1 00:00:32,259 --> 00:00:37,840 Early 19th century, along came an English painter called John Constable, 2 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,480 painted in a manner that had not been seen before. 3 00:00:41,540 --> 00:00:47,120 Above all, he was not frightened of his paint, and in many of his landscapes he 4 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:51,380 would lay it onto the canvas with a freedom and radiance that had an 5 00:00:51,380 --> 00:00:54,300 influence upon the Impressionists who followed after him. 6 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:00,240 In order properly to savour the story you're going to see now, you should be 7 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,349 aware of the fact... that the discovery of a hitherto unknown painting by 8 00:01:04,349 --> 00:01:05,830 Constable is a great event. 9 00:01:06,590 --> 00:01:09,610 His work fetches huge sums on the market. 10 00:02:22,500 --> 00:02:25,240 Mother! There isn't such a thing as one clean shirt. 11 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:26,560 I've been busy. 12 00:02:32,860 --> 00:02:36,860 It's about time you got somebody else to do your ironing. Come chance of that 13 00:02:36,860 --> 00:02:38,740 when I'm working 40 acres single -handed. 14 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,980 Anyway, what do you want a clean shirt for this time of day? I'm going into 15 00:02:42,980 --> 00:02:44,180 town. Oh, good. 16 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:48,180 Then you won't mind calling in at Webster's and seeing if my orders come. 17 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:49,400 Yes, all right. 18 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,740 Oh, what a fuss about one little parcel. Your one little parcel means waiting 19 00:02:53,740 --> 00:02:54,740 half an hour in a queue. 20 00:02:55,020 --> 00:02:57,700 You can ask for the manager. No buttons. 21 00:03:08,740 --> 00:03:09,740 Thanks. 22 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,160 I'll be back at four for feeding. 23 00:03:15,860 --> 00:03:17,880 And maybe you can feed me for a change. 24 00:03:18,460 --> 00:03:20,480 Out of a Thor fan instead of a pin. 25 00:06:42,870 --> 00:06:44,050 Can I help you? 26 00:06:44,790 --> 00:06:47,690 I'm sorry. I was hoping there'd be somebody at home. 27 00:06:48,410 --> 00:06:49,410 Good afternoon, madam. 28 00:06:51,250 --> 00:06:52,450 My name's Pottinger. 29 00:06:53,190 --> 00:06:55,930 I was just wondering if you've got any old stuff you wanted clearing. You know, 30 00:06:55,950 --> 00:06:57,810 any old bits and pieces you'd like me to take off your hands. 31 00:06:58,530 --> 00:07:00,390 Furniture, oil lamps, china, glass. 32 00:07:01,510 --> 00:07:04,270 We've nothing here that would interest you, Mr Pottinger. 33 00:07:04,570 --> 00:07:07,530 You'd be surprised. The old lady at the farm down the road said exactly the same 34 00:07:07,530 --> 00:07:10,350 thing. I looked in the garage. She got a ringer. I gave her a five before it. 35 00:07:10,410 --> 00:07:11,410 She thought it was Christmas. 36 00:07:11,550 --> 00:07:14,350 I'm sure you could find me one or two bits. I'm interested in anything. 37 00:07:14,610 --> 00:07:20,630 Old sewing machine, string box, toffee tins, rag rugs, patchwork, tea caddy. 38 00:07:20,690 --> 00:07:23,270 I've... Who old irons I found in the barn? 39 00:07:23,570 --> 00:07:24,570 The flat sort. 40 00:07:24,750 --> 00:07:27,290 No, box kind, I think. 41 00:07:27,510 --> 00:07:28,510 Are you sure? 42 00:07:29,010 --> 00:07:30,010 Almost certain. 43 00:07:30,070 --> 00:07:31,770 I'll give you a tenner for the pair so I can see. 44 00:07:33,270 --> 00:07:34,510 Why, he sounds a bit fierce. 45 00:07:34,830 --> 00:07:35,990 He's quite harmless. 46 00:07:36,950 --> 00:07:37,970 He's chained up. 47 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,180 I'm glad to hear it. The cat's done the damn thing. I should get danger money 48 00:07:41,180 --> 00:07:44,020 calling on farms, you know. You come round the corner of a barn, somebody's 49 00:07:44,020 --> 00:07:45,700 always checking a pot shut at the rat or a rabbit. 50 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,500 The other day, I got two bullets straight through the windscreen of my 51 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:51,820 Smashed a porcelain vase I'd just paid £40 for. 52 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,040 Come in, Mr Potlow. 