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A couple finding their old car worthless at a scrapyard tries to abandon it in another area, only to keep seeing it again on streets that are getting closer to their home.

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00:00Tales of Unease, number 7, The Old Banger, production number 1235, recording date the 19th, the 10th, 70, take 1.
00:30Transcription by CastingWords
01:00All right, this'll do.
01:30Transcription by CastingWords
01:59Why doesn't he come in? What's he waiting for?
02:03He's made good time getting here, now he's wasting it all hanging about up there.
02:07Why doesn't he come in?
02:08John, the chap's waiting.
02:10Oh, look, love, not now, please.
02:12He's got to go.
02:13Well, pay him for me, will you, love?
02:14Why doesn't he come in?
02:21How much do we owe you?
02:23Uh, let's see.
02:25Do we owe the, uh, six quid on the thing?
02:28Well, let's have five.
02:32Is he, uh, is anything wrong?
02:34Well, it seems a lot, just...
02:35No.
02:38Oh, oh, that, pigeons.
02:40Eh?
02:41Never mind.
02:42Here.
02:43Bye, bye.
02:43Bye.
02:43Bye.
02:49He's down, after all that.
02:51I can't understand it.
02:52Five pounds?
02:53I'd do some of the housekeeping money.
02:55No, thanks, love.
02:55I'll square up with you.
02:57Something stops him coming.
03:00How much?
03:01Five quid.
03:02Five pounds?
03:03Well, the car's not worth that much.
03:05It'd be cheaper to go by taxi.
03:07Oh, come on.
03:23Right.
03:26Eric and these second-hand cars.
03:29Waste of money.
03:31That thing's cost us a fortune to have had it now, look.
03:34Five pounds, let's get it home.
03:36Well, we'll stay here and rot for all I care.
03:40Not as if it were the first time.
03:42Ruined the whole day.
03:44It's all right for Eric.
03:46He knows about cars.
03:49We'll get somebody to drag us home.
03:51We'll have bought a scooter in the first place.
03:53Let's not listen to him.
03:54Yeah, why don't we get a scooter?
03:57Well, if I've got to come and fetch you an all,
03:59it'll cost you at least a tenner.
04:04Oh.
04:06Ten pounds.
04:08We'll think about it.
04:18You bloody thing.
04:21It's no good to me,
04:22yet it's still costing me money.
04:23Just standing there, it's costing me money.
04:25John, don't exaggerate.
04:27I am not paying ten pounds
04:29just to get rid of this bloody thing.
04:31I'll soon go out and dump it somewhere.
04:34That's what I'll do.
04:35I'll dump it.
04:37I'll get it going somehow,
04:38and I'll dump the blasted thing.
04:41Oh!
04:41Oh!
04:51Now, quick, John, now's your chance.
04:53Hmm?
04:54Your chance to dump it.
04:55That's what you've just said.
04:58Where?
04:58Well, I don't know.
04:59Anywhere.
05:00The further away, the better.
05:01Go on.
05:04Well, I can't just take it out
05:05and leave it somewhere, can I?
05:06I mean, that wouldn't be right.
05:07That wouldn't be the right thing to do.
05:09I mean, if everybody did that,
05:10you'd have...
05:11Anyway, someone might find out.
05:14How?
05:15The, uh...
05:17They're on the plates.
05:19Oh, no one's going to bother
05:19to check on an old wreck like this.
05:21Anyway, if you're that worried,
05:22you can take the other plates off,
05:24can't you?
05:25Yes, but, uh...
05:45Here, look.
05:51Here, look.
05:51Here, look.
06:15I'll tell you, you've got some tyres cheap.
06:20Brand new.
06:22No.
06:26Gee, where is your motor, anyway?
06:29Uh, we got rid of it.
06:31Did what?
06:32I dumped it last night.
06:34Well, what'd you want to go and do that for?
06:36I could have got it going again for you?
06:38God, that was a daft thing to do.
06:41How'd you get rid of it?
06:43I told you, I dumped it.
06:44That's marvellous, isn't it?
