0:00:03 > 0:00:11This programme contains some strong language.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Some old cheese and a couple of tomatoes.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19They're the only edible things that bastard left down there.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20It's better than nothing, though.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33Louis?
0:01:33 > 0:01:34# Shout loud
0:01:34 > 0:01:36# Meet the crowd
0:01:36 > 0:01:39# This girl's going far... #
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Lavinia, I think that could be counted as a triumph.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- It's tremendous what you've made happen.- What I've made happen?
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Yes, for the band.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Would you just tell Julian not to worry,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52I've completely taken care of it.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Royalty in a hailstorm!
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Oh, it's amazing being here tonight!
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Doesn't she look beautiful?
0:01:58 > 0:01:59You'll miss your train, Julian.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01I'm gone.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05He could be so brilliant, but something always stops him.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Louis!
0:02:16 > 0:02:19I haven't eaten in 24 hours, so...
0:02:19 > 0:02:21you'll have to forgive me.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24We haven't got long, it'll be dawn soon.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Louis, I'm sorry,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27I still have no idea how to get you out of the country.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28I know.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Neither do I.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37BELL RINGS
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- SHE WHISPERS:- ..Kept up to date. It is imperative.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Thank you for being here, Nathan.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00That was the least I could do.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Nothing like this has ever happened before at the Imperial,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05not in my time.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06No, it can't have.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18We've only just heard - how is she? Is she all right?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20What a shock! What a dreadful thing to have happened.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Have you seen her yet? How is she?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25- What are they saying? - They won't tell us!
0:03:25 > 0:03:28They were going to operate on her. We don't know if it's finished yet.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Excuse me! We are close friends of Miss Jessie Taylor.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34We need to talk to a doctor.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36As soon as we have some news,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38the doctor will come down and explain the situation.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41No, we need to talk to somebody now.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45There are important people who would like to know how she is doing.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46I'm sure there are.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53They're here already, the press!
0:03:53 > 0:03:55How did they hear about it so quickly?!
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Excuse me, sir.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Why are the police here now? Couldn't they have waited till morning?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03They're the ones that tipped off the press, almost certainly.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Nothing to say, gentlemen, absolutely nothing to say.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22'My brother got the train to Paris, the 9:30...
0:04:22 > 0:04:23'He should still be on it...
0:04:23 > 0:04:26'It gets into Paris first thing in the morning...'
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Mr Lester? Mr Lester?
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Mr Lester, sir, if you wouldn't mind, sir, giving me a statement.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40We can do this in the morning, if you prefer, sir.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Mr Lester?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55You can tell us now, surely?!
0:04:55 > 0:04:58She still hasn't come round after the anaesthetic.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01I'm afraid it's too early to say exactly how she is.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05There you all are!
0:05:05 > 0:05:08What terrible news! Tell me how she is?!
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Can I see her?! I must see her!
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Carla!
0:05:12 > 0:05:15How dare you do that?!
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Get out of here!
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Out! Out!
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Oh, yes, er...do come in, by all means.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47What do you mean, "do come in"?! This is my office.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50I thought it was the deputy editor's office.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51It is, yes. That's me.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53And I believe it's me too, now.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57You're deputy editor?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Joint Deputy Editor, yes.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Didn't Mr Wax speak to you?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- He didn't, no.- Well, I'm sure he means to have a word.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Oh, he'll be having a word all right!
0:06:08 > 0:06:11I've been up all night and I find there's a new deputy editor?
0:06:11 > 0:06:12That's brilliant!
0:06:12 > 0:06:15And you're sitting at my desk, by the way.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Ah, Rosie, you're here too!
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Thank you, Mr Wax.- Pleasure.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Oh, it seems we're all early today!
0:06:26 > 0:06:28What the hell do you think you're doing?!
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- And what do you mean by that, Stanley?- You know bloody well what I mean.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Stanley, you will not use that tone with me. I suggest you calm down.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37I have no intention of calming down.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40You look dreadful. You haven't been up all night again, have you?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Why don't we go up to the office?
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Did you know about this?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Know about what?
0:06:45 > 0:06:46No, she didn't.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I've been meaning to tell you both,
0:06:49 > 0:06:51but it seems Eric has beaten me to it.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Ah, Mr Lester.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Thank you, Mr Lester, for coming in this morning.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04The senior officer on this case is just about to join us.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Please.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Would you like a cup of tea?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10No tea.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11You don't drink tea?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Yes, sometimes.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19We er...we like to keep the doors open here,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22makes our lives more interesting and often helps us get through the day.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24HE CHUCKLES
0:07:24 > 0:07:25HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:07:25 > 0:07:27FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Hello, Mr Lester.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32I am Detective Inspector Horton. I'm handling this case.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Thank you for being here so promptly.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36We just need a statement from you
0:07:36 > 0:07:39about everything that happened last night.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Absolutely everything.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45I'm sorry, Stanley, I had no idea at all that this had happened
0:07:45 > 0:07:47until I read the stop-press.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51And to the very band you've championed. An awful business!
0:07:51 > 0:07:52You must be upset, of course.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Yes, of course I am, but it has nothing to do with this.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57I'm angry because I was told absolutely nothing
0:07:57 > 0:07:59about the appointment of this gentleman here.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02I understand it's a surprise.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05You're used to ruling the roost alone here, Stanley, I know.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08During which time, let's not forget, I've more than doubled circulation.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11But I'm sure Eric and you will work well together.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Not forgetting you, Rosie, of course.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Well, I don't know what he's going to do.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17What is there for him to do?!
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Ah, tell him what you're going to do, Eric.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26I will be concentrating, principally, on the latest news.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27The latest news?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29I thought we did that already!
0:08:29 > 0:08:32By which I mean the latest gramophone designs,
0:08:32 > 0:08:34the newest wireless sets, the best buys...
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Oh, for Christ's sake, we'll be down to three readers in a week!
0:08:37 > 0:08:38We're a music magazine!
0:08:38 > 0:08:40And there will be other things as well,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43like what happened in New York last week,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46when a singer's voice was carried by a beam of light,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48purely by a beam of light,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50from one tall building in Manhattan to another.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53And simultaneously broadcast to 50 radio stations -
0:08:53 > 0:08:57AND there were no wires of any kind to be seen anywhere!
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Just with a beam of light?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Did that really happen last week?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I had no idea!
0:09:03 > 0:09:05That's rather exciting!
