0:00:06 > 0:00:11This programme contains some strong language
0:00:17 > 0:00:18KNOCK ON DOOR
0:00:20 > 0:00:22DOOR OPENS
0:00:26 > 0:00:28- You look lovely! - GIGGLES
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Give us a twirl.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Oh, I hardly recognise you.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40I hardly recognise myself sometimes.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42When you look in the mirror, who do you see?
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Someone I don't know.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48I mean, who's that?
0:00:51 > 0:00:53That's Shirley Bassey, that is.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01No, Mam.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07THIS is Shirley Bassey.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- WATER SPLASHES - Wheeeee!
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Are you catching it? Are you catching all the twinkles?
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Ah, clever girl!
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Catching all the twinkles, aren't you?
0:01:23 > 0:01:24Yes!
0:01:24 > 0:01:27# Twinkle, twinkle, little star
0:01:27 > 0:01:30# How I wonder
0:01:30 > 0:01:34# What you are! #
0:01:34 > 0:01:36HUBBUB
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Hey, hey, keep an eye on your room, OK?
0:01:40 > 0:01:41All right.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- When you due back at sea, Henry? - End of the month.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Have to keep bringing home the bacon with such a big brood.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Henry! Go upstairs, Henry.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52HUBBUB DROWN SPEECH
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Hey! How you doing?!
0:01:55 > 0:01:57MUSIC BLARES
0:01:57 > 0:01:59That's my girl, Shirley!
0:01:59 > 0:02:01HE LAUGHS
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Huh?!
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Come on, Shirley!
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Dance with Mam and Dad!
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Whoo!
0:02:16 > 0:02:18SHE LAUGHS
0:02:18 > 0:02:20You look. You look.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Come on, Henry.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29There, good boy. Aww!
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- BANGING ON DOOR - Go and get it.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34All right, I will! I've got a headache.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40MAN: Mrs Bassey?
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Is it about the party? I swear, no money changed hands, no-one paid for it.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- It was just a group of people... - I don't know anything about a party.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50We're looking for Mr Bassey. Is he in?
0:02:50 > 0:02:51Dad!
0:02:59 > 0:03:01SHE GRIZZLES
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Do your coat up. Oh, Shirley, stop crying, for God's sake.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- Iris, did you check all the cupboards?- I told you I did.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- Where are we going, Mam? - We're going to live in Splott.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44It's lovely. You'll like it.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Is Dad coming?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49No, we're on our own now.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Girls, come on!
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Sit down...
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Sit down.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Everyone hungry? I've got a treat.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- Come on, let's have a chip.- Oh, look!
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- What's the matter? - Oh, Shirl.- Mummy...
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Right, who wants a cup of tea?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34CHILD CRIES
0:05:08 > 0:05:12# A, you're adorable B, you're so beautiful
0:05:12 > 0:05:16# C, you're a cutie full of charms
0:05:16 > 0:05:19# D, you're a darling And D, you're a... #
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Mam, I need sixpence to pay for my dancing class.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24You can't get blood out of a stone.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- I haven't got sixpence. - Have YOU got sixpence, Bobo?
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Sorry, love, I'm skint. I just paid the rent.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Shirley, I'm thinking of getting married again.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Who to?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Bobo. Who d'you think?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Does that mean...you'll be my dad?
0:05:47 > 0:05:48If you'll have me.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Yeah, OK.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53OK.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59MUSIC: "Dedicated To You" by Ella Fitzgerald
0:06:03 > 0:06:11- SHE SINGS ALONG: - # If I should write a book for you
0:06:11 > 0:06:18# That brought me fame and fortune too
0:06:18 > 0:06:21# That book would be...
0:06:21 > 0:06:23# Like my heart...
0:06:23 > 0:06:25# ..Heart and me... #
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Just want to do that bit again.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30MUSIC STOPS
0:06:30 > 0:06:36# That brought me fame and fortune too...
0:06:36 > 0:06:39# That book would be
0:06:39 > 0:06:44# Like my heart and me
0:06:44 > 0:06:54# Dedicated to you-ou-ou. #
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Mam! Mam!
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- I got two bob for singing down the pub!- Good for you, girl.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Mam, you know singing and that.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Can you do it for a job?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16You thinking of going professional, are you?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- I might.- Good for you, pet. You give it a go.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Nothing wrong with a bit of ambition.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25How much you got left of that two bob?
0:07:27 > 0:07:28One and six.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30I got chips and this.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Give us a lend of it, will you?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Thanks, pet.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Are you going to give us a chip?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46All right. But don't take too many!
0:07:51 > 0:07:52What's caviar, Mam?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54It's, um...
0:07:54 > 0:07:57it's fishy stuff, it's black. Why?
0:07:57 > 0:08:00When I'm famous, that's all I'm going to eat.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05I won't even care if I don't like the taste.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06MAM LAUGHS
0:08:15 > 0:08:19When I'm on stage, that's when I know who I am.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23It's like I go out there... and there's nothing.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Just dead air and an audience, waiting.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32And when I open my mouth...
0:08:34 > 0:08:35..I make something happen...
0:08:37 > 0:08:38..out of nothing...
0:08:40 > 0:08:42..out of thin air.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47And it feels like a miracle every time.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50It IS a bloody miracle, all things considered.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54MAN: Shirley Bassey?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Yeah, that's me.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Crikey, not what you'd call a looker, then. They told me she was sexy.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Lovely. So, you've come all the way from Tiger Bay, have you, Shirley?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13I'm from Splott, actually. Just up the road.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Splott! The glamour of showbiz(!)
0:09:16 > 0:09:18(Has it really come to this, then?)
0:09:20 > 0:09:24So, you're 17 years old. Are you in a show at the moment, my love?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27I'm working in a Greek caff in Cardiff.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30But I done a couple of touring shows.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Hot From Harlem, I done that.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I was singing calypsos, wearing a load of fruit on my head
0:09:35 > 0:09:37pretending I was Caribbean, I was.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40When I got...your telegram
0:09:40 > 0:09:43I didn't want to come, but my mam told me I had to.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Right. So, what are you going to sing for us today, Shirley?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Stormy Weather.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Come over here next to the piano.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00What key would you like to start in?
0:10:00 > 0:10:01What?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03What key?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05I don't know.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Usually I just sing.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11OK, well, why don't you just get started
0:10:11 > 0:10:13and Stanley here will follow you.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Right...
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Should I start now, then?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Off you go.
0:10:24 > 0:10:31# Don't know why
0:10:31 > 0:10:39# There's no sun up in the sky
0:10:39 > 0:10:45# Stormy weather
0:10:45 > 0:10:51- # Since my man and I... #- Fuck me!
