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This programme contains some strong language.

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Darlington In this historic market town,

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one man's on a mission to make crime a thing of the past...

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I'm better than Rambo. I'm Spartacus.

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..Fearless Francis Jones.

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Rarrggh!!

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If you have a problem day or night...

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I'm like a doctor to the burglars. I give them the medicine.

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..if no-one else can help...

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There's no escape from Francis Jones.

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People always say I'm different, like.

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..and if you can find him...

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When I was a kid, I was in the Beavers for four months.

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I underwent training.

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..maybe you can hire Sparta Security.

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Spartan warriors was a tribe of people who had courage,

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who were strong.

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When you drive down the road, the kids always shout,

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"This is Sparta!"

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The vehicle is dressed up like a pseudo-police vehicle.

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What does "pseudo" mean?

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If you want a steak, you go and get a sirloin.

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If you want ice cream, you go to Tom and Jerry's.

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If you want security, you come and see Spartacus.

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SIREN BLARES

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THEN BEEPS FEEBLY

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There we go. Your fly's undone.

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Sparta Security was set up in 2009 by former pro boxer

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Fearless Francis Jones.

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So, do I see myself as a businessman?

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I don't have a dicky bow tie. You know, I don't read the Daily Mail.

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I don't like reading, if I'm honest with you.

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But if you want security, I just want to help you. That's the truth.

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You look smart, by the way.

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The company employ around 40 security guards,

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protecting commercial and residential properties.

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He's boxed off Darlo, basically, hasn't he?

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He's everywhere. We're safe. Sparta is looking after us all.

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This is the smallest fan Sparta's ever got, you know.

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How are you doing?

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He's happy to help the littlest of people

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and he's happy to help the biggest of people.

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He doesn't care what the job is

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as long as it's helping the community.

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When the property got robbed, on the same day that happened,

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you guys sent the boys round

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and since then you've watched it for a good three months.

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You were brilliant.

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Do you see yourself as a policeman? No, no, no.

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Definitely not. I ain't no policeman. I'm Francis Jones.

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How're we doing, Adrian? Are you all right? Hello, mate. Aye, good.

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I'm one of the boys, is what I am. I'm one of the lads.

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Because people know me in Darlington.

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I have a nice reputation. I help people.

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Francis and his team

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go to extraordinary lengths to get the job done.

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?100,000 worth of equipment has just been stolen.

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So I am wanting to know what your thoughts are.

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There's a road adjacent to this whole site

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which is perfect access without anyone being able to see.

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Ex-forces generally love working for us.

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You're applying the same knowledge for the same things, really.

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You just take the guns out of the equation

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and the threat of mega-violence.

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No other security company does what Sparta do.

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We haven't got a gun but, I'm telling you, it's exciting

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when it kicks off.

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Hiya. Morning. Hello, Rach, all right?

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Helping Francis run the show are his tireless office team.

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We have Claire Wood, who is the secretary.

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Good afternoon, Sparta security. Claire speaking.

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She's got that pornographic professional telephone voice.

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Have you got your shorts on, in the sun? Like in the chatrooms.

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What's that in there? Is it your resignation? Have you had enough?

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Rachel Bruce, the overall manager.

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Do not disrespect me like that in front of the staff.

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So you have just spoiled the atmosphere.

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You know, she's got that..."Rrrr!" She's got the fire.

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I ain't bothered what you say.

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Last year I think I left five times and I got sacked three.

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They are both awesome but you don't argue

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because I know I'm a good manoeuvrer.

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Very hard to manoeuvre against two piranha fish.

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Today's task is finding Francis a sidekick to help grow the business.

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Well, I want another one of me.

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I need someone to bounce off and to work with

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and they've got to be talked to and say,

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"You're here, but I want more business off you within six weeks."

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Have you got somebody in mind?

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I don't know, is what I'm saying.

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Sparta offer mentoring to a variety of young people,

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including some who haven't always chosen the right path.

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The apprentices that we tend to take on are usually vulnerable.

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They've usually got a story to tell

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but Francis will always try to see the good in people, always.

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'Get kids who come to interviews...' Jordan.

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I want to see a bit of courage, a bit of backbone.

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Do you have a criminal record? Yeah. What was that for?

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Armed robbery. How long ago? I was 14.

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Was that with another guy? Mm. From Middlesbrough?

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I just thought it might have been a partner in crime.

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So what makes you think security, then?

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I would like to follow in your footsteps.

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I want to be the best but, obviously, you're the best now so...

