As Time Goes By S7/E4 'The Bypass' Geoffrey Palmer • Judi Dench
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00:00You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh, the fundamental
00:23things of life, as time goes by.
00:36All ashore that's going ashore?
00:39You sure you won't come on with us?
00:41No thanks.
00:42Lionel's tired.
00:43I didn't say anything about being tired.
00:45Well I'm tired, so you must be.
00:47Oh, I see.
00:49Thanks for a delicious meal, Alistair.
00:51Absolutely deny the lie.
00:54And you're both coming down to the country tomorrow?
00:56Oh yeah, it'll be nice to get out of London for a bit.
00:59Is Sandy and Harry coming?
01:01Harry.
01:02Sorry, Harry.
01:04No, they can't make it I'm afraid.
01:06Oh, shame.
01:08Catch you guys tomorrow then.
01:10Goodnight Alistair.
01:12See you later Judy.
01:14Or not.
01:16Goodnight mum.
01:17Goodnight Lionel.
01:18Enjoy yourselves.
01:20Hello.
01:25Where are they going on to?
01:27Knowing Alistair, it's probably Istanbul.
01:30We never used to go on anywhere.
01:32We didn't have any money to go on anywhere.
01:34That's true.
01:35I should have stuck to the millionaire.
01:38Which millionaire?
01:40Oh, I forget his name now.
01:42Getty, something like that.
01:45We did go on once.
01:47Oh, did we? Where?
01:49Lion's Corner House in the Strand, it was your birthday.
01:52So it was, it was an organ.
01:55Yes, there was.
01:57And we danced till the small hours of the morning.
01:59Quarter to eleven actually, I had to be back in barracks by midnight.
02:02Well, the small hours of the morning has a nicer ring to it.
02:05It's a shame Sandy can't come down to the country.
02:08Well, I don't know if she can or not, I'm not asking her.
02:11Well, what's she done?
02:12She hasn't done anything.
02:13I just thought she'd like to stay here.
02:15On her own?
02:16Harry's not on duty this weekend.
02:18Oh, I see. Have they got to that stage then?
02:20I don't know.
02:22You're not forcing the pace, are you?
02:24You've got your Victorian face on again.
02:27Poor boy, he lives in a section house, it's full of other policemen.
02:30I live in a barracks full of other soldiers.
02:32You live in a nurse's home full of other nurses.
02:34Yes, well, don't make it sound so virtuous.
02:36It's the way things are in this country.
02:38Yes, well, don't make it sound so virtuous.
02:40It's the way things were then.
02:42But what would you have done if we'd been offered a house for the weekend?
02:46Panicked, probably.
02:49Is that you, Sandy?
02:51As ever was.
02:53Nice meal?
02:54Lovely. You?
02:55A pub one.
02:56Quite enjoyable.
02:57Apart from the row.
02:59By sheer coincidence, Harry chose a pub that was showing live coverage
03:03of some European football match.
03:05I forgot that was on. Who won?
03:07I don't know.
03:08Well, we're going down to the country for the weekend.
03:10Is Harry off duty?
03:12Yes, he is, as a matter of fact.
03:14But I did tell you, Alistair gets on his nerves,
03:17and if they're there for a whole weekend...
03:19I wasn't suggesting you should come.
03:21Oh.
03:24Oh.
03:25What Jean means is that...
03:27Sandy knows what I mean.
03:31You're not forcing the pace or anything?
03:33No, of course not.
03:35Well, I think I might turn in.
03:37Good night.
03:38Good night, Sandy.
03:39Yes, good night.
03:40Are you sure you didn't notice the final score?
03:42It was either 2-2 or 4-2.
03:48Either 2-2 or 4-2.
03:50There's not much difference, is there?
03:54No, it's all right, Harry.
03:56It's not your fault.
03:57Maybe some other time.
03:59Talk to you next week.
04:01Bye.
04:03I'm fed up with demonstrators.
04:05Demonstrators? Why?
04:07Because they disrupt other people's lives, that's why.
04:10There's some big demonstration in Hyde Park, so what happens?
04:14Off-duty policemen are suddenly on-duty policemen.
