The Paper Lads season 2 episode 2
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00:30Come along with me, the night has opened up it's eyes to see day, the clouds are moving
00:45just as one, the feeling got so certain, that when this day is done, the paper market will
00:57come with the dawn casting light on the play, acting it out in our own special way, making
01:04our entrance and reading the line, the story of people who live by the time.
01:57It's getting a bit long with the tooth, isn't you Alf?
02:14Before long we'll be giving her one of them special geriatric handicaps.
02:18She's named Madden Six.
02:19Go and tell your granny that you're there in Sir Bluebelton's field, that's if the poor
02:23old bitch can hear that far.
02:26She was a good bitch in her day and never...
02:41Not good enough for a grantor?
02:42No, not good enough for a grantor, but good.
02:44Come on Alf, come on.
03:06What'll we do Alf?
03:18What if she can't do Alf a maximum handicap?
03:20She'll never do Alf.
03:38Think he's got the message son?
03:41Everyone knows Bluebelt's over the hill.
03:43I've fiddled her in these last couple of months for your grandad's sake.
03:46One, it'll cause bad blood.
03:47Do you think you can tell him?
03:49I'll try Mr Holcroft.
03:50Good lad.
03:51The committee in Nutlake haven't asked him to stop pestering.
03:54I mean, he practically founded the damn club.
04:06Supreme champion, a local dog, he a natural.
04:09First time any one of these parts ever got near it.
04:11It was my dog.
04:12It was 40 years ago.
04:13What can happen once can happen again.
04:15But not for me.
04:16Not with an idle old bitch like that in there.
04:18She can't help getting old.
04:20No more can I son, but I keep on trying.
04:22At least I have until now.
04:24You can get another dog.
04:25Too much.
04:26Too much time.
04:27Energy.
04:28Too much blast these days.
04:30And you, the best bits of the joint, I even slept with you, didn't I?
04:34And this is the thanks I get.
04:35Well that's it you hear?
04:36No work, no play.
04:38From here on you can sleep out there.
04:40You'll be grateful.
04:45Granda.
04:47Oh get away back to shale, son.
04:49Your mum will be wondering where you are.
04:51Oh aye, that no good brother of yours, is he in or out of prison these days?
04:55Came out last month.
04:57How long for, eh?
04:58I don't know.
04:59You do your best, you give him all you've got and where's it get you, eh?
05:03The grief that lad's brought your mum.
05:05Away you go.
05:07Ta-ra, Granda.
05:37So that's it then, Lassie.
05:59No more dreams.
06:01But at least there'll be nobody laughing at us behind our backs, will you?
06:05It didn't knock when Pepper and me brought the trophy home, did there, eh?
06:09Then that's still around to remember it, that is.
06:28Is Sam not back yet?
06:30Give her a chance, can't you?
06:32Can't bear to be away from your sister, eh?
06:34Not at all.
06:35It's just I promised to take her and Paddy down to the park.
06:37That old bag of bones.
06:39Not so old.
06:40She's only two.
06:41Only two?
06:42Yeah.
06:49Hey.
06:51Oh, how much are these then?
06:53Fifteen pence to you and that includes the discount.
06:56Pay Friday.
06:57What are you waiting for?
06:59Night, Mrs Crawford.
07:01I'm glad one of you's got some manners anyway.
07:05Paddy! Paddy!
07:07Come on!
07:09Paddy!
07:10Come on, Paddy!
07:12Paddy!
07:13Come on!
07:15Paddy! Paddy!
07:16Come on, Paddy!
07:21Paddy! Paddy!
07:24Paddy! Paddy!
07:25Come on, Paddy!
07:27Paddy!
07:30Paddy!
07:36Hey, Paddy!
07:37Mum!
07:38Mum!
07:46You can come on me rounds after school but not before.
07:50How many times do I have to tell you?
07:53Mum!
07:58Hey!
07:59Bass!
08:08I'll just get Paddy to now meet you at the shop.
08:11Hey, Bass!
08:13You've got a hole in your trousers.
08:17Where?
08:18I can't see.
08:19Thank goodness.
08:20I thought you'd gone deaf for a minute.
08:22Why do you pee your legs in, stupid?
08:33Paddy! Paddy!
08:34Come on!
08:46Well, Bass, the young Neville rang.
08:48Said he was ill and couldn't manage the night.
08:50I thought you and Sam could share this round between you.
08:52I'm not talking to her ever again.
08:54Oh, she'll love that.
08:55It means she'll be able to talk even more.
08:57Right, it's up to you.
08:59Do you want to do it, Ian?
