1 00:00:02,002 --> 00:00:06,006 23.976 English part 1 2 00:01:46,523 --> 00:01:49,943 Is it your wish to remain a housekeeper forever? 3 00:01:50,027 --> 00:01:51,737 No, it is not. 4 00:01:51,820 --> 00:01:53,947 Then why won't you give me an answer? 5 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:04,750 Just a little longer. I need to be sure. 6 00:02:05,417 --> 00:02:08,587 How long, Mary? Until summer, I suppose? 7 00:02:08,670 --> 00:02:10,088 Until summer. 8 00:02:10,172 --> 00:02:13,091 Then you'll say autumn, then Christmas. 9 00:02:13,175 --> 00:02:16,261 I have been patient. What more must I do? 10 00:02:16,345 --> 00:02:18,931 I treat Thomas like my own son. 11 00:02:19,014 --> 00:02:22,518 You've been kind. I'm not ungrateful. 12 00:02:22,601 --> 00:02:26,480 - I'm just not ready. - When will you be ready? 13 00:02:51,588 --> 00:02:53,841 Mary, he's dead - gone. 14 00:02:53,924 --> 00:02:59,721 One day you'll have to accept that. You have to think of the future. 15 00:02:59,805 --> 00:03:02,850 Thomas needs a father. 16 00:03:03,517 --> 00:03:06,979 I will press you no further for the moment. 17 00:03:07,062 --> 00:03:09,231 But if you keep this... 18 00:03:10,899 --> 00:03:12,442 Well... 19 00:03:12,568 --> 00:03:15,195 I will take it to mean "yes". 20 00:03:57,863 --> 00:04:01,241 Shh, shh... It's all right. 21 00:04:01,742 --> 00:04:04,244 It's only the wind. 22 00:04:06,121 --> 00:04:07,956 Shh. 23 00:04:41,657 --> 00:04:45,869 I'm home now. Let it all go away. 24 00:04:55,754 --> 00:04:57,798 ABANDON SHIP! 25 00:04:57,923 --> 00:05:01,009 SHE'S GOING DOWN! 26 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:03,262 Mary! 27 00:05:04,221 --> 00:05:05,514 Mary! 28 00:05:38,463 --> 00:05:43,510 Never give up hope, that's my motto. Always has been, always will be. 29 00:05:43,635 --> 00:05:50,309 You remember that winter's morning? We thought we'd never find anything. 30 00:05:50,392 --> 00:05:54,104 When suddenly, out of the blue, we find a treasure! 31 00:05:54,188 --> 00:05:57,441 We found one boot with an 'ole in it. 32 00:05:57,524 --> 00:06:01,653 Yeah, but this morning we might find the matching boot! 33 00:06:01,820 --> 00:06:04,740 It was five years ago, Dad. 34 00:06:04,823 --> 00:06:06,658 I don't know. 35 00:06:06,825 --> 00:06:11,371 You haven't got scrap in your heart, that's your...trouble. 36 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:15,667 - What's that, then? - I don't know. 37 00:06:16,877 --> 00:06:19,338 It don't look like a bomb. 38 00:06:50,661 --> 00:06:52,496 Oh, my God! 39 00:06:53,664 --> 00:06:55,832 Dad! Look! 40 00:07:51,346 --> 00:07:53,807 He's waking up! 41 00:07:59,438 --> 00:08:01,982 Don't move, giant! 42 00:08:02,191 --> 00:08:06,570 AAAAAARRGGHH! 43 00:08:06,987 --> 00:08:12,242 AAAAAARRGGHH! 44 00:08:15,412 --> 00:08:17,831 Oh! Oh, look! They're everywhere! 45 00:08:19,541 --> 00:08:21,084 Lilliputians everywhere! 46 00:08:21,168 --> 00:08:23,754 - Oh! - You're hurting me! 47 00:08:23,879 --> 00:08:26,215 Oh! 48 00:08:26,798 --> 00:08:29,384 Oh, forgive me. I'm so sorry. 49 00:08:30,552 --> 00:08:34,097 You're frightened of me, of course you are. 50 00:08:34,223 --> 00:08:38,352 I must appear terrifying to you, so huge, so monstrous. 51 00:08:38,435 --> 00:08:41,104 Don't be frightened. 52 00:08:41,438 --> 00:08:44,399 Look, I'll...I'll whisper. 53 00:08:46,193 --> 00:08:50,781 Have you fallen from the heavens? You the Man in the Moon? 54 00:08:51,949 --> 00:08:54,910 I mean, where've you come from? 55 00:08:55,118 --> 00:08:59,706 I'll tell you what, Dad. This could be the making of us. 56 00:08:59,790 --> 00:09:02,334 We're going to be rich! 57 00:09:06,088 --> 00:09:07,631 Oh, no! 58 00:09:07,714 --> 00:09:09,550 Here comes the army! 59 00:09:18,767 --> 00:09:22,938 Halt! Get away from it! It's a trap! 60 00:09:23,021 --> 00:09:28,402 It's not a man at all, it's a war machine, filled with Big-Enders! 61 00:09:28,485 --> 00:09:31,196 Any minute they're going to pour out! 62 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:35,117 - I can assure you, sir... - Fire at will! 63 00:09:36,201 --> 00:09:38,328 No, no - please! 64 00:09:40,873 --> 00:09:42,791 Ow! 65 00:09:42,916 --> 00:09:45,085 Ow! Get away! 66 00:09:45,586 --> 00:09:47,087 Get...! Ow! 67 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:53,093 No! Don't touch me! 68 00:09:56,555 --> 00:09:59,892 Don't come too near me, I beg you. 69 00:09:59,975 --> 00:10:03,604 Have you slept here all night? 70 00:10:03,687 --> 00:10:08,692 I haven't slept at all! I was swimming for most of the night. 71 00:10:08,775 --> 00:10:10,652 Put that down! 72 00:10:14,364 --> 00:10:16,325 Who is this boy? 73 00:10:16,408 --> 00:10:18,952 This is Tom. He is your son. 74 00:10:20,996 --> 00:10:22,581 My son? 75 00:10:23,332 --> 00:10:26,126 I was pregnant when you went away. 76 00:10:27,753 --> 00:10:30,255 How long have I been away? 77 00:10:31,757 --> 00:10:34,301 They said your ship was lost. 78 00:10:34,384 --> 00:10:37,346 How long have I been gone? 79 00:10:37,429 --> 00:10:39,932 Nearly nine years. 