0:00:00 > 0:00:03# Oh, what happened to you?
0:00:03 > 0:00:05# Whatever happened to me?
0:00:07 > 0:00:14# What became of the people we used to be?
0:00:14 > 0:00:17# Tomorrow's almost over
0:00:17 > 0:00:20# Today went by so fast
0:00:20 > 0:00:25# Is the only thing to look forward to...
0:00:25 > 0:00:27# The past? #
0:01:26 > 0:01:31CAR RADIO: 'If you've just joined us, the time is half past eight.'
0:01:54 > 0:02:00I can't sleep through this bloody row! What time do you call this
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Morning, Mr Ferris.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Ah, tea. Thanks.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11I'm ready for this.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20RADIO: 'You're listening to BBC Radio Newcastle.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24'The time now, exactly ten-thirty.'
0:02:50 > 0:02:52MUFFLED BINGO CALLING
0:03:21 > 0:03:23You're late. What? You're late
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Only by three minutes.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31Twelve-thirty. You're the stickler for punctuality. So I'm late.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Yes, Bob? A pint...no, a lager
0:03:34 > 0:03:37You're OK? No, no. I'll have a pint.
0:03:37 > 0:03:43Oh, a pint, and a roast-beef sandwich with lots of chutney, and a pickled onion.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Will you go home to lunch? Not yet.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51I'll have a pastie... a cheese sandwich and a Scotch egg.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Is that all(?) Sausages? Aye. Two with mustard. OK.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59My round? It'd be different if you were on time.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03It'd be the same, only three minutes earlier.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08Why are you late? Stop going on I work, you know, for a living
0:04:08 > 0:04:13It's me lunch hour. Ten minutes for lunch and 50 for indigestion.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18It's the pickled onions. I'll have yours. I'll get an ulcer.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22I've been out all morning. I've got to go to the office,
0:04:22 > 0:04:28load the car with theodolites drive up the A1, survey a new site,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31then I'm taking Thelma to dinner.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36You'll give yourself an ulcer 30 miles up the A1. It's bitter out.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Coming over from the billiard hall that wind went right through me.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Poor you(!) I'm out all day on some freezing barren site.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Get that down you, Nanook of the North.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54And pay for it. No, my round. Never let it be said...
0:04:54 > 0:04:59It's my fiver. I'm only borrowing it so I can get me round.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04How much is that, Gloria? That's 82p. That's 82p I owe you.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Well, cheers. These sausages look good.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12It's bad for you - rushed meals I'm in no rush.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16You've got nothing to do till the first racing results come in.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Right, ?4.18. I'll take that, love.
0:05:19 > 0:05:25My change! We might as well make it a round figure. I owe you a fiver.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29What about the two quid you borrowed last Tuesday?
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Oh, I see. I see. It's like that, is it?
0:05:33 > 0:05:39Like what? You borrowed two quid. It's not unreasonable to ask for it back.
0:05:39 > 0:05:45Have I ever NOT paid you back? Have I EVER not paid you back?
0:05:45 > 0:05:51You never do! You give me three quid and borrow four. It's a permanent overdraft.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54That's ?2 I owe you.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Seven. Seven?!
0:05:56 > 0:05:58That fiver.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Good God, man! You don't want it back already, do you?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05I only mentioned it. Here! Here
0:06:05 > 0:06:08There! Where did you get that?
0:06:08 > 0:06:13It's mine! I won it at billiards. I beat Tommy - three straight frames.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Why did you borrow a fiver off me?
0:06:16 > 0:06:21You try buying new shoes these days under a fiver. Howay, man.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25I'm sorry. I'm just a bit short You've still got that fiver.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30Not now I haven't, after that round. I'll pay. What was it?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33A pound, near as dammit. Here.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Take it off the ?2. That's ?1 I owe you.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Is it?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Right.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43You're buying new shoes, are you?
0:06:43 > 0:06:49Well, I was. Not now, obviously What do you want new shoes for
0:06:49 > 0:06:55I need something decent to wear respectable - to go for job interviews in.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Something to keep the wet out.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Here. No, I couldn't. Not if you're short.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06I can't see you without soles to your feet. Go on.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11Just till Friday. That's a fiver I owe you. Six.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Yes, six. Till Friday. Fancy a short?
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Not with that drive. Yes, you can't be too careful.
0:07:18 > 0:07:24Back to the billiards? Till four, then the pictures. What's on?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27No idea, I just fancy the usherette.
