1 00:01:53,614 --> 00:01:54,824 Morning. 2 00:02:07,628 --> 00:02:11,340 - Whoever is stealing clay, you will be caught. 3 00:02:12,508 --> 00:02:14,510 And you will be sacked, 4 00:02:16,053 --> 00:02:19,598 and by God, you'll never work in potteries again. 5 00:02:24,770 --> 00:02:26,981 Get that tat off your bench! 6 00:02:35,364 --> 00:02:36,991 Good evening, Miss Cliff. 7 00:02:47,168 --> 00:02:48,085 - Well? 8 00:02:49,587 --> 00:02:51,046 It's almost ready for the lace. 9 00:02:53,757 --> 00:02:55,301 Do you think Reg will like it? 10 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:00,848 - He'll love it. 11 00:03:02,141 --> 00:03:04,518 But it needs summat. - Well, it's not finished yet. 12 00:03:05,102 --> 00:03:06,061 - Hmm. 13 00:03:10,566 --> 00:03:11,567 There. 14 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:14,820 It's a wedding dress. 15 00:03:14,904 --> 00:03:16,155 - Oh, Clarice! 16 00:03:16,488 --> 00:03:18,574 Every blessed day. 17 00:03:24,997 --> 00:03:27,541 Dot, that's looking lovely. 18 00:03:29,793 --> 00:03:33,130 Clarice, a letter came for you. 19 00:03:41,513 --> 00:03:44,683 I got the job. I got the job! 20 00:03:44,808 --> 00:03:48,187 I'm gonna be a lithographer at Wilkinson's with you, Dot. 21 00:03:48,729 --> 00:03:51,148 - I'm not a lithographer. Neither are you. 22 00:03:51,232 --> 00:03:53,108 - I know it seems like a step down 23 00:03:53,275 --> 00:03:55,069 but I'll be at a better factory. 24 00:03:55,444 --> 00:03:57,863 And the things that they're making, I mean, they're... 25 00:03:58,155 --> 00:04:00,157 Oh, beautiful. 26 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,993 This one's called Oriflamme. 27 00:04:03,285 --> 00:04:04,870 - I want you to get on, duck, 28 00:04:04,954 --> 00:04:09,541 but we can't get by on lower wages. 29 00:04:09,625 --> 00:04:10,793 - But... 30 00:04:12,836 --> 00:04:15,297 - Lithographers are girls not smart enough to paint. 31 00:04:16,507 --> 00:04:17,841 How is that going on? 32 00:04:17,925 --> 00:04:19,218 - We can't afford it. 33 00:04:19,551 --> 00:04:21,929 We're not moving. That's an end on it. 34 00:04:27,643 --> 00:04:29,103 - Olen said they're gonna sack me. 35 00:04:34,483 --> 00:04:39,238 Well the clay that they were giving me to practice with, 36 00:04:40,406 --> 00:04:41,615 they, they weren't giving it to me. 37 00:04:41,699 --> 00:04:43,909 - Oh, you never stole it? 38 00:04:44,076 --> 00:04:46,745 - It were offcuts that no-one wanted. 39 00:04:47,329 --> 00:04:48,872 And I just thought I... 40 00:04:48,956 --> 00:04:50,124 - Go upstairs. 41 00:04:51,667 --> 00:04:52,584 Now! 42 00:05:03,095 --> 00:05:06,140 How do I go about putting food on the table? 43 00:05:07,057 --> 00:05:08,434 Take in washing? 44 00:05:23,741 --> 00:05:26,660 - I like working at Wilkinson's. I have friends there. 45 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:28,537 - Hm. 46 00:05:29,621 --> 00:05:31,248 - Can you please behave yourself? 47 00:05:35,627 --> 00:05:36,670 - Hmm. 48 00:06:03,989 --> 00:06:06,116 - Lithography down there. That's you, innit it? 49 00:06:09,787 --> 00:06:10,954 Clarice. 50 00:06:15,751 --> 00:06:18,504 - Coming through. - All right, Gladys? 51 00:06:18,587 --> 00:06:22,299 This place is amazing. 52 00:06:23,133 --> 00:06:25,719 - It's filthy, is what it is. Come on. 53 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:32,643 Clarice. 54 00:06:50,702 --> 00:06:53,288 - Oh, that's my sister. Dot! 55 00:06:56,375 --> 00:06:58,377 - She the one who wears on ya? - Mm. 56 00:07:04,216 --> 00:07:05,426 - Out of bounds. 57 00:07:13,225 --> 00:07:14,852 - Clarice. - Hey up, Reg. 58 00:07:14,935 --> 00:07:16,520 Dot didn't say you was at Wilkinson's. 59 00:07:16,687 --> 00:07:18,897 - Um, my sister's fiancé. 60 00:07:21,275 --> 00:07:23,485 Oh. 61 00:07:29,450 --> 00:07:30,492 - Clarice. 62 00:07:31,493 --> 00:07:32,661 - Two minutes. - Thank you. 63 00:07:32,744 --> 00:07:33,871 - What's this? 64 00:07:33,954 --> 00:07:35,205 - Nothing. Misfires for chucking. 65 00:07:35,289 --> 00:07:36,540 - For chucking? - Go, go, go. 66 00:07:36,623 --> 00:07:38,959 - Two minutes of your time... - Shh! 67 00:07:39,042 --> 00:07:40,752 - ...for hundreds of wasted man hours. 68 00:07:41,128 --> 00:07:42,087 Two minutes. 69 00:07:43,297 --> 00:07:46,049 50 years of design and we needn't spend a penny more. 70 00:07:46,133 --> 00:07:48,594 - What about Oriflamme? - That proves my point. 71 00:07:48,677 --> 00:07:50,387 A new line winning all sorts of awards. 72 00:07:50,471 --> 00:07:51,472 - Look at the sales. 73 00:07:51,555 --> 00:07:53,807 Why are we wasting time and money 74 00:07:53,891 --> 00:07:55,517 with your constant mwuh, mwuh, mwuh. 75 00:07:55,601 --> 00:07:57,227 We have good pieces here. 76 00:07:57,311 --> 00:07:58,812 - Is that to be our legacy? 77 00:07:59,271 --> 00:08:01,106 Just hawking old stock. 78 00:08:01,190 --> 00:08:04,401 We should be at the forefront of innovation at Wilkinson's. 79 00:08:04,485 --> 00:08:05,944 - I have production lines falling over. 80 00:08:06,028 --> 00:08:07,279 Mould stores at bursting point. 81 00:08:07,362 --> 00:08:09,031 - That's not my problem. - Father would be turning 82 00:08:09,114 --> 00:08:11,074 in his grave. - Don't be such a nincompoop. 83 00:08:13,410 --> 00:08:16,663 Uh, Gladys, won't you please get out of there 84 00:08:16,747 --> 00:08:17,789 and go back to work? 85 00:08:19,958 --> 00:08:21,251 So sorry, Mr. Guy. 86 00:08:21,335 --> 00:08:22,586 I'm just showing the new girl around. 87 00:08:22,669 --> 00:08:24,922 - Now, I'm late! - My apology. 88 00:08:25,631 --> 00:08:28,717 - Not now, talk to my brother. He's always right. 89 00:08:31,303 --> 00:08:33,347 - Out of the way! - Out of the bloody way! 90 00:08:37,059 --> 00:08:39,686 - For God's sake, man! - Welcome to Wilkinson's. 91 00:08:55,827 --> 00:08:57,746 - All right. There you go. 92 00:08:59,039 --> 00:09:00,832 See if you can do one yourself now. 93 00:09:02,834 --> 00:09:04,127 Like what you were. 94 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,384 Now on to t'plate. 95 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:29,361 Uh, no air bubbles. 96 00:09:29,820 --> 00:09:31,321 Good. Right, you're done. 97 00:09:34,032 --> 00:09:35,909 - So, that's it? - Well, yeah. 98 00:09:36,118 --> 00:09:38,036 How hard d'you think it was? Bless yer! 99 00:09:38,954 --> 00:09:40,163 Hey, where were you before? 100 00:09:40,414 --> 00:09:43,041 - I was a paintress over at Hollinshead. 101 00:09:45,961 --> 00:09:47,588 - What, you're doing this now? 102 00:09:49,339 --> 00:09:50,674 - Fancied a change. 103 00:10:02,894 --> 00:10:04,896 - Clarice, lunch ends in two minutes. 104 00:10:04,980 --> 00:10:05,981 - Hmm. 105 00:10:11,028 --> 00:10:12,237 - Where's she going? 106 00:10:12,362 --> 00:10:13,405 - Uh, I don't know. 107 00:10:14,615 --> 00:10:16,366 - God, she just does what she wants... 108 00:10:17,075 --> 00:10:19,369 - Honestly, that factory tour, she was a nightmare, 109 00:10:19,453 --> 00:10:20,621 I'm not joking. 110 00:10:20,871 --> 00:10:22,080 Uh, no offense. 111 00:11:01,620 --> 00:11:03,205 - Do you like the size? - Yeah, I do, 112 00:11:03,288 --> 00:11:04,748 I do I like the model. 113 00:11:04,831 --> 00:11:07,209 But somehow I miss the green. 114 00:11:07,459 --> 00:11:10,587 Yes, yes, well, we could have the green. 115 00:11:12,255 --> 00:11:13,632 - It's possible we'll put some of this 116 00:11:13,715 --> 00:11:15,509 into the next firing. - Hmm. 117 00:11:15,759 --> 00:11:17,636 - Yes. I agree. - Good, good. 118 00:11:17,719 --> 00:11:19,554 - So does he. Don't you? 119 00:11:20,013 --> 00:11:23,016 My wife never wears it, I don't know why. 120 00:11:23,225 --> 00:11:24,851 Anyway. Onward. 121 00:11:26,395 --> 00:11:27,396 - Yes? 122 00:12:19,698 --> 00:12:20,991 - On you go. 123 00:12:27,706 --> 00:12:28,957 - Ah! 124 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:31,585 It's nothing. 125 00:12:32,043 --> 00:12:34,004 - Lithography has ruined those paintress hands. 126 00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:35,046 - Mum. 127 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:39,885 Oh, Dot. 128 00:12:39,968 --> 00:12:41,219 - It's better than last week. 129 00:12:41,303 --> 00:12:42,679 You need to see a doctor. 130 00:12:42,846 --> 00:12:44,389 - And how do we pay for that, hm? 131 00:12:45,432 --> 00:12:48,185 - Hey, uh, the girls in lithography said 132 00:12:48,351 --> 00:12:50,395 someone got a formal warning yesterday. 133 00:12:50,562 --> 00:12:53,064 - Clarice. - It might not have been me. 134 00:12:54,858 --> 00:12:57,027 It were nothing. I'm getting on, Mum. 135 00:12:57,486 --> 00:12:58,570 And I'll earn more. 136 00:12:59,321 --> 00:13:00,405 I'm practicing modeling 137 00:13:00,489 --> 00:13:02,240 with a bit of clay left from Hollinshead. 138 00:13:03,116 --> 00:13:06,161 - How many women modelers do you see in Wilkinson's? 139 00:13:06,828 --> 00:13:08,705 - I've got hands, I can model. 140 00:13:09,372 --> 00:13:10,499 - In anywhere? 141 00:13:11,583 --> 00:13:12,793 - Maybe you're right. 142 00:13:13,585 --> 00:13:15,837 Maybe I should try kiln stacking at Wedgewood. 143 00:13:47,035 --> 00:13:48,870 - Go the canal way so they don't see you. 144 00:13:49,454 --> 00:13:50,914 - I owe you, Reg. 145 00:14:37,252 --> 00:14:39,504 - Oh! Clarice! 146 00:14:45,927 --> 00:14:47,262 That's fancy. 147 00:14:48,138 --> 00:14:51,057 Just make sure you clean that rolling pin properly. 148 00:15:24,716 --> 00:15:26,468 How was the Hippodrome? 149 00:15:31,139 --> 00:15:33,558 - We didn't go to the Hippodrome 'cause he was that upset. 150 00:15:38,063 --> 00:15:41,566 Reg got the sack for helping you steal clay. 151 00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:43,860 And no-one's hiring. 152 00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:49,115 And you'll be sacked the instant you're through the gates tomorrow. 153 00:16:26,695 --> 00:16:28,655 - You need your strength. Eat! 154 00:16:29,948 --> 00:16:31,950 Have you seen what Clarice made last night? 155 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:33,868 You should show 'em at Wilkinson's. 156 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:37,038 That'd get you noticed. Eat your breakfast. 157 00:16:37,872 --> 00:16:39,416 - Oh, she's been noticed, Mum. 158 00:16:40,625 --> 00:16:42,711 And the worst of it is, she got Reg involved. 159 00:16:48,049 --> 00:16:48,967 Your lunch! 160 00:16:50,051 --> 00:16:51,970 She'll be back home in time for lunch. 161 00:17:02,647 --> 00:17:03,648 - Cliff. 162 00:17:07,902 --> 00:17:08,862 Come here. 163 00:17:12,657 --> 00:17:13,533 Move. 164 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:16,953 - The braces won't hold. - What about the capacity? 165 00:17:17,037 --> 00:17:18,371 There is no spare capacity. 166 00:17:18,455 --> 00:17:19,914 No, no, the braces will hold. 167 00:17:19,998 --> 00:17:21,332 - Sir, I- - They will hold, 168 00:17:21,583 --> 00:17:23,001 that's an end to it. 169 00:17:23,084 --> 00:17:24,335 - Excuse me, sirs. - What? 170 00:17:24,419 --> 00:17:28,882 - Sirs, this, uh, young lady was caught stealing clay. 171 00:17:30,050 --> 00:17:33,511 - Not only do we not tolerate thieves at Wilkinson's, Miss- 172 00:17:33,595 --> 00:17:34,387 - Cliff. 173 00:17:35,930 --> 00:17:37,849 - But we also report them to the police. 174 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,310 You'll not be working in The Potteries again. 