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STEAM WHISTLE BLOWS | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
DOORBELL RINGS | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
DOG BARKS ENTHUSIASTICALLY | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
-Yes? -Good afternoon. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
My name's Herriot. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
Well, I believe Mr Farnon is expecting me. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
Surgery is from six to seven. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
Oh, no. No. He asked me for tea. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
-Did he, now? -Well, I'm applying for the job, you see. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
Mr Farnon's new assistant. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:37 | |
Oh. Well, you'd better come in then. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:40 | |
Go on, get in. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:42 | |
DOG GROWLS | 0:02:42 | 0:02:43 | |
I'm Mrs Hall. I keep house for Mr Farnon. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:53 | |
Leave your bags there. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
-Yes, right. -He never said anything to me about you coming to tea. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
But still, never mind. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
You'd better wait out there. I've got some shopping to do, | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
and if I don't go now I'll be all behind for the rest of the day. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
Sorry I've kept you waiting. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
-The name is Farnon. Siegfried Farnon. -James Herriot. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
-How do you do? -How do you do? Look, I've got some calls to make. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
I think you'd better come along, all right? | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
Come on! | 0:03:54 | 0:03:55 | |
-Afternoon, sir. -Afternoon. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
There's a lame horse here. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:13 | |
-This is Mr Herriot. -How do? | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
Which leg do you make it? | 0:04:39 | 0:04:40 | |
Uh... | 0:04:43 | 0:04:44 | |
Trot her on, please. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:46 | |
HE ENCOURAGES THE HORSE | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
-Near fore, I think. -Would you like to examine it? | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
Yes. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:08 | |
Yes, of course. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
MOOING | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
HE SOOTHES HORSE | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
Up. There we go. Up, up, up. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:53 | |
What do you think it is? | 0:06:02 | 0:06:04 | |
Pus in the foot, I think. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
Yes, I think you're right. Um... | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
What do you suggest we do about it? | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
-Open up the sole and evacuate the pus. -Mm-hmm. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:15 | |
Right. Off you go. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:24 | |
There it goes! | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
Well done. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
She'll get relief now. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
Well done, Herriot. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
It's not funny, is it? When the horn's as hard as that? | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
Right, Mr Sharp, if you'll hold up the hoof a moment, | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
-I'll disinfect the cavity. -Right you are, sir. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
Iodine crystals and turpentine. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
The chemical reaction... | 0:07:08 | 0:07:09 | |
..drives the crystal deep into the tissue. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
Righto. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
By gum, Mr Farnon! | 0:07:19 | 0:07:22 | |
It's wonderful what science can do nowadays. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
Whoa, Diamond! | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
Yes, it's a family practice, really. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
My father had it for, what, | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
28 years, and then before him, my great-uncle. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:41 | |
Things were different then, of course. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
Had a housekeeper, six servants, full-time gardener, | 0:07:43 | 0:07:48 | |
not a blade of grass out of place. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
But then the war finished all that, you see. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
Things have never been the same since. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
Oh, yes, things certainly changed in 1918. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
Well, hey-ho. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:06 | |
£4 a week and full board. How's that? | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
Four...? | 0:08:15 | 0:08:16 | |
You mean I've got the job? | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
Yes. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:22 | |
Whoa. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
Whoa. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
Well, then, what have you found out, young man? | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
-Head back, eh? -Yes. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
Well, you shouldn't have much trouble, then. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
I've seen Mr Farnon bring them out arse-first. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
Wonderful man, Mr Farnon. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
I've never seen him beat yet. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
Finest vet for miles around here, if you ask me. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
Grab hold of that rope, will you? | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
Mr Farnon always puts special lubricating stuff on his arms first. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:10 | |
He says you've got infection of the womb if you use soap and water. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:14 | |
Yes. Don't you worry about a thing. Whoa, there. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:23 | |
There's a girl. There's my girl, there's my girl. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
There she goes. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
HORSE SNORTS | 0:09:31 | 0:09:32 | |
Blast! | 0:09:37 | 0:09:38 | |
How long you been qualified? | 0:09:38 | 0:09:40 | |
-About seven months. -Seven months? | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
Well, nowt like a bit of experience, I always say. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
Mr Farnon's been doing work for me for over ten years. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:54 | |
Oh-ho, he really knows what he's about, he does. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
Yeah, you can have all your book learning. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
Give me experience every time. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
Pull harder. That's... That's it. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:05 | |
Steady, steady. A good... steady tension on the rope. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:10 | |
Now, I'm going to repel the foal. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
You keep up just a steady pull on the rope. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
Should bring the head round. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:18 | |
What if the rope comes off? | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
I suggest a good steady tension. That's it. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
Now, pull on the head as she strains. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
You should pull on the legs. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:33 | |
Do as I say. Pull on the bloody head rope! | 0:10:33 | 0:10:35 | |
She's going down. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:39 | |
It'll be dead. It's bound to be. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
Cor...it's alive. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:54 | |
I thought it'd be dead, the way you messed about with it. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
How about a drink? | 0:11:40 | 0:11:41 | |
Oh. Thank you very much indeed, Mr Dinsdale. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:45 | |
It has been a bit of a struggle. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:46 | |
No, I meant for the mare. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:49 | |
Oh. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:51 | |
Oh, of course. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:53 | |
Do her good. Give her a drink, by all means. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:55 | |
Mr Farnon don't believe in that, not after foaling. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
Says it chills the stomach. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
Old Sumner's been having a bit of a moan. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
Thought I'd mention it. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
Moaning about me? | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
Yes. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:17 | |
Says he, uh, rang you the other night, | 0:12:17 | 0:12:21 | |
and you refused to come out to his cow. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
He's a good client, you know, and he's a very nice fellow. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:30 | |
Don't want to lose a chap like that. Hmm? | 0:12:30 | 0:12:34 | |
It was only a chronic mastitis. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
Yes, I know. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:38 | |
Pass the marmalade. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:40 | |
