0:00:22 > 0:00:24STEAM WHISTLE BLOWS
0:02:12 > 0:02:15DOORBELL RINGS
0:02:15 > 0:02:17DOG BARKS ENTHUSIASTICALLY
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Yes?- Good afternoon.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26My name's Herriot.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Well, I believe Mr Farnon is expecting me.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Surgery is from six to seven.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Oh, no. No. He asked me for tea.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Did he, now?- Well, I'm applying for the job, you see.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Mr Farnon's new assistant.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Oh. Well, you'd better come in then.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Go on, get in.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43DOG GROWLS
0:02:49 > 0:02:53I'm Mrs Hall. I keep house for Mr Farnon.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Leave your bags there.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- Yes, right.- He never said anything to me about you coming to tea.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10But still, never mind.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12You'd better wait out there. I've got some shopping to do,
0:03:12 > 0:03:16and if I don't go now I'll be all behind for the rest of the day.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Sorry I've kept you waiting.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- The name is Farnon. Siegfried Farnon.- James Herriot.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- How do you do?- How do you do? Look, I've got some calls to make.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I think you'd better come along, all right?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Come on!
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- Afternoon, sir.- Afternoon.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13There's a lame horse here.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- This is Mr Herriot.- How do?
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Which leg do you make it?
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Uh...
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Trot her on, please.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53HE ENCOURAGES THE HORSE
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- Near fore, I think. - Would you like to examine it?
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Yes.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Yes, of course.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20MOOING
0:05:32 > 0:05:34HE SOOTHES HORSE
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Up. There we go. Up, up, up.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04What do you think it is?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Pus in the foot, I think.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Yes, I think you're right. Um...
0:06:08 > 0:06:10What do you suggest we do about it?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- Open up the sole and evacuate the pus.- Mm-hmm.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24Right. Off you go.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49There it goes!
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Well done.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53She'll get relief now.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Well done, Herriot.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59It's not funny, is it? When the horn's as hard as that?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Right, Mr Sharp, if you'll hold up the hoof a moment,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- I'll disinfect the cavity. - Right you are, sir.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Iodine crystals and turpentine.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09The chemical reaction...
0:07:11 > 0:07:14..drives the crystal deep into the tissue.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Righto.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22By gum, Mr Farnon!
0:07:22 > 0:07:25It's wonderful what science can do nowadays.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Whoa, Diamond!
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Yes, it's a family practice, really.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36My father had it for, what,
0:07:36 > 0:07:4128 years, and then before him, my great-uncle.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Things were different then, of course.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48Had a housekeeper, six servants, full-time gardener,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51not a blade of grass out of place.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54But then the war finished all that, you see.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Things have never been the same since.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Oh, yes, things certainly changed in 1918.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Well, hey-ho.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14£4 a week and full board. How's that?
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Four...?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20You mean I've got the job?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Yes.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Whoa.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Whoa.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Well, then, what have you found out, young man?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- Head back, eh?- Yes.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Well, you shouldn't have much trouble, then.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50I've seen Mr Farnon bring them out arse-first.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Wonderful man, Mr Farnon.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55I've never seen him beat yet.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Finest vet for miles around here, if you ask me.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Grab hold of that rope, will you?
0:09:05 > 0:09:10Mr Farnon always puts special lubricating stuff on his arms first.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14He says you've got infection of the womb if you use soap and water.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Yes. Don't you worry about a thing. Whoa, there.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27There's a girl. There's my girl, there's my girl.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31There she goes.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32HORSE SNORTS
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Blast!
0:09:38 > 0:09:40How long you been qualified?
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- About seven months. - Seven months?
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Well, nowt like a bit of experience, I always say.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Mr Farnon's been doing work for me for over ten years.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Oh-ho, he really knows what he's about, he does.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Yeah, you can have all your book learning.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Give me experience every time.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Pull harder. That's... That's it.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10Steady, steady. A good... steady tension on the rope.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Now, I'm going to repel the foal.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17You keep up just a steady pull on the rope.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Should bring the head round.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21What if the rope comes off?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23I suggest a good steady tension. That's it.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Now, pull on the head as she strains.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33You should pull on the legs.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Do as I say. Pull on the bloody head rope!
0:10:37 > 0:10:39She's going down.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49It'll be dead. It's bound to be.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Cor...it's alive.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59I thought it'd be dead, the way you messed about with it.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41How about a drink?
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Oh. Thank you very much indeed, Mr Dinsdale.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46It has been a bit of a struggle.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49No, I meant for the mare.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Oh.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Oh, of course.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Do her good. Give her a drink, by all means.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Mr Farnon don't believe in that, not after foaling.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Says it chills the stomach.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Old Sumner's been having a bit of a moan.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Thought I'd mention it.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Moaning about me?
0:12:16 > 0:12:17Yes.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Says he, uh, rang you the other night,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24and you refused to come out to his cow.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30He's a good client, you know, and he's a very nice fellow.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Don't want to lose a chap like that. Hmm?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36It was only a chronic mastitis.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Yes, I know.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Pass the marmalade.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- He'd been dosing it himself for a week.- Hmm.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47The cow was eating well. I thought it would be all right
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- to leave it till the next day.- Mm-hmm.
0:12:55 > 0:13:01James, um, there is one fundamental rule in our job which transcends
0:13:01 > 0:13:04all others, and I'll tell you what it is.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06We must attend.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11It should be written on your soul in letters of fire.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14You must attend.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17No matter what the circumstances, be it wet or fine, night or day,
0:13:17 > 0:13:20if a client calls you out, you must go.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22And go cheerfully.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Even if they have been
0:13:26 > 0:13:28treating the animal themselves,
0:13:28 > 0:13:29it may have taken a turn for the worse.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32The animal may die.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34CLOCK CHIMES THE HOUR
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- MOUTH FULL:- You must attend.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- By the way, I wonder if it's here.- What?
0:13:41 > 0:13:42The car!
0:13:44 > 0:13:45I've got you a car.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Sunshine roof.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Spare wheel. What more could you ask?
0:14:00 > 0:14:01In fact, it's quite stylish.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09By the way, are you going past the Weathercock Cafe this morning?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Yes, I think so.- Good. Well, perhaps you could pick up my brother.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15He's coming down from college. Scruffy sort of chap.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16His name's Tristan.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24It's all Father's fault, really.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Music ruled his life.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Wagner. Wagner all the time.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Morning, noon, and night.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34That's why we're stuck with these dreadful names.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Siegfried and Tristan, I ask you!
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- Might have been worse.- Well, hardly.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42It could have been Wotan, or Pogner.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Gosh, yes, you're right. I forgot about old Pogner.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Even so, it's going to look damn silly on that brass plate.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- Are you studying to be a vet? - That's right, yes.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- I didn't realise.- No, he doesn't talk about it very much.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05I haven't been doing too well, you see.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08He's afraid I might let the side down.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10How did you get on in the exams?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12A damned disgrace.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Bloody awful.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- You ought to be ashamed of yourself. - Yes, sir. I'm sorry.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22What on Earth have you been doing up there all this term, anyway?
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Eh? Boozing, I suppose, and chasing women.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Anything but doing work.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30You're just lazy, Tristan.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Just bone bloody idle.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Well, I've had enough of it this time.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36More than enough. I'm sick to death of you.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42He's got the bloody nerve to walk in here and tell me he's failed pathology!
0:15:42 > 0:15:45I did all right in parasitology, though.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Well, he can sit path again at Christmas, can't he?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49After all, it's a difficult exam.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I'm not working my fingers to the bone to keep him up there,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53idling his time away!
0:15:54 > 0:15:58You're sacked. Do you understand me? You're sacked once and for all.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01I want you out of this house, and out of my sight!
0:16:01 > 0:16:03That's the end. You are sacked.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Everything all right, James?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Yeah, fine, thanks.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Good man.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Well, I'm terribly sorry about the way things have worked out.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Could've been worse.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24I don't really see how. I mean, he's thrown you out, hasn't he?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Oh, don't worry. He's always saying that.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29HE TUNES IN RADIO
0:16:29 > 0:16:31He'll have forgotten all about it in the morning.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- Fag?- No, thanks.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37The only tricky thing was getting him to swallow
0:16:37 > 0:16:40what I said about the parasitology.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42You said you'd passed.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44I only said I'd done all right.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Nothing more specific.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50PIANO MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO
0:16:52 > 0:16:54I failed both, actually.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Parasitology and pathology.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Never mind.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03I'll pass them at Christmas.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Your very good health.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20And thank you for everything you've done.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Thank you from both of us.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24I haven't done very much, Mrs Pumphrey.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26It's really up to you.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Yes, I know.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29You must stop overfeeding him.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32But he gets so bored with chicken, you see.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36That's the trouble. He does so love his cream cakes,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38don't you, Tricky Woo?
