The Round Tower by Catherine Cookson TV Romantic Miniseries 1998 E03 | Subtitles
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Vanessa's father, is wrongly blamed but is willing to take the blame. This throws the two together and leads to an ultimately happy outcome for both, including success for Cotton in business
Vanessa's father, is wrongly blamed but is willing to take the blame. This throws the two together and leads to an ultimately happy outcome for both, including success for Cotton in business
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01:37Right, I've got that then, Angus. A flat, and it has to be a bargain.
01:41What's the rush?
01:42Well, it's getting a bit crowded at Mimar's Lake, and Van will be home from the hospital in a day or two.
01:48You heard about the burn?
01:50Yes, I did. I'm very sorry.
01:53How's Vanessa taking it?
01:55Well, it's hard to tell. I mean, she's all right. Well, maybe all right.
02:00There were things wrong. It's nature's way, perhaps.
02:05Perhaps.
02:07As soon as I get a whiff of anything that looks right, you'll have first refusal.
02:15Taxi?
02:16Aye, you're looking at a man of substance now.
02:18An employer of men.
02:20Oh, man, thanks to you, I went and bought the second lorry.
02:23There's a fellow who drives for me now, has done so for a week.
02:26Hello.
02:27Mrs Cotton.
02:28Thank you for everything. What do you mean, thanks to me?
02:31Well, if you hadn't said, I'd never have gone to the bank.
02:33I wondered whether you would. You offered your insurance policy a security.
02:37I did, and it worked.
02:40So, yes, my wife goes home in a taxi.
02:51Rosie picked the colours. I wasn't any good at it.
02:54I thought the cherry and grey would go nice together.
02:56They do. It looks lovely. Thank you, Rosie.
02:59I thought you'd like to eat in here.
03:02No, Emily.
03:04No, it's all arranged. Don't worry. We'll eat here.
03:06No, Angus. No, Emily. We eat as before.
03:09OK. Have it your own way.
03:12It's all sweetness and light at home now, but it won't last.
03:17I've seen Ma and Rosie and I biting their tongues off to keep the peace.
03:20It's not natural, man, and Van knows it.
03:22She's waiting for the eruption.
03:24Angus, I wish I could wave a magic wand, but I don't have a flat you'd be happy with.
03:29Your persistence deserves better, I must say.
03:33There is one thing, but you wouldn't consider a bungalow, would you?
03:37It's out of my league, man.
03:39I need two lorries before I go in for that sort of thing.
03:42Pity. A bungalow came onto my books yesterday, and it's a snip.
03:48It'll be gone by the end of today.
03:51How much?
03:53A bungalow?
03:54Aye. It was a bargain. Reg Walker said it wouldn't stay till Monday.
03:58How much?
03:592,500.
04:00Oh, my God.
04:02It's worth four as it stands.
04:04It'll still take some pain.
04:06What about them lorries you've been saving for?
04:10I'll just have to wait.
04:13Don't worry, you'll be all right. I'll look after you.
04:15No need to bother about me, lad.
04:19She'll be back soon, you know.
04:22Aye.
04:25Aye.
04:33Hello, pet. We thought you got lost.
04:36I went into Newcastle.
04:38Hello, there.
04:40You look froze. Where have you been?
04:43I went into Newcastle.
04:44For shopping?
04:47I've been after a job.
04:50Don't be cross.
04:52I'm not. I'm not cross.
04:54What kind of a job?
04:56In one of the stores. Daintree's.
04:58Oh, that's a classy place, isn't it?
05:00It's quite nice. You don't mind?
05:03He's got a surprise for you and all.
05:05I've got two, as a matter of fact.
05:07Two surprises?
05:08Aye.
05:10But I'm not telling you about the one until we're doing the other.
05:13How do you fancy a night out?
05:23This place was always popular with the rugby crowd.
05:26I thought we might get a table.
05:28Should have had the sense to phone.
05:30Good evening, sir. Good evening, madam.
05:32You have a table reserved?
05:33No, sorry. Just came on spec.
05:36Ah.
05:39I'd be obliged if you could find us a table.
05:43Of course, sir.
05:50Bloody hell, do you see that?
06:02Lovely table.
06:05He was nice, wasn't he?
06:07Aye. And I'll get his reward for being nice later.
06:10He wouldn't have found us this if he wasn't expecting that.
06:12Oh, I see.
06:14There's one lesson I've learnt in life.
06:16Favours have to be paid for.
06:18And I've learnt it the hard way.
06:20Every time I've done someone a good turn, I've had it slapped straight back in my face.
06:27Will you be taking wine with your meal, sir?
06:29Oh, yes, I think so.
06:41I think I'd like a white wine.
06:44That's your fancy?
06:46Anything particular?
06:48Do you have a grove set?
06:50Yes, madam, we do.
06:55Right, we'll have some of that, thanks.
