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In this episode, a woman shares her thoughts on work, responsibility,
and the personal choices that shape her life.
A calm and honest conversation about career and human values.
and the personal choices that shape her life.
A calm and honest conversation about career and human values.
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00:00You're a model, secretary, you don't leave me in a mess.
00:29I get my satisfaction sharing your success.
00:33Take a letter, Mr. Jones.
00:36Feel a letter, Mr. Jones.
00:38You have my appreciation, you always save my life.
00:42I'm a perfect combination, a computer and a wife.
00:46You're a wonder.
00:47Yes.
00:47You're a model.
00:49Well.
00:49You're a treasure.
00:51Ha-ha.
00:51Mr. Jones.
00:53End of letter, Mr. Jones.
00:56How kind.
00:57Good morning, girls.
00:58Good morning, Mrs. Warner.
01:00Good morning, Graham.
01:01Good morning, Mrs. Warner.
01:02Is that the memo for the sales force?
01:04Yes.
01:05Would you write the target figures in capital letters, please, and underline them in red?
01:08Yes.
01:09I'll send out a couple of Valium tablets with each copy.
01:11No need to be facetious.
01:13Can we do a diary check, please?
01:15In a minute.
01:15Yep.
01:17Here it is.
01:17Oh, Daisy, I wish you wouldn't have.
01:19Right.
01:22Right.
01:23Ten o'clock, you've got a meeting with the managing director, Mr. Lewis and the board, and at
01:2712.30, you're taking your daughter to the dentist.
01:29Oh, yes.
01:29Little Lucy's been going on at me about it since this morning.
01:31She always likes me to take her.
01:33Oh, what about that reporter chap?
01:34Oh, yes.
01:35Robin Hayes.
01:35Two o'clock.
01:36He'll be trying for his usual chauvinistic angle.
01:39Can a woman be a successful top business executive?
01:41He did one last week about a woman who's just become a commercial airline pilot, as if that
01:45was so extraordinary.
01:46Which is rather unusual.
01:47Oh, I don't see why.
01:49I'm sure if I set my mind to it, I could fly a jumbo jet across the Atlantic and land
01:53it safely.
01:53I don't know so much.
01:55I remember the other day watching you taking 20 minutes to reverse your car into that space
01:58in the car park.
01:59Great.
02:00A jumbo jet does not fly in reverse.
02:02No, but you haven't flown one yet, have you?
02:04Now, listen, this Hayes chap is really going to try and trip me up.
02:07Ah, well, don't worry.
02:09I've done a few notes, a brief synopsis of your life and career.
02:12Oh.
02:12Yeah, one for you.
02:14I'll give it to him.
02:15That'll make sure that everything he prints is accurate.
02:18Now then, Mrs. Joan Victoria Warner, born in Guildford in 1914.
02:23Yes, I don't think he'll be interested in dates.
02:25Can we alter that to in her 30s?
02:28Can I make it early 30s?
02:30I don't know.
02:30Do you think so?
02:31Well, if we pull the blinds down and switch the lights out, we can make it later.
02:35No, just make it in her 30s.
02:37In her 30s.
02:38Right, Mrs. Warner had an amicable divorce.
02:41Well, accurately speaking, he was a chauvinist pig.
02:44So is this reporter.
02:45Yes, you're right as usual.
02:47I'm going to have to impress on him that I'm a successful business executive with a reputation
02:51for making split-second decisions.
02:53Yes?
02:54Mrs. Warner, Daisy's making some coffee.
02:56Would you like the cup?
02:57No, thanks, Brenda.
02:59Oh, on second thoughts, yes, I will have one.
03:01Uh, black or white?
03:03Uh, well, I prefer it black, really.
03:05I should have it white, less stress-making.
03:07White, then?
03:08Uh, no, black.
03:10Biscuits?
03:11No, thanks.
03:12Oh, yes, I will have just one.
03:13Oh, no, maybe make it two.
03:16Now, where was I?
03:17You were talking about your ability as a split-second decision-maker.
03:20Oh, yes.
03:21Except when it comes to ordering coffee and biscuits.
03:23Graham, deciding whether to have coffee with or without biscuits is hardly a top-level decision.