-He'd been dosing it himself for a week. -Hmm. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
The cow was eating well. I thought it would be all right | 0:12:45 | 0:12:47 | |
-to leave it till the next day. -Mm-hmm. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:50 | |
James, um, there is one fundamental rule in our job which transcends | 0:12:55 | 0:13:01 | |
all others, and I'll tell you what it is. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:04 | |
We must attend. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:06 | |
It should be written on your soul in letters of fire. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
You must attend. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
No matter what the circumstances, be it wet or fine, night or day, | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
if a client calls you out, you must go. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
And go cheerfully. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:22 | |
Even if they have been | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
treating the animal themselves, | 0:13:26 | 0:13:28 | |
it may have taken a turn for the worse. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:29 | |
The animal may die. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
CLOCK CHIMES THE HOUR | 0:13:33 | 0:13:34 | |
-MOUTH FULL: -You must attend. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:36 | |
-By the way, I wonder if it's here. -What? | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
The car! | 0:13:41 | 0:13:42 | |
I've got you a car. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:45 | |
Sunshine roof. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:55 | |
Spare wheel. What more could you ask? | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
In fact, it's quite stylish. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:01 | |
By the way, are you going past the Weathercock Cafe this morning? | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
-Yes, I think so. -Good. Well, perhaps you could pick up my brother. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:12 | |
He's coming down from college. Scruffy sort of chap. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:15 | |
His name's Tristan. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:16 | |
It's all Father's fault, really. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:24 | |
Music ruled his life. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:26 | |
Wagner. Wagner all the time. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
Morning, noon, and night. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:31 | |
That's why we're stuck with these dreadful names. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
Siegfried and Tristan, I ask you! | 0:14:34 | 0:14:37 | |
-Might have been worse. -Well, hardly. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
It could have been Wotan, or Pogner. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
Gosh, yes, you're right. I forgot about old Pogner. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:46 | |
Even so, it's going to look damn silly on that brass plate. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:50 | |
-Are you studying to be a vet? -That's right, yes. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:55 | |
-I didn't realise. -No, he doesn't talk about it very much. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
I haven't been doing too well, you see. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:05 | |
He's afraid I might let the side down. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:08 | |
How did you get on in the exams? | 0:15:08 | 0:15:10 | |
A damned disgrace. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
Bloody awful. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:13 | |
-You ought to be ashamed of yourself. -Yes, sir. I'm sorry. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:19 | |
What on Earth have you been doing up there all this term, anyway? | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
Eh? Boozing, I suppose, and chasing women. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
Anything but doing work. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
You're just lazy, Tristan. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
Just bone bloody idle. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:32 | |
Well, I've had enough of it this time. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
More than enough. I'm sick to death of you. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:36 | |
He's got the bloody nerve to walk in here and tell me he's failed pathology! | 0:15:39 | 0:15:42 | |
I did all right in parasitology, though. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:45 | |
Well, he can sit path again at Christmas, can't he? | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
After all, it's a difficult exam. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
I'm not working my fingers to the bone to keep him up there, | 0:15:49 | 0:15:51 | |
idling his time away! | 0:15:51 | 0:15:53 | |
You're sacked. Do you understand me? You're sacked once and for all. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
I want you out of this house, and out of my sight! | 0:15:58 | 0:16:01 | |
That's the end. You are sacked. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:03 | |
Everything all right, James? | 0:16:05 | 0:16:07 | |
Yeah, fine, thanks. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
Good man. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:10 | |
Well, I'm terribly sorry about the way things have worked out. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
Could've been worse. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
I don't really see how. I mean, he's thrown you out, hasn't he? | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
Oh, don't worry. He's always saying that. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
HE TUNES IN RADIO | 0:16:27 | 0:16:29 | |
He'll have forgotten all about it in the morning. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:31 | |
-Fag? -No, thanks. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
The only tricky thing was getting him to swallow | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
what I said about the parasitology. | 0:16:37 | 0:16:40 | |
You said you'd passed. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:42 | |
I only said I'd done all right. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:44 | |
Nothing more specific. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
PIANO MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO | 0:16:49 | 0:16:50 | |
I failed both, actually. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:54 | |
Parasitology and pathology. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
Never mind. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:01 | |
I'll pass them at Christmas. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
Your very good health. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:15 | |
And thank you for everything you've done. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:20 | |
Thank you from both of us. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:21 | |
I haven't done very much, Mrs Pumphrey. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
It's really up to you. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
Yes, I know. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
You must stop overfeeding him. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:29 | |
But he gets so bored with chicken, you see. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
That's the trouble. He does so love his cream cakes, | 0:17:32 | 0:17:36 | |
don't you, Tricky Woo? | 0:17:36 | 0:17:38 | |
And his fudge, and chocolate, and pate and trifle. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:42 | |
I find it hard to refuse him, Mr Herriot. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:47 | |
When he begs for his little titbits. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
Well, I'm afraid you're going to have to. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
Otherwise this trouble's going to become more frequent. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:55 | |
The anal gland gets impacted, | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
you see, and that's what causes the pain. | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
Oh, poor Tricky Woo. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:02 | |
So, you must put him on a good, sensible dog diet. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:07 | |
Two small meals a day. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:10 | |
-Meat and biscuits. -Meat and biscuits. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:13 | |
And nothing in between. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:15 | |
I'll do my best, Mr Herriot. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
I find it so hard to be strict with him. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:22 | |
It's being kind to him, really, Mrs Pumphrey. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
Yes, of course. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
DOG SNUFFLES | 0:18:27 | 0:18:29 | |
Yes, I'll try. I'll try to be good. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
And if you do have any more trouble, | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
then just give me a ring and I'll come round right away. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
Thank you very much, Mr Herriot. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
You've been such a comfort. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
Thank YOU, Mrs Pumphrey. That's delicious sherry. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:45 | |
I get it specially from London. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
Would you like a case? | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
No, I wouldn't dream of it. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:52 | |
Oh, but I insist. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:54 | |
We both insist, don't we, Tricky Woo? | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
It's very kind of you. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:58 | |
A-ah-ah! Not another word. The very least I can do. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:02 | |
Come along, Tricky darling. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:03 | |