06:57Thank you, sir.
07:00It's the only wine I've ever heard of.
07:15So, what's the big surprise?
07:19I've bought us a bungalow.
07:21A bungalow?
07:23Aye, a big one and all. Six rooms, the lot.
07:27There was no time to talk to you about it. Reg wouldn't wait after five o'clock.
07:31I'll run you out first thing in the morning to see it.
07:34But Emily...
07:36She knows. She's glad.
07:57Now, I'm only doing this if you promise not to tread on me toes.
08:01I'll try.
08:06See, you can dance.
08:08Didn't know I could until just now.
08:10Well, you can.
08:11Enjoying yourself?
08:13I've never enjoyed myself like this before, Angus. Never in my life.
08:17Hey, steady on.
08:19Well, well, well, if it isn't Cotton.
08:22Would you believe it?
08:25Vanessa Radcliffe.
08:27Vanessa Cotton, Mr...
08:29Don't pretend you don't remember me.
08:31You know me.
08:33Susan's 21st.
08:35You remember Brian Cornell.
08:39We should get together sometime.
08:43Do you know him?
08:44No, not really. I remember him vaguely. He's one of Susan's lot.
08:48Where did you meet him?
08:50Rugby.
08:51He's never been able to hold his liquor.
08:54Oh, come on. Spare her a minute, hey?
08:56Push off, will you?
08:57Oh, come on, Cotton.
08:59Anyway, I knew her before you did.
09:01You remember me, don't you, darling?
09:02Susan's party.
09:04Oh, come on. Dance.
09:06Just a while.
09:07No, Mr. Cornell.
09:08Well, let go then.
09:09Oh, be your age, man.
09:11You can't come the heavy husband here.
09:14It's not the way things are done, you know.
09:16Not where we come from.
09:18You're out of your depth.
09:21You know, I'm surprised to see you here.
09:24I didn't think they'd let you up out of the ghetto.
09:27All right, that's enough of this. Outside.
09:29Oh, go to hell.
09:30Outside.
09:31I think you should leave.
09:32You mind your own...
09:33Keep out of this, Falwell.
09:35Out, or do I give it to you here?
09:39Anywhere you like.
09:44Arthur.
09:45Tony.
09:46I don't think so, gentlemen.
09:47This is between Cotton and Cornell.
09:51Cotton.
09:58Cotton.
10:03No, I dare you, no.
10:05You bloody oik.
10:07What do you think you're doing?
10:10I'm going to get the manager to call the police.
10:12Don't bother. Cornell's to blame.
10:14I saw that you got me out.
10:15Cornell's to blame.
10:17This is very unfortunate, sir.
10:20Well, you should be more particular about who you let in, shouldn't you?
10:36You're in the contracting game, aren't you?
10:38Aye.
10:39How's business?
10:41Not too bad. Could be better.
10:43How many lorries do you run?
10:46Two myself, three if you count me partner.
10:49You need more than three, really, to get the better contract.
10:51I know that. I'm working on it.
10:54Good.
10:57Perhaps we'll do business one day.
11:00Well, thanks very much for the lift.
11:03Yes, thank you, Mr Fowler.
11:04It's a pleasure, it's a pleasure.
11:06By the way, if Cornell should try anything,
11:09you can always rely on me as a witness.
11:15Here's my car.
11:18Cornell's a nasty piece of work.
11:22You should know that.
11:25A fight?
11:26Not a don of his.
11:27Here you know how to show yourself off.
11:29This man was bothering me and wouldn't stop,
11:31so I'm glad Angus is here.
11:33Oh, my God.
11:34Anyway, we had a lovely dinner.
11:35We had a bottle of wine, a gravsec.
11:37Angus chose it.
11:38Angus did?
11:39I don't sound so surprised.
11:41Man of the world, me.
11:43What next?
11:44You're hard.
11:45I know I'm hard.
11:47Not as hard as this one.
12:18We could have some good times together, Van.
12:26Van?
12:31Do I get in there?
12:35No.
12:36No?
12:37No.
12:38No.
12:39No.
12:40No.
12:41No.
12:42No.
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12:55No.
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13:00No.
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13:07No.
13:08No.
13:09No.
13:10No.
13:11No.
13:12No.
13:13No.
13:14No.
13:15No.
13:35So?
13:37It's very nice.
13:38You're not tagging with it.
13:40I know it doesn't look like it's been painted since it was built but it's still a Snipp.
13:43It is, but we still can't afford it.
13:46Angus, how much would you have to pay for a lorry?
13:48Six or 700.
13:49Why?
13:50Then I think you should take the money you're
13:51going to put down on this and put it down on another lorry.
13:55You mean that?
14:00It could mean staying at number 24 for God knows how long.
14:03I know.
14:04And you don't mind?
14:05Not as much as I used to.
14:07You'll do.
14:09Oh.
