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0:00:03 > 0:00:07This programme contains some strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11I don't think anyone's watching the building.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Not yet, anyway.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Not yet, no!
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Better keep away from the window, though, just in case.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Do you think you can sleep?
0:00:18 > 0:00:20I don't know.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Usually, I can sleep anywhere, but tonight, I'm not sure.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Ah, so you're not as calm as you look. Thank God for that.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28You were beginning to make me nervous!
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Where are you going?
0:00:30 > 0:00:32I'm going to try and find something to eat.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35And I've got to work out a way of getting you out of the country.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46'I'm going to make you the new number band in Britain, naturally.'
0:00:46 > 0:00:49'Mr Masterson asked if I would clear this up.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51What a mess.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52'I was so clumsy last night.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Goodness knows what people must think.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Mr Masterson's having a picnic. You really must join us.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Is anybody sitting here?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01No, by all means.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04I'm very ambitious, Louis. So should you be.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Do you think I'm not?
0:01:05 > 0:01:08She's incredible, isn't she? Do you think she'll ever like me?
0:01:08 > 0:01:11I need to find something to really impress her.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13'Mr Holt is a British Citizen.'
0:01:13 > 0:01:15'The deadline cannot be extended.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18'Nor is there any other process of appeal.'
0:01:18 > 0:01:20That important telephone call is taking place as we speak.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I do hope you will be here to entertain your future King.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27APPLAUSE
0:01:36 > 0:01:39JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS
0:02:13 > 0:02:15When do we get the cake, Mummy?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17It must be time for the cake!
0:02:17 > 0:02:22Where is the cake?! Where is the cake?!
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Listen to the funny music.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35It's a very nice cake, Mummy,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39but why haven't the band got those black and white faces?
0:02:39 > 0:02:43You said they would have black and white faces.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Louis!
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- What are you doing here?- I've got some business with Mr Schlesinger.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Anyway, that's not much of a greeting, Louis.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57- You're the last person I want to see.- Why, what have I done?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00That's exactly the point, Stanley, you've done nothing!
0:03:00 > 0:03:01Remind me of what I was meant to be doing?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Don't try that, you know perfectly well.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06We are without a manager. I'm having to do that myself!
0:03:06 > 0:03:08And we're playing children's birthday parties.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10You're still the top featured band in this hotel.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13And no-one's going to get deported while you're here.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15We've not been on the wireless, we haven't made a record yet.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18I seem to remember somebody boasting they could make us
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- the number one band in Britain. - And I will.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23I haven't changed my mind about that. These things take time.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27I thought that's what you believed in, Louis, things taking time!
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Mind you, I quite like seeing you a bit impatient.
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Oh, you do, do you?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Oh, I'd better not, not after what happened to Wesley.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Yes, and that's the most serious, of course.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- I still don't know what really went on.- How do you mean?
0:03:39 > 0:03:40You know exactly what I mean!
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I don't know why he was thrown out of the country.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Mr Donaldson told me he was handling everything, he lied to me.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47That's a serious charge, Louis.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Do you want the opportunity to say it to his face?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00So you wanted to see me, Mr Lester?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Yes, I did, very much.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06The bar is closed but perhaps I can use my influence,
0:04:06 > 0:04:10since it is almost the legal hour, and get you a glass of wine?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12No, thank you, I don't need anything.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Except to know if I lied to you?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Whether I ever really tried to stop your friend from being deported?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- You'd like to know that, wouldn't you?- I would, yes.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Sometimes one overstates what one can do,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26maybe out of arrogance or a desire to please.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31It's a terrible thing to suddenly be thrown out of the country.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33It is, yes, and I don't know what happened to him.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35I probably never will.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37And now you have no manager
0:04:37 > 0:04:39and you're stuck playing in this old place.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41It's good to have a regular job, of course.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43I thought that after the Prince of Wales heard us play,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- and all that excitement... - You were going to be making records?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49You were going to be on the wireless?
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Yes, I did think that.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52The trouble is, Mr Lester,
0:04:52 > 0:04:56the people in charge of these places are quite unbelievably conservative.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Sir John Reith, for instance, at the BBC, detests jazz music.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02So it's never going to happen, then.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07Mr Lester, I'm a man of leisure who is addicted to the new,
0:05:07 > 0:05:11whose chief excitement in life is spotting and encouraging new talent.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15I do want to help you. Will you let me do that?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17It depends in what way.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19I've actually come with a request right now.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Lady Cremone,
0:05:22 > 0:05:25an old friend of mine, would like you to play at a funeral.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27To play at a funeral? And that's going to help us?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Yes.- Whose funeral is it?
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Her estate manager.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33She is a very interesting woman, Lavinia,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35we tend to get excited about the same things.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38She's become a bit of a recluse recently.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40She lives in an appalling remote spot!
0:05:40 > 0:05:44You will be staying in her house, but that's no guarantee that
0:05:44 > 0:05:46you will get to meet her.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47But if you do, Mr Lester,
0:05:47 > 0:05:52she is someone who knows even more important people than I do.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Stanley will be going to the funeral to try to get to meet her.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58And so will Sarah.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05DRUMS BEAT
0:06:07 > 0:06:08CHILDREN LAUGH
0:06:11 > 0:06:13SLOW JAZZ MUSIC STARTS
0:06:37 > 0:06:44# Lord, lead me on
0:06:46 > 0:06:53# Lord, lead me on
0:06:53 > 0:07:01# Guide me on my final journey
0:07:02 > 0:07:08- # Lead me on.- Lord, lead me on... #
0:07:13 > 0:07:18Oh, Mr Lester, I want to thank you, from the bottom of my heart,
0:07:18 > 0:07:22for coming all this way and playing for Charlie.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24We're delighted to be here, ma'am.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27He would be so thrilled - he is so thrilled.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31He had all the latest gramophone records sent over from America.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Yes, he did.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36There's one in his coffin now, there is!
0:07:36 > 0:07:39You will come and play for everybody later?
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Please, I...I know they would so like that.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Oh, do say yes!
0:07:43 > 0:07:45JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Do I dare?