0:09:06 > 0:09:10I looked in, and there she was, bleeding very badly.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13I called for help, then I rang the fire alarm.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14That was good thinking, sir.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Nobody was coming.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Thank you, Mr Lester.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Is that all?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Well, I think so, almost all, yes.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25In case you were wondering,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28you are not a suspect, Mr Lester.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29For the simple reason that you were seen
0:09:29 > 0:09:31arriving at the hotel in the two-seater
0:09:31 > 0:09:33at a couple of minutes before 11:30,
0:09:33 > 0:09:35and there would not have been enough time
0:09:35 > 0:09:37for you to have assaulted Miss Taylor
0:09:37 > 0:09:39before you were found with her.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41We judge she'd been in that cupboard for some time
0:09:41 > 0:09:43due to the amount of blood.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45For a good number of minutes, anyway.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Right.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Now, there is just one other matter.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51You say you saw Mr Luscombe in one of the first-floor passages,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54immediately before you found Miss Taylor,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57and he said he'd missed his train?
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Yes.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00But we've been told by his sister
0:10:00 > 0:10:03that he definitely caught the 9:30 sleeper to Paris.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Well, I can only repeat that I did see him and he did talk to me.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Well, thank you, Mr Lester, that's all we need to know.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15It is very important, of course,
0:10:15 > 0:10:17that you keep that last piece of information to yourself,
0:10:17 > 0:10:19for obvious reasons.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Until we've had a chance to speak to Mr Luscombe ourselves.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32What are you doing here?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35I'm here to give a statement about last night.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37What an awful business, Louis!
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Yes, I'm going straight to the hospital now to find out how she is.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42I've telephoned the hospital already.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Jessie's still unconscious, but stable, they think.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Stay a moment and then we'll have breakfast together,
0:10:48 > 0:10:49after I've been in there.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53It won't take long, and then we can go to the hospital together, what do you say?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58They've got police up here as well.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01What are they expecting to happen?
0:11:01 > 0:11:04It's the press, Louis, and the newsreel cameras too.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06They'll stop at nothing to try and get a picture.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08I'll handle the police.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Good morning.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Hello, you two. I've had her moved into this room,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18cos the other wasn't at all satisfactory.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21I'm sure Lavinia has taken complete charge of the hospital already.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23She hasn't woken yet?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Not yet, no.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27But her breathing is fine.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Carla and I have been discussing how we might contact
0:11:30 > 0:11:31somebody from her family.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I haven't met any of Jessie's family, not even at school.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37With her picture everywhere, in all the magazines,
0:11:37 > 0:11:39you'd think they would have been in contact before now.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42The doctor said we should talk to her, the sound of a familiar voice.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Of course, mine isn't that familiar.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46I've been chattering away, haven't I, Jessie?
0:11:46 > 0:11:50It's not easy to talk to someone who isn't saying anything,
0:11:50 > 0:11:55and starting is particularly difficult, but one gets used to it.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Maybe I should get them to bring me an artichoke, Jessie,
0:11:58 > 0:12:00and start eating it.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02What do you think of that?
0:12:02 > 0:12:05The dear child was so astonished before when I ate one.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Maybe it would surprise you all over again?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Sarah!
0:12:13 > 0:12:15They wouldn't let me up,
0:12:15 > 0:12:17they said she had too many visitors.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Is she still asleep?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22She hasn't woken up after the operation, not yet.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24They're still here?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Of course they are.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Jessie is the singer who was supposed to be singing
0:12:28 > 0:12:31for the Prince of Wales when it happened.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34So, naturally, it's a very big story.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37There's a garden, we'll be safe from them there.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I was so worried about you, Louis.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Don't worry about me.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54It was such a shock for all of us, but especially for you.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57It's worse this morning for some reason.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Last night I was numb.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Do the police have any idea about what happened?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05No, not yet, I don't think.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07I was with her in the bar last night.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Julian escorted her to her room
0:13:09 > 0:13:11and then he came back and he caught his train.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13But that was hours before!
0:13:13 > 0:13:16She must have arranged to meet somebody else.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Yes, that's possible.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21They're everywhere!
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I should have my camera with me and turn it on them!
0:13:26 > 0:13:28What else have you got?
0:13:28 > 0:13:29How do you mean?
0:13:30 > 0:13:31The latest news?
0:13:31 > 0:13:34The wonderful machines we're now to put in the magazine, apparently.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Well, there's a lot to choose from...
0:13:37 > 0:13:38I was afraid you might say that.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40But to pluck just one at random,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43which happens to be the one I've chosen to write about today,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45there is, for instance, the music without instruments.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Right.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Silence, in other words.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50No, absolutely not, quite the contrary.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Or to put the idea another way,
0:13:52 > 0:13:54the orchestra without musicians,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57as demonstrated recently in Germany by Herr Pfenninger
0:13:57 > 0:13:58using an electrical current.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Herr Pfenninger? Some mad German professor?!
0:14:01 > 0:14:02You're making this up.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Herr Pfenninger and his electronic music,
0:14:04 > 0:14:06and I am most certainly not making this up.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08There's a visitor for you, Stanley.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Stanley, thank God you're here!
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Pamela, are you all right?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14How can anyone be all right on a day like this?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Eric Stillman, this is Miss Pamela Luscombe.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18I'm sorry to burst in,
0:14:18 > 0:14:20but I need your help, Stanley.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21I have to get in touch with Julian.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24He's in Paris, I telephoned the apartment.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27He arrived as planned earlier this morning, but he's gone out already.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Of course, I sent a telegram, but I have to tell him
0:14:30 > 0:14:33about what's happened as soon as possible. He'll be so upset!
0:14:33 > 0:14:34What do you want me to do?
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Julian will be lunching at a fashionable restaurant,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39and I want to telephone that restaurant,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41so I need to know what's the most fashionable place
0:14:41 > 0:14:44to eat in Paris at the moment, because that's where Julian will be.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46And you always know everything, Stanley.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48He'll deny it, but he does.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51You want me to guess which restaurant in Paris
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Julian is having lunch in? That's impossible!
0:14:53 > 0:14:56No, it's not. He'll never be at the fuddy-duddy places
0:14:56 > 0:14:57I go to in Paris, like Le Meurice.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01He'll be at the place everybody's talking about.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03So, you see, it's not quite as stupid as it seems.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08It may surprise you, but I don't have a list of all the fashionable restaurants in Paris in my head!
0:15:08 > 0:15:10I'm sure you could have a try, Stanley,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12I was certain you would know!
0:15:12 > 0:15:17And, of course, I wanted an excuse to see you, rather badly.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20I can't help you at the moment, Pamela, I've been up all night.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23You're not the only one who's been up all night.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26I have no idea what Julian will do when he hears the news about Jessie,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28and I would hate for him to find out about it from the press.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30It's going to be all over the papers.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31I'm afraid it will be,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34and we have to decide how we're going to cover it,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37because this magazine helped launch the band, isn't that right?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39- So it's a big story for us. - I do realise that, Eric.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43And, of course, who knows how long the band will last now.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45It may be difficult for them to get bookings after this.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48You're right.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Of course, thank you!
