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00:30Attention please, attention please, a fire has broken out in the first floor changing rooms and all persons are requested
00:36to leave the building at once.
00:38I repeat, please leave the building as quickly as possible, following the routes indicated by the staff. Thank you.
00:45Your attention please, your attention please, the fire in the changing room is now spread to the children's play area
00:51and covers most of the first floor.
00:52Exits D and F are therefore blocked, this means stairways E and G1 are also out of action and the
00:59only safe routes are those leading to assembly areas H and M, thank you.
01:03Morning Carol, Mrs. Bishop, I'm sorry, I didn't see you, how may I help you?
01:08I wanted to do this up to Gordon's office, I wondered if it was safe to use the stairs.
01:12I'm not sure, I haven't actually been listening.
01:15It's straight out through. Gavin, has she had some morphine?
01:19Um, not from us, Mrs. Bishop. Well I think she needs it, don't you? As soon as you get her
01:22outside, please.
01:23Hello Gordon. Oh darling.
01:25Is it alright for lunch? Lunch? Yes, it's not yet, is it?
01:28No, no, I'm early. I thought we might have a picnic in your office.
01:31My office? Yes, that's alright, isn't it?
01:33Yes, it's fine, the fire's only sweeping through the far side of the building.
01:37Will it be long? I don't think so. As soon as everyone's evacuated and accounted for, I'll be right with
01:42you.
01:43I'll see you then. Yes.
01:46Colin, where are you going? You're dead.
01:49No, I'm not, Mr. Brittos.
01:50Yes, you are. You're in the kitchen, it's when the gas cylinder exploded.
01:54I wouldn't, if I wasn't shielded from the main force of a blast by a table.
01:58That way, you see, I'd only be blinded.
02:00I could feel me well along the corridors, carrying Hillary here.
02:03Colin, you are dead.
02:05And since this young lady had a ruptured spleen at the time, you've done for her as well.
02:11She's very plucky, Mr. Brittos. I think it would take rather more than a ruptured spleen.
02:15Don't argue, Colin. Go and sit down and have a coffee.
02:17A coffee? Oh, are we allowed a coffee?
02:19Not until you're dead, Tim, and you've got some nasty head injuries to get out of the gymnasium, alright?
02:23Before you do that, I want those flames at the door, please.
02:31Attention, please. Attention, please. Attention, please.
02:33Unfortunately, the fire on the first floor has fallen through a badminton court and into the boiler room, igniting 300
02:39gallons of oil that was delivered yesterday, creating a fireball that has demolished the reception area and the main doors.
02:47Corridors P, S and T3 are now closed.
02:52Julie, you're too late, I'm afraid.
02:54What?
02:55You heard what I just said. We just had a fireball. This exit's closed.
02:58But those doors are made of glass and steel. There's nothing to burn.
03:01Well, I'm afraid they have burnt, and this whole area is now washed with molten glass. Back down the corridor,
03:06please.
03:07Mr. Brittos, are you sure that last announcement was correct?
03:10Yes, Laura.
03:11Well, according to my map, if you've blocked off T3 as well as all the others, there's no way out.
03:17Fires don't happen just where we want them, Laura. They can be extremely inconvenient.
03:22You don't think it's rather discouraging for the people in the exercise to know they've got no chance of getting
03:26out alive?
03:28Laura, there's still one exit available if people look carefully.
03:31If they go along A1 and A4, up stairwell Y and down this corridor...
03:36Corridor...
03:40Attention, please, attention, please.
03:42A water storage tank has just burst, extinguishing the fire in Corridor T3.
03:48I repeat, Corridor T3 is now accessible to anyone wishing to leave the centre.
03:53Oh, God.
03:54Does that mean we have to go all the way back again?
03:55Why don't we just nip out this door here?
03:57I'm sorry, Gavin. This is on fire or something. I'm supposed to make sure no one goes through.
04:02Oh, well, I'm not going back above those stairs again.
04:04He's always telling us to use our initiative. Why don't I leap daringly through the flames and out the door?
04:08You can't. They're imaginary flames, right?