175 00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:42,353 - I took scraps, sir. 176 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:44,522 - And who gave you permission? Hmm? 177 00:17:45,857 --> 00:17:46,900 No one? 178 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:49,778 Then you stole. 179 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:52,030 - They're floor scraps for chucking. 180 00:17:52,113 --> 00:17:53,656 - Uh, speak when spoken to. 181 00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:55,742 - If you wouldn't mind- 182 00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:58,870 - How dare you. I've just told you not to- 183 00:17:58,953 --> 00:17:59,954 - Uh-uh... 184 00:18:08,838 --> 00:18:10,006 You made this? 185 00:18:10,090 --> 00:18:11,674 - Stole, more like. 186 00:18:11,966 --> 00:18:12,967 - Quiet. 187 00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:15,970 - It's rough. The clay had grit from the floor. 188 00:18:17,222 --> 00:18:19,724 Based on French silverware. I saw it in a magazine. 189 00:18:35,532 --> 00:18:36,950 - Well, it's rather... 190 00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:41,663 It's rather good. - Hmm. 191 00:18:42,580 --> 00:18:44,791 - But thieved, nonetheless. 192 00:18:44,999 --> 00:18:47,210 - Sir, if I'd have asked for the scraps, 193 00:18:47,293 --> 00:18:48,378 would you have said yes? 194 00:18:48,711 --> 00:18:50,088 - You could've tried, young lady. 195 00:18:50,171 --> 00:18:52,924 - One should always ask. - Where do you work? 196 00:18:53,007 --> 00:18:55,093 What, what does she do? - Lithography, sir. 197 00:18:55,176 --> 00:18:56,970 - Lithography is not all I've got, sirs. 198 00:18:57,053 --> 00:18:59,806 I went to night school at Tunstall. A scholarship. 199 00:19:00,014 --> 00:19:01,850 And I've been a paintress at Hollinshead, 200 00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:04,769 and a bander at Grindley and a gilder at Lingards. 201 00:19:04,853 --> 00:19:06,563 - So, nobody will have you then? 202 00:19:07,647 --> 00:19:09,691 - Do you tire easily? - No, sir. 203 00:19:10,275 --> 00:19:12,152 No, I'm getting to know the industry. 204 00:19:12,318 --> 00:19:14,529 I'm trying my hand so I can work out 205 00:19:14,612 --> 00:19:16,698 how to make the ideas that I come up with. 206 00:19:17,157 --> 00:19:19,409 Vases like this one. 207 00:19:20,743 --> 00:19:21,870 - Hmm. 208 00:19:24,372 --> 00:19:28,126 Well, you've got some talent, I'll say that for you. 209 00:19:28,209 --> 00:19:30,920 Miss Cliff, is this the first time you've taken clay? 210 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,346 - Hey up, duck. Are you all right? 211 00:19:40,430 --> 00:19:41,431 - Yeah. 212 00:19:44,767 --> 00:19:46,186 - Ain't she up herself? 213 00:19:46,811 --> 00:19:48,313 - You can tell she's a paintress. 214 00:19:48,396 --> 00:19:50,273 - All right, do you two want to quit your whingin'? 215 00:19:50,356 --> 00:19:51,941 Get your eyes back on your plate. 216 00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:03,953 - There's your lunch there. 217 00:20:05,747 --> 00:20:07,123 What'll you do now then? 218 00:20:07,749 --> 00:20:09,417 - Become a modeler, I suppose. 219 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,753 - Oh, dunna be messing. - I'm not. 220 00:20:13,004 --> 00:20:14,172 They loved my vase. 221 00:20:15,173 --> 00:20:16,341 They saw what I can do. 222 00:20:17,258 --> 00:20:19,636 No more laundry, Mum, I'm on double the pay. 223 00:20:22,263 --> 00:20:23,389 Ow! 224 00:20:36,861 --> 00:20:38,112 - It's not right. 225 00:20:38,905 --> 00:20:40,114 - Well, I never. 226 00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:45,662 - Fred Ridgeway, art director. 227 00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:47,038 - I know who you are. 228 00:20:47,205 --> 00:20:48,957 Oriflamme. - Right. 229 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:49,958 - Yes. 230 00:20:50,041 --> 00:20:52,335 - Jolly good. Well, it's, it's my job to train you up. 231 00:20:53,127 --> 00:20:55,004 - I hope you're trained in tea making? 232 00:20:55,546 --> 00:20:57,340 - This shouldn't be here. 233 00:20:57,423 --> 00:20:58,883 Oh, will I be modeling new shapes? 234 00:20:58,967 --> 00:21:01,344 - No, that's not the way it works, young lady. 235 00:21:01,427 --> 00:21:02,679 - Excuse me, miss. 236 00:21:04,305 --> 00:21:07,558 - It's taken me 40 years to get where I am. Right. 237 00:21:08,059 --> 00:21:09,060 Oh. 238 00:21:13,106 --> 00:21:14,816 Is this clay mine? 239 00:21:14,899 --> 00:21:17,735 - Well, of course, but that's for later. 240 00:21:18,820 --> 00:21:21,864 For now, all you need are. 241 00:21:23,992 --> 00:21:26,119 - Morning, Mr. Shorter. - Mr. Shorter. 242 00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:28,788 - Good morning. 243 00:21:29,956 --> 00:21:30,957 Miss Cliff. 244 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,711 I hope that our junior modeler is feeling creative. 245 00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:36,296 Hmm. Yes. 246 00:21:37,005 --> 00:21:38,423 - Let me introduce you to the family. 247 00:21:38,673 --> 00:21:40,925 Sea captain, policeman, vicar, collier, 248 00:21:41,009 --> 00:21:43,803 jockey, landlord, huntsman, sailor, squire. 249 00:21:44,137 --> 00:21:45,054 All right? 250 00:21:45,888 --> 00:21:48,641 You are now our Wilkinson's lead designer 251 00:21:48,725 --> 00:21:50,393 on our Toby jug range. 252 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:54,772 Now, look, I need 50 variations. 253 00:21:55,148 --> 00:21:58,234 I was thinking themes, collections, and these little men, 254 00:21:58,318 --> 00:22:01,029 they must look similar but- - Similar but not- 255 00:22:02,238 --> 00:22:03,740 - The same? - Very good. 256 00:22:03,823 --> 00:22:05,408 Fred, what did you want to show me? 257 00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:06,868 - Aye. Here you go. 258 00:22:08,202 --> 00:22:09,287 Right. 259 00:22:11,873 --> 00:22:14,500 - Two sugars, nice and strong, love. 260 00:22:16,210 --> 00:22:17,337 Don't forget the biscuits. 261 00:22:26,971 --> 00:22:29,057 Looks like you've seen a ghost, Sid. 262 00:22:37,732 --> 00:22:40,526 - Come on. Good work, hey. 263 00:22:52,497 --> 00:22:53,831 Well, look lively, lads. 264 00:22:53,956 --> 00:22:56,292 All right, gentleman. Monthly meeting. 265 00:22:56,417 --> 00:22:59,045 Remember to bring in new ideas, okay? 266 00:22:59,670 --> 00:23:00,671 Come on. 267 00:23:25,405 --> 00:23:26,572 - They're beautiful. 268 00:23:28,950 --> 00:23:30,243 Is that what you're making? 269 00:23:39,293 --> 00:23:40,962 - Personal favorite. 270 00:23:47,802 --> 00:23:49,720 They won't even let me touch clay. 271 00:23:53,975 --> 00:23:55,351 Just get worse. 272 00:23:59,981 --> 00:24:02,066 The theme is baddies. 273 00:24:02,150 --> 00:24:03,401 - Villains. 274 00:24:03,734 --> 00:24:08,406 - Sir, so, Dick Turpin, Long John Silver, Guy Fawkes. 275 00:24:08,489 --> 00:24:09,866 - That's very witty. 276 00:24:09,949 --> 00:24:12,243 Oh, it's good. What else? 277 00:24:14,996 --> 00:24:17,665 - Well, I thought perhaps a female range. 278 00:24:19,125 --> 00:24:21,127 - Toby jugs are male. No. 279 00:24:23,004 --> 00:24:28,301 But, uh, I like her, had an aunty like that once. 280 00:24:29,010 --> 00:24:32,346 - Fred, I need you to cost up the new Oriflamme range. 281 00:24:33,097 --> 00:24:35,266 Right, well, add two or three more villains 282 00:24:35,349 --> 00:24:36,893 and then maybe a heroes range, 283 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:38,478 and then you can start modeling. 284 00:24:39,437 --> 00:24:40,730 - Right. 285 00:24:42,607 --> 00:24:44,442 Right, yes, of course. 286 00:24:45,902 --> 00:24:47,195 - That's it. 287 00:24:49,572 --> 00:24:51,115 Less waste, more speed. 288 00:24:59,457 --> 00:25:02,043 - Keep going. Put your hand on to the other side. 289 00:25:11,886 --> 00:25:13,763 - Right, gentlemen, monthly meeting. 290 00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:15,640 All right, lads, look lively. 291 00:25:17,141 --> 00:25:19,393 - Come on then. - Make sure you come up. 292 00:25:19,519 --> 00:25:21,020 It's our favorite time of the month. 293 00:25:23,773 --> 00:25:24,941 Come on, lads. 294 00:26:09,986 --> 00:26:11,654 Hey, keep that fire burning! 295 00:26:11,737 --> 00:26:13,823 Would you just do this one firing for me? 296 00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:17,118 - It'll be a fortnight before I have room, but I'll try. 297 00:26:17,785 --> 00:26:19,078 I can wait. 298 00:26:19,370 --> 00:26:21,247 Come on, we need it hotter. 299 00:27:03,497 --> 00:27:05,333 Where is everyone? 300 00:27:06,417 --> 00:27:09,920 - Monthly meeting. I'm never invited. 301 00:27:12,340 --> 00:27:13,674 - Who's he supposed to be? 302 00:27:14,634 --> 00:27:15,968 - Long John Silver. 303 00:27:25,478 --> 00:27:26,646 Flat John Silver. 304 00:27:30,691 --> 00:27:31,942 He looks better, actually. 305 00:27:34,111 --> 00:27:36,697 - And, um, this is for the Toby jugs? 306 00:27:37,198 --> 00:27:38,991 - This is for me. 307 00:27:40,159 --> 00:27:42,119 Fred says I'm not ready for color. 308 00:27:43,871 --> 00:27:45,831 Well, at least I can try my ideas. 309 00:27:49,585 --> 00:27:50,961 - You'll not go flitting factories again 310 00:27:51,045 --> 00:27:52,254 'cause you're bored? 311 00:27:52,963 --> 00:27:54,048 - No. 312 00:27:57,843 --> 00:27:58,928 Come on. 313 00:28:08,145 --> 00:28:09,939 - I say that- - Okay. 314 00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:13,484 - I mean, he's contradicted himself. 315 00:28:13,901 --> 00:28:15,861 Stop producing, start producing. 316 00:28:15,945 --> 00:28:18,823 - The man's under pressure. - That's ridiculous, Fred. 317 00:28:18,906 --> 00:28:20,366 All we need is a little bit of clarity. 318 00:28:20,491 --> 00:28:21,951 Let's get on as we are. 319 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:24,537 - There's not very much we can do. - Should concentrate on one line. 320 00:28:24,620 --> 00:28:25,746 - Gentlemen. 321 00:28:26,706 --> 00:28:27,790 Everyone. 322 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,085 I just want to add that monthly meetings will now be weekly 323 00:28:31,419 --> 00:28:33,754 so that we have time to deal with the, 324 00:28:34,213 --> 00:28:35,840 let's face it, ever-changing climate. 325 00:28:38,259 --> 00:28:39,385 All right? Thank you. 326 00:28:39,468 --> 00:28:41,887 - Let's get on with it. - All right, come on. 327 00:28:41,971 --> 00:28:42,972 Sit down. 328 00:29:03,993 --> 00:29:05,578 - Fred? - Yeah? 329 00:29:06,787 --> 00:29:07,997 - Have you seen this? 330 00:29:17,798 --> 00:29:19,884 - Well, is that for the heroes or the villains range? 331 00:29:19,967 --> 00:29:21,427 Bloody hell. 332 00:29:21,510 --> 00:29:23,846 - Frankenstein. - Spitting image of thee, Fred. 333 00:29:24,805 --> 00:29:26,724 Spot on, that. It's spot on. 334 00:29:27,641 --> 00:29:29,769 - That's rather made my day. - Mr. Shorter? 335 00:29:29,852 --> 00:29:30,770 - Yes. 336 00:29:31,896 --> 00:29:33,606 - Do you like Toby jugs? 337 00:29:35,149 --> 00:29:38,903 - I beg your pardon, what? Do I, do I like them? 338 00:29:40,613 --> 00:29:42,364 No. God, no. 339 00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:45,534 No, I, I don't like much of what we do. 340 00:29:46,577 --> 00:29:48,621 But we do need to return a profit, 341 00:29:48,704 --> 00:29:52,166 so unfortunately, fortunately, however one thinks about it, 342 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:55,002 this ghastly stuff sells. 