Episode 1

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0:00:43 > 0:00:44Come on.

0:00:46 > 0:00:49"Our Zoo News. Edition One.

0:00:49 > 0:00:52"The first thing you need to know about animals is that they're

0:00:52 > 0:00:56"just like human beings only with much better manners.

0:00:56 > 0:01:00"I always knew my dad loved animals, but three months ago

0:01:00 > 0:01:04"we didn't even own a cat, let alone have space for a monkey."

0:01:04 > 0:01:06TYPEWRITER PINGS

0:01:17 > 0:01:20Me and your Uncle Stan saw an elephant

0:01:20 > 0:01:22first time we ever came to a circus.

0:01:22 > 0:01:24Will there be monkeys?

0:01:24 > 0:01:27Monkeys, lions, all sorts. Ah! Look, look!

0:01:28 > 0:01:29HE LAUGHS

0:01:31 > 0:01:32Dad?

0:01:44 > 0:01:47- RINGMASTER:- Ladies and gentlemen,

0:01:47 > 0:01:49boys and girls,

0:01:49 > 0:01:52we bring you the wonders

0:01:52 > 0:01:56of the natural world, right before your very eyes!

0:01:56 > 0:01:59- (Lions.)- Man and beast!

0:01:59 > 0:02:01APPLAUSE

0:02:01 > 0:02:03LION ROARS

0:02:11 > 0:02:12AUDIENCE: Ooh!

0:02:18 > 0:02:21DRUM ROLL

0:02:21 > 0:02:24EXCITED SHRIEKS AND APPLAUSE

0:02:52 > 0:02:53BANGS BECOME LOUDER

0:02:55 > 0:02:57MACHINE GUN FIRE

0:02:59 > 0:03:02SHELLS AND BOMBS EXPLODE

0:03:02 > 0:03:04Dad? What's wrong?

0:03:05 > 0:03:08You're squeezing too hard.

0:03:16 > 0:03:19LIONS PURR

0:03:32 > 0:03:33Dad?

0:03:34 > 0:03:36Dad?

0:03:40 > 0:03:42CAR HORN TOOTS

0:03:48 > 0:03:49Got a surprise for you.

0:03:49 > 0:03:52- I got it off a lad at work. - What is it?

0:03:52 > 0:03:54Oh, you'll have to ask nicer than that.

0:04:04 > 0:04:07- Blimey... - I was thinking about New York.

0:04:07 > 0:04:08You're still in school.

0:04:08 > 0:04:11Not for long. And I'll have to get a job after, anyway.

0:04:11 > 0:04:14We could pay for our passage over by working.

0:04:14 > 0:04:16Yeah, all right.

0:04:16 > 0:04:18Dad, what's happened?

0:04:18 > 0:04:20Mew, inside. Christopher, go home.

0:04:21 > 0:04:23I said go home!

0:04:23 > 0:04:26What's going on? Do you want the whole street to hear?

0:04:28 > 0:04:31George, what's the matter?

0:04:31 > 0:04:33HE SOBS

0:04:33 > 0:04:34Eh?

0:04:36 > 0:04:38HE CRIES

0:04:43 > 0:04:45Are the girls all right? I didn't scare them, did I?

0:04:45 > 0:04:49They'll be fine. It's you I'm worried about.

0:05:03 > 0:05:04I'm sorry.

0:05:06 > 0:05:10What's wrong with me? Why can't I get past this? Other men do.

0:05:10 > 0:05:14- You've got to give yourself time, George.- It's been years, though.

0:05:17 > 0:05:19I'm sorry Lizzie, I'm sorry.

0:05:21 > 0:05:24We're still living here with my parents. All crammed in the house, I'm sorry.

0:05:28 > 0:05:30'I thought he'd turned a corner.'

0:05:30 > 0:05:33But he's going backwards.

0:05:33 > 0:05:36I'm not sure he's ready to take this place on, love.

0:05:36 > 0:05:38He'll have to be. We've got plans.

0:05:40 > 0:05:42Let's just give him another year.

0:05:43 > 0:05:48Him or you? Everyone has to retire at some point, Albert.

0:05:48 > 0:05:53And we should be enjoying these precious last few years together.

0:05:53 > 0:05:55I'm not dead yet!

0:05:55 > 0:05:58If you don't slow down, you will be.

0:06:00 > 0:06:01Is he sick?

0:06:03 > 0:06:04No.

0:06:04 > 0:06:07People will think he's a lunatic if he carries on like that.

0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Grown men don't cry. - That's enough.

0:06:11 > 0:06:13He's your father.

0:06:15 > 0:06:18And he's going through something awful,

0:06:18 > 0:06:19and we're going to help him.

0:06:26 > 0:06:27Here you are.

0:06:27 > 0:06:29Everything all right with your George?

0:06:29 > 0:06:32Yeah, he's fine. He's just tired, that's all.

0:06:32 > 0:06:35You sure? He tore a right strip off of my Christopher.

0:06:35 > 0:06:37Scared him half to death.

0:06:38 > 0:06:41You remember Danny Robertson, don't you, Albert?

0:06:41 > 0:06:42Two streets over.

0:06:42 > 0:06:46- Yeah, fought in the Somme? - Came home, seemed fine.

0:06:46 > 0:06:47Now he won't even come downstairs.

0:06:47 > 0:06:49That's nothing like our George.

0:06:49 > 0:06:51Well, I'm just saying,

0:06:51 > 0:06:54shell shock creeps up on some men.

0:07:19 > 0:07:21Thank you, dear.

0:07:28 > 0:07:32- What is it, Gran? - It's the South Lancashire Regiment.

0:07:33 > 0:07:36Your Uncle Stan's company in the war.

0:07:36 > 0:07:38- George's, too. - Sit down, sweetheart.

0:07:38 > 0:07:40SHOP DOOR OPENS Only me.

0:07:43 > 0:07:45Good day, son?

0:07:45 > 0:07:46Not bad.

0:07:57 > 0:07:58Another reunion.