53 00:07:54,620 --> 00:07:55,620 Very good. 54 00:08:01,460 --> 00:08:03,160 Well, it's a lovely place you've got here. 55 00:08:03,860 --> 00:08:04,860 A bit chubby. 56 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:06,980 But I'm not like some women. 57 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,800 In a state of permanent interior decoration. 58 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:11,640 Hey, 59 00:08:12,300 --> 00:08:14,700 I could give you 15 for this if you're interested. 60 00:08:15,900 --> 00:08:17,900 Come in, Andy, have you got kids to work like I have? 61 00:08:18,180 --> 00:08:19,940 Oh, I've got a son. 62 00:08:20,780 --> 00:08:21,840 He's grown up now. 63 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:23,160 How old is he, dear? 64 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:24,240 He works the farm. 65 00:08:24,780 --> 00:08:25,900 He's gone into town. 66 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:27,760 He'll be back for feeding. 67 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:30,700 He's what I call a moaner. 68 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:35,320 Always grumbling about the weather, the land, the rotten stock we've got. 69 00:08:35,950 --> 00:08:37,210 He wants to get out. 70 00:08:38,270 --> 00:08:39,530 I'm not budging. 71 00:08:40,190 --> 00:08:43,570 They'll have to carry me out of here, Pete, first, as they say. 72 00:08:43,890 --> 00:08:45,290 Those are irons you mentioned. 73 00:08:45,850 --> 00:08:46,970 I'll get them for you. 74 00:09:46,729 --> 00:09:48,850 I was born in Singapore. 75 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:53,370 Never at one school for more than a year. 76 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,180 my husband in the consular service. 77 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,420 Same thing all over again. 78 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:17,660 Now, 79 00:10:17,660 --> 00:10:24,300 there we go. 80 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:38,670 I was never able to Put down any root. 81 00:10:39,570 --> 00:10:41,090 Well, this time I'm rooted. 82 00:10:41,710 --> 00:10:43,970 Rather like a gnarled old oak tree. 83 00:10:44,790 --> 00:10:45,790 Here are the items. 84 00:10:46,490 --> 00:10:47,490 Sir. 85 00:10:48,110 --> 00:10:51,650 They're not quite what I had in mind, but I'll keep my word. I'll still give 86 00:10:51,650 --> 00:10:53,270 a five. I think you said ten. 87 00:10:53,510 --> 00:10:54,730 Did I? My mistake. 88 00:10:54,950 --> 00:10:55,950 Still no problem. 89 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:11,720 Oh, well, you were quite right to come and see me. I acted as your father's 90 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,060 solicitor for 20 years. 91 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,420 This is something he'd have wanted me to handle. 92 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:16,680 So you'll help me? 93 00:11:17,380 --> 00:11:18,380 Well, if I can. 94 00:11:18,980 --> 00:11:22,040 But it's going to be a bit difficult dealing with your mother. 95 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:25,340 Well, perhaps if you asked her to come and see you on some other matter. 96 00:11:26,700 --> 00:11:28,240 Yes, yes, that might be possible. 97 00:11:28,820 --> 00:11:30,020 Because it is important. 98 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:32,460 I must get it settled as soon as possible. 99 00:11:32,860 --> 00:11:33,860 Whatever she says. 100 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:35,320 Yes, all right. 101 00:11:50,060 --> 00:11:52,440 My son would kill me. He loved these old things. 102 00:11:52,820 --> 00:11:55,160 After I've gone, they'll remind him of home. 103 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,660 Not that there was ever much to remember. 104 00:12:00,300 --> 00:12:07,280 And then poor old Teddy, my husband, he always had this dream of 105 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,040 retiring to a Suffolk farmhouse. 106 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:10,960 He was born in Suffolk. 