1 00:01:08,310 --> 00:01:11,230 So, you went up to no good with this Winters woman, have you? 2 00:01:11,510 --> 00:01:12,510 No. 3 00:01:13,310 --> 00:01:16,430 Well, at least I... Victoria, 4 00:01:17,630 --> 00:01:18,630 bed. 5 00:01:19,010 --> 00:01:21,190 But I want to hear what Charlie's been doing with the teacher. 6 00:01:21,590 --> 00:01:23,110 I'm going to count to three. One. 7 00:01:23,430 --> 00:01:26,610 How do you expect me to learn about life? Two. I have to go up to bed every 8 00:01:26,610 --> 00:01:28,190 something interesting happens. Three. Now, bed. 9 00:01:29,230 --> 00:01:30,230 One. Good. 10 00:01:31,850 --> 00:01:32,970 Go on, come on, hurry up. 11 00:01:43,070 --> 00:01:46,450 So, you're going to tell us why you think that Mariette walked out on you? 12 00:01:47,350 --> 00:01:52,090 Well, this person, Miss Winters... Carry on, Marion. 13 00:01:53,610 --> 00:01:56,850 If I hear one more peep out of you, there'll be trouble, understand? 14 00:01:59,810 --> 00:02:02,010 Carry on, Marion. 15 00:02:02,290 --> 00:02:03,430 That's a good name, isn't it? 16 00:02:03,650 --> 00:02:05,470 She chases after every man in sight. 17 00:02:06,490 --> 00:02:07,970 She runs a business on the side. 18 00:02:08,509 --> 00:02:10,590 No, no, no, no, no, no. Holiday trips. 19 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:13,440 She was having a problem with her income tax. 20 00:02:14,260 --> 00:02:16,000 Well, how did she find out about you? 21 00:02:17,780 --> 00:02:19,700 Well... From me. 22 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,240 You? 23 00:02:21,740 --> 00:02:25,320 Well, I knew Charlie was looking for freelance work to help buy this brewery. 24 00:02:25,660 --> 00:02:31,840 She said she needed an accountant, so... So, whilst you were going through her 25 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:36,480 figures with a fine tooth comb, Mariette came in just as you were getting to the 26 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:37,480 bottom line. 27 00:02:39,220 --> 00:02:41,080 I wouldn't put it quite like that, but... 28 00:02:42,359 --> 00:02:45,960 Yeah, sort of. She was lying on top of him in the middle of the hop garden. 29 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:47,840 On top? 30 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,900 Maybe it's not quite as bad as underneath, but still. 31 00:02:51,860 --> 00:02:53,500 Why did you go and see him in the first place? 32 00:02:53,940 --> 00:02:56,780 He said Charlie was helping her with her tax problems. 33 00:02:57,180 --> 00:02:58,980 Well, perhaps that's all there was to it. 34 00:02:59,860 --> 00:03:02,080 Tom, I saw her. She was kissing him. 35 00:03:02,300 --> 00:03:03,360 But was he kissing her? 36 00:03:07,340 --> 00:03:08,680 Come on, I'll give you a lift home. 37 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:10,840 I don't want to go home. 38 00:03:12,350 --> 00:03:13,870 You're going back to talk to Charlie. 39 00:03:14,410 --> 00:03:15,570 What's there to talk about? 40 00:03:16,370 --> 00:03:17,870 Well, you won't know until you start. 41 00:03:25,090 --> 00:03:28,150 I've never made any secret of the fact that I'm very fond of you, Mariette. 42 00:03:30,350 --> 00:03:31,910 But you've got a husband and a baby. 43 00:03:33,510 --> 00:03:35,130 And a problem that needs to be discussed. 44 00:03:37,950 --> 00:03:38,950 Now, come on. 45 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:14,800 I suppose that was Tom Sargent. 46 00:04:20,860 --> 00:04:23,100 I think I'd better sleep in here tonight. 47 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:28,160 Oh, suit yourself. 48 00:04:50,950 --> 00:04:52,830 And where did you think you were going? 49 00:04:53,050 --> 00:04:54,970 I thought I'd go out and pot something. 50 00:04:55,430 --> 00:04:57,110 What are you going to do about this? 51 00:04:58,510 --> 00:05:00,850 They made a laughing stock of you last night. 52 00:05:01,450 --> 00:05:05,750 What do you expect me to do, Frieda? I mean to say... You mean to say what? 53 00:05:06,550 --> 00:05:07,550 Don't leave. 54 00:05:07,790 --> 00:05:11,650 Luckily, everybody realised it was just a prank by those blasted Larkins. 55 00:05:12,590 --> 00:05:14,870 Still, it shows it's time we took the gloves off. 56 00:05:15,610 --> 00:05:18,290 Yes. I keep telling you to approach the brigadier. 57 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,120 He's very influential locally and he's utterly broke. 58 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:24,340 You must win him over. 59 00:05:25,380 --> 00:05:26,380 Right. 60 00:05:32,020 --> 00:05:36,340 Mr Larkin's here now. I'm sure you'll all be very interested in what he has to 61 00:05:36,340 --> 00:05:37,860 say. Hello. 62 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:39,300 Oh, 63 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,540 well done, Edie. You're a freak. 64 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:46,520 You done well gathering together a crowd like this. They're all longing to hear 65 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,360 what you've got to say. Simply longing. 66 00:05:48,820 --> 00:05:51,880 Yeah, well, let's give it a go then, Edie, shall we? 67 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:53,240 Let's give it a go. 68 00:05:54,500 --> 00:05:57,640 Mr Larkin will speak now. Perhaps you'd care to gather round. 69 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:00,760 Right. 70 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:07,840 Well, ladies and gentlefolk, you all know me 71 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:09,220 and I know you. 72 00:06:09,620 --> 00:06:10,920 Here, here. Thank you, madam. 73 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,820 What I'd like to do is I'd like to ask you a straight question. 74 00:06:16,420 --> 00:06:22,240 And that is, well, hands up all those people who want to see a dirty, great, 75 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,820 sand quarry right here, right on their front doorstep. Come on. How many of 76 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:27,540 Put your hands up, all those people who do. 77 00:06:28,940 --> 00:06:29,960 None of you. Good. 78 00:06:30,260 --> 00:06:31,260 Nor do I. 79 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,980 Now then, let's hear it from all those people who want to keep South Hill just 80 00:06:35,980 --> 00:06:38,860 as it is, an idyllic local beauty spot. 81 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:40,820 Let's hear it all those... That's it. 82 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:42,120 That's what we want to know. 83 00:07:01,070 --> 00:07:03,630 Get us a piece of cod and six pen of the chips, will you, Edith? 