09:00Hey, I didn't say I didn't want to do it.
09:02It's too late.
09:03I don't mind doing it with Ian.
09:04Oh, thanks a bunch.
09:06OK, Mr Crawford, as long as it's with Sam.
09:08All right, so long as it gets done, eh?
09:13So what's the big idea?
09:15All right, where have you put him?
09:17I'm not talking to you.
09:18You just did.
09:19Where's Paddy?
09:20How do I know?
09:21You mean you didn't go home first, just for a gag like?
09:24No.
09:37Hello, Grandad.
09:38Hello there, son.
09:39I don't often get to see you, though, eh, dear?
09:42It's nowt up, is there, at home, like?
09:44Nah, I've just brought you a present.
09:46Ta-da!
09:48Well, what do you think?
09:50Lad at school, his mam told him to get rid of it.
09:53Cost too much to feed, she says.
09:55And he's looking for a good home.
09:57Why, Ian, how much like?
09:58Nowt, man.
09:59They were glad to get shot of it.
10:00Nowt?
10:01About two-year-old, isn't he?
10:0421, 22 pounder.
10:06Seems fit enough, doesn't he, eh?
10:07He's well exercised.
10:08Aye, but has he ever run before at a meeting, that is?
10:11I'm not sure.
10:12Don't think so.
10:13Never mind, he'll soon find out.
10:14It's an instinct, man, once he sees the hair.
10:17But we'll have to keep him tied up close by for a few days,
10:19in case he starts to fret, like.
10:21We don't want him heading back to Shields
10:23the minute his leg go dewy, eh?
10:24No, we don't.
10:25Now, think of a name, Neville, a name.
10:27I thought you might call him Pepper, Pepper the Third.
10:31There's only been one Pepper before, son.
10:34Aye, but Pepper the Second sounds like an oh-so-ran,
10:37and I doubt he'll be that.
10:38No.
10:42Paddy!
10:47Paddy!
10:49Come on, Paddy.
11:06Found him?
11:07No.
11:09Come on, Sam, it's way past your bedtime.
11:11Chances are he'll be at home waiting for you.
11:13I've been there.
11:14There's no sign.
11:16You know, Sam,
11:17some dogs have been known to travel miles,
11:19hundreds of miles,
11:20and all to get home again.
11:21He'll turn up sooner or later.
11:29Good night, Mr Crawford.
11:30Sam.
11:31Night.
11:32You going looking for Paddy again?
11:33It's a waste of time, if you ask me.
11:36Dog's long since gone by now, after four days.
11:41Hey, where's the fire?
11:43Night.
11:46That's true.
11:48Beats me why they don't buy the bay in a kitten or a goldfish.
11:51Should soon get over it then.
11:53You don't believe that, do you, Ginny?
11:56Yes.
11:57Course I do.
12:01Hugh Gogg, along the burn and through the spinny.
12:04I went there last night.
12:05Look, I know you went there last night,
12:07but you might have gone after a rabbit or something and got hurt.
12:10OK, but...
12:11Don't look so much as listen for a whimper.
12:14Shut up!
12:15You and Hugh, try further up the burn.
12:17Oh, not again.
12:18I tell you what,
12:19why don't we all club together and buy another dog?
12:21The amount of money we'd save on shoe leather,
12:23we're bound to make a profit.
12:24If you don't want to help, you've only got to see.
12:27Sorry.
12:28What about you? Where are you going?
12:30Down the youth club in the sports centre.
12:32All right, come on.
12:37Hang on, lass.
12:38What's up, Grandad?
12:39I want to get down to the swing field.
12:41Yes, I know you do, I know you do,
12:43but you can stay and have a little bit crack, can't you?
12:49No luck, can I?
12:50Does it matter all that much to your pet?
12:52I mean, there's plenty other dogs, isn't there?
12:55There's only one, Paddy.
12:57I suppose you're right.
12:59It's funny how we can get fond of a dog
13:01knowing that sooner or later it's going to tear the guts out of you.
13:04Not as queer as folk, is there?
13:06I mean, why go asking to be hurt right away you go?
13:09Oh, by the by.
13:12Know that rope that Paddy was fastened onto?
13:14What about it?
13:15Are you sure it was chewed through?
13:17It wasn't cut with a knife, like.
13:19It's just a thought.
13:21I'll tell you what, next time you're passing, fetch it in.
13:24Make certain, eh?
13:25You mean Paddy was stolen?
13:27But who'd want to do a thing like that?
13:37Come on, Paddy! Paddy! Come on, Paddy!
13:41Paddy!
