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The Franchise Affair: A Classic Tale Revived on Screen
The Franchise Affair, a gripping television series, has captured the attention of audiences with its thrilling narrative and complex characters. Based on the 1948 novel by Josephine Tey, the story has been adapted several times, most notably in a TV production in 1962 and again in 1988. The plot centers around a schoolgirl's claim of being kidnapped and forced into servitude by two women at a mysterious mansion known as 'The Franchise'. The ensuing investigation and trial peel back the layers of truth and deception, challenging the viewer's perception of innocence and guilt.
The 1988 adaptation, is particularly memorable for its atmospheric setting and strong performances. Patrick Malahide, Joanna McCallum, and Rosalie Crutchley brought depth to their characters, creating a compelling drama that resonates with audiences even today. The series' ability to maintain suspense and provide a nuanced look at the British legal system of the time is a testament to the quality of the source material and the skill of the filmmakers.
The Franchise Affair stands as a classic example of how literature can be effectively translated to the screen, preserving the essence of the original work while exploring the visual and dramatic possibilities of television storytelling. For those who appreciate a well-crafted mystery that delves into the complexities of human nature, The Franchise Affair is a series that continues to intrigue and entertain viewers across generations.
The Franchise Affair, a gripping television series, has captured the attention of audiences with its thrilling narrative and complex characters. Based on the 1948 novel by Josephine Tey, the story has been adapted several times, most notably in a TV production in 1962 and again in 1988. The plot centers around a schoolgirl's claim of being kidnapped and forced into servitude by two women at a mysterious mansion known as 'The Franchise'. The ensuing investigation and trial peel back the layers of truth and deception, challenging the viewer's perception of innocence and guilt.
The 1988 adaptation, is particularly memorable for its atmospheric setting and strong performances. Patrick Malahide, Joanna McCallum, and Rosalie Crutchley brought depth to their characters, creating a compelling drama that resonates with audiences even today. The series' ability to maintain suspense and provide a nuanced look at the British legal system of the time is a testament to the quality of the source material and the skill of the filmmakers.
The Franchise Affair stands as a classic example of how literature can be effectively translated to the screen, preserving the essence of the original work while exploring the visual and dramatic possibilities of television storytelling. For those who appreciate a well-crafted mystery that delves into the complexities of human nature, The Franchise Affair is a series that continues to intrigue and entertain viewers across generations.
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00:00Is that the Danish Embassy?
00:11You mustn't see me.
00:12Ah.
00:13Thee is my microphone.
00:41Can you sleep at home?
00:55Well, not really.
00:56No.
00:57She's got used to my comings and goings.
01:02And how did the situation end?
01:04I went at it.
01:07In bed together?
01:08Go on, please, Mrs Chadwick.
01:11The door was unlocked, so I walked straight in.
01:13I found her lying on the bed in the sort of negligee you used to see in vamp films ten
01:18years ago.
01:21The son of the owner of the hotel in Copenhagen.
02:41Come, let's look at it anymore.
03:11I'll take you back to the hotel.
03:17In case they got the little swines that did it.
03:30Mother wants to know why Stanley didn't shoot them on the spot.
03:34Poor Stan.
03:36Five years avoiding Hitler, and now this happens.
03:39My hero.
03:40So are you.
03:42I'm sorry.
03:48I'm sorry.
03:54I'm sorry.
04:00Kevin, you're late.
04:18Welcome to Milford.
04:19And this, I take it, is an example of provincial humor.
04:24I wish to know if you have a Danish gentleman staying in your establishment.
04:29A businessman from Copenhagen.
04:30Miss, I am well aware that this is the third call I've made to Newcastle this morning.
04:34You...
04:35This little hunch of Robert's is beginning to set my teeth on edge.
04:40Miss Huff.
04:41My senior clerk, Mr Heseltine.
04:43How do you do?
04:44Mr McDermott.
04:45Good day, sir.
04:46Good day to you, sir.
04:47Good day.
04:49Mr Kevin McDermott.
04:51Mrs Schrapp.
04:53Miss Marion Schrapp.
04:54My partner, Neville Bennet.
04:56Madam, there was a time when only the guilty were put in the pillory.
05:00It will give me great pleasure to defend you and your daughter.
05:04Especially against a prosecuting counsel as irritating as Miles Allison.
05:08Oh, we are a good cause.
05:09I have never taken the slightest interest in any cause that was not to my own immediate advantage.
05:14Mr McDermott, I think we shall get along very well.
05:16Oh, not at all, madam.
05:17I'm quite insufferable.