84 00:07:34,350 --> 00:07:35,350 Here we go. 85 00:07:37,550 --> 00:07:38,570 Great eggs, friend. 86 00:07:40,030 --> 00:07:41,830 Don't give me any of your lip. 87 00:07:42,670 --> 00:07:43,730 Get out of here. 88 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:46,170 I understood this to be common ground. 89 00:07:46,430 --> 00:07:47,910 Well, you understood wrong. 90 00:07:48,310 --> 00:07:50,270 Well, according to the local ordinance map. 91 00:07:51,090 --> 00:07:52,570 That sure is out of date. 92 00:07:54,210 --> 00:07:55,210 Printed last year. 93 00:07:56,550 --> 00:08:00,550 Look, are you going to sling your hook or are things going to get rough? 94 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:04,920 We don't want any rough stuff, friend. 95 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:09,400 If you can find a legal reason why we shouldn't be here, then show it. 96 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:11,800 Otherwise, leave us in peace. 97 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:22,260 You ain't heard the end of this! 98 00:09:12,650 --> 00:09:14,170 Looking everywhere for you. 99 00:09:14,410 --> 00:09:15,410 Hello. 100 00:09:16,050 --> 00:09:19,170 Look, I'm sorry if your wife got annoyed yesterday. 101 00:09:19,570 --> 00:09:20,570 Yes, well, I couldn't blame her. 102 00:09:21,110 --> 00:09:26,350 I hope you'll still do my tax return and we can continue to be friends. 103 00:09:27,290 --> 00:09:28,290 Friends, yes. 104 00:09:29,010 --> 00:09:31,170 Good. Hello, Charlie. 105 00:09:31,450 --> 00:09:32,349 Hello, Ma. 106 00:09:32,350 --> 00:09:36,650 I brought John Blenheim to see you. Here, say hello to Daddy. Hello, John 107 00:09:36,650 --> 00:09:39,170 Blenheim. Who's a good boy, then? 108 00:09:40,910 --> 00:09:41,910 Hello. 109 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:43,280 I know you, don't I? 110 00:09:43,860 --> 00:09:46,060 I've seen you at the school on Parents' Day. 111 00:09:46,620 --> 00:09:48,780 To teach my daughter Primrose Larkin. 112 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:50,580 Yes, that's right. 113 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:52,560 How do you do, Mrs Larkin? 114 00:09:55,560 --> 00:10:00,800 Well, you'll let me know if you need any other papers, won't you, Cedric? 115 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:02,600 Yes. 116 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:03,840 Cheerio. 117 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,600 Thanks, 118 00:10:09,660 --> 00:10:10,660 Ma. 119 00:10:11,580 --> 00:10:12,580 Just in time. 120 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:23,620 See those gypsies up back, eh, Harry? 121 00:10:26,540 --> 00:10:27,700 They've got a nerve, haven't they, eh? 122 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:29,440 Clamping on a common. 123 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:33,760 Right, not doing anyone any harm, are they? 124 00:10:38,980 --> 00:10:39,980 Oh, yes. 125 00:10:40,330 --> 00:10:42,270 You'd have them staying on your land then, would you? 126 00:10:42,650 --> 00:10:44,670 If they want to come, they'd be welcome. 127 00:10:45,590 --> 00:10:47,450 Yeah, kids are lovely. 128 00:10:48,150 --> 00:10:49,290 Chirp your sparrows. 129 00:10:50,930 --> 00:10:51,930 Bunch of little thieves. 130 00:10:52,950 --> 00:10:55,050 You've no reason to say that. 131 00:10:56,130 --> 00:10:58,470 As it happens, I get on very well with the gypsies. 132 00:10:58,970 --> 00:11:00,910 Another reason not to vote for you. 133 00:11:01,410 --> 00:11:03,610 Well, it's a free country, isn't it? You don't have to. 134 00:11:03,830 --> 00:11:04,990 Ladies and gentlemen, please. 135 00:11:05,570 --> 00:11:07,110 We're supposed to be playing whist. 136 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,100 This is neither the time nor the place for barrack room politics. 137 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:16,400 Mr Larkin will be speaking at the next parish council meeting and everyone will 138 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,480 have an opportunity to ask him questions then. 139 00:11:19,380 --> 00:11:21,680 Now, I'm playing clubs. 140 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:31,360 Sorry, folks. 141 00:11:32,140 --> 00:11:33,140 I've got to go. 142 00:12:05,710 --> 00:12:06,710 I suppose you mean Charlie. 143 00:12:07,950 --> 00:12:13,230 I mean the brewery, really. 144 00:12:15,710 --> 00:12:16,730 Crystal's back in England. 145 00:12:17,990 --> 00:12:21,810 He's here to settle his debts, which means we'll have to find 3 ,000 quid 146 00:12:21,810 --> 00:12:24,350 goodwill. He's got himself another buyer. 147 00:12:25,710 --> 00:12:28,470 Our agreement's up on the 30th, so he'll be free to sell. 148 00:12:30,510 --> 00:12:34,610 Whatever happens, I don't think the bank will go along with Charlie's scheme. 149 00:12:35,510 --> 00:12:37,550 All sounds a bit too harebrained for them. 150 00:12:41,010 --> 00:12:45,430 Meanwhile, Charlie and me are working every blasted hour of the day and not 151 00:12:45,430 --> 00:12:46,430 getting anywhere. 152 00:12:46,910 --> 00:12:48,670 Now we're not even speaking to each other. 153 00:12:50,330 --> 00:12:51,670 I don't know. 154 00:12:53,410 --> 00:12:54,890 I don't know what to do, Ma. 155 00:12:56,990 --> 00:13:00,370 Well, I'll tell you what you are not going to do. You are not going to think 156 00:13:00,370 --> 00:13:02,990 about that brewery again till you've had a good sleep. 157 00:13:03,950 --> 00:13:07,370 Now, I will look after John Blenheim. Oh, I can't. The bed in your old room's 158 00:13:07,370 --> 00:13:11,530 made up. Come on. Go straight upstairs like a good girl. Yes, you can. 159 00:13:12,050 --> 00:13:13,510 I'll call you dinner time. 160 00:13:13,810 --> 00:13:15,170 I've got to do the present. No, you ain't. 161 00:13:15,390 --> 00:13:18,070 I've got to, thank you, miss. You just do as you're told. Go on. 162 00:13:23,970 --> 00:13:24,970 Mariette. 163 00:13:26,290 --> 00:13:28,190 Are you carrying on with Tom Sargent? 164 00:13:29,750 --> 00:13:30,750 No, Ma. 165 00:13:32,150 --> 00:13:34,220 You're just someone to... Talk to a friend. 