06:46You don't want it,
06:47so you just go and dump it
06:47outside somebody's house.
06:49I didn't dump it outside someone's house.
06:52Why, was it a derelict street, then?
06:53No.
06:54Well, it must have been
06:54outside somebody's house, then.
06:56Yes, but, I mean, I didn't...
06:57Don't you start on him.
06:58It was difficult enough
06:58getting him to do it in the first place.
07:00I'd had enough of it.
07:02So you haven't got no transport now, then?
07:07We bought a scooter.
07:08You what?
07:10A scooter.
07:11Nice one.
07:12You must be joking.
07:13No, and I can drive it.
07:15Well, it's all right for you.
07:16You know all about cars.
07:17John doesn't.
07:18Whereabouts, you dump it?
07:21Over the other side of London somewhere.
07:23You might have told me.
07:25That motor had a perfectly good speedo on it to start with.
07:28I could have done with that.
07:28Mine's had it.
07:30Whereabouts the other side of London?
07:32Oh, Staddenham Road, Peckham.
07:34Other side of the river.
07:35Staddenham Road?
07:36What, off the High Street?
07:37The garage on the corner?
07:39Yes, somewhere like that.
07:40Oh, well, that's not far from work.
07:42I can get over there in me dinner hour
07:43and whip that speedo off.
07:45Well, don't you let anyone see you, though.
07:47Why not?
07:47Well, I don't want it traced back to me, that's all.
07:49Come on.
08:17Come on.
08:19Oh, you stupid bird.
08:27What's up with you?
08:29Now there, having trouble with Sue again?
08:31Oh, very funny.
08:35Should he let him go on time, he's been fast.
08:37Bloody fast.
08:38That's not much use, is it?
08:40Not if he's going to hang about up there all day.
08:42He's about as reliable as you are.
08:44I thought she said you'd dump that car in Staddenham Road.
08:46Sue said so.
08:47I didn't.
08:48Yeah, no one saw you, did they?
08:51Well, they couldn't, could they?
08:52It wasn't there.
08:53It was in Cambly Street.
08:54I saw it on my way home.
08:56Well, it was an old breeding dinner hour on you, I did.
08:58And I didn't get that speedo, neither.
09:00Must have been some other car.
09:01Well, how did he do?
09:03Well, how did he do?
09:06Oh, no, he's not still up there.
09:08Staddenham Road.
09:10I'm sorry, I don't understand you.
09:11You couldn't find our car.
09:13I couldn't find your car because it wasn't where you said it was, that's why.
09:17Staddenham Road, I told you.
09:18It was in Cambly Street.
09:20I saw it on my way home.
09:21Well, you're as bad as that bleeding pigeon, even though where he is either.
09:28Hey, John.
09:30Hang on a minute.
09:34Hey, listen.
09:35On my way home just now, I saw your old car again.
09:38It's in a different place.
09:39Well, I told you, didn't I?
09:40No, not Staddenham Road.
09:42Look, yesterday it was in Cambly Street, right?
09:45And now it's in Tomlinson Street, further over Campbell Roadway.
09:52There you are.
10:06Open the bullet.
10:10Perhaps the local kids?
10:21You locked it, though, didn't you?
10:22Well, they've been at it.
10:23Look at it.
10:24Yeah, but they'd never move it.
10:28Well, perhaps somebody got it going.
10:33Yes, I think the noise was coming from somewhere there.
10:40I think the girls who model women's clothes are all really men.
10:51I bet you wouldn't let me go to bed with one, though.
10:53Haven't you got a tiny little mind?
10:56Wouldn't be my mind you'd be worrying about.
10:59You bore me when you talk like that.
11:01Do you know that?
11:05Here, John, look.
11:06What?
11:07More men?
11:08Oh, shut up.
11:09Look.
11:10It's a car.
11:11It's not ours, is it?
11:13No, Kennington.
11:14Students round, you know, shelter.
11:18Kennington?
11:19Well, how can it be?
11:20It must be a mile from Camberwell, maybe more.
11:23How do you imagine it would get there?