13:42Come on, Paddy! Paddy! Come on, Paddy!
13:45Paddy! Come on, Paddy!
13:49Paddy!
13:58What did I tell you, son?
14:00What did I say?
14:01It's an instinct, man, an instinct.
14:03Aye, but is he any good, Grinder?
14:05He's better the third, isn't he?
14:07Anyhow, we'll know tomorrow at the handicappens.
14:10Thought old Alf was duff, did he?
14:12This time they'll all sit up and talk naughty.
14:14Away you go, lad.
14:41Help! Help!
14:45Aye, so this is Papa the third.
14:47Never give up, de Alf.
14:48Aye, maybe I'll surprise you this time, Wally.
14:51Where's the runner for, like?
14:53If I tell you that, you'd be as wise as what I was, wouldn't you?
14:56Away, lad.
14:58Come on, boys! Come on, boys!
15:06So that's the new wonder dog, eh?
15:08Never mind the cracks.
15:10Well, he's a bit more respectable than old Blowbell.
15:1312, maybe 15 yards at most.
15:16So he'll be in with a good chance of winning.
15:18He'll be in with a good chance of winning.
15:20He'll be in with a good chance of winning.
15:22He'll be in with a good chance of winning.
15:2412, maybe 15 yards at most.
15:26So he'll be in with a good chance at the meeting tomorrow, eh?
15:28Good chance.
15:30Come on, son. You've earned your lunch.
15:37What about his dinner, Grandad?
15:38He'll not be eating for a bit yet. First a good night's sleep.
15:41He didn't do all that well.
15:42He did just fine, didn't you, son?
15:4412 or 15 yards.
15:45That was for the handicap, and the bit's that.
15:47All he needs to turn him into a winner tomorrow, and that's all he needs.
15:50The feel of being out front, leading the field.
15:53But the handicaps...
15:54Handicaps.
15:55They forget it's the first dog out of the line on the day of the tax surprise,
15:58no matter whether he starts from scratch or the 20-yard marker.
16:02I still don't see how...
16:07There's things I thought I'd forgotten that them lot'll never even know.
16:11Rice pudding.
16:12Couple of pounds of nice creamy pudding slow the best dog in the world down.
16:15I don't understand.
16:16Not a word, but not even to your mum.
16:18There's them that brag about the handicaps, but the race is the thing.
16:22So I give Pepper a good feed of pudding just before the trials.
16:25And tomorrow he gets a head start he doesn't really need.
16:28Aye, now the penny's dropped.
16:29And tomorrow...
16:30Tomorrow they'll find out daft old Alf is back again with the winner,
16:33and maybe another supreme champion.
16:36I may be daft now,
16:37but at least I'll have the satisfaction of wiping a few gormless grins off a few gormless faces.
16:43But why would anybody steal Paddy?
16:45Well, he didn't cut the rope he sell, did he?
16:48Maybe some joke over the warped sense of humour.
16:51Or maybe barely grudge.
16:53But my money's on a straightforward thief, looky.
16:56If that's such a thing.
16:57Then we'll never get Paddy back.
16:59Oh, wouldn't bank on it.
17:00But why? Paddy wasn't worth anything except a million bars.
17:04That's what's got us thinking.
17:06But don't go building up any false hopes, lassie.
17:08It's just an idea, looky.
17:10And the chances are that I'm soft in the heat.
17:13But in the morning, after your paper round...
17:15Now where you going?
17:17Oh, just some old pals.
17:19I've been promising myself a visit for a month or two.
17:22Some very old pals amongst them.
17:24But don't forget, Sam, hinny, where there's life, eh?
17:28Chin up, bonnie lass.
17:35Yes, sir, Mickey?
17:36Of course, I'm not sorting.
17:38Just an idea, that's all.
17:40But you know this fella, Kenny?
17:41To nod to, aye.
17:43Walked in the same pit for a year or so.
17:45Yeah, but who is he?
17:46He's just a daft old man with a beanie's bun in one.
17:49Plenty of them about, anyway.
17:51Point taken, Mrs Crawford.
17:53But I don't think he meant any harm, even if I'm right.
17:55You heard all this last night.
17:57At the Legion Club over the colliery, you see,
18:00Alf Kenny's been a laughingstock for years.
18:03Just a couple of weeks ago, the secretary of the Whippet Club
18:06tried to get Alf to resign because of the embarrassment, you know.
18:09Bingo, Alf turns out with a brand-new dog.
18:11But he could have bought a new dog.
18:13He didn't say anything.
18:14Not to any of the lads at the Legion, anyhow.
