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First broadcast 3rd April 1984.
A man who has had a good life in England wants to retire to Jamaica, but the celebration with his daughters doesn't go as expected.
Thomas Baptiste - Mr. King
Ella Wilder - Susan King
Josette Simon - Linda King
Clarke Peters - Stevie
Jim Barclay - Waiter
Lizzie Mickery - First Sister (as Elizabeth Mickery)
Pam St. Clement - Second Sister
A man who has had a good life in England wants to retire to Jamaica, but the celebration with his daughters doesn't go as expected.
Thomas Baptiste - Mr. King
Ella Wilder - Susan King
Josette Simon - Linda King
Clarke Peters - Stevie
Jim Barclay - Waiter
Lizzie Mickery - First Sister (as Elizabeth Mickery)
Pam St. Clement - Second Sister
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00:04:11Many of my colleagues were in suits for the occasion.
00:04:19It was so strange, Mally, not to see them in their uniforms.
00:04:24After 30 years of seeing them, their wives were with them.
00:04:31They had their arms.
00:04:35Oh, Lord, Mally.
00:04:36I wish she was there holding my arm.
00:04:40I'm being so damn proud of what Mr. Cunningham said about my exemplary punctualty record.
00:04:49I wish I'm not in my own now, tonight.
00:04:55This celebration with our daughters.
00:05:00I wish tonight I could ask you, Mally, that what I'm going to do, that it is right.
00:05:14And I wish to Jesus that you hadn't died, Mally.
00:05:20And that you were here with me tonight.
00:05:23To time it down, tell you.
00:05:28I wish you were going to come home with me, home to Jamaica.
00:05:51I'm here, Dad.
00:05:52Come on, Dad.
00:06:20Hey, well, you look, I mean, well.
00:06:28Oh, what's the smell, Dad? The smell? What's this?
00:06:32Oh, some of the girls at the office depot has retirement present.
00:06:35They bought me this bottle of cologne.
00:06:38You like the smell? I'll wash it off. Don't you like it?
00:06:42There's certainly a lot of it. It's a new suit.
00:06:44I bought it for the do I've been to this afternoon.
00:06:46Look, I'm sorry.
00:06:47And for the party tonight. It's good to see you.
00:06:51You're here. Mmm.
00:06:57You like the scarf?
00:06:58She made it, Mrs Dwyer. Mrs Dwyer next door.
00:07:02When she heard her retiring and going home, she knitted it.
00:07:05Well, anyway, like a present.
00:07:08I got you some flowers.
00:07:09She always ask after you girls.
00:07:11Did you wave at her when you come in?
00:07:14Because even now she's at the window waiting to wave.
00:07:16I saw her at the window.
00:07:18She can't see too well.
00:07:21She's almost blind.
00:07:23Them things might cover the eyes.
00:07:25What are they called?
00:07:26Cataracts.
00:07:27She's got them now.
00:07:30She's a remarkable knitter.
00:07:33But a scarf.
00:07:34Back home, they'll go crazy over a scarf like this.
00:07:39Dead right for Jamaica.
00:07:40When the temperature drops below 90.
00:07:43I worry about her being in the house on her own.
00:07:47Who's going to keep an eye on her when I've gone?
00:07:49Still Wednesday?
00:07:51On Monday they collect the trunks, aren't they?
00:07:53Right, right.
00:07:54So it's definitely definite.
00:07:55I was hoping you might have had second thoughts.
00:07:58It's what I've always intended.
00:07:59And on Wednesday...
00:08:00It's for uprooting and retiring in the same week.
00:08:03You shouldn't do it all at once.
00:08:04It's decided.
00:08:07What are you going to do about the house?
00:08:11All in good time.
00:08:13Come and give your daddy a big kiss.
00:08:16Because tonight we are going to have the damnedest best night we've had for years.
00:08:22Where are we going?
00:08:24It's all booked.
00:08:25Wait till you see this restaurant.
00:08:27The smell of the cooking here drove me crazy when I went to book the table.
00:08:31We got the most exclusive table.
00:08:33Behind the... I saw the shrubbery.
00:08:36Very private.
00:08:37What's it called?
00:08:37Won't be a surprise if I tell you.
00:08:39And that's not the only surprise I got here tonight, Susan.
00:08:43What do you mean, Dad?
00:08:44Oh, I'll be telling.
00:08:46It's a secret.
00:08:48You'll find out though.
00:08:49Over the liqueurs and cigars after the meal.
00:08:52You don't have to smoke a cigar, do you?
00:08:54I got enough.
00:08:56See?
00:08:57Just about every other driver bought me a cigar today.
00:09:02I wish you were there, Susan.
00:09:04You would have been so proud of you, Dad.
00:09:07I was almost overcome by the tributes paid me.
00:09:11I couldn't change my shift, Dad.
00:09:14It's only once in a lifetime my father retires, Susan.
00:09:17I'm here tonight.
00:09:19Cheers, then.
00:09:20Cheers.
00:09:25Nice.
00:09:26Are these for me?
00:09:27Mm-hmm.
00:09:28I ought to put them in some water.
00:09:32What are these called?
00:09:34These are lily of the valley.
00:09:36Mm.
00:09:37And these?
00:09:38These are called gypsophila.
00:09:40Mm.
00:09:41Sometimes they're called baby's breath.
00:09:44When your mother or me...
00:09:46When Molly or me...
00:09:48When we got married just before I came over here.
00:09:52The flowers in our bouquet.
00:09:55These flowers.
00:09:56I know, Dad.
00:10:02They were called baby's breath.
00:10:09The sun was shining when I left Jumali.
00:10:14And when I stepped off that vessel here in England...
00:10:17It was so cold.
00:10:20So freezing cold.
00:10:24Wearing a suit a size too big.
00:10:28And a hat that kept falling over my eyes.
00:10:31And the smart shoes but Uncle James...
00:10:35Let me mash up my foot bad, bad.
00:10:39And I was so scared.
00:10:43So damn scared when I ride here in England on me own.
00:10:52You've lost weight.
00:10:55You look skinny.
00:10:57Do I?
00:10:58You're not eating properly.
00:11:00I've been waiting for tonight.
00:11:03Nothing the matter?
00:11:05No?
00:11:07Because I worry about you when I don't see you.
00:11:11The doctors behave in themselves.
00:11:14Not molesting you.
00:11:15Dad.
00:11:16I've heard stories about doctors and what they get up to with nurses.
00:11:20Don't believe all you hear.
00:11:21I'm all right, Dad.
00:11:22Honestly.
00:11:26You would tell me if anything was the matter.
00:11:30Well, it's a bit upsetting.
00:11:32The reason I couldn't get away.
00:11:35One of my patients, a really lovely woman.
00:11:38Became very fond of her.
00:11:40She's dying.
00:11:41She might die tonight.
00:11:46Well...
00:11:47Same thing as Mum.
00:11:52In times of distress, Susan, remember what you learned in Bible class.
00:12:01Great comfort in times of sadness.
00:12:06Remember the old Bible class when you and Linda were girls?
00:12:12In a prefab shed.
00:12:16A shed of corrugated iron.
00:12:20Eventually they knocked her down.
00:12:25Miss Marsh.
00:12:26She used to play the hymns on a honky-tonk piano.
00:12:32I used to get there early to meet you girls.
00:12:37So that I could stand outside and listen to the kiddies singing the hymns.
00:12:44I was always moved.
00:12:53It looks very nice.
00:12:56You always had artistic flair.
00:12:59You could have done anything.
00:13:00Anything?
00:13:01Oh, I had great ambition for you, Susan.
00:13:04I hopes of you becoming a personal secretary.
00:13:07I know.
00:13:08No more for me?
00:13:09More a kind of personal assistant, kind of personal secretary.
00:13:13You're a great man.
00:13:15You got the right temperament.
00:13:16You always did.
00:13:18I once discussed it with Mr. Cunningham.
00:13:21You becoming his personal secretary.
00:13:24You'd have an office of your own with your name on the door.
00:13:26I always wanted to be an SRN.
00:13:28With your temperament, you could become a doctor.
00:13:31A Harley Street surgeon, perhaps.
00:13:33I'd be lucky to still have a job as a nurse, the way Thatcher's butchering the NHS.
