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the mill s01e01 skyfire
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00:28Come on, little buddy, wake up.
00:30please. Wake up. Did you not hear the bell? Come on. Esther, come on. Come on, the bell's ringing.
00:43Come on, everyone. Esther's rat. Get up out of bed.
01:10Get up out of bed.
01:30Out the way.
01:35Hey, Tommy, George, pack it in.
01:38Puzzle me.
01:39Oh, let's get rest there.
01:42Guard!
01:43Guard!
01:44Guard!
01:44Right, right, right.
01:46Guard.
02:05Get, you go.
02:30Let's go.
03:17Hey, Tommy! Come on, get out!
03:30Let's go.
04:17Let's go.
04:18I'll tell.
04:20Let me in.
04:22You look at me.
04:23What?
04:26It's...
04:27It's...
04:28It's...
04:28It's...
04:32No!
04:33No!
04:33No!
04:34No!
04:35No!
04:37No!
04:42No!
04:44No, he's eight.
04:51Move!
04:53Sit down!
05:28The mule room stopped.
05:32Let Robert deal with it, son.
05:37You've been awful.
05:38Shut up.
05:39It was an accident.
05:42What's happened?
05:44You two, run. Go and get a car.
05:46You and you, clean this mess up.
05:48Get the machines moving.
05:49I'll take him.
05:50Get him.
05:51Dr. Holland's at the Prince's house.
05:54Take him there.
05:59I'm playing careless, master.
06:01Well, I'm always telling him.
06:09Well?
06:10Will we keep him or send him back to the workhouse?
06:12Dr. Holland!
06:13It's his hand!
06:15Right, get him on the table.
06:18Are you okay?
06:43You're apprentices.
06:45Orphans and bastards.
06:48No one will listen to you.
06:50No one will listen to you.
06:52To say nothing.
07:03This couldn't have happened at a worse time.
07:05The visitors tomorrow, the factory commission up from London.
07:08All these ten-hour agitations.
07:09Lordman, please, Mrs. Craig.
07:11I wouldn't put him past him doing this on purpose.
07:13Wrist a finger and lost a hand.
07:14You're risking your job when I'm losing my temper, Mr. Timperley.
07:18I beg your pardon, Mrs.
07:19And I beg some Christian sympathy for a suffering child about to undergo an amputation.
07:24Me heart goes out to the poor little mind, Mrs. Craig.
07:28Hold his head.
07:29Certainly.
07:35How's Tommy, Mrs. T?
07:39How all I know is Mrs. Craig took his hand away in a bucket.
07:43He's clinging on with what's left.
07:45Nice one for you, bastard.
07:47Thanks, Mrs. T.
07:51Where's his cock hand?
07:52Or his purple?
07:53Ah!
08:00If she buries it, do you reckon there'll be a funeral service?
08:03Not for a hand.
08:04I heard maybe.
08:06She'd get him a treat.
08:09Filched an apple from Farmerdale.
08:14Caught on me.
08:15Fine.
08:18We should say something.
08:21It was an accident.
08:22He was distracted.
08:24Well, that's his own fault.
08:26By what, Charlie?
08:27I'll leave us up to.
08:29Lister.
08:30Report him.
08:31I'll back you up.
08:39I'll back you up.
09:03I'm...
09:05Oh, sorry.
09:09Hey, how are you?
09:10I'm going to go.
09:10Cl Women's北 and the Donald is a Sanctuary.
09:10To get through.
09:16I'm looking for the best mechanic in Lancashire.
09:19You want Richard Roberts?
09:21No, I want his apprentice, the younger, hungrier Richard Roberts.
09:27Well, I'm hungrier.
09:34Do you ever ask yourself how a man with your skills ended up in a debtor's prison?
09:44There's a black mark against your name, Daniel, the mark of an agitator.
09:49You'll never receive a testimony and you'll never find employment,
09:53and so here you are, abandoned by your comrades.
09:56A talent wasted.
10:01And why are you here?
10:03To get you out and give you a job.
10:07Remove his manacles.
10:14Eighteen bob a week from which I'll deduct your debt and your rent.
10:19And in return,
10:22you come to Quarry Bank and build me the best power loom in the world.
10:27You're one of the Greggs.