03:28Hmm, which is if you're like me.
03:29If I don't have a biscuit with my coffee, I get terrible heartburn.
03:33Oh, Mr. Jones, I heard Mrs. Warner likes these biscuits.
03:36We've got two different kinds, so I've given her one of each and she can choose which one she likes.
03:40No, no, no, no.
03:40That won't do.
03:41That's forcing her to make another executive decision.
03:44Here you are.
03:45That's all, Britt.
03:47Look at you two and smarten yourself up.
03:49Look at all the mess in here.
03:51We've got a reporter coming today.
03:52A reporter?
03:53Oh, I wish I had no one.
03:54I've got a ladder in me tights.
03:56Well, it doesn't show.
03:57No, but it might go down lower.
03:59Well, it could hardly go any higher.
04:01I know.
04:02I'll put some of that new 60-second glue on it.
04:04It's great.
04:05Daisy's got some in her desk here.
04:07Aha, here it is.
04:09All right, it's well better than nail varnish.
04:11You've got to be careful with that glue.
04:13Otherwise, you might stick your tights to your skin.
04:15Isn't that right, Mr. Jones?
04:16It's not a problem.
04:17I've come across.
04:18Yes, I've read it in the papers.
04:20You might not be able to get them all.
04:22Hear that, Renly?
04:23Don't tell your mother.
04:24She'll make you put some on every time you go out with a chap.
04:27You're not supposed to be using that.
04:29It's company property.
04:30Oh, well, I don't see why I shouldn't use it.
04:33My tights got landed in Mr. Doran's office last night
04:35when I was doing overtime.
04:36Yes, and I think he should get the company to buy her a new pair.
04:39Might be cheaper to get him to cut his fingernail.
04:43Graham Jones?
04:44Just a moment.
04:48Yes?
04:49It's Robin Hayes for you.
04:50Oh, thank you, Graham.
04:52Good.
04:53Right.
04:54Now, then, let's have a look at what you've done.
04:55Yes, it is looking a bit better.
04:56Come on, the other side now.
04:58Oh.
04:58Come on, shoo, shoo, shoo, shoo.
04:59I think Mrs. Warner's going to bother him with you.
05:02Bosses never give their secretaries any credit
05:04when they're being interviewed.
05:05Yes, she's right.
05:06You know, all the things I've done for Mr. Doran's,
05:08he never says anything to anybody.
05:10Especially his wife.
05:12Do you know, they're all the same.
05:13You can't go into any boss's office these days
05:16without getting your bottom pinched.
05:17I will have you know, Mrs. Warner does not pinch my bottom.
05:20Do be careful with my cactus.
05:22It's very delicate.
05:22Oh, revolting, ugly thing.
05:24It's all long and thin and prickly.
05:26I don't know why you bother to keep it.
05:28Because it reminds me of you.
05:32Coming, Mrs. Warner.
05:33Right, girls, back to work.
05:35Brenda, take that to the copying machine.
05:36I want 30 copies, please.
05:38Yes, of course, Mr. Hayes.
05:39That'll be fine.
05:40I'll see you then.
05:41Goodbye.
05:42Bye.
05:43She's coming at 12 instead of at 2.
05:45Are you taking your daughter to the dentist?
05:47Yes, I know.
05:47But he said that if he can get the article into the editor earlier,
05:50we'll get a bigger spread and pictures.
05:51So I couldn't refuse.
05:53Maria will just have to take Lucy.
05:55Maria?
05:56Is that wise?
05:57I mean, she may be a very good maid, but she's Italian.
05:59She's extremely highly strung.
06:00Yes, I know.
06:01I'll ring her and tell her to take a taxi both ways.
06:03It should be okay.
06:04Oh, by the way, I've made some more alterations.
06:07Joan, I'm holding my meeting in the Red Room.
06:09Now, you are coming, aren't you?
06:10We've got to discuss a new budget proposal.
06:12Yes, of course, Mr. Lewis.
06:13Well, as soon as you're ready.
06:14Morning, Graham.
06:15Morning, sir.
06:16Right, I'll have to leave you to make the phone call to Maria.
06:18Now, you know all the details.
06:19Her appointment is with Mr. Bailey.
06:21You know, I recommended you to him.
