1 00:03:41,876 --> 00:03:45,459 Just a bad dream, Marion. Just a bad dream. 2 00:04:06,917 --> 00:04:09,042 Do you know what time it is? 3 00:04:10,876 --> 00:04:12,501 Alex! 4 00:04:12,626 --> 00:04:15,459 You've been asleep most of the afternoon! 5 00:05:08,709 --> 00:05:10,501 So much for Al fresco. 6 00:05:11,584 --> 00:05:14,042 It's just my luck! 7 00:05:15,667 --> 00:05:20,501 Even the weather gangs up on me. I'm sure they would have loved it. 8 00:05:23,834 --> 00:05:24,834 Alex? 9 00:05:26,459 --> 00:05:28,709 Don't you think they would have loved it? 10 00:05:29,626 --> 00:05:30,834 Loved it? 11 00:05:31,834 --> 00:05:35,084 - What does Robert do again? - Oh, Alex, please! 12 00:05:35,209 --> 00:05:37,292 It's Richard! 13 00:05:37,417 --> 00:05:40,959 Richard and Angela. I told you, he's in video. 14 00:05:41,084 --> 00:05:43,209 How refreshing! 15 00:05:46,959 --> 00:05:49,334 Did you bring that table in? 16 00:05:49,459 --> 00:05:51,501 No. 17 00:05:51,626 --> 00:05:53,792 Well, do you think you can? 18 00:05:57,751 --> 00:06:01,084 And can you look at that window? 19 00:06:23,167 --> 00:06:24,792 Bastard! 20 00:06:42,126 --> 00:06:44,084 Now, listen! 21 00:06:45,751 --> 00:06:49,251 I bloody well drove us here. Now, you bloody well find the place! 22 00:06:51,626 --> 00:06:53,501 All right? 23 00:06:55,001 --> 00:06:56,417 I said, "All right?" 24 00:06:56,542 --> 00:06:59,001 Richard, please! I hate it when you're like this. 25 00:06:59,126 --> 00:07:00,751 When I'm like this? 26 00:07:01,876 --> 00:07:05,501 Just let me remind you that this rural bloody retreat was your idea. 27 00:07:05,626 --> 00:07:07,792 They're your fucking friends. You find the place! 28 00:07:07,917 --> 00:07:09,709 All I can make out is... 29 00:07:09,834 --> 00:07:13,917 All it says is that it is a house with a "for sale" sign. 30 00:07:15,209 --> 00:07:17,292 Oh, Christ! 31 00:07:19,501 --> 00:07:21,042 Look out! 32 00:07:21,167 --> 00:07:22,709 Up yours! 33 00:07:23,917 --> 00:07:26,709 Sorry. I thought you were going to hit him. 34 00:07:26,834 --> 00:07:28,792 Hit him? 35 00:07:43,084 --> 00:07:45,292 Did you do the window, Alex? 36 00:07:46,792 --> 00:07:48,001 I'm sorry? 37 00:07:49,209 --> 00:07:50,667 Christ! 38 00:07:56,376 --> 00:07:58,001 Shit! 39 00:08:09,459 --> 00:08:11,459 Bastard! 40 00:09:54,292 --> 00:09:55,834 Marion! 41 00:09:55,959 --> 00:09:57,334 We made it! 42 00:09:59,584 --> 00:10:01,501 Come in! 43 00:10:15,709 --> 00:10:18,334 Angela, you shouldn't have. 44 00:10:21,126 --> 00:10:23,292 Richard. Richard... 45 00:10:25,292 --> 00:10:27,042 They're lovely. 46 00:10:27,167 --> 00:10:29,376 But... Well, look, come in! 47 00:10:30,209 --> 00:10:31,959 Alex! 48 00:10:33,751 --> 00:10:36,417 We've had the most terrible disaster. 49 00:10:36,542 --> 00:10:40,084 The whole downstairs blew up just this minute. 50 00:10:40,209 --> 00:10:41,626 No! 51 00:10:46,917 --> 00:10:49,376 Kitchen window fell on the dinner. 52 00:10:49,501 --> 00:10:50,834 Alex! 53 00:10:50,959 --> 00:10:53,667 Still, we've real fires in here. 54 00:11:00,209 --> 00:11:01,417 Oh, well done, darling. 55 00:11:01,542 --> 00:11:02,959 Let me introduce you. 56 00:11:03,084 --> 00:11:05,834 Alex, this is Richard and Angela Paradise. 57 00:11:11,376 --> 00:11:14,709 Charming. It's Victorian, isn't it? 58 00:11:19,042 --> 00:11:22,667 I often think I'd like to have been born in Victorian times. 59 00:11:22,792 --> 00:11:24,876 It's just as mother left it. 60 00:11:25,001 --> 00:11:28,043 - What shall I... - Alex will take it up for you. Darling? 61 00:11:28,167 --> 00:11:30,626 - Do you want a drink? - What would you like to drink? 62 00:11:30,751 --> 00:11:33,209 Sherry or something? 63 00:11:33,334 --> 00:11:34,501 Lovely! 