1 00:00:04,900 --> 00:00:07,900 Subtitling made possible by RLJ Entertainment 2 00:00:59,670 --> 00:01:00,770 Mei! 3 00:01:25,470 --> 00:01:26,900 Are you going to call the police? 4 00:01:28,130 --> 00:01:29,470 Speak in English, Dad! 5 00:01:29,470 --> 00:01:32,030 The police would come, and people will see. 6 00:01:32,030 --> 00:01:34,300 It would only make things even worse. 7 00:01:58,230 --> 00:01:59,330 Hello, Mr. Crabbe. 8 00:01:59,330 --> 00:02:00,630 Hello, Mei. 9 00:02:02,730 --> 00:02:04,200 Your order´s almost ready. 10 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:05,200 Fine. 11 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,270 What happened to the door? 12 00:02:09,330 --> 00:02:11,130 An accident. 13 00:02:12,430 --> 00:02:14,670 What are you reading? 14 00:02:14,670 --> 00:02:17,170 Oh, inorganic chemistry. 15 00:02:17,170 --> 00:02:18,900 Great. 16 00:02:20,230 --> 00:02:22,800 Number 52? 17 00:02:24,370 --> 00:02:26,330 Hi, Henry! Night off, eh? 18 00:02:26,330 --> 00:02:28,970 That´s right, Li. Where´s my lemon chicken, then? 19 00:02:28,970 --> 00:02:30,630 Coming up! 20 00:02:30,630 --> 00:02:35,470 We had a fire on Saturday night, and it wasn´t an accident. 21 00:02:35,470 --> 00:02:36,470 What happened? 22 00:02:36,470 --> 00:02:39,800 Rags soaked in petrol, pushed through the letter box. 23 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,800 And last week, some white kids chased Dad 24 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:43,130 through the station car park. 25 00:02:43,130 --> 00:02:45,030 I´ve never seen him so frightened. 26 00:02:45,030 --> 00:02:46,830 Did he report it? 27 00:02:46,830 --> 00:02:48,200 No. 28 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:49,900 I told him he must, but he won´t. 29 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:51,870 He thinks it´ll just make things worse. 30 00:02:54,470 --> 00:02:58,830 It´s racial harassment, but he won´t do anything. 31 00:02:58,830 --> 00:03:00,270 What makes you think it was racial? 32 00:03:00,270 --> 00:03:01,500 What else could it be? 33 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:04,900 I bet it was the same ones who started the fire. 34 00:03:04,900 --> 00:03:07,770 Look, can you help? 35 00:03:07,770 --> 00:03:10,270 Well, there´s not much I can do if he won´t report it. 36 00:03:10,270 --> 00:03:13,430 I´ve put a little treat in there, Henry. 37 00:03:13,430 --> 00:03:14,600 Aha. 38 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:18,000 Is it anything to do with pastry by any chance? 39 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,130 Aha. 40 00:03:19,130 --> 00:03:22,670 Aha, I will get to the bottom of this one day, Li. 41 00:03:22,670 --> 00:03:25,100 Granny makes the pastry round here, don´t she, Mei? 42 00:03:25,100 --> 00:03:26,370 Yeah, yeah. 43 00:03:26,370 --> 00:03:28,600 It´s her secret, not mine, Henry. 44 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,670 You have to get it from her. 45 00:03:30,670 --> 00:03:32,400 We´ll see, Li. We´ll see. 46 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,600 -Bye-bye. -I´ll see you later. 47 00:03:37,330 --> 00:03:40,070 Mei seems to think it was a racist attack. 48 00:03:40,070 --> 00:03:42,170 Ugh. 49 00:03:42,170 --> 00:03:45,230 Sometimes I despair of this country. 50 00:03:45,230 --> 00:03:47,230 The Chens have been here since the ´60s. 51 00:03:47,230 --> 00:03:49,900 They´ve been in Middleton longer than most other people. 52 00:03:49,900 --> 00:03:51,400 Have you seen those kids 53 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,330 that hang around the marketplace in the evening? 54 00:03:54,330 --> 00:03:56,330 I don´t think long-term residency 55 00:03:56,330 --> 00:03:57,670 cuts much ice with them. 56 00:03:57,670 --> 00:03:59,600 Whoa! Custard tarts, fantastic. 57 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,770 Well, you´re going to do something. 58 00:04:01,770 --> 00:04:03,230 Well, there´s not much I can do. 59 00:04:03,230 --> 00:04:05,100 Could always have a word with the bobby on the beat, 60 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:06,200 I suppose, 61 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:07,670 but that´s about it. 62 00:04:07,670 --> 00:04:08,670 Mmm! 63 00:04:08,670 --> 00:04:11,200 This pastry is amazing. 64 00:04:13,930 --> 00:04:15,530 Oh. 65 00:04:17,130 --> 00:04:19,400 Well, I can see you´re well impressed 66 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,000 with the delicate flavor and subtle texture. 67 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,870 This is marvelous, Henry. 68 00:04:24,870 --> 00:04:27,100 I know. 69 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:30,400 We´re in the Great British Grub Competition. 70 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:31,630 The what? 71 00:04:31,630 --> 00:04:34,500 You know, that competition between restaurants 72 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:36,530 sponsored by the whatsit, the breweries. 73 00:04:36,530 --> 00:04:37,770 You know. 74 00:04:37,770 --> 00:04:38,800 No, I don´t know. 75 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:40,200 They wrote ages ago, 76 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,070 asking us if we´d wanted to take part. 77 00:04:42,070 --> 00:04:43,070 I´m sure I told you. 78 00:04:43,070 --> 00:04:44,470 A competition? 79 00:04:44,470 --> 00:04:45,800 Mm. 80 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,570 The Great British Grub Competition? 81 00:04:49,570 --> 00:04:51,930 Be good publicity. 82 00:04:54,730 --> 00:04:55,970 No, Margaret. 83 00:04:55,970 --> 00:04:59,830 And fun. 84 00:04:59,830 --> 00:05:02,870 Margaret, no. 85 00:05:02,870 --> 00:05:05,900 Well, Bollands Brewery have been sponsoring 86 00:05:05,900 --> 00:05:08,200 this Great British Grub Competition, 87 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,300 and one of our customers wrote in and nominated us. 88 00:05:11,300 --> 00:05:12,400 Marvelous, eh? 89 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:13,970 Really? Brilliant. 90 00:05:13,970 --> 00:05:15,030 That´s great. 91 00:05:15,030 --> 00:05:16,200 -Try one of those. 92 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:17,430 So, what happens then? 93 00:05:17,430 --> 00:05:18,770 Well, all the judges eat 94 00:05:18,770 --> 00:05:21,330 at all the restaurants that have been nominated 95 00:05:21,330 --> 00:05:23,230 and the best four go forward to the final 96 00:05:23,230 --> 00:05:25,700 at the Empire Hotel in London. 97 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:26,700 Great pastry. 98 00:05:26,700 --> 00:05:27,700 ´Tis, isn´t it? 99 00:05:27,700 --> 00:05:31,130 Li Chen´s mother made it. I wish I knew how she did it. 100 00:05:31,130 --> 00:05:34,730 So, British Grub, what does that mean anyway? 101 00:05:34,730 --> 00:05:36,370 It means us, Henry. 102 00:05:36,370 --> 00:05:38,900 Oh, yes, well, look at the menu. 103 00:05:38,900 --> 00:05:40,100 Now, then... 104 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:43,000 Gazpacho. Spanish. 105 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,170 Courgette risotto. Italian, of course. 106 00:05:46,170 --> 00:05:48,700 Even the apple tart´s made the way they do it in France. 107 00:05:48,700 --> 00:05:50,470 Right, let´s see. 108 00:05:50,470 --> 00:05:54,930 We have smoked eel, we have steak and kidney pie, 109 00:05:54,930 --> 00:05:58,500 and we have Stilton. 