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Dare what?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Do I dare run over there?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I don't know what's stopping you, Stanley.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00You're right.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Your Ladyship, forgive me, I just wanted to introduce myself.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21I'm Stanley Mitchell. I'm friends with the musicians.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Are you a journalist?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Blimey, is it that obvious, is it? Yes. Yes, I am.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29I have nothing against journalists, I just never talk to them,
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- and certainly not at funerals. - Of course.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I understand that, but, actually, we might bump into each other
0:08:34 > 0:08:37later on today because you're kindly allowing the band to
0:08:37 > 0:08:42stay on your estate, and well, um, I've always wanted to meet you.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44And just in case we run into each other later on,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46I just thought I'd say hello.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49And now you've done it, and at considerable length.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Oh, er, I don't expect it will mean anything to you,
0:08:52 > 0:08:56but I'm deputy editor and chief writer for Music Express.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Are you, Mr Mitchell? How very interesting.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Why don't you come for tea at 4pm?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07You and the band leader, Mr Lester.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Did she invite me too, do you think? To tea?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Of course! You know her, anyway.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I don't know her.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I photographed her once in London, and she didn't like that very much.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Here goes!
0:09:44 > 0:09:47This was the perfect funeral for Charlie.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50I know there is the view that your kind of music can only appeal
0:09:50 > 0:09:54to a very small audience, but we saw just now in the village
0:09:54 > 0:09:57how all sorts of people can respond.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59You're absolutely right, your Ladyship.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02I'm sure you're wondering if I know anything about music,
0:10:02 > 0:10:04your music, someone of my age.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05I wasn't wondering that.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Mr Mitchell, if you would be so kind.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Over there, on the second shelf, can you see the red binders?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Blimey! I don't believe it!
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Bound copies of Music Express!
0:10:30 > 0:10:32I've never seen that in somebody else's house before!
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Of course not. I don't suppose anyone else would be mad enough.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I know what I'm about to say is very stupid.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Well, what is it, Mr Mitchell?
0:10:40 > 0:10:44You wouldn't...you wouldn't, would you, let me interview you? Now?
0:10:44 > 0:10:45I've always wanted to interview you.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Well, that would depend on the quality of the questions.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Sarah, Louis, you want to go
0:10:51 > 0:10:54and have a look at the garden, don't you?
0:10:55 > 0:10:58THEY GIGGLE
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Stanley! He's incorrigible. He's such a rogue!
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Don't change your mind.- I think I've already changed my mind.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07No, no, you can't.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10I hate talking about myself, I always have.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12I am going to say, "Is it true?"
0:11:12 > 0:11:14And you're going to agree, or rather
0:11:14 > 0:11:17if you'd be so kind as to agree, or not.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21And I'm going to see how many I get away with before you stop me.
0:11:21 > 0:11:27Now, is it true Noel Coward sends you all of his plays
0:11:27 > 0:11:29to read before he puts them on?
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Yes.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Is it true that you told MGM to sign Greta Garbo
0:11:34 > 0:11:36after you saw her in a Swedish film?
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Well, when I was living in America, I spent time both in New York
0:11:40 > 0:11:44and Los Angeles, and so I met all sorts of people.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Some of them were in the film business,
0:11:45 > 0:11:47and sometimes they asked for my opinion.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49I'm going to say that's true, then.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56This must be the memorial garden for her sons.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01All three of her sons were killed in the war.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04All three? That's terrible.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Yes, how do you get over something like that?
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Are your parents still alive, Louis?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13No, they're not.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16My father did fight in the war, but he didn't die in it.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Yes, there were coloured soldiers, Sarah!
0:12:19 > 0:12:22I'm sorry. I didn't mean to look so surprised, I've just never
0:12:22 > 0:12:26heard of that before, but of course there must've been.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Yes. He survived the war, my dad,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32but both my parents died in the flu epidemic.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34It happened very quickly.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36What did you do?
0:12:36 > 0:12:40That's when I started travelling, went to all sorts of places.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44I spent time in Paris playing in bars, time in New York,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47and a lot of time on the ocean liners, as you know.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49So you've seen more of the world than I have?
0:12:49 > 0:12:50Yes.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Is it true that you've been trying very hard to get different
0:12:55 > 0:12:58things played on the wireless, a more exciting repertoire?
0:12:58 > 0:12:59Especially jazz music?
0:12:59 > 0:13:03But I've been extremely unsuccessful so far.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Now, Mr Mitchell, this has got to stop,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09it's been oddly enjoyable, but that's quite enough.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Just one more, please!
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Is it true that famous artists have trekked across the world
0:13:14 > 0:13:17to see you, just turned up on your doorstep?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- That is not true.- Are you sure?
0:13:19 > 0:13:21That is not true, Mr Mitchell. Now shall we...?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24But is it possible somebody could come here, almost by accident,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27who was extraordinary? And then you want to see them properly?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- You mean The Louis Lester Band? - And of course the singer Jessie.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Ah, that young girl?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Yes, I saw her sing at the funeral.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Yes, but you were an awfully long way away!
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Can she sing again for you in the morning?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46SHE SHIVERS
0:14:08 > 0:14:11You too? Oh, my God, it's freezing, isn't it?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14So cold! We just had to have some tea.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Yes, I don't think I've been this cold in my life.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Perfect.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Right, I'm going to go back with this,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29see if I can make it through the night! Cheerio.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Isn't it funny, a lady with such modern taste
0:14:35 > 0:14:37and her house is this cold.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38HE LAUGHS
0:14:38 > 0:14:40And it creaks, too!
0:14:58 > 0:14:59That's a bit warmer, isn't it?
0:15:25 > 0:15:27HE CLEARS THROAT
0:15:27 > 0:15:29I think she might be awake!
0:15:29 > 0:15:33So best not to take any chances! Night-night.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58We're not late, are we, your Ladyship?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01No, no, any time during my breakfast will do.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04So, my child, would you like to sing something for me?
0:16:04 > 0:16:05I'll try, yes.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18# Wind blows round the steeple
0:16:18 > 0:16:22# Empty world and sleepy people
0:16:22 > 0:16:25# I lie awake and listen
0:16:25 > 0:16:30# For the midnight train a-whistlin'... #
0:16:36 > 0:16:38What's the matter, child?
0:16:39 > 0:16:44I don't think Jessie has ever seen an artichoke before.
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Have you not, my dear?
0:16:45 > 0:16:50Well, then you must have one, of course, at once!
0:16:50 > 0:16:51CAMERA CLICKS
0:16:51 > 0:16:54That's very good, your Ladyship, hold it like that.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Did she say anything about Jessie?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00No. Not a thing.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Are there going to be many more of these?
0:17:02 > 0:17:04I'm beginning to wonder why I agreed to it.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Just one or two more.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Have we done ourselves any good, do you think?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10It's quite hard to tell.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14I really don't know what she is doing on the cover. Lady Cremone!
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Of course I've heard of her, I know who she is,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20but she's not a bandleader, she's not a musician of any sort.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22What on earth is she doing on the cover?!
0:17:22 > 0:17:24You agreed to it, Mr Wax.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27I don't believe I did, Stanley, you must have misheard me.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31And yet again, there is an article on The Louis Lester band!
