0:01:23 > 0:01:24You're off, then?
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Yes, I, er... We did agree.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30It's Henley. They're going to select the Olympic team.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32And I'm bang up to date.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Mr Bushnell, you are never anything other than up to date.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38I'm merely lamenting that your... inclination
0:01:38 > 0:01:40does not match your diligence.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43And that you do not take as much pleasure from your employment
0:01:43 > 0:01:45as you do from rowing your boats.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- I scull them.- I beg your pardon?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49I'm a sculler, sir.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51A rower's a bloke who has one oar. I have both. So...
0:01:51 > 0:01:53I'm really not that interested, Mr Bushnell!
0:01:53 > 0:01:57And nor is anyone else, if you read today's Daily Mail.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59A rather perceptive editorial...
0:01:59 > 0:02:01I'll make my time up, of course, sir.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- What?- In lieu...
0:02:03 > 0:02:06You can rest assured. Only... I should be heading off.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Let's just hope you're selected now!
0:02:15 > 0:02:16- For goodness' sake!- Sorry!
0:02:22 > 0:02:23What time do you call this?
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Bert!
0:02:24 > 0:02:27I thought I'd miss you...
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Mr Bushnell.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30I just wanted to wish you luck.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Go.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34I've got to get back anyway...
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Yeah... I, erm...
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Thanks for coming, though.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40I appreciate it.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Do your best!
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Has she finished at secretarial college, then?
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Margaret? Is that how come I'm seeing so much of her?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03You aren't seeing so much of her! She only stopped off to wish me luck.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Well, you're going to need it, by the time we get there.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08That isn't her fault! That's Hawkin's -
0:03:08 > 0:03:10keeping me in to the last bloody second!
0:03:10 > 0:03:13God, you don't know what I'd give to leave him, Dad,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17- come and work with you.- Yeah, well, you can't. You know that!
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Look at it! It's a complete wasteland still.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Nobody would be the least surprised if we called it off.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27We have no money. We have no resources.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Everything is rationed.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31But we've already agreed!
0:03:31 > 0:03:34What Lord Aberdare means, sir, is that we gave our word
0:03:34 > 0:03:36to the International Olympic Committee.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41We said, unequivocally, that we could still stage the Games.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- Why?- Because the bloody Yanks were after it!
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- What?- They said they could step in to help us out.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Rather as they had done in the war.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Well?
0:04:04 > 0:04:07I... I wasn't sure if you wanted me to say anything, sir.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10This is Harold Wilson. He's my Secretary for Overseas Trade
0:04:10 > 0:04:13and somewhat of your persuasion.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Tell me again...
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Tourism, sir!
0:04:18 > 0:04:20We will never have a better opportunity
0:04:20 > 0:04:22to develop our tourist trade than this.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25We need hard currency to stimulate the economy.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29And I firmly believe that the 1948 Games could bring that in!
0:04:38 > 0:04:40The treasury is bare...
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Remember that!
0:04:47 > 0:04:48HE SIGHS
0:04:50 > 0:04:51TANNOY: 'Passing the mile signal,
0:04:51 > 0:04:52'Winstone and Burnell
0:04:52 > 0:04:53'of Kingston and Leander.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55'Just maintaining their lead
0:04:55 > 0:04:56'ahead of...'
0:05:07 > 0:05:09TANNOY ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTINUE
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- Bert, where have you been? - Albert, don't you start, please!
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Right, well, I won't, then. She's all ready.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Me and Frank have got her perfect.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26You just get limbered up for your big moment!
0:05:26 > 0:05:28No pressure, obviously.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33TANNOY: 'The result of the final of the double sculls challenge cup...'
0:05:33 > 0:05:35HE COUGHS AND PANTS
0:05:35 > 0:05:36I'm sorry, Richard.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40TANNOY: '..beat RF Winstone and RD Burnell of Kingston Rowing Club
0:05:40 > 0:05:43'and Leander Club by two lengths.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46'Time seven minutes, 54 seconds.'
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Richard!
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Father.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Bad luck, old boy!
0:05:53 > 0:05:54COUGHING CONTINUES
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- Are you all right?- Not really.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58It was a damn fine effort.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02That's the proof. You should shower.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03- I'll buy you a drink.- Cheers.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Gentlemen.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Beresford. Richard, this is...
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Jack Beresford. Of course.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18It's an honour. And congratulations.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19I gather you're to oversee
0:06:19 > 0:06:21the training of all the British Olympics?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Indeed. A great honour,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25as well as chairing our final selection panel.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Ah...
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Right.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34Well, I'm sorry Dick and I won't be featuring in your deliberations.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36We've been rather off colour all summer.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39I should shower.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42That's the thing, though, Mr Burnell!
0:06:42 > 0:06:43I'm looking for the best oarsmen,
0:06:43 > 0:06:46not necessarily any existing formation.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I believe that our greatest chance of winning medals
0:06:49 > 0:06:52will come not from sticking with what is familiar but...
0:06:52 > 0:06:55rather by trying out one or two new formations.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Placing the best with the best. Do you see?
0:07:22 > 0:07:24CHEERING
0:07:36 > 0:07:40APPLAUSE
0:07:40 > 0:07:42TANNOY: 'The results of the Diamond Challenge Sculls.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46'MT Wood of Australia beat BHT Bushnell of Maidenhead Rowing Club.'
0:07:46 > 0:07:47THEY BOTH PANT
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Great race, mate! Jeez, the way you went off,
0:07:51 > 0:07:55I thought you'd be in the bar before I was halfway down!
0:07:55 > 0:07:58See you back here in five or six weeks, eh?
0:08:01 > 0:08:02It's unbelievable!
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Suddenly discovering reverse gear in an Olympic trial.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07And that was Margaret's fault, was it?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10You know, she was waiting for him, after work,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12even after he promised he'd stop seeing her.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- I don't remember that. - That's because I never said it!
0:08:15 > 0:08:16HE SIGHS
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Incredible!
0:08:18 > 0:08:20He's been looking to have a go at her ever since he picked me up.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25- Oh. And I wonder why!- Stop it both of you, for goodness' sake...
0:08:25 > 0:08:28What's done is done.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31He can call round for half an hour, surely?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34He knows he can't stay out all night.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35He's got work in the morning.
0:08:40 > 0:08:45RADIO: "Come Per Me Sereno" by Maria Callas
0:08:53 > 0:08:56BABY CRIES
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Got it! It was by the oven!
0:09:00 > 0:09:03You see. I do not throw everything out.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05I do not have a mania for cleaning.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07See you later.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19ENGINE STARTS UP
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- Father.- Richard! How lovely!
0:09:35 > 0:09:38I was just passing by...
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Sorry, are you rushing?
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Do you mind? I, erm...forgot my copy.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- The editor's screaming blue murder. - Of course.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48They said at your office you were frantic.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52So... You weren't just passing by, then?
0:09:52 > 0:09:54You were looking for me?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I wondered if you'd had any further thoughts.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02All of that...chopping and changing that Beresford was mentioning.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07You know, I was thinking on the way over, "Poor old Winstone...
0:10:07 > 0:10:10"If only he knew he might be about to be sacrificed
0:10:10 > 0:10:12"at the altar of modern sport."
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Yeah, I know! I'm a relic, Richard.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Time moves on. I'm well aware of that.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23HE SIGHS
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Oh, take no notice of me, old boy.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29I was merely...interested.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32And of course, you must make your own decision.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36You're the one who's got to live with it, after all.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39HE SIGHS
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- I was certain I'd get a letter in the post today.- Bert.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46It's fine. It's all going to be fine.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50You'll hear soon enough.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52They can't not pick me!
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Even though Henley was...
0:10:56 > 0:10:59I'm the fastest single we've got!
0:11:01 > 0:11:02I should get cracking.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Wait!
0:11:08 > 0:11:10I've brought you something.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Oh.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13Help you with your training.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16- Oh!- It's tripe and onions.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- I've made it into a sandwich. - Can you do that?
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Aye. As long as you squeeze the sides together.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Thank you.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29It's the stuff of champions!
0:11:43 > 0:11:46All right, Albert? Five medals.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Five Olympic medals.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- Eh?- Beresford!
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Jack Beresford? He's in there?
0:11:55 > 0:11:56What did I just say?!