0:07:59 > 0:08:03You ought to go this time, for Stanley's sake,

0:08:03 > 0:08:06remind yourself how lucky you are still to be here.

0:08:06 > 0:08:10- Lucy!- You want to get a grip on yourself, George.

0:08:10 > 0:08:11That's enough.

0:08:11 > 0:08:14I beg your pardon, this is my house,

0:08:14 > 0:08:18and we've been tiptoeing around him far too long.

0:08:18 > 0:08:21There's nothing wrong with you, you're not injured.

0:08:23 > 0:08:25Your wounds have healed.

0:08:25 > 0:08:27I think what your mother is trying to say

0:08:27 > 0:08:30is that it might be better to air it out, son.

0:08:30 > 0:08:31Rather than keeping it bottled up.

0:08:31 > 0:08:33Well, there's nothing to say!

0:08:35 > 0:08:38I know I'm lucky, Mother.

0:08:38 > 0:08:41And I'm sorry that Stan's not here and I am.

0:08:41 > 0:08:42I'm sorry for that every day.

0:08:49 > 0:08:52Sorry that I shouted at Christopher, Mew. Why don't you invite him

0:08:52 > 0:08:55- around for tea? - Cos I'd die of embarrassment.

0:08:55 > 0:08:56Mew!

0:08:59 > 0:09:00Mew.

0:09:06 > 0:09:07Son!

0:09:09 > 0:09:10Let him go, leave him.

0:09:12 > 0:09:14SHOP DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

0:09:17 > 0:09:18Eat up, love.

0:09:22 > 0:09:27Hey, I saw you looking at my shirt, pal. You like it?

0:09:27 > 0:09:29Cos I can get you half a dozen of these.

0:09:29 > 0:09:32Made by the same bloke who cuts cloth for the King.

0:09:32 > 0:09:34No word of a lie.

0:09:34 > 0:09:35Have a look at this.

0:09:38 > 0:09:41- What the hell are they? - Sunglasses from America.

0:09:41 > 0:09:43Stops you squinting on the beach and you can sneak a look

0:09:43 > 0:09:45at the ladies without the missus knowing.

0:09:45 > 0:09:47Have you ever used an electric razor?

0:09:47 > 0:09:50You'll never go back, my friend. Forget hot water and towels.

0:09:50 > 0:09:52Can you provide a bill of sale for them items, sir?

0:09:55 > 0:09:58Georgie! You scared the daylights out of me.

0:09:58 > 0:10:02- How long have you been home?- Couple of weeks. What are you drinking?

0:10:05 > 0:10:06Little tip for you, Georgie,

0:10:06 > 0:10:09if you're looking for a bit of excitement in your life...

0:10:11 > 0:10:13..papayas.

0:10:13 > 0:10:14Right, what's that?

0:10:14 > 0:10:18Fruit. Had one last year in a restaurant in Boston.

0:10:18 > 0:10:21All the fashion. Docks are flooded with them and the best part is

0:10:21 > 0:10:24they're dirt cheap cos no-one knows what the hell to do with them.

0:10:24 > 0:10:26Take those off, will ya, Billy?

0:10:26 > 0:10:27Oh! Yeah.

0:10:29 > 0:10:30How's the shop?

0:10:31 > 0:10:35Yeah. Erm, Lizzie's doing a book-keeping course

0:10:35 > 0:10:39so we can take it over from my old man, you know?

0:10:39 > 0:10:41How is she - Lizzie?

0:10:41 > 0:10:43She's YOUR sister, Billy.

0:10:43 > 0:10:45Why don't you come with me and ask her yourself?

0:10:45 > 0:10:48You won't tell her you've seen me, will you?

0:10:48 > 0:10:50Why not?

0:10:50 > 0:10:53I just want to pick my moment. I'm a changed man.

0:10:53 > 0:10:56On my mother's sacred life. I just want her to see that.

0:10:58 > 0:11:00I don't know how you do it, Billy.

0:11:01 > 0:11:04You've always got a smile on your face.

0:11:04 > 0:11:07You're always moving on to something new.

0:11:15 > 0:11:16You going, then?

0:11:18 > 0:11:22- I can't.- A few drinks, couple of war stories. How hard can it be?

0:11:22 > 0:11:24You didn't even serve, Billy.

0:11:24 > 0:11:27Yeah, well, I'm just saying it might do you some good.

0:11:31 > 0:11:32I'll come with you, if you like.

0:11:38 > 0:11:41ALARM GOES OFF

0:11:56 > 0:11:59HUBBUB

0:12:10 > 0:12:13- I'm told this is the future. - Whatever you think, mate.

0:12:17 > 0:12:20Get a move on. Get a move on, then.

0:12:20 > 0:12:22That's it, that's it...

0:12:28 > 0:12:31In here. Come on!

0:12:46 > 0:12:48Come on, there's a good girl.

0:12:48 > 0:12:50- KANGAROO SNORTS - Come on, there's a good girl.

0:12:50 > 0:12:53Yes, sir, have you come to collect?

0:12:53 > 0:12:56No, no. I'm just, erm, just looking.

0:12:56 > 0:12:59That's a kangaroo, innit?

0:13:01 > 0:13:03Here, if you want to see something...

0:13:06 > 0:13:08Hey, look at that!

0:13:10 > 0:13:13Came in on a Navy boat from Australia.

0:13:13 > 0:13:15No-one ever bothered to pick him up.

0:13:17 > 0:13:19Yours for two bob.

0:13:20 > 0:13:22What would I want with a parrot?

0:13:22 > 0:13:24Fair question.

0:13:27 > 0:13:31There's a good lad. Easy now...

0:13:32 > 0:13:35- Hey, what's in there?- Monkey.

0:13:35 > 0:13:37Someone ships it all the way from Colombia

0:13:37 > 0:13:40and can't even be bothered to come and pick it up.

0:13:40 > 0:13:43There were two of them. Other one died.

0:13:44 > 0:13:46Took us a while to work out what to feed them.

