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(INSECT BUZZES)

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MAN: I do solemnly declare
that the evidence I shall give

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shall be the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth,

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so help me God.

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YOUNG MAN:
You have the wrong person in here.

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I didn't do it.

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(RAPID TICKING)

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JUDGE: 7imothy Evans,
the jury finds you guilty.

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(MAN CRIES OUT)

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(CRIES CONTINUE)

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(APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS)

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- It wasn't me. I...I didn't do it.
- Timothy Evans,

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- do you have any last words?
- Christie done it. Eh? It was Christie!

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(RAPID TICKING)

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(LABOURED BREATHING)

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(CREAKING AND WHIRRING)

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(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS)

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- Morning, Harry.
- You got something for me, have you?

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- Letter for your sister.
- Thanks, Jack. Ta-ra.

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WOMAN: Good morning.
MAN: Hello.

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It's him.

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(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS)

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MAN: My dearest Ethel.

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How happy I am that you've found me.

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Shame that it was under
these circumstances

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but, had it not been, our paths
may never have crossed again.

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There's so much time to make up for,
so much to say...

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I wish I had the courage to come back
to you, but...I was embarrassed.

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I've let you down, and I knew
you'd be better off without me.

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I hope you can find it within yourself
to forgive me.

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Reg.

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- I thought you were dead.
- Oh.

33
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Nine years.

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Nine years without a word.

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Why didn't you write?

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I was ashamed.

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I'm sorry, love.

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Do you want a divorce?

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- Divorce?
- Aye.

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Don't be daft.

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Do you know how I found you, eh?
Do you want to know?

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Every month for the past nine years...

43
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..I wrote to Scotland Yard.

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Could they kindly inform me if a John
Christie had befallen some tragedy?

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A hundred letters, Reg. More.

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(SHE SNIFFS)

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I should've sent for you.

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I should've.

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Shouldn't even be in here.

50
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I...borrowed a car from a friend
and it turned out to be stolen, so...

51
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- (WHISPERS) Oh, Reg...
Truly...

52
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I missed you.

53
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I missed you, love.

54
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Let's make a fresh start.

55
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There...

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(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS)

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(WOMEN CHATTER)

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Apparently,
it's a very sought-after area.

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(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS)

60
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(CHATTERING CONTINUES)

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It's only temporary.

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A stepping stone.

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(HE SIGHS)

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(CROCKERY RATTLES
AS TRAIN RUMBLES PAST)

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Come and see the garden.

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(FOOTSTEPS THUD OVERHEAD)

67
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(RAISED VOICES UPSTAIRS)

68
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(DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE)

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Needs a bit of love and care,
no doubt...

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..a spot of elbow grease.

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We'll do our own planting,
if there's enough light.

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- Still one sugar?
- Aye. Still one sugar.

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(DRAMATIC CLASSICAL MUSIC)

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Can you see him?

75
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Yes. He's here...

76
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..Just behind me!

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Here!

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The end's not what I'd call cheerful.

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Well, he had to get his comeuppance,
didn't he?

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REG: Oh, it's a nice night.
ETHEL: Aye.

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Wrong way, darlin"!

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- Do you know her, Reg?
- Know her?

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- She seemed to recognise you.
- Oh.

84
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I bet she says that
to every chap that walks by.

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WOMAN: "Ere, you're definitely
going the wrong way!

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- Don't be shy!
- Wrong way, darlin"!

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(DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE)

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(FOOTSTEPS THUD IN DISTANCE)

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Reg?

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(SIGHS)

91
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(BIRDSONG)

92
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(TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACK)

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WOMAN: You give him what he wants,
it's the last you'll see of him.

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- You're right.
- I am...aren't I, Ethel?

95
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I bet you saved yourself
for Mr Christie.

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YOUNGER WOMAN: A lady would
never answer such a question.

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(BOTH GIGGLE)

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Girls.

99
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(BRASS BAND PLAYS)

100
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We've been unlucky, but...
you'll always be my girl, Ethel.

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Close your eyes.

102
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Close your eyes.

103
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(BAND PLAYS)


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- There.
- (GASPS)

105
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- Oh, Reg...
- Ah!