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Here you are. Hold that.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32You're in.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- You've been selected for Great Britain's Olympic Rowing Team.- Yes.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Yes!
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I want you to row in the double sculls.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- What? - The committee is selecting you,
0:12:47 > 0:12:50on my recommendation, to row in the double sculls competition.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53But...I'm a single. There's no-one better than me!
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- Merv Wood beat you just the other day.- I beat him...
0:12:56 > 0:12:59out in the Argentine. I... Look, look.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03It's what I've trained for, Mr Beresford. All this time.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Tony Rowe will be our single scull.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08He has that seat.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10If you wish to compete in the Olympic Games,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12you must do so in the double sculls.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Before you do that, Mr Bushnell...
0:13:19 > 0:13:21..let me say my piece. If I may?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- You might win the single.- Then...
0:13:27 > 0:13:29However, you might lose.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31And I don't like to lose.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I know that.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37I won Olympic medals in Antwerp, Paris, Amsterdam,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Los Angeles and Berlin.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42But the greatest of these, Bert, was in Berlin,
0:13:42 > 0:13:44in front of Hitler himself,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47overcoming a German crew and winning the gold.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48That was double sculls.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50That was the last Olympics.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53We have a reputation to maintain in that event.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- And I believe we can maintain it... - What, in five weeks?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59In five weeks, I can put together a crew that will be very fast.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Very fast indeed. And which will win the gold medal for Great Britain.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Now, I want you to be one half of that crew.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08I want it.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10The question is...
0:14:11 > 0:14:12..do you?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Who with?
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Who'd my partner be?
0:14:22 > 0:14:26I've arranged for you to meet him this evening.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Excuse me, sir. Are you a member?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- I beg your pardon?- Of Leander?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58No. I'm in the Great Britain squad. I'm here for training.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00I understand, sir.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03However, if you're not a member of the club itself,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06I can't grant you access to the club rooms.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07But I've got to get my kit on!
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Of course!
0:15:09 > 0:15:11And there is direct access to the changing rooms
0:15:11 > 0:15:14around the back of the building.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20HE SIGHS
0:15:25 > 0:15:27DOOR OPENS
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Hello.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Richard Burnell. You're...
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Bert Bushnell.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47I saw you win the Wingfield Sculls last year.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- I covered it, actually. - Yeah, I heard that.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52You write for The Times, don't you?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54I don't read it myself.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Well, it's...just the rowing...
0:15:57 > 0:16:00I actually work for the British Council.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Oh.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Anyway, it was a terrific effort.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I'm a good sculler.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09How long have you been doing it?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Oh. Not long, really.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14It was always eights for me.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Couldn't find a crew after the war, so...
0:16:16 > 0:16:20I mean, I'd always done a bit. Just, you know, not competitively.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Sounds like you weren't that competitive
0:16:22 > 0:16:25when you went out with Dick Winstone.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26Then again, you got rid of him, didn't you,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- which shows you've got some ambition, I suppose.- Excuse me!
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Winstone is a good man and I most certainly did not get rid of him...
0:16:32 > 0:16:35I don't care whether he fell on his sword
0:16:35 > 0:16:38or you stuck it right between his shoulder blades.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41All I care about is whether a bloke can scull or not.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42DOOR OPENS
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Well, I can!
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Good!
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Excellent!
0:16:47 > 0:16:49You've met.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51We'll get straight to it, then, shall we?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54We'll take it down to Hambleden and back.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Nothing too strenuous, too soon. All right?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04What are you doing?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06I'm taking my socks off.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- Is that all right? - Well, you might get blisters.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10I don't.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Then I can feel how the boat's running.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18All right, lads. Let's get going.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20What are you happy with?
0:17:20 > 0:17:21What?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Rate. Don't need to go mad.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26No... I tell you what, though...
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Dickie. Can I call you Dickie? It seems to suit you.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Why don't we give it a quick burst to start off with, eh?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Blow the cobwebs away.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- Fine. You call it. - Yeah. Course.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Right.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Now!
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Now, now...
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Bloody hell!
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Now, now, now!
0:17:53 > 0:17:57BOTH: Arrgh! Arrgh! Arrgh!
0:18:28 > 0:18:32THEY PANT
0:18:32 > 0:18:35There you go. Not too bad.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Take it back, yes?
0:18:38 > 0:18:40What?
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Jack said there and back.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53No. Wait!
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Wait!
0:18:56 > 0:19:00BOTH: Arrgh! Arrgh! Arrgh!
0:19:03 > 0:19:05THEY PANT
0:19:05 > 0:19:08What the bloody hell was that all about?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10You don't win if you don't pull together.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13It's that simple. Now, grow up.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Both of you!
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Back here tomorrow morning, six-thirty.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27On the question of inspiring the nation...
0:19:27 > 0:19:28One or two gold medals?
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Lift the spirits in these somewhat difficult times. Hmm?
0:19:32 > 0:19:33THEY CHUCKLE
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Well, we're very hopeful in sailing.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Is that it?
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Well, and rowing, too.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44And we think we've got a fair chance in the etching.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45Olympic Etching?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Poetry, possibly too.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Gentlemen, I'm sorry,
0:19:48 > 0:19:52I didn't realise there were Olympic competitions in such things.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Oh, yes. We did check the rules.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58The thing is, sir, we have had to slim down the scale
0:19:58 > 0:20:00of some aspects of the Games, necessarily, because of the cost.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04So we're looking to plump out the schedule in other areas.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07And you're sure people will go?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Absolutely.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Come on!
0:20:23 > 0:20:26The speed's there - I know the speed's there.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27But there's no...finesse.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30You're not recovering smoothly and the re-issue's awful,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- never mind the check you're... - It's our second outing, Jack.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35And your first race is in five weeks.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- The boat's...- The boat's fine! - It's your rhythm!
0:20:38 > 0:20:41You need more time on the water. Let some smoothness in.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46Long, slow paddles, any chance you get.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47I'll see you back here tonight.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53'It needs re-rigging.'
0:20:53 > 0:20:55No, it doesn't!
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Bert, the boat is...the best.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59All right? I saw to that.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02And if we start fiddling with it at this late stage,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04you know what happens.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07It's like a golfer changing his swing on the eve of a competition.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09It always turns out badly.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12So let's just do what Jack says.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14And spend some extra time on the water.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17No, not that. That's the worst idea.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19We're too tired after Henley.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21I know I am.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Well, we have to do something.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28We work on our technique. Jack's right. It's a mess.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Only, that's you. Especially the re-issue.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33You gotta cock your wrist more, like a dog raising its paw.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- That's what I was always taught. - By whom?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Someone who coached me for a while.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Dan Cordery.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44So, he's a professional. So what?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47We're amateurs. We like it that way.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Dickie...
0:21:49 > 0:21:51I have never taken a penny for getting in a boat.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54That's an amateur. Nothing else matters.
0:21:54 > 0:22:00And, after that, it's all about winning, by any means possible.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01See? You think differently, don't you?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Amateur, to you, it's a bloke who loves his sport
0:22:04 > 0:22:07and who uses nothing to gain advantage over his competitors,
0:22:07 > 0:22:09except his own determination
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- and those gifts God has happened to bestow upon him.- Mm.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14The only problem with that, Dickie,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17"six foot four inch tall" Dickie,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19"bred from the best stock there is in England" Dickie,
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- with your Eton and your Oxford education...- Mm.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23..and your Times newspaper job, Dickie.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26The only problem with that...
0:22:26 > 0:22:28is that when God was doling out them gifts
0:22:28 > 0:22:31and setting up the natural order of things...
0:22:32 > 0:22:35..he wasn't always that even handed, was he?
0:22:49 > 0:22:54I read in this report there's still no floor for the basketball court,
0:22:54 > 0:22:56that the British team can't afford a kit...
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Dealt with!
0:22:57 > 0:22:58HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Yes, we have, as Lord Aberdare points out,
0:23:00 > 0:23:03already solved those... particular problems.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Have you?
0:23:05 > 0:23:08And how have you funded that, precisely?
0:23:08 > 0:23:10The Finns are giving us the timber for the basketball court,
0:23:10 > 0:23:11free and gratis.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Cooper's, the outfitters, have agreed to provide
0:23:14 > 0:23:17every British male competitor with a free pair of Y-fronts.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19They'll wear shorts as well?