04:17Oh, what a shame.
04:19Well, you might as well come down into the country with us, then.
04:22I don't want to play gooseberry.
04:24You won't be.
04:25Besides, Lol's six brothers might ask you out again.
04:28In that case, I should really take five girlfriends with me.
04:31Will you stop following me around?
04:33It's just a cardboard box.
04:34I know what it is. I want to know what's in it.
04:36Just see.
04:38Every time we go down to the country, you take boxes with us.
04:40Yes, but we have a car. I'm not asking you to walk all the way down.
04:45What in the...
04:48Is this some kind of grown-ups game that we don't know about?
04:51It's her and her boxes.
04:52Her?
04:53It's Jean Hardcastle and her boxes.
04:55Come on, what's in that one?
04:56All right, if you must know, candles.
04:58Candles?
05:00Why candles?
05:01Power cuts are not unknown in the country.
05:03And what would happen if we had one?
05:05You'd all turn to me and say,
05:06Do we have any candles?
05:07No, we wouldn't.
05:08We'd just wait for Mrs Bale to come in
05:10with some of the candles she's already keeping for emergencies.
05:12Well, it doesn't do any harm.
05:13There's plenty of room in the car.
05:15There won't be by the time you're finished.
05:16How many have you got in there?
05:17Enough.
05:19I've left enough for Sandy in case there's a power cut here.
05:21Oh, I'm coming with you now, if that's all right.
05:24Harry's on duty.
05:25But you said he wasn't.
05:27There's a demonstration in Hyde Park.
05:29Damn people.
05:30Well, that's not very fair.
05:31You don't even know what they're demonstrating about.
05:33I don't need to know.
05:34It's just an excuse to make a lot of noise,
05:36cause traffic jams,
05:37leave a lot of litter lying about
05:39and spoil other people's weekends.
05:41Like mine and Harry's.
05:42And the families of all the other policemen
05:44who have to do extra duty.
05:46Well, yeah, I see that.
05:48Don't get browbeaten so easily.
05:50Think of the Jarrow Marchers.
05:52The Jarrow Marchers?
05:53That was years ago.
05:55Yes, I know, but those men had a just cause.
05:57They marched for the right to work.
05:59What sort of work?
06:00Mining.
06:01Shipbuilding.
06:02And the difference was
06:03that they marched in an orderly fashion
06:05with only a few policemen to escort them.
06:07And they weren't joined by this renter mob
06:09who demonstrated as a way of life.
06:10Oh, look, don't let's argue about it.
06:12I'm sorry I ever mentioned it now.
06:14Let's just have a nice weekend in the country.
06:16Mining.
06:17Lionel, I'm going to fill another box.
06:19Another box?
06:20What's in this one, spare bedding?
06:28Hello, Mrs Bale.
06:30Good afternoon.
06:31You're 15 minutes behind your estimated time of arrival.
06:34You sound like an announcement at an airport.
06:36I wouldn't know.
06:37I've never been to an airport.
06:39Let me help with the luggage.
06:41Oh, no, really, Mrs Bale, we can manage.
06:43Look, why don't you go and make us a nice cup of tea?
06:45Tea will be served in exactly 17 and a half minutes.
06:51I'm sorry, Mrs Bale,
06:52but I don't think I can make it.
06:5417 and a half minutes.
07:03Contraband.
07:06Just a few personal effects, Mrs Bale, honestly.
07:09No eggs?
07:10No eggs, I promise.
07:12We can manage.
07:14There are too many people in the village who say that.
07:17But come a situation and it's sheer anarchy.
07:21No, Mrs Bale, don't hold them like that,
07:23because the bottom's a bit...
07:32Personal effects, you said.
07:36Let's hope she doesn't find the distress flares.
07:44On the dot, Mrs Bale.
07:46On the dot, Mrs Bale.
07:48I was born punctually
07:50and saw no reason to be anything else for the rest of my life.
07:53Will the young people be coming for the weekend?
07:56Yes, Alice is bringing the girls down after work.
07:58They won't be bringing any cardboard boxes.
08:00I'm pleased to hear it.
08:02Mrs Bale, did I understand you to say there was a situation in the village?
