challenge them, that threaten them, 1264 01:41:31,646 --> 01:41:34,604 but they'll never ever let themselves work with such people. 1265 01:41:35,686 --> 01:41:37,881 It was me who didn't let that happen. 1266 01:41:39,646 --> 01:41:41,318 You stayed as long as you could. 1267 01:41:45,606 --> 01:41:49,997 Why is it that whenever I think about that bloody garden, it seems so magical? 1268 01:41:50,846 --> 01:41:52,120 So special? 1269 01:42:17,046 --> 01:42:21,164 It hurts that we didn't do more. It really hurts me. 1270 01:42:21,926 --> 01:42:25,282 Because sometimes I think that we could have done so much. 1271 01:42:25,366 --> 01:42:28,961 - Lizzie. - And yet, no listen to this, it was hell at the time. 1272 01:42:29,046 --> 01:42:32,436 You know, that was the reality, it was hell, wasn't it? 1273 01:42:33,246 --> 01:42:37,159 There were hellish moments and not such hellish moments, 1274 01:42:37,246 --> 01:42:38,998 it depends what you like to remember. 1275 01:42:39,086 --> 01:42:42,965 What is all this tactful stuff? This diplomatic bollocks. 1276 01:42:43,246 --> 01:42:45,840 I'm curled up here in a ball, thinking my life is over 1277 01:42:45,926 --> 01:42:49,714 and you're giving me all this bland shit. You should tell me what you really think. 1278 01:42:49,806 --> 01:42:51,239 You know what I think, Lizzie? 1279 01:42:51,526 --> 01:42:53,164 I think we should work together. 1280 01:42:54,166 --> 01:42:57,158 - I've thought that for ages. - Why? 1281 01:42:58,166 --> 01:42:59,645 It's only ever been a disaster. 1282 01:43:01,366 --> 01:43:03,596 I just feel so foolish, Paul. 1283 01:43:04,206 --> 01:43:05,924 So incredibly foolish. 1284 01:43:07,086 --> 01:43:08,883 So many "if onlys"... 1285 01:43:10,166 --> 01:43:12,475 so many fucking "if onlys". 1286 01:43:13,326 --> 01:43:16,602 I've moved into an old school. I'm doing it up. 1287 01:43:18,406 --> 01:43:20,124 And I'm having a party. 1288 01:43:22,366 --> 01:43:23,685 I think you should come. 1289 01:43:36,046 --> 01:43:38,116 All in the fire. There's more here. 1290 01:43:38,206 --> 01:43:42,040 There's a whole school full of wood to be burnt so keep going. 1291 01:43:42,126 --> 01:43:43,639 Throw it all on, that's it. 1292 01:43:56,166 --> 01:43:57,679 I'm glad you could come. 1293 01:43:58,406 --> 01:43:59,441 Lizzie. 1294 01:44:00,086 --> 01:44:02,361 Have something to throw in the fire. 1295 01:44:06,806 --> 01:44:08,524 Hey, that's it. 1296 01:44:24,766 --> 01:44:27,758 Los hermanos Albertos. 1297 01:44:29,526 --> 01:44:33,041 Sweetheart, I think the Blob needs an assistant. 1298 01:44:33,246 --> 01:44:36,636 Come on, here we go, the lovely assistant for the Blob. 1299 01:44:37,886 --> 01:44:39,365 Take you off to see your mummy. 1300 01:44:41,526 --> 01:44:44,404 Got them all doing some work for a change. 1301 01:44:47,206 --> 01:44:48,400 I was thinking... 1302 01:44:49,326 --> 01:44:51,157 you gave most of them a start in their careers, 1303 01:44:51,246 --> 01:44:53,919 and then I came along and lost them all their money. 1304 01:44:54,006 --> 01:44:56,076 I don't think I'll argue with that. 1305 01:44:56,166 --> 01:44:59,841 Or I could say we both blew it. The boss and the secretary. 1306 01:45:01,686 --> 01:45:05,645 I want to ask you one question and only one, don't answer too quick, promise. 1307 01:45:05,726 --> 01:45:07,637 Hm-mm. 1308 01:45:07,726 --> 01:45:09,045 All those years ago... 1309 01:45:10,606 --> 01:45:15,122 could it have been any different, what happened? I mean our work together? 1310 01:45:15,206 --> 01:45:16,275 No. 1311 01:45:16,366 --> 01:45:18,277 That was much too quick. You didn't even think about it. 1312 01:45:18,366 --> 01:45:21,756 No, I don't have to because we do best on the phone. 1313 01:45:22,686 --> 01:45:27,362 Now with e-mail, we could set up a business and we need never ever be in the same room. 1314 01:45:28,526 --> 01:45:31,643 We need never ever see each other, if we don't want. 1315 01:45:32,366 --> 01:45:33,719 Just think, Lizzie... 1316 01:45:34,486 --> 01:45:36,875 we'd be unstoppable, now. 1317 01:45:36,966 --> 01:45:41,357 - Now, we'd be unbeatable. - You're incorrigible, Paul. 1318 01:45:42,286 --> 01:45:44,754 Is that, "Go on tell me more. I'm intrigued?" 1319 01:45:46,646 --> 01:45:48,045 It might be. 1320 01:45:51,846 --> 01:45:53,404 (INAUDIBLE) 1321 01:46:04,926 --> 01:46:06,598 Don't tell anyone yet... 1322 01:46:07,926 --> 01:46:09,837 I'm on the last page of my book. 1323 01:46:09,926 --> 01:46:12,235 (PEOPLE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING) 1324 01:46:19,246 --> 01:46:21,999 Does anybody want to ask me a question while we are doing this? 1325 01:46:22,086 --> 01:46:24,441 Any question you like. I'll get it. 1326 01:46:24,526 --> 01:46:28,997 Okay, what was the first ever vessel to pass through the Panama Canal? 1327 01:46:30,366 --> 01:46:34,279 That's too difficult. Even for me, but... 1328 01:46:34,366 --> 01:46:39,440 I can tell you the day of the week they opened the Panama Canal. 1329 01:46:41,046 --> 01:46:42,559 It was a Tuesday.