05:18I've only one ambition, and that is to alter everything that is alterable in the law,
05:23and to make as much noise as possible in the doing of it.
05:25I've heard it said, Mr McDermott, that your presence in a case adds 50% to its newspaper value.
05:30Well, I hope that isn't true.
05:31We've had quite enough publicity.
05:33My presence in a case, my dear Miss Schrapp, merely adds a good deal more than 50% to its cost.
05:39Kevin.
05:41I have him, Mr Roberts.
05:43The Danish gentleman.
05:45He's on the office entrance now.
05:47We can speak with you.
05:48Excuse me, Kevin.
05:49This could be important.
05:50Well done, Timmy.
05:52Ladies and gentlemen, unless we mean to allow the prosecution to strip us of every rag we possess in open court next week,
05:59may I suggest we make an immediate start?
06:01Here beginneth the first lesson.
06:03You'll have plenty of time to flatter me later, Mr Bent.
06:08In the meantime, we have precisely six days, including the Sabbath, to learn the truth about Miss Elizabeth K.
06:19So, Mr Blair, I say to myself, but how sure are you, Aynor, with this photograph?
06:27I am, uh, uh, uh, of years, uh...
06:31Curious.
06:32Curious, yes.
06:33I am very curious.
06:36Excuse, please.
06:38Uh, the English, I like to make notes.
06:43Curious.
06:45Very good.
06:46Um, the photograph, Mr Lange.
06:48Yes, the, the photograph.
06:50I know they are wrong, and so I seek explanation from myself.
06:56A Twillinger, a Twins, perhaps.
06:58Doblegenner.
06:59In Tilfeldieth, I think of them all, but no, I know it's none of these, and yet I know they're wrong.
07:04I know that this is not Betty Kane.
07:10Now, I think I should tell you that my old father owns a hotel in Copenhagen, Hotel of the Red Shoes, in the Elbe Landskade.
07:21And this, this is little Mrs Chadwick, who stays at my father's hotel with her husband Bernard, who buys very fine china.
07:34Ye gods.
07:36You believe in miracles, Mr Lange.
07:38Boys, boys.
07:39The miracle, I regret to say, has not yet occurred.
07:42The miracle will be Mr Bernard Chadwick, who buys very fine china.
07:47And we have very little time left to find him.
08:01Chadwick must be out there somewhere.
08:03The question is where.
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10:39in a way it's worse for them
10:41every eye turned on them as they come in
10:43once the court sitting they'll be the center of attention, not you
10:49I swear by almighty god
10:51the evidence I shall give be the truth
10:53the whole truth and nothing but the truth
10:57I love you
11:00I know you do
11:08Silencing court.
11:17All persons who have anything further to do before my lords the king's justices for oyer and terminer and general jail delivery for the city of Norton, draw near and give your attendance. God save the king.
11:27So, Mr. Piper, you were some way from the bus stop when you say you saw this young girl who may or may not have been Elizabeth Kane.
11:43It was her, all right.
11:44Ah, yes. You know it was her because you recognized her picture in the paper. Did you also recognize the car from a newspaper picture?
11:53I've not seen any pictures of the car.
11:55It must have been a fine, clear evening. Was it a fine evening, Mr. Piper?
12:00No.
12:01I beg your pardon, Mr. Piper, I don't think the jury can quite hear you.
12:04It was raining.
12:05Yes, indeed it was. Raining quite heavily, I believe. The 28th of March. Correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Piper, but at 7 p.m. at that time of the year, wouldn't it already be quite dark?
12:18It was getting dark, yes.
12:20You were walking your dog towards the gasworks. This young girl was waiting for the Birmingham coach. In that case, the car that you say that you saw, which may or may not belong to my clients, would have been moving in the same direction as you.
12:33So?
12:34Moving away from you, Mr. Piper, in the darkness and the heavy rain. Are you long or short-sighted?
12:42I saw it. And I saw her. I did see her, your honor.
12:46I have no further questions for this witness, my lord.
12:49Do you wish to re-examine, Mr. Allison?
12:52No, my lord.
12:53You may stand down, Mr. Piper.
13:00I did see her.
13:02Call Rose Glynn.
13:05Rose Glynn.
13:07You heard this screaming, which you believe to have come from the attic of the franchise, long before there was any suggestion of a charge being made against Miss Sharpe and her mother.
13:17Yeah, that's right.
13:21You're welcome.
13:23One moment, Miss Glynn. Mr. McDermott.
13:31Now, Miss Glynn, I'm sure I don't have to remind you that you're still on oath.
13:37There's a rather heavy punishment for someone who takes an oath to speak the truth and then tells lies.