166 00:13:35,900 --> 00:13:39,480 Do you really think Charlie's up to something with that carry -on Marion? 167 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,380 Well, isn't it all a bit daft? 168 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:47,820 Someone's got to say sorry. 169 00:14:09,130 --> 00:14:10,130 Where are you going? 170 00:14:10,470 --> 00:14:11,470 Oh, good morning. 171 00:14:15,830 --> 00:14:18,670 I heard you had a spot of bother last night. 172 00:14:20,010 --> 00:14:21,010 You could say that. 173 00:14:21,990 --> 00:14:22,990 Ramshackle. 174 00:14:23,410 --> 00:14:28,350 I might be able to help you, actually. Have you heard of a chap called Larkin? 175 00:14:29,090 --> 00:14:31,750 Who? He owns a place down the road, Home Farm. 176 00:14:32,270 --> 00:14:33,550 He's got stacks of rum. 177 00:14:33,810 --> 00:14:35,650 He said he'd simply love to have you. 178 00:14:36,490 --> 00:14:38,230 What, all of us? Why, of course. 179 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:41,740 Home farm, you say? That's right. 180 00:14:42,180 --> 00:14:44,580 Half a mile down the road on the left. You can't miss it. 181 00:14:45,140 --> 00:14:46,140 Good morning. 182 00:14:50,260 --> 00:14:52,340 Right, come on, let's get packed up. 183 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:54,240 We've got another cat down the road. 184 00:14:55,220 --> 00:14:57,740 Did you say that? 185 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,040 It's called politics, Robert. 186 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:01,219 Is it? 187 00:15:01,220 --> 00:15:04,640 These chaps are your guarantee for a place on the rural district council. 188 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:05,920 Harvey. 189 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:10,060 When Larkin finds them parked on his field, he has two alternatives. 190 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:14,240 Either he lets them stay and will accuse him of lowering the tone of the 191 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,940 neighborhood, or he turfs them off, in which case we'll say he's a heartless 192 00:15:17,940 --> 00:15:20,780 brute. Either way, he can't possibly win. 193 00:15:35,950 --> 00:15:37,990 You do business with that Bristow's Brewery, don't you? 194 00:15:38,310 --> 00:15:39,550 That's right. More's the pity. 195 00:15:39,770 --> 00:15:40,309 Oh, yeah? 196 00:15:40,310 --> 00:15:41,950 Having trouble getting Michelle out, eh? 197 00:15:42,310 --> 00:15:44,650 Trouble? It's like getting wool off a tortoise. 198 00:15:45,330 --> 00:15:46,730 When was the last time he coughed up? 199 00:15:47,110 --> 00:15:48,029 I don't know. 200 00:15:48,030 --> 00:15:49,370 When did the Titanic go down? 201 00:15:50,650 --> 00:15:54,090 So you haven't had any money in the last day or so, then? 202 00:15:55,030 --> 00:15:56,030 Don't make me laugh. 203 00:15:56,170 --> 00:15:57,170 No -one has. 204 00:15:57,350 --> 00:15:59,510 If you're lucky, you get a fiver on account at Christmas. 205 00:16:06,060 --> 00:16:07,060 mean good news. 206 00:16:09,060 --> 00:16:10,460 Chipsy! 207 00:16:11,780 --> 00:16:13,060 Chipsy! 208 00:16:13,940 --> 00:16:14,940 Chipsy! 209 00:16:15,940 --> 00:16:17,340 Chipsy! 210 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:20,680 Chipsy! 211 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:22,559 Chipsy! Chipsy! 212 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:23,560 Chipsy! Chipsy! Chipsy! Chipsy! Chipsy! 213 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:32,560 Chipsy! 214 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,940 Had a geezer with a moustache with her. Looked like a badger. 215 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,460 Captain Battersby. 216 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,820 Are you saying we can't pitch here? No, no, I'm not saying that. 217 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:44,760 Come on. 218 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:49,320 Not yet the counsellor, are you? 219 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,200 Well, trying to, yeah. 220 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,600 So, can we stay or what? 221 00:16:56,900 --> 00:17:00,580 Since you're giving me your full support, I can hardly refuse. 222 00:17:22,250 --> 00:17:23,229 Hi, George. Hi. 223 00:17:23,230 --> 00:17:24,650 Give us 10 gallons of regular, will you? 224 00:17:24,930 --> 00:17:28,510 And check the tyre, check the oil, check the radiator, and don't forget, vote 225 00:17:28,510 --> 00:17:29,670 Larkin. Please do. 226 00:17:48,870 --> 00:17:50,710 I think I'll be all right now, Miss Winters. 227 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:02,360 Oh, it's very simple, really. Oh, I'm fascinated by cars, but I know 228 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:03,540 nothing about them. 229 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,360 Perhaps we could go for a drink one evening. 230 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:09,880 And you could tell me all about pistons and things. 231 00:18:10,340 --> 00:18:11,440 Oh, thank you. 232 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:17,000 Oh, now, about the bill, I really must... No, no, no, no. You can buy me a 233 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,700 drink. Oh, no, I couldn't possibly. 234 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:21,100 Yes. 235 00:18:22,449 --> 00:18:23,449 If you insist. 236 00:18:24,370 --> 00:18:25,810 Thank you. 237 00:18:27,810 --> 00:18:28,810 Thank you? 238 00:18:30,070 --> 00:18:31,170 That's brilliant, that is. 239 00:18:32,530 --> 00:18:34,510 I bet she never pays for a thing. 240 00:18:42,050 --> 00:18:43,770 All in all, you know, Ma, it hasn't been a bad day. 241 00:18:44,150 --> 00:18:47,750 Yeah, I made a fiver on those old farm implements I got at the sale. 242 00:18:47,970 --> 00:18:51,430 A fiver for the wheelbarrow and ten quid on the tractor spare. 243 00:18:52,580 --> 00:18:55,420 Well, I'm going to need some ready cash for him to start laying his supplies for 244 00:18:55,420 --> 00:18:56,460 winter. All right. 