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00:00Music
00:29Everyone got their rule book, everyone got their badges,
00:34everyone got their school pad and pencil, everyone got their free starting cards.
00:39Free?
00:40Yes, that's right, Linda. To be born you need to be in possession of three cards.
00:44Aptitude, genetic and socio-economic.
00:47Socio-economic, right.
00:49Now, this game is very like the real game of life.
00:53You throw a six to start, then you make your way round the board
00:58and every time you pass GO, which represents another year,
01:01you take your salary and three more cards.
01:03Your career card to see whether or not you've been promoted or made redundant.
01:08Your family card to see whether you got divorced or anything like that.
01:12And, of course, your catastrophe card.
01:15We each have a catastrophe every year, do you, Mr Butters?
01:18Tragic but true, Laura, yes.
01:21And the game is over when you're 65, you retire,
01:24you see how you did and what lessons you've learned.
01:27Okie dokie.
01:28Mr Butters, what does FV stand for?
01:31Oh, Gavin, I sometimes wonder if you listen at all.
01:34Someone tell him.
01:40No, for Pete's sake, FV means you're a foolish virgin, Gavin.
01:46And you are sitting on the side of the wise virgins.
01:50Foolish virgins sit over here.
01:51Swap cases with Patrick, please.
01:52Oh, sorry, Mr Butters.
01:55Why can't I be a wise virgin like Tim?
01:58I think you're lucky to be a virgin at all, actually.
02:01Something to say, Timothy?
02:02No, Mr Butters.
02:03Good, right.
02:04Each of the wise virgins give me £1,500 before the game starts
02:08and they do this, of course, every time I go round the board.
02:11It's the wise virgins that do that, is it, Mr Butters?
02:14That's right, Linda.
02:15And I shall be taking the money
02:16and putting it into a personally managed pension fund.
02:19I see.
02:21I've just realised what this is all about.
02:23Right, if we're all ready, who's going to start, Gavin?
02:25We foolish virgins are going to drift through life
02:27and drink champagne and have wild parties and end up in nothing
02:30and they're going to invest their money in a pension fund.
02:33And when we're all old, they'll have pots of money
02:36and we'll be meth drinkers sleeping under bridges.
02:38Part of planning for future fortnight, isn't it?
02:40Laura, let's just play the game and see what happens, shall we?
02:42Wouldn't it be quicker just to give us the brochures on pensions
02:44and tell us to read them?
02:45Laura, this game took a great deal of thought and time to design.
02:49Throw the dice, Gavin.
02:50Yes, Mr Butters.
02:52Six. Right.
02:54D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d.
02:55Could that be card for Gavin?
02:57Oh, no.
03:01Read it out.
03:02You lose a limb in an industrial accident and are unable to work.
03:08Lose your job and go back four squares.
03:10Nah, back you go.
03:13Someone to see you.
03:14Not at the moment, Julie.
03:16Now, Gavin, do you want a fortune card?
03:18His name's Drugget, so it's important.
03:21What's important at the moment, Julie, is my staff getting to grips with my game here.
03:25Tell Mr Drugget to call back some other time.
03:28Now, a fortune card may help you, Gavin, or alternatively, it might make things worse.
03:33That's the way you want it?
03:35Drugget.
03:36What sort of man calls himself Drugget?
03:38Your go, Linda.
03:39Councillor Drugget, perhaps?
03:41Who?
03:42The man who's just been appointed head of the Leisure Services Department.
03:49Well, Sir Drugget, I do apologise for my secretary not explaining who you were.
03:54Please, come through.
03:56Not many people in today, I see.
04:01Well, it is August, traditionally a quiet time for us.
04:05I expect it'll pick up when the schools go back.
04:08Coffee?
04:10Julie, could you have some coffee, please?
04:12I'm busy.
04:13Jack.
04:14What can I do for you, Councillor?
04:17Jack, please.
04:18No, it's nothing very complicated.
04:20If I could just start by going over one or two basic facts and figures.
04:24Happy to, Jack.
04:25If you've got the time.