106
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- There.
- Where'd you get it?

107
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Don't ask, don't tell.

108
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(NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE)

109
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Good girl, Judy.

110
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Come on, love.

111
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(CLEARS THROAT)
I've been made privy to some...

112
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..confidential intelligence, Ethel.

113
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There's going to be heavy bombing
tonight, so get yourself to the shelter.

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- What about you?
- I'm on duty.

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(SIGHS)

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You will be careful, won't you?

117
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I'll be fine.

118
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Just you get yourself to the shelter.

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Night, love.

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(AIR-RAID SIREN BLARES)

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MAN: Move along!

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- Keep moving.
- That's it.

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Inside! Mind the steps!

124
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(OVERLAPPING INSTRUCTIONS)

125
00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,440
(SIREN CONTINUES TO BLARE)

126
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- Thank you.
- Come on, sir.

127
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- Tuck your legs in.
- Tuck your knees in!

128
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That's it.

129
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Be careful down the stairs.

130
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That's it! Make a new friend.
Snuggle up!

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(BABY CRIES, SIREN BLARES)

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(BOMBERS DRONE OVERHEAD)

133
00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:06,640
(KEY TURNS IN LOCK)

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Reg?

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00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,680
Reg?

136
00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,480
(TRAIN WHISTLE IN DISTANCE)

137
00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,360
I thought you were on duty.

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Enforced break.

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(STRAINS AND GROANS)

140
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After 24 hours, it's mandatory.

141
00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,720
What's going on in there, eh?

142
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- Bedroom stinks of perfume.
- Judy.

143
00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,880
She left you a little present
on the bed.

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(JUDY WHIMPERS)

145
00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,480
You didn't have to use half the bottle,
did you? It's posh, that.

146
00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:11,280
Right.

147
00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:17,040
(STRAINS AND GROANS)

148
00:17:26,120 --> 00:17:28,000
Did you miss me, Reg?

149
00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,080
Did you ever wonder what I were up to?

150
00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:32,960
Course.

151
00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,040
Was there ever anyone else?

152
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Ethel Christie!

153
00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:44,800
You know fine well
you're my first and only.

154
00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:51,680
Come on, Req. It was a long time.

155
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Too long.

156
00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,040
If there were...I'd understand.

157
00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,320
- Close your eyes.
- What?

158
00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,040
- Close your eyes.
- What for?

159
00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:13,360
Well, you'll not find out till... till
you close them, so...close your eyes.

160
00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:23,840
- No peeking.
- I'm not.

161
00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:25,280
(BOTH CHUCKLE)

162
00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:27,040
(KEY TURNS IN LOCK)

163
00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:31,840
(RUSTLING)

164
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Open sesame!

165
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(GASPS) Reginald Christie,
wherever did you get those?

166
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Go on, then.

167
00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,920
(GASPS) Reg...

168
00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,800
Oh, Reg! (CHUCKLES)

169
00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,640
(DOOR OPENS)

170
00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,720
(CREAKING)

171
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Reg?

172
00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:52,640
Reg?

173
00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:58,480
Reg?

174
00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,520
(WHISPERS) Someone tried
to jimmy the window.

175
00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:07,640
Get back to bed. Come on.

176
00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:55,880
Um...could I have a word?

177
00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,640
Um...Mrs Hodges has
a birthday coming up.

178
00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:07,920
Sunday 12th, to be precise, and...
well, what with rationing and whatnot,

179
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,400
I'm rather at a loss
when it comes to a gift.

180
00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:15,160
Well, not knowing Mrs Hodges personally,
I'm...not sure I'm best placed

181
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,760
to give you any advice.

182
00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,360
Everyone knows
policemen can get all manner of things.

183
00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,880
You're thinking of soldiers, Mr Hodges.

184
00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:28,280
Only last week, my niece met a constable
who gave her a whole box of chocolates.

185
00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,840
Oh. Erm, I'm sorry, Mr Hodges, but...

186
00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,400
You see, I couldn't ask Reg.
I... I just couldn't.

187
00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,240
You... You see, he's not
that type of chap, you know?

188
00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:48,680
I don't mean to offend you, Mr Hodges.
I'm sorry.

