- 3 days ago
First broadcast 17th December 1979.
Arthur is running a mini-cab business with a partner - but when their drivers are attacked and the cars vandalized, Kevin, the partner, is reluctant, for tax purposes, to involve the police.
Dennis Waterman - Terry
George Cole - Arthur
Alfred Burke - Kevin
George Layton - Des
Michael Bruce - Barry
Charlie Hawkins - Greg
Darryl Read - Billy
Oscar James - Dave
William Morgan Sheppard - John (as Morgan Sheppard)
Diana Malin - Debbie
Daphne Anderson - Katie
Eric Mason - Paddy
Michael Hughes - Mini-cab Driver
Vicki Woolf - Woman in Flat
Alan Gibbs - Customer
Nick Hobbs - Boxer
Arthur is running a mini-cab business with a partner - but when their drivers are attacked and the cars vandalized, Kevin, the partner, is reluctant, for tax purposes, to involve the police.
Dennis Waterman - Terry
George Cole - Arthur
Alfred Burke - Kevin
George Layton - Des
Michael Bruce - Barry
Charlie Hawkins - Greg
Darryl Read - Billy
Oscar James - Dave
William Morgan Sheppard - John (as Morgan Sheppard)
Diana Malin - Debbie
Daphne Anderson - Katie
Eric Mason - Paddy
Michael Hughes - Mini-cab Driver
Vicki Woolf - Woman in Flat
Alan Gibbs - Customer
Nick Hobbs - Boxer
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TVTranscript
00:002, 4, 6 minutes in house, POP in about 5 minutes.
00:30POP in about 5 minutes.
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02:512, 5, 6 minutes in house, POP in about 5 minutes.
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03:04POP in about 5 minutes, POP in about 5 minutes.
03:08Roger.
03:09Roger.
03:10Roger.
03:11What do you mean there won't be any business?
03:15We've lost eight drivers in a fortnight.
03:18Eight?
03:19That means we're down to 19.
03:21And some of them only come in when I want to.
03:23Look, why don't you advertise in the local papers?
03:26There must be geezers out of work with motors.
03:29In fact, the only way you can afford a motor these days is beyond the bloody doll.
03:33I have advertised.
03:34All these accidents.
03:36Do you know what I think?
03:38No.
03:39Someone's having a pop at us.
03:50Go on, Terry.
03:51He's wide open for a left hook.
03:53He's a mug at the game.
03:54If that don't work, give him some stick in the orchestras.
04:02What are you doing?
04:03What are you doing?
04:05Well, don't just lay there.
04:06You okay, Till?
04:07Of course he's okay.
04:08He slept, didn't he?
04:19Go on, my son.
04:20Make him have it.
04:21Hey, hey, hey.
04:22What did I tell you?
04:23What did I tell you?
04:24Do shut up, Arthur, will you?
04:26Go on, tell me the orchestras, Terry.
04:28Not him!
04:35What are you doing?
04:37I'm embarrassed.
04:39People are watching this, you know.
04:41He's not doing any favors for my image.
04:43Are you all right, son?
04:44All right, all right.
04:45Of course he's all right.
04:46He should think himself lucky that my man has not quite recovered from a severe attack of pulmonary pneumonia, complicated by gastroenteritis.
04:53For God's sake, Arthur, give it a rest, will you?
04:57Come here, let's have a look at you.
04:59Yeah, sure live.
05:00That'll do you for the day.
05:02Anyway, go and get changed, son, go on.
05:04What's the matter?
05:05You drunk or something?
05:06Just leave it out, Arthur.
05:07It's different on the cobbles, innit?
05:08In here, they've got a thing called the Queensbury rules.
05:09Rules.
05:10Rules are made to be broken, my boy.
05:11You could have done him.
05:12Yeah, of course I could.
05:13Anyway, I've got you a bit of work.
05:14Doing what?
05:15Driving.
05:16Well, minicabbing.
05:17Arthur, if I wanted to do minicabbing, I could have done it without your help and without giving you any of my hard-earned.
05:24I'm going to have a shower.
05:25Hear what?
05:26Hear me out, Terry.
05:27Hear me out.
05:28Hear me out.
05:29Hear me out.
05:30Accidents?
05:31Sabotage, more likely, Terry.
05:32I know it's a competitive game, minicabbing, but eight drivers we've lost in the last fortnight, and that is well above the norm. Stand on me.
05:47What's the difference, Terry?
05:48What's the difference, Terry?
05:49I know it's a competitive game, minicabbing, but eight drivers we've lost in the last fortnight, and that is well above the norm. Stand on me.
05:56What sort of accidents?
06:01Motors breaking down. One even mysteriously caught fire.
06:04Calling the old bull.
06:06Ah, ah, well, no, no, that would cause a bit of a problem.
06:09Oh?
06:10Yeah, you know how it is.
06:12No?
06:13Well, in a word, tax.
06:17Pardon?
06:19Inland revenue, they crucify everybody these days. Questions like how much do you earn?
