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Today in class we have a new classmate, Aubrey
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Flint, and he's joining us from France.
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Wow.
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Oh, bon nuit. To bed.
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Mom, look, bon jour! Mom?
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Mom, wake up! Mom, wake up!
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Mom, wake up!
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Looks like it might be time for a new coat, my friend.
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Although,
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with the bleak winter now upon us,
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perhaps fresh coats for all the men would boost morale.
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Hmm.
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I venture on noon, mon petit corporal.
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Gentlemen,
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bid us courage in battle.
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Merry Christmas, ladies
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and gentlemen. Merry
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Christmas.
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Good morning, Aubrey.
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Far from it, Janet. Any chance of a good morning was ruined by me having to
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battle through marauding hordes of Christmases.
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I almost choked to death navigating that dreadful Christmas market.
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The stench of mulled wine was unbearable.
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En plain croissant.
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And those ear-grinding carol singers.
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Isn't it bad enough that we have Christmas forced down our throats every year
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without having it trumpeted into our ears as well?
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Mate,
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what's taking so long? Just get your stuff and go.
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I beg your pardon. Out.
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What?
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Now.
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I'm so sorry, Jan.
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Babbling on.
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I didn't mean to lose you a customer.
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Aubrey, don't worry. He is not the kind of
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customer I want in my shop.
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Now, you have a good day.
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I'll try.
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Mm.
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See you tomorrow. Sorry.
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Oh, bonjour, Aubrey.
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Bonjour, Monsieur Hopkins.
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Now, I have an old friend who's in dire need of a new coat.
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Oh.
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Le Petit Caporal.
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Oui, monsieur, the very same.
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Oh, one of a kind these.
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Be worth a small fortune now.
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Oh, the price some of these collectors pay these days.
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Mr. Hopkins,
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I'd never sell Napoleon.
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I know that you wouldn't. I know you wouldn't, Aubrey.
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Obviously,
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if Napoleon is to have a new coat, then so too must his army.
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Oh, but Aubrey,
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this would take forever. Don't you have any plans for
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Christmas?
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Yes, I plan to avoid it altogether.
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Oh.
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I estimate if I start on the infantry tonight, I'll be putting the final
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brushstrokes to the 4th Division of the Hussars when the last plastic Christmas
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tree has been tossed into a skip.
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Now, for the infantry, we will need
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Prussian blue for the coats, obviously, dark vermillion for the cuffs.
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Not to forget the metallics for the detail and the braiding.
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Aubrey, Aubrey, history is all very well and good, but it's
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important to connect with people in the present, too.
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When was the last time you saw your dad?
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You don't want to end up old and alone
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with only dusty toy soldiers to keep you company.
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I'd never let that happen.
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I always dust my troops.
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I'll fetch your paints.
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If I don't look,
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it won't exist. If I'm not there,
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I can't be missed. So I'll stay here,
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safe inside.
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You go out.
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Carl, come on. Excuse me.
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I'll just hide.
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You're late.
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I'll just watch it from my room, that's fine.
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I'll just watch it from my room, okay.
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Don't wanna be the voice of doom. Soz, mate.
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I'll just watch it from my room.
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Now if there's one thing I love about Christmas-
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Maybe you look good
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having fun. But it's not a good look on
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everyone. I'm at my best behind
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closed doors.
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I'll just watch it from my room.
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Oh, blast.
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Gloria.
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Ellen, where's the fire? Have you come to rescue me?
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Have you been smoking again, Gloria?
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No.
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Then why have you tied your tights around the smoke detector?
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I was doing you a favor, trying to free up a bit.
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Nice try.
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Sorry about that, Sadie. Follow me.
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Right everyone, this is Sadie.
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Oh, hello.
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Hello, pet. Ooh, is that him?
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Yeah, it's him.
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Well.
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Has he got one? If you're going into town, could you put it on for a shilling?
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£2.50 each way on Juni's Wish running in the
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3:15 at Chepstow.
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Got it.
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Oh, stick a fiver on for me, will you, Ellen?
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Yeah, but you still owe me from last week.
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Yeah.
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I'll see you all in a bit. So June's grandson is a docky,
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so he sends her tips from time to time. She loves a flutter.
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She's also mad on the bingo.
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Right. This is you. I'll leave you to settle in.
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If you need anything, you just let me know, okay?
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Come on, Ellen, we'll be late.
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It's outrageous.
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Mr.-
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You can't close Willow Lodge
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... Mr.-
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It's not right.
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Mr. Forney, please.
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I understand where Willow Lodge sits in your heart, and I understand why it does
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so, but you've had your three minutes.
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You've made your objections clear.
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So unless you've got some additional or new information that you
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haven't shared with us over the last six meetings, please
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sit down and we can proceed.
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There he is,
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Hugo Fox, Mr. Blooming Gravitas.
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Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox,
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could you turn your mobile phone to silent?
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Very well.
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So in the matter of the sale of four
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residential homes under application
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378/378D to
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Gravitas Luxury Apartments Limited.
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Unless officers have any objections. No?
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In that case, the sale will proceed in 30 days' time, providing
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no lawful impediment manages to borrow its completion, title should transfer to
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Gravitas Luxury Apartments Limited.
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If I could just make one final point, the council will obviously endeavor
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to rehouse the current residents of Willow Lodge in the new
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year.
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We'll scatter everyone to the four winds in the cheapest rundown places they can
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find.
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Aubrey.
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A health warning, that's what this infernal time of year should come with.
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Nearly slipped and broke my neck on that blasted snow outside.
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Shh, don't mention necks.
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Huh.
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What a strange-looking fellow.
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Unusual teeth.
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Some sort of gum disease?
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It's Dracula. Count Dracula.
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Ah, so he's an aristocrat.
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He's a vampire.
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Dracula by Bram Stoker. It's a literary
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classic.
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Oh, really? Well, I don't read fiction.
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History is real. Fiction is just made-up
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stories.
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All our lives are stories, Aubrey.
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The history of Napoleon is just his story.
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The history of Aubrey Flint is being written as we speak.
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Ponder that.
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Mr. Hopkins?
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Oh, no. Oh, no. Please. Oh, not again.
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Hurry,
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Michael. Please.
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Three weeks?
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At least three weeks. That's a nasty fracture on your left hip.
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I can't possibly stay in hospital for three weeks.
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I've got a shop to run.
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You can't run anything if you can't walk.
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Three weeks, doctor's orders.
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Oh, no.
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Well,
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look on the bright side,
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at least you'll avoid all those dreadful Christmas shoppers.
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I don't want to avoid people. The Christmas trade
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keeps the shop afloat for the rest of the year.
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Aubrey,
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maybe you could look after the shop.
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Me?
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Oh, no. No, no, no, I couldn't.
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Of course you could.
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You know that shop like the back of your hand.
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You know the models, the paint.
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Yes, but I'd also have to deal with people.
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The public. No, thank you, indeed.
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Could be the making of you. Life is about
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connecting with people.
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Yes, but I don't like people. I'm repainting
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my entire army to avoid people and avoid Christmas.
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Please, Aubrey.
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I've got nobody else.
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Well,
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I suppose, as long as it's only for a couple of weeks.
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Trust me,
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it'll be a breeze.
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Thank you
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very much.
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No, no, no, go get him, mate.
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Oh, lovely.
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How would
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you
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feel
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about that?
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No, no, no. Yeah, no, thank you. Don't look at
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me like that. Monday afternoon, you should be
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at work anyway.
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It's something to do in the off day.
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No, off.
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Gravitas, where luxury meets lifestyle.
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If you're looking for a stylish and modern city apartment in York City Center,
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you'll find your perfect-
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Is that another Gravitas advert? You've got to stop watching those
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... home available at-
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Willow Lodge provides care for the elderly and the needy
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Listen.
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None of these people are needy.
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Just listen to me for a sec.
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That's why it was gifted to the city in the first place.
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Just shut up and listen. I think I've got us a lifeline.
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The Arts Guild?
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We could put on a play.
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I think it could save us.
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A play?
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We're not exactly the Theatre Royal, Ellen.
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No, but if we can get the Arts Guild to recognize Willow Lodge as a
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community arts venue, that throws a massive spanner in the works when it comes
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to selling this place
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How?
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'Cause they're not just shutting down a care home, they're shutting down a local
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theater space.
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And the Arts Guild would have something to say about that, wouldn't they?
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Exactly.
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Janet, come in. Come in.
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Aubrey, where's Mr. Hopkins?
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He's in hospital.
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What? What happened?
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He broke his hip. I'm just running the shop until he gets out.
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If you're running the shop, why is it closed in the middle of the day?
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Because of the people.
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Aubrey.
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The public. Yeah, getting in the way, disturbing the models.
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Their knowledge of historical military attire is, frankly, appalling.
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One idiot wanted to paint an 1857 fuffenrock red.
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Imagine. A Prussian in red? I just refuse to serve-
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Aubrey, stop.
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How long has this shop been closed?
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Nine days.
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Oh no, sorry,
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10, plus today. 10 days.
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Excuse me, are you open?
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Yes.
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No.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you.
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Here.
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Now,
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I want you to go and visit Mr. Hopkins.
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Tell him I'm running the shop, and get him a card and a present.
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What kind of present?
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I don't know.
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Maybe a new snow globe from Christmas Land.
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I am not going to Christmas Land.
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Mr. Hopkins is in hospital alone,
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and if you visit him with a present, it will cheer him up.
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Yes, I want to cheer him up. I just don't want to go to-
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Aubrey,
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you will go to Christmas Land right now and buy Mr.
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Hopkins a new snow globe.
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Understand?
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Promise.
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Oh, yes, yes, I promise.
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Go on, then.
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Merry Christmas.
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Merry Christmas.
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Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
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Hey, that's mine, that is. I saw it first, and you
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jumped in ahead of me.
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I certainly did not.
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Give it here.
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No, no, no, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I can't.
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Give me that snow globe.
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No, I can't.
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Give it
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here now.
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Hey, hey. Hey, hey.
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Hey.
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You just hold it. Hey.
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Oh.
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Yes.
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Get off me. Oh.
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00:21:00,219 --> 00:21:01,200
Come here. Come here, you. Oh, the little
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boy man.
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00:21:05,570 --> 00:21:07,460
What are you doing?
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00:21:08,940 --> 00:21:11,130
You're mad, you are. How can you do that to me?
304
00:21:11,550 --> 00:21:15,110
You should be ashamed of yourself. Did you see the way he did to me?
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00:21:15,830 --> 00:21:18,790
A man of my age, he attacked me. Guard, elves.
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Guard, guard, take him away.
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00:21:20,470 --> 00:21:22,430
He's a liar.
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Thank you for coming to get me, Janet.
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That's okay, Aubrey.
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I'm sorry for all the trouble.
311
00:21:40,670 --> 00:21:44,589
Aubrey, this is not the first time I've had to bail someone from a police station.
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Am I going to go to prison?
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No.
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First offense, no prior convictions.
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00:21:51,390 --> 00:21:53,230
You will have to pay a fine, though, but that's all.
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Oh.
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Hang on.
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Yo, bro.
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Yo.
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I don't know what-
321
00:22:13,630 --> 00:22:14,710
You two, come here.
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Hurry up. Chop, chop.
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00:22:21,770 --> 00:22:24,770
Right. Fred, Rose, take these, all right?
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And when I say take, I don't mean rob. I know what you lads are like.
325
00:22:28,110 --> 00:22:31,610
Take them over to the border, get them planted, eight inches apart.
326
00:22:32,150 --> 00:22:33,570
No, no, sorry, sorry.
327
00:22:34,390 --> 00:22:35,290
These are azaleas.
328
00:22:35,550 --> 00:22:35,830
They're what?
329
00:22:36,150 --> 00:22:38,810
Azaleas prefer ericaceous soil.
330
00:22:39,070 --> 00:22:41,470
Okay. Do you know what I'd prefer? Shakespeare.
331
00:22:42,530 --> 00:22:44,630
A week's holiday in Torrevieja with bona banana mama.
332
00:22:44,890 --> 00:22:45,750
It's not happening, though, is it?
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00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:48,570
Right, they're Yorkshire plants and they'll be planted in Yorkshire mud.
334
00:22:48,830 --> 00:22:49,670
Don't worry about it.
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00:22:49,910 --> 00:22:52,910
In this soil? No. No, no, no, no, no.
336
00:22:53,130 --> 00:22:53,970
Absolutely not.
337
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Right, you, get digging.
338
00:22:57,510 --> 00:22:59,769
Nah, I'm with Shakespeare. Seems like he knows his stuff.
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00:23:00,510 --> 00:23:02,290
I've had enough of this. You're both getting reported.
340
00:23:03,110 --> 00:23:05,530
Good on you, boys. Tell them to get lost.
341
00:23:06,150 --> 00:23:07,850
It's not a ruddy labor camp.
342
00:23:11,430 --> 00:23:15,330
Known for burying nuts, but they forget many, helping
343
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plant trees.
344
00:23:18,010 --> 00:23:20,010
Being a squirrel must be sick.
345
00:23:21,510 --> 00:23:22,769
Their front teeth never stop growing.
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00:23:22,780 --> 00:23:24,450
Oh, who's put you two on the naughty step?
347
00:23:25,330 --> 00:23:26,310
Gardner.
348
00:23:26,450 --> 00:23:29,340
If you can call him that. The man's a horticultural Philistine.