0:15:49 > 0:15:50For what?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I must get to the Imperial right away, I should be there already.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Don't go, not yet.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Here.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Try these first, and if all else fails,
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Eric will phone every restaurant above a certain price in Paris.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24What a business this is, Mr Mitchell.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Yes.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Yes, it's horrible.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30The police are everywhere.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32They even switched off the Christmas lights,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35and now they won't work, for some reason.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37I've been looking at the papers.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Overnight, this was just a stop-press,
0:16:40 > 0:16:43too late for the main editions. But now, look at this.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49This is just the start, of course. It'll grow, Mr Mitchell.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50It will, yes.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53And when this was happening, I was sitting in the theatre
0:16:53 > 0:16:54watching such a dull play,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57and a very noisy one as well.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00I will, of course, lose every cent I invested in it.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Well, excuse me, sir, I've got to talk to Mr Schlesinger.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07You'll keep me posted on how the lady is?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Your information will be more up to the minute than mine.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12I will.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Twice a day.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Twice a day?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17If you'd be so kind.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I pray she gets better.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Jack!
0:17:26 > 0:17:28TELEPHONE RINGS
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Go away! I'm not in the mood for you today.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33I'm not in the mood for you either, Harold,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35we'll have to settle this later. Goodbye!
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- What is Jack Paynton doing here?! - Not now, Stanley!
0:17:38 > 0:17:42The entire place is overrun with police!
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Everything I've tried to do with this hotel looks like it's in ruins!
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Everybody told me not to have a negro band here,
0:17:49 > 0:17:50everybody but you.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53I didn't listen, and now, they're involved in a knife attack!
0:17:53 > 0:17:55The band aren't involved, for heaven's sake!
0:17:55 > 0:17:59They weren't even here, they were playing for the fucking Prince of Wales!
0:17:59 > 0:18:01That makes it worse! Makes it even more newsworthy!
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Started getting cancellations this morning!
0:18:06 > 0:18:08When they had that murder at The Savoy,
0:18:08 > 0:18:10it took nearly two years for their business to recover!
0:18:10 > 0:18:13One way to make sure business collapses
0:18:13 > 0:18:14is to book Jack Paynton now!
0:18:14 > 0:18:15That's not true.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18He's still quite popular, as it happens.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Anyway, I've got to have somebody to play here -
0:18:20 > 0:18:23it's one of our busiest weeks, Christmas week!
0:18:23 > 0:18:26And it's clearly impossible for Mr Lester's band
0:18:26 > 0:18:27to continue under the circumstances.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Why? Why is it?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32If you stop the band playing now,
0:18:32 > 0:18:34you turn a bad incident into something that looks far worse,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37like they should never have been here in the first place.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38If you let the band keep playing,
0:18:38 > 0:18:42people will still come, definitely, because of their notoriety.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43That's how show business works.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46They won't play anyway. They won't go on.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Who says?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Mr Lester says.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Yes.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Thank you.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Well, if you could...
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Any news?
0:19:02 > 0:19:03No.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06I look terrible today and you don't. How is that possible?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Any different from most mornings?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10And you're as calm as always.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Not really, no.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13DOOR OPENS
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Room 27!
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Come on, come on!
0:19:19 > 0:19:22So slow, they get slower and slower!
0:19:23 > 0:19:2539 as well - make sure you do both!
0:19:25 > 0:19:28I'm going to stir things up a bit, Louis.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30You've got to carry on performing.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33It's not possible. Not until Jessie is much better.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Mr Schlesinger wants you to.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36The band won't do it. It's out of the question.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Shall I tell you what's going to happen if the band stop playing?
0:19:39 > 0:19:40All right, Joe?
0:19:40 > 0:19:43If you do that, Schlesinger won't be paying you, naturally,
0:19:43 > 0:19:45other bookings will prove difficult,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48and if you're unemployed, the immigration authorities will start chasing down
0:19:48 > 0:19:50all your musicians who don't have residency here.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I don't believe that, not straight away, after what's happened.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Especially after what's happened!
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Your lead singer nearly gets killed in a knife attack
0:19:58 > 0:20:00when she should have been playing for the Prince of Wales!
0:20:00 > 0:20:02FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:20:02 > 0:20:04All sorts of stories will appear about the band.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08And the authorities will take an interest in you again. Do you want that to happen?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Of course not, but I'll see to it. It won't happen.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Well, there's only...there's only one way it won't happen -
0:20:13 > 0:20:15if you keep your monthly contract here.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Number 39 was not room service,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20it was for you.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23For you!
0:20:28 > 0:20:31You rang, your Ladyship?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34I'm sorry to have had you called like that, Stanley.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I heard you were in the hotel from Mr Masterson.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Ah, don't worry. I don't mind being summoned - at least not by you.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41They got a new deputy editor at the magazine,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43so I might be doing room service for real quite soon.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46I just wanted to see you, Stanley, I have no other excuse.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Ah, that's a good excuse, isn't it?
0:20:48 > 0:20:52I'm sorry I look like this, by the way, feeling a bit rough today.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Aren't we all?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55But you look wonderful.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Flattery even today!
0:20:58 > 0:21:01It's been such an awful few hours, Stanley.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02She's a lovely girl,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04and who would do something like that to her?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07I was here yesterday, I saw her! She was with Julian,
0:21:07 > 0:21:10but he'd be on the sleeper to Paris when it happened.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12All sorts of people use this hotel, of course,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- goodness knows who was staying here last night.- That's true.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16I just came from the hospital.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I hate to see her lying unconscious, not reacting at all.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20She'll get better.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- All being well, she will. - Let's hope so.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26It's such a cruel thing to happen.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Everything was going so well with the band.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31You know, I was just about to give my first party
0:21:31 > 0:21:34in heaven knows how many years,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37my first since, er, my sons...
0:21:37 > 0:21:42Just a small party for the New Year, for the band,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45for a few friends and, of course, I was going to invite you, Stanley.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49But now, none of that can happen,
0:21:49 > 0:21:50it's not possible.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55It might be. If the news from the hospital gets better.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- THEY SHOUT:- Mr Lester!
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Gentlemen, please!
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- THEY SHOUT:- Mr Lester! Louis!
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Thank you, gentlemen. This is her record, and we'll play it to her.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13All right? Thank you. Thank you, gentlemen, thank you.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Hang on a moment! I want to try something!
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- THEY SHOUT:- Move, come on! Move!
0:22:19 > 0:22:22That's right, gentlemen, lovely, lovely, yes.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24THEY CONTINUE SHOUTING
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Well, you've certainly had an effect!
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Jessie, we're listening to your record!
0:22:34 > 0:22:37# There was a time
0:22:37 > 0:22:39# I felt so low
0:22:39 > 0:22:41# Each day was tough... #
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Can you hear it, Jessie?