04:12I know. Well, I just happen to have an imaginary fire extinguisher hidden in that stocking top.
04:17And, pshh, there we are. Just put it out.
04:21Do you want me, please? You know what Mr. Bristols say?
04:23And where do you think you lot are going? These doors will be welded together in the intense heat.
04:30Back down the corridor, please. That's ten penalty points for you.
04:34And I'm going to give you an extra casualty. And this one's unconscious. We'll have to be carried. All right?
04:42I'm sorry about that, Mr. Bristols.
04:44It's all right, Linda. We can't all have forceful personalities.
04:47But next time, instead of...
04:48Oh, no! What would Mr. Bristols say?
04:50You could use a little bit of realism.
04:51Oh?
04:52Something like, don't come this way. There's a raging inferno back there. See what I mean?
04:56I'll try it, Mr. Bristols.
04:57Good.
04:59And where do you think you're going, Colin?
05:03T3, Mr. Bristols. It was a great relief to hear about that burst water tank.
05:07Colin, you are dead.
05:09Well, yes, I mean, that's what I thought.
05:12Had almost given up the will to live.
05:15And then somebody gave me this injection and somebody...
05:17Colin, you are dead.
05:20How many times will I have to tell you?
05:22You're all dead, dead, dead.
05:23Back to reception to join the other bodies, please.
05:26Yes, it's good.
05:40Bad news, Carol.
05:42It's from an old boyfriend.
05:43He wants me to go and join him in Australia.
05:46That sounds rather nice.
05:47He heard about my divorce.
05:49And he wants me to go and stay on his sheep farm.
05:52It would be so wonderful for little Bear and all that fresh air and wide open space instead of living
05:58in a drawer.
05:59I should go.
06:01How can I?
06:02I need £1,200 for the tickets.
06:04Now, where am I going to find £1,200?
06:09Mrs. Carol Parkinson.
06:10Yes, how may I help you?
06:12If you could sign here.
06:13What for?
06:14The bag you handed in last September, Mrs. Parkinson.
06:16It was never claimed, so we're returning it, along with £100 left inside.
06:21£100?
06:22Oh, if only.
06:24Twelve to one, Gavin.
06:25It's a dead cert.
06:26Are you sure?
06:26I'm telling you, the horse can't lose.
06:30All right, everyone.
06:32Listen carefully, please.
06:34I have the results of this morning's exercise, and sadly, I have to report that casualties throughout the centre have
06:41averaged at over 82%.
06:45Does that include the suicides, Mr. Bredus?
06:49I was coming to that, Colin.
06:52In order to cut down on the rate of suicides, I've decided that from now on, anyone dying at their
06:57own hands, or because they panicked, or because they lost their nerve, or because they ran headlong into the flames,
07:02Patrick,
07:03will not be allowed to use the coffee machine.
07:09Is that understood?
07:12Right, a word about why I think that 82% casualty rate is particularly worrying.
07:18This morning's exercise was just a fire drill.
07:21This afternoon and tomorrow, things will not be so easy.
07:24You'll be dealing not only with fires, but with the added hazards of an outbreak of contagious disease in one
07:29of the toilets.
07:30I'm not going to say which one.
07:33Chemical spillages, earth tremors, poisonous gases, and a derailed train sliding down the advantage, and covering our all-weather hockey
07:43pitch in nuclear waste.
07:46Now, it's hardly worth going on with that little lot if we can't cope with a simple fire, is it?
07:52So, everyone back on their feet, and let's do it all again.
08:04Helen, has the bulb gone?
08:06No.
08:07Oh, um, your husband asked me to say that it'll be a few minutes late.
08:10Oh, no, is it anything serious?
08:12Oh, no, um, too many people died, and we're doing the exercise again.
08:16Goodness, this looks lovely.
08:17It's just, um, it's lunch.
08:20I'm trying to give up the pills.
08:23The Valium?
08:23The Valium, diazepam, librium, well, all of them, really.
08:28Dr. Gray suggested I ought to try and cut back a bit.
08:31I see.
08:32And we've got this new woman at Marriage Guidance who says,
08:34I don't need tranquilizers at all.