80 00:10:58,075 --> 00:11:02,037 Food for the giant! Make way! Food for the giant! 81 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,332 When will this army burst out of his stomach? 82 00:11:05,415 --> 00:11:06,792 Be quiet, son! 83 00:11:06,875 --> 00:11:11,463 What do you know about military strategy, you country oafs? 84 00:11:11,547 --> 00:11:17,135 We never see food like that. You tell him to eat seaweed soup! 85 00:11:17,219 --> 00:11:20,180 One more word and I'll have you flogged. 86 00:11:20,264 --> 00:11:22,391 Forgive his impertinence, sir, please. 87 00:11:25,477 --> 00:11:32,192 Greetings, brother! I fear the worst. The Big-Enders must have sent him. 88 00:11:32,276 --> 00:11:34,027 He's state property. 89 00:11:34,111 --> 00:11:35,946 We found him! He's salvage! 90 00:11:36,029 --> 00:11:39,032 You're under arrest for treason! 91 00:11:39,116 --> 00:11:42,286 - You can't do that! - Not to us! 92 00:11:42,369 --> 00:11:47,499 I'll summon the entire fleet. We must notify the Emperor. 93 00:11:50,919 --> 00:11:56,717 I was so hungry but it took hours and hours to eat anything at all. 94 00:11:56,884 --> 00:12:02,222 I had to swallow about a dozen loaves just to get one mouthful. 95 00:12:02,431 --> 00:12:08,020 I ate cows and pigs and chickens completely whole, bones and all. 96 00:12:08,395 --> 00:12:12,649 I had to drain at least eleven barrels of wine 97 00:12:12,733 --> 00:12:14,818 before my thirst was satisfied. 98 00:12:14,902 --> 00:12:18,071 I don't understand - why was the food so tiny? 99 00:12:18,155 --> 00:12:19,740 Because of the Lilliputians. 100 00:12:19,823 --> 00:12:23,660 Yes, that's right! There were hundreds of them. 101 00:12:23,744 --> 00:12:28,373 They were dragging tiny timbers and tree trunks towards me. 102 00:12:28,457 --> 00:12:33,504 They must have cleared a whole forest. I heard banging and sawing 103 00:12:33,587 --> 00:12:38,592 and I realised they were building this massive wooden frame. 104 00:12:38,675 --> 00:12:41,803 Then horses arrived - ten, twenty, thirty - 105 00:12:41,887 --> 00:12:44,264 there must have been a hundred. 106 00:12:44,348 --> 00:12:47,726 They were using them to drag me. 107 00:12:47,809 --> 00:12:49,853 Lemuel, you're not making any sense. 108 00:12:49,937 --> 00:12:56,276 Well, maybe it was the wine, but suddenly, I started to feel... 109 00:12:56,485 --> 00:12:58,820 very strange. 110 00:12:59,321 --> 00:13:01,657 They're pulling me! 111 00:13:01,782 --> 00:13:04,493 They're pulling me along! 112 00:13:04,660 --> 00:13:06,119 Why...? 113 00:13:06,203 --> 00:13:08,497 Go and find Joshua - anybody - quickly. 114 00:13:33,105 --> 00:13:36,483 Take him into the surgery - quickly. 115 00:13:36,567 --> 00:13:41,029 - Why have you tied me up? - Nobody's tied you up, Lemuel. 116 00:13:41,113 --> 00:13:43,866 Mind his head. Where did you find him? 117 00:13:43,949 --> 00:13:47,369 He slept in the stable. Tom found him. 118 00:13:47,452 --> 00:13:49,496 Over there. Quickly, now. 119 00:13:49,580 --> 00:13:52,875 The procession halted outside the Emperor's palace. 120 00:13:54,209 --> 00:13:55,878 Why have we stopped? 121 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:07,514 Make way, make way! Let all bow before Golbasto Momaren Evlame 122 00:14:07,598 --> 00:14:14,688 Gurdilo Shefin Mully Ully Gue, Delight and Terror of the Universe, 123 00:14:14,771 --> 00:14:17,691 whose dominions extend 5,000 blustrugs, 124 00:14:17,774 --> 00:14:20,444 whose feet press down to the centre, 125 00:14:20,527 --> 00:14:24,740 and whose head strikes against the sun, 126 00:14:24,823 --> 00:14:27,826 the most mighty Emperor of Lilliput. 127 00:14:32,331 --> 00:14:34,708 Well, you weren't exaggerating! 128 00:14:36,084 --> 00:14:38,045 He's a whopper! 129 00:14:38,420 --> 00:14:43,634 He's under constant guard, Father. He's dead if he makes a move. 130 00:14:44,510 --> 00:14:46,386 Does he talk? 131 00:14:46,470 --> 00:14:50,307 He has a limited vocabulary, Father. 132 00:14:51,725 --> 00:14:53,769 How does one address him? 133 00:14:55,979 --> 00:14:59,566 Man Mountain is the usual term, Your Majesty. 134 00:15:04,154 --> 00:15:06,615 Good evening, Man Mountain! 135 00:15:06,698 --> 00:15:10,536 Good evening, Your Excellency! 136 00:15:12,329 --> 00:15:13,956 Splendid! 137 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:22,881 Who are these two? 138 00:15:23,006 --> 00:15:25,676 Caught trying to steal the giant. 139 00:15:25,759 --> 00:15:29,513 That's a lie! We found him! He belongs to us! 140 00:15:29,638 --> 00:15:33,517 No, no, no. You see, we don't want him. 141 00:15:33,642 --> 00:15:36,854 We were going to donate him to the war effort. 142 00:15:37,980 --> 00:15:40,899 Traitors, are they? Hmmm... 143 00:15:45,362 --> 00:15:48,490 Let's feed them to the giant! 