06:24No cabbie wants that kind of aggro. They just turn it in and they go somewhere else.
06:29Yeah, and the authorities taking too close a look into your, er, bookkeeping wouldn't be too welcome, would they?
06:34I don't think I'm getting through to you, Terry. Someone is having a pop at me, and that is not in order.
06:42Not in here.
06:43And you get to keep whatever you take in fares.
06:49In that?
06:50What's wrong with it?
06:52What's right with it? I'm not driving around in that.
06:55It is. Tell him what a terrific piece of machinery that is.
06:59Don't be deceived by appearances, Terry. That engine is tuned to perfection. Perfection.
07:12Cut to crap, Des.
07:14Terry, I can tell you this because I know your sound.
07:18But the engine was relied on by a certain little firm to get them off the scene of some very heavy tickles.
07:23Lively, you know what I mean?
07:26Oh.
07:27So you expect me to drive around in a motor that's been used?
07:30Not the body, you loon. Not the body. He's talking about the engine.
07:34The body it came out of has been, er, recycled.
07:39What you might call my small contribution to our ailing steel industry.
07:43Look at those tyres, Terry. 100%.
07:46Is it M.O.T.?
07:48I'll write one out for you.
07:51What about insurance?
07:52I have a pal who does a nice line in cover notes.
07:57Why can't I have one of them?
07:59Leave off, Terry. They're movable stock. Those I can sell.
08:07Terrific, eh?
08:09Don't mention to Kevin what you're up to, all right?
08:26Kevin?
08:27Yeah, he's my partner who runs the office. Just don't mention it.
08:30Why not?
08:32Look, he's a family man.
08:34Warrior, you know. Good as gold but not all that bright.
08:36Lacks a certain, er, vision.
08:38Take my point.
08:39Not really.
08:40Come on.
08:48Oh, that's nice, isn't it? A touch of the old world charm.
08:50Oh, we aim to please. Lovely.
08:52You're not serious?
08:53Of course. We need drivers, don't we?
09:04I thought we advertise luxury saloon cars.
09:07Well, so what?
09:08You don't believe that people really drink martini and flying balloons, do you?
09:14What's that got to do with it?
09:16See what I mean? Advertising? It's all a con, isn't it? It's an illusion.
09:21People don't expect plush motors to waft up to their door.
09:24As long as it keeps out the wind and the wet and gets them where they want to go, do they complain?
09:28No, Arthur. We're not that desperate.
09:31I think he's right, Arthur.
09:34As a major shareholder in this little enterprise, Kevin, I think I'm entitled to make a few management suggestions.
09:40You're a silent, non-working partner. Very silent.
09:46Nevertheless, I promised a job to my nephew here, and my word is my bond.
09:56Right, Cubby, hang a left and it's just down here on your right.
09:59Look, if you tell me exactly where you want to go, I'm sure I can find it.
10:02Don't worry. We're nearly there.
10:04I'm not exactly sure myself till I see it.
10:10Does he know the matter?
10:12Would I stick him in if he didn't?
10:14Probably.
10:15Told you what the rent is, is he?
10:17Rent?
10:20You pay 25 quid a week for the use of the office and facilities.
10:24And it's up front.
10:26Hold on now.
10:27I'll lend it to you.
10:29Lend?
10:30Well, he'd make more than that in a day, won't he?
10:32And you get a radio thrown in, too.
10:35Can you get Luxembourg on it, uncle?
10:37It's only on loan, mind.
10:40Most things are worth 300 quid apiece.
10:42Which is about six times the value of the wreck it's going into.
10:45Kevin!
10:47Talking to Brooks.
10:48Hello, love!
10:50Kevin, you old sod.
10:53Who's having the pleasure of taking old Katie home today then, eh?
10:58Who?
10:59Where's that nice shank man?
11:03What's his name?
11:04Barry.
11:06I like him.
11:11Just found this next corner and pull in, cabbie.
11:13What do we owe you, then?
11:14Er, that'll be...
11:15£1.60, please.
11:16You'd better pay the man then, Greg.
11:17Aren't you?
11:18Oi!
11:19Come on, come on.
11:20Come on, you old pest.
11:21On your feet.
11:22Come on.
11:23Up to Daisy.
11:24Oh, come on up.
11:25Disgusting.
11:26Here you go.
11:27Don't you go.
11:28Don't you go making a pass of me, young man.
11:30I'm a respectable woman.
11:31I'm sorry, love.
11:32It's just I find you totally irresistible.
11:33Well, you can escort madam home, then.
11:34Well, thank you, squire.
11:35Oh, all right.
11:36Just to the car.
11:37Come on.
11:38Just to the car.
11:39Just to the car.
11:41Ma'am!
11:42Ma'am!
11:43Ma'am!
11:44Ma'am!
11:46Ma'am!
11:47Ma'am!
11:48Ma'am!
11:49Ma'am!
11:50Ma'am!
11:51Ma'am!
11:52Ma'am!
11:53Ma'am!
11:54Ma'am!