08:36What I really need is a new center to my life.
08:41Right.
08:42She says, I'll only find real inner peace and tranquility
08:45through the comfort and security of a warm and loving relationship.
08:51With Mr. Britters?
08:53That's what she said.
08:55Yes.
08:55Well, uh, I think that's lovely.
08:58She said the important thing was to try and spend more time with each other,
09:01just talking and, well, being together.
09:04She thinks that'll help me stay more calm?
09:07I know, but I've tried everything else, Laura.
09:11Acupuncture, aromatherapy, export lager.
09:14I've got to give it a try.
09:16Well, I think the best thing that I can do
09:18is to remind Mr. Britters that he has a very important lunch appointment.
09:21Oh, would you?
09:22It's not just for me, you see.
09:24It's Tom's parents' evening tonight,
09:25and if I could just meet his form teacher feeling calm and relaxed...
09:30Right.
09:30I'll pass it on.
09:37Tim, Gavin!
09:39I couldn't help overhearing you talk about a horse earlier.
09:42Australian Journey.
09:43Is that what he's called?
09:44In the 2.30 at Kempton.
09:4612 to 1.
09:47And you really think he might win?
09:48Well, we've had a hot tip, Carol.
09:49One of Timmy's friends is head stable boy.
09:51We've put him 50 quid on.
09:53Do you think you could put on something for me?
09:54All right, Carol, but keep it under your hat, eh?
09:56We don't want everyone to know.
09:57No.
09:57How much do you want?
09:58Well, I've got £100, and I...
10:01Timothy, that lady's life is ebbing away.
10:03This is not the time to stand around gossiping.
10:05No, Mr. Britters.
10:06No, Mr. Britters.
10:10What was that all about, Carol?
10:13Good thing, Mr. Britters.
10:15Carol!
10:16Well, I'm not really supposed to tell anyone, but it's wonderful news.
10:20Tim's heard from a friend about a horse, and if I bet £100...
10:23Carol, I cannot believe I'm hearing this.
10:26It's a dead cert, Mr. Britters.
10:27I'm sure if you wanted to put something on...
10:29Carol, Carol, Carol, are we suddenly so rich we have money to throw away?
10:34Well, I've got £100.
10:35Well, why don't you take it down to the boiler and throw it into the flames?
10:39Do I have to?
10:41Well, that's what you might as well do if you're determined to waste it down at the bookmakers.
10:45At least my way would help heat the swimming pool.
10:47Oh, I...
10:47If I...
10:48Why don't you give the money to me, and I will take it down to the building society for you.
10:53Well...
10:53That way, at least after a year, I guarantee not only will you still have your money,
10:58but that £100 will have grown to £108.50.
11:02See?
11:03Think about it.
11:04I think that's everyone out, Mr. Britters.
11:06Out?
11:07They're all waiting for the roll call in the car park.
11:09But they can't be.
11:10We haven't had the fireball yet.
11:12Half of them are still trapped in the squash courts.
11:14They broke out of there with a sledgehammer.
11:16I'm all for using imagination.
11:18Laura, but for a start, that's a load-bearing wall.
11:21You couldn't get through that.
11:22They've done it.
11:22They smashed a hole in the back.
11:24They what?
11:25Well, it was Colin, really.
11:27I don't know where he found the sledgehammer, though.
11:29Colin is dead.
11:30The lavatory roof fell on his head.
11:32I saw it.
11:32Ah, well, you see, he told me that he'd been left for dead,
11:36but in fact, he was only stunned and miraculously recovered.
11:40Colin is dead.
11:41I'll kill him.
11:46Timmy's just nipping down to the bookmakers, Carol.
11:48You still want that £100?
11:49I don't think it's a very sensible idea, Gavin.
11:52Oh?
11:53Would you take the bag to Mr Bridges' office for me, please?
11:55Yes.
11:57Yes, of course.
12:01Come in.
12:03Oh, Mrs Bridges.
12:04Looks like you've lost a bowl.
12:06I'm afraid my husband's not here.
12:08Oh, that's all right.
12:08I just have to leave this handbag on his desk.