0:22:43 > 0:22:47# ..Did not believe That I could live... #
0:22:47 > 0:22:51It's Sarah, Jessie,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53and we're listening to your wonderful voice.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57# ..When I came to My mind was clear
0:22:57 > 0:23:02# Said my goodbyes and shed a tear
0:23:02 > 0:23:07# It will never be The same again... #
0:23:07 > 0:23:09I just thought I'd bring these to the lady.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18That man is so strange.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Why bring such a tiny bouquet?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Maybe the string is made of gold.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26JOURNALISTS SHOUT
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Gentlemen, please, you got your pictures the first time.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31THEY SHOUT: Is she well, sir? Did you speak to her, sir?
0:23:31 > 0:23:32So many more of them already.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33I had no idea.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35That she was a little bit famous?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Not to this extent, no.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Some truly odd faces there, weren't there?
0:23:49 > 0:23:51I hadn't thought of it until now,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54but maybe it was somebody like them who attacked Jessie.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57They can be very fanatical, some of these people.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58They'll go away soon,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00they won't be here on Christmas Day.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Oh, don't mention that.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05I'm dreading Christmas, alone with my father.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07I'm dreading it too.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09The Imperial ballroom at lunchtime!
0:24:11 > 0:24:14I so wish that I could be with you on Christmas Day!
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Welcome to the Imperial Hotel.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21As the Christmas puddings appear,
0:24:21 > 0:24:24we know that it must be time for some music.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Oh, er...do be careful, ladies and gentleman, by the way.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29There is the traditional sixpence
0:24:29 > 0:24:33in several of the helpings of the puddings, so be on the look-out.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37And now, for a very special Christmas treat...
0:24:37 > 0:24:39The Louis Lester Band.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47There are some Germans here from their embassy.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49So this could prove interesting, Louis.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Merry Christmas, everyone,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00we hope you're having a wonderful time!
0:25:00 > 0:25:01MUSIC PLAYS
0:25:05 > 0:25:10# Come into the warm It's Christmas
0:25:10 > 0:25:14# Time for you to toast your toes
0:25:14 > 0:25:19# Gather all your friends Together... #
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Was?!
0:25:20 > 0:25:23# ..Banish all those winter woes
0:25:23 > 0:25:27# Hark the heralds sing It's Christmas
0:25:27 > 0:25:32# Time for love, goodwill and cheer
0:25:32 > 0:25:36# Gather all your friends together
0:25:36 > 0:25:42# And welcome in A brand new year... #
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Fuck 'em!
0:25:51 > 0:25:54My dear girl, I thought I might visit you,
0:25:54 > 0:25:59since I have no pressing need to be anywhere else this Christmas Day,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02and we could talk together.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I've brought my own supplies.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08which I'm sure I will be allowed to use today of all days.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21# ..Come into the warm It's Christmas
0:26:21 > 0:26:26# Time for you to toast your toes
0:26:26 > 0:26:28# Gather all your friends Together... #
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Not too bad a meal this year, but...
0:26:31 > 0:26:33I always hate the pudding.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34HE CHUCKLES
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Now, we can relax.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39You might get down, if you wish.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43# ..Time for love, goodwill and cheer
0:26:43 > 0:26:47# Gather all your friends Together... #
0:26:47 > 0:26:50How on earth are we ever going to eat this bird, Mum?
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Well, Christmas is a time to celebrate, isn't it?!
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I do hope it's cooked...
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Do you think I should put it back in?
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Jessie, I live a life of indulgence.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Well, I think you know that already, probably,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08and that, in some ways, is rather unforgivable.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11Well, maybe in many ways.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16And I expect you find it rather difficult to understand
0:27:16 > 0:27:19how I can just afford to do nothing,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22not have a proper job of any description.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25But it does allow me to help people that I admire.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41DOORBELL RINGS
0:27:41 > 0:27:42I'll get it.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46I couldn't stand it a moment longer at home!
0:27:46 > 0:27:47I had to see you, Stanley!
0:27:51 > 0:27:52HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Forgive me inviting myself, Mrs Mitchell! I am Pamela Luscombe.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58I had to come here. I know it's unforgivable on Christmas Day,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01but my brother appeared for just one night and now, he's gone back to Paris on business.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04He was so distraught about Jessie he's trying to distract himself!
0:28:04 > 0:28:06So I was all alone with Mummy and Daddy
0:28:06 > 0:28:10and if you knew my parents, Mrs Mitchell, that's not a fate you'd wish on anybody!
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Remember how you played for the Prince in the garden?
0:28:15 > 0:28:18It must have seemed so strange to you.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Well, it did for me too, really!
0:28:22 > 0:28:25You and the Prince, and all of us amongst the flowers...
0:28:27 > 0:28:29..on that day.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31MUSIC PLAYS
0:28:34 > 0:28:35I don't think I'm exaggerating
0:28:35 > 0:28:39when I say that was one of the best afternoons I've ever spent.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42And I don't say that lightly,
0:28:42 > 0:28:44considering the charmed life I've led.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50You remember that day, don't you, Jessie?
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Just blink if you remember it.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58Blink, Jessie.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05He played the drums.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07HE CLAPS
0:29:07 > 0:29:09The Prince on the drums?
0:29:09 > 0:29:11The Prince and the jazz band!
0:29:17 > 0:29:18He was drunk, wasn't he?
0:29:20 > 0:29:22That was quite a moment, wasn't it?
0:29:24 > 0:29:27You can picture that moment, can't you, Jessie?
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Picture that again, Jessie.
0:29:41 > 0:29:42Yes.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45That's right, dear girl.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56# A memory
0:29:56 > 0:30:02# A distant memory
0:30:02 > 0:30:09# Floats away. #
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Jessie's just woken up. She's out of the coma.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Ladies and gentlemen, we've just had some news
0:30:39 > 0:30:40which I must share with you all.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Miss Jessie Taylor, who has so often sung from this stage,
0:30:44 > 0:30:47and who, as many of you will be aware, has been in hospital in a coma,
0:30:47 > 0:30:50she has just woken up, and she is back with us!
0:30:50 > 0:30:53CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Bravo! Bravo!
0:31:01 > 0:31:02Darling?
0:31:04 > 0:31:05How are you feeling?
0:31:05 > 0:31:07She is still very sedated, of course,
0:31:07 > 0:31:09because of the wounds she has received.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12It'll be a little while before she's sitting up and chatting.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14With a head injury like she has had,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17it is difficult to tell how long that'll be,
0:31:17 > 0:31:20so visiting times will be very strictly limited.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26Excuse me! She's not well enough to be talked to yet, gentlemen,
0:31:26 > 0:31:28so your interrogating will have to wait.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29We have been informed of that, Mr Mitchell,
0:31:29 > 0:31:31I'm just here to speak to the doctors.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Mr Lester, is it possible to have one very quick word?