343 00:29:56,837 --> 00:30:00,341 - Maybe we could try other colors or gilding. 344 00:30:00,674 --> 00:30:04,053 At Linguard's if something was gilded it sold better. 345 00:30:04,553 --> 00:30:07,389 - Miss Cliff, people who buy our Toby jugs don't buy one. 346 00:30:07,473 --> 00:30:11,018 - They collect sets. The jugs coordinate, so, no. 347 00:30:12,102 --> 00:30:15,022 No other colors, no standing out, no gilding. 348 00:30:15,272 --> 00:30:16,649 I certainly wouldn't set much store 349 00:30:16,732 --> 00:30:18,400 with what Linguard's are doing. 350 00:30:19,151 --> 00:30:20,653 They've just gone out of business. 351 00:30:24,365 --> 00:30:25,741 Right. Onwards. 352 00:30:30,621 --> 00:30:33,624 - Good night. Sweet dreams! - Good night, Miss Cliff. 353 00:30:33,707 --> 00:30:34,708 Night, duck. 354 00:30:34,792 --> 00:30:37,002 You'll be dreaming of Toby jugs, you will. 355 00:30:46,512 --> 00:30:48,597 - Good night, Fred. - Good night. 356 00:30:50,808 --> 00:30:52,643 - I do hope you're not gilding my Toby jugs. 357 00:30:52,726 --> 00:30:54,395 Oh, I wouldn't do that. 358 00:30:55,396 --> 00:30:56,772 - Go home, Miss Cliff. 359 00:30:56,856 --> 00:30:58,190 - Just finishing off, sir. 360 00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:08,993 All right, come on. I'm locking up. 361 00:31:09,076 --> 00:31:10,452 - I'll be 10 minutes. 362 00:31:13,163 --> 00:31:14,456 - You'll be five. 363 00:31:44,153 --> 00:31:45,654 Oh, praise be. 364 00:31:51,327 --> 00:31:52,620 Thank you. 365 00:31:54,872 --> 00:31:55,873 Evening. 366 00:31:57,333 --> 00:31:58,834 - What did the doctor say? 367 00:31:59,835 --> 00:32:03,088 - He's going to refer me to a specialist at the hospital. 368 00:32:04,423 --> 00:32:06,383 - What does that mean? It's not serious? 369 00:32:06,467 --> 00:32:09,637 - No. Now, mutton hot pot. 370 00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:11,388 - Mutton hot pot. 371 00:32:17,895 --> 00:32:21,148 - Oh, the monthly, I mean, weekly meeting! 372 00:32:22,024 --> 00:32:23,400 Get your new ideas. 373 00:32:23,901 --> 00:32:26,737 Come on. Don't be chatty, son, come on. 374 00:32:34,453 --> 00:32:37,164 - Good ideas. Bloody hell. 375 00:33:38,767 --> 00:33:41,353 - Oh. - It's a neat little thing. 376 00:33:44,064 --> 00:33:46,066 Do me one, would ya? For me son. 377 00:33:47,484 --> 00:33:49,069 And me mate Arthur would like one as well, 378 00:33:49,153 --> 00:33:50,320 for his little 'un. 379 00:33:51,572 --> 00:33:52,573 - Of course. 380 00:33:54,867 --> 00:33:56,160 - You're not listening! 381 00:33:56,243 --> 00:33:59,705 This is an opportunity to shape the future of Wilkinson's 382 00:33:59,788 --> 00:34:01,415 and ambition should not be thwarted! 383 00:34:01,498 --> 00:34:03,000 - Ambition is a luxury we cannot afford. 384 00:34:03,083 --> 00:34:04,710 We need to focus on the here and now. 385 00:34:04,793 --> 00:34:06,503 - And we've more than enough to be getting on with. 386 00:34:06,587 --> 00:34:07,671 The trade fair- 387 00:34:07,755 --> 00:34:09,673 - Is our chance, Fred. - Oh, please. 388 00:34:09,757 --> 00:34:10,924 Yes? 389 00:34:16,722 --> 00:34:18,140 - I thought I might come along. 390 00:34:18,599 --> 00:34:20,100 - I'm sorry, sirs. I tried- 391 00:34:20,225 --> 00:34:21,310 - No, no, no. 392 00:34:21,477 --> 00:34:26,148 Miss Cliff, we are not civilized enough to host a lady. 393 00:34:28,275 --> 00:34:29,485 Jack. - All right, young lady. 394 00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:31,695 Get yourself downstairs. - No, no. Wait, Jack. 395 00:34:32,946 --> 00:34:34,865 If Miss Cliff wants to be part of this, then by all means. 396 00:34:34,948 --> 00:34:36,325 Please, come in. Sit down. 397 00:34:36,909 --> 00:34:37,910 Sit down. 398 00:34:43,665 --> 00:34:47,169 I told you to concentrate on Toby jugs, no? 399 00:34:48,670 --> 00:34:50,881 - I know you're looking for new ideas, 400 00:34:51,173 --> 00:34:53,217 so I made this for my sister. 401 00:34:53,801 --> 00:34:55,761 It's a Puddle Duck egg cup set. 402 00:34:56,762 --> 00:34:59,306 Made in my own time. The clay and paint was lying around. 403 00:34:59,389 --> 00:35:01,308 - How old is she? - 20. 404 00:35:02,226 --> 00:35:05,437 She needed cheering up. And I thought, well... 405 00:35:06,271 --> 00:35:08,774 it's fun and maybe we could do a range. 406 00:35:09,566 --> 00:35:11,401 The folks in the factory seem to like it. 407 00:35:11,693 --> 00:35:13,112 I've taken orders actually. 408 00:35:13,570 --> 00:35:15,030 - Well, I'm sorry, Clarice, but- 409 00:35:15,114 --> 00:35:16,573 - It's charming, Miss Cliff, really. 410 00:35:16,657 --> 00:35:18,200 Four times the profit. 411 00:35:19,326 --> 00:35:20,410 - Well, go on. 412 00:35:20,536 --> 00:35:22,746 - That's what you make per piece compared 413 00:35:23,330 --> 00:35:25,415 to your standard Toby jug. 414 00:35:26,542 --> 00:35:28,085 Three enamels only. 415 00:35:28,418 --> 00:35:30,963 Quick to paint. A quarter less clay. 416 00:35:31,588 --> 00:35:33,549 - Do it. Go on, do it. - Hold on. 417 00:35:33,632 --> 00:35:34,842 - What? I like it. 418 00:35:34,925 --> 00:35:35,801 What? 419 00:35:35,884 --> 00:35:38,095 - I'm sorry, Clarice. You can do better than that. 420 00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:39,763 No, it's crude, it's cheap, 421 00:35:39,847 --> 00:35:42,182 and it's not what Wilkinson's stands for. 422 00:35:42,474 --> 00:35:44,518 - I don't see as how it's worse than Toby jugs. 423 00:35:44,601 --> 00:35:46,103 - It's one thing liking an egg cup 424 00:35:46,186 --> 00:35:47,980 but taking commercial risks at a difficult time- 425 00:35:48,063 --> 00:35:49,815 - Oh, it's always a difficult time, Guy. 426 00:35:49,898 --> 00:35:51,108 - Not right now. 427 00:35:51,316 --> 00:35:53,360 You've heard Hollinshead's the latest to close. 428 00:35:53,443 --> 00:35:55,863 - My God, doesn't that prove that we should be doing something different? 429 00:35:56,613 --> 00:35:58,490 Just for once, we should be bold. 430 00:35:58,574 --> 00:36:00,367 - The girl's a lithographer. - I'm a modeler. 431 00:36:00,450 --> 00:36:03,579 - I don't care if she is a bloody barrow boy! 432 00:36:03,954 --> 00:36:07,207 The point is, one can't be giving design freedoms 433 00:36:07,291 --> 00:36:08,458 to the barely trained. 434 00:36:08,542 --> 00:36:10,836 Oh, then step up the training, Fred. 435 00:36:11,295 --> 00:36:12,254 - Well. 436 00:36:19,970 --> 00:36:22,347 Right, take a look at these. 437 00:36:26,059 --> 00:36:27,186 What's this? 438 00:36:28,103 --> 00:36:31,690 Oh, um, a pokewiser. I ordered it from Paris. 439 00:36:36,445 --> 00:36:39,114 Well, have you done these? 440 00:36:40,032 --> 00:36:41,700 - That sort of thing, sir... 441 00:37:00,260 --> 00:37:02,262 Oh, they are beautiful. 442 00:37:02,429 --> 00:37:04,264 - Well, once upon a time. 443 00:37:05,682 --> 00:37:06,850 Look at the corners. 444 00:37:10,270 --> 00:37:12,147 This is really a Mackintosh. Look at that. 445 00:37:12,231 --> 00:37:14,399 That will all be glass. - Yes, of course. 446 00:37:15,609 --> 00:37:17,694 - I've seen that. It's beautiful. 447 00:37:17,778 --> 00:37:20,572 - Fred, I need Miss Cliff for five minutes. 448 00:37:22,824 --> 00:37:24,534 I have a favor to ask of you. 449 00:37:24,618 --> 00:37:28,538 Um, my wife, having heard we now have such a thing 450 00:37:28,622 --> 00:37:31,166 as a lady modeler, would very much like for you to... 451 00:37:32,084 --> 00:37:33,627 model a bust of her. 452 00:37:34,503 --> 00:37:36,213 Now I've tried to dissuade her. 453 00:37:36,463 --> 00:37:37,965 I told her how busy you are with Toby jugs 454 00:37:38,048 --> 00:37:40,717 and it's more than likely that you'll make her into one. 455 00:37:41,051 --> 00:37:46,306 Uh, but, alas to no avail, so, well, will you do it? 456 00:37:48,684 --> 00:37:50,060 - Yes, yes, sir. 457 00:37:50,435 --> 00:37:51,853 - You will? Thank you. 458 00:37:51,937 --> 00:37:56,024 Thank you, uh, all right, as you were, thank you. 459 00:38:03,407 --> 00:38:05,534 - More misfires for chucking? 460 00:38:05,617 --> 00:38:07,452 - Just do it, please. 461 00:39:07,512 --> 00:39:09,639 Head up and to your right. 462 00:39:30,118 --> 00:39:32,037 Happy? - Yes. 463 00:39:32,829 --> 00:39:33,872 - Very. 464 00:39:34,998 --> 00:39:37,167 - Well, it's easy to model someone beautiful. 465 00:39:37,584 --> 00:39:39,211 - Oh, yes. She is very beautiful. 466 00:39:42,464 --> 00:39:46,551 Um, I won't be able to offer you a lift, I'm afraid. 467 00:39:47,219 --> 00:39:48,387 - Oh, that's all right. 468 00:39:49,262 --> 00:39:50,972 Shall I lock up, sir? 469 00:39:51,431 --> 00:39:53,892 - Yes, yes. All right, um... 470 00:39:56,353 --> 00:39:57,604 This is the, um, 471 00:39:59,648 --> 00:40:01,608 my office, modeling room, 472 00:40:03,151 --> 00:40:07,406 inner main gate, and outer main gate. 473 00:40:09,157 --> 00:40:10,617 Look after my factory. 474 00:40:11,076 --> 00:40:12,160 - Yes, sir. 475 00:40:13,412 --> 00:40:15,956 - Uh, well, um, good night, Miss Cliff. 476 00:40:16,873 --> 00:40:17,833 - Good night. 477 00:40:22,087 --> 00:40:23,922 - Oh, you're drenched. 478 00:40:25,298 --> 00:40:26,758 Not on t'carpet! 479 00:40:33,432 --> 00:40:34,933 - What'll folks be thinking? 480 00:40:35,809 --> 00:40:38,854 Working all hours, you and Mr. Shorter- 481 00:40:38,937 --> 00:40:39,938 - And his wife. 482 00:40:40,021 --> 00:40:42,732 - I doubt Mr. Shorter's got eyes for her. 483 00:40:42,858 --> 00:40:44,151 Look at the state of her. 484 00:40:44,276 --> 00:40:45,569 She looks like she's been dragged 485 00:40:45,652 --> 00:40:46,570 through an hedge backwards. 486 00:40:46,945 --> 00:40:51,450 - Anyway, look who has the keys to Wilkinson's. 487 00:40:56,371 --> 00:40:57,581 - Well, I know it's my wife, 488 00:40:57,664 --> 00:40:59,124 but what do you think, Fred? John? 489 00:40:59,207 --> 00:41:01,460 - That is a seriously impressive bit of work, sir. 490 00:41:01,543 --> 00:41:03,378 - It is, isn't it? - Yeah. 491 00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:04,921 - Even more remarkable considering 492 00:41:05,005 --> 00:41:06,923 the sitter didn't sit considering particularly still. 493 00:41:07,132 --> 00:41:09,843 - How is that stiff back, sir? - No, it's not her back. 494 00:41:09,926 --> 00:41:11,261 She might have encountered one of our- 495 00:41:11,344 --> 00:41:12,387 - Beg your pardon, sirs. 496 00:41:12,596 --> 00:41:13,972 Who has the spare keys, please? 497 00:41:14,639 --> 00:41:15,640 - Miss Cliff. 498 00:41:18,852 --> 00:41:20,312 - Miss Cliff, keys. 499 00:41:25,150 --> 00:41:26,943 - Everyone else has their own set. 500 00:41:29,070 --> 00:41:30,363 - Well, I don't know, Miss Cliff. 501 00:41:31,364 --> 00:41:33,450 Lots of bags of clay lying around. 502 00:41:33,617 --> 00:41:35,160 - That's right. - Good point. 503 00:41:35,494 --> 00:41:37,996 - I was joking. Let her have her own set of keys. 504 00:41:38,371 --> 00:41:40,165 - What if she's one of them suffragettes? 505 00:41:40,248 --> 00:41:41,333 - Oh, don't be silly. 506 00:41:42,209 --> 00:41:44,085 Right, well, you might as well 507 00:41:44,169 --> 00:41:45,837 set light to the factory and have done with it. 508 00:41:45,921 --> 00:41:47,297 - That's enough, Jack! 509 00:41:49,883 --> 00:41:51,134 It's terribly good. 510 00:41:54,638 --> 00:41:56,097 Now, how long is it going to take? 511 00:41:56,389 --> 00:41:58,517 - Uh, a couple of weeks, sir, to dry out. 512 00:41:58,600 --> 00:41:59,559 - A fortnight? 