11:24Fly?
11:25Fair enough with Eric, don't you start.
11:27You'll be saying every old car you see is ours, isn't it?
11:29Now, look at it, John.
11:30No number plates.
11:31And that dent there.
11:32Now, where did we dump it?
11:35Hmm?
11:36About there.
11:37And you said you saw it somewhere there.
11:40And according to that picture, if that is it, it's there.
11:45Yes, well, it's certainly moving around.
11:48The students must be dragging it.
11:50John, have you noticed something?
11:51Look.
11:52They're in a straight line.
11:54Hmm?
11:55Here, look.
11:55From there to there, to there, to there.
12:00What do you want about?
12:01Look at the map.
12:02It's definitely a straight line.
12:04And it's pointing at us.
12:06Do you make it sound like a bloody torpedo?
12:09Just supposing, only just supposing,
12:11he's moving in this one direction,
12:13the same distance each time.
12:15And the next time he stops,
12:17he should be about there.
12:20Here, let's go and have a look.
12:22What?
12:23Let's drag along that way.
12:26Here, look at the time.
12:28I'm going to be late.
12:39John, where have you been?
12:41I bet the food's ruined.
12:42It's across the river.
12:44What?
12:45It's this side.
12:48I've just seen it.
12:49Was he where we said?
12:50In that area.
12:51Just this side of the river.
12:54There.
12:54Perhaps it is a torpedo.
12:59What?
13:00Oh, oh, nothing.
13:06Well, I hate to admit it,
13:07but it does seem to be moving in this direction.
13:10This is the what?
13:11One, two, three, four, fifth time it's moved.
13:14Well, the fifth place it's been seen in, anyway.
13:19Perhaps it's running downhill.
13:21Sue?
13:22Yes?
13:23If I take him out, will you see him down?
13:25Yes, of course.
13:26So, all right, so I drove it there,
13:29but I'm sure it's in no condition to be driven now.
13:31Well, are you positive?
13:32I mean, you don't know anything about cars.
13:34What does Eric think?
13:35Never mind about what Eric thinks.
13:37I know a wreck when I see one.
13:39I'm not stupid.
13:41Well, don't shout at me.
13:42I wasn't suggesting you were stupid.
13:43Just ignorant.
13:44I'm going to shut your watch, sir.
13:45What difference does my bloody watch make?
13:47Oh, yes, yes.
13:48We could make sure.
13:50We could immobilize it.
13:51Well, I'll give him ten minutes and see what happens, right?
13:54Eric, you could go and, um,
13:56what could you take out?
13:58Take out?
13:59From the car.
14:01Oh, it's not your bleeding car again, is it?
14:03Yes, it's moved again.
14:04Somebody must be driving it about.
14:05Look, you could go and take out a wire or a gear or something.
14:11That would stop it.
14:13Oh, all right.
14:15Maybe then we can concentrate on getting this bird ready.
14:18I'll get the speeder at the same time.
14:19Where is it?
14:21Right there, on the corner, by the bank.
14:24Henry come.
14:27All right, I'll go this time.
14:28Remember, that's it, then.
14:30Finished.
14:46Eric, it's me, John.
14:47Er, don't say anything.
14:49Oh, sit down.
14:52I've had enough being in here strung up like this without you going on as if I'm going to die.
14:57What do you want me to say?
14:58Kiss me, Hardy.
14:59Sit down.
15:00Well, what happened?
15:05I got clobbered, didn't I?
15:07Yes.
15:09Sue said.
15:09Well, how did it happen?
15:14Don't ask me.
15:16It goes down there like a muck, doesn't I?
15:19Gets me head stuck under the bonnet.
15:20I thought I'd take the distributor out, see?
15:23Well, the next thing I knew is the bonnet comes down on me.
15:26Bang.
15:26I can't move.
15:27I'm trapped.
15:28And it won't move.
15:30Must have been some kids mucking about.
15:32And then some idiot, of course, goes and sends for the fire brigade, doesn't he?
15:36They've got axles, crowbars, the lot.
15:40Then the ootlet starts going off and nobody can stop it.