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Harold, we're not staging a bloody nude revue, man.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Of course they'll wear shorts.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27They will have to supply those themselves, however.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30I'm afraid the budget didn't quite stretch to that.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Oh! Damn... My back.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33BABY CRIES
0:23:33 > 0:23:35- Do you want a flag on them?- What?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37The shorts. It doesn't say.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39It just gives the general measurements.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Frankly, the way I feel...
0:23:41 > 0:23:44I think you might be wasting your time.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45Is it really bad?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47HE SIGHS
0:23:47 > 0:23:49It's the starts.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52We're trying to blitz it.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Somewhere near 40, 41. I'm not used to it.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- Tell Bert.- I have told him.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00But he reckons we'll need to be doing at least that.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02No... Tell him it's hurting you!
0:24:04 > 0:24:07No flag. Thank you.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11They look wonderful.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15They are terrific, they are.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Terry towelling, so they won't slip.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Good thinking! Always gotta look for the edge.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- Ooh! I've got something else for you.- Eh?
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Here.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Ooh, Mum. Oh, yeah, this is perfect.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33I mean, my old one's too warm in this sunshine.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36And they reckon it's going to be red hot right across the competition.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Well, you were all right in Argentina.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40I wasn't pulling behind Dickie, then, was I?
0:24:40 > 0:24:41DOOR CLOSES
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- Anyway, I'll be the best-dressed bloke in the final.- Oh!
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Oh, I'll get to the final, Mum, don't you worry.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49You won't if you stay out until God knows what hour every night.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- John...- He was supposed to be home, watered and in bed by nine-thirty.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- Well, I...- You've been down The Gaumont again, I know.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56It's not much after half past now.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58It's after it!
0:25:01 > 0:25:03There. You may as well have that...
0:25:03 > 0:25:05if you're up.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09It's bread, you can have a dripping sandwich.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Where's it from?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13We've had our ration this week.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Yeah. I... It's extra.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19You've been to see Lewis. He's a crook, John!
0:25:19 > 0:25:21He made all of his money on the black market
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- and we're not going to help him get any richer now.- Mum!- No!- Lena!
0:25:24 > 0:25:28There is a right way to behave in life and there is a wrong way.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29- And it matters.- Mum... Mum!
0:25:29 > 0:25:31DOG BARKING
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Next door's dog!
0:25:32 > 0:25:35DOG EATS IT
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Dad...?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43'The metropolis becomes cosmopolis.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46'For the Olympiad, the world's athletes are pouring towards Wembley.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49'Among them, the American swimmers. Or from America,
0:25:49 > 0:25:52'the United States women contingent arriving at Southampton.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55'And they're not just athletic, but good-looking too.'
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Er, thank you, Wilson.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02HE SIGHS
0:26:02 > 0:26:06So... We have them here, anyway.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Absolutely.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Well, what about Wembley Stadium?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Track's down, scoreboard's up.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17And we've found somewhere to hide the pigeons
0:26:17 > 0:26:19for the opening ceremony.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21So they won't have to be taken over to the stadium
0:26:21 > 0:26:23until the actual afternoon of the event.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27No more hanging around all day in the sunshine.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:26:28 > 0:26:29What?
0:26:34 > 0:26:39We...had a bit of a hiccup when we had the rehearsal yesterday.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42What happened?
0:26:42 > 0:26:45When we...erm, dropped the lids to release them...
0:26:45 > 0:26:49several hundred of the birds had, erm...had cooked, sir.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Good God!
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Good God, indeed!
0:26:55 > 0:26:59We are blinking in the light of a new dawn, Lord Burghley.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03We are not engaged in the wholesale slaughter of innocent avians.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06No, sir.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10And about poetry? Etchings, sculpture?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Have we shifted any tickets there?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Yes, sir, we have.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16How many?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18So far?
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Yes.
0:27:23 > 0:27:2519,500.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37PANTING
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Agghh!
0:28:01 > 0:28:03What's up?
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Nothing.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10It's a...twinge, that's all.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13It's going. It's going already.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Hey, Bert! Over here!
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Ha! Jack!
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Jack Kelly.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Oh, c'mon! As long as you're...
0:28:23 > 0:28:26I'm fine! I told you - it's gone.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Oi! Mr Kelly! They are training!
0:28:29 > 0:28:31As you should be, actually.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- Good to see you! - You too. How are you?- Yeah, good.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39This is, er...Dickie Burnell.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42- He's...- Your partner, yeah.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44I heard you'd changed your mind about taking me on in the singles.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Pleased to meet you. Welcome!
0:28:47 > 0:28:49- Ah, great to be here. - Where are you staying?
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I don't know exactly. We're getting billeted!
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Bert! Bert!
0:28:55 > 0:28:59- Anyway, I reckon you'll be all right. We should get going.- Yeah.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- Good to see you.- Thank you. - Good luck.- Nice to meet you.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- Nice to meet you.- Best of luck. - You too.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06HE GROANS
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Here, Dickie. Give it a wipe.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09Agghh!
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Right.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Now, tell us the truth. Is it going to torpedo us?
0:29:17 > 0:29:19No! No...
0:29:21 > 0:29:23I've had it before.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27It eases off after a day or two. It's painful but...
0:29:27 > 0:29:28It won't affect the competition.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31It won't make any difference! You're getting worse.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33What are you on about! We were miles quicker to the barrier.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Through brute force you were! So you were knackered on the way back,
0:29:36 > 0:29:39which means you finished two seconds slower than last week,
0:29:39 > 0:29:41with a rating of four strokes higher!
0:29:41 > 0:29:43If you two don't discover some kind of rhythm,
0:29:43 > 0:29:45you'll do well to get beyond the first round.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Except we know the answer.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50- Long, slow...- No! We can't...
0:29:50 > 0:29:53paddle through it!
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Bert's right, Jack. We haven't the energy.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59Fine. Then solve it your own way. But solve it!
0:30:07 > 0:30:10It's the boat. No. Look, Dickie!
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- Please. Just, just listen to me... - A bad workman...- Yeah, I know that!
0:30:13 > 0:30:15But we're both struggling. And it isn't getting any better.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17It's the reason your back's knackered.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20It's knackered due to the number of starts you've put us through.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23They are a problem cos that's when the rigging gets the most hammer.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25I've been sculling like that for the past eight months.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28With a bloke who was 14 stone! I'm ten and a half!
0:30:28 > 0:30:31I'm too high out of the water which means you're beating up the sculls
0:30:31 > 0:30:34to get through the stroke, which you can because you're so strong,
0:30:34 > 0:30:36but at the cost of wrecking your back.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39The truth is, if we dropped the work by half an inch,
0:30:39 > 0:30:41you'd be taking the right amount of strain
0:30:41 > 0:30:44and we'd increase the span on the stroke! Look... I'll do it.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46What?
0:30:46 > 0:30:48I'm saying... I was thinking about it, you know.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50It occurred...
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- What, that I don't know how to do a re-rig?- I don't know.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Captain of boats at Eton. Blue at Oxford...
0:30:55 > 0:30:56I assume they have people.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58I can rig my own boat!
0:30:58 > 0:31:01The only reason I'm not doing this one is because it doesn't need doing
0:31:01 > 0:31:03and if we start messing around with it now
0:31:03 > 0:31:05we're going to ruin everything!
0:31:05 > 0:31:08If it isn't running properly, might I suggest that
0:31:08 > 0:31:11rather than blaming the silver spoon you forever see in my mouth,
0:31:11 > 0:31:13you take a good look at the chip on your own shoulder,
0:31:13 > 0:31:16and ask yourself, honestly, whether it and blind ambition,
0:31:16 > 0:31:19are really enough in themselves to make a man a good oarsman,
0:31:19 > 0:31:22or might he require one or two other attributes as well,
0:31:22 > 0:31:23like skill?!
0:32:33 > 0:32:34Where are you going?
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Nowhere. I... Just for a walk.
0:32:38 > 0:32:39I won't be long.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Yeah. And we know who with, don't we?
0:32:51 > 0:32:53DOOR CREAKS
0:33:12 > 0:33:14It makes sense.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20And I apologise...