0:07:27 > 0:07:34It's good in the afternoon. It s warm and comfortable and you come out in time for the racing results.
0:07:34 > 0:07:40What a life! I never stop. I was up till one last night...studying.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Studying what? For night school. I've got exams.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47That's your own rotten fault.
0:07:47 > 0:07:54Some of us need qualifications to pay for mortgages, to give Thelma a future,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56to support shoeless ex-servicemen.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00You'll get an ulcer the way you're going.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05Perhaps I shouldn't drink lager. It's the worry. I've seen it before.
0:08:05 > 0:08:13Ulcers at 30, coronary at 40. The future Thelma can look forward to is your life insurance coughing up.
0:08:13 > 0:08:20What will you leave your wife, eh? IOUs, torn betting slips and stubs from the Odeon?
0:08:20 > 0:08:25I shall outlive you because I have dropped out of the rat race.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29You what? You what? You were never in it, you!
0:08:29 > 0:08:33On the dole, no attempt to look for a job.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35There's nothing wrong with my life.
0:08:35 > 0:08:43You'd rather go to the pictures than to some freezing moor to stick up your theodolite.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Terry, I haven't said this for a while
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Said what? What I'm about to say.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53It's been a while. Right. Go on, then.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57I've forgotten what I was going to say. Where was I
0:08:57 > 0:08:59It's a while ago.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04Oh, yeah. Speaking as someone whose opinion I hope you respect,
0:09:04 > 0:09:08it's time you got your thinking cap on,
0:09:08 > 0:09:12time you found a job or made an attempt to look for one.
0:09:12 > 0:09:19I offered you a job. You're too proud, I understand But since you came out the army ..
0:09:19 > 0:09:23The army took a lot out of me, as well you know.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Five years I did. The state owes a man something after five years.
0:09:28 > 0:09:34How long d'you need? You can't spend all day at the bookies or in a musty cinema or...
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Playing snooker... Playing snooker. ..or fishing ..or fishing...
0:09:38 > 0:09:43..or going to the races, chatting up girls, kicking a ball about
0:09:43 > 0:09:46going to the baths, putting at Priory Park,
0:09:46 > 0:09:51watching girls play netball through the railings.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53What's the matter?
0:09:53 > 0:09:58What a pathetic bloody existence! I've got to go. I've got to go
0:09:58 > 0:10:02You'll kill yourself. I will at this rate.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06But death is nature telling you to slow down.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14GENERAL CHATTER
0:10:17 > 0:10:21This place reminds me... Alan!
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Are you listening? What, love?
0:10:25 > 0:10:28It reminds me of the club in Rimini.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Does it? I suppose so. It's full of Italian waiters.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35I didn't like Rimini - very touristy.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Were you there at Easter? No, August.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42At Easter, we were in Albufera We want to go this summer.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45It's very lovely.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50Mind you, we were there early In the summer it gets very touristy.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Or Morocco - I believe the desert's wonderful.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59It used to be, but all them charter trips go there now.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Of course, you've got your Arab
0:11:02 > 0:11:06We're very limited with Bob's hay fever.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Aren't we? BOB! What?
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Are we keeping you up? - So rude!
0:11:11 > 0:11:15We've got that much on at work I can't keep awake.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18He's been working hard for his exams.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23He takes it too seriously. You should learn to relax.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27You've got your own business. It's ?1 a drink here.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31That's just the cover charge. ?1 a drink!
0:11:31 > 0:11:34On the other hand it keeps out the riffraff.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38All right, I'll get them in. Howay, pet.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41I'm not so sure. What's he doing here?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43ALAN: Who's with him?
0:11:43 > 0:11:49He can't afford it. I lent him 5 at lunch time. Oh, not again!
0:11:49 > 0:11:54I'm sorry. He needed new shoes You're a fool to yourself.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58It's a big round! ..three Kon-Tiki cocktails.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Kon-Tiki cocktails. She's worth it.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03They let the wet in.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08I've seen that girl before. Haven't you? I'd have remembered.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14She's attractive in an obvious sort of way.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Yes, everyone's wearing that material.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23She's got some form on her, Bob Got some form.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Where does he get it from?
0:12:25 > 0:12:31From you. It's not a loan. It's an allowance. You're a fool to yourself.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Where did he get her from?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Hey up, kidda. Hello, Bob! Hello, Thelma!
