1 00:02:22,475 --> 00:02:24,436 North-west of Scotland, 2 00:02:24,551 --> 00:02:26,907 on the broad expanse of the Atlantic, 3 00:02:27,003 --> 00:02:30,396 lie the lovely islands of the Outer Hebrides, 4 00:02:30,492 --> 00:02:34,001 small scattered patches of sand and rock 5 00:02:34,098 --> 00:02:36,088 rising out of the ocean. 6 00:02:38,414 --> 00:02:42,173 To the west there is nothing, except America. 7 00:02:48,951 --> 00:02:53,344 The inhabitants scrape a frugal living from the sea, and the sand 8 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,719 and the low lying hills of coarse grass and peat bog. 9 00:03:09,938 --> 00:03:11,409 A happy people, 10 00:03:11,505 --> 00:03:13,658 with few and simple pleasures. 11 00:03:28,963 --> 00:03:33,126 The little island of Todday is a completely isolated community 12 00:03:33,222 --> 00:03:35,895 a hundred miles from the mainland. 13 00:03:36,020 --> 00:03:39,856 A hundred miles from the nearest cinema or dancehall. 14 00:03:40,538 --> 00:03:43,067 Oh, but the islanders know how to enjoy themselves. 15 00:03:44,230 --> 00:03:46,028 They have all that they need. 16 00:03:48,037 --> 00:03:49,469 Slàinte mhòr. 17 00:03:55,161 --> 00:03:57,276 But in 1943 18 00:03:57,728 --> 00:04:00,573 disaster overwhelmed this little island. 19 00:04:01,016 --> 00:04:03,015 Not famine nor pestilence, 20 00:04:03,131 --> 00:04:04,736 nor Hitler's bombs 21 00:04:04,861 --> 00:04:07,255 or the hordes of an invading army. 22 00:04:07,985 --> 00:04:10,341 But something far, 23 00:04:10,437 --> 00:04:12,552 far, worse! 24 00:04:14,667 --> 00:04:16,436 There is no whisky! 25 00:04:28,655 --> 00:04:30,972 Whisky, uisge beatha. 26 00:04:31,693 --> 00:04:34,654 In Gaelic they call it "the water of life". 27 00:04:35,625 --> 00:04:37,779 And, to a true islander, 28 00:04:37,875 --> 00:04:40,990 life without it is not worth living. 29 00:05:11,109 --> 00:05:15,676 From that day every man went into mourning. 30 00:05:16,964 --> 00:05:19,925 Mourning for a departed spirit. 31 00:05:22,406 --> 00:05:24,328 He went terrible quick at the end. 32 00:05:25,770 --> 00:05:27,453 What was I to do? 33 00:05:28,020 --> 00:05:31,135 With every bottle in the bar chock full of nothing... 34 00:05:32,981 --> 00:05:34,942 Do you think Winston Churchill 35 00:05:35,067 --> 00:05:38,018 will be knowing that the government has run out of whisky? 36 00:05:38,114 --> 00:05:40,229 I don't believe he will. 37 00:05:40,354 --> 00:05:43,758 It is a pity he will not be saying something about it on the wireless. 38 00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:46,921 Aye. It's a terrible war, right enough. 39 00:05:47,161 --> 00:05:50,766 Do you remember the Sabbath, the day the war started? 40 00:05:52,247 --> 00:05:55,938 Nobody on the island could mind such a storm of rain. 41 00:05:58,063 --> 00:05:59,582 It was a sign. 42 00:06:01,024 --> 00:06:03,341 A sign of what was coming to us. 43 00:06:04,225 --> 00:06:05,350 Water. 44 00:06:06,350 --> 00:06:08,388 Just nothing but water. 45 00:06:09,196 --> 00:06:10,792 Aye, we'll have to do without it. 46 00:06:10,888 --> 00:06:13,358 Ah, well, I must be going. 47 00:06:13,878 --> 00:06:16,925 - Good night, Joseph. - Good night. Good night. 48 00:06:18,011 --> 00:06:19,925 Good night, Mr Macroon. 49 00:06:20,021 --> 00:06:23,213 I could have done with a dram myself this evening. 50 00:06:23,693 --> 00:06:25,328 I've had a terrible shock. 51 00:06:25,424 --> 00:06:28,664 - What was that? - You'd better be asking George here. 52 00:06:33,230 --> 00:06:34,989 What have you been doing to Joseph? 53 00:06:35,633 --> 00:06:39,267 I asked Catriona to marry me. 54 00:06:39,364 --> 00:06:41,440 What did she say? 55 00:06:43,969 --> 00:06:45,401 She said yes. 56 00:06:55,217 --> 00:06:56,380 Have you got the mails ready? 57 00:06:56,659 --> 00:06:58,380 Yes, Father. 58 00:06:59,870 --> 00:07:01,908 Stick lips and cigarettes. 59 00:07:02,629 --> 00:07:04,302 Your mother would have more sense in her. 60 00:07:04,398 --> 00:07:06,869 Oh, you'll not have to worry about me much longer. 61 00:07:06,965 --> 00:07:08,589 Or Peggy either, I'm thinking. 62 00:07:08,686 --> 00:07:10,926 Beast. You're not married yet. 63 00:07:12,887 --> 00:07:15,925 - Are you not going down to the pier? - Why would I? 64 00:07:16,021 --> 00:07:18,328 I thought this was the day your sergeant is arriving. 65 00:07:18,424 --> 00:07:21,741 My sergeant? I don't know what you're talking about. 66 00:07:30,788 --> 00:07:32,508 There it is! 67 00:07:32,605 --> 00:07:35,114 Tightest little island in the world. 68 00:07:35,518 --> 00:07:37,633 You will be finding a few changes, Sergeant. 69 00:07:37,729 --> 00:07:40,161 You've been away from us for some time. 70 00:07:40,257 --> 00:07:43,920 - Two years, three months. - Well, well. Is it as long as that? 71 00:07:44,016 --> 00:07:45,487 In Africa, eh? 72 00:07:45,583 --> 00:07:47,967 - That's right. Africa. 73 00:07:48,063 --> 00:07:50,611 Now, that is a place I have never been. 74 00:07:50,707 --> 00:07:53,457 Ah, well. They will be glad to see you back. 75 00:07:53,553 --> 00:07:54,860 - Do you think so? - Aye. 76 00:07:54,957 --> 00:07:57,264 The Home Guard amusements are not the same without you. 77 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:59,033 Oh, them. 78 00:07:59,715 --> 00:08:01,628 I hear they've been getting a bit stale lately. 79 00:08:01,725 --> 00:08:05,041 Aah, that's Captain Waggett's nonsense. 80 00:08:06,445 --> 00:08:10,002 Surely it's up to you, Constable? You know, the long arm of the law. 81 00:08:10,098 --> 00:08:11,925 You must insist on Captain MacKechnie 82 00:08:12,021 --> 00:08:15,203 taking those boxes of ammunition back to the mainland. 83 00:08:15,299 --> 00:08:17,328 Doesn't he know there's a war on? 84 00:08:17,424 --> 00:08:19,779 He says it is a board of trade regulation. 85 00:08:22,904 --> 00:08:24,057 Dolly! 86 00:08:24,990 --> 00:08:27,586 Well, what time's this other boat, this cargo boat expected? 87 00:08:27,682 --> 00:08:29,999 I do not think it will be expected at all, Mr Waggett. 88 00:08:30,354 --> 00:08:31,960 What is it, dear? 89 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:33,710 I've got to go down to the pier. 90 00:08:33,806 --> 00:08:35,277 Is anything the matter, Paul? You look worried. 91 00:08:35,373 --> 00:08:38,920 Captain MacKechnie refuses to take the ammunition back with the mails on board. 92 00:08:39,016 --> 00:08:41,602 And he always has the mails onboard, hasn't he, dear? 93 00:08:41,699 --> 00:08:42,929 Exactly. 94 00:09:26,922 --> 00:09:29,469 I was not really expecting anything. 95 00:09:29,565 --> 00:09:31,719 I just came down in case there was a chance. 96 00:09:32,209 --> 00:09:36,122 I will be getting back to my boat, Joseph. You will be waiting for the mails. 97 00:09:36,218 --> 00:09:37,180 Aye. 98 00:09:38,939 --> 00:09:41,496 Just a lot of letters for nothing. 99 00:09:46,149 --> 00:09:48,620 All right? Well, how's yourself, Mr Macroon? 100 00:09:48,716 --> 00:09:51,148 None too well, Sergeant, none too well. 101 00:09:51,273 --> 00:09:53,744 Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Nothing wrong with the family I hope? 102 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,157 - Peggy and Catriona, I mean. - And what would be wrong with them? 103 00:09:57,253 --> 00:09:59,397 They're fine, just fine. 104 00:09:59,493 --> 00:10:02,368 Both of them smoking away like two chimneys. 105 00:10:02,493 --> 00:10:03,685 That's good. 106 00:10:03,781 --> 00:10:06,809 One of them thinks she's going to marry herself. 107 00:10:08,059 --> 00:10:10,059 - Peggy? - I believe it will be. 108 00:10:10,982 --> 00:10:12,424 What are you saying, Joseph? 109 00:10:12,539 --> 00:10:15,308 It's Catriona that is going to marry George Campbell. 110 00:10:15,471 --> 00:10:18,586 Aye, Maybe it is. Aye. 111 00:10:18,682 --> 00:10:21,278 Well, that's great news! Something like that is. 112 00:10:22,316 --> 00:10:25,277 Haven't I had to telling you a dozen times, Mr Waggett, 113 00:10:25,402 --> 00:10:27,440 that I cannot accept explosives on this ship! 114 00:10:27,921 --> 00:10:31,603 Captain MacKechnie, it is my duty to see that I am in a state of full defence. 115 00:10:31,699 --> 00:10:35,218 How can I defend myself if my cartridges do not fit my rifles? 116 00:10:35,333 --> 00:10:37,419 It would be a bit awkward, right enough. 