0:00:02 > 0:00:10This programme contains some strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Louis?!
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Hello, Stanley.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48What on earth are you doing here?
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I needed somewhere to come to. Naturally, I thought of you.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53You might have given me a little warning.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59You've cut your hand.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02You noticed. I had a little trouble getting here.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04- Anybody follow you? - I don't think so.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I need you to get me out of the country, Stanley.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15You can trust Rosie.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18I know. That's a fine bandage.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24I just cut up a pillow case... It's all I could find in the bedroom.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Still sleeping at work, I see.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Sometimes, course.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33That'll do for now, but you ought to see a doctor.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Thank you, and yes, I will see a doctor,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37as soon as I've got out of the country.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Stay there a moment, Louis, I just want to make sure of something.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52PHONE CHIMES
0:03:01 > 0:03:04STANLEY: 'Yes, I will. No, I'll be in till then.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06'No, it's better if I do it.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09'I will.'
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I've only got one clean glass, so...
0:03:19 > 0:03:21..I'll have the bottle.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28We need a plan, don't we, Louis?
0:03:28 > 0:03:29We do, yes.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31We can't have you being caught.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- That's not going to happen. - I hope not.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42You got any idea what we should do?
0:03:43 > 0:03:44Not yet, no.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Well, we're pretty sure nobody knows you're here,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49and we want to keep it that way, don't we?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52So we should play the loudest record we've got, shouldn't we?!
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Help us think, stop us being heard.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57It has to be one of yours, doesn't it?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01This seems appropriate.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Hmm, good choice.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36You have to go, Stanley.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Any minute, any minute now, just got to finish this first.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Mick! Up here, Mick!
0:04:40 > 0:04:44You'll never do it, unless you go now.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- She's finished with those pages. - Almost finished with those pages.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- And you can take these, too. - Ah! No, he can't!
0:04:49 > 0:04:51I have to re-type everything,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Stanley, because you go at such a rate.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56She thinks I make mistakes, Mick! I never make mistakes.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57You have to go!
0:04:57 > 0:05:00You've got to get to the Olympia, the Cafe Royal and the Apollo,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03and there's that little club in Lyle Lane you want to fit in too.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04The only important one.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07You have to run, Stanley!
0:05:21 > 0:05:23JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS
0:05:28 > 0:05:31MUSIC STOPS, APPLAUSE
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Good evening, hope you had a nice time.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Lovely to see you again. Hope you enjoyed yourself.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Good evening, gentlemen.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49'Night.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Good night, ladies, very nice to see you again.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Good night, gentlemen. Terrific, aren't they?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Oh, that's a tremendous sound, Deirdre, they were sensational.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Don't you dare, Stanley - you've just arrived! You missed them!
0:06:05 > 0:06:09I missed them?! They've finished? What? That's impossible!
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- I heard enough to be interested. - You liar! Where are you going?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Well, I'm going to go and see them, aren't I?
0:06:18 > 0:06:19They'll know you missed it!
0:06:19 > 0:06:21But you think they're terrific, don't you?
0:06:21 > 0:06:26I think they are very exciting, yes. And unusual too.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28That's good enough for me then.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Gentlemen!
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Gentlemen!
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Forgive the intrusion, gentlemen, I couldn't stop myself.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46I just had to tell you that was terrific, absolutely terrific.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47And you are?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Stanley Mitchell, of Music Express.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Yes, that was a very exciting evening, tremendous.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54And unusual.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56We didn't see you in there - where were you sitting?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Oh, well, I have a habit of slipping into places unnoticed.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00So you're a critic, then?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02I write profiles, features and reviews.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06So, what were we playing when you, when you slipped in?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Oh, it was a lovely little number...
0:07:09 > 0:07:11No, I didn't catch its name.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14I'm looking for a band to play the Imperial Hotel next Friday night.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16I wouldn't be about to recommend you for that job
0:07:16 > 0:07:18if I hadn't heard you, would I?
0:07:18 > 0:07:21No, we're out of town next Friday night, on tour.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24On tour? Really? Where are you going?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26We are on tour.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29And even if it were possible to change that, the Imperial?
0:07:29 > 0:07:33That old place! Oh, they want a coloured band, huh?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35LAUGHTER
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Who do I give this to?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41You give it to me.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42Right.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Remember, I know what you are getting to play here
0:07:49 > 0:07:51and I know what they pay at the Imperial.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55And you give it to him.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Oh.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Louis leads the band and writes the music.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I deal with everything else that comes up -
0:08:00 > 0:08:02and I mean everything else.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06And you'll get a free meal as well!
0:08:07 > 0:08:08We'll let you know.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Oh, and you'll need full evening dress of course.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14I can arrange a very good rate if you'd like me to.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Hold it there!
0:08:54 > 0:08:56We're the Louis Lester Band.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00We're looking for our dressing rooms.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01The Louis Lester Band?
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Yes, I was warned you were coming. Musicians booked for one night
0:09:05 > 0:09:07only normally wait in that room up there next to the telephone.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21By all means, help yourselves, gentlemen,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23the soup should still be reasonably warm.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31THEY TUNE THEIR INSTRUMENTS
0:09:35 > 0:09:36HE WHISTLES
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Can you hear that?
0:09:39 > 0:09:44That is the hot sound of the Jack Paynton Orchestra,
0:09:44 > 0:09:47the most over-booked band ever.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50You'll be going on after the dullest music in London - shouldn't be
0:09:50 > 0:09:52too difficult to wake them up!
0:09:52 > 0:09:55I've got a bad feeling about tonight.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Ah, absolutely not!
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Here, look at this.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01You're in here already! One of my top tips of the week.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Near the bottom of the page.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Right, this is where I leave you, best of luck.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14They've never had a coloured band here before, have they?
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Oh, it's better than that...
0:10:15 > 0:10:18I don't think they've ever heard jazz music before!
0:10:29 > 0:10:31THEY PLAY JAZZ
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Goodness knows why Mr Schlesinger let you do this, Stanley.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00He let me do it because of them. Look at them, Harry,
0:11:00 > 0:11:01look at your clientele!
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Something's got to change.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Good evening, Mr Donaldson.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Hello, Stanley.- Mr Luscombe.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13Hello.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Miss Sarah, Pamela. Thank you one and all for coming.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I read your column, Stanley, and you see, here I am.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20It's tremendous somebody believes what I write!
0:11:20 > 0:11:22I shall be very interested to hear your opinion, Mr Donaldson.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25I hope I shall have an opinion, Stanley.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46SONG FINISHES
0:11:49 > 0:11:51THEY CONTINUE TO PLAY
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Mr Mitchell.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Pleasure.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Hello, I'm Julian! Everybody decent?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Can we come in?
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Course.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38This is Pamela, my sister, and her friend, Sarah.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43And this is Mr Donaldson, he's a connoisseur of your kind of music.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45A great authority, in fact!
0:12:45 > 0:12:49That was terrific music to dance to, thank you!
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Well, thank you for dancing. I thought nobody was going to.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Don't be silly, it was the least we could do, gentlemen.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56It was divine.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Well, I think it was probably the most disastrous booking
0:12:59 > 0:13:01we've ever had.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04No, gentlemen. The audience maybe were a little surprised.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07They couldn't believe their eyes!
0:13:07 > 0:13:09But I thought you were excellent. No, I did.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Sometimes my friend Stanley here exaggerates,
0:13:12 > 0:13:14but in your case I don't think he is.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17TRUMPET BLASTS
0:13:17 > 0:13:19TITTERS
0:13:22 > 0:13:25I do as it happens have one piece of advice.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Get yourself a singer.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28A singer?
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Yes, I think it might make all the difference to your chances.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Just a thought, gentlemen, merely a notion -
0:13:34 > 0:13:37I don't want to interfere, naturally.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40I will of course spread the word.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Talking of which, d'you want to come and watch me write my review?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Do you let a lot of bands watch you write your reviews?
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Absolutely not.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59- I wouldn't let most musicians come anywhere near this office.- So why us?
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Cos you're different.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Cos you're not Jack Paynton, for one thing!
0:14:04 > 0:14:07And because I've been given the job of making the Imperial
0:14:07 > 0:14:10a little more fashionable, which is the sort of challenge I like.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13So my reasons are purely selfish, naturally.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17So how many people read your magazine? Cos I never have.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19More than you might think, and we're growing.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22If you're asking me, "Does it matter what I write?"
0:14:22 > 0:14:24I think it probably does!
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Ah, forgive me, I have to finish this as well,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30I always do two things at once.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Come and have a look and see what you think so far.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42"The atmosphere was simply electric as the Louis Lester Band took
0:14:42 > 0:14:45"to the stage in the old ballroom at the Imperial Hotel."
0:14:45 > 0:14:49"Electric"? They hated us! That wasn't electric!
0:14:49 > 0:14:51It was for me. And that's what matters.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54"One of our first ever home-grown coloured bands shook the room
0:14:54 > 0:14:57"with their intensity, and showed that this kind of music could
0:14:57 > 0:15:00"appeal to a much larger audience than it presently enjoys."
0:15:00 > 0:15:03You are home grown. That's right, isn't it?
0:15:03 > 0:15:04- Yes, in a way, I was born here. - Yes, and so was I.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06But he's lost his birth certificate!
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Somewhere it's gone missing. I've got to find it some day!
0:15:11 > 0:15:14I was born in Cardiff, but my father,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17he took us to Chicago when I was four years old.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Ah, you're from the Midwest, Wesley?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Yes - until I had to leave in a hurry!
0:15:23 > 0:15:25We met in a club in Harlem.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28I was there for five days without a break, watching every act.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30We didn't leave the club.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34I was on shore leave, I was working in the Merchant Navy on a liner,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36the Aurora. I told Wesley to come to England and see
0:15:36 > 0:15:39if we could make something happen in the clubs in London.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Most of the band have worked on the ships one time - sailors, or cooks.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43Or stowaways!
