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00:00Why are you here?
00:01Mr Sturge needs a full name to advertise your tour.
00:04I'll give it some thought.
00:06Robert Greggs asked the poor law commissioners
00:09to send them workers from the south.
00:11They are not the enemy.
00:13They are victims of the poor law.
00:15You come to work at the mill?
00:16We're shoemakers, madam.
00:18My grandson will.
00:20Feast your eyes on a craftsman in action.
00:23Master William's seen something in me he likes.
00:26He wants me to be the overseer.
00:28After one week.
00:30We have to unite with them.
00:32Not fight them.
00:37Oh dear.
00:57You've done it again, you lanty little bitch.
00:59I'm sorry.
01:00I'm sorry.
01:01You're two yards from the piss pot.
01:02Hey!
01:04It's just her way of keeping you warm.
01:05She can't help it.
01:06If you didn't keep shouting at her.
01:08You ain't such a cold-hearted cow.
01:09She might not bother.
01:32Esther will come soon.
01:34Then things will change.
01:57Some things you can't control.
02:00The weather.
02:02Potato blight.
02:04Potato blight.
02:04Some things are the will of God.
02:06But how hard you work is up to you.
02:09We've lost old hands to the weaving shed.
02:12An experienced overseer to another mule room.
02:14Little Mary Ann's sister, that was never a place.
02:16A girl down unless experienced, that's all those figures prove.
02:19It doesn't matter to you.
02:21Board and lodging.
02:23Free of charge.
02:23Fed and watered.
02:24No matter what.
02:25But it matters to those of us who feed our families from our own pocket.
02:29I finish my apprenticeship next week.
02:31We'll change your tune then.
02:33Once the shirt has dragged down your wages.
02:35We can only go as fast as the mules go, Mr. Harlett.
02:38I expect no more from you than I expect from my own sons.
03:04I'm not here to fight again.
03:09I lost my temper.
03:12I'm sorry.
03:13I need my mules to run quicker.
03:15It's not possible.
03:17I don't know engines.
03:19But I know horsepower.
03:21And that's nowhere near the maximum.
03:24This works the weaving sheds.
03:26The mule room runs off the water wheel.
03:28Couldn't you give me more from that?
03:31It won't be safe.
03:32I know what my hands can cope with.
03:34In a cow shed?
03:35What I know is the machines in this mill.
03:39You're not on peace work, are you?
03:43Shirkers don't matter to you.
03:45You're better paid than any of us.
03:50Why are you so desperate to make the Greggs even richer?
03:53The better they do, the better we all do.
04:01This isn't over.
04:07There's a cellar room vacant in the village.
04:10Five old cottages.
04:12Do I have to wait till my birthday?
04:14That's when your indentures end.
04:16Right.
04:17Thanks, Mr Windle.
04:19Oh!
04:20We were just talking about you.
04:22Despite what everyone says, we think you'll get the hang of it.
04:29She needs taking down a peg or two.
04:35What will I do for you, Mr Howlett?
04:37I just need some figures, if you would.
04:40Please.
04:41I'd like to know how much cotton is spun each day in my room.
04:45How much was spun when Boone was overseeing,
04:47and how my yield compares to the other mill rooms.
04:50You know the value of research.
04:53I just need to know my target.
05:06Oh!
05:07You were just across from Susie.
05:09And underneath my handsome shoemaker.
05:12You'll have Harlot overlooking you, even when you're not at work.
05:15Worth it.
05:16Won't be long!
05:22Are you ready for me?
05:24Come in and try them on.
05:32You'll have to show me how.
05:33Just take them on your tractors.
05:36I'll do it for me.
05:38Go on.
05:43Oh!
05:44That's gorgeous.
05:46For God's sake!
05:47Get the other one on her, and get her out of here.
05:49How you chilling?
05:53What's she doing here?
05:54Picking up her shoes.
05:56Oh, I can't actually pay you right now.
05:58I don't cash, anyway.
05:59Speak like that in my home.
06:02Like what?
06:03Get out.
06:04I'll be moving in downstairs soon.
06:06I'll pay you then, Will.
06:08Ouch!
