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Mr Pickwick and his companions have extricated themselves from their predicament with Mr Nupkins and are setting off to spend Christmas with Mr Wardle at Dingley Dell. Starring: Nigel Stock, Clive Swift, Alan Parnaby, Jeremy Nicholas, Ray Brooks, Phil Daniels.
Mr Pickwick and his companions have extricated themselves from their predicament with Mr Nupkins and are setting off to spend Christmas with Mr Wardle at Dingley Dell. Starring: Nigel Stock, Clive Swift, Alan Parnaby, Jeremy Nicholas, Ray Brooks, Phil Daniels.
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00:02The End
00:32Such was the progress of Mr. Pickwick and his friends by the Muggleton Telegraph on their way to Dingley Dell
00:37that by three o'clock on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, they all stood high and dry, safe and sound,
00:43hale and hearty, on the steps of the Blue Lion Inn.
01:05Ah-ha! Ah, codfish and oysters. Hmm. You look rosy enough, my young friend. I've been asleep in front of
01:12the taproom fire. Master sent me over with a shade cart to take your luggage to the house because he
01:16thought being a cold day you might like to walk.
01:18Yes, we would. Er, Sam? Sir, help Mr. Wardrell's servant to put the package into the cart and then ride
01:27on with him. We will walk.
01:31Well, best foot forward, Mr. Winkoak.
01:35Well then, Twentyston. You're a nice specimen of a prize boy, you are. Thank ye.
01:44You ain't got nothing on your mind that makes you fret yourself, have you?
01:48Not that I know, sir.
01:51I'd have thought to look at you, you was a labouring under unrequited attachment to some young woman.
01:57Can you drive?
01:59I should rather think so.
02:13Welcome, my dear friends. Welcome to one and all.
02:18A Merry Christmas to you, my dear Pickwick.
02:21God bless you, old fellow.
02:22Snodgrass.
02:23Merry Christmas, Mr. Wardrell.
02:24Merry Christmas.
02:26Oh, and here's Bella and young Trundle, our newlyweds.
02:33Merry Christmas, Mr. Pickwick.
02:35Merry Christmas to you. Congratulations.
02:37And Winkle, my sporting friend.
02:40Winkle?
02:43Anything wrong, Winkle?
02:47Mr. Winkle.
02:49Oh, on the contrary, sir.
02:52A very happy Christmas to you.
02:55And to you.
02:56Now, you must come and meet Mother.
02:58She's looking forward to seeing you again.
03:00She's in rather low spirits this morning, I'm afraid.
03:03One of Bella's wedding recently.
03:06She fancies herself deserted.
03:09All nonsense, of course.
03:11Yes, but she's feeling rather cross.
03:13Soon you'll find her deafer than usual.
03:20Here's Mr. Pickwick, Mother.
03:22You remember him?
03:23Never mind.
03:25Don't trouble Mr. Pickwick about an old creature like me.
03:29Nobody cares for me now, and it's very natural they shouldn't.
03:33Oh, come, come, ma'am.
03:36I can't let you cut an old friend in this way.
03:39Long talk and another rubber with you.
03:41Oh, and we will show these young boys and girls
03:44how to dance with Sir Roger de Coverley before they're very much older.
03:48Ah!
03:48It's no use.
03:49I can't hear him.
03:51Nonsense, Mother.
03:53Now, don't be cross.
03:55There's a good soul.
03:57To that, Mum.
03:58And that is the reason why I would make much of those few
04:02who still have any traces of the old stock.
04:09Grandma?
04:13Won't you give me a kiss?
04:19Oh!
04:33Where on earth is Pickwick?
04:36We're ready to start.
04:42You do mean to dance, Pickwick.
04:45Of course I do.
04:46Don't you see I'm dressed for the purpose?
04:48You in silk stockings.
04:52And why not, pray?
04:54Why not, sir?
04:55Oh, there's no reason why you shouldn't wear them.
04:57No, I might not, sir.
04:58I might not.
04:59They are a very pretty pattern.
05:03I hope they are.