110 00:05:58,500 --> 00:05:59,800 English grub, Henry. 111 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,630 Yes, it´s all food, Margaret. 112 00:06:01,630 --> 00:06:03,300 It doesn´t need a passport. 113 00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:06,600 Oh, come on, Chef. It´ll be such a laugh. 114 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,170 What do you think, Gary? 115 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,030 Well, we do great food. Why not show it off? 116 00:06:13,030 --> 00:06:15,100 Exactly. 117 00:06:36,900 --> 00:06:38,600 I´m off now. Bye. 118 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,000 Mei, you stay here today with me. 119 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,730 I can´t, Dad. I´ve got exams. 120 00:06:42,730 --> 00:06:44,230 You don´t have exams today. 121 00:06:44,230 --> 00:06:45,670 Well, I´ve got to revise. 122 00:06:45,670 --> 00:06:46,830 You can revise here. 123 00:06:46,830 --> 00:06:49,830 Yes, and you´ll say, "Please help me in the takeaway, Mei, 124 00:06:49,830 --> 00:06:51,100 just for five minutes." 125 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:52,930 Your mother would have wanted you to help me. 126 00:06:52,930 --> 00:06:57,170 My mother would have wanted me to pass my exams. 127 00:07:01,670 --> 00:07:04,470 I do respect my father, actually, 128 00:07:04,470 --> 00:07:07,630 but I´ve got physics in two days´ time, okay? 129 00:07:07,630 --> 00:07:08,730 Bye. 130 00:07:23,630 --> 00:07:25,470 Mind if I join you, Dave? 131 00:07:25,470 --> 00:07:29,270 Henry Crabbe in the canteen? I must be hallucinating. 132 00:07:29,270 --> 00:07:32,430 Well, I just thought I´d check out the real world for a change. 133 00:07:32,430 --> 00:07:33,930 You don´t want to know, mate. 134 00:07:37,470 --> 00:07:41,330 You know that area car that flashes through Middleton 135 00:07:41,330 --> 00:07:43,100 every once in a blue moon? 136 00:07:43,100 --> 00:07:44,370 Is that anything to do with you? 137 00:07:44,370 --> 00:07:45,600 Yeah, those´ll be my lads. 138 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,630 What exactly have you got in there? 139 00:07:48,630 --> 00:07:50,170 Oh, it´s just omelet, spring onions, 140 00:07:50,170 --> 00:07:51,600 and a bit of leftover ratatouille. 141 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,970 So, anyway, our local Chinese takeaway 142 00:07:53,970 --> 00:07:56,600 has been having a bit of bother lately, 143 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,970 so I wondered if you could do me a favor? 144 00:07:58,970 --> 00:08:01,330 Could you see that the area car does a pass there 145 00:08:01,330 --> 00:08:02,400 every once in a while? 146 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:03,670 Yeah, I´ll see what I can do. 147 00:08:03,670 --> 00:08:04,770 Thank you. 148 00:08:04,770 --> 00:08:06,830 But we´ve got this car-crime situation at the moment. 149 00:08:06,830 --> 00:08:09,070 They´ve all been at it in the residential district, 150 00:08:09,070 --> 00:08:11,930 so we double the patrols. 151 00:08:11,930 --> 00:08:13,830 They moved up to the shopping precinct. 152 00:08:13,830 --> 00:08:15,600 So we stuck up cameras, bosh. 153 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,600 They went back to the residential district again. 154 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,800 You mean you´re really going to eat a cold omelet? 155 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,230 Yes, Dave. 156 00:08:23,230 --> 00:08:26,230 Would you like to try some? 157 00:08:26,230 --> 00:08:28,370 Yeah, all right, if you insist. 158 00:08:28,370 --> 00:08:30,630 Give us your plate, then. 159 00:08:30,630 --> 00:08:32,900 I made that ratatouille once. Good it was. 160 00:08:32,900 --> 00:08:35,130 Aubergine, onion, courgette. 161 00:08:35,130 --> 00:08:36,230 Brilliant. 162 00:08:36,230 --> 00:08:40,700 You got to use good olive oil. Otherwise, forget it. 163 00:08:40,700 --> 00:08:42,130 I usually put a bay leaf in. 164 00:08:42,130 --> 00:08:44,430 Yeah, nice. 165 00:08:44,430 --> 00:08:47,330 Mmm. That´s a fair cop, that is. 166 00:08:47,330 --> 00:08:49,130 Good. 167 00:08:49,130 --> 00:08:53,330 Do you mind if I have a little taste? 168 00:08:53,330 --> 00:08:55,900 Be my guest. 169 00:08:55,900 --> 00:08:59,700 Do you want the rest of my pasty, Crabbe? 170 00:09:22,070 --> 00:09:23,200 Hello. 171 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,500 Hello, Mei. Could you spare me a minute? 172 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:26,930 Yeah, sure. 173 00:09:26,930 --> 00:09:28,270 Thanks. 174 00:09:36,730 --> 00:09:38,600 I´ve had a word with a couple of friends of mine 175 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:39,600 at the police station, 176 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,330 and they´ve promised to keep an eye on the takeaway. 177 00:09:41,330 --> 00:09:42,430 Oh, thanks. 178 00:09:42,430 --> 00:09:44,300 Now, if anything happens, anything at all, 179 00:09:44,300 --> 00:09:45,600 promise me you´ll be in touch. 180 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:46,600 I promise. 181 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:48,870 Good. How´s your father? 182 00:09:48,870 --> 00:09:49,870 He´s okay. 183 00:09:49,870 --> 00:09:51,330 Everything all right at home? 184 00:09:51,330 --> 00:09:54,530 Yeah, apart from stupid Sam hanging around all the time 185 00:09:54,530 --> 00:09:55,870 with his stupid face. 186 00:09:55,870 --> 00:09:57,930 "Hello, Mei! How are you today?" 187 00:09:57,930 --> 00:10:00,200 Ugh. He makes me sick. 188 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:04,500 See, since Mum died, Dad wants me in the takeaway all the time. 189 00:10:04,500 --> 00:10:08,400 It´s worse now my brother Danny´s gone to San Francisco. 190 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,270 Well, it can´t be easy for him. 191 00:10:10,270 --> 00:10:12,730 Yeah, I suppose. 192 00:10:12,730 --> 00:10:16,270 Danny earns $60,000 a year, 193 00:10:16,270 --> 00:10:19,370 and you can see the Golden Gate Bridge from his apartment. 194 00:10:19,370 --> 00:10:21,770 I wouldn´t want to be in computers, though. 195 00:10:21,770 --> 00:10:23,800 Too male-dominated. 196 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,900 The glass ceiling for women is horrendously low. 197 00:10:26,900 --> 00:10:29,370 No, I want to be a doctor. 198 00:10:29,370 --> 00:10:31,270 -Good. 199 00:10:31,270 --> 00:10:34,770 Oh, look, thanks, Mr. Crabbe, but I´ve got to go. 200 00:10:34,770 --> 00:10:36,830 Right. 201 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:40,200 Thanks. 202 00:10:57,900 --> 00:10:59,470 Morning, Chef. 203 00:10:59,470 --> 00:11:01,100 Morning, Gary. 204 00:11:03,070 --> 00:11:05,070 Eh, big day today. 205 00:11:05,070 --> 00:11:06,430 Why´s that? 206 00:11:06,430 --> 00:11:08,030 The competition. 207 00:11:08,030 --> 00:11:09,370 Oh, yes, the competition. 208 00:11:09,370 --> 00:11:11,400 Well, the competition is this evening. 209 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,000 In the meantime, I´d be very grateful 210 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:14,530 if you could contain your excitement 211 00:11:14,530 --> 00:11:15,930 so you can get through lunch. 