0:13:46 > 0:13:49Trouble is we can't keep them forever.

0:13:49 > 0:13:51What's that stuff there?

0:13:53 > 0:13:57Chloroform. Trust me, it's the best way. He'll just drift off.

0:13:58 > 0:14:00All right. All right!

0:14:00 > 0:14:01All right, what?

0:14:01 > 0:14:03How much do you want?

0:14:04 > 0:14:06For the parrot or the monkey?

0:14:06 > 0:14:07Both.

0:14:10 > 0:14:12HE SIGHS

0:14:14 > 0:14:16Junebug. June!

0:14:18 > 0:14:21What did you buy? Pineapples?

0:14:21 > 0:14:23And a few other bits and bobs.

0:14:34 > 0:14:36What is it?

0:14:37 > 0:14:42That, that's a monkey. From Colombia.

0:14:42 > 0:14:46And this is a parrot.

0:14:46 > 0:14:47All the way from Australia.

0:14:47 > 0:14:49Where are they going to live?

0:15:28 > 0:15:30Must be some nuts in here.

0:15:31 > 0:15:32Try the top shelf.

0:15:34 > 0:15:36What were you thinking of?

0:15:36 > 0:15:39I couldn't leave them there. They just need feeding up, that's all.

0:15:39 > 0:15:41What about the smell in the meantime?

0:15:41 > 0:15:46What if that thing out there escapes? We've got customers.

0:15:46 > 0:15:48We're respected in this community.

0:15:48 > 0:15:51Don't worry, Gran, I'll make sure they stay in their cages.

0:15:51 > 0:15:53We're not keeping him, love.

0:15:53 > 0:15:57- You're damn right we're not. - There's a monkey in the...- We know!

0:15:57 > 0:16:00Right. Looks exotic.

0:16:05 > 0:16:06What's wrong?

0:16:07 > 0:16:09I've just got work in the morning, that's all.

0:16:09 > 0:16:12It's my dad, isn't it?

0:16:12 > 0:16:14He won't hurt you. He's perfectly normal.

0:16:26 > 0:16:28There's something in there.

0:16:40 > 0:16:42It's lovely, is this, Mum.

0:16:42 > 0:16:44AGONISED SHOUT FROM OUTSIDE

0:16:49 > 0:16:50Bloody monkey scratched me!

0:16:50 > 0:16:53He's defending himself, that's all. Let me look, let me look.

0:16:53 > 0:16:55It's just a scratch is that.

0:16:59 > 0:17:01Why do you put up with this?

0:17:04 > 0:17:08All right, I'll find a home for him. I said I would.

0:17:08 > 0:17:10I couldn't just leave him there.

0:17:16 > 0:17:19I ought to charge admission! You're getting this for free.

0:17:30 > 0:17:37MEW PLAYS OUT OF TIME

0:17:42 > 0:17:44Mew, concentrate.

0:17:48 > 0:17:51SHE SPEAKS GIBBERISH

0:17:56 > 0:17:59We'll have men in white coats at the door if you carry on like that.

0:18:01 > 0:18:03June! Be careful, stop that.

0:18:03 > 0:18:07It's all right, Grandad, he won't hurt.

0:18:07 > 0:18:08I'll show you.

0:18:16 > 0:18:17He's strong, isn't he?

0:18:22 > 0:18:24What else have you taught him?

0:18:33 > 0:18:38Mortimer won't be happy in the circus, Dad. He's too shy.

0:18:38 > 0:18:40The bigger ones will bully him.

0:18:40 > 0:18:42Mortimer?

0:18:42 > 0:18:44You've given him a name?

0:18:45 > 0:18:48We've cleaned him up. He was very underweight.

0:18:48 > 0:18:49And now you want to get rid of him?

0:18:49 > 0:18:53Well, believe me if there was any other option, I wouldn't be here.

0:18:55 > 0:18:56Where is he?

0:18:56 > 0:19:00Right, well, he's over there, in the back of the...

0:19:00 > 0:19:02June, June!

0:19:02 > 0:19:03June, here you are.

0:19:03 > 0:19:06June, don't stand so close, love.

0:19:06 > 0:19:08CAMEL GROANS

0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Is he ill?- He's just old.

0:19:10 > 0:19:13You'd look like that if you'd been giving little 'uns rides

0:19:13 > 0:19:14on your back half your life.

0:19:14 > 0:19:17He'll be lion food soon enough.

0:19:18 > 0:19:21- I'll take the monkey off your hands. - His name is Mortimer.

0:19:23 > 0:19:25So, have we got a deal or not?

0:19:42 > 0:19:44CAMEL GROANS

0:19:47 > 0:19:50Good boy.

0:19:50 > 0:19:51Your gran is going to kill me.

0:19:51 > 0:19:54Mum, too. What are you going to do?

0:19:54 > 0:19:57Have you really got a monkey and all?

0:20:03 > 0:20:05Your George has finally cracked!

0:20:07 > 0:20:09- CHILD:- Oh, wow!

0:20:10 > 0:20:12Go on, then, nowt to be afraid of.

0:20:14 > 0:20:16Behold the beast!

0:20:17 > 0:20:19Wow! He looked right at me.

0:20:20 > 0:20:23He came from a Colombian rainforest all the way here.

0:20:23 > 0:20:27He can reach up to 22mph swinging through the trees.

0:20:27 > 0:20:28Tell them all about Sidney. Go on.

0:20:30 > 0:20:34Camels are 40 million years old. Not this actual one, of course.

0:20:34 > 0:20:36CAMEL GROANS

0:20:36 > 0:20:39You said you were going to get rid of them!

0:20:43 > 0:20:45- Let's go inside, love.- Why?

0:20:45 > 0:20:48You've invited everyone into our back yard, YOU made this public.

0:20:48 > 0:20:51Why not discuss it in front of all and sundry?

0:20:51 > 0:20:52CAMEL GROWLS

0:20:54 > 0:20:58I've tried to be understanding, to be patient.