10:29Robert.
10:36I'm not your enemy.
10:39And I take care of my workers.
11:01I have a carriage waiting outside.
11:05I'd rather walk.
11:09It's 12 miles.
11:12It's been nearly 12 months.
11:15I prefer to walk.
11:25Report to my office.
11:28First thing tomorrow.
11:52When did you get it?
12:05It's 120 miles.
12:06You're about to walk.
12:07This is not my security.
12:08Oh, no.
12:55I've got parish visitors here tomorrow.
12:57Don't let them in. Tell them you're busy.
13:00We need their support. Times are changing.
13:03He's awake.
13:05Hello, Thomas.
13:07Thomas? How are you?
13:12We're all praying for you, Thomas.
13:14Irish visits are pointless.
13:16You waste a day cleaning up and a day showing them round.
13:19If the ten-hour bill becomes law, it'll be worse.
13:21Thomas?
13:22Government inspections. More regulations.
13:25Thomas!
13:28Thomas!
13:29Thomas!
13:48Hold on.
13:51Hold on.
13:53Okay.
13:54All right.
14:47Can we see Tommy before bread?
14:49He is near.
14:50He's gone.
14:55Where is he?
14:56Somewhere more comfortable.
15:05Heavenly Father, watch over us this night and preserve us from all harm.
15:10We give thanks.
15:12We give thanks for thy bountiful gifts and the kindness of our benefactors, the Greggs.
15:16We commit ourselves entirely to thy disposal and whether we enjoy or suffer or live or
15:23die.
15:24May we be mercifully accepted as thy children and disciples of thy Son, Jesus Christ.
15:32Amen.
15:33Amen.
15:34Amen.
15:48Amen.
15:50Amen.
15:52Amen.
15:52Amen.
15:52Amen.
15:52Go away.
15:53I'm tired.
15:54I think Tommy's dead.
15:56You told your sister what happened.
16:00You shouldn't see what happened, Esther.
16:02No, neither did Charlie Kraut.
16:04Shut up, Esther!
16:06Why are you protecting him?
16:08Shut up!
16:10Shut up!
16:11If I have to go up those stairs, I will drop every last one of you!
16:21Come here.
16:25Go back to bed, Esther.
16:28Is that Charlie's?
16:30Is he the father?
16:33Do you think I'd let that foisty weasel anywhere near me?
16:45What's he done to you?
16:50When Tommy had his accident, Charlie was in the privy with his hand up a skate.
16:56Don't feel bad, Mim.
16:58Everybody knows he's a beard splitter.
17:01See?
17:02You're not the only one.
17:05And we'll tell the visitors tomorrow.
17:08No.
17:09Esther, I am an apprentice.
17:10He's an overlooker.
17:12We'll all back it up.
17:14Won't we?
17:15No.
17:16Now, I've seen half a dozen parish visits.
17:19They ask about your lessons and what you had for your tea, and nothing ever comes of it.
17:23This time it's different.
17:25This time someone's dead.
17:28And I've been here longer than any of you.
17:30And in all those years, there's been maybe 20 apprentices die, and only two of them were accidents.
17:38Well, it's three now.
17:40Esther, compare that to other mills.
17:44We can't let him get away with it, Mim.
17:50If you don't tell someone, I will.
17:55I will.
18:17Thank you, Mr. Henshaw.
18:24The latest loom design.
18:29Build a prototype.
18:31If passes muster, I want 300.
18:34I want you to make it run automatically.
18:37It doesn't have to destroy jobs.
18:39Most of my hands only have a work shirt and Sunday best.
18:42By the time I'm my father's age, the world will have a wardrobe.
18:48I believe in the future anything is possible.
18:52I used to believe that, too.
18:58You'll need a beam engine.
19:0020 horsepower at least.
19:02Whatever it takes.
19:14I hear John Doherty was attacked yesterday.
19:18He's not short of enemies.
19:20He may have deserved it.
19:25But I'll hold no truck with it here.
19:27Do you understand?
19:40I'll hold no truck with it.
19:48I'll hold no truck with it.
19:54than Samuelson.
19:55It's he who doesn't agree with it.
19:57Would you like to follow me, gentlemen, please?
20:10This is new room, too.