06:22Yeah, I always go to Mr. Bailey.
06:24Now, I must go.
06:25Can't keep the managing director waiting.
06:28You will make that phone call to Maria straight away, won't you?
06:31I will make that phone call to Maria straight away.
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07:03This isn't going to be easy.
07:12I can almost smell the garlic.
07:19It's Graham Jones again.
07:21Mrs. Warner would like you to go with Lucy to the dentist.
07:24But I don't need to go to the dentist.
07:26I have very good teeth.
07:28No, no, no, you don't understand.
07:29No, no, no.
07:30Mrs. Warner would like you to take Lucy to the dentist.
07:33What about my cooking, eh?
07:35I'm making the pie for dinner.
07:37Look.
07:41Lucy, very nice to see you.
07:45Do you have to do that later?
07:47Later?
07:48I have many things to do
07:51which Mrs. Warner has written down, eh?
07:54I show you, look.
07:56I can't read it without my glasses.
07:58Okay, so I'll read it to you.
08:01Primo de Londres.
08:02Maria, Maria, I'd rather you didn't, if you don't mind.
08:04Okay, okay.
08:05Is Lucy there?
08:07Lucy, Lucy, she play with Felix.
08:10Eh, Lou!
08:11Oh, yeah.
08:12Now, Maria, as soon as the taxi arrives,
08:14you get Lucy into it and you take her to the dentist.
08:16Do you understand?
08:17Oh, I thought that meeting would never end.
08:19It's nearly 12 o'clock.
08:20That reporter will be here soon.
08:21Yes, I know.
08:22I'm just going to get myself freshened up a bit.
08:24I bought a few things from home
08:25to make myself look a bit more respectable.
08:27Could you sort out these files, please?
08:29And make sure the office is clean and tidy.
08:31Top executive's office should always be clean
08:33and free from clutter.
08:34I don't know.
08:35Oh, and I think I'll put away that photograph of Lucy.
08:37I don't want to appear too maternal.
08:39I don't think I'll put out this one of me
08:43at the opening of the Durham factory.
08:44Much more impressive.
08:46I look quite good in that one.
08:47Yes, it was taken 10 years ago.
08:49You know, I don't feel able to understand
08:50why male executives insist on having photographs
08:53of their wives and children laid out on their desk.
08:55Well, I know lots of male executives
08:57who prefer to have their secretaries laid out on their desk.
09:00I'm afraid I'm going to get some flowers.
09:02I'll pop round to the cemetery.
09:05Mrs. Warner, Robin Hayes is down at reception.
09:07Shall I tell them to send him up?
09:09No, see Princess Diana.
09:10Tell her to bring him up in a couple of minutes.
09:17Oh, you've changed.
09:19That was quick.
09:19Oh, yes.
09:20I've worked out that if I have to,
09:21I can get dressed in the office in two minutes flat.
09:23Well, I shouldn't tell Robin Hayes that.
09:24He might think that's how you got the job.
09:26I'm just trying to make the point.
09:28I know I'm a successful business executive.
09:30I can still be a woman.
09:31That dress definitely makes the point that you're a woman.
09:36It definitely makes the point.
09:37Graham, good publicity is a very important part of our business
09:42and it's good for the management to create the right image.
09:44Could you sit in that chair, please?
09:48Hmm.
09:48He's quite a tall man, I believe.
09:50I don't want him looking down at me.
09:52Psychologically, it's better if he has to look up at me.
09:54Could you turn the lever and let it down a bit?
09:56Is that low enough or shall I put a cushion on the floor?
10:05Now, how do I look to you from there?
10:07Well, I can see a lot of your legs and not much of your feet.
10:10Well, you'd better let it...
10:11Mrs. Warner, Mr. Hayes to see you.
10:13Thank you very much.
10:15Mr. Hayes.
10:17Mrs. Warner.
10:18I'm so sorry to keep you waiting.
10:20We had a few minor problems to sort out.
10:22Won't you sit down?
10:25If you don't mind, I don't like sitting so low.
10:28It's bad for my back.
10:29I'll use this one over here if it's all the same with you.
10:31Oh, certainly.
10:34This is Graham Jones, my personal secretary.
10:36How do you do?
