Episode 3

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04- James? Still here? - Jenny!

0:00:04 > 0:00:08- What are you reading that for? - Professor Richie gave it to me.

0:00:08 > 0:00:11You fought in the war, Professor?

0:00:11 > 0:00:16Swept up in a great patriotic fervour. I was naive, Mr Herriot.

0:00:16 > 0:00:18The prerogative of youth.

0:00:18 > 0:00:21Typical. Pacifist claptrap.

0:00:23 > 0:00:25Thanks for nothing, Jenny.

0:00:25 > 0:00:27She doesn't believe in the emancipation of women.

0:00:27 > 0:00:31Given her father owns half of Scotland she doesn't need to believe.

0:00:31 > 0:00:33- You went to the Murdochs' farm? - I did.

0:00:33 > 0:00:37- After you heard about my diagnosis. - It was my duty to inform them.

0:00:37 > 0:00:38You did it to thwart me.

0:00:38 > 0:00:41A ridiculous accusation.

0:00:42 > 0:00:45Is there something wrong, Professor?

0:00:45 > 0:00:47Perhaps you need a holiday.

0:00:47 > 0:00:49Mrs Munro.

0:00:49 > 0:00:51I swear, I... I saw a sheep.

0:00:51 > 0:00:56No, no! It must be...the shock of the fresh air Mrs M.

0:00:56 > 0:00:59Maybe you should... You should've stayed indoors.

0:00:59 > 0:01:04No. The world will just have to continue to come to me.

0:01:04 > 0:01:06Doing anything next Friday?

0:01:06 > 0:01:07Actually, I have an engagement.

0:01:07 > 0:01:10Well, it's more of a fundraising event really.

0:01:10 > 0:01:13And, given your new interest in politics,

0:01:13 > 0:01:16perhaps you might find it quite stimulating.

0:01:55 > 0:01:56ALARM CLOCK RINGS

0:01:56 > 0:01:58JAMES GROANS

0:02:22 > 0:02:24James, here's your wages, sir.

0:02:24 > 0:02:25Thank you.

0:02:38 > 0:02:41I hope it's worth it, James, working day and night.

0:02:41 > 0:02:46Falling asleep in your exam because you only slept a few hours all week?

0:02:47 > 0:02:50That's just what Jenny says.

0:02:50 > 0:02:52And she's not helping.

0:02:52 > 0:02:56Showing you off to all her posh friends until late into the night.

0:02:56 > 0:03:00Sorry. Not my business.

0:03:00 > 0:03:04Whirly, if I fail it won't be from lack of sleep.

0:03:06 > 0:03:11It'll more than likely just show I'm not a good enough vet.

0:03:11 > 0:03:15Oh, come on. You have a fantastic way with animals.

0:03:15 > 0:03:20Apart from cows, maybe. And horses, obviously, are a weak point.

0:03:21 > 0:03:24But it's the academic stuff.

0:03:24 > 0:03:27I don't seem to have a brain that holds on to it.

0:03:27 > 0:03:29I mean, I put all the information in.

0:03:31 > 0:03:33Then when I go to look for it...

0:03:33 > 0:03:37James, it's like Professor Richie says,

0:03:37 > 0:03:40there is such a thing as too much academic theory.

0:03:40 > 0:03:44But there's definitely no such thing as too much hands on experience.

0:03:44 > 0:03:49Fine. Try telling that to Gunnell. He's the one marking the papers.

0:03:49 > 0:03:50Hmm.

0:03:52 > 0:03:53What?

0:03:56 > 0:04:01You've plenty to worry about with this misconduct hearing today.

0:04:03 > 0:04:05Don't worry about me.

0:04:05 > 0:04:08I'm going in there with a very good plan of attack.

0:04:09 > 0:04:13See, that's what worries me. Attack.

0:04:14 > 0:04:19Whirly, for once, why don't you just bite your tongue?

0:04:20 > 0:04:22Gentlemen.

0:04:23 > 0:04:27My concern is for the wider implications

0:04:27 > 0:04:30of the actions of Miss Tyson.

0:04:32 > 0:04:34My own distress

0:04:34 > 0:04:39must be subsumed by a greater concern for...

0:04:39 > 0:04:43Perhaps firstly, professor, we might establish what actually happened.

0:04:44 > 0:04:49She tried to poison me. Me! The Vice Principal of the college!

0:04:49 > 0:04:50Professor Richie,

0:04:50 > 0:04:54you accept we must take a very serious view of such an offence?

0:04:54 > 0:04:57I do. If an offence has been committed.

0:04:57 > 0:04:59Do you have anything to say?

0:04:59 > 0:05:02Only this, professors,

0:05:03 > 0:05:08that I see here not only a panel made up solely of men...

0:05:08 > 0:05:10Yes. Your professors.

0:05:10 > 0:05:12Your superiors.

0:05:13 > 0:05:16I find this liberal approach beyond galling.

0:05:16 > 0:05:20..but also see no representative here from the student body.

0:05:20 > 0:05:22If I am to be tried by a jury,

0:05:22 > 0:05:26I insist it contain at least one of my peers.

0:05:26 > 0:05:29She insists! Well, I call that communism, gentlemen.

0:05:29 > 0:05:33I rather think it's democracy.

0:05:33 > 0:05:36I think it will be a very progressive step.

0:05:36 > 0:05:39And the students would see this is no kangaroo court,

0:05:39 > 0:05:40no lynch mob.

0:05:40 > 0:05:47Very well then, gentlemen. Those for Miss Tyson's proposal?

0:05:59 > 0:06:02Jenny, I think you'll waltz through the exams.

0:06:02 > 0:06:04I most probably won't.

0:06:04 > 0:06:06And the thing is, unlike McAloon...

0:06:06 > 0:06:08Or me.

0:06:08 > 0:06:12My point is my family can't afford to pay an extra year for me

0:06:12 > 0:06:14to resit my exams, so...

0:06:14 > 0:06:16Ooh, hello, boy!

0:06:16 > 0:06:18- Mother! Father! - Darling!

0:06:18 > 0:06:21I didn't think you were back till next week!

0:06:21 > 0:06:24Yes. Obviously, Rome has its delights, poppet.

0:06:24 > 0:06:28But it does tend to be so full of Italians.

0:06:28 > 0:06:30Well, you are a real corker aren't you?

0:06:30 > 0:06:32This is James. He's almost as potty about dogs as you are.

0:06:32 > 0:06:36You're terribly privileged, James.

0:06:36 > 0:06:38Freda is very particular who she favours.