513 00:41:59,643 --> 00:42:00,810 It's meant to be now. 514 00:42:00,894 --> 00:42:02,562 Something that reminds her of her youth. 515 00:42:03,396 --> 00:42:04,773 Two weeks, a fortnight. 516 00:42:04,856 --> 00:42:06,900 - Which key is the one to the Colour Room? 517 00:42:17,702 --> 00:42:18,995 Onwards. 518 00:42:20,038 --> 00:42:21,706 Had she seen a mouse? 519 00:42:22,791 --> 00:42:24,543 - Back to work. 520 00:42:36,137 --> 00:42:37,472 Oh. 521 00:43:34,946 --> 00:43:38,491 - Your pants, Reg. - You know me. 522 00:43:40,827 --> 00:43:43,538 - You can't look. - It's, it's the dress. 523 00:43:43,622 --> 00:43:45,749 I've been working on it. It's bad luck, you can't look. 524 00:43:45,832 --> 00:43:47,500 - Why? - Stop. 525 00:43:50,378 --> 00:43:52,088 Uh, do you want a cuppa? 526 00:43:52,213 --> 00:43:54,090 - Uh, no, no, no. 527 00:43:54,299 --> 00:43:55,925 - You sure? - Yeah, go and get some rest. 528 00:43:56,009 --> 00:43:57,093 Are you sure? 529 00:43:57,177 --> 00:43:59,429 - Go and make yourself better. 530 00:44:05,810 --> 00:44:07,354 You're home early. 531 00:44:15,487 --> 00:44:17,405 Oh. Hey. 532 00:44:20,825 --> 00:44:21,951 Look closely. 533 00:44:25,413 --> 00:44:26,831 Can you see any faults? 534 00:44:27,749 --> 00:44:29,459 Hairline cracks, anything? 535 00:44:33,254 --> 00:44:35,674 - No. Why? 536 00:44:50,438 --> 00:44:53,608 Fred, Mr. Colley says to tell you 537 00:44:53,692 --> 00:44:56,569 they're making your new Oriflamme range the center of the trade fair. 538 00:44:56,653 --> 00:44:58,071 Well, thank you, Vera. 539 00:44:58,154 --> 00:45:00,240 - We know what we're doing now. 540 00:45:00,323 --> 00:45:03,243 He wants it all finished and in the kilns Friday night. 541 00:45:04,244 --> 00:45:06,413 - Of course he does. - Someone's working late. 542 00:45:06,496 --> 00:45:09,040 - And Clarice, Mr. Colley wants to know 543 00:45:09,124 --> 00:45:11,835 if you have any prior engagements on Saturday afternoon. 544 00:45:15,046 --> 00:45:16,131 - Why? 545 00:45:16,381 --> 00:45:18,508 - He wants you to accompany him to Trentham Hall. 546 00:45:18,591 --> 00:45:20,969 Something about the future of The Potteries. 547 00:45:29,185 --> 00:45:31,771 - Oh, ah! - Will you keep still. 548 00:45:31,855 --> 00:45:32,856 - Here. 549 00:45:35,442 --> 00:45:38,111 Oh, smell of your father's Woodbines. 550 00:45:38,278 --> 00:45:39,654 Can't get rid of it. 551 00:45:40,739 --> 00:45:41,656 - Let's see. 552 00:45:43,450 --> 00:45:44,951 - Why does Mr. Shorter want you there? 553 00:45:45,326 --> 00:45:47,078 - To talk about my ideas. 554 00:45:47,162 --> 00:45:48,663 - Don't you see him every day? 555 00:45:48,747 --> 00:45:49,748 - Yes. 556 00:45:51,499 --> 00:45:53,334 Dot, this is brilliant. 557 00:45:54,461 --> 00:45:56,129 You should do this for a living. 558 00:45:59,174 --> 00:46:01,968 Um, right, uh, right. 559 00:46:08,767 --> 00:46:09,851 - Hmm. 560 00:46:11,394 --> 00:46:12,353 - Okay. 561 00:46:12,854 --> 00:46:13,897 Oh. 562 00:46:14,773 --> 00:46:18,860 Look, it's a Rolls-Royce. It's so shiny. 563 00:46:18,943 --> 00:46:21,571 - Whoa! - I can see myself in that. 564 00:46:25,992 --> 00:46:27,660 - What are you doing? - Uh. 565 00:46:27,744 --> 00:46:28,995 - Hop in. - Um. 566 00:46:29,954 --> 00:46:30,997 - There, there, there. 567 00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:32,415 The handle, just give it a, give it a... 568 00:46:32,499 --> 00:46:33,625 I'll do it. - How? 569 00:46:33,708 --> 00:46:35,084 - I'll do it, I'll do it. - How? 570 00:46:35,418 --> 00:46:38,338 - I'll do it. - Okay. Okay, sorry. 571 00:46:38,421 --> 00:46:40,423 Ask if we can have a ride. 572 00:46:44,385 --> 00:46:47,055 On we go, Herbert. 573 00:46:50,517 --> 00:46:52,519 Tommy, get out of the road! 574 00:47:01,110 --> 00:47:02,529 - So, first rule of thumb, Miss Cliff, 575 00:47:02,612 --> 00:47:04,405 is do not point at anyone living. 576 00:47:04,489 --> 00:47:06,616 Now good stance, butt into the shoulders 577 00:47:06,699 --> 00:47:07,951 to deal with the recoil, 578 00:47:08,034 --> 00:47:10,245 you got two shots, two corresponding triggers. 579 00:47:10,328 --> 00:47:14,624 Now, you yell pull. Oh, it's Pottery's tradition. 580 00:47:15,333 --> 00:47:17,460 The local potbank gives damaged ware 581 00:47:17,544 --> 00:47:19,212 to the fair for the coconut shy. 582 00:47:19,295 --> 00:47:21,589 It's fun. - Yes, I thought so myself, 583 00:47:21,673 --> 00:47:24,592 I thought why should the proletariat have all the fun. 584 00:47:25,009 --> 00:47:27,220 Gordon Forsythe, and you are, young miss? 585 00:47:27,303 --> 00:47:30,515 - Clarice Cliff, sir. I'm a designer at Wilkinson's. 586 00:47:30,765 --> 00:47:32,016 - Are you indeed? 587 00:47:33,184 --> 00:47:34,811 I was just saying, Miss Cliff, 588 00:47:35,436 --> 00:47:38,898 that we could do with more lady designers about the place. 589 00:47:38,982 --> 00:47:40,817 Well, uh, shall I go first? 590 00:47:40,900 --> 00:47:41,985 - Yes. 591 00:47:44,279 --> 00:47:45,905 And pull! 592 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:50,326 Pull! 593 00:47:50,493 --> 00:47:52,245 Good shot. 594 00:47:55,790 --> 00:47:57,584 - Into the shoulder. - That's it. 595 00:47:59,669 --> 00:48:00,670 Pull! 596 00:48:05,758 --> 00:48:06,801 Pull! 597 00:48:12,015 --> 00:48:12,932 - Very good. 598 00:48:15,810 --> 00:48:17,353 - Be careful, Miss Cliff. 599 00:48:18,771 --> 00:48:20,773 - Well, I won't shoot ya. 600 00:48:20,982 --> 00:48:25,320 I mean, don't misinterpret my brother's attentions. 601 00:48:26,195 --> 00:48:27,906 I can tell you he's a devoted family man. 602 00:48:27,989 --> 00:48:29,282 The fact that you are here today 603 00:48:29,365 --> 00:48:31,618 - I'm here as a designer, Mr. Shorter. 604 00:48:31,868 --> 00:48:33,494 - Pull! - I'm not here as a woman. 605 00:48:34,621 --> 00:48:36,247 - A designer? - Yes, sir. 606 00:48:36,623 --> 00:48:39,584 - Miss Cliff, you've given us one cheap child's egg cup. 607 00:48:41,794 --> 00:48:43,463 - Everything all right? - Of course. 608 00:48:44,714 --> 00:48:46,549 - Good, good. - Pull! 609 00:48:50,261 --> 00:48:52,013 - So, Gordon, what's this plan of yours 610 00:48:52,096 --> 00:48:53,556 to save this industry? 611 00:48:54,557 --> 00:48:57,393 - Well, The Potteries need a higher ambition. 612 00:48:58,102 --> 00:49:00,188 Art and industry combined. 613 00:49:00,271 --> 00:49:02,690 Modern art for the table. 614 00:49:02,774 --> 00:49:05,401 - Folks don't want new. They want what they've always had. 615 00:49:05,485 --> 00:49:07,070 - But fancier and cheaper. 616 00:49:07,153 --> 00:49:10,198 - Foreign imports are flooding the bottom end of the market. 617 00:49:10,281 --> 00:49:11,991 What we need are The Potteries to be 618 00:49:12,075 --> 00:49:15,620 in their rightful place, at the pinnacle of excellence. 619 00:49:16,245 --> 00:49:18,373 - But if folks are buying the cheap stuff, 620 00:49:18,456 --> 00:49:20,041 then surely that's what they want. 621 00:49:20,124 --> 00:49:23,628 - So, we descend to the level of the foreign imports? 622 00:49:24,504 --> 00:49:27,131 That's our future as you see it, Miss Cliff? 623 00:49:27,215 --> 00:49:28,424 - Well, it's just I don't see 624 00:49:28,508 --> 00:49:30,843 as how folks want posher, pricier things, 625 00:49:30,927 --> 00:49:32,553 what with no-one having any money these days. 626 00:49:32,762 --> 00:49:35,640 - Well, that's because the customer needs to be educated. 627 00:49:35,723 --> 00:49:38,393 What he's buying is an investment. It's an heirloom. 628 00:49:38,476 --> 00:49:40,895 - But do folks really think like that these days? 629 00:49:41,854 --> 00:49:44,899 - Where The Potteries lead, everyone follows, 630 00:49:44,983 --> 00:49:46,275 remember that, Miss Cliff. 631 00:49:46,651 --> 00:49:48,361 We set the standard. 632 00:49:51,823 --> 00:49:52,907 Pull! 633 00:49:55,660 --> 00:49:56,661 Pull! 634 00:49:59,622 --> 00:50:02,250 All right. Let's have that goddamn drink. 635 00:50:04,085 --> 00:50:06,212 - Well, I think that went rather well. 636 00:50:06,838 --> 00:50:07,880 What do you think, Guy? 637 00:50:19,350 --> 00:50:21,769 I won't be invited back, will I? 638 00:50:22,020 --> 00:50:26,399 - Well, that was a bold move disagreeing with Gordon Forsythe. 639 00:50:27,567 --> 00:50:30,236 But then we have to shake things up, otherwise what's the point. 640 00:50:30,319 --> 00:50:32,488 What will, what will Wilkinson's achieve? 641 00:50:32,572 --> 00:50:35,074 Nothing of consequence, nothing that matters. 642 00:50:37,285 --> 00:50:38,327 Nothing. 643 00:50:40,621 --> 00:50:43,041 - Mr. Shorter, I have ideas. 644 00:50:44,959 --> 00:50:47,628 Well, about, about pieces that folk might like. 645 00:50:48,212 --> 00:50:50,089 Well, folk except Gordon. 646 00:50:53,676 --> 00:50:55,636 - Have you had that in your bag all day? 647 00:50:58,014 --> 00:50:58,973 May I? 648 00:51:11,778 --> 00:51:13,154 I've never seen anything like it. 649 00:51:14,322 --> 00:51:15,948 - It's the flawed biscuit ware. 650 00:51:16,282 --> 00:51:17,658 - Well, you can't use that. 651 00:51:17,992 --> 00:51:19,702 Wilkinson's sold by quality. 652 00:51:20,244 --> 00:51:22,830 - Well, the cracks are hairline. The pieces are sound. 653 00:51:23,289 --> 00:51:24,791 Where are the flaws on that cup? 654 00:51:25,666 --> 00:51:27,085 - Hmm, the light's poor. 655 00:51:27,168 --> 00:51:29,921 - No, even in the best light, it's impossible to see. 656 00:51:31,631 --> 00:51:34,383 This could make the unsaleable saleable. 657 00:51:34,967 --> 00:51:37,386 And it only needs an enamel firing, that's all. 658 00:51:42,683 --> 00:51:43,684 - Thank you. 659 00:51:44,602 --> 00:51:46,479 - Well, thank you for- 660 00:51:47,146 --> 00:51:48,856 - Thank you, Miss Cliff. 661 00:51:53,027 --> 00:51:53,986 - Dot. 662 00:51:55,446 --> 00:51:57,156 You look beautiful. 663 00:52:00,493 --> 00:52:01,536 - How'd it go? 664 00:52:02,036 --> 00:52:03,663 - Well, I didn't shoot anyone. 665 00:52:05,123 --> 00:52:06,124 - With him. 666 00:52:08,376 --> 00:52:09,794 - I showed him the cup. 667 00:52:10,878 --> 00:52:12,130 - You did? - Mm. 668 00:52:13,506 --> 00:52:14,549 - And? 669 00:52:15,883 --> 00:52:16,968 - We'll see. 670 00:52:18,845 --> 00:52:19,846 Here. 671 00:52:26,227 --> 00:52:27,603 Perfect bride. 672 00:52:36,445 --> 00:52:38,114 Everyone out! 673 00:52:51,460 --> 00:52:53,671 - Don't just stand there! Do something! 674 00:53:04,765 --> 00:53:07,476 - What is it? What's happened? 675 00:53:08,060 --> 00:53:11,272 - It's my fault. The bonts on the glost kiln broke. 676 00:53:11,939 --> 00:53:14,358 All the stocks and shave fibers in the kiln went down 677 00:53:14,442 --> 00:53:16,152 on Fred's new Oriflamme. 678 00:53:18,196 --> 00:53:21,073 I've run out of time. 679 00:53:27,622 --> 00:53:29,040 - I have a plan. 680 00:53:33,711 --> 00:53:37,298 We're sitting on hundreds of pounds worth of unused stock. 681 00:53:38,216 --> 00:53:39,759 And all it needs is the enamel kiln. 682 00:53:39,842 --> 00:53:41,844 Once the decoration's on, no need for a glost kiln. 683 00:53:41,928 --> 00:53:43,387 - This is just bizarre. 684 00:53:44,013 --> 00:53:45,765 - It will cost our reputation. 685 00:53:45,848 --> 00:53:47,433 - Or make it. 686 00:53:47,934 --> 00:53:51,520 Gordon Forsythe was calling for art in industry. 