1 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:12,460 From the long, long night to the ocean breeze, to the damp and to the rain of 2 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:13,460 London City. 3 00:00:16,219 --> 00:00:20,740 We come from the sun to live in the call. I'm in the rum, I want my coconut 4 00:00:20,740 --> 00:00:21,740 tree. 5 00:00:23,860 --> 00:00:25,140 Don't touch my soccer. 6 00:00:27,660 --> 00:00:29,120 The party's over. 7 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:36,300 Let's keep the music sweet. Wind up your waist and feel me. 8 00:00:47,370 --> 00:00:49,590 Oh, come on, pork pie. Why don't you give it a go? 9 00:00:49,810 --> 00:00:53,150 You might find a facet of your personality you never knew existed. 10 00:00:53,610 --> 00:00:55,270 I know all about my facets. 11 00:00:55,510 --> 00:00:56,510 Thank you very much. 12 00:00:56,930 --> 00:00:58,870 Every week is some newfangled idea. 13 00:00:59,190 --> 00:01:02,190 Now you're telling us just by reading somebody's writing you could tell 14 00:01:02,190 --> 00:01:03,330 something about their personality. 15 00:01:03,770 --> 00:01:05,850 Last time it was about body language. 16 00:01:06,070 --> 00:01:07,110 Ah, that's true, Desmond. 17 00:01:07,350 --> 00:01:11,770 Even the way someone thinks can tell you a lot about a person's inner workings. 18 00:01:11,870 --> 00:01:15,410 My inner workings are private, and there's nothing wrong with my 19 00:01:15,570 --> 00:01:16,570 Tell him, Desmond. 20 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:17,679 That's true. 21 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,920 Papa's always been a devotee of the three R's. What? 22 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:23,140 Reading, writing and arithmetic? 23 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:24,860 No, no, no. Rum racing and rum. 24 00:01:27,380 --> 00:01:28,380 So go on then, Matt. 25 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:29,920 What's the make of that then? 26 00:01:30,220 --> 00:01:31,960 Tony, you got nothing better to do? 27 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,000 No. 28 00:01:35,860 --> 00:01:40,280 At first glance, Tony, it seems that you are an impulsive and highly creative 29 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:45,600 person. These large circles above your eyes... to a very outgoing personality. 30 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,520 Those are these large ones below my eyes, Matt. 31 00:01:49,780 --> 00:01:51,060 Right, Matt, do your worst, mate. 32 00:01:51,460 --> 00:01:52,460 Hello, Dad. 33 00:01:52,540 --> 00:01:53,940 Matthew, Uncle Paul. Hi, Tony. 34 00:01:54,260 --> 00:01:55,260 Hi, Sean. 35 00:01:55,500 --> 00:01:56,960 All right, check this out, right? 36 00:01:57,180 --> 00:02:00,100 Matthew's going to tell me all about my personality just from looking at my 37 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:02,200 handwriting. Why don't you just look under your bed? 38 00:02:03,980 --> 00:02:06,040 Sean Ambrose is well -dread. 39 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:07,320 What, it says that in that book? 40 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:08,900 No, it's what he wrote down. 41 00:02:10,889 --> 00:02:15,450 I can tell from Sean's writing that he's a highly intelligent individual with 42 00:02:15,450 --> 00:02:19,690 deep, sensual undertones which are denoted by these big loops. 43 00:02:20,090 --> 00:02:22,350 Oi, should I be a model or what, eh? 44 00:02:24,230 --> 00:02:25,230 Or what? 45 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:27,510 Oi, Lee, have you got big loops? 46 00:02:28,270 --> 00:02:30,030 Well, I've never had any complaints, Gloria. 47 00:02:31,590 --> 00:02:35,690 Here, this. Did you put out an APB on Shirley? Cos I've just seen her and 48 00:02:35,690 --> 00:02:38,730 Beverly dashing up the high street like they was going for the world record. 49 00:02:38,990 --> 00:02:40,110 I mean, it went past me. 50 00:02:40,540 --> 00:02:41,540 And I was in the motor. 51 00:02:41,940 --> 00:02:45,760 Well, you can't blame her. She's probably trying to escape from Beverly. 52 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,640 I would outrun Linford Christie just to get away from that woman. 