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Alan. Terry. Brenda.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44That's a nice change - night out with the wife.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48I want you to meet my very special friend - Madelyn.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Brenda, Alan, Bob and Thelma.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Let me get you all a drink. Well, I'll...
0:12:55 > 0:13:00I wouldn't say no. We must go, Terry. Bob's very tired.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I'm all right. You couldn't keep awake before
0:13:03 > 0:13:08I'll have one. No. What? We really must go, Alan. The sitter.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12She won't mind. It's late. Think of other people.
0:13:12 > 0:13:20I am. Her boyfriend's come down - that corporal. He's not driven from Catterick to watch the Epilogue.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22All the more reason.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Howay! I'm in the chair. It's my round.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29We really must go. Thanks, anyway.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32We'll get our coats, shall we, Brenda?
0:13:32 > 0:13:37Where've you been hiding, love Not that you're hiding much.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Not many of THEM to the pound. Cheeky!
0:13:40 > 0:13:43I only finish at 11.00. What do you do?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47I'm an usherette. Your afternoon wasn't wasted.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Give us some chips, Terry.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54I like roulette, you know? I don't go mad. I just play unevens.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Change yourself that.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Thanks. Have a nice time. Ta-ra.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Ta-ra!
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Nice one, Terry. Not bad, eh?
0:14:08 > 0:14:13You pulled her in the pictures? In the interval. Beats the ice creams.
0:14:13 > 0:14:20What about a drink? I think I'll watch some roulette. She has that effect.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Didn't you feel your adrenalin rising?
0:14:23 > 0:14:27You're very flush all of a sudden, aren't you?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Little windfall.
0:14:29 > 0:14:36No new shoes. I was going to. I was on me way and I ran into Little Hutch.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39He asked after you both. Yes, yes.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43He asked if I had any spare and I said a little to buy some new shoes.
0:14:43 > 0:14:50He says never mind the shoes. Put it all on Domino at the 4.15 at Fontwell.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54And you did. And I doubled it at the 5.00 at York.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57You jammy Arab. How much was it
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Enough.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03It was MY money, you know? Out of my pocket. It's so unfair.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Oh, here, here. There's your fiver.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11Six. All right, all right! Six. Good God!
0:15:11 > 0:15:18If you take my advice you'll put all that on the first race tomorrow at Hexham -
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Kilvennie. Howay! Over here.
0:15:21 > 0:15:27Your money won't last in this place. Do you know how much a drink is?
0:15:27 > 0:15:29It's ?1 a drink in here.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Well, it keeps the riffraff out
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Don't pour your money down that Got any change?
0:15:36 > 0:15:41What? Any change. Five pences. Come on, just a loan.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Not much. That's all I've got. Good lad.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49It's money down the drain. Why win money then pour it away
0:15:49 > 0:15:53You can't win on these things. It's a well-known...
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Thank you, kidda.
0:16:05 > 0:16:10You all right, Bob? Mmm? You all right? I'm all right.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13You're tired. Aren't you sleeping?
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Not very well, no. It's not that.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22Is it worth it? That's what I ask myself, Wendy. Is it worth it?
0:16:22 > 0:16:28Is what worth it? If you're married there's so much you HAVE to do.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30I don't mean extra responsibilities.
0:16:30 > 0:16:36I mean the sheer volume of things you HAVE to do.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I have to study and go out to work.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41I have to get a new house together.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46I have to fill in forms and dig borders and plant daffodils
0:16:47 > 0:16:53I've got to paint the garage and service the car and lay linoleum.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Claim rebates on the rates.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00I have to pass exams,
0:17:00 > 0:17:06and worry whether I can afford to take Thelma to Morocco in August.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09And I think I've got a cold coming on.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Gordon has a lot to do as well
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Who?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16My boyfriend Gordon.
0:17:16 > 0:17:22Gordon? You met him at the firm's Christmas party.
0:17:22 > 0:17:27Oh, him. The bad-tempered one. He was just a bit suspicious.
0:17:27 > 0:17:34A quiet talk with my secretary. . in the stationery cupboard, is my business. Yes, Bob.
0:17:34 > 0:17:39I couldn't give dictation with that noise. No, Bob. It was Christmas.
0:17:39 > 0:17:45Gordon's trying to get the car ready. It's old but he's good mechanically.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50We're going to Holland and Belgium. They're flat so there's no gradients.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53It's not very good on gradients
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Yes, well...
