First broadcast 8th September 1977.
Matt and Tom rescue the injured Jack from the ruins of Mandrake Place but Arthur, considering the demolition an act of vandalism, contacts the Association for the Preservation of Great Houses, whose representative, James Channing, threatens to prosecute Manners.
James Bolam ... Jack Ford
Susan Jameson ... Jessie Seaton
James Garbutt ... Bill Seaton
Jean Heywood ... Bella Seaton
John Nightingale ... Tom Seaton
Madelaine Newton ... Dolly Seaton
Malcolm Terris ... Matt Headley
Rosalind Bailey ... Sarah Lytton
Edward Wilson ... Billy Seaton
Geoffrey Rose ... Arthur Ashton
Basil Henson ... Sir Horatio Manners
Lois Baxter ... Lady Caroline
William Fox ... Duke of Bedlington
Martin Duncan ... Roddy
Christopher Benjamin ... Channing
John Kidd ... Tovey
Matt and Tom rescue the injured Jack from the ruins of Mandrake Place but Arthur, considering the demolition an act of vandalism, contacts the Association for the Preservation of Great Houses, whose representative, James Channing, threatens to prosecute Manners.
James Bolam ... Jack Ford
Susan Jameson ... Jessie Seaton
James Garbutt ... Bill Seaton
Jean Heywood ... Bella Seaton
John Nightingale ... Tom Seaton
Madelaine Newton ... Dolly Seaton
Malcolm Terris ... Matt Headley
Rosalind Bailey ... Sarah Lytton
Edward Wilson ... Billy Seaton
Geoffrey Rose ... Arthur Ashton
Basil Henson ... Sir Horatio Manners
Lois Baxter ... Lady Caroline
William Fox ... Duke of Bedlington
Martin Duncan ... Roddy
Christopher Benjamin ... Channing
John Kidd ... Tovey
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00:00Come hear me little Jacky, now I've smoked me backy, have a bit of cracky, till the boat
00:10comes in.
00:11Dance to the daddy, sing to the mummy, dance to the daddy, to the mummy, sing.
00:16Thou shalt have the fishy on a little dishy, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes
00:20in.
00:21Thou shalt have the fishy on a little dishy, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes
00:38in.
00:39Thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat
01:04comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when
01:33the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the
02:01fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou
02:20shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes
02:30in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the
02:58boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the
03:28fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt
03:56have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes
04:19in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the
04:41boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy
05:09when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have
05:32the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou
05:58shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat
06:26comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat
07:26comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat
07:53comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat
08:19comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat
08:40comes in, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in, thou shalt have the fishy
09:08Midland, Lady Caroline.
09:11You damn fool.
09:13I'll get you to the car.
09:15I'll bleed all over it.
09:17What does that matter?
09:18Hide away and get a new one, will you?
09:22Give us your scarf, will you, Matt?
09:24Talk about the possessions of the rich being soaked in the blood of the poor.
09:42So long then, Murders.
09:49That's Jack for you.
09:51Aye, that's Jack.
09:53Away, lads. We'll miss our train.
09:56So long, Tom.
09:57Dolly, so long.
10:05He's lucky he's alive.
10:07Aye, me and all.
10:13I'm glad it was him and not you.
10:15But what did he do it for? He must have been mad.
10:18I think I know why, but I haven't the words for it.
10:22I hope he'll be all right.
10:24He'll be all right. Born lucky was Jack.
10:28You might have been killed.
10:30Aye, I might. If Jack hadn't cheated us into letting him fire the shot, he might have been killed and all.
10:37He played fair.
10:40Now admit it.
10:41Oh, all right. He played fair and sent you back to me. That's all that matters. Only...
10:45Only what?
10:47Only if Jack had got himself killed, you and me could have got married.
10:51Well, make your mind up, Tom. It's not going to be that easy.
10:55Not now.
10:57There.
10:59And how does that feel?
11:01Like new, Bonnie Luss. Thanks.
11:03It's a bit of a mess, you know. You really should see a doctor.
11:06I'd rather have a drink.
11:15Feeling pleased with yourself?
11:17Are you going to start on me, are you?
11:18Start?
11:19That's how I feel. Whack, that's how I feel.
11:23Oh, excuse me, Bonnie Luss. It's not like risking your neck for tiring you out.
11:27So now you're bored?
11:29No, a bit weary, that's all.
11:31I should jolly well think so. What you've just destroyed is irreplaceable.
11:35You had a good view, did you?
11:36I saw it all.
11:37Before it happened, you said you couldn't bear to watch.
11:39I know I did, but when the time came, I couldn't believe it, you see. I couldn't believe that anyone would do such a thing.
11:44Roddy, my sweet, would you like to borrow my handkerchief?
11:47Thank you. I have one of my own, if I should need it.
11:49How you can just sit there and yawn!
11:51I'm tired, you see. I've had a rough day.
11:56Excuse me, does Mr. Arthur Ashton live here?
11:58Yes.
11:59May I see him? My name's Channing, James Channing.
12:01Come in, please.
12:02Come.
12:06Mr. Ashton, I'm James Channing. I'm not too late, I hope?
12:10Yes, I'm afraid you are.
12:11You mean he's really done it?
12:12This is my wife, Mr. Channing.
12:14Yes, we met. On the doorstep.
12:16I'm sorry, forgive me, only this is rather important.
12:19Yes?
12:20If I understand your husband correctly, Mandrake Place has been destroyed.
12:23You do, and it has.
12:24Totally.
12:25From what I've been told, there is not one stone left upon another.
12:28Oh, God.
12:30Do you know who's responsible?