06:10Stay away from that hussy.
06:13She's no good.
06:14I'm not the bride.
06:15She needs help putting her shoes on.
06:19You can do a lot better than a mill girl.
06:22Especially an apprentice.
06:25They've had no family life to speak of.
06:27So they make bad wives and worse mothers.
06:31None of them have any moral standards.
06:37Oh, that's the dream, isn't it?
06:39You marry a skilled man like our Susie,
06:41and you never have to work in the mill again.
06:43Esther's just happy she can stay.
06:45Oh.
06:45I'd swap places with her in a heartbeat if I could.
06:47Well, wouldn't we all?
06:48Well, no-one would work if they had the choice.
06:50Oh, and Daniel might.
06:51He loves his machines.
06:53No-one bawling at you.
06:55Day's your own.
06:56Sit down whenever you want.
06:58Completely independent.
07:00Machine knows how lucky she is.
07:02It'd be a great venue as a neighbour.
07:04You can keep each other company at night.
07:05We'll have such a laugh.
07:06I can't wait.
07:08A place of me own.
07:09Fed all to meself, imagine it.
07:10We'd better get going.
07:12Dan will be in soon, won't there's tea?
07:13No, he's gone to Manchester again.
07:16Oh.
07:16Well, it's the vote he wants and he's missing many a tea to get it.
07:20Why don't you want to stay for some?
07:21Oh, I wish I could.
07:22It smells lovely.
07:23Well, there's plenty.
07:24It's ready now.
07:25We've got lessons tonight,
07:27and you know we can't miss care for you.
07:29I don't want to get into any trouble on me last week.
07:34See you soon.
07:35Oh, love to Daniel.
07:37Bye.
07:50I'll miss you, you know.
07:51I'll miss you, you know.
07:52We'll still be working together.
07:54It won't be the same.
07:58The only difference will be, I'll have money at the end of the week.
08:17Sorry.
08:18Did I hate you?
08:20Do you want something to eat?
08:22No.
08:23Go back to bed.
08:25What's that?
08:28Six demands.
08:30One man, one vote.
08:32Annual parliaments.
08:34No property qualification to stand.
08:35So you've had a good day.
08:38Apart from Howlett.
08:40Trying to speed his mules up.
08:43The man's an embassy up.
08:45You've been plotting out to win him the vote.
08:48Well, Richard, Miss Hill's vote.
08:52We'll get working class men in Westminster.
08:54The whole system will change.
08:56Like going from water power to steam.
08:59The Jenny to the mule.
09:00You can't stop progress.
09:03If you're so worried about John Howlett, speak to William.
09:12There aren't any union men in that room anymore.
09:15I don't have authority.
09:16People look up to you.
09:18Daniel, speak to him.
09:20I'm keeping my distance.
09:21In case I smash his self-righteous face in.
09:23Don't do that.
09:27Promise me you won't do that.
09:30The debate tonight was between moral force and physical force.
09:35Do we rely on the justice of our argument to win the day or
09:39do we take physical action?
09:42I'm a moral force, ma'am.
09:44With a temper.
09:52Stay calm.
09:56And rely on the justice of your cause.
10:18And rely on the justice of your cause.
10:26Sorry to keep you waiting so long.
10:28What can I do for you?
10:29It's about the overseer.
10:31In mule room three.
10:33Mr Howlett.
10:34You've promoted him too quickly.
10:36Hasn't he?
10:38Mr Greg knows what he's doing.
10:40Mr Windle tells me Howlett has asked you to speed up his mules.
10:44He's driving his hands too hard.
10:46Howlett's meant to look after the machinery as well as the hands.
10:49He knows nothing about either.
10:51Fresh eye.
10:52Keen and ambitious.
10:53Can see improvements his jaded predecessor has missed.
10:55I think we should give him the extra power.
10:57As an experiment.
10:59If it doesn't work out we can always go back to how it was.
11:02Someone will get hurt.
11:03And you'll be around to kiss them better.
11:08Was there anything else?
11:16Is this wise master?
11:18Increased speed means decreased quality.
11:21There's an optimum rate after which the two variables become inversely proportional.