64 00:11:40,292 --> 00:11:43,542 Come and get into the warm, you two. 65 00:11:43,667 --> 00:11:47,376 I'm afraid we'll have to eat out after that... 66 00:11:47,501 --> 00:11:49,167 But still, it's a lovely place. 67 00:11:49,292 --> 00:11:51,459 But I'd better ring up. 68 00:11:51,584 --> 00:11:53,584 Just to be on the safe side. 69 00:12:00,251 --> 00:12:02,209 What did she say happened? 70 00:12:03,709 --> 00:12:07,042 Oh, I don't know. A window on the dinner or something. 71 00:12:10,834 --> 00:12:12,501 Wake me up when it's over, will you? 72 00:12:21,876 --> 00:12:24,501 Did you make a reservation, madam? 73 00:12:24,626 --> 00:12:25,834 Yes. 74 00:12:25,959 --> 00:12:28,042 The name's Britain. 75 00:12:28,167 --> 00:12:30,751 - I telephoned. - Of course. 76 00:12:32,209 --> 00:12:35,084 It's rather good here. We're pretty lucky, really. 77 00:12:35,209 --> 00:12:37,501 Do you think they do a decent breakfast? 78 00:12:38,251 --> 00:12:39,584 Something to drink, sir? 79 00:12:39,709 --> 00:12:42,584 Er... Let's have the wine straight away, shall we? 80 00:12:42,709 --> 00:12:44,209 - Red all right? - Fine. 81 00:12:44,334 --> 00:12:47,084 - Do you have a good Burgundy? - I think we can find something. 82 00:12:47,209 --> 00:12:49,251 Fine, we'll have that. 83 00:12:50,001 --> 00:12:52,001 The place is full of bloody queers. 84 00:12:52,126 --> 00:12:54,501 Didn't know they had them this far north. 85 00:12:54,626 --> 00:12:58,292 Do they, er... I mean, are there a lot in... 86 00:12:58,417 --> 00:13:00,042 Or something. 87 00:13:02,376 --> 00:13:05,709 I heard a good joke the other day. Bloody funny. 88 00:13:05,834 --> 00:13:08,667 What does G-A-Y stand for? 89 00:13:10,042 --> 00:13:11,626 Don't know. 90 00:13:12,459 --> 00:13:15,001 "Got AIDS yet?" 91 00:13:16,376 --> 00:13:18,336 I don't suppose it's very funny if you do have it. 92 00:13:18,459 --> 00:13:20,459 - As a matter of fact... - Oh, pour it. 93 00:13:21,126 --> 00:13:24,167 According to an article I read in the New Scientist recently, 94 00:13:24,292 --> 00:13:26,042 AIDS is not an exclusively homosexual... 95 00:13:26,167 --> 00:13:27,876 Do you mind turning down this awful pipe music? 96 00:13:28,001 --> 00:13:29,667 Certainly, sir. 97 00:13:30,376 --> 00:13:34,792 Marion, did I show you what Richard found at the squash club? 98 00:13:34,917 --> 00:13:37,751 - We're pretty sure it's real. - It is rather nice. 99 00:13:37,876 --> 00:13:39,876 But didn't it belong to someone? 100 00:13:40,001 --> 00:13:41,709 No one I know. 101 00:13:42,376 --> 00:13:47,084 I felt such a fool wearing one, but apparently it's very trendy, actually. 102 00:13:47,209 --> 00:13:48,376 Really? 103 00:13:48,501 --> 00:13:50,501 Ah, looks like a bit of action at last. 104 00:13:51,251 --> 00:13:52,917 They're usually pretty quick. 105 00:13:53,042 --> 00:13:56,001 So they should be. This is the age of the microwave. 106 00:13:56,126 --> 00:13:57,667 Get it out fast! 107 00:13:57,792 --> 00:13:59,751 All this bloody luddite rubbish about... 108 00:13:59,876 --> 00:14:02,834 Ah, duck � l'orange. Is that any good? 109 00:14:02,959 --> 00:14:06,917 As I was saying, all this luddite rubbish about traditional methods. 110 00:14:07,042 --> 00:14:09,292 Sheer antiquated claptrap. 111 00:14:09,417 --> 00:14:12,001 We couldn't do without ours, darling, could we? 112 00:14:14,084 --> 00:14:16,292 Here's to microwaves. 113 00:14:19,459 --> 00:14:21,501 - You two got one? - No. 114 00:14:22,126 --> 00:14:24,042 Really? 115 00:14:26,376 --> 00:14:28,459 You see what I mean, don't you? 116 00:14:30,084 --> 00:14:34,376 The tricky thing about it was she was out for the count. 117 00:14:34,501 --> 00:14:37,001 Out for the count. 