117 00:10:37,535 --> 00:10:38,900 Awkward? It's more than awkward! 118 00:10:39,025 --> 00:10:40,303 This kind of thing lead to the fall of France. 119 00:10:40,784 --> 00:10:44,024 A rule is a rule and a regulation is a regulation. 120 00:10:44,312 --> 00:10:46,274 The ammunition arrived on the Island Queen! 121 00:10:46,870 --> 00:10:51,234 Yes, yes, but Captain MacKechnie did not know then that they was explosives. 122 00:10:51,359 --> 00:10:53,320 If I had known I would have never have brought them. 123 00:10:53,561 --> 00:10:57,358 Don't you understand I cannot get any. 300 ammunition from ordinance 124 00:10:57,454 --> 00:11:01,127 until this. 303 gets back? I had a wire from Obaig this morning. 125 00:11:01,252 --> 00:11:04,655 - Yes? Oh! Sergeant, yes, welcome back. - Can I be of any help, sir? 126 00:11:04,780 --> 00:11:05,741 No! 127 00:11:05,943 --> 00:11:09,058 Would it be all the same if you sent back the. 300 rifles 128 00:11:09,154 --> 00:11:11,817 and kept the. 303 ammunition? 129 00:11:11,913 --> 00:11:14,826 Then you could ask them to send the. 300 rifles 130 00:11:14,923 --> 00:11:17,066 - so that we could use... - It would not be the same thing at all! 131 00:11:17,163 --> 00:11:19,787 I'd rather have rifle and no ammunition than ammunition and no rifles. 132 00:11:19,883 --> 00:11:21,162 - I beg your pardon, sir. - What? 133 00:11:21,277 --> 00:11:22,354 If I might make a suggestion, sir, 134 00:11:22,450 --> 00:11:24,084 we could leave the stuff up at Mr Macroon's shop. 135 00:11:24,209 --> 00:11:26,411 - Then you could take it up with Headquarters. - Yes. 136 00:11:28,372 --> 00:11:29,968 Not without a guard. 137 00:11:40,591 --> 00:11:44,591 Now, finish off your compositions, children. 138 00:11:45,994 --> 00:11:48,042 Don't make too much noise. 139 00:11:58,290 --> 00:11:59,848 Is there anything the matter, Mother? 140 00:11:59,944 --> 00:12:02,376 To think that I should be hearing from others 141 00:12:02,501 --> 00:12:05,222 that my own son is going to be married. 142 00:12:05,347 --> 00:12:07,269 George Campbell, is this true? 143 00:12:07,625 --> 00:12:10,875 Well, I only knew myself yesterday evening that Catriona was... 144 00:12:10,990 --> 00:12:12,509 You mean to stand there and tell me 145 00:12:12,605 --> 00:12:14,912 that you'd not been thinking of that girl until yesterday evening? 146 00:12:15,009 --> 00:12:16,508 Oh, I'd been thinking about her, yes. 147 00:12:16,604 --> 00:12:19,806 Then why was I kept in the dark about your thoughts? 148 00:12:20,806 --> 00:12:22,084 Well, I... 149 00:12:22,209 --> 00:12:24,815 By the time I got back, you'd gone to bed. 150 00:12:24,930 --> 00:12:28,458 The bed I have made for myself and on which I must lie. 151 00:12:28,574 --> 00:12:31,217 This comes of spoiling my only child. 152 00:12:31,342 --> 00:12:33,496 - Spoiling me? - Spare the rod. 153 00:12:33,592 --> 00:12:35,707 - You never did. - And spoil the child. 154 00:12:35,832 --> 00:12:38,139 Now, look, mother, what would have been the use of upsetting you and... 155 00:12:38,235 --> 00:12:40,062 So you knew that it would upset me! You knew it! 156 00:12:40,158 --> 00:12:42,754 But you went on all the same thinking only of yourself! 157 00:12:42,879 --> 00:12:45,484 You've always thought only of yourself. 158 00:12:45,599 --> 00:12:48,560 How many times as a child have I caught you in the blackcurrants? 159 00:12:48,657 --> 00:12:50,128 When you knew perfectly well 160 00:12:50,253 --> 00:12:53,492 that I wanted all the blackcurrants for my own jam. 161 00:12:53,771 --> 00:12:57,174 Mother, if I bring Catriona to tea, 162 00:12:57,299 --> 00:12:58,655 will you be nice to her? 163 00:12:58,751 --> 00:13:02,500 The day you bring Catriona Macroon into this house 164 00:13:02,597 --> 00:13:04,346 I walk out! 165 00:13:04,471 --> 00:13:07,067 I'll go and live with your Aunt Agnes in Glasgow. 166 00:13:07,230 --> 00:13:10,711 - Oh, but you hate Glasgow. - Never mind if I do. 167 00:13:10,807 --> 00:13:13,758 The Lord chastiseth them that he loveth. 168 00:13:13,854 --> 00:13:17,325 And who am I to set myself up against the Lord? 169 00:13:20,295 --> 00:13:22,689 "There are more people in Snorvig. 170 00:13:22,785 --> 00:13:26,294 "But they are not so nice as the people in Garryboo. 171 00:13:26,419 --> 00:13:29,015 "Because they are so stuck up. 172 00:13:29,111 --> 00:13:32,217 "The Island Queen is a beautiful boat 173 00:13:32,313 --> 00:13:35,024 "but there was no whisky this week. 174 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:39,196 "And when there is no whisky, we are all very sad." 175 00:13:43,407 --> 00:13:45,445 Now, come on, come on, get a move on there! 176 00:13:48,656 --> 00:13:51,617 It's not good enough, you know? Every time they move that roadblock 177 00:13:51,732 --> 00:13:53,530 it's longer than the last. How do you account for that? 178 00:13:53,626 --> 00:13:56,097 Well, I wouldn't say they are doing too badly, sir. 179 00:13:56,193 --> 00:13:58,895 - It's pretty heaving going, you know. - All right, Sergeant, we'll see it again. 180 00:13:58,991 --> 00:14:01,144 Try it once again men. Move! 181 00:14:05,192 --> 00:14:07,316 - It's very discouraging. - Yes, sir. 182 00:14:08,124 --> 00:14:10,114 Just one point that did strike me, sir. 183 00:14:10,210 --> 00:14:12,200 - What's that? - Well, sir. 184 00:14:12,296 --> 00:14:15,488 If this is the only road round the island, all that Jerry would need to do in theory 185 00:14:15,613 --> 00:14:18,372 would be to turn around and come in the other way. 186 00:14:21,102 --> 00:14:22,064 Yes. 187 00:14:23,342 --> 00:14:25,333 I was wondering when you were going to think of that. 188 00:14:25,429 --> 00:14:27,496 You should have pointed that out to me before, Mr Campbell! 189 00:14:27,592 --> 00:14:30,553 Well, it's easy enough to put it right, sir. I mean to say, if you have them at all 190 00:14:30,668 --> 00:14:32,783 I'd suggest you brought a couple more roadblocks, that's all, sir. 191 00:14:32,879 --> 00:14:35,956 - Mmm. Put that in hand. - Yes, sir. 192 00:14:40,964 --> 00:14:44,406 They've been getting appallingly slack lately. 193 00:14:44,502 --> 00:14:47,444 When there was a chance of invasion they were keen enough. 194 00:14:47,540 --> 00:14:49,694 Now the immediate danger of invasion has gone, 195 00:14:49,790 --> 00:14:51,453 their keenness has gone, too. 196 00:14:51,549 --> 00:14:53,299 Well, it's understandable in a way, sir. 197 00:14:53,424 --> 00:14:54,895 They are so unsporting. 198 00:14:54,991 --> 00:14:57,625 They don't do things for the sake of doing them like the English. 199 00:14:57,721 --> 00:14:59,548 We play the game for the sake of the game. 200 00:14:59,644 --> 00:15:01,394 Other nations play the game for the sake of winning it. 201 00:15:02,922 --> 00:15:05,393 I tried to introduce football onto the island. 202 00:15:05,489 --> 00:15:07,960 With the greatest of difficulty I managed to get hold of a football 203 00:15:08,056 --> 00:15:09,556 and presented it to the school. 204 00:15:09,652 --> 00:15:11,248 Of course I, I was the referee. 205 00:15:12,690 --> 00:15:15,007 I had to give a foul against the Garryboo team. 206 00:15:15,103 --> 00:15:18,929 Well, it was more than a foul, it was a deliberate assault. 207 00:15:19,025 --> 00:15:21,900 - And what do you think happened? - I don't know, sir. 208 00:15:21,996 --> 00:15:24,351 Young William McClaren, the captain of the team, 209 00:15:24,794 --> 00:15:28,149 deliberately dribbled the ball to the touchline 210 00:15:28,245 --> 00:15:30,158 and kicked it into the sea! 211 00:15:34,321 --> 00:15:36,003 What on earth's all this nonsense? 212 00:15:36,407 --> 00:15:38,166 It is a roadblock, Doctor. 213 00:15:38,291 --> 00:15:39,926 Well, open it up and let me through! 214 00:15:40,051 --> 00:15:44,165 Och, we cannae do that, Doctor. Waggett says you're a German tank. 215 00:15:44,261 --> 00:15:46,175 Look here, Waggett, what are you playing at? 216 00:15:47,540 --> 00:15:50,097 Playing? I'm not playing at anything. 217 00:15:50,193 --> 00:15:51,539 Then what's all this? 218 00:15:51,635 --> 00:15:54,192 It's a Home Guard exercise. I should have thought that was obvious. 219 00:15:54,308 --> 00:15:56,750 Well, I've been up all night delivering Mrs MacKinnon of twins 220 00:15:56,846 --> 00:15:58,105 and I want to get home. 221 00:15:58,201 --> 00:16:00,836 So I'll be obliged if you'll move this junk and let me through. 