0:33:21 > 0:33:23..for what I said to you.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28No-one likes to be found out.
0:33:30 > 0:33:31No.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Thank you, gentlemen.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Mr Bushnell, I...
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Margaret, I, er...I didn't mean to surprise you,
0:34:32 > 0:34:35but I...remembered Bert said you'd come home for your lunch.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40I need to talk to you...
0:34:40 > 0:34:42on a matter of some urgency.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47What about this, er... rationing business?
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Well, apparently a couple of our weightlifters
0:34:50 > 0:34:52passed out yesterday.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55One egg a week, you see, it's simply not enough.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57It's the same with the distance runners.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00They say a shilling's worth of meat a week, they just can't train on it.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Well, that's how it's going to remain!
0:35:03 > 0:35:06If our Olympians can manage, then so can we.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08But they're not managing!
0:35:13 > 0:35:15That's a chop in the middle.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Barnsley chop.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21- You get double meat on one of them. - That's... Very kind of you.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Except, am I the only one who's actually...?
0:35:23 > 0:35:24ALL: We've had ours!
0:35:25 > 0:35:29Yeah, sorry, there was some... confusion
0:35:29 > 0:35:32about what time tea was actually served,
0:35:32 > 0:35:34so we got stuck in before you arrived.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39And aren't they delicious?
0:35:39 > 0:35:42- Mm...- Those Barnsley chops.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44So you just enjoy yourself, Mr Kelly.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47You're our guest and we want you to go back to America
0:35:47 > 0:35:48with good memories.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51The King and the rowin' and...
0:35:53 > 0:35:55..that chop.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59We're happy to watch.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Great oarsman such as yourself.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13That is magnificent.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21TRAIN WHISTLES IN THE BACKGROUND
0:36:36 > 0:36:38All right, Dad?
0:36:38 > 0:36:39Bert?
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Need some Fleetwax. Have you got any?
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Dickie says we're on the water that much,
0:36:45 > 0:36:46the boat could use an extra coat.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Yeah, he's right. You should. I'll get you some.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53How'd it go today?
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Yeah, good. Quicker today than we were at lunch time.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59So... Still a way to go, though.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Well, the Danes are the ones to watch. But the Dutch...
0:37:02 > 0:37:03Yeah, yeah! We know, Dad.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06We've done our homework, so don't worry.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12And I'll be... I'll be out by the time you get home.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14But I'll be back by nine. I promise.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17She ain't there.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20What?
0:37:20 > 0:37:23You're goin' over to Margaret's, aren't you?
0:37:23 > 0:37:24Yeah. And I'm saying I'll be back by nine.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Yeah, and I'm just sayin' to you,
0:37:27 > 0:37:30she isn't there, she's gone back to her mum's.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33She's taken the train to Dumfries.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35What are you on about, her mum's?
0:37:35 > 0:37:38She... She said she'd meet me at The Gaumont.
0:37:39 > 0:37:40How do you know?
0:37:43 > 0:37:44You told her to leave.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- I did no such thing. - You forced her!
0:37:46 > 0:37:47I did not!
0:37:47 > 0:37:50She accepted it, you know.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53She appreciated you need a clear run now.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56No distractions whatsoever.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02I'd say shame on you,
0:38:02 > 0:38:04but you don't know the meaning of the word.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21You don't have to go into digs.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25It's easier.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27I can...focus.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Not sure I'd be much company for a few days anyway.
0:38:40 > 0:38:41HE SIGHS HEAVILY
0:40:01 > 0:40:03BAND PLAYS ROUSINGLY
0:40:05 > 0:40:07RADIO: 'London, 1948.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10'The 14th Olympiad of the modern era.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12'Here, the athletes of the nations
0:40:12 > 0:40:16'gather to pit their strength and skill.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20'Physical perfection competing in international friendship.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31'Britain is set. And so her King declares...
0:40:31 > 0:40:36'I proclaim open the Olympic Games of London,
0:40:36 > 0:40:40'celebrating the 14th Olympiad of the modern era.'
0:40:40 > 0:40:42TELEPHONE RINGS
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Which line does the Mexican diving team
0:40:44 > 0:40:45need to take for the Empire Pool?
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Metropolitan. Can anyone speak... What do they speak in the Lebanon?
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Hello. Yes.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55Er, oh, just a second. Matt Busby?
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Something to do with a soccer team?
0:40:57 > 0:40:58Right.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Mr Busby, good afternoon.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Yes, I see.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05No. No, no.
0:41:05 > 0:41:06TELEPHONE RINGS
0:41:06 > 0:41:07I can appreciate that.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09- Hello.- I'll sort it out straightaway.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Yes!- Er, two dozen footballs to Enfield, please, straightaway!
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Yes, of course, of course. I'll get onto that straightaway.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20TELEPHONES RINGING
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Richard!
0:41:29 > 0:41:30HE SIGHS
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Father. I, er...?
0:41:33 > 0:41:36I thought you wouldn't mind.
0:41:37 > 0:41:38No.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39Of course.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43You're welcome.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Been far?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Five miles.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56On top of your work on the water?
0:41:56 > 0:41:58It's fine.
0:41:58 > 0:41:59We go at a slow pace.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03It, er...oxygenates the muscles apparently.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Long and slow.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08It's something Bert picked up in the Argentine.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Ahh... Overseas technique.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16They produce some terrific oarsmen.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Absolutely. I wasn't...
0:42:20 > 0:42:23If you're going to go with that sort of approach, then...
0:42:23 > 0:42:25What sort of approach?
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Here. I brought you something.
0:42:33 > 0:42:34Single malt.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Help you relax.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Thank you. It's terrific.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44You are allowed the odd nip, then, are you,
0:42:44 > 0:42:45on this regime of yours?
0:42:53 > 0:42:55You're a Burnell.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57That's all the impetus you need.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05HE OPENS THE DOOR
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Let battle commence.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14DOOR CLOSES
0:43:31 > 0:43:32TELEPHONE RINGS
0:43:36 > 0:43:38Burghley.
0:43:38 > 0:43:39Oh, Prime Minister.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Right. I see.
0:43:46 > 0:43:47Well, good night, then, sir.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Mr Attlee.
0:43:54 > 0:43:55Yes, I gathered.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58He's at the Savoy Grill.
0:43:58 > 0:43:59There with Wilson.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02Having to wait for a table, apparently.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04Place is...
0:44:04 > 0:44:06Place is packed with foreigners.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08Well, he's delighted.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12Wanted to say, "Well done."
0:44:15 > 0:44:17We're doing it, Clarence...
0:44:17 > 0:44:20just about.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23The world has come to London and...
0:44:26 > 0:44:28..we're bloody well doing it.
0:44:28 > 0:44:29THEY CHUCKLE
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Mrs Bushnell?
0:44:37 > 0:44:41- Mm.- I'm...Richard Burnell.
0:44:41 > 0:44:42Oh.
0:44:42 > 0:44:47I...I need to talk to Bert... about tomorrow.
0:44:47 > 0:44:48Oh, of course. Come in.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51He's gone out.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54Nerves. He'll be walkin' round somewhere.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56Shouldn't be long, I imagine.
0:44:58 > 0:45:02Why don't you come in, anyway... have a cuppa,
0:45:02 > 0:45:03now you're here?
0:45:12 > 0:45:14What's the problem?
0:45:17 > 0:45:18Excuse me?
0:45:18 > 0:45:21You're all over the shop. What is it?
0:45:21 > 0:45:23It's nothing. I...
0:45:23 > 0:45:25Oh, come on! You've got something on your mind.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27That's why you're here, isn't it?
0:45:27 > 0:45:29I'm someone you don't know well who you can talk to
0:45:29 > 0:45:31without it bein' embarrassin', so...
0:45:37 > 0:45:40I'm scared we won't win.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42I mean, I...
0:45:42 > 0:45:44I've never thought that before.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46Because I want to...so much,
0:45:46 > 0:45:50only...suddenly, this evening, when I was in my digs,
0:45:50 > 0:45:52I... It's not Bert. It's me.
0:45:52 > 0:45:56I just thought, I'm not sure I'm quick enough.
0:45:56 > 0:45:57You know, I'm really not...
0:45:57 > 0:45:59Shhh!
0:45:59 > 0:46:01You don't say that again. All right?