189
00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,160
No, no, no. Not at all.

190
00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:55,880
Can I go now?

191
00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,880
- Yes, yes. Yes, of course.
- Thank you.

192
00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:01,720
- Good night.
- Good night.

193
00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,240
(BANGING AT DOOR)

194
00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,000
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

195
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,640
(PERSISTENT KNOCKING)

196
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,680
Ethel! It's Reg.

197
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,640
(GASPS)

198
00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:17,480
Reg? What happened?

199
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,520
I was... I was set upon
right outside the station.

200
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,560
Not a single bobby came to my aid.
Not one.

201
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,680
I've been the victim of a vicious slur,
Ethel.

202
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:43,560
The Sergeant's wife is carrying on
with another fellow behind his back.

203
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,400
I ask you!

204
00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:51,000
And I know who the real culprit is,
all right.

205
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,720
The one who pointed the finger at me,
but he's popular, see?

206
00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,560
He's... He's... He's one of the lads.
He's turned the others against me.

207
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,840
It's like the Post Office
all over again.

208
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,520
What do you mean by that?

209
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,160
I mean you've been
wrongly accused again.

210
00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:20,320
Well, they've had the best of me...
but that's torn it.

211
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:25,320
- Oh, you're a natural policeman...
- They'll not have a minute more of me.

212
00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,240
Well, no need to make a decision now.
Just sleep on it, eh?

213
00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,360
(SNARLS) Are you deaf?

214
00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,120
Let's get you off to bed. Come on.

215
00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,240
I'll not rest a minute, you know,
with all your tossing and turning.

216
00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:57,680
- Shall I keep you company?
- No, thanks.

217
00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,040
That would defeat the purpose.

218
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,480
(RAPID TICKING)

219
00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:28,360
(SHUFFLING FOOTSTEPS)

220
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:37,960
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE)

221
00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:42,360
(KEY TURNS IN LOCK, DOOR OPENS)

222
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,040
(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)

223
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,600
(DOOR OPENS)

224
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:36,640
(LOW CONVERSATION)

225
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:51,960
(WOMAN LAUGHS)

226
00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,040
(BUZZ OF CONVERSATION)

227
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,800
(FEMALE LAUGHTER)

228
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,240
(CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)

229
00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:05,120
(APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS)

230
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,040
(SIGHS)
My back's been giving me trouble.

231
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,400
- So it was a good night, then?
- Huh!

232
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,640
(SIGHS, THEN GROANS)

233
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,480
I wouldn't say that.

234
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,320
Barely got a wink.

235
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,560
Probably too much excitement...

236
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,560
..down at The Winchester.

237
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:49,880
The Winchester?

238
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,720
I don't know of any such place.

239
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,880
I followed you...right inside.

240
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,880
I saw you talking to those two girls.

241
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,520
One of them were playing with your hat,
the hat I bought you.

242
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,840
No, you were dreaming.
You saw the state I was in yesterday.

243
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,400
How could I have gone out
in that condition?

244
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,600
I saw you with my own two eyes.

245
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,040
No, you didn't.

246
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,200
It's impossible.

247
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,600
I want you to see Dr Odess
as a matter of urgency.

248
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,280
Nine years.

249
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,880
Nine years without a word.

250
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,040
Nine years thinking you were dead!

251
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,440
You're a dirty bastard,
Reginald Christie.

252
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,440
I don't want you touching me ever again.

253
00:29:57,880 --> 00:29:59,640
Do you understand?

254
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,840
..his mother, his grandmother
and half his bloody uncles and aunts.

255
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,960
And then he says he's had
a "change of heart". A change of heart!

256
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,920
They're all the same, I swear to God.
You must know what men want, Ethel.

257
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,520
Oh, come on.
How long have you been married?

258
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,400
- 15 years this March.
- 15 years?

259
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,280
Oh, you must be doing something right!

260
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:32,560
(SIGHS)

261
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,640
(CLATTER OF TYPEWRITER KEYS)

262
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:52,560
- I'm here about Mr Christie.
MAN: Mr Christie?

263
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,080
Aye. Since he finished with t'police,

264
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:57,600
he...