0:17:38 > 0:17:42And his fudge, and chocolate, and pate and trifle.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47I find it hard to refuse him, Mr Herriot.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50When he begs for his little titbits.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Well, I'm afraid you're going to have to.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Otherwise this trouble's going to become more frequent.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57The anal gland gets impacted,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59you see, and that's what causes the pain.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Oh, poor Tricky Woo.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07So, you must put him on a good, sensible dog diet.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Two small meals a day.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Meat and biscuits. - Meat and biscuits.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15And nothing in between.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18I'll do my best, Mr Herriot.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22I find it so hard to be strict with him.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25It's being kind to him, really, Mrs Pumphrey.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Yes, of course.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29DOG SNUFFLES
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Yes, I'll try. I'll try to be good.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35And if you do have any more trouble,
0:18:35 > 0:18:37then just give me a ring and I'll come round right away.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Thank you very much, Mr Herriot.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41You've been such a comfort.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Thank YOU, Mrs Pumphrey. That's delicious sherry.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I get it specially from London.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Would you like a case?
0:18:51 > 0:18:52No, I wouldn't dream of it.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Oh, but I insist.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57We both insist, don't we, Tricky Woo?
0:18:57 > 0:18:58It's very kind of you.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02A-ah-ah! Not another word. The very least I can do.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03Come along, Tricky darling.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Come and say goodbye to Uncle Herriot.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Bye, Tricky Woo.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13There! You see? He likes you. I knew he would.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- I like him.- He's got so few friends.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19You know, I often worry about him.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Do you think he gets lonely, being an only dog?
0:19:23 > 0:19:24TRICKY WOO YAPS
0:19:26 > 0:19:28I should think he's very happy and contented
0:19:28 > 0:19:30living here with you, Mrs Pumphrey.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Oh, how kind of you to say so.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Thank you very much.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38I can't tell you how pleased I am you've come to Darrowby.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41May your stay here be a long and joyful one.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Good morning.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39My name's James Herriot.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41I've come about the lame calf of yours.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Good morning. I'm Helen Alderson. Here's your patient.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47We think he's broken his leg.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Right, well, let's have a look, then, shall we?
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Hold his head, please.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55I'm sorry my father isn't here.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- He's out in the field with the men. - Oh, don't worry.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02No, it's just a simple fracture of the radius and ulna.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- A bit of plaster should do the trick.- Uh-huh.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15COWS LOW
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Well, that seems to be dry.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Thanks very much.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24You'll have to keep the plaster on for at least a month.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28If you give me a call then, I'll come back and take it off.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- All right.- Just be careful that the bandage doesn't make his leg sore.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34- Fine. - LOUD MOOING
0:21:36 > 0:21:39That's his mother. She's been hanging about all morning
0:21:39 > 0:21:41wondering what we're doing with her calf.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Oh, she can come in now.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54HELEN ENCOURAGES COW INSIDE
0:22:19 > 0:22:22I didn't know Mr Farnon had got a new partner.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Assistant, not partner.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27I've been with him since July.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- Are you enjoying it? - Oh, yes, very much.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33It's been a complete revelation to me, coming to Yorkshire.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36I had no idea it was such beautiful countryside.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40That's Hescott Fell. Over 2,500ft.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Wonderful.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Eddleton.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Wedder Fell on the other side and Colver and Senner.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51You're very lucky to live in a place like this.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Yes, I know. I love it very much.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- Were you born in the country, Mr Herriot?- No.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Good heavens, no.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05No, I lived near London when I was a boy. Henfield.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08My father still lives there. In the same house, in fact.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11I've been trying to persuade him to get a transfer up here.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15He works in a bank, you see, but he just won't do anything about it.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Well, it is their home, after all.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Yes, I know, but my mother died a few years ago.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22I just think the change would do him good.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Perhaps.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Thank you for coming so promptly, Mr Herriot.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35I'll see you next month.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Right.
0:23:37 > 0:23:38WHISTLING
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Yes, she's quite a girl, Helen Alderson.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Been running that place single-handed since her mother died.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Her old dad, he relies on her completely.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Ah. She's not married, then?
0:23:52 > 0:23:56No. A bit choosy, I gather.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59There've been a lot of blokes chasing her,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02but they don't seem to have got very far.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07CHILDREN SHOUT OUTSIDE
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Good morning, Siegfried.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Is it?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13I was up at 4am.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15And it's all your fault too.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16- My fault?- Hmm.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28Yes. A cow with a very mild infection of the rumen.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31The farmer had been mucking about with it himself.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Linseed oil one day, bit of bicarb and ginger the next,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37and then at four o'clock in the morning he decides to call the vet.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39When I said it could have waited a few hours more,
0:24:39 > 0:24:43he said, "Oh, no. Mr Herriot told us to ring any time, day or night."
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Yes, well, I'm terribly sorry about that, Siegfried.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48You're spoiling these chaps, James, and I'm getting the backwash of it.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51But I thought the rule was, "You must attend".
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Rule? What rule? What are you talking about?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Supposing the animal died?
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Serve him right. TRISTAN!
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Nothing like a dead animal to bring them to their senses.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03They'll call us out earlier next time.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06There's no need to shout.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07What's the matter with you today?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- Nothing.- Just the usual sore head.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- What?- I heard you come in last night. Well, we all did, I'm sure.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Falling over the chair and banging the door!
0:25:16 > 0:25:18I only went down to the Black Bull.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20If you must get drunk three or four times a week,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- I do wish you would do it a little more quietly.- Is that all?
0:25:23 > 0:25:25No. Don't forget it's market day tomorrow.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- Market day?- Yes! It's the end of the month and the bills have gone out.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- Oh, yes.- And I want you to devote the entire day...
0:25:31 > 0:25:33The entire day, Tristan, to taking their cheques
0:25:33 > 0:25:35and giving them a receipt,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38and entering their names accurately in the receipt book.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Right.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Let's hope you can do that without making a bloody hash of it.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48OINKING
0:25:49 > 0:25:51This way! Pig buyers!
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Pig buyers up this way, please.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00Go, this way, pig buyers. Pig buyers up this way, please.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03£2, sir? £2?
0:26:03 > 0:26:04At £2.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07£2. £2. Two pounds five.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Two pounds eight, two pounds eight.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17I know what you want.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19A nice little 32-piece tea-set.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Now, look at that there. That must be perfect.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Nice little roses. It takes four Chinamen three weeks to make
0:26:24 > 0:26:27every saucer. Will you give me £3 for that? Will you give me £2.10?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Will you give me £2? A pound to you, madam,
0:26:29 > 0:26:31for that wonderful tea-set.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Absolutely perfect. I'll throw in three cups,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35I'll throw in three saucers
0:26:35 > 0:26:38and I'll throw in three dinner plates and knives and forks.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41A pound for the lot. And I'll wrap it all up in a little box for you.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Anything else? Not interested at all in that.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Can I interest you in a horsey?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47A lovely little horsey for your sideboard?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Nothing for your sideboard? Go all right in the morning with
0:26:50 > 0:26:52your shovel and spade all over your sideboard?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54PHONE RINGS
0:27:01 > 0:27:03LOUD BARKING
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Quiet! Stop that noise at once!
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Sorry, Mr Heaton.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- You want us to do a postmortem? - (Have you got any money?)
0:27:16 > 0:27:18A postmortem? Right.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20I'll be round right away.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Hang on, James!
0:27:22 > 0:27:24- Right, Mr Heaton. - I'm coming with you.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28I'm going down to Heaton's place. I'll be a couple of hours.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31I believe they teach you blokes a pretty hot postmortem procedure.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33I'd like to see you in action.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35- How are you, Mr Armitage? - Oh, middling, sir. Just middling.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44CAR HORN BEEPS
0:27:48 > 0:27:51HE BEEPS HORN REPEATEDLY
0:27:52 > 0:27:55There's your receipt, Mrs Pratt. Thanks very much.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Thank you, Mr Farnon.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00You're looking very smart this morning.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Smart? Me looking smart!