04:27Oh, I must say, very impressive software you're using these days, Jack.
04:31Now, I gather this is what it costs to keep the centre open for a year.
04:35With you, Jack?
04:36And this is income.
04:38That seems to be ballpark, yes.
04:40Now, the ideal situation would be where income was greater than expenditure,
04:45not one three hundredth of it.
04:47Couldn't agree more, Jack.
04:49However...
04:50But we're losing this much.
04:52Right, yes.
04:53Well, that makes my next move fairly obvious, doesn't it?
04:57I'm sorry, Jack.
04:59I've chalked my queue, but I'm not quite sure which pocket we're aiming for.
05:05I'm afraid bad lights stops play, Gordon.
05:09Follow on?
05:11Game's over.
05:12Time to draw stumps.
05:14What?
05:16You've provided us with a lot of pleasure at County Hall.
05:19Some of your schemes have given us some real laughs.
05:22But I'm afraid all good things come to an end.
05:26You're...
05:27You're here to get rid of me?
05:28Oh, sorry, Gordon.
05:29Didn't I make that clear?
05:30Yes, that's the whole point of the exercise.
05:32You want me to leave?
05:34That's right.
05:35I've got a letter of resignation here.
05:36Well, I'm not going to resign.
05:37I've got years of work left in me.
05:39That's what frightens us.
05:41No, no.
05:42You've moved to share two clothes.
05:43Move it back.
05:44No, no.
05:45Right back.
05:46Well, I know it's difficult.
05:47Just do your best.
05:48Excuse me?
05:49Welcome to Whitby Newtown Leisure Centre.
05:51How can I help you?
05:53Can I have a ticket, please?
05:54I'd like a ticket for the pool.
05:57I've come for a swim.
05:58Yes.
05:59I'm not sure that...
06:01Laura, can you come out here, please?
06:03Mrs Brutus.
06:04What do you think of him, then?
06:06Well, he's very intelligent, isn't he?
06:08He's wonderful, Carol.
06:09He's the best little friend a girl ever had on you, you lovely boy.
06:13What is he yours, Mrs Brutus?
06:14He's called Wayne.
06:15Do you want to see what he can do?
06:17Well...
06:18Come on.
06:19Come on, boy.
06:24Jumpers!
06:25Mrs Brutus, do you think you ought to...
06:28He's a cabaret dog, you see, but his owner's just got married
06:31and her husband said she had to sell him.
06:33He didn't approve for some reason.
06:34There you go.
06:35Oh, my goodness!
06:37Does he actually undo the cash?
06:39No, no.
06:40He bites through it.
06:41Could be a bit of an expensive trick.
06:42I'll have to keep it for special occasions.
06:44You got him, then?
06:45I couldn't resist him, Laura.
06:47I've just been showing Carol one of his tricks.
06:49Oh!
06:50What does Mr Brutus think?
06:51They gave me a kennel for him, as well.
06:53You did say you'd ask him first.
06:54And a lead, and a bowl with his name on it,
06:56and we're going to have a lovely time, aren't we,
06:58because you're such a gorgeous boy.
06:59You haven't told him, have you?
07:02He's been so busy recently, Laura,
07:04making that game thing.
07:06Anyway, I was just going to tell him now.
07:08It's no big deal.
07:12If I could have a word, Laura.
07:14Sorry?
07:15I'm a little worried about Ben.
07:17Well, I think we all are at times, Carol.
07:19It's the size of his cupboard, you see.
07:21Yes.
07:22I've got him the television.
07:23All he wants to do is watch it,
07:24and it's very bad for his eyes.
07:25So I was wondering,
07:26is there any possibility of expanding?
07:28You want a bigger cupboard?
07:29Yes.
07:30I thought if we knocked through the wall there,
07:31borrowed a bit from the staff,
07:32it shouldn't be too complicated.
07:33Only I thought it might sound better coming from you.
07:36You want me to talk to Mr Brutus?
07:37Yes.
07:38It's probably best if I show him the dog first.