222 00:16:00,932 --> 00:16:04,037 - Twins? - Yes, two girls it was. 223 00:16:04,133 --> 00:16:07,084 - Och, the poor soul. Two girls? - Aye. 224 00:16:07,181 --> 00:16:10,132 What a calamity. And Jim safe away at sea. 225 00:16:10,372 --> 00:16:11,411 Dr Maclaren? 226 00:16:11,507 --> 00:16:13,901 I am responsible for the defence of this island. 227 00:16:14,064 --> 00:16:16,054 I think a man of your position should back me up, 228 00:16:16,150 --> 00:16:17,823 instead of taking an obstructive attitude. 229 00:16:18,025 --> 00:16:21,832 My obstructive attitude? Did I build this idiotic roadblock? 230 00:16:22,236 --> 00:16:23,476 It is... 231 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:26,946 Open the roadblock, Sergeant. 232 00:16:27,043 --> 00:16:28,956 Right, men. 233 00:16:29,081 --> 00:16:30,561 Once again. Move. 234 00:16:31,801 --> 00:16:34,205 Oh, come on, get a move on then. 235 00:16:35,012 --> 00:16:36,291 Soldiers. 236 00:16:46,866 --> 00:16:49,625 It's a pity you cannot be staying longer. 237 00:16:49,721 --> 00:16:51,144 Do you think it's a pity? 238 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,471 Oh, we all think it's a pity. 239 00:16:54,115 --> 00:16:58,191 Bit of luck getting sent here again. I was getting pretty desperate. 240 00:16:58,287 --> 00:17:02,287 I didn't think I was going to see you until after the war perhaps. 241 00:17:02,412 --> 00:17:04,123 Proper turn out for the book, eh? 242 00:17:04,219 --> 00:17:07,978 I don't understand a word you're saying. It's a pity you haven't the Gaelic. 243 00:17:09,103 --> 00:17:12,621 Well, it's plain enough what I'm saying in any language. 244 00:17:14,304 --> 00:17:16,217 Will you marry me, Peggy? 245 00:17:16,313 --> 00:17:18,707 What a thing to be asking anybody, Sergeant Odd. 246 00:17:18,803 --> 00:17:20,783 Couldn't you make it Fred? 247 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,792 People would be thinking me terribly ignorant to be calling you Fred. 248 00:17:24,889 --> 00:17:26,398 You're so old. 249 00:17:28,724 --> 00:17:30,926 I'm only 16 years older than what you are. 250 00:17:31,368 --> 00:17:32,695 Seventeen. 251 00:17:34,493 --> 00:17:37,656 So you've got it all worked out like a sum, eh? 252 00:17:38,463 --> 00:17:42,107 I suppose I ought to feel pleased it was worth your while. 253 00:17:42,789 --> 00:17:44,904 How many girls have you asked to marry you? 254 00:17:45,001 --> 00:17:46,991 I've never asked any girl to marry me. 255 00:17:47,154 --> 00:17:49,231 Matter of fact, I made a very particular point of not asking them. 256 00:17:49,356 --> 00:17:50,750 Just made love to them. 257 00:17:50,846 --> 00:17:53,643 And which you can't say I've done to you. 258 00:17:55,922 --> 00:17:56,922 Will you marry me, Peggy? 259 00:17:57,018 --> 00:17:58,998 Oh, it is a foolishness! 260 00:17:59,094 --> 00:18:01,565 - Anybody else? - Anybody else where? 261 00:18:01,661 --> 00:18:02,853 Anybody else wants to marry you? 262 00:18:03,257 --> 00:18:06,055 If you want to be cheeky you must be cheeky in the Gaelic. 263 00:18:06,151 --> 00:18:10,217 If I was to say it in Gaelic you'd give me an answer? 264 00:18:10,314 --> 00:18:14,226 Perhaps I would, but you cannot be saying it, can you? 265 00:18:19,322 --> 00:18:22,158 Learning the Gaelic just to take the eyes out of me! 266 00:18:22,254 --> 00:18:24,965 It would be a shame to be so deceitful. 267 00:18:25,609 --> 00:18:27,532 Well, what about it? 268 00:18:53,893 --> 00:18:55,325 If I'm not good enough to come to tea at your house, 269 00:18:55,421 --> 00:18:56,854 then I'm not good enough to marry you. 270 00:18:56,969 --> 00:18:58,767 I'll not be taking you from your mothers apron. 271 00:18:58,863 --> 00:19:00,218 She doesn't know you're weaned. 272 00:19:00,334 --> 00:19:02,449 Well, you see, it was a bit of a shock to her. 273 00:19:02,545 --> 00:19:04,699 You see, she'd feel the same about any girl. 274 00:19:04,795 --> 00:19:07,342 Any girl! If I'm just any girl to you, George Campbell, 275 00:19:07,438 --> 00:19:09,582 - you'll be any man to me. - But look, let me explain. 276 00:19:09,678 --> 00:19:12,543 Yes, explain. Write it up on the blackboard! 277 00:19:12,639 --> 00:19:17,321 Your mother may treat you like a baby but she'll not be treating me like one. 278 00:19:27,781 --> 00:19:29,214 You hear that, Doctor? 279 00:19:30,185 --> 00:19:34,741 Aye. It'll be a ship out in The Minch. I was hearing it as I came up the road. 280 00:19:36,914 --> 00:19:38,904 And how are you feeling today, Hector? 281 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,913 Oh, I'm not feeling like anything at all. 282 00:19:43,798 --> 00:19:46,355 Just bones, that's all. 283 00:19:46,451 --> 00:19:49,402 - I brought you some tobacco. - Thank you, Doctor. 284 00:19:50,047 --> 00:19:53,373 But my pipe is gone. Fell to pieces on me. 285 00:19:54,296 --> 00:19:56,372 And not a pipe to be bought. 286 00:19:56,940 --> 00:20:01,381 And John McLeod says he doesn't know when he'll be having another. 287 00:20:04,708 --> 00:20:09,024 I don't believe the world has been in such a terrible mess 288 00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:10,716 since the Flood! 289 00:20:11,956 --> 00:20:15,840 We can't have you giving up smoking as well as everything else. 290 00:20:16,571 --> 00:20:18,321 Here's a pipe of mine. 291 00:20:18,417 --> 00:20:21,609 I couldn't be robbing you of your own pipe, Doctor. 292 00:20:21,772 --> 00:20:24,810 You're too kind altogether. 293 00:20:24,906 --> 00:20:27,502 Doctor's orders. I have another one. 294 00:20:29,588 --> 00:20:33,953 Ah, well, it's yourself that is the doctor. Right enough. 295 00:20:34,837 --> 00:20:37,471 I only wish I could have brought you a dram to go with it. 296 00:20:37,596 --> 00:20:40,509 Aye. I would have liked fine to have 297 00:20:40,605 --> 00:20:44,326 just one more really good dram 298 00:20:45,652 --> 00:20:48,210 before I join the old woman. 299 00:20:48,373 --> 00:20:51,536 Éist, man. You've many years to live yet. 300 00:20:55,343 --> 00:20:57,266 I know better, Doctor. 301 00:20:57,747 --> 00:21:00,833 But I mean no disrespect to you by that. 302 00:21:02,390 --> 00:21:06,793 I'm looking at life just as I'm looking at my croft just now. 303 00:21:08,158 --> 00:21:11,283 And seeing the fog coming creeping in from the sea 304 00:21:12,408 --> 00:21:14,157 and covering it up 305 00:21:14,253 --> 00:21:17,128 and turning it into just nothing at all. 306 00:21:27,145 --> 00:21:29,943 Och, it might clear, there is no telling. 307 00:21:30,039 --> 00:21:32,068 Not before midnight I'm thinking. 308 00:21:32,164 --> 00:21:34,836 Aye. It is the Sabbath tomorrow. 309 00:21:35,317 --> 00:21:37,240 You'll be here till Monday. 310 00:21:56,073 --> 00:21:57,823 Hark! Isn't that the bell on the Skerrydoo? 311 00:21:57,919 --> 00:21:59,755 I don't hear any bell. 312 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,312 We must look out we don't get too near the islands. 313 00:22:03,409 --> 00:22:05,350 I'm not gonna put my ship on the Skerrydoo! 314 00:22:05,447 --> 00:22:07,360 I tell you we're nowhere near any island! 315 00:22:18,137 --> 00:22:21,665 And I was sitting on broken glass for a week. My father... 316 00:22:21,790 --> 00:22:22,751 Shh! 317 00:22:24,270 --> 00:22:26,433 Listen! She's stopped. 318 00:22:29,481 --> 00:22:31,558 It is queer, right enough. 319 00:22:33,038 --> 00:22:35,518 - Is that you, Joseph? - Aye. Aye. 320 00:22:35,615 --> 00:22:38,326 I've just been through to the coastguard hut. 321 00:22:38,451 --> 00:22:41,690 They say they caught a glimpse of her a few hours ago when the fog lifted. 322 00:22:42,613 --> 00:22:44,219 What size of a ship was she? 323 00:22:45,219 --> 00:22:46,497 4,000 ton. 324 00:22:49,824 --> 00:22:51,660 I have a mind to go out to her. 325 00:22:51,756 --> 00:22:54,583 It's not so thick now. She will be needing a pilot. 326 00:22:54,679 --> 00:22:56,871 - Will I come with you, Biffer? - Aye, come on. 327 00:22:59,524 --> 00:23:00,956 Isn't that asking for trouble? 328 00:23:01,053 --> 00:23:03,600 Och! The Biffer knows every rock in Todday by its name. 329 00:23:04,763 --> 00:23:07,840 And it will be a big feather in his cap if he can put them on their course again. 