0:10:51 > 0:10:52# Don't got me money
0:10:52 > 0:10:56# To take me back to Trinidad... #
0:10:56 > 0:10:58What do you think?
0:10:58 > 0:11:03Look, there are loads of girls out there who can sing, Mike.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05APPLAUSE
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- Listen to the applause. - Audiences...
0:11:08 > 0:11:10they're like sheep.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12One claps, all the others follow.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14What about the voice?!
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Look, I've already got a coloured act.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19I can't sell that.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21And neither can you.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29I'm going out on a bit of a limb here, Shirley,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32because frankly, most people I talk to think I'm mad.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34But I think I can make you a star.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38It's going to take a lot of work.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- At the moment you're standing up there like a lump of wood.- Thanks.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I am absolutely serious.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Put your trust in me,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48all of it, and I'll make you a star.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50I'm talking about West End shows,
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- record contract, international tours, maybe a spot on the radio...- No.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58No, I don't think it'll work.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Why not?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Because...
0:12:04 > 0:12:05I can't.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07I don't...
0:12:07 > 0:12:08I can't do it.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- Shirley, what's the problem? - I can't do it. Sorry.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Bloody hell! What did I say?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Shirley! Shirley, darling.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Shirley, what's the matter?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Come on, sweetheart, you're going to have to come clean
0:12:29 > 0:12:31because this is not normal behaviour.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34All I said was I'm going to make you a star.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35SHE SOBS
0:12:35 > 0:12:37What's wrong?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39I've got a baby.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42What?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44A baby.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I've got a baby.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Ah.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54That's why I had to leave the last show.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55I was pregnant
0:12:55 > 0:12:57and I couldn't fit in my frock.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00How can I just swan off and be a star?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Who's going to look after Sharon?
0:13:04 > 0:13:07What about her dad, or is that a stupid question?
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- It's none of your bloody business who her dad is.- It's all right.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15- SHE SNIFFS - My sister Iris is looking after her.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Hey!
0:13:26 > 0:13:30You are an extraordinary young creature, Shirley.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Am I?
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Yeah.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43I should go.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45I need my beauty sleep.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47HE CHUCKLES
0:13:47 > 0:13:49No, you don't.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Good night.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Shirley!
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Shirley, darling! Your sister - Iris, is it?
0:14:13 > 0:14:16She can adopt the baby.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19You can't be a star and an unmarried mother, darling.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21The press would have a field day.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- But what about Sharon? - What's the matter with you?!
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Sharon'll be fine! Get out there and make a name for yourself.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36I'll be lonely! I'll have to stay in horrible digs, on my own.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- Why can't I just stay here? - Now, listen here, girl.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45- This is the last time that you're going to get the chance to... - But I'll miss the baby, Mam.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48I'll look after her. I want to.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51I don't mind.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52I'd love to.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Look.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58She loves me.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Don't you, Sharon?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Yes, you do! Yes!
0:15:03 > 0:15:05You love your Auntie Iris.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- Hand her over, Iris, will you? - OK, Shirley.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Shirley...
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Shirley!
0:15:17 > 0:15:20You're doing this if I have to drag you to the station myself.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I'm not having you end up like me, with nine kids and....
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Seven, Mam. You've got seven kids.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30You know what I mean.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32This is no life.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Get out while you can.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Don't do what I've done.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28You can't blame her, Eliza.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32No girl wants to leave her baby.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Nobody wants to, Bobo, but sometimes you have to.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36I did it.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39What?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43When?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Years ago. I left two of them.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49HE SIGHS Liza, Liza, Liza...
0:16:49 > 0:16:52I had two little girls in Hartlepool.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55One of them was before I met my husband, then while I was married,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58I had a bit of a...you know...
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- What? A bit of a what? - I met someone else.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03A sailor.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05I got pregnant. He was back at sea by this time.
0:17:05 > 0:17:11Anyway, she was black, the baby was black, so you know, obviously..
0:17:11 > 0:17:12I mean, my husband was white.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21What happened?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24They said, "We don't want half-caste kids round here.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28"Get rid of it, or take it with you and never come back."
0:17:28 > 0:17:31So, I left the girls. What choice did I have?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34One of them was with her father and the other one me mam and dad took.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37But there was no-one to look after Ella except me.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- I couldn't leave her with strangers.- Mm.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Do the other children know?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47No. Don't you dare say a bloody word to them, d'you hear me?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Hmm...
0:17:58 > 0:18:00D'you ever think about them?
0:18:00 > 0:18:02The ones you left?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05No point being sentimental.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07I'm practical, Bobo.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10I had a choice to make so I made it. That's that.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14BABY SNUFFLES
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Bye.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Bye, Bobo.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Take care.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54I'll probably be back in two weeks.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Probably won't work out.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Rubbish. Off you go or you'll miss your train.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Bye, Mam.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09See you.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22BABY CALLS OUT
0:19:37 > 0:19:39'She's not been adopted.'
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Iris is just going to look after her and I'm going to send money.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- Good.- I mean, it's not like she's going to strangers.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49- Of course not.- It's practical. That's what my mam says.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53And it's the right decision, Shirley. Now you'll be able to support her.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56We're talking about real stardom here, not some two-bit variety act.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01We're talking about Eartha Kitt, we're talking Lena Horne.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02OK.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Yeah.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07That's what I want.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Yeah. I don't want to be rubbish.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12I want to be the bloody best.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Good. There's only one rule.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17You'll have to work harder than you've ever worked,
0:20:17 > 0:20:21do as I tell you, don't answer back and we WILL get you there - clear?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- Yeah.- Yes, Mr Sullivan.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Yes, Mr Sullivan.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Ah, Shirley, this is my wife, Juhni.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31She's going to be taking care of your wardrobe,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34your make-up and all that malarkey.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36- How do you do? - Can I have a word, Mike?
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- Just pop outside for a moment, would you, Shirley, darling?- Oh.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Right.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46How much are you paying her?
0:20:46 > 0:20:4920 pound a week for a year if she works or not.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Have you lost your mind? We are practically bankrupt!
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- Juhni, would you...- Have you any idea...!- ..please trust me?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57You haven't heard her sing.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01# When he went away
0:21:01 > 0:21:06- # The blues walked in and met me... #- Stanley...
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Shirley, darling, imagine this is a HUGE theatre!