144 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:51,285 An excellent test of his ferocity! 145 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,795 Don't eat me and I'll be your friend for life! 146 00:16:03,964 --> 00:16:09,928 I'll see you're all right! Partners, you and me - what do you say? 147 00:16:17,603 --> 00:16:19,688 My son! My son! 148 00:16:37,664 --> 00:16:41,084 The giant has shown mercy. 149 00:16:41,168 --> 00:16:43,253 How marvellous. 150 00:16:44,755 --> 00:16:46,715 We, however, will not. 151 00:16:47,549 --> 00:16:50,302 Have them both disembowelled at dawn. 152 00:17:04,399 --> 00:17:07,986 Well, I don't think that's wise, Your Majesty. 153 00:17:15,953 --> 00:17:18,205 He can't have slept for days. 154 00:17:18,288 --> 00:17:20,666 Certainly his mind is extremely disturbed. 155 00:17:22,084 --> 00:17:25,170 It's so wonderful. I...I'd given up all hope. 156 00:17:25,254 --> 00:17:26,672 Had you? 157 00:17:27,756 --> 00:17:31,260 - I didn't mean... - No, of course not. 158 00:17:34,054 --> 00:17:39,685 It's a miracle that he has returned to us. Now we must let him rest. 159 00:17:55,450 --> 00:18:00,914 We gave him enough to feed a regiment for a week - now he's hungry again. 160 00:18:00,998 --> 00:18:04,209 I have a projection from my Treasury, 161 00:18:04,293 --> 00:18:07,212 based on the multiplication of his body weight. 162 00:18:07,296 --> 00:18:14,511 He is going to consume the rations of 1,728 of your subjects every day. 163 00:18:14,595 --> 00:18:16,388 Every day?! 164 00:18:18,724 --> 00:18:20,559 We can't have that. 165 00:18:21,852 --> 00:18:23,729 Let's kill him. 166 00:18:23,812 --> 00:18:28,817 No, no, no. The decomposing corpse! It could cause a serious plague. 167 00:18:28,901 --> 00:18:32,654 If we continue feeding him, we'll have a famine. 168 00:18:32,738 --> 00:18:34,239 Is he secure? 169 00:18:34,865 --> 00:18:36,867 Absolutely, Majesty. Army matter. 170 00:18:42,331 --> 00:18:44,249 Until he decides to escape. 171 00:19:25,749 --> 00:19:27,334 Your Majesty. 172 00:19:27,417 --> 00:19:30,128 Man Mountain! 173 00:19:31,046 --> 00:19:33,674 Where's my dearest wife? 174 00:19:33,757 --> 00:19:38,762 Er... She's a little nervous of meeting our new arrival, Majesty. 175 00:19:38,846 --> 00:19:42,099 Sweetmeat?! Please come out and have a look! 176 00:19:43,267 --> 00:19:45,686 How are you today, my chick? 177 00:19:45,769 --> 00:19:48,647 Pale, my husband. Pale and fearful. 178 00:19:50,232 --> 00:19:52,401 Oh, how brutish he looks. 179 00:19:52,484 --> 00:19:54,820 Ask him to descend. 180 00:20:00,617 --> 00:20:02,327 Down 'ere! 181 00:20:02,494 --> 00:20:03,912 Gently now! 182 00:20:05,122 --> 00:20:07,291 To me... Whoa! 183 00:20:08,292 --> 00:20:12,421 He's staring at me! He has a horrible leering expression. 184 00:20:12,504 --> 00:20:15,674 Oh, really! He's in chains! 185 00:20:15,757 --> 00:20:17,426 He might bite. 186 00:20:17,551 --> 00:20:22,723 On the contrary, Empress, I should like to kiss your beautiful hand. 187 00:20:23,473 --> 00:20:25,601 How charming! 188 00:20:25,767 --> 00:20:27,853 - No! - Yes! 189 00:20:36,653 --> 00:20:38,655 Bring towels and a bucket! 190 00:20:40,365 --> 00:20:43,202 I think his lips were a bit wet! 191 00:20:43,285 --> 00:20:46,622 Please forgive me, Your Majesty. 192 00:20:49,875 --> 00:20:52,085 Where does he sleep? 193 00:20:52,169 --> 00:20:55,589 Well, nowhere, Your Majesty. We're organising a bed. 194 00:20:55,672 --> 00:20:58,300 600 beds, to be precise. 195 00:20:58,383 --> 00:21:03,931 I have the figures here - 144 blankets, 322 sheets... 196 00:21:04,097 --> 00:21:05,724 Thank you, Your Majesty. 197 00:21:08,352 --> 00:21:10,020 Majesty? What majesty? 198 00:21:10,103 --> 00:21:14,399 Lower your voice. If you speak loudly, they'll be frightened. 199 00:21:14,483 --> 00:21:17,027 Get up, man! Get up off the floor! 200 00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:19,279 I asked him to release me. 201 00:21:19,363 --> 00:21:21,114 - Asked who? - The Emperor. 202 00:21:21,198 --> 00:21:23,158 Dr Gulliver, I must insist... 203 00:21:23,242 --> 00:21:29,915 He had a great desire for me to see the magnificence of his palace. 204 00:21:29,998 --> 00:21:33,669 I trod very carefully for fear of harming any stragglers. 205 00:21:33,836 --> 00:21:40,092 I wore only my waistcoat so I did no damage to the roofs with my coat. 206 00:21:40,217 --> 00:21:43,637 The palace was a magnificent construction, 207 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,723 standing 60 feet high to the Lilliputians. 208 00:21:46,807 --> 00:21:52,187 'In the courtyard, I observed the splendour of the Royal Household. 209 00:21:52,604 --> 00:21:55,274 'The Empress herself was in attendance 210 00:21:55,357 --> 00:21:58,527 and pleased to smile graciously upon me.' 211 00:21:59,945 --> 00:22:03,365 Get away from me, you horrible monster! 