118 00:14:37,126 --> 00:14:39,084 Do you know what I did then? 119 00:14:39,209 --> 00:14:40,667 I shook her. 120 00:14:40,792 --> 00:14:43,709 I took her by the shoulders and I shook her. 121 00:14:43,834 --> 00:14:45,334 "Wake up," I said. 122 00:14:45,459 --> 00:14:48,334 "Wake up. You're in a coma." 123 00:14:48,459 --> 00:14:51,626 "Start walking. Wake up." 124 00:14:51,751 --> 00:14:54,709 You've got to keep 'em walking, you know, when they're in a coma. 125 00:14:54,834 --> 00:14:57,292 Yes, I believe so, sir. 126 00:14:57,417 --> 00:14:59,959 - Thank you. - That's it. 127 00:15:03,001 --> 00:15:04,626 There we are. 128 00:15:04,751 --> 00:15:07,709 - Yes, it's turning... - Careful! 129 00:15:07,834 --> 00:15:09,251 ...much colder, isn't it? 130 00:15:09,376 --> 00:15:11,959 - That's it. - Well done. 131 00:15:12,084 --> 00:15:14,751 I tell you, Jakarta's the spot. 132 00:15:15,334 --> 00:15:18,042 They lay on everything, literally. 133 00:15:18,167 --> 00:15:20,542 Room service and... If you see what I mean. 134 00:15:21,334 --> 00:15:23,209 And the Silks! 135 00:15:23,334 --> 00:15:25,167 You know how things work in Indonesia? 136 00:15:25,292 --> 00:15:28,209 They want business, so they go out and get it. 137 00:15:28,334 --> 00:15:30,292 We could learn a lot from them these days. 138 00:15:30,417 --> 00:15:33,584 - Like sweated labour? - And what's wrong with sweat? 139 00:15:34,167 --> 00:15:37,209 You picked an odd place to live if you're squeamish on that score. 140 00:15:37,334 --> 00:15:39,501 They haven't been there long, Richard. 141 00:15:39,626 --> 00:15:42,167 - It's about six months, isn't it? - Since mother died? 142 00:15:42,292 --> 00:15:44,093 - Yes, about that. - Ah, but you see... 143 00:15:44,209 --> 00:15:46,042 The house is different. 144 00:15:46,167 --> 00:15:48,042 - The house is mine. - Ours! 145 00:15:48,167 --> 00:15:50,501 The house is something to believe in. It's... 146 00:15:51,292 --> 00:15:53,667 - Your castle! - Yes. 147 00:15:53,792 --> 00:15:57,042 No, more than that. A castle is just property, insular. 148 00:15:58,001 --> 00:16:00,667 We were looking for something extra. 149 00:16:00,792 --> 00:16:04,709 We were looking for... a life. 150 00:16:06,042 --> 00:16:09,584 The house, where it is, the decision... 151 00:16:09,709 --> 00:16:13,126 Working on it together, it's... It's a home. 152 00:16:13,251 --> 00:16:16,251 It's not some bloody electronic sweatshop. 153 00:16:16,376 --> 00:16:20,376 And we're not coolies scrabbling around for the odd cent at the end of the week. 154 00:16:20,501 --> 00:16:23,084 Oh, but Alex, they're glad of the money. 155 00:16:23,209 --> 00:16:25,959 They don't need much. It costs hardly anything to live out there. 156 00:16:26,084 --> 00:16:28,126 And they do treat him marvellously. 157 00:16:28,251 --> 00:16:30,001 They do. They do. 158 00:16:30,126 --> 00:16:33,834 Because they want to, out of sheer natural hospitality. 159 00:16:33,959 --> 00:16:35,126 Not at all. 160 00:16:35,251 --> 00:16:38,042 Because they know what side their bread's buttered. 161 00:16:38,167 --> 00:16:41,209 Video's a cut-throat market. Tight margins. 162 00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:43,501 And when they see me, they see money. 163 00:16:43,626 --> 00:16:47,542 They see a citizen of the world, a floating entrepreneur. 164 00:16:47,667 --> 00:16:50,501 Exclusively in business to create wealth. For them, for me. 165 00:16:50,626 --> 00:16:53,251 I can never understand how people like you... 166 00:16:53,376 --> 00:16:55,126 ...have such a clear run. 167 00:16:55,251 --> 00:16:57,209 Listen! 168 00:16:58,876 --> 00:17:02,959 What happens when you throw shit and a gold bar into a pond, huh? 169 00:17:03,084 --> 00:17:04,126 Well, I'll tell you. 170 00:17:04,251 --> 00:17:08,834 The shit floats, and the gold goes straight to the bottom. 