20:13Susanna works in the carding room.
20:26Ah, this is Kraut, our overlocker.
20:29Sir.
20:29Sir.
20:30Are you content in your work right here?
20:33Thank you kindly, sir.
20:34Are you happy here? Content?
20:37Sir.
20:40My new man.
20:41The mechanic.
20:44Daniel Bate, my father, Samuel Brecht.
20:49I thought we were well provided with mechanics.
20:52And on as skilled as Daniel.
21:07Hey.
21:08If you're so skilled, do something about that.
21:21The mechanic.
21:22Oh, my God!
21:43My son, I need to go home.
21:50Yes, sir.
21:51You're living here.
21:51How many do you have under your superintendency, Mr. Timperley?
21:5463.
21:5419 from your parish.
21:56When did you begin working here?
21:57Since I was eight.
21:59Eight?
22:00When his mother died, George came to be with his sisters.
22:03Yes, but try not to separate the families.
22:05Which are your sisters?
22:07Susanna and Miriam.
22:10Ah, we can have a proper conversation now.
22:13Is it good?
22:14The food?
22:15Yes, sir.
22:16What hours do you work?
22:17Six in the morning till eight at night.
22:19With time off for dinner and breakfast,
22:22and hours are shorter in the summer drought
22:24when there's less water in the river,
22:26it averages 12 a day for the year.
22:28Any complaints, Miriam?
22:29You're treated well by your masters, your overlookers.
22:37Mm-hmm.
22:39Anybody else? Any complaints?
22:42Right, we'll leave you to your meals.
22:44God bless everyone.
22:47Ask Tommy Priestley. He's got complaints.
22:52Tommy?
22:52He's not actually here.
22:54He's dead.
22:55Caught in a machine.
22:56The boy I told you about.
22:59My wife's looking after him at home.
23:04Did he...
23:05Did he tell you he only has an accident?
23:07Cos...
23:08Cos the overlooper was in the privy
23:10with his hands up Miriam's skirt.
23:24If it's true, then it's an outrage,
23:25and I won't stand for it.
23:29Is it true?
23:34And don't be afraid.
23:35It's our duty to look out for your welfare.
23:39Did this man touch you?
23:46No.
24:04What this girl claims to have seen,
24:05is there any truth in it?
24:07Yes, sir.
24:09There is.
24:11Miriam denied it.
24:14Probably a shame, sir.
24:16I was searching her to see if she had any
24:18bobbin waste about her.
24:19Some of them lied it up the skirts.
24:22Yes, sir.
24:22We have had problems with petty thievery
24:25in the past.
24:43Thank you, Mr. Boone.
24:59Keep your hands up.
25:15I'm sorry.
25:19I was careless.
25:20It does you great credit, Mrs. Gregg,
25:22bringing him into your own home like this.
25:24Oh, it was Robert's idea.
25:25His home's too far away.
25:28When there's no natural guardian,
25:29all the privileges of a parent
25:31and all the duties transferred to us,
25:34it's always been our philosophy here,
25:36as you know.
25:38Oh, and before you go, gentlemen,
25:40I'm on the organising committee
25:42for the Manchester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society.
25:45Oh, no, she likes to fight the good fight.
25:47And I was wondering if I could interest you in a talk.
25:50Delighted.
25:51I, uh, have the very sermon.
25:54Well, I've already invited a speaker.
25:56I was thinking you might like to hear her.
26:00Shall we?
26:11Did I do right, master?
26:21Did I do right, master?
26:34I've dropped Esther in it.
26:38I couldn't say anything.
26:42I couldn't.
26:46Because of theirs.
26:54Charlie knows who the father is.
27:00He saw you and he's gonna tell.
27:03And then what?
27:06They're not gonna let you live in the village
27:07or work in the mill anymore, are they?
27:12So that means once the baby's born,
27:14you'd have to go for good.
27:16And I couldn't...
27:19I couldn't bear that.
27:25But I can put up with Charlie Quelt.
27:32But I'm meant to be looking after you.
27:35No.
27:38You need to find a husband.
27:46I'll lose the baby.
27:53You don't mean that.
28:00What did you say to them then?
28:02I sent us to leave her alone.
28:04What did you say to them?
28:06I sent her to leave her alone.