212 00:11:17,470 --> 00:11:18,670 Yes, Chef. 213 00:11:29,470 --> 00:11:30,630 Don´t be late, Dad. 214 00:11:30,630 --> 00:11:32,370 You and Sam will be all right. 215 00:11:32,370 --> 00:11:34,670 You´re a good team. You don´t need me. 216 00:11:34,670 --> 00:11:36,870 I can´t, Dad. I´ve got things to do. 217 00:11:36,870 --> 00:11:40,200 I´ve got important business in London. 218 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,170 Yeah, right, drinking whiskey in Chinatown. 219 00:11:43,170 --> 00:11:45,970 -Nothing. 220 00:11:45,970 --> 00:11:47,630 Important business, Mei. 221 00:11:47,630 --> 00:11:50,370 So I can´t tell you when I´ll be back. 222 00:11:50,370 --> 00:11:53,170 Well, I´m going out tonight whether you´re back or not! 223 00:11:53,170 --> 00:11:55,730 Ugh! 224 00:11:57,270 --> 00:12:00,100 How are you today, Mei? 225 00:12:12,700 --> 00:12:14,430 Well? 226 00:12:14,430 --> 00:12:15,730 Well, what? 227 00:12:15,730 --> 00:12:18,300 How do I look? 228 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:20,300 For the judges? 229 00:12:20,300 --> 00:12:22,670 It´s supposed to be an ordinary working evening. 230 00:12:22,670 --> 00:12:24,230 Well, I brought another top in case. 231 00:12:24,230 --> 00:12:25,230 I´ll show you that one. 232 00:12:25,230 --> 00:12:26,830 Ooh, that´s nice. 233 00:12:26,830 --> 00:12:28,100 Everything all right? 234 00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:30,200 No, it´s not. Everyone´s going mad. 235 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,100 Yes, ´cause the judges will be here soon. 236 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:37,070 Margaret, it´s supposed to be an ordinary working... 237 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,700 Jack Bolland, the chairman of Bollands. 238 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:22,200 Anita Block, the restaurant critic. 239 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:23,270 How do you do? 240 00:13:23,270 --> 00:13:25,900 And this, of course, is our celebrity judge, 241 00:13:25,900 --> 00:13:28,430 the actor Harrington Smithfield. 242 00:13:28,430 --> 00:13:30,400 How absolutely wonderful to meet you. 243 00:13:32,070 --> 00:13:35,200 Oh. Well, it´s really wonderful to meet you. 244 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:39,370 Listen, Margaret says you´ve got to come and say hello. 245 00:13:39,370 --> 00:13:41,630 Pippa the P.R. woman is just about to do the intros. 246 00:13:41,630 --> 00:13:43,100 Pippa the P.R. woman? 247 00:13:43,100 --> 00:13:44,200 Yeah, come on. 248 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,030 You must get terribly bored with hearing people say this, 249 00:13:47,030 --> 00:13:48,830 but I really am a very great fan. 250 00:13:48,830 --> 00:13:51,970 Too kind, too kind. 251 00:13:51,970 --> 00:13:53,800 Harrington, this is Henry Crabbe 252 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,500 who´s responsible for the lovely food 253 00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:56,930 we´re going to be eating this evening. 254 00:13:56,930 --> 00:13:59,800 Sorry? 255 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:01,900 Henry Crabbe. 256 00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:03,470 Oh. 257 00:14:03,470 --> 00:14:05,970 Don´t forget. We´re just normal customers 258 00:14:05,970 --> 00:14:08,530 on a normal working evening, so good luck. 259 00:14:08,530 --> 00:14:11,300 I, for one, would adore to see you get through 260 00:14:11,300 --> 00:14:12,870 to the cook-off in London. 261 00:14:17,370 --> 00:14:18,570 Cook 262 00:14:18,570 --> 00:14:20,230 Cook off, you. 263 00:14:20,230 --> 00:14:22,370 Is she telling me to cook off? 264 00:14:22,370 --> 00:14:24,400 Nobody tells me to cook off. 265 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:34,130 I say, is there any danger of a little aperitif? 266 00:14:34,130 --> 00:14:35,370 Oh, sure. 267 00:14:35,370 --> 00:14:37,770 Listen, I hope you don´t mind me saying this, 268 00:14:37,770 --> 00:14:40,970 but I thought you were fantastic in "Lover´s Tiff." 269 00:14:40,970 --> 00:14:43,470 That´s very kind. One does one´s best. 270 00:14:43,470 --> 00:14:45,830 My mum used to let me stay up late to watch it. 271 00:14:45,830 --> 00:14:48,030 Really? How sweet. 272 00:14:48,030 --> 00:14:49,230 God, that was years ago. 273 00:14:49,230 --> 00:14:51,130 What have you been doing since then? 274 00:14:51,130 --> 00:14:53,630 Would you be so kind as to fetch me a double vodka? 275 00:14:53,630 --> 00:14:55,430 No, make that a quadruple. 276 00:14:55,430 --> 00:14:58,270 Save you running backwards and forwards. 277 00:14:58,270 --> 00:15:00,470 As soon as poss. Hmm? 278 00:15:02,970 --> 00:15:07,170 By the by, our hostess Margaret? 279 00:15:07,170 --> 00:15:10,570 I suppose she´s attached. 280 00:15:10,570 --> 00:15:12,170 Married, do you mean? 281 00:15:12,170 --> 00:15:13,230 Yes. 282 00:15:13,230 --> 00:15:14,900 To Henry. 283 00:15:14,900 --> 00:15:17,600 Ah, quel dommage. 284 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,400 Extraordinarily handsome woman. 285 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,670 Absolutely slap bang up my alley. 286 00:15:23,670 --> 00:15:26,030 Oh, well. 287 00:15:26,030 --> 00:15:28,670 Too kind. 288 00:15:28,670 --> 00:15:30,770 Do you have that mustard dressing for the salmon? 289 00:15:30,770 --> 00:15:31,770 Done. 290 00:15:31,770 --> 00:15:32,770 Pies? 291 00:15:32,770 --> 00:15:34,670 Been in 20 minutes. 292 00:15:34,670 --> 00:15:35,830 Liver? 293 00:15:35,830 --> 00:15:38,600 Cut up, rolled with flour, and ready to cook. 294 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:39,870 Leek and potato? 295 00:15:39,870 --> 00:15:41,000 In the fridge. 296 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Come on, you two. 297 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,800 Time to have your photograph taken. 298 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,000 -Oh, no, no, no. -Come on, yes. 299 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,570 Margaret, no. 300 00:15:51,970 --> 00:15:55,400 Margaret, what is that? 301 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,470 Don´t panic. 302 00:15:57,470 --> 00:15:58,830 It´ll come down as soon as they´ve taken the photographs. 303 00:15:58,830 --> 00:16:01,330 Right, let´s get organized. 304 00:16:01,330 --> 00:16:04,300 -Margaret, Henry. 305 00:16:04,300 --> 00:16:06,770 Milady. 306 00:16:06,770 --> 00:16:08,830 Thank you, thank you. 307 00:16:10,930 --> 00:16:12,130 Jack, you´re there. 308 00:16:12,130 --> 00:16:13,400 -Yes. 309 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:14,770 Anita, you´re over there. 310 00:16:17,270 --> 00:16:18,630 Oh, Margaret, sorry. You´re standing. 311 00:16:18,630 --> 00:16:20,270 Standing? 312 00:16:25,530 --> 00:16:27,630 All right, folks. Big smiles. 313 00:16:29,170 --> 00:16:31,200 Great. Thank you. 314 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:41,730 Okay? 315 00:16:41,730 --> 00:16:43,500 What is that? 316 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:47,230 That´s white-wine vinegar and extra-virgin olive oil, sir. 317 00:16:47,230 --> 00:16:50,130 The obsession with olive oil in this country 318 00:16:50,130 --> 00:16:53,000 is not only offensive, it´s against nature. 319 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,470 The olive is not a native of these shores. 