0:46:01 > 0:46:04You've told me and I've heard you.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06Only that's it, all right?
0:46:07 > 0:46:11Because you ARE going to win. You know why?
0:46:11 > 0:46:16Because you deserve to. You know why you deserve to?
0:46:16 > 0:46:18Cos you're here now, panickin' and worryin'.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20I just...
0:46:20 > 0:46:24Who doesn't want to win gold at the Olympics? Eh?
0:46:24 > 0:46:29Every oarsman does. It's the pinnacle.
0:46:29 > 0:46:30Yeah, I wanted one!
0:46:32 > 0:46:34But I... I didn't know you rowed.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39Right.
0:46:43 > 0:46:44You come with me.
0:46:52 > 0:46:54DOOR CLOSES
0:47:10 > 0:47:14I won three coats and badges, scullin'.
0:47:14 > 0:47:15I was good.
0:47:17 > 0:47:22Only, it was always a gold medal I wanted, Olympic,
0:47:22 > 0:47:24ever since I was a kid,
0:47:24 > 0:47:28but soon as I started up the boat yard, that was that.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30I lost my amateur status.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32Yeah, I could've waited, I could've...
0:47:32 > 0:47:33To get the boat yard goin'...
0:47:33 > 0:47:36I could've given myself the ultimate test.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39But I didn't, cos...
0:47:40 > 0:47:43..I got the fear, too.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45You know, "What if I'm not good enough?"
0:47:47 > 0:47:49Everyone gets it.
0:47:51 > 0:47:52Question is...
0:47:54 > 0:47:56..what do you do with it?
0:47:56 > 0:47:57You know, I walked away.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59Told myself I could have won if, you know,
0:47:59 > 0:48:02if the rules for amateurs hadn't been so tough.
0:48:05 > 0:48:06I walked away.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11But you're going to get in the boat.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13I can see you are,
0:48:13 > 0:48:14even feelin' how you do now...
0:48:16 > 0:48:18..and because of that,
0:48:18 > 0:48:20you're going to win, Dickie Burnell.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:48:30 > 0:48:32Dickie?
0:48:32 > 0:48:33Anyway, I should...
0:48:36 > 0:48:38We've said all we need to, eh?
0:48:40 > 0:48:42- I'll leave you to it.- Mm.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46What did he mean?
0:48:48 > 0:48:49You've said all you need to say?
0:48:49 > 0:48:51I...came looking for you.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53Your father invited me to stay for a cup of tea.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55- Oh.- We had a good chat.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03He said he's not going to watch until the final.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06No...he never does.
0:49:06 > 0:49:10Says there's only one race which matters, so why watch the others?
0:49:10 > 0:49:12- It's a fair point.- Mm.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20Great Britain has drawn the Bucks station.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23Italy on Centre and France on Berkshire.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25THEY APPLAUD
0:49:26 > 0:49:29Good draw, lads. Italy and France.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31Put down a marker, eh?
0:49:44 > 0:49:47'We're going to lose, Bert.'
0:49:47 > 0:49:49Nah, not against these. Don't worry.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51That's just the jitters, come on!
0:49:51 > 0:49:52No!
0:49:55 > 0:49:57We're going to make sure we lose.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01What are you on about? We're going to...
0:50:01 > 0:50:03The draw doesn't favour us.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05If we win, we'll get the Danes too soon.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07If we come second, we'll be in the repechage.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10Win that and we still carry on through the competition
0:50:10 > 0:50:13but we'll be on the other side of the draw to the Danes.
0:50:13 > 0:50:14We won't meet them until the final.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16If we win the repechage. What if...
0:50:16 > 0:50:17We will win it!
0:50:21 > 0:50:23It's still a risk. It's...
0:50:23 > 0:50:25Well, of course it's a risk! But it's one worth taking.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27You know that!
0:50:27 > 0:50:30CROWD CHEERING
0:50:36 > 0:50:38Trust me, Bert.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40Please.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42What the hell happened there?!
0:50:42 > 0:50:46Came out the blocks like, er... It was beautiful!
0:50:46 > 0:50:47And then, all of a sudden,
0:50:47 > 0:50:50it was like someone threw an anchor over the side!
0:50:50 > 0:50:51- I got a bit of cramp.- What?
0:50:51 > 0:50:53My legs cramped up.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56- Oh, no.- I'm not poorly. It was just...temporary.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58I'm certain!
0:50:58 > 0:51:00It's all right, Jack. We hung onto second.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02We'll be in the repechage.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04- Ha!- What? It'll be fine. We'll win the repechage.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06Against the Dutch!
0:51:06 > 0:51:08No. Hang on. They're European Champions. That isn't right.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10- They had a disaster.- What?
0:51:10 > 0:51:13Bow caught a massive crab and they never got their rhythm back.
0:51:13 > 0:51:17Just made second. So it's them and you and, moments ago, Argentina.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20Argentina?! What happened?
0:51:20 > 0:51:24God knows. Somebody said that they did it deliberately.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26To avoid the Danes in the semis.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29I know.
0:51:29 > 0:51:31Apparently, the coach punched the bloke who suggested it.
0:51:31 > 0:51:34Don't blame him. It's the Olympics, for God's sake.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36The point is, boys,
0:51:36 > 0:51:38the repechage will be no procession.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41And if you don't win that, there are no more second chances.
0:51:41 > 0:51:42You're out.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54MEN GRUNT
0:51:57 > 0:51:59SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
0:52:08 > 0:52:11The Dutch are goin'. Beat it in, Dickie!
0:52:11 > 0:52:13They're goin'. The Dutch are going!
0:52:13 > 0:52:15I don't want to know!
0:52:19 > 0:52:23RADIO: "Printemps Qui Commence" by Maria Callas
0:52:23 > 0:52:24Go on, my son, come on.
0:52:24 > 0:52:28Breathe in, Dickie. Go on. Go on!
0:52:30 > 0:52:32More!
0:52:33 > 0:52:34More!
0:52:36 > 0:52:37Yes!
0:52:41 > 0:52:44Keep going! Keep going!
0:52:44 > 0:52:45Come on!
0:52:48 > 0:52:50Bury 'em!
0:52:50 > 0:52:52Bury 'em, Dickie!
0:52:55 > 0:52:57Yes! Go on! Go on! Go on!
0:53:16 > 0:53:18They made it. They're through.
0:53:18 > 0:53:20In the semis.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23I say, they're through to the semis.
0:53:23 > 0:53:24I don't care.
0:53:33 > 0:53:34SHE TURNS THE VOLUME UP
0:53:46 > 0:53:47Richard.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Well done!
0:53:51 > 0:53:52Thank you.
0:53:52 > 0:53:54I was hoping I'd see you.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56Let me take you for some supper.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59No. Thank you. I'm going out with Bert.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02Ah. Good idea. Let off a bit of steam together!
0:54:02 > 0:54:06Well, I'll leave you to it, then.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11I thought you were terrific today.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17Thank you.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19Really dominated.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24Not sure about that show-boating at the end but...
0:54:24 > 0:54:25Sorry?
0:54:25 > 0:54:27You'd won, Richard.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30It was clear, long before you crossed the finishing line.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32There really wasn't any need
0:54:32 > 0:54:35to humiliate your opponents quite so thoroughly.
0:54:37 > 0:54:38Ah.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41I'm being churlish.
0:54:41 > 0:54:44It was a magnificent row.
0:54:50 > 0:54:51All I mean is...
0:54:53 > 0:54:56..it's a gentleman's sport, Richard.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59It would be a shame to forget that.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28How'd you get on?
0:55:28 > 0:55:30Won.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Good.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39Says here, the Belgians' time from their first round
0:55:39 > 0:55:42nearly broke the course record.
0:55:42 > 0:55:43They're looking very quick indeed.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54Flippin' heck. He'll be here in a minute.
0:55:54 > 0:55:56- We could always pretend... - No, we can't!
0:55:56 > 0:55:58He made a special point,
0:55:58 > 0:55:59"I'll be there at seven-thirty.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01"Don't all start without me this time."
0:56:01 > 0:56:02DOOR OPENS
0:56:02 > 0:56:03I'm back!
0:56:05 > 0:56:06Hello again!