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Now, we've spoken with Mr Luscombe,
0:31:37 > 0:31:40and he says he caught the 9:30 sleeper to Paris
0:31:40 > 0:31:42and he claims that there must have been witnesses
0:31:42 > 0:31:43who saw him on the train.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46I definitely saw him at 11:30 that night at the Imperial.
0:31:46 > 0:31:51Yes, I thought you were absolutely clear about that. Very good.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54We haven't had a chance to speak with these witnesses yet,
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Mr Lester, or the passport control, it being Christmas.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59We'll check the journey, Mr Lester.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03So what do you think?
0:32:03 > 0:32:05I thought we should see it all planned out!
0:32:05 > 0:32:07It looks scintillating.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09There are four sections now -
0:32:09 > 0:32:11first, the Music Section, of course.
0:32:11 > 0:32:16Then, the Best Buy section, including gramophones, wirelesses
0:32:16 > 0:32:18and probably very soon televisions as well.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Then, the Latest News section,
0:32:20 > 0:32:22all the news from the entertainment world,
0:32:22 > 0:32:26which naturally this week includes the progress of Miss Jessie Taylor.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29And then, lastly, the Further Afield section,
0:32:29 > 0:32:31where we can have developments from around the world,
0:32:31 > 0:32:33things like the electronic music,
0:32:33 > 0:32:36maybe accompanied by a good photograph of the equipment.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38It's very thorough, Eric.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Where the hell is the Farquhar and Tonk cartoon?
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Oh, that's um...still here, down here somewhere....
0:32:46 > 0:32:47By the wastepaper basket?
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Yes, that's right,
0:32:49 > 0:32:51near the back of the magazine.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53I think, on balance, we should keep it.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57Some weeks, it's quite funny.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59It's just a suggestion.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02But change can be exciting and bring new readers.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Well, new readers will be good, Eric,
0:33:04 > 0:33:07and necessary, because when our present readership sees your sections,
0:33:07 > 0:33:09they'll be leaving us in their droves.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12We don't know that, Stanley. A new layout might be good,
0:33:12 > 0:33:13take people by surprise.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Well, let's find out, shall we?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Let's try it and see who's right!
0:33:17 > 0:33:20I'd hate to stand in the way of change, me of all people.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22And now, I've got to be somewhere.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Where will you be seeing in the New Year, Eric?
0:33:25 > 0:33:29Oh, I have some modest plans, nothing out of the ordinary.
0:33:29 > 0:33:30How about you?
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Me? Oh, I've got something rather special planned.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35GLASS TINKLING
0:33:43 > 0:33:44What do you think?
0:33:44 > 0:33:50Oh! It's splendid, elegant, naturally, but er...original too.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53When will you ever tell me the truth, Stanley?
0:33:53 > 0:33:55I always do!
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Well, I want to tell you something.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02This building here hasn't been used since the war,
0:34:02 > 0:34:04not since my sons died.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08My son Ralph used this as a studio.
0:34:09 > 0:34:10He was an artist.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14I think he was quite talented.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17I like to think so, anyway.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19This is one of his.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Oh, thought it must be.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23GLASS TINKLING
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Um, I like the noise it makes.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30This place has been shut up all this time,
0:34:30 > 0:34:32but it couldn't go on for ever.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33Could it?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- It could not, no.- No.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39I thought it would be good to have the party here
0:34:39 > 0:34:42rather than in the house, more fun.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48LAUGHTER
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Fabulous fish!
0:34:59 > 0:35:02THEY CHATTER
0:35:02 > 0:35:04I don't think I've ever been at a banquet,
0:35:04 > 0:35:06and I've been at a few, but I don't think I've been at one
0:35:06 > 0:35:09that's been held in a cowshed before!
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Well, in fact, this building was originally used for pigs.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13THEY LAUGH
0:35:13 > 0:35:15What a perfect place to guzzle then!
0:35:15 > 0:35:16THEY LAUGH
0:35:16 > 0:35:18It would make a tremendous photo.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22I know! But I've been forbidden to take any at all.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26Yes, nobody's allowed to work this evening, absolutely not.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30Sarah's not to take any photographs, and the band will not have to play.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Total escape from all work is called for.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Here I am, my dear friends,
0:35:42 > 0:35:44I come bearing gifts!
0:35:44 > 0:35:46But more of that later.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48I've had a terrific notion,
0:35:48 > 0:35:51one of which I'm just dying to tell you all about
0:35:51 > 0:35:53and, of course, I will just as soon as we get inside.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56It is wonderful to see you all!
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Now, nobody laugh at this,
0:36:00 > 0:36:02promise you won't laugh!
0:36:02 > 0:36:03We promise.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Because I had a business idea while I was out there,
0:36:06 > 0:36:08my first ever business notion.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10No work, no talk of work tonight!
0:36:10 > 0:36:11THEY LAUGH
0:36:11 > 0:36:13I think it's high time I earned my own keep.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16And Mr Masterson, he's the only person who's heard about this so far,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Mr Masterson thinks it might have possibilities!
0:36:19 > 0:36:21So I've had an idea.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25Nobody giggle, promise...
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Why not export English cheeses to the French?
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Because they're surprisingly interested in our cheese.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37No, no, no, no, they are, they are!
0:36:37 > 0:36:39I don't think anybody has thought of that before!
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Our local cheeses.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46And I have some scrumptious examples with me for us to eat tonight!
0:36:46 > 0:36:48CHUCKLING
0:36:50 > 0:36:51So the future is made of cheese.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53It has possibilities.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57I can confirm it is a business idea I approve of.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58That's tremendous!
0:36:58 > 0:37:01'It is 11 o'clock and we announce for the first time ever
0:37:01 > 0:37:04'we're going to broadcast New Year's greetings
0:37:04 > 0:37:06'from a variety of cities around the world.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09'Berlin, Milan, Warsaw...'
0:37:09 > 0:37:11But they're too early! It's not New Year yet.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15It is there! All the cities of Europe linked together.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17And what a satisfying thought that is.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20All of us drinking together, raising a toast at the same time.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23The power of the wireless - amazing, isn't it?!
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Somebody should start a music magazine!
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Ah, yes, I've been meaning to talk to you about that, Stanley.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32You should begin to have more of Europe in your magazine,
0:37:32 > 0:37:35and America too, like Time Magazine.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36Don't you start!
0:37:36 > 0:37:38You sound just like Eric,
0:37:38 > 0:37:40except not even he wants me to be like Time magazine.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Well, why not? Why shouldn't you be?
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Why can't you be ambitious for your magazine?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46I'm so glad you support it.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Wholeheartedly, it'll be good for him.