28:08I told you.
28:09They won't listen.
28:10Didn't I?
28:11I told you.
28:11Well, you didn't listen.
28:12What did you tell them?
28:12They own us.
28:15They don't have to listen.
28:17You don't own me.
28:19They own you.
28:20Until you're 21.
28:22You cram.
28:23Susie.
28:26Do that again.
28:27That's a joke, yeah?
28:28Susie, stop it.
28:29Come on, then.
28:30I dare you.
28:31I've seen a baby.
28:32We can all see you've been owned once or twice.
28:34Susie, stop it!
28:35The baby!
28:36Help me!
28:37Stop it!
28:38Stop it!
28:39Stop it!
28:42What are you doing?
28:45She asked for it.
28:47You saw.
28:49You saw.
28:57What did you tell them?
28:59Nothing.
29:02I lied.
29:03I lied.
29:03I'm so sorry.
29:04I'm so sorry.
29:07If you'd back me up...
29:14If you'd all back me up...
29:16They'd have listened.
29:19They would have had to listen.
29:22I can't do this on me own.
29:25I said...
29:54I'd love to hear and leave.
29:55I'm so sorry.
30:15you're late overtime for me tonight i'm not late oh i say you are
30:28it's nothing personal i just go by the bell through the gate before it stops that's the
30:35rules see you're late and if you want to complain to master robert he'll be out of important
30:44business today with me because he trusts me
31:10i think you'll pull through
31:14and how are you feeling thomas i'm getting a bit lonely
31:18you know nothing to do all day mind starts thinking on sad thoughts your mom and that
31:27no better remedy for melancholia than a purgatory two teaspoons of the green mixture twice a day
31:40i'll call in and see you when i can
31:53i don't think the green stuff will cheer me up mr timperley
31:56i'd rather have the leeches shit yourself happy son a good cat puts a smile on the longest face
32:06right you can walk from here strong lad like you
32:11got less weight to carry now as well
32:16come on
32:17or the land will not be still we will have the 10-hour bill
32:21we will have the 10-hour bill that we will that we will
32:25hold the 10-hour bill
32:27here you are now
32:28hold the bill
32:29hold the bill
32:31hold the bill
32:32stop supporting the 10-hour bill
32:34stop telling you
32:37hey hey hey hey
32:39it's free to you mr. gregg
32:42the commissioners inside this building handpicked for their indifference to infant suffering
32:48are nothing but apologies for the mill owners
32:51their purpose is to delay the passing of the 10-hour bill
32:56a bill that merely seeks to ensure that no child works more than 10 hours a day
33:03our children know nothing but work and suffering from monday morning to saturday night
33:11the cruelties inflicted upon them
33:13the long hours they work would disgrace a west indian plantation
33:19we shall have the 10-hour bill
33:34come forward
33:39you understand that this is a royal commission and that everything you say is under oath
33:44yes sir
33:46what means are taken to enforce obedience on the children
33:52barely beyond a box on the ear sir
33:56just to get their attention
33:58are corporal punishments inflicted on anyone employed in your works
34:03never
34:05do you have reason to believe that work people may be afraid of displeasing their masters
34:09by giving evidence to this commission
34:11no
34:14do you have any other observations to make
34:18only that i'm an example sir
34:22through hard work and diligence
34:24i've learned a trade
34:26i've risen from apprentice to overlooker
34:32now i know nothing of other mills
34:34but i can say that the children employed by mr greg
34:39are most content with their situation
34:41when i see one of those pious canting liberals
34:45riding in their carriage
34:47i remember the vehicle is built of infant's bones
34:55it's lined with their skin
34:56the tassels are made out of their hair
35:00the harness
35:01their sinews
35:03the very oil with which the wheels are greased
35:06is made of infant's blood
35:10we shall have the 10-hour bill
35:12that we will
35:13that we will
35:21state your opinion as to the probable effects of a further reduction in working hours
35:28reduce the hours children work and we'd have to employ them in shifts
35:33in rural mills shifts of children will be difficult to acquire
35:37to the answer the right questions mr greg
35:39to the answer the right questions
35:42in towns it would be difficult to stop a child working at one mill in the morning and another
35:46in the afternoon
35:47rogue employers would then
35:49force their adult operatives to work longer hours and cover both shifts
35:54decent employers like us
35:57would have to lower production
35:59and thus lower wages
36:01handing the advantage to our competitors both at home and abroad
36:10what is your opinion of the effect that factory labor has on children
36:16there is nothing destructive of life or detrimental to health resulting from working in a cotton
36:22mill for 12 hours a day
36:30I would rather see a child toil in a mill
36:33and starve by the roadside
37:04much more than intimate
37:05that part of the life that is for a after a while
37:05and that whole trial
37:05It's ragwig, Charlie.