320 00:16:55,470 --> 00:16:56,800 It´s as simple as that. 321 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:57,930 It won´t grow here. 322 00:16:57,930 --> 00:17:01,200 The climate isn´t suitable, as any schoolboy will tell you. 323 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:02,500 What about good British butter? 324 00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:05,370 What about dripping, eh? 325 00:17:05,370 --> 00:17:08,330 Great British products are being swept aside 326 00:17:08,330 --> 00:17:11,370 by this tide of overpriced foreign oil. 327 00:17:11,370 --> 00:17:14,600 Now, then, Jack, you old misery, we´re here to enjoy ourselves. 328 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,630 Henry, why don´t you take us through the menu? 329 00:17:17,630 --> 00:17:19,230 I´d be delighted to. 330 00:17:19,230 --> 00:17:21,900 To start, we can have leek and potato soup 331 00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:24,470 which is blended with cream and chilled, 332 00:17:24,470 --> 00:17:27,400 which, strictly speaking, makes it vichyssoise, 333 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,130 which is, of course, French. 334 00:17:29,130 --> 00:17:31,770 Then we could have liver and onions. 335 00:17:31,770 --> 00:17:35,770 Now, the liver is cut in thin strips in the Venetian manner, 336 00:17:35,770 --> 00:17:37,470 alla Veneziana, 337 00:17:37,470 --> 00:17:39,430 which makes it Italian, of course. 338 00:17:39,430 --> 00:17:42,370 And, finally, we could have orange sorbet. 339 00:17:42,370 --> 00:17:44,900 Now, sorbet, as you probably know, is water ice, 340 00:17:44,900 --> 00:17:47,870 and water ice was first found in Europe 341 00:17:47,870 --> 00:17:49,030 in the 17th century, in Italy, 342 00:17:49,030 --> 00:17:51,970 so I suppose that´s another one down to Johnny Foreigner. 343 00:17:51,970 --> 00:17:54,900 Look, Jack, steak and kidney pie. 344 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:56,800 Ah. 345 00:18:05,530 --> 00:18:07,530 -Went quite well, I thought. -Oh, very well. 346 00:18:07,530 --> 00:18:09,500 I particularly enjoyed your verbal assault 347 00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:10,800 on the chairman of Bollands. 348 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,830 Well, he brought it on himself, didn´t he? 349 00:18:12,830 --> 00:18:14,900 Did you hear him banging on about the olive? 350 00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:16,170 The man´s a raving lunatic. 351 00:18:16,170 --> 00:18:17,570 Never mind about the olive. 352 00:18:17,570 --> 00:18:20,300 You´ve probably ruined our chances in the competition. 353 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:21,300 Good. 354 00:18:27,530 --> 00:18:29,900 Pie in the Sky, hello. 355 00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:31,300 Hello, Mei. 356 00:18:31,300 --> 00:18:33,530 What´s wrong? 357 00:18:35,170 --> 00:18:37,900 You sit tight. I´ll be right there. 358 00:18:37,900 --> 00:18:39,870 Okay. 359 00:18:39,870 --> 00:18:41,670 I´ve got to go out for half an hour. 360 00:18:41,670 --> 00:18:43,970 See you. Here. 361 00:18:43,970 --> 00:18:45,200 The man´s impossible. 362 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:46,600 It could have been worse. 363 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,730 He wanted to stick olive oil in the bloke´s apple crumble. 364 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,300 I didn´t tell him I´d called you. 365 00:19:07,300 --> 00:19:10,400 -So he might be a bit upset. -I understand. 366 00:19:14,570 --> 00:19:16,300 Someone to see you, Dad. 367 00:19:18,970 --> 00:19:21,170 Henry, what are you doing here? 368 00:19:21,170 --> 00:19:23,130 You phoned him, didn´t you? 369 00:19:23,130 --> 00:19:25,530 How many times do I have to tell you? 370 00:19:25,530 --> 00:19:27,730 Do not phone the police. 371 00:19:27,730 --> 00:19:29,300 I´m here as a friend, Li. 372 00:19:29,300 --> 00:19:32,570 Just calm down and tell him what happened. 373 00:19:32,570 --> 00:19:34,300 There´s nothing to tell. 374 00:19:34,300 --> 00:19:37,970 I went to London for the day, I catch the train back. 375 00:19:37,970 --> 00:19:40,170 When I walk to the van in the car park, they attack me. 376 00:19:40,170 --> 00:19:42,200 Who´s "they," Li? 377 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,700 Boys, kids, thugs. Three of them. 378 00:19:44,700 --> 00:19:46,500 Were they the same ones that chased you before? 379 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:47,670 No, no, no. They are different. 380 00:19:47,670 --> 00:19:50,000 Would you recognize them again if you saw them? 381 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,300 No, they had scarves, you know, over their faces. 382 00:19:52,300 --> 00:19:53,500 Well, then, how could you tell 383 00:19:53,500 --> 00:19:55,470 they weren´t the same two that chased you the first time? 384 00:19:55,470 --> 00:19:56,930 They´re different, that´s all. 385 00:19:56,930 --> 00:19:58,600 What time was this? 386 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,330 10:00. 387 00:20:00,330 --> 00:20:03,430 But the London trains run on the half 388 00:20:03,430 --> 00:20:06,170 Maybe it was 9:30. I don´t know. 389 00:20:06,170 --> 00:20:07,400 They are in the car park. 390 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,070 When I walked to the van in the car park, they attack me. 391 00:20:10,070 --> 00:20:13,130 They hit me and I fall, then they run away. 392 00:20:13,130 --> 00:20:15,400 And that´s when you hurt your arm? 393 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,070 -Yes. 394 00:20:17,070 --> 00:20:20,170 You know, this is a really bad graze, Li, 395 00:20:20,170 --> 00:20:21,900 just from falling down. 396 00:20:21,900 --> 00:20:23,700 Did you hit your head at the same time? 397 00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:26,130 Oh, Henry, no more questions, no more questions. 398 00:20:26,130 --> 00:20:28,330 I´m just trying to establish what happened. 399 00:20:28,330 --> 00:20:30,030 It´s not your business now. 400 00:20:30,030 --> 00:20:32,930 So, Henry, go away. It´s for the family only. 401 00:20:32,930 --> 00:20:36,270 Okay, I´ll go. 402 00:20:36,270 --> 00:20:39,400 But you must get that arm seen to. 403 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,470 And if you ever want to tell me what really happened, 404 00:20:42,470 --> 00:20:44,570 give me a ring, okay? 405 00:20:44,570 --> 00:20:46,030 Don´t you believe him? 406 00:20:46,030 --> 00:20:48,570 Do you think he´s making this all up? 407 00:20:50,630 --> 00:20:52,300 It´s not my fault! 408 00:20:52,300 --> 00:20:54,530 Why is it always my fault? 409 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,030 Hello, Li. Good to see you. 410 00:21:24,030 --> 00:21:25,030 How´s your arm? 411 00:21:25,030 --> 00:21:27,170 It´s fine now, fine. 412 00:21:27,170 --> 00:21:28,170 Good. 413 00:21:28,170 --> 00:21:30,400 You´ve come here to make a complaint, presumably. 414 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:31,670 No, no, no. 415 00:21:31,670 --> 00:21:34,370 I just took Mei to school, and I said to myself, 416 00:21:34,370 --> 00:21:36,530 "I must apologize to Henry." 417 00:21:36,530 --> 00:21:38,370 No, it´s not necessary. 418 00:21:38,370 --> 00:21:39,870 You are such a good friend to us, 419 00:21:39,870 --> 00:21:42,400 and I was so rude to you last night. 