212 00:22:03,949 --> 00:22:05,576 Shoo! 213 00:22:06,410 --> 00:22:08,036 Shoo! 214 00:22:15,752 --> 00:22:19,506 Well, he lives in a big crater on the moon, 215 00:22:19,631 --> 00:22:22,968 eating mostly fruit and...cheese. 216 00:22:23,093 --> 00:22:28,515 He's a fascinating chap, with many wondrous stories to tell. 217 00:22:29,766 --> 00:22:33,437 I'm the only one he'll confide in, of course. 218 00:22:35,939 --> 00:22:41,778 You will not believe this - I have got my own bedroom... 219 00:22:42,154 --> 00:22:44,156 with pillows. 220 00:22:44,281 --> 00:22:47,117 Have you got pillows in your room? 221 00:22:47,201 --> 00:22:51,663 And a bell to ring, should I want anything in the night. 222 00:22:51,747 --> 00:22:55,792 'Course the trouble is I, er... I can't sleep in the bed, 223 00:22:55,876 --> 00:22:58,337 because my feet are too dirty. 224 00:23:10,516 --> 00:23:12,226 En garde! 225 00:23:21,485 --> 00:23:25,155 Allow me, Your Majesty. 226 00:23:42,381 --> 00:23:44,299 What a wonderful room! 227 00:23:45,133 --> 00:23:46,969 What is this place? 228 00:23:47,052 --> 00:23:49,137 This is the Chamber of War, 229 00:23:49,221 --> 00:23:52,933 from which the Emperor directs his campaign 230 00:23:53,016 --> 00:23:56,395 against the evil empire that confronts us. 231 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:07,322 At first, we thought you a weapon of the Big-Enders, our sworn enemy! 232 00:24:08,532 --> 00:24:12,327 Forgive my ignorance, Excellency, but who are Big-Enders? 233 00:24:12,411 --> 00:24:17,624 - Why are they your sworn enemy? - Well, because, er... 234 00:24:19,751 --> 00:24:23,672 - Boys, explain. - Er, yes, of course. 235 00:24:23,755 --> 00:24:25,549 Er... it's very simple. 236 00:24:25,632 --> 00:24:29,511 We're Little-Enders and the enemy are Big-Enders. 237 00:24:29,595 --> 00:24:34,308 But what does Big-Enders or Little-Enders mean? 238 00:24:34,391 --> 00:24:36,977 There's a subversive tone to his questioning. 239 00:24:37,060 --> 00:24:39,354 I agree. Are you an agitator? 240 00:24:39,438 --> 00:24:41,190 Certainly not. 241 00:24:41,273 --> 00:24:43,108 Easy to say. 242 00:24:43,692 --> 00:24:49,198 The Lilliputians competed for public office in a most strange manner. 243 00:24:49,281 --> 00:24:53,577 Promotion was not given for bravery or service to the state, 244 00:24:53,660 --> 00:24:59,541 but for skill at the noble art of "creeping and leaping". 245 00:25:04,087 --> 00:25:08,175 - What are you looking at? - Shh! 246 00:25:08,258 --> 00:25:11,386 The Emperor is demanding my presence. 247 00:25:15,849 --> 00:25:20,229 'This ceremony was presided over by the Emperor in his throne room. 248 00:25:20,312 --> 00:25:25,859 'The candidates undertake a trial of dexterity such as I have not seen 249 00:25:25,943 --> 00:25:29,780 'in any other country of the Old or New World. 250 00:25:30,572 --> 00:25:36,203 'The Emperor holds a stick, both ends parallel to the horizon, 251 00:25:36,286 --> 00:25:40,582 'while the candidates sometimes leap over the stick 252 00:25:40,666 --> 00:25:45,337 'and sometimes creep under it as the stick is raised or lowered. 253 00:25:45,420 --> 00:25:51,051 'Whoever shows the greatest skill at leaping and creeping 254 00:25:51,134 --> 00:25:54,221 'is rewarded with the highest office.' 255 00:25:54,304 --> 00:25:56,849 Come on, my son. 256 00:26:07,609 --> 00:26:10,487 Ah, yes, my son! 257 00:26:13,907 --> 00:26:17,953 Bravo! Somebody bring him a sash. 258 00:26:18,161 --> 00:26:20,873 We'll make him... oh... 259 00:26:22,374 --> 00:26:25,335 Has the old Chancellor been executed yet? 260 00:26:28,881 --> 00:26:32,217 The last member of the old Cabinet, Your Majesty. 261 00:26:32,342 --> 00:26:38,891 Oh, good - we'll make this chap the new Lord Chancellor. 262 00:26:46,899 --> 00:26:51,361 - Was he really executed? - Who? 263 00:26:51,570 --> 00:26:53,864 The old Lord Chancellor. 264 00:26:53,947 --> 00:26:55,365 Most people were. 265 00:26:57,910 --> 00:26:59,953 I found you some clothes. 266 00:27:00,370 --> 00:27:02,164 Who is that man? 267 00:27:02,664 --> 00:27:05,250 What is he doing in our house? 268 00:27:06,460 --> 00:27:08,670 It isn't our house any more. 269 00:27:08,754 --> 00:27:13,091 Doctor Bates has paid for much of Tom's upkeep. 270 00:27:13,175 --> 00:27:15,427 But now he owns the house. 271 00:27:15,511 --> 00:27:19,306 He runs your old practice and I am his housekeeper. 272 00:27:19,389 --> 00:27:20,891 Mary? 273 00:27:21,642 --> 00:27:23,477 Excuse me. 274 00:27:23,685 --> 00:27:26,522 I want you downstairs for your supper. 275 00:27:27,856 --> 00:27:29,942 Don't be frightened of me. 276 00:27:33,445 --> 00:27:35,197 Come along. 277 00:27:36,281 --> 00:27:41,620 I don't want to seem indelicate, but where is he going to stay? 278 00:27:41,703 --> 00:27:46,124 - I thought he'd stay here. - For a while, but what will he do? 279 00:27:46,208 --> 00:27:48,836 I am the doctor now, there's no work 280 00:27:48,919 --> 00:27:53,257 and he is - forgive me - suffering from some form of mania. 