11:55Ma'am!
11:56Ma'am!
11:57Come on, Casey.
11:58She.*
11:59You made the fresh air again, sir.
12:01This one, love.
12:03Younger little drunk?
12:04Yeah.
12:05Right...
12:06All right, all right.
12:07In you go, love.
12:08Mind your head, mind your head.
12:10Oh, it's it.
12:12Sit!
12:13Right, you in, love.
12:14That's it.
12:15Oh, thanks mate.
12:16Mother told her to get on her bike.
12:17Ah, that's a fair.
12:18All part of the game, isn't it?
12:19Katie's all right.
12:20She's not normally this bad.
12:21You wanna see some of them you get?
12:22I don't.
12:24I don't.
12:26Perhaps we ought to try for a better class clientele.
12:29Yeah, listen, look, get some new cards printed,
12:32embossed gold lettering,
12:34and shove them through the letterboxes of your Kensington and Chelsea mansions.
12:37You know, move up market.
12:39Oh, yes. I'm sure the average upper-class matron would just love to be picked up by your nephew's pigsty on wheels.
12:45Arthur. Any cabs?
12:47Coming.
12:48Yes, sir? Where to, sir?
12:49I've had seconds. I'm not going to talk.
12:50No, look, don't give me any aggro, Terry. Just give it a chance.
12:53Do you see the state of her?
12:55If you think I'm going to spend my time riding around with legless old biddies like that,
12:58just on the off chance that something might happen...
12:59Kevin.
13:00Hang on, hang on, listen.
13:01Kevin, I'm hurt.
13:03Who is that?
13:04Well, use your code. Over.
13:06This is Barry. Tango 14. I need someone to help me.
13:11Roger T14, what's happened? Over.
13:14A couple of hooligans. Please send someone. I'm in Bishop's Lane.
13:19Barry? Tango 14?
13:22Come in, Tango 14. Over.
13:24Where are the tables?
13:25Bishop's Lane.
13:26Come on.
13:27Well, come on.
13:28Where are you going?
13:29Where are you going?
13:43Bloody hell.
13:48Don't worry, son. We'll get you to a hospital.
13:50There you are, Terry. Not nearly as bad as we first thought. A couple of days have been as right as Ray. Luckily, they didn't touch your motor.
13:59Yeah, where is it?
14:00In the car park. Terry here drove it over. He's a relationalizer.
14:04Thanks, mate.
14:06You joined the firm? You get on well with him?
14:08Listen, Arthur, maybe the man doesn't want to carry on, cabbie.
14:10Of course he does, don't you, son?
14:12I don't know. I'll have to think about it.
14:14What's to think about? Anyone get assaulted these days? It's all his urban decay.
14:19Do what?
14:20Oh, vandals, muggers. It's rife, isn't it? It's not only the cabbies who cop it, you know.
14:29While they were cleaning you up, I phoned the office. Kevin tells me you picked the fare up from a pub.
14:33Yeah.
14:34How many? One? Two?
14:35Two.
14:36What do they look like?
14:37A couple of flash young tearaways.
14:39Aren't they all much the same?
14:41Oh, yeah.
14:42I suppose you don't want to call in the old bill?
14:44No, no, no. Of course not.
14:46It's what we pay our taxes for, isn't it?
14:48Police Protection Against Hooligans.
14:51Say no notice of him, Barry. He knows the SP. He's winding us up.
14:56Come on, I'll drive you home.
14:57No, it's all right. I can manage.
14:58No, don't be silly. Sit in. Go on.
15:00OK, cheers.
15:05You know how to comfort the injured, don't you?
15:07There's no point in losing another driver till I have to, is there?
15:11Where are you going?
15:12Back to the office.
15:14Make sure you'll get a radio stuck in your motor.
15:17Now, listen, Uncle. I haven't decided whether I'm going to do it or not.
15:22That's funny. I thought you already were.
15:32Yeah, right, OK.
15:33Well?
15:34I think he's getting a bit bottle-y.
15:37Says to work the wheeze up on the spankings.
15:39But that's the bit I like most.
15:41Yeah, well, you would.
15:42Anyway, the message is, leave it out and the motors for now.
15:45Why?
15:46I don't know.
15:47He'll bell us when he wants us to perform again.
15:54Well, there must be some of you remember.
15:56The colour of their hair, clothes, boils on the end of their nose.
16:00Boils?
16:01Well, yeah.
16:02Distinguishing marks.
16:03Why are you so interested?
16:04If I know who they are, I can avoid them, right?
16:05I'm new to this game.
16:06I don't want a cop for what you've got.
16:07Oh, it happens now and then.
16:08I've had a few runners.
16:09Oh, yeah, runners?
16:10Who play you with a knuckle sandwich before they have it on their toes.
16:13They know where I live.
16:14How's that?
16:15I don't know.
16:16But they said, well, if I try to get them nicked, they'd pay me another visit.
16:19Did they say anything else?
16:20Something about, maybe I should stop driving a cab.
16:23They didn't specify a candy cab, though.