107 00:12:11,860 --> 00:12:14,640 Owning a little bit of England, as he called it. 108 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,780 Of course, it was too much for him at his age. 109 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:21,880 Too much for Andrew at his age. 110 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,240 The doctor's told him that he wouldn't live. 111 00:12:26,340 --> 00:12:27,340 Well? 112 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,000 Guy. 113 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:31,120 None to him. 114 00:12:32,260 --> 00:12:34,200 Everyone has their problems, I suppose. 115 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,900 Well, I've got them coming out of me ear holes. I mean, my partner. If I pay 40 116 00:12:38,900 --> 00:12:41,340 for something and he knows it's a snippy, he said, why don't you get it 117 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,380 He can't help it. It's his nature, I suppose. Money's the root of all evil. A 118 00:12:45,380 --> 00:12:48,200 love of money is the root of all evil, Mr. Pottinger. 119 00:12:48,810 --> 00:12:49,810 That's what the Bible says. 120 00:12:50,110 --> 00:12:51,170 Love is money. 121 00:12:51,850 --> 00:12:53,230 Oh, stand corrected. 122 00:12:54,130 --> 00:12:55,570 Come on, Miss Cotation. 123 00:12:57,470 --> 00:12:58,470 Like a cover. 124 00:12:58,910 --> 00:13:01,070 That's really kind of you, but you see, I've... 125 00:13:01,070 --> 00:13:12,630 You're 126 00:13:12,630 --> 00:13:15,450 absolutely sure of what you've told me? Dead sure. 127 00:13:17,810 --> 00:13:19,090 It's a serious matter. 128 00:13:19,350 --> 00:13:20,350 I know. 129 00:13:20,690 --> 00:13:21,690 I'm very worried. 130 00:13:23,330 --> 00:13:24,330 Your mother. 131 00:13:24,630 --> 00:13:25,630 Right. 132 00:13:25,910 --> 00:13:27,610 Well, she won't listen to anything I say. 133 00:13:28,610 --> 00:13:30,810 That's why I had to act independently in coming to you. 134 00:13:32,110 --> 00:13:33,930 I didn't like to go behind her back. 135 00:13:34,350 --> 00:13:35,390 I didn't have any choice. 136 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:56,780 Anything you want, you must ask my son. 137 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,780 We know your thought only too well around here. 138 00:14:02,060 --> 00:14:03,340 What do you call it? 139 00:14:03,780 --> 00:14:05,900 Knuckles? Any old lamps? 140 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,080 Any rubbish you want cleared? 141 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:16,360 Andrew says anything I want to sell, I must ask for a free valuation from the 142 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:17,700 auctioneers at Ipswich. 143 00:14:23,630 --> 00:14:24,630 It shouldn't be long now. 144 00:14:34,990 --> 00:14:36,570 Nice little picture. 145 00:14:37,350 --> 00:14:38,670 Framed it for about 30. 146 00:14:38,890 --> 00:14:40,610 Really? I didn't know. 147 00:14:40,950 --> 00:14:42,370 I found it in the attic. 148 00:14:43,450 --> 00:14:46,090 Has it, er, like been in the family long? 149 00:14:46,750 --> 00:14:47,950 No, not our family. 150 00:14:48,230 --> 00:14:52,830 It belonged to the people we bought the farmhouse from. They, er, just left it. 151 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,200 Look, I won't mess you about. I'll give you 30 for the frame and 100 for the 152 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:00,200 picture. 100? 153 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,960 Well, the law's a bit complicated on this one. 154 00:15:06,060 --> 00:15:10,660 It depends on what is said and, of course, whether there's a witness. 155 00:15:10,780 --> 00:15:11,780 Lucy. Hello. 156 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:14,420 Hi. Hi. You know my niece? 157 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:15,319 We met. 158 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:16,720 Some awful charity dance. 159 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:18,520 Yes, I'm sorry. I have a lousy dance. 160 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:19,840 You're not that bad. 161 00:15:20,100 --> 00:15:22,620 In my day, of course, one had to learn the steps. 162 00:15:23,130 --> 00:15:24,390 Oh, slow, slow. 163 00:15:24,690 --> 00:15:25,669 Quick, quick, slow. 164 00:15:25,670 --> 00:15:28,470 You can scoff. I was considered to be quite a good dancer. 