0:15:43 > 0:15:48All of us have to report every week to the Alien Registration Office -
0:15:48 > 0:15:50except Louis, of course, cos he's got the right documents.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Hang on, you have to do that every week?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Every week, yes.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57To get a work permit, they only give them to you week by week.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Of course, if we had a regular booking at the Imperial,
0:16:01 > 0:16:02that might help.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Well, I'd better finish my review, hadn't I?
0:16:12 > 0:16:13What is this?
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Oh, I need to finish the speech bubbles for our strip cartoon,
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Farquhar and Tonk.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Albert draws it, and he can't finish it until I've done the bubbles.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22It's one of the most important things we've got.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Farquhar's an inquisitive aristocrat, and Tonk is his valet who
0:16:25 > 0:16:29happens to come from outer space, and together they have adventures.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Now, we need a big finish here for the review.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35What I really should say is...
0:16:37 > 0:16:38..get yourself a singer, Louis.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54WOMAN SINGING
0:16:54 > 0:16:57# ..That's what the old folk say
0:16:57 > 0:17:01# All around is down and dreary
0:17:01 > 0:17:03# Everywhere I go
0:17:03 > 0:17:06# Still looking for the old plantation
0:17:06 > 0:17:10# That's what the old folk say! #
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Thank you.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20I know, I know, we're not having any of this terrible West End singing.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23# When the sun refuse to shine
0:17:24 > 0:17:28# When the sun refuse to shine
0:17:28 > 0:17:32# I would like to be in that number... #
0:17:32 > 0:17:38# Just a closer walk with thee
0:17:38 > 0:17:41# Grant me, Jesus... #
0:17:41 > 0:17:43She looked like she should be able to sing.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Until she opened her mouth. Thank you.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48You've got to go.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Everybody, it's time to go.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53It's the day they have to report.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Oh, there's plenty of time.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58She's, she's waiting for her friend to arrive,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00she won't sing till then.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Go, Wesley, go!
0:18:01 > 0:18:04You've got to get to Woburn Square, it's nearly four o'clock!
0:18:04 > 0:18:05I think the old man was best.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09We probably should go for the oldest singer we can find!
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Run, Wesley!
0:18:13 > 0:18:15They like to cut it as fine as they can.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23I can sing now.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27# In sunny Roseland
0:18:27 > 0:18:33# Where summer breezes are playing
0:18:33 > 0:18:41# Where the honey bees are a-Maying
0:18:42 > 0:18:50# There, all the roses are swaying
0:18:51 > 0:18:57# Somewhere in Roseland
0:18:57 > 0:19:05# Beside a beautiful rose. #
0:19:07 > 0:19:10She's got the better voice, I know.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13It's both of us or nothing.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14Both of you?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19I don't think that will be a problem.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22What are you thinking?
0:19:24 > 0:19:25I'm thinking about...
0:19:25 > 0:19:28PHONE RINGS, WOMAN GIGGLES
0:19:31 > 0:19:33There's nobody here to answer that, Stanley.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41PHONE CONTINUES TO RING
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Somebody really wants you, Stanley, and they're not going to give up.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Music Express.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Oh, you ARE still at work, Stanley.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02Mr Donaldson! Yes, yes, I'm still at work.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05One of those nights you sleep there, is it?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- That seems to be the case, yes. - 'I need your help, Stanley.'
0:20:08 > 0:20:09But of course.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I'm having a lunch party in five days' time.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12'Am I invited?'
0:20:12 > 0:20:15You could be. It depends if you can help me.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I have a very important -
0:20:17 > 0:20:20and I mean extremely important - guest coming who loves jazz music.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22- Who is it? - 'I can't tell you that.'
0:20:22 > 0:20:26I had booked Leslie Thompson but now he's ill, and they've had to cancel.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29'I don't quite know what to do, Stanley.'
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Well, this is perfect timing, Mr Donaldson -
0:20:31 > 0:20:33the band you saw the other day at the Imperial,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35they've taken your advice,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37they've hired a fabulous singer - two, in fact.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- Are they your top recommendation, Stanley?- Yes.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42It would be extraordinarily embarrassing if it went wrong.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44They won't disappoint you, Mr Donaldson.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49- You're certain, Stanley? - Am I certain? Absolutely.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50CLATTERING AND SHOUTING
0:20:58 > 0:21:00It's five in the morning.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02What the hell d'you want to do this for at five in the morning?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05And you, stand over there, stand over there.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07SHOUTING
0:21:07 > 0:21:10You didn't report, did you? You didn't report!
0:21:11 > 0:21:12It was shut!
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- Huh?- They were shut early! I swear to you.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17I told you not to leave it to the last minute.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19I see you're dressed and ready to go. Come on, then!
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- I am a British citizen. - Ha, since when?
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Since I was born here.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30This is not looking good.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Are you gentlemen the musicians?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38That's us.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Do you have a spokesman?
0:21:39 > 0:21:40That'll be me.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Could you please follow me?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49I don't require that, Mr Lester.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I know you have an English birth certificate.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Under the terms of the work permits granted to
0:21:55 > 0:21:58the performers in your band, they have to report every week.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59This week, that did not happen.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01It's the first time they've ever missed a week.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05If we allow that to be an excuse, the system would quickly fall apart,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08would it not? If people could choose the week they wanted to report.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10What do they need to do?
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Normally we require proof in writing that they have
0:22:13 > 0:22:16employment as musicians for the following week before we can
0:22:16 > 0:22:20issue a permit, but because there has been this transgression
0:22:20 > 0:22:24of the rules, I now require written proof of three weeks' employment.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Proof of three weeks' employment?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29If I don't receive that by the end of this working day, your colleagues
0:22:29 > 0:22:32will be detained in custody pending possible deportation.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35If you don't think you can produce that, Mr Lester,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37it would save us all time if you told me now.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39I will be able to produce that.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Today, we close at 5.15.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51It's getting late, Louis.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Don't worry.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Don't worry?!
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Nobody's safe - I better find my damn birth certificate!
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- Yes, you had.- Because I do not want to go back to the US.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08No, sir, that could not happen.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Shall I tell her the truth?
0:23:10 > 0:23:11Wesley...
0:23:11 > 0:23:16Missy... Had a little trouble in Chicago, lies were told.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Don't be stupid, Wesley - stop this.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22You don't think she'd want to hear that
0:23:22 > 0:23:24I was accused of sleeping with a white woman?
0:23:24 > 0:23:27And that the white woman's husband said that I raped his wife
0:23:27 > 0:23:31and that carries the death penalty in Chicago?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Because I think she might be very interested.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Missy, I was born here,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42so that makes me English - Welsh, in fact!
0:23:50 > 0:23:55So, gentlemen, I have here a four-week booking, in writing,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57from the Imperial, for their inspection.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Four weeks?
0:23:59 > 0:24:00Told you I'd fix it.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02Why was it that easy?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Who said it was easy?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07It certainly was not, you don't know Mr Schlesinger!
0:24:07 > 0:24:08Thank you.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10THEY SHOUT OVER EACH OTHER
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Yes!
0:24:18 > 0:24:20There's a nice little extra -
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Mr Donaldson's having a garden party, with a special guest
0:24:23 > 0:24:27of honour, whose identity is being kept secret even from me.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30A secret guest? Who is it?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Clark Gable?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57What a garden! Does it belong to just one house?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03There you are! Exactly on time. Good.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Of course.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Enjoy yourselves out here, start playing in about 45 minutes.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Is the mystery guest of honour here yet?
0:25:09 > 0:25:13When you start playing, if he likes you, you may get to see him.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16# When I dream of you
0:25:20 > 0:25:25# Dream the whole night through
0:25:26 > 0:25:33# I awake and softly whisper
0:25:33 > 0:25:38# I'm quite in love with you
0:25:40 > 0:25:45# When I dream of you
0:25:47 > 0:25:53# Dream the whole night through
0:25:56 > 0:26:06# When I dream of you-u-u-u. #
0:26:17 > 0:26:20# Truckin' along and I'm happy to see you
0:26:20 > 0:26:23# Ain't right or wrong if I do or I don't
0:26:23 > 0:26:25# I'm holding on for a dance at the Voodoo
0:26:25 > 0:26:27# Crazy in the mood for love
0:26:27 > 0:26:31# Never say you won't be leaving
0:26:31 > 0:26:33# You can buy me time and teasing
0:26:33 > 0:26:36# You can show me ways of pleasing
0:26:36 > 0:26:38# Crazy in the mood for love
0:26:38 > 0:26:41# Crazy in love and I'm looking to make it
0:26:41 > 0:26:43# This is a chance and I'm going to take it
0:26:43 > 0:26:46# Diamonds are hot but who cares if you fake it?
0:26:46 > 0:26:48# Crazy in the mood for love
0:26:48 > 0:26:51# Never say you won't be leaving
0:26:51 > 0:26:54# You can buy me time and teasing
0:26:54 > 0:26:56# I can show you ways of pleasing
0:26:56 > 0:26:58# Crazy in the mood for love
0:26:58 > 0:27:01# Crazy in love, crazy in love
0:27:01 > 0:27:03# Crazy in the mood for love! #
0:27:15 > 0:27:17He wants to meet you.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Who's he?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Prince George! Fourth son of the King.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- The son of the King! - What do we call him?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Your Royal Highness.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28And you don't speak until you're spoken to.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Come here, come here, please.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38You must tell us all about yourselves.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Where on earth did you learn to sing like that?
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Well, Jessie's always been able to sing,
0:27:44 > 0:27:46ever since she was tiny at school.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Yes, since school.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Since you were tiny at school, is that right?
0:27:56 > 0:27:57Eat like royalty.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Your band are clearly absolutely starving.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05I like the look of your Mr Lester. It's quite surprising, really.
0:28:05 > 0:28:11He seems an educated man, doesn't he? The way he conducts himself.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16Unlike me, you mean?! Yes, he's a... He's quite a character.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21I couldn't take your picture out in the garden, could I?