16:25No.
16:26Well, what do you think?
16:27What do you think?
16:28What do you think?
16:29I'm new to this game.
16:30I'm new to this game.
16:31I don't want a cop for what you've got.
16:32Oh, it happens now and then.
16:33I've had a few runners.
16:34Oh, yeah, runners.
16:35They play you with a knuckle sandwich before they have it on their toes.
16:37They know where I live.
16:38How's that?
16:39I don't know.
16:40Well, why should they?
16:41I don't know.
16:42But maybe you should take their advice.
16:54If I give up cab driving, how else am I supposed to get my family out of this dump?
16:58Yeah, I see your point.
17:00Oh, come on.
17:01There are lots of other driving jobs.
17:03Yeah, but on them you have to pay tax.
17:05I pay enough tax that it isn't my regular job.
17:08You mean to say you've got a kosher job as well?
17:11I work nights in a bakery, I sleep in the mornings and I do this in the afternoon and
17:15evenings.
17:16You must lead a really exciting social life.
17:19I got married when I was 19.
17:20I've got two kids and three rooms in that car seat.
17:26I'm not eligible for a council place, so we've got to buy.
17:29First time buyers.
17:30Now, I don't have to tell you the price of property.
17:32Zero three roger.
17:33My wife's on the edge of a nervous breakdown living around here.
17:36Will you tell me how else I'm supposed to get the money?
17:39Dunno.
17:40We'd rob a bank.
17:41Or get yourself a job in the mornings.
17:43Now, hold on.
17:44Listen.
17:45Are you sure you don't remember anything about those two geezers?
17:47Well, one of them did mention the other's first name.
17:49Greg?
17:50Yeah, that's what he said.
17:51All right.
17:52No, no juice.
17:53Try the battery connections.
17:54Perhaps you'd better pop into that pub where you picked them up.
17:56I'm not open yet.
17:57Well, later.
17:58Okay.
17:59Try that.
18:00Yep, that's it.
18:01All right?
18:02Well, the radio is.
18:03Dave, I'll show you what it's all about.
18:04Find the road to Dave.
18:05Can I have a word after him?
18:06Yeah.
18:07Yeah.
18:08Yeah.
18:09Yeah.
18:10Yeah.
18:11Yeah.
18:12Yeah.
18:13Yeah.
18:14Yeah.
18:15Yeah.
18:16Yeah.
18:17Yeah.
18:18Yeah.
18:19Yeah.
18:20Yeah.
18:21Yeah.
18:22Yeah.
18:23Yeah.
18:24Yeah.
18:25Yeah.
18:26Yeah.
18:27Yeah.
18:28Yeah.
18:29Sure.
18:30See you in a minute, Terry.
18:31Do you know, I've been thinking, Arthur.
18:33I'll keep practicing.
18:34It'll get to be easier.
18:35No.
18:36No.
18:37Seriously.
18:38The more I think about it, the more I'll be able to think it isn't worth it.
18:42What isn't?
18:43This.
18:44Well, let's face it.
18:45It's only giving one of us a living.
18:47This is the on and off switch.
18:49This is a squelch knob.
18:50Cuts out static and interference.
18:52This is for volume.
18:54This is for channel one and two.
18:57This is to receive.
19:00And this is to send.
19:02It's as simple as that.
19:06Could you go over it once more for us, please?
19:08I don't understand you, Kevin.
19:10Here you are, your own boss.
19:12Men under your command.
19:14An independent spirit in this increasingly bolshy country of ours.
19:17Oh, don't talk garbage, Arthur.
19:19I'm a beaten slave to this business.
19:20I work 16 hours a day.
19:22Dustman takes home more than I do.
19:24Puts in half the time.
19:26But even drivers earn more than me.
19:29Yeah.
19:30Maybe we ought to raise the rent.
19:33But we already charge more than most firms.
19:36That's why we have trouble getting drivers.
19:38Candy cabs.
19:42Yes, what's the address, sir?
19:44Very good, sir.
19:45On its way.
19:47Charlie, 12 Hall Road.
19:51Going to Oxford Street.
19:55Look, Kevin, I can understand you getting depressed.
19:58I'm depressed.
19:59But things are going to get better.
20:00I'm working on it.
20:01Have a cigar.
20:02No thanks.
20:03See, the thing is, Kev, I don't see how you can quit.
20:07I mean, all your capital's tied up in the business.
20:10If you leave, you lose a lot.
20:11Yeah, but I wasn't thinking of leaving.
20:13I'm suggesting you pull out.
20:15Me?
20:16Why should I pull out?
20:18Well, for one thing, you've got plenty of income for all your other interests.
20:21This is all I've got.
20:22Yeah, and you wouldn't have this if I hadn't stuck up the 60% of the capital.
20:26Yeah, and I do 100% of the work.
20:28Oh, be fair, Kevin.
20:29I handle the promotional side.
20:31You pay for the cards to be printed.
20:34I find this ingratitude very hard to bear, Kevin.