0:28:03 > 0:28:06You know what they say, best-dressed woman in Mansley Dale.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Oh, Mr Farnon, you are a wicked one.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- Where are we going?- Huh?
0:28:15 > 0:28:18It's the other end of the village, Heaton's place.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20You said "Seaton's".
0:28:20 > 0:28:22I said "Heaton".
0:28:23 > 0:28:25You said "Seaton".
0:28:44 > 0:28:48There's no... There's no postmortem knife.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52Never mind. I'll borrow a carving knife from the house.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57HE WHISTLES A TUNE
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- Ah, good morning. - Good morning, Mr Farnon.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13A carving knife. May we borrow a carving knife, please?
0:29:13 > 0:29:16- A carving knife? - Yes, a good sharp one.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- You want to borrow a carving knife? - Yes, that's it, yes.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24- We haven't much time, you see.- Yes.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- HE WHISTLES - Hello.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Ah.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46This is the sharpest one we've got, Mr Farnon.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Right, let's look. Yes, well, I've seen worse.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Right, now, where's this sheep?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Sheep? What sheep?
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Well, your husband telephoned us.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00He wants us to do a postmortem on a sheep.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02First I've heard of it.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Oh, for heaven's sake. Mr Seaton?
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Is he in here? Mr Seaton?
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Mr Seaton?
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Must be more careful, James, in future.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Gives a very bad impression.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- It's Heaton, not Seaton. - HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:30:44 > 0:30:46KNOCK AT DOOR Who is it?
0:30:46 > 0:30:48< It's me. Tristan.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Oh, it's all right. Come in.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59What's up? You look as if you've lost the petty cash.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03It's worse than that. I've lost the bloody receipt book.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06- You've done what? - It's not funny, Jim.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09I spent the last two hours ransacking the house.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11I can't find it anywhere.
0:31:13 > 0:31:14Heaven help us all.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20I mean, we are supposed to be running a business, after all.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22No system, that's the trouble.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Everything seems to be this one bloody big shambles.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Good Lord, look at that.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32It was a golf ball last year.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Shower up, will you, James?
0:31:36 > 0:31:39You see, what we need is a...
0:31:39 > 0:31:42an expert, someone who can do these jobs properly.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Tristan can't be trusted to blow his own nose
0:31:46 > 0:31:47without making a ruddy mess of it.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Go easy with that dusting powder!
0:31:52 > 0:31:53You see, what we need is...
0:31:55 > 0:31:57..a secretary, James, a secretary.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00Someone who can do the paperwork properly.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04What exactly is this, Mr Farnon?
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Well, that's our ledger, you see.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Yes, we enter the visit into that from our day book.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14Which is here somewhere...
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Hang on.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17GROWLING
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Here we are.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22There we are.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28I'm afraid you gentlemen will have to learn to write
0:32:28 > 0:32:30if I'm going to look after your books.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34What seems to be the trouble, Miss Harbottle?
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Well, there are three quite different hands here.
0:32:38 > 0:32:39That one is by far the worst.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42It's quite dreadful. Whose is it?
0:32:43 > 0:32:44Um.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Well, it is mine, actually.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50I was probably in a bit of a hurry that day.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Hm! It's all the same.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Look here, and here,
0:32:55 > 0:32:56and here.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58It won't do, you know.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02- Yes, well, I'm sorry. - Where do you keep your cashbox?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Ah!
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Well, actually, we don't have a cashbox, Miss Harbottle.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14- We just stuff it in there, you see. - What about the petty cash?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Yes, it all goes in there.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19All cash, petty and otherwise.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23How you've managed to go on like this for so long I can't imagine.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25There'll have to be some changes made.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Some really quite...drastic changes.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41- He's getting on a bit, isn't he, Mr Dean?- Aye. Is that.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Coming up to 16 next April.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Lively as a puppy is all, when he feels in the mood.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49- Is he off his food?- Oh, yes.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Right off, yeah.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Which is strange, you know, because, by gum, he can eat.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57He'd get through three or four meals a day, you know,
0:33:57 > 0:34:00if he had the chance. Is he going to be ill long?
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Doesn't seem right, you know, to have him poorly.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Well, the thing is....
0:34:07 > 0:34:09I'm afraid it's rather serious.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14There's this large swelling here. It's caused by an internal growth.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18You mean cancer?
0:34:19 > 0:34:21I'm afraid so.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25I wish there was something I could do for him, but there isn't.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32You mean he's going to die?
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Well, he's in some distress now. It's going to get worse.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40I think it'd be a kindness if we put him to sleep.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Just a minute.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01All right, Mr Herriot, you'd best do it now.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04There's no need to worry.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08It's just an overdose of an anaesthetic.
0:35:09 > 0:35:10Quite painless.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Good, quick way out for the old boy.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22DOG PANTS
0:35:28 > 0:35:30There's a good boy.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32There we are.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40There, there...
0:36:01 > 0:36:02Is that it?
0:36:04 > 0:36:05Yes.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07He's out of his pain now.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Well, you're quite right, Mr Herriot. We couldn't see him suffer.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18I'm very grateful, you know, for what you've done.
0:36:18 > 0:36:23- Well... We'd best settle up now. - No, that's all right, Mr Dean.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25I had to pass your house anyway. It's no problem.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- No, no, Mr Herriot. - Let's say no more about it.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30- No, please, I'm not... - Not another word.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Mr Herriot! Just a minute!
0:36:47 > 0:36:48Mr Herriot.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Thank you, sir. You've been very kind to me, sir.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55I've got something for you.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00This is for you. A cigar.
0:37:00 > 0:37:01Thank you, sir. Thank you.
0:37:11 > 0:37:12DOG BARKS INSIDE
0:37:12 > 0:37:16- Good morning, Mrs Hall.- Morning, Mr Broadbent. Bit chilly today.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Did you hear about Luke Benson's missus
0:37:19 > 0:37:21running off with that young fella from Clover Hill?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Yes. Dreadful, isn't it?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- And I'll tell you something else, Mrs Hall.- Yes?
0:37:26 > 0:37:28I wish somebody'd take my old bugger!
0:37:28 > 0:37:29HE LAUGHS
0:37:29 > 0:37:32CROCKERY CLATTERS
0:37:32 > 0:37:33Please don't do that.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Don't do what?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39It sets my teeth on edge. That scraping noise.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Oh, I see. You're in one of your moods, are you?
0:37:45 > 0:37:46I've got a terrible headache.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Hangover is the word, Tristan.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Hangover.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53I'm not surprised...
0:37:55 > 0:37:57..the amount you put away last night.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59You didn't do too badly yourself.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03I know when to stop, unlike some people.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05- DOGS BARK OUTSIDE - Shut up!
0:38:05 > 0:38:08It's just the morning mail.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13Oh, heaven help us. I can't face all that efficiency this morning.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Hangover's the word, Siegfried. Hangover.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21I've put the business mail in the office, Mr Farnon.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23- Personal letter for you, Mr Herriot. - Thank you, Miss Harbottle.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28I should like to start as soon as possible.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30There is a great deal of work to be done.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Yes, in a minute, Miss Harbottle.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- Oh, Lord. - What is it? Another bill?
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Uh, it's...
0:38:47 > 0:38:49..an invitation.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50Let me see.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58Listen to this. "Tricki Woo requests the pleasure
0:38:58 > 0:39:03"of Uncle Herriot's company at a garden party on August 5th."
0:39:05 > 0:39:09Very funny. What on earth am I going to do, Siegfried?