12:32Come to write it up for the papers, have you, Mr. Channing?
12:34I'm not a journalist, Mrs. Ashton.
12:36I'm chairman of the Association for the Preservation of Great Houses.
12:39We work in close liaison with the National Trust.
12:42And someone's just blown up a work of art?
12:44By Vandra, yes.
12:45And that's why you're here?
12:47Not just to mourn, Mrs. Ashton. I've come for revenge.
12:50It is arguable that whoever did this committed a criminal offence.
12:54Very well, then they should be prosecuted.
12:56You know who it is, then?
12:57I'm hoping your husband will help me find out.
12:59This was an act of wanton vandalism, Mrs. Ashton.
13:02And what will happen to the vandals?
13:04Prison, I hope. The stiffest sentence we can manage.
13:07My dear, Babe is crying.
13:09He'll not be the only one.
13:13Come on.
13:19Come on.
13:31Have to go.
13:43Well?
13:48Take a bit of money to put this place right.
13:50Well, I've got a bit of money.
13:58And if we buy this place, I'll have a bit more.
14:07Vandra built Mandrake Place and it was an irreplaceable masterpiece.
14:11Well, at least you saw it go.
14:13Damn you!
14:14Are you going to give us a bad time, bunny lad?
14:17Behave yourself, Roddy.
14:19Can't you see Ford's hurt his arm?
14:22I think Caroline and I had better have a word with Ford in here.
14:26Leave us alone for a few minutes, will you?
14:28Yes. Yes, of course.
14:35I'll say this for him, he doesn't lack guts.
14:38And he hates you, you know.
14:39Of course he does. I broke his toy.
14:41A bit more than a toy, old chap.
14:43A masterpiece and all that.
14:44People write to me about nothing else.
14:46And you did break it.
14:47You won't be liked, you know.
14:49I'll chance that.
14:50I'm afraid you'll have to.
14:51Even Roddy hates you for it almost as much as Harry Manners does.
14:55Manners hates you?
14:56From time to time, aye.
14:58Why?
14:59I lived, you see.
15:00His son didn't.
15:01That damned war.
15:04Well, what do you think?
15:07Eh?
15:09It's a canny spot, I suppose.
15:11Canny?
15:12What do you mean, canny?
15:14It's the best of the three.
15:16You'll coin it in a shot like that.
15:18We will.
15:20Just the way of talking.
15:23I thought you meant we'd move there.
15:25We're all right where we are.
15:27You're going to move Mrs Turnbull there, are you?
15:29I am not.
15:31She's doing all right where she is.
15:33Well, then who...
15:35Oh, Bale, you're not still thinking about what Tom, are you?
15:38He's got no head for shopkeeping.
15:39Maybe he's not.
15:41But I fancy Dolly, mate.
15:43She's got a bairn on the way.
15:44She'll manage.
15:47Well, can I have any tea, then?
15:49You tried to turn Tom into a shopkeeper once before.
15:52He ran away.
15:53Ah, he wasn't married then.
15:55Now he's got a wife to look out for.
15:57Not be long before there's a couple of bairns and all.
16:01You never thought.
16:02He's happy where he is.
16:04Happy.
16:05Yes, Bale, happy.
16:09And you remember what that means.
16:11Now, what in the world you on about?
16:14Don't believe him.
16:15I know that.
16:16You'd better talk to him.
16:17I'm going to open the shop.
16:19Hello?
16:20Oh, Ian.
16:27Well, now, Doctor,
16:29going to pay your debts, have you?
16:31I posted our Tom's money off this morning.
16:34Likely be glad, aren't I? I would.
16:36Business like this is always on the lookout for capital.
16:40Dad?
16:41Yes, son?
16:43Stoker's ill.
16:45Who?
16:46Doctor Stoker.
16:48Oh, that fellow that runs your free clinic.
16:50That's right, me boss.
16:52Now, how can he be your boss if he doesn't pay you?
16:54I think he's dying, Dad.
16:56You get no tears off me.
16:58But come on, then, hand it over and mark it off.
17:01I haven't got it.
17:02What do you mean, you haven't got it?
17:04I paid our Tom and the bills for the clinic. There's nothing left.
17:07I'm sorry, Dad. I'll make it up to you next week.
17:09You will not.
17:11What you owe me is a legal debt, me lad.
17:13A moral obligation. Charity's a long way back in the queue behind that.
17:16Come on, now, hand it over.
17:17I'm telling you, I haven't got it, man.
17:19You always know when it's family.
17:21You tell by the row.
17:22He will not pay his debts.
17:24I can't, ma'am.
17:25Doctor Stoker's dying.
17:27Oh, poor fellow. What is it?
17:29Cancer of the stomach.
17:30Oh, dear God.
17:32So it's just me now, you see, and there's bills to pay every week.
17:35Oh, so you've found that out at last, have you?
17:37Ma'am, what's up with you?
17:39Now what are you on about?
17:41Well, you look worn out. What's up with you?
17:43We can't let this scoundrel get away with it.
17:47Were you in the war, Ashton?
17:48Yes, the East Kens.
17:50I was a sapper.
17:51Major.
17:52Demolition work, mostly.
17:54I must have flattened everything I saw that was above ground level,
17:57and it didn't matter whether it was a factory chimney or a Romanesque cathedral.
18:01I saw Hill 60 blown up.
18:03A million pounds of dynamite.
18:06It took the top off the hill as one would take the top off an egg.
18:09They say Lloyd George heard the explosion in Downing Street.
18:13There must be no more destruction, Ashton.
18:16Not after what we've done.