281 00:27:53,340 --> 00:27:57,761 He is exhausted and... and clearly troubled... 282 00:27:57,845 --> 00:28:01,223 I accept his behaviour is strange... 283 00:28:05,644 --> 00:28:07,229 Mary. 284 00:28:08,897 --> 00:28:12,192 It is a joyous thing that he has returned 285 00:28:12,276 --> 00:28:14,945 and we must give thanks for it. 286 00:28:48,228 --> 00:28:51,732 - Where are you going? - I...I cannot sleep here. 287 00:28:51,815 --> 00:28:54,359 Lemuel, I understand. 288 00:28:54,484 --> 00:28:58,739 We are like strangers, meeting again for the first time. 289 00:28:58,822 --> 00:29:00,240 NO! NO! NO! 290 00:29:00,324 --> 00:29:03,994 Don't touch me. I can't bear you too near me! 291 00:29:04,077 --> 00:29:06,038 Please, you'll wake Tom. 292 00:29:06,705 --> 00:29:10,125 You cannot understand where I've been. 293 00:29:11,585 --> 00:29:15,255 Tell me what's wrong. Help me to understand. 294 00:29:15,881 --> 00:29:17,674 Please. 295 00:29:19,468 --> 00:29:21,178 You're frightening me. 296 00:29:22,888 --> 00:29:28,101 I will sleep in Tom's room, if you wish. I am used to it. 297 00:29:28,227 --> 00:29:32,606 Mary, please believe me, I want to come home, but I cannot. 298 00:29:33,232 --> 00:29:34,942 I cannot! 299 00:29:39,071 --> 00:29:40,447 I CANNOT! 300 00:30:00,259 --> 00:30:05,180 The Emperor mounted the most impressive military parade ever, 301 00:30:05,305 --> 00:30:09,268 with all the imperial troops passing between my legs. 302 00:30:09,393 --> 00:30:12,312 Sightseers came from all over Lilliput. 303 00:30:13,146 --> 00:30:18,193 Women and children, farmers and teachers, lawyers and midwives, 304 00:30:18,318 --> 00:30:21,864 all lining the street to gape and stare. 305 00:30:21,989 --> 00:30:25,909 There had been other military parades before, but none with... 306 00:30:26,743 --> 00:30:28,328 Well, with me. 307 00:30:32,541 --> 00:30:35,002 The money is rolling in. 308 00:30:35,085 --> 00:30:38,046 We can approve unprecedented military expansion. 309 00:30:38,130 --> 00:30:40,424 What if he falls on us? 310 00:30:40,507 --> 00:30:43,594 Darling, no harm can befall you. 311 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:47,431 I've organised every last detail. 312 00:30:51,310 --> 00:30:56,398 I understand his trousers are ragged on account of the shipwreck 313 00:30:56,481 --> 00:31:00,194 and I must warn Your Ladyship that under no circumstances 314 00:31:00,277 --> 00:31:03,530 should you look upward as we drive underneath him. 315 00:31:07,034 --> 00:31:08,744 Here we go, everybody! 316 00:31:09,411 --> 00:31:11,038 Blimey! 317 00:31:11,121 --> 00:31:12,831 Unbelievable! 318 00:31:12,915 --> 00:31:14,541 Oh...! 319 00:31:16,084 --> 00:31:17,628 Colossus! 320 00:31:21,798 --> 00:31:24,134 I want you to stop this, now. 321 00:31:24,218 --> 00:31:28,388 - Stop what? - All this! All these stories! 322 00:31:28,514 --> 00:31:30,849 Just be normal again! 323 00:31:30,933 --> 00:31:33,143 I'm telling him what happened. 324 00:31:33,227 --> 00:31:35,437 Well, I don't want you to! 325 00:31:35,521 --> 00:31:40,651 Is it your wish for me to lose my position and my home? 326 00:31:40,734 --> 00:31:44,613 That's what will happen if you persist in this nonsense! 327 00:31:44,696 --> 00:31:45,948 This is intolerable! 328 00:31:46,031 --> 00:31:50,160 How can I concentrate while he's charging about like an idiot? 329 00:31:54,540 --> 00:31:58,418 Get rid of that monster! 330 00:31:58,502 --> 00:32:04,550 My darling walnut, do you know how much money his parade raised 331 00:32:04,633 --> 00:32:07,052 for the war effort today? 332 00:32:09,012 --> 00:32:11,056 He is very ill, Mary. 333 00:32:11,139 --> 00:32:15,310 I have to say that I am worried for the child. 334 00:32:15,394 --> 00:32:21,608 The ideas that he's putting into his head are not proper - or Christian. 335 00:32:21,733 --> 00:32:23,735 But what can we do? 336 00:32:23,819 --> 00:32:27,072 I'll take him to a hospital 337 00:32:27,155 --> 00:32:31,827 where they help people who are sick like this. 338 00:32:31,952 --> 00:32:35,372 - He'll never agree. - Leave that to me. 339 00:32:49,511 --> 00:32:51,555 This has just arrived, Admiral. 340 00:32:54,141 --> 00:32:55,726 Bad news? 341 00:32:55,809 --> 00:32:59,271 The Big-Enders have built a new war fleet! 342 00:32:59,354 --> 00:33:00,731 I knew it! 343 00:33:01,690 --> 00:33:03,775 We must move our troops... 344 00:33:03,859 --> 00:33:06,445 Father, give nothing away. 345 00:33:06,612 --> 00:33:11,158 - Big-Ender spies are everywhere. - Not in my own campaign room? 346 00:33:11,241 --> 00:33:14,995 Especially here. The walls have ears. 347 00:33:25,255 --> 00:33:27,549 Man's a bloody menace. 348 00:33:27,841 --> 00:33:31,094 How substantial is their fleet? 349 00:33:31,470 --> 00:33:33,388 Warships with 500 cannons. 350 00:33:33,472 --> 00:33:36,225 But our biggest ships have only 50. 351 00:33:36,391 --> 00:33:39,603 Their warriors would rather die than surrender! 