171 00:17:08,959 --> 00:17:10,834 And where does that leave you? 172 00:17:10,959 --> 00:17:14,001 With money in the bank, old bean. That's where it leaves me. 173 00:17:14,126 --> 00:17:16,792 Not stuck in the mud, or in the sticks. 174 00:17:16,917 --> 00:17:18,959 But surely that's what you want, isn't it? 175 00:17:19,084 --> 00:17:21,167 Everyone stuck in the mud, 176 00:17:21,292 --> 00:17:23,667 ...cave dwellers with TV sets. 177 00:17:23,792 --> 00:17:27,042 You turn us all into recluses, and you charge us for the privacy. 178 00:17:27,167 --> 00:17:30,667 So? It's not a divine right, is it, privacy? 179 00:17:30,792 --> 00:17:32,584 It's a commodity with a value. 180 00:17:32,709 --> 00:17:35,417 Oh, come on. You don't mean that, do you? 181 00:17:35,542 --> 00:17:38,501 Well, not really. We do deals with pubs too. 182 00:17:38,626 --> 00:17:42,292 Well, I agree with Alex. It will kill conversation. It already has. 183 00:17:42,417 --> 00:17:45,542 Bugger conversation! It's communication that I sell. 184 00:17:45,667 --> 00:17:47,084 The medium is the message. 185 00:17:47,209 --> 00:17:49,667 - Madam, may I? - Yes. 186 00:17:54,292 --> 00:17:55,959 Ah, thank you. 187 00:17:56,667 --> 00:17:59,459 - Marion reads for a publisher. - Really? 188 00:17:59,584 --> 00:18:02,292 They only send me crap these days. 189 00:18:02,417 --> 00:18:05,876 Think if I can stand living here, I can stand anything. 190 00:18:06,001 --> 00:18:09,792 - All those poor authors. - Well, it bloody well serves them right. 191 00:18:09,917 --> 00:18:11,667 Shouldn't write the stuff, should they? 192 00:18:11,792 --> 00:18:14,584 - And you don't write anything? - No, not anymore. 193 00:18:14,709 --> 00:18:16,584 So, there's just Alex. 194 00:18:16,709 --> 00:18:19,626 Alex? He's not a writer. 195 00:18:20,667 --> 00:18:23,792 He's a translator, I think. 196 00:18:23,917 --> 00:18:26,042 What do you mean, you think? 197 00:18:27,292 --> 00:18:32,292 Well, I did once get sent a book I thought he might have had a hand in. 198 00:18:34,334 --> 00:18:35,876 It was a thriller... 199 00:18:36,001 --> 00:18:40,167 ...about a woman who has a dream about peeling tomatoes. 200 00:18:40,292 --> 00:18:41,876 Then, when she wakes up, 201 00:18:42,001 --> 00:18:44,917 ...she's sliced her husband to bits with a carving knife. 202 00:18:45,042 --> 00:18:46,709 I think we've heard enough now. 203 00:18:46,834 --> 00:18:49,126 How horrible! What made you think it was Alex? 204 00:18:49,251 --> 00:18:51,501 Did you recognise the style or something clever? 205 00:18:51,626 --> 00:18:53,626 Style, Richard? 206 00:18:53,751 --> 00:18:56,376 Translators don't have style. 207 00:18:57,584 --> 00:19:00,376 - Oh, no. I recognised the incident. - Marion! 208 00:19:00,501 --> 00:19:04,001 No! Things like that you don't forget. 209 00:19:04,792 --> 00:19:07,417 And then there was the other stuff. 210 00:19:07,542 --> 00:19:09,917 The technical detail. 211 00:19:10,042 --> 00:19:12,876 Alex's little obsession. 212 00:19:13,001 --> 00:19:14,667 Russian expert. 213 00:19:14,792 --> 00:19:16,834 German expert. 214 00:19:16,959 --> 00:19:20,001 But particularly well up on sleepwalking. 215 00:19:20,917 --> 00:19:23,334 Amazing, isn't he? 216 00:19:24,959 --> 00:19:27,376 He tried to strangle me once. 217 00:19:27,501 --> 00:19:29,459 In his sleep, of course. 218 00:19:29,584 --> 00:19:33,126 - You're joking! - No, you wouldn't believe it! 219 00:19:33,251 --> 00:19:35,459 Barking like a dog. 220 00:19:35,584 --> 00:19:37,584 We were in a helicopter once. 221 00:19:37,709 --> 00:19:40,001 Kept telling me to look at the view. 222 00:19:43,751 --> 00:19:45,209 Oh, shut up! 223 00:19:46,251 --> 00:19:47,876 Your roots are here, aren't they? 224 00:19:48,792 --> 00:19:51,126 Only one thing has roots and that's a vegetable. 