0:20:58 > 0:21:00Give you a chance to get what you're feeling out of your system.

0:21:00 > 0:21:03- All right.- But this can't go on.

0:21:03 > 0:21:07Butterfield offered to take him but I couldn't do it.

0:21:07 > 0:21:10You should see the state of the animals he keeps at that circus,

0:21:10 > 0:21:12it's criminal. I can't do it. I'll find someone else to take them.

0:21:12 > 0:21:14Who?

0:21:14 > 0:21:17Someone. I mean, look at him, he's beautiful.

0:21:17 > 0:21:19Lethal! He scratched my son.

0:21:19 > 0:21:22Only cos he stuck his hand in his cage.

0:21:22 > 0:21:24- He was standing up for himself. - June, that's enough!

0:21:26 > 0:21:30Someone will take him. And the bird.

0:21:30 > 0:21:31And the camel?

0:21:31 > 0:21:33I can't believe I'm saying this.

0:21:33 > 0:21:36- It's a camel, who wants him? - Well, he's not feeling very well,

0:21:36 > 0:21:39so we'll nurse him back to health first.

0:21:41 > 0:21:43You're scaring me.

0:21:43 > 0:21:47What you're doing, it's not normal.

0:21:48 > 0:21:49Well, maybe it is. For me.

0:21:55 > 0:21:57PIANO PLAYS

0:22:03 > 0:22:05I love you.

0:22:06 > 0:22:08I'm trying, you know?

0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Let's just go home.- No, not yet.

0:22:16 > 0:22:19All right, Sis? Fancy seeing you here.

0:22:19 > 0:22:21What are you drinking?

0:22:21 > 0:22:23Did he put you up to this?

0:22:23 > 0:22:27# In the good, old summertime

0:22:27 > 0:22:31# In the good, old summertime

0:22:32 > 0:22:36# Strolling down a shady lane

0:22:36 > 0:22:39# With my baby mine... #

0:22:39 > 0:22:42Was your George really in a cage?

0:22:42 > 0:22:44Billy said he was paralysed almost.

0:22:44 > 0:22:49It wasn't a cage. They pinned his spine to keep it in place.

0:22:49 > 0:22:52Billy says they used to turn screws to try and straighten him out.

0:22:52 > 0:22:55It's amazing, you'd never know it to look at him.

0:22:55 > 0:22:57THEY FINISH SINGING

0:22:59 > 0:23:01Did you hear that, Lizzie?

0:23:01 > 0:23:04Them piano lessons Mum shelled out for us didn't go to waste now, did they?

0:23:04 > 0:23:07Unlike the small fortune she spent paying for your wedding.

0:23:07 > 0:23:11- Wedding?- Oh, don't worry, love, he's not married. Not our Billy.

0:23:11 > 0:23:13He's not the settling type.

0:23:13 > 0:23:15Billy, what's she saying?

0:23:15 > 0:23:20I'm saying he left a fiancee at the altar and a broken-hearted

0:23:20 > 0:23:24mother behind him while he disappeared for three years.

0:23:24 > 0:23:25I didn't mean to be gone that long.

0:23:40 > 0:23:42I'm glad you've changed your mind.

0:23:42 > 0:23:47Once you get talking to the other men, it'll all click into place.

0:23:48 > 0:23:49Here.

0:23:57 > 0:23:59CAMEL GROANS

0:23:59 > 0:24:00SHE SIGHS

0:24:03 > 0:24:07Right. We find a buyer for the animals. One quick drink.

0:24:07 > 0:24:08Then home.

0:24:08 > 0:24:10Easy as that, eh?

0:24:11 > 0:24:13Billy, you can sell a glass of water to a drowning man.

0:24:13 > 0:24:15Sweet of you to say so, Georgie.

0:24:22 > 0:24:24Here you are, is this it?

0:24:32 > 0:24:35I'm telling you we took a wrong turn at that last village.

0:24:44 > 0:24:49Hey! Where are you going? Hey!

0:24:49 > 0:24:50George!

0:24:52 > 0:24:53Georgie!

0:24:53 > 0:24:57Georgie! George, come on!

0:25:02 > 0:25:05What are you playing at? Come on!

0:25:05 > 0:25:09George. This ain't the place and you're late enough already.

0:25:26 > 0:25:29Get a move on! George!

0:25:42 > 0:25:45MEN CHAT

0:25:53 > 0:25:54And into battle.

0:25:55 > 0:25:57Hey.

0:26:06 > 0:26:09Here, you look like you need it more than I do.

0:26:09 > 0:26:11Thank you, Reverend.

0:26:21 > 0:26:22INDISTINCT

0:26:29 > 0:26:30Excuse me.

0:26:35 > 0:26:37HE BREATHES HEAVILY

0:26:49 > 0:26:51- WOMAN:- Here.

0:26:51 > 0:26:52Would you like one of mine?

0:26:56 > 0:26:58Thank you.

0:27:01 > 0:27:05I don't actually smoke any more but it's an old suit.

0:27:05 > 0:27:07I thought I might get lucky.

0:27:11 > 0:27:13HE COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS

0:27:13 > 0:27:15THEY LAUGH

0:27:15 > 0:27:16It's been a while.

0:27:16 > 0:27:19- You'll pick it right back up. - Oh, no, no, no.

0:27:19 > 0:27:22This is just to help me get through tonight, that's all.

0:27:34 > 0:27:36You're not cold, dressed like that?

0:27:36 > 0:27:39I'm warm-blooded. I just got back from Kenya.

0:27:39 > 0:27:43- Oh, right.- I'm lying low.

0:27:43 > 0:27:46Aye, me too.

0:27:46 > 0:27:48Are you not a fan of these reunions?

0:27:48 > 0:27:51First one I've been to, actually.

0:27:51 > 0:27:54I thought it might be a good idea after all this time but...

0:27:57 > 0:28:01..it seems like such a waste, you know, to survive what we did,

0:28:01 > 0:28:04only to turn into a bunch of...