18:18Everything of beauty left must be preserved.
18:21Surely you can see that.
18:22What do you want me to do?
18:24Why, tell me who we should prosecute, of course.
18:27Surely you must know.
18:28Well, Arthur,
18:30do you know?
18:32I know who bought the land.
18:34Well?
18:35A man called Manners, Sir Horatio Manners.
18:36He wanted the site cleared for a housing estate.
18:38So he blew up a masterpiece.
18:41Where can I find this Manners?
18:43He has a manor house out in Northumberland on the Hexham Road.
18:45Good one?
18:46Quite pretty, I believe.
18:47He wouldn't blow that up, I bet.
18:49Oh, but he would if there was money in it.
18:51I see.
18:52Well, I best be off.
18:54You're quite welcome to stay.
18:55Thank you, no.
18:56Mandrake Place is on the Hexham Road, too.
18:59I'd like to see what's left of it.
19:04I'm all right, I tell you.
19:06Ah, you look at naught.
19:07What have you been doing to her, Dad?
19:09Naught.
19:10And you stop trying to change the subject.
19:11Look, you've got all the rest of me life to get at me, Dad.
19:13Let's just talk about me mam.
19:14Well, I don't know what you mean.
19:15She's dead beat, that's what I mean.
19:17Exhausted.
19:18What did you do today?
19:20I opened the shop, took your da for a bit of a walk, that's all.
19:23Pumping stock, were you?
19:24Well, somebody has to.
19:26And where was the bit walk, ma'am?
19:29Well, I went to look at a new shop up on Garibaldi Street.
19:32Garibaldi Street?
19:34You let her push you all the way up that bank?
19:36Well, what else am I supposed to do?
19:38If I had a pair of wings, I could fly up, but I haven't.
19:40I've got to be pushed.
19:41Well, she's the only one, is she?
19:42Aye, she is.
19:44Once it was our turn, but he's left us.
19:47He used to hump the stock and all.
19:48I said I'd do it.
19:49Oh, aye.
19:50And when were you last here, Doctor?
19:55I'm glad you're standing up to manners.
19:57I'm not sure he's not getting a damn sight too big for his britches.
20:01Old Horry's not going to give up that easy.
20:03And why should he? He's winning.
20:05You said that as if you meant it.
20:06I do.
20:07All the same, he may have won a battle, but the war's not over.
20:10Not while I'm still on my feet.
20:11Won't you dine with us?
20:13Not tonight, Duke, if you don't mind.
20:15Anyway, I've got to see a couple of chaps.
20:17Your bath should be ready.
20:19I'll tell Tovey to find you some clothes.
20:22Guy Fawkes visiting his merry men?
20:24I'm no Guy Fawkes, Lady Caroline.
20:26He put the stuff in the right place, but it didn't go off.
20:56How are you, Jack?
21:09I was hoping you'd come by.
21:11Well, Dolly.
21:12Hello, Jack.
21:14Well, you've fixed it up nicely, I must say.
21:17How's the burn?
21:18Champion.
21:19You'll have no face when I'm round here, I wouldn't.
21:21Never mind that burn. Are you all right?
21:23Never better.
21:24Sit yourself down, lad.
21:25Ah, you daft bugger. Why don't you let me do it?
21:28And all the medals for yourself, do you?
21:30Is the arm all right?
21:31I'll live.
21:32Get some glasses. We'll celebrate.
21:34You having one, Dolly?
21:35No, thanks.
21:36Dolly never was one for drinking.
21:38I bet she won't say no to a tab, though.
21:42Well, go on. They haven't got opium in them.
21:46Well, here's to you, Jack.
21:47Boy, I never thought you'd get away with it.
21:49I haven't. Not yet.
21:51We're all right, though, aren't we?
21:53You are. I've still got a few odds and ends to take care of.
21:56Rather you than me. I'll stick to gardening.
22:00Jack.
22:01Yes?
22:05What is it?
22:06When Tom said he'd help you, you and him made a bargain, right?
22:09That's right.
22:10Tom would fire the shot for you and you would give us me divorce.
22:13Right again.
22:14Only Tom didn't fire the shot, did he?
22:16He says he's tossed up for it and you...
22:18Cheated.
22:19Won, I was going to say.
22:20Oh, now, Dolly.
22:21I'll let her finish, Tom.
22:22I just wanted to ask Jack if he's still going to give us me divorce.
22:25Well, of course he is.
22:27Aren't you?
22:30Would you really say I won, Dolly?
22:32Down there with all that stone on top of me,
22:34a night for company but explosives.
22:36At the time, it felt more like I'd lost.
22:38And I very nearly had to thump your money to get him out.
22:41But I expected that.
22:43Tom's a good mannerer, the best there always was,
22:46and he did what I asked.
22:47I didn't fire the shot.
22:48Any fool could do that.
22:50You set it all up.
22:51You had a damn sight more than I did, Tom.
22:54I'll get started on that divorce the first chance I get.
22:57Word of honour, Jack.
22:58Dolly.
22:59Word of honour.
23:01Now, here's to you.
23:03Mr and Mrs Seton.
23:07Our Tom was in it, you know.
23:09So we're going to talk about it, are we?
23:11I am talking about it.
23:12Very well. Rather that than what you sulk.
23:14I haven't been sulking, Arthur.
23:15Indeed. Then what have you been doing?
23:17Trying to keep calm.
23:18Now...
23:19I said our Tom was in it.
23:21Are you trying to make out that you didn't know?
23:23Of course not.
23:24Then mind the words.
23:25Let me finish, please.
23:27I'm sorry. Go on.