225 00:19:51,251 --> 00:19:53,042 Oh, shut up, Richard! 226 00:19:53,876 --> 00:19:55,292 Marion? 227 00:19:56,751 --> 00:19:58,001 What? 228 00:19:58,126 --> 00:20:00,417 I'm sorry. What did you say? 229 00:20:00,542 --> 00:20:04,417 We were just saying, it's so quiet after London. 230 00:20:04,542 --> 00:20:07,459 But if your roots are here, it's... It's easier to adjust. 231 00:20:07,584 --> 00:20:09,751 I don't have roots here. 232 00:20:11,501 --> 00:20:15,417 Well, what I mean is that I wasn't born here. 233 00:20:15,542 --> 00:20:18,292 But yes, we did move here when I was 13. 234 00:20:18,417 --> 00:20:20,709 All but Alex, anyway. 235 00:20:20,834 --> 00:20:24,334 So, yes. You're right, Angela, really. 236 00:20:24,459 --> 00:20:26,251 It's just that... 237 00:20:26,376 --> 00:20:30,126 Well, we'd only been here six months when father dumped us. 238 00:20:32,376 --> 00:20:34,334 I haven't seen him since. 239 00:20:34,459 --> 00:20:36,709 Pissed off to Africa. 240 00:20:36,834 --> 00:20:39,334 About a century too late. 241 00:20:40,209 --> 00:20:41,709 He does write, though. 242 00:20:43,626 --> 00:20:44,834 No, actually... 243 00:20:46,584 --> 00:20:48,792 Actually, I don't mind London. 244 00:20:48,917 --> 00:20:51,167 - I don't mind it at all. - Damn right! 245 00:20:51,292 --> 00:20:53,584 Big pond for big fish. 246 00:20:53,709 --> 00:20:56,292 It's the only place to be in this country. 247 00:20:56,417 --> 00:20:59,042 Money. Massive unemployment. 248 00:20:59,167 --> 00:21:00,542 Marvellous! 249 00:21:00,667 --> 00:21:02,417 I'll drink to London! 250 00:21:02,542 --> 00:21:05,001 Massive unemployment, do you think that's good? 251 00:21:05,126 --> 00:21:06,334 Of course it's good. 252 00:21:06,459 --> 00:21:08,042 Bloodletting, isn't it? 253 00:21:08,167 --> 00:21:11,126 Sucking the poison out of the system. 254 00:21:11,251 --> 00:21:13,501 Dog eat dog. 255 00:21:13,626 --> 00:21:15,209 If you can't go to work, go to hell! 256 00:21:15,334 --> 00:21:16,959 You're not serious. 257 00:21:18,292 --> 00:21:19,542 Deadly. 258 00:21:19,667 --> 00:21:21,792 Don't you know your own history? 259 00:21:23,001 --> 00:21:25,709 He's actually thinking very carefully of going into politics. 260 00:21:26,792 --> 00:21:30,209 Have you the remotest idea what you are talking about? 261 00:21:30,334 --> 00:21:31,334 Alex! 262 00:21:31,459 --> 00:21:35,376 Oh, I don't suppose it will be the unions who sweep you to power. 263 00:21:35,501 --> 00:21:37,626 So, have you joined the Conservative Party? 264 00:21:37,751 --> 00:21:39,667 Are you on the branch committee? 265 00:21:39,792 --> 00:21:43,334 Have you been canvassing for the last ten years? 266 00:21:43,459 --> 00:21:46,792 What's your record as a local councillor? 267 00:21:46,917 --> 00:21:49,251 Ah, don't tell me! 268 00:21:49,376 --> 00:21:52,084 You haven't even bothered to stand yet! 269 00:21:53,376 --> 00:21:56,459 Politics? You know nothing about it! 270 00:21:57,001 --> 00:21:59,251 I know nothing about it, huh? 271 00:22:00,959 --> 00:22:03,209 You know what you are, don't you? 272 00:22:03,334 --> 00:22:07,292 You're the meat eater who can't bear the blood. 273 00:22:07,417 --> 00:22:10,542 And do you know what's put all that flab on your conscience? 274 00:22:10,667 --> 00:22:11,917 Blood! 275 00:22:12,042 --> 00:22:13,792 Hundreds of years of it. 276 00:22:13,917 --> 00:22:18,584 That's bought you your little nest to get squeamish in. 277 00:22:20,292 --> 00:22:23,542 - You're a pimp, Alex. You're a kept man. - I'm a democrat. 