08:05Yes, there is.
08:06What is it?
08:07A situation.
08:08What sort of situation?
08:10It's a local matter.
08:12Well, there you are, then.
08:14No, it's not. We're locals.
08:16With respect, Mrs Hardcastle,
08:18you are strictly part-timers.
08:20Exactly.
08:21Well, I'm sorry, Mrs Bale, but Lionel and I insist that you tell us.
08:24Very well.
08:27There are plans for a bypass for the village.
08:30Are there? Are there?
08:32An excellent cup of tea, Mrs Bale.
08:35You mentioned anarchy.
08:37Perhaps a slight exaggeration.
08:39Shall we say confusion?
08:42Almost everyone in the village feels the need to have their voice heard.
08:46Well, of course they do.
08:47But organisation is not the village's strong point.
08:50They didn't finish the war memorial till 1961.
08:54So any hope of an organised protest is at the very best remote.
08:59I see.
09:01Would you excuse us, Mrs Bale?
09:03Yes, of course.
09:05It's almost time for the shipping forecast, anyway.
09:08The last I heard, the wind was doing some very peculiar things in the Irish Sea.
09:14Just stop it, all right?
09:15Stop what?
09:16You know very well what.
09:18Your eyes lit up like headlamps as soon as you heard the word protest.
09:21Aren't you at all interested?
09:23It's not our business.
09:25I don't want you charging around, waving your placard like some latter-day Joan of Arc.
09:29She didn't have a placard. She had a banner.
09:31Actually, a placard's better.
09:34It doesn't wave about in the wind so much.
09:38Hello, Mrs Bale.
09:40Hello, Mrs Bale.
09:41Good evening, Miss Judith, Miss Sandy.
09:43You haven't brought any excess baggage with you, I hope?
09:46Only Alistair.
09:48May I say, Mrs Bale, you look younger every time I see you.
09:52You may say it, but don't expect me to believe it.
09:55Your rooms are ready. Dinner will be at 8.07.
10:01How many rooms?
10:03There are three of you.
10:05Ah.
10:06Ah, what?
10:07Well, the thing is, Mrs Bale,
10:11think of a tall balloonist with piercing blue eyes.
10:15I didn't say three rooms had to be occupied.
10:18I shall be in the kitchen.
10:22A tall balloonist with piercing blue eyes?
10:24She was young once, too, you know.
10:31Well, I agree with Mum. I think a bypass is a disgrace.
10:34Think of the wildlife.
10:36We're in Hampshire, not Africa.
10:38There are little rabbits and things.
10:41It's bound to go through an area of natural beauty.
10:43Oh, you've seen the plans?
10:44I don't have to. They always do.
10:46I bet the demonstrators will be arriving soon.
10:48Look, Sandy, I know you've got a thing about demonstrators at the moment,
10:50but something has got to be done.
10:52By somebody else.
10:53That's how wars start.
10:55You know what strikes me?
10:57What's that?
10:58Speaking eco-wise,
11:00things should be like that, right?
11:05But if this happens,
11:08can it ever be put back?
11:12I don't know what he's saying.
11:14That's a very good point, Alistair.
11:16They'll chain themselves to trees.
11:18Who will?
11:19Oh, not the villagers, the professionals.
11:21They'll build tree houses, dig tunnels,
11:24and who gets stuck with the job of moving them on
11:26and coming out as the villains?
11:28An on-demand police force.
11:30Anyone would think you were going out with a policeman.
11:33Well, I'm not going out with a policeman, and I think she's right.
11:35And more importantly, I still say it's not our business.
11:38It's everybody's business. Remember what Alistair said.
11:41I didn't understand a word of it.
11:43OK.
11:44Oh, not again!
11:46Alistair, there is absolutely no point.
11:49Lionel is in a hermit crab mode.
11:51However, Mum and I know that you are with us on this one.
11:58Sorry, Lionel.
12:00Can't always be an all-guy thing.
12:02So, we have a clear majority.
12:04This is an after-dinner discussion, not a vote in the House of Commons.
12:07Just discussion isn't going to get us anywhere.