0:37:53 > 0:37:58It is...so tremendous to be back in England, my friends,
0:37:58 > 0:38:00and Jessie is getting better!
0:38:00 > 0:38:03I went to the hospital, but they said she was sleeping,
0:38:03 > 0:38:05so I couldn't see her.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Well, she's smiling a lot more now
0:38:07 > 0:38:09and she's saying a few words more to me each day.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11GONG
0:38:11 > 0:38:14The time is nigh!
0:38:14 > 0:38:15Everybody, we're off!
0:38:15 > 0:38:18It'll soon be midnight.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21It's time to join the villagers, and see in the New Year.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Could anything feel more like it was meant to be
0:38:43 > 0:38:47than all of us together on this busy street to see in the New Year?
0:38:47 > 0:38:49- Isn't it perfect?- Yes.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52And a little bit odd, too.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56I didn't expect to be seeing the New Year in with him, for instance.
0:38:56 > 0:38:57But now you mention it...
0:38:59 > 0:39:00..it is perfect, yes.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Too early. The fireworks, too early.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13It's not New Year yet.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Why do you keep watching Julian?
0:39:20 > 0:39:21Don't you think it's strange?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Ever since the attack on Jessie, nobody's mentioned about Mr Masterson
0:39:24 > 0:39:26and what happened in his hotel suite,
0:39:26 > 0:39:28the night Julian took me there.
0:39:28 > 0:39:29The girl, Hannah, and everything.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33Mr Masterson was at the theatre with Lady Cremone when it happened!
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Come on, Louis, he can't have been involved.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Just before I found Jessie,
0:39:37 > 0:39:40I saw Julian in the hotel passage.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43You can't have done! He was on a train to Paris!
0:39:43 > 0:39:46I did see him and he spoke to me.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48But he arrived in Paris when he was meant to.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52I don't know how he did that, but he was in the hotel.
0:39:52 > 0:39:53You've told the police?
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Of course I have.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Well, they'll be able to find out if he was on the train,
0:39:57 > 0:39:59there'll be the passport control.
0:39:59 > 0:40:00Yes. That's right.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Jessie will be able to tell us what happened anyway.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06There'll be an explanation about Julian, Louis.
0:40:08 > 0:40:14ALL: Six, five, four, three, two, one. Happy New Year!
0:40:14 > 0:40:16BELLS CHIME
0:40:20 > 0:40:22TRUMPET PLAYS
0:40:25 > 0:40:27It gets better, hang on!
0:40:27 > 0:40:31Somebody make a speech, can't start the New Year without a speech,
0:40:31 > 0:40:33it's unlucky! Who's it going to be?!
0:40:33 > 0:40:34Now...
0:40:34 > 0:40:36THEY CHEER
0:40:36 > 0:40:41I'm not making a speech, because I'm only a visitor here.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44But I will propose a toast.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47So, ready...to tonight!
0:40:47 > 0:40:49THEY CHEER
0:40:49 > 0:40:53A night where absolutely everything is allowed
0:40:53 > 0:40:55and a night completely and utterly without Eric!
0:40:55 > 0:41:00Who none of you know, but who is obsessed with machines,
0:41:00 > 0:41:03so before we are all overrun with machines,
0:41:03 > 0:41:06let us try hard to have the party of our lives!
0:41:08 > 0:41:15And open this new year officially, I give you, of course, Lady Cremone!
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Stanley!
0:41:18 > 0:41:21And you must stand on a chair, we need to see you.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26As many of you know, this is my first party in such a long time,
0:41:26 > 0:41:29and I am so enjoying myself.
0:41:29 > 0:41:30THEY CHEER
0:41:30 > 0:41:32And so I hope are all of you.
0:41:32 > 0:41:33Oh, yes.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37These have been difficult times, I know, for many of you.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41But I fervently hope and believe that this is going to be
0:41:41 > 0:41:44a hugely better year for all of us.
0:41:44 > 0:41:49And that definitely applies to me too. So God bless you all!
0:41:49 > 0:41:50CROWD CHEER
0:41:50 > 0:41:52God bless you.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53CROWD CHEER
0:41:53 > 0:41:55I like this very much.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59The villagers and the band and how welcome they've made them.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02I always say people are far more tolerant than they're given
0:42:02 > 0:42:05credit for, far more imaginative.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08The world is changing, there's no doubt about that.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12Is that a good thing? I think it probably is.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14I think it is.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Now if you'll excuse me, I really must have a dance.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32Louis!
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Come on, you're not allowed just to watch.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43No, I'm not just going to watch!
0:42:52 > 0:42:55May I have the privilege of this dance?
0:42:55 > 0:42:57You may.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Kiss me, Stanley.
0:43:05 > 0:43:06Of course.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16That's better.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18It certainly is.
0:43:18 > 0:43:24I liked your speech, Stanley. No machines, no worries of any kind.
0:43:26 > 0:43:27Thank you.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43You look so beautiful this morning.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45Not a hair out of place,
0:43:45 > 0:43:49but of course you often never go to bed, don't you?
0:43:49 > 0:43:51Well, that makes two of us.
0:43:51 > 0:43:52Touche.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Look, we've eaten nearly all of it!
0:43:54 > 0:44:00But it was good, wasn't it? My little brother, maybe he's right,
0:44:00 > 0:44:05maybe it is a wonderful plan selling English cheese to the French.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08Do you think it's truly serious between them?
0:44:08 > 0:44:13Well, why not? Why shouldn't it be? I think they should get married!
0:44:13 > 0:44:18That would be wonderful, wouldn't it, shock them all?!
0:44:19 > 0:44:21MAN SINGS
0:44:26 > 0:44:30Mr Masterson singing! I never thought I'd see that!
0:44:30 > 0:44:32I don't expect many people have.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35HE CONTINUES SINGING
0:44:47 > 0:44:49Jessie.
0:44:49 > 0:44:50Louis.
0:44:52 > 0:44:53She's had so many flowers,
0:44:53 > 0:44:56we've had to put a lot elsewhere in the hospital.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59There's even been some from Buckingham Palace.
0:45:02 > 0:45:06Jessie, how are you feeling now?
0:45:06 > 0:45:08SHE MOANS
0:45:08 > 0:45:12What happened to you, Jessie? Can you tell me?
0:45:12 > 0:45:15Louis, it's so nice to see you.
0:45:15 > 0:45:19She's not nearly well enough yet to talk about it.
0:45:21 > 0:45:25That's right, sit closer and talk to me.
0:45:26 > 0:45:32I have to say, I like it, our new look. Four sections,
0:45:32 > 0:45:34it's so very clear now.
0:45:34 > 0:45:35It has authority.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38I always felt we needed a little bit more of that, just a touch.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40And now we know where everything is!