245 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,900 Here, don't get any spuds up, will you? Mm -hm. 246 00:18:59,580 --> 00:19:04,080 Because... You know that old... No, we had in the garden? Mm -hm. Well, old Reg 247 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,380 Mantley took a fancy to it. Did he? Yeah, he did. 248 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,280 And I swapped it. You know what I swapped it for? 249 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:13,280 A tin of tractor oil and 200 weight of King Edward. Oh! 250 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:15,880 Oh! 251 00:19:16,740 --> 00:19:17,740 Mm. 252 00:19:17,900 --> 00:19:19,200 Oh, this is lovely, this bathroom. 253 00:19:19,940 --> 00:19:21,180 Much, much better than our swimming pool. 254 00:19:21,770 --> 00:19:22,910 Less fries in here, aren't you? 255 00:19:24,070 --> 00:19:27,470 And can you give half a sack of them potatoes to Charlie and Mariette? 256 00:19:27,710 --> 00:19:29,410 They need all the help they can get at the moment. 257 00:19:29,690 --> 00:19:33,590 Well, there's still a big cloud of depression, is there, over the bungalow? 258 00:19:33,670 --> 00:19:34,670 Yeah. 259 00:19:34,970 --> 00:19:35,970 Well, 260 00:19:37,230 --> 00:19:38,750 Mariette always was hot -headed. 261 00:19:39,690 --> 00:19:40,790 And they're young, see? 262 00:19:41,590 --> 00:19:42,590 Take the time. 263 00:19:58,890 --> 00:19:59,890 Hello, John B. 264 00:20:00,090 --> 00:20:01,090 Hey. 265 00:20:01,250 --> 00:20:02,910 How's my blooming boy, then? 266 00:20:04,390 --> 00:20:06,990 Ma sent over some spuds. We've got a glut up at the farm. 267 00:20:07,790 --> 00:20:08,790 Thanks, Pop. 268 00:20:09,590 --> 00:20:12,210 No -one seems to have much of an appetite round here these days. 269 00:20:13,410 --> 00:20:15,250 You and Charlie boy still doing ten rounds? 270 00:20:16,330 --> 00:20:17,330 Eh? 271 00:20:17,610 --> 00:20:18,650 I'll take it that means yes. 272 00:20:18,930 --> 00:20:21,910 Look, it wasn't me rattling in the hop garden with Primrose's teacher. 273 00:20:22,290 --> 00:20:23,830 I know, I know, I know, I know. 274 00:20:27,340 --> 00:20:32,700 The thing is, I've just caught a glimpse of that carry -on Marion lady. 275 00:20:34,020 --> 00:20:37,160 And I reckon that you've got her all wrong. 276 00:20:37,380 --> 00:20:40,300 Pop, I saw her. She's lying. I know, I know, I know, I know. 277 00:20:41,060 --> 00:20:42,300 You just hear me out. 278 00:20:43,460 --> 00:20:45,140 Look, she's cleverer than you think. 279 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:47,840 She's not interested in Charlie, boy. 280 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:49,640 She's not. 281 00:20:50,020 --> 00:20:51,060 You know what she is? 282 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:52,320 She's... 283 00:20:53,350 --> 00:20:58,890 Well, sufficient is it to say she's the sort of woman who uses men to get things 284 00:20:58,890 --> 00:20:59,890 done for nothing. 285 00:21:03,430 --> 00:21:04,430 That's true. 286 00:21:12,310 --> 00:21:19,150 Um... Ladies and gentlemen, my opponent in this election has 287 00:21:19,150 --> 00:21:22,570 chosen to act as host to a tribe of gypsies. 288 00:21:27,340 --> 00:21:28,340 Ah, yes. 289 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:30,300 To a tribe of gypsies. 290 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:32,800 Hospitable of him, you may say. 291 00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:39,700 No, 292 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:44,660 out of here. Come on, shoo! 293 00:21:52,750 --> 00:21:56,810 I have nothing against gypsies, so long as one doesn't have to live next door to 294 00:21:56,810 --> 00:21:57,789 them. Here, here. 295 00:21:57,790 --> 00:21:58,790 Walter. 296 00:21:59,250 --> 00:22:05,910 Um, as long as they don't go around telling clothes pegs and selling 297 00:22:06,710 --> 00:22:08,290 I think they're going rather well. 298 00:22:08,890 --> 00:22:15,430 You know, I actually saw that man, Andrews, paying children to scrawl all 299 00:22:15,430 --> 00:22:19,630 Mr. Larkin's post. Oh, that is not critical. My dear, just the man I'm 300 00:22:19,630 --> 00:22:23,570 for. My husband and I so much want your advice. Will you spare us a moment? 301 00:22:23,670 --> 00:22:26,210 Really, I was... Robert! 302 00:22:27,870 --> 00:22:28,870 Robert! 303 00:22:36,270 --> 00:22:38,050 You want another one? A bit more? 304 00:22:38,730 --> 00:22:40,650 No? Finished now? All right. 305 00:22:41,710 --> 00:22:44,530 You know, your ma and me, we're very fond of old Charlie, boy. 306 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:51,640 When he first came here, you know, as representative of the inland revenue, 307 00:22:51,820 --> 00:22:54,660 well, we didn't know what to make of him. 308 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,880 You know, you two, you seemed to hit it off. 309 00:22:59,660 --> 00:23:01,520 And, well, it was nice. 310 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,620 We were really pleased. We thought, well, 311 00:23:05,460 --> 00:23:06,720 let's hope they make a go of it. 312 00:23:07,380 --> 00:23:10,140 Because it's not easy, you know. 313 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,800 It's a very difficult marriage. 314 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:15,300 I think that... 315 00:23:16,030 --> 00:23:20,230 that marriage is a bit like... Well, it's a bit like buying a new motor car. 316 00:23:21,290 --> 00:23:24,010 You know, you see it and you think, well, that's it. 317 00:23:24,470 --> 00:23:26,350 It's going to be perfect. It'll stay like that forever. 318 00:23:27,250 --> 00:23:28,250 But it don't. 319 00:23:28,770 --> 00:23:30,970 It has to go back to the garage every so often. 320 00:23:32,610 --> 00:23:34,190 And some more than most. 321 00:23:36,250 --> 00:23:40,150 But you and Charlie, you seem to be getting on all right. 322 00:23:40,390 --> 00:23:43,530 I mean, since you've been together, you... 323 00:23:44,430 --> 00:23:48,390 You've changed, you've grown up a lot, and, well, you've given him tremendous 324 00:23:48,390 --> 00:23:49,390 confidence. 325 00:23:50,850 --> 00:23:57,190 So, what I'm trying to say is that you two, you're not alone, either of you. 326 00:23:57,570 --> 00:23:59,170 You've got a family behind you. 327 00:24:00,310 --> 00:24:01,310 Yeah, I know. 328 00:24:02,110 --> 00:24:05,950 Never lose sight of the ones who love you. 329 00:24:07,730 --> 00:24:08,890 All right? Yeah. 330 00:24:09,830 --> 00:24:12,550 Good Lord, is that the time? 331 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,020 I'm supposed to be at a meeting in the village five minutes ago. 332 00:24:16,620 --> 00:24:18,040 Your mouth will be hot. 333 00:24:19,420 --> 00:24:20,420 Bye. 334 00:24:20,820 --> 00:24:21,820 Bye. 335 00:24:23,380 --> 00:24:24,319 Hello, love. 336 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:25,320 See you, Pop. 337 00:24:27,780 --> 00:24:31,260 By the way, what's the name of that lady bank manager you went to see? 338 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:32,800 Diana Parker. 