10:37Hello.
10:37A woman executive with a male secretary.
10:40I'll make a note of that.
10:40It's quite unusual.
10:41Oh, I don't see why.
10:42In this day and age, there's no longer any sex discrimination.
10:45I was chosen for this job from amongst ten men.
10:48Mrs. Warner chose me to be her secretary from amongst 16 girls.
10:53Can I offer you a drink?
10:54Mrs. Warner.
10:55Oh, vodka and tonic, please, Graham.
10:57And a Perrier water, please.
11:01The angle I want to bring out in my article, Mrs. Warner,
11:04is whether a top woman executive such as yourself
11:06can really do the job as well as a man.
11:08A lot of the public really aren't convinced, you know.
11:10I think that's an area we could discuss better over lunch, Mr. Hayes.
11:15Fine, fine.
11:16Well, where would you like to go?
11:17I think the company table at the Savoy, don't you?
11:20Yes.
11:21Thank you, Graham.
11:22Would you see to the details, please?
11:24Shepley.
11:25You see, it's this one aspect of your job
11:26that really intrigues me, Mrs. Warner.
11:28I don't see how you can combine the jobs of executive, housewife, mother.
11:33It's just a question of organisation, Mr. Hayes.
11:36I keep my domestic life entirely separate from my work,
11:39and I never, ever allow it to intrude into the office.
11:42I must see Mrs. Warner.
11:43I must see Mrs. Warner.
11:44Maria, what are you doing here?
11:45I must see Mrs. Warner.
11:46No, no, no, you can't go in there.
11:48It's impossible.
11:48I must see her.
11:50You can't see her now.
11:51Where's Lucy?
11:51Did you leave her at the dentist?
11:52Lucy?
11:53She would not even get out of the testy to go to the dentist.
11:55I'm going to be in Lucy.
11:57But I wasn't here, there I was.
11:58Shh, keep your voice down.
11:59Where is Lucy?
12:00Oh, Lucy.
12:02Lucy.
12:02Oh, Lucy.
12:03Hello, Lucy.
12:09Have you been a naughty girl?
12:10I've got you.
12:12What's that doctor in here?
12:13What else has she got outside?
12:15She don't go out of the house unless I bring him with.
12:18So I do right, yes?
12:19You couldn't have timed it better than Brenda sit her down.
12:22Come on, please sit down.
12:22Daisy, look after Lucy's room.
12:24Make them a cup of coffee.
12:25Please, keep your voices down.
12:27Sit him off, Mrs. Warner.
12:28I must sit down.
12:29I'll tell Mrs. Warner.
12:30From 8.30 in the morning when I leave the house until 7pm when I return.
12:35Mrs. Warner.
12:35Just a moment, Graham.
12:37Everything is delegated.
12:39My maid, my child, even my dog.
12:42None of them are ever allowed to interfere with my work here.
12:46Isn't that right, Graham?
12:51What was that?
12:54A dog?
12:54A dog?
12:57He left her quiet.
12:59Oh, shh.
13:00And if it's going to type, get it to do some letters.
13:07It was a guard dog.
13:09The security patrol bring them in, you know.
13:11We get some very strange people in the office.
13:14I think we ought to make our way to the restaurant, Mr. Hayes.
13:16Oh, fine.
13:18Just do that.
13:19Come on, Jimmy.
13:21Now, this dog is coming out of here.
13:22It's like a zoo.
13:23And you'll keep your fingers off that cupboard property.
13:25Oh, why do you want that?
13:26It's like that.
13:27She has no way.
13:28Now, what's going on?
13:29What a strength.
13:30Take her in your office for God's sake.
13:33Lucy.
13:35Lucy.
13:35Lucy, Lucy, Lastic.
13:36Come on.
13:37Lucy, Lucy.
13:37Oh, now, stop crying, darling.
13:40Please.
13:40No, Lucy.
13:41Come on, please.
13:42Lucy.
13:42Lucy.
13:42Lucy.
13:42I wasn't cut out to be a mother.
13:46Lucy.
13:47Lucy, darling.
13:47Your mummy's had to go to a very important business lunch,
13:50and she won't be able to take you to the dentist.
13:52I'm not going with Maria.
