1 00:00:03,036 --> 00:00:05,402 AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. 2 00:00:06,706 --> 00:00:08,401 IT'S... 3 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Ripped & Corrected By mstoll 4 00:00:43,076 --> 00:00:44,509 HELLO. 5 00:00:44,544 --> 00:00:47,138 TONIGHT ON FACE THE PRESS, WE'RE GOING TO EXAMINE 6 00:00:47,180 --> 00:00:49,478 TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS OF CONTEMPORARY THINGS. 7 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:51,916 ON MY LEFT IS THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS 8 00:00:51,951 --> 00:00:55,819 WHO IS WEARING A STRIKING ORGANZA DRESS IN PINK TULLE 9 00:00:55,855 --> 00:00:59,791 WITH MATCHING PEARLS AND A DIAMANTE COLLAR NECKLACE. 10 00:00:59,826 --> 00:01:03,262 THE SHOES ARE IN BRUSHED PIGSKIN WITH GOLD CLASPS 11 00:01:03,296 --> 00:01:05,025 BY MAXWELL OF BOND STREET. 12 00:01:05,065 --> 00:01:08,034 THE HAIR IS BY ROGER, AND THE WHOLE ENSEMBLE 13 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:12,061 IS CROWNED BY A SPECTACULAR DISPLAY OF CHRISTMAS ORCHIDS. 14 00:01:12,105 --> 00:01:13,231 AND ON MY RIGHT 15 00:01:13,273 --> 00:01:15,639 PUTTING THE CASE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT 16 00:01:15,675 --> 00:01:17,700 IS A SMALL PATCH OF BROWN LIQUID. 17 00:01:19,946 --> 00:01:21,174 WHICH COULD BE CREOSOTE 18 00:01:21,214 --> 00:01:22,545 OR SOME EXTRACT 19 00:01:22,582 --> 00:01:24,277 USED IN INDUSTRIAL VARNISHING. 20 00:01:24,317 --> 00:01:25,284 GOOD EVENING. 21 00:01:26,686 --> 00:01:29,655 MINISTER, MAY I PUT THE FIRST QUESTION TO YOU? 22 00:01:29,689 --> 00:01:32,157 IN YOUR PLAN "A BETTER BRITAIN FOR US" 23 00:01:32,192 --> 00:01:34,319 YOU CLAIMED THAT YOU WOULD BUILD 24 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,920 88,000 MILLION BILLION HOUSES A YEAR 25 00:01:36,963 --> 00:01:38,362 IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA ALONE. 26 00:01:38,398 --> 00:01:41,492 IN FACT, YOU'VE BUILT ONLY THREE IN THE LAST 15 YEARS. 27 00:01:41,534 --> 00:01:43,297 ARE YOU A BIT DISAPPOINTED 28 00:01:43,336 --> 00:01:44,496 WITH THIS RESULT? 29 00:01:44,537 --> 00:01:45,902 NO, NO. 30 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:48,840 I'D LIKE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, IF I MAY, IN TWO WAYS: 31 00:01:48,875 --> 00:01:50,240 FIRSTLY IN MY NORMAL VOICE 32 00:01:50,276 --> 00:01:52,710 AND THEN IN A KIND OF SILLY HIGH-PITCHED WHINE. 33 00:01:52,745 --> 00:01:54,770 YOU SEE, HOUSING IS A PROBLEM REALLY... 34 00:01:54,814 --> 00:01:57,476 WELL, WHILE THE MINISTER IS ANSWERING THIS QUESTION 35 00:01:57,517 --> 00:01:58,882 I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT 36 00:01:58,918 --> 00:02:01,614 THE MINISTER'S DRESS HAS BEEN MADE ENTIRELY BY HAND 37 00:02:01,654 --> 00:02:04,487 FROM OVER 300 PIECES OF ARABIAN SHOT SILK... 38 00:02:06,192 --> 00:02:09,218 ESPECIALLY CREATED FOR THE MINISTER BY VARGAR'S OF PARIS. 39 00:02:09,262 --> 00:02:11,730 THE LOW SLIM-LINE HAS BEEN CUT OFF THE SHOULDER 40 00:02:11,764 --> 00:02:14,995 TO HEIGHTEN THE EFFECT OF THE MINISTER'S FINE BONE STRUCTURE. 41 00:02:15,034 --> 00:02:18,026 I THINK THE MINISTER IS COMING TO THE END OF HIS ANSWER NOW 42 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:20,301 SO LET'S GO BACK OVER AND JOIN THE DISCUSSION. 43 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:22,308 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MINISTER. 44 00:02:22,342 --> 00:02:25,038 TODAY SAW THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW HEAD OF... 45 00:02:25,078 --> 00:02:26,306 DON'T I SAY ANY MORE? 46 00:02:26,346 --> 00:02:27,540 NO FEAR. 47 00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:29,104 TODAY SAW THE APPOINTMENT 48 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:31,447 OF A NEW HEAD OF ALLIED BOMBER COMMAND 49 00:02:31,484 --> 00:02:34,920 AIR CHIEF MARSHALL SIR VINCENT "KILL THE JAPS" FORSTER. 50 00:02:35,021 --> 00:02:36,921 HE'S IN OUR BIRMINGHAM STUDIO. 51 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:38,218 Hello, sailors! 52 00:02:38,258 --> 00:02:39,885 Listen, guess what. 53 00:02:39,926 --> 00:02:43,521 The Ministerette of Aviation has made me... 54 00:02:45,131 --> 00:02:47,725 Head of the R.A.F. Ola Pola... 55 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:51,660 HELLO... MRS. ROGERS? 56 00:02:51,704 --> 00:02:53,228 NO... 57 00:02:53,273 --> 00:02:55,639 OH, I MUST BE IN THE WRONG HOUSE. 58 00:02:57,443 --> 00:02:58,910 OOH... 59 00:03:29,842 --> 00:03:32,709 So from now on, we're going to do things my way. 60 00:03:32,745 --> 00:03:36,306 For a start, David Hockney is going to design the bombs... 61 00:03:38,384 --> 00:03:40,375 THAT MUST BE THE NEW GAS COOKER. 62 00:03:48,828 --> 00:03:49,852 MORNING. 63 00:03:49,896 --> 00:03:50,726 MRS. G. CRUMP? 64 00:03:50,763 --> 00:03:53,231 NO, MRS. G. PINNET. 65 00:03:53,266 --> 00:03:54,927 THIS IS 46 EGERNON CRESCENT? 66 00:03:55,001 --> 00:03:57,595 NO, ROAD, EGERNON ROAD. 67 00:03:57,637 --> 00:03:59,229 ROAD, YES, SAYS HERE, YEAH. 68 00:03:59,272 --> 00:04:02,105 RIGHT, COULD I SPEAK TO MRS. G. CRUMP, PLEASE? 69 00:04:02,141 --> 00:04:04,371 OH, THERE'S NOBODY HERE OF THAT NAME. 70 00:04:04,410 --> 00:04:06,742 IT'S MRS. G. PINNET, 46 EGERNON ROAD. 71 00:04:06,779 --> 00:04:08,337 IT SAYS "CRUMP" HERE, DON'T IT, HARRY? 72 00:04:08,381 --> 00:04:09,109 IT'S ON THE INVOICE. 73 00:04:09,148 --> 00:04:10,206 DEFINITELY "CRUMP." 74 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:11,649 THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE 75 00:04:11,684 --> 00:04:12,981 BECAUSE THE ADDRESS IS RIGHT 76 00:04:13,019 --> 00:04:14,646 AND THAT'S DEFINITELY THE COOKER I ORDERED... 77 00:04:14,687 --> 00:04:15,676 A BLUE AND WHITE COOKEASI. 