0:56:06 > 0:56:08Guess who's through to his semifinal?
0:56:11 > 0:56:12It's spam and salad!
0:56:14 > 0:56:15That's all we've got.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20And the spam's disgustin'.
0:56:20 > 0:56:22Potatoes aren't that good.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24Oh, I see.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30In which case...
0:56:30 > 0:56:34maybe all this stuff that gets flown in from LA could be of use.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37I've got 35 sirloin steaks,
0:56:37 > 0:56:41four bags of rice, two bunches of bananas,
0:56:41 > 0:56:42and three lemon cheesecakes.
0:56:42 > 0:56:46Now, the steaks will keep, as long as you ice 'em for a day or two,
0:56:46 > 0:56:48but the cheesecakes, they gotta go,
0:56:48 > 0:56:50and cos of that, I hope you don't mind, I've, er...
0:56:50 > 0:56:51invited some friends around.
0:56:51 > 0:56:54Hey, fellas! Fellas!
0:56:56 > 0:56:57Hello, Bert!
0:57:19 > 0:57:21Oh! Was an effort today, wasn't it?
0:57:21 > 0:57:23More than I thought it'd be.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28Think the occasion, that saps you a bit an' all.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30Either way.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33Certainly felt it in the end.
0:57:34 > 0:57:35Did you?
0:57:38 > 0:57:40Legs are like lead.
0:57:40 > 0:57:42All right, well...
0:57:42 > 0:57:44That's all right.
0:57:44 > 0:57:45We've got enough in the tank,
0:57:45 > 0:57:48as long as we don't waste anything in the semi.
0:57:48 > 0:57:52There's a way we can win it, Dickie, where we keep a bit back.
0:57:52 > 0:57:53I've worked it out!
0:57:53 > 0:57:59Belgium will get away fastest, except they'll drop off about 750,
0:57:59 > 0:58:01be the Yanks we need to keep an eye on,
0:58:01 > 0:58:03and I know with them, they don't race!
0:58:03 > 0:58:06It's even splits all the way. I've looked at their times.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08So all we gotta do is pick up their rate at the start,
0:58:08 > 0:58:12sit with them to 1,500 and then crank it up in the last five -
0:58:12 > 0:58:1438, 39, and that'll do it.
0:58:14 > 0:58:17They won't be able to respond. They haven't got the speed,
0:58:17 > 0:58:20which means we'll win it and we'll have something left for the final!
0:58:20 > 0:58:23As long as they haven't got the speed,
0:58:23 > 0:58:26as long as they haven't been holding something back.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28I'm right.
0:58:28 > 0:58:29I know I am.
0:58:31 > 0:58:36Come on! I trusted you first round. Eh!
0:58:36 > 0:58:39It's my turn now.
0:58:39 > 0:58:41Besides, we're too tired for anything else.
0:58:47 > 0:58:51PIANO MUSIC PLAYS
0:59:06 > 0:59:10She won a gold in the discus this very afternoon!
0:59:10 > 0:59:14She's apparently a concert pianist.
0:59:14 > 0:59:17Attended the Paris Conservatoire. Micheline Ostermeyer.
0:59:19 > 0:59:23She can knock out a tune, can't she? On the old Joanna.
0:59:50 > 0:59:52Here, um... Have you got any change?
0:59:52 > 0:59:53What?
0:59:53 > 0:59:56For the phone box.
0:59:56 > 0:59:58- How much do you need? - How much you got?
1:00:10 > 1:00:14TELEPHONE RINGS
1:00:14 > 1:00:15Hello.
1:00:15 > 1:00:18'Margaret? It's me... It's Bert!'
1:00:18 > 1:00:20Oh... Right.
1:00:20 > 1:00:25I wanted to ring and...apologise for not getting in touch sooner.
1:00:25 > 1:00:29- Apologise? I just assumed you were busy with your training.- 'No, no.'
1:00:29 > 1:00:33I was upset. You'd let my dad persuade you to leave and...
1:00:33 > 1:00:35Point is, I should've called and I didn't.
1:00:35 > 1:00:39But then, just now, I was watching this discus thrower and...
1:00:39 > 1:00:42she was amazing.
1:00:42 > 1:00:45'I thought of you straightaway and it hit me -
1:00:45 > 1:00:47'whenever I'm...anywhere where...'
1:00:47 > 1:00:52I dunno, where I feel inspired, you know,
1:00:52 > 1:00:54'you always come into my head.'
1:00:56 > 1:00:58And I think I must love you.
1:01:00 > 1:01:02'I really must.'
1:01:02 > 1:01:05You got that from watching a discus thrower?
1:01:05 > 1:01:06'Yeah.'
1:01:06 > 1:01:10I know. It's complicated. The thing is, I do!
1:01:12 > 1:01:15Well, you're silly!
1:01:15 > 1:01:19You're silly cos if you were upset you should have called me.
1:01:19 > 1:01:21And you're silly because your dad was right.
1:01:21 > 1:01:23'You did need to concentrate.'
1:01:23 > 1:01:24What?
1:01:24 > 1:01:26'He never persuaded me, Bert.
1:01:26 > 1:01:29'I left because I thought it was for the best.'
1:01:29 > 1:01:32And you're through to the semifinal now,
1:01:32 > 1:01:34which is all that matters,
1:01:34 > 1:01:36and that you love me.
1:01:36 > 1:01:38That's quite good, too.
1:01:41 > 1:01:44It's...mutual, by the way.
1:01:46 > 1:01:48LINE BEEPS
1:01:48 > 1:01:51Margaret, er... I've got no more money. I miss ya.
1:01:51 > 1:01:53'I wish you were here.'
1:01:53 > 1:01:55LINE GOES DEAD
1:02:01 > 1:02:05All right! Stop shovin' at the back! Somebody's gonnae get hurt!
1:02:05 > 1:02:07Here, Tam, you need to dae a rota.
1:02:07 > 1:02:09So long in front, then move 'em on.
1:02:09 > 1:02:12You've been here for two hours. You should be the first tae clear off.
1:02:12 > 1:02:15Will you all just shut up?! I'm tryin' to watch my fiance here!
1:02:15 > 1:02:17What? He's rowin', is he?
1:02:17 > 1:02:20Aye. And it's called scullin', as a matter of fact -
1:02:20 > 1:02:22ALL: Oooh! Scullin'!
1:02:22 > 1:02:24Right. Wait here.
1:02:26 > 1:02:28Come on!
1:02:32 > 1:02:35Right! Let her through.
1:02:35 > 1:02:38Let the lassie through tae the shop. Come on, then, out the way.
1:02:38 > 1:02:41Oh, thank you! Thanks.
1:02:44 > 1:02:47THEY ALL MOAN
1:02:48 > 1:02:50All right! All right!
1:02:50 > 1:02:52Tell us what's goin' on!
1:02:52 > 1:02:56USA one length ahead after seven 750 metres.
1:02:56 > 1:03:00The commentator says the wind is an enemy to Great Britain.
1:03:00 > 1:03:03The Belgians are droppin' right aff.
1:03:03 > 1:03:05Britain are comin' back!
1:03:05 > 1:03:08Her fiance, he's a bloody giant, by the way.
1:03:08 > 1:03:10Is he fae the Gorbals?
1:03:10 > 1:03:11He's not that, he's the other one.
1:03:11 > 1:03:14She's engaged to the one who looks like Harold Lloyd.
1:03:14 > 1:03:16LAUGHTER
1:03:16 > 1:03:19- Never mind, the bigger one's picking it up right now!- Yes, come on.
1:03:19 > 1:03:21Britain and the Yanks. Neck and neck.
1:03:21 > 1:03:22Come on!
1:03:22 > 1:03:24Britain edgin' it!
1:03:24 > 1:03:26Our boys have got another gear!
1:03:26 > 1:03:29- They're giein' it the hammer! - Come on, Bert.
1:03:29 > 1:03:30They've opened up a gap!
1:03:30 > 1:03:32CHEERING
1:03:32 > 1:03:34Great Britain wins!
1:03:34 > 1:03:35Yes!
1:03:35 > 1:03:38USA second!
1:03:38 > 1:03:42And who cares who's third? We're through to the final!