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Cheers. Cheers.

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One of the CVs says, "I'm previous in the Army," so that's good.

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He was a private soldier. He doesn't know how to spell, though.

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A private "solder".

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How long was you in the Army for? Six months. Right.

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In the end, they had to medically discharge me.

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This lad is called Luke.

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He's a professional person.

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He enjoys dogs.

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He hasn't got a lot of work history.

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The other CV is better than this one.

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Last up is Luke "Pembo" Pemberton. Take a seat, Luke.

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I like your sneakers, mate. Yeah.

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So how old are you, then, Luke?

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23. 23, yeah? Do have a criminal record? Yes, I do.

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I have done 16 weeks inside. Pinching? For theft, yes.

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What made you think you wanted the position?

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I don't just want a job, I want a career.

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And that's what... I need to make a choice. I'm 23 now.

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I didn't realise what I've got in life until I actually went in jail,

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what I could lose in life.

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I've got plans and all.

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I want to start making a family, change my life completely around.

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What I like about him...

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I see ingredients in him that I could work with

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and if he does really want to change his life around,

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then he has come to the right house.

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We have sales and marketing, right. Can you sell?

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I can sell ice to the Eskimos.

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I've got the gift of the gab.

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Well, I want you doing that job.

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I want to put 100% in you.

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Well, thanks for the opportunity. There you go, buddy, yeah?

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Thank you very much.

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I've heard it all before, you know.

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It'll be challenging to see where Pembo goes.

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First to hear Pembo's good news will be his nana, Val...

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Francis says he wants me to be part of the business side,

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the sales side of it.

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..who can hardly believe it.

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Do they know that you've got a criminal record? I've told them.

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Because this is the big stumbling block. Yes, I know.

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Nana has got a heart of gold.

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They broke the mould when they made that one.

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We've never had a criminal in the family. You're unique.

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You're the only one.

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I will change. Well, we'll see, won't we? I'm not holding my breath.

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Because you've never took any notice before of what

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we've told you. I have. No, you haven't.

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Everything we got you, you've sold.

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Game machines, televisions, new trainers...

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PEMBO LAUGHS

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Rome wasn't built in one day, was it?

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Well, it will be nice when I don't have to hide my purse,

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that's all I'm saying. I know.

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It's not nice to hear, but it's the truth, isn't it?

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That's my own family telling me that.

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Fingers crossed.

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Well, yes, fingers crossed, Nana.

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I've let my full family down so this is my time to change

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and make my family proud.

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I mean, anybody can turn their lives around if they really want to,

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but whether he will or not, I have no idea. So we will just see.

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As well as protecting premises,

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Sparta's job list includes some less conventional security markets.

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So, what makes us different from other companies?

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We have a bully watch.

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If you want kids to be walked home from school to deter...

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I don't know.

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We have snipers.

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A guy dressed in a ghillie suit hiding in the bushes

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looking for burglars using thermal imaging, night vision.

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We do loads of stuff.

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Whatever your query, we'll have something to stop it from happening.

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Tuesday, 10am.

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Francis is heading to the town centre

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to discuss a mysterious new assignment.

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'I had a phone call off a gentleman.

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'He sounded a bit distressed

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'and he's asked me to come down to meet him.'

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Hello, there. I'm Francis.

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'He does not want to be identified.'

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DISTORTED VOICE: I live on one of the rougher estates.

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Kids tear around on mopeds, on quad bikes.

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We daren't walk down the street on a night.

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This is on the actual streets?

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It's on the street. It's on the grassed areas.

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We've rung the police. We've spoke to the councillors

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but nothing seems to be getting done.

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We daren't go public because the windows get put through. Right.

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I've heard you are the person that could sort this out.

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Leave it with me.

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We can help provide a solution to this problem. Thank you.

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For Darlo's dangerous bikers, life is about to get tougher.

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You have come to the right door.

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He doesn't want no-one to die, whether it's his kids,

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or somebody else's.

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I want to do this quickly,

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not talk the talk but walk the walk.

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Feeling nervous now,

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but as soon as I get in the office I'll fly into it, won't I?

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Former thief and burglar Pembo

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is preparing for his first day at Sparta.

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I got a suit there, like I only really wear at funerals.

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And weddings. Or court, yeah.

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With Pembo, we are taking a huge risk.

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He reminds me of a young Del Boy. And I like Del Boy.

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I mean, he's funny.

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He drives a three-wheel car, which is better than Pembo,

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because Pembo doesn't have a car.