0:17:31 > 0:17:33I've lost count of the number of articles you've done on them.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35They are going to be the biggest band in Britain
0:17:35 > 0:17:37and we will have helped create them.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40There he goes again! He's always exaggerating.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Stanley, you make me laugh, with all your claims, you really do!
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Do you think I'm exaggerating?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Maybe. Mr Wax is right, you often do.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55You're still angry with me, Rosie, aren't you?
0:17:56 > 0:17:59No, I know what to expect from you, Stanley.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02After all, I've seen enough of it over the last two years,
0:18:02 > 0:18:03quite enough.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- You're not quitting, are you? - Of course not.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07I know this magazine is going to really grow,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10and soon you won't be able to write it all yourself,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13you'll be looking round for another writer.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17And there'll be one right here in this office. Won't there?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19And so there will, Rosie.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20There you are!
0:18:23 > 0:18:27I just dropped by to give you this. These are for you, Jessie.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32Oh, thank you, Mr Luscombe, they're beautiful.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35And these are for you.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- For me?- Yes, I meant to get them the same size.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40No, don't worry about that, they're lovely.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Look at this room!
0:18:42 > 0:18:46No, I won't come in, thank you, but this room isn't nearly good enough.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- We love this room!- Oh, it's the best room I've ever slept in.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51No, no I'd like to arrange something better for you both,
0:18:51 > 0:18:53I can do it easily!
0:18:53 > 0:18:55No, no, please don't. We're really happy here.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Please don't, Mr Luscombe!
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Oh, well, if you don't want me to, then I won't.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Soon of course, you'll be staying in the biggest suites
0:19:02 > 0:19:05in the most fashionable hotels all across the world!
0:19:05 > 0:19:07That's not going to happen, Mr Luscombe!
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Oh yes, and people are going to be crossing the Atlantic just to
0:19:10 > 0:19:13attend one of your concerts. And they'll wait for nights
0:19:13 > 0:19:15in the street, just to get a glance of you as you drive away in a car.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18You mustn't do this, Mr Luscombe.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21And when you go abroad, even to the most faraway places,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24people will come running out of their houses into the street
0:19:24 > 0:19:26calling your name and blowing kisses!
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Julian! >
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I can't believe it, he's found me, even up here.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Julian!
0:19:36 > 0:19:37It's my employer.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Julian!
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Excuse me.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44You have to go?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54"The audience are crying out for a more exciting choice
0:19:54 > 0:19:56"of music on the wireless, and this has to be delivered now!
0:19:56 > 0:19:58"At the moment, they are being fed a tired
0:19:58 > 0:20:01"and familiar diet, the same bands every night of the week!"
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- What do you think so far, Mick? - Quite strong stuff, Mr Mitchell.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Damn right. "Listeners will soon be switching off in droves
0:20:06 > 0:20:08"or hunting to find more exciting sounds,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11"readily available from rival stations abroad."
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Oh, it's you!
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Oh, it's me, yes.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Give this to Rosie.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Tell her to take a look at it and see if she approves.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Sorry, you took me by surprise.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Don't worry, most people don't say, "Oh, it's you" when they see me,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27so I suppose you can.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- I'm just a little behind, is all. - I'm interrupting, forgive me.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34No, you're not. I'm always behind. and er, well, I always catch up.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I'm very glad to see you.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38I'm glad to see you too, Stanley.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Please.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43I think about you, every week, when I read your magazine.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45You think about me just once a week? Is that all?
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- Yes, but that's quite good, isn't it?- Hmm.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53I know you think I'm not really interested in your magazine.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Did I ever say that?
0:20:55 > 0:20:56No, but you think it.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00I have noticed a few things. It's changing, isn't it?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01It's getting more political.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I wouldn't go that far, I still have to get everything past Wax!
0:21:04 > 0:21:06But you're sneaking more and more things in.
0:21:06 > 0:21:12Like...Farquhar and Tonk running a soup kitchen!
0:21:12 > 0:21:15That's right. We managed to get that past Mr Wax.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20You'll laugh, but as it happens, I know what it's like to be hungry.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21You do?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24You don't have to look quite so serious, Stanley!
0:21:24 > 0:21:27I starved myself for ten days a couple of years ago.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29I could say it was to try and understand what it's like to
0:21:29 > 0:21:33be really hungry, but actually, I was just trying to
0:21:33 > 0:21:36shock my parents, who are quite the dullest people in England.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Don't say anything to that, Stanley!
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Probably best I don't say anything, no.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42So you can put me in this cartoon,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45looking like a skeleton, mad eyes popping out,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47dressed in a ball gown with a coronet on my head!
0:21:47 > 0:21:48You think I'd do that?
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Yes, Stanley, I really think you would.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57There's a telephone call for you, Mr Mitchell.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Yes, I'm coming.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Hello?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05I'm on the cover of your magazine, Mr Mitchell.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07You never said you were going to do that!
0:22:07 > 0:22:09It was too good an opportunity to miss. I hope you don't mind.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Well, it's an extraordinary thing to do.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14'I'm not a performer, who wants to see what I look like?'
0:22:14 > 0:22:18- More people than you think. - I should be furious with you.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21'In fact, I am furious with you, but that's not why I'm ringing you.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25'I have another reason, something a little more interesting.'
0:22:25 > 0:22:27I've had a notion, Mr Mitchell.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29HE HUMS
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Hello, Louis.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38You're not going to like what I am about to say to you at all.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Same as most days, then.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42You've got to go back to that basement club where we first met.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Says who?
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Says me. You're going to play the most important session of your life.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Deirdre, you look magnificent!
0:22:58 > 0:23:02Thank you, Stanley, I don't often get a chance to dress up like this.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06I hate to say this, Deirdre, but you need to clean this place.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09It's been cleaned! What do you think I've been doing?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11We're not leaving anything to chance.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Mr Lester! Mr Masterson needs to see you.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19I can't see him tonight, Harry, it's our night off,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21we have a booking elsewhere.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Mr Masterson indicated it was rather urgent.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Come in, Mr Lester. Come in.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30You've been here before, of course.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32I have, yes.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I like this suite. There are even bigger suites in the hotel
0:23:35 > 0:23:37but I'm fond of this one.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39When you've seen as many hotel rooms as I have,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41you get a feeling for one that fits.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47Yes, you may have heard about my interest in gold, Mr Lester,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49keeping it close.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52You can think you've covered every possible eventuality,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55how things can go wrong, but you never have.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58There will always be something that comes up from behind
0:23:58 > 0:24:01and tries to destroy everything one's created,
0:24:01 > 0:24:05no matter how powerful one's position appears to be.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08So one has to be prepared.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10I like to know I can fight back.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Mr Masterson, I have an urgent engagement tonight,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- so if we could....- Julian will be at the club tonight, won't he?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20I don't know who's going to be there,
0:24:20 > 0:24:21we've not been given the guest list.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Would you just tell Julian not to worry,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27I've completely taken care of it.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29And would you give him this?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33You will remember, won't you?