12:09Good, because we're not going anywhere.
12:11Oh, all right. Have it your way.
12:15Chain yourselves to trees, live up trees, dig tunnels,
12:18only think on this.
12:20Would you really get involved
12:22if local opinion wanted you to stay out of it?
12:24Well, no, but I don't think...
12:26I had the night about the Irish Sea.
12:28And I shall be serving coffee in four minutes.
12:31Mrs Bale, this bypass controversy,
12:34do you honestly think we should become involved?
12:37No, I don't.
12:38Oh, don't let him stampede you, Mrs Bale.
12:40I have never been stampeded in my life.
12:44So you think probably not?
12:46I think absolutely and positively not.
12:49Coffee will now be served in three and a half minutes.
12:54Mind you, that is just one local's opinion.
13:13Yes?
13:14Making a cabinet?
13:16Not a placard.
13:18I'm sure you can buy job lots of those, you know.
13:21They've already got downwind painted on them
13:23and you just fill in what you want to underneath.
13:25Oh, very funny.
13:27Look, aren't you a bit old for this sort of thing?
13:30He who is tired of London is tired of life.
13:33What's that supposed to mean?
13:34I know what I mean.
13:37There.
13:41I should go back to Joan of Arc's banner, if I were you.
13:43You could help.
13:44I could also go for a walk.
13:46See you later.
13:52Quizzling!
13:59Good morning, lot.
14:00Oh, good morning.
14:01I've just had my half-past nine's.
14:03Mother's put up plenty if you'd like some.
14:06Oh, no, thanks. I've just had breakfast.
14:11It seems that everybody's talking about this proposed bypass.
14:15Oh, you wouldn't credit it.
14:16There hasn't been so much excitement since that business with Mrs Tucker's
14:19leg.
14:21I heard about that.
14:22Oh, it was years ago.
14:23She got a bit tipsy in the pub one Christmas
14:25and lost her leg as she walked home.
14:27A wharf? A car accident?
14:30No, no, no, a wooden leg, you see.
14:32She never had one of them modern ones.
14:34Anyway, she walked home through the woods, you see,
14:36and that's where it got separated from the rest of her.
14:39Anyway, she never could find it.
14:41I suppose at night, one bit of wood's very much like another.
14:45Yeah, I suppose it is.
14:47Yeah, I suppose it is.
14:49Did the poor woman spend all night in the woods?
14:52Oh, my word, no.
14:54She cut herself a stick and optomed.
14:57Next morning, the whole village turned up to hunt for it.
15:00How very public-spirited. Was it found?
15:02Oh, yes. Easier to spot in the daylight, you see,
15:04because of the white ankle sock on it.
15:10Sorry, I digress. You were saying?
15:12Yeah, what was I saying?
15:13Oh, yes.
15:14This bypass.
15:16Would you say that local feeling about it is pretty unanimous?
15:20I would. Highly.
15:22I don't suppose we could co-opt you onto our action committee?
15:26Oh, I don't think so, Lowell. I'm not really a committee sort of person.
15:29Fair enough.
15:30No, but these things have been stopped before.
15:32You all stick together, I'm quite sure you can get it banned.
15:35Banned? We don't want it banned.
15:37What?
15:38We want the bypass.
15:40I see.
15:42Well, it's just a little village, isn't it?
15:44We're sick and tired of those damn great juggernauts thundering through,
15:47campers and caravans.
15:49Now give us a bypass, let them go round us and leave us in peace.
15:52That's what we say.
15:56That is the right word, isn't it, juggernauts?
15:58Yeah, no, I'm not smiling at you lot.
16:00I was just thinking how easily some people can get hold of the wrong end of the stick, that's all.
16:05Well, it shows a sporting spirit to laugh at yourself, eh?
16:08Yeah.
16:10Yeah, well, I think I'll go for my walk.
16:14Cheerio, lot.
16:15Cheerio. I'll be outside later doing the leaves.
16:17Fine.
16:19I'll let you know if I come across any more wooden legs.
16:25Nice lion.
16:26Yes, thanks.
16:27What have you been doing?
16:28Making placards.
16:30No, don't laugh.