07:40Hmm?
07:41Well, as soon as he sees him,
07:42I'll want to keep him, won't he?
07:43Anything's possible.
07:44I'd quite like him there with me anyway,
07:46just in case Gordon turns a bit nasty.
07:48Hey, boy.
07:49Wayne?
07:50Wayne?
07:51I expect he's probably gone to the pool.
07:53Really?
07:54He wanted to swim.
07:55That's what he said when he came in.
07:57So, this is what we're prepared to offer.
08:02A two years redundancy,
08:03pension paid up in full,
08:04a first-class reference,
08:06and ten grand in your back pocket
08:07if you were prepared to leave the county.
08:12I don't understand any of this.
08:14It's very simple, Gordon.
08:15We want you out,
08:16and we're prepared to pay for it.
08:19But you can't ask me to give up my work here.
08:21Why not?
08:23This isn't just a job, you know.
08:25I mean, do you think you could walk up to the local vicar
08:27and offer him £10,000 to give up Christianity?
08:30Well, alright, the present one you probably could.
08:33But I have a calling.
08:34This is my life.
08:35I can't give it all up.
08:37Gordon, sign the form.
08:38Take the money while you can.
08:40And leave me the alternative.
08:41You can't fire me.
08:43Under the terms of the Employment Act of 1985,
08:45you have to give written warning
08:46on at least three occasions of dissatisfactory service.
08:49And even then, I have a right of appeal.
08:51Yes, we'll have to find a way round that.
08:53And I'll tell you, I will fight you every inch of the way.
08:57Come on, Gordon.
08:59It's just you and me in here.
09:01We don't have to pretend.
09:02This place is a disaster.
09:05I take serious exception to that, Jack.
09:08This place is not a disaster.
09:10It's a sensitively run, well-oiled administrative machine
09:13honed over the years to cope with any crisis.
09:16Thank goodness I've found you, Mr Britter.
09:18It's...
09:19I'm busy, Colleen.
09:21But it's another catastrophe, Mr Britter.
09:23You'd better come now.
09:25If you don't come now, the whole...
09:27Julie, Councillor Druggett is just leaving.
09:30I apologise for not seeing you out, Councillor.
09:33I have a leisure centre to run.
09:35Colleen, we do not have catastrophes in this leisure centre.
09:38We have problems which we share and cope with.
09:40I think this one's a catastrophe, Mr Britter.
09:42How the hell did a dog get into the pool in the first place?
09:45We've no idea, Mr Britter.
09:46But he's playing old Harry with the ladies' aqua-robics.
09:48He keeps taking the tops off their costumes.
09:50A dog?
09:51The rumour is, he's a retired cabaret artiste.
09:53Good grief.
09:54And it gets worse.
09:55Evidently, at hen parties, he used to want to run a leisure centre to run.
09:58And that's been very tricky.
09:59What?
10:00Well, you don't have flies on swimming trunks, you see.
10:01So he grabs hold of them.
10:02All right, Colleen, for a minute.
10:03Laura, what's happening?
10:04Everything's under control, Mr Britter's.
10:05Linda took the women to the changing room with a needle and thread.
10:07Patrick's looking after the guy with the torn trunks.
10:08Where's the dog?
10:09Mrs Britter's has him.
10:10Mrs Britter's?
10:11What's she doing here?
10:12Well, she's...
10:13She's...
10:14She's...
10:15She's...
10:16She's drying the dog with a towel.
10:17She wanted to help.
10:18I see.
10:19So it's just the compensation forms to hand out, is it?
10:20And one other thing, Mr Britter's.
10:21What's that, Colleen?
10:22The dog got a little bit overexcited and he's doing his business in the pool.
10:23What's the eight-foot mark?
10:24Eight-foot?
10:25I think Colleen means by the depth marker here.
10:26Look, I'll clear the pool, shall I?
10:27I'd rather go.
10:28I'd rather go.
10:29I'd rather go.
10:30I'd rather go.
10:31I'd rather go.
10:32I'd rather go.
10:33I'd rather go.