78 00:04:15,722 --> 00:04:16,711 WELL, YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS. 79 00:04:16,756 --> 00:04:17,745 THIS IS CRUMP. 80 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:18,757 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? 81 00:04:18,791 --> 00:04:19,723 WELL, I DON'T KNOW. 82 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:21,351 WE CAN TAKE IT BACK 83 00:04:21,394 --> 00:04:23,225 GET A TRANSFER SLIP FROM CRUMP TO PINNET 84 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:24,821 AND PUT IT ON A SPECIAL DELIVERY. 85 00:04:24,864 --> 00:04:26,422 THAT'S BEST... WE'LL SPECIAL IT FOR YOU. 86 00:04:26,466 --> 00:04:27,694 WE'LL GET IT DOWN THERE TODAY. 87 00:04:27,734 --> 00:04:29,031 YOU'LL GET IT BACK IN TEN WEEKS. 88 00:04:29,068 --> 00:04:30,535 TEN WEEKS?! 89 00:04:30,570 --> 00:04:32,265 CAN'T YOU JUST LEAVE THIS ONE? 90 00:04:32,305 --> 00:04:33,294 WHAT, THIS? 91 00:04:33,339 --> 00:04:34,397 WHAT, LEAVE IT HERE? 92 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:34,997 YES. 93 00:04:35,041 --> 00:04:35,769 WELL, I DUNNO. 94 00:04:35,808 --> 00:04:36,866 I SUPPOSE WE COULD. 95 00:04:36,909 --> 00:04:38,536 OH, BUT SHE'D HAVE TO FILL OUT 96 00:04:38,578 --> 00:04:39,909 A TEMPORARY DISPATCH NOTE. 97 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:41,071 YEAH, WE COULD LEAVE IT 98 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:42,206 ON A TEMPORARY DISPATCH NOTE. 99 00:04:42,248 --> 00:04:43,442 THAT'S SORTED OUT, THEN. 100 00:04:43,483 --> 00:04:44,541 WHAT A MESS, ISN'T IT? 101 00:04:44,584 --> 00:04:45,676 I KNOW IT'S RIDICULOUS, REALLY 102 00:04:45,718 --> 00:04:46,685 BUT THERE YOU ARE. 103 00:04:46,719 --> 00:04:48,243 GLAD WE COULD BE OF SUCH A HELP. 104 00:04:48,288 --> 00:04:49,915 SIGN IT DOWN THERE, PLEASE, MRS. CRUMP. 105 00:04:50,023 --> 00:04:51,183 PINNET. 106 00:04:51,224 --> 00:04:52,589 LISTEN, JUST FOR THE BOOKS... 107 00:04:52,625 --> 00:04:53,751 MAKE IT A BIT EASIER... 108 00:04:53,793 --> 00:04:55,454 COULD YOU SIGN IT "CRUMP-PINNET"? 109 00:04:55,495 --> 00:04:56,723 RIGHT. 110 00:04:56,763 --> 00:04:58,594 RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEAR. 111 00:04:58,631 --> 00:04:59,723 THE COOKER'S YOURS. 112 00:04:59,766 --> 00:05:00,733 YEAH, HERE WE GO. 113 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:01,756 RIGHT. 114 00:05:01,801 --> 00:05:03,166 SORRY ABOUT THE BOTHER 115 00:05:03,202 --> 00:05:05,568 BUT THERE YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, CHEERIO! 116 00:05:05,605 --> 00:05:06,867 CHEERIO, MRS. CRUMP! 117 00:05:06,973 --> 00:05:08,167 HEY, EXCUSE ME. 118 00:05:08,207 --> 00:05:09,572 COOEY! 119 00:05:09,609 --> 00:05:11,702 UH, CAN YOU PUT IT IN THE KITCHEN? 120 00:05:11,744 --> 00:05:12,642 YOU WHAT? 121 00:05:12,679 --> 00:05:13,839 WELL, I CAN'T COOK ON IT 122 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:14,812 UNLESS IT'S CONNECTED UP. 123 00:05:14,847 --> 00:05:15,779 WE DIDN'T REALIZE YOU HAD 124 00:05:15,815 --> 00:05:16,873 AN INSTALLATION INVOICE. 125 00:05:16,949 --> 00:05:18,075 AN M.I. 126 00:05:18,117 --> 00:05:19,550 NO, WE CAN'T TOUCH IT WITHOUT AN M.I. 127 00:05:19,585 --> 00:05:20,483 OR AN R16. 128 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:21,248 IF IT'S A SPECIAL. 129 00:05:21,287 --> 00:05:22,151 NO, IT'S NOT SPECIAL. 130 00:05:22,188 --> 00:05:22,882 THAT'S BACK AT THE DEPOT. 131 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:23,978 NO, THE SPECIAL'S 132 00:05:24,023 --> 00:05:25,786 THE SAME AS INSTALLATION INVOICE. 133 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:27,452 WHAT'S AN INSTALLATION INVOICE? 134 00:05:27,493 --> 00:05:28,824 A PINK FORM FROM READING. 135 00:05:28,861 --> 00:05:30,522 OH, WE WONDERED WHAT THAT WAS. 136 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:31,860 NOW, THESE ARE THE FORMS. 137 00:05:31,898 --> 00:05:32,990 THAT'S THE ONE, LOVE. 138 00:05:33,032 --> 00:05:34,795 YEAH, THIS SHOULD BE ALL I NEED. 139 00:05:34,834 --> 00:05:36,426 HANG ON, THIS IS FOR PINNET... 140 00:05:36,469 --> 00:05:37,595 MRS. G. PINNET. 141 00:05:37,637 --> 00:05:38,899 THAT'S RIGHT, I'M MRS. G. PINNET. 142 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:40,905 WELL WE'VE GOT "CRUMP- PINNET" ON THE INVOICE. 143 00:05:40,973 --> 00:05:42,736 WELL, SHALL I SIGN IT "CRUMP-PINNET," THEN? 144 00:05:42,775 --> 00:05:44,003 NO, NO, NO, NOT AN M.I., NO. 145 00:05:44,043 --> 00:05:46,102 NO, THAT'S FROM AREA SERVICE AT READING. 146 00:05:46,145 --> 00:05:47,442 NO, CHELTENHAM, ISN'T IT? 147 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,209 NO, NOT THIS SIDE OF THE STREET. 148 00:05:49,248 --> 00:05:51,182 LOOK, I JUST WANT IT CONNECTED UP. 149 00:05:51,217 --> 00:05:52,241 WHAT ABOUT LONDON OFFICE? 150 00:05:52,285 --> 00:05:53,752 NO, THEY HAVEN'T GOT THE MACHINERY. 151 00:05:53,786 --> 00:05:54,650 NOT NOW. 152 00:05:54,687 --> 00:05:55,779 WHAT, THE HOUNSLOW DEPOT? 153 00:05:55,822 --> 00:05:57,449 NO, THEY'RE STILL ON STANDARD PRESSURE. 154 00:05:57,490 --> 00:05:58,821 SAME WITH TWICKENHAM. 155 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:01,053 BUT SURELY THEY CAN CONNECT UP A GAS COOKER. 156 00:06:01,094 --> 00:06:03,392 OH, YEAH, BUT NOT UNLESS IT'S AN EMERGENCY. 157 00:06:03,429 --> 00:06:04,555 WELL, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. 158 00:06:04,597 --> 00:06:05,791 IT'S NOT; AN EMERGENCY IS 290... 159 00:06:05,832 --> 00:06:07,629 "WHERE THERE IS ACTUAL OR APPARENT LOSS 160 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:09,294 OF COMBUSTIBLE GASEOUS SUBSTANCES." 161 00:06:09,335 --> 00:06:10,302 YEAH, IT'S LIKE A LEAK. 162 00:06:10,336 --> 00:06:11,303 OR A 478. 163 00:06:11,337 --> 00:06:12,395 NO, THAT'S VALVE ADJUSTMENT. 