349
00:23:29,550 --> 00:23:31,830
Oh, Colin, what's he done to deserve that title?
350
00:23:31,870 --> 00:23:33,890
He just doesn't care. He said it himself,
351
00:23:34,810 --> 00:23:37,830
doesn't care that azaleas must be planted in ericaceous soil to thrive.
352
00:23:38,270 --> 00:23:38,470
Oh.
353
00:23:40,170 --> 00:23:43,910
Helen, you got a minute? These two, been taking the mick and
354
00:23:43,950 --> 00:23:44,790
refusing to work.
355
00:23:45,050 --> 00:23:47,330
That's not true. We tried to help, but he didn't want to listen.
356
00:23:47,910 --> 00:23:51,030
I'm not having it. All right? I'm not having these jailbirds telling me how to
357
00:23:51,070 --> 00:23:51,400
garden.
358
00:23:51,450 --> 00:23:52,150
What are you chatting about, bro?
359
00:23:52,190 --> 00:23:54,330
Well, do I lecture you two about bank robbing?
360
00:23:54,370 --> 00:23:55,640
Who's... What's he talking about?
361
00:23:55,650 --> 00:23:58,070
All right, Colin, let's take a breath, shall we?
362
00:23:58,250 --> 00:23:59,750
Anna there, she's been giving me constant lip.
363
00:24:00,090 --> 00:24:01,930
He's been picking on those boys.
364
00:24:01,990 --> 00:24:04,910
I'm surprised you've been able to see that, Gloria, through the constant cloud of
365
00:24:04,970 --> 00:24:05,190
smoke.
366
00:24:05,250 --> 00:24:06,550
Oh, give it a rest, Colin.
367
00:24:06,590 --> 00:24:08,790
And you know she's leaving all her dog ends again on the patio.
368
00:24:08,990 --> 00:24:09,450
Gloria.
369
00:24:10,090 --> 00:24:11,970
I don't know why you're even bothering with the garden.
370
00:24:12,450 --> 00:24:14,070
We'll all be long gone by spring.
371
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:15,990
I can't work with these reprobates.
372
00:24:16,110 --> 00:24:17,650
Hmm. Likewise.
373
00:24:18,050 --> 00:24:21,870
Okay, I might live to regret this, but why don't you two help me out in
374
00:24:21,930 --> 00:24:22,690
here instead?
375
00:24:23,250 --> 00:24:23,610
Yeah, all right
376
00:24:24,234 --> 00:24:26,794
Great. Problem solved. Thanks, Colin.
377
00:24:33,334 --> 00:24:36,914
I'm Ellen. If you're going to be in here with me, you're going to be working with
378
00:24:36,934 --> 00:24:39,174
the residents from now until Christmas.
379
00:24:39,834 --> 00:24:43,714
We're going to help them put on a play, and a bit of a morale boost wouldn't hurt.
380
00:24:44,054 --> 00:24:45,754
What do you mean, a play? Which play?
381
00:24:46,234 --> 00:24:48,454
It's the quintessential Christmas classic.
382
00:24:48,624 --> 00:24:50,244
"Kamikaze Christmas Cops 2: Back From the Dead."
383
00:24:50,654 --> 00:24:50,794
No.
384
00:24:51,754 --> 00:24:53,774
Obviously not. How are we going to do that in a care home?
385
00:24:55,934 --> 00:24:57,034
It's "A Christmas Carol."
386
00:25:03,254 --> 00:25:06,594
So, auditions tomorrow. Do you want to take one of these, so you know the story?
387
00:25:06,854 --> 00:25:07,034
No.
388
00:25:08,094 --> 00:25:08,554
No, thank you.
389
00:25:09,594 --> 00:25:10,674
I don't read fiction.
390
00:25:11,694 --> 00:25:12,554
I only read history.
391
00:25:13,214 --> 00:25:14,554
You can't not read fiction.
392
00:25:15,014 --> 00:25:16,534
Mm, that's a double negative.
393
00:25:17,774 --> 00:25:20,094
Come on. It's a really heartwarming story.
394
00:25:20,154 --> 00:25:22,774
No, no, I don't want it. Thank you.
395
00:25:25,574 --> 00:25:25,674
No.
396
00:25:28,154 --> 00:25:28,594
I'll read it.
397
00:25:29,694 --> 00:25:30,874
See what this Carol girl's about.
398
00:25:34,614 --> 00:25:36,444
Pretty random way to get into showbiz, eh?
399
00:25:36,594 --> 00:25:36,874
Mm-hmm.
400
00:25:38,294 --> 00:25:39,634
So, what you got planned tonight, Shakespeare?
401
00:25:39,974 --> 00:25:42,094
I've just got some painting to do at my flat.
402
00:25:42,314 --> 00:25:43,814
Oh, yeah? Kitchen, bathroom?
403
00:25:43,874 --> 00:25:45,774
Yeah. Imperial Guard.
404
00:25:46,604 --> 00:25:46,994
What's that?
405
00:25:49,294 --> 00:25:50,274
It's my model army.
406
00:25:50,654 --> 00:25:53,454
Oh, that is peak white guy right there.
407
00:25:54,654 --> 00:25:55,534
I respect it.
408
00:26:03,174 --> 00:26:04,054
I'll catch you tomorrow, yeah?
409
00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:55,254
It's like a listed building, but for arts instead of architecture.
410
00:26:56,194 --> 00:27:00,074
Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And we need a five-star rating from the Arts Guild
411
00:27:00,114 --> 00:27:01,334
to get theater status.
412
00:27:01,794 --> 00:27:01,804
Right.
413
00:27:01,854 --> 00:27:04,594
So, you see why this play means so much.
414
00:27:05,574 --> 00:27:06,814
The elders know what's really going on.
415
00:27:07,194 --> 00:27:09,894
No, I don't want to get their hopes up. Their home's at stake.
416
00:27:10,354 --> 00:27:11,154
It's a lot of pressure.
417
00:27:11,274 --> 00:27:11,834
They'd want to help.
418
00:27:12,694 --> 00:27:14,834
Get them all hustling together. You could save this place.
419
00:27:16,174 --> 00:27:17,274
You don't have to do it all on your own.
420
00:27:19,874 --> 00:27:21,274
Okay. No, you're right.
421
00:27:22,674 --> 00:27:23,914
Let's muster the troops.
422
00:27:50,114 --> 00:27:50,594
Big Ben.
423
00:27:52,454 --> 00:27:52,894
What?
424
00:27:53,174 --> 00:27:56,914
Well, sorry. Big Ben's actually the bell, not the--
425
00:27:57,214 --> 00:27:58,974
To all intents and purposes,
426
00:27:59,894 --> 00:28:01,094
that's Big Ben.
427
00:28:01,614 --> 00:28:02,114
Right.
428
00:28:03,114 --> 00:28:04,274
Okay, listen up, everyone.
429
00:28:05,094 --> 00:28:06,434
We've got a plan.
430
00:28:08,334 --> 00:28:12,114
We're putting on a play, "Christmas Carol," this Christmas,
431
00:28:12,634 --> 00:28:13,594
and if it's really good,
432
00:28:14,534 --> 00:28:16,654
it might help save the place.
433
00:28:18,434 --> 00:28:19,904
We're holding auditions,
434
00:28:21,034 --> 00:28:22,354
and these are the scripts.
435
00:28:28,474 --> 00:28:29,494
It's not looking good, is it?
436
00:28:30,354 --> 00:28:31,134
Come on, love.
437
00:28:32,174 --> 00:28:35,954
Last week, I were one away from a full house, so don't win those.
438
00:28:36,094 --> 00:28:38,334
Hi, ladies. Are you here for the "Christmas Carol" auditions?
439
00:28:38,674 --> 00:28:40,113
No, we're here for the bingo.
440
00:28:40,673 --> 00:28:42,814
Oh, dear. It's been moved to 5:00. Sorry.
441
00:28:43,134 --> 00:28:45,654
Oh, for goodness' sake.
442
00:28:46,754 --> 00:28:48,554
It all comes from offering room.
443
00:28:49,854 --> 00:28:50,474
From the offering room.
444
00:28:51,914 --> 00:28:52,794
Audition.
445
00:28:58,114 --> 00:28:59,114
Are the auditions in here?
446
00:28:59,414 --> 00:29:00,734
Yes, Maureen. Come on in.
447
00:29:05,734 --> 00:29:06,914
Right. Who wants to go first?
448
00:29:07,184 --> 00:29:08,054
We're not auditioning.
449
00:29:08,954 --> 00:29:09,854
We're just here to watch.
450
00:29:11,534 --> 00:29:13,334
Okay, we've got an audience, but no actors.
451
00:29:16,234 --> 00:29:19,234
Harry. Please tell me you're here to audition.
452
00:29:19,614 --> 00:29:20,334
Yeah. Yeah.
453
00:29:21,474 --> 00:29:22,694
Jacob Marley's ghost.
454
00:29:24,114 --> 00:29:25,654
Right. Okay. So,
455
00:29:27,034 --> 00:29:27,854
remember, Marley
456
00:29:28,894 --> 00:29:30,024
is a tortured soul.
457
00:29:31,114 --> 00:29:34,454
Only in death does he realize that he's wasted his life.
458
00:29:35,154 --> 00:29:37,954
He hasn't made any connections with his fellow human beings.
459
00:29:38,454 --> 00:29:41,764
He's really separated himself from everything and
460
00:29:41,894 --> 00:29:42,514
everyone,
461
00:29:43,774 --> 00:29:47,644
and now his ghost is bound by the chains of his labor for
462
00:29:47,694 --> 00:29:48,404
eternity,
463
00:29:49,814 --> 00:29:53,134
which is why he's so, so, so miserable.
464
00:29:55,674 --> 00:29:56,764
Right. Yeah, right you are.
465
00:29:57,754 --> 00:29:58,374
Off you go, Harry.
466
00:29:59,424 --> 00:30:02,454
Captive, bound, and double ironed.
467
00:30:03,114 --> 00:30:06,994
I wear the chain I forged in life. I made
468
00:30:07,034 --> 00:30:10,314
it link by link and yard by yard.
469
00:30:11,514 --> 00:30:15,154
My spirit doomed to wander through the world.
470
00:30:16,374 --> 00:30:17,074
I need my ears on.
471
00:30:17,294 --> 00:30:20,514
Oh, Murray Mints. Yeah. Oh, and my secret stash.
472
00:30:20,734 --> 00:30:21,434
Thanks, Harry.
473
00:30:30,154 --> 00:30:32,654
Ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille.
474
00:30:33,114 --> 00:30:34,674
Yes, Ned. Great.
475
00:30:35,654 --> 00:30:36,374
What are you doing for us?
476
00:30:36,674 --> 00:30:39,614
I haven't actually read any of the parts.
477
00:30:40,034 --> 00:30:43,114
My agent says I'm too big to audition.
478
00:30:43,314 --> 00:30:44,554
Speak up, we can't hear you.
479
00:30:44,974 --> 00:30:45,824
What was that, Maureen?
480
00:30:46,234 --> 00:30:48,734
I said you'll have to speak up, Ned. I can't hear you.
481
00:30:48,794 --> 00:30:52,134
I'm sorry, Maureen, can you speak up? I can't hear you.
482
00:30:54,894 --> 00:30:55,534
Gotcha.
483
00:30:56,634 --> 00:30:59,514
Okay. I'm sure we can find something for you, Ned. Thank you.
484
00:31:00,094 --> 00:31:01,094
Man needs his own show.
485
00:31:02,074 --> 00:31:03,773
Let's see what else we've got to work with.
486
00:31:04,374 --> 00:31:04,654
Hmm.
487
00:31:14,194 --> 00:31:17,774
Some may call me nonchalant, blase, and carefree.
488
00:31:18,554 --> 00:31:21,994
But they can call me what they want, because I'm all right with me.
489
00:31:22,854 --> 00:31:26,594
I'm happy walking my own path and singing my own song.
490
00:31:27,114 --> 00:31:28,154
I'm making it up
491
00:31:29,834 --> 00:31:33,634
as I go along. Easygoing, casual,
492
00:31:33,954 --> 00:31:37,314
that's my cup of tea. Some may find it
493
00:31:37,414 --> 00:31:39,854
laughable when you're affable like me.
494
00:31:40,814 --> 00:31:44,613
If I don't have a plan, my plan can't go wrong.
495
00:31:44,794 --> 00:31:45,884
So I'm making it up
496
00:31:47,594 --> 00:31:51,434
as I go along. If I don't have a plan,
497
00:31:51,734 --> 00:31:54,794
my plan can't go wrong. So I'm making it up.
498
00:31:55,034 --> 00:31:57,814
Hee-hee. As I go along.
499
00:32:02,054 --> 00:32:02,844
What am I doing?
500
00:32:04,894 --> 00:32:07,014
Look at them.
501
00:32:08,354 --> 00:32:09,114
They're buzzing.
502
00:32:09,974 --> 00:32:12,104
Yeah, that's not so bad, is it?
503
00:32:12,174 --> 00:32:13,674
No, it sure-
504
00:32:14,534 --> 00:32:15,394
You're right, they are.
505
00:32:19,314 --> 00:32:20,994
Okay, let's crack on.
506
00:32:22,774 --> 00:32:23,634
We need more biscuits.
507
00:32:24,114 --> 00:32:24,234
Yeah.
508
00:32:25,054 --> 00:32:25,314
I'll go.