1:03:42 > 1:03:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1:03:55 > 1:03:58RADIO: "Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix" by Maria Callas
1:04:09 > 1:04:14Good, lads! Thought you'd gone off too slow but timed it just right.
1:04:14 > 1:04:19Just. How you feelin'? Good.
1:04:19 > 1:04:20Good.
1:04:22 > 1:04:26One more to do. Just...rest tonight. That's the key.
1:04:29 > 1:04:31One more.
1:04:52 > 1:04:53Good show, chaps.
1:04:57 > 1:05:01Wonderful performance. Sheer guts.
1:05:01 > 1:05:05I do beg your pardon. Charles Burnell. But everyone calls me Don.
1:05:05 > 1:05:07How do you do, Don? Bert Bushnell.
1:05:08 > 1:05:11Well, you're there! You've made it.
1:05:11 > 1:05:13You're Olympic finalists.
1:05:13 > 1:05:17Incidentally, I don't know if you got the finishing times.
1:05:17 > 1:05:19Er, Parsner and Larsen, the Danes,
1:05:19 > 1:05:22they won their semi in seven minutes, 48.3 seconds.
1:05:22 > 1:05:26You beat the Americans in seven minutes, 55.1.
1:05:26 > 1:05:31Tremendous effort! Your best time so far...
1:05:31 > 1:05:35but still a good seven seconds off the Danes.
1:05:37 > 1:05:40Perhaps another rasher of bacon in the morning, eh, Bushnell?
1:05:42 > 1:05:45So lovely to meet you. Best of luck.
1:05:55 > 1:05:57Seven seconds. Christ!
1:05:57 > 1:05:59Well, they weren't being pushed, were they?
1:05:59 > 1:06:02There was no-one near enough to push 'em by the sound of it.
1:06:02 > 1:06:04- We can beat them. - Yeah, but...
1:06:04 > 1:06:05Don't listen to him!
1:06:08 > 1:06:10I'm sorry. I...
1:06:11 > 1:06:15I respect my father very much,
1:06:15 > 1:06:17but he has a most...
1:06:17 > 1:06:20particular sense of good sportsmanship,
1:06:20 > 1:06:23which I find a little troubling at times.
1:06:23 > 1:06:26I beg your pardon. I really do. I'm...
1:06:26 > 1:06:28I need to rest.
1:06:29 > 1:06:30Yeah, me too.
1:06:50 > 1:06:51You all right, sir?
1:06:51 > 1:06:53Yes. It's, er...fine.
1:06:53 > 1:06:55Right.
1:06:55 > 1:06:57Well, er...it's your battery.
1:06:57 > 1:06:59You didn't have the radio on for ages, did you, sir?
1:06:59 > 1:07:01Oh...
1:07:03 > 1:07:05It's all right. I can arrange to have you towed back.
1:07:05 > 1:07:08- Won't be a problem. - What won't be a problem?
1:07:08 > 1:07:11Bert... What are you doin' here?
1:07:11 > 1:07:14I've just been rowing in an Olympic semifinal.
1:07:14 > 1:07:16What about you?
1:07:17 > 1:07:22Actually, I saw you. Yeah. We was comin' along and your mum said...
1:07:22 > 1:07:26"Look, they're rowin'. It must be the Olympics," so we stopped.
1:07:29 > 1:07:31He's through to the final.
1:07:31 > 1:07:33Double sculls.
1:07:33 > 1:07:35Oh, congratulations!
1:07:35 > 1:07:36Ta.
1:07:36 > 1:07:39And you're his dad? Ha-ha!
1:07:39 > 1:07:43Well, you can have the new battery free, compliments of the AA.
1:07:43 > 1:07:45- Yeah?- Why didn't you tell me?
1:07:45 > 1:07:48- What?- You was watching! Have you seen them all?
1:07:48 > 1:07:51Have you seen them all? Have you... Have you seen all my races?
1:07:51 > 1:07:53Have you been doing this for ages?
1:07:55 > 1:07:59It ain't something to get upset about, you know. We was proud.
1:07:59 > 1:08:01We wanted to watch you.
1:08:01 > 1:08:03So, why didn't you tell me?! How come you're hiding here?
1:08:03 > 1:08:05Why didn't you sit with everyone else?
1:08:07 > 1:08:09You didn't want to be around if I lost, did you?
1:08:09 > 1:08:12- No.- Yeah, you wanted to be able to make a quick exit!- That's...
1:08:12 > 1:08:14You're unbelievable! You're unbelievable.
1:08:14 > 1:08:18That ain't right. Bert! Come back here.
1:08:20 > 1:08:22I just didn't want to put him off.
1:08:31 > 1:08:32Cheerio.
1:08:40 > 1:08:42Mr Burnell!
1:08:42 > 1:08:44Bert! Still here?
1:08:44 > 1:08:46Yeah. I, er...
1:08:47 > 1:08:50I was just thinking about tomorrow and...
1:08:52 > 1:08:55..is there any chance that I could have a word with you...
1:08:55 > 1:08:56in private?
1:09:05 > 1:09:06Cheers.
1:09:07 > 1:09:10He never told me he was still reporting...
1:09:12 > 1:09:13..during the event.
1:09:13 > 1:09:16Oh, I think he likes the routine of it.
1:09:16 > 1:09:18Stops him from worrying too much!
1:09:18 > 1:09:20THEY CHUCKLE
1:09:20 > 1:09:23I don't think of him like that at all - Dickie.
1:09:23 > 1:09:25I mean, to me, he's...
1:09:25 > 1:09:26He's a rock.
1:09:28 > 1:09:32I want to say that, actually, Mr Burnell... Don.
1:09:32 > 1:09:37I want to say, he's a credit to you, Dickie is.
1:09:37 > 1:09:38How you brought him up.
1:09:41 > 1:09:42Thank you, Bert.
1:09:42 > 1:09:44It's why I wanted to speak to you.
1:09:44 > 1:09:46I...
1:09:46 > 1:09:48need you to do me a favour.
1:09:50 > 1:09:53I need you to look me in the eye
1:09:53 > 1:09:56and tell me it's going to be all right tomorrow.
1:09:58 > 1:09:59Bert...
1:09:59 > 1:10:00HE CHUCKLES
1:10:00 > 1:10:02I'm...
1:10:02 > 1:10:04I'm exhausted!
1:10:04 > 1:10:08I...don't want Dickie to know, but...
1:10:08 > 1:10:11We finished that race today,
1:10:11 > 1:10:13I could hardly get out the tub when we got to the side,
1:10:13 > 1:10:15I was that knackered.
1:10:17 > 1:10:20I'm sure it's there -
1:10:20 > 1:10:21one last effort...
1:10:23 > 1:10:25..even though...
1:10:27 > 1:10:29..I'm tired.
1:10:31 > 1:10:34I just need someone to help me unlock it...
1:10:36 > 1:10:39..someone I truly respect.
1:10:52 > 1:10:54KEYS RATTLE
1:11:12 > 1:11:14It's a gold medal.
1:11:14 > 1:11:16Olympic gold medal.
1:11:18 > 1:11:19It's mine.
1:11:20 > 1:11:221908. Men's eight.
1:11:27 > 1:11:29If Richard manages to come through first,
1:11:29 > 1:11:32we'll be the only father-and-son gold medallists
1:11:32 > 1:11:35in the entire history of the Olympics.
1:11:37 > 1:11:38I...
1:11:45 > 1:11:48Why didn't he say anything?
1:11:48 > 1:11:50Why didn't you?
1:11:50 > 1:11:52A gentleman doesn't boast, Bert.
1:11:52 > 1:11:55I've always impressed that upon Richard.
1:11:57 > 1:12:02It is a fact, nevertheless, that I have my medal
1:12:02 > 1:12:05and he has yet to win his...
1:12:05 > 1:12:07HE CHUCKLES
1:12:07 > 1:12:09..despite all the training he puts in and the diet
1:12:09 > 1:12:11and God knows what else...
1:12:11 > 1:12:14but now, we'll find out -
1:12:14 > 1:12:17is the son the match of the father?
1:12:18 > 1:12:22I hope so. I really do...
1:12:24 > 1:12:26..except one can never be certain.
1:12:27 > 1:12:30That's the glory of sport - its unpredictability.
1:12:33 > 1:12:35So...