11:25I know what I'm doing Windle.
11:49For your savings.
11:51Martha's Baba Week.
11:53Thanks.
11:58Can I have your cot, Esther?
12:01It's not up to me.
12:03I only wet the bed so I could get out of here.
12:05She did send me to the work house with Molly.
12:08But when I seen her on Sunday, she said I'm better off here.
12:11You were pissing on patients on purpose?
12:22Oh, at last!
12:24Anyone would think you didn't want to go.
12:26Anyone would think you were glad to see the back of me.
12:32Happy birthday, Price.
12:35To light your room and feed your belly.
12:37Thanks, Mr. Windle.
12:40I'll see you at work, everyone.
12:42Woo-hoo!
12:45See you later!
12:46Scheer.
12:53Bye, for the fun.
13:01See you later.
13:03See you later.
13:04See you later.
13:15Try finding out Laura,
14:46Later in the week, maybe.
14:47I don't want you complaining about fatigue tomorrow.
14:51Get some sleep.
14:54Well, as long as you lot keep the noise down.
14:56They'll be jabbering away all night telling jokes.
14:59Good night, Esther.
15:00It's Price from now on, Mr Howlett.
15:02I'm all grown up.
15:05Thanks.
15:11Oh, I couldn't refuse her a light.
15:17Esther, welcome to the village.
15:19Hey!
15:20Oh, will you come in?
15:21All I've got is cake and a candle.
15:23I've got beer and a blanket.
15:24OK, let's have a party.
15:35You'll need fuel, plates, pots and pans, cutlery, something for breakfast and tea.
15:42That cake's not going to last till pay, does it?
15:44It won't last till morning.
15:46I'll get you some provisions tomorrow.
15:48Shops are shut by the time you finish work.
15:51A new home.
15:53New neighbours.
15:54And old friends.
16:06Oh, I didn't you offer to cook her tea tomorrow?
16:11She wants her independence.
16:13If anyone can fend for herself, Esther can.
16:17True, but I'd be glad to show her how to cook if she wants me to.
16:21After I've bought all this shopping and fed you a lot of cars.
16:26What's Blackpeter's last name?
16:29Why?
16:30I think I've sold the mystery of where he's gone.
17:02Something works.
17:09What's Blackpeter's last name?
17:10I think I'll...
17:10Oh, my God.
17:36When was your first night to piss the cot?
17:39Bed's bone dry.
17:40Must have been you all along.
17:42Shame on you, Patience.
17:44Leave her alone from now on.
17:46Oh, what?
17:46You gonna go run into Esther?
17:47I don't need Esther.
17:49Don't you?
17:52You sure about that?
18:03Shall we tell Esther?
18:05We have to fight our own battles.
18:10We need to get you dry.
18:20I fell in the water trough.
18:22Get in front of the fire.
18:23Come on.
18:25We're gonna be late.
18:27You got five minutes yet?
18:31Tell Owlette she's doing her job for me.
18:33I'll send her up when she's finished.
18:35He won't like that.
18:37Good.
18:39But tell him I'll bring her up personally.
18:51Did you not sleep?
18:53Oh, no.
18:54I got up and went outside to look at the stars.
18:56Right?
18:57Because I could.
18:59Aren't you cold and lonely?
19:00Oh, no.
19:01That's the patience you're thinking of.
19:03Did you manage without me?
19:04No, without your snoring.
19:06May I ask Christ as a mouse?
19:08She didn't wet the bed.
19:09We made out of it must have been patience all along.
19:11She'd have seen her face.
19:13Come on, you idle sluggers.
19:15Let's work.
19:18Hey, these meals are running faster.
19:35Come on.
19:36Anything?
19:36All right.
19:37That's for Esther.
19:39Can she have it on account?
19:42You know what a James is like.
19:43You insist the books balance.
19:45Well, the books will balance at the end of the week when she gets paid.
19:48My hands are tied, Mrs Bates.
19:50Rules is rules.
19:51We're not meant to give truck to anyone.
19:53It's against the law.
19:54And I've extended her as much credit as I can.
19:57I'm sorry.
20:00That's five shillings to uptake penny.