0:06:38 > 0:06:41I don't think I've seen a more perfect example.

0:06:41 > 0:06:44Five generations of Muirheads have bred Gordon Setters.

0:06:44 > 0:06:46Anyway, I think we should let Jennifer

0:06:46 > 0:06:48and her young friend give us a tour of the place.

0:06:48 > 0:06:51Love to, Father, but I'm afraid we have an exam to sit in -

0:06:51 > 0:06:54heavens, in five minutes!

0:06:54 > 0:06:59But perhaps afterwards James could come over and see the kennels.

0:06:59 > 0:07:00Kennels?

0:07:00 > 0:07:04I'm afraid your father has people arriving on important business.

0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Another time. - How about tomorrow?

0:07:06 > 0:07:10If that's all right? Because I would love to see a proper pedigree kennel.

0:07:10 > 0:07:12See what I mean?

0:07:12 > 0:07:13Well, you'd better dash.

0:07:15 > 0:07:16Good to meet you, John.

0:07:19 > 0:07:20We'll see you later.

0:07:20 > 0:07:22Ma'am.

0:07:25 > 0:07:27What a charming young man.

0:08:08 > 0:08:13Some of my fellow professors were against the intake of women

0:08:13 > 0:08:15here at the college.

0:08:15 > 0:08:17But I...

0:08:17 > 0:08:23I think we have to be forward looking.

0:08:23 > 0:08:26Quite. I'm often told equality is the coming thing.

0:08:26 > 0:08:30Although, I think the call for equality with men

0:08:30 > 0:08:31does set the bar rather low.

0:08:31 > 0:08:34Your daughter, Lady Muirhead,

0:08:34 > 0:08:38could do no more to prove those naysayers wrong.

0:08:38 > 0:08:39Certainly, from her letters

0:08:39 > 0:08:43Jennifer does seem terribly settled here.

0:08:43 > 0:08:47And I'm sure, as you say, this will go some way to helping

0:08:47 > 0:08:50those students without her advantages.

0:08:53 > 0:08:55Splendid.

0:08:55 > 0:08:59As Vice Principal of the college, I thank you both

0:08:59 > 0:09:05for this generous beginning to the New Legge Scholarship Fund.

0:09:05 > 0:09:10And I hope we shall see you and your colleagues at our gathering tomorrow.

0:09:10 > 0:09:13I'm sure we will find it, uh, stimulating.

0:09:15 > 0:09:18Of course, Mother loves that I'm going to become a vet.

0:09:18 > 0:09:20Father's very supportive,

0:09:20 > 0:09:26- although he's very busy these days with his work in...in politics.- Oh.

0:09:26 > 0:09:29But Mother says as long as I pass,

0:09:29 > 0:09:33he'll be satisfied I'm doing the right thing.

0:09:33 > 0:09:37You see, that's what I don't understand.

0:09:38 > 0:09:43That someone like Whirly, who's brilliant in her exam work,

0:09:43 > 0:09:45is taking the risk of being thrown out of college.

0:09:45 > 0:09:49Isn't she saying she didn't put anything in Gunnell's grog?

0:09:49 > 0:09:51Of course she is. How could she say any different?

0:09:54 > 0:09:57WHISPERS: It doesn't change the fact that she did.

0:10:00 > 0:10:03Meanwhile, yours truly has to pedal twice as fast

0:10:03 > 0:10:06just to keep up with either of you two.

0:10:06 > 0:10:10All the more reason to get down to some serious revision for the practical exam.

0:10:10 > 0:10:11Absolutely.

0:10:12 > 0:10:15More often than not Mrs Munro has the house full,

0:10:15 > 0:10:17but she's been rather down lately.

0:10:17 > 0:10:20So, it should be pretty quiet.

0:10:25 > 0:10:27PIANO MUSIC PLAYS

0:10:27 > 0:10:28Mrs Munro?

0:10:28 > 0:10:30CHEERING AND LAUGHTER

0:10:33 > 0:10:37James! Darling! Isn't it marvellous?

0:10:37 > 0:10:40Oskar is back again to teach the joys of art

0:10:40 > 0:10:43to the boys of St Aloysius College.

0:10:47 > 0:10:49Oskar Konstandt.

0:10:49 > 0:10:51What a fine study such a beauty would make.

0:10:51 > 0:10:53It's very nice to meet you.

0:10:56 > 0:10:58Mr Konstandt, pleasure to...

0:10:58 > 0:11:02- Thank you. - You're already a great friend.

0:11:02 > 0:11:05James, I think perhaps I should leave you with your...friends.

0:11:05 > 0:11:06Really? No...

0:11:06 > 0:11:10I'll see you tomorrow at the kennels. So, good night.

0:11:10 > 0:11:12Good night!

0:11:13 > 0:11:18Mr McAloon. Please, a glass also.

0:11:18 > 0:11:20Ooh, no, no, no, no.

0:11:20 > 0:11:23No giggle water for me tonight, I'm afraid. But thank you.

0:11:23 > 0:11:27Please, to seal the hello.

0:11:27 > 0:11:30Just one very, very small... erm, whatever it is.

0:11:30 > 0:11:32Then I must get back to my books.

0:11:32 > 0:11:34To friends!

0:11:34 > 0:11:35To friends!

0:11:36 > 0:11:38- L'chaim! - L'chaim!

0:11:42 > 0:11:45JAMES HICCOUGHS

0:11:45 > 0:11:46Here come the hiccoughs.

0:12:04 > 0:12:06HE BELCHES

0:12:08 > 0:12:09James Herriot!

0:12:15 > 0:12:17HE SNORES

0:12:23 > 0:12:25ALARM CLOCK RINGS

0:12:47 > 0:12:50Good morning!

0:12:53 > 0:12:54It's a lovely morning, isn't it?

0:12:54 > 0:12:56HE GROANS

0:13:00 > 0:13:02I'm just not sure, Oskar, on the whole,

0:13:02 > 0:13:06is very good for Aunt Elspeth.

0:13:06 > 0:13:09Really? He's terrific fun. You saw how he dragged Mrs M

0:13:09 > 0:13:11out of her misery mood ten seconds after he got here.

0:13:11 > 0:13:15Yes. But then, as usual, he'll pack up his easel and paints and leave.

0:13:15 > 0:13:18She'll be back where she was, or worse.

0:13:25 > 0:13:28Breakfast, Mr Herriot?

0:13:28 > 0:13:29Can't.