05:05You see nothing extraordinary in the stockings
05:08as stocking tussles?
05:10Oh, sadly not, sir.
05:11Sadly not.
05:15We're all ready, I believe.
05:17Take your partners
05:18for the Sir Roger de Coverley.
05:21Pick as you can.
05:23Ladies on the right, gentlemen on the left.
05:26All right.
05:30Here we are.
05:31Here we are.
05:34If you please, Mr Webber.
05:41Stop!
05:42Stop!
05:42What's the matter?
05:43Not everyone is here.
05:46Where is Arabella Allen?
05:48And where's Winkle?
05:49Where's Winkle?
05:51Where is Winkle?
05:52Where is Winkle?
05:53Here we are.
05:58What an extraordinary thing it is, Winkle,
06:00that you couldn't have taken your place before.
06:02Not at all extraordinary.
06:06I don't know that it was that extraordinary either.
06:10Now, may we begin?
06:13Right, Mr Webber.
06:14Not at all.
06:17I love you.
06:20It's okay?
06:21It does it.
06:24That's not too bad.
06:28Oh, Mr Tommy.
06:59Come on, Mr.
07:15There does the mince pies go, young opium eater.
07:21Very good.
07:22Stick a bit of Christmas in them.
07:27To the yard of this shop is here.
07:31There, now, we look compact and comfortable, as the father said, when he cut his little boy's head off to
07:35cure him a squinting.
07:38So, it's fun and games for everyone tonight. Servants as well.
07:41That's right, Mr Weller. Always on Christmas Eve. Master wouldn't have bet to keep it up on any account.
07:47Your master's a very pretty notion of keeping anything up, my lad.
07:50I've never seen such a sensible sort of a man or such a regular gentleman.
07:55Oh, yeah, he is. And then he breed fine pork.
07:57It looks lovely.
08:00I'll tell you what it is, young boa constrictor. If you don't eat a little less and exercise a little
08:06more...
08:06Wonderful.
08:10Wonderful.
08:13Never round the book.
08:14And now, madam.
08:15And now, me.
08:17Aww,ена!
08:18Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
08:21How young!
08:22There is a...
08:27Yes!
08:28CHEERING
08:57It isn't doing!
09:41Merry Christmas, Mr. Winkel.
09:53Miss Allen, you must surely be aware of the sentiments I entertain towards you.
10:01Might I dare to hope, to aspire, that you reciprocate in some small measure...
10:08Mr. Winkel, you must not speak so to me.
10:11Why not?
10:14Can it be that your affections are engaged elsewhere?
10:17Not precisely that, Mr. Winkel.
10:22Mr. Winkel, I'm an orphan. My brother...
10:25My poor Miss Allen.
10:26My brother Benjamin is my sole guardian.
10:29It is his dearest wish that I should marry Mr. Bob Sawyer,
10:32our childhood companion and his oldest friend.
10:38And...
10:39Is that your wish?
10:42I feel it is perhaps my duty.
10:46But if I were free, dear Mr. Winkel,
10:51there is no one I should look upon with more favour.
10:54Oh, you give me new hopes, Miss Allen.
10:58Whatever the obstacles that divide us,
11:01I am determined to overcome them and make you mine.
11:05Mr. Winkel.
11:06What?
11:07I found you.
11:09I found you.
11:14Oh!
11:14I found you.
11:30this is indeed comfort our invariable custom everybody sits down together on
11:37Christmas Eve as you see them now servants and all and here we wait until
11:43the clock strikes 12 to usher Christmas in it's not grass my dear fellow rake up
11:50the fire with the greatest of pleasure come a song a Christmas song well I'll
12:01give you one in default of a better mr. Webber the holly and the ivy if you
12:07please the holly and the ivy when they are both full grown of all the trees that
12:18are in the wood the holly bears the crown all together
12:24the writing of the sun and the running of the deer the playing of the merry organ
12:34sweet singing in the choir the holly bears a blossom as white as lily flower and
12:44merry boy sweet Jesus Christ for to be our sweet saviour
12:49the rising of the sun and the running of the deer the playing of the merry organ
12:59sweet singing in the choir the holly bears a berry as red as any blood and
13:09merry boy sweet and merry boy sweet Jesus Christ for to be our sweet saviour
13:14the rising of the sun and the running of the deer the playing of the merry organ
13:26sweet singing in the choir the holly bears a jingle
13:44a merry Christmas a merry Christmas to one and all
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14:21Good morning, Mr. Pickford. Good morning.