164 00:06:12,438 --> 00:06:13,769 BUT THERE CAN'T BE A LEAK 165 00:06:13,806 --> 00:06:15,137 UNLESS YOU'VE CONNECTED IT UP. 166 00:06:15,174 --> 00:06:16,004 NO, QUITE. 167 00:06:16,042 --> 00:06:17,031 WE'D HAVE TO TURN IT ON. 168 00:06:17,076 --> 00:06:18,065 WELL, CAN'T YOU TURN IT ON 169 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:18,873 AND CONNECT IT UP? 170 00:06:18,978 --> 00:06:20,411 NO, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO... 171 00:06:20,446 --> 00:06:22,437 AND THIS IS BETWEEN YOU AND ME; 172 00:06:22,482 --> 00:06:24,006 I SHOULDN'T REALLY BE TELLING YOU THIS... 173 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:24,880 WE'LL TURN YOUR GAS ON 174 00:06:24,917 --> 00:06:25,815 MAKE A HOLE IN YOUR PIPE 175 00:06:25,852 --> 00:06:26,978 YOU RING HOUNSLOW EMERGENCY 176 00:06:27,019 --> 00:06:28,611 THEY'LL BE ROUND HERE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. 177 00:06:28,654 --> 00:06:29,621 WHAT, A HOUSE FULL OF GAS? 178 00:06:29,655 --> 00:06:30,417 I'LL BE DEAD BY THEN! 179 00:06:30,456 --> 00:06:32,890 OH, WELL, IN THAT CASE 180 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:34,517 YOU'D HAVE THE SOUTHEAST AREA MANAGER 181 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:35,527 ROUND HERE LIKE A SHOT. 182 00:06:35,561 --> 00:06:36,391 REALLY? 183 00:06:36,429 --> 00:06:37,487 AH, YES. 184 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:38,997 "ONE OR MORE PERSONS OVERCOME BY FUMES" 185 00:06:39,031 --> 00:06:40,760 YOU'D HAVE HEAD OFFICE, HOLBORN, ROUND HERE. 186 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:41,732 REALLY? 187 00:06:41,768 --> 00:06:43,167 YEAH, THAT'S MURDER, YOU SEE. 188 00:06:43,202 --> 00:06:43,896 OR SUICIDE. 189 00:06:43,936 --> 00:06:45,062 NO, THAT'S S42. 190 00:06:45,104 --> 00:06:46,128 OH. 191 00:06:46,172 --> 00:06:48,003 STILL? I THOUGHT IT WAS HAINAULT. 192 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:49,007 NO, CENTRAL AREA 193 00:06:49,041 --> 00:06:50,736 AND SOUTHALL MARKETING DIVISION... 194 00:06:50,777 --> 00:06:52,244 THEY'RE BOTH ON THE S42 NOW. 195 00:06:52,278 --> 00:06:53,802 AND THEY'D BE ABLE TO CONNECT IT UP? 196 00:06:53,846 --> 00:06:55,370 OH, THEY'D DO THE LOT FOR YOU, LOVE. 197 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:57,007 AND THEY'D COME ROUND THIS AFTERNOON? 198 00:06:57,049 --> 00:06:58,311 WELL, WHAT IS IT NOW, 11:30? 199 00:06:58,351 --> 00:06:59,283 MURDER... 200 00:06:59,318 --> 00:07:00,683 THEY'LL BE ROUND HERE BY 2:00. 201 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,051 OH, WELL, THAT'S WONDERFUL. 202 00:07:02,088 --> 00:07:04,318 OH, RIGHT, LOVE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO LIE DOWN HERE. 203 00:07:04,357 --> 00:07:05,324 ALL RIGHT. 204 00:07:05,358 --> 00:07:06,325 OKAY, HARRY! 205 00:07:06,359 --> 00:07:07,383 OKAY, GAS ON. 206 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:08,826 RIGHT, DEEP BREATHS, LOVE. 207 00:07:08,861 --> 00:07:10,795 RING HEAD OFFICE, WOULD YOU, NORMAN? 208 00:07:10,830 --> 00:07:12,457 SHALL I GO THROUGH MAINTENANCE? 209 00:07:12,498 --> 00:07:15,126 NO, YOU'D BETTER GO THROUGH DEPTFORD MAINTENANCE. 210 00:07:15,168 --> 00:07:16,226 PECKHAM'S ON A 207. 211 00:07:19,372 --> 00:07:21,169 THAT'S LEWISHAM, ISN'T IT... 212 00:07:23,209 --> 00:07:24,506 WHAT ABOUT TOTTENHAM? 213 00:07:26,145 --> 00:07:27,407 NO, THAT'D BE A 5-4. 214 00:07:29,081 --> 00:07:31,015 WHAT ABOUT LEWISHAM? 215 00:07:31,050 --> 00:07:33,314 IT'S CENTRAL, ISN'T IT? 216 00:07:33,352 --> 00:07:34,979 YES, OR RUISLIP. 217 00:08:48,194 --> 00:08:48,888 GOOD MORNING. 218 00:08:48,928 --> 00:08:49,895 GOOD MORNING, SIR. 219 00:08:49,962 --> 00:08:50,792 CAN I HELP YOU? 220 00:08:50,830 --> 00:08:51,762 HELP ME? 221 00:08:51,797 --> 00:08:53,492 YEAH, I'LL SAY YOU CAN HELP ME. 222 00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:54,500 YES, SIR? 223 00:08:54,534 --> 00:08:56,297 I COME ABOUT YOUR ADVERT 224 00:08:56,335 --> 00:08:58,496 "SMALL WHITE PUSSY CAT FOR SALE. 225 00:08:58,538 --> 00:09:00,529 EXCELLENT CONDITION." 226 00:09:00,573 --> 00:09:01,699 AH, YOU WISH TO BUY IT? 227 00:09:01,741 --> 00:09:03,208 THAT'S RIGHT... JUST FOR THE HOUR. 228 00:09:03,242 --> 00:09:04,971 ONLY I AIN'T GONNA PAY MORE'N A FIVER 229 00:09:05,011 --> 00:09:06,308 'CAUSE IT AIN'T WORTH IT. 230 00:09:06,345 --> 00:09:07,778 IT'S COME FROM A VERY GOOD HOME. 231 00:09:07,813 --> 00:09:08,939 IT'S HOUSE TRAINED. 232 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:15,149 "CHEST OF DRAWERS..." 233 00:09:15,187 --> 00:09:16,654 CHEST... DRAWERS. 234 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:20,215 I'D LIKE SOME CHEST OF DRAWERS, PLEASE. 235 00:09:20,259 --> 00:09:21,351 YES, SIR. 236 00:09:21,394 --> 00:09:22,326 DOES IT GO? 237 00:09:22,361 --> 00:09:23,555 IT'S OVER THERE IN THE CORNER. 238 00:09:29,001 --> 00:09:31,936 "PRAM FOR SALE... ANY OFFERS." 239 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,003 I'D LIKE A BIT OF PRAM, PLEASE. 240 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:37,134 AH, YES, SIR. 241 00:09:37,176 --> 00:09:38,507 THAT'S IN GOOD CONDITION. 242 00:09:38,544 --> 00:09:40,774 OH, GOOD... I LIKE THEM IN GOOD CONDITION, EH? 243 00:09:40,813 --> 00:09:42,337 HERE IT IS, YOU SEE. 244 00:09:46,319 --> 00:09:47,308 "BABY-SITTER." 245 00:09:47,353 --> 00:09:48,479 NO, IT'S A BABY-SITTER. 246 00:09:48,521 --> 00:09:49,647 BABY-SITTER? 247 00:09:49,689 --> 00:09:50,713 BABY-SITTER. 248 00:09:50,756 --> 00:09:51,882 BABY-SITTER... 249 00:09:51,958 --> 00:09:53,152 I DON'T WANT A BABY-SITTER. 