0:13:32 > 0:13:36Got to go and see Jenny. And the Muirhead dogs.

0:13:36 > 0:13:37HE GROANS

0:13:42 > 0:13:46The two loves of his life in one breathless afternoon jaunt.

0:13:46 > 0:13:49Looks like you've been forgotten, Whirly.

0:13:50 > 0:13:53You see, this always happens.

0:13:53 > 0:13:55ANGRY VOICES AND SCREAMING

0:13:57 > 0:14:00McAloon, do something!

0:14:00 > 0:14:02Mrs Munro?

0:14:02 > 0:14:05Get out of here! You insensitive brute!

0:14:05 > 0:14:09You think if Oskar go this time he will come back? Nein!

0:14:11 > 0:14:13See what I mean?

0:14:13 > 0:14:14Whirly...

0:14:14 > 0:14:17You cause nothing but trouble, Oskar.

0:14:31 > 0:14:34It would be marvellous if you could come.

0:14:34 > 0:14:36Much more fun for me.

0:14:36 > 0:14:40It's a sort of fundraising event for father's political friends.

0:14:40 > 0:14:42As long as I don't have to drink anything.

0:14:42 > 0:14:46What was that dangerous looking blue stuff?

0:14:46 > 0:14:48Something called Schnapps.

0:14:48 > 0:14:51Oskar says it's good for the soul but I don't think it is.

0:14:53 > 0:14:57You didn't seem to think very much of him. When he went to kiss your hand...

0:14:57 > 0:15:00There are some types one ought to be wary of.

0:15:00 > 0:15:03He didn't look very trustworthy to me.

0:15:03 > 0:15:08- I'm sure if you got to know Oskar, I think...- Sometimes these foreigners

0:15:08 > 0:15:10will do anything to stay in the country.

0:15:10 > 0:15:13I hope Mrs Munro doesn't fall for his charming manner

0:15:13 > 0:15:15and then regret it later.

0:15:15 > 0:15:18Now, James. Be warned.

0:15:18 > 0:15:21Mother is a dear, but she'll talk all day about her dogs

0:15:21 > 0:15:22if we let her.

0:15:24 > 0:15:26That's fine by me.

0:15:28 > 0:15:31Even before the Muirhead kennel was founded

0:15:31 > 0:15:33Gordon Setters had remained for one hundred years

0:15:33 > 0:15:36pure and unmixed with any blood.

0:15:37 > 0:15:39And that's important?

0:15:39 > 0:15:43Absolutely, it is. That's quite a pedigree to protect.

0:15:43 > 0:15:48I see you're unimpressed. Let's go and meet Ruaridh.

0:15:48 > 0:15:50And look at the dogs.

0:15:53 > 0:15:56BARKING

0:16:01 > 0:16:03Are you all right there, lad?

0:16:03 > 0:16:05He thinks he's died and gone to heaven.

0:16:05 > 0:16:09This is just how it was when I decided to become a vet.

0:16:09 > 0:16:11This is exactly what I dreamed of.

0:16:11 > 0:16:14Not about movie stars or becoming rich and famous?

0:16:14 > 0:16:16Sir.

0:16:16 > 0:16:20They're all obviously very happy and healthy animals.

0:16:20 > 0:16:24It's about taking the best from successive litters and breeding out imperfections.

0:16:24 > 0:16:28Imperfections of size, of temperament, and of line.

0:16:33 > 0:16:38Camphorated oil. Have you had fever to deal with?

0:16:38 > 0:16:41We had some mild signs, one or two dogs.

0:16:41 > 0:16:44But, with treatment, it receded.

0:16:44 > 0:16:47I envy you. Working here all day with these dogs.

0:16:48 > 0:16:52I would work here for no wages at all. I really would.

0:16:52 > 0:16:55James, I think we should go.

0:16:55 > 0:16:59Unless you want Ruaridh to make you up a bed in the corner?

0:17:05 > 0:17:08Jenny, is that part of the kennels?

0:17:09 > 0:17:12That's where we keep the animals that are waiting to be collected.

0:17:12 > 0:17:14Collected?

0:17:14 > 0:17:18Our standards are necessarily very high here, James.

0:17:18 > 0:17:21There are some dogs, in many respects very fine dogs,

0:17:21 > 0:17:25that don't quite make the grade.

0:17:25 > 0:17:26Isn't that right, Mother?

0:17:26 > 0:17:27Yes, darling.

0:17:34 > 0:17:38Do you ever think about the future, Jenny?

0:17:38 > 0:17:43What you'll be doing in, say, ten years?

0:17:44 > 0:17:48I will be an extremely accomplished veterinary surgeon with two,

0:17:48 > 0:17:51possibly three, very beautiful children,

0:17:51 > 0:17:53and a completely devoted husband.

0:17:56 > 0:18:00Probably some rich and handsome chap with a title.

0:18:00 > 0:18:03Not necessarily titled.

0:18:03 > 0:18:04Or rich.

0:18:06 > 0:18:08I hope you will have no complaints

0:18:08 > 0:18:12about your student representative, Miss Tyson.

0:18:12 > 0:18:14Except for their punctuality.

0:18:20 > 0:18:23Oh! Whirly, is this about you?

0:18:23 > 0:18:27Please, Miss Muirhead. Take a seat.

0:18:27 > 0:18:28I will not deny there is

0:18:28 > 0:18:32an antipathy between Professor Gunnell and me.

0:18:32 > 0:18:34And there is a history to that bad feeling.

0:18:34 > 0:18:39A history of unfair treatment and discrimination based on my sex.

0:18:39 > 0:18:43Do we really have to listen to this bilge?

0:18:43 > 0:18:49Miss Muirhead, do you suffer from my supposed chauvinism?

0:18:51 > 0:18:52Well...

0:18:53 > 0:18:55..No.

0:18:55 > 0:18:59And you deny adding a toxic substance to Professor Gunnell's port?

0:19:05 > 0:19:06I do.

0:19:07 > 0:19:09That's a nasty bite.

0:19:09 > 0:19:13You really should have had one of us look at this sooner, Oskar.

0:19:13 > 0:19:16Cleo is very protective.

0:19:16 > 0:19:19I did not know if you feel like Miss Whirly

0:19:19 > 0:19:22there is not sympathy for me.

0:19:22 > 0:19:25Well, Whirly is not one to hide her feelings.

0:19:25 > 0:19:30I was angry, ja. But for not what you think.

0:19:31 > 0:19:35I am telling Elspeth I love her.

0:19:37 > 0:19:39And you argued because of that?