12:11It's some lost property that Carol found.
12:13Would you like a drink, Gavin?
12:14What?
12:14Glass of wine?
12:15Um, no, thanks.
12:16You see, I'm on duty and I've got to get...
12:18Oh, thanks.
12:19Sit down, Gavin.
12:21Can I ask you something rather personal?
12:24What?
12:24Oh, yes, of course, Mrs Bridges.
12:27Do you ever get wound up?
12:29Emotional?
12:30Nerves on edge?
12:30That sort of thing.
12:32Um, sometimes.
12:33And what do you do?
12:34What?
12:35To unwind.
12:37Well, I...
12:39I might have a cigarette.
12:41You see, drugs are not the answer, Gavin.
12:44What you need is a warm and loving relationship.
12:50Ah.
12:50With someone who can give you emotional support
12:53and provide a real centre to your life.
12:56That's what you need.
12:57Um, have a cigarette, Mrs Bridges.
13:01Great.
13:02Here, um, I'll light it for you.
13:08You see, it's just another crutch, Gavin.
13:10Sorry?
13:12We shouldn't need things like this.
13:14We should be able to rely on our inner resources.
13:17That's what Tim says.
13:19Is it?
13:19Yeah, he hates me smoking.
13:21I have to go out to the garden to do it at home.
13:23Well, when I used to smoke,
13:24Gordon used to leave ghastly health leaflets all over the house.
13:26Oh, with pictures of people's lungs.
13:28Yeah, Timmy does that.
13:29I know he meant well,
13:31but I don't think people should pressure their partners like that.
13:34Absolutely.
13:35I mean, we're all individuals in our own right, aren't we?
13:36Absolutely.
13:37Would you believe it?
13:42I have a deputy manager
13:44who's just caused £700 worth of damage
13:46in our number one squash courts.
13:51What's that, Gavin?
13:53Nothing, Mr Bridges.
13:54That's a cigarette.
13:56Ah!
13:58I thought we'd established
13:59at our last staff seminar
14:01that smoking is only for the weak-willed and feeble-minded.
14:04Yes.
14:05Um, yes.
14:07Oh!
14:10We'd better meet at five o'clock, Gavin.
14:12I'm going to have to take you through the health statistics again.
14:14Yes, Mr Bridges.
14:17Before you go, Gavin,
14:18I think an apology might be in order.
14:20Oh, um, I'm sorry, Mr Bridges.
14:22Not me, Gavin.
14:25Oh, um...
14:26Go on.
14:26I'm sorry, Mrs Bridges,
14:28for shortening your life
14:29by an estimated three minutes
14:31and endangering your respiratory system
14:33by my thoughtless and selfish behaviour.
14:35Oh, um, Mrs Bridges...
14:38It doesn't matter, Gavin.
14:39Go on.
14:41Gavin?
14:42Yes, Mr Bridges?
14:43And a shower and some clean clothes
14:45before you're back on duty, please.
14:46Yes, Mr Bridges.
14:48What was you doing here, anyway?
14:50Oh, it's something to do with lost property.
14:52Gordon...
14:52Lost property?
14:53It doesn't come up here.
14:54Gavin knows as well as I do.
14:55Go straight down to the lost property cupboard, honestly.
14:57Well, not now, Gordon, please.
14:59What?
15:00Oh, we've only got half an hour, as it is.
15:01I'm sorry, darling.
15:03Have we lost a bulb in here or something?
15:06I've laid lunch.
15:08Ah.
15:10Have you done something to the car?
15:12No.
15:12No, it's what that woman said at Marriage Guidance
15:15about spending more time together, remember?
15:18Quite right, my love.
15:19I was just wondering if now's really the time.
15:22You said last morning you were taking an hour for lunch.
15:24I asked you twice.
15:25You promised me.
15:27Quite right, my love.
15:29Apologies if I'm a few minutes late.
15:32You see, I've decided, Gordon.
15:36I want you to take these.
15:38Right.
15:39It's all my medicines.
15:41I want you to take them away and get rid of them.
15:44I'm giving them up.
15:46Are you quite sure?