339 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:35,160 Why? 340 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,000 I don't know. I might need a loan. 341 00:24:52,940 --> 00:24:54,900 The servant was absolutely marvelous. 342 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:59,760 Tons and tons of top -grade sand just waiting to be quarried at South Hill. 343 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:04,040 So Robert and I are floating a company to develop it. What thinking? 344 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,860 That is, freedom of thinking, which you might be interested in a directorship. 345 00:25:08,940 --> 00:25:12,180 Not executive, but well remunerated, of course. 346 00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:15,160 Though I should think that would be the last thing you'd be worried about, 347 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:16,700 Brigadier. No, no. 348 00:26:34,030 --> 00:26:35,030 I can probably pop. 349 00:26:35,290 --> 00:26:38,730 Well, I was on my way to Ashford to do a bit of business and I thought to 350 00:26:38,730 --> 00:26:42,130 myself, well, why don't we go and get the fireworks like we always do? 351 00:26:42,350 --> 00:26:43,089 Oh, yeah. 352 00:26:43,090 --> 00:26:46,210 To have baked beans on toast in the cafe in the high street. I'm starving. 353 00:26:46,550 --> 00:26:47,970 Baked beans on toast it is. 354 00:27:23,820 --> 00:27:27,520 It shan't be a tick, Primrose. You stay here and guard this lot with your life. 355 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:28,720 You bet I will. 356 00:27:35,780 --> 00:27:36,780 Morning, 357 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:46,680 Mrs. Dawes. 358 00:27:46,860 --> 00:27:47,860 Morning, Brigadier. 359 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:49,660 Haven't seen you for a while. 360 00:27:50,380 --> 00:27:52,980 No, but I've been very tied up with all the selection business. 361 00:27:53,710 --> 00:27:56,850 That's why I've been unable to come in and settle my account with you. 362 00:27:57,730 --> 00:27:59,510 For which my sincere apologies. 363 00:28:00,270 --> 00:28:03,410 Now, let me see. It was, um... £7 .13 and nine, sir. 364 00:28:03,750 --> 00:28:07,390 Now, get your hands off them fireworks! You'll be going up in smoke! 365 00:28:08,670 --> 00:28:09,850 Oh, Miss Pilchester! 366 00:28:10,550 --> 00:28:12,690 The patent book you ordered's come in. 367 00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:14,510 Ah, good morning, Miss Pilchester. 368 00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:19,050 And, uh, would you put a couple of stamps on those envelopes for me? 369 00:28:19,250 --> 00:28:20,250 Oh. 370 00:28:21,270 --> 00:28:22,450 Electric hand telephone. 371 00:28:23,620 --> 00:28:25,460 Yes, well, I've had a lucky windfall. 372 00:28:27,860 --> 00:28:30,020 Now, Miss Wilchester, perhaps you'll care to join me? 373 00:28:31,300 --> 00:28:32,300 Right, 374 00:28:49,620 --> 00:28:50,620 here we are, then. 375 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:52,160 Just down the road. 376 00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:53,940 Just a couple of steps. 377 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,640 I'm not sure I should have let you talk me into coming, Mr Larkin. 378 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:00,360 Oh, now, come on, Miss P. 379 00:29:01,220 --> 00:29:02,840 You're not changing your mind. 380 00:29:03,300 --> 00:29:05,020 I know that's a lady's privilege. 381 00:29:05,220 --> 00:29:06,220 It's as I said. 382 00:29:06,540 --> 00:29:09,860 I can't help thinking that what you're proposing is not strictly ethical. 383 00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:13,560 Such matters should be dealt with through the proper channels. 384 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:21,320 You know, Miss P... 385 00:29:21,930 --> 00:29:26,130 When I first laid eyes on you, I thought to myself, now there's a woman who 386 00:29:26,130 --> 00:29:27,210 knows what's what. 387 00:29:28,010 --> 00:29:30,450 There's a woman who's upstanding and honest. 388 00:29:31,650 --> 00:29:34,650 A woman who wants to see wrongs righted. 389 00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:37,510 Now is not the time for second thoughts. 390 00:29:38,270 --> 00:29:42,810 I mean, you're not going to let that Mr Bristow get away with cheating on 391 00:29:42,810 --> 00:29:44,050 innocent people, are you? 392 00:29:44,570 --> 00:29:47,410 I wouldn't put it quite as strongly as that, but... Oh, well. 393 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,660 I must confess to being quite intrigued by your plan. 394 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:57,360 Good. Come on, then. 395 00:29:58,800 --> 00:29:59,800 That's the spirit. 396 00:30:02,460 --> 00:30:03,460 So this is it? 397 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,940 Yes. This is Bristow's Best Beers. 398 00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:10,460 Come to think of it, it's not Mr. 399 00:30:10,660 --> 00:30:11,660 Bristow's, is it? 400 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:12,880 It's practically yours. 401 00:30:13,500 --> 00:30:15,680 It being mortgage, neck -high to the bank. 402 00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:18,500 Come on. 403 00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:31,379 Hello, Fred. 404 00:30:31,380 --> 00:30:35,460 I didn't know you sold bristos. I don't know anyone who does. 405 00:30:35,940 --> 00:30:37,560 This lot are only here for a free drink. 406 00:30:38,300 --> 00:30:40,240 Wouldn't surprise me. Hello. Oh, hello. 407 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,840 I'm Ernest Bristow. I don't think I've had the pleasure. 408 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:44,200 Larkin, sir. Sidney Larkin. 