53 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,800 But I hope she hasn't invited her back here. 54 00:02:51,020 --> 00:02:55,000 You know, I don't allow gossip in the shop. Yeah, quite right too, Desmond. 55 00:02:56,100 --> 00:03:01,420 I hear that Beverly was at that lounge the other day and she spoke for half an 56 00:03:01,420 --> 00:03:05,480 hour without drawing a breath. And she came in with that young man from the 57 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:10,140 station. No, you don't mean that youngster who went... He, he, he... 58 00:03:13,519 --> 00:03:16,300 Best you come upstairs and have a cup of tea. Come in. 59 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,720 What on earth is going on? I'm going to get to the bottom of this. 60 00:03:25,580 --> 00:03:27,340 It can't be. You're dead. 61 00:03:27,700 --> 00:03:28,700 Good afternoon. 62 00:03:31,340 --> 00:03:32,820 Won't leave much to the imagination. 63 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:34,440 Do you want a bet? 64 00:03:34,570 --> 00:03:37,510 When Alex sees me in this, his imagination's going to run riot. 65 00:03:37,970 --> 00:03:40,750 It's the same way your mum and dad will if they catch you wearing it. 66 00:03:42,090 --> 00:03:44,050 Shirley! Knock off your doctor! 67 00:03:44,690 --> 00:03:48,310 I think she saw the dress, Glor. Look, Beverly just calmed down. 68 00:03:48,710 --> 00:03:51,410 Gloria, put the kettle on. Beverly's had a bit of a shock. 69 00:03:51,650 --> 00:03:55,670 Yeah, she looks like she's seen a ghost. We have a devil ghost. 70 00:03:56,910 --> 00:03:58,650 It's a small rum, Shirley. 71 00:03:59,250 --> 00:04:01,170 Purely for medicinal purposes, you understand. 72 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:09,340 I haven't really seen a ghost, have you? As large as life. No, not a ghost, just 73 00:04:09,340 --> 00:04:10,299 a man. 74 00:04:10,300 --> 00:04:14,260 A man we haven't seen for more than 30 years. 75 00:04:14,780 --> 00:04:17,380 Joseph Toussaint. Montpellier. 76 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,000 Better known as... Calypso? 77 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:23,280 I wonder if I may speak with Shirley Plachette. 78 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,400 Shirley Ambrose. 79 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,000 She's not here at the moment. I'm Desmond Ambrose, her husband. 80 00:04:34,350 --> 00:04:36,150 You used to be in that jazz band. 81 00:04:36,670 --> 00:04:37,870 What were they called? 82 00:04:38,210 --> 00:04:40,490 The Georgetown Steamers. 83 00:04:41,730 --> 00:04:43,510 With that odd little man. 84 00:04:43,850 --> 00:04:44,950 What was his name? 85 00:04:45,670 --> 00:04:46,670 Top Hat. 86 00:04:46,790 --> 00:04:50,830 It was the Georgetown Dreamers. And it's Popeye, not Top Hat. 87 00:04:51,770 --> 00:04:54,330 I'm sorry. It's been a long time. 88 00:04:54,830 --> 00:04:55,890 Not long enough. 89 00:04:56,230 --> 00:04:58,710 Tell Shirley I'll come in to see her tomorrow at three. 90 00:04:59,010 --> 00:05:02,570 There's something I'd like to speak to her about. A private matter. 91 00:05:04,219 --> 00:05:05,219 Goodbye, gentlemen. 92 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:15,180 Jules! Who's that, then? Yeah, and what do you want with Mum? 93 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,780 He has the bearing of a man of great importance. 94 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:19,500 Bit of a flashy dresser and all. 95 00:05:19,980 --> 00:05:21,020 Pops, what's going on? 96 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,240 Calypso. 97 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,780 He's come to be a mother after all these years. 98 00:05:26,100 --> 00:05:27,100 Who's Calypso? 99 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:28,439 Who's that? 100 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:33,120 Every year, Calypso would come to the masquerade in Guyana, singing his love 101 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:34,780 song. Telling his story. 102 00:05:35,460 --> 00:05:37,460 Romancing everything in a skirt. 103 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:42,260 That devil could charm the birds out of the trees. 