0:28:04 > 0:28:06Shadows?

0:28:06 > 0:28:07Yeah.

0:28:10 > 0:28:11Where are my manners? I'm George.

0:28:11 > 0:28:13Mottershead.

0:28:13 > 0:28:15Lady Katherine Longmore.

0:28:15 > 0:28:17Lady? Bloody hell.

0:28:18 > 0:28:20Nice place you've got here.

0:28:20 > 0:28:24Oh, it's not mine. Lord Ainslie is my uncle.

0:28:26 > 0:28:28Can I ask you a question?

0:28:28 > 0:28:32There's a place a few fields over that way.

0:28:32 > 0:28:34Oakfield? Isn't it gorgeous?

0:28:34 > 0:28:37It was used as a military hospital in the war.

0:28:37 > 0:28:39They left it in quite a state.

0:28:39 > 0:28:41What about the owner?

0:28:41 > 0:28:43Lost everything in the crash.

0:28:43 > 0:28:48- Right.- Apparently, a land agent from London's been sniffing about,

0:28:48 > 0:28:50waiting for the price to drop.

0:28:50 > 0:28:53Aye, it would have to drop quite a way to be in my price range,

0:28:53 > 0:28:55I'm sure.

0:28:55 > 0:28:58Shame. We'd be neighbours.

0:29:02 > 0:29:04I ought to be getting back.

0:29:04 > 0:29:06Milady.

0:29:07 > 0:29:09Mr Mottershead.

0:29:10 > 0:29:13Most men bow, you know.

0:29:13 > 0:29:14Well, I'm not most men.

0:29:23 > 0:29:26When you've risked everything, when you're face down,

0:29:26 > 0:29:28bullets and bombs, you realise life's for living.

0:29:28 > 0:29:30We've earned it, haven't we?

0:29:30 > 0:29:32We've earned a bit of luxury.

0:29:32 > 0:29:34Eh, allow me.

0:29:34 > 0:29:35Something exotic.

0:29:37 > 0:29:39- Ain't that right, George?- Er...yes.

0:29:39 > 0:29:42George has got this parrot, you see. Australian. Beautiful bird.

0:29:42 > 0:29:45Hell of a gift for the kids. Perfect for any office.

0:29:45 > 0:29:47What do you think, Fenchwood?

0:29:47 > 0:29:49I work in a bank. I like it quiet.

0:29:49 > 0:29:52Perfect, this bird does sums, you could put it to work.

0:29:52 > 0:29:55- Sings arias.- Billy!- Call it a quid, we'll say no more about it.

0:29:55 > 0:29:57What unit did you say you were in?

0:29:57 > 0:29:59Let's just go, please.

0:29:59 > 0:30:02Well, I didn't actually ever enter the theatre of war itself.

0:30:02 > 0:30:06- I, erm...- Is there a problem, gentlemen?- No.

0:30:06 > 0:30:08I think we've got a hanger-on, Reverend.

0:30:09 > 0:30:14Really? Well, perhaps we should ask you to...

0:30:14 > 0:30:17Hey! Hold on! My pal took a bullet in the neck for King and country.

0:30:17 > 0:30:21- Billy, that's enough.- Nah. He taught himself to walk. Three year it took.

0:30:21 > 0:30:23God's will is a remarkable thing.

0:30:24 > 0:30:25It wasn't God's will, it was mine.

0:30:27 > 0:30:30I only mean when so many perished,

0:30:30 > 0:30:33it's remarkable to have been chosen to survive.

0:30:34 > 0:30:36Chosen? Is that how it works?

0:30:39 > 0:30:42My brother died and he was twice the man that I am.

0:30:42 > 0:30:44There's no choice.

0:30:44 > 0:30:47Just luck. Cruel luck and plenty of it.

0:30:49 > 0:30:53Who are you exactly? I've never seen you at one of these before.

0:30:53 > 0:30:55First and last time. Excuse me.

0:31:00 > 0:31:02I've loaded the Westcott order on the van.

0:31:02 > 0:31:06- So you can call in on them on the way to Miss Mosley.- Right.

0:31:07 > 0:31:08How was the reunion?

0:31:10 > 0:31:11Sobering.

0:31:14 > 0:31:16I knew it would do you a power of good.

0:31:17 > 0:31:21Get shot of those animals and everything will get back to normal.

0:32:08 > 0:32:10Mr Mottershead!

0:32:10 > 0:32:12Can't keep away?

0:32:13 > 0:32:15Indeed, milady.

0:32:17 > 0:32:19What was it like - Africa?

0:32:19 > 0:32:21Oh, paradise.

0:32:21 > 0:32:26Leopards, ostrich, baboons. Right outside the window.

0:32:28 > 0:32:29Feels like a lifetime ago.

0:32:32 > 0:32:34What would you do with this place?

0:32:36 > 0:32:42What you said sounds good - wild animals, space.

0:32:45 > 0:32:49You can't let a little thing like finances stop you, you know.

0:32:50 > 0:32:53That's easy for you to say, milady.

0:32:53 > 0:32:55I've never had a penny to my name.

0:32:56 > 0:33:01But I find that money is rather like a flock of migrating birds.

0:33:01 > 0:33:03It will follow if you look like you know where you're going.

0:33:24 > 0:33:26SHE PLAYS: "Nocturne No 9" by Chopin

0:33:37 > 0:33:38SHE STOPS PLAYING

0:33:38 > 0:33:40That was amazing.

0:33:47 > 0:33:49How do you make a boy like you?

0:33:51 > 0:33:54I don't want you worrying about that kind of thing, not yet.

0:33:54 > 0:33:57I'm 15. You were that age when you met Dad.

0:34:01 > 0:34:03What was he like back then?

0:34:03 > 0:34:05Your dad?

0:34:08 > 0:34:11He always had these grand plans if that's what you mean.

0:34:12 > 0:34:15Always wanted to make something of himself.

0:34:15 > 0:34:17What happened?