352 00:33:39,686 --> 00:33:43,565 Ours would rather surrender than die. 353 00:33:43,649 --> 00:33:45,359 What shall we do? 354 00:33:45,442 --> 00:33:48,320 Have half our farmers build warships. 355 00:33:48,654 --> 00:33:51,281 Increase the army by 600,000 men 356 00:33:51,365 --> 00:33:54,535 and construct a 40-foot wall around Lilliput. 357 00:33:54,618 --> 00:33:57,496 We did both those last month! 358 00:34:01,959 --> 00:34:06,505 We have held back our greatest weapon for long enough. 359 00:34:10,884 --> 00:34:17,057 I was summoned to the Emperor and told the very future of Lilliput 360 00:34:17,516 --> 00:34:20,185 depended upon my courage and ingenuity. 361 00:34:20,394 --> 00:34:25,107 A massive invasion fleet stood poised, ready to attack, 362 00:34:25,274 --> 00:34:28,068 and only I stood in its way. 363 00:34:28,151 --> 00:34:32,531 I scoured the land for the thickest ropes and cables 364 00:34:32,614 --> 00:34:37,411 and bent a number of iron bars into hooks, like this. 365 00:34:38,745 --> 00:34:40,414 Bravo! 366 00:34:40,497 --> 00:34:46,920 That night, I waded across the channel separating the two empires, 367 00:34:47,004 --> 00:34:53,302 and in the last yard, took a great breath and dived underwater. 368 00:35:15,490 --> 00:35:17,868 I made it! I made it! 369 00:35:17,951 --> 00:35:21,330 The sailors screamed in terror when they saw me. 370 00:35:21,413 --> 00:35:24,541 Most of them abandoned ship and jumped overboard. 371 00:35:24,625 --> 00:35:26,084 Lemuel, don't! 372 00:35:26,168 --> 00:35:27,669 Nothing could stop me. 373 00:35:28,378 --> 00:35:32,257 I started off to Lilliput, dragging the entire fleet behind me. 374 00:35:34,510 --> 00:35:36,720 Put the child to bed. 375 00:35:36,845 --> 00:35:38,931 - What's wrong? - Do as you're told. 376 00:35:39,014 --> 00:35:40,474 But, I... 377 00:35:40,557 --> 00:35:43,977 Trust my judgement on this. Do as I request. 378 00:35:54,446 --> 00:35:56,573 Give me your hand, Doctor. 379 00:36:14,675 --> 00:36:19,805 'My glorious victory was the cause of much rejoicing throughout the land.' 380 00:36:20,514 --> 00:36:23,141 'Thousands rushed to meet me 381 00:36:23,225 --> 00:36:27,354 'and there was a great cheer of relief and celebration!' 382 00:36:28,730 --> 00:36:32,067 Marvellous! Marvellous! 383 00:36:32,317 --> 00:36:34,444 The end of the war! 384 00:36:34,736 --> 00:36:37,990 Peace and prosperity! 385 00:36:39,283 --> 00:36:41,159 Ha-ha-ha! 386 00:36:41,243 --> 00:36:47,666 For doing what our greatest Generals and Admirals could not, 387 00:36:48,250 --> 00:36:51,628 you are awarded our greatest honour! 388 00:36:53,422 --> 00:36:55,048 Pageboy! 389 00:36:57,634 --> 00:36:59,845 What is our greatest honour? 390 00:37:00,012 --> 00:37:03,223 The Order of Nardac, Majesty. 391 00:37:03,432 --> 00:37:05,267 The Nardac?! 392 00:37:05,434 --> 00:37:09,897 But, Father, General Limtoc and I are only Clumglums! 393 00:37:09,980 --> 00:37:14,943 How will it look to our men if he has a higher honour? 394 00:37:29,499 --> 00:37:31,793 Father, a word. 395 00:37:35,088 --> 00:37:38,884 I fear the job is worse than half done. 396 00:37:39,092 --> 00:37:42,179 I agree. He brought home the enemy's ships, 397 00:37:42,262 --> 00:37:45,557 but could he bring home the enemy themselves? 398 00:37:45,641 --> 00:37:49,895 The monster must prove his loyalty by killing all Big-Enders - 399 00:37:49,978 --> 00:37:53,273 every last man, woman and child. 400 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:59,321 I think you should return and destroy what remains of the enemy. 401 00:37:59,905 --> 00:38:04,284 There's no need to crush them completely, Your Majesty. 402 00:38:04,785 --> 00:38:09,081 I'm sure they will make a dignified surrender. 403 00:38:09,164 --> 00:38:12,167 My husband gave you an order! 404 00:38:12,626 --> 00:38:17,172 With respect, we've won the war, there is no more threat. 405 00:38:17,256 --> 00:38:18,674 We've won! 406 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,137 We need to talk. 407 00:38:24,221 --> 00:38:25,639 Mmm. 408 00:38:37,818 --> 00:38:41,196 That night, I must confess, I got very drunk. 409 00:38:42,781 --> 00:38:48,120 I had been told that I emptied the royal cellars of everything 410 00:38:48,203 --> 00:38:50,831 save twelve barrels of sweet cider. 411 00:38:50,914 --> 00:38:54,918 I dunno, I'm working harder now than I ever did. 412 00:38:55,878 --> 00:38:59,965 - Let me fill your glass. - Thank you, it's full. 413 00:39:01,758 --> 00:39:08,223 The thing was, they'd been fighting this ridiculous war for generations 414 00:39:08,307 --> 00:39:12,936 and none of them had the slightest clue what they were fighting about. 415 00:39:13,020 --> 00:39:14,521 I know. 416 00:39:14,605 --> 00:39:20,736 They'd been at war for years and not a single Lilliputian knew why. 417 00:39:20,819 --> 00:39:25,115 No, no, I mean I know how the war started. 