37:07I don't believe you.
37:09Come into the privy and let's see your clowns.
37:16Touch me and you'll go in with less fingers than Tommy Priestley.
37:19Oh, I like a lass who puts up a fight.
37:21Well, you'll love me, then.
37:22I will. Yeah.
37:41What are you doing here?
37:43Making a safety guard.
37:44Does Master Robert know?
37:47No.
37:48No? Well, then you can't.
37:50It's not your job.
37:51Who's to stop me?
37:54I'm in charge of this room.
37:56Don't brag about life-hawyer after what happened.
37:59Look, you can't just go around doing things on your own without permission.
38:03It could save a life.
38:05Well, a little bit of danger keeps the workers on the toes.
38:10Full sense of security makes them careless and lazy.
38:20As opposed to harmless and dead.
38:24Is that what you mean?
38:26Is it?
38:27Is it?
38:35I'm not losing my position over this.
38:40I'm still in charge here.
38:43Get to work, you.
38:45I want every spindle oiled in this room spick and span before you even think about leaving.
38:49I did.
38:52I'll keep my eye on you.
38:54I'll keep my eye on you.
39:04I'll keep my eye on you.
39:20I'll keep my eye on you.
39:25I'll keep my eye on you.
39:25That's what I thought.
39:27You're wrong, I'm not sick.
39:28I won't get to.
39:30You're wrong, I'm not.
39:42You're wrong, I'm not.
39:51Okay.
39:55You're wrong.
39:55How do you feel?
39:59Here, to cheer you up.
40:03Thanks.
40:05It's better than the green stuff.
40:08Oh, if you're on the green stuff, I wouldn't...
40:14Never mind.
40:19Do you think Dee'll get rid of me?
40:23No.
40:24No.
40:25Laura Limp lost her foot.
40:28Kept her on.
40:29Yeah, but that was when old man Sam was in charge.
40:32What was his house like?
40:35Like heaven.
40:41Pot. Pot, I'm gonna cat myself. Get the pot.
40:44Quick!
40:52Too late for the boy. Probably pointless one machine, not the others, but shows what's possible.
41:01Can I go now, Charlie?
41:03I'm done.
41:05You can lay with me.
41:07That'll suffice.
41:14You missing something?
41:18A spanner.
41:20Someone else must be using it.
41:24Good night.
41:26Good night.
41:30It was a shalt.
41:46I'm not going to be on the table.
41:47Well, no, no, no, no, no.
41:49No.
41:52No, no.
41:53It's all alone.
41:53You're too tired.
41:54I love you.
41:56It's all over.
41:57No, no.
41:58I don't know.
42:37I'm about to sleep.
43:18I'm about to sleep.
43:29I'm about to sleep.
43:32I'm about to sleep.
43:58I'm about to sleep.
44:00I'm about to sleep.
44:10I'm about to sleep.
44:13I'm about to sleep.
44:19Sometimes.
44:21Look!
44:21I'm about to sleep.
44:27I'm about to sleep.
44:39I'm about to sleep.
44:41I'm about to sleep.
45:15Can I go to the pivvy?
45:16Yeah, I want to be quick.
45:45What do you do with the clapper?
45:47What clapper?
45:49Where's it hidden?
45:51Hope you know it.
45:54Ah, there's room in the north, Albert.
45:57You make as much noise as you like.
46:00No-one will hear you.
46:03No-one will ever listen to you.
46:07If I show you where it is, will you leave me alone?
46:10Why don't you try me?
46:19You sound flat, Charlie.
46:32Here's your clapper, Master.
46:37I'll go to jail for this, Esther.
46:42You sound flat, Maisie.
46:45All right.
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