278 00:22:23,667 --> 00:22:27,001 You're a bloody pimp, a bloody little pimp who thinks... 279 00:22:27,126 --> 00:22:29,667 ...all prostitutes ought to be virgins. 280 00:22:31,667 --> 00:22:33,376 I'll gel the bill. 281 00:22:33,959 --> 00:22:36,251 Don't get up! 282 00:22:38,667 --> 00:22:41,042 Oh... I'm sorry. 283 00:22:42,001 --> 00:22:44,126 Bit too much to drink, I'm afraid. 284 00:22:46,876 --> 00:22:49,626 But you will still stay, won't you? 285 00:22:49,751 --> 00:22:52,751 Oh, well, of course, darling. Of course. 286 00:22:53,917 --> 00:22:55,376 Of course. 287 00:22:56,501 --> 00:22:58,751 - What were you saying about Alex? - Did you ever feel... 288 00:22:58,876 --> 00:23:01,417 Mind you, it sounds a bit odd, but... 289 00:23:03,376 --> 00:23:06,501 Did you ever feel you were part of someone else's dream? 290 00:23:19,876 --> 00:23:21,001 Right! 291 00:23:21,126 --> 00:23:24,584 - I hope we haven't upset Alex. - Oh, forget Alex! 292 00:23:24,709 --> 00:23:26,629 - I hope he's not going to drive. - Oh, hurry up. 293 00:23:26,667 --> 00:23:29,209 Alex! The keys! 294 00:23:32,167 --> 00:23:34,084 You're not going to let him drive, are you? 295 00:23:34,209 --> 00:23:35,626 No. 296 00:23:45,126 --> 00:23:46,876 What was the tip? 297 00:23:47,001 --> 00:23:49,876 - I'll spoof you for it. - Don't be offensive! 298 00:23:55,292 --> 00:23:58,584 - Did Maude ever tell you that story? - What story? 299 00:23:58,709 --> 00:24:00,126 - About the Colonel there. - No. 300 00:24:00,251 --> 00:24:03,167 Ah, you know, he always insisted on Maude. 301 00:24:03,292 --> 00:24:06,292 And one night she put a bottle of port on his table. 302 00:24:06,417 --> 00:24:09,501 Years ago now. The old beggar drank the whole lot. 303 00:24:09,626 --> 00:24:10,667 So, she asked him, 304 00:24:10,792 --> 00:24:13,959 ...had he managed to drink a whole bottle of port on his own? 305 00:24:14,084 --> 00:24:17,084 "No", he said, "I didn't drink it on my own. 306 00:24:17,209 --> 00:24:19,126 "I had the help of a bottle of Madeira." 307 00:24:20,751 --> 00:24:22,167 Hey. Damn cheek. 308 00:24:26,417 --> 00:24:29,251 Damn! Not again! 309 00:24:31,334 --> 00:24:34,251 Oh, just the bulb, thank God! 310 00:24:35,417 --> 00:24:37,417 I'll get some wood. 311 00:24:39,542 --> 00:24:41,667 Drink, anyone? 312 00:24:46,167 --> 00:24:47,959 We're leaving. Now! 313 00:24:48,084 --> 00:24:50,792 - Richard, we promised! - You promised! 314 00:24:50,917 --> 00:24:53,251 Oh, no. You agreed, remember? 315 00:24:53,376 --> 00:24:56,584 Marion asked you, didn't she? Specifically, as I recall. 316 00:24:56,709 --> 00:24:59,001 - What's that supposed to mean? - Look... 317 00:25:00,376 --> 00:25:03,542 ...I spent a long time in hospital when you were away. 318 00:25:03,667 --> 00:25:05,917 If it hadn't been for Marion... 319 00:25:06,042 --> 00:25:07,751 She was very good to me. 320 00:25:07,876 --> 00:25:10,501 She was a friend, and I promised. 321 00:25:10,626 --> 00:25:13,417 Now, we can leave in the morning. We will. I want to. 322 00:25:13,542 --> 00:25:16,209 One night in this place! 323 00:25:16,334 --> 00:25:18,584 God knows how those two stick it! 324 00:25:18,709 --> 00:25:20,417 It's convenient. It was left to them. 325 00:25:20,542 --> 00:25:23,709 - And they fight like cat and dog. - Well, don't they always? 326 00:25:23,834 --> 00:25:26,292 - What? - Brother and sister, fight. I know I did. 327 00:25:26,417 --> 00:25:28,459 Brother and sister? 328 00:25:29,292 --> 00:25:32,626 God! Ha! I can't believe it! 329 00:25:35,251 --> 00:25:37,584 Look, I'm going to give Marion a hand. 330 00:26:07,792 --> 00:26:10,042 My God, Marion! 331 00:26:10,167 --> 00:26:11,792 I had no idea! 332 00:26:11,917 --> 00:26:13,626 You must let me do something. 