0:19:39 > 0:19:43I want her come away with me.

0:19:43 > 0:19:44America.

0:19:49 > 0:19:53Oskar actually asked Aunt Elspeth to go with him to America?!

0:19:53 > 0:19:55He was almost in tears. You were wide of the mark.

0:19:55 > 0:19:57He's the one with the romantic heart.

0:19:57 > 0:19:59And she's saying no?

0:19:59 > 0:20:01You think I owe him an apology?

0:20:01 > 0:20:03Yes, I'd say so.

0:20:05 > 0:20:08So, um, what about this misconduct hearing?

0:20:08 > 0:20:09Are you in or out?

0:20:09 > 0:20:13The jury's weighing it up. But one thing's in my favour.

0:20:13 > 0:20:16Jenny Muirhead's in there fighting my corner.

0:20:20 > 0:20:24And what do you have to say Miss Muirhead?

0:20:24 > 0:20:26As a fellow student?

0:20:27 > 0:20:31I'm afraid this is a little awkward.

0:20:31 > 0:20:33Why awkward?

0:20:33 > 0:20:41Well, because I happen to have been told, by a close friend of Whirly's,

0:20:41 > 0:20:45that she actually did put something in Professor Gunnell's port.

0:20:45 > 0:20:47We have no choice.

0:20:47 > 0:20:50I feel really awful about this.

0:20:53 > 0:20:57Oskar is very impulsive, but I didn't think

0:20:57 > 0:21:00he was actually serious about the two of us leaving for America.

0:21:00 > 0:21:02Obviously he is.

0:21:02 > 0:21:05"I have much sorrow because you cannot open your heart to me,

0:21:05 > 0:21:07"mein liebe."

0:21:07 > 0:21:10I can't just pack up and sail off to the other side of the world.

0:21:10 > 0:21:12"I have hope for us, but there is not hope for us

0:21:12 > 0:21:17"unless, I think, you can forget this man in your past.

0:21:17 > 0:21:20"Please say yes. Ihnen Oskar."

0:21:20 > 0:21:23He shouldn't talk about Charles in that way. How can I forget him?

0:21:23 > 0:21:25Doesn't mean you need to forget.

0:21:25 > 0:21:29Just let yourself find the happiness I'm sure Charles would have wanted for you.

0:21:29 > 0:21:33Darling, you don't find such a happiness twice in a lifetime.

0:21:37 > 0:21:42I can't just leave everything behind and start all over again.

0:21:43 > 0:21:44Can I?

0:21:47 > 0:21:48Here's to the future.

0:21:50 > 0:21:51To the future.

0:21:58 > 0:22:00I could ask Mother, if you like,

0:22:00 > 0:22:03about whether there might be a position at the kennels.

0:22:03 > 0:22:09- Really?- What? It's all you've talked about since you saw the place.

0:22:09 > 0:22:10Am I that easy to read?

0:22:10 > 0:22:15Yes. It's one of the things I like about you.

0:22:15 > 0:22:18Actually, I don't think your mother would want me there,

0:22:18 > 0:22:20but thanks very much for asking.

0:22:23 > 0:22:25I told them about Whirly.

0:22:25 > 0:22:30The professors? I told them that she put something in Gunnell's drink.

0:22:30 > 0:22:31What!

0:22:31 > 0:22:33Why would you do that?

0:22:33 > 0:22:36They asked me. What was I supposed to do? Lie?

0:22:36 > 0:22:37Yes.

0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Well, now what's going to happen? - I don't know.

0:22:43 > 0:22:46They'll probably send a stiff letter to her parents

0:22:46 > 0:22:48and tell her to behave herself.

0:22:49 > 0:22:51James.

0:22:51 > 0:22:55The person responsible for Whirly Tyson's problems is Whirly Tyson.

0:23:16 > 0:23:18Wow.

0:23:21 > 0:23:23Now, James.

0:23:23 > 0:23:26You must promise not to spend all evening looking like

0:23:26 > 0:23:29you'd rather be at home studying for the exams.

0:23:29 > 0:23:31Absolutely. Enjoy yourself.

0:23:31 > 0:23:34Jennifer, shall we tell him about the kennels now,

0:23:34 > 0:23:37- or do you think he will get overly excited?- Possibly.

0:23:37 > 0:23:39What! Sorry, pardon?

0:23:43 > 0:23:44James.

0:23:44 > 0:23:49How would like to see Freda and the other dogs every day?

0:23:49 > 0:23:50I beg your pardon?

0:23:50 > 0:23:54How would you like to come and work at the kennels?

0:23:54 > 0:23:59For you and...Ruaridh?

0:23:59 > 0:24:01Yes, exactly. Join our little family.

0:24:01 > 0:24:06Don't get carried away. You'll be helping out, not running the place.

0:24:08 > 0:24:13Well...I think that would be the bee's knees!

0:24:13 > 0:24:16Good. You can start tomorrow.

0:24:16 > 0:24:18I'm sorry?

0:24:18 > 0:24:23Or you can spend the next three years mucking out the stables.

0:24:23 > 0:24:25I...don't know what to say.

0:24:25 > 0:24:27Well, you must think on it.

0:24:29 > 0:24:31Ma'am.

0:24:36 > 0:24:41APPLAUSE And we all know many a man has arrived at Westminster roaring

0:24:41 > 0:24:47like a lion, only to succumb to the smoking room, the bar, the lobby.

0:24:50 > 0:24:53So often, the best club in the country quickly robs

0:24:53 > 0:24:57a people's champion of his vitality and fighting power.

0:24:58 > 0:25:01Our friend in Rome, Mr Mussolini,

0:25:01 > 0:25:07represents the first emergence of the modern man to power.

0:25:07 > 0:25:10We must pay him no less a tribute than to say,

0:25:10 > 0:25:14"Here at last is a man."

0:25:14 > 0:25:15CROWD: Here, here.

0:25:15 > 0:25:20And in this country we cry out for a leader,

0:25:20 > 0:25:24and that leader has emerged in the person of our own Oswald Mosley.

0:25:26 > 0:25:30He needs your support and also your money.

0:25:32 > 0:25:36The wheels of history are turning in Europe. Be ready.

0:25:37 > 0:25:39Be glad.

0:25:40 > 0:25:42APPLAUSE

0:25:48 > 0:25:52Are you not reminded, James, why you and I prefer the company of animals?

0:26:15 > 0:26:17Professor Richie.