14:26Good morning, Sam. Morning, Governor.
14:28Time to think about leaving, I'm afraid.
14:30I just think it's the day after Christmas already.
14:33How quickly these few days have passed.
14:35Time flies when you're having fun,
14:36as the fox said to the farmer when he caught him in the henhouse.
14:40By the way, I should watch out, Governor.
14:42There's a couple of sore bones at breakfast.
14:44What are sore bones?
14:46What?
14:47I thought everybody know there's a sore bone as a surgeon.
14:50Oh, but these ain't regular thoroughbred sore bones.
14:53They're only in training.
14:55Medical students, I suppose.
14:57They're fine fellows, no doubt,
14:59with judgments matured by observation
15:01and tastes refined by reading and study.
15:08There you are at last, Bigwig.
15:10Good morning.
15:10Good morning.
15:11Pray remove those.
15:16That's Miss Allen's brother, Benjamin Allen,
15:19and his particular friend, Mr...
15:21Mr...
15:22Bob Sawyer.
15:23Bob Sawyer.
15:24Ah, splendid morning, gentlemen.
15:26Pastor, Master.
15:27Have you come far this morning?
15:29Blue Lion, Muggleton.
15:30You should have joined us last night.
15:32So we should.
15:33But the brandy was too good to leave in a hurry, eh, Ben?
15:39Nothing like the sectine to give one a good appetite.
15:42Have you finished that leg yet?
15:44Nearly.
15:45It's very muscular for a child.
15:47Yeah.
15:48I put down for an arm at my place.
15:51Hello, clubbing together to buy a whole body.
15:53Only we can't find anyone who wants a head.
15:56Wish you'd take it.
15:57Can't afford such expensive luxuries.
15:59Don't sense.
16:00Can't indeed.
16:01I wouldn't mind a brain, but I couldn't stand a whole head.
16:04Ah, can't come and pray.
16:06I hear the ladies.
16:11Good morning, Father.
16:12Good morning.
16:13Good morning.
16:13Good morning, Mr Pickwick.
16:14Good morning.
16:15Why, Ben?
16:17I'll come to take you home tomorrow.
16:22Don't you see Bob Sawyer, Arabella?
16:25Is that any way to treat your old beau?
16:32Merry Christmas.
16:36Ben, dear.
16:38Have you been introduced to Mr Winkle?
16:41I have not been.
16:43But I should be very happy to be.
16:55Winkle?
16:58Slodgrouse?
17:01Breakfast?
17:04Time we were thinking about packing.
17:09Excuse me.
17:17Goodbye, Pickwick, my dear friend.
17:20You're to come back and see us very soon, mind.
17:24And you must come and visit me in my rooms at the Georgian voucher.
17:28All of you.
17:30Might be a tight fit if we did, eh?
17:32Goodbye, Andy.
17:33Goodbye.
17:34Goodbye, dear Augustus.
17:36Goodbye.
17:37Write to me.
17:38Of course.
17:39We'll see you very soon.
17:42Yes.
17:43I should like that.
17:45Come along, Tupman.
17:47Snodgrouse.
17:48Goodbye, Mr Tupman.
17:48Goodbye, Mr Tupman.
17:49Goodbye, Mr Tupman.
17:50Goodbye, Mr Tupman.
17:51Goodbye, Mr Tupman.
17:51Goodbye, Mr Tupman.
17:53Goodbye, Mr Tupman.
17:56We showed them, didn't we?
17:58We did indeed.
17:59Goodbye, dear Mr Pickwick.
18:04And God bless you.
18:06And God bless you, too.