333 00:26:18,001 --> 00:26:20,042 It's terrible. 334 00:26:20,167 --> 00:26:22,376 It's quite terrible. 335 00:26:26,042 --> 00:26:28,042 Poor Marion! 336 00:26:28,167 --> 00:26:30,542 Let Alex do it. 337 00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:32,959 It's his bloody fault. 338 00:26:33,792 --> 00:26:36,792 It's all his bloody fault. 339 00:27:20,167 --> 00:27:22,334 Poor Alex! 340 00:27:22,459 --> 00:27:24,626 Bastard! 341 00:27:47,334 --> 00:27:49,334 Bottoms up! 342 00:27:50,417 --> 00:27:52,167 Quite! 343 00:27:53,542 --> 00:27:55,417 Come in, Angela. 344 00:28:05,709 --> 00:28:08,126 And, er... what's all that in there? 345 00:28:09,626 --> 00:28:12,751 Von Kleist's stuff of Alex's. 346 00:28:12,876 --> 00:28:14,959 German dramatist. 347 00:28:15,084 --> 00:28:18,084 Death, rot, misery. 348 00:28:18,876 --> 00:28:21,209 Right up his street. 349 00:28:21,334 --> 00:28:24,792 The corpse of Monsieur Valdemar. 350 00:28:25,834 --> 00:28:28,126 - Do you know that story? - No. 351 00:28:28,251 --> 00:28:30,126 - No. - Jolly funny. 352 00:28:30,251 --> 00:28:32,667 Edgar Allan Poe. 353 00:28:32,792 --> 00:28:35,584 They keep someone alive by hypnotising him... 354 00:28:35,709 --> 00:28:38,042 ...just before he conks out. 355 00:28:38,167 --> 00:28:40,584 Stays that way for months. 356 00:28:40,709 --> 00:28:43,292 Then they think better of it. 357 00:28:43,917 --> 00:28:47,001 - What happens? - He decomposes, darling. 358 00:28:47,126 --> 00:28:48,959 Right before their eyes. 359 00:28:49,792 --> 00:28:53,834 A loathsome mass of detestable putridity. 360 00:28:55,542 --> 00:28:57,584 Just like life, really. 361 00:29:00,001 --> 00:29:02,709 - Let's have another drink. - Marion. 362 00:29:03,626 --> 00:29:06,459 I keep thinking... what you said at dinner about Alex. 363 00:29:06,584 --> 00:29:07,959 Oh, forget it. 364 00:29:08,084 --> 00:29:10,792 No, Marion. Can't you do something? 365 00:29:11,834 --> 00:29:13,459 See a specialist or someone? 366 00:29:14,167 --> 00:29:15,792 Oh, but we did! 367 00:29:15,917 --> 00:29:18,167 It was fascinating! 368 00:29:19,959 --> 00:29:22,251 I was just telling Angela, darling, 369 00:29:22,376 --> 00:29:25,292 ...about our little business with the psychiatrist. 370 00:29:25,417 --> 00:29:26,792 Marion. 371 00:29:26,917 --> 00:29:28,876 Have another drink, Alex. 372 00:29:40,834 --> 00:29:43,959 Ever such a helpful man, the psychiatrist. 373 00:29:44,917 --> 00:29:48,376 Deep-rooted trauma, he said. 374 00:29:48,501 --> 00:29:52,626 All the result of a deeply insecure childhood. 375 00:29:53,542 --> 00:29:55,751 And that was bloody Alex. 376 00:29:56,792 --> 00:29:58,709 Well, he never got round to me. 377 00:29:58,834 --> 00:30:01,334 Would have been twice the price. 378 00:30:02,459 --> 00:30:04,376 Still... 379 00:30:05,834 --> 00:30:09,251 It's not all a bed of thorns, is it? 380 00:30:13,292 --> 00:30:15,709 You are a bitch! 381 00:30:15,834 --> 00:30:17,876 And you're the dog. 382 00:30:18,001 --> 00:30:21,334 You're the dog. 383 00:30:21,459 --> 00:30:23,584 And you can piss off! 384 00:30:23,709 --> 00:30:26,042 You're just a guest in this house, remember? 385 00:30:26,167 --> 00:30:28,376 Well, that's a matter for some debate. 386 00:30:30,417 --> 00:30:32,876 God, I hope there's a lock on his bedroom door. 387 00:30:33,001 --> 00:30:34,501 Oh, don't worry about him. 388 00:30:34,626 --> 00:30:37,042 He takes sleeping pills now. 389 00:30:42,042 --> 00:30:44,251 Let's have some music. 390 00:31:32,501 --> 00:31:33,959 Wonderful! 391 00:31:34,084 --> 00:31:36,334 You found the tape! 392 00:32:05,584 --> 00:32:07,667 This leaves me cold. 393 00:32:07,792 --> 00:32:09,917 It's bedtime for me. 394 00:32:22,334 --> 00:32:24,417 Aren't you glad you stayed? 