509
00:32:27,914 --> 00:32:28,614
Thanks, Aubrey.
510
00:32:46,614 --> 00:32:48,434
Marley was dead to begin with.
511
00:32:49,274 --> 00:32:51,274
There is no doubt whatever about that.
512
00:32:59,494 --> 00:33:03,314
The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk,
513
00:33:03,634 --> 00:33:06,894
the undertaker, and the chief mourner.
514
00:33:06,954 --> 00:33:10,514
Scrooge signed it, and Scrooge's name was good upon
515
00:33:10,674 --> 00:33:13,374
change for anything he chose to put his hand to.
516
00:33:14,294 --> 00:33:14,823
Old Marley-
517
00:33:14,854 --> 00:33:18,543
Hobnobs. They're baying for Hobnobs out there,
518
00:33:18,894 --> 00:33:22,793
and trust me, dark things happen when they don't get their McVitie's.
519
00:33:23,734 --> 00:33:24,494
Let them eat cake.
520
00:33:28,734 --> 00:33:31,154
Oh, I'm sorry. No, no, that's
521
00:33:32,214 --> 00:33:32,974
Marie Antoinette,
522
00:33:33,934 --> 00:33:37,514
uttered in response to the French famine of 1789, although its
523
00:33:37,524 --> 00:33:38,774
attribution is disputed.
524
00:33:40,654 --> 00:33:43,854
That's why I read history, you see.
525
00:33:44,474 --> 00:33:46,494
I see you've been dipping into some fiction, too.
526
00:33:47,274 --> 00:33:47,454
No.
527
00:33:49,134 --> 00:33:52,874
Dear me, no. No, no, no, I was just sort of admiring the
528
00:33:52,934 --> 00:33:53,254
cover.
529
00:33:53,674 --> 00:33:54,934
Never judge a book by its cover.
530
00:33:56,234 --> 00:33:57,314
Take it with you if you like.
531
00:34:00,914 --> 00:34:01,494
No.
532
00:34:02,434 --> 00:34:03,954
No. No, thank you.
533
00:34:05,854 --> 00:34:06,434
I'm off to
534
00:34:08,154 --> 00:34:10,734
feed the masses and quell the revolution.
535
00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:24,834
How was your job?
536
00:34:25,004 --> 00:34:27,694
Let's read that again. Sorry, just one sec.
537
00:34:29,594 --> 00:34:30,015
Sadie,
538
00:34:30,995 --> 00:34:31,894
have you come to audition?
539
00:34:32,594 --> 00:34:33,274
Too late, yes?
540
00:34:34,094 --> 00:34:35,354
It's over, yes?
541
00:34:35,394 --> 00:34:37,314
No, not at all. We're just having a tea break.
542
00:34:38,495 --> 00:34:38,874
Come on in.
543
00:34:40,854 --> 00:34:41,294
It's okay.
544
00:34:44,534 --> 00:34:53,074
I've
545
00:34:53,154 --> 00:34:56,054
never actually acted before.
546
00:34:57,174 --> 00:34:58,674
I'd like to give it a go.
547
00:34:59,414 --> 00:35:02,374
There's no pressure here. You're going to be fine.
548
00:35:02,414 --> 00:35:03,834
I'll read any other lines, okay?
549
00:35:05,254 --> 00:35:08,534
Sadie's going to read one of Scrooge's speeches for us.
550
00:35:09,014 --> 00:35:09,874
Do you want to stand up?
551
00:35:19,694 --> 00:35:20,234
I don't
552
00:35:21,234 --> 00:35:21,414
make--
553
00:35:22,654 --> 00:35:24,334
I don't merry-- make...
554
00:35:26,374 --> 00:35:30,154
I don't make merry myself. Can I
555
00:35:30,274 --> 00:35:30,824
start again?
556
00:35:30,874 --> 00:35:32,814
Of course. Take your time, there's no rush.
557
00:35:36,214 --> 00:35:36,334
I
558
00:35:37,514 --> 00:35:37,974
helped
559
00:35:38,834 --> 00:35:41,894
support the prisons and the
560
00:35:42,014 --> 00:35:45,354
workhouses. They cost enough,
561
00:35:46,934 --> 00:35:49,994
and those who are badly off must go there.
562
00:35:50,854 --> 00:35:53,594
Many can't go there, and many would rather die.
563
00:35:54,154 --> 00:35:56,374
If they would rather die,
564
00:35:57,614 --> 00:35:59,174
they had better do it,
565
00:36:00,594 --> 00:36:00,834
and
566
00:36:01,774 --> 00:36:02,914
decrease the
567
00:36:03,854 --> 00:36:06,074
surplus population.
568
00:36:10,214 --> 00:36:10,754
Very good.
569
00:36:14,554 --> 00:36:15,114
Well done.
570
00:36:15,694 --> 00:36:17,674
That was lovely.
571
00:36:19,454 --> 00:36:19,834
Gloria,
572
00:36:21,254 --> 00:36:21,534
did you-
573
00:36:21,654 --> 00:36:22,834
I wish to be left alone
574
00:36:23,754 --> 00:36:24,114
... want to-
575
00:36:25,274 --> 00:36:27,894
Since you ask me what I wish, that is my answer.
576
00:36:29,934 --> 00:36:33,794
I don't make merry myself at Christmas, and I can't afford
577
00:36:33,834 --> 00:36:35,314
to make idle people merry
578
00:36:37,054 --> 00:36:39,854
I help to support the prisons and the workhouse.
579
00:36:40,794 --> 00:36:41,634
They cost enough,
580
00:36:42,814 --> 00:36:45,074
and those who are badly off must go there.
581
00:36:47,494 --> 00:36:50,354
I've heard it said many can't go there,
582
00:36:51,194 --> 00:36:54,824
and many would rather die. Well, if they would
583
00:36:54,854 --> 00:36:56,774
rather die, they'd better do it
584
00:36:57,574 --> 00:36:59,514
and decrease the surplus population.
585
00:37:01,094 --> 00:37:04,894
I live in such a world of fools as this
586
00:37:05,114 --> 00:37:08,314
Merry Christmas. Out upon Merry Christmas.
587
00:37:10,214 --> 00:37:11,734
If I could work my will,
588
00:37:13,134 --> 00:37:16,594
every idiot who walked around with Merry
589
00:37:16,714 --> 00:37:17,774
Christmas on his lips
590
00:37:18,854 --> 00:37:21,994
should be boiled with his own pudding
591
00:37:23,514 --> 00:37:24,334
and buried
592
00:37:25,194 --> 00:37:27,614
with a stake of holly through his heart.
593
00:37:29,194 --> 00:37:33,174
You keep Christmas your way, and let me keep it in
594
00:37:33,234 --> 00:37:33,574
mine.
595
00:37:45,714 --> 00:37:46,274
Bye, Allie.
596
00:37:48,774 --> 00:37:49,334
Oh, Aubrey.
597
00:37:51,934 --> 00:37:52,414
Go on.
598
00:37:53,734 --> 00:37:57,474
I don't usually lend this out because it was a present from my mom, but she
599
00:37:57,534 --> 00:38:01,134
always said the greatest gift you could give someone is a story.
600
00:38:02,734 --> 00:38:05,154
Plus, you can't be AD if you don't know the text.
601
00:38:06,614 --> 00:38:07,613
Anno Domini?
602
00:38:08,054 --> 00:38:09,114
Assistant director.
603
00:38:10,574 --> 00:38:13,994
Assistant d... Oh, no, I couldn't. What is it?
604
00:38:16,074 --> 00:38:19,054
Going to have to read it now, Aubs. Be disrespectful not to.
605
00:38:31,354 --> 00:38:32,934
What's in a book?
606
00:38:34,194 --> 00:38:35,834
A word or two.
607
00:38:37,334 --> 00:38:39,274
Somewhere to dwell
608
00:38:40,114 --> 00:38:41,834
or flick right through.
609
00:38:43,354 --> 00:38:45,354
Go take a look.
610
00:38:47,814 --> 00:38:48,224
What's in-
611
00:38:48,334 --> 00:38:51,074
Aubrey. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, you sit down.
612
00:38:51,994 --> 00:38:53,954
You're still recovering. I just need
613
00:38:55,074 --> 00:38:56,274
two new brushes
614
00:38:57,374 --> 00:38:59,534
and a top-up of malachite green.
615
00:39:00,174 --> 00:39:03,714
A Christmas Carol. Wonderful. Great to see you're reading fiction.
616
00:39:04,074 --> 00:39:07,074
Well, not really. Somewhat foisted upon me.
617
00:39:07,674 --> 00:39:10,734
Well, there are worse books to be foisted upon you.
618
00:39:11,554 --> 00:39:15,274
Dickens was one of the greatest social historians of his time.
619
00:39:15,434 --> 00:39:15,594
Hmm.
620
00:39:17,394 --> 00:39:17,934
Was he really?
621
00:39:18,534 --> 00:39:18,854
Mm-hmm.
622
00:39:20,494 --> 00:39:22,314
A bientot. Remember to rest.
623
00:39:22,854 --> 00:39:24,274
Tout à l'heure.
624
00:39:25,014 --> 00:39:28,974
For breaking hearts and giving
625
00:39:29,114 --> 00:39:32,914
thrills. Such women and fellas
626
00:39:33,714 --> 00:39:36,274
with their plays and novellas.
627
00:39:37,074 --> 00:39:40,334
Oh, what a punch they pack.
628
00:39:43,254 --> 00:39:44,794
What's in a book?
629
00:39:46,734 --> 00:39:49,794
In a paperback.
630
00:39:55,234 --> 00:39:59,134
Poems, stories, facts, and
631
00:39:59,274 --> 00:40:03,014
prose. Go turn a page,
632
00:40:03,894 --> 00:40:06,474
put in your nose.
633
00:40:06,914 --> 00:40:09,394
Hungry minds,
634
00:40:11,014 --> 00:40:14,154
they come to feed.
635
00:40:15,914 --> 00:40:19,854
Mind, I don't mean to say that I know of my own knowledge what
636
00:40:19,894 --> 00:40:22,824
there is particularly dead about a door-knocker.
637
00:40:22,874 --> 00:40:25,314
I might have been inclined myself to reckon a
638
00:40:25,434 --> 00:40:26,874
coffin...
639
00:40:30,174 --> 00:40:32,794
But Gloria's mad better. She's like a proper actor.
640
00:40:32,914 --> 00:40:35,374
She's like Robert De Niro or like Amy Lee Chung.
641
00:40:35,494 --> 00:40:36,394
Who's Amy Lee Chung?
642
00:40:36,834 --> 00:40:40,334
From Kamikaze Christmas, cops two. Winston's partner with the flamethrower.
643
00:40:41,614 --> 00:40:42,154
She drove the tank.
644
00:40:43,094 --> 00:40:47,064
I just don't know if it's the best thing for the group, giving Gloria
645
00:40:47,094 --> 00:40:50,134
the part. You saw what happened after her audition.
646
00:40:50,314 --> 00:40:54,294
Everyone was intimidated. It was like there was a sense of competition all
647
00:40:54,334 --> 00:40:54,774
of a sudden.
648
00:40:54,854 --> 00:40:57,534
Okay. What about when the art slot sends someone to come and see the show?
649
00:40:58,094 --> 00:41:00,994
We need to impress them, which means we need the sharpest actor for the lead.
650
00:41:01,074 --> 00:41:04,754
Yeah, but we need everyone on board, and I just think people work better
651
00:41:04,794 --> 00:41:06,594
together when there's a sense of camaraderie.
652
00:41:07,014 --> 00:41:10,634
Like when Sadie was nervous, everyone was so encouraging and
653
00:41:10,714 --> 00:41:12,494
supportive. That's what we want.
654
00:41:12,574 --> 00:41:15,414
Well, I think Coogan's right.
655
00:41:17,814 --> 00:41:19,834
Gloria was by far the best actor.
656
00:41:20,734 --> 00:41:21,114
However,
657
00:41:22,034 --> 00:41:25,554
on the day that we met, Ellen said that she wanted to do something fun and
658
00:41:25,694 --> 00:41:29,154
social and also that a little morale boost wouldn't hurt.
659
00:41:29,814 --> 00:41:32,534
I did say that, yeah. Well done, Mr. Memory.
660
00:41:32,854 --> 00:41:33,154
Thank you.
661
00:41:34,294 --> 00:41:34,594
So,
662
00:41:35,454 --> 00:41:39,254
if they're at their best when they're having fun, that can only be for the good of
663
00:41:39,274 --> 00:41:39,754
the play.
664
00:41:40,874 --> 00:41:41,394
Therefore,
665
00:41:42,214 --> 00:41:43,034
with that in mind,
666
00:41:44,034 --> 00:41:46,174
I think we should give Sadie the lead.
667
00:41:48,534 --> 00:41:49,854
Looks like we have our Scrooge.
668
00:41:50,974 --> 00:41:52,054
Good luck to Helen De Niro.
669
00:41:58,774 --> 00:41:59,034
Okay.
670
00:42:00,414 --> 00:42:03,154
First thing to say is you were all fantastic.
671
00:42:03,614 --> 00:42:04,514
It isn't easy.
672
00:42:06,434 --> 00:42:09,394
Come on, get on with it. The suspense is killing us.
673
00:42:09,514 --> 00:42:13,294
All right. Well, seeing as though you're so full of beans, Ned, we think you'd be
674
00:42:13,334 --> 00:42:15,414
great as the spirit of Christmas present.