10:34I'd rather go.
10:35I'd rather go.
10:36I'd rather go.
10:37I'd rather go.
10:38I'd rather go.
10:39I'd rather go.
10:40I'd rather go.
10:46I'd rather avoid any adverse publicity at this particular moment, please, Laura.
10:49You don't think it might be a bit of a health hazard, do you, Mr Britter's?
10:51She's right, you know.
10:52It's starting to drift round a bit.
10:54The most important thing you can do is to get down there and remove it.
10:57Well, you're in charge of the pool, Colleen.
11:00Leave it to me, Mr Britter's.
11:01Linda, little job for you.
11:05One of the things you will learn about leadership, Colleen, is that if it's a dirty job to be done,
11:10you don't get someone else to do it.
11:12You do it yourself.
11:13You mean you want to do it, Mr Britter's?
11:15I'll go and get me trunked in the polythene bag.
11:19Genius.
11:20Hello, ladies.
11:22Sorry to don't be in on this one, my darling.
11:25I'm extremely grateful.
11:26Oh, I didn't mind at all.
11:27He hasn't given you any trouble, has he?
11:29No, he's been rather fun and very friendly.
11:32Friendly?
11:33Have you heard what he did out there?
11:34I think that was just high spirits, Gordon.
11:36I'm sure if he got to know us all, he would...
11:38Unfortunately, he's not going to get the chance.
11:40He's not?
11:41I couldn't help noticing.
11:42He does seem to be very intelligent.
11:44I thought perhaps if we could train...
11:46Helen, the one thing I do not need at the moment is a sex-mad dog bringing in lawsuits and a health and safety officer.
11:51What I do need to know is the name of the irresponsible idiot who owns this animal.
11:55Any ideas?
11:56I'll ask her only for you.
11:57Julie?
11:58Get me the RSPCA.
11:59Get me a dog handler with a muzzle.
12:00I want an electric cattle prod.
12:01I'll also be...
12:02What's going on in here?
12:03Well, er, he wanted to see the accounts.
12:04What?
12:05I was hoping to find some little irregularity, Gordon, which might enable us to fire you.
12:09I told him it wouldn't do any good.
12:10I said that everyone knew you were a burg, but they were an honest burg.
12:12Thank you, Julie.
12:13Well, have you found anything yet?
12:14Not really.
12:15What?
12:16In that case, would you get out of...
12:18Apart from a slight shortfall in the petty cash.
12:19The what?
12:20The petty cash.
12:21Let me see that.
12:22I make it we're down about 300 pounds.
12:24That's impossible.
12:25What?
12:26I'm not a detective.
12:28I'm not a detective...
12:29What?
12:30Not really.
12:31Well, in that case, would you get out...
12:32Apart from a slight shortfall in the petty cash.
12:34The what?
12:35The petty cash.
12:36Let me see that.
12:38I make it we're down about 300 pounds.
12:42That's impossible.
12:43Well, I'm not a detective, Gordon, but this seemed an important clue.
12:48Gordon, I've taken all the 10 poundsies, we'll explain tomorrow, H.
12:54P.S. The car is still making that whirring noise.
12:57Forgive me.
13:00Do we know anyone called H?
13:13Hello, Helen.
13:14Hello, darling.
13:15What the hell have you done?
13:16Vetch it.
13:17What?
13:18What is this?
13:20Oh, it's quite clear, isn't it? I did it in block capitals.
13:23You have taken money from the petty cash box, Helen.
13:26Yeah, that's what it says, isn't it?
13:27Why didn't you ask me first?
13:29Well, you weren't there, were you?
13:30Anyway, you'd have said no.
13:32Come on, Gordon.
13:33He wants you to throw it for him.
13:34I'm not here to play games, Helen.
13:36I need to know about the money.
13:37You can't just leave him begging like that.
13:40Helen, you've taken 300 pounds from petty cash.
13:43I need to know why you did it and what you wanted the money for.
13:47Come on.
13:49You bought the dog, didn't you?
13:51You spent all that money on a dog.