0:34:19 > 0:34:21Life isn't always the way you dream it, Mew.

0:34:23 > 0:34:26You have to be grateful for what you've got.

0:34:32 > 0:34:34Afternoon, ladies.

0:34:45 > 0:34:47Oh!

0:34:53 > 0:34:56Well, if he won't get rid of them, I will.

0:34:56 > 0:34:58What does that mean exactly?

0:35:20 > 0:35:23- Lucy, for pity's sake. Not like this.- Mother?

0:35:23 > 0:35:26- Go inside if you've not got the stomach for it.- Mother!

0:35:26 > 0:35:28George? What's happening?

0:35:35 > 0:35:37What are you doing? What are you doing, Mother?

0:35:37 > 0:35:41- You can't do this.- You're driving us out of business, George!

0:35:41 > 0:35:44We've not had a customer for days! You leave me no choice!

0:35:44 > 0:35:47Tell him to put it down, Mother! Tell him, for God's sake!

0:35:47 > 0:35:49Here. Here.

0:35:49 > 0:35:50Go on, get out.

0:35:50 > 0:35:54Look what you're driving us to! What you're doing to this family!

0:35:57 > 0:36:01Just tell us what's in your head, son. Make us understand.

0:36:04 > 0:36:06Let me show you.

0:36:11 > 0:36:14The first time we've closed up early since the Coronation.

0:36:14 > 0:36:15People will cope.

0:36:17 > 0:36:18Uncle Billy!

0:36:18 > 0:36:21All aboard. Monkeys ride for free.

0:36:21 > 0:36:24Well, I'm not travelling in the back of that thing.

0:36:47 > 0:36:48This better be worth it.

0:36:50 > 0:36:51JUNE LAUGHS

0:36:55 > 0:36:56Right!

0:37:03 > 0:37:04Mother.

0:37:12 > 0:37:13How do?

0:37:13 > 0:37:15Whose house is this?

0:37:15 > 0:37:16No-one's yet.

0:37:34 > 0:37:35What are we doing here?

0:37:36 > 0:37:39Don't touch anything, June!

0:37:39 > 0:37:41That's it. Just over there, whack it on top of here.

0:37:42 > 0:37:46That's it. There you go. Right.

0:37:47 > 0:37:49This...is us.

0:37:49 > 0:37:52This house, I mean.

0:37:52 > 0:37:54Now I'm thinking this shed here,

0:37:54 > 0:37:58we pull that down and we rebuild, maybe an aviary.

0:37:58 > 0:38:00Right? Stables here

0:38:00 > 0:38:04and the greenhouse out the back - now, that is huge.

0:38:04 > 0:38:08There's ten acres of land all ready to be used as a paddock.

0:38:08 > 0:38:10It's perfect for animals.

0:38:10 > 0:38:11What sort of animals?

0:38:11 > 0:38:14Horses. Peacocks. Elephants.

0:38:14 > 0:38:16Elephants? You're off your rocker.

0:38:16 > 0:38:18George, what's going on?

0:38:20 > 0:38:24I want to build a zoo. But with no bars.

0:38:24 > 0:38:26No small cages. No walls.

0:38:27 > 0:38:30Of course we'll need something to draw people from miles around.

0:38:30 > 0:38:32A...erm...a main attraction.

0:38:32 > 0:38:37And this would be perfect for serving teas to visitors...

0:38:37 > 0:38:41once we fix it up of course. What do you think?

0:38:45 > 0:38:48The girls will get their own rooms, Lizzie.

0:38:49 > 0:38:51There's fields to run around in. Clean air.

0:38:51 > 0:38:54It's been good for me, helping these animals.

0:38:56 > 0:38:58- George...- I didn't tell you

0:38:58 > 0:39:00because I knew you'd try and talk me out of it.

0:39:00 > 0:39:04But...it's up for auction in three days' time

0:39:04 > 0:39:08and I'm told it's likely to go for less than it's worth,

0:39:08 > 0:39:11so it's an investment if anything.

0:39:11 > 0:39:14You've no money to buy it in the first place.

0:39:14 > 0:39:15I'll not sell the shop, son.

0:39:15 > 0:39:18No, no, no, Dad, no, I don't want you to.

0:39:18 > 0:39:20I want to be my own man, do this in my way.

0:39:23 > 0:39:26Well, we're here now, we might as well take a look at the place.

0:39:39 > 0:39:41Come down.

0:39:50 > 0:39:51Breathe that in.

0:39:53 > 0:39:55No, thank you.

0:40:10 > 0:40:12June would be happy here,

0:40:12 > 0:40:17and she'd learn a whole lot more with animals around her, and space.

0:40:17 > 0:40:18Mew would hate it.

0:40:21 > 0:40:25And besides, how would we ever afford it?

0:40:25 > 0:40:30Well, I find that money is rather like a flock of migrating birds...

0:40:33 > 0:40:36What's our profit and loss? Cash flow?

0:40:36 > 0:40:38You need to give a bank

0:40:38 > 0:40:41a complete set of figures to stand even an outside chance of a loan.

0:40:41 > 0:40:42Then help me.

0:40:45 > 0:40:50People like us don't do things like this.

0:40:50 > 0:40:53Lizzie, you've watched our neighbours

0:40:53 > 0:40:55paying money they can barely afford

0:40:55 > 0:40:58to look at things that they've never seen before.

0:40:58 > 0:41:01I think people need that escape, now more than ever.

0:41:02 > 0:41:05Then we need to make this about more than just figures.

0:41:07 > 0:41:10Find me a pen and paper before I change my mind.

0:41:20 > 0:41:22Hey, if my mum catches us...

0:41:22 > 0:41:25Friday. There's a boat leaves at nine o'clock.

0:41:25 > 0:41:27They're still looking for staff. You could do carpentry on board -

0:41:27 > 0:41:31mend doors, tables. Don't say anything now. I love you.

0:41:31 > 0:41:34I'm ready to be with you. If you still want me.

0:41:55 > 0:41:57Time to face the music.