687 00:53:51,604 --> 00:53:53,356 - This, this thing is ours. 688 00:53:54,315 --> 00:53:55,191 Is it? 689 00:53:55,274 --> 00:53:56,859 - It would show that we're innovating. 690 00:53:56,943 --> 00:53:59,028 That, that we're not afraid at Wilkinson's 691 00:53:59,111 --> 00:54:01,030 to do something different once in a while. 692 00:54:01,113 --> 00:54:02,823 We have the courage of our conviction. 693 00:54:02,907 --> 00:54:05,326 - We have courage. The kiln hands showed courage 694 00:54:05,701 --> 00:54:07,745 going into the ruins of our bottle ovens, 695 00:54:07,954 --> 00:54:09,080 and rescuing what they could. 696 00:54:09,163 --> 00:54:10,790 Some might say we should not be pushing so hard 697 00:54:10,873 --> 00:54:12,208 to do something different. 698 00:54:15,711 --> 00:54:19,382 - I can do a full range in time for the trade fair. 699 00:54:19,465 --> 00:54:21,592 - In four weeks, that's impossible. 700 00:54:21,926 --> 00:54:25,054 - All right. All right, which is worse, hm? 701 00:54:25,263 --> 00:54:27,974 Turning up to the trade fair half-stocked 702 00:54:28,557 --> 00:54:31,352 or this, this, this, all this. 703 00:54:33,938 --> 00:54:35,731 - I am not risking our reputation. 704 00:54:36,232 --> 00:54:37,733 We put it under a different name. 705 00:54:37,817 --> 00:54:39,235 - Surely you're not considering- 706 00:54:39,318 --> 00:54:41,028 - What about the Newport factory? We could use that. 707 00:54:41,112 --> 00:54:43,781 And we could put her name on the pieces, 708 00:54:43,864 --> 00:54:45,324 make her look like a renowned designer. 709 00:54:45,408 --> 00:54:48,160 - You can't put it in the Newport factory. It's condemned. 710 00:54:48,661 --> 00:54:50,746 - What's the range called, Miss Cliff? 711 00:54:55,793 --> 00:54:58,504 - Bizarre. Bizarre! 712 00:54:58,921 --> 00:55:00,339 - Bizarre. 713 00:55:00,756 --> 00:55:01,716 - Bizarre. 714 00:55:01,799 --> 00:55:04,427 Bizarre, Fred, Bizarre. I like it. 715 00:55:04,593 --> 00:55:05,594 I like it. 716 00:55:10,266 --> 00:55:11,142 I like it. 717 00:55:16,272 --> 00:55:17,440 After you. 718 00:55:18,399 --> 00:55:19,358 - Oh! 719 00:55:20,568 --> 00:55:22,069 I thought it fell down. 720 00:55:22,611 --> 00:55:24,155 - Well, only part of it. 721 00:55:26,741 --> 00:55:29,285 - Oh, look at that. 722 00:55:30,953 --> 00:55:32,079 Beautiful. 723 00:55:33,456 --> 00:55:34,790 - Your very own factory. 724 00:55:38,794 --> 00:55:40,212 Go on. 725 00:55:40,379 --> 00:55:41,881 - There's a big one there. 726 00:55:44,342 --> 00:55:45,509 Yes. 727 00:55:47,219 --> 00:55:48,596 Bring that too. 728 00:55:48,804 --> 00:55:50,306 Just put it over there. 729 00:55:53,017 --> 00:55:54,018 Oh. 730 00:55:55,186 --> 00:55:58,272 Let me have a go. Come here. 731 00:55:58,814 --> 00:56:00,900 Not in my factory, you don't. 732 00:56:08,491 --> 00:56:09,784 - No, no. 733 00:56:10,201 --> 00:56:13,162 I had a crocus design once and it didn't sell, so. 734 00:56:13,245 --> 00:56:15,164 - Yeah, well, then I'll do it differently. 735 00:56:15,414 --> 00:56:17,291 - Yeah. - It won't sell. 736 00:56:17,375 --> 00:56:18,709 - Oh, come on, Fred. 737 00:56:18,876 --> 00:56:21,712 It's bold, it's exciting, it's, it's vibrant. 738 00:56:33,974 --> 00:56:35,142 It will sell. 739 00:56:58,165 --> 00:57:02,586 Clarice, this, Clarice, this is, this is, 740 00:57:02,670 --> 00:57:05,214 this is, it is too rough with one coat, no? 741 00:57:06,173 --> 00:57:07,216 Far too rough. 742 00:57:07,299 --> 00:57:09,260 - The brushwork is part of the design. 743 00:57:13,639 --> 00:57:16,183 Too fussy and there's just... 744 00:57:16,976 --> 00:57:18,269 There's no life to it. 745 00:57:23,983 --> 00:57:25,401 What does that look mean? 746 00:57:27,319 --> 00:57:30,322 - Means you are right. My apologies. 747 00:57:33,075 --> 00:57:34,994 Means you're right. - Yeah. 748 00:57:38,289 --> 00:57:40,082 And that one. 749 00:57:42,543 --> 00:57:44,712 Losing my touch. 750 00:58:06,358 --> 00:58:07,693 Reg? 751 00:58:14,074 --> 00:58:15,826 - Don't you judge me. 752 00:58:16,494 --> 00:58:17,870 You know her? 753 00:58:19,538 --> 00:58:21,499 - Yeah, she got me sacked from Wilkinson's. 754 00:58:21,916 --> 00:58:24,335 - You tell Dot or I will. 755 00:58:27,213 --> 00:58:29,507 - Who's Dot? - How could you! 756 00:58:29,924 --> 00:58:32,092 - Don't you go on acting all high and mighty. 757 00:58:33,052 --> 00:58:36,096 Everybody knows how low you've gone to keep your job. 758 00:58:36,180 --> 00:58:38,599 - Oh, my God, is that the woman? 759 00:58:38,933 --> 00:58:40,392 I thought she'd be pretty. 760 00:58:44,730 --> 00:58:46,524 - Give that back to Dot for me! 761 00:58:46,815 --> 00:58:48,275 You cheap hussy! 762 00:59:00,037 --> 00:59:02,164 - Yer bath's gone cold, but you're not touching owt 763 00:59:02,248 --> 00:59:03,415 till you're washed. - Dot. 764 00:59:07,378 --> 00:59:10,965 I was walkin' home and I saw Reg with another woman. 765 00:59:17,388 --> 00:59:20,182 - Leave her be. Bath. 766 00:59:24,144 --> 00:59:27,481 Why'd you have to tell her? Why couldn't it wait? 767 00:59:29,275 --> 00:59:31,110 On top of the worry of the operation. 768 00:59:31,318 --> 00:59:32,570 - What operation? 769 00:59:32,945 --> 00:59:34,822 - Oh, I hadn't seen you to tell you. 770 00:59:34,905 --> 00:59:36,323 Tell me what? 771 00:59:38,117 --> 00:59:40,869 End of next week, she's having her innards taken out. 772 00:59:52,673 --> 00:59:54,508 - Dot, stop. 773 00:59:54,883 --> 00:59:56,176 Stop it! 774 00:59:56,927 --> 00:59:58,012 Stop! 775 01:00:01,140 --> 01:00:02,850 - It's 'cause he knows there's no future. 776 01:00:03,517 --> 01:00:05,144 We can't have a family. 777 01:00:08,647 --> 01:00:09,815 What was she like? 778 01:00:14,153 --> 01:00:16,238 I don't know how that woman could live with herself, 779 01:00:16,655 --> 01:00:18,032 taking somebody else's man. 780 01:00:19,450 --> 01:00:21,827 Maybe she just doesn't think about it, I mean, 781 01:00:22,244 --> 01:00:24,580 is that how you homewreckers live with yourselves? 782 01:00:28,167 --> 01:00:29,460 - I've done nothing. 783 01:02:17,818 --> 01:02:19,236 You comin' home? 784 01:02:19,653 --> 01:02:20,779 - Later. 785 01:02:22,531 --> 01:02:24,199 - Thought this place fell down. 786 01:02:26,285 --> 01:02:27,953 Only a part of it. 787 01:02:39,423 --> 01:02:40,591 - It's you. 788 01:02:43,218 --> 01:02:46,013 It's your name on it. 789 01:02:54,521 --> 01:02:56,398 Clarice, I'm absolutely done here. 790 01:02:57,524 --> 01:02:59,610 - Well, buck up. - Who's the boss of who? 791 01:02:59,735 --> 01:03:03,906 Uh, Colley, this is my sister Dot. 792 01:03:04,823 --> 01:03:06,492 - Nice to meet you, Dot. - You too. 793 01:03:07,701 --> 01:03:08,702 I'll see you later. 794 01:03:11,163 --> 01:03:12,331 Goodnight. 795 01:03:22,966 --> 01:03:24,009 - I need help. 796 01:03:26,678 --> 01:03:28,305 I need paintresses. 797 01:03:29,640 --> 01:03:31,975 - All right. All right. 798 01:03:44,822 --> 01:03:46,031 - Mr. Shorter. 799 01:04:03,674 --> 01:04:04,675 Colley. 800 01:04:08,387 --> 01:04:13,433 Oh. 801 01:04:35,289 --> 01:04:37,040 Oh. 802 01:04:37,541 --> 01:04:39,334 - My apologies. - Oh. 803 01:04:51,430 --> 01:04:52,598 - I'll leave you to it. 804 01:04:52,681 --> 01:04:55,225 Yes. Betty, Gladys. 805 01:04:55,309 --> 01:04:57,019 Ladies, thank you so much for coming. 806 01:04:58,270 --> 01:04:59,855 What's he doing here? 807 01:05:06,486 --> 01:05:07,571 - Right. 808 01:05:07,654 --> 01:05:10,782 Well, we've got work to do. 809 01:05:13,452 --> 01:05:16,914 Look, see, thick strokes. 810 01:05:17,789 --> 01:05:19,541 - No, thicker. - You'll see me brush mark. 811 01:05:19,625 --> 01:05:21,043 I want to see your brush marks. 812 01:05:21,126 --> 01:05:23,170 - You're messin'? - Well, you're free to go back 813 01:05:23,253 --> 01:05:24,755 to painting rosebuds next door. 814 01:05:27,174 --> 01:05:29,009 Betty's got it. 815 01:05:29,968 --> 01:05:31,678 Look, you're still not getting it. 816 01:05:32,054 --> 01:05:34,264 Look, sweep. See? 817 01:05:34,681 --> 01:05:35,807 Bold. 818 01:05:38,310 --> 01:05:40,020 We will prevail, ladies. 819 01:05:41,271 --> 01:05:42,856 Thick brush marks. 820 01:05:43,231 --> 01:05:45,859 We need thicker strokes and color. 821 01:06:11,093 --> 01:06:12,469 - So many colours. 822 01:06:16,431 --> 01:06:18,308 Just touch this one, please. 823 01:06:31,446 --> 01:06:32,572 - Mm. 824 01:06:35,158 --> 01:06:36,618 - I like it green. 825 01:06:37,995 --> 01:06:39,121 Oh. 826 01:06:56,722 --> 01:06:58,056 Do it. 827 01:07:01,309 --> 01:07:02,352 - Are you sure? 828 01:07:02,436 --> 01:07:03,603 Nope. 829 01:07:29,588 --> 01:07:31,757 - Okay, it's not finished, I still need to... 830 01:07:33,759 --> 01:07:35,052 - I love it. 831 01:07:36,136 --> 01:07:37,345 Thank you. 832 01:07:40,098 --> 01:07:42,642 - It's too early for breakfast, so I've made... 833 01:07:44,269 --> 01:07:45,604 Oh, my good Lord. 834 01:07:47,773 --> 01:07:49,566 Your beautiful hair. 835 01:07:51,485 --> 01:07:52,486 Dorothy! 836 01:07:52,569 --> 01:07:54,279 - She made me do it. - No, I didn't. 837 01:07:54,362 --> 01:07:56,948 You look like summat from t'workhouse. 838 01:07:57,991 --> 01:07:58,992 - Bye. 839 01:07:59,242 --> 01:08:00,827 - Go show 'em what you're made of. 840 01:08:01,203 --> 01:08:02,996 - And put a hat on! 841 01:08:14,800 --> 01:08:17,135 - Now, the displays. - Are you happy? 842 01:08:17,803 --> 01:08:18,970 Happy. 843 01:08:26,937 --> 01:08:28,063 - Exactly what he said. 844 01:08:28,146 --> 01:08:29,689 "I think it's because I have three legs." 845 01:08:29,815 --> 01:08:32,901 I've never understood what he meant. 846 01:08:33,485 --> 01:08:34,820 Oh, I do love that. 847 01:08:36,822 --> 01:08:40,033 Ah, there she is. Oh, oh, nearly went. 848 01:08:45,747 --> 01:08:47,040 Oh, come on. 849 01:08:47,833 --> 01:08:49,543 - I can't dance. - Neither can I. 850 01:08:49,626 --> 01:08:53,004 Two left feet. Always have. ? 851 01:08:53,797 --> 01:08:54,673 See? 852 01:08:56,883 --> 01:08:58,135 Ooh. 853 01:08:58,510 --> 01:08:59,970 - Oh! One. 854 01:09:01,471 --> 01:09:03,056 - I told ya. 855 01:09:06,351 --> 01:09:07,769 - They're very good. 856 01:09:07,936 --> 01:09:10,272 Tell you what, I know a rather wonderful little French restaurant 857 01:09:10,355 --> 01:09:12,691 just off Piccadilly or we can go to the Criterion 858 01:09:12,774 --> 01:09:15,026 or we can go to Savoy, the choice is yours. 859 01:09:16,987 --> 01:09:18,321 - I have an idea. 860 01:09:18,697 --> 01:09:19,990 - I like ideas. 861 01:09:22,659 --> 01:09:24,286 Well, I'm far too hungry to wait. 862 01:09:24,369 --> 01:09:25,829 I'm far too old to catch up. 863 01:09:25,912 --> 01:09:27,122 - Hurry up. - All right, hold on. 864 01:09:27,622 --> 01:09:28,874 Over here, mate 865 01:09:28,999 --> 01:09:30,375 - Over here. Give... 866 01:09:32,210 --> 01:09:34,421 That's going to be you, later on. 867 01:09:35,088 --> 01:09:36,631 - Hey, shall we sit? - Yes. 868 01:09:36,965 --> 01:09:37,841 - All right. 869 01:09:41,636 --> 01:09:43,013 Well, you start by opening it. 870 01:09:43,138 --> 01:09:45,098 - Mm-hm. All right. 871 01:09:50,854 --> 01:09:53,481 I'm starving. 872 01:09:55,567 --> 01:09:56,610 Mm. 873 01:09:56,818 --> 01:09:59,487 Mm. Really good. 874 01:10:01,406 --> 01:10:02,782 Mm. Really good. 875 01:10:03,033 --> 01:10:04,326 - Mm. Mm. 876 01:10:09,831 --> 01:10:12,459 You can't cope with a working man's food, can you? 877 01:10:13,251 --> 01:10:14,336 Hey, you should have asked them 878 01:10:14,419 --> 01:10:16,046 to wrap your chips in The Telegraph. 