409 00:30:44,460 --> 00:30:48,040 Are you a landlord, Mr Larkin? Oh, no, sir. I prefer to stand on the other side 410 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:49,040 of the counter, me. 411 00:30:49,580 --> 00:30:50,580 Well, help yourself. 412 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:52,640 I may say the beer has never been better. 413 00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:53,900 Has it, Tom? 414 00:30:53,980 --> 00:30:56,060 This is Tom Sargent, my chief brewer. 415 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:57,680 Oh, how do you do, Mr Sargent? 416 00:30:58,090 --> 00:31:01,830 What are you doing here, Mr Larkin? I've come to buy a brewery. You what? 417 00:31:02,090 --> 00:31:03,270 Hang about, you'll find out. 418 00:31:04,890 --> 00:31:05,890 I'm ready. 419 00:31:06,330 --> 00:31:08,830 We're going to action, aren't we? Oh! 420 00:31:09,310 --> 00:31:14,510 I might find you two here when there's some beer going. 421 00:31:15,270 --> 00:31:17,330 Mr Bristow, can I have a word, sir? 422 00:31:17,590 --> 00:31:19,430 How can I help? Yeah, um... 423 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:24,480 My daughter and her husband sold you some hops earlier in the year. They're 424 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,540 probably the very ones I'm holding at the moment, sir. And they still haven't 425 00:31:27,540 --> 00:31:28,540 been paid for. 426 00:31:29,180 --> 00:31:30,820 The cheques in the post. 427 00:31:31,020 --> 00:31:32,980 Yes, that's what you said three months ago. 428 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,520 You probably remember Mr Bill Jackson. He was saying the same thing. And that 429 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,860 goes for half the tradesmen in this district. 430 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:41,460 All in good time. 431 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:46,180 No, no, I think now's a good time to talk about it, Mr Bristow. Look, I sent 432 00:31:46,180 --> 00:31:47,180 cheque to my bank. 433 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,360 If they haven't made the payments, it isn't my fault. 434 00:31:49,850 --> 00:31:51,290 Why don't you discuss it with the manager? 435 00:31:51,610 --> 00:31:52,650 Now, excuse me. 436 00:31:52,910 --> 00:31:56,870 But we are discussing it in front of your bank manager. I haven't got time 437 00:31:56,870 --> 00:31:57,870 jokes. 438 00:31:58,390 --> 00:31:59,410 I'm Diana Parker. 439 00:31:59,790 --> 00:32:02,370 We haven't met because you've been abroad since I was appointed. 440 00:32:03,430 --> 00:32:05,610 Diana? Parker, your new bank manager. 441 00:32:05,810 --> 00:32:07,010 For the last two months. 442 00:32:07,630 --> 00:32:11,570 Ah. And I have to say that as of this morning, we haven't received a penny 443 00:32:11,570 --> 00:32:16,030 you in settlement of any debts at all, including overdue interest owing to us. 444 00:32:54,860 --> 00:32:56,120 We own a brewery. 445 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:03,760 We are a winning team. 446 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:05,240 Oh, almost forgot. 447 00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:06,540 Put one of these on. 448 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:08,820 I ran these up last night. 449 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,240 We've got to support the other Larkin team now. Make sure they win. 450 00:33:12,580 --> 00:33:14,200 Well, we own a brewery now, Charlie. 451 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,040 Sure we can help. 452 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:17,280 Hey, there's the bus. 453 00:33:26,990 --> 00:33:27,990 You got a saying, Governor? 454 00:33:29,010 --> 00:33:30,010 Hey, oh, yeah. 455 00:33:30,730 --> 00:33:31,730 Something ain't wrong. 456 00:33:31,950 --> 00:33:32,950 I reckon there is. 457 00:33:33,290 --> 00:33:34,290 Oh, yeah? 458 00:33:34,510 --> 00:33:35,489 What's that then? 459 00:33:35,490 --> 00:33:36,830 I'm causing you a lot of trouble. 460 00:33:37,870 --> 00:33:39,030 No? How do you make that out? 461 00:33:39,530 --> 00:33:41,250 You want to win this councillor job, don't you? 462 00:33:41,770 --> 00:33:42,729 Well, yes. 463 00:33:42,730 --> 00:33:44,970 You'd stand a better chance without having us camped on your land. 464 00:33:45,390 --> 00:33:48,130 So we've had a talk and decided to move on. 465 00:33:49,130 --> 00:33:51,150 No, no, no, no, no. I don't want you to leave. 466 00:33:51,730 --> 00:33:52,730 Why not? 467 00:33:52,970 --> 00:33:55,050 Because it will look as though I've turfed you out. 468 00:33:55,820 --> 00:34:00,080 And if I thought the only way to get on the rural district council was to ask 469 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:04,380 you to leave, well, I'll tell the council they can stick their job where 470 00:34:04,380 --> 00:34:05,380 monkey puts his nuts. 471 00:34:06,140 --> 00:34:08,239 You can do without getting into any more fights. 472 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,080 Having your name in the papers. 473 00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:17,940 That's what politics is all about, isn't it? If you really want to do me a 474 00:34:17,940 --> 00:34:20,920 favour, you stay where you are, all right? 475 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,620 Well, at least we can give you a hand with all this lot. Ah, now you're 476 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,199 Yes, I want all this lot and your lot on the top of my fire. 477 00:34:33,659 --> 00:34:34,659 You've got a meeting tonight? 478 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:36,120 Yeah, that's right. 479 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:37,400 At the village hall. 480 00:34:38,219 --> 00:34:41,560 Friends, Romans and earwigs, let me be your countrymen. 481 00:35:33,620 --> 00:35:40,480 Right, now, ladies and gentlemen, as most of you know, our last two meetings 482 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:44,540 to be adjourned because of unseemly interruptions from the floor. 483 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,480 I trust that nothing of that nature will occur tonight. 484 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:50,240 Mr Sidney Larkin. 485 00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:05,780 As Romeo said to Juliet, I have not come here to make a speech. 