250 00:09:53,192 --> 00:09:55,854 "BE A BLOOD DONOR," THAT'S IT. 251 00:09:55,895 --> 00:09:58,693 I'D LIKE TO GIVE SOME BLOOD, PLEASE... WHAA! 252 00:10:00,566 --> 00:10:02,557 OH, SPIT, WHICH ONE IS IT? 253 00:10:04,704 --> 00:10:07,468 "BLONDE PROSTITUTE WILL INDULGE IN ANY SEXUAL ACTIVITY 254 00:10:07,506 --> 00:10:09,098 FOR FOUR QUID A WEEK." 255 00:10:09,141 --> 00:10:10,768 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 256 00:10:13,779 --> 00:10:15,303 TIMES, PLEASE. 257 00:10:15,348 --> 00:10:17,009 OH, YES, SIR, HERE YOU ARE. 258 00:10:17,049 --> 00:10:18,243 THANK YOU. CHEERS. 259 00:11:23,816 --> 00:11:25,283 GOOD MORNING. 260 00:11:25,317 --> 00:11:27,342 I'M SORRY TO HAVE KEPT YOU WAITING 261 00:11:27,386 --> 00:11:28,614 BUT I'M AFRAID MY... 262 00:11:28,654 --> 00:11:31,248 MY WALK HAS BECOME RATHER SILLIER RECENTLY 263 00:11:31,290 --> 00:11:34,225 AND SO IT TAKES ME RATHER LONGER TO GET TO WORK. 264 00:11:34,260 --> 00:11:36,285 NOW THEN, WHAT WAS IT AGAIN? 265 00:11:36,328 --> 00:11:38,262 WELL, SIR, I HAVE A SILLY WALK 266 00:11:38,297 --> 00:11:41,027 AND I'D LIKE TO OBTAIN A GOVERNMENT GRANT 267 00:11:41,067 --> 00:11:42,625 TO HELP ME DEVELOP IT. 268 00:11:42,668 --> 00:11:43,692 I SEE. 269 00:11:43,736 --> 00:11:45,101 MAY I SEE YOUR SILLY WALK? 270 00:11:45,137 --> 00:11:46,627 YES, CERTAINLY, YES. 271 00:12:06,158 --> 00:12:07,420 THAT'S IT, IS IT? 272 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:09,291 YES, THAT'S IT, YES. 273 00:12:09,328 --> 00:12:12,559 MM-HMM, IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY SILLY, IS IT? 274 00:12:12,598 --> 00:12:14,259 I MEAN, THE RIGHT LEG ISN'T SILLY AT ALL 275 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:16,632 AND THE LEFT LEG MERELY DOES A FORWARD AERIAL HALF TURN 276 00:12:16,669 --> 00:12:18,034 EVERY ALTERNATE STEP. 277 00:12:18,070 --> 00:12:19,560 YES, BUT WITH GOVERNMENT BACKING 278 00:12:19,605 --> 00:12:20,867 I COULD MAKE IT VERY SILLY. 279 00:12:20,906 --> 00:12:24,273 MR. PUDEY, THE VERY REAL PROBLEM IS ONE OF MONEY. 280 00:12:24,310 --> 00:12:27,177 I'M AFRAID THAT THE MINISTRY OF SILLY WALKS 281 00:12:27,213 --> 00:12:28,908 IS NO LONGER GETTING 282 00:12:28,948 --> 00:12:30,916 THE KIND OF SUPPORT IT NEEDS. 283 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:33,248 YOU SEE, THERE'S DEFENSE, SOCIAL SECURITY 284 00:12:33,285 --> 00:12:35,753 HEALTH, HOUSING, EDUCATION, SILLY WALKS... 285 00:12:35,788 --> 00:12:37,915 THEY'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO GET THE SAME. 286 00:12:37,957 --> 00:12:39,618 BUT LAST YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT 287 00:12:39,658 --> 00:12:42,058 SPENT LESS ON THE MINISTRY OF SILLY WALKS 288 00:12:42,094 --> 00:12:45,689 THAN IT DID ON NATIONAL DEFENSE. 289 00:12:45,731 --> 00:12:48,757 NOW, WE GET £348 MILLION A YEAR 290 00:12:48,801 --> 00:12:51,736 WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT 291 00:12:51,771 --> 00:12:54,831 ON ALL OUR AVAILABLE PRODUCTS. 292 00:12:54,874 --> 00:12:55,772 UH, COFFEE? 293 00:12:55,808 --> 00:12:56,467 YES, PLEASE. 294 00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:57,908 UH, MRS. TWO-LUMPS 295 00:12:57,943 --> 00:12:59,774 WOULD YOU BRING US IN TWO COFFEES, PLEASE? 296 00:12:59,812 --> 00:13:00,904 Yes, Mr. Teabag. 297 00:13:02,414 --> 00:13:03,312 OUT OF HER MIND. 298 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:04,873 NOW, THE JAPANESE HAVE A MAN 299 00:13:04,917 --> 00:13:07,886 WHO CAN BEND HIS LEG BACK OVER HIS HEAD AND BACK AGAIN 300 00:13:07,953 --> 00:13:10,717 WITH EVERY SINGLE STEP, WHILE THE ISRAELIS... 301 00:13:11,957 --> 00:13:13,219 AH, HERE'S THE COFFEE. 302 00:13:19,865 --> 00:13:21,230 THANK YOU... LOVELY. 303 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:29,301 YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN SILLY WALKS, AREN'T YOU? 304 00:13:29,341 --> 00:13:30,501 OH, RATHER. 305 00:13:30,543 --> 00:13:32,204 WELL, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, THEN. 306 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:08,206 MR. PUDEY... 307 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:10,872 I'M NOT GOING TO MINCE WORDS WITH YOU. 308 00:14:10,950 --> 00:14:12,781 I'M GOING TO OFFER YOU A RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP 309 00:14:12,818 --> 00:14:14,285 ON THE ANGLO-FRENCH SILLY WALK. 310 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:15,981 LA MARCHE FUTILE? 311 00:14:16,021 --> 00:14:17,579 BONJOUR. 312 00:14:20,459 --> 00:14:22,256 ...COMME D'HABITUDE 313 00:14:22,294 --> 00:14:24,785 AU SUJET DU "LE MARCHE COMIQUE." 314 00:14:24,830 --> 00:14:29,699 ET MAINTENANT, JE VOUS PRESENTE, ENCORE UNE FOIS 315 00:14:29,735 --> 00:14:34,832 MON AMI, LE POUF CELEBRE, JEAN-BRIAN ZATAPATHIQUE. 316 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:38,071 MERCI, MON PETIT CHOUCHOU, BRIAN TRUBSHAWE. 317 00:14:38,110 --> 00:14:42,547 ET MAINTENANT AVEC LE PIED A DROITE ET LE PIED A GAUCHE 318 00:14:42,581 --> 00:14:45,914 ET MAINTENANT L'ANGLAIS- FRANCAISE MARCHE FUTILE. 319 00:14:45,985 --> 00:14:46,917 ET... 320 00:14:46,986 --> 00:14:47,918 VOI... 321 00:14:47,987 --> 00:14:49,352 LA! 322 00:15:02,401 --> 00:15:05,598 AND NOW A CHOICE OF VIEWING ON BBC TELEVISION: 323 00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:07,230 JUST STARTED ON BBC 2 324 00:15:07,273 --> 00:15:10,868 THE SEMIFINAL OF EPISODE THREE OF KIERKEGAARD'S JOURNALS 325 00:15:10,943 --> 00:15:15,107 STARRING RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN, PEGGY MOUNTAND BILLY BREMNER. 326 00:15:15,147 --> 00:15:18,082 AND ON BBC 1, ETHEL THE FROG. 327 00:15:23,055 --> 00:15:24,522 GOOD EVENING. 328 00:15:24,556 --> 00:15:26,786 ON ETHEL THE FROG TONIGHT, WE LOOK AT VIOLENCE... 329 00:15:26,825 --> 00:15:28,383 THE VIOLENCE OF BRITISH GANGLAND. 