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Keen to impress, Pembo arrives half an hour early.

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Francis?

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He's even got there before the boss.

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First impression's always the best.

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You can tell a man by his shoes.

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Where did you get those shoes? Clarks.

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Hey, hey, hey!

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Here he is. You look very smart. Thank you. So...

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Pembo's first test is to prove he can sell...

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You're going to go knocking on businesses...

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..by giving away free stickers to local businesses.

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His mission, he's on the minimum wage,

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if he gets a sticker in a window, I will give him 50p a sticker.

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I haven't told Rachel. I haven't told her, like.

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I've had 5,000 printed,

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and if I'm honest, it could bankrupt the company.

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Before letting Pembo loose on Darlo,

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Francis wants to hear his sales pitch.

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What do you want? What do you want?

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Er...

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Hello, mate, how are you doing?

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My name is Newton, I'm working with a firm called Sparta Security.

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We offer a range of prices for services that you can go for.

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So, you are after getting your sticker in my door. It's free.

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Yeah. I'm giving you it. Would you take free money? It's free.

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Everyone should take the service. Yeah.

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If they don't take the service, it's the sales pitch what is wrong.

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We'll come up, we'll have a look at the site and have a chat with

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you in your cabin and tell you what services we have on offer.

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Rachel and Claire are also on the hunt for new business.

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It doesn't matter if it's not a big one.

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Hank has a cosy little cabin and he's worried we won't all fit in.

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I said we'll all squeeze in. Squish. We'll squeeze in.

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They're targeting a key market - industrial estates

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and building sites.

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You'll definitely know who we are, don't you worry about that.

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We'll be there Friday in our red high heels.

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I've got two tidy blonde females rather than a big hairy-arsed man

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and they're bringing in business left right and centre.

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I'm a security guard, yeah, I've had a badge about two years.

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I can hold my own.

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Just in case their powers of persuasion aren't enough,

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Francis has left nothing to chance.

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I've just invested ?3,000 in getting Rachel a pair of silicone breasts

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so Rachel can go to clients,

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meet new businessmen and sign contracts away.

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Did you want a boob job already? Yeah.

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But I didn't have the money so, girls,

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who's going to turn down a free boob job?

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I'm going to try and give them a free sticker

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and say it's security for them, everyone wants a bargain

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and this is for free. So hopefully...

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Let's go and see how I get on.

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Pembo's first target is the local corner shop...

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I work for a company called Sparta Security,

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I'm giving out free stickers. We have different services.

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Right, no problem, thank you. ..who aren't interested.

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Am offering a free service today... No?

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Not interested? Right, have a good day.

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Francis would love them. Ohhh!

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Pembo's sticker tally is stuck on zero.

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Two knocks, that's all you're giving it.

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He chances his arm at the Savage Sandwich Shop.

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Just here today to offer you a free service.

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All you have to do is put the sticker in your window.

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Yeah. Thank you.

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Finally, 50p in Pembo's pocket.

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First one. Job well done.

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Try and get the hang of it, get into the swing of things. So, laughing.

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What skills do you need to sell in security?

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Generally, very little clothes.

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Sex definitely sells.

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Rachel and Claire are trying out their sales strategy

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at a local building site.

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Are you ready then? Come on, into the cabin with us.

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We've got our PPE on. GIGGLING

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Do you know what it is? Personal pulling equipment.

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24 hours a day, seven days a week, the phone is always on,

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even if you just want a chat. Lonely hearts, eh?

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THEY LAUGH

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Next in line for the girls' charm offensive...

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Hi.

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..a steel fabrication factory.

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I've got nowhere to stick my badge.

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These are sexy.

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You look good.

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I'll be pinching these, Johnny, they'll be going in me bag.

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How many cameras would you be thinking of, then?

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Where do you think you'd need them?

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I think probably two in here and two in the two large sheds. Yes.

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Nice to speak to you again, Johnny. All right.

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Finding you as sexy as before...

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It's like the one the other day where we went on that site

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and he just looked at the pair of us.

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I said to her, he's going to go back in that cabin and crack one off.

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Guaranteed. Guaranteed.

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Excuse me, sir. Free sticker for your van? Yeah, no problems.

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Meanwhile Pembo has cracked off a few more sales...

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Could you put this in the window? Yes.

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..and upped his salary by ?2.50.

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It's been good. It's a start.

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This is getting the basics of it, so...laughing.

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But being able to sell is just the first stage of his training.