165 00:15:28,950 --> 00:15:32,410 I've danced with your aunts, Lucy, and probably with yours, too. 166 00:15:32,750 --> 00:15:33,870 Horses and tangos. 167 00:15:35,330 --> 00:15:37,110 Yes, well, I can see I must be going. 168 00:15:37,330 --> 00:15:38,650 Give my love to your parents, Lucy. 169 00:15:39,590 --> 00:15:40,710 I'll be in touch, Andrew. 170 00:15:42,390 --> 00:15:44,590 I'm sorry, did I interrupt a business conversation? 171 00:15:45,050 --> 00:15:47,610 Or was it pleasure? Oh, pleasure every time. 172 00:15:48,010 --> 00:15:49,010 I don't believe you. 173 00:15:50,890 --> 00:15:52,170 You're not in a particular hurry? 174 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,040 I came past your farm the other day. 175 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:28,280 It's a sham. 176 00:16:29,260 --> 00:16:30,260 I like it. 177 00:16:31,820 --> 00:16:36,600 There are some houses that make you wonder what goes on inside. 178 00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:39,460 99 % of the time, nothing goes on. 179 00:16:39,900 --> 00:16:40,900 The trouble. 180 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:42,760 What about the other 1 %? 181 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:45,440 Cheers. 182 00:16:50,340 --> 00:16:54,020 To tell you the truth, I'd give the farm up if I could do anything else. 183 00:16:54,410 --> 00:16:55,410 What about your mother? 184 00:16:56,410 --> 00:17:01,010 Well, I'm fond of her, but... Oh, she's a bit eccentric. 185 00:17:01,750 --> 00:17:03,030 I thought perhaps she was. 186 00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:06,810 Never mind. My whole family is stark gravy mad. 187 00:17:11,890 --> 00:17:13,829 Oh, well, I can't waste any more time. 188 00:17:14,329 --> 00:17:15,410 I've got a living to earn. 189 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:19,170 I'll tell you what. 190 00:17:21,410 --> 00:17:22,670 I'll give you 275. 191 00:17:25,130 --> 00:17:27,990 I'd like to give you some more, but I don't deal direct. I mean, my partner 192 00:17:27,990 --> 00:17:30,650 to have his cuts. Then there's the middleman before the customer even sees 193 00:17:33,130 --> 00:17:36,130 All right, my partner will think I've gone stark rave in there, but I tell you 194 00:17:36,130 --> 00:17:37,230 what, I'll give you the 300. 195 00:17:41,850 --> 00:17:44,890 I hope it will go to someone who will appreciate it. 196 00:17:45,670 --> 00:17:46,670 Don't worry about that. 197 00:17:47,470 --> 00:17:48,690 We'll find a good one for it. 198 00:17:50,190 --> 00:17:51,190 Right. 199 00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:05,500 Hello? 200 00:18:06,660 --> 00:18:08,780 Right. It's nice talking to you. Ta -ta. 201 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:10,840 Mr. Fartinger? 202 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:13,600 Uh -huh. 203 00:18:14,460 --> 00:18:15,460 Oh, yeah. 204 00:18:18,180 --> 00:18:20,040 Don't forget me yet if it wasn't for very long. Ta -ta. 205 00:20:33,170 --> 00:20:34,170 Excuse me. 206 00:20:34,650 --> 00:20:35,930 What do you want? Can I have a word? 207 00:20:36,150 --> 00:20:37,150 What about? 208 00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:38,570 I know what you've got. 209 00:20:38,950 --> 00:20:39,909 Here's your money back. 210 00:20:39,910 --> 00:20:42,450 You've got more chance of being struck by lightning. Yeah, but you don't 211 00:20:42,450 --> 00:20:45,690 understand. I understand all right. Look, I've done a deal. A deal's a deal. 212 00:20:45,790 --> 00:20:46,790 That's all I'm bothered about. 213 00:20:47,330 --> 00:20:48,450 I don't understand. 214 00:21:11,660 --> 00:21:16,120 There now. You can't grumble. All of your shirts are ironed. Though why you 215 00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:18,080 can't have drip dry like everyone else does? 216 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,960 Mother, I'm acting in your interest. 217 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,020 I'm trying to help you. 218 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,420 Then help me by letting me be as I am. 219 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,300 It's my only pleasure. 220 00:21:40,620 --> 00:21:41,620 my mother. 221 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:45,600 We must all make the most of our problems and our sons.