14:11You do realize I'll lose my deposit with the wretch?
14:15No, you won't.
14:17He'll give it back.
14:18He'd be a fool not to.
14:21He'll make much more out of you than you
14:22and a fleet of lorries.
14:25Anyway, I'll come with you.
14:26I'll help you to explain.
14:27OK.
14:28OK.
14:37Good.
14:38Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
14:39Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
14:43I can't stand it.
14:45You could lead up the Lord Mayor's show in this.
14:48And it was a bargain.
14:50You sure the bugger wasn't Nick, too?
14:51Shut up, Stan.
14:54Who's this?
14:58That bastard Cornell summonsing me for assault.
15:03Bloody hell.
15:04Well, you don't need that.
15:05Not at a time like this.
15:07I mean, you've just bought a new lorry.
15:08I know that, Fred.
15:09And there'll be a solicitor to appear for,
15:10never mind the fame.
15:11All right, Fred.
15:12All right.
15:13Come on.
15:14There won't be a fine, Mr. Singleton.
15:15Angus didn't start it.
15:16And we have a witness.
15:26Do you have a solicitor?
15:27No.
15:28And I don't fancy paying for one either.
15:31What if I did my own defending if I just
15:32stood up and told the truth?
15:34I think it would be wiser to get a solicitor.
15:37How much would that cost?
15:4015, 20 guineas.
15:42What would happen if I lost?
15:44Well, for something like this, the fine
15:46might be, uh, what, 50, 60 pounds.
15:49But don't worry.
15:49You won't lose.
15:50The magistrate will throw it out.
15:52You'll be all right.
15:54And you don't mind speaking up for me?
15:55No, not at all.
15:56Be a pleasure.
15:59By the way, there's a new quarry opening up,
16:02Henson's Roadstone.
16:04They're often in need of an extra lorry or two,
16:06fellas off sick and so on.
16:09Shall I mention your name?
16:10Aye, you do.
16:11Thanks.
16:14What do you want at the moment?
16:15Pedersen's, the excavation site.
16:17Pedersen's, yes, I know.
16:19Well, when that begins to wind down, come and see me anyway.
16:23Oh, solicitors.
16:25Jack Millard's a good chap.
16:27Millard and Fogarty in the market square.
16:30Try him.
16:34Jack Millard's a good chap.
16:36Angus, he could be very helpful to you.
16:39Mr. Fowler, I mean.
16:40Well, I wonder what's in it for him.
16:41I think he just wants to help, doesn't he?
16:46Well, look what I've come to do.
16:51Look.
16:52Look.
16:53Hm.
17:02Bloody nuts!
17:12Look at this!
17:13What is it?
17:16That!
17:19Well, at least Brian Cornell's got the right idea.
17:24He's not letting that violent lout think
17:26he can dictate to his betters.
17:28That's something, isn't it?
17:29Oh, is it?
17:31And they don't mention Vanessa by name, do they?
17:35No.
17:36Oh, it could be worse.
17:38Worse?
17:39Well, at least he'll get his comeuppance,
17:42especially if John Cargill's on the bench.
17:44He hates that sort of thing.
17:46He could get prison for this.
17:48I just hope the scum gets prison.
17:50I'm afraid this Cornell thing is looking a bit more serious.
17:52Cornell's engaged Brown and Fisher.
17:55Yes, we need to prepare our case as well as we can.
17:57Aye.
17:58Right, fair enough.
18:01Anyway, the real reason I asked you over
18:03is, do you remember I mentioned Henson's Quarry team?
18:06Henson's?
18:07Well, they've suspended operations there.
18:09The owners are unhappy with the contractor,
18:11and they're not getting any joy finding another.
18:13Why not?
18:15There's too much work around.
18:16The contractors think they can charge what they like.
18:18Do you see what I'm getting at?
18:20Hm?
18:21It's a hell of an opportunity.
18:24What, for me, you mean, as main contractor?
18:26Yes, yes, for you, as main contractor.
18:29There's a stumbling block.
18:31You'd need eight lorries, 10 ideally.
18:33Eight?
18:34You know how many I've got.
18:35Yeah, three.
18:35Buy five more.
18:36On this job, you pay them off in nine months.
18:38Look, I've done some sums for you.
18:42Even with maximum costs, minimum returns,
18:44it wouldn't be much longer.
18:45Well, where would I go for the money?
18:47I can't go back to the bank.
18:48They'd never wear this.
18:49I'll lend you the money.
18:50You see there the rate I'll be charging you.
18:52You don't buy the lorries until you get the contract.
18:56I wish I knew why you were doing this.
18:59I told you often enough.
19:01Any enemy of Radcliffe's a friend of mine.
19:05Oh, and there's a figure there marked commission.
19:09You see?
19:11That's for me.
19:12And it's to be cash.
19:15Clear?
19:16Aye, it's getting clearer.
19:22Ah, there you are, lass.