0:28:21 > 0:28:23And any other member of the band who would like to...?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Now the sun's come out, I'd like to do some portrait shots.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30Of course. But I... I couldn't stop them eating right now.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31I'll come.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37It's not just the Prince that's here today, you know.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Some people say he's one of the richest men in the world.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46From the US, managed not to lose everything in the crash -
0:28:46 > 0:28:50in fact, he even made money while it was happening.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56I'm working for him at the moment - just helping out,
0:28:56 > 0:28:59but he says he might have something bigger for me.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01I must try to talk to him.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Go on, sing something for me now, a little song, just,
0:29:05 > 0:29:06just right here.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09You want her to sing now, your Royal Highness?
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- Sing what?- Anything, anything you like. Sit here.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25# Lord, lead me on
0:29:25 > 0:29:29# Lord, lead me on
0:29:31 > 0:29:36# Lead me across the river
0:29:37 > 0:29:41# Lead me on... #
0:29:44 > 0:29:48So, Stanley, you really do have an eye for talent.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Of course I do, don't you read the magazine?
0:29:50 > 0:29:52I read Music Express every week, as it happens.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55You do? Didn't know you were so keen on music.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58I'm interested in all sorts of things, Stanley,
0:29:58 > 0:30:00not just clothes and men.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02I read your magazine from cover to cover.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05And it all seems to be written by you.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Most of it. Yes.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Even the diary of the chorus girl in the West End show!
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Well, that was sort of a collaboration.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Don't you have an editor who orders you around?
0:30:16 > 0:30:20I do have an editor, yes, Mr Wax, but he seems to like what I do.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23You know, you always surprise me, Stanley.
0:30:23 > 0:30:24Well, that's good.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- That is good, isn't it?- Yes. I like daring people.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33# ..The path ahead... #
0:30:33 > 0:30:36What a pity you can't write about this.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41The Royal Prince and a jazz band, what a story that would make!
0:30:41 > 0:30:43But even you can't do that.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50Stanley told me about your trouble with the immigration authorities.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Yes, well, the rules are very strict, especially
0:30:55 > 0:30:57if you've worked on the ships.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Some of them even get followed sometimes,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02people checking to see if they really are employed as musicians.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Followed, in the street? Really?
0:31:04 > 0:31:08Not many people realise that goes on, but it's quite a regime,
0:31:08 > 0:31:10the Alien Registration Office.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14Well, my father's Russian and he gets some strange looks sometimes,
0:31:14 > 0:31:18people thinking he might be a Soviet spy!
0:31:18 > 0:31:21So maybe I understand more than you think.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Maybe I see a bit more of the world than Pamela.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30She's my friend, but I work for her, really.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33I choose her clothes, I design some of them, which means I actually
0:31:33 > 0:31:37have to go into shops, warehouses, even, looking for materials.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42I'm sure you've guessed, but I'm no aristocrat, Louis.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46I'm not sure I had guessed that, no.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Thank you, Joe. You're next, Louis.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55The band must play again. Prince George has requested it!
0:31:58 > 0:32:00- I love your music.- Thank you.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04I hope you don't mind me saying that. I love your band!
0:32:11 > 0:32:13I'm, I'm hopeless!
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Is it hopeless? I, I really think it is hopeless, isn't it?!
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Of course not, your Royal Highness!
0:32:29 > 0:32:32# Feel the heat of the city beat
0:32:34 > 0:32:36# Feel the thing of the swing
0:32:37 > 0:32:42# Tapping our feet where the night hawks meet
0:32:42 > 0:32:45# I can't help it It's got a grip on me
0:32:47 > 0:32:49# Rent is due and cash is tight... #
0:32:49 > 0:32:53A little more full tonight. Not bad at all.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55It's been building all week.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57I knew I was right to tell them to get a singer.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03# Hear the blare of the thoroughfare... #
0:33:03 > 0:33:07THEY CHATTER EXCITEDLY
0:33:28 > 0:33:31THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER
0:33:36 > 0:33:37Come and look at this.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39SQUEALING
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Lamb chops!
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Meat for the first time!
0:33:49 > 0:33:52We must be doing something right then!
0:34:16 > 0:34:18They never gave us this wine before. Maybe this
0:34:18 > 0:34:23Mr Schlesinger, or whatever he's called, is beginning to like us.
0:34:25 > 0:34:30Louis, sorry to butt in like this. Could you come with me for a moment?
0:34:30 > 0:34:32I need your help.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38No, no, no, it's very kind, but I just need Louis.
0:34:42 > 0:34:43Thank God you were still here!
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Mr Masterson has asked me to do something.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51This is Mr Masterson's suite, he gave me the key,
0:34:51 > 0:34:55I have it somewhere. Yes. He's left the hotel.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Now, Louis, if you feel you are unable to help,
0:35:03 > 0:35:06you must say so at once, and of course I'll understand...
0:35:06 > 0:35:09but if you do feel able to help, I'll be so terribly grateful.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26What happened here?
0:35:26 > 0:35:28I don't know... He said it would be like this.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30I don't know what he's been doing.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33WOMAN SIGHS
0:35:35 > 0:35:37WOMAN MOANS
0:35:44 > 0:35:45What a mess.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Hello.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Mr Masterson asked if I'd clear this up.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58I didn't know it would be this bad, I mean, not quite as bad as this!
0:35:59 > 0:36:00I know I shouldn't involve you, Louis,
0:36:00 > 0:36:02but I can't do this on my own.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Please leave if you need to.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10Mr Masterson will pay for the damage to the room, of course.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12What do we need to do?
0:36:12 > 0:36:14We need to get the girl out of the hotel.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18If we use the kitchen entrance, if I get a taxi, and you take the girl?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- What's your name?- Hannah.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- Are we there yet?- Shh.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42MAN: You! I'm talking to you.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Don't you run away from me. Come back here!
0:36:45 > 0:36:46How dare you!
0:36:46 > 0:36:48- ..Get out of here.- Shhh.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50..The best thing you can do is own up to it.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Do you understand me? Do you understand?
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- Get out of my sight. - Are we there yet?- Shh.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- SHE MOANS - Shhh!
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Still here, Mr Lester?
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Yes... I'm leaving now.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16I've been going through the music for tomorrow.
0:37:16 > 0:37:17I see.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Well, I'll be writing a report for Mr Schlesinger, I think
0:37:20 > 0:37:22he might be rather pleased with tonight.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Do we ever get to meet Mr Schlesinger?
0:37:26 > 0:37:32That all depends, Mr Lester, that all depends. Good night.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Night.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Look, I think my car is coming.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54There you are. Marvellous.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07Thank you, Louis. Mr Masterson will be pleased.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11I'm incredibly grateful! You're wonderful, my friend.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20"I... say... Tonk...
0:38:20 > 0:38:21PHONE RINGS
0:38:21 > 0:38:26"What... a... party."
0:38:29 > 0:38:32PHONE CONTINUES TO RING
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Music Express? What can I do for you?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Stanley, it's Louis,
0:38:38 > 0:38:42something strange just happened with Julian and Mr Masterson.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45'There was a girl in Mr Masterson's suite at the hotel.'
0:38:45 > 0:38:49She was in a bad way, the room was all smashed up too.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50So they'd been having quite a party.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52I helped Julian get her out of the hotel.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Where was Mr Masterson when you were doing this?
0:38:55 > 0:38:58I don't know. I didn't see him. He asked Julian to clear up for him.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01People like that always CAN vanish when they want to, can't they?!
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Stanley... I don't know if I should've helped.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- 'I mean, the girl, she was...' - You worried about her?
0:39:06 > 0:39:07'Yes, I am.'
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Well, if you're worried about her, Louis, we'll have to find her.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20Mr Julian knows you're here, he'll be with you in a moment.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24One day, Louis, you'll have a house like this!
0:39:24 > 0:39:29Of course! As a matter of interest, how do you see that happening?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Well, it won't be long before your records are available in every
0:39:32 > 0:39:33store in the land.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36That'll be good, considering we haven't made a single one yet.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38I'll be just walking down the street
0:39:38 > 0:39:41and your music will be coming out of every other window.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44And when I turn up to see you, when you've got a house like this...
0:39:44 > 0:39:48- You'll be shown straight to the tradesman's entrance! - Naturally, yes!
0:39:48 > 0:39:49Stanley! Louis!
0:39:50 > 0:39:52It's wonderful to see you.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55There you are! What a lovely way to start the day.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Start? It's nearly two o'clock, Pamela!
0:39:58 > 0:40:02Oh, it's as early as that, is it? I thought it was later!
0:40:02 > 0:40:04It's wicked, I know, but I've only just got up.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07What a strange evening last night was.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12Louis was absolutely wonderful, has he told you?
0:40:12 > 0:40:16He has. We were just wondering what happened to the girl.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17She's here.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20With her gigantic bruises.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23I was so clumsy last night, and so utterly drunk,
0:40:23 > 0:40:25I just kept falling over.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Goodness knows what people must think!
0:40:28 > 0:40:32I'm enormously grateful to you, and so is Mr Masterson.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37Oh, yes, Mr Masterson's having a picnic, you really must join us.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Yes, he'd love you to join him - in fact the whole band,
0:40:40 > 0:40:42if they're available - to be his guests.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44It's his way of saying a huge thank you.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48The whole band? Really? They're all invited?
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Well, whoever wants to come... They might enjoy it.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53He plans them very carefully.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57I shan't be there myself, sadly. My parents are coming to town.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Oh, you must come, please say you will.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01It'll make his picnic so much more jolly!
0:41:01 > 0:41:03And you'll come, Stanley, won't you?
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Ah, I'm invited too, am I?
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Of course. I'm inviting you.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12Mr Masterson tends to picnic on a grand scale.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14It's not something you would forgive yourself for missing.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17On a grand scale? Does that mean a lot of Rolls-Royces
0:41:17 > 0:41:20setting off for a mystery destination that only he knows?
0:41:20 > 0:41:21You're nearly right.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23There's going to be some interesting transport,
0:41:23 > 0:41:26but it's not a line of Rolls-Royces.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31This is amazing.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34Our own private train!
0:41:37 > 0:41:39I didn't think I'd have a compartment to myself!
0:41:39 > 0:41:41We really are his guests.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Don't have to sing for our supper.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Not unless we want to.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Well, you don't, Stanley!
0:41:47 > 0:41:49What's your compartment like?