418 00:39:25,908 --> 00:39:27,618 You know? 419 00:39:27,701 --> 00:39:30,871 I know what my grandmother told me. 420 00:39:30,954 --> 00:39:36,376 When the Emperor's great-great grandfather were a little boy, 421 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:41,507 he were eating a egg for his breakfast one day. 422 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:48,597 When, breaking it off at the larger end, he cut one of his fingers. 423 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:53,852 His father the Emperor - that's the 23rd Emperor, that is - 424 00:39:53,936 --> 00:39:57,439 he published a law commanding everybody 425 00:39:57,523 --> 00:40:01,777 to break their eggs off at the smaller end. 426 00:40:01,860 --> 00:40:03,278 Ha! 427 00:40:03,362 --> 00:40:10,160 Some Lilliputians said "We are going to break our eggs at the big end." 428 00:40:10,327 --> 00:40:15,249 "Just you try to stop us!" which is exactly what the Emperor did. 429 00:40:15,332 --> 00:40:19,211 Eventually, the rebels fled across the water to Blefescu 430 00:40:19,294 --> 00:40:23,507 and thus began the great and terrible war. 431 00:40:23,715 --> 00:40:28,595 We have had 11,000 people suffer death, 432 00:40:28,679 --> 00:40:33,100 rather than submit to breaking their eggs at the smaller end. 433 00:40:38,605 --> 00:40:40,107 Do you smell burning? 434 00:40:46,947 --> 00:40:49,783 THE EMPRESS IS TRAPPED! 435 00:40:50,158 --> 00:40:52,661 SAVE MY BELOVED! 436 00:40:55,622 --> 00:40:59,626 'A firework had set light to the palace 437 00:40:59,793 --> 00:41:03,088 'and Her Imperial Majesty's apartments were ablaze. 438 00:41:03,172 --> 00:41:07,634 'The Lilliputians had already applied their ladders to the palace walls 439 00:41:07,718 --> 00:41:12,514 'and were well provided with buckets but the water was at some distance. 440 00:41:12,598 --> 00:41:15,100 'Anyway, the ladders were not tall enough. 441 00:41:15,184 --> 00:41:17,186 'So it seemed wholly desperate. 442 00:41:17,269 --> 00:41:22,774 'The palace would have been burned to the ground and the Empress with it, 443 00:41:22,858 --> 00:41:29,072 'if, by a presence of mind unusual to me, I had not suddenly had an idea. 444 00:41:29,156 --> 00:41:31,909 'I was still full from my drinking session, 445 00:41:31,992 --> 00:41:34,411 'and, looking down on the royal bedchamber, 446 00:41:34,494 --> 00:41:37,581 'only one course of action seemedopen to me.' 447 00:41:46,256 --> 00:41:48,175 Ah! 448 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:57,267 Thank you! Thank you! You have saved my life! 449 00:41:57,434 --> 00:41:58,810 Ahem... 450 00:41:58,894 --> 00:42:00,479 Oh, thank you. 451 00:42:07,194 --> 00:42:09,738 AAAAAAGGGHHH! 452 00:42:14,201 --> 00:42:16,078 It's an outrage! 453 00:42:16,161 --> 00:42:19,081 He made water in the royal grounds! 454 00:42:19,248 --> 00:42:22,835 - It's treason! - But he saved the Empress's life. 455 00:42:22,918 --> 00:42:27,548 Our stepmother will never be able to show her face again, 456 00:42:27,631 --> 00:42:30,425 convinced that she's the laughing stock of Lilliput. 457 00:42:30,509 --> 00:42:32,344 But she's not, though... 458 00:42:34,179 --> 00:42:35,973 is she? 459 00:42:39,768 --> 00:42:44,565 And he openly defied your command to attack the Big-Enders. 460 00:42:44,648 --> 00:42:49,027 - He humiliated you! - You're right! You're right! 461 00:42:49,278 --> 00:42:51,238 We must execute him. 462 00:42:51,321 --> 00:42:53,949 Execute him?! You can't do that! 463 00:42:56,285 --> 00:43:00,372 Well, I mean, we must consider all the options. 464 00:43:00,455 --> 00:43:04,293 Are you with us, Lord Chancellor, or with the monster? 465 00:43:07,212 --> 00:43:09,965 We'll spread poison on his shirt 466 00:43:10,048 --> 00:43:13,552 which will make him tear his own flesh apart. 467 00:43:13,635 --> 00:43:18,932 Then I'll get a thousand men to fire poisoned arrows in his face. 468 00:43:19,016 --> 00:43:24,062 Good plans, boys, but I don't think we should actually murder him. 469 00:43:24,146 --> 00:43:28,942 You were so keen to kill Mother last year, and I miss her dreadfully. 470 00:43:29,067 --> 00:43:31,695 You're both too impulsive. 471 00:43:32,821 --> 00:43:35,699 But I agree, something must be done. 472 00:43:36,366 --> 00:43:38,577 Something merciful. 473 00:43:41,121 --> 00:43:44,625 We'll dig out both his eyes. 474 00:43:45,709 --> 00:43:49,463 Oh, I don't know. Just the eyes? 475 00:43:50,714 --> 00:43:53,634 It doesn't seem very much to me. 476 00:43:53,967 --> 00:43:58,680 When he's blinded, he'll be much more obedient, and even more courageous, 477 00:43:58,805 --> 00:44:02,476 because he won't see any danger! 478 00:44:07,064 --> 00:44:08,607 That way... 479 00:44:10,192 --> 00:44:11,818 Are we all here? 480 00:44:14,780 --> 00:44:16,782 Where's the new Chancellor gone? 481 00:44:19,201 --> 00:44:20,577 Wake up! 482 00:44:22,037 --> 00:44:24,289 Wake up! 483 00:44:25,457 --> 00:44:29,670 The Generals are plotting to kill you! You must escape! 