20:07Take out the toffees.
20:09I'll do without my little treat this week.
20:13I'm sure if you ask Mr Bates, you make good the shortfall.
20:19I'm sure he would.
20:29Go and get washed.
20:32Where is she going now to get washed?
20:34Do you want coldest on your bobbins?
20:36She's already late.
20:38More power means more maintenance.
20:40I needed a child to reach into the grate and clean out the clinker.
20:43You can't just take one of mine.
20:45I need all my hands.
20:46I'm not surprised the rate these are running out.
20:48Look at them.
20:49Twice a piece and half the quality.
20:51They're coping.
20:53Aren't you priced?
20:54Only just.
20:55Wait till the end of the day when they're tired.
20:57This room is not safe.
20:59Not safe for the lazy.
21:02You'll be happy when you're picking up extra wages, won't you?
21:05Esther, if it gets too much, tell everyone to step away from the machines and come and fetch me.
21:08It's me first day.
21:10Get off my floor.
21:12Don't come back unless I fetch you.
21:14In a week or two, they'll start seeing more snags holding them up in the weaving shed.
21:18And they'll trace it back to this room.
21:20And you'll be gone.
21:21I hope, by that time, all this broken thread hasn't become broken bone.
21:51Good evening.
21:56Where have you been?
21:58Birmingham, London, Bristol, Liverpool, Glasgow and Manchester.
22:08I've only ever been to Omes, though.
22:11Peter Gardner.
22:14Miriam Cotterall.
22:15I am very pleased to meet you, Miriam.
22:19How do you do?
22:23It's not black inside.
22:28Touch it if you want.
22:31Everywhere I go, English people are fascinated by my hands.
22:49So why did you go to all those places?
22:52Step in, I'll tell you.
22:53No, I couldn't.
22:55Why not?
22:56I'm visiting my sister, and then I have to go back to the apprentice house.
22:59Visit me instead.
23:01I won't hurt you, I promise.
23:04Just talk.
23:07They think that's what I came here to do, so I do it.
23:12Talk, talk, talk.
23:15But now I am back.
23:18With no one to talk to anymore.
23:22Come in, please.
23:25You've been drinking.
23:28Maybe a little.
23:30Let me pour you one.
23:33It's very sad to drink alone, Miriam.
23:38Please.
23:42Just one then.
23:43Let's go.
23:45Let's go.
23:47Let's go.
23:58Let's go.
24:03Let's go.
24:19I look good, no?
24:21You do look dapper.
24:24Mrs. Gregg wanted me to look like a gentleman for Mr. Sturge.
24:27Who's he?
24:29Joseph Sturge.
24:30You don't know him?
24:33Famous, quicker man.
24:34He organizes meetings.
24:36I was his star speaker.
24:38What were you talking about?
24:40My life as an apprentice.
24:43If you're an apprentice, why aren't you living with the rest of us?
24:47I was an apprentice back home.
24:54Why did you come here?
24:57To talk.
24:58Oh, you said that's why they think you came.
25:00I came to talk.
25:03To help end Niguo apprenticeship in the colonies.
25:06And to work in Mrs. Gregg's garden.
25:13Well, you won't get much work done tomorrow if you've drunk all that.
25:18This was my grandpa's.
25:21He could drink a bottle of rum, dance all night, cut more cane than any man in the plantation.
25:30And now it passes on to me.
25:33I think I can prune plants and shovel soft English soil after a little gin.
25:52Just talk, you said.
25:56I think you can just do what you want because you're dressed, because you're dressed like
26:00a master.
26:00No.
26:01I won't have any man touch me like that.
26:03Any, ever.
26:04I'm sorry.
26:05This, this isn't me.
26:06I forgot myself.
26:07It's not because of who you are or where you come from, I just, I won't have any man.
26:12I won't.
26:14Not until we're married anyway.
26:15We've only just met.
26:16You didn't mean that.
26:17It was a joke.
26:18I nearly made you cry.
26:18I was trying to make you laugh.
26:20Well, you're not half as good to talk as you think you are.
26:35Well, good morning, Mr. Howlett.
26:40I'm done now.
26:41It's all yours.