13:44I know that.
13:47Yes, I'm sure you do.
13:53Tell me, my dear, are you still in possession of the watch you stole from Miss Sharpe?
13:57I object, my lord.
13:58I never stole her bloody watch.
14:00The silly bitch lost it. I never stole nothing from them bitches.
14:03Silence in court.
14:06Oh, Robert. That girl's evidence was a pack of lies.
14:10We have no proof that she was lying, Aunt Glynn.
14:12She lied about stealing that watch. She lied about screaming.
14:15If Kevin McDermott can't shift her, nobody can.
14:18Never mind, dear. Perhaps Neville will find all Mr. Chadwick.
14:22It's too late, I'm afraid. When I spoke to Neville last night, he was on his way to Cheshire.
14:27We'll just have to hope that Kevin McDermott does rather better with Betty Kane this afternoon.
14:33You've told us it was dark when you arrived at the franchise that night.
14:38Was it really so dark?
14:40Yes, it was.
14:42Too dark to see the outside of the house?
14:44Yes.
14:45But then the night you escaped, perhaps that wasn't so very dark.
14:49That was even darker.
14:51So that you could not possibly have seen the outside of the house on either occasion?
14:57Never.
14:58Then let us consider what you say you could see from the round window of your prison in the attic.
15:03In your statement to the police, you have said the driveway went straight from the gates and divided around a fountain.
15:12Yes.
15:14How did you know that?
15:16I could see it.
15:18From where?
15:19From the window in the attic.
15:21Ah.
15:22But from the round window in the attic, Miss Kane, it was impossible to see the driveway at all, or the fountain, or the gates.
15:28The edge of the roof cuts off the view.
15:31Are we to understand, Miss Kane, that you see on a different principle to ordinary beings?
15:35Can you, for example, see around corners, or is it all done with mirrors?
15:39It's like I described.
15:40Certainly it's as you described, but what you described is the view of the driveway as seen, let us say, by somebody looking over the wall at it,
15:48not by somebody looking at it from the round window in the attic.
15:52Do you have a witness as to the extent of the view from the window?
15:56Detective Inspector Grant, my lord, and two others.
16:00One with normal vision will be sufficient.
16:10My name is Neville Bennett.
16:20Mr. Addison.
16:21Miss Kane, you arrived at the franchise by car.
16:30Yes.
16:31If it was dark, as you say it was, then surely the car must have been driving with lights.
16:40Yes, that's how I saw it.
16:42That's how I saw the drive, and the fountain, and the car lights.
16:47My lord, before this witness leaves the box, I have just received some important instructions,
16:51and I ask leave to put some further questions in the cross-examination.
16:55Do you have any objections, Mr. Addison?
16:57No, my lord.
16:59You may proceed.
17:01Have you ever been abroad, Miss Kane?
17:03No.
17:04You have not, for instance, been to Denmark recently?
17:08No.
17:09Do you know a man called Bernard Chadwick?
17:12No.
17:13He's not a friend of yours?
17:15I've just said I didn't know him.
17:25You surpass yourself, Mr. McDermott.
17:30My lord, certain evidence of a rather startling nature has just come into my possession.
17:37Not altogether an unexpected occurrence, Mr. McDermott, when you appear for the defense.
17:45You are Bernard William Chadwick of 16 Murdoch Avenue, Ealing?
17:49Yes.
17:50A buyer in porcelain fine china and fancy goods for the London firm of Brain and Harvard?
17:54Yes, I am.
17:55Do you travel for your firm, Mr. Chadwick?
17:57Extensively, in this country and abroad.
17:59In March of this year, did you pay a visit to Larborough?
18:02Yes.
18:03Whilst in Larborough, did you meet Betty Kane?
18:05Yes.
18:06Do you see her in court?
18:07Yes.
18:08That's the girl.
18:09Will you please tell the court how you met her?
18:12She picked me up.
18:13No!
18:14Silence in court.
18:15Continue, Mr. Chadwick.
18:17I didn't even notice her to begin with.
18:19I was busy with papers, reports, and so on.
18:22Hello, you look busy.
18:34She asked me what I was doing.
18:39She seemed like a cute kid, so I bought her a drink and we talked for a bit.
18:43She said she was going to the flicks, to the pictures.
18:47And why didn't I come too?
18:49I'd finished for the day, so I went with her.
18:51Did you see her again?
18:52Every day after that.
18:53She used to come with me in the car, just for the ride.
18:56What did you talk about?
18:58She told me she wasn't happy at home.
19:01Said it bored her so much she could scream.
19:04She had a string of complaints about her mother, but I didn't take much notice.