20:37You're incredible.
20:38Well, I suppose we could come to some arrangement, depending on what you're offering.
20:47Well, I was thinking of giving you back your original five grand.
20:52Where would you dig five grand up from?
20:55Borrow it.
20:57Well, the wife's parents got a few quid tucked away.
20:59I'd just have to pay it back best I could.
21:01No, sorry.
21:02I couldn't begin to consider releasing my share at under, say, eight grand.
21:06Eight?
21:07Well, ten would be more realistic, but then I always err on the side of generosity.
21:14Anyone want a cab?
21:15I'll call the cab.
21:17Your code is Tango 6-4.
21:20Tango 6-4.
21:22Always use it when communicating with base, which is here, which is control one.
21:26Roger, or ROG for short, means message understood.
21:29ROG?
21:31Roger.
21:32No swearing or foul language over the air.
21:34We can get done for that.
21:35POB means passenger on board.
21:37So when you pick up a punter, you call in Tango 6-4 P-O-B.
21:42ROG?
21:43Er, P-O-B.
21:44ROG.
21:45If you get lost, call in, ask for a direct, or use your book.
21:49Book?
21:50A to Z.
21:51I ain't got one.
21:52Or buy one.
21:53A to Z.
21:54A to Z.
21:55A to Z.
21:56A to Z.
21:57A to Z.
22:04Ah no!
22:05.
22:09.
22:14We don't need any water.
22:15We don't need water left.
22:17No, nobody's really lost.
22:21We don't need water right now.
22:24À so many fini stones toamente.
22:25Next time we get water right away.
22:27Here we are.
22:30Can you just put them in that one?
22:33Certainly.
22:35So, so, 280.
22:39Thank you very much. Bye.
22:43That off.
22:49One, two, fifty, eighty.
22:54One, two, fifty, eighty.
23:06Your car, sir?
23:12No, it's not actually mine. It belongs to Candy Cab's. After Daily.
23:19Tango 64's RTP'd.
23:24How's it going then, sir? Getting used to it?
23:28I'll never get used to this.
23:30You will.
23:31You know, that bleeding motor of mine uses more oil than petrol.
23:34The state of it, I thought it ran in steam.
23:37Yeah, mine.
23:39We should have seen someone to punt his eye today.
23:42Davia was telling me about Barry.
23:45The driver who got beaten up.
23:47Oh, yeah.
23:48How bad was he?
23:50Well, he didn't look too clever.
23:52No, he'd be all right. Just lumps and bruises.
23:54No, that's too much that sort of thing going on.
23:56What round here, you mean?
23:57Well, everywhere.
23:59He's the third on this film in the last couple of weeks.
24:02Did they know who did it?
24:03I don't know.
24:05They just rang in and said they weren't coming back to work.
24:08You've been done.
24:09A couple of dummy runs, that's all.
24:11But Davia had a pound of sugar put in his tank a few days back.
24:15Sweet, isn't it?
24:17Luckily enough, I managed to borrow a motor.
24:20I'd be out of work.
24:22Perhaps one of the drivers stitched somebody up
24:25and they got the hump with the firm.
24:27How do you mean?
24:28Well, I'd overcharge them or something.
24:30Ah, come off it, man.
24:32What can you overcharge?
24:33A pound, thirty-bub?
24:35You've got to be nutters to go to that length.
24:37Hey, to Rigby Road, usual destination.
24:41Ah, look, me and John were just about to go and have something to eat.
24:45Ah, let Terry take it.
24:48Yeah, let Terry take it.
24:54Candy caps? One minute.
25:00You're new, ain't ya?
25:11Oh, no, I've been around for a few years.
25:13I can see that.
25:14Now I'm it with candy caps.
25:15Ah, yeah, with our mum, I'm as fresh as a wilted daisy.
25:26Right, where to, love?
25:27Oh, didn't they tell you I do this trip every day by a Sunday?
25:30Kind of confession then, do you?
25:32Hardly.
25:33I work at the Lotus Club, up west.
25:36What, a strip joint?
25:37Do artistic poses?
25:39Yeah, I bet you do.
25:42So that's where we're going then, is it?
25:44The Lotus Club?
25:45Oh, back entrance, of course.
25:47Of course, the back entrance.
25:49Tango 64, P.O.B.
25:50Roger, Tango 64, message for you.
25:51Arthur rang, said can you meet him in the pub?
25:52The farm over.
25:53What pub?
25:54You said you'd know which one.
25:55Roger, Rog.
25:56Roger.
25:57Roger.
25:58Roger.
25:59Roger.
26:00Roger.
26:01Roger.
26:06Roger.
26:07Roger.
26:08Roger.
26:09Roger.
26:10Roger.
26:11Roger.
26:12Roger.
26:13Roger.
26:14Roger.
26:15Roger.
26:16Roger.
26:17Roger.
26:18Roger.
26:19Roger.
26:20Roger.
26:21Roger.
26:22Roger.
26:23Roger.
26:24Jacky.
26:25Roger.