15:43So what with this ootlet going off right next to me, year old, and half a dozen firemen poking in their crowbars, I don't hate to tell you where.
15:48Well, it's a wonder I'm here at all.
15:51It was nasty.
15:58It took them ten minutes to get me out of there.
16:01Anybody think that car had it in for me?
16:12Did you, um, immobilize the...
16:15Yes.
16:18Did you get your speedo?
16:20Oh, do leave off.
16:24I thought I'd enter the pigeon in a local race sometime soon, just to see how he makes out.
16:31Good, good.
16:33If he flies past his window here, you will explain to him why I can't wave, won't you?
16:38Hello, darling.
16:45How'd you get on?
16:46I took some books in and some fruit.
16:49What was he like?
16:50All right, a bit fed up.
16:52They're supposed to be keeping him in for shock or something, so he said.
16:55I suppose it must have been a bit of a shock happening like that.
16:59He said they couldn't get him out.
17:00I can't understand that.
17:02The bonnet couldn't have been that heavy.
17:03I keep thinking of a big crocodile.
17:05Well, I didn't see any teeth marks on him.
17:07I don't make fun.
17:08Sorry.
17:09Did you tell him we looked for the car?
17:11No, I thought it best to keep off the subject.
17:13Well, they've been pleased to hear that it disappeared.
17:15So wait off everybody's mind.
17:17I wonder where it's gone.
17:19John!
17:23And now we bring you special...
17:25I thought it was there.
17:26Did you see it?
17:27Those flats.
17:29They're not far from here.
17:31They're at the top of Linton Road.
17:33He's nearly home, John.
17:35John, what are we going to do?
17:36Well, say something.
17:39Next thing we know, it'll be outside the door.
17:42John, for goodness sake, try.
17:46Oh, shut up, will you?
17:48There's no need to get hysterical.
17:51How can I think with you going on like that?
17:54Are you sure it was those flats?
17:56Yes, Mrs. Turner used to live there.
17:59Well, do something.
18:00Go and blow the car up.
18:02Set fire to it.
18:02Anything.
18:03What a brilliant idea.
18:05That's all we need.
18:07Nice case of arson on top of this.
18:09Set fire to it at this time of night.
18:11They'd love that, wouldn't they?
18:12They'd only just put one fire out.
18:14A whole block would probably go up.
18:15Let me think.
18:21Oh, maybe we're getting all worked up about nothing.
18:23After all, what can it do to us?
18:25It can't hurt us, can it?
18:26Can't hurt us?
18:27What about Eric?
18:29Hmm?
18:30Well, that was an accident.
18:32If you don't think...
18:34Oh, come off it.
18:35Now you're being ridiculous.
18:36Oh, let's go to bed.
18:56No, no, that was an accident.
18:59After all, what else could it be?
19:02Look!
19:13Look!
19:32Still there?
19:42Yeah, yes.
19:51Don't forget you said we'd give the bird a toss in the morning.
19:53Yes, I haven't forgotten.
19:56You didn't feed him, did you?
19:58No, you told me not to.
20:00Okay.
20:00I'll give him a little thirsting.
20:08Coming to bed, then?
20:10I don't feel sleepy.
20:12Nor me.
20:13You want to keep watch, don't you?
20:16Yes, I must see how it moves.
20:18Hey, John!
20:40John, look!
20:41It's gone!
20:42Did you see it move?
20:45No.
20:48Perhaps if it was all...
20:50It's a bad dream.
20:53That's what it seems like.
20:55Perhaps it got towed away.
20:58During the night, the council aren't that eager.
21:01When we tell our grandchildren, we'll say, it got to the end of its journey and reached the happy hunting ground.
21:09Journey's end.
21:10Except it hasn't quite reached the end of its journey.
21:14It still has...
21:15a little way to go.
21:17It's a bad dream.
21:18It's a bad dream.
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21:37It's a bad dream.
21:38It's a bad dream.
21:39I'll put in a pair of shoes in case he decides to walk home if he comes home.
21:54Bye.
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