675
00:42:16,604 --> 00:42:18,654
Whoa.
676
00:42:22,214 --> 00:42:26,134
For Scrooge, we had two brilliant auditions from
677
00:42:26,154 --> 00:42:30,114
Sadie and Gloria. We all agree that either of you would be great in the
678
00:42:30,174 --> 00:42:30,494
role,
679
00:42:31,634 --> 00:42:32,754
and this time
680
00:42:33,774 --> 00:42:36,364
we've gone with Sadie to play Scrooge.
681
00:42:43,782 --> 00:42:46,162
Gloria, we thought your audition was so engaging.
682
00:42:46,662 --> 00:42:47,212
We'd like you to-
683
00:42:47,242 --> 00:42:50,382
Waste all of our time, get our hopes up for nothing.
684
00:42:50,842 --> 00:42:54,382
Do you really think the stupid play is going to save this place?
685
00:42:55,322 --> 00:42:58,562
We're all going to be turfed out after Christmas anyway.
686
00:43:22,502 --> 00:43:23,002
Yes.
687
00:43:24,792 --> 00:43:27,002
That was, "Yes, what is it?" Not, "Yes, come in."
688
00:43:28,662 --> 00:43:29,062
Sorry.
689
00:43:30,842 --> 00:43:31,722
Well, what is it?
690
00:43:32,562 --> 00:43:33,832
I just, I wanted to come in and-
691
00:43:33,862 --> 00:43:35,242
Well, you're in now. So?
692
00:43:39,622 --> 00:43:42,202
Oh, thank you very much. These are mine anyway.
693
00:43:48,442 --> 00:43:48,452
It's off.
694
00:43:48,462 --> 00:43:51,202
Oh. Do you want one?
695
00:43:52,322 --> 00:43:52,922
Patches.
696
00:43:55,622 --> 00:43:56,302
Yes, sit down.
697
00:44:08,142 --> 00:44:10,122
I know you could play Scrooge better than anyone.
698
00:44:11,382 --> 00:44:11,762
Go on.
699
00:44:12,322 --> 00:44:13,182
We all saw it.
700
00:44:14,522 --> 00:44:17,122
Just had Sadie telling me that I should give you the part.
701
00:44:17,682 --> 00:44:18,042
So?
702
00:44:19,102 --> 00:44:22,441
You clearly know how to cast a spell over an audience, Gloria.
703
00:44:24,082 --> 00:44:26,902
So I'd love for you to play Dickens
704
00:44:28,322 --> 00:44:30,762
and really tell this story like it's your own.
705
00:44:32,842 --> 00:44:34,382
I know I could be making the wrong choice,
706
00:44:35,242 --> 00:44:39,142
but if Sadie can get up there on stage and
707
00:44:39,202 --> 00:44:39,982
do this,
708
00:44:40,842 --> 00:44:42,592
it would do wonders for her confidence,
709
00:44:44,102 --> 00:44:45,662
and it might even inspire the others.
710
00:44:46,822 --> 00:44:48,142
God knows we need everyone.
711
00:44:50,362 --> 00:44:53,902
When I was a teacher, nine times out of 10, my school plays were terrible.
712
00:44:54,762 --> 00:44:58,202
In one nativity, baby Jesus locked the three wise men in a props cupboard.
713
00:45:00,622 --> 00:45:01,712
I can't remember who said it,
714
00:45:03,482 --> 00:45:05,722
but we don't stop playing because we grow old.
715
00:45:05,832 --> 00:45:08,122
"We grow old because we stop playing."
716
00:45:10,262 --> 00:45:11,242
George Bernard Shaw.
717
00:45:12,282 --> 00:45:13,002
Is that who it was?
718
00:45:13,702 --> 00:45:14,502
Irish, you see.
719
00:45:15,812 --> 00:45:17,762
They have a very special way with words.
720
00:45:20,502 --> 00:45:22,982
Well, regardless of whether you decide to be in the play or not,
721
00:45:24,322 --> 00:45:28,302
I want you to know that your audition was spine-tingling.
722
00:45:29,002 --> 00:45:30,162
It really was, Gloria.
723
00:45:31,042 --> 00:45:34,082
I can't promise you we're going to put on the best version of A Christmas Carol
724
00:45:34,122 --> 00:45:35,342
that's ever been put on,
725
00:45:37,142 --> 00:45:40,142
and I have no control over what the arts guild decide.
726
00:45:42,682 --> 00:45:46,242
But I can promise you we're going to give it our best shot at
727
00:45:46,362 --> 00:45:47,282
saving this home.
728
00:46:41,102 --> 00:46:42,362
It gets dark so early now.
729
00:46:42,782 --> 00:46:43,082
Yeah.
730
00:46:44,562 --> 00:46:45,442
I could walk you home if you like.
731
00:46:46,042 --> 00:46:48,362
That's all right. I don't have far to go.
732
00:46:48,402 --> 00:46:50,422
That's all right. I'll walk you.
733
00:46:50,722 --> 00:46:51,962
All right. Thank you.
734
00:46:56,062 --> 00:46:56,162
Look,
735
00:46:57,332 --> 00:46:57,582
Ellen,
736
00:46:58,562 --> 00:47:02,282
I know I act the fool or whatever sometimes, but deep down, I'm like a
737
00:47:02,322 --> 00:47:03,122
sensitive guy.
738
00:47:03,162 --> 00:47:03,701
This is me.
739
00:47:05,261 --> 00:47:05,461
What?
740
00:47:09,142 --> 00:47:09,722
You live here?
741
00:47:10,142 --> 00:47:11,302
Yeah, me and my dad.
742
00:47:12,982 --> 00:47:13,262
Oh.
743
00:47:16,222 --> 00:47:16,502
So
744
00:47:17,682 --> 00:47:18,322
what's the story?
745
00:47:19,162 --> 00:47:23,122
Well, my dad was the warden here for like 20 years.
746
00:47:24,262 --> 00:47:25,502
Gave his life to this place.
747
00:47:26,342 --> 00:47:28,602
I used to run around here as a toddler, believe it or not.
748
00:47:29,602 --> 00:47:30,042
And then,
749
00:47:30,922 --> 00:47:31,762
irony of life,
750
00:47:33,002 --> 00:47:34,682
he got sick and became a resident,
751
00:47:35,742 --> 00:47:38,302
so I gave up teaching and stepped into his shoes,
752
00:47:39,142 --> 00:47:39,902
became the warden.
753
00:47:40,862 --> 00:47:41,342
Good for you.
754
00:47:44,282 --> 00:47:44,982
You look stressed.
755
00:47:45,422 --> 00:47:45,632
Yeah.
756
00:47:47,082 --> 00:47:48,642
It could be everyone's last Christmas here.
757
00:47:49,582 --> 00:47:50,252
It's rubbish, isn't it?
758
00:47:51,402 --> 00:47:53,022
The way society treats old people.
759
00:47:53,442 --> 00:47:53,622
Yeah.
760
00:47:54,942 --> 00:47:55,662
It's shameful.
761
00:48:03,562 --> 00:48:04,982
Anyway, I'll see you tomorrow.
762
00:48:06,602 --> 00:48:06,782
Yeah.
763
00:48:07,662 --> 00:48:08,662
Yeah, see you tomorrow.
764
00:48:12,402 --> 00:48:12,802
Coogan?
765
00:48:13,462 --> 00:48:13,582
Yeah?
766
00:48:14,302 --> 00:48:15,442
Thank you for walking me home.
767
00:48:16,022 --> 00:48:16,432
Shut up.
768
00:48:16,462 --> 00:48:17,522
I could've got lost.
769
00:48:19,592 --> 00:48:22,442
"Yes," said the child, brimful of glee.
770
00:48:23,022 --> 00:48:26,642
"Home for good and all. Home forever and ever.
771
00:48:27,562 --> 00:48:31,282
Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that home is like
772
00:48:31,362 --> 00:48:31,822
heaven.
773
00:48:32,762 --> 00:48:36,342
He spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to bed,
774
00:48:36,902 --> 00:48:40,842
that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home.
775
00:48:41,762 --> 00:48:43,742
And he said, 'Yes, you should,'
776
00:48:44,922 --> 00:48:47,042
and sent me in a coach to bring you."
777
00:48:50,498 --> 00:48:52,758
Yeah. So, obviously, we want to
778
00:48:54,158 --> 00:48:57,498
take this whole area down, but can't start that till the new year. Hey.
779
00:48:58,818 --> 00:48:59,598
You watch where you're going?
780
00:49:00,538 --> 00:49:00,938
I'm sorry.
781
00:49:01,238 --> 00:49:01,758
Idiot.
782
00:49:02,038 --> 00:49:02,438
I'm sorry.
783
00:49:02,678 --> 00:49:02,858
Hey.
784
00:49:04,058 --> 00:49:05,118
You can't talk to him like that.
785
00:49:05,998 --> 00:49:06,718
What are you doing here?
786
00:49:09,298 --> 00:49:10,258
Miss Hornby, isn't it?
787
00:49:12,198 --> 00:49:12,518
Yeah.
788
00:49:16,698 --> 00:49:17,238
Nice necklace.
789
00:49:19,618 --> 00:49:20,858
I asked what you're doing here.
790
00:49:22,358 --> 00:49:24,578
I'm just showing my building contractors the site.
791
00:49:24,938 --> 00:49:25,538
The site?
792
00:49:26,358 --> 00:49:29,798
It's not a building site yet. People live here. It's their home.
793
00:49:30,178 --> 00:49:32,098
Alas, not for much longer.
794
00:49:34,138 --> 00:49:34,498
Get out.
795
00:49:35,098 --> 00:49:35,258
Hmm?
796
00:49:35,838 --> 00:49:36,618
Get out now.
797
00:49:37,018 --> 00:49:37,958
Ooh.
798
00:49:39,138 --> 00:49:40,458
Feisty little firecracker, isn't she?
799
00:49:42,498 --> 00:49:46,438
Shall we?
800
00:49:48,538 --> 00:49:49,758
What a horrible man.
801
00:49:50,498 --> 00:49:50,898
Vile.
802
00:49:52,578 --> 00:49:52,878
You okay?
803
00:49:53,158 --> 00:49:54,118
Yeah, I'm fine. You okay?
804
00:49:54,738 --> 00:49:54,917
Yeah.
805
00:49:56,158 --> 00:49:56,478
Okay.
806
00:50:03,018 --> 00:50:04,038
Ah, Sadie.
807
00:50:05,638 --> 00:50:06,078
Now, listen-
808
00:50:06,298 --> 00:50:08,078
I think you should play Scrooge.
809
00:50:08,318 --> 00:50:08,498
Now,
810
00:50:09,318 --> 00:50:10,178
stop all that.
811
00:50:10,978 --> 00:50:12,118
You've been cast.
812
00:50:13,338 --> 00:50:14,028
Listen, Sadie,
813
00:50:15,198 --> 00:50:16,198
I used to be an actress.
814
00:50:19,978 --> 00:50:21,978
I got my first part when I was 19,
815
00:50:23,318 --> 00:50:25,338
and I worked on the West End for a bit.
816
00:50:26,918 --> 00:50:30,238
But as I got older, the parts dried up.
817
00:50:31,578 --> 00:50:32,578
But I remember
818
00:50:33,678 --> 00:50:35,818
that very first opening night.
819
00:50:37,598 --> 00:50:38,978
Just before the curtain went up,
820
00:50:40,298 --> 00:50:42,998
I found myself paralyzed with fright.
821
00:50:44,178 --> 00:50:47,878
All I knew was that there was no way I was going to walk out onto that
822
00:50:47,958 --> 00:50:49,458
stage in front of all those people.
823
00:50:50,398 --> 00:50:50,928
And then
824
00:50:52,598 --> 00:50:53,498
an angel appeared,
825
00:50:54,878 --> 00:50:56,497
an Irish angel.
826
00:50:58,778 --> 00:51:00,378
His name was Daniel Valdair.
827
00:51:01,218 --> 00:51:02,178
Handsome.
828
00:51:02,278 --> 00:51:04,098
Sadie, he was gorgeous.
829
00:51:05,978 --> 00:51:09,798
He was playing Oberon, and I was playing Titania, and he'd come to wish me good
830
00:51:09,838 --> 00:51:10,078
luck.
831
00:51:11,018 --> 00:51:13,118
But he saw that I was a quivering wreck.
832
00:51:15,118 --> 00:51:17,918
And then he did the sweetest, most
833
00:51:18,278 --> 00:51:19,438
unexpected thing.
834
00:51:20,078 --> 00:51:20,958
What did he do?
835
00:51:21,698 --> 00:51:22,118
I'll show you.
836
00:51:22,927 --> 00:51:23,398
Come with me.
837
00:51:29,238 --> 00:51:30,598
He led me to the window,
838
00:51:31,398 --> 00:51:32,178
and he said, "Look.
839
00:51:33,438 --> 00:51:34,118
Wait till I show you."
840
00:51:35,678 --> 00:51:37,658
And he really made me see.
841
00:51:38,798 --> 00:51:40,258
Look, that lady
842
00:51:41,258 --> 00:51:42,948
with her shopping bags laden down.
843
00:51:43,618 --> 00:51:47,598
She can't afford the bus because she's had her hours cut at work, and she's
844
00:51:47,618 --> 00:51:48,038
thinking,
845
00:51:49,698 --> 00:51:51,878
"Maybe I should take that extra cleaning job.