330 00:23:07,936 --> 00:23:11,291 Aye, and a big feather in his pocket, too! 331 00:23:16,906 --> 00:23:17,867 Ahoy! 332 00:23:18,511 --> 00:23:19,473 Ahoy! 333 00:23:21,232 --> 00:23:22,587 Ahoy, there! 334 00:23:22,837 --> 00:23:24,597 What island is this? 335 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,683 - The island of Todday. - Where's that? 336 00:23:29,279 --> 00:23:31,797 Och, they're ignorant right enough. 337 00:23:31,893 --> 00:23:33,480 What is your ship? 338 00:23:33,576 --> 00:23:35,729 SS Cabinet Minister. 339 00:23:35,970 --> 00:23:37,614 She's a total wreck! 340 00:23:37,739 --> 00:23:39,373 Can you take us into harbour? 341 00:23:39,854 --> 00:23:41,738 I'll show you the way! 342 00:23:50,390 --> 00:23:52,150 What was your cargo? 343 00:23:54,082 --> 00:23:56,803 Fifty thousand cases of whisky. 344 00:24:05,455 --> 00:24:08,541 Fifty thousand cases of... 345 00:24:57,773 --> 00:24:59,975 They've all come ashore, the whole crew. 346 00:25:00,090 --> 00:25:03,176 - They want to get to the mainland tonight. - Tonight? 347 00:25:03,301 --> 00:25:05,262 They can't be sailing tonight. 348 00:25:05,378 --> 00:25:08,146 But, Captain, we can't go out while they're still here. 349 00:25:08,262 --> 00:25:09,454 Can't you see that, Captain? 350 00:25:09,550 --> 00:25:11,665 Aye, but there's still some fog outside. 351 00:25:11,790 --> 00:25:14,309 Donald, we have known each other many years. 352 00:25:14,405 --> 00:25:16,664 - Aye, we have that. - Will you not take them away? 353 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,875 If you fail us now you'll not have a friend in the whole of Todday. 354 00:25:19,971 --> 00:25:22,846 - The ship might sink. - With all that whisky! 355 00:25:24,124 --> 00:25:26,845 Tell them to go aboard. I will sail in half an hour. 356 00:25:26,970 --> 00:25:29,249 Ah, good man, Donald. Good man! 357 00:25:51,168 --> 00:25:53,562 12:00 already. She may have gone down by now! 358 00:25:53,658 --> 00:25:54,619 Aye. 359 00:25:57,253 --> 00:25:58,407 12:00! 360 00:25:59,378 --> 00:26:00,974 Aye. What of it? 361 00:26:01,781 --> 00:26:04,060 It's the morning of the Sabbath. 362 00:26:04,704 --> 00:26:05,694 The Sabbath! 363 00:26:05,790 --> 00:26:07,223 The Sabbath! 364 00:26:07,348 --> 00:26:08,309 Aye. 365 00:26:09,107 --> 00:26:11,549 It's the Sabbath. It's the Sabbath. 366 00:26:17,961 --> 00:26:19,403 The Sabbath. 367 00:26:33,382 --> 00:26:35,103 What's the matter? 368 00:26:36,391 --> 00:26:37,352 Hmm? 369 00:26:38,794 --> 00:26:42,438 It is the Sabbath. We could not be breaking the Sabbath. 370 00:26:45,524 --> 00:26:47,283 Well, stone the crows! 371 00:27:06,636 --> 00:27:09,280 Fifty thousand cases of whisky. 372 00:27:15,009 --> 00:27:18,047 Ah, well, we had better be getting to church. 373 00:27:33,554 --> 00:27:36,833 - Extraordinary, my dear. Quite extraordinary. - Is it, dear? 374 00:27:36,958 --> 00:27:38,515 It appears the crew has deserted the ship. 375 00:27:38,611 --> 00:27:40,957 The coastguard says the salvage people won't touch her. 376 00:27:41,082 --> 00:27:42,687 Why, dear? 377 00:27:42,889 --> 00:27:44,485 Too risky, if you please. 378 00:27:45,293 --> 00:27:47,763 Meanwhile, she's lying out there unguarded. 379 00:27:47,860 --> 00:27:49,013 Should it be guarded, dear? 380 00:27:49,138 --> 00:27:52,128 She has a very valuable cargo onboard. Several thousand cases of whisky. 381 00:27:52,224 --> 00:27:54,695 Anything might happen. You can't trust these people. 382 00:27:54,791 --> 00:27:57,666 It's Sunday, Paul. No one in Todday would break the Sabbath. 383 00:27:57,791 --> 00:28:00,829 I know, darling, but the Sabbath ends at midnight. 384 00:28:01,675 --> 00:28:04,511 No, darling, there's only one thing for it. 385 00:28:08,077 --> 00:28:11,125 The Home Guard must accept the responsibility. 386 00:28:15,576 --> 00:28:18,076 Hello? Hello! 387 00:28:19,575 --> 00:28:22,017 Joseph Macroon's girls are impossible. 388 00:28:22,623 --> 00:28:26,430 - Paul. - Darling, I'm trying to telephone. 389 00:28:27,910 --> 00:28:29,420 If the salvage people won't touch it, 390 00:28:29,516 --> 00:28:32,554 would it be so terrible if the people here did get a few bottles? 391 00:28:32,717 --> 00:28:34,957 I mean, if it's all going down to the bottom of the sea... 392 00:28:35,082 --> 00:28:37,841 That's a very dangerous line of argument, darling, very. 393 00:28:38,005 --> 00:28:41,850 Once you let people take the law into their own hands it's... it's anarchy. 394 00:28:41,966 --> 00:28:44,052 - Anarchy! - Yes, Paul. 395 00:28:45,379 --> 00:28:47,657 - Anarchy! - Who is that? 396 00:28:47,782 --> 00:28:49,061 Oh, oh, there you are. 397 00:28:49,263 --> 00:28:50,734 Is that you, Mrs Campbell? May I speak to George? 398 00:28:50,830 --> 00:28:52,868 Oh! It's you, Mr Waggett. 399 00:28:54,069 --> 00:28:56,588 No, you cannot speak to George. 400 00:28:57,550 --> 00:29:01,193 The telephone was not given to man for him to mock the Sabbath with it. 401 00:29:01,289 --> 00:29:04,231 But, Mother, it might have been something important. 402 00:29:04,327 --> 00:29:06,808 Then it can keep till the morning. 403 00:29:06,962 --> 00:29:10,490 I do not approve of the use of that instrument on this day. 404 00:29:10,970 --> 00:29:13,807 Oh, but, Mother, we must move with the times. 405 00:29:13,903 --> 00:29:16,018 Satan has made you very glib, my son. 406 00:29:16,143 --> 00:29:18,863 What times will there be to move with in eternity? 407 00:29:19,988 --> 00:29:21,382 Now you're being ridiculous. 408 00:29:21,478 --> 00:29:23,026 Don't you ridiculous me! 409 00:29:23,151 --> 00:29:25,987 - Now, look, Mother. - Go to your room, George Campbell. 410 00:29:26,083 --> 00:29:28,996 There'll be no church for you in Snorvig today! 411 00:29:45,176 --> 00:29:48,416 Well, that was a terrible long sermon the minister gave us. 412 00:29:48,512 --> 00:29:51,589 Aye. And all about the Flood. 413 00:29:51,714 --> 00:29:54,944 I was nearly walking out in the middle to see if she was still afloat. 414 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,953 Well, Joseph, the Sabbath's a long, long day, right enough. 415 00:29:59,049 --> 00:30:00,010 Aye. 416 00:30:21,035 --> 00:30:22,429 Yes, Mr Waggett? 417 00:30:22,526 --> 00:30:25,987 Captain Waggett, if you don't mind. I want to speak to your son George. 418 00:30:26,083 --> 00:30:27,631 George is in his bedroom. 419 00:30:27,727 --> 00:30:29,351 Oh. Not ill I hope. 420 00:30:29,448 --> 00:30:32,726 He's locked in his bedroom with his Bible and some bread and cheese. 421 00:30:32,851 --> 00:30:34,485 And he'll not be let out till tomorrow morning. 422 00:30:35,696 --> 00:30:37,610 I never heard anything so preposterous! 423 00:30:37,706 --> 00:30:39,369 Have you never heard of the fourth commandment? 424 00:30:39,465 --> 00:30:41,013 - Of course I have. - Remember the... 425 00:30:41,109 --> 00:30:43,935 You need not repeat it. I learned the commandment years ago. 426 00:30:44,032 --> 00:30:45,416 More shame to you then, 427 00:30:45,512 --> 00:30:47,867 that you should lead my son away from righteousness! 428 00:30:48,675 --> 00:30:51,992 Mrs Campbell, at this very moment, 429 00:30:52,088 --> 00:30:54,395 our troops are fighting in North Africa. 430 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:56,722 The Germans don't stop fighting on Sunday so how can we? 431 00:30:57,164 --> 00:31:01,009 What the Germans do, Mr Waggett, is on their own conscience, 432 00:31:01,173 --> 00:31:02,961 and Todday is not in North Africa. 433 00:31:03,057 --> 00:31:05,605 So there's no need to bring the heathens into it. 434 00:31:05,701 --> 00:31:07,893 I've been told there are cannibals in Africa 435 00:31:07,989 --> 00:31:11,498 but no one is going to persuade my son to eat human flesh. 436 00:31:11,825 --> 00:31:13,863 No one's asking your son to eat human flesh! 437 00:31:14,305 --> 00:31:15,545 Not yet. 438 00:31:16,632 --> 00:31:18,468 I insist on speaking to George himself. 439 00:31:19,074 --> 00:31:22,794 You can go down on your bended knees and I'll not let you speak to George. 440 00:31:23,285 --> 00:31:25,082 I shall certainly not do that. 441 00:31:25,967 --> 00:31:26,928 Ha! 442 00:31:39,263 --> 00:31:41,656 They don't seem to realise at Headquarters what I'm up against here. 443 00:31:41,753 --> 00:31:42,743 No, dear. 444 00:31:42,839 --> 00:31:45,262 What would my colonel say if you knew that my second in command 445 00:31:45,358 --> 00:31:48,155 had been locked in his bedroom by his mother? 