0:26:17 > 0:26:21Lady Muirhead was suggesting, and I think it's a marvellous idea,

0:26:21 > 0:26:25that the College run a course on animal eugenics.

0:26:25 > 0:26:27I think it's a very bad idea.

0:26:27 > 0:26:31Isn't eugenics just the study of breeding?

0:26:31 > 0:26:33Surely that can only be a good thing?

0:26:33 > 0:26:36I'm left to wonder, given her husband's rousing speech

0:26:36 > 0:26:40and her obvious passion for the subject, whether this interest

0:26:40 > 0:26:45in controlled breeding is confined to the animal kingdom?

0:26:45 > 0:26:49Surely the improvement of the population should be of great

0:26:49 > 0:26:53concern to anyone with the best interests of the country in mind.

0:26:53 > 0:26:57Or do we think the noble qualities we so admire in our horses,

0:26:57 > 0:27:02cattle and dogs by selection should not be encouraged in ourselves?

0:27:02 > 0:27:06Simply by spurring on the strong to reproduce,

0:27:06 > 0:27:08or deterring the weaker willed.

0:27:08 > 0:27:13And I wonder Lady Muirhead, who will decide what names

0:27:13 > 0:27:16should go on the list of undesirables?

0:27:21 > 0:27:24I'm glad we can be friends.

0:27:28 > 0:27:29I'm really sorry, Oskar.

0:27:30 > 0:27:32Oskar forgive. And forget.

0:27:34 > 0:27:36To life.

0:27:36 > 0:27:37To life.

0:27:43 > 0:27:47I'll probably never learn. I've been so awful to James about Jenny.

0:27:47 > 0:27:49I've got her all wrong too.

0:27:49 > 0:27:53Perhaps not so wrong. Her father is Lord Muirhead, ja?

0:27:53 > 0:27:55Yes.

0:27:57 > 0:27:59Read.

0:28:02 > 0:28:04And James has gone to one

0:28:04 > 0:28:06of this man's fund-raisers tonight.

0:28:06 > 0:28:09Really? And you know the place where this is to happen?

0:28:09 > 0:28:11I would like to meet this man.

0:28:11 > 0:28:13What is it, James?

0:28:14 > 0:28:18It's just Freda. She's not her usual self at all.

0:28:18 > 0:28:21She's probably tired. It has been a rather long evening.

0:28:23 > 0:28:25It's a private function.

0:28:29 > 0:28:32Whirly! What are you doing here?

0:28:32 > 0:28:34It wasn't actually my idea.

0:28:34 > 0:28:36- Lord Muirhead. - Who the hell are you?

0:28:36 > 0:28:40I am Oskar Konstandt and I come with a message for you

0:28:40 > 0:28:44from all the lawyers, doctors, writers,

0:28:44 > 0:28:49composers, artists, journalists, teachers

0:28:49 > 0:28:55of the once great city of Berlin,

0:28:55 > 0:28:59who can no longer go about their lives

0:28:59 > 0:29:01- because they are Jews. - OSKAR SPITS

0:29:01 > 0:29:03Oskar!

0:29:04 > 0:29:06Disgraceful!

0:29:10 > 0:29:13Actually, I thought it was rather eloquent.

0:29:21 > 0:29:24Come on, Freda, get up.

0:29:24 > 0:29:27What is it? Something serious?

0:29:27 > 0:29:29What's the matter, girl?

0:29:31 > 0:29:36There is something wrong with her. See this discharge coming from her eyes?

0:29:36 > 0:29:38Her breathing is pretty laboured.

0:29:38 > 0:29:42The fever Ruaridh treated at the kennels, are you certain it was dealt with?

0:29:42 > 0:29:45He assured me it was.

0:29:45 > 0:29:48We'd better take her inside. Professor Richie will know what to do.

0:29:48 > 0:29:51I think not. We must call Professor Gunnell.

0:30:01 > 0:30:06James, darling, you couldn't ask your woman to get me a top up, could you?

0:30:06 > 0:30:08It's all right, Mrs M. I'll do that.

0:30:11 > 0:30:13It's parainfluenza.

0:30:13 > 0:30:16I've given the animal something to reduce the temperature

0:30:16 > 0:30:20and we should see an improvement by the morning.

0:30:20 > 0:30:22Thank you so much.

0:30:22 > 0:30:23At your service.

0:30:23 > 0:30:26You're sure she's going to be all right?

0:30:26 > 0:30:30Let's see where we are in the morning. And remember James,

0:30:30 > 0:30:34we must not upset our golden goose.

0:30:49 > 0:30:51We owe you a very big thank you.

0:30:51 > 0:30:52No, no, no, no.

0:30:52 > 0:30:55I just saw there was something not right with her.

0:30:55 > 0:30:59Well, that's the intuitive feel for dogs the Muirhead kennel needs.

0:30:59 > 0:31:02Well, you can tell your mother that I'll be in to see Freda

0:31:02 > 0:31:04first thing in the morning.

0:31:04 > 0:31:08- You mean for the first day in your new job?- Mmm-hmm.

0:31:12 > 0:31:14I hope your father's happy now.

0:31:14 > 0:31:15Whirly?

0:31:15 > 0:31:19I've just been to the police station. Oskar's under arrest.

0:31:19 > 0:31:21Sleep well.

0:31:29 > 0:31:35Oskar. O-S-K-A-R.

0:31:35 > 0:31:37Oskar Konstandt.

0:31:37 > 0:31:41Yes... Well, I've already said this to the other officer.

0:31:41 > 0:31:44I'm sure you are.... Very busy.

0:31:45 > 0:31:48But can't somebody just tell me what's happening?

0:31:53 > 0:31:56Professor Gunnell may see the Muirhead family

0:31:56 > 0:31:59as some great financial nosebag, James.

0:31:59 > 0:32:02But I find them uncomfortable patrons for the college.

0:32:02 > 0:32:05I could see how much you disagreed with them on politics. The thing is...

0:32:05 > 0:32:07Most profoundly.

0:32:07 > 0:32:13And James, politics is more than about bar-room banter after a few pints.

0:32:13 > 0:32:16Sometimes it's about people's lives. You should be wary of those people.

0:32:18 > 0:32:21The thing... The thing is, Professor Richie,

0:32:21 > 0:32:24Lady Muirhead has offered me a job at the kennels.

0:32:26 > 0:32:30And so... I've accepted her offer.

0:32:30 > 0:32:33And how will that work with your studies?

0:32:33 > 0:32:37I thought that if both you and her were able to work together, I might do both.