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Look up at the left side of the stalls, take them in, include them,
0:21:14 > 0:21:15love them.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21# If he stays away
0:21:21 > 0:21:24# Old rocking chair will get me... #
0:21:24 > 0:21:26That's it, and the right.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- # All I do is pray... # - Now look up the circle, same thing.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32You walk on like you own the place, darling, you see?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Commanding.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Start on the outside, yeah, and you work your way in. That's it.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42You're breathing in the wrong place there.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Try again. Don't take the breath in the middle.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Leave like you mean it, but always with a tiny soupcon of regret.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52An audience only listens for the first 16 bars, then their attention wanders.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53It's your job to get it back.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Offer your hand and you say, "How do you do?"
0:21:56 > 0:21:58SHE GIGGLES Shirley, concentrate, darling.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Throw your head back.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02What about if I do this?
0:22:08 > 0:22:09Yeah.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Now the champagne.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16Remember, you're not putting out a fire. Sip, don't guzzle.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Stop! Stop! What's the song about? Think what you're singing about.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23You have to mean every word.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28Imagine that you're deeply in love with someone, you want to be with them, but you can't. Hmm?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30You know what that's like, don't you?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Use it.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44PIANO PLAYS
0:22:44 > 0:22:50# Don't know why-y-y-y
0:22:50 > 0:22:58# There's no sun up in the sky
0:22:58 > 0:23:04# Stormy weather
0:23:04 > 0:23:10# Since my man and I
0:23:10 > 0:23:15# Ain't together. #
0:23:18 > 0:23:22- ELIZA:- 'You'll never guess what. Sharon's walking! She did it this morning.'
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- That's great!- 'It is, isn't it?'
0:23:28 > 0:23:29That's great news, Mam.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Right.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Well, I...I have to go.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- 'All right, then.' - I'll talk to you later, OK?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- 'Bye, love.'- Yeah.- 'Bye.'
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Bye-bye. Bye.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Darling, it's not THAT bad.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- You did Wigan Palladium last year. - I look about 70.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06..I can't. I've already posted your contract. I'll speak to you later.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- OK, bye.- I wanted something colourful with a big skirt.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11That is why Juhni is in charge of your wardrobe.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14If it was left to you, you'd be done up like a Christmas tree.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16I wanted something young! I'm only 18.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20You sing torch songs Shirley. You're not Doris Day.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Now, get used to it.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24Sweetheart...
0:24:26 > 0:24:30..Glasgow Empire is going to love you.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32What's it like?
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Glasgow Empire?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Are they a good crowd?- Adorable.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Honestly. They're famous for it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39AUDIENCE BOOS AND JEERS
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Oh, I'm going to be sick.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- Shirley, you'll be fine. - They're baying for blood out there!
0:24:56 > 0:25:00It's just a bit of good-natured banter, darling, OK?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Get off! Go on!
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Bastards!
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I can't go out there!
0:25:08 > 0:25:10COMPERE LAUGHS
0:25:13 > 0:25:15All right, all right.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Settle down.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20Let's hear it for the new singing sensation,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22all the way from Broadway.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26- Miss Shirley Bassey!- You're on!
0:25:27 > 0:25:29BOOING CONTINUES
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Get off!
0:25:45 > 0:25:47AUDIENCE JEERS
0:25:55 > 0:25:57JEERS FADE ON SOUNDTRACK
0:26:16 > 0:26:19AUDIENCE JEERS
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Now, look here.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24I've come to entertain you lot...
0:26:24 > 0:26:27so if you don't want to listen, I'll go home.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29You could at least give me a bloody chance!
0:26:29 > 0:26:31JEERS DIE DOWN
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Thank you very much.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38BAND STRIKES UP
0:26:49 > 0:26:53# Don't know why
0:26:53 > 0:26:57# There's no sun up in the sky
0:26:57 > 0:27:01# Stormy weather
0:27:01 > 0:27:05# Since my man and I
0:27:05 > 0:27:08# Ain't together
0:27:09 > 0:27:16# It's raining all the time. #
0:27:16 > 0:27:18AUDIENCE CHEERS AND APPLAUDS
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- That wasn't bad, was it?- Brilliant!
0:27:32 > 0:27:36- Watch it!- Get back on. Go and take a bow.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Miss Shirley Bassey!
0:27:39 > 0:27:41CHEERING
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Yes!
0:27:50 > 0:27:55- Yes...- Great news. Great news! Ross Parker is writing you a song!
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Who's Ross Parker?
0:27:57 > 0:28:01# We'll meet again! # You know, Vera Lynn?
0:28:01 > 0:28:04I'm not really sure that's my style.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08It wants to be your bloody style, I've just spent 200 guineas!
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Speculate to accumulate - that's my motto.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Since when?
0:28:12 > 0:28:13About five minutes ago.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Mm-hm!
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Would you like a drink, darling?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Yeah, double!
0:28:20 > 0:28:22'Ladies and gentlemen.'
0:28:24 > 0:28:26I'm going to sing you something by Ross Parker.
0:28:26 > 0:28:32He wrote We'll Meet Again for the wonderful Vera Lynn.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34You can't hear this song on the wireless,
0:28:34 > 0:28:36or anywhere else, for that matter,
0:28:36 > 0:28:40because, as you all know,
0:28:40 > 0:28:41the BBC have banned it.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43BADUM-TISH!
0:28:43 > 0:28:46But that hasn't stopped it from being a massive hit, has it?
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Well, let's hope we've found our new girl.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52BAND PLAYS "Burn My Candle"
0:28:55 > 0:28:58# Who's got a match for a strikin'?
0:28:58 > 0:29:01# Don't say it all depends
0:29:01 > 0:29:05# Who wants to help me burn my candle
0:29:05 > 0:29:07# At both ends?
0:29:07 > 0:29:12# Who's got a light he's hidin' under a bush or fence? #
0:29:12 > 0:29:15..solving our little problem.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18# Who wants to help me burn my candle
0:29:18 > 0:29:20# At both ends?
0:29:20 > 0:29:27# It's possible it may not last a night
0:29:27 > 0:29:33# While it burns What a wonderful light
0:29:33 > 0:29:37# Who'd like to play with fire
0:29:37 > 0:29:40# As Satan recommends?
0:29:40 > 0:29:43# Who wants to help me burn my candle
0:29:43 > 0:29:50# At both ends? #
0:29:52 > 0:29:55CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Mr Sullivan.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Jack Hylton.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15- Jack.- She's extraordinary, I've never seen anything like it.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- The sexiest thing too.- Thank you.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20She does brush up well, I'll give her that, and she's all mine.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Actually, Mr Hylton, I think I deserve some of the credit.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Jack Hylton, Miss Shirley Bassey.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Jack has a television show on a Friday night.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30I know. I've watched it.