19:25You've just missed him.
19:27He's out viewing lorries, wouldn't you know?
19:29In fact, he's had some good news.
19:32The other lot, Cornell's lot, were
19:35relying on some old fogey called Cargill being on the bench.
19:39Well, this Cargill chucks the book
19:41at anyone who's been fighting.
19:43Well, he's got pneumonia.
19:45So guess who'll be on the bench?
19:47Mrs. Brett, that's who.
19:49And they reckon she'll just say case dismissed.
19:53Yes, um, I hope so.
19:57I've forgotten something.
19:58I have to make a phone call.
19:59I won't be long.
20:04Phone call?
20:06Who's she got the phone?
20:07Who's there?
20:09It's Vanessa.
20:11Vanessa Cotton.
20:13What do you want?
20:15What?
20:18I just want to tell you something.
20:21And it isn't that Brett was the father of my baby,
20:23because you already know that, don't you?
20:26What I want to tell you is that if you take your spite out
20:28on me through Angus, I'll stand up in your courtroom
20:31and shout out the reason why you're doing it.
20:33If you send Angus to prison, I'll
21:05Are you all right?
21:07Fine.
21:08Well, you didn't look it back there.
21:09Something happened?
21:10I'm perfectly all right.
21:12Who were you phoning?
21:13Was it your parents?
21:14No.
21:16Then who?
21:17Was it Fowler?
21:19Mr. Fowler?
21:20Why would I want to phone Mr. Fowler?
21:22Because he's breaking his neck to help me,
21:23and I'm wondering why.
21:24And I'm telling myself I haven't far to look for the reason.
21:26Don't be silly.
21:27Well, all right, then, right?
21:28Who was it?
21:31Come on, just tell me.
21:33I'll tell you after the case.
21:35What's it to do with the case?
21:37I'll tell you then.
21:40Is that the Henson Quarry job?
21:42Aye, the estimates.
21:43I said I'd discuss them with Fowler tomorrow.
21:48What were you going to tell me Wednesday?
21:50I said I'd
21:51You're not going to walk out on me, are you?
21:53That's not what you're going to tell me.
21:54No, Angus, that's not what I'm going to tell you.
21:58Because one of these days, you will, won't you?
22:01You'll say to me, Angus, I've had enough.
22:05I'm going back.
22:07And do you know what I'll do?
22:09Do you know what I'll do the day you walk out on me?
22:13I'll kill you.
22:16I mean it.
22:17Well, in spite of my desire to live,
22:19I'm walking out on you now.
22:21I'm going to see your mother.
22:31I came to see how you were.
22:33You were asleep, so I
22:34Where's our Angus?
22:37I'll see.
22:38He'd gone out.
22:40Oh, well.
22:42You've had a row then, have you?
22:44Not really.
22:45Aye, it'd be not really with you.
22:47It'd still be a row right to the foot.
22:50What's so funny in that?
22:51We really didn't row.
22:54What happened was, um, he told me I'd leave him once.
22:58What happened was, um, he told me I'd leave him one day.
23:03And that if I did, he'd kill me.
23:05But if anything, he'll be the one to do the leaving.
23:08Him leave?
23:09What are you talking about?
23:11He may go to jail.
23:13Ah, and if he did?
23:15I'd be lost, Emily.
23:17I'd not live until he came out again.
23:20Well, there, that sounds to me as if you love him.
23:25Quite frankly, Cotton, you're lucky I'm not passing
23:27a prison sentence on you.
23:29I have considered it, believe me.
23:31And if you come before this court again on a similar charge,
23:33there will be no option of a fine.
23:36This town can do without your sort.
23:38When decent people can't spend a pleasant evening
23:41without the risk of being punched in the face,
23:43then we must make it absolutely clear
23:45that we will not tolerate this sort of braggart behavior.
23:49I fine you 100 pounds and costs.
23:58What a bitch.
23:59Milner doesn't know what's hit into the woman.
24:01Even old Cargill couldn't have reacted worse.
24:03Aye.
24:06Just a moment.
24:07Angus, just a moment.
24:09Have you heard from Henson?
24:11No.
24:12And with the sort of look I'm having this morning.
24:15Put that behind you, man.
24:17What's a few insults from a silly bitch with a headache?
24:20You had the sympathy of the whole court, except maybe Cornell.
24:25Anyway, Henson's going to give you the job.
24:32Well, aren't you pleased?
24:34Why, yeah, of course I am.
24:36It's a lot to take in, though, you know.
24:38I mean, I should be jumping for joy, but.
24:39It's a responsibility, yes.
24:42Pretend that it'd be a burden.
24:46Pop in tomorrow.
24:47We'll have a word.
24:52You should have heard her, man.
24:54If she'd gone for Cornell in the same way,
24:55I'd have understood it.
24:57Bloody cow.
24:58She flayed me alive in front of everyone.