13:54But you must go to the dentist, Annie, otherwise you'll lose all your teeth.
13:58You look like that.
14:01You might be able to talk properly.
14:02Nobody will understand you.
14:05Oh, you are funny.
14:07So, you see, it'd be awful without your teeth, wouldn't it?
14:10No.
14:11Then I wouldn't have to brush them three times a day.
14:14Oh, you know I'm right.
14:17You should go to the dentist.
14:18No, he'll hurt me.
14:20Oh, Mr. Bailey.
14:22Of course he won't.
14:23I go to Mr. Bailey.
14:25He never hurts anybody.
14:26No, I'm not going.
14:29Would you go if I took you?
14:31Oh, yes.
14:32I'll go with you.
14:34I thought you would.
14:35Right.
14:36Well, there's no time to lose.
14:37Maria, you stay here with Felix.
14:39You see, Signor Graham.
14:40No, I want Felix to come too.
14:42What?
14:43Oh, look at him.
14:44I don't think there's anything wrong with his teeth.
14:47Let's him come.
14:48No, you may be able to do what you like with Maria,
14:50but you're not going to do it with me.
14:52And he's not coming.
14:53Now, come along.
14:53I don't want to go.
14:55Yes, you do.
14:55Now, come along.
14:56No, I don't.
14:57Lucy, now you've got to...
14:58Never mind all that.
14:59I don't want to do it.
15:01I don't want to do it.
15:03I don't want to do it.
15:08I don't want to do it.
15:09I knew you'd do it my way.
15:12Take a letter, Mr. Jones.
15:16Take a letter, Mr. Jones.
15:25No.
15:25Yes.
15:26No.
15:27Yes, he's not going to hurt you.
15:28No.
15:29I know you enjoy it.
15:31Do you mind waiting a moment?
15:32I don't want to go.
15:34He won't hurt you.
15:35He will.
15:36Oh, hello.
15:40Sorry about the dog.
15:44Not seen you for a long time.
15:45No, no.
15:46I brought little Lucy.
15:47Her mother couldn't make it.
15:48Well, we've been waiting for you, young lady.
15:51You love coming to the dentist, don't you?
15:52Oh, yes.
15:55Which is more than I can say for you, Mr. Jones.
15:58I see I sent you three reminders.
15:59Oh, I've been very busy.
16:01You'll have to come and see me soon.
16:02Oh, well, I will.
16:03Now then, Lucy, climb up on the chair, will you?
16:06No, I'm always afraid of getting into that chair.
16:09Oh, come on.
16:10There's nothing to be afraid of.
16:11No, I don't want to.
16:14It's easy, darling.
16:14Look, all you do is sit in the chair.
16:18Lie back and open your mouth.
16:20Oh, dear.
16:20Huh?
16:21That lower back molar of yours has deteriorated.
16:26Uh, yeah.
16:27Like, uh, uh, uh, uh, it's really...
16:29Can you feel anything when I do this?
16:31Ow!
16:32I take it you felt something.
16:33I'll have to do something about that one straight away.
16:35Well, excuse me, you don't understand, is it?
16:37This is Lucy's appointment.
16:38Oh, Lucy's got a lovely little set of teeth, haven't you?
16:41Won't take me five minutes to look around and give them a clean.
16:44We've only got five minutes.
16:44I'll see to her when I've finished with you.
16:46No, I don't.
16:47Go ahead.
16:48Novocaine, double dose.
16:49Good.
16:52I'm going to have to dig down very deep.
16:54I'd rather you didn't do it now.
16:58Mr Graham, you know what you said.
17:00Mr Bailey never hurt Bailey's like that.
17:03No.
17:04Ah!
17:04Ah!
17:05Ah!
17:09Ah!
17:10Ah, is the anaesthetic wearing off?
17:13Well, don't worry.
17:14Daisy's making a nice cup of coffee,
17:16and he can take an aspirin with it.
17:18Ah, piping hot.
17:19Just as he likes it.
17:22Here you are, Mr Jones.
17:24Oh, thank you, Daisy.
17:26Ow!
17:27Oh!
17:32Ow!
17:35The coffee's red hot.
17:36Oh, but I thought that was exactly how you liked it.