0:32:37 > 0:32:41No. Try to ride two horses and you'll get nowhere. You need to choose.

0:32:41 > 0:32:45But it is a great opportunity, don't you think, professor?

0:32:45 > 0:32:48I think you'll regret it. But you've made your choice.

0:32:48 > 0:32:53Now remember you've an oral exam later if you still feel the college has anything to offer you, James.

0:33:01 > 0:33:05I can't believe you're actually working for these people, James!

0:33:05 > 0:33:09Whirly, I just want to help animals. I don't care about the politics.

0:33:09 > 0:33:13Really? Maybe if you talked to Oskar, you and Jenny,

0:33:13 > 0:33:15I think he'd tell you otherwise.

0:33:15 > 0:33:17I think you're jealous that I got this job

0:33:17 > 0:33:21and I don't think you should blame Jenny for whatever happens to you.

0:33:26 > 0:33:29Why would I do that? James?

0:33:30 > 0:33:34I told her about what you did to Gunnell. She had no choice.

0:33:56 > 0:33:59I've got a plan to spring Oskar out of chokey.

0:33:59 > 0:34:01You want in on it?

0:34:05 > 0:34:08You know, I knew a girl once called Whirly Tyson.

0:34:11 > 0:34:13She never stood for moping about.

0:34:13 > 0:34:16Seriously McAloon. No pep talks please.

0:34:16 > 0:34:20Not from a man who thinks the back of a lecture is a good place

0:34:20 > 0:34:22to catch up on his sleep.

0:34:24 > 0:34:26What am I supposed I do?

0:34:26 > 0:34:29The Whirly I know wouldn't give up on herself so easily.

0:34:29 > 0:34:33This Whirly Tyson will take a swing at you if you don't give it a rest.

0:34:36 > 0:34:39There you are. Good to see you again.

0:34:42 > 0:34:46Now. Let me get this straight. They're trying to throw you out.

0:34:46 > 0:34:48Trying to end your career before it's even started

0:34:48 > 0:34:51and you won't even go and see Legge and tell him what an arse he's being?

0:35:01 > 0:35:04DOGS BARK

0:35:25 > 0:35:26Hey!

0:35:33 > 0:35:36Stop fighting! This is my first day!

0:35:45 > 0:35:47Thank you. Come on.

0:36:27 > 0:36:29You're terrible, Ruaridh.

0:36:31 > 0:36:33They're my best.

0:37:13 > 0:37:16Consider this scenario.

0:37:16 > 0:37:23A dog, four years old, a fine pedigree. Discharge from the eyes.

0:37:23 > 0:37:28Laboured breathing. Fever. Loss of appetite.

0:37:30 > 0:37:33With those signs, I...

0:37:33 > 0:37:36I would consider...

0:37:36 > 0:37:38parainfluenza.

0:37:38 > 0:37:40Good. Good.

0:37:40 > 0:37:45Nothing else? Canine hepatitis? Leptospirosis?

0:37:45 > 0:37:48- Either might give those signs.- No.

0:37:51 > 0:37:53I hadn't considered either of those.

0:37:55 > 0:37:58Does Professor Gunnell have the answer

0:37:58 > 0:38:00written on his forehead, Mr Herriot?

0:38:00 > 0:38:02No, Professor.

0:38:02 > 0:38:05Could there...? I mean hypothetically,

0:38:05 > 0:38:08could there have been an earlier fever in the animal?

0:38:08 > 0:38:09How long ago?

0:38:09 > 0:38:11A few days ago. But it passed.

0:38:11 > 0:38:14I see you have an idea by the tail, Mr Herriot.

0:38:14 > 0:38:16Chase it, wrestle it to the ground, make a diagnosis.

0:38:18 > 0:38:19I'm not exactly sure.

0:38:19 > 0:38:24I think you are. I think there's a fear you do not wish to name.

0:38:24 > 0:38:27Veterinary science, in part, is about looking into the eyes

0:38:27 > 0:38:30of the loving owner of an animal and naming that fear.

0:38:30 > 0:38:35We do not flinch from it. Out with it... Now, Mr Herriot!

0:38:37 > 0:38:39Distemper?

0:38:39 > 0:38:42Exactly so. Distemper.

0:38:42 > 0:38:45The scourge of dogdom. A vile disease.

0:38:55 > 0:38:59First you must test to confirm the diagnosis. Then...

0:38:59 > 0:39:02Aren't you coming too, Professor?

0:39:02 > 0:39:06No. Because I wouldn't get through those grand doors of theirs.

0:39:06 > 0:39:10Then, if it's confirmed, you give her this anti-serum,

0:39:10 > 0:39:12from the blood of a heavily vaccinated dog.

0:39:12 > 0:39:15It's a revolutionary treatment, just discovered.

0:39:15 > 0:39:18Inject it into the flank.

0:39:18 > 0:39:20Jenny will be there. She'll help.

0:39:23 > 0:39:26You must think on this, James.

0:39:26 > 0:39:30If a love is true, it will survive many a test.

0:39:31 > 0:39:34You mean, like Lady Muirhead's love for her dog? Or...

0:39:34 > 0:39:37Just remember what I said, eh?

0:39:42 > 0:39:44It is distemper.

0:39:44 > 0:39:46Oh no!

0:39:46 > 0:39:49But we can treat it. We've caught it early enough.

0:39:49 > 0:39:52In a healthy dog, to prevent the disease, we first give it

0:39:52 > 0:39:54the virus and then this anti-serum.

0:39:54 > 0:39:57But because Freda already has the disease,

0:39:57 > 0:40:00we only have to give her the anti-serum.

0:40:00 > 0:40:04- Mm hm. It's just a sample of blood from another animal.- Another animal?

0:40:06 > 0:40:09- A mongrel?- Gosh. I hadn't thought about that.

0:40:09 > 0:40:11About what?

0:40:11 > 0:40:15Ah. Lady Muirhead, I understand your concerns for the bloodline,

0:40:15 > 0:40:18but this is just a transfusion.

0:40:18 > 0:40:22It really won't affect the pedigree, or any future progeny.

0:40:22 > 0:40:26Do you expect me to betray generations of Muirheads,

0:40:26 > 0:40:28to destroy their work?

0:40:28 > 0:40:32Well, you won't be betraying anything.

0:40:32 > 0:40:36And surely this is a special case, because you love this dog?

0:40:38 > 0:40:40Don't you?

0:40:40 > 0:40:43Jenny, would you tell...?

0:40:48 > 0:40:51Jenny, you're studying to become a vet.