25:00Do you know what I feel like doing?
25:02I feel like going up there and asking her why.
25:04Honest to God, I do.
25:08What is it?
25:20I'll tell you why she did it.
25:23You wanted to know who it was that I phoned the other day.
25:27Well, it was her.
25:29It was Mrs. Brett.
25:30Mrs. Brett?
25:32You mean you know why she had a go at me?
25:35I phoned her because I was afraid she would
25:36give you a prison sentence.
25:39She hates me because she knows who the father of my baby was.
25:47It was her husband.
25:54Mr. Brett?
25:58It just happened.
26:01He was very sad and lonely.
26:03He was happy, so.
26:04God almighty, show me an old married man who isn't.
26:06All of them are.
26:07Doesn't mean you've got to lie with them.
26:10God almighty, Vanny was as old as your father.
26:13Don't look like that, Angus.
26:15It was a sort of accident.
26:16It only happened.
26:17I do not want to hear it.
26:21You know better than the rest.
26:25Do you know something, Van?
26:26I wouldn't marry Mae because I found out that she'd
26:28been with other blokes.
26:29I stomached what had happened to you because, as I say,
26:31I thought, I thought it was a slip between two young ones.
26:34Not a bloke like Brett, though.
26:38You and him.
26:41You and Brett.
26:42God almighty.
26:48Suppose you heard that, didn't you?
26:50Aye.
26:51What you going to do?
26:57Nothing.
27:00Bugger all.
27:04What's the good of racking up more muck?
27:09I'm going.
27:10What time will you be back?
27:12Don't know.
27:13Don't get suzzled.
27:14It won't help anything.
27:17Don't worry.
27:18I've got work to do.
27:20OK.
27:23Aye.
27:25And I've got things to do and all.
27:30Shall I tell you what you are, Mrs. Magistrate?
27:32You're a vindictive bitch.
27:34How dare you?
27:35Get out.
27:36Not before I've had me say.
27:38You're not saying anything.
27:39Get out.
27:41Oh, I would and all.
27:43Or is that what you want?
27:45So you can do me for assault like you did me lad?
27:49You were put on that bench for justice,
27:51not to dish out personal spite.
27:53If it hadn't been for Vanessa phoning you,
27:56you'd have sent my lad down the line, wouldn't you?
27:59Be quiet, woman.
28:00When I'm ready, I'm not a four.
28:03Your man took a young lass down, a schoolgirl.
28:07And then he took his own life because he couldn't face it.
28:10And you knew.
28:12You knew all the time my lad was being blamed for it
28:15and you did nothing.
28:16You, counsellor, Mrs. Irene Brett,
28:20magistrate, chairman of this and God knows what,
28:24you bloody vindictive bitch.
28:26Get out.
28:27Get out.
28:28I'll get out, but I'm not going far.
28:30Just to your neighbours.
28:33You wouldn't dare.
28:34Wouldn't I?
28:40Is he in?
28:42If you are referring to Mr. Ratcliffe, he is not.
28:46It's a pity because it's him I want to speak to more than you.
28:48But you can pass it on.
28:51I suppose you know my lad was up before the bench this morning.
28:54He was up there because he was defending your daughter.
28:58A hundred pound in costs he got and he was lucky.
29:01Because if it hadn't been for Van phoning Mrs. Brett
29:04and threatening to stand up in court
29:06and yell the truth about her husband,
29:07Mr. Respectable bloody Brett being the father of her Ben.
29:12Emily, please.
29:14Come into the morning room.
29:15I haven't finished yet.
29:18My Angus found your daughter living in a slum.
29:23He took her from there, he gave her his name
29:25and he looked after her.
29:27And what's his thanks?
29:28That vindictive cow finds him a hundred pound
29:31and the drunken oaf gets off scot-free
29:34because he's one of yours.
29:36Well, I warn you, this town's going to hear the truth.
29:41You lot treated my son as if he's a Geordie lout.
29:45And there's not one of you fit to wipe his boots.
29:49Well, now, we'll see what the town thinks.
30:01You interfering stupid old swine.
30:04Bloody ungrateful bugger.
30:06Your legs have been muddled this town for months.
30:09So I've decided to do something about it
30:11and this is what I get.
30:12Aye, it is.
30:13If it's true, Prince, I'll slap you in the mouth for you.
30:15Oh, my God.
30:16You try.
30:17Stop it.
30:18Stop it, do you hear?
30:20I'm sick of your shouting and your screaming.
30:23I can't stand it.
30:24I'm the cause of it, so I'll put a stop to it.
30:27I'm going now.
30:28I'm leaving.
30:33What do you think you're doing?
30:35You're not leaving.
30:36Make up your mind to that.
30:37You can't stop me.
30:38If I don't go now, I'll find a way sometime.
30:40You walk out that door,
30:41I'll drop everything till I find you
30:43and I'll bring you back.