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Oh, you know, velvet cushions, bowl of chocolates.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54A bowl of chocolates? Not sure I've got that.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Come in, gentlemen. Soup is being served.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22And we're all absolutely starving!
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- Is anybody sitting here? - No, by all means.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Sit down! We're going to be waited on!
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Nobody knows where we're going?
0:42:45 > 0:42:46Nobody, no.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Do you really think that can be true?
0:42:50 > 0:42:54Yes, he likes his mystery picnics.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01Is it easy, Mr Masterson, to hire a private train?
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Quite, once you know who to ask.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08But you have to tell someone the exact route you are going to take?
0:43:08 > 0:43:10You must have to do that, surely?
0:43:10 > 0:43:12What makes you think that?
0:43:17 > 0:43:22# My man's gone away
0:43:22 > 0:43:25# Left me feeling blue
0:43:27 > 0:43:30# No good trying to chase him
0:43:30 > 0:43:34# Cos he's run straight back to you... #
0:43:34 > 0:43:38I think what you've done, Mr Lester, is truly extraordinary.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42What I've done? What is that, Mr Donaldson?
0:43:42 > 0:43:44How you've made this band from nothing.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46How he's made it?
0:43:46 > 0:43:49I'm very intrigued by how you've managed to meld it all
0:43:49 > 0:43:53together in a very sophisticated way, if you don't mind me saying so.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55You've taken the best of what you've heard from America,
0:43:55 > 0:43:58and made it your own. How did you learn to do that?
0:43:58 > 0:44:02I'm sorry, that sounded much too patronising.
0:44:02 > 0:44:06I think it was my experience on the ocean liners that helped me so much.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08And when you were playing on those liners and people were
0:44:08 > 0:44:11dancing in front of you, did they ever say things to you?
0:44:11 > 0:44:14- Say things?- When you were on a big ship together,
0:44:14 > 0:44:17- with all those people... - Rich people!
0:44:17 > 0:44:21Yes, you must have bumped into them when you weren't playing,
0:44:21 > 0:44:23like when you were coming off stage.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26Did you have to put up with them being rather horrible?
0:44:26 > 0:44:29You must have had to deal with a lot of prejudiced people.
0:44:29 > 0:44:30Of course, yes.
0:44:30 > 0:44:33And you never know where it's going to come from either.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36Sometimes it's the people you don't expect.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39I remember bumping into a table when I was coming off the stage
0:44:39 > 0:44:42at one of the crossings, and the couple nearest to me -
0:44:42 > 0:44:46and the lady, she was covered in jewels, but she was very young and
0:44:46 > 0:44:51charming looking - and both of them, this couple, started wiping their
0:44:51 > 0:44:55cutlery with their napkins, even though I wasn't anywhere
0:44:55 > 0:45:00near them. They changed them a few minutes later too - just to be sure!
0:45:00 > 0:45:04Oh, that's very revealing, wiping their cutlery.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07You should do that to them next time!
0:45:07 > 0:45:09When certain people walk really close to your table,
0:45:09 > 0:45:14you should start cleaning your fork, see how they react to that!
0:45:14 > 0:45:16There is so much ignorance, isn't there?
0:45:16 > 0:45:19And you're right, Mr Lester, sometimes it's those who seem
0:45:19 > 0:45:23to be the most educated, turn out to be quite the most ignorant,
0:45:23 > 0:45:25the most prejudiced.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29But then, we don't know what's going to happen next, do we?
0:45:29 > 0:45:31Maybe things ARE about to change.
0:45:32 > 0:45:36Despite all the hardship there is, I feel - and I hope I'm not being
0:45:36 > 0:45:41too optimistic, Mr Lester but I do feel that anything is possible now.
0:45:44 > 0:45:48WOMEN SINGING IN NEARBY COMPARTMENT
0:45:56 > 0:46:00Oh. I'm sorry, I've got the wrong compartment, Mr Masterson.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02Do forgive me.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04Gold....
0:46:04 > 0:46:07Gold is the safest thing at the moment.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09I like to have some with me at all times,
0:46:09 > 0:46:14so I know if something happens I will still have a roof over my head.
0:46:21 > 0:46:22KNOCK ON DOOR
0:46:26 > 0:46:27There you are.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30You're not writing about this before it's even happened, are you?
0:46:30 > 0:46:32Before what's even happened?
0:46:36 > 0:46:38I love trains, don't you?
0:46:38 > 0:46:39Absolutely.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43Please, go on working.
0:46:43 > 0:46:44I like to see that.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47I so rarely watch anybody work.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01I'm not putting you off, am I?
0:47:01 > 0:47:03You most certainly are.
0:47:03 > 0:47:04Well, try not to be.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07I'm sure you overcome most distractions, Stanley.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09Usually that's true.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12You don't think I can be serious, do you, Stanley?
0:47:12 > 0:47:14About anything.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17Go on, lie. Why not?
0:47:17 > 0:47:18Of course you can.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21Thank you.
0:47:29 > 0:47:33Is this some of that strange cartoon you have in your magazine?
0:47:33 > 0:47:34Mm-hm.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38Farquhar and Tonk?
0:47:38 > 0:47:41I rather like that. They went on an ocean liner last week,
0:47:41 > 0:47:43didn't they, and met a jazz band?
0:47:45 > 0:47:48So, Mr Lester's having an effect on your strip cartoon, Stanley.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54I grab material from wherever I can, I'm afraid. Always have done.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57So we might find ourselves in it soon?
0:47:57 > 0:47:58I might be there.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00You might.
0:48:00 > 0:48:04You could send your Farquhar and Tonk anywhere you like in the world.
0:48:04 > 0:48:05Just like that.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09To the moon, even.
0:48:09 > 0:48:10And we could all follow them there.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12I could do that.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15If I wanted.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18And what's stopping you?
0:48:21 > 0:48:23Might be fun.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31PIANO NOTES TINKLE
0:48:33 > 0:48:37- You don't have to play now, you know.- You want me to stop?
0:48:37 > 0:48:41No, of course not. You were invited as a guest, weren't you?
0:48:41 > 0:48:44You don't need to play for your supper.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Are you saying they didn't expect any music?
0:48:46 > 0:48:48- Well, maybe a little, yes. - HE CHUCKLES
0:48:48 > 0:48:50Of course they did.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52And more than a little.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55HE HUMS TUNE
0:48:55 > 0:48:57LOUIS LAUGHS
0:48:57 > 0:48:59CARRIAGE RATTLES
0:49:15 > 0:49:17The train's moving.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19You have to stop just because the train's moving?
0:49:23 > 0:49:26It's lucky, isn't it?
0:49:26 > 0:49:29Now we don't need to worry about all the noise we're going to make.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31Yes.
0:49:31 > 0:49:32Yes.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36It's just that I have no idea where we're going.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38What does it matter?
0:49:38 > 0:49:40I think it's marvellous not knowing.
0:49:59 > 0:50:03REVEILLE SOUNDS
0:50:07 > 0:50:10Are we in the middle of nowhere, Stanley?
0:50:10 > 0:50:12TRUMPET PLAYING CONTINUES
0:50:14 > 0:50:16Looks like it, yes.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19Splendid. I can't imagine a better place to be.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30You must excuse my idea of how to picnic,
0:50:30 > 0:50:33but I've invented my own version since I do feel the cold
0:50:33 > 0:50:35whenever I'm outside.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38So I always picnic indoors. Always.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41But I make sure the view is constantly changing,
0:50:41 > 0:50:44that's why picnicking on a train is such a good idea.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47Mr Masterson would like you all to know,
0:50:47 > 0:50:51in case you're wondering where we're going - there is no destination.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53- No destination? > - No.
0:50:53 > 0:50:58We'll have lunches in the woods and candle-lit dinners by the sea.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01But we'll be on the train the whole time.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03And maybe we never get back to town.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05Yes, let's all live on the train!
0:51:07 > 0:51:12I'm going to risk getting frozen and go outside, if that's not forbidden.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14Yes, yes, that's allowed.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18I'd really like to do that portrait we never had time to do,
0:51:18 > 0:51:20if you could spare a moment?
0:51:26 > 0:51:27Here?
0:51:33 > 0:51:35Is this all right?
0:51:36 > 0:51:37It's good, yes.
0:51:37 > 0:51:40I know you think there's something wrong with all of this,
0:51:40 > 0:51:43with Mr Masterson's hospitality.
0:51:43 > 0:51:44Did I say anything?
0:51:44 > 0:51:46You didn't have to.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48But maybe he really means it.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51It's not just a rich man's whim.
0:51:51 > 0:51:53Then he won't move on to something else next week?
0:51:54 > 0:51:56No, I don't think so.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58He really loves your music.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00Really?
0:52:00 > 0:52:01He does?
0:52:01 > 0:52:03He looks a funny old bird, I know,
0:52:03 > 0:52:06but he goes to nearly every party. Never goes to bed.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10He likes to watch the young people.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Not just watching.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17Pamela told me about Hannah.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21I wouldn't want to be alone with him, certainly.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23She adores him, apparently.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27People's private lives...
0:52:27 > 0:52:29One never really knows what goes on, does one?
0:52:30 > 0:52:34I know this is my second plate but I may never have a breakfast
0:52:34 > 0:52:37like this again in my whole life, so I'm going to keep eating.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Yes, we could all be in the gutter tomorrow.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42Please don't say that. Of course you won't.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46But that could happen quite easily, couldn't it, Mr Donaldson?
0:52:46 > 0:52:49I'm sure that won't happen, no, Mr Holt,
0:52:49 > 0:52:52- not after you've made such a start. - I'm glad you think that,
0:52:52 > 0:52:55but there is a way to make very sure that it doesn't happen, isn't there?
0:52:55 > 0:52:57What's that, then?
0:52:57 > 0:52:59By having a proper contract
0:52:59 > 0:53:01and not a week-by-week arrangement.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04I'm sure in time that will happen.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06These things tend to evolve naturally.
0:53:06 > 0:53:10They evolve naturally, do they? Well, um...
0:53:12 > 0:53:13..I agree.