Come and say goodbye to Uncle Herriot. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:07 | |
Bye, Tricky Woo. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:09 | |
There! You see? He likes you. I knew he would. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:13 | |
-I like him. -He's got so few friends. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
You know, I often worry about him. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:19 | |
Do you think he gets lonely, being an only dog? | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
TRICKY WOO YAPS | 0:19:23 | 0:19:24 | |
I should think he's very happy and contented | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
living here with you, Mrs Pumphrey. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:30 | |
Oh, how kind of you to say so. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:33 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:34 | |
I can't tell you how pleased I am you've come to Darrowby. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:38 | |
May your stay here be a long and joyful one. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:41 | |
Good morning. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:35 | |
My name's James Herriot. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
I've come about the lame calf of yours. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
Good morning. I'm Helen Alderson. Here's your patient. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
We think he's broken his leg. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
Right, well, let's have a look, then, shall we? | 0:20:47 | 0:20:49 | |
Hold his head, please. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
I'm sorry my father isn't here. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
-He's out in the field with the men. -Oh, don't worry. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
No, it's just a simple fracture of the radius and ulna. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
-A bit of plaster should do the trick. -Uh-huh. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
COWS LOW | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
Well, that seems to be dry. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:20 | |
Thanks very much. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:22 | |
You'll have to keep the plaster on for at least a month. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:24 | |
If you give me a call then, I'll come back and take it off. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:28 | |
-All right. -Just be careful that the bandage doesn't make his leg sore. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:32 | |
-Fine. -LOUD MOOING | 0:21:32 | 0:21:34 | |
That's his mother. She's been hanging about all morning | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
wondering what we're doing with her calf. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
Oh, she can come in now. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
HELEN ENCOURAGES COW INSIDE | 0:21:52 | 0:21:54 | |
I didn't know Mr Farnon had got a new partner. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:22 | |
Assistant, not partner. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
I've been with him since July. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:27 | |
-Are you enjoying it? -Oh, yes, very much. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:29 | |
It's been a complete revelation to me, coming to Yorkshire. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:33 | |
I had no idea it was such beautiful countryside. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
That's Hescott Fell. Over 2,500ft. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:40 | |
Wonderful. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:41 | |
Eddleton. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:44 | |
Wedder Fell on the other side and Colver and Senner. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:48 | |
You're very lucky to live in a place like this. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
Yes, I know. I love it very much. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
-Were you born in the country, Mr Herriot? -No. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
Good heavens, no. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:02 | |
No, I lived near London when I was a boy. Henfield. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
My father still lives there. In the same house, in fact. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
I've been trying to persuade him to get a transfer up here. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
He works in a bank, you see, but he just won't do anything about it. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
Well, it is their home, after all. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:17 | |
Yes, I know, but my mother died a few years ago. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:19 | |
I just think the change would do him good. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
Perhaps. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
Thank you for coming so promptly, Mr Herriot. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
I'll see you next month. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
Right. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
WHISTLING | 0:23:37 | 0:23:38 | |
Yes, she's quite a girl, Helen Alderson. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:42 | |
Been running that place single-handed since her mother died. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:46 | |
Her old dad, he relies on her completely. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
Ah. She's not married, then? | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
No. A bit choosy, I gather. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:56 | |
There've been a lot of blokes chasing her, | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
but they don't seem to have got very far. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:02 | |
CHILDREN SHOUT OUTSIDE | 0:24:05 | 0:24:07 | |
Good morning, Siegfried. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
Is it? | 0:24:09 | 0:24:11 | |
I was up at 4am. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:13 | |
And it's all your fault too. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:15 | |
-My fault? -Hmm. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:16 | |
Yes. A cow with a very mild infection of the rumen. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:28 | |
The farmer had been mucking about with it himself. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
Linseed oil one day, bit of bicarb and ginger the next, | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
and then at four o'clock in the morning he decides to call the vet. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:37 | |
When I said it could have waited a few hours more, | 0:24:37 | 0:24:39 | |
he said, "Oh, no. Mr Herriot told us to ring any time, day or night." | 0:24:39 | 0:24:43 | |
Yes, well, I'm terribly sorry about that, Siegfried. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:45 | |
You're spoiling these chaps, James, and I'm getting the backwash of it. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
But I thought the rule was, "You must attend". | 0:24:48 | 0:24:51 | |
Rule? What rule? What are you talking about? | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
Supposing the animal died? | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
Serve him right. TRISTAN! | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
Nothing like a dead animal to bring them to their senses. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:02 | |
They'll call us out earlier next time. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:03 | |
There's no need to shout. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
What's the matter with you today? | 0:25:06 | 0:25:07 | |
-Nothing. -Just the usual sore head. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
-What? -I heard you come in last night. Well, we all did, I'm sure. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
Falling over the chair and banging the door! | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
I only went down to the Black Bull. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
If you must get drunk three or four times a week, | 0:25:18 | 0:25:20 | |
-I do wish you would do it a little more quietly. -Is that all? | 0:25:20 | 0:25:23 | |
No. Don't forget it's market day tomorrow. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:25 | |
-Market day? -Yes! It's the end of the month and the bills have gone out. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:28 | |
-Oh, yes. -And I want you to devote the entire day... | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
The entire day, Tristan, to taking their cheques | 0:25:31 | 0:25:33 | |
and giving them a receipt, | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
and entering their names accurately in the receipt book. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
Right. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:40 | |
Let's hope you can do that without making a bloody hash of it. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
OINKING | 0:25:46 | 0:25:48 | |
This way! Pig buyers! | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
Pig buyers up this way, please. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
Go, this way, pig buyers. Pig buyers up this way, please. | 0:25:55 | 0:26:00 | |
£2, sir? £2? | 0:26:00 | 0:26:03 | |
At £2. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:04 | |
£2. £2. Two pounds five. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:07 | |
Two pounds eight, two pounds eight. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:09 | |
I know what you want. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:17 | |
A nice little 32-piece tea-set. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:19 | |
Now, look at that there. That must be perfect. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
Nice little roses. It takes four Chinamen three weeks to make | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
every saucer. Will you give me £3 for that? Will you give me £2.10? | 0:26:24 | 0:26:27 | |
Will you give me £2? A pound to you, madam, | 0:26:27 | 0:26:29 | |
for that wonderful tea-set. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
Absolutely perfect. I'll throw in three cups, | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