104 00:05:42,780 --> 00:05:48,020 It's a bit of a Casanova, eh? No, your father was a bit of a Casanova. No, 105 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:53,220 Calypso was something entirely different. He only had to sing. 106 00:05:53,620 --> 00:05:59,300 And any girl he wanted was his. Oh, a bit like Julio Iglesias. 107 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:03,280 Speak for yourself, love. 108 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:10,460 Nine months after Calypso's visit, there'd be a population explosion. 109 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,780 That man was a walking baby boom. 110 00:06:16,580 --> 00:06:19,960 Desmond used to call him the Pied Piper of Passion. 111 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:24,000 Till one year, he set his sights on Shirley. 112 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,560 I couldn't tell you what Desmond called him then. 113 00:06:29,230 --> 00:06:33,030 He had a voice like warm honey and molten lava. 114 00:06:33,470 --> 00:06:37,590 His guitar sounded like angels plucking their harps. 115 00:06:37,950 --> 00:06:38,950 Devils, more like. 116 00:06:39,430 --> 00:06:40,770 What's all this got to do with Mum? 117 00:06:41,250 --> 00:06:43,890 Look, I'd better go upstairs and check on Shirley and Beverly. 118 00:06:44,530 --> 00:06:45,530 Oh, I see. 119 00:06:45,810 --> 00:06:47,170 We'll look after things down here. 120 00:06:49,170 --> 00:06:50,170 Right, 121 00:06:50,510 --> 00:06:54,350 Popeye. You give us the full SP on this calypso geezer. 122 00:06:54,950 --> 00:06:55,950 All right. 123 00:06:56,110 --> 00:06:57,110 One year. 124 00:06:57,550 --> 00:07:00,290 Calypso saw a pretty young girl that he hadn't seen before. 125 00:07:00,790 --> 00:07:03,230 A beautiful, warm, and friendly girl. 126 00:07:03,930 --> 00:07:05,270 The preacher's daughter. 127 00:07:05,830 --> 00:07:07,090 Ah, you mean Mum? 128 00:07:07,590 --> 00:07:11,450 Yes, she had started to come to dances to hear your father and me play. 129 00:07:11,790 --> 00:07:16,730 That's surely all right. Warm, beautiful, intelligent, and friendly. 130 00:07:16,730 --> 00:07:18,270 very poor taste in music. 131 00:07:21,430 --> 00:07:24,770 Then came the time for the masquerade, the carnival. 132 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,360 A small boat appeared on the horizon. 133 00:07:29,740 --> 00:07:33,200 Calypso had come to weave his musical web again. 134 00:07:34,580 --> 00:07:35,800 I've gone okay, simply. 135 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:42,240 Calypso had made up in his mind that before the masquerade was over, surely 136 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:43,240 would be his prize. 137 00:07:43,700 --> 00:07:44,880 So what was it to be, then, eh? 138 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,060 Pistols at dawn for him and dead, yeah? 139 00:07:47,380 --> 00:07:49,200 Calypso's weapons were his songs. 140 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:52,120 Women were defenceless against them. 141 00:07:52,540 --> 00:07:55,380 And I suppose all Desmond had was his trumpet. 142 00:08:00,340 --> 00:08:04,420 Yeah, but surely Mum wasn't having any of this, man. Calypso's powers over 143 00:08:04,420 --> 00:08:06,640 verged on the supernatural, Sean. 144 00:08:07,260 --> 00:08:08,540 It was like magic. 145 00:08:08,820 --> 00:08:11,720 And I expect you had a similar magical effect. 146 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:16,640 Well... You only had to say hello to a girl, and hey, presto, she disappears. 147 00:08:24,010 --> 00:08:26,570 Your mother brushed him off, but Calypso didn't give up that easily. 148 00:08:27,010 --> 00:08:29,190 He had a reputation to live up to. 149 00:08:29,430 --> 00:08:30,369 Yeah, he's difficult. 150 00:08:30,370 --> 00:08:31,370 I know. 151 00:08:31,570 --> 00:08:36,130 If ever a girl resisted him, Calypso would simply write a song just for her. 152 00:08:36,510 --> 00:08:38,150 He never failed, ever. 153 00:08:38,990 --> 00:08:40,470 Did he ever write one for Mum? 154 00:08:41,970 --> 00:08:47,470 One moonlight night, Calypso set sail to play on one of the islands. 155 00:08:48,490 --> 00:08:51,570 He asked Shirley to go with him. Shirley refused. 