13:53I'm not an idiot, Gordon.
13:54I wouldn't spend 300 pounds on a dog.
13:58There's a kennel, the leaves, the gold with his name on.
14:02I cannot believe I'm hearing this.
14:03An almost complete bag of Winnerlot and a little tag with his telephone number on.
14:07I don't care what you've got.
14:08You stole 300 pounds.
14:10I didn't steal anything.
14:11I borrowed it.
14:12You've got the note.
14:13If you don't ask the person first, Helen Britters, it's called stealing.
14:17What?
14:18Borrowing without permission.
14:20Stealing, remember?
14:22I never heard that before.
14:25No-one's ever told me that.
14:27No-one's ever told me that in my life.
14:29Have you ever seen me, Mr Britters?
14:30Oh, Laura, I've got to go to the bank.
14:32Look, what is all this?
14:33What's so serious about taking a bit of money?
14:35It hasn't hurt anybody, has it?
14:37I'll be back as soon as I can.
14:39Keep an eye on things for me, will you?
14:40Of course.
14:41Look, what does it matter?
14:43I've taken a bit of money.
14:45It'll get put back.
14:46It doesn't matter, does it?
14:48Gordon!
14:53Gordon, I'm talking to you!
14:55Gordon!
14:56Gordon!
14:57Gordon, I'm talking to you!
15:00You've never wanted me to have a dog.
15:03You've never wanted me to have anything of my own.
15:06First time in my life I get something I really want.
15:11And it goes and spoils it off.
15:13Helen, it's a little more complicated than you think.
15:19You've been turned down for a promotion again.
15:21Lose six months' salary and take a fortune card.
15:24Oh, fart!
15:25You keep landing on those red squares, don't you?
15:28If you had a car, you could just hop over them.
15:30Well, I can't afford a car, can I?
15:31I've given all my money to bloody British's pension fund.
15:34But you're still playing.
15:36Yes, it's not a bad game.
15:37Housing market collapses.
15:39Flat repossessed.
15:39Go back to the bedsitter.
15:41I knew it.
15:42See, the pension scheme's paying off.
15:43No, no, I didn't join it.
15:45I did.
15:46Thanks for nothing, British.
15:47Just...
15:48Is he coming back?
15:49Well, that's what we're all worried about, really.
15:51How do you mean?
15:52You know, Councillor Druggett came in this morning.
15:54Yes.
15:55He's trying to get rid of Mr. Brittus.
15:57Oh, they're always trying to get rid of him.
15:58Yes, but Julie says this time they're really going for it.
16:01Oh.
16:02Oh.
16:05There we are, £300.
16:07Oh, that's wonderful.
16:08With my apologies and an assurance it won't happen again.
16:11So, if you'd like me to tear up the IOU...
16:13Ah, would that it were that simple, Gordon.
16:17Sorry?
16:17Well, technically, a crime has been committed, hasn't it?
16:20But she didn't know it was a crime.
16:22I'm afraid ignorance of the law is no defence, Gordon.
16:25Under the regulations, I have to prosecute.
16:27I don't have any choice, you see.
16:34It's not going to be easy for her, is it?
16:36Dragged through the court, names splashed across the tabloids.
16:39And, of course, with her criminal record.
16:41But she hasn't got a criminal record.
16:43Nine charges of shoplifting.
16:46That was years ago.
16:47Two of actual bodily harm.
16:48Those cases are sub-judice.
16:50You're not allowed to discuss them.
16:51I'd be very worried.
16:52There was a good chance of a prison sentence this time.
16:54Prison?
17:02You know, Gordon, a possibility occurs to me.
17:04I suppose you're sure it was her.
17:07What?
17:07What I'm saying is that if a member of the public commits a crime on council property,
17:11then I'm bound to prosecute.
17:13So you keep telling me.
17:14But if the offence was committed by one of our employees,
17:17we do have greater power of discretion.
17:20If the money was taken by someone employed in the centre,
17:22we would probably settle for something like...