446 00:32:05,345 --> 00:32:06,537 Hi Sergeant. 447 00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:08,536 Oh, what with all the excitement, Mr Macroon, 448 00:32:08,633 --> 00:32:10,536 I haven't had the chance of having a word with you yet. 449 00:32:10,632 --> 00:32:11,978 No, no. 450 00:32:12,363 --> 00:32:14,228 It's about Peggy and me. 451 00:32:15,237 --> 00:32:19,083 - We want to get married. - Oh, well... Aye. 452 00:32:20,525 --> 00:32:21,727 Well... 453 00:32:22,361 --> 00:32:26,005 Oh, I'm hoping you are going to say yes. So we can fix a date. 454 00:32:26,101 --> 00:32:28,283 Marriage is a serious step. 455 00:32:28,379 --> 00:32:31,340 We'd better be talking about it in the morning. 456 00:32:32,455 --> 00:32:36,820 Of course I know it's a bit sudden. After me only being here a couple of days. 457 00:32:36,945 --> 00:32:39,541 It's getting late, Sergeant. 458 00:32:39,637 --> 00:32:42,636 And it's a big subject to be talking about tonight. 459 00:32:45,434 --> 00:32:47,241 Now who can that be? 460 00:32:51,404 --> 00:32:53,644 Oh, good evening, I'm sorry to break in on you like this. 461 00:32:53,740 --> 00:32:56,528 Oh, not at all, Mr Waggett, not at all. 462 00:32:56,894 --> 00:32:58,970 Come in. You're welcome. 463 00:32:59,066 --> 00:33:00,528 - Good evening, Sergeant. - Good evening, sir. 464 00:33:00,624 --> 00:33:04,181 I wish I could offer you a dram, but I've nothing but lemonade. 465 00:33:04,277 --> 00:33:07,103 Oh, it's very kind of you. It was you that I've really come to see. 466 00:33:07,594 --> 00:33:09,863 - Lemonade? - Yes, thank you. 467 00:33:09,959 --> 00:33:12,679 It's a bit of an emergency and I'd like to put you in the picture. 468 00:33:12,958 --> 00:33:15,150 - So perhaps we could have a few words. - Certainly, sir. 469 00:33:15,246 --> 00:33:16,631 Thank you. 470 00:33:16,727 --> 00:33:19,159 - You won't be taking lemonade, Sergeant? - No, thank you. 471 00:33:19,255 --> 00:33:20,399 No, well... 472 00:33:20,495 --> 00:33:23,687 Well, slàinte, you know. 473 00:33:23,783 --> 00:33:25,610 Aye, you've got the Gaelic fine. 474 00:33:25,706 --> 00:33:28,215 Well, if you've got business together, I'll be going. 475 00:33:32,589 --> 00:33:36,512 It's about this wreck. It's a very heavy responsibility for me. 476 00:33:37,031 --> 00:33:40,425 For you, sir? I don't see how it affects the Home Guard, sir. 477 00:33:40,521 --> 00:33:43,520 I mean to say, well, a wreck's right outside our beat, sir. 478 00:33:44,039 --> 00:33:45,799 The cargo might be tampered with. 479 00:33:45,895 --> 00:33:47,520 I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was, sir. 480 00:33:47,616 --> 00:33:50,519 Which, don't forget, is robbing the revenue. 481 00:33:50,615 --> 00:33:52,894 Well, I suppose it is if you put it that way, sir. 482 00:33:53,057 --> 00:33:54,288 All the same, sir. 483 00:33:54,384 --> 00:33:57,614 I don't think the Colonel is going to thank you for starting in to protect the revenue. 484 00:33:57,710 --> 00:34:00,498 I feel it's my duty to stop looting. 485 00:34:00,594 --> 00:34:03,344 Well, I don't believe, sir, that the Home Guard nor anybody else can stop them. 486 00:34:03,469 --> 00:34:05,709 You mean I can't trust my men. 487 00:34:05,911 --> 00:34:08,266 I wouldn't trust a brigade of guards to look after that ship, sir. 488 00:34:08,362 --> 00:34:10,718 Not even if the old Duke of Wellington was in command of them. 489 00:34:10,843 --> 00:34:11,996 Exactly! 490 00:34:12,092 --> 00:34:13,919 So it's up to you and me. 491 00:34:14,015 --> 00:34:14,996 You and me, sir? 492 00:34:15,092 --> 00:34:18,562 I had hoped Mr Campbell would have been able to help us, but he's not available. 493 00:34:18,659 --> 00:34:22,331 I intend to mount a guard on that wreck. You will take the midnight watch. 494 00:34:22,427 --> 00:34:24,936 I shall relieve you at 0400 hours. 495 00:34:25,225 --> 00:34:26,494 Very good, sir. 496 00:34:26,590 --> 00:34:28,705 - Those are my orders. - Sir. 497 00:34:33,714 --> 00:34:36,877 - Good night, Mr Macroon. - Good night, Mr Waggett. 498 00:34:42,606 --> 00:34:44,404 Well, that's torn it. 499 00:34:55,143 --> 00:34:57,777 Did you ever hear tell of a reitach, Sergeant? 500 00:34:57,873 --> 00:34:58,863 A what? 501 00:34:58,959 --> 00:35:01,507 It's an old custom we have in the Highlands. 502 00:35:01,603 --> 00:35:03,026 When the man wants to marry himself 503 00:35:03,122 --> 00:35:05,679 he must ask the girl's father for her at the reitach. 504 00:35:06,035 --> 00:35:08,919 Oh. It's a great setout. Everybody comes. 505 00:35:10,361 --> 00:35:13,966 - You mean me and Peggy ought to have one? - Oh, aye, aye. 506 00:35:14,332 --> 00:35:17,533 And you'll always have a 7-gallon jar of whisky. 507 00:35:23,388 --> 00:35:26,426 Now look here Mr Macroon. This is blackmail. 508 00:35:27,474 --> 00:35:29,589 You can't have a wedding without a reitach. 509 00:35:29,685 --> 00:35:32,800 And you can't have a reitach without the whisky. 510 00:35:46,538 --> 00:35:50,537 But if you do catch anyone taking the whisky, what will you do to them? 511 00:35:51,624 --> 00:35:55,258 Catch any of them? Oh, I don't think anything will happen. 512 00:35:55,354 --> 00:35:58,430 Once they know there's a guard, 513 00:35:58,718 --> 00:36:00,680 they won't try anything. 514 00:37:05,130 --> 00:37:07,168 - You know what to do. - Aye. 515 00:37:09,178 --> 00:37:11,821 Have you not got it wound up yet, son? 516 00:37:12,379 --> 00:37:13,811 - Are the boats ready? - Aye. 517 00:37:13,908 --> 00:37:15,898 We'll take them round to Seal Bay and wait behind the headland. 518 00:37:15,994 --> 00:37:16,974 What about the Sergeant? 519 00:37:17,071 --> 00:37:18,859 Oh, the Biffer will give us a signal from the cliff top 520 00:37:18,955 --> 00:37:21,349 when the coast is clear. Come on! 521 00:37:32,164 --> 00:37:34,962 Oh, I don't like it at all, at all. 522 00:37:35,058 --> 00:37:37,577 The Sergeant's as nice a fellow as anyone could meet. 523 00:37:37,692 --> 00:37:39,778 Aye, he's a real gentleman. 524 00:37:40,576 --> 00:37:43,499 Do you remember the way he was telling us how to creep up behind your enemy? 525 00:37:43,595 --> 00:37:45,537 Aye. The panther crawl! 526 00:37:45,633 --> 00:37:46,902 But he's no enemy of ours. 527 00:37:46,998 --> 00:37:50,632 Any man who stands between us and the whisky is an enemy. 528 00:37:55,122 --> 00:37:58,208 - Angus, you will take him round the feet. - I'll do that. 529 00:37:58,323 --> 00:38:00,525 You take him round the neck, Biffer, while I pin his arms. 530 00:38:00,650 --> 00:38:02,332 Ach, the poor soul. 531 00:38:03,736 --> 00:38:05,216 Are you ready? 532 00:38:08,783 --> 00:38:11,821 I might hurt him round the neck, I'll take his arms. 533 00:38:11,984 --> 00:38:16,272 Oh, no, you'll be letting go of his arms out of sympathy for the man. 534 00:38:17,753 --> 00:38:19,675 Now, the panther crawl. 535 00:38:31,616 --> 00:38:33,154 Come on! 536 00:38:35,057 --> 00:38:36,778 What's all this? 537 00:38:37,461 --> 00:38:41,470 Oh, Sergeant, you gave us a surprise! We meant to come up behind you. 538 00:38:41,585 --> 00:38:43,710 It was us that was going to surprise you. 539 00:38:43,835 --> 00:38:46,709 We were never going to hurt you, we was just going to put you out of the way. 540 00:38:46,834 --> 00:38:48,795 Coming up behind me, eh? 541 00:38:49,401 --> 00:38:51,516 Lovely lot of commandos you'd make. 542 00:38:51,641 --> 00:38:53,352 As much noise as a couple of tanks! 543 00:38:53,448 --> 00:38:56,650 We were doing the panther crawl the way you showed us, Sergeant. 544 00:38:56,765 --> 00:38:58,803 Not like that, I didn't. 545 00:38:58,899 --> 00:39:01,043 On your toes! Move on your toes. 546 00:39:01,139 --> 00:39:03,658 Light and quiet. Come on, try it again. 547 00:39:04,024 --> 00:39:07,225 Ach, no, Sergeant, we really didn't want to anyway. 548 00:39:07,706 --> 00:39:09,350 You are too rough, Sergeant. 549 00:39:09,465 --> 00:39:11,666 Well, if you do it properly I can't hurt you, can I? 550 00:39:11,763 --> 00:39:13,310 Come on, try it again. 551 00:39:21,684 --> 00:39:23,684 Go on, take a firm grip. 552 00:39:23,886 --> 00:39:25,164 Tighter! 553 00:39:25,654 --> 00:39:27,770 See, you've got me helpless. 554 00:39:58,457 --> 00:40:01,812 - Here, wait a minute. Let's get George. - We can't wait, there's no time. 555 00:40:01,908 --> 00:40:05,503 - Oh, the ship will be going down! - I'll not be a minute! 