265
00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,520
he won't set foot outside the house.

266
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:04,200
You know he's... he says he's too ill
to even think about getting another job.

267
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,080
He's taken on a strange mood,
as well, and er...

268
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:15,640
(SIGHS) We never... never should have
moved to London. That's what it is.

269
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,920
- We shouldn't have moved to London.
- Mrs Christie, London...

270
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,520
..is not the culprit here.

271
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:28,680
In my experience, every man needs
an extra measure of care and attention

272
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:32,840
as he...
as he weathers the storms of middle age.

273
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,840
- "Care and attention"?
- From their wives, Mrs Christie.

274
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:46,560
I couldn't care for Reg
any more than I do. I...I just couldn't.

275
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,920
That sounds a touch complacent,
if you don't mind my saying so.

276
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:55,520
As my old Latin teacher used to say,
"Qui semper in melius locus."

277
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,240
"There's always room for improvement. "

278
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,040
Right, Doctor.

279
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,840
Now, is there...anything else?

280
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:10,000
No.

281
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,840
Do you fancy the pictures?

282
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,000
- I thought we'd celebrate.
- Celebrate?

283
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,920
Huh! What have we got to celebrate?

284
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,120
I start a new job Monday.

285
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,240
- New job?
- I thought I'd surprise you.

286
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,960
It is a surprise.

287
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,880
I've met some smashing people, Ethel.
I think you'll like them.

288
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:32,200
Would I get an insurance payment
if I killed you, Arthur?

289
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:37,120
- Well, we'd have to get married first.
- You won't find anyone to marry you now,

290
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:43,560
although some say that James Doyle
of The Bull used to be Father Doyle.

291
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:45,960
He never was!

292
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,920
Excommunicated after an incident
involving the Bishop's wife.

293
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,400
(COUPLE CHUCKLE)

294
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:53,480
- You are funny, Reg!
- It's true.

295
00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:57,280
It won't be long now.
My Dad says they've liberated Paris.

296
00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,320
REG:
Ah. We should switch the wireless on.

297
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,800
- Have you seen the wireless, Ethel?
- It's in the cupboard.

298
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,680
Oh, I'll fetch it.
Arthur, would you give us a hand?

299
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,480
- Where did you get that? Eh?
- I made it myself.

300
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,400
- Clever bugger, aren't you?
- Arthur!

301
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,360
I like to think so.

302
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,440
My Reg can turn his hand to anything.

303
00:34:28,240 --> 00:34:31,760
Don't tell them at work, though,
they'll have me on the shop floor!

304
00:34:33,720 --> 00:34:38,560
It needs an aerial, though.
Coat hanger and a bit of wire.

305
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:42,680
- I could do it, if you... if you want.
- You won't know where anything is.

306
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:46,520
I'll show you.

307
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:03,440
- How's your catarrh, Muriel?
- Rotten. I've been off two days with it.

308
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,200
Oh.

309
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:13,480
- I trained as a doctor before the war.
- I didn't know that, Reg.

310
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,720
Would you like me to take a quick peek?

311
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:29,760
You're very pretty.

312
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,840
- A beauty.
- Thank you.

313
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,800
Reg was telling me
he trained to be a doctor.

314
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,320
(CHUCKLES)
Oh, he does like to exaggerate!

315
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,960
(CLEARS THROAT) St John's Ambulance
volunteer, weren't it, Reg?

316
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:00,640
(TRAIN RATTLES PAST)

317
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:13,920
(DOOR CLOSES)

318
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,640
(APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS)

319
00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:31,720
Someone made a spectacle
of themselves today.

320
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,760
Embarrassed yourself good and proper.

321
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:55,840
(SNIFFS) Never mind.

322
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,800
We won't be seeing them again, anyway.

323
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:04,800
What makes you say that?

324
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,360
I saw the way you looked at her, Reg.
(SNIFFS)

325
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,400
She's not one of the ones you pay for.

326
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,840
(SHE SNIFFS)

327
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:36,280
Now, you give her a wide berth, or I'll
have a word. You keep a wide berth,

328
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,480
or I'll tell her exactly what
respectable Mr Christie gets up to!