17:26the money being returned and the person concerned quietly resigning with full pension.
17:31If you get my meaning.
17:32It's a choice, Gordon.
17:36Either your wife goes to prison, or you...
17:39All right, all right, I'm thinking.
17:42No, I'm not paying any more.
17:44Oh, come on, Tim.
17:45How could you send your children to private school?
17:46Oh, I just want to do what's best for them.
17:48Give them a good start in life.
17:49I don't see why you had to get married anyway.
17:51It's only a game.
17:52Well, I think it's a crummy one,
17:53and when I see Britus, I'm going to tell him so.
17:55Problem treat.
17:56It's your game, Mr. Britus.
17:58What?
17:58It doesn't work.
17:59I'm doing all the sensible things like working hard and saving money,
18:02and I'm just getting worse and worse off,
18:03whereas Gavin there is spending money like water,
18:05and he's as rich as Croesus.
18:06It's not fair!
18:07That is life for you, Tim.
18:09What?
18:10Life is not fair.
18:11It never has been.
18:13But you said the whole point of the game was to show...
18:14In real life, Tim, it doesn't matter how hard you work or what you believe in,
18:18it's all based on luck.
18:20But you said...
18:21You work hard, you give it everything you've got,
18:24but at the end of the day, all you actually do is roll a dice.
18:27You roll the right number, you succeed beyond your wildest dreams.
18:31Throw another number, and it all goes down the sewer.
18:34I thought the lesson was...
18:35That's quite a clever game, Mr. Britus.
18:38Oh, it's clever, all right, Gavin.
18:40But it doesn't mean to say people don't get hurt.
18:42They do, rather.
18:44Come on, Gavin, I'll buy you a coffee.
18:47I wonder if this might be a good time to talk about cupboard space, Mr. Britus.
18:51It's Ben, you see, I'm just a little concerned about his eyes.
18:54It's not good for children to sit so close to the television.
18:57So I thought if we could extend the cupboard,
18:59it would mean taking a bit out of the staff in my nose.
19:02Mr. Britus.
19:02We are actually talking about something rather important, Laura.
19:06Laura, if it's bad news, I'd rather not hear it, if you don't mind.
19:09There's been a call from your house, I'm afraid, Mr. Britus.
19:11The baby mind is a bit concerned.
19:13It seems that Mrs. Britus has gone missing.
19:14Oh.
19:15Right, bye.
19:26All asleep at last.
19:28Any news?
19:29Not really, Laura, no.
19:31Apparently they'd like a woman to go missing for at least 24 hours before they do anything.
19:35The sergeant reckons she's just run away again.
19:37She's done this before?
19:39Once or twice, yes.
19:40But she's always taken the children before.
19:42I think she means it this time.
19:45Look, I'm sure there's nothing to worry about.
19:49No.
19:50No, nothing to worry about at all.
19:52She's only a severely disturbed woman with a history of inadequacy and depression,
19:56who lives on drugs and has suddenly realised she's facing a prison sentence.
19:59No, nothing to worry about.
20:03I'm sorry, Laura, that was completely uncalled for.
20:06And after all you've done...
20:07It's all right.
20:09Listen, why don't you get back to that man of yours?
20:11Don't want him worrying as well.
20:14You will be OK, won't you?
20:15I'm quite happy to stay if you want.
20:17You get on home, Laura.
20:19Sure.
20:19I'll be fine.
20:20OK.
20:21Oh, it's you.
20:33Oh, it's you.
20:45Thanks.
20:45Thanks.
20:58Oh, my God.
21:28Hello. What are you doing here? You ought to be in your kennel. Come on. In you go.
21:56Come on. What's the matter? There's nothing to be frightened of. It's only... Helen?
22:07You mean you've been here all night?
22:09Since yesterday lunchtime.
22:12Why?
22:13I felt so awful, Gordon. I didn't know where else to go.
22:17So you went into a kennel?
22:18It just seemed the right place somehow. It's quite cosy, really.
22:22Have you any idea how worried we've all been?
22:25I'm sorry, Gordon. I just can't go to prison.