0:30:30 > 0:30:35- I'm a great fan. - There's a television audience out there that is going to love you.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38I can see you doing the Royal Variety, no problem.
0:30:38 > 0:30:43But first things first. Can you open in the West End tomorrow night, Shirley? The Adelphi.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45The West End?
0:30:45 > 0:30:50It's not a big deal, it's just a few numbers in-between sketches. Think you can do that?
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Ohh, I don't know.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55I MIGHT manage it.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57THEY LAUGH
0:30:57 > 0:30:59CLOCK TICKS
0:31:05 > 0:31:07FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS
0:31:09 > 0:31:11HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Go away.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19DOOR OPENS
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Wakey-wakey, you little star!
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Here you are, look - "Shirley Bassey storms the West End".
0:31:25 > 0:31:28"Shirley Bassey, the star who arrived in a hurry".
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Not that much of a hurry. I've been working since I was 12.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34"Two years ago, 19-year-old Shirley Bassey
0:31:34 > 0:31:37"was a three-pound-a-week factory hand in Cardiff.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39"Last night, she became a West End Revue star".
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Congratulations, sweetheart! We made it!
0:31:44 > 0:31:47So, if I'm a star, when do I get my mink stole?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Not this week.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53And a white Jag. I want a white Jag with red leather seats.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56Ooh, and I want to go up in a jet.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58I want a yacht,
0:31:58 > 0:31:59I want a sable coat
0:31:59 > 0:32:01and I want caviar for my breakfast.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04If I'm star, where's my caviar?
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Go and wash your face.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09I'll buy you some scrambled eggs.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15If I'm a star, what am I doing in this dump?
0:32:18 > 0:32:20MUSIC: "The Banana Boat Song"
0:32:22 > 0:32:26# Day-o, day-o
0:32:26 > 0:32:29# Daylight and I wanna go home
0:32:29 > 0:32:33# All the workmen sing this song
0:32:33 > 0:32:37- # Sing this song - Daylight and I wanna go home
0:32:37 > 0:32:42# Day-o, day-o
0:32:42 > 0:32:45# Daylight and I wanna go home
0:32:45 > 0:32:50# Day-o, day-o
0:32:50 > 0:32:52# Daylight and I wanna go home... #
0:32:54 > 0:32:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:32:59 > 0:33:01- CHILD SINGS: - '# Happy birthday to you
0:33:01 > 0:33:05'# Happy birthday to you
0:33:05 > 0:33:10'# Happy birthday, Auntie Shirley
0:33:10 > 0:33:15'# Happy birthday to you. #'
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Smashing, love.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28- ELIZA:- 'Come up to the phone.' - Lovely, really lovely.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30'Come here.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32'Come and say something.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35'Come on, come and say something to Auntie Shirley.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37'Oh, she won't come, love. I'm sorry.'
0:33:39 > 0:33:41SHE SCREAMS
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Right, how about if I could get one with your hands on your knees?
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Just a few more shots, then.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52That's lovely. One with your arms outstretched. Excellent.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56- What about one with your sister Iris and her daughter?- No.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58She's too upset for that.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- Let's just have one with me and my mam.- Right, OK.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Lovely. Excellent.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Wow!
0:34:10 > 0:34:11- Eh!- Oh!
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Wow!
0:34:14 > 0:34:16What's that?!
0:34:16 > 0:34:18- Eh!- Eh!
0:34:18 > 0:34:21You going to let me have a play with her before I go?
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Sure.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Sharon, you go and play with...
0:34:26 > 0:34:27Mammy!
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Come on, love.
0:34:30 > 0:34:31Come on, Sharon.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33THEY GASP
0:34:55 > 0:34:59- She's forgotten I'm her mother. - She's just confused, that's all.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02- You all keep telling her I'm her auntie.- At that age it's just...
0:35:02 > 0:35:05- Time to go, ladies! - Mike, we're just coming.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- Ready for your trip to the big smoke? - Absolutely. We're just...
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Come on, love. Time to go.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Problem?
0:35:19 > 0:35:21She misses the baby.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25- Enjoying your run at the Palladium?- Of course... - WOMAN SHOUTS OUT
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Shirley! Shirley!
0:35:27 > 0:35:28Shirley!
0:35:28 > 0:35:31It's Mrs Morrison, from number 47.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Do you remember?
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Oh, hello there. How are you?
0:35:35 > 0:35:37You were round my house...
0:35:37 > 0:35:41when you were about four years old - you came to play with our Jen.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Isn't that right, Mrs Bassey?
0:35:43 > 0:35:47And you were that poor, you didn't have no knickers, d'you remember?
0:35:47 > 0:35:50I had to lend you a pair of our Jen's.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54- Are you asking for them back now?! - Only if you autograph them first!
0:35:54 > 0:35:59Miss Bassey, John Humphreys, TWW. Are we likely to see you back in Cardiff fairly soon?
0:35:59 > 0:36:00Um...
0:36:00 > 0:36:02I shouldn't think so.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04No, I mean, why?
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Er...thank you, gentlemen.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Miss Bassey and her mother have a train to catch.
0:36:09 > 0:36:10Shall we, ladies?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12All aboard!
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Thank you, yes.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Goodbye.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Thank you, goodbye.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Step away from the train.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Jesus Christ!
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Bloody circus, that's what it is - a bloody circus.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Oh, I could get used to this!
0:36:35 > 0:36:38I nearly fainted when that woman mentioned the knickers!
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- Great, lovely(!) - She's right, though. I remember it.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43But did she have to go and bring it up now?
0:36:43 > 0:36:46"You might be Shirley Bassey, with a mink stole,
0:36:46 > 0:36:49"but I remember when you had no knickers." Cheeky cow!
0:36:49 > 0:36:50Shirley... Anyway, great news!
0:36:50 > 0:36:54I've got you a slot at The Embassy Club, starting next week.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- I'm already doing two shows a day. - It doesn't start till after 11.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- You can go straight from the theatre. - And Fridays I'm doing the telly.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Never turn down work, Shirley. It could all end tomorrow.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07I'm supposed to do all this and then tour Australia!
0:37:07 > 0:37:08Count your lucky stars,
0:37:08 > 0:37:10that's what I say.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Well, when do I get a rest?
0:37:13 > 0:37:15You can rest when you're dead, my darling.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22You treat me like a bloody slot machine, you do.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Put in tuppence, pull the handle and win a fortune.
0:37:52 > 0:37:58Come on, Shirl. Taxi's outside. Let's get you to the club, you can have a nice sit-down, hey?