15:48Well, I think we've got to give it a try.
15:50Well, Helen, my darling, a toast.
15:53To my brave little Helen, and may you find the serenity you seek.
16:01Have you lost a bulb in here?
16:03What is it, Julie?
16:05Er, Councillor Dapping's downstairs, Mr. Brittus.
16:07Dapping?
16:08I wonder what she wants.
16:09Tell her to go away, Gordon.
16:11All right, Julie, be right down.
16:13Gordon?
16:13Yes?
16:14You can't do this to me.
16:15You promised.
16:16It's Councillor Dapping, my darling.
16:18So?
16:19Head of the Recreation Committee.
16:20Could be important.
16:21So bloody what?
16:23Helen, you're overwrought.
16:24I know I'm overwrought.
16:26That's why I came here and you said you'd help.
16:28I think you're being a little bit unreasonable, my love.
16:30I just want to pop downstairs, find out what she wants,
16:33tell her I'm not really available,
16:34come back up here five minutes.
16:36Starting when?
16:37What?
16:37The five minutes.
16:38When does it start?
16:40Right now, my love.
16:41Right now.
16:46Forgot the bag.
16:47May as well drop it in the lost property on the way.
16:49Save time later when I've got...
16:50Yes?
16:51Four and a half minutes.
16:52Right.
16:56Excuse me, not in there, please.
16:58What?
16:59That's the ladies' changing rooms.
17:01I realise you're probably not a peeping Tom,
17:03but we must allow the women as much privacy as we can.
17:06I am a woman.
17:08Oh, so you are.
17:10I do apologise.
17:12It was all that panning.
17:12I'm not wearing padding.
17:15In that case,
17:16can I interest you in the women's rugby club?
17:19We're trying to get it off the ground.
17:21We're a bit short of weight in the front row.
17:24Simple courtesy costs nothing, you know.
17:31Oh, Councillor Dapping, how nice to see you.
17:34We'll make this a quick meeting, if you don't mind.
17:36I've got another appointment.
17:38I see you've closed our centre again, Mr Britters.
17:40Yes, just for three days.
17:42Safety exercises.
17:44I realise not everywhere's as scrupulous,
17:46but personally, I'd be terrified to let the public in here
17:49without properly trained staff.
17:50I've come about the new fire escape.
17:53Oh, you got my letter.
17:55All three of them, yes.
17:57Now, you apparently want one built
18:01from a storeroom on the third floor.
18:05A matter of some urgencies, I think you'll agree.
18:08Mr Britters, you already have a fire escape up there.
18:11But, can it cope with the potential traffic?
18:14It's a disused room the size of a cupboard, Mr Britters.
18:17How much traffic are you expecting?
18:2058,000 is a great deal of money.
18:22Whoa, weighed against the lives of my staff and customers.
18:26I wonder, Councillor.
18:27Perhaps if I showed you the problem.
18:29If you insist.
18:31Are your legs all right?
18:31Shall we take the lift?
18:32I can manage the stairs, thank you.
18:35Carol, if anyone calls,
18:38I'm taking the councillor up to the roof space, all right?
18:40Right.
18:41I've sent the money upstairs to your office, Mr Britters.
18:43Pardon?
18:43I took your advice about the £100.
18:46Well done, Carol.
18:47And now you'll sleep better tonight
18:49knowing that money is safe.
18:57Now, this is the only room on the third floor, is it?
19:01Yes.
19:01And the floor below is served by four separate fire escapes of its own.
19:09That's right.
19:10Now, at the moment, there's a fire ladder in this room with a capacity for eight people.
19:18If you'll forgive me, Councillor, there lies the problem.
19:22Only eight.
19:23You couldn't fit more than eight people in this room, Mr Britters.
19:26With respect, Mrs Dapping, I don't think you've thought this one through.
19:30Let me paint you a picture.
19:32An ordinary working day, we have electricians in the roof space attending to a lighting problem.
19:37A couple of plumbers have been asked to fit a new hot water pipe.
19:40Cheery carpenters are up here too, fitting a couple of shelves.
19:44While outside, a team of young lads are painting the fire escape.