23:28But Tom had no idea he was committing a criminal act.
23:31I thought ignorance of the law was no excuse.
23:33It isn't, but there's no danger of Channing prosecuting Tom.
23:36I'll make sure of that.
23:37Oh, you will, will you?
23:38And what makes you so sure that he'll listen?
23:41Arthur, I swear to God, if you've shopped our Tom, I...
23:44Well, go on. Finish it.
23:48I can't.
23:49I just hope you haven't. That's all.
23:51What on earth made you do it, anyway?
23:53Somebody would have told Channing. Why not me?
23:55I'm a member of the Association, after all.
23:58No, that's sophistry.
24:00Let's have the truth, then.
24:01I wanted whoever was responsible punished.
24:04And that did not mean Tom.
24:06Who, then?
24:07Sir Horatio Manners?
24:08Obviously.
24:09But he wasn't the one who fired the charge, was he?
24:11Jack Ford did that.
24:13Does Manners have to be punished and all?
24:16That will be up to the magistrate.
24:18Oh, no. It was all fair and above board, Mr Channing.
24:22You sure you won't have a drop of brandy?
24:24No, thank you. Cigar, then.
24:26Sir Horatio, I don't think you quite realise how dangerous your situation is.
24:29And I...
24:30You'd better tell me, then.
24:32You blew up a building...
24:33I did no such thing.
24:35Very well.
24:37You owned the land on which Mandrake Place stood.
24:41Mandrake Place is scheduled by law as an ancient property
24:44and is under the protection of our association.
24:47Nothing could be done to it.
24:48Not one stone removed without our permission.
24:51That permission was not given to you. It was not even requested.
24:54And yet you caused the place to be blown up.
24:57For that, sir, you're answerable at law.
24:59You've got a grand turn of phrase.
25:01Going in for politics, are you?
25:03That's beside the point.
25:04Thought you were.
25:05This bit of publicity won't do you any harm in the Daily Mail.
25:08Or would it be the Daily Herald?
25:10The left is all the orators nowadays.
25:12My politics has nothing to do with it.
25:14I came here to give you fair warning.
25:16Fair?
25:17You come here, start threatening an old man in the middle of the night,
25:19you call that fair?
25:20I only wish...
25:21Now, sit down.
25:22Sit down. Shut up and listen.
25:27Now, then.
25:28In the first place, I know all about the Association for the Preservation of Great Houses.
25:32I should.
25:33I've contributed to it often enough.
25:35And in the second place,
25:36I've been in correspondence with Miss Elicitor about Mandrake Place.
25:39You'll see the letters if you like. They're at my office.
25:41I can give you the list.
25:42You'll wait till I've done.
25:44Miss Elicitor suggested I write to you,
25:46and I drafted a letter three days ago.
25:48The secretary can swear to that.
25:51I didn't send it because I haven't had time to revise it.
25:54Now, then.
25:56You trying to tell me Mandrake Place blew itself up?
25:59I wish to God it had.
26:01Poor chap.
26:03I beg your pardon.
26:04I suppose all this will have to come out.
26:06Of course it will.
26:07Ah, poor lad.
26:10You said I owned all the land around Mandrake Place, Mr. Janning,
26:13but I didn't.
26:15Not quite all.
26:16Some of it belonged to a fellow who lives in Galashield.
26:19Junior partner, you might say.
26:21I explained the situation to him.
26:23How Mandrake Place would have to stand till you said different.
26:26So, the semis and the bungalows would just have to be built round it.
26:30I take it you wouldn't need your permission for that?
26:33Unfortunately not.
26:34That spilled milk you're crying after, Mr. Janning?
26:37Well, anyway, you know what young men are like.
26:40Impatient, eh, Mr. Janning?
26:42Some of them may be a bit greedy.
26:45So, my young friend took it into his head
26:47that what's done can't be undone.
26:49Fait accompli, you might say.
26:51And I can't deny that he was right.
26:53Or were you thinking of building it up again, Mr. Janning?
26:57No.
26:59I was thinking I'd like to have a chat with this junior partner of yours.
27:05Will you give me his name and address?
27:10Lives in Lavender Avenue.
27:12Name of Ford.
27:14John Ford.
27:16Believe his friends call him Jack.
27:19Ah, he's late.
27:21I hope that arm's not serious.
27:23Will you stop worrying about him?
27:25If he fell in the Tyne, he'd come up with a salmon in his mouth, that one.
27:28All the same.
27:29All the same what?
27:30Maris, Sarah, maybe I should have stayed with him.
27:32You think so, do you?
27:33Well, I mean...
27:34You're Maris, you see.
27:35The best, and I have tenure now.
27:37And where am I?
27:39The girl I'm in love with.
27:41Oh, you.
27:42You don't fight fair, Matt Headley.
27:44Well, what do I do now?
27:46You are nice to us.
27:47You're always nice to me, whatever I say.
27:53Now, that's enough until we put the bands up.
27:55Put them up in the morning, then.
28:04By, I thought I heard a nightingale outside.
28:06And so you did, trilling songs of love for you, body lass.
28:09Get home all right, did you?
28:10Er, no bother.
28:11How's the arm, all right?
28:12Oh, not to worry about.
28:13I don't think it.
28:14Daft bugger.
28:16You had to go and fire the shot, didn't you?
28:17Why didn't you let me do it?
28:18You sound like Tom Seton.
28:19Do what?
28:20And never you mind.
28:21And while we're on, what's Matt been up to?
28:23Didn't he tell you?
28:24I couldn't get a word out of him.
28:25Couldn't you?
28:26That won't last.
28:27Now, don't take ontage, because I'm telling you the truth.