0:37:58 > 0:38:00- I'm not going.- You what?
0:38:00 > 0:38:02I'm not doing it. I'm exhausted.
0:38:04 > 0:38:05Get up.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08I'm not bloody doing it!
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Ow!
0:38:13 > 0:38:15You don't hit me, Mike.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17You're my manager.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20And I'm a singer, not a performing poodle.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47- How can you expect me to work like this? - Miss Bassey is having a wobbly.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50I had to slap her and she nearly took my bloody head off.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52The talent rarely responds to violence.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54- Who are you, anyway? - I work for Mr Hylton.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58We're in charge of the show. I'd like a moment alone with Miss Bassey.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00SHE SOBS Good luck!
0:39:18 > 0:39:21You poor girl.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Look in the mirror.
0:39:24 > 0:39:25What do you see?
0:39:28 > 0:39:29Bit of a mess.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32No. You see a star.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Because that's what you are.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38You're a force of nature.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40A phenomenon.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44And I'd crawl across broken glass just to hear you sing.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48And that man's not treating you properly.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53- No. - SHE SNIFFS
0:39:55 > 0:39:57He's not, is he?
0:40:03 > 0:40:06The thing is,
0:40:06 > 0:40:09he couldn't survive without you...
0:40:09 > 0:40:12but you could survive without him now, couldn't you?
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Hm?
0:40:21 > 0:40:23OK.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Give me five minutes
0:40:27 > 0:40:30and the incredible Shirley Bassey will be right with you.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34They're going to love you.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Put me on a stage and I'm right as rain.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Nobody told me your name.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Ken.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Kenneth Hume.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Delighted to meet you.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:05 > 0:41:06When I open my mouth...
0:41:08 > 0:41:10..I make something happen...
0:41:11 > 0:41:13..out of nothing.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Me, plus an audience...
0:41:18 > 0:41:20..plus thin air, equals...
0:41:24 > 0:41:27..it's like you add two and two and you don't get four, you get...
0:41:27 > 0:41:29five or six.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Watcha, cock.
0:41:39 > 0:41:40Kenneth Hume.
0:41:40 > 0:41:41I know!
0:41:42 > 0:41:45How are you? Still working for Jack?
0:41:45 > 0:41:47No, I'm directing now.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49- Films.- Oooh!
0:41:49 > 0:41:50Clever boy!
0:41:50 > 0:41:52What are you doing here?
0:41:52 > 0:41:54I've just been to an exhibition.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Fancy a bit of fresh air?
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Yes, beautiful. Beautiful!
0:42:03 > 0:42:06I haven't had a lot of time for paintings and that sort of thing.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08I've been so busy.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10And my manager...
0:42:10 > 0:42:13You've met him. He wouldn't know art if it bit him.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16You need to get yourself a bit of education, girl.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18What are you like as a teacher?
0:42:18 > 0:42:19Where do you want to start?!
0:42:24 > 0:42:26I never really had ice cream when I was a kid.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Once in a blue moon, maybe.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- There was never any money. - What did your dad do?
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Oh, I never knew him.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38He disappeared when I was a baby.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44You know, I never talk to anyone like this!
0:42:44 > 0:42:45Most men I meet are after one thing.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49They just want the glamour, they don't want me,
0:42:49 > 0:42:50you know what I mean?
0:42:50 > 0:42:51Hmm.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Where are you from, Ken?
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Me?
0:42:58 > 0:43:01I'm from south London.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03This is all my own work.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Oh, and so is this!
0:43:05 > 0:43:08We've come a long way, haven't we!
0:43:08 > 0:43:11Can get a bit lonely, though.
0:43:11 > 0:43:12Yeah.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14A bit.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16You know, I was thinking.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18If you don't know where your real dad is,
0:43:18 > 0:43:21if you don't even remember him,
0:43:21 > 0:43:25well, it's funny, because... there is something there,
0:43:25 > 0:43:27instead of him.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Kind of.
0:43:29 > 0:43:30Like what?
0:43:31 > 0:43:35A big block of nothing.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Standing next to you.
0:43:37 > 0:43:38All the time.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42Does that make any sense?
0:43:42 > 0:43:44It makes complete sense.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50I think you're extraordinary.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53I can't believe you did that to me, Mike.
0:43:53 > 0:43:57You put me on a plane to Australia in tourist class.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59I'm on stage in 12 hours!
0:43:59 > 0:44:03- Shirley, it was the only seat I could get.- Bullshit! You're mean as hell.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06You're mean, and the worst thing is, you're mean with my money.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09- Says who?- Kenneth Hume.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12He says you're taking me for a ride and he's right.
0:44:12 > 0:44:16- Darling, that's not true... - Don't you use that daddy-knows-best voice with me.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19I've had enough and it won't wash any more.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21You're holding me back, Mike.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24Great. That's all I need(!)
0:44:29 > 0:44:31APPLAUSE
0:44:35 > 0:44:36LAUGHTER
0:44:40 > 0:44:42Come on, Shirley. You're on.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46The Daily Sketch know about Sharon.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50They're putting it in Monday's paper.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55- And now, ladies and gentlemen... - Come on, Shirley. Darling, you're on.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57Let's go.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59All the way from Wales,
0:44:59 > 0:45:03Miss Shirley Bassey!
0:45:03 > 0:45:04APPLAUSE
0:45:17 > 0:45:18CHEERING
0:45:18 > 0:45:20BAND PLAYS
0:45:34 > 0:45:36I'm sorry.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38I'm so sorry.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:45:53 > 0:45:57OK, everything's under control. I've just been on the phone to the People.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00You tell them your story, it'll come out on the Sunday
0:46:00 > 0:46:04and the Daily Sketch will have nothing to print on Monday.
0:46:04 > 0:46:05Will it work?
0:46:05 > 0:46:10You haven't got a lot of choice. You either tell it your way or the Daily Sketch will tell it theirs.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Jesus Christ!
0:46:12 > 0:46:14I hate these people.
0:46:14 > 0:46:15SHE SIGHS
0:46:17 > 0:46:21If they want me to say I'm ashamed, they can sod right off, cos I'm not.
0:46:21 > 0:46:25I'm not going to weep and ask those bloody bastards for forgiveness.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28I'm not going to apologise for being bloody human.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30PHONE RINGS
0:46:33 > 0:46:34Of course.
0:46:34 > 0:46:39I love her very much. She means everything to me.
0:46:39 > 0:46:43- Of course I'm glad I had her! Thank you so much.- 'Pleasure.'