I'll throw in three saucers | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
and I'll throw in three dinner plates and knives and forks. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
A pound for the lot. And I'll wrap it all up in a little box for you. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
Anything else? Not interested at all in that. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
Can I interest you in a horsey? | 0:26:44 | 0:26:45 | |
A lovely little horsey for your sideboard? | 0:26:45 | 0:26:47 | |
Nothing for your sideboard? Go all right in the morning with | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
your shovel and spade all over your sideboard? | 0:26:50 | 0:26:52 | |
PHONE RINGS | 0:26:52 | 0:26:54 | |
LOUD BARKING | 0:27:01 | 0:27:03 | |
Quiet! Stop that noise at once! | 0:27:03 | 0:27:07 | |
Sorry, Mr Heaton. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
-You want us to do a postmortem? -(Have you got any money?) | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
A postmortem? Right. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
I'll be round right away. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
Hang on, James! | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
-Right, Mr Heaton. -I'm coming with you. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:24 | |
I'm going down to Heaton's place. I'll be a couple of hours. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
I believe they teach you blokes a pretty hot postmortem procedure. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:31 | |
I'd like to see you in action. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:33 | |
-How are you, Mr Armitage? -Oh, middling, sir. Just middling. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
CAR HORN BEEPS | 0:27:42 | 0:27:44 | |
HE BEEPS HORN REPEATEDLY | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
There's your receipt, Mrs Pratt. Thanks very much. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
Thank you, Mr Farnon. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:57 | |
You're looking very smart this morning. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
Smart? Me looking smart! | 0:28:00 | 0:28:03 | |
You know what they say, best-dressed woman in Mansley Dale. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:06 | |
Oh, Mr Farnon, you are a wicked one. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:10 | |
-Where are we going? -Huh? | 0:28:13 | 0:28:15 | |
It's the other end of the village, Heaton's place. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:18 | |
You said "Seaton's". | 0:28:18 | 0:28:20 | |
I said "Heaton". | 0:28:20 | 0:28:22 | |
You said "Seaton". | 0:28:23 | 0:28:25 | |
There's no... There's no postmortem knife. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:48 | |
Never mind. I'll borrow a carving knife from the house. | 0:28:49 | 0:28:52 | |
HE WHISTLES A TUNE | 0:28:55 | 0:28:57 | |
-Ah, good morning. -Good morning, Mr Farnon. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:10 | |
A carving knife. May we borrow a carving knife, please? | 0:29:10 | 0:29:13 | |
-A carving knife? -Yes, a good sharp one. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:16 | |
-You want to borrow a carving knife? -Yes, that's it, yes. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:19 | |
-We haven't much time, you see. -Yes. | 0:29:22 | 0:29:24 | |
-HE WHISTLES -Hello. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:32 | |
Ah. | 0:29:33 | 0:29:35 | |
This is the sharpest one we've got, Mr Farnon. | 0:29:43 | 0:29:46 | |
Right, let's look. Yes, well, I've seen worse. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:49 | |
Right, now, where's this sheep? | 0:29:50 | 0:29:53 | |
Sheep? What sheep? | 0:29:53 | 0:29:55 | |
Well, your husband telephoned us. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:58 | |
He wants us to do a postmortem on a sheep. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:00 | |
First I've heard of it. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:02 | |
Oh, for heaven's sake. Mr Seaton? | 0:30:02 | 0:30:04 | |
Is he in here? Mr Seaton? | 0:30:06 | 0:30:10 | |
Mr Seaton? | 0:30:11 | 0:30:12 | |
Must be more careful, James, in future. | 0:30:21 | 0:30:24 | |
Gives a very bad impression. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:26 | |
-It's Heaton, not Seaton. -HE CLEARS HIS THROAT | 0:30:26 | 0:30:28 | |
KNOCK AT DOOR Who is it? | 0:30:44 | 0:30:46 | |
< It's me. Tristan. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:48 | |
Oh, it's all right. Come in. | 0:30:48 | 0:30:51 | |
What's up? You look as if you've lost the petty cash. | 0:30:56 | 0:30:59 | |
It's worse than that. I've lost the bloody receipt book. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:03 | |
-You've done what? -It's not funny, Jim. | 0:31:03 | 0:31:06 | |
I spent the last two hours ransacking the house. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:09 | |
I can't find it anywhere. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:11 | |
Heaven help us all. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:14 | |
I mean, we are supposed to be running a business, after all. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:20 | |
No system, that's the trouble. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:22 | |
Everything seems to be this one bloody big shambles. | 0:31:22 | 0:31:25 | |
Good Lord, look at that. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:30 | |
It was a golf ball last year. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:32 | |
Shower up, will you, James? | 0:31:34 | 0:31:36 | |
You see, what we need is a... | 0:31:36 | 0:31:39 | |
an expert, someone who can do these jobs properly. | 0:31:39 | 0:31:42 | |
Tristan can't be trusted to blow his own nose | 0:31:44 | 0:31:46 | |
without making a ruddy mess of it. | 0:31:46 | 0:31:47 | |
Go easy with that dusting powder! | 0:31:49 | 0:31:51 | |
You see, what we need is... | 0:31:52 | 0:31:53 | |
..a secretary, James, a secretary. | 0:31:55 | 0:31:57 | |
Someone who can do the paperwork properly. | 0:31:58 | 0:32:00 | |
What exactly is this, Mr Farnon? | 0:32:02 | 0:32:04 | |
Well, that's our ledger, you see. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:06 | |
HE CLEARS HIS THROAT | 0:32:06 | 0:32:08 | |
Yes, we enter the visit into that from our day book. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:11 | |
Which is here somewhere... | 0:32:13 | 0:32:14 | |
Hang on. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:16 | |
GROWLING | 0:32:16 | 0:32:17 | |
Here we are. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:19 | |
There we are. | 0:32:20 | 0:32:22 | |
I'm afraid you gentlemen will have to learn to write | 0:32:24 | 0:32:28 | |
if I'm going to look after your books. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:30 | |
What seems to be the trouble, Miss Harbottle? | 0:32:30 | 0:32:34 | |
Well, there are three quite different hands here. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:38 | |
That one is by far the worst. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:39 | |
It's quite dreadful. Whose is it? | 0:32:39 | 0:32:42 | |
Um. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:44 | |
Well, it is mine, actually. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:47 | |
I was probably in a bit of a hurry that day. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:50 | |
Hm! It's all the same. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:52 | |
Look here, and here, | 0:32:52 | 0:32:55 | |
and here. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:56 | |
It won't do, you know. | 0:32:56 | 0:32:58 | |
-Yes, well, I'm sorry. -Where do you keep your cashbox? | 0:32:59 | 0:33:02 | |
Ah! | 0:33:04 | 0:33:06 | |
Well, actually, we don't have a cashbox, Miss Harbottle. | 0:33:06 | 0:33:10 | |
-We just stuff it in there, you see. -What about the petty cash? | 0:33:10 | 0:33:14 | |
Yes, it all goes in there. | 0:33:15 | 0:33:17 | |
All cash, petty and otherwise. | 0:33:17 | 0:33:19 | |
How you've managed to go on like this for so long I can't imagine. | 0:33:19 | 0:33:23 | |
There'll have to be some changes made. | 0:33:23 | 0:33:25 | |
Some really quite...drastic changes. | 0:33:25 | 0:33:28 | |
-He's getting on a bit, isn't he, Mr Dean? -Aye. Is that. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:41 | |
Coming up to 16 next April. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:43 | |
Lively as a puppy is all, when he feels in the mood. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:46 | |
-Is he off his food? -Oh, yes. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:49 | |
Right off, yeah. | 0:33:49 | 0:33:51 | |
Which is strange, you know, because, by gum, he can eat. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:54 | |
He'd get through three or four meals a day, you know, | 0:33:54 | 0:33:57 | |
if he had the chance. Is he going to be ill long? | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 | |
Doesn't seem right, you know, to have him poorly. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
Well, the thing is.... | 0:34:05 | 0:34:07 | |
I'm afraid it's rather serious. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:09 | |
There's this large swelling here. It's caused by an internal growth. | 0:34:10 | 0:34:14 | |
You mean cancer? | 0:34:16 | 0:34:18 | |
I'm afraid so. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:21 | |
I wish there was something I could do for him, but there isn't. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:25 | |
You mean he's going to die? | 0:34:30 | 0:34:32 | |
Well, he's in some distress now. It's going to get worse. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:35 | |
I think it'd be a kindness if we put him to sleep. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:40 | |
Just a minute. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:48 | |
All right, Mr Herriot, you'd best do it now. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:01 | |
There's no need to worry. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:04 | |
It's just an overdose of an anaesthetic. | 0:35:06 | 0:35:08 | |
Quite painless. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:10 | |
Good, quick way out for the old boy. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:17 | |
DOG PANTS | 0:35:20 | 0:35:22 | |
There's a good boy. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:30 | |
There we are. | 0:35:30 | 0:35:32 | |
There, there... | 0:35:38 | 0:35:40 | |
Is that it? | 0:36:01 | 0:36:02 | |
Yes. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:05 | |
He's out of his pain now. | 0:36:05 | 0:36:07 | |