00:13:36Susan!
00:13:38That's the prime minister you're talking about.
00:13:40I will not have her name be smudged under my own roof.
00:13:43I must say, I find it most astonishing coming from a woman that you should talk that way about another
00:13:48woman.
00:13:49It just makes me angry.
00:13:49And you make me angry when you talk like that.
00:13:54Ma, I don't want to be angry tonight.
00:13:57I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
00:13:59You should get more angry if Linda doesn't hurry up and get here.
00:14:03We should be leaving for the restaurant by now.
00:14:04Linda's always late.
00:14:05Mmm, carry on the coffin.
00:14:07The corpse is running behind trying to catch up.
00:14:10The amazement of it all to me is how she manages to hold down her job.
00:14:14A flourishy works where I must have the patience of Job.
00:14:18Your idea of time keeping never used to be tolerated.
00:14:22The punctuality was taken for granted.
00:14:25The kids are at the station.
00:14:27Nowadays, if they turn for work on time, they expect a bonus payment.
00:14:30It's shocking.
00:14:31It's bloody shocking.
00:14:32There's no excuse for it.
00:14:34I was never late, never late.
00:14:35I know, Dad.
00:14:36You have mentioned the fact once or twice.
00:14:38Not even at the...
00:14:39That winter when...
00:14:39That winter when the buses were on strike, I still...
00:14:41Set off on foot before dawn.
00:14:44I walk in the pitch dark to the station with the snow right up to my knees.
00:14:48I still...
00:14:49It was never late.
00:14:51Mr. Cunningham in his speech today, he made a great point about my 100% punctuality record.
00:14:57He said, although I was leaving today, my exemplary punctuality record will remain an enduring inspiration.
00:15:05Now, what's that effect?
00:15:07It'll all be written up in the magazine.
00:15:11I was photographed shaking hands with a man from the GLC after the presentation.
00:15:16What do they present you with?
00:15:23This.
00:15:25Oh.
00:15:26It's very...
00:15:27It lights up.
00:15:28It does six functions and an alarm.
00:15:31Nice.
00:15:31The engraving.
00:15:34Mind you.
00:15:36A bit darn peculiar to give a man with a 100% punctuality record.
00:15:41A watch with an alarm.
00:15:43Don't you think?
00:15:44It's the thought that counts, Dad.
00:15:48Precisely.
00:16:12She's here, Dad.
00:16:21She's here, Dad.
00:16:32She's here, Dad.
00:16:33Come on, lady.
00:16:35I'm not putting you on.
00:16:36She's here.
00:16:38She's here.
00:16:40Oh, Stevie, I'm here.
00:16:43Wow!
00:16:44Daddy, what a suit!
00:16:46That is a suit suit, Dad.
00:16:48You look sensational.
00:16:50You look like an Admiral of the Fleet.
00:16:52Like the Duke of Edinburgh, dressed up as Darth Vader.
00:16:56Daddy, you look so dressed up, I feel underdressed.
00:17:00Linda, you are late.
00:17:02Oh.
00:17:04Daddy, what is this smell?
00:17:07What lady bought you this raunchy cologne, you horny wild man, you?
00:17:11Linda, I said you are late.
00:17:14Oh, what a welcome.
00:17:16Well, that's a nice dress, Susan.
00:17:18Really suits her, you know.
00:17:18You should always wear that colour.
00:17:20Well, where is, um, think me what you're calling?
00:17:23Stevie.
00:17:23Oh, he's just gonna fill up with petrol, Daddy, and he won't be two minutes.
00:17:26He's so excited about tonight.
00:17:29Where are we going?
00:17:29Just about the darn best restaurant in London.
00:17:32So you better hurry up.
00:17:34I thought he might have taken the precaution of getting the petrol before.
00:17:37He's had a busy day, Daddy.
00:17:39Doing what exactly?
00:17:41He owns three bingo shops and he's negotiating the lease on another one.
00:17:46You know my views on gambling.
00:17:47Yes, we do, but I don't think Stevie will be too interested.
00:17:50Look, Daddy, I think you'll get on so well with Stevie.
00:17:52You'll get on like a house on fire.
00:17:54Hmm. I was just saying to Susan, I don't like...
00:17:56Oh, yes, look, Daddy, you've never liked any of my boyfriends, but he's different.
00:18:00Don't worry.
00:18:01With you and boys, I'm always worried.
00:18:04Yeah, don't remind me.
00:18:05Oh, the embarrassment. The times I nearly died.
00:18:08All those excuses you used to find to come downstairs in the middle of the night when I was entertaining.
00:18:13Is that what you called it?
00:18:15I just came down to make sure you got the fire on, Linda.
00:18:18I don't want you to catch cold.
00:18:20Oh, and pardon me interrupting me, Linda, but I wonder if I left the Bible in here.
00:18:25Oh, here it is. Your friend here, he got his feet on it.
00:18:27I remember Dad coming down to check the paint had dried when I was on the doorstep.
00:18:32Oh, just be careful with your clothes. It might still be a bit tacky. I only painted it last week.
00:18:38Trying to keep you two on the straight and narrow is too much for one man.
00:18:42I don't know how you managed on your own, Dad.
00:18:44It's a darn mystery how I never become an alcoholic.
00:18:47That's because Linda drank whatever you had in the cupboard.
00:18:50You helped me. It wasn't just me.
00:18:52Well, what I never could understand was how the hell the level of the sherry kept going down even when
00:18:58I locked the door and hit the key.
00:19:00Shall we tell him?
00:19:01Oh, seeing as he's going back on Wednesday, we might as well.
00:19:05You see, it was easy.
00:19:07You lock this door like this.
00:19:10So we just pull out the drawer like this, reach down and took the bottles.
00:19:22Oh, well. Here's to tonight then.
00:19:25I'm ever so excited.
00:19:26You're even more excited when you hear the surprise I've got for you.
00:19:29You just wait.
00:19:32The last night together in this house for all of us.
00:19:40So what's this surprise then?
00:19:44My lips are sealed.
00:19:45Oh, you. You've never been able to keep a surprise.
00:19:47You always used to ask us to ask you what our surprise Christmas presents were even when we didn't want
00:19:52to know.
00:19:54What's this?
00:19:56Oh, Mrs Dwyer made it.
00:19:58She knitted it.
00:19:59How old is she now?
00:20:01About 80.
00:20:04Sad.
00:20:05She's almost blind. She had to ask me what the colors were.
00:20:09It seems alright.
00:20:11She's had an upsetting day.
00:20:13I don't want to talk about that. I want to get going.
00:20:15Oh, well, man, listen.
00:20:17Do be nice to Stevie, Daddy.
00:20:19He's so excited about meeting you. He's going crazy to meet you.
00:20:22He says you've got to be the greatest.
00:20:25Well, I hope I don't disappoint him.
00:20:28If I don't come on as the greatest, just nudge me and I'll try harder.
00:20:31Oh, Dad, you're so funny. I could eat you.
00:20:33Oh, that's him. This is Stevie.
00:20:36You're going to meet Stevie at last.
00:20:53This is my Stevie.
00:20:57Good evening. I am Linda's father.
00:21:00Hi. Nice to meet you at last.
00:21:03I've heard so much about you.
00:21:05So I understand.
00:21:07Hello.
00:21:08Oh, this is my sister, Susan.
00:21:10Hello.
00:21:11Like your car.
00:21:12Oh, it's got electric windows and quadraphonic sound.
00:21:15Oh, you can sit in the front with Stevie, Daddy, and you'll just flip at the sound.
00:21:19Sure.
00:21:25Nice-looking woman.
00:21:28My wife.
00:21:30Linda and Susan's mother.
00:21:32Yes.
00:21:35It's a nice house.
00:21:38Feels, um, homely.
00:21:42I understand you live in Tooting.
00:21:44That's right.
00:21:49I reserve the table for 8 o'clock.
00:21:53You familiar with Dean's street?
00:21:56Oh, well enough.
00:22:00The traffic on Friday.
00:22:02We have plenty of time.
00:22:04Parking is so whole.
00:22:05I know a place.
00:22:09I think we ought to make a move.
00:22:11We're doing just fine.
00:22:12I knew you'd both get on like a house on fire.