0:40:51 > 0:40:54Why should you even need to think about this?

0:40:54 > 0:40:57It's just not as simple as that.

0:40:57 > 0:41:00Yes, it is. If we don't treat her, Freda will die.

0:41:00 > 0:41:04James, I thought you understood.

0:41:04 > 0:41:09The purity of the blood is the essence we have to protect.

0:41:09 > 0:41:13Do you really think it's right and fair to make an animal suffer for your obsession?

0:41:13 > 0:41:16I think we've heard enough from you, James.

0:41:18 > 0:41:20Get away from that animal! Ruaridh!

0:41:20 > 0:41:24- Hey, hey!- Jenny!

0:41:24 > 0:41:26James, try to understand!

0:41:26 > 0:41:32You have abused our friendship, James. Now you must leave.

0:41:32 > 0:41:34James, please?

0:41:44 > 0:41:49The misuse of lethal medication is a very grave matter, Miss Tyson.

0:41:49 > 0:41:55It was only fluid extract of ipecac root in glycerin and sugar syrup

0:41:55 > 0:41:58added to Professor Gunnell's port.

0:41:58 > 0:42:01I accept it was not the most mature thing to do.

0:42:03 > 0:42:06So it's hardly lethal, Professor.

0:42:06 > 0:42:09It sits in most medicine cabinets as a prevention for poisoning.

0:42:09 > 0:42:12It's valued for its power to induce vomiting.

0:42:12 > 0:42:13Was this your intention?

0:42:17 > 0:42:22I am so sorry I lied.

0:42:22 > 0:42:25It just felt so small a thing.

0:42:25 > 0:42:28Principal Legge, in every area of her study,

0:42:28 > 0:42:31she is a credit to the college.

0:42:31 > 0:42:37Be that as it may, I cannot let this matter go unpunished.

0:42:37 > 0:42:39Indeed not.

0:42:39 > 0:42:46What I suggest is that we harness her tireless campaigning skills

0:42:46 > 0:42:50to our advantage. In exchange for a reprieve,

0:42:50 > 0:42:53Miss Tyson will commit some of her time

0:42:53 > 0:42:55to raising funds for the college.

0:43:02 > 0:43:03HE KNOCKS ON DOOR

0:43:21 > 0:43:26You were completely right about the Muirheads, Professor Richie.

0:43:26 > 0:43:29I had the means to save that animal in my hands.

0:43:29 > 0:43:32And she actively stopped you?

0:43:32 > 0:43:35Stood right between me and Freda.

0:43:35 > 0:43:39The worst thing is, Jenny took her side.

0:43:39 > 0:43:43Perhaps you can't blame Jenny for that, James.

0:43:43 > 0:43:47A woman like Lady Muirhead, and her terribly affable husband,

0:43:47 > 0:43:49will always tarnish those they cherish.

0:43:52 > 0:43:55Professor? What are you doing?

0:43:55 > 0:43:58We're going to do the only thing appropriate to the situation, James.

0:43:58 > 0:44:02Refuse to take no for an answer.

0:44:03 > 0:44:06I demand to see Lady Muirhead!

0:44:08 > 0:44:10Have you managed to kill the animal yet?

0:44:10 > 0:44:13Did I not make it clear that you are not welcome here?

0:44:13 > 0:44:17Good sense is what isn't welcome here. Reason is not welcome.

0:44:17 > 0:44:19Get out! Before I call the police.

0:44:19 > 0:44:21Like your husband did to Mr Konstandt?

0:44:21 > 0:44:25That's the world you want, isn't it? Where a uniform solves it all

0:44:25 > 0:44:28and men like Oskar get what they deserve.

0:44:28 > 0:44:32A better world, Professor Richie. And make no mistake, it's coming.

0:44:34 > 0:44:36It's time you two left.

0:44:38 > 0:44:42Lady Muirhead, I never said any of this when Jenny was here.

0:44:42 > 0:44:45But you talk so much of pedigree and of purity...

0:44:45 > 0:44:47You hold your tongue, boy!

0:44:47 > 0:44:51Be very careful. You're on such thin ice here, Mr Herriot.

0:44:51 > 0:44:54But I know what I saw.

0:44:54 > 0:45:01I saw you and this man out there in the kennels, like animals.

0:45:01 > 0:45:04How dare you?!

0:45:04 > 0:45:05Verity...?

0:45:08 > 0:45:09Darling...

0:45:09 > 0:45:13I would be grateful if you could tell Mrs Chesham

0:45:13 > 0:45:16I'll not be dining tonight.

0:45:16 > 0:45:18I shall be staying at the club this evening.

0:45:18 > 0:45:20Wait, Douglas, wait!

0:45:35 > 0:45:39Well, I suppose that's one way of getting access to the patient.

0:45:51 > 0:45:53Are you just going to stand there?

0:46:01 > 0:46:03Mrs Munro?

0:46:05 > 0:46:06Oskar!

0:46:06 > 0:46:10Astonishing how much of a fuss can be made over a little fracas.

0:46:10 > 0:46:13I am again free man, Elspeth.

0:46:13 > 0:46:18All I had to do was warn the desk sergeant that my father is an MP.

0:46:18 > 0:46:22Which of course isn't true, but it seems if you say something

0:46:22 > 0:46:25with enough confidence that...

0:46:25 > 0:46:29Right, right. Yes, well, I suppose a little animal lust is appropriate.

0:46:32 > 0:46:35I know a man in your position is rather busy, Wilfred.

0:46:35 > 0:46:38But it would mean a lot to my husband

0:46:38 > 0:46:42if you were to look into this. We have it on good authority

0:46:42 > 0:46:45there is a question over his refugee status.

0:46:48 > 0:46:54Yes. His name is Konstandt. Oskar Konstandt.

0:47:00 > 0:47:03Another fail! And by a country mile.

0:47:05 > 0:47:09Ah, Quintin! We need to have a word.

0:47:09 > 0:47:15Henry, in your absence and, as Vice-Principal, I made a decision.

0:47:15 > 0:47:19Recognising both you and Professor Richie's misgivings

0:47:19 > 0:47:24about the Muirheads, I have refused their offer of a scholarship fund.

0:47:24 > 0:47:27Mmm. Interesting.

0:47:27 > 0:47:31Because my secretary tells me that Lady Muirhead telephoned

0:47:31 > 0:47:33to cancel the funding.

0:47:36 > 0:47:38Henry.

0:47:38 > 0:47:44I appreciate that the Muirheads proved themselves beyond the pale.