Well, you're quite right, Mr Herriot. We couldn't see him suffer. | 0:36:10 | 0:36:14 | |
I'm very grateful, you know, for what you've done. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:18 | |
-Well... We'd best settle up now. -No, that's all right, Mr Dean. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:23 | |
I had to pass your house anyway. It's no problem. | 0:36:23 | 0:36:25 | |
-No, no, Mr Herriot. -Let's say no more about it. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:28 | |
-No, please, I'm not... -Not another word. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:30 | |
Mr Herriot! Just a minute! | 0:36:43 | 0:36:46 | |
Mr Herriot. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:48 | |
Thank you, sir. You've been very kind to me, sir. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:54 | |
I've got something for you. | 0:36:54 | 0:36:55 | |
This is for you. A cigar. | 0:36:57 | 0:37:00 | |
Thank you, sir. Thank you. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:01 | |
DOG BARKS INSIDE | 0:37:11 | 0:37:12 | |
-Good morning, Mrs Hall. -Morning, Mr Broadbent. Bit chilly today. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:16 | |
Did you hear about Luke Benson's missus | 0:37:16 | 0:37:19 | |
running off with that young fella from Clover Hill? | 0:37:19 | 0:37:21 | |
Yes. Dreadful, isn't it? | 0:37:21 | 0:37:23 | |
-And I'll tell you something else, Mrs Hall. -Yes? | 0:37:23 | 0:37:26 | |
I wish somebody'd take my old bugger! | 0:37:26 | 0:37:28 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:37:28 | 0:37:29 | |
CROCKERY CLATTERS | 0:37:29 | 0:37:32 | |
Please don't do that. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:33 | |
Don't do what? | 0:37:35 | 0:37:37 | |
It sets my teeth on edge. That scraping noise. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:39 | |
Oh, I see. You're in one of your moods, are you? | 0:37:41 | 0:37:45 | |
I've got a terrible headache. | 0:37:45 | 0:37:46 | |
Hangover is the word, Tristan. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:50 | |
Hangover. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:52 | |
I'm not surprised... | 0:37:52 | 0:37:53 | |
..the amount you put away last night. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:57 | |
You didn't do too badly yourself. | 0:37:57 | 0:37:59 | |
I know when to stop, unlike some people. | 0:37:59 | 0:38:03 | |
-DOGS BARK OUTSIDE -Shut up! | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
It's just the morning mail. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
Oh, heaven help us. I can't face all that efficiency this morning. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:13 | |
Hangover's the word, Siegfried. Hangover. | 0:38:14 | 0:38:17 | |
I've put the business mail in the office, Mr Farnon. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:21 | |
-Personal letter for you, Mr Herriot. -Thank you, Miss Harbottle. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
I should like to start as soon as possible. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:28 | |
There is a great deal of work to be done. | 0:38:28 | 0:38:30 | |
Yes, in a minute, Miss Harbottle. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:33 | |
-Oh, Lord. -What is it? Another bill? | 0:38:40 | 0:38:42 | |
Uh, it's... | 0:38:44 | 0:38:46 | |
..an invitation. | 0:38:47 | 0:38:49 | |
Let me see. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:50 | |
Listen to this. "Tricki Woo requests the pleasure | 0:38:54 | 0:38:58 | |
"of Uncle Herriot's company at a garden party on August 5th." | 0:38:58 | 0:39:03 | |
Very funny. What on earth am I going to do, Siegfried? | 0:39:05 | 0:39:09 | |
Well, accept, of course. | 0:39:09 | 0:39:11 | |
Mrs Pumphrey's parties are famous. | 0:39:11 | 0:39:12 | |
Mountains of food and rivers of champagne. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:16 | |
And since you're invited by Tricky Woo himself, | 0:39:16 | 0:39:20 | |
you'll be the guest of honour. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:22 | |
MUSIC PLAYS | 0:39:22 | 0:39:25 | |
# This world's becoming a gay one | 0:39:25 | 0:39:29 | |
# I used to think it a grey one | 0:39:29 | 0:39:31 | |
# But I discovered it's A1 just now | 0:39:31 | 0:39:35 | |
# It's taken on a new meaning | 0:39:35 | 0:39:38 | |
# It's very nice to be seen in | 0:39:38 | 0:39:40 | |
# There's been a little spring cleaning somehow | 0:39:40 | 0:39:45 | |
# Who's been polishing the sun | 0:39:45 | 0:39:47 | |
# Rubbing out the clouds of grey? | 0:39:47 | 0:39:49 | |
# They must've known just how I like it | 0:39:49 | 0:39:51 | |
# Everything's coming my way | 0:39:51 | 0:39:54 | |
# Who's been teaching all the birds | 0:39:54 | 0:39:56 | |
# How to sing a roundelay? | 0:39:56 | 0:39:58 | |
# They must've known just how I like it | 0:39:58 | 0:40:01 | |
# Everything's coming my way | 0:40:01 | 0:40:03 | |
# Yesterday everything looked anyhow | 0:40:03 | 0:40:07 | |
# When I met someone and look at it now | 0:40:07 | 0:40:11 | |
# Who's been polishing the sun | 0:40:11 | 0:40:14 | |
# Rubbing out the clouds of grey? | 0:40:14 | 0:40:16 | |
# They must have known just how I like it | 0:40:16 | 0:40:19 | |
# Everything's coming my way | 0:40:19 | 0:40:21 | |
# Tell me who's been polishing the sun | 0:40:21 | 0:40:22 | |
# Sweeping all the stormy clouds away? | 0:40:22 | 0:40:25 | |
# They must've known just how I like it | 0:40:25 | 0:40:27 | |
# Every little thing's going to be OK | 0:40:27 | 0:40:30 | |
# Tell me, who's been teaching all the birds | 0:40:30 | 0:40:32 | |
# How to sing a merry roundelay... # | 0:40:32 | 0:40:34 | |
LAUGHTER AND CHATTER NEARBY | 0:40:34 | 0:40:36 | |
-Yes, it's quite good, isn't it? -SHE CHUCKLES | 0:40:39 | 0:40:42 | |
Ah, James! | 0:40:42 | 0:40:43 | |
You've met Joyce, haven't you? | 0:40:45 | 0:40:47 | |
-Yes. -No. -We met at the races. | 0:40:47 | 0:40:50 | |
Oh, yes, sorry. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:52 | |
Do me a favour. | 0:40:58 | 0:40:59 | |
Yes, of course. | 0:40:59 | 0:41:01 | |
I want you to post this. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:05 | |
I want it to go out this evening, you see. | 0:41:08 | 0:41:10 | |
You want me to post it? | 0:41:10 | 0:41:11 | |
Yes. You're going to this gramophone thing, aren't you? | 0:41:13 | 0:41:17 | |
Yes. Yes, I am. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:19 | |
Aren't you? | 0:41:19 | 0:41:21 | |
Well, I was going to go with Tristan, | 0:41:23 | 0:41:24 | |
but he seems to have changed his mind. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
Oh! You don't need Tristan to hold your hand, surely? | 0:41:27 | 0:41:31 | |
It's the music you're going for, after all. Hm? | 0:41:32 | 0:41:35 | |
Yes. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:38 | |
Yes. | 0:41:38 | 0:41:39 | |
Well, I'll see you later. | 0:41:43 | 0:41:45 | |
I do hope you have a nice time. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:47 | |
Yes. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:49 | |
GRAMOPHONE PLAYS CHAMBER MUSIC | 0:41:51 | 0:41:54 | |
MUSIC STOPS | 0:42:39 | 0:42:41 | |
MUSIC RESUMES | 0:43:06 | 0:43:09 | |
Let me have a go. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:15 | |
Are you sure it's not too grand? | 0:43:20 | 0:43:22 | |
No, of course not. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:24 | |
Everyone goes to the Reniston. | 0:43:24 | 0:43:25 | |
You've got to impress her, after all. | 0:43:25 | 0:43:27 | |
You can't take her to the Black Bull. | 0:43:27 | 0:43:29 | |
HE SCOFFS | 0:43:29 | 0:43:31 | |
There. | 0:43:34 | 0:43:35 | |
-How do I look? -Not bad. | 0:43:35 | 0:43:38 | |
THUNDER RUMBLES, DOGS WHINE | 0:43:38 | 0:43:40 | |
Not bad at all. | 0:43:40 | 0:43:41 | |
The sleeves are a bit short. | 0:43:41 | 0:43:43 | |
A mere detail. | 0:43:43 | 0:43:45 | |
Nothing to worry about. | 0:43:45 | 0:43:47 | |
Yes, I can just see it. | 0:43:47 | 0:43:49 | |
Sweet music oozing out of Benny Thornton's trombone, and you, | 0:43:49 | 0:43:52 | |
full of lobster thermidor, floating round the dance floor. | 0:43:52 | 0:43:54 | |
Good heavens. Prince Charming off to the ball. | 0:43:56 | 0:43:59 | |
I'm taking Helen Alderson out to dinner. | 0:43:59 | 0:44:00 | |
Ah, yes, tonight's the night. | 0:44:00 | 0:44:03 | |
Where did you get the suit from? | 0:44:03 | 0:44:05 | |
I borrowed it from Tristan. | 0:44:05 | 0:44:07 | |
The sleeves are a little bit short, aren't they? | 0:44:07 | 0:44:09 | |
Stop undermining his confidence and finding fault. | 0:44:09 | 0:44:13 | |
What confidence? | 0:44:13 | 0:44:14 | |
THUNDER CRASHES | 0:44:14 | 0:44:16 | |
TOOLS CLATTER | 0:44:20 | 0:44:22 | |
TOOLS THUMP ON BACK SEAT | 0:44:26 | 0:44:28 | |
Not bad. Five minutes flat, eh? | 0:44:40 | 0:44:42 | |
ENGINE STARTS | 0:44:53 | 0:44:55 | |
You're absolutely drenched. | 0:44:56 | 0:44:58 | |
I'll soon dry. | 0:44:58 | 0:45:00 | |
Look at your shoes! | 0:45:00 | 0:45:01 | |
Yes. | 0:45:02 | 0:45:04 | |
Well... Doesn't matter. | 0:45:04 | 0:45:06 | |
We'd better go back home. | 0:45:10 | 0:45:12 | |
You can borrow a pair of my father's. | 0:45:14 | 0:45:16 | |
THUNDER RUMBLES | 0:45:20 | 0:45:22 | |
Dreadful night. | 0:45:22 | 0:45:23 | |
I've known worse. | 0:45:25 | 0:45:26 | |
Oh, yes, so have I. Much worse. | 0:45:26 | 0:45:29 | |
Pity about them trousers. | 0:45:33 | 0:45:36 | |
Oh, they'll be all right once they're pressed. | 0:45:36 | 0:45:38 | |
Rots the fabric, or so I'm told. | 0:45:38 | 0:45:40 | |
Never the same after a good soaking. | 0:45:42 | 0:45:44 | |
Here we are. | 0:45:45 | 0:45:46 | |
Will these be all right? | 0:45:48 | 0:45:50 | |
Oh, yes. Thank you. | 0:45:50 | 0:45:51 | |
Yes, they're fine... | 0:45:51 | 0:45:53 | |
Good evening, sir. | 0:46:11 | 0:46:13 | |
Are we too late for the dinner dance? | 0:46:13 | 0:46:15 | |
There's no dance tonight, sir. | 0:46:15 | 0:46:16 | |
We only hold them once a fortnight. | 0:46:16 | 0:46:19 | |
Oh. Well, I didn't realise. | 0:46:19 | 0:46:21 | |
Never mind. We can have dinner, then. | 0:46:21 | 0:46:23 | |
Table for two, sir? | 0:46:25 | 0:46:27 | |
Yes, please. | 0:46:27 | 0:46:28 | |
This way, please. | 0:46:29 | 0:46:30 | |
Goodnight. | 0:46:33 | 0:46:35 | |
Goodnight, sir. Nice to see you again. | 0:46:35 | 0:46:38 | |
BUZZ OF CONVERSATION | 0:46:38 | 0:46:40 | |
Are you staying, sir? | 0:47:00 | 0:47:02 | |
Well, yes, of course. | 0:47:03 | 0:47:04 | |
What room number, sir? | 0:47:06 | 0:47:08 | |
Why... I'm not living here. | 0:47:10 | 0:47:11 | |
I see. | 0:47:13 | 0:47:14 | |
Not staying. | 0:47:14 | 0:47:16 | |
-Have you been here before? -Once or twice. | 0:47:20 | 0:47:22 | |
It's very... | 0:47:24 | 0:47:25 | |
Very comfortable, isn't it? | 0:47:27 | 0:47:28 | |