00:22:16Oh, God, Daddy, for one awful moment, I thought you were going to wear this.
00:22:21Oh, Steve, did you get petrol?
00:22:24Well, I've met friendlier men before.
00:22:26But then the other honey may be a little nervous in meeting me.
00:22:30Nerves affect people in strange ways.
00:22:32Yes, Dad.
00:22:47Come on.
00:22:48Let's get some full-down nuts.
00:22:50Yeah, it's beautiful.
00:22:56Nice.овой
00:22:56can you think. Yay?
00:22:57oh,
00:22:58can we get close? gonna renew,
00:23:18oh.
00:23:18Ah, yes, good. The drinks.
00:23:20I was wondering what would happen to the aperitifs.
00:23:23For madame.
00:23:24Thank you very much.
00:23:25And this for the other madame.
00:23:28Grand, desperate.
00:23:29Yes.
00:23:31And the perno is for...
00:23:32That's mine.
00:23:33I always find this the most agreeable aperitif on the palate.
00:23:37You, Dad.
00:23:39Monsieur is a gourmet.
00:23:41Quite.
00:23:41Quite.
00:23:42Mind you, I'm here in a count that I'm entertaining to celebrate my retirement.
00:23:47Yeah, I think you've already told him that.
00:23:50Monsieur does not look old enough.
00:23:52I beg your pardon.
00:23:53Monsieur.
00:23:56The patrol asks that please to celebrate this special occasion.
00:24:01You will accept the drinks from him personally.
00:24:03Oh.
00:24:04That was very civilized of you.
00:24:07Perhaps he would care to have a drink on me.
00:24:09Add it on the barrel.
00:24:11Oh, shit.
00:24:12You ready to order now?
00:24:14We haven't quite finished reading the menu yet.
00:24:16I will return when you have made your selection.
00:24:19Okay.
00:24:20Psst.
00:24:23Is there anything that you particularly recommend?
00:24:26Everything is excellent, monsieur, as I am sure you know, le chef.
00:24:30Oh, I haven't gotten here before.
00:24:31But I've received the highest recommendations from Mr. Cunningham.
00:24:35Ah, monsieur Cunningham, of course.
00:24:37A senior colleague of mine at the Stratford Depot.
00:24:39Oh, he was here some months ago to celebrate his silver wedding.
00:24:43Le soup quatre champignons de la forêt et mousse à l'orange.
00:24:46It is a soup of four different flavors of mushroom, monsieur.
00:24:49No, no, no, no.
00:24:49What I mean is...
00:24:51What is that?
00:24:54Ah, I think you'll find it's your watch, Mr. King.
00:24:57Oh, dad.
00:24:58The alarm.
00:25:00It is locked.
00:25:01Dead all the time.
00:25:02Good luck, dad.
00:25:03Everybody's looking.
00:25:05No.
00:25:06That's the light.
00:25:08Very convenient for seeing the digits in the dark.
00:25:11Press that one.
00:25:11Oh, dad.
00:25:12Look what you've done.
00:25:13Oh, it's not because it needs to stop the alarm, dad.
00:25:16Here, monsieur.
00:25:17Thanks all the steam.
00:25:18I'll do that.
00:25:20Oh, monsieur pleases.
00:25:24I will return with another, Fernand.
00:25:28And then perhaps you are ready to order your meal.
00:25:34I'm sorry, dad.
00:25:36Sorry.
00:25:38Oh, there's nothing to worry about.
00:25:41Come on, what are we going to eat?
00:25:43Oh, what's this, Stevie?
00:25:45That one.
00:25:45Ah, le consommé de pigeon et sa petite salade.
00:25:48You speak French very well, Stevie.
00:25:51Thank you, Mr. King.
00:25:52Stevie's uncle's a chef.
00:25:53So he says.
00:25:54I think he's more a kitchen hand.
00:25:56No.
00:25:56Which restaurant?
00:25:57The Dorchester Hotel.
00:25:58Oh, I just met him.
00:26:00That's...
00:26:00Well.
00:26:01I'm going to start with the consommé whatever.
00:26:04Then I'd like the steak of foie.
00:26:06Well, as a matter of fact, Linda,
00:26:07I was thinking of having that,
00:26:09but I'm very tempted by the...
00:26:13Oh, darling.
00:26:13Oh, this is very embarrassing.
00:26:15Why is it bleeping again?
00:26:17I think you must have pushed the snooze button, Mr. King.
00:26:19Well, it's only got three buttons to press.
00:26:21It's the combination in which you push them.
00:26:23I wanted to go off...
00:26:27Look, can't you just switch it off for now?
00:26:29Yeah.
00:26:29I haven't had time to fully read and digest the instructions.
00:26:33Look, waiters looking.
00:26:34Come on.
00:26:35Let's at least order the first course.
00:26:37Right.
00:26:38I'll have the...
00:26:39What do you want?
00:26:41Do you can use this, Linda?
00:26:43That sounds very nice, indeed.
00:26:46A la nouvelle style, it says.
00:26:47Yes, I'll have that, please.
00:26:49I'll have the chef's pâté.
00:26:50I'll have the consommé.
00:26:52Well, Linda, actually, I was thinking of having that.
00:26:54Well, we'll have the consommé twice, then.
00:26:57You are ready to order now?
00:26:58Almost, almost.
00:27:00What about...
00:27:01Linda, if you had the mushroom soup,
00:27:05it seems rather wasted if we all had the same thing.
00:27:08But if you had something different, we can all taste each other.
00:27:11Why?
00:27:12Seems a nice idea.
00:27:14Variety is a spice alive.
00:27:16Oh, all right, okay.
00:27:17All right, then.
00:27:17So we'll have the...
00:27:18The soup with the consommé.
00:27:19Yeah, chicken mousse and...
00:27:21Chef's pâté.
00:27:23And for main course...
00:27:24Oh, for me, the B.O.F. Wellington.
00:27:27Oh, I know.
00:27:27The B.O.F. Wellington, monsieur, it is for two.
00:27:29I know that, man.
00:27:31Stevie, it is for two.
00:27:33Perhaps you'd like to share that with me.
00:27:35It's very succulent, I hear.
00:27:37Mr. Cunningham had it.
00:27:38Okay, Stevie?
00:27:39Okay, Mr. King.
00:27:40And the steak au poivre.
00:27:42I'll have the dough of salt.
00:27:43Just plain, please.
00:27:45Yes, sure, Susan.
00:27:46Cheers.
00:27:47So many concoctions and sauces.
00:27:50Yes, please.
00:27:52It seems rather dumb ways coming to a restaurant renowned for its authentic cooking.
00:27:59I wouldn't be exaggerating to say, would I, that this restaurant is almost world famous?
00:28:03Perhaps in Deem Street, monsieur, we do ourselves here.
00:28:06That's so good.
00:28:08I will return with a selection of vegetables.
00:28:13While you're in the kitchen, if you can find some sort of thing or a little pin to prod this,
00:28:18you know, to reset the alarm.
00:28:21The pin, monsieur, to reset your alarm?
00:28:23Of course.
00:28:24I don't want to keep going on for a big damn five minutes.
00:28:27The wine list, monsieur.
00:28:28We have a very...
00:28:29Oh, actually, daddy, Stevie would like to buy the wine.
00:28:32If it doesn't offend you, Mr. King, I've had a very lucky day working.
00:28:35And it looks as if the new shop's going to go through, so...
00:28:37To celebrate, I'd be very pleased.
00:28:39Champagne!
00:28:40Fine.
00:28:43Well, you can buy the first bottle.
00:28:44I'll get the next.
00:28:45Okay.
00:28:46I was thinking of...
00:28:47Dom Perignon, very clothed.
00:28:49Dom Perignon.
00:28:49I need to.
00:28:50Yes.
00:28:53Bring it in a bucket.
00:28:54I'll buy it, see if it doesn't put you with any inconvenience, hmm?
00:28:59Dom Perignon.
00:29:04God almighty.
00:29:06You sure, boy?
00:29:08It's going to be Stevie's fourth shop.
00:29:11Well, when the luck is in, you might as well enjoy it.
00:29:12You might as well enjoy it.
00:29:15Stevie says I'm his lucky mascot.