330 00:15:28,427 --> 00:15:30,793 LAST TUESDAY A REIGN OF TERROR WAS ENDED 331 00:15:30,829 --> 00:15:34,128 WHEN THE NOTORIOUS PIRANHA BROTHERS, DOUG AND DINSDALE 332 00:15:34,166 --> 00:15:36,293 AFTER ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY TRIALS 333 00:15:36,335 --> 00:15:37,597 IN BRITISH LEGAL HISTORY 334 00:15:37,636 --> 00:15:39,900 WERE SENTENCED TO 400 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT 335 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:41,304 FOR CRIMES OF VIOLENCE. 336 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:42,898 TONIGHT ETHEL THE FROG EXAMINES 337 00:15:42,975 --> 00:15:44,636 THE RISE TO POWER OF THE PIRANHAS 338 00:15:44,677 --> 00:15:47,043 THE METHODS THEY USED TO SUBJUGATE RIVAL GANGS 339 00:15:47,079 --> 00:15:49,445 AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT TRACKING DOWN AND CAPTURE 340 00:15:49,481 --> 00:15:52,177 BY THE BRILLIANT SUPERINTENDENT HARRY "SNAPPER" ORGANS 341 00:15:52,217 --> 00:15:53,650 OF "Q" DIVISION. 342 00:15:53,686 --> 00:15:56,917 DOUG AND DINSDALE PIRANHA WERE BORN, ON PROBATION 343 00:15:56,989 --> 00:15:59,685 IN THIS HOUSE IN KIPLING ROAD, SOUTHWARK 344 00:15:59,725 --> 00:16:01,955 THE ELDEST SONS IN A FAMILY OF 16. 345 00:16:01,994 --> 00:16:04,326 THEIR FATHER, ARTHUR PIRANHA 346 00:16:04,363 --> 00:16:07,491 A SCRAP METAL DEALER AND TV QUIZMASTER 347 00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:10,661 WAS WELL KNOWN TO THE POLICE AND A DEVOUT CATHOLIC. 348 00:16:10,703 --> 00:16:14,264 IN JANUARY 1928, HE HAD MARRIED KITTY MALONE 349 00:16:14,306 --> 00:16:16,968 AN UP-AND-COMING EAST END BOXER. 350 00:16:17,009 --> 00:16:21,969 DOUG WAS BORN IN FEBRUARY 1929 AND DINSDALE TWO WEEKS LATER 351 00:16:22,014 --> 00:16:24,278 AND AGAIN A WEEK AFTER THAT. 352 00:16:24,316 --> 00:16:27,114 THEIR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR WAS MRS. APRIL SIMNEL. 353 00:16:27,152 --> 00:16:30,588 KIPLING ROAD WERE A TYPICAL SORT OF EAST END STREET. 354 00:16:30,622 --> 00:16:33,056 PEOPLE WERE IN AND OUT OF EACH OTHER'S HOUSES 355 00:16:33,092 --> 00:16:35,253 WITH EACH OTHER'S PROPERTY ALL DAY LONG. 356 00:16:35,294 --> 00:16:36,886 THEY WERE A CHEERY LOT, THOUGH. 357 00:16:36,929 --> 00:16:38,624 WAS IT A TERRIBLY VIOLENT AREA? 358 00:16:42,534 --> 00:16:45,594 YES, CHEERFUL AND VIOLENT. 359 00:16:45,637 --> 00:16:47,730 I REMEMBER DOUG WAS VERY KEEN ON BOXING 360 00:16:47,773 --> 00:16:49,070 UNTIL HE LEARNED TO WALK. 361 00:16:49,108 --> 00:16:51,576 THEN HE TOOK UP PUTTING THE BOOT IN THE GROIN. 362 00:16:51,610 --> 00:16:54,078 OH, HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THAT. 363 00:16:54,113 --> 00:16:55,910 HIS MOTHER USED TO HAVE SUCH TROUBLE 364 00:16:55,981 --> 00:16:57,778 GETTING HIM TO COME IN FOR HIS TEA. 365 00:16:57,816 --> 00:17:00,979 HE'D BE OUT THERE PUTTING HIS LITTLE BOOT IN, YOU KNOW. 366 00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:02,248 BLESS HIM. 367 00:17:02,287 --> 00:17:04,585 BUT, YOU KNOW, KIDS WERE VERY DIFFERENT THEN. 368 00:17:04,623 --> 00:17:06,352 THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR HEADS FILLED 369 00:17:06,392 --> 00:17:08,223 WITH ALL THIS CARTESIAN DUALISM. 370 00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:11,991 AT THE AGE OF 15, DOUG AND DINSDALE STARTED ATTENDING 371 00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:15,091 THE ERNEST PYTHAGORAS PRIMARY SCHOOL IN CLERKENWELL. 372 00:17:15,134 --> 00:17:16,226 ANTHONY VINEY 373 00:17:16,268 --> 00:17:18,031 YOU TAUGHT THE PIRANHA BROTHERS ENGLISH. 374 00:17:18,070 --> 00:17:19,867 WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT THEM? 375 00:17:57,743 --> 00:17:59,540 ANTHONY VINEY. 376 00:17:59,578 --> 00:18:02,604 WHEN THE PIRANHAS LEFT SCHOOL, THEY WERE CALLED UP 377 00:18:02,648 --> 00:18:06,277 BUT WERE FOUND BY AN ARMY BOARD TO BE TOO MENTALLY UNSTABLE 378 00:18:06,318 --> 00:18:07,945 EVEN FOR NATIONAL SERVICE. 379 00:18:07,986 --> 00:18:10,181 DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEIR TALENTS 380 00:18:10,222 --> 00:18:11,814 IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY 381 00:18:11,857 --> 00:18:14,724 THEY BEGAN TO OPERATE WHAT THEY CALLED "THE OPERATION." 382 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:18,457 THEY WOULD SELECT A VICTIM AND THEN THREATEN TO BEAT HIM UP 383 00:18:18,497 --> 00:18:21,432 IF HE PAID THEM THE SO-CALLED PROTECTION MONEY. 384 00:18:21,467 --> 00:18:23,867 FOUR MONTHS LATER, THEY STARTED ANOTHER OPERATION 385 00:18:23,902 --> 00:18:25,870 WHICH THEY CALLED "THE OTHER OPERATION." 386 00:18:25,938 --> 00:18:28,338 IN THIS RACKET, THEY SELECTED ANOTHER VICTIM 387 00:18:28,373 --> 00:18:31,570 AND THREATENED NOT TO BEAT HIM UP IF HE DIDN'T PAY THEM. 388 00:18:31,610 --> 00:18:34,602 ONE MONTH LATER, THEY HIT UPON "THE OTHER OTHER OPERATION." 389 00:18:34,646 --> 00:18:36,307 IN THIS, THE VICTIM WAS THREATENED 390 00:18:36,348 --> 00:18:38,873 THAT IF HE DIDN'T PAY THEM, THEY WOULD BEAT HIM UP. 391 00:18:38,951 --> 00:18:41,886 THIS FOR THE PIRANHA BROTHERS WAS THE TURNING POINT. 392 00:18:43,255 --> 00:18:45,416 DOUG AND DINSDALE PIRANHA NOW FORMED A GANG 393 00:18:45,457 --> 00:18:47,049 WHICH THEY CALLED "THE GANG" 394 00:18:47,092 --> 00:18:50,220 AND USED TERROR TO TAKE OVER NIGHTCLUBS, BILLIARD HALLS 395 00:18:50,262 --> 00:18:52,025 GAMING CASINOS AND RACE TRACKS. 396 00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:53,861 WHEN THEY TRIED TO TAKE OVER THE M.C.C. 397 00:18:53,899 --> 00:18:56,766 THEY WERE, FOR THE ONLY TIME IN THEIR LIVES, SLIT UP A TREAT. 398 00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:58,292 AS THEIR EMPIRE SPREAD, HOWEVER 399 00:18:58,337 --> 00:19:01,135 WE IN "Q" DIVISION WERE KEEPING TABS ON THEIR EVERY MOVEMENT 400 00:19:01,173 --> 00:19:02,697 BY READING THE COLOR SUPPLEMENTS. 401 00:19:02,741 --> 00:19:06,507 A SMALL-TIME OPERATOR WHO FELL FOUL OF DINSDALE PIRANHA 402 00:19:06,545 --> 00:19:08,410 WAS VINCE SNETTERTON-LEWIS. 