30:44Why?
30:45Why do you want me back when I disgust you so much?
30:47This thing happened once with Brent.
30:49Just once.
30:50I mean, if I'd said I'd been God earning my living
30:52as a prostitute,
30:53you couldn't have reacted worse.
30:55I don't understand.
30:56I don't understand.
30:58Go away.
30:59Let me get on with it.
31:00Come on, Van.
31:01Hang these up again.
31:02No, I don't care what you do
31:03or what you say I'm going.
31:05You married me because you were sorry for me.
31:07I thought you loved me.
31:08I thought you needed me.
31:10Oh, I know you hugged me and kissed me
31:12until I can hardly breathe
31:13but you've never once said you cared for me.
31:15Not once.
31:16So why do you want to keep me except to say
31:18look what I've got,
31:19someone from Brampton Hill.
31:20Van, Van!
31:22You've got it all wrong.
31:24I don't think so.
31:25If you want fancy words,
31:26I'm not up to it.
31:30Van, listen.
31:33If you walk out that door now,
31:35I wouldn't stop you.
31:38I wouldn't even ask you to come back.
31:40Not to this.
31:44I love you, Van.
31:45That's what I'm trying to say.
31:48I love you.
31:52And I love you till my dying day.
31:56I'll make it up to you, Van.
31:57I promise you.
31:59We'll make a new start.
32:02I'll put you right back where you belong.
32:04Right up there on Brampton Hill
32:06or even beyond.
32:09I promise you, Van.
32:16I promise.
32:22Ah, congratulations.
32:24That's what comes of keeping to schedule.
32:27Are you pleased?
32:28Aye, of course.
32:29Second year's contract up here
32:30will let me double my plate.
32:32That's what you reckon to do, is it?
32:33Aye.
32:34Mind you,
32:35I couldn't have started
32:36without that loan of yours.
32:37Fred's kicking himself
32:38for not starting with me.
32:40I knew you were a good investment.
32:42Hey, talking of which,
32:43this second year's contract,
32:44are you happy
32:45with the same terms as last year?
32:47Better investment by the minute.
32:49Thank you, Angus.
32:50That's very generous.
32:53How's the new house?
32:54It's fine for now.
32:55I wanted something better,
32:56but Van wasn't having it.
32:58She'll let me spend money,
33:00but not the promise of money.
33:01Wise woman.
33:03Aye, she'll do.
33:18You carried all that back?
33:20All that?
33:21Your ma was scrubbing floors
33:22nine hours a day
33:23and she left off
33:24for, what, ten minutes,
33:25that view lad?
33:27I love you, Vanessa Cotton.
33:29Come here.
33:30I adore you.
33:32You're the light of my life.
33:33Now, don't go shopping
33:34like that again, eh?
33:36Well,
33:37no rest for the wicked.
33:39I've been asked to the rotary.
33:41I'll see you later at Ma's.
33:43Don't be late.
33:44You know what she's like
33:45when she's cooking.
33:50How battered that son of mine
33:51is to be pulled.
33:53When's he ever going
33:54to be back?
33:55That son of mine
33:56is to be pulled?
33:57Where is he?
33:58He said he'd be back
33:59in an hour
34:00and that was an hour ago.
34:01Come on, let's eat.
34:02All right, love?
34:03I think so.
34:04You've not started?
34:05No, I don't think I have.
34:06Where is he?
34:07If he comes in sudden,
34:08I'll brain him.
34:09Mrs. Cotton Senior,
34:10your son has had
34:11a great honour
34:12bestowed on him.
34:13I've been put forward
34:14as a member
34:15of the round table.
34:16What do you think to that?
34:17You big, gormless gawk,
34:18shut up.
34:19Shut your trap
34:20if you can.
34:21She's had her pains
34:22all night since you left
34:23and we've been waiting
34:24for you.
34:25Now pick up that case
34:26and see if you can
34:27get her to the hospital.
34:28I think I'm starting.
34:29It's too late
34:30for the hospital, Emily.
34:31She's too dilated.
34:32Put your pants
34:33on the boil.
34:34I'll get her
34:35laid out
34:36in front of the fire.
34:37Oh,
34:38and a clean towel.
34:39All that.
34:40Make yourself useful.
34:41Don't let his head
34:42drop back.
34:43Here he is.
34:44Look at him.
34:45You're a great...
34:46Well done, love.
34:47Look at him.
34:48Aye,
34:49you,
34:50you scrunched up
34:51little bugger.
34:52Here you go.
34:53He'll be all right.
34:55He'll be all right.
34:57Come on.
34:58It's all right.
34:59Come on,
35:00let's go.
35:01Come on,
35:02let's go.
35:03Come on.
35:04Come on,
35:05let's go.
35:06Come on,
35:07little bugger.
35:08Come on,
35:09come on.
35:10Come on,
35:11come on.