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Well, accept, of course.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12Mrs Pumphrey's parties are famous.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Mountains of food and rivers of champagne.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20And since you're invited by Tricky Woo himself,
0:39:20 > 0:39:22you'll be the guest of honour.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25MUSIC PLAYS
0:39:25 > 0:39:29# This world's becoming a gay one
0:39:29 > 0:39:31# I used to think it a grey one
0:39:31 > 0:39:35# But I discovered it's A1 just now
0:39:35 > 0:39:38# It's taken on a new meaning
0:39:38 > 0:39:40# It's very nice to be seen in
0:39:40 > 0:39:45# There's been a little spring cleaning somehow
0:39:45 > 0:39:47# Who's been polishing the sun
0:39:47 > 0:39:49# Rubbing out the clouds of grey?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51# They must've known just how I like it
0:39:51 > 0:39:54# Everything's coming my way
0:39:54 > 0:39:56# Who's been teaching all the birds
0:39:56 > 0:39:58# How to sing a roundelay?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01# They must've known just how I like it
0:40:01 > 0:40:03# Everything's coming my way
0:40:03 > 0:40:07# Yesterday everything looked anyhow
0:40:07 > 0:40:11# When I met someone and look at it now
0:40:11 > 0:40:14# Who's been polishing the sun
0:40:14 > 0:40:16# Rubbing out the clouds of grey?
0:40:16 > 0:40:19# They must have known just how I like it
0:40:19 > 0:40:21# Everything's coming my way
0:40:21 > 0:40:22# Tell me who's been polishing the sun
0:40:22 > 0:40:25# Sweeping all the stormy clouds away?
0:40:25 > 0:40:27# They must've known just how I like it
0:40:27 > 0:40:30# Every little thing's going to be OK
0:40:30 > 0:40:32# Tell me, who's been teaching all the birds
0:40:32 > 0:40:34# How to sing a merry roundelay... #
0:40:34 > 0:40:36LAUGHTER AND CHATTER NEARBY
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- Yes, it's quite good, isn't it? - SHE CHUCKLES
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Ah, James!
0:40:45 > 0:40:47You've met Joyce, haven't you?
0:40:47 > 0:40:50- Yes.- No.- We met at the races.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Oh, yes, sorry.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59Do me a favour.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Yes, of course.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05I want you to post this.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10I want it to go out this evening, you see.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11You want me to post it?
0:41:13 > 0:41:17Yes. You're going to this gramophone thing, aren't you?
0:41:18 > 0:41:19Yes. Yes, I am.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Aren't you?
0:41:23 > 0:41:24Well, I was going to go with Tristan,
0:41:24 > 0:41:26but he seems to have changed his mind.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31Oh! You don't need Tristan to hold your hand, surely?
0:41:32 > 0:41:35It's the music you're going for, after all. Hm?
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Yes.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39Yes.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Well, I'll see you later.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47I do hope you have a nice time.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Yes.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54GRAMOPHONE PLAYS CHAMBER MUSIC
0:42:39 > 0:42:41MUSIC STOPS
0:43:06 > 0:43:09MUSIC RESUMES
0:43:14 > 0:43:15Let me have a go.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22Are you sure it's not too grand?
0:43:22 > 0:43:24No, of course not.
0:43:24 > 0:43:25Everyone goes to the Reniston.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27You've got to impress her, after all.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29You can't take her to the Black Bull.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31HE SCOFFS
0:43:34 > 0:43:35There.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38- How do I look?- Not bad.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40THUNDER RUMBLES, DOGS WHINE
0:43:40 > 0:43:41Not bad at all.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43The sleeves are a bit short.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45A mere detail.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Nothing to worry about.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49Yes, I can just see it.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52Sweet music oozing out of Benny Thornton's trombone, and you,
0:43:52 > 0:43:54full of lobster thermidor, floating round the dance floor.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59Good heavens. Prince Charming off to the ball.
0:43:59 > 0:44:00I'm taking Helen Alderson out to dinner.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03Ah, yes, tonight's the night.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Where did you get the suit from?
0:44:05 > 0:44:07I borrowed it from Tristan.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09The sleeves are a little bit short, aren't they?
0:44:09 > 0:44:13Stop undermining his confidence and finding fault.
0:44:13 > 0:44:14What confidence?
0:44:14 > 0:44:16THUNDER CRASHES
0:44:20 > 0:44:22TOOLS CLATTER
0:44:26 > 0:44:28TOOLS THUMP ON BACK SEAT
0:44:40 > 0:44:42Not bad. Five minutes flat, eh?
0:44:53 > 0:44:55ENGINE STARTS
0:44:56 > 0:44:58You're absolutely drenched.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00I'll soon dry.
0:45:00 > 0:45:01Look at your shoes!
0:45:02 > 0:45:04Yes.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Well... Doesn't matter.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12We'd better go back home.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16You can borrow a pair of my father's.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22THUNDER RUMBLES
0:45:22 > 0:45:23Dreadful night.
0:45:25 > 0:45:26I've known worse.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29Oh, yes, so have I. Much worse.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36Pity about them trousers.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38Oh, they'll be all right once they're pressed.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40Rots the fabric, or so I'm told.
0:45:42 > 0:45:44Never the same after a good soaking.
0:45:45 > 0:45:46Here we are.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Will these be all right?
0:45:50 > 0:45:51Oh, yes. Thank you.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53Yes, they're fine...
0:46:11 > 0:46:13Good evening, sir.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15Are we too late for the dinner dance?
0:46:15 > 0:46:16There's no dance tonight, sir.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19We only hold them once a fortnight.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21Oh. Well, I didn't realise.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Never mind. We can have dinner, then.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27Table for two, sir?
0:46:27 > 0:46:28Yes, please.
0:46:29 > 0:46:30This way, please.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35Goodnight.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38Goodnight, sir. Nice to see you again.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40BUZZ OF CONVERSATION
0:47:00 > 0:47:02Are you staying, sir?
0:47:03 > 0:47:04Well, yes, of course.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08What room number, sir?
0:47:10 > 0:47:11Why... I'm not living here.
0:47:13 > 0:47:14I see.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Not staying.
0:47:20 > 0:47:22- Have you been here before? - Once or twice.
0:47:24 > 0:47:25It's very...
0:47:27 > 0:47:28Very comfortable, isn't it?
0:47:29 > 0:47:31A bit ostentatious.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Yes.
0:47:36 > 0:47:37Yes, it is a bit.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45- How's the calf?- How's the what?
0:47:46 > 0:47:49- The calf with the broken leg. - Oh, fine.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52Father took the bandage off.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54Seemed a bit silly to drag you all the way out there.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56Well, I wouldn't have minded.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10- How's the beef?- All being well, it should be a very good year.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13We're quite pleased about it.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15Good. Actually, I meant this beef.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17This beef?
0:48:17 > 0:48:19Oh, I'm sorry.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21It's nice. Very nice indeed.
0:48:25 > 0:48:26Are you happy here?
0:48:29 > 0:48:31Well, yes. Aren't you?
0:48:31 > 0:48:33I meant in Darrowby, in your job.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35Well, of course.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37Don't I seem to be?
0:48:37 > 0:48:38I just wondered.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42It must feel a bit strange sometimes.
0:48:44 > 0:48:45Why should it?
0:48:46 > 0:48:48It's not what you're used to, after all, this sort of life.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53I thought I was settling down rather well.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56- I didn't mean that. - Well, don't you think I am?
0:48:58 > 0:49:00Yes. You're doing wonderfully.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02Everyone likes you very much.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07Oh, don't look so worried. It was just a passing thought.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14I didn't mean to upset you, it's just that...
0:49:14 > 0:49:18- we were wondering if you ever miss London.- We?
0:49:18 > 0:49:20I was telling my father about your family.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22He asked me whereabouts in the country you came from.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24I suppose he doesn't approve.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27It isn't a question of approve or disapprove.
0:49:27 > 0:49:29Don't be so edgy.
0:49:41 > 0:49:45Look, it was just a casual remark.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47Let's forget it, shall we?
0:49:47 > 0:49:49CHURCH BELLS RING, BAUBLE TINKLES
0:49:57 > 0:50:00It's quite obvious that your social life has suffered badly
0:50:00 > 0:50:03- during my absence. - I've been working, Tristan!
0:50:03 > 0:50:04Don't you start, please.
0:50:04 > 0:50:08I've had enough brotherly advice to last me a lifetime.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11Anyway, I'll pass in the summer. I'm bound to.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14Not many berries on this stuff, are there?
0:50:15 > 0:50:18You're behaving like a bullock with a bellyache.
0:50:18 > 0:50:19All because you had a disastrous night
0:50:19 > 0:50:23and she's given you the old heave-ho. Well, so what?
0:50:23 > 0:50:26Do you know how many times I've been spurned?
0:50:28 > 0:50:30Spurned?