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Pembo is a good lad but he's like a wild dog,

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like the ones in Australia, dingoes. Pembo is a dingo.

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I've got to train this animal how to behave proper, right?

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Not behave proper, just not to bite.

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To prove he's got what it takes for Sparta, Pembo's next test will be

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to join Francis on a night-time burglar hunt.

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It says on the card, "Directed by God, managed by Jesus."

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Do people think I'm silly? I would have thought so.

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As well as helping the Darlo public,

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Francis also strives to serve a greater good.

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God is the best thing in my life, he's awesome.

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I still have temptations, I still have these two eyes for women.

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I can't help but stare at lasses' arses

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when I am driving along the road. She's absolutely beautiful.

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Hello, there. She's not interested.

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She is beautiful as well. Hello, sweetheart.

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Today, Francis has a date with the local MP

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to discuss his anonymous client's problem with nuisance motorbikes.

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I am going to see Jenny Chapman, the MP of Darlington,

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were going to have a chat and I'm putting on lavender oil.

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They come up to me and say, "Have you got lavender oil on?"

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That is what they say to ya.

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That's when I give them my charms.

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# Jenny, Jenny... #

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It's an opportunity for Francis

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to make a good impression on an important public figure.

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I have put lavender on especially for you. Nice.

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Do you like it or not? Do you like it really?

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I do, I like lavender, it reminds me of my nana. Does it?

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HE LAUGHS

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Sit down.

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We're having problems with motorbikes tearing the land up,

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kids as well, walking the dogs.

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I need an answer to that cos I've got Red Hall...

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I've got you an answer.

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We're going in on patrol undercover,

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we're going to take pictures of the people on these vehicles. Yeah.

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I'll know the kids no doubt as well.

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I'm going to go to the house and I'm going to say, "This stops."

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Right?

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Have you spoken to the police? Do they know what you're doing?

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They don't know what I'm doing, no.

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Give me a month from the first day we go in there

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and I reckon it will have stopped.

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Let them know what you are doing.

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With the general election coming up,

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Francis has been lucky to get a meeting.

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So can you vote here now before we go? No. Can I not?

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No. What do I need to do? Are you on the register?

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Electoral register? HE SIGHS

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I don't know, Jenny. I don't have a clue.

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People will just vote for you cos you're a good-looking lass.

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That's why I am voting for you. I haven't a clue what you do.

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SHE LAUGHS

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Do you have Facebook? I will tick like on your thing.

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Just the same as voting!

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Would you encourage him to get more involved

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in the politics of Darlington?

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I'm not sure politics is the right place for Francis.

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He is very much an individual.

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I think he'd find politics really frustrating,

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which is a shame, isn't it? It says a lot about politics.

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I think the community is better off for having

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someone like Francis around. Thank you.

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I promised Jenny Chapman I'm going to stop the quad bikes

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and motorbikes chasing.

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I will be looking to get this sorted as soon as possible

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and show Mrs Chapman how Sparta works.

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# Jenny, Jenny... #

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It's like a magic wand.

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Having gone down so well on the building site,

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Rachel is continuing her marketing drive in the town centre.

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We're doing the Darlington market.

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It's an opportunity for people to come down and talk with us

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face-to-face.

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Alongside the pastries and pasties,

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Rachel hopes her flyers will be to the taste of the Darlo public.

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"For I know the plans I have for you." My God, this is frightening.

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What would Francis of Assisi have to say about this?

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If you hang about for five minutes, you will meet Francis Jones.

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Is he the organiser? Yeah.

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You've just missed him. Never! Yeah.

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What? Young enough to give a slap to or not?

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Can you see a man playing his guitar down there? Yes.

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Hello, how are you doing? Are you the big cheese? I'm the big cheese.

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What you are doing is akin to a form of Christian paramilitary

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organisation, albeit without weapons... In what sense?

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The only Christians that go around

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in vans like that are the Salvation Army, for goodness sake...

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This is a pseudo-style police vehicle. What does "pseudo" mean?

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Right, right. That is not a proper police vehicle, but you've adopted

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the kind of scheme to look like

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a kind of police, security... High-vis vehicle, yeah.

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The vehicle stands out - we're a security company.

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I am accusing you of being a prototype Christian paramilitary.

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I don't know what that means. You're not a policeman.

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This is about promoting Christianity to protect

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people on the streets against what? Villainous burglars?

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If you could have guns you probably would.