0:24:34 > 0:24:37I will, yes. I really must go.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38If you were wondering...
0:24:38 > 0:24:39I wasn't wondering.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42It's a little debt I've taken care of.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45You will tell him that and give him the envelope?
0:24:45 > 0:24:48TRAINS RATTLE
0:24:59 > 0:25:01- Where the hell have you been? - Something came up.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Give me your coat.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Are you mad?! This is the one time you couldn't be late!
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- Why, is it that full? - Louis, Louis, let me look at you.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Your Royal Highness, I'm so sorry I'm so late.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Something happened and I...
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Please, Mr Lester, you're here now and that's what matters.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32You nearly disrupted the whole plan, Louis.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34It's the most delightful plan.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40PIANO MUSIC STARTS
0:25:40 > 0:25:42No, no, no, what are you doing?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Has no-one told him? We're not starting yet.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48We need to be brisk. You took so long eating your pudding.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50I've never been to a club like this,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52we usually send junior staff to these sort of places.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54We don't even do that now.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- There you are! The last ones! Please hurry.- Hurry?
0:25:57 > 0:26:00She's not going to stop us getting a drink, is she?
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Bar's closed.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Maybe you've met His Royal Highness Prince George before?
0:26:11 > 0:26:14This is Mr Boxley from His Master's Voice recording company,
0:26:14 > 0:26:16and Mr Hardiman from the BBC.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Your Royal Highness, please accept our apologies.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26I am most dreadfully sorry for being so late, we'd no idea...
0:26:26 > 0:26:28No idea at all! No!
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Lady Cremone didn't warn us. Please accept my abject apologies.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34I, I didn't have an inkling.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Not an inkling, no!
0:26:35 > 0:26:37It's very rude to be late! I'm never late!
0:26:37 > 0:26:39HEAVY RAIN FALLS
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- And now it's raining! - Let me apologise again, sir.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44No, no, please, why don't we stop all these apologies
0:26:44 > 0:26:45and listen to the music?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47That's why we're here, isn't it?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Don't let the rain put you off!
0:26:51 > 0:26:54# My man's gone away
0:26:54 > 0:26:58# Left me feeling blue
0:26:58 > 0:27:02# No good trying to chase him
0:27:02 > 0:27:05# Cos he's run straight back to you
0:27:05 > 0:27:08# Says he doesn't love you
0:27:08 > 0:27:11# Though he sticks through thick and thin
0:27:11 > 0:27:16# It's bad luck for the likes of me
0:27:16 > 0:27:22# Because I don't wear his ring
0:27:22 > 0:27:24MUSIC CONTINUES, MUFFLED
0:27:24 > 0:27:27# I don't know why I love him
0:27:27 > 0:27:31# I should quit and start again
0:27:31 > 0:27:34# But there's an arrow through my heart
0:27:34 > 0:27:38# Says he ain't like other men
0:27:38 > 0:27:46# I got those lovelorn blues
0:27:46 > 0:27:56# I got those lovelorn blues. #
0:28:09 > 0:28:11MUSIC STARTS AGAIN
0:28:13 > 0:28:16# Drinking alone and I'm happy to see you
0:28:16 > 0:28:18# Ain't right or wrong if I do or I don't
0:28:18 > 0:28:21# I'm holdin' on for a dance at the Voodoo
0:28:21 > 0:28:23# Crazy in the mood for love
0:28:23 > 0:28:25# Never say you won't be leaving
0:28:25 > 0:28:28# You can buy me time and teasing
0:28:28 > 0:28:31# You can show me ways of pleasing
0:28:31 > 0:28:33# Crazy in the mood for love
0:28:33 > 0:28:36# Crazy in love and I'm not going to make it
0:28:36 > 0:28:39# This is a chance and I'm going to take it
0:28:39 > 0:28:40SHE EXHALES
0:28:40 > 0:28:44So far so good. I think my hands are shaking.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46I've never seen you nervous before, Stanley.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Well, it is a fairly unusual audience, Deirdre.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51# I can show you ways of pleasing
0:28:51 > 0:28:54# Crazy in the mood for love
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- # Crazy in love!- Crazy in love!
0:28:57 > 0:28:59# Crazy in the mood for love. #
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Marvellous, absolutely marvellous!
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Wouldn't you agree, Mr Boxley and Mr Hardiman?
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Yes, Your Royal Highness.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16And you, Mr Hardiman, just right for the wireless, is it not?
0:29:20 > 0:29:22CROWD CHATTER
0:29:25 > 0:29:29Lavinia, I think that could be counted as a triumph!
0:29:29 > 0:29:34Let's hope so. Poor little chickens, they look so mortified still.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40It's just like one of your cartoons come to life, isn't it, Stanley?
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Except it's a little sexier.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51You sang wonderfully, my dear.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54All those important people and they were so close!
0:29:54 > 0:29:59Well, I'm not used to crowds either, so I am holding on tight!
0:30:00 > 0:30:02THEY LAUGH
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Ah, Mr Lester. It's been nice to talk to you.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Your Royal Highness?
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Mr Lester, we must get to know each other a little better.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18That would be an honour, Your Royal Highness.
0:30:18 > 0:30:19Do you mean that?
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Of course I do, sir.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Well, I wonder when we can do this?
0:30:24 > 0:30:27I'm going to be here a little while longer yet,
0:30:27 > 0:30:31but then maybe we can move on to some other place of entertainment?
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Or whatever takes one's fancy?
0:30:36 > 0:30:39HE SNORTS Look at those poor fellows!
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Shall we put them out of their misery?
0:30:41 > 0:30:43They cannot leave until I do, that's protocol,
0:30:43 > 0:30:46but I think we've tortured them long enough. Mr Boxley! Mr Hardiman!
0:30:46 > 0:30:49You really don't need to be here a moment longer than you want to be.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Oh no, Your Royal Highness, we're enjoying ourselves greatly.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53We've no wish to leave.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Yes, but I know you want to make telephone calls in private
0:30:56 > 0:30:58to your superiors about tonight.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Shan't be a moment.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09You go too, go now. I'll grab another taxi.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12It's best to slip away before the Prince gets, uh...too interested.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15That's unless, of course, you want that, Louis.