0:50:31 > 0:50:33It never even got started.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35Forget it, lad, and get out into the big world.
0:50:35 > 0:50:39The rich tapestry of life is waiting for you there.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41Think of all the lovely girls in Darrowby.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43You can hardly move for them.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46Tell you what, why don't you let me fix something up?
0:50:46 > 0:50:48'Nice little foursome.
0:50:48 > 0:50:49'Just what you need.'
0:50:53 > 0:50:54Connie.
0:50:57 > 0:51:02Brenda. The two prettiest nurses in the whole of Yorkshire.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04BRENDA AND CONNIE LAUGH Hello, Connie.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08You'll have to watch him, girls. He's a devil with women.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10THEY GIGGLE
0:51:10 > 0:51:13How about a little drink to get us all in the mood?
0:51:18 > 0:51:22# Five gold rings!
0:51:22 > 0:51:25ALL: # Four calling birds, three French hens
0:51:25 > 0:51:26# Two turtle doves
0:51:26 > 0:51:29# And a partridge in a pear tree! #
0:52:11 > 0:52:13Come on, drink up.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15It's time we were off to that dance.
0:52:15 > 0:52:16DRUMROLL
0:52:16 > 0:52:20Ladies and gentlemen, please take your partners for the Lambeth Walk.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23Now, come on, everyone. We want you all on the floor.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25BAND PLAYS LAMBETH WALK
0:52:36 > 0:52:38- # Doing the Lambeth Walk! - Hoi! #
0:52:38 > 0:52:40- Hold it, now, hold it! - BAND STOPS
0:52:40 > 0:52:42Let's have a bit more hoi!
0:52:42 > 0:52:44- Hoi!- All right, once more, boys.
0:52:44 > 0:52:48BAND PLAYS INTRO
0:52:50 > 0:52:53# Any time you're Lambeth way
0:52:53 > 0:52:55# Any evening, any day
0:52:55 > 0:52:58# You'll find us all
0:52:58 > 0:53:00# Doin' the Lambeth walk. HOI! #
0:53:00 > 0:53:01Better.
0:53:01 > 0:53:03# Every little Lambeth gal
0:53:03 > 0:53:06# With her little Lambeth pal
0:53:06 > 0:53:09# You'll find 'em all... Hey!
0:53:09 > 0:53:12# Doin' the Lambeth Walk! HOI!
0:53:12 > 0:53:14# Everything's free and easy
0:53:14 > 0:53:17# Do as you darn well pleasey
0:53:17 > 0:53:20# Why don't you make your way there?
0:53:20 > 0:53:22# Go there, stay there
0:53:22 > 0:53:25# Once you get down Lambeth way
0:53:25 > 0:53:27- # Every evening... - Bom-bom-bom
0:53:27 > 0:53:30# You'll find them all, hey!
0:53:30 > 0:53:33# Doin' the Lambeth Walk! HOI! #
0:53:33 > 0:53:36LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:53:50 > 0:53:51Connie?
0:53:53 > 0:53:57- Try some of this. It's delicious. - What is it?- Pork pie.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59- I've got trifle. - It doesn't matter. Try some.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01APPLAUSE
0:54:12 > 0:54:15BAND PLAYS WALTZ
0:54:49 > 0:54:51James?
0:54:54 > 0:54:56I don't feel very well...
0:55:08 > 0:55:10SHE RETCHES
0:55:13 > 0:55:16SHE RETCHES
0:55:19 > 0:55:21Are you enjoying the dance?
0:55:23 > 0:55:25Merry Christmas, James.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28Same to you.
0:55:32 > 0:55:34I've had a cow struck by lightning.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37It's laid up in the field.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39Are you sure it was lightning, Mr Cranford?
0:55:39 > 0:55:40We haven't had a storm today.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43Maybe you haven't had one, but we've had one here.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45Must be lightning. Couldn't be owt else.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47- Morning, Mr Herriot. - Bugger t'morning!
0:55:47 > 0:55:49Get on with some work!
0:56:01 > 0:56:04Are you sure it was killed by lightning, Mr Cranford?
0:56:04 > 0:56:06Couldn't be owt else.
0:56:08 > 0:56:12Nasty storm. A good beast like that dropped down dead.
0:56:12 > 0:56:15It didn't exactly drop down, did it?
0:56:15 > 0:56:17It died in convulsions.
0:56:19 > 0:56:23You can see here, where its hooves have kicked up the grass.
0:56:23 > 0:56:24All right, then. It had a convulsion,
0:56:24 > 0:56:27but it was the lightning that brought it on.
0:56:27 > 0:56:28No, I'm not so sure.
0:56:30 > 0:56:31One of the signs of lightning stroke
0:56:31 > 0:56:34is that the animal falls without a struggle.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37Some of them still have the grass in their mouths.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40- Well, it's not all the same, you know.- No, no, I realise that.
0:56:40 > 0:56:44Look here. I've been among livestock for half a century.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46This isn't the first beast I've seen struck.
0:56:46 > 0:56:49This could have been caused by so many things.
0:56:49 > 0:56:51What about the side and shoulder?
0:56:51 > 0:56:53What about the bloody burn?
0:56:54 > 0:56:57Doesn't prove very much, Mr Cranford.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00What do you mean?
0:57:01 > 0:57:05- I just want to be sure, that's all. - Don't give me that.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07I know what's in your mind, oh, aye.
0:57:07 > 0:57:10Did it myself with a red-hot poker,
0:57:10 > 0:57:12just so as I could get the insurance?
0:57:13 > 0:57:17I can't sign a death certificate without doing a postmortem.
0:57:17 > 0:57:21That beast's worth £80 to me! I can't afford to lose £80!
0:57:21 > 0:57:23I'll see you at Mallock's yard tomorrow morning, ten o'clock.
0:57:23 > 0:57:24All right?
0:57:32 > 0:57:33No bother at all.
0:57:36 > 0:57:39Now, let's take a look at her.
0:57:43 > 0:57:45SAWING, SLICING
0:57:57 > 0:57:59Aye.
0:57:59 > 0:58:01There you are.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03It seems you was right, Mr Cranford.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06Aye, it does, doesn't it?
0:58:07 > 0:58:09Lightning got her. There's no mistaking that.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14Perhaps Mr Herriot would be kind enough to give us his opinion.
0:58:17 > 0:58:18Yes.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20Lightning.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24I'm sorry.
0:58:25 > 0:58:27Thanks, Jeff. Very grateful.
0:58:42 > 0:58:45You can tell Mr Farnon I'll be going to another vet in future.
0:58:49 > 0:58:51I won't forget this either.
0:58:51 > 0:58:54I've got influence round here, you know!
0:58:54 > 0:58:56I've got influence round here!
0:58:57 > 0:59:00BLEATING
0:59:22 > 0:59:24- SIEGFRIED:- Please hear me out, Miss Harbottle!
0:59:24 > 0:59:27It's the tenth day of the month and the accounts haven't even gone out.
0:59:27 > 0:59:29- But Mr Farnon! - Think of the interest we're losing?
0:59:29 > 0:59:33- I can't waste money...- How can I? - Don't change the subject!
0:59:33 > 0:59:36It's efficiency, Miss Harbottle. That's what we need. Efficiency!
0:59:39 > 0:59:41What is it?
0:59:41 > 0:59:43- Ignition keys.- Life would be easier
0:59:43 > 0:59:46if you would take a leaf out of Mr Herriot's book.
0:59:47 > 0:59:51- Oh, yes? In what way?- Well, at least he keeps proper records!
0:59:52 > 0:59:55- Well, what do you think that is? - A meaningless scrawl!
0:59:56 > 0:59:58I have done my best, Mr Farnon...
0:59:59 > 1:00:01..but I can't work miracles.
1:00:04 > 1:00:06DOOR SLAMS, DOGS BARK
1:00:09 > 1:00:10Yes, well.
1:00:12 > 1:00:14You've had some good ideas, James.
1:00:15 > 1:00:17Yes, I'd be the first to admit that.
1:00:17 > 1:00:20But Miss Harbottle certainly wasn't one of them!
1:00:20 > 1:00:22Far from it. Far, far from it...
1:00:27 > 1:00:29PHONE RINGS
1:00:36 > 1:00:39- Darrowby 85.- 'Is that Mr Farnon?'