18:16Well, it's still a long shot, Mickey.
18:20Any problems, Neville?
18:21No, I'll see you in the morning.
18:23We never see you for dust these days, Neville.
18:25What are you up to?
18:26Oh, good on the colliery, help me grandad.
18:28That's very nice of you.
18:30Help him do what, Neville?
18:32Oh, you know, this and that.
18:34What's your grandad's name, son? I might know him.
18:37Erm, Kenny.
18:39Alfred Kenny.
18:41Thank you, boss.
18:45That's something else I learned at the Legion last night.
19:11Now, don't you two go jumping the gun, eh?
19:23It's a long shot idea of your grandad's, you know.
19:25Some of his ideas are often like...
19:26Paddy, racing!
19:28Don't scoff, he might have hidden talents.
19:30Let's go this way, look.
19:32Then we can see them without them seeing us, eh?
19:35Oh, yes.
19:41Oh, yes.
20:12See anybody here now, you two?
20:14There's Neville.
20:17That's Kenny, is it, Mickey?
20:19That's Duff Duff, all right.
20:20Duff?
20:21Crazy man, like a fox, that fluffy old...
20:23Yeah, well, let's be sure before we shout, eh?
20:26That's Sam, that dog with him.
20:28Could that be old Paddy?
20:30It could be.
20:31The colour's right, but it's a long way off.
20:34There's only one way to be certain of it.
20:38Come on with me, you two.
20:50Here, if you're wrong, you'll get war lynched.
20:53Come on.
21:07Oh, my God!
21:15Now, I'll tell you what to do, look, and when to do it.
21:23Now!
21:24Paddy! Paddy! Come on!
21:26Paddy! Paddy!
21:38Are you telling me, Kenny,
21:40that you didn't know this dog was stolen property?
21:42I mean, you might have guessed.
21:44People don't give away valuable animals just like that.
21:47It's all my fault, Mr Crawford.
21:49I'll deal with you in a minute.
21:51Well, Kenny, any reason why we shouldn't call in the law?
21:55I'd never have done that, not if I'd have known.
21:58Not a bansed dog.
22:00I know what a dog can mean.
22:02I'd never take a dog I was wanted.
22:04Never.
22:07Hurry out. We're ready to start a re-run.
22:10Get one of the dogs in the traps.
22:12Or scratch and de-well a fever.
22:14All right.
22:16Don't go blaming the lad here too much.
22:19He was only acting for the best.
22:21Or he thought he was.
22:23I'll be at home if I'm... if they want me.
22:36Oh, Neville, what are you going to say to yourself?
22:39I didn't think, Mr Crawford.
22:41Not about anything except grandeur.
22:43He was that miserable that he hadn't had a champion since 1938.
22:47But he kept on hoping for another winner.
22:49So that's why you took Paddy? Aye.
22:51He could cope so long as he had a reasonable runner.
22:54That's no excuse for stealing.
22:56I just didn't think. Not about anything except grandeur.
22:59But it's not his fault, really.
23:01So don't set the police on him. Will you?
23:04And how was War Paddy, son, the racing lark, you know?
23:07He was all right. I mean, we'll never know for certain.
23:10Enjoyed it, did he, the exercise like?
23:12Grandeur.
23:14Oh, young, shut up, man. You've got your dog back, haven't you?
23:17Well? We loved it, man. They all do.
23:19Once they see that hair, it's all they live for.
23:21It's a natural instinct. Paddy?
23:23Well, I don't know, son.
23:25Looks to me as though your Paddy's got a chance of becoming supreme champion.
23:29It's up to you, mate, but if he was my dog...
23:32Is it too late? I don't know.
23:36Here. Hey!
23:38Now where are you going?
23:43Mr Canny!
23:47Mr Canny! Mr Canny! Wait!
23:51Mr Canny!
23:53Are they all dafter, or is it just us two?
23:58Where do you think you're going, then?
24:00I wanted to thank you.
24:02Me? Why, I.
24:04But for you, I'd never have known Paddy was a champion.
24:08Anyway, I thought maybe we could go shares, like with horses.
24:12You'll be the trainer and me the owner.
24:14That's if he's any good, like.
24:16Well, he's not bad.
24:18Well, shall we go and see just how bad?
24:21Come on, then. They'll be starting any second.
24:31I call once again
24:36The streets that seem so long
24:40They're waking now
24:43Your job is done
24:46The night has opened up its eyes
24:50To see day
24:53The city's reading every line
24:58But what is it you're loving?
25:01The world is just your own
25:04A paper lot alone
25:27A paper lot alone