420 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,070 No, Li, please forget it. 421 00:21:44,070 --> 00:21:46,900 Now, just go downstairs, make out a complaint, 422 00:21:46,900 --> 00:21:49,330 and we´ll see what we can do to help you. 423 00:21:49,330 --> 00:21:52,100 I complain and these people will be caught? 424 00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:54,700 I don´t think so, Henry. Neither do you. 425 00:21:54,700 --> 00:21:59,270 Okay, then, if it happens again, I promise I´ll report it. 426 00:21:59,270 --> 00:22:00,730 But maybe it won´t. 427 00:22:00,730 --> 00:22:03,830 So I´ve brought a little present for you. 428 00:22:03,830 --> 00:22:05,300 No, I´m sorry. I can´t. 429 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:08,470 It´s just a little token of my respect. 430 00:22:08,470 --> 00:22:09,470 Whatever it is, Li, 431 00:22:09,470 --> 00:22:11,030 I absolutely refuse to accept it. 432 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:13,030 Granny´s pastry. 433 00:22:15,430 --> 00:22:17,470 Good God. 434 00:22:19,370 --> 00:22:22,600 It´s my pastry, really, as you guessed. 435 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,030 Actually, it´s two pastries. 436 00:22:25,030 --> 00:22:26,730 That´s the secret. 437 00:22:26,730 --> 00:22:30,300 Number one pastry is flour and lard. 438 00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:34,170 Number two pastry is flour, egg, and butter. 439 00:22:34,170 --> 00:22:37,470 Make separately and then combine. 440 00:22:37,470 --> 00:22:38,470 There. 441 00:22:38,470 --> 00:22:40,270 I don´t know what to say. 442 00:22:40,270 --> 00:22:42,130 Don´t say anything, Henry. 443 00:22:42,130 --> 00:22:44,870 Now I must go back to work. Bye-bye. 444 00:22:44,930 --> 00:22:47,030 Bye-bye. 445 00:22:58,800 --> 00:22:59,800 Gary? 446 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,930 Listen, it´s me. 447 00:23:01,930 --> 00:23:05,100 Li´s pastry. I´ve got it. 448 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:07,270 Yes. Great news, eh? 449 00:23:07,270 --> 00:23:11,470 I have the recipe in my very hand even as we speak. 450 00:23:11,470 --> 00:23:15,130 Now, how are we off for lard? 451 00:23:59,330 --> 00:24:02,400 Now, then, what time of day was it you were interested in? 452 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,330 Between 9:00 and 10:00 last night. 453 00:24:05,630 --> 00:24:06,630 Ah. 454 00:24:06,630 --> 00:24:12,000 I warn you, we use these tapes for months... 455 00:24:12,870 --> 00:24:15,900 ...so don´t expect "Citizen Kane." 456 00:24:25,670 --> 00:24:28,670 What´s all this about, Henry? 457 00:24:28,670 --> 00:24:33,170 There´s a closed-circuit TV camera in the station car park. 458 00:24:33,170 --> 00:24:34,500 This is last night´s tape. 459 00:24:36,570 --> 00:24:39,070 Play the tape, Li. 460 00:24:46,870 --> 00:24:50,300 Okay, so, this is just before 10:00, 461 00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:54,930 no trains expected for half an hour, so all´s quiet. 462 00:24:54,930 --> 00:24:58,570 Suddenly, in comes a big, shiny Mercedes. 463 00:24:58,570 --> 00:25:00,100 The rear door opens, 464 00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:03,900 a man comes flying out and hits the ground really hard. 465 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:08,070 It looks as though the poor bloke has really hurt himself. 466 00:25:08,830 --> 00:25:11,270 That´s you, isn´t it, Li? 467 00:25:22,930 --> 00:25:24,230 Isn´t it, Li? 468 00:25:28,470 --> 00:25:30,470 Do you want to tell me whose car that is? 469 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,930 All right. Then I´ll tell you, shall I? 470 00:25:36,930 --> 00:25:39,200 It belongs to a Mr. Michael Cheung. 471 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:40,600 Do you know who he is? 472 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,870 He has a restaurant in London. It´s called the Friendly Dragon. 473 00:25:55,570 --> 00:25:58,230 How much do you owe him, Li? 474 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,270 All my life I like to gamble, Henry. 475 00:26:04,270 --> 00:26:06,570 Win some, lose some. 476 00:26:06,570 --> 00:26:09,970 No big deal, no problem, right? 477 00:26:09,970 --> 00:26:12,870 Then I get some very bad luck. 478 00:26:12,870 --> 00:26:14,330 I lose and I lose. 479 00:26:14,330 --> 00:26:19,700 Michael Cheung lends me money, but my bad luck continues. 480 00:26:19,700 --> 00:26:21,470 I lose again. 481 00:26:21,470 --> 00:26:25,930 He lends me more money and he makes me take it, 482 00:26:25,930 --> 00:26:27,670 and I lose again. 483 00:26:27,670 --> 00:26:30,370 Now I can never pay him back. 484 00:26:30,370 --> 00:26:32,900 The takeaway will be his. 485 00:26:32,900 --> 00:26:34,530 And I have lost everything, Henry. 486 00:26:34,530 --> 00:26:37,030 Does Mei know about this? 487 00:26:37,030 --> 00:26:39,300 No. 488 00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:41,870 But she knows something´s wrong. 489 00:26:41,870 --> 00:26:43,830 I´m always worried, 490 00:26:43,830 --> 00:26:47,400 so I make up stories to explain it. 491 00:26:48,830 --> 00:26:50,270 What about the fire? 492 00:26:51,970 --> 00:26:53,230 I did it. 493 00:26:53,230 --> 00:26:56,470 To make her believe my stories. 494 00:26:56,470 --> 00:26:59,400 Now you can see the kind of man I am. 495 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,270 Good for nothing. 496 00:27:01,270 --> 00:27:04,570 Complete rubbish. 497 00:27:15,570 --> 00:27:16,700 Okay. 498 00:27:16,700 --> 00:27:18,030 Ah, right. 499 00:27:18,030 --> 00:27:19,030 Ready? 500 00:27:19,030 --> 00:27:20,700 Yeah. Careful. 501 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:22,400 Ow. 502 00:27:25,570 --> 00:27:26,570 -Mmm! -Mmm! 503 00:27:26,570 --> 00:27:28,200 Aha! 504 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,400 Mm, mm. 505 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:31,830 Mm-hmm. 506 00:27:34,570 --> 00:27:35,830 Mmm. 507 00:27:35,830 --> 00:27:36,830 Getting there. 508 00:27:36,830 --> 00:27:38,400 Yeah. It seems to work better 509 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,730 if you make the number two pastry first 510 00:27:40,730 --> 00:27:43,630 and then work it into the number one. 511 00:27:43,630 --> 00:27:46,900 Trust Li Chen to withhold a vital bit of information, eh? 512 00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:49,970 I have in my hand a piece of paper 513 00:27:49,970 --> 00:27:52,870 which says that we have made it to the final 514 00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:55,400 of the Great British Grub Competition. 515 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:56,670 -Yes! -Oh, no. 516 00:27:56,670 --> 00:27:59,270 And there´s a cash prize of £2,000. 517 00:27:59,270 --> 00:28:01,400 Margaret. 518 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,870 And we get a big write-up in the paper. 519 00:28:04,870 --> 00:28:07,270 Isn´t that good news, Henry? 520 00:28:27,030 --> 00:28:28,900 Hello, Mr. Crabbe. 521 00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:30,200 Hello, Mei. 522 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:31,670 That´s Simon. 523 00:28:31,670 --> 00:28:34,270 Hello, Simon. 524 00:28:34,270 --> 00:28:36,530 So, how´s your dad? 525 00:28:36,530 --> 00:28:39,270 He´s okay. 526 00:28:39,270 --> 00:28:42,700 We had a really good chat last time you came round. 