28:30It was old Jack Ford.
28:32Poor Jack down the pit.
28:33Poor Jack firing the shot.
28:35Poor Jack hurt his arm.
28:37And what was Matt doing?
28:38Aiding and abetting?
28:39No, body lass.
28:40Just aiding.
28:42Matt?
28:43Aye, Tom.
28:44On top of your supper?
28:45Heaven knows what yours is like.
28:47It's been in the oven since six.
28:48Oh, don't worry.
28:49Had a sandwich round your dollies.
28:51What in the world were you doing there?
28:53Paying a debt.
28:54I owe you one and all.
28:56You owe Matt money?
28:57There's more debts than money, body lass.
28:58You owe me no.
28:59Just remember, it's the last time, that's all.
29:01Aye.
29:02Matt Headley.
29:04The married man.
29:05The union man and all.
29:07What's the pair of you on about?
29:09Surely I've got a right to know.
29:10You said something to me once, Sarah Lytton.
29:12You said, I'm nosy, but I don't gossip.
29:14Have you changed since then?
29:15Jack!
29:16Well, have you?
29:17Right.
29:18Well, I'll tell you.
29:19I blew up a building.
29:20Me and another fella.
29:21A bloody great mansion.
29:22There's no call for language.
29:24And you helped him?
29:25You great daft lump.
29:27You're right.
29:28You do owe him something.
29:29I've just said so.
29:30Ask away, bonnie lad.
29:33There's just one thing.
29:34Let Dolly divorce you.
29:36That's why your tom is being paid.
29:38You owe me nowt.
29:39Nowt you'll give me anyway.
29:40You never know what he has.
29:41No, it's too late.
29:43You want him to stay on in his union job.
29:45Keep you on as assistant.
29:47Don't you?
29:48Don't you?
29:50I'm scared, pet.
29:51Can't you see?
29:52I'm not clever like Jack.
29:53I'm scared.
29:54At the Somme, Matt and me found some brandy.
29:57We had about half a pint apiece,
29:58then Matt got mentioned in dispatches.
30:00Well, now he's got you, Sarah Lytton.
30:02He doesn't need the brandy.
30:04Well, now what are you on about?
30:06He's on about something nice, pet, like...
30:08Like you've always needed each other,
30:10and now you've got each other.
30:12If he doesn't need the brandy,
30:14there's no call for whisky neither.
30:16Brandy's for courage, Sarah Lytton.
30:18Whisky's for pals.
30:22Another shop?
30:23Uh-huh.
30:24Oh, we've got a baldy street.
30:26Mum and me went to look at it this afternoon.
30:28Mum had to push you up that bank.
30:30Oh, don't you start.
30:31We had all that from our Billy.
30:32I should think so and all.
30:33Why don't you pay somebody?
30:34You don't.
30:35It's not a bairn in a prime, Jessie.
30:36It's all very well, Mum,
30:37but you'll be ill again before you know where you are.
30:39After you've had appendicitis, you've got to take this...
30:41Oh, I know.
30:42We had that from Billy and all.
30:44God knows what we could do with the rest away from here,
30:47but who could we trust?
30:49Trust?
30:50Three businesses, Jessie.
30:51Three lots of money.
30:53With your da the way he is...
30:54How about Tom?
30:55How about Tom?
30:56That's who we could trust.
30:57He'd do the very thing.
30:58The only man he's in the new shop,
30:59and Tom looking after me.
31:00Tom would never do it.
31:01Oh, wouldn't he?
31:02We'll see about that.
31:03Don't rush things, Dad.
31:05It was Tom I came to see you about.
31:07Didn't bring Arthur with you?
31:08No, he's minding the baby.
31:09I've told you before, that's no work for a man.
31:11Maybe not, but he's doing it.
31:13Better that than what I've come about.
31:15All right, let's have it then.
31:18How about Tom's in trouble again, I suppose.
31:20He could be, Ma'am.
31:21He helped Jack Ford fire that shot.
31:23He wasn't hurt, was he?
31:24No.
31:25From what I hear, Jack did the firing.
31:27Tom just told him lay the charge.
31:28Why, he knows not about pit work.
31:31You're not saying he went wrong.
31:32I mean, Jack's all right, isn't he?
31:33Of course he's all right.
31:34Well, then?
31:35Mandrake Place was a scheduled building.
31:37A masterpiece.
31:38Look, stop talking like a squirt.
31:39Even if you altered it, you broke the law.
31:41To blow it up was a criminal offence.
31:43President?
31:45Yes, Ma'am.
31:46Oh, dear God.
31:48But Tom didn't know he was breaking the law.
31:50I'll swear he didn't.
31:51There's no excuse, Ma'am, not if he's prosecuted.
31:53What way in the world did he do such a thing?
31:55I mean, who would know?
31:56A chap called Channing.
31:57He's head of a society that preserves buildings like Mandrake Place.
32:01But how in the world did he know?
32:03Arthur told him.
32:06Sorry about that.
32:08I don't know why I feel so tired.
32:09No doubt it's the company, Daddy.
32:11Company, nonsense.
32:12Damn dull day, that's all.
32:14Sorry, Roddy, stupid remark.
32:16Not at all, sir.
32:17It's different for you.
32:18No doubt.
32:19I'm a Philistine.
32:20No one's dug a mine under my house.
32:22I'd like to see them try.
32:23There's a Mr. Channing to see you, Your Grace.
32:26Good God, it is I?
32:27Precisely so, Your Grace.
32:29I told him that I doubted if you were at home.
32:31But he was most insistent, Your Grace.