879 01:10:18,673 --> 01:10:20,842 - Don't mock me, I've never done this before. 880 01:10:21,426 --> 01:10:22,510 - You've never lived. 881 01:10:24,095 --> 01:10:25,430 - I started too late. 882 01:10:28,808 --> 01:10:30,185 - Hey, better late than never. 883 01:10:31,144 --> 01:10:32,145 - Hmm. 884 01:10:58,672 --> 01:11:01,800 - Fred, the sugar bowl, it's too near the table edge. 885 01:11:09,432 --> 01:11:11,184 - They're coming. - They're coming? 886 01:11:11,268 --> 01:11:12,978 It's not set up right. 887 01:11:13,311 --> 01:11:14,562 - No, no, no, no, no, no. 888 01:11:14,646 --> 01:11:16,022 Leave it. Get ready. 889 01:11:16,773 --> 01:11:18,608 - Why did you change it? - It's all right. 890 01:11:21,319 --> 01:11:22,487 - All right. 891 01:11:23,822 --> 01:11:26,950 Sorry about that, I, look, Guy, I'm afraid, insisted. 892 01:11:27,325 --> 01:11:28,743 Good morning, gentleman. 893 01:11:29,911 --> 01:11:32,414 - How are you? Been a long time. 894 01:11:32,497 --> 01:11:34,749 - Good to see you. I heard your mother had a fall. 895 01:11:34,833 --> 01:11:36,001 Is she well? 896 01:11:36,710 --> 01:11:38,211 I want to show you something very special. 897 01:11:38,461 --> 01:11:40,797 This is the design that's called Bizarre. 898 01:11:41,506 --> 01:11:44,175 It's by our lady designer, Clarice Cliff. 899 01:11:44,426 --> 01:11:48,263 We are trying to blow everyone out of the water with our colour. 900 01:11:48,388 --> 01:11:49,848 - Interesting technique. 901 01:11:50,515 --> 01:11:52,225 - Do come back later and speak to me. 902 01:11:57,314 --> 01:11:59,733 - I wanna show you something. - It's a new design. 903 01:12:01,026 --> 01:12:02,110 - Female designer. - Well you have 904 01:12:02,193 --> 01:12:03,778 a subtle difference. - Yes, well. 905 01:12:03,862 --> 01:12:04,779 Female designer. 906 01:12:07,240 --> 01:12:09,451 - Well, it's not for everyone, I understand. Thank you. 907 01:12:09,743 --> 01:12:11,077 And we stand by that. 908 01:12:11,202 --> 01:12:12,787 - Being modern, as you know, 909 01:12:12,871 --> 01:12:14,831 we've always been forward looking. 910 01:12:15,915 --> 01:12:17,667 What do you think? - It's interesting. 911 01:12:17,834 --> 01:12:19,669 Maybe it's not for everyone, but we, we... 912 01:12:19,753 --> 01:12:20,837 Interesting. 913 01:12:28,636 --> 01:12:31,598 - Hi. What's this? 914 01:12:32,390 --> 01:12:33,725 - It's Bizarre. 915 01:12:34,476 --> 01:12:35,643 - Test pieces? 916 01:12:36,770 --> 01:12:39,147 - It's a bright and cheerful burst of joy 917 01:12:39,230 --> 01:12:40,523 for the modern woman. 918 01:12:40,607 --> 01:12:42,650 - And what you say is bright and cheerful 919 01:12:42,734 --> 01:12:46,321 could also be described as cheap and tasteless. 920 01:12:46,571 --> 01:12:48,823 - A bit of color brings a smile. 921 01:12:48,907 --> 01:12:51,451 - You'll find a modern woman has a more refined taste. 922 01:12:51,659 --> 01:12:53,995 What they want are pieces to invest in, 923 01:12:54,204 --> 01:12:56,664 heirlooms to pass on to her own children. 924 01:12:56,748 --> 01:13:00,043 What she wants is the reassurance of the best quality 925 01:13:00,377 --> 01:13:03,171 and classic design. 926 01:13:03,463 --> 01:13:07,050 - The modern woman is forward-looking. 927 01:13:07,759 --> 01:13:09,344 Not backward-looking. 928 01:13:13,014 --> 01:13:14,349 - A modern woman, my dear 929 01:13:16,059 --> 01:13:17,852 will not want tat. 930 01:13:22,440 --> 01:13:25,110 - Many's the time I had my ideas pushed back. 931 01:13:25,193 --> 01:13:28,446 Clarice, the trick is to know when to keep going 932 01:13:29,280 --> 01:13:31,866 but also to know when to stop. 933 01:14:09,320 --> 01:14:11,072 - Clarice, I'm so sorry. 934 01:14:13,783 --> 01:14:17,954 - I thought I had something that people would want, 935 01:14:18,037 --> 01:14:21,082 but I, I don't, do I? 936 01:14:21,166 --> 01:14:23,543 I don't have anything that these people want. 937 01:14:25,211 --> 01:14:27,797 - I really love Bizarre, Cliff. 938 01:14:32,760 --> 01:14:34,262 It's too late now, anyway. 939 01:14:35,263 --> 01:14:37,098 - You better go back inside. 940 01:15:10,298 --> 01:15:12,050 - I saw them and I smiled, didn't I, Elsie? 941 01:15:12,342 --> 01:15:15,011 - Yes, you did. - And they make you smile. 942 01:15:16,346 --> 01:15:18,389 - Oh, I'll bet it's pricey. 943 01:15:19,432 --> 01:15:20,517 Yeah. 944 01:15:30,109 --> 01:15:31,152 - Here. 945 01:15:32,654 --> 01:15:33,738 Take it. 946 01:15:36,157 --> 01:15:37,492 - Thank you. - Here you go. 947 01:15:57,971 --> 01:15:59,138 Oh. 948 01:16:01,683 --> 01:16:02,892 - Welcome back. 949 01:16:04,018 --> 01:16:06,062 I made you a coconut cake. 950 01:16:06,604 --> 01:16:07,647 How'd it go? 951 01:16:10,608 --> 01:16:14,153 - They said, uh, they said Bizarre made them smile. 952 01:16:14,529 --> 01:16:16,030 - Course they did. 953 01:16:16,948 --> 01:16:17,907 - Here. 954 01:16:18,074 --> 01:16:19,534 - Is this it? - Mm. 955 01:16:25,331 --> 01:16:30,086 Oh. That's a bit of sunshine, ain't it? 956 01:16:30,336 --> 01:16:31,504 Oh, good Lord. 957 01:16:32,463 --> 01:16:35,592 "Bizarre by Clarice Cliff." 958 01:16:41,848 --> 01:16:43,016 - You never gave up. 959 01:16:43,933 --> 01:16:46,144 You knew what you wanted and you did it. 960 01:16:47,061 --> 01:16:48,229 - Well, so can you. 961 01:16:49,480 --> 01:16:53,359 Eh, you should, uh, you should do your dressmaking. 962 01:16:53,610 --> 01:16:54,736 Hmm. 963 01:16:57,155 --> 01:16:59,365 I'm going to bed. - Night. 964 01:17:07,498 --> 01:17:09,250 - She wanted to stay up to see you. 965 01:17:10,001 --> 01:17:11,502 We were that jittery, weren't we? 966 01:17:11,586 --> 01:17:12,712 Yeah. 967 01:17:24,057 --> 01:17:28,645 - It sold nowt, Mum. I didn't want to upset Dot. 968 01:17:28,728 --> 01:17:30,730 Oh, duck. 969 01:17:36,361 --> 01:17:37,403 What next? 970 01:17:39,947 --> 01:17:41,282 - Beg for my job. 971 01:17:41,699 --> 01:17:43,910 I mean, we can't all three be without work. 972 01:17:44,952 --> 01:17:46,287 - Can you not go elsewhere? 973 01:17:47,330 --> 01:17:49,415 - No-one's hiring. Besides... 974 01:17:50,541 --> 01:17:53,378 they all saw me fail. They're not gonna take me on. 975 01:17:59,092 --> 01:18:02,553 Clarice, it's not all on your shoulders. 976 01:18:05,223 --> 01:18:07,225 - My name's on the pieces. 977 01:18:10,561 --> 01:18:11,729 It is on my shoulders. 978 01:18:25,785 --> 01:18:27,036 Where's Colley? 979 01:18:29,288 --> 01:18:30,456 - He won't be in. 980 01:18:31,624 --> 01:18:33,334 - Do you know when he'll be back? 981 01:18:34,919 --> 01:18:36,003 - Sit down. 982 01:18:39,173 --> 01:18:41,259 - Mr. Shorter- - Sit. 983 01:18:48,224 --> 01:18:49,559 Please don't sack me. 984 01:18:50,518 --> 01:18:52,478 My sister's- - You're not losing your job. 985 01:18:53,813 --> 01:18:56,315 You're back on a paintress wage. Back on Toby jugs. 986 01:18:56,399 --> 01:18:57,859 And my god, that's being more than fair. 987 01:18:57,942 --> 01:18:59,235 The only reason you've still got a job 988 01:18:59,318 --> 01:19:02,071 is that I promised my damn fool brother I wouldn't sack you. 989 01:19:03,448 --> 01:19:04,615 - Where is he? 990 01:19:06,409 --> 01:19:07,952 - Hear this, Miss Cliff. 991 01:19:08,661 --> 01:19:10,830 After I've spoken to you, go straight to the Newport Factory 992 01:19:10,913 --> 01:19:12,206 and go sack your paintresses. 993 01:19:12,290 --> 01:19:15,293 And if they ask you why, you'll say it's because of you 994 01:19:15,585 --> 01:19:18,045 and your damned Bizarre ware ruining the trade fair. 995 01:19:18,129 --> 01:19:21,549 We've never had so few orders. We are on a knife-edge! 996 01:19:21,632 --> 01:19:22,675 - Uh, yeah. 997 01:19:22,759 --> 01:19:25,511 Mr. Shorter, can my girls not go back to Wilkinson's? 998 01:19:25,595 --> 01:19:27,221 - No. - They're hard workers! 999 01:19:27,305 --> 01:19:29,098 - We can't afford them. 1000 01:19:32,268 --> 01:19:35,062 You have harmed our factory 1001 01:19:35,980 --> 01:19:39,275 and you have harmed our family. 1002 01:19:41,402 --> 01:19:43,488 We should have sacked you when we caught you stealing. 1003 01:20:22,109 --> 01:20:23,820 - Knowing when to stop. 1004 01:21:38,185 --> 01:21:39,854 I've got to ask for two days off. 1005 01:21:40,438 --> 01:21:41,939 My sister's goin' in to hospital. 1006 01:21:42,189 --> 01:21:43,983 - I'll let Mr. Guy know. 1007 01:21:46,736 --> 01:21:49,071 - I did want to ask Guy about stock. 1008 01:21:50,615 --> 01:21:52,033 That the brights have run out. 1009 01:21:52,116 --> 01:21:55,703 - Mr. Guy wants us to cut costs. So they'll not restock. 1010 01:21:56,078 --> 01:21:59,040 You'll have to change your color ways to the cheaper enamels. 1011 01:22:03,252 --> 01:22:05,212 Then let him go. 1012 01:22:06,464 --> 01:22:08,257 I bill him too much. 1013 01:22:09,884 --> 01:22:11,719 - Vera, was, um, 1014 01:22:12,762 --> 01:22:15,389 was Colley made to step down after the trade fair? 1015 01:22:15,932 --> 01:22:17,892 - Well, I thought Mr. Colley might have told ya. 1016 01:22:18,893 --> 01:22:20,311 - Uh, told me what? 1017 01:22:20,394 --> 01:22:23,230 - Please put together a list of names. - Please, we are on our knees. 1018 01:22:23,731 --> 01:22:25,316 We have to let people go. 1019 01:22:26,484 --> 01:22:28,152 - Mr. Colley has cancer. 1020 01:22:29,362 --> 01:22:31,072 They decided to delay the treatment 1021 01:22:31,155 --> 01:22:32,698 till after the trade fair. 1022 01:22:33,324 --> 01:22:36,786 Doctors urged him not to, but you know how he is. 1023 01:22:37,620 --> 01:22:39,664 He wanted to do right by the factory. 1024 01:22:39,747 --> 01:22:42,416 - Firing people. - They have families, children. 1025 01:22:42,959 --> 01:22:45,586 Many of these people have been with us two generations. 1026 01:22:46,337 --> 01:22:49,507 They knew our fathers too. But we have to wind it down 1027 01:22:50,299 --> 01:22:51,676 by at least 50%. 1028 01:22:52,885 --> 01:22:54,178 Now, we are done. 1029 01:22:54,762 --> 01:22:55,763 Finished. 1030 01:23:22,331 --> 01:23:25,001 - It's been too long. Go and ask. 1031 01:23:25,876 --> 01:23:29,255 - Sit down. I'll, I'll get us some tea. 1032 01:23:43,728 --> 01:23:44,895 Excuse me. 1033 01:23:46,981 --> 01:23:49,692 We've been waiting so long. My sister- 1034 01:23:49,859 --> 01:23:51,318 - Clarice. This way. 1035 01:23:56,407 --> 01:23:59,243 Mrs. Cliff, please, take a seat. 1036 01:24:01,996 --> 01:24:04,081 - Uh- - Where is she then? 1037 01:24:05,541 --> 01:24:07,918 - I'm very sorry, Dorothy has passed away. 1038 01:24:10,713 --> 01:24:13,841 We believe she must have had an undiagnosed heart problem. 1039 01:24:13,924 --> 01:24:15,843 Her heart were broken. 1040 01:24:21,265 --> 01:24:23,350 We were there in that corridor, 1041 01:24:23,642 --> 01:24:24,602 while... 1042 01:24:26,353 --> 01:24:27,855 while she was alone. 1043 01:24:49,919 --> 01:24:52,004 - Can't believe she's wearing green. 1044 01:25:06,644 --> 01:25:11,107 - "I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me." 1045 01:26:23,220 --> 01:26:25,931 - I'll collect Dot's things from the factory tomorrow. 1046 01:26:40,779 --> 01:26:42,072 - What'll you do now then? 1047 01:26:49,538 --> 01:26:52,791 You'll find a way. 1048 01:26:58,964 --> 01:27:00,674 What does that Mr. Shorter think? 1049 01:27:02,176 --> 01:27:04,595 - I haven't seen him since the trade fair. 1050 01:27:12,311 --> 01:27:13,562 He's got cancer. 