527 00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:45,670 He told me everything, all about the gambling and everything. 528 00:28:45,670 --> 00:28:47,100 What a total idiot he´d been. 529 00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:49,130 That must have taken some doing. 530 00:28:49,130 --> 00:28:50,700 Yeah, I suppose. 531 00:28:50,700 --> 00:28:53,630 Anyway, he went to London to see Michael Cheung, 532 00:28:53,630 --> 00:28:56,500 and Michael Cheung told him he could pay him back bit by bit, 533 00:28:56,500 --> 00:28:58,900 he didn´t want the takeaway after all, 534 00:28:58,900 --> 00:29:01,600 so I phoned up Danny in San Francisco. 535 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:02,700 He´s sent over the money 536 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:04,670 so Dad can start paying back what he owes. 537 00:29:04,670 --> 00:29:06,030 Well, that´s excellent, Mei. 538 00:29:06,030 --> 00:29:08,470 It sounds like you´ve really sorted things out. 539 00:29:08,470 --> 00:29:10,430 Yeah, and I´ve finished my exams. 540 00:29:10,430 --> 00:29:12,430 Wonderful. 541 00:29:12,430 --> 00:29:14,870 Lot of shopping. 542 00:29:14,870 --> 00:29:17,330 Yeah, it´s for this ridiculous cooking competition in London. 543 00:29:17,330 --> 00:29:18,370 Oh, well, I hope you win. 544 00:29:18,370 --> 00:29:20,000 I´ll wish you some Chinese good luck. 545 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,400 Thank you very much. 546 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,030 And best of British for your exam results. 547 00:29:24,030 --> 00:29:25,030 Thank you. 548 00:29:25,030 --> 00:29:26,600 -Bye-bye now. -Bye! 549 00:30:09,970 --> 00:30:12,430 Shh, could I have a bit of hush, please? 550 00:30:12,430 --> 00:30:13,670 Shh! Quiet, please. 551 00:30:13,670 --> 00:30:15,170 Thank you. Thank you. 552 00:30:15,170 --> 00:30:17,270 Good morning, everybody. 553 00:30:17,270 --> 00:30:18,630 Morning. 554 00:30:18,630 --> 00:30:21,100 May I just say how tremendously exciting it is 555 00:30:21,100 --> 00:30:23,270 to see you all here at the Empire Hotel? 556 00:30:23,270 --> 00:30:25,430 You´re all familiar with the rules. 557 00:30:25,430 --> 00:30:27,770 By all means, start your preparing now, 558 00:30:27,770 --> 00:30:30,870 bearing in mind that when the cook-off starts at 5:00, 559 00:30:30,870 --> 00:30:31,930 you´ve only got two hours 560 00:30:31,930 --> 00:30:34,270 to produce a three-course meal of your choice 561 00:30:34,270 --> 00:30:36,670 with the tiny exception of the entree, 562 00:30:36,670 --> 00:30:38,500 which must be a steak and kidney pie. 563 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:39,570 Okay? 564 00:30:39,570 --> 00:30:41,600 Brilliant. Good luck, everybody. 565 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:42,600 -Thank you. -Cheers. 566 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,770 Excuse me. Thank you. Sorry. 567 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,070 Can you spare me for a few minutes? 568 00:30:51,070 --> 00:30:52,470 I want to go shopping. 569 00:30:52,470 --> 00:30:55,900 Oh, yes, yes, yes, go on, enjoy yourself. 570 00:30:55,900 --> 00:30:58,030 Leave us in this hellhole. 571 00:30:58,030 --> 00:31:00,570 Thanks, Henry. 572 00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:04,630 -Yeah. 573 00:31:04,630 --> 00:31:07,370 All right, Dennis, Union Jack Diner. 574 00:31:07,370 --> 00:31:09,470 I worked with a pal of yours once. 575 00:31:09,470 --> 00:31:10,930 Commis chef called Spike. 576 00:31:10,930 --> 00:31:12,770 Nah, doesn´t ring any bells, I´m afraid. 577 00:31:12,770 --> 00:31:14,330 He were always talking about you. 578 00:31:14,330 --> 00:31:16,670 You´re the lad who drank a bottle of crème de menthe, 579 00:31:16,670 --> 00:31:18,200 ran in the dining room stark naked, 580 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:19,870 and threw trifle at the maître d´. 581 00:31:19,870 --> 00:31:22,230 Yeah, well, that was a slight exaggeration, actually. 582 00:31:22,230 --> 00:31:23,230 You´re famous, man. 583 00:31:23,230 --> 00:31:24,400 Respect. 584 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,200 So, what you doing for the starter? 585 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,070 Tomato soup. You? 586 00:31:28,070 --> 00:31:30,070 Crab cakes in mead. 587 00:31:30,070 --> 00:31:31,630 It´s medieval. 588 00:31:31,630 --> 00:31:33,930 Catch you later. 589 00:31:33,930 --> 00:31:35,330 Yeah, right. 590 00:31:35,330 --> 00:31:38,300 -It was a long time ago. 591 00:31:39,330 --> 00:31:41,770 I´ll be sloping off for half an hour, okay? 592 00:31:41,770 --> 00:31:44,230 Now, Nicola, boil up some water, pour it over the tomatoes, 593 00:31:44,230 --> 00:31:45,270 and peel them. 594 00:31:45,270 --> 00:31:46,270 Okay. 595 00:31:46,270 --> 00:31:48,700 Gary, I want you to make some number one pastry 596 00:31:48,700 --> 00:31:50,100 and some number two pastry. 597 00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:51,900 I thought we were doing syllabub. 598 00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:53,170 No, this is for the pie. 599 00:31:53,170 --> 00:31:56,270 We´re doing steak and kidney pie using Li Chen´s pastry. 600 00:31:56,270 --> 00:31:59,200 But we haven´t tried that. 601 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:00,270 Chef! 602 00:32:31,430 --> 00:32:32,630 Hello. 603 00:32:32,630 --> 00:32:35,770 Do you think I might speak to Mr. Cheung, please? 604 00:32:37,730 --> 00:32:39,730 I´d like to talk to Michael Cheung. 605 00:32:39,730 --> 00:32:41,630 -Mr. Cheung is very busy. 606 00:32:41,630 --> 00:32:46,670 Yes, of course, my name is Detective Inspector Crabbe. 607 00:32:46,670 --> 00:32:49,000 I´d be very obliged if he could spare me 608 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,430 five minutes of his time. 609 00:32:50,430 --> 00:32:51,930 - I´ll ask. - Thank you very much. 610 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,970 Your face is not familiar to me, Inspector. 611 00:33:09,970 --> 00:33:11,230 I´m an out-of-towner. 612 00:33:11,230 --> 00:33:13,100 So, how can I help you? 613 00:33:15,970 --> 00:33:17,830 I´m a friend of Li Chen´s. 614 00:33:17,830 --> 00:33:18,930 Ah. 615 00:33:18,930 --> 00:33:21,300 I understand he owes you money. 616 00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:22,770 Is that why you had him beaten up 617 00:33:22,770 --> 00:33:24,200 and thrown out of your car in Middleton? 618 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:25,630 Li told you that? 619 00:33:25,630 --> 00:33:28,870 No, I saw it on a security camera. 620 00:33:30,570 --> 00:33:33,800 Li was always a small-time loser. 621 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,030 Then, three years ago, his wife died. 622 00:33:37,030 --> 00:33:39,170 Something happened to Li. 623 00:33:39,170 --> 00:33:41,630 He became a big-time loser. 624 00:33:41,630 --> 00:33:44,100 But he doesn´t pay his debts. 625 00:33:44,100 --> 00:33:48,270 Even when he has money, he doesn´t pay his debts. 626 00:33:48,270 --> 00:33:49,500 I was angry. 627 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:52,100 Well, I´m angry now, 628 00:33:52,100 --> 00:33:56,730 and if you lay a finger on Li Chen again, 629 00:33:56,730 --> 00:33:58,330 I shall be coming after you. 630 00:33:58,330 --> 00:34:00,970 Now, he wants to pay off his debts. 