A bit ostentatious. | 0:47:29 | 0:47:31 | |
Yes. | 0:47:32 | 0:47:34 | |
Yes, it is a bit. | 0:47:36 | 0:47:37 | |
-How's the calf? -How's the what? | 0:47:43 | 0:47:45 | |
-The calf with the broken leg. -Oh, fine. | 0:47:46 | 0:47:49 | |
Father took the bandage off. | 0:47:50 | 0:47:52 | |
Seemed a bit silly to drag you all the way out there. | 0:47:52 | 0:47:54 | |
Well, I wouldn't have minded. | 0:47:54 | 0:47:56 | |
-How's the beef? -All being well, it should be a very good year. | 0:48:08 | 0:48:10 | |
We're quite pleased about it. | 0:48:10 | 0:48:13 | |
Good. Actually, I meant this beef. | 0:48:13 | 0:48:15 | |
This beef? | 0:48:15 | 0:48:17 | |
Oh, I'm sorry. | 0:48:17 | 0:48:19 | |
It's nice. Very nice indeed. | 0:48:19 | 0:48:21 | |
Are you happy here? | 0:48:25 | 0:48:26 | |
Well, yes. Aren't you? | 0:48:29 | 0:48:31 | |
I meant in Darrowby, in your job. | 0:48:31 | 0:48:33 | |
Well, of course. | 0:48:33 | 0:48:35 | |
Don't I seem to be? | 0:48:35 | 0:48:37 | |
I just wondered. | 0:48:37 | 0:48:38 | |
It must feel a bit strange sometimes. | 0:48:40 | 0:48:42 | |
Why should it? | 0:48:44 | 0:48:45 | |
It's not what you're used to, after all, this sort of life. | 0:48:46 | 0:48:48 | |
I thought I was settling down rather well. | 0:48:51 | 0:48:53 | |
-I didn't mean that. -Well, don't you think I am? | 0:48:53 | 0:48:56 | |
Yes. You're doing wonderfully. | 0:48:58 | 0:49:00 | |
Everyone likes you very much. | 0:49:00 | 0:49:02 | |
Oh, don't look so worried. It was just a passing thought. | 0:49:04 | 0:49:07 | |
I didn't mean to upset you, it's just that... | 0:49:12 | 0:49:14 | |
-we were wondering if you ever miss London. -We? | 0:49:14 | 0:49:18 | |
I was telling my father about your family. | 0:49:18 | 0:49:20 | |
He asked me whereabouts in the country you came from. | 0:49:20 | 0:49:22 | |
I suppose he doesn't approve. | 0:49:22 | 0:49:24 | |
It isn't a question of approve or disapprove. | 0:49:24 | 0:49:27 | |
Don't be so edgy. | 0:49:27 | 0:49:29 | |
Look, it was just a casual remark. | 0:49:41 | 0:49:45 | |
Let's forget it, shall we? | 0:49:45 | 0:49:47 | |
CHURCH BELLS RING, BAUBLE TINKLES | 0:49:47 | 0:49:49 | |
It's quite obvious that your social life has suffered badly | 0:49:57 | 0:50:00 | |
-during my absence. -I've been working, Tristan! | 0:50:00 | 0:50:03 | |
Don't you start, please. | 0:50:03 | 0:50:04 | |
I've had enough brotherly advice to last me a lifetime. | 0:50:04 | 0:50:08 | |
Anyway, I'll pass in the summer. I'm bound to. | 0:50:08 | 0:50:11 | |
Not many berries on this stuff, are there? | 0:50:11 | 0:50:14 | |
You're behaving like a bullock with a bellyache. | 0:50:15 | 0:50:18 | |
All because you had a disastrous night | 0:50:18 | 0:50:19 | |
and she's given you the old heave-ho. Well, so what? | 0:50:19 | 0:50:23 | |
Do you know how many times I've been spurned? | 0:50:23 | 0:50:26 | |
Spurned? | 0:50:28 | 0:50:30 | |
It never even got started. | 0:50:31 | 0:50:33 | |
Forget it, lad, and get out into the big world. | 0:50:33 | 0:50:35 | |
The rich tapestry of life is waiting for you there. | 0:50:35 | 0:50:39 | |
Think of all the lovely girls in Darrowby. | 0:50:39 | 0:50:41 | |
You can hardly move for them. | 0:50:41 | 0:50:43 | |
Tell you what, why don't you let me fix something up? | 0:50:43 | 0:50:46 | |
'Nice little foursome. | 0:50:46 | 0:50:48 | |
'Just what you need.' | 0:50:48 | 0:50:49 | |
Connie. | 0:50:53 | 0:50:54 | |
Brenda. The two prettiest nurses in the whole of Yorkshire. | 0:50:57 | 0:51:02 | |
BRENDA AND CONNIE LAUGH Hello, Connie. | 0:51:02 | 0:51:04 | |
You'll have to watch him, girls. He's a devil with women. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:08 | |
THEY GIGGLE | 0:51:08 | 0:51:10 | |
How about a little drink to get us all in the mood? | 0:51:10 | 0:51:13 | |
# Five gold rings! | 0:51:18 | 0:51:22 | |
ALL: # Four calling birds, three French hens | 0:51:22 | 0:51:25 | |
# Two turtle doves | 0:51:25 | 0:51:26 | |
# And a partridge in a pear tree! # | 0:51:26 | 0:51:29 | |
Come on, drink up. | 0:52:11 | 0:52:13 | |
It's time we were off to that dance. | 0:52:13 | 0:52:15 | |
DRUMROLL | 0:52:15 | 0:52:16 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, please take your partners for the Lambeth Walk. | 0:52:16 | 0:52:20 | |
Now, come on, everyone. We want you all on the floor. | 0:52:20 | 0:52:23 | |
BAND PLAYS LAMBETH WALK | 0:52:23 | 0:52:25 | |
-# Doing the Lambeth Walk! -Hoi! # | 0:52:36 | 0:52:38 | |
-Hold it, now, hold it! -BAND STOPS | 0:52:38 | 0:52:40 | |
Let's have a bit more hoi! | 0:52:40 | 0:52:42 | |
-Hoi! -All right, once more, boys. | 0:52:42 | 0:52:44 | |
BAND PLAYS INTRO | 0:52:44 | 0:52:48 | |
# Any time you're Lambeth way | 0:52:50 | 0:52:53 | |
# Any evening, any day | 0:52:53 | 0:52:55 | |
# You'll find us all | 0:52:55 | 0:52:58 | |
# Doin' the Lambeth walk. HOI! # | 0:52:58 | 0:53:00 | |
Better. | 0:53:00 | 0:53:01 | |
# Every little Lambeth gal | 0:53:01 | 0:53:03 | |
# With her little Lambeth pal | 0:53:03 | 0:53:06 | |
# You'll find 'em all... Hey! | 0:53:06 | 0:53:09 | |
# Doin' the Lambeth Walk! HOI! | 0:53:09 | 0:53:12 | |
# Everything's free and easy | 0:53:12 | 0:53:14 | |
# Do as you darn well pleasey | 0:53:14 | 0:53:17 | |
# Why don't you make your way there? | 0:53:17 | 0:53:20 | |
# Go there, stay there | 0:53:20 | 0:53:22 | |
# Once you get down Lambeth way | 0:53:22 | 0:53:25 | |
-# Every evening... -Bom-bom-bom | 0:53:25 | 0:53:27 | |
# You'll find them all, hey! | 0:53:27 | 0:53:30 | |
# Doin' the Lambeth Walk! HOI! # | 0:53:30 | 0:53:33 | |
LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE | 0:53:33 | 0:53:36 | |
Connie? | 0:53:50 | 0:53:51 | |
-Try some of this. It's delicious. -What is it? -Pork pie. | 0:53:53 | 0:53:57 | |
-I've got trifle. -It doesn't matter. Try some. | 0:53:57 | 0:53:59 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:53:59 | 0:54:01 | |
BAND PLAYS WALTZ | 0:54:12 | 0:54:15 | |
James? | 0:54:49 | 0:54:51 | |
I don't feel very well... | 0:54:54 | 0:54:56 | |
SHE RETCHES | 0:55:08 | 0:55:10 | |
SHE RETCHES | 0:55:13 | 0:55:16 | |
Are you enjoying the dance? | 0:55:19 | 0:55:21 | |
Merry Christmas, James. | 0:55:23 | 0:55:25 | |
Same to you. | 0:55:26 | 0:55:28 | |
I've had a cow struck by lightning. | 0:55:32 | 0:55:34 | |
It's laid up in the field. | 0:55:34 | 0:55:37 | |
Are you sure it was lightning, Mr Cranford? | 0:55:37 | 0:55:39 | |
We haven't had a storm today. | 0:55:39 | 0:55:40 | |
Maybe you haven't had one, but we've had one here. | 0:55:40 | 0:55:43 | |
Must be lightning. Couldn't be owt else. | 0:55:43 | 0:55:45 | |
-Morning, Mr Herriot. -Bugger t'morning! | 0:55:45 | 0:55:47 | |
Get on with some work! | 0:55:47 | 0:55:49 | |
Are you sure it was killed by lightning, Mr Cranford? | 0:56:01 | 0:56:04 | |
Couldn't be owt else. | 0:56:04 | 0:56:06 | |
Nasty storm. A good beast like that dropped down dead. | 0:56:08 | 0:56:12 | |
It didn't exactly drop down, did it? | 0:56:12 | 0:56:15 | |
It died in convulsions. | 0:56:15 | 0:56:17 | |
You can see here, where its hooves have kicked up the grass. | 0:56:19 | 0:56:23 | |
All right, then. It had a convulsion, | 0:56:23 | 0:56:24 | |
but it was the lightning that brought it on. | 0:56:24 | 0:56:27 | |
No, I'm not so sure. | 0:56:27 | 0:56:28 | |
One of the signs of lightning stroke | 0:56:30 | 0:56:31 | |
is that the animal falls without a struggle. | 0:56:31 | 0:56:34 | |
Some of them still have the grass in their mouths. | 0:56:34 | 0:56:37 | |
-Well, it's not all the same, you know. -No, no, I realise that. | 0:56:37 | 0:56:40 | |
Look here. I've been among livestock for half a century. | 0:56:40 | 0:56:44 | |
This isn't the first beast I've seen struck. | 0:56:44 | 0:56:46 | |
This could have been caused by so many things. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:49 | |
What about the side and shoulder? | 0:56:49 | 0:56:51 | |
What about the bloody burn? | 0:56:51 | 0:56:53 | |
Doesn't prove very much, Mr Cranford. | 0:56:54 | 0:56:57 | |
What do you mean? | 0:56:58 | 0:57:00 | |
-I just want to be sure, that's all. -Don't give me that. | 0:57:01 | 0:57:05 | |
I know what's in your mind, oh, aye. | 0:57:05 | 0:57:07 | |
Did it myself with a red-hot poker, | 0:57:07 | 0:57:10 | |
just so as I could get the insurance? | 0:57:10 | 0:57:12 | |
I can't sign a death certificate without doing a postmortem. | 0:57:13 | 0:57:17 | |
That beast's worth £80 to me! I can't afford to lose £80! | 0:57:17 | 0:57:21 | |
I'll see you at Mallock's yard tomorrow morning, ten o'clock. | 0:57:21 | 0:57:23 | |
All right? | 0:57:23 | 0:57:24 | |
No bother at all. | 0:57:32 | 0:57:33 | |
Now, let's take a look at her. | 0:57:36 | 0:57:39 | |
SAWING, SLICING | 0:57:43 | 0:57:45 | |
Aye. | 0:57:57 | 0:57:59 | |
There you are. | 0:57:59 | 0:58:01 | |
It seems you was right, Mr Cranford. | 0:58:01 | 0:58:03 | |
Aye, it does, doesn't it? | 0:58:04 | 0:58:06 | |
Lightning got her. There's no mistaking that. | 0:58:07 | 0:58:09 | |
Perhaps Mr Herriot would be kind enough to give us his opinion. | 0:58:11 | 0:58:14 | |
Yes. | 0:58:17 | 0:58:18 | |
Lightning. | 0:58:18 | 0:58:20 | |
I'm sorry. | 0:58:22 | 0:58:24 | |
Thanks, Jeff. Very grateful. | 0:58:25 | 0:58:27 | |
You can tell Mr Farnon I'll be going to another vet in future. | 0:58:42 | 0:58:45 | |
I won't forget this either. | 0:58:49 | 0:58:51 | |
I've got influence round here, you know! | 0:58:51 | 0:58:54 | |
I've got influence round here! | 0:58:54 | 0:58:56 | |
BLEATING | 0:58:57 | 0:59:00 | |
-SIEGFRIED: -Please hear me out, Miss Harbottle! | 0:59:22 | 0:59:24 | |
It's the tenth day of the month and the accounts haven't even gone out. | 0:59:24 | 0:59:27 | |
-But Mr Farnon! -Think of the interest we're losing? | 0:59:27 | 0:59:29 | |
-I can't waste money... -How can I? -Don't change the subject! | 0:59:29 | 0:59:33 | |
It's efficiency, Miss Harbottle. That's what we need. Efficiency! | 0:59:33 | 0:59:36 | |
What is it? | 0:59:39 | 0:59:41 | |
-Ignition keys. -Life would be easier | 0:59:41 | 0:59:43 | |
if you would take a leaf out of Mr Herriot's book. | 0:59:43 | 0:59:46 | |
-Oh, yes? In what way? -Well, at least he keeps proper records! | 0:59:47 | 0:59:51 | |
-Well, what do you think that is? -A meaningless scrawl! | 0:59:52 | 0:59:55 | |
I have done my best, Mr Farnon... | 0:59:56 | 0:59:58 | |
..but I can't work miracles. | 0:59:59 | 1:00:01 | |
DOOR SLAMS, DOGS BARK | 1:00:04 | 1:00:06 | |
Yes, well. | 1:00:09 | 1:00:10 | |
You've had some good ideas, James. | 1:00:12 | 1:00:14 | |
Yes, I'd be the first to admit that. | 1:00:15 | 1:00:17 | |
But Miss Harbottle certainly wasn't one of them! | 1:00:17 | 1:00:20 | |
Far from it. Far, far from it... | 1:00:20 | 1:00:22 | |
PHONE RINGS | 1:00:27 | 1:00:29 | |
-Darrowby 85. -'Is that Mr Farnon?' | 1:00:36 | 1:00:39 | |