0:47:44 > 0:47:46But I just was trying my best

0:47:46 > 0:47:50to keep this college financially viable.

0:47:50 > 0:47:55I know you were. And I applaud your tireless efforts.

0:47:56 > 0:48:02Quintin, I think you should know that Miss Tyson,

0:48:02 > 0:48:08an excellent student, is to remain at the college.

0:48:08 > 0:48:11But the hearing!

0:48:11 > 0:48:15I am persuaded she did nothing more than play a harmless prank on you.

0:48:19 > 0:48:20A prank!

0:48:30 > 0:48:33Do you think we got to her in time, professor?

0:48:33 > 0:48:36We'll see, James. We did all we could.

0:48:39 > 0:48:46I never thought that this job would be so complicated.

0:48:46 > 0:48:49Well, you're beginning to see what makes a good vet.

0:49:00 > 0:49:03- Are the results up yet? - Any minute now.

0:49:16 > 0:49:18Whirly?

0:49:18 > 0:49:22I have a whole list of things to apologise to you for.

0:49:22 > 0:49:25OK. Start anywhere you like.

0:49:31 > 0:49:34Legge changed his mind. I'm staying.

0:49:37 > 0:49:40Whirly, that's great news!

0:49:40 > 0:49:44First year exam results. Here are the students who have passed.

0:49:48 > 0:49:50- Yes!- No!

0:50:06 > 0:50:10Whirly, my name's not there.

0:50:27 > 0:50:28Jenny.

0:50:30 > 0:50:34I hope next term we can at least be friends.

0:50:34 > 0:50:36I failed my exams. I won't be coming back.

0:50:38 > 0:50:41I'm sorry. You would make a very good vet.

0:50:44 > 0:50:47But even if I was staying, I don't think I'll ever forget

0:50:47 > 0:50:51the look in your eyes when you stood between me and that suffering animal.

0:50:51 > 0:50:55Because some things are more important than dogs, cows and sheep.

0:50:59 > 0:51:01You still don't understand, do you?

0:51:03 > 0:51:04No.

0:51:12 > 0:51:16And I hope I never do.

0:51:16 > 0:51:17Goodbye, Jenny.

0:51:34 > 0:51:36Don't you think you're being a little hasty, James?

0:51:36 > 0:51:38My family are not yours.

0:51:38 > 0:51:42They can't afford to keep me here when I fail exams.

0:51:44 > 0:51:46I'm sorry. But it's true.

0:51:50 > 0:51:53So, what now?

0:51:55 > 0:51:58You head back home and do what exactly?

0:51:58 > 0:52:02Think about the brief spell of excitement you once had in the big city?

0:52:02 > 0:52:03I'll think of something.

0:52:03 > 0:52:07All the while remembering, as you get older and more and more bitter...

0:52:07 > 0:52:14Something more suited to my abilities.

0:52:18 > 0:52:22Perhaps you should think about doing the same.

0:52:22 > 0:52:26I did actually think about becoming an international playboy,

0:52:26 > 0:52:30but I'm not sure I have the capital to finance it.

0:52:31 > 0:52:34Always the jokes, McAloon.

0:52:38 > 0:52:41We're going to miss you around here, James Herriot.

0:52:41 > 0:52:42James...

0:52:46 > 0:52:49Don't you think you should stay? At least until the morning?

0:52:51 > 0:52:58Sorry Mrs Munro, but if I do it this way,

0:52:58 > 0:53:00it's just less painful.

0:53:02 > 0:53:05You must come see us in America.

0:53:08 > 0:53:11Not even a goodbye to Whirly?

0:53:11 > 0:53:15You do it for me. I sure she'll understand.

0:53:35 > 0:53:41So, America's a very big place. Where will you actually go?

0:53:41 > 0:53:47I have friend, artist. Not to my taste, too much old-fashioned,

0:53:47 > 0:53:51no heart, no fire. He thinks painting is...

0:53:53 > 0:53:57Anyways. He live in Brooklyn, in New York.

0:54:01 > 0:54:05DOORBELL RINGS Well, that would be something, eh, Mrs M?

0:54:13 > 0:54:15Gentlemen.

0:54:17 > 0:54:20KNOCKING ON DOOR Mrs Munro!

0:54:20 > 0:54:26Mr Konstandt? Mr Oskar Konstandt? We're from the Home Office.

0:54:29 > 0:54:31Running out on me, Herriot?

0:54:31 > 0:54:32Whirly.

0:54:34 > 0:54:38What kind of fellow leaves without saying goodbye?

0:54:38 > 0:54:42The kind of fellow who can't pass his first term paper.

0:54:45 > 0:54:47- I failed.- No, you didn't.

0:54:47 > 0:54:49You saw the list.

0:54:49 > 0:54:51Gunnell messed it up.

0:54:51 > 0:54:55He didn't get all the exam papers back to the office.

0:54:56 > 0:54:57He passed you, James.

0:55:00 > 0:55:01You're staying!

0:55:04 > 0:55:06Oskar!

0:55:06 > 0:55:09- You can't do this! - We have a deportation order

0:55:09 > 0:55:12- against Mr Konstandt by authority of the Home Secretary.- Oskar!

0:55:12 > 0:55:15- Please help me!- Oskar! Where are you taking him?

0:55:15 > 0:55:18The arrangement concerning German refugees' status

0:55:18 > 0:55:21- is ratified by His Majesty's Government. - I insist you let this man go!

0:55:21 > 0:55:24I have rights!

0:55:24 > 0:55:27No! Please! Please!

0:55:34 > 0:55:35Oskar!

0:56:21 > 0:56:24I thought I'd find you here. Finish your drinks.

0:56:24 > 0:56:27- I need your help. - Professor, they took Oskar.

0:56:27 > 0:56:30I know. And you're all asking yourselves questions.

0:56:30 > 0:56:34But the answers aren't in here. They're out there in the world.

0:56:34 > 0:56:36And right now we've got a problem.

0:56:36 > 0:56:41Loxodonta Africana, patellar luxation.

0:56:41 > 0:56:43African elephant. Dislocated knee.

0:56:43 > 0:56:44She's at Bill Brothers' Circus.

0:56:44 > 0:56:46Sounds expensive.

0:56:46 > 0:56:51She weighs four tons so we need everyone pulling together. Now!

0:56:51 > 0:56:56Professor Richie, how, exactly, does an elephant dislocate its knee?

0:56:56 > 0:56:59That's a very good question, Mr Herriot.

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