556 00:40:24,856 --> 00:40:28,413 George, are you coming? 557 00:40:28,509 --> 00:40:30,538 - Where are you going? - To the wreck. 558 00:40:30,634 --> 00:40:33,864 - Oh, I can't. - Why not? 559 00:40:55,582 --> 00:40:57,620 Why don't you come down by the stairs? 560 00:41:57,350 --> 00:41:59,542 Come on, men. Get these hatches off. 561 00:41:59,638 --> 00:42:01,830 She'll be going down in a minute! 562 00:42:17,096 --> 00:42:18,817 Come on, George! 563 00:42:21,980 --> 00:42:23,980 Don't be late. 564 00:42:24,076 --> 00:42:25,230 Hurry! 565 00:42:49,178 --> 00:42:51,533 Oh, well. Scots wha hae. 566 00:42:51,629 --> 00:42:54,263 Scots wha hae what, dear? 567 00:42:54,359 --> 00:42:58,388 Well it's er, it's what they say here, darling. You know like er, 568 00:42:58,484 --> 00:43:02,079 like um, long may your something reek. 569 00:43:06,569 --> 00:43:09,684 Come on! Oh, quick! Yes, yes, hurry up there! 570 00:43:09,780 --> 00:43:11,808 Come on, Biffer, get going. 571 00:43:25,912 --> 00:43:28,440 George! Biffer! 572 00:43:31,199 --> 00:43:32,238 Biffer! 573 00:43:33,641 --> 00:43:35,449 I can't wait! 574 00:43:40,255 --> 00:43:42,178 Hurry, she's going down! 575 00:43:45,505 --> 00:43:46,850 Biffer! 576 00:44:07,337 --> 00:44:09,895 Biffer! George! 577 00:46:06,067 --> 00:46:10,018 Aye, aye. It is safe enough here. 578 00:46:10,115 --> 00:46:12,182 We would just be drawing attention to ourselves 579 00:46:12,278 --> 00:46:14,950 if we carried it all over the island. 580 00:46:15,046 --> 00:46:17,027 Let each man take what he needs. 581 00:46:17,123 --> 00:46:19,603 We'll come back for more when we want it. 582 00:46:42,638 --> 00:46:45,118 Captain Waggett! Is that you? 583 00:46:48,166 --> 00:46:49,839 Sergeant Odd, what are you doing here? 584 00:46:49,935 --> 00:46:51,877 I've been tied up like this for the last four hours, sir. 585 00:46:51,973 --> 00:46:53,521 This is monstrous. Who did it? 586 00:46:53,617 --> 00:46:55,530 Well, to tell you the truth, I haven't got a clue, sir. 587 00:46:55,626 --> 00:46:59,250 Just after midnight it was. They came up behind me and next thing I knew was... 588 00:46:59,347 --> 00:47:02,461 - Well, here I am. - I'll find out who did it. 589 00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:15,036 What number would you be wanting, please? 590 00:47:15,132 --> 00:47:19,401 Oh, it's you, Mr Waggett. Are you keeping well, Mr Waggett? 591 00:47:19,497 --> 00:47:22,045 Yes, Mr Waggett. 592 00:47:22,141 --> 00:47:23,871 Top what? 593 00:47:23,987 --> 00:47:26,409 Top priority? 594 00:47:26,505 --> 00:47:30,332 Ooh, I don't think there's anybody of that name on the island. 595 00:47:30,428 --> 00:47:33,062 Oh, I see, Mr Waggett. 596 00:47:33,158 --> 00:47:35,465 Obaig 6-6-6. 597 00:47:36,677 --> 00:47:40,955 Colonel Linsey-Woolsey. Oh, he'll be in bed surely. 598 00:47:42,041 --> 00:47:44,483 I'll put you through just the same. 599 00:47:48,088 --> 00:47:50,126 - The ship was still afloat at midnight. - Yes, sir. 600 00:47:50,223 --> 00:47:52,530 - Which means they got to the whisky? - They might have, sir. 601 00:47:52,626 --> 00:47:54,058 Oh, there's no doubt about it. 602 00:47:58,981 --> 00:48:00,538 Colonel Linsey-Woolsey? 603 00:48:00,634 --> 00:48:03,220 This is Captain Waggett, officer commanding Todday Home Guard. 604 00:48:03,317 --> 00:48:06,306 I have a very serious report to make to you, sir. Which I think... 605 00:48:06,403 --> 00:48:09,594 Serious? Do you know the time? 606 00:48:09,690 --> 00:48:12,440 I'm sorry, sir. Of course I realise it's very early. 607 00:48:12,536 --> 00:48:14,478 But I thought you would wish me to inform at once 608 00:48:14,574 --> 00:48:18,525 that the steamship Cabinet Minister, Blue Limpet Line, was wrecked. 609 00:48:18,622 --> 00:48:20,967 Why tell me, Waggett? I'm not an admiral. 610 00:48:21,063 --> 00:48:24,611 I know, sir. I didn't suppose that you were an admiral. 611 00:48:24,707 --> 00:48:27,860 But this ship, loaded with whisky, has just gone down. 612 00:48:27,957 --> 00:48:31,264 - Whisky? - Yes, sir. Whisky. 613 00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:32,542 Oh, that's different. 614 00:48:32,638 --> 00:48:35,628 I have reason to believe that some of it was removed from the ship. 615 00:48:35,724 --> 00:48:38,676 Well done! Get some for me. 616 00:48:38,772 --> 00:48:42,002 - For you, sir? - I trust you weren't going to exclude me. 617 00:48:42,098 --> 00:48:46,886 Sergeant Odd was on guard by my orders. I regret to say he was brutally assaulted. 618 00:48:46,982 --> 00:48:48,165 Oh, please, Dolly. 619 00:48:48,261 --> 00:48:51,529 - Serve him right. - Serve who right? 620 00:48:51,626 --> 00:48:54,375 Is the silly fellow there? 621 00:48:54,471 --> 00:48:58,230 - Yes, yes. He is here, sir. - Put him on line. 622 00:49:00,268 --> 00:49:03,479 Sergeant, the Colonel wishes to speak to you. 623 00:49:06,085 --> 00:49:08,200 - Sergeant Odd here, sir. - Look here, Sergeant, what has this fellow 624 00:49:08,296 --> 00:49:10,843 Waggett been up to now? He'll lose the war for us. 625 00:49:10,940 --> 00:49:13,843 - Keep your eye on the fellow. - Yes, sir. 626 00:49:13,939 --> 00:49:16,689 I shall never understand the military mind, Dolly. 627 00:49:16,785 --> 00:49:20,169 Sometimes I ask myself if the professional soldier is human. 628 00:49:20,265 --> 00:49:23,139 - Treat him with contempt. - Good night, sir. 629 00:49:25,466 --> 00:49:28,225 Did he say anything about you being assaulted? 630 00:49:28,321 --> 00:49:30,869 Yes, sir. He made quite a point about that. 631 00:49:30,965 --> 00:49:33,753 He said it showed how well I'd trained them. 632 00:49:33,849 --> 00:49:38,435 I don't wish to criticise my superior officer but I find the Colonel's attitude extraordinary. 633 00:49:38,531 --> 00:49:40,483 Quite extraordinary. 634 00:49:40,579 --> 00:49:45,366 Well, sir. I had suggested he mightn't like it. 635 00:49:45,463 --> 00:49:47,376 - Was there anything more, sir? - What? 636 00:49:47,472 --> 00:49:51,856 . -Oh, no, no. No, you better go back and rest. - Thank you, sir. Good night, sir. 637 00:49:51,952 --> 00:49:54,586 - Good night. - Good night, Mrs Waggett. 638 00:50:03,806 --> 00:50:05,277 Hello? Hello? 639 00:50:05,373 --> 00:50:07,757 Paul, you're not going to do anything more about this whisky? 640 00:50:07,853 --> 00:50:10,564 Surely you know me well enough to realise that once I've started something 641 00:50:10,660 --> 00:50:12,448 I see it through to the end. 642 00:50:12,545 --> 00:50:15,371 Snordick 1-9, Constable Macrae. 643 00:50:15,467 --> 00:50:17,899 Is there anyone in particular you suspect? 644 00:50:17,996 --> 00:50:21,505 I suspect all of them, Dolly. All of them. 645 00:51:28,445 --> 00:51:31,810 When the dawn rose on that memorable morning 646 00:51:31,925 --> 00:51:33,963 it found a changed island. 647 00:51:34,060 --> 00:51:37,645 A sea that sparkled more brightly than before. 648 00:51:37,742 --> 00:51:41,453 Grasses seemed greener, whiter sands. 649 00:51:41,549 --> 00:51:44,058 Todday was hardly recognisable. 650 00:51:44,154 --> 00:51:47,394 I'm going to tell my mother this morning that I'm going to be married when 651 00:51:47,509 --> 00:51:51,355 Peggy and the Sergeant are married. That is, if Catriona will have me. 652 00:51:56,488 --> 00:52:00,132 - How many have you had, George? - Four. 653 00:52:01,093 --> 00:52:06,535 - Four whiskies and the man's a giant. - I may have had too much to drink. 654 00:52:06,631 --> 00:52:08,861 I don't really know. 655 00:52:08,986 --> 00:52:11,544 I have never had too much to drink in my life. 656 00:52:11,669 --> 00:52:13,832 - How do you feel, George? - I feel fine. 657 00:52:13,947 --> 00:52:15,552 - Is your head swimming? - No. 658 00:52:15,668 --> 00:52:17,677 You look steady enough on your pins anyhow. 659 00:52:17,792 --> 00:52:20,427 But speaking as one with considerable experience in these matters, 660 00:52:20,523 --> 00:52:23,243 I must warn you to beware of the reaction. 661 00:52:23,359 --> 00:52:25,878 So we'll just prime you with one more dram and bring you into the ring 662 00:52:25,974 --> 00:52:26,964 in the pink of condition. 663 00:52:27,089 --> 00:52:30,685 You'll not become a drinker if it's me you are going to marry. 664 00:52:30,781 --> 00:52:35,491 I may have to until we're safely married. So the sooner we get married, the better. 