0:17:55 > 0:18:00We went to Scotland on his motorbike. It didn't mind gradients.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03We went to the Peak District, the Lakes...
0:18:03 > 0:18:07You've had an up-and-down affair. Pardon?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Now it'll all level out, like life.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15Don't play it safe, Wendy. Get the motorbike back and go to the Alps.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18We couldn't afford the petrol.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22We'll never afford a holiday. That horse might win.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27I doubt it. I gave the money to the tea boy. It'll be running now.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32If it started. All right, Wendy.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Time is money. Can I say one thing, Bob? What
0:18:36 > 0:18:42It's none of my business, but gambling's not the answer.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Oh, I'm...sorry. Hello, Terry.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49I was just passing, kidda. Yeah. That'll be all, pet.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Ooh, it's "pet" now, is it?
0:18:54 > 0:18:59You can't be too formal. Specially since the Christmas party.
0:18:59 > 0:19:05Who told you? Keep your vest on Your secret's safe with me.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Do you want them biscuits? No, I can't eat.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13Sorry I couldn't make the pub at lunch time. I've got so much on.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16You look tired. Knackered.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Never mind. It'll be worth it one day.
0:19:19 > 0:19:25One day?! Why does everyone talk about a mythical "one day"?
0:19:25 > 0:19:31As if at some stage in the future your life comes together and makes sense.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35You've got the right idea. Live now. Enjoy yourself!
0:19:35 > 0:19:39How did you get hold of Madelyn
0:19:39 > 0:19:40I didn't.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46You didn't.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50I met her from work. I took her to a Chinese restaurant.
0:19:50 > 0:19:56How she keeps her form with all them noodles! Then the club. ?1 a drink!
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Don't tell me. Don't tell me.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03After six Kon-tiki cocktails she was afloat.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07I gave her money for roulette at which she did very nicely.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12I showed her the finer points of blackjack, we had a bottle of wine,
0:20:12 > 0:20:18THEN when the time came for her to show her appreciation I got that!
0:20:18 > 0:20:21The big E.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28Did you take her home? How can I? I haven't got a car
0:20:28 > 0:20:35What about a taxi? I didn't have enough money for a taxi.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39You didn't blow the lot? Oh, but I did. How?
0:20:39 > 0:20:41On the finer points of blackjack.
0:20:41 > 0:20:48Didn't she offer to pay for a taxi? She got a lift from this wine waiter, called Dante.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53He took me an' all. It's not very dignified, you know, Bob.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58To get taken home, penniless, in the back of some Eytie's van
0:20:58 > 0:21:02You blew the lot!
0:21:02 > 0:21:06I know, I know. I'm a fool to myself.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11One good thing did come out of it. It's made me see sense.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16It's made realise I've got to get my thinking cap on and..
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Well, that's why I'm here.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23How do you mean? You said something about a job
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Yes, right.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Sure.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32It's on an estate near Durham. You have to see the foreman.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35I'll go now. Give us the address. You're sure?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Absolutely positive.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41I'm delighted! I'm very glad, kidda.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46Not just for yourself, but because... Well, for me too
0:21:46 > 0:21:51I was... I was beginning to have doubts
0:21:51 > 0:21:54If I can help someone as I go. Yes.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59You've got to believe in "one day".
0:21:59 > 0:22:04You can't spend all your time frivolously, with usherettes,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07and pointless gambling.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09True. True.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Bob! Kilvennie won! What?! What !
0:22:12 > 0:22:14You've won ?6.42!
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Thank you. Next time you might knock before barging in.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Oh, oh, yes, Bob...Mr Ferris.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27You jammy Arab. You were on it Weren't you?
0:22:27 > 0:22:34What with?! It was the one Friday when Mam didn't leave money for the milkman.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38There's the address. See Joe Pearson. He's the gaffer.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Well, how am I going to get there?
0:22:44 > 0:22:49You'll have to take the bus, or a train.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Could you see your way...? No! Just the train fare.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58I'll pay you back out of me wages.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02Well... It WAS my tip. All right, take ?1.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06I'll just take the fiver. What's left?
0:23:06 > 0:23:12More than you started with. If I was you I'd put that on Sesame in the 4 30.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17You're doing it again. Only if I was you, I said. Not if I was me.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21I've seen the error of my ways I hope so.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26Tonight we can celebrate my career. I can't. I've got evening classes.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33Shall I put down for them? What? Evening classes. I could come too.