26:43Oh, if you're quick, you'll see it'll be warm.
26:45No need to thank me.
26:46Shall I wait for you and we'll walk to work together?
26:48No.
26:50Well, don't be late.
26:57I wonder if Miriam's having a dinner in the garden.
27:00What?
27:00What?
27:01You know, they ate the babies if I was here in Black Peter?
27:03What?
27:04Shhh!
27:13Shhh!
27:20Shhh!
27:21Let's go.
28:01Let's go.
28:23You could have been killed, son.
28:26Your skull could have been like an apple under a sledgehammer.
28:30Who's fault with it, I did?
28:32I'm sorry, Dad.
28:34Do you understand now where you have to concentrate?
28:37You can't be careless for a second.
28:42Don't tell your mother.
28:43I'm sorry.
28:43Come on.
29:00the campaign goes to parliament now we have to wait for them to vote no more speaking tours no
29:10I'll ask mr. Windle to make arrangements to send you home I'm not ready to go home yet
29:16you've done what you came to do can I stay please now that I've experienced a kindness and tasted
29:24civilization it's hard for me to turn my back on it I'll discuss it with my son
29:52he's learned his lesson he'll concentrate and food you won't you Jack what how long before you can get
29:59this machine running again do you think it was a boy's fault how long at the old rate a couple
30:07of
30:07hours if you want it any faster let's go to the office and explain to mr. Greg why he needs
30:12a new
30:12chief engineer and why y'all dripping blood on his floor
30:38passage to Dominica ten pounds in steerage keep him he contributes to the credit rather than the debit
30:43column can we find him working the mill is that wise we had enough trouble integrating the
30:48southerners there's only one of him please my mother is something of a pet project mr. Howlett's
30:57experiment tried it didn't work no harm done
31:15you can do that can't you show build that from there to there I'll try my best sir
31:24right Bates in charge they'll give you instructions
31:33Daniel Daniel Bates Peter Peter Gardner I read about you in the newspaper speaking talk
31:45I'd like to hear your story myself sometime I don't do the talking anymore
31:53you don't seem too happy to be here oh I'm plenty happy I've been the man you replaced
32:02not your fault I know
32:06I just do as I'm told master I'm not your master you just give me instructions
32:15seems like the Greg's think they owe you something they owe all of us something
32:22how many Greg's are there my sons my daughters I think what are the sons called William Robert
32:31Thomas Samuel Junior and Vernon John John Greg
32:38Vernon's mrs. Greg's nephew never heard of Vernon Greg why no reason
33:06more coal let's not waste it I'm off to bed soon
33:21remember when we were first wed you could go to the common and cut all the turf you needed
33:27never went cold in those days and you were free to grease a cow on it we had our own
33:34little plot
33:35of land big enough to grow our veg weird chickens didn't matter what other people did or said we were
33:45independent I missed those days too the country had fewer mouths to feed then they had to change
33:56we played our part in overpopulation don't forget it do you remember that stubborn young fool took over old Davey
34:03Ronica's land I remember after three or four summers it was barren and dead and there weren't a farmer in
34:12Bledlow
34:12surprised they all told him he was overworking it but he wouldn't listen
34:26did the boys tell you she did downstairs
34:35I'm sorry
34:39I won't speed him up again
34:42you needn't worry
34:43ordinary men struggle to keep up with you John
34:47let alone children
35:06you never forget your first wage
35:12best of place
35:14four days minus deductions for your rent your loan outstanding fines sick club
35:22cake and two candles
35:23I'm complying could have been even less for one for me
35:27like yours could have been less
35:28the boys wage less
35:31no complaints Mr Howlett
35:33thanks Mr Windle
35:34then this is for you
35:36my union penny
35:37money's wasted on something
35:41the unions men only
35:43I was only trying to annoy them
35:47I was only trying to do that but I was trying to do that but I was trying to do
35:51that
35:51but I was trying to do that
35:52my uncle and cousins are earning
35:57I've got other customers I'm not that desperate
36:02right a shilling this week and a tanner after
36:04better take them now
36:06but you put them on yourself
36:08I'll put them on
36:10can you buy the beer in the horse ship
36:12your first wage you should buy
36:14but you'll come
36:21I have a sweetheart back home
36:24Emily
36:25I can't walk out with you
36:28what even in these?