1:00:39 > 1:00:41No, I'm afraid he's out. This is his assistant.
1:00:41 > 1:00:44- 'I'm Mr Soames, Lord Hulton's farm manager.'- Yes, Mr Soames.
1:00:44 > 1:00:47'You'd better get over here straightaway
1:00:47 > 1:00:49'and bring some arecoline with you.
1:00:49 > 1:00:51- Arecoline? - 'Mr Farnon always uses it.
1:00:51 > 1:00:53'We've got a valuable hunting horse with colic.
1:00:53 > 1:00:55'You know anything about colic?'
1:00:55 > 1:00:58I'm a veterinary surgeon, so I should know something about it.
1:00:58 > 1:01:01'Let's hope so. It's one of His Lordship's best hunters.'
1:01:01 > 1:01:03Right. I'm leaving now, Mr Soames.
1:01:29 > 1:01:31HORSE GRUNTS
1:01:34 > 1:01:37- How long has he been like this? - All day. I've told you.
1:01:41 > 1:01:43Put a halter on him. I'll examine him now.
1:01:49 > 1:01:52- Whoa, lad. Whoa. - Have you got the arecoline with you?
1:01:52 > 1:01:54HORSE GRUNTS AND SNORTS
1:02:40 > 1:02:43This is no ordinary colic, Mr Soames.
1:02:43 > 1:02:44Then what the hell is it?
1:02:46 > 1:02:48I'm pretty sure it's a severe torsion.
1:02:50 > 1:02:52- Twisted bowel.- What do you mean, a twisted bowel?
1:02:52 > 1:02:55The horse has got bellyache, that's all.
1:02:55 > 1:02:57He hasn't passed anything all day. He needs something to shift it.
1:02:59 > 1:03:00If this is a torsion,
1:03:00 > 1:03:03- the arecoline is the worst possible thing you could give him.- Rubbish.
1:03:03 > 1:03:05He's in agony now, but that would drive him mad.
1:03:05 > 1:03:07- It works by contracting the muscle...- All right!
1:03:07 > 1:03:09Don't start giving me a bloody lecture!
1:03:12 > 1:03:15Are you going to do something for that horse or are you not?
1:03:15 > 1:03:18I'll need a bucket of water, soap, and towels.
1:03:18 > 1:03:21- What the devil for?- I want to do a rectal examination.
1:03:22 > 1:03:24God almighty, I've never heard such nonsense.
1:03:26 > 1:03:28Don't just stand there doing nothing.
1:03:28 > 1:03:31Fetch the bloody water and let's get on with it!
1:03:32 > 1:03:33Well?
1:03:35 > 1:03:37The bowel is badly displaced.
1:03:38 > 1:03:40I'm pretty sure it's a torsion.
1:03:41 > 1:03:42So...
1:03:44 > 1:03:45..what's the treatment?
1:03:47 > 1:03:49There's nothing I can do.
1:03:53 > 1:03:56There's no treatment. There's no cure.
1:03:56 > 1:03:58No cure? What do you mean, "no cure"?
1:03:58 > 1:04:01- There must be something you can do. - I'm sorry, Mr Soames.
1:04:01 > 1:04:03I think you should let me put him down immediately.
1:04:03 > 1:04:09- You can't do that! You can't! - There's no alternative. None.
1:04:10 > 1:04:14- I've got the humane killer in my car.- Are you stark bloody mad?
1:04:14 > 1:04:16Do you know how much that horse is worth?
1:04:16 > 1:04:18I don't care how much he's worth!
1:04:18 > 1:04:21That animal's been going through hell all day, and it's dying now.
1:04:23 > 1:04:24What if you're wrong?
1:04:26 > 1:04:28I'm as sure as I can be.
1:04:29 > 1:04:32He may live a few more hours but the end will be the same.
1:04:33 > 1:04:35You should have called me out long ago.
1:04:41 > 1:04:44(God almighty, why did this have to happen now?)
1:04:44 > 1:04:45His Lordship's on holiday.
1:04:45 > 1:04:47I can't even get in touch with him.
1:04:49 > 1:04:51Where the hell is Farnon?
1:04:52 > 1:04:56- He's gone to see his mother. - All right, then.
1:04:56 > 1:04:57Let's wait till he gets back.
1:04:57 > 1:04:59Let's do that, huh?
1:04:59 > 1:05:01Let's...
1:05:01 > 1:05:03Let's ask him to have a look at the horse.
1:05:09 > 1:05:11I'm sorry, Mr Soames.
1:05:12 > 1:05:14It must be done now.
1:05:16 > 1:05:18GUNSHOT
1:05:19 > 1:05:21I see.
1:05:21 > 1:05:22So, he got a bit nasty, did he?
1:05:23 > 1:05:25Well, yes, he did. He said he'd sue us
1:05:25 > 1:05:29if the postmortem showed I was wrong.
1:05:29 > 1:05:32Oh, that's just Soames letting off a bit of steam.
1:05:32 > 1:05:34He's a bullying bugger at the best of times.
1:05:34 > 1:05:36I just didn't know what to do.
1:05:38 > 1:05:40Well, don't worry, James,
1:05:40 > 1:05:41I'll tell you what I'll do.
1:05:43 > 1:05:47I'll pop round first thing tomorrow morning and get it all sorted out.
1:05:47 > 1:05:50All right? Now, how about a nice glass of whisky to calm the nerves?
1:05:50 > 1:05:53Uh, no, thanks. I think I'll pop on to bed.
1:05:53 > 1:05:57All right. By the way, any calls that come through, um...
1:05:57 > 1:06:00- I'll take them. - Thank you very much, Siegfried.
1:06:00 > 1:06:02- Thank you.- Goodnight. Sleep well.
1:06:02 > 1:06:04What was all that about?
1:06:05 > 1:06:08There's a spot of trouble at Lord Hulton's estate.
1:06:08 > 1:06:10So I gathered.
1:06:10 > 1:06:13- Is it serious?- Mm, could be.
1:06:48 > 1:06:52Well, it seems I owe you an apology, Mr Herriot.
1:07:04 > 1:07:06Colic drench?
1:07:06 > 1:07:08No.
1:07:08 > 1:07:09No, get rid of that.
1:07:15 > 1:07:18- Universal Cattle Medicine. - What?
1:07:18 > 1:07:22"A sovereign remedy for coughs, chills, scours,
1:07:22 > 1:07:24"pneumonia, milk fever,
1:07:24 > 1:07:26"and all forms of indigestion.
1:07:26 > 1:07:28"Never fails to give relief."
1:07:30 > 1:07:31That sounds rather good.
1:07:31 > 1:07:34I might even try some myself.
1:07:34 > 1:07:36THEY CHUCKLE
1:07:37 > 1:07:38Mr Farnon?
1:07:40 > 1:07:41Yes?
1:07:43 > 1:07:47- I have been looking everywhere for you.- Oh, really?
1:07:47 > 1:07:50- Is anything wrong?- Indeed there is.
1:07:50 > 1:07:52Perhaps you would explain to me why, once more,
1:07:52 > 1:07:54you have emptied my petty cash box?
1:07:55 > 1:07:58Um, yes, well, I'm sorry.
1:07:58 > 1:08:01I had to rush to Broughton last night to see my mother.
1:08:01 > 1:08:04That is no excuse, Mr Farnon.
1:08:04 > 1:08:07How can I keep efficient records when you keep stealing the money,
1:08:07 > 1:08:09and then spending it?
1:08:09 > 1:08:12I will not tolerate such...
1:08:12 > 1:08:13anarchy!
1:08:14 > 1:08:16Give me the receipt, Miss Harbottle.
1:08:19 > 1:08:21I will not tolerate being told
1:08:21 > 1:08:24how or why and when to spend my own money!
1:08:29 > 1:08:31If that's efficiency, I prefer anarchy!
1:08:37 > 1:08:41- A lady's brought a dog, sir. - I'll deal with it.
1:08:41 > 1:08:43Not you, sir. Mr Herriot.
1:08:45 > 1:08:47It's Miss Alderson.
1:08:55 > 1:08:57Is it bad?
1:08:58 > 1:08:59A dislocated hip.
1:08:59 > 1:09:02Nasty, but no more.
1:09:02 > 1:09:03He should be all right.
1:09:06 > 1:09:09It's a good job you brought him in when you did, though.