18:10Goodbye, Mr Pickwick.
18:12Goodbye, Mr Pickwick.
18:29You've got all your blood in the rain.
18:44Thank you, Mr Tupman.
18:49nylon.
18:50There are those!
18:50Well, just a Tupman.
18:53Hello.
18:55Happy birthday.
18:57Food.
18:58Well, it's a round.
19:07Good health.
19:13How do you do, sir?
19:15I've called from Dodson and Fogg.
19:18Dodson?
19:18I refer you to my attorney, Mr Perker of Grey's Inn.
19:23Waiter, show the gentleman out.
19:24Beg your pardon, Mr Pickwick.
19:27But personal service by clerk or agent in these cases, you know.
19:32Nothing like caution, sir, in all legal forms.
19:36Now, which of you gentleman's name is Snodgrass?
19:40I am. Why?
19:42I thought so.
19:43I've got a little something to trouble you with here, Mr Snodgrass.
19:47For me?
19:48It's only a subpoena in Bardell and Pickwick on behalf of the plaintiffs.
19:53We expect it to come on about the 14th of February.
19:57St Valentine's Day.
20:01We've marked it a special jury cause.
20:05Now, I ain't mistaken in saying your name's Tupman, am I?
20:09And this other gentleman's Mr Winkle.
20:11Yes, well...
20:12Tupman.
20:13Mr Tupman.
20:15And Mr Winkle.
20:17Yes, I...
20:19If it ain't inconvenient, I have Samuel Weller's name here.
20:28Waiter, send my servant here.
20:31I suppose it is the intention of your employers to seek to criminate me upon the testimony of my own
20:36friends.
20:37Not knowing.
20:39Can't say.
20:40For what other reason are these subpoenas served upon them if not for that?
20:44Very good plant, Mr Pickwick, but it won't do.
20:47No harm in trying, but there's very little to be got out of me.
20:53Samuel Weller?
20:55One of the truest things you've said for many a year.
20:58Here's a subpoena for you, Mr Weller.
21:01What's that in English?
21:03Here's the original.
21:06Fitch.
21:07This!
21:09Oh, that's the original, is it?
21:11Well, I'm glad I've seen the original.
21:12It's a gratifying thing and eases one's mind so much.
21:16Here's the subpoena.
21:18And here's the shilling.
21:21It's from Dodson and Fogg.
21:24Uncommon and some of them as knows me so little to come down with a present.
21:28It's affecting the one's feelings.
21:32Well, that's that then.
21:35Good afternoon, gentlemen.
21:42Ma'am, I'd better go and see Mr Perker.
21:46Ah, my dear sir, what's the news about your matter?
21:50Anything more about our good friends Dodson and Fogg?
21:54They've not been sleeping, I know that.
21:57Very smart fellas, very smart indeed.
22:00They're very great scoundrels.
22:02Ah, yes, yes.
22:03Well, that's a matter of opinion, you know.
22:07Of course, I can't expect you to view these matters with a professional eye.
22:15Well, we've done everything that's necessary.
22:21I have retained Sergeant Snubbin.
22:25Is he a good man?
22:27Yes, yes, yes.
22:29Bless your heart and soul, my dear sir.
22:32Sergeant Snubbin is at the very top of his profession.
22:35We say...
22:36There's no need to mention this abroad.
22:39We say, we of the profession, that he leads the court by the nose.
22:45They have subpoenaed my three friends.
22:49Important witnesses.
22:51Saw you in a delicate situation.
22:54But she fainted of her own accord.
22:56She threw herself into my arms.
22:58Very likely, my dear sir.
23:01But who's to prove it?
23:02They have subpoenaed my servant too.
23:05Yes, of course.
23:06I knew they would.
23:08Well, my dear sir,
23:09if you will take the management of your affairs into your own hands
23:13after entrusting them to your solicitor,
23:15you must also take the consequences.
23:20What do they want Sam to prove?
23:23That you sent him to Mrs Bardell with some offer of compromise, I suppose.
23:29It doesn't matter very much.