156 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,560 She said she was going to stand by Desmond. 157 00:08:55,400 --> 00:09:00,380 Calypso was furious and swore that when he returned, he would have written his 158 00:09:00,380 --> 00:09:02,920 most passionate love song. 159 00:09:03,660 --> 00:09:04,900 Just for Shirley. 160 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:07,520 Steamy or what, eh? 161 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:13,500 He sailed away on the night tide and would never be in again. 162 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,640 Mills and Boone, eat your heart out. 163 00:09:17,740 --> 00:09:19,720 What happened, Mrs Ambrose? 164 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:25,640 Well... His guitar was washed up on some remote shore a month later, but there 165 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,260 was no sign of Calypso. 166 00:09:28,460 --> 00:09:29,460 Until now. 167 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:32,020 You just gave us a visit. 168 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,020 If you don't mind, I'd like to have a word with my wife. 169 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:37,300 Alone. Come on, Beverly. 170 00:09:37,560 --> 00:09:40,940 I think I should stay here and give Shirley my support. 171 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:04,860 He's come for you after all this time. 172 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:07,720 Your Caribbean Casanovas. 173 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,360 Pied piper of passion. 174 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,740 Well, if you think he's just gonna stroll in here and strum a few chords of 175 00:10:16,740 --> 00:10:20,400 dusty old love song and glide out here with my wife, he got another thing 176 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,320 coming. You got me bag packed already? 177 00:10:23,940 --> 00:10:25,320 How you know what he wanted? 178 00:10:25,620 --> 00:10:27,780 He asked for you personally, so he didn't want a haircut. 179 00:10:30,460 --> 00:10:32,820 So he coming back tomorrow afternoon at three o 'clock. 180 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:44,000 22 hours of our marriage. 181 00:10:45,820 --> 00:10:47,160 Come on, Desmond. 182 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:49,840 Look. 183 00:10:50,220 --> 00:10:53,540 You see, in the old days, people had to make their own entertainment. 184 00:10:54,740 --> 00:10:59,120 Calypsonians would come with their love songs, telling their stories and gossip 185 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:00,120 from all over. 186 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,400 Oh, and I guess, like, rap music's the music of the streets. I suppose 187 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:04,400 the music of the island, yeah? 188 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,420 Well, what about this Joseph Toussaint Montpelier, then? Was he really that 189 00:11:08,660 --> 00:11:09,660 Who knows? 190 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,840 You take a balmy night and the moonlight shining on the bay. 191 00:11:17,140 --> 00:11:20,440 Check it. The air tick with the scent of jasmine and honeysuckle. 192 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:26,660 And a sprinkling of young couples in love. 193 00:11:27,180 --> 00:11:30,620 Well, who knows, eh? On an act like that, even a George Pandreamer could 194 00:11:30,620 --> 00:11:31,620 good, eh? 195 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:36,040 I can't believe it. Clip sounds weird and wonderful powers are just part of 196 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:37,560 lore. No, it is all true. 197 00:11:37,940 --> 00:11:39,280 I have poor sound knowledge. 198 00:11:43,370 --> 00:11:46,010 Well, there was this girl, Yvette Xavier. 199 00:11:46,410 --> 00:11:47,490 Yeah, I remember her. 200 00:11:47,950 --> 00:11:51,370 Boys used to flock to her like bees wrung the honeypot. 201 00:11:51,930 --> 00:11:56,210 A tall, statuesque girl from a very good family. 