26:26Roger.
26:27Roger.
26:28Roger.
26:30Roger.
26:32Roger.
26:33Roger.
26:34Right, that's, er, £2.40.
26:37Call me Debbie.
26:39Alright, Debbie, it's £2.40.
26:42Woooh.
26:44here
26:55disgusting
26:57what's disgusting about it
27:00you mean you obliged it
27:02in broad daylight
27:03in the car, in the street
27:05no, not in the street
27:07in the courtyard round the back of the club
27:09outrageous
27:11it would have been if I had
27:14oh
27:16you didn't then
27:18I will, got his number
27:21hey look Terry
27:22I don't pay you good money to take up with slags
27:25you don't pay me period Arthur
27:27gratitude
27:29you know let's have it right
27:30you are copying a nice few quid in fares
27:32copying what?
27:35do you know how much I've earned?
27:37driving a bleeding cab
27:39in the traffic, sweating, carrying bags about
27:41eighteen quid
27:43yeah and seven quid went out on petrol and oil
27:46that wreck drinks it
27:48and I got a parking ticket
27:51well look, just give it time Terry
27:53look, you've only been doing it for eight hours
27:55not even that
27:55and you're already eleven sobs in pocket
27:57only another fourteen
27:59you'll be able to repay the rent money I paid out on your behalf
28:01do what?
28:05only joking
28:06no, no, that couldn't, no
28:09that couldn't wait
28:09wait
28:10oh no, don't
28:12don't
28:13what about it?
28:15being a bit busy myself
28:16banking other people's money
28:19I've been making a few inquiries about our two hooligans
28:23discreet conversation with the barman
28:25and
28:26see those two over there?
28:30one on the right's name is Greg
28:35they were laughing and joking the other night
28:43having a drink up and talking about a car that caught fire
28:45the barman reckons he heard the words minicab mentioned
28:49hey, aren't you going to ask them to help you with your inquiries?
28:58no, Arthur, not in here
29:00don't want to upset the barman after it's been so nice to you, do you?
29:08um, perhaps I'd better wait in the car
29:10what for?
29:12um, well, then I'd be ready to follow them if they jump into a motor
29:16oh, I see, Arthur, yeah
29:18yeah, well, we've got to be prepared, haven't we?
29:20well, of course we have
29:21yeah, right then
29:22and if they start performing, don't worry
29:27I'll be out of the motor in a flash
29:29of course you will, Arthur
29:31uh, excuse me, James
29:53can I have a word?
29:55you're Greg, aren't you?
29:57that's right
29:57what's your name again?
29:58who's asking?
30:00you met a friend of mine
30:01oh, yeah, who's that?
30:03he drives a minicab
30:04he drives for candy cabs
30:06you see, this morning
30:08two buttless bastards gave him a good hiding
30:10so I thought I ought to talk to you two about it
30:13I think you ought to be careful what you say, mate
30:15there's a kick in the cobblers off an offence
30:17you know what I mean?
30:25Arthur, you look after this one
30:27and another one
30:29well, there's a red ×–×”
30:31is going to be a good living
30:31that's the other day
30:32this is a pretty funny thing
30:34that's a pretty funny thing
30:34but I think it should be
30:35very beautiful
30:36that's a pretty funny thing
30:36just to figure out
30:37think it's been coming
30:38to the!".
30:38I don't think it's like
30:39to see other people
30:40you've been going
30:40what you have to do
30:41I don't think it's not
30:41I never made it
30:42a damn thing
30:43how you have to do
30:43that's not
30:44this police area
30:45this man
30:46a video
30:46park
30:46will
30:46you can't
30:47buy one
30:48í•´ìš”
30:48that's
30:49let her
30:50go
30:50out
30:51let me
30:52Ú¯
30:52it's
30:53дел
30:53up
30:54,
30:54I saw
30:55a
30:55fricking
30:56Is this one of them?
31:05No.
31:08I've never seen him before.
31:11About a bloody time, too.
31:13Oh, good morning to you and all.
31:14Have you had a look out your window?
31:16Well, no, I've been a bit busy.
31:19What with?
31:23Yeah, Debbie, this is Arthur.
31:25Hello, Arthur.
31:26Charming.
31:28No wonder you didn't notice my property being dismantled in the street.
31:32What are you on about?
31:35Take a look.
31:45Someone's nicked the wheels.
31:46Well, obviously.
31:48Oh, my good God.
31:51She does artistic poses.
31:53Hold on.
32:06Hold on.
32:06That's one of my wheels.
32:10Oh, I wouldn't know a thing about that.
32:11You're going to try and sell me my own wheels?
32:15I don't know what you're talking about.
32:17I freely admit I bought them only this morning.
32:20But I know you'll believe me, Terry, when I tell you I have no idea where they came from.
32:24He's only trying to sell me my own wheels.
32:31You should have kept your eye on the motor.
32:33This is a very rough neighbourhood round here.
32:36Now, look, the main thing is to get you back on the road.
32:39Oh, look, Barry didn't recognise that kid, eh?