0:42:12 > 0:42:13Right...

0:42:15 > 0:42:18..so I have managed to get a meeting at a bank.

0:42:18 > 0:42:20I've done some work on a proposal

0:42:20 > 0:42:22and my suit's been pressed,

0:42:22 > 0:42:23so it's now or never.

0:42:23 > 0:42:26Do I go or not? I want everybody behind this.

0:42:33 > 0:42:35Fine, well, I'm going to say it

0:42:35 > 0:42:37because nobody else seems to want to.

0:42:38 > 0:42:43It's a lovely dream, son, but enough is enough. We're all agreed...

0:42:43 > 0:42:44No, we're not.

0:42:46 > 0:42:47I'm with George.

0:42:50 > 0:42:53Father, are you going to say anything?

0:42:53 > 0:42:54Yes. I am.

0:42:56 > 0:42:58George, I can't afford to help you.

0:42:58 > 0:42:59There you are, then.

0:42:59 > 0:43:03But I'm not going to stop you either, son.

0:43:03 > 0:43:05Albert Mottershead!

0:43:05 > 0:43:08What? We're not joined at the hip. I am entitled to my own opinion.

0:43:09 > 0:43:11June? Silly question, am I right?

0:43:18 > 0:43:19Fine. I don't care.

0:43:34 > 0:43:37Here you are. Are you all right? Come on.

0:43:46 > 0:43:48George Mottershead for Mr Fenchwood, please.

0:43:51 > 0:43:53Right, come on then.

0:43:55 > 0:43:57If I get this right, there won't be anything else like it in the world.

0:43:57 > 0:43:59- George...- And believe me, Mr Fenchwood,

0:43:59 > 0:44:02I've read enough to know it. And if I can't make it work within a year,

0:44:02 > 0:44:05I'll sell the house and I'll pay you right back.

0:44:05 > 0:44:07What if it's gone down in value by then?

0:44:07 > 0:44:09The stock market is crashing around our ears.

0:44:09 > 0:44:12Well, I don't know anything about that.

0:44:12 > 0:44:16That's what worries me. This is a lot of money you're asking for.

0:44:23 > 0:44:27I'm sorry but I can't make a decision based on sentiment.

0:44:31 > 0:44:35Help me put a bit of beauty back into the world, Mr Fenchwood.

0:44:36 > 0:44:39It's a disgrace the way we treat animals.

0:44:39 > 0:44:42Either stick them in cages to be stared at

0:44:42 > 0:44:45or we flog them half to death working for us.

0:44:47 > 0:44:52Men like us...we've seen enough suffering, haven't we?

0:45:03 > 0:45:05Look...I can't give you all of it.

0:45:07 > 0:45:09£3,000 is my limit.

0:45:10 > 0:45:12I'm going to regret this, I just know it.

0:45:12 > 0:45:14Best investment you've ever made.

0:45:22 > 0:45:24CREAKING

0:45:29 > 0:45:32- Where are you going?- New York.

0:45:33 > 0:45:36- New York?- Keep your voice down.

0:45:40 > 0:45:42I need you to give this to Mum, OK?

0:45:44 > 0:45:46But not until later, do you understand?

0:45:51 > 0:45:53You look gorgeous.

0:46:01 > 0:46:02Be good, OK?

0:46:28 > 0:46:32Whatever happens, don't get carried away and bid too high.

0:46:32 > 0:46:34We've got a budget to stick to.

0:46:38 > 0:46:39What are they doing up there?

0:46:45 > 0:46:47Come on, we're going to be late!

0:46:48 > 0:46:51What's the matter? Where's Mew?

0:46:51 > 0:46:53You've driven her away.

0:47:22 > 0:47:24The New York boat, has it gone?

0:47:24 > 0:47:25Sailed five minutes ago. Why?

0:47:28 > 0:47:30My daughter was on it.

0:47:32 > 0:47:34What does she look like, your girl?

0:47:38 > 0:47:39Is that her?

0:48:02 > 0:48:03Christopher didn't show.

0:48:07 > 0:48:08His loss.

0:48:14 > 0:48:16I hate it round here.

0:48:16 > 0:48:19I hate knowing exactly what my life's going to be.

0:48:25 > 0:48:30Maybe it's time we all took a chance. Tried something new.

0:48:33 > 0:48:35The bid is with you, sir.

0:48:35 > 0:48:382,600. 2,600.

0:48:39 > 0:48:42Do I hear any advance on £2,600?

0:48:55 > 0:48:59..A stable added in 1886. It's a crime to let this go for so little.

0:48:59 > 0:49:01I didn't think you'd show.

0:49:01 > 0:49:03Is it over?

0:49:03 > 0:49:06All bar the shouting. A land agent from London wants it.

0:49:06 > 0:49:08He's outbid everyone else.

0:49:08 > 0:49:10- Here!- 2,700. Thank you, sir.

0:49:10 > 0:49:122,700 I am bid.

0:49:12 > 0:49:15Any advance on 2,700? Do I hear 2,800?

0:49:16 > 0:49:182,800 I'm bid. 2,900?

0:49:18 > 0:49:192,900 here.

0:49:21 > 0:49:233,000.

0:49:23 > 0:49:243,000 I'm bid.

0:49:26 > 0:49:28I can't do it.

0:49:30 > 0:49:32Interesting man - your son.

0:49:32 > 0:49:35- I beg your pardon?- It's remarkable what people go through,

0:49:35 > 0:49:37and how it shapes who they become.

0:49:38 > 0:49:40He's a one of a kind - George.

0:49:40 > 0:49:42If anyone can do this, he can.

0:49:43 > 0:49:45Going twice.

0:49:45 > 0:49:463,100.

0:49:50 > 0:49:53- 3,200.- 300.- 400.

0:49:53 > 0:49:553,400 I'm bid.

0:49:55 > 0:49:57Dad, Dad! Stop, I can't let you do this.

0:49:57 > 0:50:00- LIZZIE: What about the shop? - That place was our dream, maybe this is yours.