1051 01:27:15,814 --> 01:27:16,857 - Oh. 1052 01:27:18,359 --> 01:27:20,110 - And I don't know if he's alive. 1053 01:27:21,570 --> 01:27:23,614 Or dead or dying and I... 1054 01:27:24,406 --> 01:27:27,618 He didn't even tell me he was ill. 1055 01:27:28,827 --> 01:27:30,412 I mean not that he had to. 1056 01:27:33,749 --> 01:27:34,833 - Were you... 1057 01:27:36,919 --> 01:27:38,170 Were you and he... 1058 01:27:40,798 --> 01:27:42,007 - Did Dot never say? 1059 01:27:43,384 --> 01:27:44,260 Huh. 1060 01:27:47,596 --> 01:27:49,598 He was the only man who liked Bizarre. 1061 01:27:52,518 --> 01:27:54,061 No-one else liked it. 1062 01:28:32,558 --> 01:28:35,019 - We're sorry. About Dot. 1063 01:28:35,519 --> 01:28:36,812 - She were that lovely. 1064 01:28:38,314 --> 01:28:40,691 Thank you. 1065 01:28:45,904 --> 01:28:48,032 You're painting with drabs, too. 1066 01:28:48,115 --> 01:28:49,575 - There's no brights. 1067 01:28:50,367 --> 01:28:53,162 - My Archie, he does the books. 1068 01:28:53,704 --> 01:28:55,789 He said there's six months left in the place. 1069 01:28:55,998 --> 01:28:57,207 They're running it down. 1070 01:28:59,460 --> 01:29:01,712 - Do you ever buy any of the stuff we make here? 1071 01:29:01,795 --> 01:29:03,672 - It's hideous. - God, no. 1072 01:29:04,340 --> 01:29:05,507 - Me nana buys it. 1073 01:29:06,759 --> 01:29:08,635 - I liked what you were doin'. 1074 01:29:08,719 --> 01:29:11,138 Over next door. - It was so cheerful. 1075 01:29:11,221 --> 01:29:12,473 - Wee bit of fun. 1076 01:29:18,687 --> 01:29:20,147 - If I get some cake in, 1077 01:29:22,775 --> 01:29:25,694 would you come to the Newport factory tomorrow lunchtime 1078 01:29:26,195 --> 01:29:29,031 and just talk to me about what you buy and how you buy it? 1079 01:29:29,406 --> 01:29:31,492 - If there's cake, I'm there. 1080 01:29:35,996 --> 01:29:38,040 - Oh, no. I'd never buy a green. 1081 01:29:41,210 --> 01:29:43,003 - I saw this display once. 1082 01:29:43,087 --> 01:29:44,880 There was all these plates piled together, 1083 01:29:44,963 --> 01:29:46,632 they must have been glued or summat. 1084 01:29:46,715 --> 01:29:48,717 It was like a tower. I couldn't keep my eyes off it. 1085 01:29:49,093 --> 01:29:50,427 - Mind you, there's only so much 1086 01:29:50,511 --> 01:29:51,929 you can do with plates and bowls. 1087 01:29:52,012 --> 01:29:53,889 - I'm sure we could do something. 1088 01:29:54,014 --> 01:29:56,225 - Well, like what? - We could make an animal, 1089 01:29:56,308 --> 01:29:58,852 an horse, and it could have a big terrine as its body. 1090 01:29:58,936 --> 01:30:01,313 - Sugar bowl snout. - And then little candlesticks 1091 01:30:01,397 --> 01:30:03,190 for legs. - Cups for ears. 1092 01:30:03,273 --> 01:30:05,150 - And a little salt shaker for his tail. 1093 01:30:07,194 --> 01:30:09,029 - That would make me stop in a shop. 1094 01:30:09,113 --> 01:30:10,364 - It would when it all fell over. 1095 01:30:10,447 --> 01:30:13,158 - Glue it. Wire the plates together. 1096 01:30:14,451 --> 01:30:16,412 - This would be good. - That will be good. 1097 01:30:16,495 --> 01:30:18,455 There's some good ideas comin' out of this one. 1098 01:30:19,623 --> 01:30:21,250 - It looks great. 1099 01:30:22,626 --> 01:30:25,129 - Where else do you shop from? - Makeup demonstrations. 1100 01:30:25,212 --> 01:30:27,423 A woman at the counter ready to take your money, 1101 01:30:27,506 --> 01:30:29,341 make a girl look like she's in the movies. 1102 01:30:33,262 --> 01:30:34,263 - Clarice. 1103 01:30:39,059 --> 01:30:40,894 I just went to the fancy butchers. 1104 01:30:40,978 --> 01:30:43,981 Awful gossip he is. He knows everything about everyone. 1105 01:30:44,064 --> 01:30:46,191 Anyway, he was telling me about Mr. Colley Shorter 1106 01:30:46,275 --> 01:30:47,401 of all the people. 1107 01:30:49,194 --> 01:30:50,696 And he's all right, Clarice. 1108 01:30:52,239 --> 01:30:56,243 Apparently, he's lost his spirit. 1109 01:30:57,578 --> 01:30:59,079 That's what they're saying, anyway. 1110 01:31:00,706 --> 01:31:02,249 Had to buy the best beef for that. 1111 01:31:02,332 --> 01:31:04,543 - You going in there askin' about Mr. Shorter, 1112 01:31:04,626 --> 01:31:06,128 people are gonna talk. 1113 01:31:06,712 --> 01:31:08,755 - Sirloin steak tonight. 1114 01:31:38,160 --> 01:31:40,954 We don't buy door to door. Get on with ya. 1115 01:31:41,288 --> 01:31:42,664 - I'm from Wilkinson's. 1116 01:31:43,665 --> 01:31:45,626 I'm here to see Colley Shorter. 1117 01:31:46,960 --> 01:31:48,045 It's urgent. 1118 01:32:30,754 --> 01:32:31,880 - Cliff. 1119 01:32:33,966 --> 01:32:35,008 Oh, god. 1120 01:32:36,218 --> 01:32:37,719 What the hell are you doing here? 1121 01:32:37,844 --> 01:32:39,513 - I wanted to see you. 1122 01:32:40,597 --> 01:32:42,849 - You should've, you should have warned me. 1123 01:32:48,772 --> 01:32:50,524 Ah, it is good to see you. 1124 01:32:52,818 --> 01:32:53,819 - And you. 1125 01:32:58,031 --> 01:32:59,449 I hear you're on the mend. 1126 01:33:00,909 --> 01:33:02,035 - Bloody cancer. 1127 01:33:03,912 --> 01:33:05,956 I'd not bother with it if I were you. 1128 01:33:08,625 --> 01:33:09,918 Look, Cliff, 1129 01:33:11,920 --> 01:33:13,088 I just, 1130 01:33:16,967 --> 01:33:19,678 I couldn't, uh, tell you. 1131 01:33:21,346 --> 01:33:22,764 I tried, I did. 1132 01:33:27,769 --> 01:33:28,812 - And will you be back? 1133 01:33:29,354 --> 01:33:31,023 - Oh, yes, I'm sure they're all anxious 1134 01:33:31,106 --> 01:33:34,109 to have me back at the factory. 1135 01:33:34,443 --> 01:33:36,486 - Well, I want you back. 1136 01:33:37,738 --> 01:33:38,780 - Bless you. 1137 01:33:42,159 --> 01:33:43,910 - I know how we can sell Bizarre. 1138 01:33:50,083 --> 01:33:52,753 - And there I was thinking that you came here because of me. 1139 01:33:54,421 --> 01:33:56,590 - I am here because of you. - Hmm. 1140 01:33:57,257 --> 01:33:59,760 I know how much you believe in being bold. 1141 01:34:00,844 --> 01:34:02,012 Doing something new. 1142 01:34:02,512 --> 01:34:05,599 - You want my help in pushing Bizarre? Is that it? 1143 01:34:06,308 --> 01:34:07,601 Hmm? - Yes. 1144 01:34:08,685 --> 01:34:09,686 - No. 1145 01:34:10,854 --> 01:34:13,231 Cliff, no, no. Bizarre is dead. 1146 01:34:18,945 --> 01:34:20,405 - What's wrong with you? 1147 01:34:20,489 --> 01:34:22,157 - What's wr-wrong with me? 1148 01:34:22,240 --> 01:34:24,618 What, do you mean apart from the obvious? 1149 01:34:24,701 --> 01:34:25,744 - Oh, I didn't mean that. 1150 01:34:25,827 --> 01:34:27,746 - I know what you meant. I know what you meant. 1151 01:34:29,039 --> 01:34:30,791 Well, let's see, shall we, 1152 01:34:31,500 --> 01:34:33,669 I've taken the family business and thrown it all away. 1153 01:34:33,752 --> 01:34:35,962 I've caused a kiln to collapse. 1154 01:34:36,630 --> 01:34:39,091 A man will likely never recover from his burns. 1155 01:34:40,425 --> 01:34:43,136 That enough? Do you require more from me? 1156 01:34:43,804 --> 01:34:46,932 - We took risks. Together. 1157 01:34:47,599 --> 01:34:49,184 And we, we failed, yes. 1158 01:34:49,267 --> 01:34:51,728 But then we try again. - At what costs? 1159 01:34:53,230 --> 01:34:55,190 - What cost if we do nothing? 1160 01:34:55,565 --> 01:34:56,942 I won't give up. 1161 01:34:57,734 --> 01:34:59,319 - Cliff, nobody wants Bizarre. 1162 01:34:59,736 --> 01:35:01,488 - But Bizarre isn't the problem, 1163 01:35:01,571 --> 01:35:02,906 it's the way that we sold it. 1164 01:35:02,989 --> 01:35:05,242 - Oh, you come to my home and presume to tell me 1165 01:35:05,325 --> 01:35:06,785 you know my business better than me? 1166 01:35:06,868 --> 01:35:09,162 - I know your business differently to you. 1167 01:35:14,876 --> 01:35:16,586 What, what did Gordon Forsythe say. 1168 01:35:16,712 --> 01:35:20,882 "Where The Potteries leads, others follow." 1169 01:35:21,591 --> 01:35:24,511 How do we lead if we're not first off the block? 1170 01:35:25,053 --> 01:35:27,597 Taking risks, doing something different! 1171 01:35:27,681 --> 01:35:29,391 - And what price have I paid for that? 1172 01:35:33,145 --> 01:35:36,022 Please just get it into your head now is not the time. 1173 01:35:39,151 --> 01:35:40,527 - What do you mean? 1174 01:35:40,610 --> 01:35:41,653 You're wrong. 1175 01:35:42,738 --> 01:35:44,072 Now is the only time. 1176 01:35:46,575 --> 01:35:49,911 And you know what, I'm, I'm going to Monday's board meeting, 1177 01:35:51,079 --> 01:35:52,831 because I still believe in Bizarre. 1178 01:35:54,249 --> 01:35:55,667 - Good. - Good! 1179 01:35:55,751 --> 01:35:56,626 - Good! - Good! 1180 01:35:56,710 --> 01:35:57,711 - Good! 1181 01:35:58,086 --> 01:35:59,921 - What happened to Colley Shorter? 1182 01:36:00,297 --> 01:36:02,716 Hmm? Where did he go? 1183 01:36:15,812 --> 01:36:17,063 - You've got a bloody nerve. 1184 01:36:17,147 --> 01:36:20,275 - Gladys, I have a plan to get your job back. 1185 01:36:20,358 --> 01:36:22,152 I just, I need you and Betty to- 1186 01:36:46,384 --> 01:36:51,097 Look, the men are all liars at the trade fair. 1187 01:36:51,932 --> 01:36:53,099 They didn't like Bizarre. 1188 01:36:54,392 --> 01:36:56,102 But we both know that women do. 1189 01:36:57,521 --> 01:37:02,859 So, how do we sell this directly to women? 1190 01:37:05,529 --> 01:37:08,740 I need as many of us as we can to come up with ideas 1191 01:37:08,824 --> 01:37:10,951 and convince the men. 1192 01:37:11,743 --> 01:37:13,537 If you come back, the others will, too. 1193 01:37:18,542 --> 01:37:20,168 - Do you always have a cup on ya? 1194 01:37:20,794 --> 01:37:23,046 Yes. 1195 01:37:24,422 --> 01:37:25,757 You two will have to tell me 1196 01:37:25,841 --> 01:37:27,592 if I've got too much of this makeup. 1197 01:37:27,676 --> 01:37:30,136 Yeah, you got, Peggy, you've got to keep an eye. 1198 01:37:30,470 --> 01:37:32,305 I'm not, the makeup is fine. 1199 01:37:32,389 --> 01:37:34,599 Please, god, I'm not a makeup lady. 1200 01:37:36,309 --> 01:37:38,645 Which one of you two is next in line? 1201 01:37:40,188 --> 01:37:42,440 That'll be great. 1202 01:37:47,612 --> 01:37:49,030 - You look beautiful. 1203 01:37:49,114 --> 01:37:51,241 If it works for lipstick, it'll work for tea cups. 1204 01:38:00,333 --> 01:38:03,545 - Get it up. Up, up. - Hang on. 1205 01:38:04,087 --> 01:38:05,839 - Oh, oh! - Oh, come on! 1206 01:38:06,673 --> 01:38:07,757 - All right. 1207 01:38:07,841 --> 01:38:11,845 Make way for Bizooka! 1208 01:38:12,012 --> 01:38:13,471 - Are you sure? Okay. 1209 01:38:14,014 --> 01:38:15,724 Well, you're doing a great job. 1210 01:38:16,433 --> 01:38:19,019 Make way for Bizooka! 1211 01:38:19,477 --> 01:38:22,147 What, you never seen a giraffe on a walk before, lad? 1212 01:38:24,107 --> 01:38:25,859 - Okay, Bizarre girls. 1213 01:38:32,282 --> 01:38:33,617 - Okay. 1214 01:38:35,535 --> 01:38:37,746 Yes, that's it. 1215 01:38:43,919 --> 01:38:44,920 Okay. 1216 01:38:46,922 --> 01:38:48,465 Ready? - No. 1217 01:38:50,717 --> 01:38:53,762 - Nothing we can do, Fred, it's not good enough. 1218 01:38:55,180 --> 01:38:56,097 Get the hell out! 1219 01:38:56,222 --> 01:38:58,892 - Hey, hey, hey, let's not forget ourselves. 1220 01:38:58,975 --> 01:39:00,268 - You deal with it. - Jack. 1221 01:39:02,687 --> 01:39:04,314 It's all right, sit down. Sit down. 1222 01:39:04,397 --> 01:39:06,107 - No, I don't think so, ladies. 1223 01:39:06,191 --> 01:39:08,193 Now is not the time or the place. 