0:53:13 > 0:53:17And since we only have two weeks left of our booking at the Imperial,
0:53:17 > 0:53:19I think it would be natural,
0:53:19 > 0:53:22very natural in fact, to ask Mr Schlesinger for a six-month
0:53:22 > 0:53:26contract so we become the regular band at the Imperial.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28Six months? Nobody gets six months.
0:53:28 > 0:53:33Jack Paynton doesn't get six months, Wally Dix doesn't get six months!
0:53:33 > 0:53:37We get a six-month contract or we're going to offer our services to the Savoy.
0:53:41 > 0:53:42Mr Masterson!
0:53:42 > 0:53:44Just wondered how you were doing.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46Come out here and have your picture taken.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49In fact, can everyone come out and I'll take their picture?
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Tell everyone to come out.
0:53:53 > 0:53:57Come on, everybody, to the front of the train. Hurry up.
0:53:57 > 0:53:58The light's great out here.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03Just all gather round!
0:54:07 > 0:54:10I wonder what he's been up to during breakfast.
0:54:11 > 0:54:14I ought to remember it's not wise to leave Wesley on his own.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16OK.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18THEY LAUGH
0:54:40 > 0:54:42A three-month contract is my final offer.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45Six.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47Six months is out of the question.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Three months or I find another band to take your place.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52Six months.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55I won't do business like this, young man.
0:54:55 > 0:54:59Come here to meet you, as you asked, something I've rarely done
0:54:59 > 0:55:02for any other band, and three months is my final offer.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05And, Mr Holt, it is in fact a very good offer.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07My advice would be to consider it very carefully.
0:55:07 > 0:55:11Six months or we go to the Savoy, Mr Schlesinger.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14Well, the Savoy won't take you. I'll tell you that now.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18You won't find things nearly as easy out there as you think.
0:55:18 > 0:55:19Four months.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21- Louis!- No.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24Four months or we will go elsewhere.
0:55:26 > 0:55:27Four months?
0:55:28 > 0:55:33I may be able just to consider four months.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37And our accommodation, of course.
0:55:37 > 0:55:38What about your accommodation?
0:55:38 > 0:55:41I think, Wesley, that can be negotiated separately.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44We're going to need new accommodation
0:55:44 > 0:55:47- and that goes without saying. - And where might that be?
0:55:47 > 0:55:49At the Imperial, of course.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51Come on, it's this way!
0:55:54 > 0:55:55That's right, keep going.
0:55:57 > 0:55:59Come on, all the way up!
0:56:01 > 0:56:05So, these are the rooms usually given over to performers.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08Accommodation can only be provided for four weeks.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10We shall be reviewing the situation after that.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13I will call out your room numbers and hand you your keys, but first
0:56:13 > 0:56:17I would like you to pay particular attention to the rules of the hotel.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20You may under no circumstances use the main entrance
0:56:20 > 0:56:24or the main lobby at any time, nor may you go into any of the lounges,
0:56:24 > 0:56:28dining rooms or bars, unless of course you are performing there.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30And you may not entertain guests of any kind -
0:56:30 > 0:56:34I repeat, of any kind - in your rooms.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37Is that understood?
0:56:39 > 0:56:41- Oh... - THEY GIGGLE
0:56:41 > 0:56:43Our own room in a hotel!
0:56:43 > 0:56:45Well, I never thought that would happen.
0:56:45 > 0:56:48And just think of the meals. Hot meals every day!
0:56:48 > 0:56:51Yes! I've been hungry ever since I can remember, I really think I have.
0:56:51 > 0:56:55But not any more. All being well, that is.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59Tonight I think we should look fabulous, really fabulous.
0:56:59 > 0:57:02Yes. To make sure they don't change their mind!
0:57:15 > 0:57:17(Suit them, they must be hosting.)
0:57:17 > 0:57:21CHATTERING
0:57:31 > 0:57:35CHATTER STOPS
0:57:45 > 0:57:46Hm!
0:57:46 > 0:57:48JAZZ MUSIC BEGINS
0:57:48 > 0:57:50She's incredible, isn't she?
0:57:50 > 0:57:52I can't take my eyes off her.
0:57:52 > 0:57:54We had noticed, Julian.
0:57:54 > 0:57:57Sarah helped them choose their new clothes, you know.
0:57:57 > 0:58:00Mr Donaldson paid for them. She looks good, doesn't she?
0:58:00 > 0:58:05# Remember all those bad times
0:58:05 > 0:58:08# You told me that you'd never leave her... #
0:58:08 > 0:58:10Do you think she'll ever like me?
0:58:10 > 0:58:16# Sending me those love lines you were happy to deceive her... #
0:58:17 > 0:58:20I need to find something to really impress her.
0:58:20 > 0:58:24# Now you're here to stay
0:58:24 > 0:58:27# I promise we'll have good times
0:58:27 > 0:58:32# You'll whisper that you'll never leave me
0:58:32 > 0:58:34# Send me all those love lines... #
0:58:34 > 0:58:37You're always late, Stanley.
0:58:37 > 0:58:39I still have a magazine to write, remember?
0:58:39 > 0:58:45# Now you're here to stay always. #
0:58:45 > 0:58:49This is terrific. Look at their faces!
0:58:49 > 0:58:50Yes.
0:58:50 > 0:58:53The dear old hotel doesn't know what's hit it.
0:58:53 > 0:58:55That's so true!
0:58:55 > 0:58:59Stanley, you know the Freemasons have temples in this hotel?
0:58:59 > 0:59:00They don't?!
0:59:00 > 0:59:04Oh, yes, in the basement. I wonder what they'd think of this.
0:59:04 > 0:59:09Talking of strangely dressed people, my mum wants to meet Louis.
0:59:09 > 0:59:12Really, Stanley? That's very charming. How come?
0:59:12 > 0:59:14Because she likes the sound of him.
0:59:14 > 0:59:17# Send me all those love lines
0:59:17 > 0:59:21# Now you're here to stay
0:59:21 > 0:59:28# Now you're here to stay always
0:59:28 > 0:59:31# Now you're here to stay always... #
0:59:31 > 0:59:33Hello, Mum.
0:59:33 > 0:59:35- Hello.- This is Louis.
0:59:35 > 0:59:37Hello.
0:59:38 > 0:59:39Come in.
0:59:39 > 0:59:42The food is to your liking, is it?
0:59:42 > 0:59:45Not going to disagree with your digestion?
0:59:45 > 0:59:47It's all right, Mum. Louis eats everything.
0:59:47 > 0:59:49It's delicious, Mrs Mitchell.
0:59:50 > 0:59:53Oh, I quite forgot the lemonade!
0:59:53 > 0:59:58No, no, you stay there. I must get the lemonade, I made it specially.
1:00:01 > 1:00:03- You didn't tell her?- Tell her what?
1:00:03 > 1:00:05That you were bringing a black man to the house?
1:00:05 > 1:00:08Of course not. It's good for her to have a surprise.
1:00:08 > 1:00:10I thought you'd said you told her all about our music?
1:00:10 > 1:00:13I did, but she thinks all dance bands are white.
1:00:13 > 1:00:15I hope to hear your music, Mr Lester.
1:00:15 > 1:00:19- I would be very interested in doing that.- Well...
1:00:19 > 1:00:22I'm going to try and persuade Louis and the band to come and play
1:00:22 > 1:00:25in the garden here one Sunday afternoon.
1:00:25 > 1:00:27Well, maybe not in the garden.
1:00:27 > 1:00:31The neighbours might not like that, not on a Sunday.
1:00:31 > 1:00:34Who knows, we might get the whole street dancing.
1:00:35 > 1:00:37HE CHUCKLES
1:00:37 > 1:00:39Always keep a bottle hidden away for when I drop by.
1:00:39 > 1:00:42Me mum doesn't approve of liquor, bless her.
1:00:42 > 1:00:45Now, there's only one glass...
1:00:46 > 1:00:48..so I'll have the bottle.
1:00:49 > 1:00:51Some of these records are really old,
1:00:51 > 1:00:54- are they the first ones you ever bought?- Some of them, yes.
1:00:54 > 1:00:56Snoop away, by all means.
1:00:56 > 1:00:59It's always a good idea to see people's childhood bedrooms -
1:00:59 > 1:01:01you can tell a lot from them.
1:01:01 > 1:01:03Probably started a magazine at school, didn't you?
1:01:03 > 1:01:04Course I did.
1:01:04 > 1:01:07Wrote and performed music there as well, formed my own little band
1:01:07 > 1:01:10and then gave it rave reviews in the magazine I'd started.
1:01:10 > 1:01:12You were in a hurry, even then.
1:01:12 > 1:01:14Oh, yes, yes, yes, I've always been in a hurry.
1:01:14 > 1:01:17You have to have a lot going on, so at least something has a chance of working.
1:01:17 > 1:01:21At the moment, as well as writing most of the magazine,
1:01:21 > 1:01:23I'm working on a movie scenario about King Arthur,
1:01:23 > 1:01:25an Edgar Wallace sort of thriller for the theatre,
1:01:25 > 1:01:29I'm trying to get Farquhar and Tonk turned into an animated cartoon for the cinema
1:01:29 > 1:01:33or else a series on the wireless, and I want to make Music Express
1:01:33 > 1:01:36the top-selling music magazine in the country.
1:01:36 > 1:01:37I want to beat Melody Maker.
1:01:37 > 1:01:40That's not enough, Stanley(!)
1:01:40 > 1:01:43- That's not enough(!) - You're right, it isn't.
1:01:43 > 1:01:47And, of course, I'm going to make you the number one band in Britain, naturally.
1:01:47 > 1:01:50I'm very ambitious, Louis.
1:01:50 > 1:01:51So should you be.
1:01:51 > 1:01:53You think I'm not?
1:01:53 > 1:01:54I don't know yet.
1:01:54 > 1:01:58Maybe underneath that calm exterior of yours,
1:01:58 > 1:02:00you're more ambitious than you seem.
1:02:00 > 1:02:03I want to reach a really big audience, of course,
1:02:03 > 1:02:06but I think some things are meant to take time.