35:12There you go.
35:14There you go.
35:18Tell you what.
35:21Not but the best for you, lad.
35:26Nothing but the best.
35:27The best.
35:41Daddy!
35:51Well, best get off. I've got a meeting.
35:53Mama!
35:54Oh, don't go yet. It's so nice to see you with the children during the week.
35:58I hardly see you after Monday morning.
36:00I know, I know, I know, but it's...
36:03Well, it's only the best for these two now.
36:06And the rest are come. Only the best.
36:10They're going to take their rightful place.
36:12I told you I'd put you back where you belonged, didn't I?
36:14Yes, but I...
36:15No buts. I'll make them do it.
36:17I'll be a bit later than you tonight. I'm stopping in at Mar's.
36:21Bye.
36:24Bye.
36:31Guess what?
36:34We're all going to live on Brampton Hill.
36:37Of me?
36:38Oh, no lad, you can count me out.
36:40But I bought the larches, Ma.
36:43The larches?
36:45Aye.
36:46Came on the market, so I bought it for us.
36:49Well, say something, woman.
36:51Don't sit there like a stuffed duck with your feet in the water.
36:54Say something.
36:55You're bloody mad. She'll never stand for it.
36:58Oh, for God's sake, Ma.
37:00I promised her.
37:02I said I'd put her back where she belongs,
37:04and the larches was the first big house that came up.
37:07You bought it without telling her?
37:10Now listen, lad.
37:12What you still don't understand
37:15is that you married someone quite different to yourself.
37:18Don't talk such bloody tripe, Ma.
37:20I know what I'm married.
37:21You don't.
37:23She won't stand for going to live up there next door to her folks.
37:28She's too sensitive.
37:30And what you've done is what Tactless like.
37:33Tactless be buggered.
37:34Twenty-three thousand I've spent.
37:36Aye, and it's a credit to you.
37:38You're a snotty-nosed kid and your mam was a Ratcliffe's dearly,
37:41and look at you now, playing with thousands.
37:44And I know why you bought the Brett's place.
37:47But you be careful,
37:49because it sounds to me as if you're going the same road as the man you're fighting.
37:55All to hell with you.
37:59I'm going to my club.
38:15All to hell with you.
38:37What's wrong, Emily?
38:40Angus has been keeping something from you.
38:43No, don't look like that. It's nothing of that sort.
38:46Well, tell me.
38:48Hold on to your seat.
38:50He's buying the larches.
38:52The larches?
38:54I told him he was mad.
38:56But...
38:59I couldn't live in Brett's house,
39:01even if it wasn't next door to mother and father.
39:04And what would it do to them? They'd leave.
39:07Aye, I thought of that, and I reckon he did too.
39:10He wants to get one back on your father. He wants to show him.
39:13That's what's behind it.
39:15I'll never live there, Emily.
39:17I know.
39:19But I thought I'd better tell you.
39:21I reckon you've got to put your thinking cap on, lass.
39:34That's nice. What's this in here, love?
39:36I hear you're buying me a house.
39:40That big-mouthed old bitch.
39:42Hey. God, I...
39:45Well, what do you think?
39:47I think it's wonderful you could pay so much money for the place.
39:50Is that all?
39:52You know what place I've bought, do you?
39:54Brett's, the larches. Yes, I know.
39:56I've got nothing against Brett, mind. It's not that.
39:59You know, I wanted to put you back where you belong,
40:01and that was the one that came up. I understand, Angus.
40:04I don't think you do, really. Yes, I do.
40:07There's just one thing.
40:10Well, what is it?
40:12It's nothing. Silly of me.
40:14Just something I dreamed of, I suppose.
40:16What?
40:18I'd like to feel I owned it.
40:20Well, you will.
40:22It'll be ours. You will. We're not leasing it or anything.
40:25No, I didn't mean that. What, then?
40:28I'd like to feel it was just mine.
40:31Can you put it in my name?
40:33Aye, I can, but what's the point?
40:36Just a whim, I suppose.
40:41Will it make you happy having it in your name?
40:44I think it might.
40:46She thinks it might. God, you're cool, Mrs Cotton.
40:49You're cool.
40:53All right, it might make you happy, so we'll do it for you.
41:04Yeah.
41:41DOOR OPENS
41:45How are you, Mother?
41:47Why are you here?
41:49To see Father.
41:51He won't see you.
41:53Well, I must see him.
41:57I suppose you know that Angus has bought the larches.
42:00Well, he's given it to me.
42:02It's in my name. I own it.
42:04I mean to sell it to Father for what it cost Angus.
42:08He's always wanted the land, so that's why I'm here.
42:12That's very good of you, Vanessa.
42:15He's having his lunch, and I'll go and tell him.
42:20Perhaps you'd like to wait in the drawing room.
42:26She's not getting away with this.
42:28I'm getting those deeds back if I have to break into that bastard's house and kill him for him.