32:41Who?
32:42Barry.
32:43Barry, Arthur!
32:45Oh, no, no, he didn't.
32:47No, I was thinking he was a bit frightened of the comebacks.
32:51Can't blame him, really, can you?
32:53No, I phoned the other two drivers who got done.
32:55They didn't want to know either.
32:56And they probably got the same message.
32:58Yeah.
32:59What I don't understand is how they know their home addresses.
33:02They'd probably just follow them home as a sort of insurance.
33:07So what now?
33:08Well, keep punting, keep punting.
33:09With any luck, those two hooligans will try to come back on you.
33:12Oh, thanks, Arthur.
33:13Yeah, and if they do, you'll be at liberty to use all your natural talents
33:16to make them divulge what it's all about, won't you?
33:19Take it from me.
33:20They are only the labourers.
33:24Who's paying for these wills?
33:26You pay for them.
33:27Oh, your tips.
33:29Yeah, yeah, I don't find...
33:31Well?
33:35Turns out this Guzer's working on the firm.
33:38He's only been with him a couple of days.
33:39And?
33:40He wants us to sort him out.
33:43Oh, yeah.
33:44You can count me out.
33:45That Guzer's a bit too useful.
33:48Yeah.
33:49Still, we could have a bit of a gig at Woody's mother, eh?
33:54Now, I'm sorry, madam.
33:56There's nothing whatever available for at least 20 minutes.
33:59Okay.
34:02Tell me about.
34:03No, no, I've got nothing to do.
34:05Can you tell me about his wills?
34:06Yeah.
34:07Best thing on the car and they get nicked.
34:10Anything else behind me?
34:12No, apart from the fact that only nine drivers have turned up so far,
34:16and I'm turning away customers.
34:17And the 2-8, all built to Decade Road, Roger.
34:20Roger, 2-8, make 14 Napier Street, going to Barnes.
34:24Roger, Roger.
34:29Candycabs.
34:30No, sorry, there's nothing here at the moment, but it shouldn't be more than a few...
34:33Ignorant son.
34:36I've been like this all morning.
34:38I've got a blinding illache.
34:40I'll make you a nice cup of tea.
34:45Arthur, you thought any more about my offer?
34:49Five grand?
34:51Uh, sorry.
34:52Couldn't begin to consider it.
34:53Well, I suppose I could go to six.
34:55No, I'm sorry, I'm not interested.
34:59Piss off!
35:02Was that a punter?
35:03Probably.
35:04What's the matter with you?
35:05Aren't things bad enough without you insulting a punter?
35:07I told you, I've got this blinding headache.
35:10And quite frankly, Arthur, I'm sick and tired of working 16 hours a day to line your bloody pocket.
35:14Here, I'll tell you what.
35:16You have a taste in it.
35:18I'm going home.
35:21I got one, I'm a chair of a chair that's pushed to you.
35:23Who is that?
35:24What?
35:26Tango who?
35:27Tango 1-2.
35:29Heathrow.
35:30P.O.B.
35:31P.O.B.?
35:32What does that mean?
35:35County cabs?
35:38County cabs?
35:39Tango 1-8 Mobile, Shepard's Bushbury.
35:41What?
35:42No, no, no, not what you.
35:43What?
35:44Oh, you want to go to Acton?
35:46Oh, you're in Acton?
35:47Hang on a minute.
35:49Wait a minute.
35:50Wait a minute.
35:52Not all at once.
35:54Oh, bloody hell.
35:55Arthur?
35:56It's me, Terry.
35:58Arthur?
35:59Can I call me the brakes?
36:00County?
36:02County cabs?
36:03Tango 1-4.
36:04Can you give me a direct...
36:05Shut up.
36:06Tango 1-4.
36:07Tango 1-8 Mobile, Holland Park Avenue.
36:22What the bloody hell does that mean?
36:25Tango 1-4.
36:27Direct, please, Tango 1-4.
36:28Tango 1-4.
36:29Tango 1-4.
36:30Tango 1-4.
36:30Tango 1-4.
36:30Tango 1-4.
36:31Tango 1-4.
36:31Tango 1-4.
36:32Tango 1-4.
36:32Tango 1-4.
36:33Tango 1-4.
36:33Tango 1-4.
36:34Tango 1-4.
36:34Tango 1-4.
36:35Tango 1-4.
36:35Tango 1-4.
36:36Tango 1-4.
36:36Tango 1-4.
36:37Tango 1-4.
36:38Tango 1-4.
36:38Tango 1-4.
36:39Tango 1-4.
36:39Arthur, what's happening?
36:50I don't want to discuss it.
36:51It has a disturbing nightmare quality.
36:55Yeah?
36:56Why are all the phones off to yunk?
36:57Because they keep ringing, Terry.
36:59They keep ringing.
37:01That's the idea, really.
37:06Where's Kevin?
37:07Don't ask me to talk about adding great.
37:10After all I've done for him,
37:11helping to set him up in business,
37:13letting him run the place,
37:14giving him more than his fair share of the profits.