202 00:11:56,790 --> 00:11:58,530 She'd have nothing to do with the local boys. 203 00:11:58,930 --> 00:11:59,930 You, you mean? 204 00:12:01,330 --> 00:12:02,430 What happened? 205 00:12:02,790 --> 00:12:07,510 Calypso. She was a very strong girl and she resisted his advances. Yeah, well, 206 00:12:07,550 --> 00:12:10,270 good for her. But Calypso wasn't a man to be put off that easily. 207 00:12:10,910 --> 00:12:16,910 One night, He stole into her garden and stood beneath her bedroom window and he 208 00:12:16,910 --> 00:12:17,910 sang his song. 209 00:12:18,010 --> 00:12:20,030 Ah, one he'd written just for her, right? 210 00:12:20,410 --> 00:12:21,570 Yeah, so what happened next? 211 00:12:21,890 --> 00:12:22,890 Twins. 212 00:12:24,290 --> 00:12:27,910 That was just idle gossip. 213 00:12:28,550 --> 00:12:32,150 And you, Dad, I suppose you were in the honeysuckle bush watching all this. 214 00:12:32,370 --> 00:12:32,909 No, no. 215 00:12:32,910 --> 00:12:33,910 Pork pie was. 216 00:12:34,470 --> 00:12:35,470 Well, 217 00:12:36,730 --> 00:12:39,430 I'm going over to see if Beverly's feeling better. 218 00:12:39,870 --> 00:12:40,990 Yeah, well, we're clear, right, Mum? 219 00:12:48,379 --> 00:12:53,140 Well, children, I suppose this is the last meal we'll have together as a 220 00:12:53,900 --> 00:12:55,240 Oh, cheer up, Dad. 221 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,560 Look, Beverly said once Mum had gone, she'd come round and cook for us. 222 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,660 Thanks, Gloria. That's just what I wanted to hear. 223 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:05,980 Hey, Dad, why don't you write Mum a love song? 224 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:07,360 Eh? 225 00:13:11,950 --> 00:13:12,950 love song. 226 00:13:15,590 --> 00:13:16,590 Oh, don't be silly. 227 00:13:18,990 --> 00:13:22,090 Come on then, Dad. Let's hear it. Well, it's not quite ready yet. Come on, 228 00:13:22,090 --> 00:13:23,090 before Mum gets back. 229 00:13:23,170 --> 00:13:24,310 Well, it's just a word. Dad! 230 00:13:31,830 --> 00:13:34,270 Shirley, Shirley, you're my girlie. 231 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:50,280 guy to rest easy in his grave tonight. 232 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,960 If you're all so smart, why don't you do better? 233 00:13:54,420 --> 00:13:57,420 Yeah, well, as a matter of fact, we just might. Lee, give me a box, man. 234 00:14:01,220 --> 00:14:06,300 Something with laughter and something with tears. Surely after all we've been 235 00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:08,600 through, I'd just like to say that I still love you. 236 00:14:26,510 --> 00:14:27,590 Musical thing is gonna work. 237 00:14:28,010 --> 00:14:30,410 Tell me, Desmond, you haven't got anything yet here. 238 00:14:32,170 --> 00:14:36,630 I'll buy you a pair of, uh, a pair of purple gloves. 239 00:14:37,350 --> 00:14:40,010 Oh, Shirley, no, that can't be right. 240 00:14:40,230 --> 00:14:41,230 Okay, let's have a look. 241 00:14:41,730 --> 00:14:42,730 Huh? 242 00:14:43,690 --> 00:14:46,350 No wonder you wouldn't let me analyze your writing. 243 00:14:46,810 --> 00:14:48,370 I wrote it in a hurry. 244 00:14:48,670 --> 00:14:50,170 It looks as though you wrote it in the dark. 245 00:14:51,810 --> 00:14:56,200 Look, Desmond, what you need... It's a West African highlight. 246 00:14:57,540 --> 00:15:00,460 You see, we Africans know how to romance our women. 247 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:06,139 Oh, 248 00:15:06,140 --> 00:15:20,040 look, 249 00:15:20,180 --> 00:15:23,440 come on, Sean. Let's leave the crew cut crew and get on with it, eh? 250 00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:27,620 Deserting the sinking ship, are you? 251 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:29,800 Yeah. 252 00:15:31,620 --> 00:15:38,620 Gloria, what is that you almost got 253 00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:39,620 on? 254 00:15:41,180 --> 00:15:42,340 No, don't you like it? 255 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,120 I'd like it if there was twice as much of it. 256 00:15:46,020 --> 00:15:47,100 I'll pick you now. 257 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,580 So why did you buy such a small dress? 258 00:15:55,180 --> 00:15:56,180 Sit down, Gloria. 