329
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:41,800
(CHOKES)

330
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:43,880
(MUFFLED SCREAMS)

331
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,480
(COUGHS VIOLENTLY)

332
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,320
(WHEEZES)

333
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,320
(SOBS)

334
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,360
(CONTINUES SOBBING)

335
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,760
I'll wring his bloody neck!

336
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:29,080
(MUTTERS) Bastard!

337
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:06,760
Er...Ethel...you've a letter.

338
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:22,840
Excuse me. (SNIFFS)

339
00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:25,760
Ethel...

340
00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:28,320
Ethel!

341
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,400
What rubbish is he spouting?

342
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,720
It's a long letter, Ethel,
to be saying nothing.

343
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:29,840
He's er... He's sick, is all.
He's not well.

344
00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:32,720
What kind of excuse is that?

345
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:39,400
I don't know.

346
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,440
He must think you're daft.

347
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:45,320
Aye.

348
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,320
Listen, I've been thinking, Harry.
You know...

349
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:57,920
..I'm happy you've met Janice.

350
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:01,600
You don't need me here any more.
I'm going to go home.

351
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:10,200
He nearly bloody killed you.

352
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:15,800
(WHISPERS) Aye.

353
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:20,840
The problem is, Harry, he's not well.

354
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,080
You know he's not been right.

355
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:28,800
He's not been right
ever since I lost the baby.

356
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:32,960
- Oh, that were years ago.
- I think it's London, as well.

357
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,040
It's a horrible, horrible place.

358
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,200
You know, I think...

359
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:44,160
I just need
to go home and make it right.

360
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,320
Aye.

361
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:55,120
You'll be all right.

362
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:58,280
Got to start a family now.

363
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:03,240
I've plenty of time for that.
I've got to look after the one I've got.

364
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:04,960
(WHISPERS) I'll be all right.

365
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:14,880
Would you take me home, please?
I need to go home.

366
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,400
I need to make it right.

367
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,120
Aye.

368
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:18,360
Ethel?

369
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:21,600
I didn't think
you were coming back.

370
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,600
- Harry.
- Reg.

371
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,120
They begged me to stay, Harry.

372
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:53,760
Sergeant Thomas...

373
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:57,360
"Taffy", we called him.

374
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:01,480
..said I was "an asset to the Force".

375
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:06,760
- Did he, now?
- Mm. Yes, he did.

376
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:21,760
Right, I best be off.
Don't want to miss my train.

377
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:23,840
No. No, you don't.

378
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:32,040
- Oh, Harry, I've got something for you.
- Shall I fetch it?

379
00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:34,520
- You won't know where it is.
- All right.

380
00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:21,960
Ethel?

381
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:28,920
Ethel?

382
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:33,920
Happy Christmas.
Well, it's an early Christmas present.

383
00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:39,240
- (LOW VOICE) Are you all right?
- Aye.

384
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:41,800
You don't want to miss your train.
Come on.

385
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:46,440
All right.

386
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:55,080
Are you sure
you won't come back with me?

387
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:59,040
No, Harry. I'm sure.

388
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:02,400
I'll be all right. Come on,
you're going to miss your train.

389
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:14,000
- Love you.
- I love you. Go on.

390
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:34,640
(TURNS KEY IN LOCK)

391
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:45,360
Be nice to get things back to normal.

392
00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:52,240
Bit of a mess in there, isn't it?

393
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:55,200
If only I'd known...

394
00:47:56,440 --> 00:48:01,240
I wanted to get things shipshape
before you came back.

395
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:04,440
Then you went and surprised me.

396
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:07,240
It's a nice surprise, I must say.

397
00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:11,360
I've been hopeless without you, Ethel.

398
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:15,120
Got myself into all kinds of bother.

399
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:20,240
Thought I was losing my mind.

400
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:24,320
Even Dr Odess was worried.

401
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:31,360
"What ails you, Mr Christie?" he asked.

402
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,400
"Mrs Christie," I told him,

403
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:41,440
"and the absence thereof."

404
00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:48,760
It's all fine now, though,
now that you're back.

405
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:55,080
(SIGHS) Now that the lady of the house
has returned.