32:33A matter of urgency, he said.
32:35Channing, did he say?
32:36Yes, sir.
32:37Jimmy Channing?
32:38That's what it says.
32:40James Channing, Albany.
32:42Good Lord.
32:43Of course I remember.
32:45You know him.
32:47It was the all-thoughts bore, wasn't it?
32:49Ah, he's a friend of yours, darling.
32:51Yes, he is.
32:52He's the man I tried to get hold of to stop Ford
32:54destroying Mandrake Place.
32:56Does that mean he can make trouble for Jack?
32:58Not can, will.
33:00Oh, my God, here we go.
33:02Better see him, I suppose.
33:04Wield him in.
33:05Very well, Your Grace.
33:06I trust Your Grace will not hold me
33:08in any way responsible for this intrusion?
33:10No.
33:13Oh, the only other fellow I ever knew
33:15who took so long to say so little
33:16was the Archbishop of York.
33:18Long-winded sort of fellow.
33:19All those big words.
33:20What do I mean?
33:21Polysyllabic.
33:22My God, yes.
33:23Hello.
33:24What the devil's the matter with you?
33:25Got the collywobbles or something?
33:27This is going to be a beastly meeting with James.
33:29I never could stand scenes.
33:30If you'll excuse me, Caroline.
33:32Of course.
33:35Full of surprises.
33:37But ladylike all the same.
33:39Looks to me as if he's going down with a what's-his-name.
33:41What's your grandmother used to have?
33:43The Vapors.
33:44Yes, used to burn feathers under their noses.
33:46God knows why.
33:48Mr. Channing, sir.
33:50Ah.
33:52Mr. Channing.
33:53How do you do?
33:54I'm Bedlington.
33:55How do you do?
33:56My daughter Caroline.
33:57How do you do?
33:58How do you do?
33:59Drink?
34:00Thank you, no.
34:01But you know I think I will.
34:04What can I do for you, Mr. Channing?
34:06I'm chairman of the Association for the Preservation of Great Houses, Your Grace.
34:10You, I believe, are president of the Northumberland Great Houses Association.
34:13Am I?
34:14Of course you are, Daddy.
34:15Haven't been too well, you know.
34:17It's about Mandrake Place, I suppose.
34:19If you don't mind, Your Grace, there are a couple of things I'd like to ask you.
34:22Gout.
34:23Funny thing.
34:24Brandy is the only thing that doesn't affect it.
34:27All the same, hardly up to answering questions.
34:30Sorry.
34:31I am.
34:33What do you want to know, Mr. Channing?
34:36Well, I suppose it all boils down to this.
34:39Why was nothing done to stop this outrage?
34:42It's a mistake to be offensive after dinner.
34:45Bad for the digestion.
34:46That's all right, Daddy.
34:48Why didn't Daddy and I use our influence to stop whoever it was from blowing up the place, do you mean?
34:53But how could we?
34:55How could we even know it was going to be blown up?
34:58Because 17 acres of your land were involved.
35:01Part of the housing estate, I believe.
35:03We have no interest in that scheme, Mr. Channing.
35:05Indeed, not even 17 acres worth of interest.
35:08Told you he'd come here to be rude.
35:10Better get on with it.
35:11Forgive me, Your Grace, but it seems to me
35:13that if this land was part of the Mandrake Place housing scheme,
35:16your daughter must have had a vested interest in seeing the place demolished.
35:20What an offensive fellow you are.
35:22My daughter doesn't own an acre of land round here.
35:25Not a rude, not a rodpole or purge.
35:28But she did, Your Grace.
35:30Until recently.
35:32She sold the lot to a man called Ford, who I'm told is a close friend.
35:35You're remarkably well informed.
35:37Who told you?
35:38Sir Horatio Manners.
35:39I may say he's deeply shocked by what has happened.
35:42Is he indeed?
35:43Why are you here, Channing?
35:45I am trying to establish who was behind this outrageous piece of vandalism.
35:49And then?
35:50My association will prosecute.
35:52You seem to be suggesting that Daddy and I are somehow involved.
35:56I hope not, for your sakes.
35:57You wouldn't want to get caught up in the stink this will raise.
36:01Ring the bell.
36:05Toby will see you out.
36:08You're quite unable to help me, Your Grace.
36:10I don't think Daddy has any more to say to you.
36:12Have you?
36:13Just this.
36:14Don't start something you're not prepared to finish.
36:16Not with us.
36:19Mr Channing is just leaving, Toby.
36:21Very well, Lady Caroline.
36:22Good evening.
36:29Ford said that he and Manners were fighting a war.
36:32My money's right and Ford's devilish short of reserve.
36:36Where are you off to?
36:38To spy.
36:39Spy? On who?
36:41I have an idea that Channing and Roddy might get together.
36:45Really?
36:46Call it a recce, my dear.
36:48At least it sounds more respectable.
36:52Now, before you start, I fired that shot myself.
36:54Your tom was clear away.
36:56I know.
36:57Thanks.
36:59We've got to talk all the same.
37:01You'd better come in, then.
37:06DOOR SLAMS SHUT
37:15You're in the wars again, Jack?
37:17You know I have.
37:18Yes, I do.
37:19That's why I'm here.
37:21Thought it might be.
37:22Coffee?
37:24I'll get it.
37:32I've come about a chap called Channing.
37:35Have you ever heard of him?
37:36Not that I know of.
37:37You will do.
37:39President of the Association for the Preservation of Great Houses.
37:42He's left it a bit late if he wants to preserve Mandrake Place.
37:45He knows that, Jack.
37:47But he's got some sort of legal power, you see.