0:31:15 > 0:31:16Let's go to the hotel.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Oh, God, no, he'll probably follow you there.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Hang on, here's the keys to Music Express.
0:31:21 > 0:31:22There's nobody there.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26It's the one place in London he won't think to follow you.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Look at them! They won't be able to sleep for a week because of tonight,
0:31:37 > 0:31:40the embarrassment of it all, they're going to wake up screaming!
0:31:40 > 0:31:41I hope so!
0:31:41 > 0:31:44You know, Mr Hardiman has to introduce the bands sometimes
0:31:44 > 0:31:48on the wireless himself. It'd be so funny if he had to do that for you!
0:31:48 > 0:31:50I forgot Julian! I forgot to give him the message!
0:31:50 > 0:31:53- What about Julian? - I have to do this. I said I would.
0:31:53 > 0:31:54I won't be a moment!
0:32:06 > 0:32:09Julian, I have a message for you from Mr Masterson.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10Do you? When did he give it to you?
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Tonight. He says everything is taken care of.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15- I think that's what he said. - He did, did he?
0:32:20 > 0:32:21HE EXHALES AND LAUGHS
0:32:21 > 0:32:24You got...you got soaked for me!
0:32:24 > 0:32:26My heartfelt thanks, Louis, my dear friend!
0:32:26 > 0:32:28All is right with the world.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31I knew it would be, but sometimes you never know!
0:32:31 > 0:32:32HE LAUGHS
0:32:32 > 0:32:34HEAVY RAIN FALLS
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Everything all right?
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Yes, let's go, let's go now!
0:32:41 > 0:32:45Yes, before they come after us! The Prince and his courtiers.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47CROWD CHATTERS
0:32:50 > 0:32:55This is exciting. I've never been allowed in Stanley's domain before.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00There's some terrific photographs in here.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Everything that's ever interested Stanley is right here.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05This room is like being inside his brain.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08A toothbrush!
0:33:12 > 0:33:14And a vest!
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Yes, I think this is the nearest Stanley gets to a home.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20I don't think he has a proper house or flat at all.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24He sleeps here or at his mother's, or he doesn't sleep at all.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26And he's got my photos up!
0:33:26 > 0:33:29He asked me for some big copies, but I thought
0:33:29 > 0:33:32he was just being polite. I didn't realise they'd be on display!
0:33:34 > 0:33:39You know, they slept together on the train, Pamela and Stanley!
0:33:39 > 0:33:42They didn't? I didn't know that. Are you sure?
0:33:42 > 0:33:45Yes, but I don't know what's happened since.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48You couldn't get two more different people, could you?
0:33:48 > 0:33:52And here are all the others, about to play havoc with the band.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56Don't say that. I told you, it's all real, their enthusiasm.
0:33:58 > 0:33:59They absolutely love your music.
0:34:02 > 0:34:03And so do I.
0:34:05 > 0:34:06HEAVY RAIN FALLS
0:34:06 > 0:34:08What on earth is that?
0:34:08 > 0:34:10- It could be another earthquake! - HE LAUGHS
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Don't laugh, there was an earthquake in London last year.
0:34:13 > 0:34:14It was quite bad, actually!
0:34:20 > 0:34:22What an incredible storm.
0:34:44 > 0:34:45We have to go out in that!
0:34:45 > 0:34:47THEY LAUGH
0:34:47 > 0:34:51We can't let the chance go, we'd never forgive ourselves! Come on!
0:34:53 > 0:34:57Whoa. It feels amazing! Come on, everybody!
0:34:57 > 0:35:01THEY SQUEAL AND LAUGH
0:35:01 > 0:35:04My dear brother, always so quiet and well behaved!
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Come on, Your Royal Highness! You must come too!
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Yes, come on! Please, come, come!
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Why not? He's right!
0:35:11 > 0:35:15It's not the sort of thing one gets the chance to do every day!
0:35:15 > 0:35:18There you are. Royalty in a hailstorm!
0:35:18 > 0:35:21It's amazing being here tonight, isn't it?!
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Come on, Arthur, you're next!
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Last chance to be young.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29TRUMPET PLAYS
0:35:47 > 0:35:49What's the matter?
0:35:50 > 0:35:55It's just a little strange being watched by all of them.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57Well, I could take them all down.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01No, you don't, they're my photographs, remember!
0:36:02 > 0:36:06On second thoughts, I can easily cope with them.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21For God's sake, stop fussing. I will survive, don't worry!
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Why don't you sing for us, Jessie?
0:36:26 > 0:36:27Yes, that would warm us up!
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Sing like this?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Yes, please. That would be nice.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34Especially as Mr Lester has deserted us.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Well, of course, Your Royal Highness.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42# There was a time
0:36:42 > 0:36:45# I felt so low
0:36:45 > 0:36:47# Each day was tough
0:36:47 > 0:36:49# It scared me
0:36:49 > 0:36:52# Dared not believe
0:36:52 > 0:36:54# That I could live
0:36:54 > 0:36:57# Life my way
0:36:58 > 0:37:03# When I came to, my mind was clear
0:37:03 > 0:37:07# Said my goodbyes and shed a tear
0:37:07 > 0:37:13# Things will never be the same again
0:37:13 > 0:37:15# My head up high
0:37:15 > 0:37:18# I came to town
0:37:18 > 0:37:20# And learned to love a little
0:37:20 > 0:37:22# A little
0:37:22 > 0:37:26# You showed me how to play the game
0:37:26 > 0:37:30# That I succeed a little
0:37:30 > 0:37:34# Now I can dream about us
0:37:34 > 0:37:38# High as I can go
0:37:38 > 0:37:45# I'm just on top of the world... #
0:37:46 > 0:37:47Jessie!
0:37:50 > 0:37:53It's in the shops now! Have you seen it?
0:37:56 > 0:37:59And you bought so many of them, Mr Luscombe!
0:37:59 > 0:38:01I just thought I'd help it along a little!
0:38:01 > 0:38:07Not that it'll need it, of course. Now, will you come for a spin?
0:38:07 > 0:38:10# I'm on top of the world
0:38:10 > 0:38:13# I'm on top of the world
0:38:13 > 0:38:20# I'm just on top of the world. #
0:38:20 > 0:38:22ENGINE STOPS
0:38:24 > 0:38:28# There was a time I felt so low
0:38:28 > 0:38:30# Each day was tough... #
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Don't laugh,
0:38:32 > 0:38:35but I've being imagining for a long time playing your record
0:38:35 > 0:38:39for the first time in this spot, with you sitting opposite me.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Why would I laugh? I'd never laugh at that.
0:38:42 > 0:38:47Good. Then don't laugh at this either. You have to say yes!