19:07She looked a pretty sleek little outfit to me.
19:10Oh, what?
19:12A well cared for young lady, my lord.
19:17How long did this idyll in Larborough last?
19:20About a week.
19:21Then it turned out her holiday ended the same day I was due to fly to Copenhagen on business.
19:26She asked me to take her with me.
19:28Now, to start with, I didn't go for the idea.
19:30I thought she'd be inexperienced.
19:33She was only just 18.
19:35She told you she was 18?
19:36She had her 18th birthday in Larborough.
19:38Cost me a gold lipstick.
19:40You had no idea that at this time she was actually still only 15?
19:43Oh, not then, no.
19:44What made you change your mind and take her with you to Copenhagen?
19:47She convinced me that she wasn't.
19:49Wasn't what?
19:50Inexperienced.
19:54So, you took her abroad with you as your wife?
19:58Yes.
19:59Do you remember the date you left Larborough?
20:01I picked her up from the coach stop in Cheryl Road on the evening of March 28th.
20:05Where did you stay in Copenhagen, Mr Chadwick?
20:08At the Red Shoes Hotel for two weeks.
20:10And then?
20:11We came back to England on April the 15th.
20:14It was only then she told me she decided not to go home.
20:18I was angry to begin with because it put me in a bit of a spot.
20:21I had the wife to think of.
20:24Anyway, after a lot of talk I decided the best thing to do
20:27would be to take her down to the chalet I've got on the river near Bournette.
20:31Frankie and I use it for weekends in the summer.
20:33I stayed the night there with her and went home to Ealing the next day.
20:38And afterwards?
20:39For a week after that I spent most nights at the chalet.
20:43Wasn't your wife surprised that you didn't...
20:45I went down to the chalet one night, found she'd gone.
20:47Later on you found why she'd gone and how?
20:49Yes.
20:50Thank you, Mr Chadwick.
21:00This is a very belated story, isn't it?
21:03This case has been a matter for press report and public comment for weeks.
21:07If your story were true, you must have known that two women were being wrongfully accused.
21:11Why didn't you go straight to the police and tell them so?
21:13Because I didn't know anything about it.
21:14I knew nothing about this case until a couple of days ago.
21:16I've been abroad for my firm.
21:20Can you explain the condition in which the girl arrived home?
21:24No.
21:25It was not you who beat her?
21:27No.
21:29You say you went down to the chalet one night and found she'd gone.
21:34Had all her belongings and the luggage that contained them disappeared with her?
21:38Yes.
21:40And yet she arrived home wearing only a dress and a pair of shoes.
21:44And with no luggage at all.
21:46I know nothing about that.
21:48No more questions, madam.
21:52Mrs Chadwick, when did you first begin to suspect that your husband had developed an interest elsewhere?
21:58The week after he got back from Copenhagen.
22:00A friend told me he had a guest staying at our chalet in Bornend.
22:05Did you speak to him about it?
22:07No.
22:08It's not the first time it's happened.
22:10He attracts them like flies.
22:12What did you do?
22:13What I always do with flies.
22:15I swat them.
22:17I went down to the chalet one evening hoping I'd catch them at it.
22:20The set-up was stupid.
22:22She looked a real mess.
22:23Too much make-up and she must have put her scent on with a ladle.
22:26Please confine yourself to essentials.
22:28Yes, sorry.
22:29What happened next, Mrs Chadwick?
22:31Well, we had the usual exchange.
22:33You doing here stuff.
22:34The wronged wife and the mysteries, that sort of thing.
22:37I never cared much on other occasions, but there was something about this one that really turned my stomach.
22:42Anyway, there came a point when the little tramp riled me so much
22:46that I pulled her off the bed and gave her a smack on the side of the head.
22:49You struck her?
22:50And how.
22:51I mean, yes.
22:54I hit her hard two or three times.
22:56Then she started fighting back and that got me in a flaming temper.
23:00Oh, quite a ding-dong.
23:02She tripped up and banged her head on something.
23:04I thought she'd passed out and wanted to get some water to chuck at her.
23:12When I got back, she'd gone.
23:15Her negligee was lying on the floor, so I assumed she'd had time to dress.
23:19But her things were still lying around.
23:21I flung them in her suitcase and chucked it in the river.
23:24Did you tell your husband what you'd done?
23:26Eventually, yes.
23:27What was his reaction?
23:29He said it was a pity her mother hadn't done the same thing years ago.
23:33And then you dismissed the entire affair from your mind?
23:36Yes.
23:37Well, didn't it come to mind later when you saw Betty Kane's picture in the newspapers?