37:49If people damage architectural masterpieces, he can have them prosecuted.
37:53Put in jail.
37:55Where did you hear all this?
37:57Arthur's in the Society.
37:59Channing came to see him.
38:01Are you saying Arthur shot me?
38:03Not directly, no.
38:07Let's have a bunny lass.
38:10He sent Channing to see Sir Horatio Manners.
38:13What'll Manners do, Jack?
38:15Shot me if he has to.
38:16Can he? It was his land, after all.
38:18Oh, yes, he could shot me.
38:20Depends how much is in it for him.
38:21There's more in this than just you.
38:24You're top.
38:25You couldn't have done it without him.
38:26There's Matt and all.
38:27Your two best friends.
38:30They're out of it.
38:31How can they be?
38:32They're never there.
38:33Somebody must have seen them.
38:35Oh, Lady Caroline, maybe.
38:37She won't split.
38:39Even so?
38:41They'll need an alibi.
38:43Who could give them one?
38:47You're Arthur.
38:49Arthur?
38:50Headmaster, church warden, pillar of society.
38:52You couldn't pick a better man.
38:54Why would he do it?
38:55Because you're going to make him.
38:58I don't think I could.
38:59Not any more.
39:02As good as me?
39:03I could do it.
39:04I could alibi all three of you.
39:06No, Bonnie.
39:07My word's as good as Arthur's.
39:08Any day of the week.
39:09It's just a daft idea, that's all.
39:11It shows how desperate I am.
39:14But thanks for offering.
39:16I meant it.
39:18I wouldn't doubt you.
39:20Jesse Seton, Jesse Seton.
39:22Why did I ever let you get away?
39:26It would never have worked, Jack.
39:27You and me.
39:28And you and Arthur.
39:29That's working.
39:30We try.
39:31We must try.
39:32At least we respect the same things.
39:33Like shopping your brother.
39:35He has principles.
39:37I have mine.
39:38We understand each other.
39:40Just as well.
39:42I'm calling a meeting at my house.
39:44I think we should decide what we're going to do.
39:46I know what I'm going to do.
39:47But you'll come?
39:48With Arthur there or Jesse, for God's sake.
39:50Please, Jack.
39:54All right.
39:56Who the devil is that?
39:59Oh, my God.
40:00It's Channing.
40:03You stay in here.
40:13Mr. Ford.
40:14Who wants him?
40:15My name's Channing.
40:17It's about Mandrake Place.
40:18You better come in then.
40:31You needn't bother.
40:33That's my job.
40:34I wasn't trying to...
40:35Weren't you?
40:36You're Mrs. Ashton, aren't you?
40:38That's right.
40:39My name's Lytton.
40:40Sarah Lytton.
40:41Matt Headley's my fiancée.
40:43We'll be married once the bands are called.
40:45So if you don't mind, Mrs. Ashton,
40:47I'd rather you didn't come round here.
40:49You won't be married if he goes to prison.
40:52Go on.
40:53You think I'm here for the good of me health?
40:55You've got your man mixed up in this.
40:57And you've got yours.
40:58Is that it?
40:59Shut your mouth, Miss Lytton,
41:00till you've got something sensible to say.
41:02It's my brother I've come about.
41:04You're not trying to tell me you don't know what's been going on?
41:07No, I'm not.
41:08I apologise, Mrs. Ashton.
41:10That's all right.
41:11I think I might tell you.
41:13The man that could take your man to court
41:15is talking to Mr. Ford at this very moment.
41:17He's not taking my man.
41:19Or my brother.
41:20Then there's only one man he can't take, Mrs. Ashton.
41:22I'm sorry, I can't help you.
41:24Help me?
41:25Mr. Ford, I'm accusing you of a crime.
41:27Then I'd be daft to help you, wouldn't I?
41:29Horry Manners put you up to this, I suppose.
41:32He gave me a few facts, yes.
41:34Poor old fella.
41:35It's sad when they get like that.
41:37And I think how smart he used to be, bless him.
41:40Forget the riddles, Ford.
41:42Had you a home office licence for what you did?
41:44Of course I had.
41:45I've got a demolition company
41:47and an explosives licence.
41:54Seems to be in order.
41:56Doesn't say you could blow up Mandrake Place.
41:58Nobody asked me, it wasn't my fault.
42:0056 pounds.
42:02Half a hundred weight of dynamite, that's all you got?
42:04All I needed.
42:05Calm off it, Ford.
42:07I was in the Royal Engineers.
42:09I worked in demolition for three and a half years and I know
42:11you need at least three or four times that amount of dynamite
42:14to do what you did.
42:15Are you saying I'm a liar?
42:17A liar and a fraud.
42:19You'll be hearing from my solicitors.
42:21You and those who helped you.
42:23Would you mind telling us why?
42:27Excuse me.
42:35You've obviously been in illegal possession
42:37of a large amount of dynamite and that can be proved.
42:40You also destroyed a scheduled building.
42:44Are you Mr Ford?
42:45Oh, thanks, Sarah.
42:46Never could stand them things meself.
42:48Thank you, Sarah.
42:52Excuse me.
42:57I'll bid you good day, Mr Channing.
42:59What?
43:00You can take me to court, that's your privilege.
43:02I can turn you out of my house, that's mine.
43:04Now, look here...
43:05Good day.
43:27So now you two are getting together, are you?
43:29Yes, and you know why, don't you?
43:31Matt and Tom.
43:33That's right. You know it is, Jack.
43:35Is it all right if I get off and all?
43:37This telegram.
43:39Bit of good news, isn't it, for you and Tom?
43:41And you and Matt.