0:38:47 > 0:38:51That car is a present, I bought it for you.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Mr Luscombe! You didn't...?
0:38:55 > 0:38:56But I can't drive!
0:38:56 > 0:38:59I'll teach you. And Louis can use it too.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Say you'll keep it. Please, say yes.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Yes!
0:39:06 > 0:39:10I like this edition. I had a feeling about this Louis Lester Band.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13I always said put them on the cover, didn't I?
0:39:13 > 0:39:16I knew they'd become a big news story.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20HE CHUCKLES
0:39:20 > 0:39:24And now coming directly from the Imperial Hotel London
0:39:24 > 0:39:28for the first time ever on the wireless,
0:39:28 > 0:39:32we are delighted to present the Louis Lester Band!
0:39:32 > 0:39:35One, two, one, two, three, four.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38BAND PLAYS
0:39:43 > 0:39:46# All my life I've been somebody
0:39:46 > 0:39:48# All fired up and not nobody
0:39:48 > 0:39:51# Shout it loud, beat the crowd
0:39:51 > 0:39:53# This girl's going far
0:39:53 > 0:39:55# Blow, just blow
0:39:55 > 0:39:57# Don't you know
0:39:57 > 0:39:59# I'm gonna be a star
0:40:03 > 0:40:06What do you think, Mum? You think she can sing?
0:40:06 > 0:40:10Very nice, dear. They always manage to find such good new
0:40:10 > 0:40:12singers on the wireless, don't they?
0:40:12 > 0:40:13When they listen to me, they do!
0:40:13 > 0:40:16I've tried everything to get this band on the wireless.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20Of course, dear. But they do know best in the end, don't they?
0:40:22 > 0:40:25# Now I realise you were just bluffing
0:40:25 > 0:40:27# Strut my stuff, I don't say maybe
0:40:27 > 0:40:28# Looks that kill
0:40:28 > 0:40:30# He's not my baby
0:40:30 > 0:40:34William, stay for this, she's such a good young singer.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Take a seat please, and listen.
0:40:40 > 0:40:41MUSIC CONTINUES
0:40:43 > 0:40:45# Shout it loud
0:40:45 > 0:40:47# Head up, proud
0:40:47 > 0:40:49# This girl's going far
0:40:49 > 0:40:50# Blow, just blow
0:40:50 > 0:40:51# Let it flow
0:40:51 > 0:40:54# I'm gonna be a star! #
0:40:54 > 0:40:56APPLAUSE
0:41:05 > 0:41:06Bravo!
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Bravo!
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Ladies. Are you about to leave the hotel for the day?
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Yes, Mr Schlesinger.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Well, if you wish to, and only if you wish it,
0:41:24 > 0:41:26you may use the front entrance from now on.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- Miss Taylor!- Miss Taylor!
0:41:32 > 0:41:34CROWD CLAMOUR
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Can I have your autograph too, please, Miss Taylor?
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Make it out to Julian.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46I was jealous of all these people wanting your signature.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Didn't I tell you this would happen?
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Now will you come to lunch with me?
0:41:50 > 0:41:52And let's talk about movies and the possibilities for you there,
0:41:52 > 0:41:55because I've been hearing some interesting things.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Mr Schlesinger?
0:41:59 > 0:42:03Nathan. It's time you started calling me Nathan, Mr Lester.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07Of course, and er, do call me Louis, Nathan.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10I've just been reading another article about you, Louis.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12This time in The Melody Maker.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16- I'm going to lose count of how many there've been.- I'm not.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18I have some good news for you.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23You've received another Royal summons, from the Prince of Wales.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25And it is a rather surprising invitation, Louis.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27It is to play at an RAF dinner,
0:42:27 > 0:42:30which he's attending in his role as Air Marshal.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33He's a bit of a pilot, you know, bit of a flyer.
0:42:33 > 0:42:34I just wish I could come.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Jessie! Excuse me! Jessie!
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Jessie!
0:42:40 > 0:42:44Interesting news. The Prince of Wales wants us to play again!
0:42:44 > 0:42:45That's nice.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48That's nice? That's all?
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Yes, well, he liked us before, so he'll like us again, won't he?
0:42:59 > 0:43:00Jessie!
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Jessie, look! Something awful's happened.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07I had this cleaned for the Prince of Wales tonight
0:43:07 > 0:43:09but they've made a mark on it, and it won't come out!
0:43:09 > 0:43:12I don't know what to do. I haven't got anything else good enough.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14What's the matter with you?
0:43:14 > 0:43:16I'm not feeling well.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19I'm not going to be able to sing tonight.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23What? You've got to! It's the Prince of Wales. You have to!
0:43:23 > 0:43:25I can't. I'm not well.
0:43:26 > 0:43:27You can do it instead.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30You know you're able to, Carla.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Stanley, you are marvellously on time.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Of course I am, I'm so excited.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42Excited by what, Stanley?
0:43:42 > 0:43:44Well, at having tea with you, of course.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47And seeing you here in London again.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51I'm here to see the opening of a play I've put money into.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Mr Masterson's accompanying me.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55He's an interesting fellow, isn't he?
0:43:55 > 0:43:56He is indeed.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59And I thought I'd wish the band good luck for tonight,
0:43:59 > 0:44:02for their evening with the Prince of Wales and the Royal Air Force!
0:44:02 > 0:44:04What an extraordinary occasion that's going to be.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06Talking of which, I've brought you
0:44:06 > 0:44:10the Christmas edition of Music Express. Hot off the press.
0:44:10 > 0:44:14Thank you very much for that. A perfect present.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17It's tremendous what you've made happen, you know.
0:44:17 > 0:44:18What I've made happen?
0:44:18 > 0:44:22Yes. For the band, the success they're having.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24Well, it really helped that everybody was
0:44:24 > 0:44:26trapped in the club by the storm.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28Yes, but you laid that on too, didn't you?
0:44:28 > 0:44:30You can do anything!
0:44:30 > 0:44:31You flatterer!
0:44:31 > 0:44:33Of course, I think I had something to do with it too.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35You most certainly have.
0:44:35 > 0:44:39But I couldn't have done it without you. So, thank you.
0:44:40 > 0:44:44I feel that my sons would have loved their music very much.
0:44:44 > 0:44:49You know, Stanley, all my energy for seeking out new things,
0:44:49 > 0:44:52for discovering the next new exciting voice...
0:44:53 > 0:44:56..is still all about me dealing with grief, really.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59Even after 15 years, it doesn't seem to be getting any less.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05And obviously at Christmas...
0:45:09 > 0:45:10One feels...
0:45:13 > 0:45:14I'm sorry...