846
00:51:52,978 --> 00:51:54,918
I barely see the kids as it is."
847
00:51:58,418 --> 00:51:59,578
And what about that poor soul?
848
00:52:01,458 --> 00:52:05,218
She's remembering being a little girl in Glasgow, wondering
849
00:52:05,298 --> 00:52:06,378
where the years have gone.
850
00:52:07,858 --> 00:52:11,838
When she used to dance in the kitchen at Christmas with tinsel
851
00:52:11,878 --> 00:52:14,658
in her hair and pretending to be Judy Garland.
852
00:52:16,558 --> 00:52:19,178
"That's the real world, Gloria,"
853
00:52:20,338 --> 00:52:22,918
Daniel reminded me, "and it's awful tough.
854
00:52:23,418 --> 00:52:27,278
But what we do on the stage, it's just playing, so
855
00:52:27,398 --> 00:52:28,818
go out there and have some fun."
856
00:52:29,818 --> 00:52:30,798
And it worked.
857
00:52:32,078 --> 00:52:33,898
I went out and gave the performance of my life.
858
00:52:35,278 --> 00:52:36,198
That's what we have to do,
859
00:52:37,758 --> 00:52:40,658
just play and have some fun. And I'll help you,
860
00:52:41,518 --> 00:52:42,078
if you'll let me.
861
00:52:43,718 --> 00:52:44,698
On one condition.
862
00:52:45,138 --> 00:52:45,478
What?
863
00:52:46,158 --> 00:52:48,938
You tell me all about your theatrical adventures.
864
00:52:50,978 --> 00:52:52,978
I should've been locked up for half of them.
865
00:52:58,118 --> 00:52:58,298
So,
866
00:53:03,558 --> 00:53:04,298
what did you do?
867
00:53:06,998 --> 00:53:08,318
Wondered when you were going to ask that.
868
00:53:14,598 --> 00:53:14,738
So,
869
00:53:17,478 --> 00:53:19,198
one night, I'm on my way home from the gym.
870
00:53:20,898 --> 00:53:21,608
I cut down an alley,
871
00:53:22,858 --> 00:53:23,458
and out of nowhere,
872
00:53:24,458 --> 00:53:26,978
two guys charge around the corner, run past me.
873
00:53:28,398 --> 00:53:29,218
A few seconds later,
874
00:53:30,458 --> 00:53:32,718
three guys come around the corner and dive straight at me.
875
00:53:33,638 --> 00:53:36,718
I don't know who they are, so I protect myself.
876
00:53:37,778 --> 00:53:39,858
Next thing I know, I'm in handcuffs.
877
00:53:41,018 --> 00:53:42,418
Police, plain-clothed.
878
00:53:43,458 --> 00:53:45,098
I got done for assaulting a police officer.
879
00:53:46,118 --> 00:53:49,158
Judge said because it was my first offense, gave me the option of community
880
00:53:49,178 --> 00:53:50,078
service, so.
881
00:53:53,438 --> 00:53:56,778
My word against three feds swearing on the Bible. Yeah.
882
00:53:57,458 --> 00:53:57,978
Not a chance.
883
00:53:58,278 --> 00:53:58,738
I see.
884
00:53:59,978 --> 00:54:01,598
That's them paying back society, is it?
885
00:54:02,598 --> 00:54:05,678
Tea and biscuits. No wonder this country's on its knees.
886
00:54:05,858 --> 00:54:06,958
Shut up, Colin.
887
00:54:13,058 --> 00:54:14,818
I'm not surprised this home is doomed.
888
00:54:22,558 --> 00:54:24,118
Hello, mate. You all right? Good.
889
00:54:26,678 --> 00:54:28,218
How is it that you know everyone?
890
00:54:29,958 --> 00:54:30,538
What can I say?
891
00:54:31,928 --> 00:54:34,678
I come through here every day. Just get to know people.
892
00:54:34,898 --> 00:54:38,608
Yeah. But how? Because I come through here every day, and nobody ever says hello to
893
00:54:38,678 --> 00:54:38,898
me.
894
00:54:40,018 --> 00:54:40,858
Do you say hello to them?
895
00:54:41,938 --> 00:54:43,108
Well, of course not. I don't know them,
896
00:54:44,278 --> 00:54:44,287
so.
897
00:54:44,338 --> 00:54:45,238
Just smile and say hello.
898
00:54:46,058 --> 00:54:48,038
Nine times out of 10, they'll say hello back.
899
00:54:48,418 --> 00:54:49,658
Next time you see them, they're not a stranger
900
00:54:51,898 --> 00:54:53,698
Oh, look. There's my mate, Kev. What's happening, Kev?
901
00:54:54,378 --> 00:54:56,018
Hey now then, Coogs. How's tricks?
902
00:54:56,338 --> 00:54:57,098
Yeah, good, man. You?
903
00:54:57,338 --> 00:55:00,338
Yeah, can't complain. Just doing a bit of a renovation, get the reddies in for
904
00:55:00,378 --> 00:55:01,098
Crimbo, you know?
905
00:55:01,438 --> 00:55:01,598
Yeah.
906
00:55:02,538 --> 00:55:04,938
This is my mate, Aubrey. Aubrey, this is Kevin.
907
00:55:05,058 --> 00:55:05,558
Aubrey.
908
00:55:06,458 --> 00:55:09,778
What a great name. Hey, lovely rocking there. Looks proper cozy, that.
909
00:55:13,778 --> 00:55:14,678
I got it in Boyes's.
910
00:55:16,218 --> 00:55:18,258
They also stock them in blue, red, and gray.
911
00:55:19,238 --> 00:55:21,978
Boyes's, right. It would be red for me, mate.
912
00:55:21,998 --> 00:55:23,298
Hey, you on for footy Sunday, Coogs?
913
00:55:23,478 --> 00:55:23,927
Yeah, I'll be there.
914
00:55:24,418 --> 00:55:26,598
It won't make much of a difference. We're sending a man down.
915
00:55:26,638 --> 00:55:29,198
Yeah, why don't you ask Santa to bring you a decent right foot for Christmas?
916
00:55:29,278 --> 00:55:30,598
Maybe then you'll score for once.
917
00:55:31,698 --> 00:55:34,838
Anyway, no rest for the wicked. Nice to meet you, Aubrey, and I'll catch you later,
918
00:55:34,878 --> 00:55:35,318
lads, yeah?
919
00:55:35,458 --> 00:55:35,838
Yeah, man.
920
00:55:37,198 --> 00:55:38,598
See? Now Kev's a mate.
921
00:55:39,018 --> 00:55:39,338
So,
922
00:55:40,238 --> 00:55:43,678
you and Kevin both play football even though you're not very good?
923
00:55:44,098 --> 00:55:45,618
No, we're both decent. It's just banter.
924
00:55:48,058 --> 00:55:48,598
Like jokes.
925
00:55:49,918 --> 00:55:50,158
You know,
926
00:55:51,038 --> 00:55:52,818
if someone's good at something, you say they're crap at it.
927
00:55:55,578 --> 00:55:55,878
Do you get it?
928
00:55:56,938 --> 00:55:58,378
Not really, no.
929
00:55:59,218 --> 00:56:02,038
Like, he's actually a good player, but I just go like-
930
00:56:02,068 --> 00:56:03,988
Okay, why don't you just say that, though? Because that's a compliment.
931
00:56:03,988 --> 00:56:05,018
No, because it's banter.
932
00:56:25,558 --> 00:56:29,458
They were in the room where young Scrooge and the girl had last spoken.
933
00:56:30,498 --> 00:56:34,198
It was very plainly furnished, but everything had been arranged with
934
00:56:34,258 --> 00:56:37,778
such care and purpose that its meaning could not be
935
00:56:37,838 --> 00:56:38,598
mistaken.
936
00:56:40,278 --> 00:56:42,138
Some hope had been cherished there,
937
00:56:43,038 --> 00:56:44,758
some dream of what might be.
938
00:56:59,858 --> 00:57:00,298
Hello.
939
00:57:01,378 --> 00:57:02,898
Mr. Hopkins, how are you feeling?
940
00:57:04,618 --> 00:57:05,278
Oh, good.
941
00:57:06,778 --> 00:57:07,757
I
942
00:57:09,558 --> 00:57:11,178
have a favor to ask.
943
00:57:17,578 --> 00:57:19,938
Hello, Clarence.
944
00:57:20,958 --> 00:57:22,538
There's somebody that I'd like you to meet.
945
00:57:23,378 --> 00:57:25,638
Aubrey tells me you're quite the craftsman.
946
00:57:27,038 --> 00:57:27,378
Well.
947
00:57:28,298 --> 00:57:29,738
Now, the thing is,
948
00:57:30,558 --> 00:57:34,238
if we're going to put on a proper show, we're going to need a proper set.
949
00:57:41,178 --> 00:57:41,598
Grace,
950
00:57:42,718 --> 00:57:45,638
Leon. We wondered if you'd like to join us.
951
00:57:55,028 --> 00:57:58,507
We'll take bits and pieces, odds and ends, and lengths of knicks and
952
00:57:58,538 --> 00:58:02,488
knacks. The front of lots of thingy bobs with different sides and
953
00:58:02,578 --> 00:58:06,398
backs. With pencil lead and needle thread, we'll soon make a
954
00:58:06,518 --> 00:58:10,478
start. Me and you, wood and glue, we can make a work of
955
00:58:10,518 --> 00:58:14,478
art. With what we've got, which ain't a lot, we can make a work of
956
00:58:14,498 --> 00:58:14,817
art.
957
00:58:27,338 --> 00:58:31,278
With what we've got, which ain't a lot, we can make a work of art.
958
00:58:35,478 --> 00:58:38,658
Old pubs, the hot tub, everything. Now, all this has gone. Out with the old.
959
00:58:40,658 --> 00:58:42,498
You've been to the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, I take it.
960
00:58:42,518 --> 00:58:42,668
Oh, yeah.
961
00:58:42,698 --> 00:58:44,218
Now, you know with their stunning atrium?
962
00:58:44,338 --> 00:58:44,428
Mm-hmm.
963
00:58:44,708 --> 00:58:46,418
I want to do something similar here, you see.
964
00:58:46,618 --> 00:58:48,118
Not if our plan works, you won't.
965
00:58:48,618 --> 00:58:51,718
What? What plan? We've got a plan?
966
00:58:52,018 --> 00:58:53,138
Well, the play is the plan.
967
00:58:53,538 --> 00:58:55,338
I thought it was A Christmas Carol.
968
00:58:55,578 --> 00:58:57,458
Yes, Godfrey, it is A Christmas Carol, but
969
00:58:58,418 --> 00:59:01,878
Ellen says if we can put the play on, we can save the
970
00:59:01,938 --> 00:59:02,478
home.
971
00:59:03,318 --> 00:59:06,138
How can putting on a play save the home?
972
00:59:06,258 --> 00:59:07,998
Can't remember exactly, but it can.
973
00:59:08,338 --> 00:59:08,458
Oh.
974
00:59:08,958 --> 00:59:09,958
Ellen's sure of it.
975
00:59:10,018 --> 00:59:10,218
Oh.
976
00:59:11,458 --> 00:59:13,338
Tea, with biscuits.
977
00:59:21,058 --> 00:59:22,518
Great. Okay, let's try that section again.
978
00:59:22,558 --> 00:59:24,998
A little bit more energy, maybe a bit louder.
979
00:59:25,078 --> 00:59:28,358
Louder. Hither come hither, Mr. Scrooge.
980
00:59:28,838 --> 00:59:31,818
I'm sorry. It's just completely wrong.
981
00:59:32,558 --> 00:59:34,958
Ah, yes. Okay. Well, you two-
982
00:59:34,968 --> 00:59:35,638
Ellen, you got a moment?
983
00:59:36,378 --> 00:59:38,238
Yeah. Aubrey, can you take over?
984
00:59:39,178 --> 00:59:39,458
What?
985
00:59:42,668 --> 00:59:43,548
Sorry, Dad.
986
00:59:43,618 --> 00:59:44,658
Hey, we're waiting.
987
00:59:44,678 --> 00:59:45,198
Oh, no.
988
00:59:53,778 --> 00:59:54,858
It's from the Arts Guild.
989
00:59:56,058 --> 00:59:56,818
Oh, blimey.
990
00:59:58,718 --> 01:00:00,378
I didn't think they'd reply so quickly.
991
01:00:09,368 --> 01:00:09,598
Well?
992
01:00:14,198 --> 01:00:14,498
Ellen,
993
01:00:15,318 --> 01:00:15,998
what have they said?
994
01:00:19,498 --> 01:00:20,878
They're sending Wendy Mallet.
995
01:00:23,598 --> 01:00:24,978
"Fear me.
996
01:00:25,838 --> 01:00:27,798
I am the Ghost of Christmas Future."
997
01:00:27,818 --> 01:00:30,598
Oh, no. Stop. That's wrong again.
998
01:00:31,698 --> 01:00:34,878
The correct line is, "Fear me. Fear me." No?
999
01:00:34,938 --> 01:00:38,758
You say it twice. Right. And then you say, "I am the Spirit of
1000
01:00:38,798 --> 01:00:42,618
Christmas Future." Not the ghost. No, no. The spirit. Okay?
1001
01:00:43,438 --> 01:00:46,998
So let's do it again, and this time if you could try to remember your lines and
1002
01:00:47,138 --> 01:00:49,098
just sort of act better.