19:48Let's say a couple of my staff have just brought them all a cup of tea.
19:51That makes 14 people, Mrs Dapping.
19:53Mr Britters.
19:54When a fire breaks out, one of the plumber's blowtorches accidentally ignites the carpenter's wood shavings outside in the hall,
20:01cutting off all access to the stairs.
20:03Do you really think this could happen?
20:05The stairs are ablaze.
20:0614 panicked and desperate men trample their way onto a fire escape that's, as you say, only designed for eight.
20:13Not very likely, is it, Mr Britters?
20:15Mrs Dapping, I haven't even considered the six men retiling the roof after the storm the month before.
20:21What is it, Linda?
20:23I've been asked to give you this.
20:24Yes, it's from your wife.
20:25Well, I'll put your arguments to the committee, Mr Britters.
20:29It's not likely more defining that many people up.
20:32Mr Britters, are you listening?
20:34If you've seen everything, Councillor, perhaps we can make our way downstairs.
20:38Mr Britters!
20:41I'm sorry, Councillor, I cannot understand this irrational hostility.
20:45I'm not being hostile, Mr Britters.
20:47I'm just saying that it would be a complete waste of money.
20:50Well, if you're the one prepared to go on the six o'clock news, surrounded by bodies, having to admit
20:55to Kate Aidy, you didn't think a proper fire escape was necessary.
20:58That's the risk I'll just have to take, Mr Britters.
21:01I'll put your views to the committee with my personal recommendation that they take no notice whatsoever.
21:08What's your vote?
21:09Bye-bye.
21:11I've got something from your wife, Mr Britters.
21:15What is it, Colleen?
21:16I think it's soup.
21:18But I wouldn't eat it if I were you, Mr Britters.
21:20There's a certain amount of broken glass.
21:22All right, Colleen, I'll look after it.
21:24I know it's broken glass because I saw her throwing it against the...
21:26Colleen, back to your firework, please.
21:34Oh, my goodness.
21:39Oh!
21:51Helen, what on earth are you doing?
21:54Where do you keep the really big envelopes, Gordon?
21:56Did you give this to Colleen?
21:57Yes, the five minutes were up.
21:58I thought you needed a reminder.
22:00That's it.
22:01I'm calling a doctor.
22:02Why?
22:03You're obviously ill.
22:04I'm not ill.
22:05I just want what I was promised.
22:06I assure you, my darling, ordinary women do not go around putting soup in the plastic bags
22:10and handing it to Colleen.
22:12I'm telling Dr Gray.
22:13Well, when he asked, I shall tell him it was your fault.
22:15Mine?
22:16You promised to be here and you weren't.
22:18So I'm a couple of minutes late.
22:20I have to go to a parent's evening tonight.
22:23I want to be calm.
22:25I want to be serene and dignified.
22:27I want a bit of peace and tranquility in my life.
22:31For God's sake, is that too much to ask for?
22:38Fire!
22:41Fire!
22:43Fire!
22:44Fire!
22:44It started!
22:45Yes, in the lost property government.
22:47Which is the quickest way out?
22:48Well, you can't use these things.
22:51There's a raging inferno down there.
22:53There's been an oil switch.
22:54Flames, fumes, everything.
22:56You'd never get through.
22:57Right.
22:58Up the stairs, everybody.
23:00I know.
23:01I can't help everybody.
23:03Up the stairs.
23:03Quickly!
23:04Oh!
23:06I'm sorry.
23:07What?
23:08I apologise I was wrong.
23:10It doesn't matter.
23:11You'll forgive me, my darling, but I think it does.
23:14You needed me and I wasn't there.
23:17The least you deserve is an explanation.
23:19Oh, God, do I?
23:23Cards on the table time, Helen.
23:26I realise that I should have told you a long time ago,
23:29you are not the only woman in my life.
23:33I have a mistress.
23:34No, you don't.
23:36I do.
23:37She's demanding, takes up my time, drains my energies
23:41and in her own way, she needs me every bit as much as you do.
23:45When she calls, I can't refuse her.
23:49It's not Mrs Dapping, is it?