16:31No, of course not.
16:32How many placards did you make?
16:34Well, only one so far.
16:36But I've got the knack of it now.
16:38Where's Lionel?
16:39Well, he's gone for a walk, ostensibly.
16:41I'd say distancing himself.
16:44Excuse me, I have a note for you.
16:47Me?
16:48Oh, yes.
16:51Secret?
16:52No, it says,
16:54Dear Sandy, would you like to come for a walk with me?
16:57Yours faithfully.
16:59And then there are six signatures.
17:01Well, it's Law's Brothers again, isn't it?
17:03I don't have to write six notes back, do I?
17:05No, I can relay a verbal refusal.
17:07Oh, no, go on, the fresh air will do you good.
17:10They're waiting outside.
17:12Oh, why not?
17:13They're nice enough, lads.
17:15Only next time you see Harry,
17:17don't tell him you went out with six men in one day.
17:20He might get the wrong idea.
17:22I shall be going out shortly.
17:24Would you like anything before I go?
17:26No, thanks, Mrs Bell.
17:28I put the hammer away.
17:31Oh, thank you.
17:36Morning, chaps.
17:37Morning, Sandy.
17:38Well, shall we?
17:40Yes, yes.
17:45You take good care of her mind,
17:47or Mother will have something to say about it.
17:50Right.
18:06DOOR KNOCKS
18:27Who is it?
18:29It's me.
18:31Oh, hello, Law. Do you want to see me?
18:33Yes, miss, I did. I'm out here.
18:35Well, come in here.
18:37Oh, well, I don't usually come this far into the house.
18:40Oh, well, be a devil. Come on, sit down.
18:43Oh, well, I don't usually...
18:45Law.
18:49Well, there.
18:51Now, what do you want to see me about?
18:53I've come to impose myself.
18:56Are you sure?
18:58Probably not.
19:00It's about this bypass business.
19:02It's dreadful, isn't it?
19:03Well, it is. We've got a village to consider.
19:05Of course we have.
19:06Well, that's the trouble, you see. We're villagers.
19:08We're not skilled at making a fuss.
19:10Whereas that lot arrived today, well, it's already like an encampment over there.
19:13Well, I suppose they're more experienced at it than the locals, that's all.
19:16That's true. Whereas...
19:17And this is what I mean by imposing myself.
19:20If you was to help.
19:22Oh, really?
19:23Well, I'll be totally honest.
19:24I saw Mr Lionel this morning and canvassed his support.
19:26But he preferred to keep out of it.
19:28I think he'd prefer me to keep out of it too.
19:30Oh, well, that's that, then.
19:31Oh, no, it isn't.
19:32But he's your husband.
19:33Well, I know.
19:34But I think what I want to think and I do what I want to do.
19:37Oh, well, well.
19:38Yes, so sit down again.
19:40How can I help?
19:41Well, we've formed this action committee, you see.
19:43Excellent.
19:45Well, what's it done so far?
19:47Nothing.
19:48Oh.
19:49Well, we keep going off at tangents, you see.
19:51We start with the bypass, naturally.
19:52But in no time at all, we're on about the beet crop and the price of cattle feed.
19:56I see.
19:57Well, that's going to have to stop.
20:00What?
20:01You sounded just like my mother then.
20:02Oh, did I?
20:05Planning.
20:06That's what we need.
20:07Planning.
20:08Exactly.
20:09A thoroughly thought out plan of action.
20:10That's it.
20:11And passion.
20:12Pardon?
20:14Yes, passion.
20:15A real driving belief in the knowledge that what you're doing is right.
20:18Yes.
20:19Because it is right, lol.
20:20These are people's lives being trampled on.
20:22You can't just sit back and do nothing.
20:24No.
20:25Oh, my word, you've got me all worked up now.
20:28You talk to the action committee like that this afternoon,
20:30you'll get them all worked up as well.
20:32Oh, talk to... Oh.
20:33Oh, but you must.
20:34I mean, I know you're a tender woman, but you're an intelligent woman,
20:37and a woman with a way with words.
20:39We need you.
20:40I suppose I could pop in.
20:41Oh, that's marvelous.
