00:00He's here.
00:05Good evening.
00:06Good evening.
00:07Sit there, Mr. Filch.
00:09Oh, thank you.
00:17Well, Mr. Lord, have you and your wife discussed our proposals?
00:21Yes, we talked things over and we've decided that as this lark affects all the family, they have a right to be here and ask questions.
00:27Any objections?
00:28None at all.
00:29Good.
00:30Well, this is my son, David.
00:32How do you do?
00:33His wife.
00:34How do you do?
00:35My daughter, Joan.
00:36How do you do?
00:37And that's Cyril.
00:38How do you do?
00:42Quite a family conference, eh?
00:46Now, you want to ask some questions?
00:48Yes.
00:49How much do you say this South Bank lark's going to cost?
00:52Oh, over six million pounds.
00:55And what profit do you expect to make?
00:57Profit, Mr. Lord?
00:59Oh, come, we should be lucky if our losses don't exceed five million.
01:03Why can't you move the new road a bit to the left or the right?
01:06Oh, we tried that, but it didn't work.
01:09We found that when we moved the road ten yards to the left, we should have to move the whole site ten yards to the left as well.
01:15What about the right?
01:16The same thing.
01:17Only then it would end up in the river.
01:19How much would it cost to move the site?
01:21Oh, about three or four million, I think.
01:24Oh, is that all?
01:25Well, why not vouch yourself another four million? The taxpayers won't mind, will they, Dad?
01:28No, only too happy to oblige.
01:30If you'd like to have my opinion...
01:31No, unfortunately, Mr. Lord, this is no longer a question of money, but time.
01:35We've got to open in six weeks.
01:37Now, Mr. Lord, how much are you asking for your property?
01:41Well, offhand, say six million.
01:45Six million? Oh, Mr. Lord, come, come.
01:49Well, that's what it's costing you one way or another, isn't it?
01:52Oh, now, please do let us be serious.
01:54Oh, I am being serious.
01:55Mr. Lord, the government is waiting.
01:58The festival is waiting.
02:00And, although they don't know it yet, the English people are waiting.
02:03Are they now? Fancy that.
02:06All those people just waiting for us.
02:08Well, surely you're not refusing to help us.
02:10You'll be refusing to help your country if you do that.
02:13You must agree.
02:14Must? Must, Mr. Felch?
02:17We don't like that word round here.
02:19I'm sorry, I can't help what word you like round here, Mr. Lord.
02:22And what will you do if we don't help you?
02:24Well, I hesitate to say it, but we can always use force.
02:27You mean the police?
02:29Yes, or the troops.
02:32Look, let's get this straight once and for all, shall we?
02:36As I see it, in order to show the world how we've really progressed in England,
02:40and to show them what sort of people we really are,
02:42you're prepared to use force to turn me and my family out of our house, is that it, Mr. Felch?
02:47Well, in a roundabout way.
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