0:50:00 > 0:50:02- AUCTIONEER:- Going once.

0:50:02 > 0:50:04Go on, son.

0:50:04 > 0:50:053,500.

0:50:07 > 0:50:08Any advance?

0:50:14 > 0:50:20Going once then, going twice... sold!

0:50:30 > 0:50:35Reverend, I'm so sorry. I know Oakfield was very special to you.

0:50:36 > 0:50:37Never mind that.

0:50:37 > 0:50:40What does a man like him want with a place like this anyway?

0:50:54 > 0:50:57I washed Stanley in that sink the day he was born.

0:50:59 > 0:51:00I remember.

0:51:00 > 0:51:03We had every birthday party of his in this room,

0:51:03 > 0:51:06till he was 19, till he went away.

0:51:08 > 0:51:09Him and George.

0:51:09 > 0:51:13You think you won't be able to keep him alive when you leave this house.

0:51:14 > 0:51:15But you will.

0:51:18 > 0:51:22Please, love, we've already lost one son...

0:51:24 > 0:51:27I'll never forgive you for selling our home, Albert.

0:51:36 > 0:51:39Careful with that, please!

0:51:54 > 0:51:58No talk of zoos or wild animals until the villagers get to know us.

0:51:58 > 0:52:00For now, we keep a low profile.

0:52:43 > 0:52:45You'll be warmer in here for now.

0:52:47 > 0:52:48Oh!

0:52:48 > 0:52:50I might have known.

0:52:50 > 0:52:51You might have known what?

0:52:51 > 0:52:53Subsidence.

0:52:53 > 0:52:55Georgie! Georgie!

0:52:59 > 0:53:00Lizzie, I'm so sorry. It slipped.

0:53:00 > 0:53:04- I told you all to be careful with it!- I'm so sorry!

0:53:04 > 0:53:06SHE SHOUTS

0:53:07 > 0:53:10Lizzie! Lizzie? Where are you going?

0:53:29 > 0:53:31That's half a shilling exactly.

0:53:34 > 0:53:36Thank you.

0:53:48 > 0:53:51- Oh, God!- Welcome to Upton.

0:53:51 > 0:53:52Thank you, Reverend.

0:53:52 > 0:53:55I've been meaning to call in on you as a matter of fact.

0:53:55 > 0:53:56About your girls.

0:53:56 > 0:53:59I wondered if we might be seeing them at Sunday school?

0:53:59 > 0:54:01Erm, well, perhaps when we're settled.

0:54:04 > 0:54:09Oh, whatever must people think of me walking around all filthy dirty?

0:54:09 > 0:54:12I dare say this village could do with something to stir it up.

0:54:18 > 0:54:20KNOCK AT DOOR

0:54:21 > 0:54:27Cold tea I'm afraid, love, till I get that stove working.

0:54:32 > 0:54:34Will you help me decorate?

0:54:34 > 0:54:36Any way you want.

0:54:41 > 0:54:42Mortimer?

0:54:43 > 0:54:44Dad!

0:54:48 > 0:54:53CRUNCHING

0:55:02 > 0:55:03Aagh!

0:55:06 > 0:55:07A monkey!

0:55:07 > 0:55:12- A what?- A monkey attacked me! - Let's go and have a look.

0:55:14 > 0:55:17Where would he have gone? He must be starving by now.

0:55:21 > 0:55:23Dad, where's the fuel can?

0:55:23 > 0:55:24In the hall.

0:55:36 > 0:55:38MONKEY SHRIEKS

0:55:54 > 0:55:56GUNSHOTS

0:55:56 > 0:55:58ONLOOKERS GASP

0:56:01 > 0:56:03MONKEY SHRIEKS

0:56:05 > 0:56:06Hey!

0:56:12 > 0:56:14Come on, then. Come on.

0:56:20 > 0:56:23What are you people doing here?

0:56:27 > 0:56:29Trying to build something for my family.

0:56:29 > 0:56:32For everyone's family, if you'd let me.

0:56:40 > 0:56:45I won't ever let anyone hurt you again. You're safe now. Home.

0:56:52 > 0:56:54"Now we're fully moved in,

0:56:54 > 0:56:58"I'm happy to report that Oakfield is the perfect property for a zoo.

0:56:58 > 0:57:00"If you count the stable block,

0:57:00 > 0:57:02"plus all the rooms you've got in the house,

0:57:02 > 0:57:05"minus those occupied by human beings of course,

0:57:05 > 0:57:09"then you quickly see there's space for dozens more species."

0:57:14 > 0:57:18Might rain in the night. Better safe than sorry.

0:57:27 > 0:57:29I did some sums.

0:57:31 > 0:57:32If we make it through winter,

0:57:32 > 0:57:35get the doors open by next summer,

0:57:35 > 0:57:38then we might make ends meet.

0:57:38 > 0:57:39Just.

0:57:41 > 0:57:42Right.

0:57:44 > 0:57:47But that means no more mouths to feed.

0:57:50 > 0:57:52You can't have a zoo without animals.

0:57:54 > 0:57:58BIRDS SHRIEK, LIONS GROWL

0:57:59 > 0:58:03I'm looking for someone with a sense of adventure, and a very big van.

0:58:04 > 0:58:06All my customers are curious to know

0:58:06 > 0:58:08what it is you intend to do with Oakfield?

0:58:09 > 0:58:11- He must have gone.- Gone where?

0:58:11 > 0:58:13You bring them back here

0:58:13 > 0:58:16and there'll be a petition raised in Upton in no time.

0:58:16 > 0:58:19How's the grand design coming along? Any tigers prowling the grounds yet?

0:58:19 > 0:58:21You found something, didn't you?

0:58:21 > 0:58:23If anyone were to get hurt

0:58:23 > 0:58:26and it came out that you'd done nothing about an unlicensed zoo...

0:58:26 > 0:58:28How could Dad leave us in the lurch like this?

0:58:28 > 0:58:31GROWLING