17:38Oh, it is, but not when I've had a feeling.
17:41Yes, Mrs Warner.
17:42Oh, Graham, Mr Hayes and I have just come back from a most productive lunch.
17:46And the photographer's here.
17:48They'd like a photograph of me dictating to you.
17:50So could you come in for a minute, please?
17:52Yes, Mrs Warner.
17:53I want to take my photograph.
17:56This has never happened to me before.
17:57They're going to take my photograph, and I can't even smile.
18:04Do I look all right?
18:05Oh, yes, you look fine.
18:07It's a bit swollen, isn't it?
18:08No, not at all.
18:10Your face is always a bit lopsided.
18:13Get that dog tied up.
18:15I don't want it wandering all round the office.
18:16As soon as Maria comes back from shopping,
18:18get them both in a taxi and send them home.
18:21Oh, Bill, I want a photograph of Mrs Warner dictating to her secretary
18:26and looking very businesslike.
18:27This article is about a top woman executive
18:29who is cool and efficient
18:30and never allows her private life to interfere in the office.
18:33Oh, Maria.
18:34Maria, Graham said,
18:35could you take Lucy and Felix home immediately?
18:38No, I have just finished shopping.
18:39You've got to go right now.
18:41Now?
18:42Felix, viene qui.
18:44Felix!
18:48What was that noise in your office, Graham?
18:51Oh, no, I'd better have a look.
18:53Oh, no, Maria, what have you talked?
18:55It was Felix.
18:56He dragged everything on there.
18:58I don't want to put the lady in my office.
19:00Please, stop talking to me like a decent.
19:02I don't understand what you're saying.
19:04Look at my cactus.
19:06It's taken me two years to get it like that.
19:08Now the knob's dropped off.
19:10Well, at least one good thing's come out of this.
19:12We haven't got to put up with that anymore.
19:13How do you girls let this happen?
19:15Don't leave me.
19:16I was sitting out there when all this happened.
19:18Oh, it's a pity you weren't sitting right there.
19:20The intercom's buzzing.
19:22I know it is.
19:23But where is it?
19:26Yes, Mrs. Warner.
19:27Graham, the top of the place is waiting.
19:29Yes, Mrs. Warner.
19:30She's gone back into the office.
19:32Right away, Mrs. Warner.
19:37Now, you have to get all this cleared up.
19:39I've got to go back to Mrs. Warner.
19:41You've started me too long, Graham.
19:42What's all that noise about, Graham?
19:46They're rearranging the filing system.
19:50Goodbye, Mummy.
19:51I'm going home now.
19:52Lucy, what are you doing here?
19:54Mr. Graham took you to the dentist.
19:57It was great.
19:58Marie's taking me home now.
20:00Must go.
20:02Bye.
20:03Bye.
20:04Run along.
20:05She wouldn't go with Maria.
20:06That was your little daughter, wasn't it?
20:08Yes.
20:08And you took her to the dentist.
20:10Only in my lunch hour.
20:11Yes.
20:11Well, this will make a very nice human story.
20:14If you'd like to reseat yourself there, Mrs. Warner.
20:17And if you'd like to come and stand this time,
20:18Mrs. Graham, over here,
20:19taking dictation still
20:20and looking this way.
20:21That's right.
20:22Look at him, Mrs. Warner.
20:23Bill, I want a couple of shots in this position now.
20:25Keep a nice distance between you
20:27and look this way.
20:28Smile.
20:29Smile.
20:29Ha, ha, ha.
20:32Hang on.
20:35Oh, what about your photo in the papers, then?
20:38I got an extra copy.
20:39I thought you might like to keep one.
20:40Actually, I've got 12.
20:43Hey, Mrs. Warner's not going to be very pleased, is she?
20:45She's hardly in it.
20:47I mean, it's all about you taking her kids to the dentist.
20:49To be a top woman executive,
20:51you have to pick the right secretary.
20:53Good morning, Mr. Jones.
20:54Hey.
20:55Well, I suppose you're very pleased with yourself today.
20:57Well, actually, it wasn't a very good photograph,
20:58but next time they do it,
20:59I'll make sure they take a better one.
21:01You've got that article
21:02because the journalist, the photographer,
21:04and the editor are all men.