37:17Where's he gone?
37:19He's gone home.
37:21With, he claimed, a headache.
37:23Left me with one.
37:24What about all the other drivers?
37:26I don't know. I suppose they've gone home, too.
37:30I want to go home.
37:32Oh, of course.
37:36I want a cigarette.
37:40You got a cigarette, young man?
37:42Sorry, I don't smoke.
37:44I want a cigarette.
37:46Stop the car!
37:49No, I'll tell you what,
37:49there's a shop round the corner.
37:51We'll stop there, all right?
37:54Yeah.
37:59But you stay in the car.
38:00Thank you, young man.
38:04You're very kind.
38:06Very kind.
38:07Very kind.
38:32All right, all right, all right, all right
39:02All right
39:32All right
39:42All right
39:43All right
39:44I should bloody well say I'm not all right
39:46Yeah, but you're not hurt, are you?
39:48Where's my cigarettes?
39:50I dropped them, I'm afraid, while I was chasing this
39:53Who's this, then?
39:55This is one of the gentlemen responsible for your little joyride
39:58Joyride?
40:00Yeah, him, and another big brave thing
40:03Took the handbrake off, didn't they?
40:05Where were you, then?
40:07I was getting your cigarettes
40:09I gave you a pound
40:14One pound
40:16That's the last time I used this firm
40:18Good
40:19Little hooligan
40:20Oi, drunken old bat
40:22Yeah, but later on she'll be sober
40:24And you'll still be in trouble
40:26Now sit down, I want to chat
40:30I didn't think you'd still be here
40:43Oh, why's that, Kevin?
40:45Well, I thought you'd have had enough yesterday
40:47Yeah, I must admit it did get a bit hectic
40:50Yeah, but now you know what it's like
40:52Not easy, is it?
40:54No, no, no, I think you made your point
40:57Yeah?
41:00I'm going to reconsider your offer
41:03You are?
41:04Oh, well
41:05That's great, Arthur
41:08I think we could come to some arrangement
41:10In view of recent developments
41:14I think developments, that's the key word, I think, don't you?
41:17No, it's got to be, got to be
41:23What's all this then?
41:25Oh, we're not open for business today
41:27In view of these, er, developments
41:29I thought I'd call a meeting of the board
41:31I.e. you and me
41:33Oh, Terry's here in what you might call a supportive role
41:37Oh, yeah
41:38Yeah, before we go into the details
41:40I think it might be instructive for you to have a look at something
41:44Tell us
41:51I got this from the planning department in the town hall
41:54Interesting, innit?
41:56What is it?
41:57Well, this is what they call in the trade a blueprint
42:00It's a blueprint of a new shopping precinct
42:03Yeah, well, it's all very interesting
42:06What's it got to do with this meeting?
42:08Lovely, innit?
42:09Terrific
42:11Come here, I'll show you
42:13See that?
42:14That's a car park
42:15There's your bank
42:16Shops various
42:18And here, where Candy Cabs now stands
42:21A supermarket
42:25No, I'm not with you
42:26You're bloody right you're not with me
42:28You thought you could cheat me by hiring those hooligans to put the frighteners on the drivers
42:32Run the business into the ground and buy me out cheap
42:34Then bingo, make a bundle out of selling the freehold of this place
42:37But you forgot to take into account my deep-rooted instinct for knowing when I'm getting turned over
42:47Yeah, alright, so you've found out
42:49But as you has been turning me over all this time
42:53Anyway, you're forgetting something
42:55I still own forty percent of the business
42:59True
43:01And in view of your legal position
43:04That is incitement to GBH, arson, conspiracy to defraud
43:09I have decided to make you a very generous offer for your share
43:13Two thousand pounds
43:15Two thousand? Now wait a minute, Arthur
43:17One then
43:22You can't do this
43:24It's robbery
43:26No, Kevin
43:27Hitting old ladies over the head and taking their handbags is robbery
43:30Everything else is business
43:34But Arthur, I haven't got anything out of this
43:37Yes, you have my boy
43:39What?
43:41Yours to keep
43:44That
43:48Twenty-two
43:49Twenty-three
43:50Twenty-four
43:52Twenty-five
43:54Twenty-five quid
43:56It's worth more than that for scrap
44:01Terry
44:03It is scrap
44:05You're lucky to have a mate like me to take it off your hands
44:08But we bought it off you in the first place
44:11Yeah, but it's been used as a minicab since then
44:13And been in a pileup
44:15You ought to be paying me to take it away
44:20Yeah, well, thanks a bunch, pal
44:22For a friend, any time
44:34You're making a wonderful investment here, Mr King
44:36You see, under government law, the government insists you have to buy the car in order to get the number
44:53So you're not just getting your own personalised number plate with your own exact initials
44:57You're also getting a wonderful little runabout for the wife as well
45:00Not bad for 250 quid
45:04Not bad at all, Des
45:06125 each, eh?
45:09Hmm
45:12Have you met my partner?
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