1:02:06 > 1:02:08Mmm.
1:02:08 > 1:02:10Speaking of which...
1:02:10 > 1:02:12Wesley your permanent manager?
1:02:12 > 1:02:13Why?
1:02:13 > 1:02:15- Just wondered.- Yes.
1:02:15 > 1:02:17Definitely.
1:02:18 > 1:02:21He argues a lot, I know, but he's very effective.
1:02:23 > 1:02:25GIGGLING
1:02:25 > 1:02:28- What are you doing? - I just met a friend.
1:02:28 > 1:02:31Joe's out tonight, so we will not be interrupted.
1:02:33 > 1:02:35- It's perfect. - It's against the rules.
1:02:35 > 1:02:38I think you'll find not too many people keep to those rules, Carla.
1:02:38 > 1:02:41Don't worry. Just remember who got you here.
1:02:50 > 1:02:53Ah, those musicians at the Imperial Hotel...
1:02:53 > 1:02:55A four-month booking now?
1:02:58 > 1:03:00We just need to check if that includes all of them.
1:03:00 > 1:03:02I feel we need proof of that.
1:03:02 > 1:03:07- I never make mistakes, Harry, as you know.- No, sir, you do not.
1:03:07 > 1:03:10Very occasionally I take risks, and they pay off.
1:03:10 > 1:03:12They do, sir. Very much so.
1:03:12 > 1:03:15But maybe I've made a bad mistake with this Louis Lester Band.
1:03:15 > 1:03:19Their kind of music is, as we know, not to everyone's taste.
1:03:20 > 1:03:24Not to everybody's taste, no, sir. This is true.
1:03:24 > 1:03:26Business is still picking up, is it?
1:03:26 > 1:03:29In the main dining room, yes, sir. At the moment.
1:03:29 > 1:03:32Have there been any serious complaints?
1:03:32 > 1:03:35There have been a number of complaints, of course.
1:03:35 > 1:03:38Not always from where one might expect.
1:03:38 > 1:03:40What's this about, Harry?
1:03:49 > 1:03:51RINGS DOORBELL
1:03:55 > 1:03:58There you are. I thought you might not come.
1:03:58 > 1:03:59Why did you think that?
1:03:59 > 1:04:02Because I invited you completely out of the blue.
1:04:02 > 1:04:05Well, I heard there were some rather good photographs of me here.
1:04:05 > 1:04:09We don't actually know that yet, how good the photographs are.
1:04:09 > 1:04:11What do you mean?
1:04:11 > 1:04:13Because I haven't developed them.
1:04:14 > 1:04:16I thought you'd like to see it happen.
1:04:16 > 1:04:19Yes, I've never seen this before.
1:04:19 > 1:04:21Never?
1:04:21 > 1:04:24No. In fact, I've not had many photographs taken of me at all.
1:04:24 > 1:04:27Maybe...once before.
1:04:27 > 1:04:29Well, that will soon change, I expect.
1:04:29 > 1:04:32- HE CHUCKLES - You sound like Stanley.
1:04:32 > 1:04:36Well, Stanley's a bit of a rogue but he's not always wrong.
1:04:36 > 1:04:39And your father doesn't mind you having these chemicals in the house?
1:04:39 > 1:04:44Oh, no. No, he quite likes the idea of his daughter being artistic.
1:04:44 > 1:04:46He's Russian, remember?
1:04:48 > 1:04:49Who's this?
1:04:49 > 1:04:53Oh, that's Lady Cremone. She's an interesting lady,
1:04:53 > 1:04:55but she's a recluse.
1:04:55 > 1:04:59She has an apartment at the Imperial but she never, ever uses it.
1:05:05 > 1:05:07What do you think?
1:05:08 > 1:05:10I like it.
1:05:38 > 1:05:40He really is spooky, isn't he?
1:05:40 > 1:05:42Yes, he is.
1:05:46 > 1:05:48- < MAN:- Sarah?
1:05:48 > 1:05:50Sarah, are you there?
1:05:50 > 1:05:52Sarah?
1:05:53 > 1:05:56Hello, Daddy. I was just showing Mr Lester my photographs
1:05:56 > 1:05:59in the darkroom. Louis, this is my father.
1:05:59 > 1:06:01Delighted to meet you, sir.
1:06:01 > 1:06:04Mr Lester is the band leader I was talking to you about.
1:06:04 > 1:06:09Good afternoon. I had no idea you had a guest, Sarah.
1:06:09 > 1:06:11No idea at all.
1:06:11 > 1:06:15If I'd known, I would have hurried home an hour earlier.
1:06:15 > 1:06:19# Wind blows round the steeple
1:06:19 > 1:06:23# Empty world and sleepy people
1:06:23 > 1:06:25# I lie awake and... #
1:06:25 > 1:06:29I lie awake and whisper! Carla, come on, we rehearsed this for two hours.
1:06:29 > 1:06:31Hang on, one second. Wesley....
1:06:33 > 1:06:36Yes.
1:06:36 > 1:06:38Yes, everything seems in the right place.
1:06:40 > 1:06:42Not bad at all, Stanley.
1:06:42 > 1:06:43Just remember,
1:06:43 > 1:06:47give enough space to the West End shows and you can't go wrong.
1:06:49 > 1:06:51Don't work too late tonight, will you?
1:06:52 > 1:06:55And are you working late tonight?
1:06:56 > 1:06:59Not tonight, Rosie, I don't think I am.
1:06:59 > 1:07:01Have to be elsewhere, lots happening.
1:07:02 > 1:07:04I'm sure there is, Stanley, yes.
1:07:06 > 1:07:08It's a bloody site better than "not bad".
1:07:22 > 1:07:23Julian.
1:07:23 > 1:07:26Hello, my dear friend, sorry to interrupt so rudely.
1:07:26 > 1:07:29But do you know what that is?
1:07:30 > 1:07:31Don't know, what is it?
1:07:31 > 1:07:33Go on, have a guess.
1:07:37 > 1:07:39A little shovel for somebody's town garden.
1:07:39 > 1:07:42Couldn't be more wrong.
1:07:42 > 1:07:44I am now a Master Mason.
1:07:44 > 1:07:47- I've been lifted to a new category. - Well, congratulations, Julian.
1:07:47 > 1:07:50- Thank you, my dear friend. - I didn't know you were a Mason.
1:07:50 > 1:07:52I'm going along to the temples tonight, as it happens,
1:07:52 > 1:07:55in the sub-basement of the Imperial, just as I told you.
1:07:55 > 1:07:57And I was wondering,
1:07:57 > 1:08:00knowing how you're interested in so many things, Stanley,
1:08:00 > 1:08:05if you'd like to come along and watch me go in, in my full regalia.
1:08:05 > 1:08:08I can't, can I? I thought it was highly secret.
1:08:08 > 1:08:09DOOR OPENS
1:08:11 > 1:08:12STANLEY CHUCKLES
1:08:12 > 1:08:15Don't worry, I know you read my magazine from cover to cover,
1:08:15 > 1:08:16there's no need to be bashful.
1:08:16 > 1:08:19I won't be reading it much longer, it gets worse every week.
1:08:19 > 1:08:21Your presence has been requested in the sub-basement.
1:08:21 > 1:08:24I'm told it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
1:08:26 > 1:08:28BELLS RING
1:08:31 > 1:08:32What do you think?
1:08:32 > 1:08:33LOUIS LAUGHS
1:08:33 > 1:08:35You look tremendous, Julian.
1:08:35 > 1:08:38You're not meant to be seen in those, are you?
1:08:38 > 1:08:40No, I'm not.
1:08:40 > 1:08:41Only by fellow Masons.
1:08:41 > 1:08:44I just popped out of the special robing room.
1:08:44 > 1:08:47We'll see if I get fined or something infinitely worse.
1:08:47 > 1:08:49Now, follow me.
1:08:49 > 1:08:50Come on.
1:08:50 > 1:08:54BELLS RING
1:08:59 > 1:09:03- Where are we going, Julian?- Sh!
1:09:03 > 1:09:05Promise me you won't write about this, Stanley.
1:09:05 > 1:09:07- Oh, I never promise that.- Promise.
1:09:08 > 1:09:11And you, Louis, you won't tell anybody?
1:09:11 > 1:09:14Whatever it is, I'll take it to my grave, I swear.
1:09:19 > 1:09:21I'm trying to remember where it is.
1:09:22 > 1:09:25A-ha! There it is.
1:09:32 > 1:09:34Come and have a look at this.
1:09:36 > 1:09:39Very few people get to see this ever.
1:09:39 > 1:09:42It was made as a dare a few years ago.
1:09:42 > 1:09:44And people have just forgotten that it's here.
1:09:44 > 1:09:46That is wonderful.
1:09:46 > 1:09:47There's dukes in there.
1:09:47 > 1:09:49See if you can see the Duke of Bedford
1:09:49 > 1:09:51or the Head of the Foreign Office.
1:09:56 > 1:09:59- Huh!- There's no members of the Royal Family sadly, today.
1:09:59 > 1:10:01BELLS RING
1:10:01 > 1:10:03Now, I'm late, I should be in there.
1:10:06 > 1:10:07And, er...
1:10:08 > 1:10:11Remember, don't breathe a word to anyone,
1:10:11 > 1:10:13otherwise we're all for it.
1:10:18 > 1:10:22That's the best time I've ever had in a linen cupboard, you know.
1:10:22 > 1:10:25If I succeed in making this place really fashionable,
1:10:25 > 1:10:27they may decide they have to move on,
1:10:27 > 1:10:29find a more sleepy hotel.
1:10:29 > 1:10:32You gonna flush out the Masons, are you, Stanley?
1:10:32 > 1:10:35Mr Schlesinger would like to see you, Mr Lester.
1:10:35 > 1:10:37What about?
1:10:37 > 1:10:40Not you, Stanley. I said Mr Lester.
1:10:41 > 1:10:44I have received a message from the immigration authorities
1:10:44 > 1:10:48that they require a letter from me, stating that Mr Wesley Holt
1:10:48 > 1:10:52is essential to your performances as a band.