21:06Chauvinist pigs.
21:06Oh, no, it's wonderful.
21:08Listen, Graham Jones is a perfect secretary.
21:11More and more men are beginning to move
21:12into jobs traditionally reserved for women
21:14and bring them better.
21:15He even goes on to say
21:16that we're soon going to have male midwives.
21:19Oh, don't worry, dear.
21:19I shall stick to short-hand type.
21:23Good morning.
21:23I thought I heard you come in.
21:25Good morning, Mrs. Warner.
21:26Would you come into my office?
21:27I'd like a word with you.
21:28Well, it's nice to have known you.
21:29I'll ring the agency
21:30and see if there are any jobs going.
21:31You've obviously seen this article, Graham.
21:36Yes.
21:37Not very good, is it?
21:38Well, it's very good for you.
21:39Look at those headlines.
21:40The man behind the woman at the top.
21:42I don't get a mention.
21:43Oh, you do.
21:45Twice.
21:46Yes, just to say
21:47that I have a daughter,
21:48a dog and a mad Italian maid
21:49and that you look after all of them.
21:51And I can't say I'm very pleased
21:52with the picture, either.
21:53Neither am I.
21:54Do you know, I've been to the dentist
21:55and I couldn't smile, you see.
21:57Anyway, it's me wrong side.
21:58I guess they're taking me over here.
21:59What's wrong with it
22:00is that I don't happen to be in it.
22:03You didn't tell me you posed on your own.
22:05Rather sneaky, don't you think?
22:06But I didn't.
22:07You are in that picture.
22:08Me? Where?
22:09Oh, look.
22:10Of course you are.
22:11There.
22:12There you are.
22:13But they've cut you out.
22:14What?
22:14You see?
22:15You see that?
22:16You see your shadow over there, you see?
22:18And look, look.
22:19There's your toe
22:20peeping around the corner of the dentist.
22:22Charming.
22:22I buy a £200 dress for the photographer
22:24and all I get is a picture of my toe.
22:26Well, it has come out very well.
22:27Well, it's not what I expected
22:28and it doesn't do a thing for eight star.
22:30Morning, Joan.
22:31Morning, Grave.
22:32Morning, Mr Lewis.
22:33Now, about this article.
22:37Marvellous.
22:39Really?
22:40You think so?
22:40Yes, it's just what we need.
22:42I mean, we're always reading about our top executives
22:44jetting all over the place.
22:45Now, here's something about one of our staff.
22:47Makes eight star look positively human.
22:50I must say, that chap Hayes
22:51certainly thought of a great twist.
22:53Excuse me, sir.
22:54It wasn't his idea.
22:55It was Mrs Warner's.
22:56Really?
22:57Great stuff, my dear.
22:59Congratulations.
23:00Great stuff.
23:04One thing it didn't say about you in that article, Graeme.
23:07What's that?
23:07You're a wonderful liar.
23:09I don't think your lunch was wasted, do you?
23:13No.
23:14Now, Graeme, I've got a lot on the agenda.
23:16I thought you might.
23:18I'd like you to type out these reports that I've prepared.
23:21Oh, and the advertising agency is coming to discuss the campaign for the new season.
23:24Yes.
23:24Oh, and my washing machine's leaking, so could you ring the maintenance men?
23:28And we have to prepare the monthly sales chart, so I'm afraid we're going to have to work
23:31during lunch.
23:31Oh, no, no, no.
23:32I'm definitely going out for lunch.
23:34But, Graeme, it says here,
23:36Graeme Jones never stops working,
23:38and if necessary, will give up his lunch hour to help Mrs Warner.
23:41Just proves one thing, Mrs Warner.
23:43What's that?
23:44You should never believe anything you read in the newspaper.
24:16Take a letter, Mr. Jones.
24:18Feel a letter, Mr. Jones.
24:20Here's our appreciation.
24:22Always lives our life.
24:24He's a perfect combination.
24:26A computer and a wife.
24:28You're a wonder.
24:29No.
24:30You're a marvel.
24:31Well.
24:31You're a treasure.
24:33Perhaps.
24:33Mr. Jones.
24:35End a letter, Mr. Jones.
24:37How kind.
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