23:41I saw all the things in the papers, of course,
23:43but I just never connected a 15-year-old schoolgirl
23:45who was kidnapped and beaten somewhere in the Midlands
23:48with that little tot I'd found lying in my bed.
23:50Anyway, I never knew her name.
23:52Bernard just called her Liz.
23:53If you had recognised the picture,
23:55would you have hesitated about going to the police
23:57or going to the fact that it was you who administered the beating?
24:00No.
24:01And I wouldn't hesitate to give her another beating tomorrow,
24:04if I got the chance.
24:05I'll save my learned friend a question
24:08and ask you if you intend to divorce your husband.
24:10Certainly not.
24:12He's fun and he's a good provider.
24:14What more do you want in a husband?
24:17Thank you, Mrs Chatham.
24:19Mr Addison, do you wish to cross-examine?
24:22No, my lord.
24:23Do you have any more witnesses?
24:25My lord.
24:26My lord.
24:27Subject to your lordship's correction,
24:30we don't think it necessary to hear this witness.
24:33You have heard enough to arrive at a true verdict
24:36and I cannot by so soon that any further evidence
24:38would greatly clarify the subject.
24:40So, dear, do you wish to hear any more from counsel?
24:44No, my lord, thank you.
24:45We've reached our verdict already.
24:47And do you wish to retire?
24:49No, my lord.
24:50We are unanimous.
24:57They let us out the back way when the crowds thinned out.
25:00Neville's dealing with the press boys now.
25:02I should very much like to speak to Kevin MacDermott
25:04before he returns to London.
25:05I've asked him to meet us at the hotel.
25:07At the moment, he's far too busy out there
25:09absorbing flattery like a sponge.
25:12So, life begins again.
25:15Do you wish to retire?
25:17No, my lord.
25:18We've reached our verdict already.
25:20And do you wish to retire?
25:22No, my lord.
25:23Life begins again.
25:25Tomorrow, it'll just be the usual mixture of good and bad.
25:28How dull.
25:29Tomorrow, you'll be vindicated in every newspaper in Britain.
25:32I can promise you that.
25:33And the appalling Betty Kane.
25:35I think we can safely leave Betty Kane to the police
25:38and her perjuring little friend, Rose Glynn.
25:41There must be somebody in this building who could boil a kettle.
25:43Would you like a cup of tea while we wait?
25:45I should prefer a very large dry martini.
25:49My aunt's arranged a little celebration at home tonight.
25:52She makes a lethal martini.
25:54Not tonight, Robert.
25:55Would you mind terribly?
25:56We're utterly exhausted.
25:58I'm not in the least exhausted.
25:59On the contrary, I feel exhilarated.
26:01I'm sorry, Mother, but you really must rest.
26:03Nonsense.
26:04Do please thank your aunt.
26:05She'll understand.
26:06Tomorrow, perhaps?
26:07Come on. Coast's clear.
26:12Marion.
26:16I've imagined myself saying this in any number of places
26:19but never in a courtroom corridor.
26:21Please don't.
26:24You know how I feel about you.
26:30I'd make your life a misery.
26:33And you'd care for me at all?
26:37I care for you a great deal.
26:39Then be my wife.
26:42My dear Robert,
26:44you know as well as I do that if a man isn't married by the time he's 40,
26:48marriage isn't one of the things he wants out of life.
26:51It's just something that might have overtaken him,
26:53like flu or income tax demand.
26:58I don't want to be something that's just overtaken you, Robert.
27:01I certainly wouldn't be an asset to Blair, Haywood and Bennett.
27:04I'm not asking you to marry Blair, Haywood and Bennett.
27:08I enjoy living with my mother.
27:10I love her.
27:11I actually like her.
27:13What about your aunt?
27:15Can't just park them like pieces of chewing gum.
27:19Look, was there much point to all this cloak and dagger stuff
27:22or are you two just playing hide and seek with the press gang?
27:25I mean, if we wait out there much longer, we're going to take root.
27:27I'm sorry, Stan.
27:29Your ma's really excited.
27:31Better than VE night, she says.
27:35Don't look so downcast.
27:37We won, didn't we?
27:45Ready?
28:15Yeah.
28:45Robert?
28:51Robert?
28:55She's gone.
28:56You must go after her.
28:59She's left me no address.
29:01I'll never find her in London.
29:04It says they're leaving Norton this morning.
29:07Robert, there's only one train from Norton to London on a Thursday morning.
29:11Yes, I know.
29:12The 840.
29:15But it stops at Milford, doesn't it?
29:20Aunt Liz, you're an angel.
31:14THE END
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