1:12:35 > 1:12:37while I can and will tell you
1:12:37 > 1:12:40everything will turn out exactly as you hope tomorrow...
1:12:41 > 1:12:47..the truth is, it won't actually make a blind bit of difference -
1:12:47 > 1:12:51you're either made of the right stuff or you're not.
1:13:29 > 1:13:31I got you sardines.
1:13:31 > 1:13:35You need fish oil. You look knackered.
1:13:35 > 1:13:37In fact, you should be in bed by now.
1:13:37 > 1:13:40You're as white as a sheet. Do you know what time is it?
1:13:40 > 1:13:43Bloody hell, Bert. You've got an Olympic final in the morning.
1:13:43 > 1:13:44What are you playin' at!?
1:13:46 > 1:13:48Yeah.
1:13:50 > 1:13:51Yeah.
1:13:52 > 1:13:53I'm sorry.
1:13:56 > 1:13:59Right. Well... Never mind, you know,
1:13:59 > 1:14:02except it's same as your mum says -
1:14:02 > 1:14:04certain things matter...
1:14:06 > 1:14:10..like not havin' any regrets in your life. That's one of 'em.
1:14:11 > 1:14:15And you've worked too hard all these years to take any chances now, son.
1:14:17 > 1:14:18So...
1:14:21 > 1:14:23..eat your food.
1:14:29 > 1:14:31I'll have it in my room.
1:15:06 > 1:15:10All right, love. I'm ready.
1:15:11 > 1:15:12Love?
1:15:14 > 1:15:15You've not changed.
1:15:15 > 1:15:17I'm not coming.
1:15:17 > 1:15:18What?
1:15:18 > 1:15:20- I'm staying here.- But...
1:15:20 > 1:15:23But nothing. I've made up my mind.
1:15:23 > 1:15:26- You gotta come. - No, I can't bear it!
1:15:26 > 1:15:29You know how it upsets me.
1:15:29 > 1:15:31I've managed up until now...
1:15:31 > 1:15:34only not today,
1:15:34 > 1:15:36not the final.
1:15:37 > 1:15:39I daren't.
1:15:41 > 1:15:44You tell me how it went when you get back.
1:16:04 > 1:16:05How are you feeling?
1:16:05 > 1:16:07- Good.- Good?
1:16:07 > 1:16:09Good.
1:16:09 > 1:16:11This is it, then.
1:16:11 > 1:16:14You're top men.
1:16:14 > 1:16:16- Get away quick... - We know what to do.
1:16:25 > 1:16:28We gotta pull together, Dickie, if we're going to do this.
1:16:28 > 1:16:31Two gotta become one. Only we are one! Already!
1:16:31 > 1:16:33- Cos of our dads.- What?
1:16:33 > 1:16:35Trying not to let them down
1:16:35 > 1:16:38and hating them one minute and loving them the next.
1:16:38 > 1:16:41- What are you on about? - My dad! And yours - Don!
1:16:41 > 1:16:43I went to see him last night.
1:16:44 > 1:16:47- I'm not sure now's quite the time to...- Yes, it is.
1:16:47 > 1:16:50It's exactly the time. That's what I'm saying.
1:16:50 > 1:16:53Cos we've both spent our whole lives dealing with them and how they are.
1:16:53 > 1:16:57Only, now, it's just us in the boat, Dickie.
1:16:57 > 1:16:59It's just you and me, and that's enough.
1:17:01 > 1:17:03It's more than enough,
1:17:03 > 1:17:05cos we're a bloody good team.
1:17:16 > 1:17:18Prime Minister.
1:17:19 > 1:17:22I hardly dare tell him how well the advertising's worked.
1:17:22 > 1:17:26All that stuff in the programme? No. I thought it was unlikely.
1:17:26 > 1:17:29No... Amazing what these companies will offer.
1:17:29 > 1:17:31I can see it catching on.
1:17:31 > 1:17:32APPLAUSE
1:17:32 > 1:17:34TANNOY: 'Sculling magnificently
1:17:34 > 1:17:36'and past the finishing post,
1:17:36 > 1:17:39'the winner by five or six lengths.
1:17:39 > 1:17:43'The result of final for the single sculls -
1:17:43 > 1:17:46'MT Wood of Australia, takes the gold medal,
1:17:46 > 1:17:50'EG Risso of Uruguay, second, and Catasta of Italy, third.'
1:17:53 > 1:17:55FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
1:17:55 > 1:17:57Here you go, lads.
1:17:59 > 1:18:00She's all ready.
1:18:36 > 1:18:43MUSIC: "Vissi d'Arte" by Maria Callas
1:19:39 > 1:19:43Don't be sick. Don't be sick.
1:19:43 > 1:19:44Just breathe deep.
1:19:46 > 1:19:49Look at your clogs, you're all right.
1:19:49 > 1:19:51Just breathe.
1:20:09 > 1:20:12Big start. 40.
1:20:12 > 1:20:14Settle.
1:20:14 > 1:20:17Go when they go.
1:20:17 > 1:20:18You call it.
1:20:20 > 1:20:21Yep.
1:20:27 > 1:20:28Smile.
1:20:37 > 1:20:39Etes-vous prets?
1:20:39 > 1:20:41Ready.
1:20:50 > 1:20:52Partez!
1:20:55 > 1:20:59The race is under way. Great Britain are giving it a fair lick.
1:20:59 > 1:21:03The Danes are there too. Maybe even inching it, in fact.
1:21:03 > 1:21:05And Uruguay are not exactly hanging about either.
1:21:09 > 1:21:12CHEERING
1:21:18 > 1:21:21They're catching them. They're catching them.
1:21:36 > 1:21:38Neck and neck. Neck and neck!
1:21:44 > 1:21:45Bert!
1:21:45 > 1:21:47Wait!
1:21:48 > 1:21:51Soon. It's gotta be soon!
1:21:54 > 1:21:56Don't bully it!
1:22:00 > 1:22:01Now!
1:22:05 > 1:22:07Hammer it!
1:22:12 > 1:22:14They've overtaken them!
1:22:19 > 1:22:22Sing...
1:22:22 > 1:22:24Sing...
1:22:24 > 1:22:26Sing...
1:22:27 > 1:22:28Sing...
1:22:28 > 1:22:30Sing...
1:23:25 > 1:23:28Yeah!
1:23:29 > 1:23:31Yes!
1:23:39 > 1:23:41Yes!
1:23:43 > 1:23:46Oh, yes! Oh, yes!
1:23:52 > 1:23:53My dear old man.
1:23:53 > 1:23:56TANNOY: 'Result of the double sculls -
1:23:56 > 1:24:00'BHT Bushnell and RD Burnell of Great Britain win the gold medal.'
1:24:09 > 1:24:11Lads!
1:24:11 > 1:24:13You...buggers!
1:24:13 > 1:24:15All down to you, Jack.
1:24:15 > 1:24:18Great effort, great effort.
1:24:18 > 1:24:22Not bad, lads. Not bad at all.
1:24:23 > 1:24:28Enjoy it, Bert. Losing doesn't feel so great. Congratulations.
1:24:28 > 1:24:29Bad luck, mate.
1:24:31 > 1:24:33Congratulations.
1:24:48 > 1:24:52Well done, Richard.
1:25:08 > 1:25:11TANNOY: 'The medal ceremony, for the men's double sculls...'
1:25:11 > 1:25:14CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1:25:21 > 1:25:22'Ladies and gentlemen,
1:25:22 > 1:25:25'please stand for the national anthem of Great Britain.'
1:25:25 > 1:25:30BRITISH NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS
1:25:59 > 1:26:00Here, Dad.
1:26:00 > 1:26:02Take this.
1:26:02 > 1:26:05Take it!
1:26:05 > 1:26:07I want you to have it...
1:26:07 > 1:26:09please...
1:26:16 > 1:26:18..as a thank you.
1:27:19 > 1:27:21We should go.
1:27:23 > 1:27:25Hmm.
1:27:27 > 1:27:28You keep saying that.
1:27:30 > 1:27:32We should.
1:27:35 > 1:27:38We'll never get to do this again, will we...
1:27:39 > 1:27:43..walk out of a changing room after we've beaten the world?
1:27:45 > 1:27:46No.
1:27:49 > 1:27:51But we can't stay here for ever.
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