0:45:16 > 0:45:18Thank you, my dear.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21Lavinia. Here we all are to wish you a Happy Christmas.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24And of course to wave the band off on their big day!
0:45:24 > 0:45:27- What do you mean you can't sing? - I'm not well.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29Carla can easily do all the songs instead of me.
0:45:29 > 0:45:30They won't notice the difference.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32Don't be ridiculous, of course they will.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34This is for the Prince of Wales.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36Well, I can't sing tonight. I have a fever.
0:45:36 > 0:45:37I have to go to bed now.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40Where do you think you're going? Jessie!
0:45:40 > 0:45:43I haven't finished with you yet. Have you seen a doctor?
0:45:43 > 0:45:45They've called a doctor for me. I have a temperature.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47- If I find out...- Find out what?
0:45:47 > 0:45:50- If I find out you're going out. - I'm not going out tonight!
0:45:50 > 0:45:51Of course I'm not!
0:45:51 > 0:45:54If you're going out with Mr Luscombe or anybody else...
0:45:54 > 0:45:55I wouldn't do that! Why would I do that?
0:45:55 > 0:45:57I'm ill, that's all it is!
0:45:57 > 0:45:59Is it? You start getting a little attention
0:45:59 > 0:46:02and then this happens! I'm really disappointed in you, Jessie.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04You're disappointed in me? Because I'm ill?!
0:46:04 > 0:46:07She is ill, Louis. I promise!
0:46:07 > 0:46:09You better be, because if I discover that you left
0:46:09 > 0:46:11the hotel for a single moment tonight, if I find that out,
0:46:11 > 0:46:13you may not have a job with the band in the morning.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15< Mr Lester!
0:46:15 > 0:46:17Mr Donaldson and his party are downstairs.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20And it's not that long now till the time of departure.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22You won't find that I've left the hotel, or even left my room.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24I promise you I won't, Louis!
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Why don't you take our car to the air base?
0:46:27 > 0:46:30Have a good spin in that, and all your anger will go away!
0:46:36 > 0:46:40Good luck, Louis. I would give anything to be there too,
0:46:40 > 0:46:43to take pictures of you playing to all those military types.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46Yes, well, let's hope we get away with it without Jessie.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48You will.
0:46:51 > 0:46:55Hey, make sure you send our love to His Royal Highness.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10I do hope they manage without Jessie.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13Yes, it's a pity she can't go, isn't it?
0:47:21 > 0:47:25I wondered where everybody was. Nobody seemed able to tell me.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27I'm waiting for Lady Cremone.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29And here she is.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31I'm so sorry, Walter, to keep you waiting.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35We have rather a lot of people to meet before the show tonight.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38Off you go, Walter. You mustn't be late for all your meetings!
0:47:38 > 0:47:40Are you still going to Paris, Julian?
0:47:40 > 0:47:44I am, yes. I'm catching this evening's night train.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47You will telephone me when you get there?
0:47:47 > 0:47:50I don't know. I hope I'll have the time.
0:47:51 > 0:47:52I'll only be gone for three days.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55You won't even notice that I'm not here.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58Did you give me the telephone number for the apartment in Paris?
0:47:58 > 0:48:00I don't think that you did.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Go, Walter, go!
0:48:02 > 0:48:04If it was a hotel, of course, I wouldn't need the number.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07But it isn't and I don't have the address.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09I'd like to take the number, if I may.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12Don't be silly, Walter, you're being absurd.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15Come on, you have to go! Off you go!
0:48:15 > 0:48:18I must have that number! Give me the number!
0:48:22 > 0:48:24I have to have it.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26I'm sure Julian will telephone you.
0:48:26 > 0:48:30I will get hold of the number myself and give it to you, Walter.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32Julian's always so vague about these things,
0:48:32 > 0:48:34and he's hopeless with numbers.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36What a good plan.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43See you in three days.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Long face!
0:48:48 > 0:48:52He's always got such a long face. Sometimes it drives me mad.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54When you're that rich,
0:48:54 > 0:48:57why do you need to have such a long face all the time?
0:48:57 > 0:48:59ENGINE ROARS
0:49:19 > 0:49:22Musicians this way! Through here!
0:49:22 > 0:49:26Better hurry, top brass will be arriving any moment.
0:49:32 > 0:49:34I'm a little afraid, Louis.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37You will be fine, Carla.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40Well, the wireless has spread so fast, faster than anyone
0:49:40 > 0:49:43could have imagined. I mean, millions more each year!
0:49:43 > 0:49:45So what will the next thing be?
0:49:45 > 0:49:47The next trend that will spread like wildfire?
0:49:47 > 0:49:49Cinemas on trains!
0:49:49 > 0:49:54Every train will have a cinema carriage, a movie while you move.
0:49:54 > 0:49:57No, no, I think with cinema, it will be in the sky.
0:49:57 > 0:49:58In the sky?
0:49:58 > 0:50:01Yes, I went to a demonstration the other day, a little man,
0:50:01 > 0:50:04I think he was called Grindle, he's going to project images onto
0:50:04 > 0:50:07clouds, cinema in the sky at night hanging over the city.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09Oh, that'd be fantastic!
0:50:09 > 0:50:14Imagine Greta Garbo over the whole city. Her gigantic face!
0:50:14 > 0:50:15Or Farquhar and Tonk in a cartoon
0:50:15 > 0:50:18jumping about over the Houses of Parliament.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20But if you could do that, somebody could also have fascists
0:50:20 > 0:50:23goose-stepping across the sky. That'd be pretty terrifying!
0:50:23 > 0:50:26Clearly one would have to have a limit. You couldn't allow that!
0:50:26 > 0:50:29- Who could stop them though? - People would find a way.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32But my point is, we have no idea what's coming next.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34What time's your train, darling? You don't want to miss it.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37Er, no, I won't miss it, don't worry.
0:50:41 > 0:50:42In you go!
0:50:42 > 0:50:44Give 'em hell.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48CROWD CHATTER LOUDLY
0:50:50 > 0:50:52MUSIC STARTS
0:50:54 > 0:50:58# Fog on a river
0:50:58 > 0:51:02# Mist in my heart
0:51:02 > 0:51:04# You're not near
0:51:04 > 0:51:08# We're far apart
0:51:08 > 0:51:11# I loved you then
0:51:11 > 0:51:13# And I lost you
0:51:13 > 0:51:17# Down river
0:51:19 > 0:51:22# Four o'clock... #
0:51:24 > 0:51:27Here she is. Doesn't she look beautiful?
0:51:32 > 0:51:35I just thought I'd say hello.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37That tree is so lovely.
0:51:37 > 0:51:38Jessie, should you be out of bed?