631 00:34:00,970 --> 00:34:02,370 Please let him. 632 00:34:02,370 --> 00:34:05,800 Inspector, he was due here two hours ago 633 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:07,770 with his first payment. 634 00:34:09,270 --> 00:34:11,170 Well, perhaps he´s been delayed. 635 00:34:11,170 --> 00:34:12,200 No. 636 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:13,900 He´s at the Gold Mine Casino. 637 00:34:13,900 --> 00:34:16,470 When he has money, he goes to the Gold Mine 638 00:34:16,470 --> 00:34:19,230 instead of coming here to pay me back. 639 00:34:19,230 --> 00:34:21,270 You´re his friend, go there. 640 00:34:21,270 --> 00:34:22,630 Try stopping him. 641 00:34:22,630 --> 00:34:24,670 It won´t do you any good. 642 00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:44,500 Hello. 643 00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:46,100 Mei? It´s Henry Crabbe. 644 00:34:46,100 --> 00:34:48,100 -No, he´s in London. 645 00:34:48,100 --> 00:34:51,000 He went with the £3,000 to give to Michael Cheung. 646 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,400 Well, he didn´t show up. 647 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,100 Something´s happened. Has he been mugged? 648 00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:57,130 No, I think he´s gone to a casino. 649 00:34:57,130 --> 00:35:00,170 I don´t believe it. He promised. 650 00:35:00,170 --> 00:35:03,300 I´ll have to catch the next train. 651 00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:05,530 Tell me where to meet you. 652 00:35:09,830 --> 00:35:11,270 Oi! 653 00:35:14,070 --> 00:35:16,030 Where is he? 654 00:35:16,030 --> 00:35:17,830 He´ll be back. 655 00:35:43,570 --> 00:35:46,500 Hello, Li. Buy me a drink? 656 00:35:46,500 --> 00:35:49,630 Henry, what are you doing here? 657 00:35:49,630 --> 00:35:52,470 I´ve just been to see the Friendly Dragon. 658 00:35:52,470 --> 00:35:54,230 He told me you´d be here. 659 00:35:54,230 --> 00:35:56,300 Gin and tonic, please. No ice, no slice. 660 00:35:56,300 --> 00:35:57,300 Thanks. 661 00:35:57,300 --> 00:35:59,600 I asked Mei to come here today. 662 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:00,830 She refused. 663 00:36:00,830 --> 00:36:02,270 Well, why should she? 664 00:36:02,270 --> 00:36:04,370 You can sort this out on your own. 665 00:36:04,370 --> 00:36:06,270 That´s her duty to support her father. 666 00:36:06,270 --> 00:36:08,130 But isn´t it your duty to support her? 667 00:36:08,130 --> 00:36:09,500 Oh, you don´t understand. 668 00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:12,470 No, I don´t. 669 00:36:12,470 --> 00:36:14,500 So, did you get the money? 670 00:36:17,270 --> 00:36:19,830 It´s all here. You want to count it? 671 00:36:19,830 --> 00:36:23,370 For heaven´s sake, put it away. 672 00:36:25,830 --> 00:36:28,300 Look, Mei´s coming to London. 673 00:36:28,300 --> 00:36:30,830 She´s going to meet me at the Empire Hotel. 674 00:36:30,830 --> 00:36:32,300 Why don´t you come and wait for her there? 675 00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:34,100 Then you can both go and see Michael Cheung together. 676 00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:37,330 If she wants to see me, she can come here, Henry. 677 00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:39,930 Fine. 678 00:36:42,530 --> 00:36:43,630 Everything going okay? 679 00:36:43,630 --> 00:36:46,330 The soup´s almost done, and the pastry´s ready to go on. 680 00:36:46,330 --> 00:36:48,100 Where have you been? You´ve been away ages. 681 00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:50,830 Oh, Margaret, relax. There´s plenty of time. 682 00:36:50,830 --> 00:36:52,670 Henry, a word. 683 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,070 I know what you´re up to, Henry. 684 00:36:58,070 --> 00:36:59,730 You´re going to cock this up 685 00:36:59,730 --> 00:37:02,930 because you hate competitions and P.R. women and grub 686 00:37:02,930 --> 00:37:06,470 and that Bolland man with his stupid little England nonsense. 687 00:37:06,470 --> 00:37:08,570 Well, don´t tell me you agree with him? 688 00:37:08,570 --> 00:37:09,570 Of course I don´t. 689 00:37:09,570 --> 00:37:12,070 But we´re here on merit, Henry, because of the food. 690 00:37:12,070 --> 00:37:14,570 It´s going to mean a lot to Gary and a lot to Nicola 691 00:37:14,570 --> 00:37:15,900 and to me if we can make it, 692 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:17,330 never mind about the money. 693 00:37:17,330 --> 00:37:20,100 So you just get off your high horse for five minutes 694 00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:22,100 and go out there and bloody win it. 695 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:24,400 Please. 696 00:37:25,430 --> 00:37:26,730 I´m sorry. 697 00:37:26,730 --> 00:37:29,370 Yeah, of course I will. 698 00:37:29,370 --> 00:37:31,430 Good. 699 00:37:31,430 --> 00:37:34,770 I´m going to have a very large drink. 700 00:37:45,270 --> 00:37:47,630 Hello, Harrington. 701 00:37:55,670 --> 00:37:58,970 You don´t recognize me, do you? 702 00:37:58,970 --> 00:38:02,930 Dear lady, of course I do. 703 00:38:02,930 --> 00:38:05,230 No, you don´t. 704 00:38:05,230 --> 00:38:08,200 Margaret Crabbe from Pie in the Sky. 705 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,100 Of course. 706 00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:12,900 The glamorous pie lady. 707 00:38:14,730 --> 00:38:17,030 You´re not in town alone, are you? 708 00:38:17,030 --> 00:38:19,270 No. 709 00:38:19,270 --> 00:38:22,630 We´re here for the Great British Grub Competition. 710 00:38:22,630 --> 00:38:25,130 Oh, yes, of course you are. 711 00:38:25,130 --> 00:38:27,800 Well, you haven´t got much to worry about there. 712 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,170 What do you mean? 713 00:38:29,170 --> 00:38:34,000 My dear, you´re most certainly going to win. 714 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:38,170 No filthy foreigners working in your establishment, you see, 715 00:38:38,170 --> 00:38:41,530 so the dreaded Bolland is sure to vote for you, 716 00:38:41,530 --> 00:38:44,270 likewise Miss Block. 717 00:38:44,270 --> 00:38:45,400 As for myself, 718 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,930 this is the only sort of job I can get these days. 719 00:38:48,930 --> 00:38:52,030 Much as I´d like to rock the boat, 720 00:38:52,030 --> 00:38:55,100 I just don´t have the moral fiber. 721 00:38:56,770 --> 00:38:57,770 I see. 722 00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:01,070 But your food´s bloody marvelous anyway, 723 00:39:01,070 --> 00:39:02,170 so what´s the difference? 724 00:39:02,170 --> 00:39:06,830 Now, then, let me buy you an enormous drink. 725 00:39:12,470 --> 00:39:15,600 Check this. That´s fine. 726 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,270 Oh, delicious! 727 00:39:26,270 --> 00:39:27,900 Lovely. 728 00:39:27,970 --> 00:39:30,630 Thank you. Lovely. 729 00:39:30,630 --> 00:39:33,330 How are we doing here? 730 00:39:33,330 --> 00:39:36,630 Oh! Thank you very much. 731 00:39:39,700 --> 00:39:40,730 -Yeah. 732 00:39:40,730 --> 00:39:41,730 Come on. 733 00:39:41,730 --> 00:39:42,730 Henry, can I have a word? 734 00:39:42,730 --> 00:39:43,730 Oh, look, Margaret, 735 00:39:43,730 --> 00:39:46,130 it´s ridiculous all of us trying to finish at the same time. 736 00:39:46,130 --> 00:39:48,000 They´re going to be tasting our food last. 737 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,400 It´ll be stone cold. 738 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,070 It´s so they can take their bloody photographs. 