00:29:19Well, I'm not a great champagne drinker, as a matter of fact, but I'm acquiring the taste.
00:29:24This afternoon, I had enough champagne to barf in.
00:29:29Not your Dom Perignon, he isn't had.
00:29:32Drinking champagne is a bit bloody strange.
00:29:36It always reminds me of Uncle Harold.
00:29:38He used to say he won't touch wine even.
00:29:44He had a biasedness concerning French people, which went back to you and his family.
00:29:53Earl used to say, you can't trust the frogs.
00:29:56How do you know when they're stamping on the grapes?
00:29:59That they get out of the bucket when they want to have a wee-wee,
00:30:01and not the juice straight in the grape juice?
00:30:05You have pain, monsieur.
00:30:17If I could have peered into the future
00:30:19and seen what I would do with this adventure
00:30:23here in England,
00:30:27I made a life here, Malley.
00:30:30A life beyond dreams.
00:30:33And now,
00:30:35go back here into this restaurant,
00:30:39and I pour the champagne,
00:30:41and have the toast,
00:30:44and I tell the girls,
00:30:47I tell them what my surprise is.
00:30:50And when I drink that champagne, Malley,
00:30:54you watch me.
00:30:56Because I drink to you and all.
00:31:00I drink to our daughters,
00:31:02and to my going home.
00:31:05And I toast to you, my girl.
00:31:10Well,
00:31:13I know what I'm going to say to our girls.
00:31:17But I'm damned if I know what to say to you, Malley.
00:31:23Except,
00:31:25I wish she was here now.
00:31:29I'd rather go out into the restaurant
00:31:33and tell them
00:31:37on my own.
00:31:58I am not a great speech maker.
00:32:01I am not a great speech maker.
00:32:01That is all right, then.
00:32:02A few things I want to say.
00:32:04We're listening, Daddy.
00:32:05This night,
00:32:07here in London, England,
00:32:09with my daughters,
00:32:11the night I retire.
00:32:16I come from the home country
00:32:18in a boat full of hungry men,
00:32:21full of fear and optimism.
00:32:27thirty-five years ago.
00:32:291949, it was.
00:32:31Next week,
00:32:33on Wednesday,
00:32:34in another boat,
00:32:35I return to where I come from.
00:32:37Cheers, Daddy.
00:32:38Congratulations.
00:32:40Linda, shut your mouth.
00:32:42Oh, Daddy.
00:32:43Linda, please.
00:32:45This is what I want to say.
00:32:47Listen to me, please.
00:32:49I don't want to toast
00:32:51where I come from.
00:32:53Jamaica.
00:32:55Not where I come from.
00:32:57Now where I going to.
00:32:59Jamaica.
00:33:00I want to toast
00:33:01where I've been
00:33:02for thirty-five years.
00:33:04Oh, Dad.
00:33:05We're listening.
00:33:05When I step out that vessel
00:33:07on a cold, windy February morning
00:33:10at a lifetime ago
00:33:12in a suit a size too big for me
00:33:15and a shoe that mash up my foot.
00:33:19A bag so old,
00:33:21you expect it?
00:33:23Words.
00:33:25Words express.
00:33:27The first of the tens of thousands
00:33:30who come to England
00:33:32at the invitation.
00:33:34Damn it.
00:33:35At the request of England.
00:33:39Propelled by the ambitions
00:33:41of those too bound,
00:33:42too timid,
00:33:43too risk.
00:33:45When us men alone
00:33:46stepped ashore
00:33:47into the unknown,
00:33:50the fear,
00:33:51into the land of hope
00:33:52and dreams,
00:33:54a passport of promise
00:33:56in England.
00:33:59When I saw this, England,
00:34:01my eyes were misty
00:34:04with regret of what I had forsaken,
00:34:05what I had left behind.
00:34:08Friends,
00:34:10family,
00:34:11the familiarity
00:34:12on the land of love.
00:34:15I crave the sunshine,
00:34:18smell,
00:34:19or a new universe.
00:34:23Shiver.
00:34:25Shiver cold.
00:34:27I was way down
00:34:29with misgivings.
00:34:30I kept my heart
00:34:31in my pocket
00:34:31on the photos
00:34:32and letters
00:34:33of your mother.
00:34:36And I was scared.
00:34:38I thought Mr. Churchill
00:34:40would be on the key to meet us,
00:34:41but he was not there.
00:34:42I'm stiff.
00:34:43If then,
00:34:45that cold February morning
00:34:47that lifetime ago,
00:34:48if I could have pale
00:34:49into the future
00:34:50and seen what I would have done
00:34:51with this adventure,
00:34:55I never dreamed.
00:34:56As high as I reached here
00:34:58in this England,
00:35:00I never dreamed
00:35:01anything that would give me
00:35:02that golden egg.
00:35:04I expect the castles
00:35:05and green fields
00:35:06and immediate assistance
00:35:08from those who promised.
00:35:12I don't understand
00:35:13what they said
00:35:14in London.
00:35:15New government house accent.
00:35:18The splendor of the photos.
00:35:21The king.
00:35:24That slum dirt
00:35:25and ice eyes
00:35:27and debris
00:35:29and rooms
00:35:30with smell of disinfectant
00:35:32and coal
00:35:33and poverty
00:35:34all around
00:35:35in Stratford.
00:35:39and the rudeness
00:35:41and the disappearance
00:35:43of the friends
00:35:44I'd met on the boat
00:35:46on this voyage
00:35:49before you girls were born.
00:35:52But I made it.
00:35:54I made a life here.
00:35:56Right.
00:35:57Beyond dreams.
00:35:59Hmm.
00:36:00I found the rich England
00:36:01and I tap its vein.
00:36:06And I got a mortgage
00:36:08because I got
00:36:09a reliable
00:36:10and responsible job.
00:36:12I was in London Transport.
00:36:14I studied.
00:36:17Before that
00:36:18I swept platforms
00:36:19for two years.
00:36:22I watched the drivers.
00:36:25I listened to them.
00:36:27and I learned
00:36:29the secrets.
00:36:30The advisor
00:36:32there was a need
00:36:32for a responsible man.
00:36:34My attitude impressed.
00:36:36I was observed
00:36:37as a reliable
00:36:39and responsible
00:36:40and trustworthy
00:36:41and punctual man
00:36:42who caused
00:36:43no trouble to nobody.
00:36:45They said
00:36:46you fit in.
00:36:48You adapt.
00:36:49I adapted.
00:36:52I got the training
00:36:54and I got the mortgage.
00:36:56And when I got it
00:36:57I sent for Marley.
00:37:01The house
00:37:02yours
00:37:03for your lifetime.
00:37:07Decent clothes
00:37:08never show out of food.
00:37:11Every comfort
00:37:13and television
00:37:14and education.
00:37:19You could have been
00:37:20a great man's
00:37:22personal assistant
00:37:23Susan.
00:37:24Linda
00:37:25after a series
00:37:27of false thoughts
00:37:30a florist
00:37:31in the most
00:37:32reputable
00:37:33florist business
00:37:37security.
00:37:41I regret
00:37:43the passing
00:37:43of Marley.
00:37:46I miss her.
00:37:49If she had not died
00:37:51I might have
00:37:52stayed here.
00:37:55I decided
00:37:56some months ago
00:37:56to retire.
00:37:58Go back home.
00:38:00Mission accomplished.
00:38:01A life of achievement.
00:38:04Satisfaction.
00:38:06And pride.
00:38:08Pride in my daughters.
00:38:16And
00:38:19here is
00:38:20the surprise.
00:38:23The mortgage
00:38:25is all paid for.
00:38:26Not a penny is owed.
00:38:28All paid for.
00:38:30Really?
00:38:33The last
00:38:34installment
00:38:35is paid
00:38:37when Marley
00:38:38and I
00:38:38took out
00:38:39the mortgage
00:38:39the house
00:38:40price was not
00:38:40quite
00:38:41a thousand pounds.
00:38:43And it must be
00:38:43worth what?
00:38:44Thirty thousand now.
00:38:45Perhaps more.
00:38:48I'm going to
00:38:49live with
00:38:50Aunt Rose
00:38:51and Uncle James.
00:38:52I don't need
00:38:53a house.