36:30come on
36:32one promise to another
36:35I need to test them
36:36turn round and bend over
36:38I'm sorry
36:41change your mind
36:42you know where I'll be
36:42I'll be dancing
36:50dancing in the fires of hell is where she'll be
36:55you're not warming to her are you?
36:58no
37:03what do you think?
37:06yes they're very smart
37:07yeah I know
37:08hey what I'm paying off not showing off
37:10how much do I owe?
37:11two and three and tap me
37:13you don't mind taking money from a woman do you?
37:15you didn't want me union penny
37:16from a man's point of view
37:18women workers undercut wages you see
37:19ah well there's more of us than you in that mill
37:22you should get them organised Esther
37:25that's a good idea
37:26you'd be a natural leader Esther
37:27yeah I should be leaving you to your tea
37:30oh wait
37:38read this and think about it
37:39the thing is
37:41together
37:41in combination
37:42we're stronger than we are as individuals
37:46the rights of women
37:47hey
37:47thanks
38:03someone must have left it for you while I was at the shop
38:05OK
38:18remind her
38:22let's make a little pencil
38:24close to her
38:24sorry
38:34I feel like
38:38My sister's alive.
38:40That girl they found in the field.
38:41It wasn't Catherine.
38:43She's written to me.
38:45She's come to visit.
38:50Oh, God, no, I'm pissing myself.
38:55What?
38:56You don't think it was written by a ghost, do you?
38:59Or someone, someone pretending to be a sister?
39:06That is the nastiest, dirtiest thing anyone has ever done,
39:10says Black Peter's strumpet.
39:12What are you quieting for?
39:14Piss the cots like a sister to you now.
39:22Do you really want to see your dead sister?
39:25Try that again and I'll kill you as a favour.
39:28Get off now!
39:28Get off now!
39:30Get off now!
39:31Did you give me my rights up there?
39:33Yes, Mr. Window?
39:35Just waiting for you to come say the prayer and lock us in.
40:10Come to her dead.
40:10I'd like to thank you, Matt.
40:12I'd like to thank you.
40:13Our people have high school and all you got in.
40:20I'm Dankee.
40:22Never mind.
40:26You're a virginity.
40:28I really believe I'm please.
40:30I'm, too.
40:31Oh, goodbye.
40:31Our people, they sing whoo it o'ts Wales.
40:43You're saving yourself a medium, then you waste and you die.
41:07It's her downstairs, drunk as David's sound, clacking through her teeth.
41:15At our front door, she'd make a nun curse, that one.
41:22I lost you.
41:30What's all the noise?
41:52Mr Windle, can I knock off Esther?
41:55Quickly.
42:23Esther?
42:29You coming to church?
42:31Oh, God.
42:34Oh, God.
42:36You said you'd come with us.
42:40Oh, God, I can't.
42:43Are those your shoes?
42:45Just leave me alone.
42:54No.
43:22What's this about Black Peter?
43:26I only talked to him.
43:29Aren't I allowed to talk to him?
43:31No, we're not getting yourself talked about.
43:34We're not alone in his room.
43:37No, if he's bothering you, I can tell Daniel to have a word.
43:41He's not bothering me.
43:42Everybody else is.
43:54I'm forgiven.
43:55It's church.
43:56Those are the rules.
43:58Say so in the Lord's Prayer.
44:09Hey, where's Esther?
44:13Speaking to God from bed.
44:37CHOIR SINGS
44:51CHOIR SINGS
45:07CHOIR SINGS
45:09CHOIR SINGS
45:09CHOIR SINGS
45:12CHOIR SINGS
45:31Let's go.
45:54Let's go.
46:24Let's go.
46:37Sign the petition.
46:38Add your name to the demand for democracy and justice.
46:42What next?
46:43Women?
46:45Are you a first?
46:47Aren't we a last?
46:49We are many.
46:51They are few.
46:52We are many.
46:54They are few.
46:55We are many.
47:25Amen.
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