665 00:52:35,588 --> 00:52:38,376 Will you listen to the man, what's come over him? 666 00:52:38,472 --> 00:52:40,587 Would you rather I just went on havering? 667 00:52:40,712 --> 00:52:43,106 No, George, I don't believe I would. 668 00:52:46,115 --> 00:52:50,037 You'll be home in half an hour. I think that's about the right dose. 669 00:53:28,973 --> 00:53:30,972 Wait a bit, Doctor. 670 00:53:31,069 --> 00:53:33,424 He may be needing your services. 671 00:53:33,539 --> 00:53:36,029 Éist, girl. You've got a fine lad there. 672 00:53:36,145 --> 00:53:40,029 It's a well known medical fact that some men are born two drinks below par. 673 00:53:40,154 --> 00:53:41,509 Oh, it's not your fault. 674 00:53:41,605 --> 00:53:45,441 You've been spoilt, spoilt by me. I've let you have your own way far too long. 675 00:53:45,556 --> 00:53:49,325 No more of that now. Catriona and I are getting married next month. 676 00:53:49,450 --> 00:53:52,084 I've told you my terms and if you don't like them, you can go to... 677 00:53:52,180 --> 00:53:53,449 You can go to Glasgow. 678 00:53:53,574 --> 00:53:57,814 George Campbell! Satan himself is in you! 679 00:53:57,939 --> 00:54:02,467 You come home drunken, debauched and shameless, 680 00:54:02,582 --> 00:54:05,986 bringing that wanton creature to my very door. 681 00:54:06,111 --> 00:54:09,312 To think that your father's son would... would... 682 00:54:22,896 --> 00:54:24,531 And how are you keeping, Hector? 683 00:54:24,656 --> 00:54:29,097 - Oh, I'm feeling quite myself again. - Well, that's fine. 684 00:54:29,193 --> 00:54:32,298 Er, would you be hearing anything about this whisky? 685 00:54:32,395 --> 00:54:35,702 They tell me that some of it was saved from the sea. 686 00:54:35,798 --> 00:54:40,153 Aye. I'm after making a few enquiries. 687 00:54:40,249 --> 00:54:44,316 Man, we get all sorts of unpleasantness in the police. 688 00:54:44,412 --> 00:54:46,450 Aye, likely you would be. 689 00:54:48,892 --> 00:54:50,853 Your hot water bottle's cold. Will I be filling it up for you? 690 00:54:50,978 --> 00:54:54,660 No, no, just leave it. I'm feeling fine and warm just now. 691 00:54:54,775 --> 00:54:57,506 Well, I'll be going. 692 00:54:58,861 --> 00:55:02,024 - Good afternoon to you, Hector. - Good afternoon. 693 00:55:15,089 --> 00:55:17,320 Do you mean to say you're selling the stuff? 694 00:55:17,416 --> 00:55:20,406 I'm selling it, all right, but who is buying it? 695 00:55:20,502 --> 00:55:23,771 - You can go to prison for this. - To prison? 696 00:55:23,867 --> 00:55:27,385 What are you telling me? This is my quota. 697 00:55:27,510 --> 00:55:31,586 Four bottles of whisky, first I've had in two months. 698 00:55:31,683 --> 00:55:34,596 The Island Queen brought it in this morning. 699 00:55:37,922 --> 00:55:41,556 Oh. I beg your pardon. 700 00:55:41,652 --> 00:55:43,479 Four bottles. 701 00:55:43,575 --> 00:55:46,613 When there's maybe 200 cases of whisky on the island. 702 00:55:46,738 --> 00:55:48,487 Two hundred cases? 703 00:55:48,584 --> 00:55:51,448 Constable Macrae has just told me he hasn't found a single bottle. 704 00:55:51,545 --> 00:55:54,900 - Macrae? - He says he's looked everywhere. 705 00:55:54,996 --> 00:55:57,467 Has he looked around the beach up at Seal Bay? 706 00:56:00,351 --> 00:56:02,081 Seal Bay. 707 00:57:07,849 --> 00:57:09,560 You've got crazy, the lot of you. 708 00:57:09,656 --> 00:57:12,444 Bottles, bottles everywhere. The place is like a bar. 709 00:57:12,540 --> 00:57:16,665 - That's all right, isn't it? - What is this? 710 00:57:16,780 --> 00:57:18,338 Can I put some of it in here? 711 00:57:18,434 --> 00:57:21,750 Anywhere as long as it is out of sight. 712 00:57:21,952 --> 00:57:25,711 Obaig 6-6-6. Will you hold on, please? 713 00:57:28,278 --> 00:57:32,720 Mr Waggett, you're through to Colonel Linsey-Woolsey. 714 00:57:32,816 --> 00:57:36,402 Captain Waggett, sir. Officer commanding Todday Home Guard. 715 00:57:36,498 --> 00:57:38,969 I'm very anxious to have a short talk with you on Home Guard matters. 716 00:57:39,065 --> 00:57:42,853 - Not again. - Oh, no, no. No, nothing to do with the ship. 717 00:57:42,949 --> 00:57:46,977 No, it's about that ammunition I'm returning to you. 718 00:57:47,073 --> 00:57:50,822 Now, I suggest that I catch the boat tomorrow and be with you the following morning. 719 00:57:50,919 --> 00:57:53,351 - If you must. - Yes, of course. Yes, well I... 720 00:57:53,476 --> 00:57:57,802 I wanted to put you in the picture here. 721 00:57:57,917 --> 00:58:01,369 Paul, all the way to Obaig just for a short talk with Colonel Linsey-Woolsey? 722 00:58:01,484 --> 00:58:05,974 Oh, no, I'm not going anywhere near the mainland. 723 00:58:07,454 --> 00:58:11,617 - No! I'm going to the excise people at Nobast. - Then why? 724 00:58:12,867 --> 00:58:14,597 Security. 725 00:58:16,280 --> 00:58:19,952 - He said he was off on the boat tomorrow. - Where's he going? 726 00:58:20,077 --> 00:58:23,548 To Obaig, to see the Colonel. 727 00:58:23,644 --> 00:58:27,960 We can have our reitach tomorrow night and Catriona's, a double reitach. 728 00:59:05,541 --> 00:59:06,819 All right. 729 00:59:09,261 --> 00:59:10,992 Catriona. 730 00:59:13,914 --> 00:59:17,269 Now, George. At one gulp, or Catriona will be wearing the breeches. 731 00:59:26,893 --> 00:59:29,969 Well done, George. 732 01:00:18,518 --> 01:00:22,124 I still think, Mr Farquharson, our best course would be to go straight to the cave. 733 01:00:22,220 --> 01:00:24,892 The cave won't run away, Mr Waggett. 734 01:00:25,008 --> 01:00:28,776 I shall take advantage of our little expedition to make a house-to-house search. 735 01:00:28,901 --> 01:00:31,824 The local constable has already done that and found nothing. 736 01:00:31,939 --> 01:00:35,218 - My men are experts. - So are the Todday men at hiding whisky. 737 01:00:35,314 --> 01:00:37,236 We'll see. 738 01:00:37,438 --> 01:00:39,063 Well, I suppose you know your own business best. 739 01:00:39,159 --> 01:00:40,822 I do indeed, Mr Waggett. 740 01:00:40,919 --> 01:00:44,918 As soon as I've made my little haul you can drive me to this cave of yours. 741 01:00:45,043 --> 01:00:47,321 - All right, if you insist. - I do. 742 01:02:57,145 --> 01:03:00,952 Come on, get a move then. That's right. You know the orders, don't waste time. 743 01:03:01,077 --> 01:03:04,481 Results depend on surprise. You've got to move quick to find anything. 744 01:03:16,219 --> 01:03:20,661 Grant, MacWhinney, you'll come with me. There's a visit here I must pay myself. 745 01:03:22,381 --> 01:03:25,631 You'll join us, won't you Mr Waggett? You know Joseph Macroon. 746 01:03:25,794 --> 01:03:26,756 Yes. 747 01:03:26,871 --> 01:03:28,669 Of course, if it's at all awkward, there's no need. 748 01:03:28,794 --> 01:03:32,630 Awkward? Why should it be? I've done no more than my duty. 749 01:03:32,726 --> 01:03:34,918 Then you'll join us. Report to me at Macroon's post office. 750 01:04:39,532 --> 01:04:43,416 - Who is it? Post office is closed. - Miss Macroon. 751 01:04:43,512 --> 01:04:47,069 - Could we speak to your father? - He's gone to bed. 752 01:04:47,184 --> 01:04:52,145 Oh, Mr Waggett, it's you. I thought you were at Obaig. 753 01:04:52,241 --> 01:04:53,587 Er, no. 754 01:04:55,443 --> 01:04:57,750 I'm afraid I must ask you to wake your father. 755 01:04:57,846 --> 01:05:01,124 - May we come in? - Certainly, certainly. 756 01:05:03,855 --> 01:05:06,729 If you wait here a moment I'll go and wake him. 757 01:05:09,142 --> 01:05:11,738 Here, will they not smell it? 758 01:05:13,622 --> 01:05:17,708 - Disinfectant. - Father. Father. 759 01:05:19,717 --> 01:05:22,438 They're here, the four of them, and Farquharson himself. 760 01:05:27,408 --> 01:05:30,879 - You're sure they've had no warning? - How could they? 761 01:05:30,975 --> 01:05:31,936 Hmm. 762 01:05:35,099 --> 01:05:37,214 Mr Macroon. 763 01:05:37,503 --> 01:05:39,493 Mr Farquharson. 764 01:05:39,589 --> 01:05:41,098 What brings you here at this time of night? 765 01:05:41,194 --> 01:05:43,146 It is on the late side but between old friends... 