22:29You're not going to prison.
22:31Yes, I am. I'll find out about all the other things.
22:34Helen...
22:35I remember what the judge said last time. I'm just going to prison.
22:39Helen, you are not going to prison.
22:41But I stole the money.
22:43I told them it was me.
22:45What?
22:46I told them I took the money.
22:50Of course.
22:51And you haven't got a record or anything, have you?
22:53Did they believe you?
22:55Yes.
22:56So everything's going to be all right?
22:59Oh, you're so clever, Gordon.
23:02I do love you.
23:05Oh, that's wonderful.
23:06I suppose we'd better get inside, then.
23:16Oh, right.
23:18Do we have to?
23:20Right.
23:21Let's just stay here for a few more minutes, shall we?
23:24OK.
23:39Isn't it terrible?
23:40What?
23:41He's gone.
23:42Mr Britters has resigned.
23:43I don't believe it.
23:45This is his letter of resignation, Tim.
23:47By the time you read this, I shall no longer be manager of Whitbury-Newtown Leisure Centre.
23:52Why?
23:52Why would he resign?
23:54Well, according to this, he's laid the foundations of a sound structure
23:57which will carry the flame of sport into the 21st century.
24:01We've come to realise that running a leisure centre is a young man's job
24:04and so he's giving way to flesh blood.
24:07Well, I think it's a trick.
24:09Like the time he said he'd gone and then he came back dressed as a woman
24:11to see how sexist we were.
24:13I'm afraid he's gone this time, Tim.
24:15He certainly has.
24:16Are you quite sure of that?
24:17He's upstairs packing now.
24:19He's promised to be out of the building before we open.
24:22If everyone would like to step through to the staff room,
24:24there's just one or two things to be sorted out.
24:27It's going to be very strange without him, Julie.
24:29It was strange within, Colin.
24:31It's going to be normal.
24:32That's what it's going to be.
24:34Not coming, Carol.
24:35No, I think I'd better stay out here, Councillor Druggett.
24:37The children can make rather a noise at meetings.
24:40Children?
24:40Ben and the twins.
24:42Yes, they are...
24:43Ben's in his cupboard playing with his duple house
24:45and the twins are, of course, in their drawers.
24:48Good Lord, so they are.
24:49Which reminds me, you're sort of in charge now, aren't you?
24:52And I wouldn't mind a word about the possibility of more cupboard space.
24:54More cupboard space?
24:55It's Ben, you see.
24:57Growing boys need more space.
24:59And if we took the wall back here
25:00and extended the cupboard down there,
25:01I've got a new drawing.
25:03We've got a television in there.
25:05Exactly.
25:06You can see how close he is.
25:07Now, if we had a few more feet here...
25:08All right, Carol.
25:10All right.
25:13Here's what we're going to do.
25:14Here's what we're going to do.
25:44Here's what we're going to do.
26:14What are you going to do?
26:26Carol?
26:27Carol?
26:29British, it's so good to see you.
26:32What's wrong, Carol?
26:33I've been fired.
26:35Fired? What for?
26:36I don't know.
26:38He just said to pack my things and leave.
26:40What am I going to do, Mr Prittance? I'm not trained for anything else.
26:44I've got three children to bring up and nowhere to live.
26:47It's all right, Carol. It's all right.
26:49It's not all right, Mr Prittance.
26:50You don't know what it's like to have everything taken away from you.
26:53No.
26:54This place has been everything to me.
26:56It's been my home, my family.
27:00What am I going to do?
27:03Don't worry, Carol. You come with me.
27:10I'm so frightened, Mr Prittance.
27:18There's no need to be frightened, Carol. Here, hold on to me.
27:25What's going to happen to us?
27:27Don't you worry about that, Carol. Just you keep looking at me.
27:35You know, it's the strangest thing, but while I'm with you,
27:39I don't feel frightened any more.
27:45That's right, Carol. That's the way.
27:47You know, it's just me.
27:47You know, it's the story.
27:55They call me, Carol.
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