486 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:22,180 No, what I really wanted to say was, when I first set foot in this part 487 00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:24,380 of the world, I was just a nipper. 488 00:36:25,710 --> 00:36:29,570 Came down from Sidcup with my mum and dad and my two aunties to go hop 489 00:36:31,430 --> 00:36:34,290 Only toffs and squires missed the hop -picking. 490 00:36:36,370 --> 00:36:38,050 But I'd never seen nothing like it. 491 00:36:38,870 --> 00:36:44,330 But with the teasing and the chai -hiking and the back -chat and the eerie 492 00:36:44,330 --> 00:36:45,330 fighting. 493 00:36:46,090 --> 00:36:47,110 Yeah, and the wenching. 494 00:36:47,590 --> 00:36:52,430 It was more than just a couple of weeks' harvesting. It was... Well, it was a 495 00:36:52,430 --> 00:36:53,430 way of life. 496 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:59,040 It was warm, it was friendly, it was earthy. 497 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,760 And I knew from that moment this is where I wanted to live. 498 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:04,980 So I kept coming back. 499 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:11,020 One day I finally met a beautiful Kentish maid. 500 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:19,900 So I... Well, I settled in this part of the world which they call the Garden of 501 00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:20,900 England. 502 00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:22,940 Believe me, it is. 503 00:37:24,070 --> 00:37:26,270 It's the most beautiful place in the world. 504 00:37:28,090 --> 00:37:30,790 And I... Well, I want to keep it that way. 505 00:37:32,150 --> 00:37:35,510 And if you elect me, that is precisely what I'll try and do. 506 00:37:37,310 --> 00:37:39,950 Because, you see, I love Kent. 507 00:37:41,270 --> 00:37:42,790 I love it like my own. 508 00:37:48,790 --> 00:37:50,430 That's all I wanted to say, really. 509 00:37:51,590 --> 00:37:52,590 Thanks. 510 00:38:18,020 --> 00:38:20,040 Ooh, nice cup of rosy. 511 00:38:21,709 --> 00:38:24,510 Pop, you know about horses, don't you? Yeah, of course I do, sweetheart. 512 00:38:25,150 --> 00:38:27,270 Well, it's horse racing we want to know about, really. 513 00:38:28,410 --> 00:38:29,410 Oh, yeah? 514 00:38:29,590 --> 00:38:30,590 What do you want to know? 515 00:38:30,650 --> 00:38:33,870 Well, we were wondering how you decide which horse to put your money on. 516 00:38:35,950 --> 00:38:37,550 Well, you look at the runners, don't you? 517 00:38:37,770 --> 00:38:40,570 Runners? Oh, yeah, the horses and the riders, and then you check their form. 518 00:38:40,830 --> 00:38:41,709 What form? 519 00:38:41,710 --> 00:38:45,270 Form? Well, it's what they did in the past, you know. 520 00:38:45,810 --> 00:38:47,490 Whether they win or lose or not. 521 00:38:48,250 --> 00:38:50,610 You know, when it's been raining or when the ground's hard. 522 00:38:51,390 --> 00:38:53,430 And then you put your money on the one with the best record. 523 00:38:53,870 --> 00:38:55,130 Yeah, that's right. That's right, sweetheart, yeah. 524 00:38:56,190 --> 00:38:58,270 This is weird, all this. What do you want to know all this for? 525 00:38:58,930 --> 00:39:00,850 Some of the kids at school have been making a book. 526 00:39:01,090 --> 00:39:02,730 What do you think you're betting on, exactly? 527 00:39:03,090 --> 00:39:04,090 The election, of course. 528 00:39:05,770 --> 00:39:06,770 Of course. 529 00:39:07,870 --> 00:39:08,769 Right, then. 530 00:39:08,770 --> 00:39:09,770 Come on. 531 00:39:10,010 --> 00:39:11,110 Tell me, what's my price? 532 00:39:11,850 --> 00:39:12,850 Use your wand. 533 00:39:14,370 --> 00:39:15,370 Oh, I see. 534 00:39:16,890 --> 00:39:18,570 And, uh... Captain Battersby. 535 00:39:19,790 --> 00:39:20,790 Evens. 536 00:39:23,410 --> 00:39:25,930 I see. I don't think I want to hear any more of this, thank you. 537 00:39:26,670 --> 00:39:29,110 We bet on you, of course, though, Pop. Oh, I should hope so. 538 00:39:29,770 --> 00:39:31,970 Victoria was a bit worried about losing her money. 539 00:39:32,350 --> 00:39:34,310 So put Sixpence and Battersby as well. 540 00:39:46,350 --> 00:39:47,209 Hello there, George. 541 00:39:47,210 --> 00:39:48,210 Stay to say goodbye. 542 00:39:48,350 --> 00:39:49,350 Wish you luck. 543 00:39:49,450 --> 00:39:53,670 Oh, you don't have to go yet. The best is yet to come. We've got to be on our 544 00:39:53,670 --> 00:39:56,450 way. Winter quarters in the new forest. Long haul to make. 545 00:39:57,170 --> 00:39:59,310 Now, you and your good lady wear these today. 546 00:39:59,750 --> 00:40:01,130 You'll win your election for sure. 547 00:40:01,670 --> 00:40:03,570 It's got to be the luckiest day of your life. 548 00:40:04,470 --> 00:40:05,328 Where's that? 549 00:40:05,330 --> 00:40:06,330 Pushty Bock. 550 00:40:06,650 --> 00:40:07,650 Pushty Bock. 551 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:24,260 We're going in the seltzer, sir. 552 00:40:25,220 --> 00:40:26,220 Judas! 553 00:41:20,060 --> 00:41:23,000 I suppose you're going to vote for them. 554 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:29,000 And all for 30 pieces of silver. 555 00:41:30,020 --> 00:41:32,140 Iscariot! Miss Pilcher, sir. 556 00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:35,220 Would you mind explaining your extraordinary aim to Weasley? 557 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:37,920 Yes, 558 00:41:38,460 --> 00:41:39,460 I know where to go. 559 00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:47,120 I don't want to do this anymore. 560 00:41:47,420 --> 00:41:48,900 Well, if we don't, no one else will. 561 00:41:49,380 --> 00:41:51,400 Papa won't be home till dark. He'll be jolly grateful. 562 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:53,540 Well, I don't think this is a job for girls. 563 00:41:54,060 --> 00:41:55,300 For young ladies, that is. 564 00:41:55,660 --> 00:41:57,200 We should have gone to try and find a man. 565 00:41:57,880 --> 00:41:59,760 Men? That's all you ever think of. 566 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:01,620 You want us to carry on marrying. 567 00:42:01,900 --> 00:42:03,900 That's enough of that, you nasty little earwig. 568 00:42:36,140 --> 00:42:39,820 I'll tell you one thing, Flo. Yes, sir. Win or lose today, I've achieved one 569 00:42:39,820 --> 00:42:40,820 ambition. 570 00:42:42,260 --> 00:42:44,120 I've got a brewer in the family. 