1:10:54 > 1:10:56- I will not write that letter. - Then I'll have to write it.
1:10:56 > 1:10:59You can write as many letters as you like, Mr Lester,
1:10:59 > 1:11:02but unfortunately it is from me that they wish to hear.
1:11:02 > 1:11:05And I know that Mr Holt's presence is not necessary
1:11:05 > 1:11:07for the success of the band.
1:11:07 > 1:11:09His presence is absolutely necessary, he's our manager.
1:11:09 > 1:11:13- Without him, the band could easily break up.- You don't believe that. - I do believe that.
1:11:13 > 1:11:17I intend to inform the authorities that in my view Mr Holt is
1:11:17 > 1:11:21an undesirable, destructive personality, who is utterly
1:11:21 > 1:11:24superfluous to the entertainment operation of this hotel.
1:11:24 > 1:11:26That is not true.
1:11:26 > 1:11:30PHONE RINGS
1:11:33 > 1:11:37Mr Holt has stolen food on more than five occasions.
1:11:37 > 1:11:39Food? That's ridiculous. What food has he stolen?
1:11:40 > 1:11:43Various cakes and other desserts.
1:11:43 > 1:11:45He has brought female companions back to his room.
1:11:45 > 1:11:48And no musician at this hotel has ever done that before?
1:11:48 > 1:11:50You can look me in the eye and tell me that, can you?
1:11:50 > 1:11:53You wanted accommodation in this hotel.
1:11:53 > 1:11:57I gave you that accommodation, and now your manager behaves like this.
1:11:57 > 1:11:59Are you telling me that you are happy with that, Mr Lester?
1:11:59 > 1:12:01I will inform him of these allegations.
1:12:01 > 1:12:04They're not allegations! He was seen by members of staff!
1:12:04 > 1:12:07And I will tell the other members of the band that there is an attempt
1:12:07 > 1:12:10to prevent Mr Holt from working with us, and in the event of that
1:12:10 > 1:12:13happening, we may very well be forced to move on to another hotel.
1:12:13 > 1:12:16I met Harold Voight from the Cecil the other day.
1:12:16 > 1:12:21He couldn't believe, could absolutely not believe,
1:12:21 > 1:12:25that I had coloured musicians staying in this hotel.
1:12:25 > 1:12:27Just down the road at the Savoy Theatre,
1:12:27 > 1:12:29people are walking out of Othello even as we speak
1:12:29 > 1:12:34because the coloured actor, what's his name, Robeson, is kissing
1:12:34 > 1:12:39his Desdemona, and yet I give you four months' work in this hotel!
1:12:39 > 1:12:41People are amazed at what I've done!
1:12:44 > 1:12:47I wouldn't be so sure about getting another booking, Mr Lester.
1:12:47 > 1:12:49Well, I am sure of one thing.
1:12:49 > 1:12:51If Mr Holt is prevented from being here with us,
1:12:51 > 1:12:54there is no possibility of us carrying on without him.
1:12:54 > 1:12:56Isn't there?
1:12:58 > 1:12:59Wesley.
1:12:59 > 1:13:02I've been looking for you everywhere. Where you been?
1:13:02 > 1:13:05- I had to see Schlesinger. - Oh, yes, he told me that!
1:13:07 > 1:13:10Gentlemen, this passage is for management only.
1:13:12 > 1:13:14I want to know what's going on, Louis.
1:13:14 > 1:13:16The authorities want a letter saying you're needed here.
1:13:16 > 1:13:19- But since you've behaved like an idiot, he won't write it. - I've been doing what?!
1:13:19 > 1:13:23How you can be so stupid, Wesley? Stealing food, bringing women back.
1:13:23 > 1:13:25Is that what he told you I'd done?
1:13:25 > 1:13:28Right! I'm going to go and get to speak to him right now!
1:13:28 > 1:13:29Wesley!
1:13:29 > 1:13:31How dare he talk to you rather than talk to me!
1:13:31 > 1:13:33I'm the manager of this band - if it's about me,
1:13:33 > 1:13:35he'll talk to me, nobody else. No-one!
1:13:35 > 1:13:37Wesley, just calm down for Christ's sake!
1:13:37 > 1:13:39Just stop him, we'll find a room to do this.
1:13:39 > 1:13:42- They don't think I'm necessary? - Nobody's saying you're not.
1:13:42 > 1:13:47- I told him that, I told him just now.- I don't believe you! You're lying!- Wesley!
1:13:47 > 1:13:50You'd be finished without me! Who's going to fight for you now, get things done?
1:13:50 > 1:13:53- Who got you the contract, the rooms? - It was you, of course...
1:13:53 > 1:13:56- Everybody knows what you do. - What, you think he's going to do it?
1:13:56 > 1:13:59Let me tell you about these people - him, Mr Donaldson and the rest -
1:13:59 > 1:14:02he'll drop you in a couple of weeks, move on to somebody else.
1:14:02 > 1:14:05- He'll drop you so fast.- I know that. - Rubbish!- No, you don't know, Louis!
1:14:05 > 1:14:08You think he'll make you famous, think he'll make you a star?
1:14:08 > 1:14:10Put you on the front cover of his magazine?
1:14:10 > 1:14:12And you think I'm the idiot here? You know nothing, Louis!
1:14:12 > 1:14:15That's why I told Schlesinger you had to stay!
1:14:15 > 1:14:18He can't stop me from working with you. I helped build this band,
1:14:18 > 1:14:21it's as much my work as yours. Schlesinger!
1:14:21 > 1:14:22Not in the lobby!
1:14:22 > 1:14:25- Schlesinger!- Wesley, please! - Where the hell is Mr Schlesinger?
1:14:25 > 1:14:28If you got your birth certificate, none of this would be happening.
1:14:28 > 1:14:31When have I had time to do that? When have I been able to do that,
1:14:31 > 1:14:34when I haven't been working for you? Come on, tell me, when?!
1:14:34 > 1:14:36Night after night I have been working for you.
1:14:36 > 1:14:38Go now and get it for Christ's sake.
1:14:38 > 1:14:41Go down there, go to Wales, get the authorities to look up the records.
1:14:41 > 1:14:43Is this is what it's about? A fucking birth certificate?
1:14:43 > 1:14:45- Yes!- One fucking birth certificate?! - Yes!
1:14:45 > 1:14:47One fucking piece of paper!
1:14:47 > 1:14:48Don't do this in here, just shut your mouth!
1:14:48 > 1:14:50So what if I can't find it?
1:14:50 > 1:14:51What if there is no record? What then?
1:14:51 > 1:14:53They'll send me back to the US, is that it?
1:14:53 > 1:14:56- Nobody's talking about sending you back.- Oh, yes, they are!
1:14:56 > 1:14:58That's what they want to do, what they WILL do.
1:14:58 > 1:15:00They'll arrest me as soon as I get off the boat!
1:15:00 > 1:15:02Calm down! That wouldn't happen.
1:15:02 > 1:15:04Do you realise what they'll do to me?
1:15:04 > 1:15:06They will try me.
1:15:06 > 1:15:08They'll probably execute me!
1:15:08 > 1:15:11- They will send me to the chair. They will!- Wesley...
1:15:11 > 1:15:13And all because I stole a piece of cake?
1:15:13 > 1:15:15Is that what Schlesinger wants,
1:15:15 > 1:15:18all because of a fucking piece of cake?
1:15:19 > 1:15:22- SOBBING:- I will never go back. Do you understand?
1:15:22 > 1:15:25I cannot go back.
1:15:25 > 1:15:27WOMAN SHRIEKS
1:15:42 > 1:15:44Gentlemen.
1:15:44 > 1:15:46And ladies, of course...
1:15:46 > 1:15:50I thought I should inform you that Mr Holt is now in custody.
1:15:50 > 1:15:52He's in prison?
1:15:52 > 1:15:55He's being detained at the Alien Registration Office,
1:15:55 > 1:15:58where the authorities are showing a keen interest in him.
1:15:58 > 1:16:00I'll go down there first thing tomorrow.
1:16:00 > 1:16:03Glad to meet you gentlemen at long last.
1:16:03 > 1:16:06And ladies too, obviously.
1:16:08 > 1:16:11Mr Lester, could you step out here for a moment?
1:16:16 > 1:16:20I asked just Mr Lester to come out here, Stanley.
1:16:20 > 1:16:22So you did. Now, what you got to tell us, Nathan?
1:16:22 > 1:16:23I have received a message.
1:16:23 > 1:16:26Another message from the Alien Registration Office?
1:16:26 > 1:16:27Not exactly.
1:16:27 > 1:16:31Not unless they're now running their operations from Buckingham Palace.
1:16:31 > 1:16:34I've received a message that next Friday,
1:16:34 > 1:16:39His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will be coming to dine here
1:16:39 > 1:16:41for the first time,
1:16:41 > 1:16:45with the express purpose of listening to the Louis Lester Band.
1:16:45 > 1:16:48His brother must have liked you, mustn't he?
1:16:48 > 1:16:51I do hope you will be here, Mr Lester,
1:16:51 > 1:16:53to entertain your future King.
1:17:04 > 1:17:05Brought me a present, have you?
1:17:05 > 1:17:08I've brought several presents, from me and the boys.
1:17:09 > 1:17:13Some cigars and of course some cakes and eclairs.
1:17:13 > 1:17:15I hope you stole those from the kitchen.
1:17:18 > 1:17:21We're going to find that birth certificate in Cardiff.
1:17:21 > 1:17:25Mr Donaldson is involved now and he has contacts at the Home Office.
1:17:26 > 1:17:28Good.
1:17:28 > 1:17:29That's good.
1:17:34 > 1:17:36I know what you're thinking.
1:17:36 > 1:17:40If I was so afraid about going back, why didn't I find it before?
1:17:40 > 1:17:42I did mean to find it.
1:17:45 > 1:17:47It does exist, you know. You've got to believe me.
1:17:48 > 1:17:50I do believe you.