23:53I'm talking about the centre, my love.
23:56You mean the building?
23:57The building, the philosophy, the dream.
24:00And sometimes, in forging that dream,
24:03in the effort of holding things together
24:06and moulding the whole community into one,
24:10I forget that I have a flesh and blood wife as well.
24:13I see.
24:15I'm torn between conflicting loyalties
24:18and perhaps now is as good a time as any
24:20to remind oneself that deep down,
24:23one of them is far more important than the other.
24:26Which one, Gordon?
24:32Julie?
24:33Yeah?
24:34I believe we have a safety exercise starting in ten minutes.
24:38It's cancelled.
24:39What?
24:39I shall be in conference with my wife for the next 35 minutes.
24:44I do not wish to be disturbed.
24:52When I say not disturbed, I mean not disturbed.
24:55I do not wish to know about anything happening in this building
24:58short of a major catastrophe.
25:08Right.
25:16You can't!
25:18You can't!
25:19You can't get out of that way!
25:22Get off!
25:23Get off!
25:23It's not safe!
25:26There's too many of you!
25:28It won't take your way!
25:40I'm sorry.
25:41Oh no.
25:44Gordon Britten's name.
25:45Mr. Britten's name.
25:46How do you do?
25:46Carol Jones.
25:47Nice, mrs.
25:47Well, go straight into it if you don't mind.
25:49No problem.
25:49Ready, Peter?
25:50Okay.
25:52The accident happened early this afternoon when a fire escape toppled from the far side of the building behind me
25:58and 14 people fell at nearly 80 feet to the ground.
26:03The manager of the leisure centre is Gordon Brittis.
26:06Mr. Brittis, I believe you were in your office when the accident happened.
26:10Yes, that's right. When the alarm was raised, I came out to do what I could,
26:15but my staff, who've already been trained to cope with emergencies like today's,
26:19had done a wonderful job. I'm very proud of them.
26:22I'm sure you are. Mr. Brittis, I've been told that this fire escape was only designed to hold eight people.
26:28Yes, eight people, that's right.
26:30And there were 14 on it at the time it broke away from the hall.
26:33Yes.
26:34As leisure centre manager, isn't it your responsibility to ensure that the safety equipment is adequate?
26:40Certainly. I'd like to put it on record that I take full responsibility for everything that happened here this afternoon.
26:48Indeed. The only thing I can offer in my defence is that I do have three letters that I wrote
26:54over a period of months to the council,
26:57begging them to replace this very fire escape.
26:59Did you get the call?
27:00A downright refusal at first, but I persisted, and after the third letter, they sent someone at last to take
27:08a look at the problem.
27:09Oh?
27:10Well, the tragic irony is that Councillor Dapping was one of the people involved and injured in the accident.
27:18In fact, she fell further than most.
27:21It's all very sad, and as you can imagine, it will take a long time for me and my staff
27:26to get over the ghastly misfortune of today.
27:28Joe Arrange!
27:30Sorry, can we do that one again, please?
27:33And I was thinking maybe we could move over more in front of the bodies.
27:36And I'll get some of my staff to move.
27:38Well, because that one shows how people care.
27:43God, they look awful, don't they?
27:45That's mainly make-up, of course.
27:47What?
27:48Some of them were involved in a safety training exercise earlier, you see.
27:51If you take a look at this wound, you'll notice...
27:54Ooh, that's a real one.
27:55But if you look at this one, that'll just peen off at that wound.
28:01Probably.
28:03Ready, Peter?
28:05OK, we're ready.
28:08The accident happened early this afternoon when a fire escape toppled at the far end of the building behind me
28:14and 14 people fell at nearly 80 feet of the ground.
28:19The manager of the leisure centre is Gordon Brittis.
28:22Mr. Brittis.
28:23Sorry?
28:25Mr. Brittis, as manager of the leisure centre...
28:28Would you excuse me for a moment, please?
28:30Could you hold those?
28:32Linda, I wonder if you'd give my wife these, please?
28:36And she'd better have these, too.
28:38And these.
28:39And those.
28:41And those.
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