1003
01:00:49,858 --> 01:00:53,818
Act better? Is that a direct quote from Spielberg, or are
1004
01:00:53,858 --> 01:00:54,778
you paraphrasing?
1005
01:00:55,258 --> 01:00:56,588
Why don't we take five, Aubrey?
1006
01:00:59,166 --> 01:00:59,746
Take five what?
1007
01:00:59,806 --> 01:01:00,206
Minutes.
1008
01:01:00,606 --> 01:01:04,536
Oh, yeah. Good idea, Gloria. Let's take a five-minute break,
1009
01:01:04,766 --> 01:01:05,186
everyone.
1010
01:01:18,926 --> 01:01:19,366
Aubrey,
1011
01:01:20,566 --> 01:01:22,086
can I give you a little bit of advice?
1012
01:01:22,876 --> 01:01:22,946
Yeah.
1013
01:01:22,946 --> 01:01:26,686
When you're directing actors, you daren't be too direct.
1014
01:01:26,726 --> 01:01:27,806
You've got to coax them.
1015
01:01:29,586 --> 01:01:32,346
You know acting's not just about learning lines.
1016
01:01:32,906 --> 01:01:35,886
It does take a bit of courage to get up in front of each other,
1017
01:01:37,066 --> 01:01:40,166
and your actors need to trust you,
1018
01:01:41,046 --> 01:01:42,646
and you need to trust them, actually.
1019
01:01:44,226 --> 01:01:47,736
Just give them simple, clear instructions
1020
01:01:48,506 --> 01:01:49,806
with a bit of encouragement
1021
01:01:50,986 --> 01:01:53,146
and maybe a compliment or two.
1022
01:02:01,986 --> 01:02:02,626
Mrs. Cratchit.
1023
01:02:04,436 --> 01:02:04,666
Maureen.
1024
01:02:04,666 --> 01:02:05,166
Sorry.
1025
01:02:07,486 --> 01:02:07,946
Maureen.
1026
01:02:09,486 --> 01:02:11,286
Simple instructions and then maybe...
1027
01:02:17,446 --> 01:02:21,166
Okay. Let's go from, "Bless your heart
1028
01:02:21,206 --> 01:02:22,066
alive, my dear."
1029
01:02:23,446 --> 01:02:24,846
Oh, uh...
1030
01:02:31,946 --> 01:02:32,766
And I like your jumper.
1031
01:02:35,586 --> 01:02:35,866
Sorry?
1032
01:02:37,046 --> 01:02:37,926
I like the little duck.
1033
01:02:38,646 --> 01:02:38,866
Oh.
1034
01:02:40,506 --> 01:02:41,486
Thank you.
1035
01:02:42,506 --> 01:02:44,546
Yes, he's rather sweet, isn't he?
1036
01:02:45,766 --> 01:02:47,086
Where did you want me to go from again?
1037
01:02:47,566 --> 01:02:47,586
Oh,
1038
01:02:48,406 --> 01:02:51,486
let's go from the top of page
1039
01:02:51,746 --> 01:02:52,406
21.
1040
01:02:57,246 --> 01:02:59,726
Yeah, there was some concern about nesting birds, apparently.
1041
01:02:59,886 --> 01:03:01,826
When the daylight assesses- Out of the park.
1042
01:03:03,856 --> 01:03:07,516
Those coffin dodgers down at Willow Lodge think they can stop me from buying their
1043
01:03:07,566 --> 01:03:08,446
little home.
1044
01:03:08,606 --> 01:03:10,586
I don't know what you're talking about, honestly.
1045
01:03:10,666 --> 01:03:13,606
You know I can make life very difficult for you if that happens, don't you, Milton?
1046
01:03:30,766 --> 01:03:32,466
So how come you've never been to the pub before?
1047
01:03:33,406 --> 01:03:34,846
Never went for after-work drinks?
1048
01:03:35,706 --> 01:03:37,006
Dad never took you for your first pint?
1049
01:03:37,206 --> 01:03:38,966
Thank you.
1050
01:03:39,106 --> 01:03:40,686
Me and my dad,
1051
01:03:43,866 --> 01:03:44,246
no.
1052
01:03:45,126 --> 01:03:46,946
We haven't really talked much since.
1053
01:03:53,166 --> 01:03:53,466
So
1054
01:03:54,466 --> 01:03:55,326
who's Wendy Mallet?
1055
01:03:56,346 --> 01:03:59,826
She is the chief executive of the Arts Guild.
1056
01:04:01,406 --> 01:04:03,655
I thought they'd send someone local to assess us.
1057
01:04:03,666 --> 01:04:06,686
I didn't think they'd send the big boss up from London on Christmas Eve.
1058
01:04:07,006 --> 01:04:08,586
Must take her job very seriously.
1059
01:04:09,146 --> 01:04:11,366
Oh. Yeah, that's what I'm worried about.
1060
01:04:13,686 --> 01:04:14,746
So the play's got to be banging.
1061
01:04:14,946 --> 01:04:18,926
Yeah. We need Wendy's approval to get accreditation, and we'll have to draw in
1062
01:04:18,966 --> 01:04:22,726
a decent audience so that we can show that we're part of a wider
1063
01:04:22,786 --> 01:04:23,546
community.
1064
01:04:24,006 --> 01:04:25,906
Maybe we could put an ad in the local paper.
1065
01:04:26,486 --> 01:04:27,386
Yeah, we could try.
1066
01:04:28,346 --> 01:04:31,116
I'm not sure an ad in the Gazette's going to cut through all the festive noise,
1067
01:04:31,206 --> 01:04:31,426
though.
1068
01:04:32,946 --> 01:04:34,946
I can't bear the thought of losing Willow Lodge.
1069
01:04:52,226 --> 01:04:54,366
Mom, look, the ponies. Mom? Mom, wake up!
1070
01:04:56,606 --> 01:04:56,655
Mom,
1071
01:04:58,746 --> 01:04:59,546
wake up!
1072
01:05:07,586 --> 01:05:11,146
Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all and
1073
01:05:11,326 --> 01:05:12,346
infinitely more.
1074
01:05:13,226 --> 01:05:15,945
And to Tiny Tim, who did not die,
1075
01:05:17,276 --> 01:05:18,965
he was a second father.
1076
01:05:21,586 --> 01:05:25,226
Some people laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them
1077
01:05:25,286 --> 01:05:25,746
laugh,
1078
01:05:26,836 --> 01:05:30,796
and it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas
1079
01:05:30,886 --> 01:05:33,886
well if any man alive possessed the knowledge.
1080
01:05:35,166 --> 01:05:38,186
May that be truly said of us and all of us.
1081
01:05:39,266 --> 01:05:43,246
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God
1082
01:05:43,506 --> 01:05:45,486
bless us, everyone."
1083
01:06:04,536 --> 01:06:08,386
"There's no time like the present," said the turkey to the
1084
01:06:08,466 --> 01:06:11,226
pheasant. Life's a gift. Life's a gift.
1085
01:06:11,346 --> 01:06:12,606
Life's a gift.
1086
01:06:13,766 --> 01:06:17,266
And it sure does make you grateful if you don't end up a
1087
01:06:17,366 --> 01:06:21,166
plateful. Life's a gift. Life's a gift. Life's a gift.
1088
01:06:22,726 --> 01:06:26,686
It's all about the feeling, the giving and receiving.
1089
01:06:27,046 --> 01:06:27,586
Good morning.
1090
01:06:27,766 --> 01:06:30,526
To give so from the heart, not the mall.
1091
01:06:32,846 --> 01:06:33,126
Helen,
1092
01:06:33,966 --> 01:06:34,346
what's wrong?
1093
01:06:36,946 --> 01:06:37,546
Oh, no.
1094
01:06:39,336 --> 01:06:39,966
Not Mr. Fum-
1095
01:07:18,236 --> 01:07:20,956
I don't want to cry today.
1096
01:07:22,976 --> 01:07:25,156
I don't want to cry.
1097
01:07:27,756 --> 01:07:29,836
I don't want to cry today.
1098
01:07:32,276 --> 01:07:35,116
These tears are going to make me cry.
1099
01:07:37,176 --> 01:07:39,556
I can't see the sky today.
1100
01:07:41,876 --> 01:07:44,676
I can't see the sky.
1101
01:07:46,556 --> 01:07:50,076
Snow is in my eyes today, and these
1102
01:07:50,136 --> 01:07:53,176
tears are going to make me cry.
1103
01:08:13,816 --> 01:08:16,976
I don't want to cry today.
1104
01:08:33,856 --> 01:08:36,717
I know with the way you're feeling now,
1105
01:08:38,656 --> 01:08:42,516
you might not believe me, but when we lose someone we
1106
01:08:42,576 --> 01:08:42,896
love,
1107
01:08:44,137 --> 01:08:45,696
we don't ever
1108
01:08:47,576 --> 01:08:49,217
really, truly lose them.
1109
01:08:51,156 --> 01:08:51,837
We may
1110
01:08:53,297 --> 01:08:56,757
lose their physical presence,
1111
01:08:57,876 --> 01:09:00,616
but their spirit stays with us,
1112
01:09:02,217 --> 01:09:03,056
stays within us.
1113
01:09:05,696 --> 01:09:18,276
Take
1114
01:09:18,416 --> 01:09:18,936
time
1115
01:09:19,956 --> 01:09:20,797
to grieve,
1116
01:09:21,736 --> 01:09:22,476
Aubrey.
1117
01:09:25,616 --> 01:09:27,276
But don't you disappear.
1118
01:09:30,126 --> 01:09:33,736
Hi, Aubrey, it's Ellen. Just checking in to see how you're doing.
1119
01:09:34,396 --> 01:09:35,257
Hope you're okay.
1120
01:09:36,156 --> 01:09:38,797
We're all getting ready for the dress rehearsal. It's very exciting.
1121
01:09:38,816 --> 01:09:41,255
You'll have to speak to my daughter. She can deal with this.
1122
01:09:42,156 --> 01:09:43,856
Very happily, Mr. Formby, as I say.
1123
01:09:44,257 --> 01:09:45,026
I can't do it.
1124
01:09:45,036 --> 01:09:45,936
We'll have to go through the-
1125
01:09:47,596 --> 01:09:47,816
Right.
1126
01:09:49,376 --> 01:09:50,156
Miss you, mate.
1127
01:09:52,456 --> 01:09:54,336
Ellen, can you come over here for a second?
1128
01:09:55,976 --> 01:09:56,456
What's going on?
1129
01:09:56,636 --> 01:09:58,156
This is Adrian. He's from the council.
1130
01:09:58,356 --> 01:09:59,306
I've been trying to explain to him-
1131
01:09:59,336 --> 01:09:59,936
Adrian Tanner,
1132
01:10:00,836 --> 01:10:01,956
Health and Safety Executive.
1133
01:10:02,176 --> 01:10:03,206
Right. Okay. What's-
1134
01:10:03,256 --> 01:10:04,456
Do you like your residents barbecued?
1135
01:10:04,636 --> 01:10:04,766
What?
1136
01:10:05,396 --> 01:10:09,276
This whole set, the lighting, the electrics, it's all potential fire
1137
01:10:09,316 --> 01:10:09,665
hazards,
1138
01:10:10,556 --> 01:10:12,596
and you don't have a rear fire exit.
1139
01:10:15,456 --> 01:10:19,336
You do realize if there was a fire here, everybody in this backstage area
1140
01:10:19,396 --> 01:10:23,136
would be trapped. It's supposed to be a care home, isn't it? Not a death trap.
1141
01:10:24,616 --> 01:10:27,776
Now, there's a Section 7 violation of the Health and Safety at Work Act,
1142
01:10:30,376 --> 01:10:32,296
which means the show's canceled.
1143
01:10:33,196 --> 01:10:33,556
What?
1144
01:10:34,136 --> 01:10:34,676
Merry Christmas.
1145
01:10:50,016 --> 01:10:52,336
Everyone, can you just gather around for a moment, please?
1146
01:10:57,396 --> 01:11:01,236
I'm afraid I've got some bad news.
1147
01:11:03,856 --> 01:11:05,016
The play's been canceled.
1148
01:11:06,016 --> 01:11:06,336
No.
1149
01:11:07,176 --> 01:11:07,616
What?
1150
01:11:07,796 --> 01:11:08,316
Why?
1151
01:11:10,256 --> 01:11:11,816
There's a health and safety issue.
1152
01:11:11,956 --> 01:11:13,696
Who cares about health and safety?
1153
01:11:13,796 --> 01:11:16,276
I know. I'm so sorry. It's the council.
1154
01:11:55,656 --> 01:11:56,536
Oh, no.
1155
01:11:57,856 --> 01:11:59,336
Oh, no.
1156
01:12:00,236 --> 01:12:01,096
Ah.
1157
01:12:02,616 --> 01:12:03,416
Oh, no.
1158
01:12:29,156 --> 01:12:33,016
You have two new messages. First message received December 21st
1159
01:12:33,116 --> 01:12:34,596
at 9:55 a.m.
1160
01:12:35,676 --> 01:12:39,396
Hi, Aubrey, it's Ellen. We wanted to check in to see how you're
1161
01:12:39,436 --> 01:12:42,296
doing. Everyone's getting ready for the dress rehearsal.
1162
01:12:43,156 --> 01:12:43,995
It's exciting.