1:09:09 > 1:09:12- The sooner it's dealt with the better.- When can you do it?
1:09:12 > 1:09:13Oh, right now, immediately.
1:09:15 > 1:09:18- I'll have to call Siegfried, though. It's a two-man job.- Can't I help?
1:09:20 > 1:09:21I'd very much like to.
1:09:23 > 1:09:25It'll mean a bit of pulling.
1:09:28 > 1:09:30Would you mind playing tug-of-war?
1:09:30 > 1:09:32With Dan in the middle?
1:09:32 > 1:09:35Don't worry, I'm not squeamish.
1:09:35 > 1:09:36I like working with animals.
1:09:37 > 1:09:38Fair enough.
1:09:41 > 1:09:43Here. Put this coat on.
1:09:49 > 1:09:52Right, now, just link your hands beneath the thigh.
1:09:52 > 1:09:54Try and hold him there while I pull.
1:09:54 > 1:09:56OK? Here I go.
1:10:11 > 1:10:13BONE CLICKS
1:10:16 > 1:10:19- Is that it?- Let's hope it stays put.
1:10:19 > 1:10:21We'll keep our fingers crossed.
1:10:21 > 1:10:23How long will it be before he comes round?
1:10:23 > 1:10:26- He'll be out all day. Let me take the coat.- Oh, thanks.
1:10:32 > 1:10:36I'd like to keep him here for the rest of the week, just to be sure.
1:10:36 > 1:10:38I'll come and get him on Friday.
1:10:40 > 1:10:42Don't bother. I'll bring him round.
1:10:42 > 1:10:43Bring him round?
1:10:45 > 1:10:47Perhaps you'd like to go to the pictures?
1:10:47 > 1:10:49What...?!
1:10:49 > 1:10:52Well, there's a good film on at the Darrowby Plaza next week.
1:10:54 > 1:10:58I could bring the dog round, and take you out, if you'd like to?
1:10:58 > 1:10:59I mean, if that'd be all right.
1:11:01 > 1:11:03It would be very nice, James.
1:11:04 > 1:11:06Thank you for asking me.
1:11:10 > 1:11:12'That was where I saw it.
1:11:12 > 1:11:13'A terrifying thing in black.
1:11:13 > 1:11:15'It came running across the lawn.
1:11:15 > 1:11:17'It laughed. I heard it laugh!
1:11:17 > 1:11:19'Mad laughter!
1:11:19 > 1:11:22'I'm so scared to see it again!
1:11:26 > 1:11:28'Come and live in a place like this!
1:11:28 > 1:11:30'I don't mind it much in the daytime.
1:11:30 > 1:11:33'You wouldn't catch me here after dark. No, not for twice the money.
1:11:33 > 1:11:36- 'How you stick it I don't know. - Oh, he's a he-man.
1:11:36 > 1:11:39'There's always a lot of silly talk about old houses like this.
1:11:39 > 1:11:42'Just all talk. Like you.
1:11:42 > 1:11:46'Me? You want to have heard Mrs Elvery this morning. She saw it.
1:11:46 > 1:11:49'It had a thing over his head. All ghostly, he was, in the moonlight.
1:11:49 > 1:11:52'Oh, shut up. You're giving me the creeps.
1:11:52 > 1:11:54SCREAMING
1:11:54 > 1:11:58- 'I saw it!- What?- A thing!'
1:11:58 > 1:11:59KNOCK ON DOOR
1:11:59 > 1:12:00She's dead.
1:12:01 > 1:12:02What?
1:12:02 > 1:12:04Died last Tuesday.
1:12:04 > 1:12:05Thought you'd like to know.
1:12:05 > 1:12:06Oh.
1:12:08 > 1:12:10Who's dead?
1:12:10 > 1:12:12- Don't know.- Who's that?
1:12:13 > 1:12:14- Can't remember.- Oh!
1:12:18 > 1:12:20- I knew from the start you were on the wrong track.- Oh?
1:12:20 > 1:12:22'Eternal peace...'
1:12:25 > 1:12:27'You know, Mary, that I love you,
1:12:27 > 1:12:29'but your heart is elsewhere.
1:12:32 > 1:12:35'A younger and luckier man
1:12:35 > 1:12:36'shattered the dream of my life.
1:12:40 > 1:12:42'I found you could never be mine...
1:12:44 > 1:12:48'..and so, I bring you to the man of your choice...'
1:12:48 > 1:12:50LOUD SNORING
1:12:56 > 1:12:58SCREAMING
1:12:58 > 1:13:01'And I said to Connor, when you meet him you will die.
1:13:01 > 1:13:04- 'But when I meet him... - CACKLING'
1:13:06 > 1:13:08Excuse me! Miss?
1:13:12 > 1:13:14I thought this was supposed to be the Greta Garbo film.
1:13:14 > 1:13:16No, sir, that's next week.
1:13:16 > 1:13:19SHE GIGGLES
1:13:22 > 1:13:24CRASHING
1:13:24 > 1:13:26LOUD SNORING
1:13:29 > 1:13:31I'm sorry.
1:13:31 > 1:13:33SHE LAUGHS
1:13:33 > 1:13:36BOTH LAUGH
1:13:45 > 1:13:48Look, next time, why don't we just go for a walk?
1:13:48 > 1:13:50CLATTERING ON SCREEN
1:13:50 > 1:13:52SEAGULLS CRY
1:14:04 > 1:14:07- Is it all right?- Mm, lovely.
1:14:08 > 1:14:11Go on, then. You were telling me about this man, the lorry driver.
1:14:11 > 1:14:14Oh, Terry Watson? Well...
1:14:14 > 1:14:17he's always kept a few pigs at the end of his garden.
1:14:17 > 1:14:19He wouldn't be able to afford any meat, otherwise, I should think.
1:14:23 > 1:14:27I went into the house one day just after they killed one of the pigs.
1:14:27 > 1:14:29Mrs Watson was cutting it up for pies and brawn...
1:14:31 > 1:14:34..and there was Terry, sitting in front of the fire,
1:14:34 > 1:14:36- sobbing his heart out.- Crying?
1:14:38 > 1:14:39It was always the same.
1:14:42 > 1:14:44He's a big man...
1:14:44 > 1:14:46Huge! He can throw a 12-stone sack of meal
1:14:46 > 1:14:49on the back of his wagon without thinking twice about it,
1:14:49 > 1:14:53but every time they kill one of the pigs, he cries for three days.
1:14:55 > 1:14:57It's love.
1:14:58 > 1:15:01He loves them. It can't be anything else.
1:15:11 > 1:15:13Oh, come off it, Siegfried.
1:15:13 > 1:15:14Stop pulling my leg.
1:15:15 > 1:15:17I'm not pulling your leg.
1:15:17 > 1:15:19I'm doing nothing of the sort.
1:15:19 > 1:15:21I've only just started my career.
1:15:21 > 1:15:23I've got no money.
1:15:25 > 1:15:28Nothing. I hadn't even given it a thought.
1:15:33 > 1:15:36You haven't thought about getting married?
1:15:36 > 1:15:39Come on, James, don't tell such whacking fibs.
1:15:42 > 1:15:45- It's been going on for a year now, hasn't it?- What has?
1:15:47 > 1:15:50Helen Alderson. You and Helen Alderson.
1:15:50 > 1:15:53- You're courting, aren't you?- Well, I wouldn't exactly call it courting!
1:15:53 > 1:15:55Now, now...
1:15:56 > 1:15:58What would you call it, then?
1:15:58 > 1:16:01I don't know. Courting's putting it a bit strong.
1:16:06 > 1:16:08Well.
1:16:08 > 1:16:11They say... What do they say?
1:16:11 > 1:16:13Caution is a virtue.
1:16:13 > 1:16:16If you don't mind my saying so, I think you carry it miles too far.
1:16:16 > 1:16:18I think you're far too cautious.
1:16:19 > 1:16:21Do you know what I mean?
1:16:21 > 1:16:23Far too apprehensive.
1:16:23 > 1:16:25Always worrying about little details and all that.
1:16:27 > 1:16:30Come on, a young chap like you, good-looking,
1:16:30 > 1:16:33and Helen Alderson is immensely attractive and a jolly good cook.
1:16:35 > 1:16:36She's an excellent cook, in fact.