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I don't want to get no animosity, you can go your way,

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I'll go my way and I wish you well not badness.

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You can put hatred upon me but you won't get hatred back. Good.

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Unless you try and rip the signs down, I'm only joking.

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Thank you very much, sir.

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Cheers, all the best with your guitar, right?

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He said the car looks like a high-vis police car, which is

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meant to look high-vis, we do security,

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not Mothercare, looking after children.

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When I say I go to church, I'm not like a proper nutcase,

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a proper religious nut.

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You know... Well, I used to be a nut,

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but, you know, you could say I'm a bit of a religious nut.

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Obviously as a Christian,

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you have to be different, you have to let your light shine before men,

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do things that the majority of people don't do.

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As a Christian, Francis likes to mentor former offenders,

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which can also be helpful for some of his missions.

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When I used to go out thieving myself, it does get your heart

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racing, your adrenaline starts pumping, your hands start sweating.

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You need a wee.

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This shoe is on the other foot now,

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so it's a good feeling being on the other side, obviously.

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Francis does anti-burglar patrols for a variety of local businesses.

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We're going to go to a site tonight

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where, you know, it gets broken into.

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We're just going to sit there and wait.

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Just follow my lead. I'll whisper as well, always whisper.

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WHISPERS: I've got to watch your back

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and you've got to watch mine. Right?

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Did you year that noise? That could be a burglary.

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I don't want to get you shot. Keep your voice down.

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Think like they think. Yeah.

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Not many security firms would do this, a stakeout. Stakeout baby.

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Do you want to order a pizza?

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HE GIGGLES

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I'm an adrenaline junkie.

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I get a buzz off this, this gives me a hard-on.

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Just waiting for them to come.

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We'll catch them, look at all the bait.

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That's all the bait there. That's right.

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Like a piece of cheese in a mousetrap.

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When they come in, they will be running for their lives

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when they see Spartacus and Loonicus on patrol.

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It's a game of cat and mouse.

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HE MEOWS AND SNIGGERS

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There's no sign of any mice to catch.

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So Francis sets Pembo a challenge.

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WHISPERS: There's a dog where them lights are.

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We always used to say if we can go across this land to there

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without the dog barking,

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then you've got the skills to join the force.

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You have to touch the metal fence.

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I hope the dog barks!

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I don't think he'll do it.

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Bastard. He's done it. I bet the dog is dead.

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DOG BARKS

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Fucking dog.

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Ha! That was him, that wasn't me. DOG BARKS

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Sack the bastard.

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BARKING CONTINUES

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It'll take me a few times to get back into it,

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whispering, cos I'm quite loud.

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You are a heavy-footed.

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I would suggest putting socks on over your shoes.

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Just little tips that I've learned.

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Despite the heavy feet, Pembo's passed the test.

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Me life is evolving now because obviously the opportunity

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I'm being given, it's just going to get better and better and better.

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The sky's the limit now.

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Wednesday, teatime.

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There's been a breakthrough in the case of Darlo's dangerous bikers.

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We're just going to go to Red Hall,

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because the people on the estate are sick of the bikes going down there.

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Francis has been hired by a local resident to stamp out

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the problem, he's on his way to one of the areas Jenny mentioned.

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I told the MP I'd stop it.

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If I can help, it's another tick in the box for what I do

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and it gives me a buzz, to be honest,

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cos I'll have solved the problem.

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BIKES REV

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Quad bikes over there.

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I just heard a bike so, you know,

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we'll see what the situation is and see if he comes on our territory.

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He'll probably yell when he sees me but that's not a problem

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cos I will find off the estate who he is and where he lives.

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I will go and give him the knock, innit?

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BIKE REVS

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Too slow.

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I was too slow, I hesitated when I seen him.

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Here's one 'ere.

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Francis is on the verge of catching the culprits red-handed.

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How's it going, boys?

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You don't know who they are, do you? No?

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He knew me, like, didn't he?

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I told you everyone knows me in Darlington.

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He said, "How are you doing, Francis?" He drove off.

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But, you know, I can put a stop to it. Just need the evidence first.

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Next time...

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There's a bike over there!

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..Francis tracks down the nuisance bikers...

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All right, boys.

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We'll go in these bushes here. Shh!

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..it's a date night in Darlo...

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Do you spit or swallow? Shut up.

0:28:050:28:08

..and Pembo's under pressure... You have a team of how many?

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..to prove he can sell.

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There's... Erm...

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# There's nothing you can do that can't be done

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# Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game

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# It's easy

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