766 01:05:43,271 --> 01:05:46,222 Ah, well. You're welcome. I haven't seen you for a year or more. 767 01:05:46,319 --> 01:05:49,424 - As long as that? - Aye, when the Jamaica Maid went down. 768 01:05:49,520 --> 01:05:52,760 That's it. Well, now the Cabinet Minister's gone down. 769 01:05:52,885 --> 01:05:56,999 Aye, too quick. She didn't last long at all. 770 01:05:57,096 --> 01:05:59,211 We've had a report at Nobast that she lasted long enough 771 01:05:59,326 --> 01:06:01,970 for some of her cargo to be removed. 772 01:06:02,066 --> 01:06:05,575 What? Now, who'd be saying a thing like that? 773 01:07:06,190 --> 01:07:07,728 Mmm-hmm. 774 01:07:11,718 --> 01:07:13,794 I'm sorry to have disturbed you Mr Macroon. 775 01:07:15,640 --> 01:07:17,630 I'll call earlier next time. 776 01:07:17,726 --> 01:07:21,245 Oh, I didn't mind you coming late at all, Mr Farquharson. 777 01:07:23,292 --> 01:07:24,888 Good night. 778 01:07:29,657 --> 01:07:32,464 Aye, poor fellows. 779 01:07:32,743 --> 01:07:35,050 A dirty job. 780 01:07:42,193 --> 01:07:43,154 Aye. 781 01:07:45,760 --> 01:07:50,480 You see? Not a single bottle. I told you you wouldn't find anything that way. 782 01:07:50,576 --> 01:07:54,085 Get back to the pier, I'll join you there. I'm afraid we'll be wasting our time. 783 01:07:54,181 --> 01:07:58,171 - But aren't, er... Aren't you going down... - I'll speak to you privately, Mr Waggett. 784 01:07:58,267 --> 01:08:00,104 All right. 785 01:08:05,631 --> 01:08:08,025 We failed to find anything because they were ready for us. 786 01:08:08,121 --> 01:08:11,553 I see no reason to tell them what we are going to do next. 787 01:08:11,650 --> 01:08:16,034 - How far is it, this cave of yours? - Well, driving carefully as I always do, 788 01:08:16,130 --> 01:08:18,004 about 15 minutes. 789 01:08:18,100 --> 01:08:20,369 - Where's your car? - In my garage. 790 01:08:27,983 --> 01:08:29,579 Farquharson's not going to the pier. 791 01:08:29,675 --> 01:08:31,502 Do you think he'll be knowing about the cave? 792 01:08:31,598 --> 01:08:33,021 Waggett? No. 793 01:08:33,117 --> 01:08:35,309 - What makes you so sure? - How would he know? 794 01:08:35,405 --> 01:08:37,905 I told him myself to take a look at Seal Bay. 795 01:08:38,001 --> 01:08:40,116 What? What? 796 01:08:40,366 --> 01:08:42,471 Why should I help you to ruin my business? 797 01:08:42,567 --> 01:08:44,807 Do you know what I've sold since Friday of last week? 798 01:08:47,211 --> 01:08:49,855 - Hurry, hurry! - Hurry up! 799 01:08:51,739 --> 01:08:54,258 Come on, Sammy! 800 01:09:31,434 --> 01:09:35,318 Sammy, take her across to Maha along the sands, it will be quicker. 801 01:09:35,443 --> 01:09:36,404 Okay. 802 01:09:43,009 --> 01:09:44,961 I'd like to lay my hands on that man Waggett. 803 01:09:45,057 --> 01:09:48,374 Just for a bit of whisky to go to prison. 804 01:09:48,470 --> 01:09:54,296 Men! Sitting there doing nothing at all. Could you not do something to stop Waggett? 805 01:09:54,392 --> 01:09:56,343 - How can we? - Soldiers. 806 01:09:56,440 --> 01:10:00,708 - Helpless as newborn babies. - Aye, I can see them stopping the Germans. 807 01:10:00,804 --> 01:10:05,765 That stupid stuffed-up Sassenach playing at being a Laird. 808 01:10:05,880 --> 01:10:09,764 And a tin pot general with his Home Guard and his roadblocks. 809 01:10:09,889 --> 01:10:12,533 Roadblocks, a fat lot of use. 810 01:10:14,138 --> 01:10:16,215 Roadblocks! 811 01:10:33,760 --> 01:10:35,846 How on earth did that get there? 812 01:10:38,173 --> 01:10:42,326 It's the fairies. They're very active in these parts. 813 01:10:42,422 --> 01:10:44,893 - Who's next on the list? - Torquil Munroe, his aunt has a telephone. 814 01:10:44,989 --> 01:10:47,296 - This will get you court-marshalled. - You don't know my Colonel, Doc. 815 01:10:47,392 --> 01:10:48,354 It'll get me promoted. 816 01:10:50,988 --> 01:10:52,738 This will take you the rest of the night, won't it? 817 01:10:52,834 --> 01:10:55,468 Not at all. We can move it in a jiffy. 818 01:10:56,314 --> 01:10:59,073 Not much use against the Germans, in that case. 819 01:10:59,169 --> 01:11:03,322 My dear sir. If we were Germans we should be under fire from snipers. 820 01:11:09,254 --> 01:11:12,773 Only blanks. It's a Home Guard issue. Childish attempt to frighten. 821 01:11:19,108 --> 01:11:21,262 Come on, you two. Let's get this shifted. 822 01:11:21,358 --> 01:11:24,069 It's a special exercise, Angus. 823 01:11:24,165 --> 01:11:27,347 Do you remember Captain Waggett was telling us about the fifth columnist. 824 01:11:27,443 --> 01:11:31,606 Mother, where is my helmet? You were using it to feed the hens. 825 01:11:32,683 --> 01:11:36,326 And tell him he can't pass the bridge unless he knows the password. 826 01:11:37,336 --> 01:11:41,210 Angus, Angus are you there? Hello? Hello, Angus? 827 01:11:41,306 --> 01:11:44,575 - What is the password? - Oh, it doesn't matter, anything. 828 01:11:44,671 --> 01:11:47,142 Tell him it's "whisky". The password's "whisky". 829 01:11:47,238 --> 01:11:48,670 The password's "whisky", Angus. 830 01:12:33,134 --> 01:12:34,095 Halt! 831 01:12:35,816 --> 01:12:37,499 Who is going there? 832 01:12:37,624 --> 01:12:40,017 What are you doing here in uniform, McCormac? 833 01:12:40,142 --> 01:12:43,228 I'm guarding the bridge according to instructions from Captain Waggett 834 01:12:43,344 --> 01:12:45,353 because the Germans have landed. 835 01:12:45,468 --> 01:12:49,352 - Have you gone out of your mind? - No, no. I'm pretty wise. 836 01:12:49,477 --> 01:12:51,833 Then go back home and get out of uniform. 837 01:12:51,929 --> 01:12:54,803 I can only be taking orders from Captain Waggett. 838 01:12:54,928 --> 01:12:59,293 - This is Captain Waggett. Are you blind? - No, I'm quite sober. 839 01:13:00,850 --> 01:13:05,177 This is lunacy. It... It's me. 840 01:13:06,023 --> 01:13:08,897 - I am Captain Waggett. - Aha, but how do I know 841 01:13:08,993 --> 01:13:10,781 that you're Captain Waggett? 842 01:13:10,878 --> 01:13:13,579 I think you're a dangerous fifth columnist, 843 01:13:13,675 --> 01:13:16,511 and you cannot be going without the password. 844 01:13:16,607 --> 01:13:19,828 There you are, Waggett. No password, no whisky. 845 01:13:19,924 --> 01:13:23,241 Whisky! That's the very word. 846 01:13:39,507 --> 01:13:42,353 Come on, Sammy. Can't you get it wound up? 847 01:13:57,418 --> 01:13:59,177 Eh, shut the door, Joseph. 848 01:14:10,916 --> 01:14:13,031 Here's Waggett. Come on! 849 01:14:44,400 --> 01:14:45,362 Gone? 850 01:14:47,409 --> 01:14:51,284 It's been a very interesting experience, this little military exercise. 851 01:14:51,380 --> 01:14:54,773 Mr Farquharson, they had a lorry. 852 01:14:57,658 --> 01:14:59,696 Well, they can't drive fast across the dunes with that load. 853 01:14:59,792 --> 01:15:01,782 Get in the car and cut them off! 854 01:15:34,392 --> 01:15:37,391 - You couldn't drive a little faster, could you? - Yes, I can. 855 01:16:12,606 --> 01:16:13,645 No petrol. 856 01:17:02,636 --> 01:17:05,001 We shall have to cut our way out. 857 01:17:29,036 --> 01:17:30,680 Hello, yes. 858 01:17:31,958 --> 01:17:33,400 It's for you. 859 01:17:36,208 --> 01:17:38,813 Hello. Yes, speaking. 860 01:17:40,168 --> 01:17:41,130 Yes. 861 01:17:45,139 --> 01:17:46,456 Indeed! 862 01:17:48,821 --> 01:17:50,542 Most interesting. 863 01:17:52,551 --> 01:17:55,195 - Yes, I'll ask him. - What was it? 864 01:17:56,473 --> 01:17:59,877 They'd welcome the opportunity to interview you at the Customs at Obaig. 865 01:17:59,973 --> 01:18:00,934 Why? 866 01:18:01,684 --> 01:18:04,520 You sent two cases of ammunition to the mainland. 867 01:18:04,616 --> 01:18:07,000 With a note to say that you were personally responsible. 868 01:18:07,097 --> 01:18:08,250 I did. 869 01:18:10,019 --> 01:18:13,576 - One of them contained six bottles of whisky. - Whisky? 870 01:18:14,461 --> 01:18:18,825 - For export only. - Oh, but that's... That's impossible. 871 01:18:19,633 --> 01:18:23,036 Utterly impossible. 872 01:18:26,362 --> 01:18:27,516 Dolly? 873 01:18:58,088 --> 01:18:59,722 Whisky Galore! 874 01:18:59,818 --> 01:19:05,644 Even after our private store was exhausted, there were stocks of legitimate whisky. 875 01:19:05,740 --> 01:19:09,692 But the price went up, and then it went up again. 876 01:19:09,788 --> 01:19:14,547 Until nobody in Todday could afford even a dram. 877 01:19:16,354 --> 01:19:20,834 So, they all lived unhappily ever after. 878 01:19:27,285 --> 01:19:32,082 Oh, except Sergeant Odd and his Peggy, for they were not whisky drinkers. 879 01:19:32,178 --> 01:19:35,572 And if that isn't a moral story, what is?