0:45:40 > 0:45:43It's a very good start. Keep it all going!
0:45:43 > 0:45:44How many copies have we sold?
0:45:44 > 0:45:48Oh, it's too early for that, Stanley, but I'm sure it will be up,
0:45:48 > 0:45:50my nose tells me it's up.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52Well, that's good, isn't it?
0:45:52 > 0:45:55Maybe we can start talking about next week's cover now?
0:45:55 > 0:45:57Eric thinks we should try something more daring,
0:45:57 > 0:45:59not just put another band leader on the cover.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02Oh, quite right. We could put a big picture of the televisor
0:46:02 > 0:46:04on the front cover, that would surprise people.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06PHONE RINGS
0:46:06 > 0:46:09Yes, Music Express. Sorry, who did you say you were?
0:46:13 > 0:46:17It's the German Embassy! Of course, I'd be delighted to help.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20When is it? Well, let me give it a little thought, in fact,
0:46:20 > 0:46:22I'll definitely give it a lot of thought.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Ask them if they have any more information
0:46:24 > 0:46:27about Herr Pfenninger and his orchestra without musicians.
0:46:27 > 0:46:28Maybe he's going to do a demonstration?
0:46:28 > 0:46:31All right, I'll give you a call back when I've had an idea.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34Yes, yes, yes, it's a firm undertaking.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36All right, goodbye.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39Must be your new look, Eric,
0:46:39 > 0:46:41we've never had an embassy phone us before.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43They're having a very important function
0:46:43 > 0:46:47and they would like us to recommend a band to play there.
0:46:47 > 0:46:48Well, not jazz, of course!
0:46:49 > 0:46:51Course not.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56- You're here, splendid!- Stanley?
0:46:56 > 0:46:57Word in private.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01Will here do?
0:47:01 > 0:47:02This is perfect.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07Nathan told me that when you played here on Christmas Day,
0:47:07 > 0:47:09some Germans from the embassy walked out as soon as you came on.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12Yes, but that was to be expected, wasn't it?
0:47:12 > 0:47:14What do you mean, that was to be expected?
0:47:14 > 0:47:17- Does nothing make you angry, Louis?! - Well, of course it does.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19From what I hear, this new lot in Germany,
0:47:19 > 0:47:21the National Socialists, well, they want to...
0:47:21 > 0:47:23String you all up? Can't wait to do it?
0:47:23 > 0:47:24Yes, precisely what they want to do!
0:47:24 > 0:47:27Let's just say they don't like jazz music quite a lot!
0:47:27 > 0:47:30So it was to be expected. Doesn't mean I'm happy about it.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32Not happy about it? Is that all?
0:47:32 > 0:47:34No, it's not all.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36But it's not clear exactly what one can do about it
0:47:36 > 0:47:37right at this moment.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39Why are you suddenly so interested, anyway?
0:47:39 > 0:47:42What do you mean "suddenly?" It's not suddenly!
0:47:42 > 0:47:44Believe it or not, I think when one sees intolerance like that,
0:47:44 > 0:47:47as crude as that, you have to do something to expose it.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49And that's going to make a difference, is it?
0:47:49 > 0:47:52You, Stanley Mitchell, music journalist,
0:47:52 > 0:47:53are going to make a difference!
0:47:53 > 0:47:56You're going to get rid of prejudice all by yourself?
0:47:56 > 0:47:58I didn't say I'd make a difference.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01Not right away!
0:48:01 > 0:48:02So what's the idea?
0:48:02 > 0:48:04The German Embassy are having a bit of a do
0:48:04 > 0:48:06because they've got a new Chancellor in Berlin.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Goodbye old Hindenburg, hello Herr Hitler.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11They've asked me to choose a band for them.
0:48:11 > 0:48:15What if we had a little bit of fun?
0:48:15 > 0:48:17That would be terrific, but they'd never book my band,
0:48:17 > 0:48:20they wouldn't let us anywhere near the building.
0:48:20 > 0:48:21Well, no, of course not.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24But I thought I might handpick a few musicians I know
0:48:24 > 0:48:26and take it from there.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28I haven't conducted in years.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31You? You conducting?!
0:48:31 > 0:48:33- Yes.- So that's what this is about!
0:48:33 > 0:48:37I had a band at school, remember. It was very successful.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39We won a competition.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49CROWD CHATTER
0:48:56 > 0:48:57Good evening.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00Good evening. Good evening, Mr Masterson.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09They're absolutely stuffed full of Sherlock Holmes,
0:49:09 > 0:49:11Tennyson and Dickens in there!
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Well, they're right.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17That's all they need to know about British life, isn't it?
0:49:17 > 0:49:20- Hello, darling.- You look wonderful.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27Thank you.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46MUSIC STARTS
0:49:49 > 0:49:53Stanley as a band leader - he's not bad, either.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56He really is living one of his cartoons.
0:49:56 > 0:50:01He's being Farquhar and Tonk, inside one of their adventures.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03INAUDIBLE SPEECH
0:50:08 > 0:50:12Perhaps Julian should start selling some of his cheese to this lot too!
0:50:12 > 0:50:14He really is taking it seriously,
0:50:14 > 0:50:17he's back in Paris now launching the business.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23I need to find out more about this new lot
0:50:23 > 0:50:25and if they can possibly last.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35MUSIC STOPS
0:50:35 > 0:50:37CROWD APPLAUD
0:50:40 > 0:50:43Ladies and gentlemen, excuse me a moment. But don't worry,
0:50:43 > 0:50:47they can manage without me for one number, as I'm sure you'll see.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54Right, come on, coat.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57He's feeling a little sick.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00Some fresh air might make all the difference.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06- Right, Come on! Come on! - They got the music?
0:51:06 > 0:51:08Of course. I've thought of everything!
0:51:08 > 0:51:10They'll follow you, they're good musicians,
0:51:10 > 0:51:12and they all think they're getting a recording contract.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15That may have done a little good, we'll have to see.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18It was so cold out there we had to come straight back!
0:51:18 > 0:51:19No, no, no, he'll be fine.
0:51:23 > 0:51:24That'll do!
0:51:32 > 0:51:34Pamela, look!
0:51:39 > 0:51:41CROWD APPLAUD
0:51:49 > 0:51:51MUSIC STARTS
0:51:57 > 0:52:00Oh, yes. I forgot the introduction. How careless of me.
0:52:00 > 0:52:04And now, we are truly privileged to have Louis Lester
0:52:04 > 0:52:08from the renowned Louis Lester Band as our guest pianist here tonight.
0:52:08 > 0:52:13Louis, who is creating such a sensation currently with his band,
0:52:13 > 0:52:17has broken off his busy schedule to be with us here tonight.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21It's wonderful to be here.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23So it's all yours, Louis!