00:38:54This is why
00:38:55I've had
00:38:56the deed
00:38:56of contract
00:38:57changed.
00:38:58Changed?
00:39:00How do you
00:39:01mean dad?
00:39:01I went to a
00:39:02solicitor
00:39:03and dropped
00:39:03this legal document.
00:39:05It's called
00:39:06a deed
00:39:07of gift.
00:39:09I want you
00:39:10to have
00:39:11the house.
00:39:12I want
00:39:13to give it
00:39:13to you
00:39:14and Susan.
00:39:16A half
00:39:16share each.
00:39:18Well.
00:39:19What do you
00:39:20say?
00:39:24It's
00:39:24specious.
00:39:26I mean
00:39:28you're saying
00:39:29you want
00:39:29to give me
00:39:30and Linda
00:39:30your house?
00:39:31I never
00:39:31thought of it
00:39:32as my house.
00:39:32It's always
00:39:33been a family
00:39:33home.
00:39:34This is why
00:39:34I want you
00:39:35to have
00:39:35it.
00:39:36Don't
00:39:36it
00:39:36and live
00:39:36in it.
00:39:38I can't
00:39:39believe it.
00:39:40Look.
00:39:41I can't
00:39:41believe it.
00:39:47See?
00:39:50This list
00:39:51I put
00:39:51your names
00:39:52here.
00:39:52So now
00:39:53you are
00:39:53the legal
00:39:54owners.
00:39:55I signed
00:39:55it.
00:39:56Now I want
00:39:57you to sign
00:39:57it.
00:40:03Wait a
00:40:03minute
00:40:03Dad.
00:40:09You've
00:40:09worked all
00:40:10your life
00:40:10to buy
00:40:11that house
00:40:11and now
00:40:12you're going
00:40:12to be on
00:40:13a pension.
00:40:14I think you
00:40:14should...
00:40:14A pension
00:40:15and a
00:40:15savings.
00:40:16yeah.
00:40:17And Auntie
00:40:17Rose
00:40:17isn't going to
00:40:17charge you
00:40:18rent.
00:40:18Is she?
00:40:19That's
00:40:19about the
00:40:19point.
00:40:20You should
00:40:21reap the
00:40:21benefits of
00:40:22the house
00:40:22Dad.
00:40:22You should
00:40:23sell it.
00:40:2330,000
00:40:24pounds.
00:40:25I can't go
00:40:26home a
00:40:27millionaire.
00:40:27Your Auntie
00:40:27Rose
00:40:28won't speak
00:40:28to me.
00:40:29Or rent
00:40:30the house
00:40:30so at least
00:40:31you've got
00:40:31an extra
00:40:31income
00:40:32if you don't
00:40:32want to
00:40:32say this.
00:40:33La la
00:40:34me?
00:40:35Anyway
00:40:36I'd hate
00:40:37anybody
00:40:37living in
00:40:38my house.
00:40:38That's why
00:40:39I want
00:40:39you to
00:40:39live in
00:40:40it rent
00:40:40free.
00:40:41Own
00:40:41it
00:40:41and enjoy
00:40:42the benefits
00:40:43about
00:40:43our
00:40:43work
00:40:44part.
00:40:44We
00:40:44could
00:40:44live
00:40:44there
00:40:45rent
00:40:45free
00:40:45without
00:40:45actually
00:40:46owning it.
00:40:46Yeah
00:40:46but Daddy
00:40:47seems
00:40:47if he's
00:40:47made up
00:40:48his
00:40:48mind.
00:40:48is
00:40:48ridiculous.
00:40:52I want
00:40:53you
00:40:53my
00:40:54wonderful
00:40:54daughters
00:40:56to have
00:40:57the house.
00:40:59It'll
00:41:00make me
00:41:01so
00:41:02very
00:41:03very
00:41:03happy.
00:41:04This
00:41:04is a
00:41:05sudden
00:41:05decision.
00:41:06I mean
00:41:06it's an
00:41:07emotional
00:41:07time right
00:41:08retiring
00:41:08and moving.
00:41:09I think
00:41:10it'd be
00:41:10a much
00:41:10better
00:41:11idea
00:41:11if you
00:41:11just
00:41:11waited
00:41:11for
00:41:12a
00:41:12bit.
00:41:12It's
00:41:12what
00:41:13I've
00:41:13always
00:41:13wanted
00:41:14and
00:41:14you
00:41:14will
00:41:14sign
00:41:15it.
00:41:15Listen
00:41:15I
00:41:17and
00:41:17kind
00:41:18and
00:41:18generous
00:41:19of
00:41:19what
00:41:19I've
00:41:19ever
00:41:19heard
00:41:20of.
00:41:20Oh
00:41:20Dad
00:41:21he's
00:41:21such
00:41:22an
00:41:22incredible
00:41:22man.
00:41:24I've
00:41:25been
00:41:25incredibly
00:41:26lucky.
00:41:27I
00:41:28come
00:41:28to
00:41:28this
00:41:29country
00:41:29and
00:41:29I
00:41:29made
00:41:30a
00:41:30life
00:41:30beyond
00:41:31dreams
00:41:31and
00:41:32I'm
00:41:33grateful
00:41:34and
00:41:35I
00:41:35propose
00:41:35we
00:41:36drink
00:41:36a
00:41:36toast
00:41:36to
00:41:36this
00:41:37country
00:41:38to
00:41:39England
00:41:39to
00:41:40England
00:41:40to
00:41:41England
00:41:41to
00:41:43England
00:41:44the
00:41:44mother
00:41:44country
00:41:46some
00:41:46mother
00:41:48I'll
00:41:48drink
00:41:49a
00:41:49toast
00:41:49to
00:41:49you
00:41:49dad
00:41:50but
00:41:50I
00:41:50won't
00:41:50drink
00:41:50to
00:41:50England
00:41:51Oh
00:41:51Suzanne
00:41:51don't
00:41:52be
00:41:52difficult
00:41:52I'm not
00:41:53I just
00:41:54don't
00:41:54tonight
00:41:54feel
00:41:55particularly
00:41:55grateful
00:41:55to
00:41:56England
00:41:56why
00:41:57should
00:41:57I
00:41:57be
00:41:57grateful
00:41:58I
00:41:58was
00:41:58born
00:41:58here
00:41:58it's
00:41:59my
00:41:59country
00:41:59I
00:41:59wasn't
00:42:00I
00:42:00come
00:42:00here
00:42:01and I
00:42:01made
00:42:01a hell
00:42:01of a
00:42:02bet
00:42:02I
00:42:02would
00:42:02have
00:42:02been
00:42:02my
00:42:02city
00:42:03five
00:42:03years
00:42:03ago
00:42:04dad
00:42:04how
00:42:05long
00:42:05have
00:42:05you
00:42:05got
00:42:06to
00:42:06go
00:42:06on
00:42:06being
00:42:06grateful
00:42:06for
00:42:17on
00:42:17my
00:42:17ward
00:42:18is
00:42:18dying
00:42:19tonight
00:42:19because
00:42:20England
00:42:21is
00:42:21too
00:42:21mean
00:42:22I
00:42:22got
00:42:23to
00:42:23do
00:42:23with
00:42:23what
00:42:23I'm
00:42:23saying
00:42:24not
00:42:24looking
00:42:24at
00:42:24the
00:42:25world
00:42:25straight
00:42:25dad
00:42:25it's
00:42:26not
00:42:26England
00:42:27you're
00:42:27talking
00:42:27about
00:42:27it's
00:42:27some
00:42:28fantasy
00:42:28fantasy
00:42:29now I
00:42:29don't
00:42:29like
00:42:30to
00:42:30get
00:42:30impersonal
00:42:30game
00:42:31you're
00:42:32deceiving
00:42:32yourself
00:42:33why don't
00:42:34you just
00:42:34shut
00:42:35up
00:42:35perhaps
00:42:36this
00:42:36isn't
00:42:36the
00:42:37time
00:42:37he
00:42:37asked
00:42:37me
00:42:38to
00:42:40the
00:42:41England
00:42:41I
00:42:41see
00:42:42is
00:42:42one
00:42:42that
00:42:43ought
00:42:43to
00:42:43be
00:42:43grateful
00:42:43to
00:42:44black
00:42:44men
00:42:44like
00:42:44you
00:42:44who
00:42:45work
00:42:45their
00:42:45asses
00:42:45off
00:42:46now
00:42:46you
00:42:46leave
00:42:46my
00:42:46ass
00:42:46out
00:42:47of
00:42:47this
00:42:47sir
00:42:47king
00:42:47please
00:42:48just
00:42:48call it
00:42:49out
00:42:49a bit
00:42:49now
00:42:50you
00:42:50hold
00:42:50your
00:42:50tongue
00:42:50boy
00:42:51there's
00:42:53no
00:42:53need
00:42:54to
00:42:54shout
00:42:54was
00:42:55everything
00:42:55to your
00:42:56satisfaction
00:42:57yes
00:42:59yes
00:43:00yes
00:43:04sorry
00:43:06sorry
00:43:07I didn't mean
00:43:08to cause a row
00:43:09I wasn't being
00:43:10personal
00:43:12I was
00:43:13talking about
00:43:14a woman
00:43:15a white
00:43:16woman
00:43:17who I have
00:43:18had to watch
00:43:19slowly
00:43:20cruelly
00:43:21and painfully
00:43:21dying
00:43:22tonight
00:43:22what has this
00:43:24got to do
00:43:24with me
00:43:25I'll tell you
00:43:25what
00:43:27when mum
00:43:28died
00:43:28that's when I
00:43:29absolutely knew