403 00:19:08,447 --> 00:19:13,441 WELL, ONE DAY I WAS SITTING AT HOME THREATENING THE KIDS 404 00:19:13,485 --> 00:19:16,215 AND I LOOKED OUT OF THE HOLE IN THE WALL 405 00:19:16,255 --> 00:19:20,749 AND I SAW THIS TANK DRIVE UP AND ONE OF DINSDALE'S BOYS GETS OUT 406 00:19:20,792 --> 00:19:23,192 AND HE COMES UP, ALL NICE AND FRIENDLY LIKE 407 00:19:23,228 --> 00:19:25,856 AND SAYS DINSDALE WANTS TO HAVE A TALK WITH ME. 408 00:19:25,898 --> 00:19:28,162 SO HE CHAINS ME TO THE BACK OF THE TANK 409 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,260 AND TAKES ME FOR A SCRAPE ROUND TO DINSDALE'S PLACE. 410 00:19:31,303 --> 00:19:34,864 AND DINSDALE'S THERE IN THE CONVERSATION PIT 411 00:19:34,940 --> 00:19:38,603 WITH DOUG AND CHARLES PAISLEY, THE BABY CRUSHER 412 00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:40,544 AND A COUPLE OF FILM PRODUCERS 413 00:19:40,579 --> 00:19:42,410 AND A MAN THEY CALLED KIERKEGAARD 414 00:19:42,447 --> 00:19:45,177 WHO JUST SAT THERE BITING THE HEADS OFF WHIPPETS. 415 00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:46,445 AND DINSDALE SAID 416 00:19:46,485 --> 00:19:49,318 "I HEAR YOU'VE BEEN A NAUGHTY BOY, CLEMENT" 417 00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:52,881 AND HE SPLITS ME NOSTRILS OPEN AND SAWS ME LEG OFF 418 00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:54,823 AND PULLS ME LIVER OUT. 419 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:57,454 AND I SAID, "MY NAME'S NOT CLEMENT." 420 00:19:57,496 --> 00:20:00,021 AND THEN HE LOSES HIS TEMPER 421 00:20:00,065 --> 00:20:01,692 AND HE NAILS MY HEAD TO THE FLOOR. 422 00:20:01,733 --> 00:20:03,894 HE NAILED YOUR HEAD TO THE FLOOR? 423 00:20:04,002 --> 00:20:05,367 AT FIRST, YEAH. 424 00:20:05,404 --> 00:20:08,737 ANOTHER MAN WHO HAD HIS HEAD NAILED TO THE FLOOR 425 00:20:08,774 --> 00:20:10,207 WAS STIG O'TRACEY. 426 00:20:10,242 --> 00:20:13,006 STIG, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT DINSDALE PIRANHA 427 00:20:13,045 --> 00:20:15,036 NAILED YOUR HEAD TO THE FLOOR. 428 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,913 NO, NO, NEVER, NEVER. 429 00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:19,850 HE WAS A SMASHING BLOKE. 430 00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:22,217 HE USED TO GIVE HIS MOTHER FLOWERS AND THAT. 431 00:20:22,254 --> 00:20:23,744 HE WAS LIKE A BROTHER TO ME. 432 00:20:23,789 --> 00:20:25,916 BUT THE POLICE HAVE FILM OF DINSDALE 433 00:20:25,958 --> 00:20:28,392 ACTUALLY NAILING YOUR HEAD TO THE FLOOR. 434 00:20:29,461 --> 00:20:32,157 OH, YEAH, WELL... HE DID THAT, YEAH. 435 00:20:32,197 --> 00:20:33,164 WHY? 436 00:20:33,198 --> 00:20:34,495 WELL, HE HAD TO, DIDN'T HE? 437 00:20:34,533 --> 00:20:35,557 I MEAN, BE FAIR. 438 00:20:35,601 --> 00:20:37,296 THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE HE COULD DO. 439 00:20:37,336 --> 00:20:39,634 I MEAN, I HAD TRANSGRESSED THE UNWRITTEN LAW. 440 00:20:39,671 --> 00:20:40,933 WHAT HAD YOU DONE? 441 00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:43,237 UH... 442 00:20:43,275 --> 00:20:44,936 WELL, HE NEVER TOLD ME THAT. 443 00:20:45,043 --> 00:20:47,477 BUT HE GAVE ME HIS WORD THAT IT WAS THE CASE 444 00:20:47,512 --> 00:20:49,946 AND THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME WITH OLD DINSY. 445 00:20:50,048 --> 00:20:52,482 I MEAN, HE DIDN'T WANT TO NAIL MY HEAD TO THE FLOOR. 446 00:20:52,517 --> 00:20:53,484 I HAD TO INSIST. 447 00:20:53,518 --> 00:20:54,746 HE WANTED TO LET ME OFF. 448 00:20:54,786 --> 00:20:57,084 THERE'S NOTHING DINSDALE WOULDN'T DO FOR YOU. 449 00:20:57,122 --> 00:20:58,714 AND YOU DON'T BEAR HIM ANY GRUDGE? 450 00:20:58,757 --> 00:20:59,724 A GRUDGE?! 451 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:00,816 OLD DINSY? 452 00:21:00,859 --> 00:21:02,588 HE WAS A REAL DARLING. 453 00:21:02,628 --> 00:21:05,859 I UNDERSTAND HE ALSO NAILED YOUR WIFE'S HEAD TO A COFFEE TABLE. 454 00:21:05,897 --> 00:21:07,524 ISN'T THAT RIGHT, MRS. O'TRACEY? 455 00:21:07,566 --> 00:21:10,296 OH, NO, NO, NO. 456 00:21:10,335 --> 00:21:12,565 YEAH, WELL, HE DID DO THAT. 457 00:21:12,604 --> 00:21:13,662 YEAH, YEAH. 458 00:21:13,705 --> 00:21:16,503 HE WAS A CRUEL MAN, BUT FAIR. 459 00:21:16,541 --> 00:21:19,669 VINCE, AFTER HE NAILED YOUR HEAD TO THE FLOOR 460 00:21:19,711 --> 00:21:21,178 DID YOU EVER SEE HIM AGAIN? 461 00:21:21,213 --> 00:21:24,910 YEAH, AFTER THAT, I USED TO GO ROUND TO HIS FLAT 462 00:21:24,983 --> 00:21:27,577 EVERY SUNDAY LUNCHTIME TO APOLOGIZE 463 00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:30,417 AND WE'D SHAKE HANDS, AND THEN HE'D NAIL MY HEAD TO THE FLOOR. 464 00:21:30,455 --> 00:21:32,218 EVERY SUNDAY? 465 00:21:32,257 --> 00:21:34,885 YEAH, BUT HE WAS VERY REASONABLE ABOUT IT. 466 00:21:34,926 --> 00:21:36,154 I MEAN, ONE SUNDAY 467 00:21:36,194 --> 00:21:38,662 WHEN MY PARENTS WERE COMING ROUND FOR TEA 468 00:21:38,697 --> 00:21:40,221 I ASKED HIM IF HE'D MIND VERY MUCH 469 00:21:40,265 --> 00:21:42,199 NOT NAILING MY HEAD TO THE FLOOR THAT WEEK 470 00:21:42,234 --> 00:21:46,295 AND HE AGREED AND JUST SCREWED MY PELVIS TO A CAKE STAND. 471 00:21:46,338 --> 00:21:48,238 HE WAS THE ONLY FRIEND I EVER HAD. 472 00:21:50,575 --> 00:21:53,601 I WOULDN'T HEAR A WORD AGAINST HIM. 473 00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:55,704 LOVELY FELLA. 474 00:21:55,747 --> 00:21:59,148 CLEARLY DINSDALE INSPIRED TREMENDOUS LOYALTY AND TERROR 475 00:21:59,184 --> 00:22:03,018 AMONGST HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, BUT WHAT WAS HE REALLY LIKE? 476 00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:06,889 I WALKED OUT WITH DINSDALE ON MANY OCCASIONS 477 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:11,691 AND FOUND HIM A MOST CHARMING AND ERUDITE COMPANION. 