0:46:43 > 0:46:46Yes, it's been lovely talking to you.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48- Goodbye.- 'Goodbye.'
0:46:55 > 0:46:57Don't ask me how it went.
0:46:57 > 0:47:02Grovelling to a newspaper like that. It made me want to be sick.
0:47:04 > 0:47:06I'm going to call my mum and Iris.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08Everyone's going to know about Sharon now
0:47:08 > 0:47:11so they can stop pretending I'm her auntie.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14I've had enough of that little lark.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17It may have suited Iris,
0:47:17 > 0:47:19it certainly suited you, Mike,
0:47:19 > 0:47:21but it never suited me.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23- Ever.- All right, my darling, calm down.
0:47:23 > 0:47:24You're on in a minute.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27You held it over me from the start, didn't you, Mike?
0:47:27 > 0:47:31I was terrified to put a foot wrong in case they found out.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35Well, now they have and the world didn't end.
0:47:35 > 0:47:36And I'm still here.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41You've got nothing on me now, Mike.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44WOMAN OVER TANNOY: 'Miss Bassey, this is your five-minute call.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46'Miss Bassey, five minutes.'
0:47:48 > 0:47:49Right.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53Let's go and be Shirley Bassey.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06- I'm flabbergasted.- I thought you'd be pleased for me, Mike.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Shirley, sweetheart, you can't marry him!
0:48:08 > 0:48:12Is there a problem, Mike? Because Kenneth loves me and I love him.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14And that's all there is to it!
0:48:16 > 0:48:17Ah!
0:48:20 > 0:48:22See?
0:48:22 > 0:48:24This is how much he loves me.
0:48:26 > 0:48:27He says this is my lighting.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30- It's a tart's boudoir.- Piss off.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33Shirley, I say this as your friend, not just your manager.
0:48:33 > 0:48:34As my manager, you should know
0:48:34 > 0:48:38- that in two hours' time,- I- have to be Shirley Bassey, so eff off!
0:48:38 > 0:48:41Shirley... Shirley!
0:48:43 > 0:48:44Shirley, darling...
0:48:45 > 0:48:47Shirley, please open the door.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08DOOR OPENS
0:49:08 > 0:49:09Evening, Mike.
0:49:12 > 0:49:17Congratulations, Kenneth. What do you do for your next trick? Walk on water?
0:49:17 > 0:49:21Always the wit! I hope you haven't been upsetting my fiancee.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24Does she know you troll around Soho looking for boys?
0:49:24 > 0:49:27- She knows you're ripping her off. - You little shit!
0:49:29 > 0:49:32Staying for the evening show, are we?
0:49:32 > 0:49:35Of course I'm staying for the show, I'm her manager!
0:49:35 > 0:49:38Ooh, temper, temper! What's got into you?
0:49:54 > 0:49:55KNOCK ON DOOR
0:49:57 > 0:50:00Ooh, very nice! Give us a twirl.
0:50:07 > 0:50:11- Well?- You are...fabulous!
0:50:12 > 0:50:15What are you going to say when you look in that mirror?
0:50:17 > 0:50:19I'm a star.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25I'm a star!
0:50:25 > 0:50:27I'm a star.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29That's my girl!
0:50:32 > 0:50:34APPLAUSE
0:50:47 > 0:50:49You are spectacular.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51Promise you.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08I'm going to sing my latest release
0:51:08 > 0:51:11from that fabulous musical, Oliver!
0:51:11 > 0:51:16It's been 30 weeks in the Hit Parade and it's still there.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19I'd like to dedicate it to my fiance,
0:51:19 > 0:51:21the wonderful...
0:51:21 > 0:51:22Kenneth Hume.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25MUSIC STARTS
0:51:39 > 0:51:47# As long as he needs me
0:51:47 > 0:51:54# I know where I must be
0:51:54 > 0:52:00# I'll cling on steadfastly
0:52:00 > 0:52:06# As long as he needs me
0:52:06 > 0:52:12# As long as life is long
0:52:12 > 0:52:19# I'll love him, right or wrong... #
0:52:19 > 0:52:22We have a honeymoon to go to, and I won't tell you where we're going
0:52:22 > 0:52:25until we're on the plane to Acapulco!
0:52:26 > 0:52:30- Straight home, is it? - Yeah, thanks, John.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38- Where are we? - We're in St John's Wood.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41- Why? We don't live in St John's Wood.- Well, we do now.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44SHE SCREAMS IN DELIGHT
0:52:45 > 0:52:47Not bad, not bad.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49- Oh, Ken!- Mm!
0:52:49 > 0:52:52Come on, let me show you the rest of it.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55Whoo!
0:52:55 > 0:52:57Ahhh!
0:52:57 > 0:53:01Why do you want to go and call me in at this hour? I've got a show tonight. I need my sleep.
0:53:01 > 0:53:02It's 2pm!
0:53:02 > 0:53:06And we need to talk about Kenneth. Is he trying to take over as your manager?
0:53:06 > 0:53:10And if so, have you told him that you're still under contract to me?
0:53:10 > 0:53:12You need to discuss this with him, Mike, not me.
0:53:12 > 0:53:14I've seen you through thick and thin.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17Any minute now, you're going to say, "I made you."
0:53:17 > 0:53:20- Well, I did, actually! - You had the raw material, Mike.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23You didn't make me out of thin air. You made me out of me.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26When I met you, you were a girl in a dirty jumper from Splott.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28Yes, well, I'm not that girl any more.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30I'm sophisticated now.
0:53:30 > 0:53:35I eat in nice restaurants, I know about art and having good taste.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37I got all that from Kenneth, Mike.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43I want to have another baby and I'm going to get Sharon back.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45Have you mentioned this to Little Lord Fauntleroy?
0:53:45 > 0:53:49And I'm going to play Nancy in the film of Oliver! Ken's sorting it out.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54This time next year, I'll be in Hollywood, Mike,
0:53:54 > 0:53:56and Splott can go to hell.
0:54:10 > 0:54:11DOOR OPENS
0:54:21 > 0:54:24I woke up and you weren't there.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27I...I had just had some business to attend to.
0:54:30 > 0:54:34When I'm on my own, I don't know what to do.
0:54:34 > 0:54:37- I don't know how to be.- What do you mean, you don't know how to be?
0:54:37 > 0:54:39When I'm not being Shirley Bassey.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42But you ARE Shirley Bassey, you silly cow.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44I know, but...
0:54:46 > 0:54:48Hm?
0:54:48 > 0:54:50Come on, let me..let me...
0:54:52 > 0:54:54Listen, darling,
0:54:54 > 0:54:56we're in this together, OK?