00:43:30I wanted to be
00:43:31a nurse
00:43:31it was 11
00:43:33years ago
00:43:33right
00:43:36then it
00:43:37seemed
00:43:38everything that
00:43:38was humanly
00:43:39possible
00:43:39was done
00:43:41but now
00:43:42I don't feel
00:43:42that
00:43:45all the
00:43:46advances
00:43:46that have
00:43:47been made
00:43:47and this
00:43:49woman
00:43:49will die
00:43:49tonight
00:43:50because the
00:43:51money that
00:43:52could be
00:43:52spent
00:43:52isn't
00:43:54hospitals
00:43:55are being
00:43:55closed
00:43:57I'm not
00:43:58saying she's
00:43:59been neglected
00:43:59I'm not saying
00:44:01she wouldn't
00:44:02have died
00:44:02anyway
00:44:03but they'd
00:44:04closed the
00:44:05breast testing
00:44:06center
00:44:06so she never
00:44:07had the
00:44:08early warning
00:44:11she had to
00:44:12wait
00:44:12to get
00:44:13radiotherapy
00:44:15because of
00:44:16the shortage
00:44:16of equipment
00:44:20the radiotherapy
00:44:21burnt her skin
00:44:22like
00:44:25acute sunburn
00:44:26when her
00:44:28relatives
00:44:28asked for
00:44:29calamine lotion
00:44:30they were told
00:44:31to buy it
00:44:32part of the
00:44:33cuts
00:44:36the air
00:44:37conditioning
00:44:37was switched
00:44:38off
00:44:38to save
00:44:39the cost
00:44:39of running
00:44:40it
00:44:43she used
00:44:43to be
00:44:44exquisitely
00:44:45beautiful
00:44:47she showed
00:44:48me photos
00:44:49once
00:44:51and now
00:44:53there's hardly
00:44:54any of
00:44:54them
00:45:01chemotherapy
00:45:02made her
00:45:03bald
00:45:06and she's
00:45:06dying
00:45:07tonight
00:45:09now look
00:45:10I'll drink
00:45:10a toast
00:45:11to you
00:45:11dad
00:45:11but I won't
00:45:12drink to
00:45:12this country
00:45:14you said
00:45:14how you see
00:45:15it
00:45:15I'm sorry
00:45:16if it hurts
00:45:17you but
00:45:17that's what
00:45:18I feel
00:45:19this country
00:45:20doesn't care
00:45:21about its poor
00:45:22or its weak
00:45:23or its ill
00:45:24not really care
00:45:26because that
00:45:27costs money
00:45:28I suppose
00:45:29it's cheaper
00:45:30to just let
00:45:31people die
00:45:34I'm never
00:45:35drinking
00:45:35a toast
00:45:35to England
00:45:37excuse me
00:45:46Susan
00:45:49you will
00:45:50drink a toast
00:45:51to England
00:45:52or I swear
00:45:54to God
00:45:55I will
00:45:56strike out
00:45:56your name
00:45:56out of this
00:45:57contract
00:45:57and not have
00:45:58half the house
00:45:58no I won't
00:45:59have half the house
00:46:00such a gratitude
00:46:01how many times
00:46:02has one got to say
00:46:03thank you
00:46:03why are you offering
00:46:04the house anyway
00:46:05you vain man
00:46:06get out of my side
00:46:07get out
00:46:18she's really going
00:46:20yeah she is
00:46:23she's gone
00:46:25she's gone
00:46:26Mr. King
00:46:27and she's not my daughter
00:46:37she's a
00:46:43a whore
00:46:45listen
00:46:47don't be too hard
00:46:48on her dad
00:46:50she's obviously
00:46:51very upset
00:46:53but all the same
00:46:54she didn't ought to be
00:46:55so offensive
00:46:57look
00:46:57she's
00:46:58no no no
00:46:59dad
00:47:01dad I know
00:47:02exactly
00:47:02how you feel
00:47:04and Susan
00:47:05she can be
00:47:05so hurtful
00:47:07the things she says
00:47:09in some way
00:47:10she's not like
00:47:11us at all
00:47:13I always thought
00:47:15of the two
00:47:16of you
00:47:17she was
00:47:17you always treated
00:47:18us both the same
00:47:19dad
00:47:19you never showed
00:47:21any kind
00:47:22of favouritism
00:47:23I mean
00:47:23even with this house
00:47:24you were going to give it to both of us
00:47:26didn't you
00:47:27the way she spoke to me
00:47:29it would just have been ours in name daddy
00:47:32it would still have been your house
00:47:34the way it is now
00:47:35always there for you to come back to
00:47:37if you wanted
00:47:38and I'm sure you'll keep popping back
00:47:40and
00:47:43well I'll keep popping over to see you
00:47:46because the thought of not seeing you so often
00:47:52you're a good girl
00:47:54Linda
00:47:55a good daughter
00:47:56well
00:47:57I've been naughty sometimes
00:48:00but
00:48:00all girls are
00:48:02but
00:48:03in your heart
00:48:05in my heart
00:48:07yeah
00:48:07always
00:48:09and it breaks my heart
00:48:11to think
00:48:12because of Susan's ingratitude
00:48:13other people will now live in that house
00:48:16we've all been so happy
00:48:23no house
00:48:24listen
00:48:25if you don't have time before you go
00:48:28I can arrange for an estate agent
00:48:30to arrange the letting of it
00:48:31and ensure that the rent
00:48:32is sent to you every month
00:48:34no
00:48:55if I strike out Susan's name
00:48:59like this
00:49:01and you and I sign
00:49:02then the house will be yours
00:49:04well I don't really know about legal things like this
00:49:07I want you to have the house
00:49:11you think you should
00:49:12initially each time to have
00:49:24sign it
00:49:24sign it
00:49:25now you want it to be too hasty
00:49:27daddy
00:49:28I want you to have the house
00:49:31sign it
00:49:32well you can always change your mind
00:49:34no I won't change my mind
00:49:43I think I'd better initial it as well
00:49:45we need a witness
00:49:46Stevie
00:49:49me
00:49:49I want you to be the legal witness
00:49:51oh
00:49:51if daddy agrees
00:49:54yes Stevie
00:49:55I'm grateful if you will sign it
00:50:05you don't have to be grateful Mr. King
00:50:21oh dad
00:50:23you've made me so happy
00:50:25I think I'm going to cry
00:50:33there is a happiness
00:50:37my heart is broken
00:50:40I'm bleeding
00:50:43why could she do this to me
00:50:47I must go out
00:50:49I must breathe
00:50:52before I make a fool of myself
00:50:55in front of everybody
00:50:56daddy
00:50:57daddy
00:50:59no Stevie
00:51:00Stevie
00:51:01leave him
00:51:02I think he wants to be on his own
00:51:03for a little while
00:51:14what a disastrous night
00:51:16it's been for him
00:51:16yeah well apart from
00:51:18how nice you were just then
00:51:22where the contract
00:51:23it's in my bag
00:51:25you intend to keep it
00:51:26what do you mean
00:51:30you sure did that well
00:51:31what did I do well
00:51:33you get him to sign it
00:51:34he wanted to
00:51:35the state he's in
00:51:36yeah that's why I signed it Stevie
00:51:39because the peculiar mad mood
00:51:41that he's in
00:51:41that Susan got him in
00:51:42he could have walked out here
00:51:44with this in his pocket
00:51:45got the first meth string
00:51:46he meant to sign it
00:51:47crossed out our names and given the house
00:51:49a complete stranger
00:51:51that's not much matter
00:51:52than signing away your own home
00:51:54I can't take it with him to Jamaica
00:51:56look how long you think he gonna stay there
00:51:57always
00:51:59you know I can see him going back for a couple of months maybe
00:52:03but his world is here
00:52:05you and your sister are all he's got now he's got no job
00:52:09oh well I don't know about that
00:52:13you know it's not much of a world but I can't see what else he has