No, I'm afraid he's out. This is his assistant. | 1:00:39 | 1:00:41 | |
-'I'm Mr Soames, Lord Hulton's farm manager.' -Yes, Mr Soames. | 1:00:41 | 1:00:44 | |
'You'd better get over here straightaway | 1:00:44 | 1:00:47 | |
'and bring some arecoline with you. | 1:00:47 | 1:00:49 | |
-Arecoline? -'Mr Farnon always uses it. | 1:00:49 | 1:00:51 | |
'We've got a valuable hunting horse with colic. | 1:00:51 | 1:00:53 | |
'You know anything about colic?' | 1:00:53 | 1:00:55 | |
I'm a veterinary surgeon, so I should know something about it. | 1:00:55 | 1:00:58 | |
'Let's hope so. It's one of His Lordship's best hunters.' | 1:00:58 | 1:01:01 | |
Right. I'm leaving now, Mr Soames. | 1:01:01 | 1:01:03 | |
HORSE GRUNTS | 1:01:29 | 1:01:31 | |
-How long has he been like this? -All day. I've told you. | 1:01:34 | 1:01:37 | |
Put a halter on him. I'll examine him now. | 1:01:41 | 1:01:43 | |
-Whoa, lad. Whoa. -Have you got the arecoline with you? | 1:01:49 | 1:01:52 | |
HORSE GRUNTS AND SNORTS | 1:01:52 | 1:01:54 | |
This is no ordinary colic, Mr Soames. | 1:02:40 | 1:02:43 | |
Then what the hell is it? | 1:02:43 | 1:02:44 | |
I'm pretty sure it's a severe torsion. | 1:02:46 | 1:02:48 | |
-Twisted bowel. -What do you mean, a twisted bowel? | 1:02:50 | 1:02:52 | |
The horse has got bellyache, that's all. | 1:02:52 | 1:02:55 | |
He hasn't passed anything all day. He needs something to shift it. | 1:02:55 | 1:02:57 | |
If this is a torsion, | 1:02:59 | 1:03:00 | |
-the arecoline is the worst possible thing you could give him. -Rubbish. | 1:03:00 | 1:03:03 | |
He's in agony now, but that would drive him mad. | 1:03:03 | 1:03:05 | |
-It works by contracting the muscle... -All right! | 1:03:05 | 1:03:07 | |
Don't start giving me a bloody lecture! | 1:03:07 | 1:03:09 | |
Are you going to do something for that horse or are you not? | 1:03:12 | 1:03:15 | |
I'll need a bucket of water, soap, and towels. | 1:03:15 | 1:03:18 | |
-What the devil for? -I want to do a rectal examination. | 1:03:18 | 1:03:21 | |
God almighty, I've never heard such nonsense. | 1:03:22 | 1:03:24 | |
Don't just stand there doing nothing. | 1:03:26 | 1:03:28 | |
Fetch the bloody water and let's get on with it! | 1:03:28 | 1:03:31 | |
Well? | 1:03:32 | 1:03:33 | |
The bowel is badly displaced. | 1:03:35 | 1:03:37 | |
I'm pretty sure it's a torsion. | 1:03:38 | 1:03:40 | |
So... | 1:03:41 | 1:03:42 | |
..what's the treatment? | 1:03:44 | 1:03:45 | |
There's nothing I can do. | 1:03:47 | 1:03:49 | |
There's no treatment. There's no cure. | 1:03:53 | 1:03:56 | |
No cure? What do you mean, "no cure"? | 1:03:56 | 1:03:58 | |
-There must be something you can do. -I'm sorry, Mr Soames. | 1:03:58 | 1:04:01 | |
I think you should let me put him down immediately. | 1:04:01 | 1:04:03 | |
-You can't do that! You can't! -There's no alternative. None. | 1:04:03 | 1:04:09 | |
-I've got the humane killer in my car. -Are you stark bloody mad? | 1:04:10 | 1:04:14 | |
Do you know how much that horse is worth? | 1:04:14 | 1:04:16 | |
I don't care how much he's worth! | 1:04:16 | 1:04:18 | |
That animal's been going through hell all day, and it's dying now. | 1:04:18 | 1:04:21 | |
What if you're wrong? | 1:04:23 | 1:04:24 | |
I'm as sure as I can be. | 1:04:26 | 1:04:28 | |
He may live a few more hours but the end will be the same. | 1:04:29 | 1:04:32 | |
You should have called me out long ago. | 1:04:33 | 1:04:35 | |
(God almighty, why did this have to happen now?) | 1:04:41 | 1:04:44 | |
His Lordship's on holiday. | 1:04:44 | 1:04:45 | |
I can't even get in touch with him. | 1:04:45 | 1:04:47 | |
Where the hell is Farnon? | 1:04:49 | 1:04:51 | |
-He's gone to see his mother. -All right, then. | 1:04:52 | 1:04:56 | |
Let's wait till he gets back. | 1:04:56 | 1:04:57 | |
Let's do that, huh? | 1:04:57 | 1:04:59 | |
Let's... | 1:04:59 | 1:05:01 | |
Let's ask him to have a look at the horse. | 1:05:01 | 1:05:03 | |
I'm sorry, Mr Soames. | 1:05:09 | 1:05:11 | |
It must be done now. | 1:05:12 | 1:05:14 | |
GUNSHOT | 1:05:16 | 1:05:18 | |
I see. | 1:05:19 | 1:05:21 | |
So, he got a bit nasty, did he? | 1:05:21 | 1:05:22 | |
Well, yes, he did. He said he'd sue us | 1:05:23 | 1:05:25 | |
if the postmortem showed I was wrong. | 1:05:25 | 1:05:29 | |
Oh, that's just Soames letting off a bit of steam. | 1:05:29 | 1:05:32 | |
He's a bullying bugger at the best of times. | 1:05:32 | 1:05:34 | |
I just didn't know what to do. | 1:05:34 | 1:05:36 | |
Well, don't worry, James, | 1:05:38 | 1:05:40 | |
I'll tell you what I'll do. | 1:05:40 | 1:05:41 | |
I'll pop round first thing tomorrow morning and get it all sorted out. | 1:05:43 | 1:05:47 | |
All right? Now, how about a nice glass of whisky to calm the nerves? | 1:05:47 | 1:05:50 | |
Uh, no, thanks. I think I'll pop on to bed. | 1:05:50 | 1:05:53 | |
All right. By the way, any calls that come through, um... | 1:05:53 | 1:05:57 | |
-I'll take them. -Thank you very much, Siegfried. | 1:05:57 | 1:06:00 | |
-Thank you. -Goodnight. Sleep well. | 1:06:00 | 1:06:02 | |
What was all that about? | 1:06:02 | 1:06:04 | |
There's a spot of trouble at Lord Hulton's estate. | 1:06:05 | 1:06:08 | |
So I gathered. | 1:06:08 | 1:06:10 | |
-Is it serious? -Mm, could be. | 1:06:10 | 1:06:13 | |
Well, it seems I owe you an apology, Mr Herriot. | 1:06:48 | 1:06:52 | |
Colic drench? | 1:07:04 | 1:07:06 | |
No. | 1:07:06 | 1:07:08 | |
No, get rid of that. | 1:07:08 | 1:07:09 | |
-Universal Cattle Medicine. -What? | 1:07:15 | 1:07:18 | |
"A sovereign remedy for coughs, chills, scours, | 1:07:18 | 1:07:22 | |
"pneumonia, milk fever, | 1:07:22 | 1:07:24 | |
"and all forms of indigestion. | 1:07:24 | 1:07:26 | |
"Never fails to give relief." | 1:07:26 | 1:07:28 | |
That sounds rather good. | 1:07:30 | 1:07:31 | |
I might even try some myself. | 1:07:31 | 1:07:34 | |
THEY CHUCKLE | 1:07:34 | 1:07:36 | |
Mr Farnon? | 1:07:37 | 1:07:38 | |
Yes? | 1:07:40 | 1:07:41 | |
-I have been looking everywhere for you. -Oh, really? | 1:07:43 | 1:07:47 | |
-Is anything wrong? -Indeed there is. | 1:07:47 | 1:07:50 | |
Perhaps you would explain to me why, once more, | 1:07:50 | 1:07:52 | |
you have emptied my petty cash box? | 1:07:52 | 1:07:54 | |
Um, yes, well, I'm sorry. | 1:07:55 | 1:07:58 | |
I had to rush to Broughton last night to see my mother. | 1:07:58 | 1:08:01 | |
That is no excuse, Mr Farnon. | 1:08:01 | 1:08:04 | |
How can I keep efficient records when you keep stealing the money, | 1:08:04 | 1:08:07 | |
and then spending it? | 1:08:07 | 1:08:09 | |
I will not tolerate such... | 1:08:09 | 1:08:12 | |
anarchy! | 1:08:12 | 1:08:13 | |
Give me the receipt, Miss Harbottle. | 1:08:14 | 1:08:16 | |
I will not tolerate being told | 1:08:19 | 1:08:21 | |
how or why and when to spend my own money! | 1:08:21 | 1:08:24 | |
If that's efficiency, I prefer anarchy! | 1:08:29 | 1:08:31 | |
-A lady's brought a dog, sir. -I'll deal with it. | 1:08:37 | 1:08:41 | |
Not you, sir. Mr Herriot. | 1:08:41 | 1:08:43 | |
It's Miss Alderson. | 1:08:45 | 1:08:47 | |
Is it bad? | 1:08:55 | 1:08:57 | |
A dislocated hip. | 1:08:58 | 1:08:59 | |
Nasty, but no more. | 1:08:59 | 1:09:02 | |
He should be all right. | 1:09:02 | 1:09:03 | |
It's a good job you brought him in when you did, though. | 1:09:06 | 1:09:09 | |
-The sooner it's dealt with the better. -When can you do it? | 1:09:09 | 1:09:12 | |
Oh, right now, immediately. | 1:09:12 | 1:09:13 | |
-I'll have to call Siegfried, though. It's a two-man job. -Can't I help? | 1:09:15 | 1:09:18 | |
I'd very much like to. | 1:09:20 | 1:09:21 | |
It'll mean a bit of pulling. | 1:09:23 | 1:09:25 | |
Would you mind playing tug-of-war? | 1:09:28 | 1:09:30 | |
With Dan in the middle? | 1:09:30 | 1:09:32 | |
Don't worry, I'm not squeamish. | 1:09:32 | 1:09:35 | |
I like working with animals. | 1:09:35 | 1:09:36 | |
Fair enough. | 1:09:37 | 1:09:38 | |
Here. Put this coat on. | 1:09:41 | 1:09:43 | |
Right, now, just link your hands beneath the thigh. | 1:09:49 | 1:09:52 | |
Try and hold him there while I pull. | 1:09:52 | 1:09:54 | |
OK? Here I go. | 1:09:54 | 1:09:56 | |
BONE CLICKS | 1:10:11 | 1:10:13 | |
-Is that it? -Let's hope it stays put. | 1:10:16 | 1:10:19 | |
We'll keep our fingers crossed. | 1:10:19 | 1:10:21 | |
How long will it be before he comes round? | 1:10:21 | 1:10:23 | |
-He'll be out all day. Let me take the coat. -Oh, thanks. | 1:10:23 | 1:10:26 | |
I'd like to keep him here for the rest of the week, just to be sure. | 1:10:32 | 1:10:36 | |
I'll come and get him on Friday. | 1:10:36 | 1:10:38 | |
Don't bother. I'll bring him round. | 1:10:40 | 1:10:42 | |
Bring him round? | 1:10:42 | 1:10:43 | |
Perhaps you'd like to go to the pictures? | 1:10:45 | 1:10:47 | |
What...?! | 1:10:47 | 1:10:49 | |
Well, there's a good film on at the Darrowby Plaza next week. | 1:10:49 | 1:10:52 | |
I could bring the dog round, and take you out, if you'd like to? | 1:10:54 | 1:10:58 | |
I mean, if that'd be all right. | 1:10:58 | 1:10:59 | |
It would be very nice, James. | 1:11:01 | 1:11:03 | |
Thank you for asking me. | 1:11:04 | 1:11:06 | |
'That was where I saw it. | 1:11:10 | 1:11:12 | |
'A terrifying thing in black. | 1:11:12 | 1:11:13 | |
'It came running across the lawn. | 1:11:13 | 1:11:15 | |
'It laughed. I heard it laugh! | 1:11:15 | 1:11:17 | |
'Mad laughter! | 1:11:17 | 1:11:19 | |
'I'm so scared to see it again! | 1:11:19 | 1:11:22 | |
'Come and live in a place like this! | 1:11:26 | 1:11:28 | |
'I don't mind it much in the daytime. | 1:11:28 | 1:11:30 | |
'You wouldn't catch me here after dark. No, not for twice the money. | 1:11:30 | 1:11:33 | |
-'How you stick it I don't know. -Oh, he's a he-man. | 1:11:33 | 1:11:36 | |
'There's always a lot of silly talk about old houses like this. | 1:11:36 | 1:11:39 | |
'Just all talk. Like you. | 1:11:39 | 1:11:42 | |
'Me? You want to have heard Mrs Elvery this morning. She saw it. | 1:11:42 | 1:11:46 | |
'It had a thing over his head. All ghostly, he was, in the moonlight. | 1:11:46 | 1:11:49 | |
'Oh, shut up. You're giving me the creeps. | 1:11:49 | 1:11:52 | |
SCREAMING | 1:11:52 | 1:11:54 | |
-'I saw it! -What? -A thing!' | 1:11:54 | 1:11:58 | |
KNOCK ON DOOR | 1:11:58 | 1:11:59 | |
She's dead. | 1:11:59 | 1:12:00 | |
What? | 1:12:01 | 1:12:02 | |
Died last Tuesday. | 1:12:02 | 1:12:04 | |
Thought you'd like to know. | 1:12:04 | 1:12:05 | |
Oh. | 1:12:05 | 1:12:06 | |
Who's dead? | 1:12:08 | 1:12:10 | |
-Don't know. -Who's that? | 1:12:10 | 1:12:12 | |
-Can't remember. -Oh! | 1:12:13 | 1:12:14 | |
-I knew from the start you were on the wrong track. -Oh? | 1:12:18 | 1:12:20 | |
'Eternal peace...' | 1:12:20 | 1:12:22 | |
'You know, Mary, that I love you, | 1:12:25 | 1:12:27 | |
'but your heart is elsewhere. | 1:12:27 | 1:12:29 | |
'A younger and luckier man | 1:12:32 | 1:12:35 | |
'shattered the dream of my life. | 1:12:35 | 1:12:36 | |
'I found you could never be mine... | 1:12:40 | 1:12:42 | |