739 00:39:52,070 --> 00:39:53,200 Henry. 740 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:54,330 What, Margaret? 741 00:39:54,330 --> 00:39:56,400 Never mind. 742 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:58,900 Well, at least you could bring something. 743 00:39:58,900 --> 00:40:00,370 Take that mustard there. 744 00:40:00,370 --> 00:40:01,930 Come on, off you go, Gary. 745 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:07,630 Ladies and gentlemen. 746 00:40:07,630 --> 00:40:10,330 The Dog and Duck, Birmingham. 747 00:40:13,370 --> 00:40:17,330 The Union Jack Diner, Manchester. 748 00:40:21,030 --> 00:40:24,100 The King´s Hotel, Maidenhead. 749 00:40:25,300 --> 00:40:27,400 And Pie in the Sky, Middleton. 750 00:40:34,070 --> 00:40:36,130 Mei´s here. 751 00:40:36,130 --> 00:40:40,530 Now, I´ll be back as quick as I can. 752 00:40:40,530 --> 00:40:43,100 Don´t worry, Margaret. 753 00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:46,370 I think we´re in with a chance. 754 00:40:46,370 --> 00:40:48,730 Yes, I´m sure we are. 755 00:41:16,730 --> 00:41:19,170 No more bets. 756 00:41:19,230 --> 00:41:20,870 No more bets. 757 00:41:25,370 --> 00:41:28,630 £3,000. 758 00:41:36,030 --> 00:41:38,400 No more bets. No more bets. 759 00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:13,030 No more bets. 760 00:42:16,500 --> 00:42:18,300 Hello, Dad. 761 00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:21,200 Don´t come to the table unless you´re going to play. 762 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,900 Hello, Mei. Nice to see you. Thanks for coming. 763 00:42:23,900 --> 00:42:26,000 You should have come when I asked you. 764 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,070 Come on, you two. 765 00:42:27,070 --> 00:42:29,770 Let´s just go up into the bar and discuss this. 766 00:42:29,770 --> 00:42:32,200 Yes, then we´ll go to the Friendly Dragon together. 767 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:33,570 Come on, Dad. 768 00:42:33,570 --> 00:42:36,100 We´ll go to Michael Cheung and pay him, 769 00:42:36,100 --> 00:42:38,600 but you must promise not to leave me. 770 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:40,630 Dad, please. 771 00:42:40,630 --> 00:42:42,000 I´ll stop gambling. 772 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:43,930 We´ll work hard in the takeaway 773 00:42:43,930 --> 00:42:46,300 and pay Michael Cheung every month 774 00:42:46,300 --> 00:42:47,670 if you stay with me. 775 00:42:47,670 --> 00:42:51,230 Dad, I can´t stay with you forever. 776 00:42:52,270 --> 00:42:55,170 Then I don´t care what happens to me. 777 00:42:55,170 --> 00:42:56,800 I´ll stay here and gamble. 778 00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:58,800 That´s not fair, Dad. 779 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,170 Tell him that´s not fair. 780 00:43:01,170 --> 00:43:02,700 Li, don´t do this. 781 00:43:04,530 --> 00:43:06,000 Promise to stay. 782 00:43:07,430 --> 00:43:08,430 No. 783 00:43:08,430 --> 00:43:10,870 Promise to stay. 784 00:43:10,870 --> 00:43:12,530 No. 785 00:43:12,530 --> 00:43:15,630 Mei, stay with your father. Please. 786 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:21,800 She hasn´t gone yet, Li. 787 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,170 You can pick up the chips, go after her, 788 00:43:24,170 --> 00:43:25,470 and still sort this thing out. 789 00:43:27,570 --> 00:43:30,370 Li, pick up the chips. 790 00:43:39,830 --> 00:43:43,130 Place your bets, please. 791 00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:46,000 No more bets. 792 00:43:59,270 --> 00:44:03,530 Li, you´re a fool. 793 00:44:08,430 --> 00:44:10,330 -Mmm! -Oh, that is good. 794 00:44:19,470 --> 00:44:21,670 Delicious. 795 00:44:23,430 --> 00:44:24,930 Ahh. 796 00:44:39,830 --> 00:44:44,800 May I present the chairman of the judges, Jack Bolland? 797 00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:49,630 Thank you, Pippa. 798 00:44:49,630 --> 00:44:51,730 Ladies and gentlemen, 799 00:44:51,730 --> 00:44:54,700 I can´t remember a year when we, your judges, 800 00:44:54,700 --> 00:44:57,370 were so hard put to decide on a winner. 801 00:44:57,370 --> 00:45:00,070 Never has the standard been higher, 802 00:45:00,070 --> 00:45:02,970 and I´m sure this is reflected throughout the country 803 00:45:02,970 --> 00:45:06,830 as British cuisine, our own native cuisine, 804 00:45:06,830 --> 00:45:08,570 goes from strength to strength. 805 00:45:08,570 --> 00:45:11,570 For too long we have been playing second fiddle 806 00:45:11,570 --> 00:45:13,230 to our continental rivals. 807 00:45:13,230 --> 00:45:15,770 Look at the olive, for example. 808 00:45:15,770 --> 00:45:18,600 The olive is not indigenous to these shores. 809 00:45:21,330 --> 00:45:23,070 That´s another matter. Ladies and gentlemen, 810 00:45:23,070 --> 00:45:26,130 on behalf of Bollands Fine Ales, 811 00:45:26,130 --> 00:45:29,970 I´m happy to announce that the winner 812 00:45:29,970 --> 00:45:34,930 of the Bollands Great British Grub Competition 1996 813 00:45:34,930 --> 00:45:37,500 is Pie in the Sky. 814 00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:01,900 Congratulations. 815 00:46:01,900 --> 00:46:05,830 That was a fine meal you cooked for us this evening. 816 00:46:05,830 --> 00:46:08,770 We were particularly impressed with the pastry. 817 00:46:08,770 --> 00:46:11,570 Would you like to tell us the secret of that? 818 00:46:12,730 --> 00:46:15,870 It´s an old Chinese recipe, actually. 819 00:46:33,830 --> 00:46:37,170 There we are. Well done. 820 00:46:37,170 --> 00:46:40,100 I´m incredibly proud of both of you. 821 00:46:43,070 --> 00:46:44,830 Thanks for letting us do it, Chef. 822 00:46:44,830 --> 00:46:47,000 500 quid. 823 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:48,600 I´ll buy some lottery tickets with this. 824 00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:49,600 No, no. 825 00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:51,200 There´s a condition on getting these checks. 826 00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:52,800 No gambling, all right? 827 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:54,800 -I was only joking. -Fine. 828 00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,730 Ta-da! 829 00:46:56,730 --> 00:46:59,730 Well, where are you going to hang that? 830 00:46:59,730 --> 00:47:01,970 I don´t think I´m going to hang it anywhere. 831 00:47:01,970 --> 00:47:03,670 It´s a bit naff, don´t you think? 832 00:47:03,670 --> 00:47:05,530 Don´t you want people to know we won? 833 00:47:05,530 --> 00:47:08,370 Sometimes winning isn´t everything, Henry. 834 00:47:08,370 --> 00:47:11,600 I don´t know what you´re talking about, I´m sure. 835 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:13,370 Where are you going? 836 00:47:13,370 --> 00:47:15,670 I´m off to have a drink with Li Chen. 837 00:47:15,670 --> 00:47:17,500 Now, there´s a man that knows the difference 838 00:47:17,500 --> 00:47:20,030 between winning and losing. 839 00:48:07,170 --> 00:48:10,170 Subtitling made possible by RLJ Entertainment