00:52:22now where you reckon he'll be
00:52:25he's probably taking a train home
00:52:27sitting in the driver's cab
00:52:28telling the driver about his punctuality record
00:52:33oh listen you saw how vain he is
00:52:38I've seen a lot of things tonight
00:52:50take a credit card
00:52:52yes monsieur
00:53:24hey you are there
00:53:28can you hear me
00:53:31no one wants to listen to me
00:53:34not you your computerized signal box
00:53:38just sitting up there pressing buttons
00:53:42press another button
00:53:44and demolish God's station
00:54:04I'm a man standing on here
00:54:07a man in the searchlight
00:54:11see me
00:54:13the steam in the light
00:54:17a hot breath of a freezing body
00:54:23a man I tell you
00:54:25who spent 30 years driving trains
00:54:32when I look at these hands of mine
00:54:38I wonder how many lives
00:54:41are drafted in these hands
00:54:4915 million big beans
00:54:51and 100,000 Zincans
00:54:54God hear me
00:54:55they should kill me
00:55:13a man who spent 30 years
00:55:17on the man lying
00:55:22crying
00:55:32okay
00:55:33I'll take him from here
00:55:35thanks
00:55:42Mr. King
00:56:05Mr. King
00:56:06Mr. King
00:56:15why are you here Mr. King
00:56:16all my working life here
00:56:18I'm retired here
00:56:21see
00:56:26they gave me this
00:56:27you showed it to me
00:56:31six functions
00:56:33and it lights up
00:56:38who would have thought
00:56:40anyone can get so many
00:56:41working things
00:56:42into something so small
00:56:47if I place it here
00:56:54soon they'll come
00:56:55on the express mail train
00:56:56see what happens
00:56:58a lifetime
00:57:00smashed into puke
00:57:02a millionth of a second
00:57:04it's a waste
00:57:05yes
00:57:06a waste
00:57:09you heard the things
00:57:10she said to me
00:57:16people kill themselves
00:57:18on train lines
00:57:21they get crushed to death
00:57:24under the wheels of trains
00:57:27a colleague of mine
00:57:29told me
00:57:31the man
00:57:32this man
00:57:35standing alone
00:57:37on empty platform
00:57:40looked up
00:57:43and their eyes missed
00:57:46the second before
00:57:49he drew himself
00:57:50under my colleague's train
00:57:59Susan
00:58:01never looked into my eyes
00:58:04and she abused me
00:58:08all the things
00:58:10I believed in
00:58:18all the things
00:58:21I believed in
00:58:38Mr. King
00:58:38forgive me
00:58:39talking to you
00:58:40like this
00:58:40but
00:58:41what are you saying
00:58:42to me
00:58:44Mr. King
00:58:45you can't give your house
00:58:46away
00:58:48look if you sell it
00:58:49and go to Jamaica
00:58:51with £30,000 in your baggage
00:58:55you'd be a rich man
00:59:01life there would never be the same for you
00:59:04I think you should stay here
00:59:09in your house
00:59:11with your daughters
00:59:13I have only one daughter
00:59:18you'd think she would mind
00:59:19if I
00:59:20we'll speak to her
00:59:21when we get to your home
00:59:23come
00:59:43it hasn't been a home
00:59:46since Molly died
00:59:50I didn't know the end
00:59:52it was so near
00:59:55if I'd known
00:59:58so many things
01:00:00I'd have said
01:00:03everybody in the hospital
01:00:06seemed to know
01:00:07except me
01:00:11when I asked the sister
01:00:14why didn't you tell me
01:00:17she said
01:00:24couldn't you see
01:00:28Mr. King
01:00:38please sit down
01:00:39Mr. King
01:00:44please sit down
01:00:55I'm afraid
01:00:56just now
01:00:58she passed away
01:01:02it's over now
01:01:06she's at peace now
01:01:11I don't know what to say
01:01:12Mr. King
01:01:18I've been doing this job
01:01:19for 15 years
01:01:22and I'm still not able
01:01:24to deal with
01:01:26when a patient
01:01:27passes away
01:01:33Susan
01:01:38yes
01:01:39my Susan
01:01:44she wants to be
01:01:45a nurse
01:01:54would you like some tea
01:01:57the doctor
01:02:00he will be here in a minute
01:02:04I'll fetch you some tea
01:02:05while you wait
01:02:08if you'd like to see him
01:02:12I want to see
01:02:14I want to see
01:02:20my Luke
01:02:28I don't know what to say dad
01:02:34your mother
01:02:35your mother's at peace
01:02:35now
01:02:36Susan
01:02:41if you want to be a nurse
01:02:46you'll be a nurse
01:02:51where's your sister
01:02:56she's out
01:03:00I'll lift her note at home
01:03:06she could at least
01:03:08have been at home tonight
01:03:17oh dad
01:03:19what on earth have you been doing
01:03:20you're freezing
01:03:22I was dug around a bloody shunting yard
01:03:24in the middle of the night
01:03:25then
01:03:26I was feeling so muddled
01:03:28I was here
01:03:29yeah yeah
01:03:30and I've been sitting here
01:03:31waiting to go home with Stevie
01:03:33do you know what the time is
01:03:36oh watch
01:03:38it's broken
01:03:38let's get this off
01:03:41take this
01:03:42come on
01:03:44god it's filthy
01:03:50yeah I'll take this
01:03:55we've been talking
01:03:56Stevie
01:03:57oh Stevie
01:03:58now is it
01:03:59used to be thinking me
01:04:01what's his name
01:04:03I'm glad you're all right
01:04:04anyway
01:04:05it was a nice meal
01:04:07wasn't it
01:04:08nice of Stevie
01:04:09to pay for it
01:04:11I was talking to your father
01:04:13about
01:04:14whether it's such a good idea
01:04:17him going home
01:04:18pardon
01:04:19whether it's a sensible idea
01:04:22Stevie was saying
01:04:23yeah
01:04:24what exactly was Stevie saying
01:04:27this is
01:04:29my home
01:04:30here
01:04:32with you
01:04:33with me
01:04:34my daughter
01:04:36you want to live here with me
01:04:38I want to live in my house
01:04:40this house
01:04:41you have a home Linda
01:04:43you have a flat of yours
01:04:44yeah yeah
01:04:45I've got a house for me now
01:04:46this house
01:04:47and I think dad
01:04:48I love it
01:04:49with auntie rose
01:04:50and all them lot
01:04:51and the summers
01:04:52I mean the winter's cold here
01:04:54old people die of cold
01:04:56here in England
01:04:57I mean I'm thinking about
01:04:58your health dad
01:04:58I appreciate that
01:04:59I think he'll be making a mistake
01:05:01that's my opinion
01:05:03yeah well he's my dad
01:05:05so I think he's
01:05:06perfectly capable
01:05:07of making up his own mind
01:05:08okay Linda
01:05:09stop bullshitting
01:05:11give him back the contract
01:05:12and we'll leave him
01:05:13to think about it again
01:05:14give it back
01:05:16I think I was
01:05:17a little impetuous
01:05:19I don't know
01:05:20for god's sake Linda
01:05:21give it to him
01:05:23I was angry
01:05:24but listen
01:05:24you've been leaving the house
01:05:25to me when you die anyway
01:05:26so I can't see what difference
01:05:28it makes leaving it to me now
01:05:29if he stays
01:05:30he's got to live here
01:05:31not necessarily
01:05:32he could live with
01:05:34old Mrs. Dwyer
01:05:35next door
01:05:36I mean that'd be nice
01:05:37wouldn't it dad
01:05:38keep each other company
01:05:40eh
01:05:41see what I did
01:05:42was in a moment
01:05:44of madness
01:05:46and I wish to
01:05:47withdraw the offer
01:05:49the offer