0:23:33 > 0:23:40It's the middle of a course. You have to decide on a course. Do you? COURSE you do.
0:23:40 > 0:23:46I know. Get me the enrolment form and the syllabus and I'll pick one.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47Pick one?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Yeah. Accountancy, carpentry..
0:23:50 > 0:23:55I'll tell you what! Put me down for elementary Italian.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00Italian? I'll tell the wine waiter what he can do with his corkscrew.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15DOORBELL
0:24:17 > 0:24:22Hello, kidda. What are you doing here? Just dropped by.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25I'm on me way to evening classes.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28You're looking very smart.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Present. Who for?
0:24:31 > 0:24:36For you. For you and Thelma from me. Champagne. Champagne?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Well, it's supposed to be champagne.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43It cost ?1.63 a bottle! Well, thank you.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47But why? Is it for getting the new job?
0:24:47 > 0:24:50What job? The job I put you up for.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Oh, that. No. No. I arranged it
0:24:53 > 0:24:58I know, kid. I know you mean well. The thing is...I'm a tradesman
0:24:58 > 0:25:02If I go for a job, it has to be a trade.
0:25:02 > 0:25:08Do you want me on a building site like some motorway Mick? I gave you your fare.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Which I owe you and I'm glad to say I'm in a position to pay you back.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17If I'd gone for that job I wouldn't be in a position to pay you back.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Thank goodness, I said to myself,
0:25:20 > 0:25:26that NOT going to that job means I can pay back my friend Bob the ?5 I owe him.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Where did you get all that money? Where did you get it?
0:25:30 > 0:25:36I was off to the station and I saw Little Hutch. He asked after you.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40He said how was Thelma. Yes. He gave you a tip. He did
0:25:40 > 0:25:42I couldn't ignore it.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45It wasn't Sesame. What?
0:25:45 > 0:25:50The four-legged idiot was left at the gate with my ?1.42 on its nose.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55It's one of life's bitter ironies. You ARE five pounds up, on the day.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00That money I gave you was meant to start you off on a new life
0:26:00 > 0:26:07It did! It started me on a treble. I won a bundle. So I want to take you out to dinner.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12You and Thelma. Anywhere you like. We want you to come with us.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16We? Me and Linda. She's in her car. Who's Linda?
0:26:16 > 0:26:20She works in the bookies. She's a really nice lass.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I've seen a lot of her recently
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Course you have! You spend your life in there.
0:26:27 > 0:26:33Come on! Get Thelma. She's out and I've got night school. Skip it for once.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37I've got exams, haven't I? I've got exams!
0:26:37 > 0:26:40You'll have a breakdown, you will.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Your health'll go, then your marriage.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48Nothing's wrong with my marriage. Thelma's out on her own tonight
0:26:48 > 0:26:53You can't expect her to stop in She's gone to badminton.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58Hah! Badminton?! Things can happen there, same as anywhere else
0:26:58 > 0:27:03Don't let those drips fool you, in their shorts, drinking lemon barley.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06What do you mean, "things"?
0:27:06 > 0:27:13When a wife starts taking second place to her husband's career,
0:27:13 > 0:27:15she begins to look for...outlets.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19You play mixed doubles, don't you? Yes.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Who's taking your place tonight Only Hugh's brother.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Hugh's brother?! Anything could happen!
0:27:27 > 0:27:31At the Badminton Club? The committee wouldn't allow it
0:27:31 > 0:27:37Bob! I can see it all. By the time you've qualified, it'll be too late.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41She'll be off, sharing someone else's shuttlecock.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46Would you just go? Take Linda, and go and blow your winnings,
0:27:46 > 0:27:52and don't come to me when it's gone and you can't steal the milk money.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56I wash my hands of you. I give up. Go on! I've had it now.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01I tried to give your life direction, but you just want to go to pubs
0:28:01 > 0:28:06or pictures or... Restaurants. ..restaurants, yes.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Or nightclubs. Have nights out with the lads,
0:28:10 > 0:28:14play late-night snooker, or all-night poker,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16or going to dimly-lit discotheques.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21You can sit thigh-to-thigh to some sexy girl like Linda or Madelyn,
0:28:21 > 0:28:27or any girl, if you're prepared to put a bit of money about of a night.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31What a lovely bloody life you lead!
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Intelfax Subtitles by Kate Shaw for BBC Subtitling, 1995