23:31I doubt if any counsel could get very much out of Sam.
23:37I don't think they could.
23:41Now, what course do we pursue?
23:44There is only one to adopt.
23:45We cross-examine the witnesses,
23:48trust to Snubbin's eloquence,
23:50throw dust in the eyes of the judge,
23:52and...
23:54throw ourselves upon the jury.
23:57And suppose the verdict is against me?
24:04You mean...
24:06in that case I must pay the damages?
24:09I'm afraid so.
24:12Then I beg to announce to you
24:14my unalterable determination to pay no damages whatever.
24:20None, Perker.
24:21Not a pound, not a penny of my money
24:24shall find its way into the pockets of Dodson and Fogg.
24:27That is my deliberate and irrevocable decision.
24:31Very well, my dear sir.
24:33You know best, of course.
24:36Of course.
24:41Where does Sergeant Snubbin live?
24:45I should like to see him.
24:47See Sergeant Snubbin?
24:50Oh, poo-poo, my dear sir!
24:54Impossible!
24:57I think not, sir.
25:10Mr. Pickwick is the defendant in Bardell and Pickwick, Sergeant Snubbin.
25:15I am retained in that, am I?
25:17You are, sir, yes.
25:19Mr. Pickwick wishes to state to you
25:22that he denies there being any grounds
25:24or pretext whatever for the action against him.
25:28And that unless he comes into court with clean hands
25:32and without the most conscientious conviction
25:34that he's right in resisting the plaintiff's demands
25:37he would not be here at all.
25:39Ooh.
25:40Has Mr. Pickwick a strong case?
25:44Well...
25:44Due purpose calling witnesses?
25:46Uh, no.
25:51Gentlemen of your profession, sir,
25:53see the worst side of human nature.
25:55All its disputes, all its ill will and bad blood
25:58rise up before you.
26:00I really believe that to this circumstance
26:01must be attributed the vulgar but very general notion
26:05of your being as a body
26:06suspicious, distrustful and over-cautious.
26:13Conscious as I am, sir,
26:15of the disadvantages of making such a declaration to you
26:18in such circumstances,
26:19I have come here because I wish you distinctly to understand,
26:24as my friend Mr. Perker has said,
26:26that I am innocent of the falsehood laid to my charge.
26:32And although I am very well aware of the inestimable value of your assistance, sir,
26:37I must beg to add,
26:39that unless you sincerely believe in my innocence,
26:44I would rather be deprived of the aid of your talents
26:46than have the advantage of them.
26:49Who is with me in this case?
26:51Mr. Funky.
26:53Funky.
26:54Funky.
26:54Funky.
26:54Never heard the name before.
26:55He must be a very young man.
26:57He was called only the other day.
26:59Oh, let me see now.
27:01He hasn't been at the bar eight years yet.
27:04Ah, I thought so.
27:05Is he here? Send him in.
27:07Very well.
27:08Very well.
27:15Ah, Mr. Funky.
27:17Yes?
27:17This way, please.
27:18Oh, the sergeant would like a good word with you.
27:20Oh, yes, sir.
27:21Very, very good, sir.
27:32I understand you're appearing with me in this case, Mr.
27:35Mr.
27:36Funky.
27:38Have you read the papers, Funky?
27:39Oh, yes, indeed, sir.
27:40Yes.
27:41This is Mr.
27:42Mr.
27:43Mr.
27:45How do you do, sir?
27:48Perhaps you would take Mr. Pickwick away and,
27:51and hear anything you may wish to communicate.
27:54Oh, yes, sir.
27:56Thank you, yes.
27:57Would you come with me, please, sir?
28:02Is that all?
28:04That is all, my dear sir.
28:05Yes, this way, sir.
28:06This way.
28:09Far from being reassured by his interview with Sergeant Snubbin,
28:13Mr. Pickwick found himself awaiting trial for breach of promise
28:17with even more unease than he'd felt before.
28:21And the date set for the trial was fast approaching.
28:24We're gonna have to take Saturday.
28:32And the Nuncare Claw's