0:52:23 > 0:52:25I give you Louis Lester on the piano!
0:52:25 > 0:52:27MASTERSON CLAPS
0:52:38 > 0:52:41You knew about this, didn't you? Why didn't you tell me?!
0:52:41 > 0:52:43I didn't think they'd bring it off!
0:52:52 > 0:52:56Stanley really is an anarchist! It's rather wonderful.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07CROWD MURMUR
0:53:27 > 0:53:30INDISTINCT MUTTERING
0:53:30 > 0:53:32MUSIC STOPS
0:53:32 > 0:53:33THEY APPLAUD
0:53:36 > 0:53:38TALKING STOPS
0:53:46 > 0:53:48Oh, goodnight, everybody!
0:53:48 > 0:53:51The rest of the band have kindly agreed to stay.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57I thought we'd be arrested! That they were going to come for us.
0:53:57 > 0:53:58And throw you in a dungeon!
0:53:58 > 0:54:00They couldn't believe somebody had let this happen,
0:54:00 > 0:54:02a black man playing the piano at their party!
0:54:02 > 0:54:05It could cause a major diplomatic incident.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07None of the papers will mention it, but we will.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10It'll be our next cover story. I don't care what Mr Wax says.
0:54:10 > 0:54:14My congratulations. That was a marvellous thing to do.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16- It was, wasn't it?! - To have the nerve to do that.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18I'm glad I didn't think about it more before I did it.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21No need to stop! Could be the first of many.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23Yes, who'll be next?! Some Gentlemen's Club?!
0:54:23 > 0:54:25Or maybe the Queen Charlotte's Ball?!
0:54:25 > 0:54:26Hang on, it's me that's got to do it,
0:54:26 > 0:54:28and I think we should quit while we're ahead.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31Maybe not quite yet. I want you to play for my parents.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33- And that really will be a challenge! - THEY LAUGH
0:54:33 > 0:54:36But to see people behaving like that at their own party!
0:54:36 > 0:54:39I'm going back in there to hear what they're saying,
0:54:39 > 0:54:41they're all chattering at the top of their voices.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43Goodnight, my friends.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45ALL: Goodnight.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48I was so proud watching you do that, it was so exciting!
0:54:48 > 0:54:50Exciting but pointless.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52- Not pointless. It had a point. - Which was what?!
0:54:52 > 0:54:54It embarrassed the hell out of them.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56They'll be talking about it for weeks.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58And of course, if they knew about you two as well...
0:54:58 > 0:55:00They'd wake up in the middle of the night, screaming.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02- I need alcohol really badly!- Yes.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05Do you think they'll make an official complaint to Mr Wax?
0:55:05 > 0:55:07- Try and get you dismissed? - Who knows? I doubt it.
0:55:07 > 0:55:09It's difficult for them, though, isn't it?
0:55:09 > 0:55:12They don't want to make themselves look foolish
0:55:12 > 0:55:13and of course, being German...
0:55:15 > 0:55:16Oh, my God! I forgot!
0:55:16 > 0:55:18What? What is it?
0:55:18 > 0:55:21I forgot all about it! Eric gave me strict instructions.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24I was meant to ask them about Herr Pfenninger and his machines,
0:55:24 > 0:55:25the orchestra without music.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28Eric wants to know if he's coming over, to make a big thing about it,
0:55:28 > 0:55:32the first electric concert in London! I forgot, bloody hell!
0:55:32 > 0:55:33You'll never be forgiven!
0:55:33 > 0:55:35He's waiting right now in the office for my report!
0:55:35 > 0:55:37I told him I'd phone him immediately.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40- He's waiting in the office?- Yes. - Let's go and tell him about tonight.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43Well, I can't tell him I forgot, can I?
0:55:43 > 0:55:44I've got to see this...Eric.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47Somebody that makes you nervous, I've got to meet this person!
0:55:47 > 0:55:49He absolutely does not make me nervous!
0:55:49 > 0:55:51- You think I'm frightened of Eric?! - Yes.
0:55:51 > 0:55:52That is absolutely not true.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54Well, we'll soon see. Let's go!
0:56:06 > 0:56:08Stanley.
0:56:17 > 0:56:18I love you.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22- Pamela?- Yes, you did hear right.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24You thought you'd never hear me say that.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26- No, why do you think that? - Because it's true.
0:56:26 > 0:56:30Because I never thought I'd hear myself say it either.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32But I love you.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41Must have been your conducting tonight, mustn't it?!
0:56:41 > 0:56:44HE SCOFFS Didn't realise it was that good!
0:56:44 > 0:56:47I have no idea of course how long it will last,
0:56:47 > 0:56:51because you know me, Stanley, what a trivial person I am.
0:56:51 > 0:56:55- No, you're not. - Don't be silly, we both know.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57Maybe that makes two of us, then.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59And we also know that you don't love me.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03- Pamela...- Shhh!
0:57:03 > 0:57:08Don't say anything. Not just yet. I know I'm right.
0:57:08 > 0:57:14But for some reason I don't mind at the moment, because maybe I think
0:57:14 > 0:57:16I can make you love me.
0:57:23 > 0:57:27Come on, you two! Eric is waiting!
0:57:27 > 0:57:29THEY CHATTER LOUDLY
0:57:36 > 0:57:38What are they all doing here so late?
0:57:38 > 0:57:41The Embassy's complained immediately, obviously!
0:57:41 > 0:57:42Talk about news travelling fast.
0:57:42 > 0:57:45That's why you did it, isn't it, Stanley, to impress her?
0:57:45 > 0:57:49Maybe a little. Doesn't seem like they're that impressed, though!
0:57:49 > 0:57:52Did the embassy phone ahead already?
0:57:52 > 0:57:54Mr Wax, I can explain everything.
0:57:54 > 0:57:57This isn't anything about the embassy, Stanley.
0:57:57 > 0:57:59I need to talk to you, Louis.
0:58:16 > 0:58:18Jessie is dead.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20Oh, my God.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24I'm so sorry, Stanley, she was a fine artist.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27Such a fine artist.
0:58:29 > 0:58:34It's so sad! She was so young!
0:58:39 > 0:58:42I was just about to leave the hotel for the theatre,
0:58:42 > 0:58:45Mr Schlesinger came running into my suite and told me the news.
0:58:47 > 0:58:49We tried to phone you at the embassy, Stanley.
0:58:49 > 0:58:52We didn't know where you were, Louis.
0:58:52 > 0:58:53What happened?
0:58:53 > 0:58:55She had a seizure, the poor child.
0:58:55 > 0:58:57They were just trying to get her on her feet.
0:58:57 > 0:58:59She just collapsed and died in their arms.
0:59:09 > 0:59:11JESSIE SINGING FAINTLY
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