1163
01:12:44,976 --> 01:12:48,956
Listen, I know it's a tricky time, but if you can make it, we'd love
1164
01:12:49,036 --> 01:12:49,616
to see you.
1165
01:12:51,036 --> 01:12:51,836
Miss you, mate.
1166
01:12:55,096 --> 01:12:58,856
Next message received December 21st at 10:20 a.m.
1167
01:12:59,796 --> 01:13:01,116
Hi, Aubrey, it's Ellen again.
1168
01:13:02,356 --> 01:13:04,016
I've got some bad news, I'm afraid.
1169
01:13:06,976 --> 01:13:10,036
The play's been canceled. We're all a bit shell-shocked.
1170
01:13:10,476 --> 01:13:11,436
I guess the care home's
1171
01:13:12,276 --> 01:13:13,136
shutting down for good
1172
01:13:14,336 --> 01:13:18,256
We had a health and safety check, and we failed because we
1173
01:13:18,296 --> 01:13:22,056
don't have a backstage fire exit. I've called
1174
01:13:22,076 --> 01:13:26,056
around the whole of Yorkshire trying to sort something out, but there's no chance
1175
01:13:26,536 --> 01:13:27,196
at Christmas.
1176
01:13:48,676 --> 01:13:49,036
Kevin.
1177
01:13:50,236 --> 01:13:50,596
Kevin. Kevin!
1178
01:13:52,656 --> 01:13:53,416
I like your cap.
1179
01:13:53,816 --> 01:13:55,916
Cheers, Aubrey. Fashion icon, you.
1180
01:13:56,336 --> 01:13:56,476
Oh,
1181
01:13:57,916 --> 01:14:00,016
and your football skills leave much to be desired.
1182
01:14:00,276 --> 01:14:00,456
Right.
1183
01:14:01,496 --> 01:14:02,876
I see you're getting the hang of banter.
1184
01:14:02,976 --> 01:14:03,136
Um-
1185
01:14:04,096 --> 01:14:05,816
Yeah, just give me 30 seconds, mate.
1186
01:14:08,276 --> 01:14:08,286
Okay.
1187
01:14:08,336 --> 01:14:09,656
Jeez, I don't know, Aubrey.
1188
01:14:10,646 --> 01:14:12,236
It's going to be tight to get it done time-wise.
1189
01:14:12,836 --> 01:14:15,496
I've got to find half a dozen lads who are willing to just drop everything right
1190
01:14:15,516 --> 01:14:17,036
before Christmas to try and get it done.
1191
01:14:18,136 --> 01:14:19,116
And then there's the cost.
1192
01:14:20,296 --> 01:14:21,556
You're talking north of £10,000.
1193
01:14:23,016 --> 01:14:23,995
Have you got that kind of money?
1194
01:14:37,056 --> 01:14:38,976
It's going to break my heart to smash this set up.
1195
01:14:39,976 --> 01:14:40,856
I can't believe it.
1196
01:14:41,936 --> 01:14:43,996
Everyone's hard work for nothing.
1197
01:14:47,656 --> 01:14:50,216
Harry, have you been sharing our secret stash around again?
1198
01:14:51,296 --> 01:14:52,436
Go and have a look backstage.
1199
01:14:59,616 --> 01:15:00,616
Let's get this fitted.
1200
01:15:01,016 --> 01:15:01,436
Kevin.
1201
01:15:02,316 --> 01:15:03,876
Hey. All right, Cooms?
1202
01:15:03,916 --> 01:15:04,436
What's all this?
1203
01:15:05,116 --> 01:15:08,956
I saw Aubrey this morning. He told me your lot was all over Craig without a
1204
01:15:08,976 --> 01:15:09,256
shovel.
1205
01:15:09,496 --> 01:15:13,396
Darling, this is wonderful, but I don't know if we
1206
01:15:13,436 --> 01:15:14,096
can afford it.
1207
01:15:14,336 --> 01:15:14,516
Hey,
1208
01:15:15,456 --> 01:15:17,076
don't worry about it. It's already been covered.
1209
01:15:19,756 --> 01:15:20,836
Aubrey.
1210
01:15:49,796 --> 01:16:17,016
Natalie.
1211
01:16:25,656 --> 01:16:26,056
Aubrey.
1212
01:16:33,756 --> 01:16:35,836
Oh, Laurie. Thank you.
1213
01:16:36,456 --> 01:16:36,956
Aubs,
1214
01:16:37,796 --> 01:16:39,076
you absolute legend.
1215
01:16:41,176 --> 01:16:43,096
Ladies and gentlemen, it's your 30-minute call.
1216
01:16:44,016 --> 01:16:45,016
Half an hour to curtain.
1217
01:16:45,116 --> 01:16:46,296
Half an hour. Come on.
1218
01:16:47,536 --> 01:16:48,876
Half an hour. Are you happy with this?
1219
01:16:52,556 --> 01:16:53,376
Okay, everyone.
1220
01:16:55,056 --> 01:16:55,616
This is it.
1221
01:16:57,276 --> 01:16:58,496
You're all incredible.
1222
01:16:59,316 --> 01:17:00,776
You've worked so hard.
1223
01:17:02,256 --> 01:17:05,456
Now, I just want you to go out there and enjoy yourselves.
1224
01:17:07,516 --> 01:17:10,956
Let's make Mr. Hopkins proud, and let's save this home.
1225
01:17:17,856 --> 01:17:19,116
There's a couple of the football lads.
1226
01:17:19,936 --> 01:17:21,876
Didn't have them down as big Dickens fans.
1227
01:17:21,936 --> 01:17:27,276
There
1228
01:17:27,576 --> 01:17:29,276
she is.
1229
01:17:30,976 --> 01:17:34,076
That's Wendy Mallet. I recognize her from the website.
1230
01:17:35,716 --> 01:17:37,856
Why do I feel like I'm about to be put in detention?
1231
01:17:44,196 --> 01:17:44,596
Wendy,
1232
01:17:45,596 --> 01:17:48,456
I'm Ellen Formby. Thank you so much for coming.
1233
01:17:48,836 --> 01:17:52,376
Yes, well, ordinarily, I wouldn't come all this way to see a show on Christmas Eve,
1234
01:17:52,516 --> 01:17:56,486
but I am luckily going to butcher my own turkey at an organic farm in
1235
01:17:56,556 --> 01:17:57,776
Tadcaster. So yeah,
1236
01:17:58,836 --> 01:18:00,456
it was a real stroke of luck, actually.
1237
01:18:00,656 --> 01:18:01,016
Wow.
1238
01:18:01,436 --> 01:18:01,656
Mm.
1239
01:18:02,236 --> 01:18:02,756
Butchering.
1240
01:18:03,736 --> 01:18:05,536
What an absolute stroke of luck for us.
1241
01:18:05,976 --> 01:18:06,216
Yes.
1242
01:18:10,806 --> 01:18:14,036
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma. Ma-ma-ma-ma.
1243
01:18:15,456 --> 01:18:19,336
Unique New York. Unique New York.
1244
01:18:19,346 --> 01:18:20,986
Unique New York. Unique
1245
01:18:22,096 --> 01:18:22,276
unique
1246
01:18:43,616 --> 01:18:43,896
Ooh,
1247
01:18:44,896 --> 01:18:46,756
that's got some kick, that has.
1248
01:18:47,956 --> 01:18:48,496
Oh.
1249
01:19:13,936 --> 01:19:14,316
Sadie?
1250
01:19:16,796 --> 01:19:19,346
I don't think I can do this, Gloria
1251
01:19:22,188 --> 01:19:24,228
Don't think. It's just play.
1252
01:19:26,008 --> 01:19:29,978
You can do this, Sadie, and I'll be with you every step of
1253
01:19:30,008 --> 01:19:30,387
the way.
1254
01:20:35,908 --> 01:20:39,728
"Marley was dead, to begin with. There
1255
01:20:39,768 --> 01:20:41,808
is no doubt whatever about that.
1256
01:20:42,658 --> 01:20:46,528
The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman,
1257
01:20:47,368 --> 01:20:47,908
clerk,
1258
01:20:48,828 --> 01:20:51,528
the undertaker, the chief mourner.
1259
01:20:53,028 --> 01:20:54,288
Scrooge signed it.
1260
01:20:56,928 --> 01:21:00,708
But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone,
1261
01:21:00,808 --> 01:21:01,428
Scrooge."
1262
01:21:50,568 --> 01:21:53,318
"A squeezing, wrenching,
1263
01:21:55,108 --> 01:21:55,728
rasping,
1264
01:21:57,408 --> 01:21:58,248
scraping,
1265
01:21:59,208 --> 01:22:02,508
clutching, covetous, old sinner.
1266
01:22:04,368 --> 01:22:07,808
Hard and sharp as flint, from which
1267
01:22:08,168 --> 01:22:11,768
no steel had ever struck out generous
1268
01:22:11,868 --> 01:22:12,448
fire.
1269
01:22:14,188 --> 01:22:15,128
The cold
1270
01:22:16,008 --> 01:22:18,868
withered his frozen features,
1271
01:22:19,908 --> 01:22:20,428
nipped
1272
01:22:21,308 --> 01:22:22,648
his pointed nose,
1273
01:22:23,648 --> 01:22:24,748
straitened his gait,
1274
01:22:25,588 --> 01:22:27,568
made his eyes red,
1275
01:22:28,368 --> 01:22:30,548
and his thin lips blue,
1276
01:22:31,988 --> 01:22:35,348
and spoke out shrewdly in his
1277
01:22:35,668 --> 01:22:37,208
grating voice."
1278
01:22:39,928 --> 01:22:41,608
Humbug!
1279
01:22:52,248 --> 01:22:56,108
"Aren't you the spirit, sir, whose coming was foretold
1280
01:22:56,208 --> 01:22:56,588
to me?"
1281
01:22:57,628 --> 01:22:59,068
I am.
1282
01:22:59,178 --> 01:23:00,908
What and who are you?
1283
01:23:01,388 --> 01:23:03,448
I am the Ghost of Christmas Past.
1284
01:23:03,908 --> 01:23:05,308
Long past?
1285
01:23:08,468 --> 01:23:09,248
We've got a problem.
1286
01:23:09,628 --> 01:23:11,448
No, no, no. Your past.
1287
01:23:18,988 --> 01:23:19,308
Greg,
1288
01:23:20,788 --> 01:23:22,508
you're about to be on stage. Where's your costume?
1289
01:23:23,068 --> 01:23:23,708
Coogan,
1290
01:23:24,508 --> 01:23:27,948
relax. I'm a ghost. I'll wear ghost
1291
01:23:28,068 --> 01:23:28,708
clothes.
1292
01:23:30,428 --> 01:23:32,508
This is strong stuff. Have you had all of it?
1293
01:23:33,568 --> 01:23:34,568
I'm fine.
1294
01:23:35,508 --> 01:23:37,268
Stop fussing. I'll be okay.
1295
01:23:37,348 --> 01:23:39,328
His cue's coming up. I don't know what to do.
1296
01:23:39,587 --> 01:23:42,587
Relax, Helen. I'm fine. I'm absolutely fine.
1297
01:23:42,648 --> 01:23:45,208
I'm okay to drive the school bus. Just give me the keys.
1298
01:23:49,028 --> 01:23:52,648
Scrooge was taken with a fit of trembling, and
1299
01:23:52,768 --> 01:23:55,688
then a ghostly light appeared.
1300
01:24:08,368 --> 01:24:08,568
But
1301
01:24:09,488 --> 01:24:11,168
Scrooge couldn't be sure.
1302
01:24:15,528 --> 01:24:17,008
Was that a light he saw?
1303
01:24:26,528 --> 01:24:30,128
Scrooge rubbed his eyes and looked again.
1304
01:24:32,368 --> 01:24:33,228
Was it a light,
1305
01:24:34,128 --> 01:24:37,228
or was it his mind playing tricks?
1306
01:24:47,348 --> 01:24:47,888
But wait.
1307
01:24:48,728 --> 01:24:50,468
A light appeared for sure.
1308
01:25:00,728 --> 01:25:03,488
I am the Spirit of Christmas Present.
1309
01:25:18,808 --> 01:25:21,028
Meaning, for I am very young,
1310
01:25:21,968 --> 01:25:24,448
my elder brothers born these later years
1311
01:25:25,352 --> 01:25:26,272
He knows all the lines.
1312
01:25:27,152 --> 01:25:27,952
How does he know all the lines?
1313
01:25:28,472 --> 01:25:30,612
Are you ready to go forth with me?
1314
01:25:42,712 --> 01:25:46,032
I'm better in my bubble. I can wallow in my
1315
01:25:46,132 --> 01:25:46,852
trouble.
1316
01:25:48,312 --> 01:25:50,692
So please just leave me be.
1317
01:25:52,592 --> 01:25:56,372
Let me close the door, say no more. And keep
1318
01:25:56,472 --> 01:25:57,912
myself to me.
1319
01:25:59,812 --> 01:26:01,131
Hey.
1320
01:26:05,112 --> 01:26:06,832
And as Tiny Tim observed,
1321
01:26:07,772 --> 01:26:10,192
"God bless us, everyone."
1322
01:26:14,052 --> 01:26:17,092
Just sit behind my door and wish your world
1323
01:26:17,132 --> 01:26:18,132
away.
1324
01:26:20,512 --> 01:26:23,852
I agree with my opinion. I
1325
01:26:23,992 --> 01:26:27,492
concur with my point of view.