43:43Only, er...
43:44somebody else is going to get hurt.
43:46But that won't bother you two, will it?
43:48How do you mean, hurt?
43:51I mean badly.
43:52He's leaving Lavender Avenue.
43:54So he says, no?
43:55Yes, ma'am.
43:56Oh, it's a nice house, the tellers.
43:57They all are round there, ma'am.
43:58Restroom, dining room, parlor,
44:00three beds, box room, bathroom,
44:02and an inside lab.
44:04A mansion.
44:06And he's leaving, you see.
44:08What if he is?
44:09He'll be vacant.
44:12Your da'll have three shops, Jessie.
44:15I think we're about ready for Lavender Avenue.
44:18And what about Tom?
44:19What about him?
44:20Is he about ready for Durham jail again?
44:23I thought you said Jack was taking care of him.
44:25Suppose he fails.
44:27Save your money, ma'am.
44:28Tom might need it.
44:41Mr. Ford, sir.
44:43Caroline and the Duke are out, I'm afraid.
44:45Aye, Tilby told me.
44:46You'd better look that.
44:48Luck?
44:49It was you I came to see.
44:50Me?
44:51This is so sudden.
44:52You'll be if you don't belt up.
44:57James Channing.
44:59What about him?
45:00Says he's going to prosecute us over Mandrake Place.
45:03Indeed?
45:04Indeed is right.
45:05They tell me he's a friend of yours.
45:07A close friend, as you might say.
45:09I haven't the faintest idea...
45:10World record, university man, all that.
45:12Wants to be an MP.
45:13We all have our eccentricities.
45:15Aye, we do.
45:17But we're not all like your friend James.
45:20Only two loves in his life, eh, Roddy?
45:23Old buildings and young men.
45:25Funny, that.
45:26Funny?
45:27On account of old buildings, he could have me doing time.
45:30On account of young men, he could be in the next cell.
45:33Only you wouldn't be sharing it.
45:35A great, big, harry burgle is what you'd get, bonny lad.
45:38But maybe you'd enjoy that, for all I know.
45:40You're bluffing.
45:42If I'm going back inside, I'll have company.
45:45What can I possibly do?
45:46He's at the Beddington Arms.
45:47Go and talk to him.
45:48Why should I? To help you out of trouble?
45:50No, bonny lad.
45:51To help him.
45:53And yourself and all.
45:54And if I were you, I wouldn't waste any time.
45:56I still say you can't prove a thing.
45:58Private detectives, Roddy.
45:59The best money can buy.
46:01They'll come up with enough dirt to stick.
46:04Well, won't they?
46:07They always do.
46:09Who betrayed me?
46:11A bird, bonny lad.
46:13A bird that sang my tune.
46:18Come on.
46:30Ha, ha, ha!
46:32Ha, ha, ha!
46:47Partners in crime?
46:50I think we'll get away with it.
46:52You?
46:53Thanks to you.
46:54Me?
46:55Oh, you look marvellous when you come in the innocence.
46:57But I did nothing, Jack.
46:59You understand me?
47:01You wouldn't want your brother-in-law to go to prison, I can say that.
47:04Roddy, prison?
47:06Somebody sent me a telegram about him.
47:10Said he was a friend of James Channing.
47:14A very close friend, if you see what I mean.
47:17Yes, I do see.
47:19An anonymous telegram?
47:21That's right.
47:23Rather a dirty thing to do.
47:25Oh, I don't know. It was all in a good cause.
47:27What good cause?
47:28Me.
47:29Oh, for God's sake, don't joke.
47:31You'll use it against Channing?
47:34No.
47:35Come on, Jack.
47:37You mean to say you'll just give in?
47:39Go to prison?
47:40Ha, ha, ha! You don't honestly believe that, do you?
47:42Then what?
47:43I used it against Roddy.
47:45Roddy?
47:46Well, of course. He's seeing Channing now.
47:48Begging and pleading for his sake.
47:50And for Channing's and all, I shouldn't wonder.
47:52Roddy is my brother-in-law.
47:54That's right.
47:55But he can't help the way he is.
47:57He's not your enemy. He's not like Channing.
47:59Really, he's not.
48:01That's up to him to prove it.
48:02How can he?
48:03I've told you.
48:04Tell Channing to lay off.
48:06Well, let's understand each other.
48:08I didn't provide you with ammunition to fire at Roddy.
48:11You didn't provide me with any ammunition at all,
48:13or so you tell me.
48:14Did you expect me to believe that?
48:16I like Roddy.
48:17That's your privilege.
48:19But I'm not going back to prison,
48:21and neither are my matters.
48:22Not on account of a pile of rubble.
48:25I think you'd better leave.
48:30Suit yourself.
48:35Just remember one thing, Bonnie Luss.
48:37You handed me a loaded gun and I fired it.
48:40You've no call to be surprised.
48:43Dance to the daddy, sing to the mommy
48:46Dance to the daddy, to the mommy, sing
48:54Thou shalt have the fishy on a little ishy
48:57Thou shalt have the fishy when the wood comes in
49:02Thou shalt have the fishy on a little ishy
49:05Thou shalt have the fishy when the wood comes in
49:19Thou shalt have the fishy on a little ishy
49:22Thou shalt have the haddock when the wood comes in
49:25Thou shalt have the fishy on a little ishy
49:28Thou shalt have the bloater when the wood comes in
49:31Thou shalt have the fishy on a little ishy
49:33Thou shalt have the mackerel when the wood comes in
49:36Thou shalt have the fishy on a little ishy
49:39Thou shalt have the salmon when the wood comes in