395 00:32:27,417 --> 00:32:30,001 I won't stop, Richard. 396 00:32:30,917 --> 00:32:33,084 I don't. 397 00:32:33,209 --> 00:32:35,834 I'm not a prick teaser. 398 00:32:36,542 --> 00:32:39,459 Well... that's good. 399 00:32:39,584 --> 00:32:42,626 But Alex says I am. 400 00:32:43,417 --> 00:32:45,626 He says I'm cold. 401 00:32:46,417 --> 00:32:48,209 I'm cold, Richard. 402 00:32:50,209 --> 00:32:52,292 You really must excuse me. 403 00:32:53,126 --> 00:32:55,459 I've got to be going to bed. 404 00:33:53,501 --> 00:33:55,834 Someone walking over your grave? 405 00:33:55,959 --> 00:33:58,376 Don't worry, I'm not dead yet. 406 00:33:59,417 --> 00:34:01,709 - I'm glad to hear it. - Are you? 407 00:34:03,001 --> 00:34:05,542 "I'm not a prick teaser, Richard." 408 00:34:06,501 --> 00:34:07,792 I heard it all, you know. 409 00:34:08,584 --> 00:34:11,042 "I'm cold." Cold! 410 00:34:14,667 --> 00:34:16,667 Fucking freezing! 411 00:35:03,876 --> 00:35:06,251 You know, she's absolutely crazy. 412 00:35:06,959 --> 00:35:08,917 I feel sorry for her. 413 00:35:09,626 --> 00:35:11,084 I feel sorry for both of them. 414 00:35:11,209 --> 00:35:13,751 No, don't waste your energy. 415 00:35:13,876 --> 00:35:15,584 Well, she was kind. 416 00:35:15,709 --> 00:35:17,751 It was a help. 417 00:35:17,876 --> 00:35:19,959 So, what's she doing now? 418 00:35:20,084 --> 00:35:22,042 Levelling the score? 419 00:35:23,709 --> 00:35:26,084 I promised her, that's all. 420 00:35:31,459 --> 00:35:33,459 What was she in there for? 421 00:35:33,584 --> 00:35:36,376 Oh, same as me, kind of. 422 00:35:37,834 --> 00:35:40,042 Anyway, it's all over. 423 00:35:43,167 --> 00:35:46,084 It's strange. You can get close to people sometimes. 424 00:35:48,751 --> 00:35:50,709 The funniest people. 425 00:35:52,292 --> 00:35:54,251 And you never know what will happen. 426 00:35:59,792 --> 00:36:01,459 Richard? 427 00:36:13,584 --> 00:36:15,334 Marion! 428 00:36:17,084 --> 00:36:19,751 You're not to do that again. You're not to! 429 00:36:20,459 --> 00:36:22,751 Oh, go back to bed, Alex! 430 00:36:22,876 --> 00:36:26,167 - Marion, please! - Oh, go to bed. 431 00:40:49,376 --> 00:40:51,251 Alex! 432 00:40:54,834 --> 00:40:57,126 Alex? 433 00:40:59,292 --> 00:41:01,126 Marion? 434 00:41:03,209 --> 00:41:05,001 Marion? 435 00:41:05,959 --> 00:41:07,709 Alex? 436 00:41:10,292 --> 00:41:12,084 Marion? 437 00:41:17,084 --> 00:41:19,126 Angela! 438 00:41:20,126 --> 00:41:21,876 Angela! 439 00:41:22,834 --> 00:41:24,167 Wake up! 440 00:41:26,959 --> 00:41:28,417 Angela! 441 00:42:06,792 --> 00:42:08,459 Richard? 442 00:43:18,584 --> 00:43:20,417 Richard? 443 00:43:21,917 --> 00:43:23,751 Richard? 444 00:43:42,542 --> 00:43:44,417 Richard? 445 00:43:52,584 --> 00:43:54,167 Marion? 446 00:46:27,792 --> 00:46:29,334 Marion? 447 00:46:41,376 --> 00:46:44,126 448 00:46:45,417 --> 00:46:48,042 '...according to the official south news agency...' 449 00:47:00,709 --> 00:47:02,792 '...hardly a man one associated with epics...' 450 00:47:02,917 --> 00:47:04,626 '...was going to direct...' 451 00:47:05,292 --> 00:47:07,709 452 00:47:08,542 --> 00:47:10,792 '...the 1500 members...' 453 00:47:10,917 --> 00:47:12,376 Marion? 454 00:47:13,209 --> 00:47:16,376 'Will he ensure that the security fences...' 455 00:47:16,501 --> 00:47:17,876 '...are now made stronger...' 456 00:47:18,001 --> 00:47:20,834 '...in order to prevent these loonies from jumping them...' 457 00:47:27,376 --> 00:47:29,084 'Order!' 458 00:47:29,209 --> 00:47:30,626 '...jumping them...' 459 00:47:36,876 --> 00:47:39,084 460 00:47:39,209 --> 00:47:43,001 461 00:47:49,417 --> 00:47:51,001 Oh, God! 462 00:47:51,126 --> 00:47:53,417 Not me! 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