0:54:56 > 0:54:59It's you and me against the world. We don't need anyone else.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02Not Mike, not anyone.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05You think you're a star now.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07We haven't even started.
0:55:10 > 0:55:14So, how do you see my role now in relation to Shirley? Am I redundant?
0:55:14 > 0:55:18I wouldn't say that. Maybe you'd be more of...
0:55:18 > 0:55:20amanuensis, is that the word?
0:55:20 > 0:55:21Search me.
0:55:21 > 0:55:26I thought maybe you could stand at the side of the stage when she finishes a show,
0:55:26 > 0:55:28you could hand her a tissue or a glass of water.
0:55:28 > 0:55:29Yes, very amusing(!)
0:55:31 > 0:55:33Am I laughing?
0:55:33 > 0:55:35No.
0:55:35 > 0:55:36So, what do you say?
0:55:36 > 0:55:38Two words, Kenneth - fuck off.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43- That went well(!) - DOOR SLAMS
0:55:50 > 0:55:53Kenneth!
0:55:54 > 0:55:57- Have you seen this!? - They...they just..
0:55:57 > 0:55:59- they just called me.- How dare they?
0:55:59 > 0:56:03They said that part was mine! And who the hell is Shani Wallis?
0:56:03 > 0:56:06- You know who she is. - But who's the bloody star here? Me!
0:56:06 > 0:56:07Well, twinkle, bloody twinkle.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10I'm serious, Kenneth! Why did they give the part to her?
0:56:10 > 0:56:12Because she's white.
0:56:30 > 0:56:34I don't think of myself as coloured or anything. I'm just me.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38- I know, sweetie. - If people have the colour bar, that's their problem.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40Why shouldn't Nancy be coloured?
0:56:40 > 0:56:44There are prejudiced people out there. You know that.
0:56:44 > 0:56:47And unfortunately, it isn't just their problem,
0:56:47 > 0:56:50it's yours because it affects your life.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54I had a hit with that song!
0:56:54 > 0:56:56- It's my song!- I know. I know.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59Well, sod them! Damn them to hell!
0:57:02 > 0:57:07OK, Ken. You're going to have to find me something better.
0:57:07 > 0:57:11- You're going to have to find me a better part. - It won't be that easy, sweetheart.
0:57:11 > 0:57:14You're supposed to be a film director!
0:57:14 > 0:57:17I thought you were going to launch my movie career?
0:57:17 > 0:57:21I will, I will. It's just more difficult when you're... There's not that many...
0:57:21 > 0:57:25Coloured girls are pretty thin on the ground in the film business.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28- What has colour got to do with anything? My mother's white!- But...
0:57:32 > 0:57:36We'll find you a part, darling, I promise.
0:57:36 > 0:57:39I will make it up to you, I promise.
0:57:39 > 0:57:43Just...just...trust me, will you, sweetheart?
0:57:48 > 0:57:50- SHE SIGHS - Ohh...
0:58:00 > 0:58:01OPERA MUSIC PLAYS
0:58:06 > 0:58:08Ken?
0:58:08 > 0:58:10Ken, darling.
0:59:02 > 0:59:05He said he was finished with... He said it was all over.
0:59:05 > 0:59:07Yes, but what people say and what people do...
0:59:07 > 0:59:09- Did you know?- Know what?
0:59:10 > 0:59:11That he was still...
0:59:11 > 0:59:14I hardly see either of you, how would I know?
0:59:14 > 0:59:18- Because you hear all the gossip. - But you knew he was a... - Why didn't anyone...?
0:59:18 > 0:59:20KNOCK ON DOOR
0:59:20 > 0:59:22What now?
0:59:25 > 0:59:26What do you want?
0:59:26 > 0:59:28I need to speak to her.
0:59:34 > 0:59:36Darling, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry!
0:59:36 > 0:59:39I regret everything, and I don't want to cry...
0:59:39 > 0:59:41That's enough of the Mary Pickfords!
0:59:41 > 0:59:45Shirley, go and wash your face, you look a right two and eight.
0:59:48 > 0:59:51I'd like a little word with you, Kenneth.
0:59:51 > 0:59:54I want you to take Shirley home and sort this out.
0:59:54 > 0:59:56And if you ever do this again,
0:59:56 > 0:59:58if you hurt her in any way,
0:59:58 > 1:00:01I'll come round and break your fucking legs, do you understand me?
1:00:01 > 1:00:03- HE SOBS - Yes.
1:00:03 > 1:00:06Good.
1:00:06 > 1:00:08- Do you want a cab?- I brought the car.
1:00:08 > 1:00:10Bring the chauffeur as well, did you?
1:00:10 > 1:00:12Very funny.
1:00:12 > 1:00:15My turn to say it, Kenneth. Am I laughing?
1:00:19 > 1:00:22Shirley, darling, Kenneth is going to take you home
1:00:22 > 1:00:25and you are going to kiss and make up, or something.
1:00:25 > 1:00:27Good.
1:00:29 > 1:00:30Thanks, Mike.
1:00:43 > 1:00:45No!
1:00:45 > 1:00:48It was a moment of fucking weakness, that's all.
1:00:48 > 1:00:52THAT being the operative word in this situation.
1:00:52 > 1:00:54Sweetie, I love you.
1:00:54 > 1:00:58Not in the right way, though, Ken.
1:00:58 > 1:01:00It's damned lonely doing what I do!
1:01:00 > 1:01:04Being Shirley Bassey every night is not actually a walk in the park.
1:01:04 > 1:01:08- I know and I'm sorry... - You said we were in this together.
1:01:08 > 1:01:11You said it was the two of us against the world,
1:01:11 > 1:01:15but you didn't actually mean any of it, did you?
1:01:15 > 1:01:19Well, sod off! If I can't rely on you, I'll rely on myself.
1:01:19 > 1:01:22So, get out! Get out!
1:01:22 > 1:01:25Out!
1:01:45 > 1:01:48I have to say, I always thought he was a bit creepy.
1:01:48 > 1:01:51- You were never very good at choosing men.- How's Sharon, Mum?
1:01:51 > 1:01:55Oh, she's fine. He was after your money, if you ask me.
1:01:55 > 1:01:57Do you think she might...
1:01:58 > 1:02:00..want to come and live with me sometime?
1:02:00 > 1:02:04How are you going to look after her on your own? You're never here.
1:02:05 > 1:02:07Well, it's just not fair.
1:02:07 > 1:02:10I'm running around the world bringing home the bacon
1:02:10 > 1:02:13while you've all had a cosy time with Sharon, watching her grow up.