1:16:36 > 1:16:39If you take my advice, you'd get that girl into church
1:16:39 > 1:16:41and married before the month is out.
1:16:44 > 1:16:45Well, come on, get on with it!
1:16:45 > 1:16:47I want to start on the asparagus after lunch.
1:16:49 > 1:16:50Anybody home?
1:16:50 > 1:16:52DOGS BARK NEARBY
1:16:59 > 1:17:00Anybody home?
1:17:10 > 1:17:12Good evening, Mr Alderson.
1:17:12 > 1:17:14Good evening.
1:17:15 > 1:17:18- Something wrong?- No.
1:17:18 > 1:17:21No, I was just passing. Been up to Sharp's place.
1:17:21 > 1:17:22Trouble with one of his Jerseys. Ah.
1:17:24 > 1:17:26Twisted calf bit.
1:17:26 > 1:17:29- Quite tricky, really. - Oh, aye, it is.
1:17:35 > 1:17:38I hope you don't mind me dropping in like this.
1:17:38 > 1:17:40Suit yourself.
1:17:40 > 1:17:41Helen's gone to York today.
1:17:43 > 1:17:45One of her friends is getting married.
1:17:45 > 1:17:48Yes, she told me.
1:17:48 > 1:17:49Just so long as you know.
1:17:52 > 1:17:54I gather you think I'm a bit of a Londoner.
1:17:56 > 1:17:58Helen said so.
1:17:58 > 1:18:00Well, it's true anyway.
1:18:00 > 1:18:01Not any more.
1:18:04 > 1:18:05Maybe not.
1:18:07 > 1:18:09This is my home now.
1:18:11 > 1:18:14Home is where you're born, lad.
1:18:14 > 1:18:16That's summat I always thought.
1:18:16 > 1:18:20You can move around as much as you like, it'll make no difference.
1:18:20 > 1:18:25- I don't agree with you, Mr Alderson. - Aye, well.
1:18:25 > 1:18:28- Each man to his own opinion. - I'm happy here.
1:18:30 > 1:18:33- I don't want to leave. - Not yet, perhaps.
1:18:33 > 1:18:35Never.
1:18:35 > 1:18:36It's what I've always wanted.
1:18:36 > 1:18:38To be a vet,
1:18:38 > 1:18:40living in a place like this.
1:18:41 > 1:18:45Settling down. It's what I've always wanted.
1:18:45 > 1:18:48Aye, well, I'm glad you're happy.
1:18:48 > 1:18:50There's not many folk can say that these days.
1:18:52 > 1:18:53This is done.
1:18:55 > 1:18:56I'll go get me supper.
1:18:59 > 1:19:01Mr Alderson, I want to marry her.
1:19:05 > 1:19:06I want to marry Helen.
1:19:08 > 1:19:11You'd, erm, better come into the house.
1:19:22 > 1:19:24Thank you very much, Mr Alderson.
1:19:29 > 1:19:32HE SPLUTTERS
1:19:32 > 1:19:34We've been having some good weather.
1:19:34 > 1:19:40- Yes, we have.- Mind you, a bit of rain at night might do some good.
1:19:40 > 1:19:42Yes.
1:19:42 > 1:19:43Yes, it would.
1:19:47 > 1:19:50- About Helen... - Would you like some more whisky?
1:19:52 > 1:19:54No. No, I've had enough.
1:19:57 > 1:19:59I had a wife in thousands, James.
1:20:01 > 1:20:02Yes.
1:20:04 > 1:20:06Yes, I've heard a lot about her.
1:20:06 > 1:20:10She was the grandest lass about for miles, and the bonniest.
1:20:11 > 1:20:15Nobody thought that she'd have a fella like me, but she did.
1:20:15 > 1:20:17Oh, aye, she did.
1:20:17 > 1:20:22Her father used to have a place on Mustang Fell.
1:20:22 > 1:20:25Big place it was, too. It was a big place.
1:20:26 > 1:20:29And I used to see her some days on market day.
1:20:32 > 1:20:35I thought she was the prettiest thing alive.
1:20:42 > 1:20:44No man could have been more happy than me.
1:20:46 > 1:20:48We had a good life together,
1:20:48 > 1:20:50and I'm grateful for it.
1:20:50 > 1:20:53She was a grand wife. I loved her.
1:20:57 > 1:20:59Helen's a lot like her in many ways.
1:21:00 > 1:21:02I can see it.
1:21:02 > 1:21:05The mother in the daughter.
1:21:05 > 1:21:07The same smile, the way she holds her head.
1:21:09 > 1:21:10Same voice, even.
1:21:13 > 1:21:16No man could ever have wished for a better wife.
1:21:19 > 1:21:21Gentle, kind, loving.
1:21:27 > 1:21:29Ohh...
1:21:32 > 1:21:33Oh...
1:21:34 > 1:21:38I don't think I'll... bother with any supper now.
1:21:38 > 1:21:40It's a bit late.
1:21:44 > 1:21:47HE LAUGHS AND GRUNTS
1:21:51 > 1:21:54Aye, she's just like her mother.
1:21:54 > 1:21:57The right lass for you.
1:22:09 > 1:22:11- RADIO:- 'The German wireless announced tonight
1:22:11 > 1:22:13'the German government's reply to a British communication...'
1:22:19 > 1:22:21- Evening, Siegfried. - Oh, yeah...
1:22:23 > 1:22:26- What was it?- A bit of mastitis. Nothing serious.
1:22:29 > 1:22:31Would you like some of Mrs Pumphrey's sherry?
1:22:31 > 1:22:33No, thank you, no.
1:22:33 > 1:22:35She spoils you, that woman does.
1:22:37 > 1:22:39What's the matter with you?
1:22:39 > 1:22:41The bloody Ministry.
1:22:41 > 1:22:44They want us to start TB testing at Allerthorpe next week.
1:22:46 > 1:22:50- Blasted forms.- Next week? - That's right, next week.
1:22:50 > 1:22:53- When you will be dancing off on your honeymoon.- Very sorry.
1:22:55 > 1:22:58You just don't think ahead, James, that's your trouble.
1:22:58 > 1:23:00Always charging ahead without a thought for others.
1:23:00 > 1:23:01Hang on just a minute!
1:23:01 > 1:23:05Why, for heaven's sake, do you have to rush into it like this?
1:23:05 > 1:23:08- I mean, marriage is a very serious thing...!- Look here, Siegfried.
1:23:08 > 1:23:11You know what they say. Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
1:23:11 > 1:23:13But it was your idea, for God's sake!
1:23:14 > 1:23:18You really are the most bloody-minded person!
1:23:18 > 1:23:20All right, don't lose your temper.
1:23:20 > 1:23:22I'm not saying you did anything wrong.
1:23:24 > 1:23:27It's just the improvidence of youth, I suppose. Still, you'll learn.
1:23:31 > 1:23:33Right.
1:23:33 > 1:23:37- We'll go to Allerthorpe, and stay at the Wheatsheaf.- What, with Helen?
1:23:39 > 1:23:41She wouldn't mind, I shouldn't think.
1:23:41 > 1:23:43We haven't made any plans, after all.
1:23:43 > 1:23:46Certainly not. I wouldn't dream of it.
1:23:48 > 1:23:52If I say we're going to Allerthorpe, we're going to Allerthorpe!
1:23:52 > 1:23:54And give me those bloody forms!
1:23:58 > 1:24:01LOWING
1:24:07 > 1:24:10- Well, that seems to be the lot. - Aye, that's it.- Good.
1:24:10 > 1:24:13Right, I'll be back on Thursday - morning if possible.
1:24:13 > 1:24:16I thought you were getting married, Mr Herriot.
1:24:16 > 1:24:19I am. Tomorrow.
1:24:19 > 1:24:21What, no honeymoon?
1:24:21 > 1:24:24And you'll be coming back on Thursday?
1:24:24 > 1:24:26These tests have got to be finished, Mrs Seaton!
1:24:29 > 1:24:31I'll be coming back with my wife.
1:24:35 > 1:24:37CHURCH BELLS RING
1:25:28 > 1:25:30SHE GIGGLES
1:25:30 > 1:25:33- Helen, look at that!- What?- Stop!
1:25:33 > 1:25:35Go back, go back.
1:25:41 > 1:25:43Look!
1:25:46 > 1:25:48He's made me a partner!