571 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,360 It makes you thirsty just thinking about it. 572 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:49,480 We're not. 573 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:53,220 Oh, look out. 574 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:08,240 Then my patent book would come in, Mrs Dawes. Oh, yes, Miss Pilchester. I'll 575 00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:09,240 just go and get it. 576 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:21,760 Oh, this is absolutely ghastly. 577 00:43:22,140 --> 00:43:24,960 What's the matter, Miss Pilchester? You don't seem very well. 578 00:43:25,300 --> 00:43:27,740 Oh, I've done a terrible thing. 579 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:30,400 Unspeakable. 580 00:43:30,830 --> 00:43:32,350 I slandered an upright man. 581 00:43:32,590 --> 00:43:35,810 Oh, there, there, don't take on... What happened? 582 00:43:36,170 --> 00:43:37,830 It's the cycle on the front page. 583 00:43:38,170 --> 00:43:41,210 Rare first edition turns up in local auction. 584 00:43:41,470 --> 00:43:44,110 Ex -army officer's lucky finding attic. 585 00:43:45,230 --> 00:43:48,270 250 guineas for little known work. 586 00:43:48,810 --> 00:43:50,550 Oh, what have I done? 587 00:43:51,050 --> 00:43:52,330 What have I done? 588 00:43:52,930 --> 00:43:58,130 I tell you, it's against the law. 589 00:43:58,530 --> 00:43:59,530 No, it's not. 590 00:43:59,630 --> 00:44:02,670 You... You're driving people to vote Larkin. No, we're not. We're giving your 591 00:44:02,670 --> 00:44:03,750 supporters free alcohol. 592 00:44:04,290 --> 00:44:05,750 Actually, we're giving it away to everybody. 593 00:44:06,530 --> 00:44:09,470 Even people who vote for your husband, Mrs. Battersby. 594 00:44:10,870 --> 00:44:11,930 Fancy sniffing yourself? 595 00:44:12,770 --> 00:44:14,370 Where's that damn fool policeman? 596 00:44:14,710 --> 00:44:17,230 That damn fool policeman's right behind you, madam. 597 00:44:17,510 --> 00:44:18,488 Well, arrest them. 598 00:44:18,490 --> 00:44:22,890 Go on, you stupid man, arrest them. Well, no. They can't be breaking the law 599 00:44:22,890 --> 00:44:24,050 they don't charge for it. 600 00:44:24,450 --> 00:44:26,690 And they offer it to all and sundry. 601 00:44:27,370 --> 00:44:29,850 If anyone's breaking the law, madam, It's you. 602 00:44:30,170 --> 00:44:34,030 I had intended not bringing this matter up until after the polling was finished, 603 00:44:34,130 --> 00:44:36,610 but you give me no choice. What are you talking about? 604 00:44:36,930 --> 00:44:41,390 About electoral malpractices, Mrs. Battersby. I beg your pardon? 605 00:44:41,590 --> 00:44:46,450 About trying to use my influences in the district on your husband's behalf. 606 00:44:46,930 --> 00:44:52,350 I refuse to stand here and be insulted by this stupid old gas bag. 607 00:44:53,190 --> 00:44:56,170 Robert! Robert, we are going home. 608 00:44:57,090 --> 00:44:58,090 Sorry. 609 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:00,040 Bye, Major. 610 00:45:00,780 --> 00:45:01,780 Oh. 611 00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:02,960 Oh. 612 00:45:04,860 --> 00:45:08,360 Bad sort of bloke, isn't he? Interesting about his golf handicap, isn't he? 613 00:45:08,660 --> 00:45:09,660 Yeah. 614 00:45:09,900 --> 00:45:10,900 Well, 615 00:45:12,820 --> 00:45:14,820 I don't know what we do now, Mum. 616 00:45:15,700 --> 00:45:17,900 Hang about and wait and see, I suppose. 617 00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:19,160 Yeah. 618 00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:20,820 I can't stand you. 619 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:22,680 I've got a party to get ready. Come on. 620 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:27,840 Yeah. Wait a minute. What am I going to... Brigadier, I'm so... 621 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:33,160 Sorry, it was so unworthy of me. Can you ever forgive me? I didn't realise you 622 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:34,940 were hatching such a clever plan. 623 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:37,880 Perfectly understandable, dear lady. 624 00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:42,700 You see, I was employing an old Indian army trick that we used to use with 625 00:45:42,700 --> 00:45:43,880 potential mutineers. 626 00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,720 Give them enough rope and they'll soon hang themselves. 627 00:45:49,820 --> 00:45:51,420 Come along, let's have a drink, will you? 628 00:46:08,460 --> 00:46:09,480 I've just had an idea. 629 00:46:11,020 --> 00:46:12,560 I hope it's a nice one. 630 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:14,520 I don't think you'll disapprove. 631 00:46:16,020 --> 00:46:19,500 We're going to have to mount an advertising campaign for the brewery. 632 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:23,380 And for that, we'll need a new brand name. 633 00:46:26,180 --> 00:46:27,180 And? 634 00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:29,320 Blenheim Beers? 635 00:46:48,919 --> 00:46:50,480 Perfect. Winter's in the air. You can smell it. 636 00:46:51,020 --> 00:46:53,440 Come on, come on. Let's get everything started. They're all waiting. Oh, my 637 00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:55,160 Lord. There may be nothing to celebrate. 638 00:46:55,720 --> 00:46:57,020 Yes. Oh, 639 00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:01,160 well, thank God for that. Now, I'm going to open a bottle for better or for 640 00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:02,160 worse. I'll tell you. 641 00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:05,400 Ladies and gentlemen, come on in. 642 00:47:09,020 --> 00:47:15,640 I'll now announce the result of the Rural District Council 643 00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:16,640 election. 644 00:47:18,340 --> 00:47:22,300 Held today, the 5th of November, 1959. 645 00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:29,300 Captain Robert Battersby, 298 votes. 646 00:47:30,500 --> 00:47:33,160 Mr. Sidney Larkin. 647 00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:36,560 Five hundred and thirty -two volts! 648 00:48:12,110 --> 00:48:17,930 prepared a few words in case of such an eventuality and I'd like to share them 649 00:48:17,930 --> 00:48:19,990 with you now at this moment.