478 00:22:11,730 --> 00:22:15,632 HE WAS WONT TO INTRODUCE ONE TO MANY EMINENT PERSONS 479 00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:19,831 CELEBRATED AMERICAN SINGERS, MEMBERS OF THE ARISTOCRACY 480 00:22:19,871 --> 00:22:21,361 AND OTHER GANG LEADERS. 481 00:22:21,406 --> 00:22:23,101 HOW HAD HE MET THEM? 482 00:22:23,141 --> 00:22:25,200 THROUGH HIS WORK FOR CHARITY. 483 00:22:25,243 --> 00:22:29,145 HE TOOK A WARM INTEREST IN BOYS' CLUBS, SAILORS' HOMES 484 00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:32,548 CHORISTERS' ASSOCIATIONS, SCOUTING JAMBOREES 485 00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:34,916 AND, OF COURSE, THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY. 486 00:22:34,953 --> 00:22:37,717 WAS THERE ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT HIM? 487 00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:39,485 I SHOULD SAY NOT. 488 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:44,928 DINSDALE WAS A PERFECTLY NORMAL PERSON IN EVERY WAY 489 00:22:44,963 --> 00:22:50,026 EXCEPT... EXCEPT INASMUCH AS HE WAS CONVINCED 490 00:22:50,068 --> 00:22:53,834 THAT HE WAS BEING WATCHED BY A GIANT HEDGEHOG 491 00:22:53,872 --> 00:22:56,432 WHOM HE REFERRED TO AS SPINY NORMAN. 492 00:22:56,475 --> 00:22:59,273 HOW BIG WAS NORMAN SUPPOSED TO BE? 493 00:22:59,311 --> 00:23:03,805 NORMALLY HE WAS WONT TO BE ABOUT 12 FEET FROM SNOUT TO TAIL 494 00:23:03,849 --> 00:23:06,579 BUT WHEN DINSDALE WAS VERY DEPRESSED 495 00:23:06,618 --> 00:23:10,520 NORMAN COULD BE ANYTHING UP TO 800 YARDS LONG. 496 00:23:10,555 --> 00:23:13,888 WHEN NORMAN WAS ABOUT, DINSDALE WOULD GO VERY QUIET 497 00:23:13,992 --> 00:23:15,823 AND HIS NOSE WOULD SWELL UP 498 00:23:15,861 --> 00:23:18,352 AND HIS TEETH WOULD START MOVING ABOUT 499 00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:20,297 AND HE'D BECOME VERY VIOLENT 500 00:23:20,332 --> 00:23:22,994 AND CLAIM THAT HE'D LAID STANLEY BALDWIN. 501 00:23:23,034 --> 00:23:25,662 DINSDALE WAS A GENTLEMAN. 502 00:23:25,704 --> 00:23:29,003 AND WHAT'S MORE, HE KNEW HOW TO TREAT A FEMALE IMPERSONATOR. 503 00:23:31,009 --> 00:23:35,912 IT'S EASY FOR US TO JUDGE DINSDALE PIRANHA TOO HARSHLY. 504 00:23:35,947 --> 00:23:41,908 AFTER ALL, HE ONLY DID WHAT MOST OF US SIMPLY DREAM OF DOING. 505 00:23:47,459 --> 00:23:48,687 I'M SORRY. 506 00:23:50,128 --> 00:23:54,929 AFTER ALL, A MURDERER IS ONLY AN EXTROVERTED SUICIDE. 507 00:23:58,203 --> 00:24:03,573 DINSDALE WAS A LOONY, BUT HE WAS A HAPPY LOONY. 508 00:24:03,608 --> 00:24:05,075 LUCKY BASTARD. 509 00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:08,341 MOST OF THESE STRANGE TALES CONCERN DINSDALE 510 00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:09,642 BUT WHAT OF DOUG? 511 00:24:09,681 --> 00:24:12,548 ONE MAN WHO MET HIM WAS LUIGI VERCOTTI. 512 00:24:12,584 --> 00:24:16,111 WELL, I HAD BEEN RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL ESCORT AGENCY. 513 00:24:16,154 --> 00:24:18,452 HIGH-CLASS... NO, REALLY... HIGH-CLASS GIRLS. 514 00:24:18,490 --> 00:24:20,014 WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT. 515 00:24:20,058 --> 00:24:21,184 THAT WAS RIGHT OUT. 516 00:24:21,226 --> 00:24:22,318 AND I DECIDED... 517 00:24:23,361 --> 00:24:24,453 EXCUSE ME. 518 00:24:24,496 --> 00:24:26,657 HELLO? 519 00:24:26,698 --> 00:24:28,029 NO, NOT NOW. 520 00:24:28,066 --> 00:24:29,397 SHTOOM, SHTOOM. 521 00:24:31,736 --> 00:24:37,402 RIGHT, YES, WE'LL HAVE THE WATCH READY FOR YOU AT MIDNIGHT. 522 00:24:37,442 --> 00:24:41,469 THE WATCH... THE CHINESE WATCH. 523 00:24:43,281 --> 00:24:45,909 YES, ALL RIGHT, BYE-BYE... MOTHER. 524 00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:49,647 ANYWAY, I DECIDED THEN TO OPEN 525 00:24:49,688 --> 00:24:51,815 A HIGH-CLASS NIGHTCLUB FOR THE GENTRY 526 00:24:51,857 --> 00:24:54,189 AT BIGGLESWADE WITH INTERNATIONAL CUISINE 527 00:24:54,226 --> 00:24:55,557 COOKING, TOP-LINE ACTS 528 00:24:55,594 --> 00:24:58,085 AND NOT A CHEAP CLIP JOINT FOR PICKING UP TARTS. 529 00:24:58,129 --> 00:25:00,427 THAT WAS RIGHT OUT, I DENY THAT COMPLETELY. 530 00:25:00,465 --> 00:25:03,525 AND ONE NIGHT DINSDALE WALKED IN 531 00:25:03,568 --> 00:25:05,866 WITH A COUPLE OF BIG LADS 532 00:25:05,971 --> 00:25:09,839 ONE OF WHOM WAS CARRYING A TACTICAL NUCLEAR MISSILE. 533 00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:12,537 THEY SAID I'D BOUGHT ONE OF THEIR FRUIT MACHINES 534 00:25:12,577 --> 00:25:13,874 AND WOULD I PAY FOR IT. 535 00:25:13,912 --> 00:25:15,573 HOW MUCH DID THEY WANT? 536 00:25:15,614 --> 00:25:18,048 THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION POUNDS. 537 00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:19,846 THEN THEY WENT OUT. 538 00:25:19,885 --> 00:25:22,581 WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL FOR THE POLICE? 539 00:25:22,621 --> 00:25:25,886 WELL, I'D NOTICED THAT THE LAD WITH THE THERMONUCLEAR DEVICE 540 00:25:25,924 --> 00:25:27,983 WAS THE CHIEF CONSTABLE FOR THE AREA. 541 00:25:29,261 --> 00:25:32,287 ANYWAY, A WEEK LATER THEY COME BACK 542 00:25:32,330 --> 00:25:35,094 SAID THAT THE CHECK HAD BOUNCED 543 00:25:35,133 --> 00:25:37,533 AND THAT I HAD TO SEE DOUG. 544 00:25:37,569 --> 00:25:38,593 DOUG? 545 00:25:39,804 --> 00:25:41,465 DOUG. 546 00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:49,779 I WAS TERRIFIED OF HIM. 547 00:25:49,814 --> 00:25:52,908 EVERYONE WAS TERRIFIED OF DOUG. 548 00:25:52,951 --> 00:25:55,283 I'VE SEEN GROWN MEN PULL THEIR OWN HEADS OFF 549 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:56,480 RATHER THAN SEE DOUG. 550 00:25:57,756 --> 00:26:00,054 EVEN DINSDALE WAS FRIGHTENED OF DOUG. 551 00:26:00,091 --> 00:26:01,524 WHAT DID HE DO? 552 00:26:06,097 --> 00:26:08,327 HE USED SARCASM. 