'..and so, I bring you to the man of your choice...' | 1:12:44 | 1:12:48 | |
LOUD SNORING | 1:12:48 | 1:12:50 | |
SCREAMING | 1:12:56 | 1:12:58 | |
'And I said to Connor, when you meet him you will die. | 1:12:58 | 1:13:01 | |
-'But when I meet him... -CACKLING' | 1:13:01 | 1:13:04 | |
Excuse me! Miss? | 1:13:06 | 1:13:08 | |
I thought this was supposed to be the Greta Garbo film. | 1:13:12 | 1:13:14 | |
No, sir, that's next week. | 1:13:14 | 1:13:16 | |
SHE GIGGLES | 1:13:16 | 1:13:19 | |
CRASHING | 1:13:22 | 1:13:24 | |
LOUD SNORING | 1:13:24 | 1:13:26 | |
I'm sorry. | 1:13:29 | 1:13:31 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 1:13:31 | 1:13:33 | |
BOTH LAUGH | 1:13:33 | 1:13:36 | |
Look, next time, why don't we just go for a walk? | 1:13:45 | 1:13:48 | |
CLATTERING ON SCREEN | 1:13:48 | 1:13:50 | |
SEAGULLS CRY | 1:13:50 | 1:13:52 | |
-Is it all right? -Mm, lovely. | 1:14:04 | 1:14:07 | |
Go on, then. You were telling me about this man, the lorry driver. | 1:14:08 | 1:14:11 | |
Oh, Terry Watson? Well... | 1:14:11 | 1:14:14 | |
he's always kept a few pigs at the end of his garden. | 1:14:14 | 1:14:17 | |
He wouldn't be able to afford any meat, otherwise, I should think. | 1:14:17 | 1:14:19 | |
I went into the house one day just after they killed one of the pigs. | 1:14:23 | 1:14:27 | |
Mrs Watson was cutting it up for pies and brawn... | 1:14:27 | 1:14:29 | |
..and there was Terry, sitting in front of the fire, | 1:14:31 | 1:14:34 | |
-sobbing his heart out. -Crying? | 1:14:34 | 1:14:36 | |
It was always the same. | 1:14:38 | 1:14:39 | |
He's a big man... | 1:14:42 | 1:14:44 | |
Huge! He can throw a 12-stone sack of meal | 1:14:44 | 1:14:46 | |
on the back of his wagon without thinking twice about it, | 1:14:46 | 1:14:49 | |
but every time they kill one of the pigs, he cries for three days. | 1:14:49 | 1:14:53 | |
It's love. | 1:14:55 | 1:14:57 | |
He loves them. It can't be anything else. | 1:14:58 | 1:15:01 | |
Oh, come off it, Siegfried. | 1:15:11 | 1:15:13 | |
Stop pulling my leg. | 1:15:13 | 1:15:14 | |
I'm not pulling your leg. | 1:15:15 | 1:15:17 | |
I'm doing nothing of the sort. | 1:15:17 | 1:15:19 | |
I've only just started my career. | 1:15:19 | 1:15:21 | |
I've got no money. | 1:15:21 | 1:15:23 | |
Nothing. I hadn't even given it a thought. | 1:15:25 | 1:15:28 | |
You haven't thought about getting married? | 1:15:33 | 1:15:36 | |
Come on, James, don't tell such whacking fibs. | 1:15:36 | 1:15:39 | |
-It's been going on for a year now, hasn't it? -What has? | 1:15:42 | 1:15:45 | |
Helen Alderson. You and Helen Alderson. | 1:15:47 | 1:15:50 | |
-You're courting, aren't you? -Well, I wouldn't exactly call it courting! | 1:15:50 | 1:15:53 | |
Now, now... | 1:15:53 | 1:15:55 | |
What would you call it, then? | 1:15:56 | 1:15:58 | |
I don't know. Courting's putting it a bit strong. | 1:15:58 | 1:16:01 | |
Well. | 1:16:06 | 1:16:08 | |
They say... What do they say? | 1:16:08 | 1:16:11 | |
Caution is a virtue. | 1:16:11 | 1:16:13 | |
If you don't mind my saying so, I think you carry it miles too far. | 1:16:13 | 1:16:16 | |
I think you're far too cautious. | 1:16:16 | 1:16:18 | |
Do you know what I mean? | 1:16:19 | 1:16:21 | |
Far too apprehensive. | 1:16:21 | 1:16:23 | |
Always worrying about little details and all that. | 1:16:23 | 1:16:25 | |
Come on, a young chap like you, good-looking, | 1:16:27 | 1:16:30 | |
and Helen Alderson is immensely attractive and a jolly good cook. | 1:16:30 | 1:16:33 | |
She's an excellent cook, in fact. | 1:16:35 | 1:16:36 | |
If you take my advice, you'd get that girl into church | 1:16:36 | 1:16:39 | |
and married before the month is out. | 1:16:39 | 1:16:41 | |
Well, come on, get on with it! | 1:16:44 | 1:16:45 | |
I want to start on the asparagus after lunch. | 1:16:45 | 1:16:47 | |
Anybody home? | 1:16:49 | 1:16:50 | |
DOGS BARK NEARBY | 1:16:50 | 1:16:52 | |
Anybody home? | 1:16:59 | 1:17:00 | |
Good evening, Mr Alderson. | 1:17:10 | 1:17:12 | |
Good evening. | 1:17:12 | 1:17:14 | |
-Something wrong? -No. | 1:17:15 | 1:17:18 | |
No, I was just passing. Been up to Sharp's place. | 1:17:18 | 1:17:21 | |
Trouble with one of his Jerseys. Ah. | 1:17:21 | 1:17:22 | |
Twisted calf bit. | 1:17:24 | 1:17:26 | |
-Quite tricky, really. -Oh, aye, it is. | 1:17:26 | 1:17:29 | |
I hope you don't mind me dropping in like this. | 1:17:35 | 1:17:38 | |
Suit yourself. | 1:17:38 | 1:17:40 | |
Helen's gone to York today. | 1:17:40 | 1:17:41 | |
One of her friends is getting married. | 1:17:43 | 1:17:45 | |
Yes, she told me. | 1:17:45 | 1:17:48 | |
Just so long as you know. | 1:17:48 | 1:17:49 | |
I gather you think I'm a bit of a Londoner. | 1:17:52 | 1:17:54 | |
Helen said so. | 1:17:56 | 1:17:58 | |
Well, it's true anyway. | 1:17:58 | 1:18:00 | |
Not any more. | 1:18:00 | 1:18:01 | |
Maybe not. | 1:18:04 | 1:18:05 | |
This is my home now. | 1:18:07 | 1:18:09 | |
Home is where you're born, lad. | 1:18:11 | 1:18:14 | |
That's summat I always thought. | 1:18:14 | 1:18:16 | |
You can move around as much as you like, it'll make no difference. | 1:18:16 | 1:18:20 | |
-I don't agree with you, Mr Alderson. -Aye, well. | 1:18:20 | 1:18:25 | |
-Each man to his own opinion. -I'm happy here. | 1:18:25 | 1:18:28 | |
-I don't want to leave. -Not yet, perhaps. | 1:18:30 | 1:18:33 | |
Never. | 1:18:33 | 1:18:35 | |
It's what I've always wanted. | 1:18:35 | 1:18:36 | |
To be a vet, | 1:18:36 | 1:18:38 | |
living in a place like this. | 1:18:38 | 1:18:40 | |
Settling down. It's what I've always wanted. | 1:18:41 | 1:18:45 | |
Aye, well, I'm glad you're happy. | 1:18:45 | 1:18:48 | |
There's not many folk can say that these days. | 1:18:48 | 1:18:50 | |
This is done. | 1:18:52 | 1:18:53 | |
I'll go get me supper. | 1:18:55 | 1:18:56 | |
Mr Alderson, I want to marry her. | 1:18:59 | 1:19:01 | |
I want to marry Helen. | 1:19:05 | 1:19:06 | |
You'd, erm, better come into the house. | 1:19:08 | 1:19:11 | |
Thank you very much, Mr Alderson. | 1:19:22 | 1:19:24 | |
HE SPLUTTERS | 1:19:29 | 1:19:32 | |
We've been having some good weather. | 1:19:32 | 1:19:34 | |
-Yes, we have. -Mind you, a bit of rain at night might do some good. | 1:19:34 | 1:19:40 | |
Yes. | 1:19:40 | 1:19:42 | |
Yes, it would. | 1:19:42 | 1:19:43 | |
-About Helen... -Would you like some more whisky? | 1:19:47 | 1:19:50 | |
No. No, I've had enough. | 1:19:52 | 1:19:54 | |
I had a wife in thousands, James. | 1:19:57 | 1:19:59 | |
Yes. | 1:20:01 | 1:20:02 | |
Yes, I've heard a lot about her. | 1:20:04 | 1:20:06 | |
She was the grandest lass about for miles, and the bonniest. | 1:20:06 | 1:20:10 | |
Nobody thought that she'd have a fella like me, but she did. | 1:20:11 | 1:20:15 | |
Oh, aye, she did. | 1:20:15 | 1:20:17 | |
Her father used to have a place on Mustang Fell. | 1:20:17 | 1:20:22 | |
Big place it was, too. It was a big place. | 1:20:22 | 1:20:25 | |
And I used to see her some days on market day. | 1:20:26 | 1:20:29 | |
I thought she was the prettiest thing alive. | 1:20:32 | 1:20:35 | |
No man could have been more happy than me. | 1:20:42 | 1:20:44 | |
We had a good life together, | 1:20:46 | 1:20:48 | |
and I'm grateful for it. | 1:20:48 | 1:20:50 | |
She was a grand wife. I loved her. | 1:20:50 | 1:20:53 | |
Helen's a lot like her in many ways. | 1:20:57 | 1:20:59 | |
I can see it. | 1:21:00 | 1:21:02 | |
The mother in the daughter. | 1:21:02 | 1:21:05 | |
The same smile, the way she holds her head. | 1:21:05 | 1:21:07 | |
Same voice, even. | 1:21:09 | 1:21:10 | |
No man could ever have wished for a better wife. | 1:21:13 | 1:21:16 | |
Gentle, kind, loving. | 1:21:19 | 1:21:21 | |
Ohh... | 1:21:27 | 1:21:29 | |
Oh... | 1:21:32 | 1:21:33 | |
I don't think I'll... bother with any supper now. | 1:21:34 | 1:21:38 | |
It's a bit late. | 1:21:38 | 1:21:40 | |
HE LAUGHS AND GRUNTS | 1:21:44 | 1:21:47 | |
Aye, she's just like her mother. | 1:21:51 | 1:21:54 | |
The right lass for you. | 1:21:54 | 1:21:57 | |
-RADIO: -'The German wireless announced tonight | 1:22:09 | 1:22:11 | |
'the German government's reply to a British communication...' | 1:22:11 | 1:22:13 | |
-Evening, Siegfried. -Oh, yeah... | 1:22:19 | 1:22:21 | |
-What was it? -A bit of mastitis. Nothing serious. | 1:22:23 | 1:22:26 | |
Would you like some of Mrs Pumphrey's sherry? | 1:22:29 | 1:22:31 | |
No, thank you, no. | 1:22:31 | 1:22:33 | |
She spoils you, that woman does. | 1:22:33 | 1:22:35 | |
What's the matter with you? | 1:22:37 | 1:22:39 | |
The bloody Ministry. | 1:22:39 | 1:22:41 | |
They want us to start TB testing at Allerthorpe next week. | 1:22:41 | 1:22:44 | |
-Blasted forms. -Next week? -That's right, next week. | 1:22:46 | 1:22:50 | |
-When you will be dancing off on your honeymoon. -Very sorry. | 1:22:50 | 1:22:53 | |
You just don't think ahead, James, that's your trouble. | 1:22:55 | 1:22:58 | |
Always charging ahead without a thought for others. | 1:22:58 | 1:23:00 | |
Hang on just a minute! | 1:23:00 | 1:23:01 | |
Why, for heaven's sake, do you have to rush into it like this? | 1:23:01 | 1:23:05 | |
-I mean, marriage is a very serious thing...! -Look here, Siegfried. | 1:23:05 | 1:23:08 | |
You know what they say. Marry in haste, repent at leisure. | 1:23:08 | 1:23:11 | |
But it was your idea, for God's sake! | 1:23:11 | 1:23:13 | |
You really are the most bloody-minded person! | 1:23:14 | 1:23:18 | |
All right, don't lose your temper. | 1:23:18 | 1:23:20 | |
I'm not saying you did anything wrong. | 1:23:20 | 1:23:22 | |
It's just the improvidence of youth, I suppose. Still, you'll learn. | 1:23:24 | 1:23:27 | |
Right. | 1:23:31 | 1:23:33 | |
-We'll go to Allerthorpe, and stay at the Wheatsheaf. -What, with Helen? | 1:23:33 | 1:23:37 | |
She wouldn't mind, I shouldn't think. | 1:23:39 | 1:23:41 | |
We haven't made any plans, after all. | 1:23:41 | 1:23:43 | |
Certainly not. I wouldn't dream of it. | 1:23:43 | 1:23:46 | |
If I say we're going to Allerthorpe, we're going to Allerthorpe! | 1:23:48 | 1:23:52 | |
And give me those bloody forms! | 1:23:52 | 1:23:54 | |
LOWING | 1:23:58 | 1:24:01 | |
-Well, that seems to be the lot. -Aye, that's it. -Good. | 1:24:07 | 1:24:10 | |
Right, I'll be back on Thursday - morning if possible. | 1:24:10 | 1:24:13 | |
I thought you were getting married, Mr Herriot. | 1:24:13 | 1:24:16 | |
I am. Tomorrow. | 1:24:16 | 1:24:19 | |
What, no honeymoon? | 1:24:19 | 1:24:21 | |
And you'll be coming back on Thursday? | 1:24:21 | 1:24:24 | |
These tests have got to be finished, Mrs Seaton! | 1:24:24 | 1:24:26 | |
I'll be coming back with my wife. | 1:24:29 | 1:24:31 | |
CHURCH BELLS RING | 1:24:35 | 1:24:37 | |
SHE GIGGLES | 1:25:28 | 1:25:30 | |
-Helen, look at that! -What? -Stop! | 1:25:30 | 1:25:33 | |
Go back, go back. | 1:25:33 | 1:25:35 | |
Look! | 1:25:41 | 1:25:43 | |
He's made me a partner! | 1:25:46 | 1:25:48 |