1326
01:26:28,652 --> 01:26:32,572
So leave me be. Let me do me and
1327
01:26:32,632 --> 01:26:34,192
I'll let you be you.
1328
01:26:35,852 --> 01:26:36,632
Hear, hear.
1329
01:26:36,772 --> 01:26:40,532
So leave me be. Let me do me and I'll let you be
1330
01:26:40,652 --> 01:26:41,912
you.
1331
01:27:18,782 --> 01:27:22,512
As a huge Charles Dickens fan, I find it incredibly
1332
01:27:22,552 --> 01:27:25,682
disappointing when I see a production that fails to live up to such
1333
01:27:26,312 --> 01:27:27,532
great expectations.
1334
01:27:33,752 --> 01:27:36,652
Thankfully, that was not my experience at Willow Lodge this evening.
1335
01:27:38,092 --> 01:27:41,741
That was simply one of the most
1336
01:27:41,792 --> 01:27:44,502
enchanting theatrical experiences I have ever
1337
01:27:44,552 --> 01:27:48,241
seen. This, my dear, this is what
1338
01:27:48,252 --> 01:27:51,872
community theater is all about. And you clearly have a
1339
01:27:51,912 --> 01:27:53,392
wonderful sense of community here.
1340
01:27:54,052 --> 01:27:55,632
So can you give us the accreditation?
1341
01:27:55,772 --> 01:27:56,812
I'd be delighted to.
1342
01:28:06,352 --> 01:28:06,442
Ben, we did it.
1343
01:28:06,442 --> 01:28:09,292
No, you did it, and I'm so blooming proud of you.
1344
01:28:11,252 --> 01:28:13,902
Congratulations. Well done. Thank
1345
01:28:15,172 --> 01:28:15,521
you. Thank you. Well done.
1346
01:28:18,722 --> 01:28:19,532
Congratulations, Jen.
1347
01:28:19,592 --> 01:28:21,702
Jen, well done.
1348
01:28:21,702 --> 01:28:23,892
You did it.
1349
01:28:24,172 --> 01:28:24,182
Well done.
1350
01:28:24,372 --> 01:28:26,692
Hey.
1351
01:28:27,512 --> 01:28:30,212
Hugo, what a shame you missed the show.
1352
01:28:30,552 --> 01:28:33,292
You can't do this. This is against health and safety.
1353
01:28:33,322 --> 01:28:36,592
Safety. Yeah, yeah. We had a visit from your mate Adrian from the council.
1354
01:28:36,642 --> 01:28:37,532
He said the same thing.
1355
01:28:37,972 --> 01:28:38,162
So what,
1356
01:28:38,972 --> 01:28:39,992
what the devil's this then?
1357
01:28:40,432 --> 01:28:44,092
This, Hugo, is the Willow Lodge Community Theater,
1358
01:28:44,692 --> 01:28:45,292
and this-
1359
01:28:45,352 --> 01:28:47,092
Hey
1360
01:28:47,112 --> 01:28:48,012
... is your exit.
1361
01:28:48,092 --> 01:28:48,282
What?
1362
01:28:49,512 --> 01:28:50,552
Merry Christmas.
1363
01:28:53,332 --> 01:28:54,452
Argh.
1364
01:28:58,892 --> 01:28:59,772
Yay.
1365
01:29:00,952 --> 01:29:01,542
We did it.
1366
01:29:01,612 --> 01:29:02,812
Well done, lass.
1367
01:29:04,732 --> 01:29:07,812
Aw. You're not getting away.
1368
01:29:08,422 --> 01:29:09,092
Another one?
1369
01:29:09,132 --> 01:29:09,182
Yeah.
1370
01:29:16,312 --> 01:29:16,732
Aubrey,
1371
01:29:17,532 --> 01:29:18,112
where you going?
1372
01:29:19,252 --> 01:29:19,832
Going home.
1373
01:29:20,052 --> 01:29:22,592
Wendy loved it. We're gonna be okay. We did it.
1374
01:29:23,252 --> 01:29:25,312
You gonna come and celebrate with us? It's Christmas Eve.
1375
01:29:26,172 --> 01:29:26,492
I know.
1376
01:29:27,412 --> 01:29:28,592
I really should be heading back.
1377
01:29:29,752 --> 01:29:29,952
Oh.
1378
01:29:32,112 --> 01:29:32,812
I got you this.
1379
01:29:34,832 --> 01:29:35,492
Well, I,
1380
01:29:36,472 --> 01:29:37,372
I didn't get you anything.
1381
01:29:37,752 --> 01:29:41,711
Don't be daft. You got me the best Christmas present anyone could ever wish for.
1382
01:29:43,252 --> 01:29:44,052
A fire escape?
1383
01:29:45,072 --> 01:29:45,242
Yeah,
1384
01:29:46,092 --> 01:29:46,992
a fire escape.
1385
01:29:48,192 --> 01:29:51,622
It's set in London and Paris in the lead up to the French Revolution,
1386
01:29:52,172 --> 01:29:54,412
so historical, but also a great story.
1387
01:29:54,632 --> 01:29:55,212
Oh.
1388
01:29:59,452 --> 01:29:59,902
Oh, well then,
1389
01:30:02,072 --> 01:30:02,532
thank you.
1390
01:30:04,312 --> 01:30:05,092
Not just for this,
1391
01:30:07,392 --> 01:30:09,192
for everything.
1392
01:30:09,252 --> 01:30:10,412
Can I give you a Christmas hug?
1393
01:30:12,252 --> 01:30:13,432
Oh, I'm
1394
01:30:14,732 --> 01:30:15,532
not really a hugger.
1395
01:30:15,772 --> 01:30:17,932
I know. That's why I asked first.
1396
01:30:19,512 --> 01:30:19,792
Oh.
1397
01:30:22,272 --> 01:30:23,292
If you really want to.
1398
01:30:28,152 --> 01:30:29,392
You're supposed to hug me back.
1399
01:30:32,472 --> 01:30:32,772
Nah.
1400
01:30:33,692 --> 01:30:35,592
Come on, you've got to share some of that with a Coogie man.
1401
01:30:36,252 --> 01:30:36,992
I'm hugging now.
1402
01:30:41,052 --> 01:30:41,532
Thank you.
1403
01:30:42,672 --> 01:30:43,112
Oh, bro,
1404
01:30:44,112 --> 01:30:44,592
thank you.
1405
01:30:51,392 --> 01:30:53,012
Have you got plans for tomorrow, for Christmas?
1406
01:30:53,832 --> 01:30:55,012
I do. Well,
1407
01:30:55,932 --> 01:30:56,592
just the usual.
1408
01:30:58,092 --> 01:30:58,892
Feed the ducks and
1409
01:31:00,312 --> 01:31:00,792
see my mum.
1410
01:31:00,992 --> 01:31:03,192
Well, we're having dinner with the residents.
1411
01:31:03,212 --> 01:31:05,052
If you wanna come, you can bring your mum.
1412
01:31:06,612 --> 01:31:09,132
No pressure, but you're really so welcome.
1413
01:31:18,842 --> 01:31:19,532
I love that guy.
1414
01:31:21,052 --> 01:31:21,752
Yeah, me too.
1415
01:31:31,908 --> 01:31:34,038
I swear I didn't have Kevin put that there.
1416
01:31:35,708 --> 01:31:38,768
I didn't. I would've done something much better than that. I would've had like...
1417
01:31:38,808 --> 01:31:39,268
You know the head-
1418
01:31:45,028 --> 01:31:45,868
Merry Christmas.
1419
01:31:47,268 --> 01:31:48,028
Merry Christmas.
1420
01:32:00,668 --> 01:32:02,828
Who do you follow
1421
01:32:03,668 --> 01:32:05,188
when you've lost your
1422
01:32:07,488 --> 01:32:09,028
guiding star?
1423
01:32:18,948 --> 01:32:22,248
How do you be yourself
1424
01:32:24,228 --> 01:32:27,808
when you don't know
1425
01:32:29,908 --> 01:32:30,248
who
1426
01:32:31,088 --> 01:32:32,568
you are?
1427
01:32:36,028 --> 01:32:37,088
She's turning them off.
1428
01:32:37,488 --> 01:32:39,928
What am I hoping
1429
01:32:40,128 --> 01:32:42,028
for?
1430
01:32:42,188 --> 01:32:42,838
She's home.
1431
01:32:46,608 --> 01:32:49,388
When my hope is gone.
1432
01:32:49,788 --> 01:32:53,518
You don't want to end up old and alone with only a dusty
1433
01:32:53,528 --> 01:32:55,348
toy soldier to keep you company.
1434
01:32:55,578 --> 01:32:58,988
When you can't carry yourself.
1435
01:33:06,448 --> 01:33:08,448
Hey. This is a great-
1436
01:33:08,548 --> 01:33:11,948
And of course, we'll be playing an incredible selection of songs this Christmas
1437
01:33:12,028 --> 01:33:13,988
morning to get you in that festive spirit.
1438
01:33:14,368 --> 01:33:18,348
So pour yourself a little sherry, grab yourself a mince pie, and settle in for an
1439
01:33:18,448 --> 01:33:21,288
absolute Christmas classic. Sir Cliff Richard.
1440
01:33:21,568 --> 01:33:22,508
This is "Mistletoe."
1441
01:33:36,708 --> 01:33:37,408
Bonjour, Papa.
1442
01:33:47,828 --> 01:33:49,728
Give me a hug, mate.
1443
01:34:26,188 --> 01:34:27,388
I got it.
1444
01:34:29,678 --> 01:34:32,828
Aubrey's
1445
01:34:32,848 --> 01:34:33,837
here.
1446
01:34:34,997 --> 01:34:35,068
Aubrey.
1447
01:34:35,068 --> 01:34:35,448
Hello.
1448
01:34:39,028 --> 01:34:41,868
Just thought I'd pop by to wish you all a merry Christmas.
1449
01:34:44,588 --> 01:34:45,168
And also,
1450
01:34:46,128 --> 01:34:46,768
if you don't mind,
1451
01:34:47,708 --> 01:34:47,828
I
1452
01:34:48,848 --> 01:34:50,548
thought I'd bring my dad along, too.
1453
01:34:51,268 --> 01:34:51,508
Hi.
1454
01:34:51,648 --> 01:34:51,848
Hey.
1455
01:34:52,288 --> 01:34:52,688
Everybody,
1456
01:34:54,388 --> 01:34:54,997
this is Albert,
1457
01:34:56,668 --> 01:34:59,728
my father. And, Dad...
1458
01:35:05,468 --> 01:35:06,268
These are my friends.
1459
01:35:11,968 --> 01:35:12,748
Merry Christmas.
1460
01:35:19,668 --> 01:35:29,028
Oh,
1461
01:35:39,248 --> 01:35:41,068
what kind of fool was I
1462
01:35:42,988 --> 01:35:44,608
to be so blind?
1463
01:35:49,648 --> 01:35:52,928
I want to thank you for rescuing me,
1464
01:35:54,248 --> 01:35:56,548
for I might have been left
1465
01:35:56,668 --> 01:35:58,267
behind.
1466
01:35:59,688 --> 01:36:02,228
Now my eyes are wide open,
1467
01:36:03,808 --> 01:36:07,668
like I'm seeing for the first time.
1468
01:36:10,588 --> 01:36:13,388
What I feel is almost too much.
1469
01:36:14,708 --> 01:36:17,068
Is this new life really
1470
01:36:17,188 --> 01:36:19,548
mine?
1471
01:36:22,848 --> 01:36:25,388
Who'd have thought I could be happy?
1472
01:36:28,308 --> 01:36:31,508
Who'd have thought that someone cared?
1473
01:36:33,488 --> 01:36:36,308
If I had known what I'd been missing.
1474
01:36:38,728 --> 01:36:42,308
If I had known that you were there.
1475
01:36:44,528 --> 01:36:47,208
Loving you is so simple.
1476
01:36:50,228 --> 01:36:53,068
Every day feels like a win.
1477
01:36:55,168 --> 01:36:58,768
I thank my lucky stars you came
1478
01:36:58,788 --> 01:36:59,368
looking.
1479
01:37:00,608 --> 01:37:03,508
I thank my lucky stars.
1480
01:37:04,668 --> 01:37:06,647
I let you in.
1481
01:37:09,258 --> 01:37:11,588
Ooh. I let you in.
1482
01:37:13,608 --> 01:37:14,488
Ooh.
1483
01:37:17,428 --> 01:37:20,288
Can't believe how far I've come.
1484
01:37:21,068 --> 01:37:24,708
Ooh. And that journey's down to
1485
01:37:24,828 --> 01:37:26,868
you. Oh.
1486
01:37:27,868 --> 01:37:31,128
I'd still be hiding
1487
01:37:33,288 --> 01:37:36,668
if you hadn't pulled me through.
1488
01:37:39,268 --> 01:37:43,008
So many years of hurting. Oh.
1489
01:37:44,068 --> 01:37:46,988
Now I finally feel free.
1490
01:37:49,848 --> 01:37:52,508
I've got so much love to give you.
1491
01:37:54,028 --> 01:37:54,038
I
1492
01:37:54,988 --> 01:37:58,468
didn't know I had in me.
1493
01:37:58,878 --> 01:38:02,488
Yeah. Loving you is so
1494
01:38:02,608 --> 01:38:03,528
simple