1:17:50 > 1:17:52TYPEWRITER KEYS CLATTER
1:17:52 > 1:17:55Mr Holt is a British citizen. He has a birth certificate
1:17:55 > 1:17:57which is lost, but there must be a record of it in Cardiff.
1:17:57 > 1:17:59We're going to produce that proof.
1:17:59 > 1:18:02Produce it by next Friday, by 9 o'clock in the evening,
1:18:02 > 1:18:03and naturally he will not be deported.
1:18:03 > 1:18:07If he is a citizen, he has every right to stay here, of course.
1:18:07 > 1:18:09- And if it takes longer? - It can't take longer.
1:18:09 > 1:18:11The deadline cannot be extended,
1:18:11 > 1:18:14nor is there any other process of appeal.
1:18:15 > 1:18:18I won't discuss this matter in front of the press.
1:18:18 > 1:18:20I'm not here as a member of the press, Nathan,
1:18:20 > 1:18:22I'm here as the person who discovered the band.
1:18:22 > 1:18:25I think maybe it would be best if I deal with this, Stanley.
1:18:27 > 1:18:29I'll get old Nathan to drop the charges against Wesley.
1:18:29 > 1:18:32And I am in touch with the authorities in Wales, they'll be
1:18:32 > 1:18:36making a telephone call very shortly to the immigration authorities.
1:18:36 > 1:18:38Don't worry, everything's in hand.
1:18:57 > 1:18:59Are we ready, Stanley?
1:19:00 > 1:19:02I think we're ready, Nathan.
1:19:02 > 1:19:05You know what they say about the Prince.
1:19:05 > 1:19:09What he likes today, the whole of London likes tomorrow.
1:19:09 > 1:19:12Well, that was the plan, wasn't it, somehow, to get him here.
1:19:12 > 1:19:16If it misfires, if he doesn't like them,
1:19:16 > 1:19:20if he walks out, well, half the diners will leave as well of course!
1:19:20 > 1:19:22MAN PLAYS TRUMPET
1:19:24 > 1:19:27Joe. Joe, have you seen Louis? Has anybody seen Louis?
1:19:27 > 1:19:29Go and have a look, would you?
1:19:30 > 1:19:33HE SIGHS Musicians.
1:19:34 > 1:19:37- Pamela. What are you doing back here? - I was looking for you.
1:19:37 > 1:19:40- For me? Why? - I came to warn you.- Warn me?
1:19:41 > 1:19:44The Prince may not come, just be prepared.
1:19:44 > 1:19:47He always accepts five invitations for every night.
1:19:47 > 1:19:50He may even get here and then change his mind
1:19:50 > 1:19:54and leave at the last minute without even getting to the dining room.
1:19:54 > 1:19:55Right.
1:19:56 > 1:20:00I will be doing my best to stop that from happening, of course.
1:20:03 > 1:20:06Stanley, I want this to go well for you.
1:20:06 > 1:20:09So do I, I forced Mr Schlesinger to follow this plan.
1:20:09 > 1:20:10I know.
1:20:14 > 1:20:17I've been thinking about the picnic.
1:20:18 > 1:20:20A lot.
1:20:20 > 1:20:22More than I thought I would.
1:20:23 > 1:20:25I'll take that as a compliment.
1:20:28 > 1:20:30That was a compliment, wasn't it?
1:20:40 > 1:20:41I believe it was.
1:20:49 > 1:20:50There you are.
1:20:51 > 1:20:54Just getting ready. Checking the order.
1:20:54 > 1:20:57I came to wish you good luck.
1:20:57 > 1:20:58But I know you don't need it.
1:20:58 > 1:21:01Dear God, in a few minutes I'm going to be singing
1:21:01 > 1:21:04to the Prince of Wales, son of the King.
1:21:04 > 1:21:08Please forgive me for asking for help, but I do need help,
1:21:08 > 1:21:10so please give it to me if you feel able
1:21:10 > 1:21:15and let me sing in a way that will please him, and you of course, too.
1:21:15 > 1:21:16Amen.
1:21:19 > 1:21:21He's here. He's already in the building.
1:21:21 > 1:21:22He's just arrived, yes.
1:21:22 > 1:21:25Really looking forward to this, everyone.
1:21:25 > 1:21:28I just thought you'd like to know that an important telephone call
1:21:28 > 1:21:29is taking place as we speak.
1:21:40 > 1:21:44HE BEGINS TO PLAY THE PIANO
1:21:56 > 1:21:57What's the bastard doing?
1:22:00 > 1:22:01He can't do that!
1:22:06 > 1:22:08< David, really, David...
1:22:20 > 1:22:22Ladies and gentlemen, you must forgive me,
1:22:22 > 1:22:24I forgot to introduce our first number.
1:22:24 > 1:22:28I don't usually do much talking from up here, but tonight being
1:22:28 > 1:22:31such an important night, I thought I'd make an exception.
1:22:31 > 1:22:34This is a new number for us, one that I've just written,
1:22:34 > 1:22:35hot off the press.
1:22:35 > 1:22:37It's called Dead of Night Express.
1:22:37 > 1:22:41LIVELY JAZZ MUSIC STARTS UP
1:22:45 > 1:22:48# All aboard
1:22:48 > 1:22:51# Dead of Night Express
1:23:03 > 1:23:06# Wind blows round the steeple
1:23:06 > 1:23:09# Empty world and sleepy people
1:23:09 > 1:23:12# I lie awake and listen
1:23:12 > 1:23:15# For the midnight train a-whistling
1:23:19 > 1:23:22# It's inviting, it's enticing
1:23:22 > 1:23:26# The Dead of Night Express is exciting
1:23:26 > 1:23:30# Getting closer on the midnight run My heart is a-pounding
1:23:30 > 1:23:32# And a-pumping and a-thumping... #
1:23:37 > 1:23:40# By the light of the torch I'm reading
1:23:40 > 1:23:44# Of my runaway train stampeding
1:23:44 > 1:23:47# Devil of a stoker at the furnace fire
1:23:47 > 1:23:50# My night-time dreams and desire
1:23:50 > 1:23:53# It's inviting, it's enticing
1:23:53 > 1:23:56# The Dead of Night Express is exciting
1:23:56 > 1:23:59# Burning cinders in the midnight sky
1:23:59 > 1:24:03# My heart is a-pounding and a-pumping and a-thumping... #
1:24:17 > 1:24:19Gorgeous little singer.
1:24:19 > 1:24:22I do love this jazz sound, don't you?
1:24:22 > 1:24:25He went to see Florence Mills 47 times.
1:24:25 > 1:24:28It's possible she could be a very busy young woman.
1:24:29 > 1:24:32# All aboard
1:24:32 > 1:24:35# Dead of Night Express
1:24:37 > 1:24:39# Dead of Night Express
1:24:40 > 1:24:42# Dead of Night Express
1:24:43 > 1:24:45# Dead of Night Express
1:24:46 > 1:24:50# The Dead of Night Express. #
1:24:50 > 1:24:52SILENCE
1:25:00 > 1:25:02Bravo!
1:25:06 > 1:25:08Bravo!
1:25:08 > 1:25:10So we have left the station now, haven't we?
1:25:10 > 1:25:13- WOMAN:- Yes!- We've left it right behind. Thank you, madam.
1:25:13 > 1:25:15And now we've got to get you dancing
1:25:15 > 1:25:17because that's why we're here, after all.
1:25:17 > 1:25:21So here's another new number, which I hope you'll like.
1:25:21 > 1:25:23It's called Dancing on the Moon.
1:25:26 > 1:25:29UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC STARTS UP
1:25:32 > 1:25:35# Stars burnin' brighter I'm on an all-nighter
1:25:35 > 1:25:38# Serenading to a tune
1:25:38 > 1:25:42# A pop at the bull's eye and a celestial night sky
1:25:42 > 1:25:44# I'm dancing on the moon
1:25:45 > 1:25:47# I'm dreamin' of the big time
1:25:48 > 1:25:51# A chance to dig a gold mine... #
1:25:51 > 1:25:53Not bad, Stanley. Not bad.
1:25:53 > 1:25:55# A diva singing swing time
1:25:55 > 1:25:58# Life is a glass of champagne... #
1:26:00 > 1:26:03It's time to leave, time to catch the bus.
1:26:04 > 1:26:07There has been no telephone call, I am afraid, Mr Holt.
1:26:10 > 1:26:14UP-TEMPO JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES
1:26:36 > 1:26:38At least it's not a police van.
1:26:46 > 1:26:48ENGINE SPUTTERS
1:26:51 > 1:26:54WOMAN SOBS
1:27:20 > 1:27:23# I'm dreamin' of the big time
1:27:23 > 1:27:25# A chance to dig a gold mine
1:27:27 > 1:27:30# A diva singing swing time
1:27:30 > 1:27:34# Life is a glass of champagne
1:27:34 > 1:27:37# Hey diddle-diddle the cat and fiddle
1:27:37 > 1:27:39# The dish ran away with the spoon
1:27:39 > 1:27:43# I'm leading the race to jump out of space
1:27:43 > 1:27:47# I'm dancing all over the moon. #
1:27:47 > 1:27:50CHEERING
1:28:02 > 1:28:07Wonderful. I love seeing the kitchens, love going backstage!
1:28:09 > 1:28:13I can't express how much I enjoyed myself. I just can't express it.
1:28:14 > 1:28:16- Can you, Georgie? - It was sublime.
1:28:16 > 1:28:20It was. That is the word. Let me meet you all, by all means.
1:28:20 > 1:28:22I must meet you all.
1:28:24 > 1:28:28JAZZ MUSIC RESUMES
1:28:33 > 1:28:35SHE GIGGLES
1:28:43 > 1:28:45What are you doing, Stanley?
1:28:47 > 1:28:49What do you think I'm doing?
1:28:49 > 1:28:51I'm writing about the Princes and the jazz band.
1:28:51 > 1:28:53I can do it now. It's happened in public.
1:28:54 > 1:28:57You must come and see this. Everybody.
1:29:05 > 1:29:09THEY PLAY RAMSHACKLE MUSIC
1:29:24 > 1:29:26You see, I was right.
1:29:26 > 1:29:28Anything is possible now.
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