406
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:02,320
Home and dry.
That's what we are, Ethel. Home and dry.

407
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:09,720
Sit down.

408
00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:16,560
(SNIFFS)

409
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:21,160
You put your feet up.

410
00:49:22,080 --> 00:49:25,080
I'll get the bedroom sorted, tidied up.

411
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:31,880
Shipshape.

412
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:36,680
Nice cup of tea?

413
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:38,760
(DOOR CLOSES)

414
00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:52,320
(METALLIC CLATTERING)

415
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:57,440
(BANGING AT DOOR)

416
00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:04,920
(PERSISTENT BANGING)

417
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,280
Was that the door?

418
00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:14,320
Not expecting anyone.

419
00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:24,160
- Arthur.
- Sorry to bother you, Mr Christie.

420
00:50:25,160 --> 00:50:29,480
Have either of you seen Muriel?
She was supposed to meet me hours ago.

421
00:50:30,240 --> 00:50:33,160
Well, I haven't seen her
since the last time you were here.

422
00:50:33,240 --> 00:50:35,320
She said something
about coming to see you.

423
00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:38,480
- Me?
- Something about her catarrh.

424
00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:43,080
Well, she must have changed her mind.

425
00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:45,760
I don't know what to do.
No one's seen her since last night.

426
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:49,360
Well, Muriel lives by Croydon,
doesn't she?

427
00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:52,760
Yeah, what of it?

428
00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:55,760
Well, there's been a lot of flying bombs
in that vicinity.

429
00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:58,840
- The wireless has been full of it.
- Oh, God, don't say that.

430
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:02,480
Come on, then. I'll find her.

431
00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:07,200
Hang on. That...
That looks like Muriel's coat.

432
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:16,200
It's mine.

433
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:22,440
I liked Muriel's so much,
I...bought one for myself.

434
00:51:27,840 --> 00:51:29,840
Come on.

435
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:35,200
- Thank you, Mr Christie.
- It's the least I could do.

436
00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:09,840
(CAR ENGINE RUNNING)

437
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,280
WOMAN: I'll help you.
MAN: Here you are.

438
00:52:18,240 --> 00:52:22,240
(WOMAN LAUGHS) Are you sure?
MAN: Hold my hand. Come on, come here.

439
00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:51,440
Get down
before you do yourself an injury.

440
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:55,520
- Well, you've got to show me.
- Shh, there's someone living down there.

441
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,480
And...open!

442
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:02,880
WOMAN: Well, it's a bit dark.
MAN: Dark? No, there's windows.

443
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:06,200
- No, you're right.
- It's a fresh start.

444
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:09,480
It will be nice.
Right, so which one's ours?

445
00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:11,560
Upstairs.

446
00:53:11,640 --> 00:53:14,040
WOMAN: Well, what are you waiting for,
Christmas?

447
00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:16,680
- Is she pretty, Reg?
MAN: Cheeky Beryl! Get up there.

448
00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:22,000
- Hard to say, from this angle.
- You keep your bloody hands to yourself.

449
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:24,760
Do you hear me?

450
00:53:26,200 --> 00:53:28,600
- Show me.
- Get yourself up them stairs!

451
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:31,000
(GIGGLES) Get off!

452
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:00,560
- Woo!
- (SHRIEKS WITH DELIGHT)

453
00:54:00,640 --> 00:54:03,760
We're not long married, Mr Christie.
Could do with some privacy.

454
00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:07,960
BERYL: We've never had our own place. Be
nice to know you're keeping an eye out.

455
00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:11,920
Women need to be handled with care, Tim.

456
00:54:12,720 --> 00:54:16,400
I just wanted to say thanks. Mr Christie
said you'd talk some sense into her.

457
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:20,360
Your Beryl... She was seen, Tim.

458
00:54:20,440 --> 00:54:25,240
TIM: If I see you with another bloke...
BERYL: What do I need another bloke for?

459
00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:30,600
- Did you follow me home, Mr Christie?
- You've been telling us lies all along!

460
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:34,800
WOMAN:
Come on, Tim. What have you done?

461
00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:36,720
(ANGUISHED CRY)