259 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:05,220 You know, today, they're all going on about how much someone's handwriting can 260 00:16:05,220 --> 00:16:06,220 say about a person. 261 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:10,200 Yes, but what do you think that dress is saying to all the men you pass in the 262 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:11,200 street? 263 00:16:11,660 --> 00:16:12,800 Pretty short conversation. 264 00:16:16,060 --> 00:16:21,180 You know, every generation thinks that they invented sex and all the rigmarole 265 00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:23,820 that goes with it. That's just fine by me. It's part of life. 266 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:25,280 It's part of growing up. 267 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:30,380 I know a lot has changed since I was your age, but some things will always 268 00:16:30,380 --> 00:16:31,440 remain the same. 269 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:36,120 And one day, you'll be talking to your daughter about the same things. 270 00:16:36,860 --> 00:16:41,160 She'll say you're being overprotective and that you just don't understand. 271 00:16:42,380 --> 00:16:44,060 But hopefully she'll listen. 272 00:16:45,460 --> 00:16:46,460 Okay, Mum. 273 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:52,240 Anyway, truth or dare, did you leave Clipso on? 274 00:16:54,740 --> 00:16:59,280 Every woman likes to be admired, Gloria. Young or old. 275 00:17:00,180 --> 00:17:05,220 We all send out signals, you know. But sometimes we really don't reckon with 276 00:17:05,220 --> 00:17:06,220 consequences. 277 00:17:07,099 --> 00:17:09,660 A smile that turns into a blush. 278 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,240 A glance held just too long. 279 00:17:14,020 --> 00:17:16,599 An accidental touch that lingers. 280 00:17:17,460 --> 00:17:19,260 And before you know it... 281 00:17:24,270 --> 00:17:25,390 Can't wait to meet him. 282 00:17:30,110 --> 00:17:35,830 Desmond Ambrose, if you look at your watch one more time... Oh, what time is 283 00:17:35,910 --> 00:17:39,970 It's a pipe of passion not here yet, then. No, no, no. I'm surprised you're 284 00:17:39,970 --> 00:17:40,970 selling tickets. 285 00:17:41,010 --> 00:17:42,590 Oh, why did I think of that? 286 00:17:43,130 --> 00:17:44,130 Go away. 287 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:45,730 Late lunch, Dad. 288 00:17:45,930 --> 00:17:49,310 Look, Des, we just wanted to be in your corner just in case there was any rough 289 00:17:49,310 --> 00:17:52,570 stuff, you know? Lee, nothing is going to happen. 290 00:17:53,370 --> 00:17:56,690 Typical men always wanted to flex their muscles. Yeah, except for the one that 291 00:17:56,690 --> 00:18:00,850 matters. Shirley, what matters is that we all support the Ambrose family and 292 00:18:00,850 --> 00:18:04,110 make sure that this man does not drive a wedge between Desmond and Shirley. I 293 00:18:04,110 --> 00:18:06,310 can't believe it, Matt. You actually make sense. 294 00:18:06,710 --> 00:18:08,130 He come in. He come in. 295 00:18:14,790 --> 00:18:16,290 Shirley. Les. 296 00:18:17,630 --> 00:18:18,810 You haven't. 297 00:18:19,150 --> 00:18:21,330 Ambrose. Shirley Ambrose. 298 00:18:21,710 --> 00:18:23,730 Arose by any... other name. 299 00:18:26,010 --> 00:18:31,310 Let me tell you something. This rose comes with thorns attached. 300 00:18:31,850 --> 00:18:38,850 You, you, Bluebeard. You, you. That is no way to behave. Now, please, let's 301 00:18:38,850 --> 00:18:39,850 our guest welcome. 302 00:18:39,910 --> 00:18:41,970 Oh, certainly, my dear. Ah, flowers. 303 00:18:42,330 --> 00:18:43,410 How delightful. 304 00:18:48,050 --> 00:18:51,690 I'm handling this. Let me take your hat. 305 00:18:55,470 --> 00:18:57,850 surely we must make our guests feel welcome. 306 00:18:58,110 --> 00:19:02,770 Never let it be said that the Ambrose family don't know how to extend the hand 307 00:19:02,770 --> 00:19:06,630 of friendship after all. It's not every day that you meet a legendary 308 00:19:06,630 --> 00:19:08,970 philanderer come to teeth your wife. 309 00:19:20,270 --> 00:19:23,230 It's been a long time since anyone called me that. 310 00:19:23,740 --> 00:19:26,260 is the Reverend Montpellier these days. 311 00:19:26,580 --> 00:19:28,000 So we see, please sit down. 312 00:19:28,580 --> 00:19:32,020 So, what's this story about you disappearing? 