1224 01:39:08,360 --> 01:39:09,819 - What the bloody hell is that? 1225 01:39:11,237 --> 01:39:13,281 - What in God's name. - Well, someone didn't know 1226 01:39:13,365 --> 01:39:14,449 when to stop. 1227 01:39:25,669 --> 01:39:26,920 - Show them. 1228 01:39:34,344 --> 01:39:35,553 - Mr. Colley. 1229 01:39:36,596 --> 01:39:38,556 - Morning, everyone. - What is this? 1230 01:39:39,849 --> 01:39:43,269 - Pretend I'm not here. - So just, uh, carry on, Guy. 1231 01:39:43,353 --> 01:39:46,022 Will somebody tell me what the bloody hell is going on here? 1232 01:39:49,025 --> 01:39:52,737 - Products aimed at women are sold directly to women. 1233 01:39:53,029 --> 01:39:54,114 Not to men. 1234 01:39:54,531 --> 01:39:56,741 I bet you don't buy lipstick, Fred? 1235 01:39:57,325 --> 01:40:00,328 - Me? Well, no, not often. 1236 01:40:00,870 --> 01:40:02,539 - Oh, but there's people making a lot 1237 01:40:02,622 --> 01:40:03,873 of money out of lipstick. 1238 01:40:05,000 --> 01:40:09,379 And you don't buy these magazines, John. 1239 01:40:09,838 --> 01:40:12,465 - Me, me wife does. Masses of 'em. 1240 01:40:12,841 --> 01:40:15,427 - Well, Bizarre- - Not Bizarre. 1241 01:40:15,635 --> 01:40:16,761 - Hear me out. 1242 01:40:17,220 --> 01:40:19,222 Bizarre doesn't appeal to men. 1243 01:40:19,305 --> 01:40:20,390 - That much is clear. 1244 01:40:20,473 --> 01:40:24,394 - Well, neither do these things here, but these things sell. 1245 01:40:26,354 --> 01:40:27,439 And so can Bizarre. 1246 01:40:28,648 --> 01:40:30,692 Because most of the women we know like it. 1247 01:40:31,151 --> 01:40:32,152 - We love it. 1248 01:40:32,736 --> 01:40:36,406 - If we sell Bizarre directly to women, 1249 01:40:36,614 --> 01:40:39,242 we'd be doing what other industries have done for years 1250 01:40:39,325 --> 01:40:40,368 with these things here, 1251 01:40:40,660 --> 01:40:43,079 but we'd be leading the way in The Potteries. 1252 01:40:44,289 --> 01:40:46,499 No trade fairs, no adverts in a gazette, 1253 01:40:46,583 --> 01:40:49,711 no salesmen dealing with shop men. 1254 01:40:52,464 --> 01:40:53,590 - Go on. 1255 01:40:54,591 --> 01:40:56,009 - Yes, go on, Miss Cliff. 1256 01:40:57,093 --> 01:40:59,679 Please, how do we reach women? 1257 01:41:01,097 --> 01:41:03,850 - Right, uh-huh. - That's right, well. 1258 01:41:03,933 --> 01:41:06,478 - Yes. - Sit down, positions. 1259 01:41:06,728 --> 01:41:08,480 - You all look marvelous. - Right. 1260 01:41:08,772 --> 01:41:09,689 Are we ready? 1261 01:41:09,773 --> 01:41:11,816 - Yes, yes. - Beautiful! 1262 01:41:13,443 --> 01:41:14,611 All right. 1263 01:41:17,363 --> 01:41:20,742 - Clarice, are you ready? - Yes. Yes. 1264 01:41:21,910 --> 01:41:23,286 All right. - We're ready then. 1265 01:41:24,162 --> 01:41:25,538 Ready, Bizarre girls? 1266 01:41:25,622 --> 01:41:27,040 - Yes! - Ready. 1267 01:41:27,248 --> 01:41:28,583 - All right. - You got that. 1268 01:41:28,666 --> 01:41:31,044 - Smile. - Ready! Here we go! 1269 01:41:37,842 --> 01:41:40,261 - I didn't expect that. - Oh. 1270 01:41:40,762 --> 01:41:42,013 Okay. 1271 01:41:42,972 --> 01:41:45,183 - Don't worry, they'll come. They'll come. 1272 01:41:45,308 --> 01:41:47,227 - We need women. - Just you wait. 1273 01:41:47,894 --> 01:41:50,105 - Well, let, let's get painting, shall we? 1274 01:41:50,980 --> 01:41:53,358 - Yeah. - All right. Yeah, right. 1275 01:41:56,903 --> 01:41:58,154 And they shall follow. 1276 01:41:58,238 --> 01:42:00,865 They, they will come. - Get them in. 1277 01:42:01,616 --> 01:42:03,493 There's some women over there. 1278 01:42:03,868 --> 01:42:06,037 Well, look who... oh. 1279 01:42:06,121 --> 01:42:07,122 - Oh, yeah. 1280 01:42:07,205 --> 01:42:08,706 Show that lady there! 1281 01:42:08,790 --> 01:42:10,416 - Oh, they're coming. - They're coming. 1282 01:42:11,376 --> 01:42:12,418 I think they do. 1283 01:42:12,502 --> 01:42:14,254 There are quite a few of them, isn't there? 1284 01:42:19,134 --> 01:42:20,885 - Do you think they like it? - I think they do. 1285 01:42:21,052 --> 01:42:22,387 Would be silly not to. 1286 01:42:27,016 --> 01:42:28,768 They really are coming in. 1287 01:42:33,481 --> 01:42:35,191 We are getting a photograph. All right. 1288 01:42:37,152 --> 01:42:38,653 Hi. 1289 01:42:40,613 --> 01:42:44,117 - "The famous young pottery artist, Miss Cliff, 1290 01:42:44,576 --> 01:42:48,288 is the quin, quintessential woman about town." 1291 01:42:49,372 --> 01:42:53,626 Says here you live in London and have a dog called Chichi. 1292 01:42:55,044 --> 01:42:58,715 - It says here I'm 20 and regularly enjoy Paris. 1293 01:43:00,383 --> 01:43:02,844 - I don't know about this woman here, 1294 01:43:02,927 --> 01:43:07,557 but the Clarice Cliff I know sets her own path. 1295 01:43:12,061 --> 01:43:13,313 More tea? 1296 01:43:19,819 --> 01:43:21,571 All right, we do have it. 1297 01:43:22,238 --> 01:43:23,323 - Thank you. 1298 01:43:24,574 --> 01:43:25,658 Thanks. 1299 01:43:28,036 --> 01:43:29,454 Is that really the sea? 1300 01:43:30,413 --> 01:43:31,581 - This one. - Right. 1301 01:43:31,664 --> 01:43:33,750 No, I don't, I don't fancy... 1302 01:43:33,833 --> 01:43:35,168 Are you done with that one. 1303 01:43:36,461 --> 01:43:37,962 Oh, yeah, I'll do it. 1304 01:43:53,645 --> 01:43:54,729 - Where is she? 1305 01:43:56,189 --> 01:43:58,441 Hey! - Getting changed. 1306 01:44:00,276 --> 01:44:01,778 - You haven't signed the contract? 1307 01:44:02,111 --> 01:44:03,029 - No. 1308 01:44:03,112 --> 01:44:04,948 - Oh, for God's sake. Why not? 1309 01:44:05,615 --> 01:44:07,659 We've never had so many orders, you're now art director, 1310 01:44:07,742 --> 01:44:09,410 your paintresses had their pay rise, 1311 01:44:09,494 --> 01:44:10,620 what's the problem, Cliff? 1312 01:44:10,703 --> 01:44:13,498 Have you had other offers? If so, from who? 1313 01:44:14,249 --> 01:44:16,417 - Oh. - Give me some time, please. 1314 01:44:16,501 --> 01:44:18,419 Ooh. 1315 01:44:18,503 --> 01:44:19,921 - Well, I don't have long. 1316 01:44:20,338 --> 01:44:22,715 Guy's taking Fred and I to the industry dinner tonight. 1317 01:44:22,799 --> 01:44:25,051 Herbert's waiting outside. It'll be quicker. 1318 01:44:25,426 --> 01:44:26,678 - Come on, we're late. 1319 01:44:29,138 --> 01:44:30,932 My wife bought a crocus set last week, 1320 01:44:31,015 --> 01:44:32,100 I nearly choked on my tea 1321 01:44:32,183 --> 01:44:34,811 when I saw what I was drinking from. 1322 01:44:35,520 --> 01:44:37,313 How'd you get that line? 1323 01:44:37,730 --> 01:44:39,399 - Well, I'll have to teach you. 1324 01:44:39,524 --> 01:44:40,650 I have to tell you, Fred, 1325 01:44:40,733 --> 01:44:42,944 it's taken me many years to get to where I am. 1326 01:44:43,653 --> 01:44:46,572 - Fred, I need Miss Cliff for five minutes. 1327 01:44:46,990 --> 01:44:48,324 - Right. I'll see you later. 1328 01:44:51,327 --> 01:44:52,787 - I heard the Palace got in touch. 1329 01:44:53,496 --> 01:44:55,039 Queen Mary wants a set of them. 1330 01:44:55,790 --> 01:44:57,041 - Bizarre. 1331 01:44:57,333 --> 01:44:59,002 - Oh, do we have to go to the industry dinner? 1332 01:44:59,085 --> 01:45:00,670 - Goodnight, ladies. - I mean, they hate Bizarre 1333 01:45:00,753 --> 01:45:02,046 and they hate us. - This way. 1334 01:45:02,755 --> 01:45:04,590 They'll hate us even more if we're late. 1335 01:45:04,674 --> 01:45:06,134 - Come on, it's important. 1336 01:45:06,676 --> 01:45:08,136 Don't be a stick-in-the-mud. 1337 01:45:09,262 --> 01:45:10,930 Now I hate to keep going on like this, Cliff. 1338 01:45:11,014 --> 01:45:13,141 This contract, is three years too long? 1339 01:45:13,558 --> 01:45:14,726 - Only three years? 1340 01:45:15,059 --> 01:45:16,811 - Well, how long can you give? 1341 01:45:16,894 --> 01:45:18,229 - Well, how long do you want? 1342 01:45:18,313 --> 01:45:21,649 - Well, I, I, I never want you to leave. 1343 01:45:24,569 --> 01:45:25,486 Ever. 1344 01:45:26,487 --> 01:45:29,240 If I'm honest. 1345 01:45:35,830 --> 01:45:36,873 - Well, then. 1346 01:45:38,666 --> 01:45:41,878 Let's say five. 1347 01:45:44,589 --> 01:45:45,715 Take it from there. 1348 01:45:56,559 --> 01:45:58,269 What? What's this? 1349 01:45:58,895 --> 01:46:00,313 - Come on. - What? 1350 01:46:00,396 --> 01:46:02,357 A different kind of industry dinner. 1351 01:46:04,233 --> 01:46:07,904 "Daily Mail" or "Telegraph"? 1352 01:46:16,079 --> 01:46:17,830 - Thank you. - My pleasure. 1353 01:46:18,164 --> 01:46:19,332 - I've been thinking. 1354 01:46:20,291 --> 01:46:21,250 - Go on. 1355 01:46:22,251 --> 01:46:24,462 - I say we ditch the tired old shapes. 1356 01:46:24,670 --> 01:46:25,963 We stop playing it safe. 1357 01:46:26,255 --> 01:46:29,425 And we experiment with entirely new forms. 1358 01:46:29,509 --> 01:46:31,427 - Hmm. - Square plates. 1359 01:46:32,387 --> 01:46:34,389 Uh, uh, rectangles. 1360 01:46:35,139 --> 01:46:36,432 Angular cups. 1361 01:46:36,891 --> 01:46:38,601 Triangular handles. 1362 01:46:38,684 --> 01:46:41,020 Candlesticks, cone on cone. - Mm-hm. 1363 01:46:41,104 --> 01:46:43,064 - We could do flat-sided teapots. 1364 01:46:51,114 --> 01:46:53,658 Sun burst. Sun ray. 1365 01:46:54,992 --> 01:46:57,703 - What about factory smoke? - Stop it. 1366 01:46:58,246 --> 01:46:59,747 Fantastique! 1367 01:47:07,046 --> 01:47:09,507 The girls had quite a pleasant sort 1368 01:47:09,590 --> 01:47:12,009 of painting room, I can remember that. 1369 01:47:12,135 --> 01:47:16,639 It was good, real good. All the girls enjoyed it. 1370 01:47:16,931 --> 01:47:20,768 And we all were one team and we used to have some fun. 1371 01:47:23,312 --> 01:47:25,565 She made me appreciate color. 1372 01:47:25,648 --> 01:47:27,024 I've wondered about it since, 1373 01:47:27,108 --> 01:47:30,528 how she was able to think of such ideas, 1374 01:47:30,611 --> 01:47:33,156 but she did, didn't she? 1375 01:47:35,616 --> 01:47:38,369 And I did admire the girls that worked there 1376 01:47:38,453 --> 01:47:40,079 because they were so clever. 1377 01:47:40,163 --> 01:47:41,747 We had to sit in the window 1378 01:47:41,831 --> 01:47:44,250 with white overalls and a large collar. 1379 01:47:44,333 --> 01:47:47,128 A large spotted bow, like an artist, 1380 01:47:47,211 --> 01:47:49,464 and we just sat there painting away. 1381 01:47:51,549 --> 01:47:54,677 She brought so much light into it and life 1382 01:47:55,136 --> 01:47:56,596 the pottery trade, I think. 1383 01:47:56,679 --> 01:47:58,931 Her contribution to the A J Wilkinson factory was, 1384 01:47:59,015 --> 01:48:01,601 I think, er, a certain flair. 1385 01:48:02,935 --> 01:48:04,604 Her success was off the charts. 1386 01:48:04,687 --> 01:48:06,147 I mean, over her career 1387 01:48:06,230 --> 01:48:09,901 she sold more than eight and a half million pieces of pottery. 1388 01:48:11,235 --> 01:48:12,820 He thought the world of Clarice 1389 01:48:12,904 --> 01:48:15,239 Colley Shorter did. They were very close. 1390 01:48:15,740 --> 01:48:17,533 Us paintresses would never speak 1391 01:48:17,617 --> 01:48:19,911 of it directly, but secrets. 1392 01:48:20,161 --> 01:48:21,787 The two houses on the hill, 1393 01:48:22,038 --> 01:48:24,832 the collection really was about Clarice and Colley. 1394 01:48:26,042 --> 01:48:27,835 He was in another world. 1395 01:48:27,919 --> 01:48:31,255 A world different from a row of terraced houses 1396 01:48:31,339 --> 01:48:33,758 where she was born and brought up. 1397 01:48:33,841 --> 01:48:34,967 This was something different. 1398 01:48:35,051 --> 01:48:36,844 It was a fairy story, wasn't it? 1399 01:48:40,389 --> 01:48:43,476 We knew she'd been seeing him then.