20:43I'll spread the word.
20:44Well, I'd sooner you didn't spread the word to Lionel, actually.
20:47I think what I think and I do what I do.
20:49That's what you said.
20:50Yes, I know, and I do, but, um, you know...
20:52Yeah, yeah, that's right.
20:54Yeah, I'll be off then.
20:55Yes, right.
20:56Oh, don't forget your handkerchief.
21:00Do you know who you reminded me of when you got me all worked up?
21:03Not your mother again.
21:04No, Winston Churchill.
21:14Hi, Lye. How was Hampshire?
21:16I didn't cover all of it, I just went for a walk.
21:19So did we.
21:20We thought we'd recce part of this bypass route.
21:22I must say, it's not the prettiest part of England,
21:24but Scrubland, most of it.
21:26Really?
21:27Well, I don't care. I still think that Mum's right.
21:31Why is that funny?
21:32Oh, I'm just in a good mood.
21:35Do you want a sandwich?
21:36Yes, please.
21:37God bless Mrs Bale.
21:38There are lagers here labelled Mr Lionel and Mr Alistair.
21:42What about Miss Judith?
21:44Oh, hang on.
21:45Oh, you're all right.
21:46There's a bottle of wine here labelled Miss Judith and Miss Sandy.
21:50Fair enough.
21:51Oh, Judy.
21:52Oh, there you are.
21:54I thought you said you were going for a walk.
21:56I did. I didn't say anything about an all-day trek.
21:58No.
22:00Well, I'm going out.
22:02I'm going to see a woman in the village about aromatherapy.
22:04Oh.
22:05Hot oils rubbed into the body.
22:07Yeah, yeah.
22:08Judy, will you see me off?
22:12Yeah. Fine.
22:18Why should she want Judy to see her off?
22:20I found it best not to wonder about things like that.
22:23An action committee meeting.
22:24That's terrific.
22:25Mum, you'll be terrific.
22:26I hope so.
22:27Lowell said I got him all worked up.
22:29Well, there you go.
22:30Lowell's not the most easily worked up man I've ever met.
22:33He also said I reminded him of Winston Churchill.
22:36Is that flattering or not?
22:37Oh, I don't know.
22:38Oh.
22:39Lionel's bound to find out about this sooner or later.
22:42I know.
22:43If it's a disaster, I shall admit I made a fool of myself.
22:45And if it's a success?
22:47I shall crow.
22:48Wish me luck.
22:49Good luck.
22:54What's this?
22:56A keep fit class?
22:57Nice one.
22:59How are things with the Ferris boys?
23:02Well, we're pushing the relationship along a bit.
23:05We held hands this morning.
23:07How do you hold hands with six guys?
23:09You take it in turns.
23:11Oh.
23:12I'll tell you what I did find out that's interesting.
23:15You and Jean are on the wrong side of this protest.
23:18No, we're not. We're against the bypass.
23:20Yes.
23:21But the whole village is for it.
23:24What?
23:25Maybe we jumped to the wrong conclusion.
23:27No, you hurtled headlong to the wrong conclusion.
23:30Lionel told me the same thing this morning.
23:32No wonder you were looking so pleased with yourself.
23:36Well, you could have told Mum before she...
23:39Before she what?
23:41She's gone to an action committee meeting at the village hall.
23:45But she doesn't know she wants to take a different action from everyone else.
23:49Why don't people tell me these things?
23:52Do you want me to come along, Lionel?
23:54No, thanks, Alastair.
23:55The fewer of us who get lynched, the better.
24:00I'm telling you, you paid through the nose for them efforts.
24:03Swaddle. You're just jealous because I snapped them up before you did.
24:06Snapped them up? They were such manky animals,
24:08it was practically giving them away.
24:10Hold on, hold on. We're here to talk about the bypass.
24:12Five minutes down the road, we're on about the price of efforts.
24:15That is exactly why I asked Mrs Hardcastle here.
24:18You're making some sense in this meeting.
24:20Mrs Hardcastle.
24:21Oh, thank you.
24:25Shall I sit or stand?
24:27Whichever takes your fancy.