313 00:19:33,020 --> 00:19:39,840 Well, after I sailed from Guyana that night, I was caught 314 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:41,520 in a terrible storm. 315 00:19:41,980 --> 00:19:47,840 I capsized and drifted for three days, clinging on to my guitar. 316 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:50,320 Eventually... 317 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,960 I was picked up by a tramp steamer bound for Brazil. 318 00:19:55,220 --> 00:20:01,740 When I got there, I realised that God had spared this sinner for a reason. 319 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:07,720 I decided to dedicate the rest of my life to his good work and stayed on in 320 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,480 Brazil to work amongst the poor. 321 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,040 You'd have your work cut out for you in Pickham, then, wouldn't you? 322 00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:16,080 No, I'm here on a fundraising mission. 323 00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:22,220 And who better to introduce me to the community leaders than Shirley Ambrose, 324 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:26,620 daughter of one of the most respected preachers in Guyana. 325 00:20:27,020 --> 00:20:28,140 I'm flattered. 326 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:29,520 I'm flabbergasted. 327 00:20:31,900 --> 00:20:34,860 Shirley's father ran me out of town more than once. 328 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:36,240 A great man. 329 00:20:36,900 --> 00:20:39,820 And Desmond here wasn't doing too badly just now either. 330 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:42,910 I suppose he didn't know of your, um... New calling. 331 00:20:43,210 --> 00:20:45,570 Yes, yes, we're sorry, Reverend. 332 00:20:46,170 --> 00:20:49,670 Sometimes my husband's mouth works farther than his brain. 333 00:20:50,730 --> 00:20:51,750 Tea, perhaps? 334 00:20:52,250 --> 00:20:54,570 No, thank you, Shirley. Reverend Calypso? 335 00:20:54,790 --> 00:20:57,190 Yes? Do you remember that song that you wrote for Mum? 336 00:20:57,510 --> 00:20:58,369 Oh, yeah, no. 337 00:20:58,370 --> 00:20:59,970 You want to finish your old father up? 338 00:21:00,210 --> 00:21:03,830 I've never heard a real Calypso. 339 00:21:04,050 --> 00:21:05,490 Really? How great. 340 00:21:07,310 --> 00:21:11,710 Go on, show these youngsters what they've missed. Well, I remember a verse 341 00:21:11,710 --> 00:21:13,070 two. I'm not listening. 342 00:21:13,390 --> 00:21:14,390 I'm not listening. 343 00:21:16,690 --> 00:21:18,210 Give me a demon. 344 00:21:22,910 --> 00:21:27,770 I picked up my guitar shell and wrote you this song. 345 00:21:28,490 --> 00:21:32,950 It sounds like a ballad girl, but darling, you're wrong. 346 00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:37,920 It's an opus to you, Shirley, without a bandit's crew. 347 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,060 Whatever they're saying but me, Lord knows I'm not rude. 348 00:21:43,940 --> 00:21:48,460 You're the preacher's daughter, darling, we should find the altar. 349 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:53,600 But before we do that, come we go rung the back. 350 00:22:04,620 --> 00:22:10,920 When Ghana girls go strolling by Georgetown seawall, watch behind how 351 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,060 rolling, I just want to ball. 352 00:22:13,780 --> 00:22:17,960 You young and innocent surely, but it's not too soon. 353 00:22:18,660 --> 00:22:22,980 Two minutes with me, my darling, and I'll change your tune. 354 00:22:28,540 --> 00:22:32,140 But before we do that, come with me. 355 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:51,300 We should find the old town And before we do that Come we go round the back 356 00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:53,680 No, 357 00:22:55,540 --> 00:23:06,100 please. 358 00:23:07,180 --> 00:23:10,200 Applaud Shirley, my inspiration. 359 00:23:10,420 --> 00:23:11,420 Excuse me.