01:05:51the offer
01:05:53it's not an offer
01:05:54no more
01:05:55it's signed
01:05:56sealed and delivered
01:05:57and that's it
01:05:58you handbag
01:05:58please don't get your hands off
01:06:00Linda
01:06:00I swear to God
01:06:01please
01:06:02please
01:06:03we've had enough
01:06:04misery tonight
01:06:05with the love of your old dad
01:06:07the love of who
01:06:09I can never love
01:06:10an uncle Tom
01:06:11you hold your tongue girl
01:06:12please Linda
01:06:13you owe me this much
01:06:14the only thing I owe you
01:06:16the only thing
01:06:18that I am grateful for
01:06:19is that you
01:06:20taught me
01:06:21never to be humble
01:06:22like you
01:06:23humble humble humble
01:06:24what she's saying
01:06:26I don't understand
01:06:27what she's talking about
01:06:29this house
01:06:29this house
01:06:31that you keep going on about
01:06:35I can't wait
01:06:37to sell it
01:06:38and buy somewhere decent
01:06:40because what this house
01:06:42reminds me of
01:06:43is all the years
01:06:44of your grovelling
01:06:45and your gratefulness
01:06:47you
01:06:48were the uncle Tom
01:06:49to end all
01:06:51uncle Tom's
01:06:52daddy
01:06:52I was ashamed
01:06:54of you
01:06:56mum
01:06:57couldn't bear it
01:06:58either
01:06:59so bloody
01:07:01grateful
01:07:01always
01:07:02the gift horse
01:07:03to every con man
01:07:04who ever stepped
01:07:05into the street
01:07:05you gave
01:07:07ten bob notes
01:07:08to begging blind men
01:07:09who could see
01:07:10well enough
01:07:11to say
01:07:11oh make it a quid
01:07:13gov
01:07:13god bless you
01:07:14gov
01:07:15you were the only
01:07:16bloody idiot
01:07:16who was still
01:07:17giving a Christmas
01:07:18tip to the milkman
01:07:19who'd given up
01:07:20delivering milk
01:07:20three years before
01:07:23and when mum
01:07:24said anything to you
01:07:25about like
01:07:26over tipping the milky
01:07:27what did you say
01:07:28be grateful
01:07:30this is the only
01:07:32country in the world
01:07:33with the most reliable
01:07:34and punctual
01:07:35delivery's purpose
01:07:36don't look
01:07:37I don't want
01:07:37to listen
01:07:38they call me nigger
01:07:39don't
01:07:40please don't
01:07:41where's your manners
01:07:43in my home
01:07:46when they called me
01:07:47nigger
01:07:49nigger
01:07:50ha ha
01:07:52bath in black ink
01:07:54ha ha
01:07:56what colour
01:07:57is it
01:07:58inside
01:08:00is it black
01:08:01inside
01:08:03oh nigger girls
01:08:04their suckers
01:08:05all right
01:08:06they go like
01:08:07rattlesnakes
01:08:09when they chuck
01:08:10bottles and bricks
01:08:12at me in the market
01:08:13I wanted you
01:08:14to react
01:08:16when those whitey boys
01:08:18chuck stones at me
01:08:20and Susan
01:08:21and their insults
01:08:27and their insults
01:08:28I wanted you
01:08:32to smash their faces in
01:08:35and then I would
01:08:36and Susan would
01:08:38and mum
01:08:40we'd have felt something
01:08:41for you
01:08:42instead of contempt
01:08:45and what was your attitude
01:08:49ignorant
01:08:50you said
01:08:52turn the other cheek
01:08:54you said
01:08:55well you turn the other cheek
01:08:57and you stuck a fluorescent sign on it
01:09:01kick my nigger arse
01:09:03well I ain't turning the other cheek
01:09:05and I ain't giving this back meat off
01:09:25her anger
01:09:29such anger
01:09:33do you have such anger
01:09:39I have
01:09:40never been so full of hate
01:09:47never
01:09:52there were times
01:09:56I won't deny
01:09:59but I always look forward
01:10:02to better things
01:10:05well maybe you should have
01:10:07got angry
01:10:12you know when
01:10:14when I first come here
01:10:19for sure
01:10:21I behaved
01:10:23I kept quiet
01:10:25kept my head down
01:10:31then one day I said
01:10:34why am I doing this
01:10:38to be accepted
01:10:44I'd have been assimilated
01:10:48I was losing my self-respect
01:10:53so I looked at myself
01:10:55and I told myself
01:10:57the truth
01:11:03you're young
01:11:06I'm an old man
01:11:09and go there
01:11:10at your pension
01:11:13that's the truth
01:11:17I'm a fool
01:11:22but if that's what you want to see
01:11:28look
01:11:30I'm a go now
01:11:36find Linda before she get into any mystery
01:11:46I've always loved Susan the most
01:11:52Linda resents that
01:11:56that's why she'll keep the house
01:11:58because she hates me
01:12:03because I've always loved Susan the most
01:12:07I think that's why she's
01:12:08they're of course
01:12:10I go to the overcrowse
01:12:11they're of course
01:12:11and I don't think
01:12:24they're of course
01:12:25I don't think
01:12:52Can I help you?
01:12:54Are you looking for someone?
01:12:55No, no.
01:12:56I'm sorry.
01:14:16I came to look for you.
01:14:18Oh, Dad.
01:14:21I saw you when she died.
01:14:25It reminded me so much of...
01:14:29I know.
01:14:32All the things you said tonight...
01:14:34Dad, please.
01:14:34The Lord's true what you said.
01:14:38You're going to make me cry and I don't want to.
01:14:42I treated you so bad, Susie.
01:14:47I feel very bad.
01:14:51I wish to God...
01:14:55Hey, you shivering, Daddy.
01:14:57Oh, God Almighty.
01:15:01You're such a fool.
01:15:04Such a blind.
01:15:12I've got a match.
01:15:17I got a cigarette.
01:15:19You don't smoke?
01:15:21I borrowed it from the night nurse.
01:15:26The things Linda said.
01:15:29So much hate.
01:15:32It's so vicious.
01:15:34Did you?
01:15:37I tried to protect you from them emotions.
01:15:41You can't protect by ignoring them.
01:15:44We never talked about them.
01:15:49Remember the Bible.
01:15:52Telling God the cheap.
01:15:56They're ignorant.
01:15:59Ignore them, I said.
01:16:04I ignore too much.
01:16:11Didn't Molly hate me for it?
01:16:15She didn't hate me for it.
01:16:17You told me what it was like when you first came.
01:16:22Those days.
01:16:24What you found and how you...
01:16:28She told me how harsh it was.
01:16:31And she said you endured it with dignity.
01:16:41She said that.
01:16:42Hmm.
01:16:48I'm going home now.
01:16:50Where?
01:16:51No, Suzanne.
01:16:53Goodnight, then.
01:16:55Suzanne.
01:16:56Suzanne.
01:17:00I'm gonna go home.
01:17:02Gonna go home.
01:17:04Will you write to me?
01:17:05I'm gonna go home.
01:17:06Mm-hmm. And do you write to me, here?
01:17:14The house, aye.
01:17:18She has it all.
01:17:24Perhaps next summer I'll come and visit you.
01:17:27And perhaps decide to stay.
01:17:30No. This is my country, Dad.
01:17:39I've always loved you more than Linda.
01:17:42No.
01:18:00If I could start again...
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01:18:41London, this lovely city. You can go to France or America, India, Asia, or Australia, but you must come back
01:18:52to London city.
01:18:56Well, believe me, I am speaking broad-mindedly. I am glad to know my mother country. I've been traveling the
01:19:07countries years ago, but this is the place I wanted to know, darling London. This is the place for me.
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