42:33I'll swing for it, God help me.
42:35Don't!
42:38BIRDS CHIRP
42:54Hello, Father.
42:58Feeling triumphant, are you?
43:02You've dragged yourself up from the gutter.
43:06Now you've come here to show off.
43:09I've come to try and...
43:11You've come here bearing a gift from your husband.
43:15Well, you can take it back.
43:18I've never accepted gifts from scum.
43:23And I'm not starting now.
43:25He knows nothing about it.
43:27He didn't send me.
43:29He wouldn't because he loathes you, and don't you dare call him scum.
43:33I didn't invite you into this house.
43:36If I'd had my way, you wouldn't have been allowed through the door.
43:40You made your choice years ago,
43:43when you decided to live in the gutter with your upstart.
43:47And now you think because he's made some money,
43:51he can buy himself into a decent society.
43:55Well, he won't.
43:58He'll be like a pig in a parlour.
44:00You'd like to think so, wouldn't you?
44:03But he is accepted.
44:05Accepted?
44:07He's himself, and he's accepted.
44:10You call him an upstart.
44:12I wonder if you know what people call you.
44:18Get out.
44:26Why do you hate him so much?
44:29Is there anyone you should hate his bread?
44:32Is it because he stood up to you when he was only Emily's boy?
44:36Scum, as you so kindly put it. Is that it?
44:39I said, get out!
44:41Well, I've learned something over the years.
44:44Whatever he is, my Angus will be twice the man you are.
44:48And he'll be a name in this town when you're forgotten and...
44:51Get out! Get out! Get out!
44:54No, Jonathan!
44:56Go!
44:58Go!
45:17Angus!
45:18Don't you bloody well, Angus! Me!
45:20I'm going in there and I'm getting those deeds if it means I'll do life for it!
45:24But he hasn't got them!
45:26They're here!
45:57I'll never live here. You can't make me.
45:59Then why did you let me go and buy the bloody place?
46:01Because I couldn't stop you. You had to show father.
46:04Well, now you've done it. And if it helps, you've succeeded. You've won.
46:09He's frightened of you.
46:12You know, I actually felt sorry for him.
46:14Sorry for him?
46:15Yes. My father will live and die hating me.
46:19I'm sorry.
46:21Sorry for him?
46:22Yes. My father will live and die hating me.
46:26Between us, we've made him a bitter old man before his time.
46:30He did that to himself.
46:31Perhaps he did.
46:33I can't go on blaming myself. I've done that long enough.
46:37But what I can't forget is that what I did had a terrible effect on them both.
46:41Oh, I know they're narrow and mean-spirited, but because of that it was worse for them.
46:48Well, I can't help it. That's how it is.
46:53Aye.
46:58It's funny, I've always seen you up here on the hill, you know.
47:01It's how I imagined you. In your house, up here, where you belong.
47:06But I don't. I don't belong here.
47:09Just like you don't really belong in Ryder's Row.
47:14Well, both of us misfits in our own different ways.
47:19I belong where you belong.
47:21And neither of us belong here.
47:26Come away from here, Angus. Please.
47:35Will you do something for me?
47:37Will you drive me somewhere?
47:43No.
48:07What are we doing here, Van?
48:10How much would you have to pay for this?
48:12Why in the name of God should I buy it?
48:14Come on.
48:23Aye, it's a grand view, but if I want a view like that I can hang it on my wall.
48:27I don't need to buy the bloody hill.
48:31I'd like you to build our house here, Angus.
48:34What?
48:35I'd like it built here.
48:37I came up here last week and measured.
48:40You did what?
48:41Yes, I came and measured.
48:44God almighty, you're not serious.
48:46We can have the most beautiful wild garden and fill it with primroses and cowslips.
48:54You don't have to buy me anymore, Angus.
48:57What?
48:58You heard me.
49:00You think you have to give me things to make me stay with you.
49:04Well, it isn't true.
49:06I can't love you any more than I do whatever you give me.
49:09And I don't want you to change either, Angus, whatever you may think.
49:14We've rubbed off on each other, different as we are.
49:19I think we can have our own life.
49:21Not your folks' class, not my parents' class, but ours.
49:26Just ours.
49:28I know you thought there was always something holding me back from you, and there was.
49:32It was my people.
49:34But I feel freer now to be myself, to be yours.
49:40I love you, Angus.
49:44And not just out of gratitude, as you've always thought.
49:50You know I'd go crazy without you.
49:54You know that, don't you?
49:57I, I do, lad.
50:01And I'll see to it that you never get the chance to be without me.
50:10I love you, Angus.
50:15I have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart,
50:20but put you down into the dungeon, in the round tower of my heart.
50:26And there will I keep you forever, yes, forever and a day,
50:31till the walls shall crumble to ruin and moulder in dust away.
50:39I love you, Angus.