24:28Oh, well, I think I'll sit.
24:29No, no, no, no, I'll stand.
24:31Um, hello.
24:33Now, before I get on to the plan of action that I think we should take,
24:36I want to sum up what I...
24:38What you, well, all of us think about this bypass.
24:43It's an act of sheer ecological vandalism
24:46which we want no part of.
24:52Which we want no part of.
24:55Who are they, these faceless planners
24:57who decide they can rip up yet another bit of our beautiful countryside?
25:02I mean, what right have they to think we must have a bypass?
25:06Well, there's no must about it, because they can be stopped.
25:10Do excuse me for interrupting,
25:12but I've got a very important message for my wife.
25:15Excuse us.
25:17They haven't like anything I've said so far.
25:19Well, of course they haven't. They all want a bypass.
25:22What?
25:23They all told me this morning.
25:24And you let me come here and make a fool of myself.
25:26No, I said goodbye when you went off for some aromatherapy.
25:29Oh.
25:32I'd better explain. There's been a mix-up.
25:34No, leave me to make a bigger fool of myself. No, thank you.
25:37Um, sorry about that.
25:39Now, where was I?
25:40Oh, quite honestly, miss, not making a lot of sense.
25:42No, no.
25:44Well, of course I wasn't.
25:45And do you want to know why?
25:48Well, I'll tell you why.
25:51Because everything I've said so far
25:53is just what those stupid people who oppose the bypass will say.
25:58And their arguments make no sense at all.
26:00An act of sheer ecological vandalism, indeed.
26:03It's nothing more than building a nice road through, uh, through, uh...
26:07A bit of old scrubland.
26:08A bit of old scrubland.
26:10Am I right?
26:11Exactly. There's more abandoned cars and trees up there.
26:14Yes, yes. Now, let's consider the planners.
26:16They're not faceless, as their detractors would claim.
26:19No, there are a lot of decent people
26:22who've understood that this village needs a bypass,
26:24because, uh, because, uh...
26:26Caravans.
26:27What?
26:28Lords, gentlemen.
26:29Exactly, and caravans.
26:31Yes.
26:32Roaring through the village all day and night.
26:33And they make the crockery on our dresser rattle about something awful.
26:36Yes.
26:37And as for those young people who think they've come to help,
26:40well, they're well-intentioned,
26:42but they haven't bothered to find out how the locals feel.
26:45Right, right.
26:46And they ruin policemen's weekends.
26:47Yes, and they ruin policemen's weekends.
26:55So, we've got to, uh, we've got to stop bickering
26:59and, um, get ourselves organised
27:01and show those people in the encampment just how we feel.
27:04Without violence.
27:05Without violence.
27:06We'll distribute leaflets and get up a petition
27:08and show how much we want and need this bypass.
27:11Yes.
27:16Uh, may I, may I just add one thing?
27:19Um, in the excitement, I think my wife left out something else
27:22that she wanted to say.
27:24Uh, we're, we're very fond of this village and the people in it,
27:27but we're not locals.
27:29Now, you have our support,
27:31and when we're here, we'll give any help we can,
27:33but Jean knows, realistically,
27:35that that's all we can and should do.
27:38It's your village and your fight, so fight it.
27:41I think that's just about what you wanted to say, wasn't it?
27:44On the whole, yes.
27:46Well, Mrs Hardcastle's right.
27:48It is our fight, and we shouldn't be looking to others to fight it for us.
27:52Well, the best of luck with it.
27:54Yeah, and we'll see you all in the pub tonight.
27:56Thank you very much for coming.
27:58Well, come on, do as the lady says, let's get organised.
28:01What I should do first is I should...
28:03Paper! That's the first thing we need, paper.
28:05Well, come on, who's got some paper?
28:07Somebody must have some paper.
28:09We've got a pencil there.
28:11We've got a pencil with a rubber on it.
28:21You must remember this
28:24A kiss is still a kiss
28:26A sigh is just a sigh
28:31The fundamental things of love
28:35As time goes by
28:42And when two lovers move
28:45They still say I love you
28:48On that you can rely
28:53The world will always welcome lovers
28:58As time goes by