553 00:26:08,366 --> 00:26:11,267 HE KNEW ALL THE TRICKS... DRAMATIC IRONY, METAPHOR 554 00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:17,674 BATHOS, PUNS, PARODY, LITOTES... AND SATIRE. 555 00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:20,576 BY A COMBINATION OF VIOLENCE AND SARCASM 556 00:26:20,612 --> 00:26:22,739 THE PIRANHA BROTHERS, BY FEBRUARY 1966 557 00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:24,874 CONTROLLED LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST. 558 00:26:24,950 --> 00:26:27,714 IN FEBRUARY, THOUGH, DINSDALE MADE A BIG MISTAKE. 559 00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:30,880 LATELY, DINSDALE HAD BECOME INCREASINGLY WORRIED 560 00:26:30,989 --> 00:26:32,854 ABOUT SPINY NORMAN. 561 00:26:32,891 --> 00:26:36,486 HE HAD COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT NORMAN SLEPT 562 00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:39,622 IN AN AEROPLANE HANGAR AT LUTON AIRPORT. 563 00:26:39,664 --> 00:26:43,998 AND SO, ON FEBRUARY 22, 1966, AT LUTON AIRPORT... 564 00:26:47,706 --> 00:26:50,300 EVEN THE POLICE BEGAN TO SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE. 565 00:26:51,676 --> 00:26:53,576 THE PIRANHAS REALIZED THEY HAD GONE TOO FAR 566 00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:55,102 AND THAT THE HUNT WAS ON. 567 00:26:55,146 --> 00:26:57,842 THEY WENT INTO HIDING AND I DECIDED ON A SUBTLE APPROACH 568 00:26:57,882 --> 00:26:59,406 VIZ. SOME FORM OF DISGUISE 569 00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:02,648 AS THE OLD HELMET AND BOOTS WERE A BIT OF A GIVEAWAY. 570 00:27:02,687 --> 00:27:05,679 LUCKILY, MY YEARS WITH BRISTOL REP STOOD ME IN GOOD STEAD 571 00:27:05,724 --> 00:27:08,693 AS I ASSUMED A BEWILDERING VARIETY OF DISGUISES. 572 00:27:08,727 --> 00:27:12,663 I TRACKED THEM TO CARDIFF POSING AS THE REVEREND SMILER EGRET. 573 00:27:12,697 --> 00:27:14,358 HEARING THEY'D GONE BACK TO LONDON 574 00:27:14,399 --> 00:27:17,857 I ASSUMED THE IDENTITY OF A PORK BUTCHER, BRIAN STOATS. 575 00:27:17,969 --> 00:27:19,436 ON MY ARRIVAL IN LONDON 576 00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:22,167 I DISCOVERED THEY HAD RETURNED TO CARDIFF. 577 00:27:22,207 --> 00:27:25,870 I FOLLOWED AS GLOUCESTER FROM KING LEAR. 578 00:27:25,977 --> 00:27:27,376 ACTING ON A HUNCH 579 00:27:27,412 --> 00:27:30,745 I SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS IN BUENOS AIRES AS BLIND PEW 580 00:27:30,782 --> 00:27:32,716 RETURNING THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL 581 00:27:32,751 --> 00:27:35,185 AS RATTY IN TOAD OF TOAD HALL. 582 00:27:35,220 --> 00:27:38,280 BACK IN CARDIFF, I RELIVED MY TRIUMPH 583 00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:41,349 AS SANCHO PANZA IN MAN OF LA MANCHA 584 00:27:41,393 --> 00:27:43,725 WHICH THE BRISTOL EVENING POST DESCRIBED 585 00:27:43,762 --> 00:27:47,198 AS "A GLITTERING PERFORMANCE OF RARE PERCEPTION" 586 00:27:47,232 --> 00:27:49,996 ALTHOUGH THE BATH CHRONICLE WAS LESS THAN ENTHUSIASTIC. 587 00:27:50,035 --> 00:27:52,333 IN FACT, IT GAVE ME A RIGHT PANNING... I QUOTE... 588 00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:54,031 "AS FOR THE PERFORMANCE 589 00:27:54,072 --> 00:27:56,097 "OF SUPERINTENDENT HARRY 'SNAPPER' ORGANS 590 00:27:56,141 --> 00:27:57,608 "AS SANCHO PANZA 591 00:27:57,642 --> 00:28:00,543 "THE AUDIENCE WERE BEMUSED BY HIS HIGH-PITCHED WELSH ACCENT 592 00:28:00,578 --> 00:28:02,546 AND INTIMIDATED BY HIS ABUSIVE AD LIBS." 593 00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:04,514 THE WESTERN DAILY NEWS SAID... 594 00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:06,312 "SANCHO PANZA 595 00:28:06,351 --> 00:28:09,081 "SPOILT AN OTHERWISE IMPECCABLY CHOREOGRAPHED RAPE SCENE 596 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:10,587 "BY HIS UNSCHEDULED APPEARANCE 597 00:28:10,622 --> 00:28:12,954 AND PERSISTENT CRIES OF 'WHAT'S ALL THIS, THEN? '" 598 00:28:15,193 --> 00:28:16,421 NEVER MIND, SNAPPER, LOVE. 599 00:28:16,461 --> 00:28:17,587 YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL. 600 00:28:17,629 --> 00:28:18,618 TRUE, CONSTABLE. 601 00:28:18,663 --> 00:28:20,096 COULD I HAVE MY EYELINER, PLEASE? 602 00:28:20,131 --> 00:28:21,860 TELEGRAM FOR YOU, LOVE. 603 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:23,060 OH, GOOD-O. 604 00:28:23,101 --> 00:28:24,227 BET IT'S FROM BINKIE. 605 00:28:24,269 --> 00:28:26,203 THOSE FLOWERS ARE FOR SERGEANT LAUDERDALE 606 00:28:26,237 --> 00:28:27,864 FROM THE GENTLEMAN WAITING OUTSIDE. 607 00:28:27,939 --> 00:28:28,963 OH, GOOD. 608 00:28:29,007 --> 00:28:30,736 30 SECONDS, SUPERINTENDENT. 609 00:28:30,775 --> 00:28:32,208 OH, BLIMEY, I'M ON. 610 00:28:32,243 --> 00:28:34,177 IS ME HAT STRAIGHT, CONSTABLE? 611 00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:35,236 OH, IT'S FINE. 612 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,009 RIGHT, HERE WE GO THEN, HAWKINS. 613 00:28:37,048 --> 00:28:38,879 OH, MERDE, SUPERINTENDENT. 614 00:28:38,950 --> 00:28:40,611 GOOD LUCK, THEN. 615 00:28:53,364 --> 00:28:55,389 READ ALL ABOUT IT! 616 00:28:55,433 --> 00:28:57,867 PIRANHA BROTHERS ESCAPE! 617 00:29:00,972 --> 00:29:02,963 DINSDALE? 618 00:29:10,982 --> 00:29:13,815 DINSDALE? 619 00:29:19,023 --> 00:29:21,821 DINSDALE? 620 00:29:26,998 --> 00:29:28,295 DINSDALE? 621 00:29:34,305 --> 00:29:38,867 DINSDALE! DINSDALE! 622 00:29:40,345 --> 00:29:41,471 DINSDALE! 623 00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:44,277 DINSDALE! 624 00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:52,753 WELL, THAT'S ALL FOR NOW, AND SO UNTIL NEXT WEEK... 625 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:04,000 Ripped & Corrected By mstoll