0:51:38 > 0:51:40I thought one drink might make me feel better.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43Of course it will. Of course she's right.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46You must be feeling very unwell to miss singing to the Prince of Wales?
0:51:46 > 0:51:49I am. I don't feel well at all.
0:51:49 > 0:51:50Your voice has gone, has it?
0:51:50 > 0:51:53It's quite gone, when I sing.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Louis loves performing in front of royalty,
0:51:55 > 0:51:57he can't have been very pleased.
0:51:57 > 0:51:58He understood.
0:51:58 > 0:52:02Well, let's hope Carla manages to bring it off.
0:52:02 > 0:52:06# A memory
0:52:06 > 0:52:10# A distant memory
0:52:10 > 0:52:24# Floats away. #
0:52:33 > 0:52:34Thank you.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37We're very pleased and honoured to be here playing
0:52:37 > 0:52:41to Your Royal Highness again, and to the Royal Air Force.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44I've never been in an aeroplane myself,
0:52:44 > 0:52:46but maybe that'll change after tonight.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49AUDIENCE LAUGH
0:52:49 > 0:52:50MUSIC STARTS
0:52:50 > 0:52:53Would you like to dance?
0:52:53 > 0:52:55# Stars burnin' brighter
0:52:55 > 0:52:57# I'm on an all-nighter
0:52:57 > 0:53:00# Serenading to a tune
0:53:00 > 0:53:02# A pop at the bull's-eye
0:53:02 > 0:53:04# In the celestial night sky
0:53:04 > 0:53:06# I'm dancing on the moon
0:53:06 > 0:53:09# I'm dreaming of the big time
0:53:09 > 0:53:12# A chance to dig a gold mine... #
0:53:17 > 0:53:19- Have another one. - Maybe that's enough, Julian.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22Too much drink doesn't mix well with a fever.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24Yes. I ought to go. That's best, isn't it?
0:53:24 > 0:53:28I need a beautiful sleep and then everything will be all right.
0:53:28 > 0:53:29I'll be back on my feet.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31Let me see you to your room.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41They didn't arrange this between them, did they?
0:53:41 > 0:53:43She didn't miss the concert...
0:53:43 > 0:53:46To be with my brother? I certainly hope not!
0:53:49 > 0:53:50Isn't this magical?
0:53:50 > 0:53:52It is. Magical!
0:53:54 > 0:53:57So this Hollywood producer, where are we seeing him tonight?
0:53:57 > 0:53:58He's upstairs.
0:53:58 > 0:54:01Oh, he's in the hotel?
0:54:01 > 0:54:03That's all right, then.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05I don't need to break any rules.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07SLOW MUSIC PLAYS
0:54:12 > 0:54:15SONG ENDS
0:54:25 > 0:54:27Another slow number, please.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30I do find the slow ones the best, don't you?
0:54:30 > 0:54:33MUSIC STARTS
0:54:39 > 0:54:41She'll be in his bed tonight.
0:54:41 > 0:54:42Of course she will.
0:54:42 > 0:54:47It's what's expected. If you catch his eye, that's what has to happen.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Doesn't matter who you're married to!
0:54:50 > 0:54:53Looks like your music's really helping.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12I may have something to eat.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14You'll miss your train, Julian!
0:55:15 > 0:55:19Maybe that's for the best. It's meant to happen.
0:55:19 > 0:55:23Disappoint my friends in Paris, make Walter even more angry.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28Maybe I'm good for absolutely nothing.
0:55:28 > 0:55:32Don't be ridiculous, go and get your train right now.
0:55:32 > 0:55:34I'm gone.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48Pamela, what's the matter, darling?
0:55:51 > 0:55:53My little brother...
0:55:53 > 0:55:55when he's like this....
0:55:55 > 0:55:57I'm sorry.
0:55:58 > 0:55:59Excuse me.
0:56:07 > 0:56:13I worry about him so much! He's so young, so young for his age.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16I can't be there for him all the time, I just can't.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19And when I'm not, I can't stop thinking...
0:56:19 > 0:56:24He could be so brilliant if he wanted, do so much...
0:56:25 > 0:56:28..but something always stops him.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31He can look after himself, I'm sure.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33I'm certain he can.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37Do you think?
0:56:37 > 0:56:39I do hope you're right, Stanley.
0:56:40 > 0:56:42Please be right!
0:56:44 > 0:56:47I know I'm right. He'll be fine.
0:56:48 > 0:56:50Of course he will.
0:56:55 > 0:56:56You want to take a bit home?
0:56:56 > 0:56:59It's pretty disgusting cake.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03Funny, our esteemed guests and their friends can't tell the difference.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05I think it's lovely.
0:57:05 > 0:57:08You can have a plane. Want a little aeroplane?
0:57:08 > 0:57:09No, thanks.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11The real ones aren't much bigger.
0:57:11 > 0:57:14But it's all we've got to take on Germany or the French,
0:57:14 > 0:57:16or whoever we fight next.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18And everybody thinks they're absolutely marvellous.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21- They're all we need! - They don't look like much.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24They're fucking useless.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37I think I need to go, if you don't mind?
0:57:37 > 0:57:40I don't mind, Louis! You go. I'm so happy!
0:57:54 > 0:57:57CHOIR SINGS "O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL"
0:57:57 > 0:57:59If I wasn't so drunk, I'd go and join in,
0:57:59 > 0:58:02the Imperial Christmas concert! Not to be missed, apparently,
0:58:02 > 0:58:05all of the dowagers staying up really late for a singsong.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07Oh yes, the Duchess of Northampton singing
0:58:07 > 0:58:10Once in Royal David's City is an absolute highlight.
0:58:10 > 0:58:11Does it every year!
0:58:11 > 0:58:13Some things never change.
0:58:15 > 0:58:16ENGINE ROARS
0:58:33 > 0:58:36SINGING IN THE DISTANCE
0:58:42 > 0:58:47Louis! I'm just off, my dear friend. Got to run.
0:58:47 > 0:58:51Must have missed the train, but I'm still going to Paris!
0:58:51 > 0:58:54We'll see each other soon.
0:59:04 > 0:59:06Jessie?
0:59:06 > 0:59:07Jessie...
0:59:13 > 0:59:14Jessie?
0:59:22 > 0:59:24WEAK MOANING
0:59:39 > 0:59:40Jessie!
0:59:42 > 0:59:44Help!
0:59:46 > 0:59:48ALARM SOUNDS
0:59:48 > 0:59:50Help!
0:59:50 > 0:59:53Help!
1:00:03 > 1:00:04An ambulance is coming.
1:00:16 > 1:00:17Louis!
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