1:02:13 > 1:02:15You got what you wanted.
1:02:15 > 1:02:18I didn't know what I wanted!
1:02:18 > 1:02:20I didn't know anything about anything!
1:02:20 > 1:02:23I had no idea what I was doing!
1:02:23 > 1:02:25You wanted the mink coat and you got one.
1:02:25 > 1:02:28There's not many in Splott can say that.
1:02:28 > 1:02:33Anyway, you never know. You might meet someone new on your tour in Australia.
1:02:33 > 1:02:37You could start again. Scrub out the old, on with the new.
1:02:37 > 1:02:39That's my motto.
1:02:46 > 1:02:48MUSIC: "I Who Have Nothing"
1:02:55 > 1:02:56# I...
1:02:57 > 1:02:59# I who have nothing
1:03:01 > 1:03:03# I...
1:03:04 > 1:03:06# I who have no-one
1:03:08 > 1:03:10# Adore you
1:03:10 > 1:03:14# And want you so
1:03:14 > 1:03:18# I'm just a no-one
1:03:18 > 1:03:22# With nothing to give you but, ohh
1:03:24 > 1:03:25# I love you... #
1:03:31 > 1:03:32'PHONE RINGS'
1:03:32 > 1:03:35..The page is missing, Tina, that's all.
1:03:36 > 1:03:38Kenneth Hume.
1:03:38 > 1:03:41'Ken.'
1:03:41 > 1:03:42Ken, it's me.
1:03:45 > 1:03:47I'm coming back from Australia.
1:03:48 > 1:03:50Oh. Is something wrong?
1:03:50 > 1:03:52'No.'
1:03:52 > 1:03:56- No, not exactly.- 'I wasn't expecting to hear from you.'
1:03:56 > 1:03:58Actually...
1:03:58 > 1:04:00I AM in a bit of a pickle.
1:04:00 > 1:04:02The thing is, Ken...
1:04:04 > 1:04:06..I'm pregnant.
1:04:06 > 1:04:08REPORTERS CLAMOUR
1:04:08 > 1:04:12We just missed each other too much, didn't we, Kenneth?
1:04:12 > 1:04:15So, now here we are, together again.
1:04:15 > 1:04:18And we're going to have a baby!
1:04:18 > 1:04:20- When's it due, Shirley? - I'm over the moon!
1:04:20 > 1:04:22You must be very thrilled too, Mr Hume.
1:04:22 > 1:04:25Oh, I am. I'm absolutely thrilled.
1:04:25 > 1:04:27- If a little baffled. - SHE CHUCKLES
1:04:27 > 1:04:31You're going to live with Mummy and Kenneth
1:04:31 > 1:04:33and your baby sister.
1:04:33 > 1:04:35Isn't that great?
1:04:35 > 1:04:38She's happy, aren't you, Sharon?
1:04:38 > 1:04:42- Yes.- We're going to be the perfect family, aren't we?
1:04:44 > 1:04:47- Who's your favourite singer? - The Beatles.
1:04:47 > 1:04:48Cheeky monkey!
1:04:48 > 1:04:52You're heading for disaster, if you ask me, Shirley, and as for Ken...
1:04:52 > 1:04:56- Mum!- Well, he's a pansy.
1:04:56 > 1:05:00Go and play with your toys there, Sharon, like a good girl.
1:05:04 > 1:05:08I want a proper family, Mum. Like a normal person.
1:05:08 > 1:05:10But you're not a normal person.
1:05:10 > 1:05:12And he certainly isn't. How can it be a proper family?
1:05:12 > 1:05:16Because that's what I want. Mum, dad, two kids.
1:05:16 > 1:05:19So, it'll look like a proper family, but really, it'll just be for show.
1:05:19 > 1:05:22- Shirley, bit of good news. - Oh, hello, Kenneth.
1:05:22 > 1:05:25- Enjoying playing happy families? - Yeah, I'm ecstatic.
1:05:25 > 1:05:28She needs changing, I think.
1:05:35 > 1:05:37I'll do it myself.
1:05:40 > 1:05:43Hello, love. Hello!
1:05:43 > 1:05:45Hello.
1:05:45 > 1:05:46Hello, love.
1:05:46 > 1:05:48Ahh!
1:05:50 > 1:05:55So, OK, Mam...I know my marriage isn't going to work.
1:05:55 > 1:05:57But I've got my girls.
1:05:57 > 1:06:00And I can still get up on that stage and make...
1:06:02 > 1:06:04..this THING happen.
1:06:05 > 1:06:08I can make this person happen,
1:06:08 > 1:06:10and that's not nothing, is it?
1:06:17 > 1:06:19I'm my own woman now, Mam...
1:06:21 > 1:06:24..and nothing's going to stop me.
1:06:24 > 1:06:27MAN OVER TANNOY: 'Miss Bassey to the studio, please.'
1:06:50 > 1:06:53And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you've all been waiting for.
1:06:53 > 1:06:55The tremendous, the incomparable,
1:06:55 > 1:06:57Miss Shirley Bassey.
1:06:57 > 1:06:58APPLAUSE
1:07:10 > 1:07:13# Funny how a lonely day
1:07:13 > 1:07:15# Can make a person say
1:07:15 > 1:07:19# What good is my life?
1:07:22 > 1:07:24# Funny how a breaking heart
1:07:24 > 1:07:26# Can make me start to say
1:07:26 > 1:07:30# What good is my life?
1:07:33 > 1:07:36# Funny how I often seem
1:07:36 > 1:07:38# To think I'll find another dream
1:07:38 > 1:07:43# In my life
1:07:45 > 1:07:47# Till I look around and see
1:07:47 > 1:07:49# This great big world is part of me
1:07:49 > 1:07:57# And my life
1:07:57 > 1:08:01# This is my life
1:08:01 > 1:08:04# Today, tomorrow Love will come and find me
1:08:06 > 1:08:09# But that's the way that I was born to be
1:08:11 > 1:08:13# This is me...
1:08:13 > 1:08:17# This is me
1:08:19 > 1:08:22# This is my life
1:08:22 > 1:08:26# And I don't give a damn for lost emotions
1:08:27 > 1:08:31# I've such a lot of love I've got to give
1:08:32 > 1:08:34# Let me live...
1:08:34 > 1:08:37# Let me live
1:08:40 > 1:08:43# This is my life
1:08:45 > 1:08:49# This is my life
1:08:50 > 1:08:54# This is...
1:08:54 > 1:08:59# My life. #
1:09:02 > 1:09:03APPLAUSE
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