484 00:44:30,212 --> 00:44:34,258 I'm a war hero, I just saved the Empress's life. 485 00:44:35,717 --> 00:44:37,803 Don't go to sleep! 486 00:44:47,688 --> 00:44:53,485 I can't stay here! They'll kill me, too, if they find out. 487 00:44:54,987 --> 00:44:56,405 WAKE UP! 488 00:45:12,963 --> 00:45:14,798 Oh...! 489 00:46:22,407 --> 00:46:25,494 'I had escaped, but to where? 490 00:46:26,078 --> 00:46:31,625 'Where could I go? Would I just swim out to sea until I drowned?' 491 00:47:20,007 --> 00:47:24,720 'With Clustril's help, I hid from the Emperor's soldiers. 492 00:47:24,803 --> 00:47:29,975 'That night I pulled up hundreds of trees to make a small raft, 493 00:47:30,058 --> 00:47:34,855 'while Drunlo collected every bed sheet for miles around, 494 00:47:34,938 --> 00:47:38,901 'and I began to sew them together to make a sail.' 495 00:47:38,984 --> 00:47:42,446 Thank you for saving my life. Sorry if... 496 00:47:42,529 --> 00:47:44,531 Don't you talk to me. 497 00:47:44,781 --> 00:47:51,413 I had it all in the palm of my hand - wealth, power, respect... 498 00:47:51,872 --> 00:47:55,751 Look at me now, eh? Back to seaweed soup. 499 00:47:56,460 --> 00:47:59,254 I'd like to leave you a gift. 500 00:47:59,796 --> 00:48:01,840 My ring. 501 00:48:02,132 --> 00:48:04,176 Oh, marvellous 502 00:48:04,259 --> 00:48:09,473 What do I want your ring for, eh? I can't wear it, can I? 503 00:48:09,556 --> 00:48:11,600 It's... It's... 504 00:48:13,185 --> 00:48:15,395 It's gold. 505 00:48:25,489 --> 00:48:27,616 I'm rich! 506 00:48:28,116 --> 00:48:31,954 You always treated me good, you was always my friend. 507 00:48:32,037 --> 00:48:34,665 I'm rich! Dad, I'm rich! 508 00:48:34,748 --> 00:48:36,667 Never mind that, son. 509 00:48:36,750 --> 00:48:38,627 Never mind that. 510 00:48:39,002 --> 00:48:42,631 I think I've found the other boot! 511 00:48:52,474 --> 00:48:53,892 This isn't right. 512 00:48:53,976 --> 00:48:56,228 It's done now. 513 00:48:56,478 --> 00:48:59,940 I feel as if I've betrayed him. 514 00:49:00,023 --> 00:49:03,110 You know it's the right thing to do. 515 00:49:06,488 --> 00:49:10,367 The doctors at the hospital are very caring people. Drive! 516 00:49:32,347 --> 00:49:36,768 'For seven days and nights I sailed without sighting land. 517 00:49:43,692 --> 00:49:48,447 'My supplies had run desperately low and I was losing all hope. 518 00:49:56,121 --> 00:49:59,833 'I was forced to eat my carefully gathered supplies, 519 00:49:59,917 --> 00:50:02,586 'until only one sheep remained.' 520 00:50:08,217 --> 00:50:09,927 Land! 521 00:50:12,513 --> 00:50:18,435 'Land! No matter if it was more tiny people, at least it was land!' 522 00:50:23,690 --> 00:50:25,108 Where are we? 523 00:50:25,192 --> 00:50:29,196 Don't worry. I'm taking you somewhere you'll be safe. 524 00:51:33,343 --> 00:51:36,889 If I could have your signature here, Dr Bates. 525 00:51:37,014 --> 00:51:42,019 I think we can leave the rest of the formalities till tomorrow. 526 00:51:42,144 --> 00:51:43,103 GIANTS! 527 00:52:02,331 --> 00:52:04,374 GIANTS! 528 00:52:17,888 --> 00:52:20,766 NO-O-O-O-O-O! 529 00:52:23,227 --> 00:52:27,439 Really, is this behaviour absolutely necessary? 530 00:52:34,112 --> 00:52:36,823 Mother Earth! It's an omen! 531 00:52:38,075 --> 00:52:40,202 It's an omen! 532 00:52:49,127 --> 00:52:52,339 Have you found something, Grultrud? 533 00:52:52,422 --> 00:52:54,591 Nothing. Back to work. 534 00:52:58,220 --> 00:53:01,849 - Perhaps he's a hobgoblin. - He's nothing of the kind. 535 00:53:01,932 --> 00:53:07,020 He's a sign from Mother Earth, to show we'll have a fine harvest. 536 00:53:07,187 --> 00:53:09,773 I'm going to give him some meat. 537 00:53:15,737 --> 00:53:17,239 'Giants. 538 00:53:17,739 --> 00:53:19,783 'And so ugly! 539 00:53:20,284 --> 00:53:24,246 'Their skin was so crinkled and pocked and boil-infested, 540 00:53:24,454 --> 00:53:28,000 'it made me wonder how I appeared to the Lilliputians.' 541 00:53:30,043 --> 00:53:34,715 It's just a little dog. Don't be a coward. Down! 542 00:53:36,341 --> 00:53:40,053 Let me out of here! There's been some terrible mistake. 543 00:53:41,597 --> 00:53:44,600 Oi! You in there! Keep quiet! 544 00:53:44,683 --> 00:53:46,727 Come and stand by me. 545 00:53:48,270 --> 00:53:51,440 This is my daughter, Glumdalclitch. 546 00:53:53,609 --> 00:53:55,694 He's lovely. 547 00:53:57,154 --> 00:54:00,699 Who's going to take care of him, I wonder? 548 00:54:00,824 --> 00:54:03,744 Can I? Can I have him to keep? 549 00:54:03,827 --> 00:54:05,913 He's a grand little fellow. 550 00:54:06,705 --> 00:54:09,458 He can do tricks as well, I expect. 551 00:54:11,668 --> 00:54:13,712 Do us a dance. 552 00:54:30,103 --> 00:54:34,650 We could make a lot of money with this little fella. 553 00:54:36,068 --> 00:54:37,694 What is this place? 554 00:54:37,778 --> 00:54:39,738 A hospital. 555 00:54:39,905 --> 00:54:42,950 Since when do hospitals have bolted doors? 556 00:54:43,033 --> 00:54:46,912 It's a hospital for people with sick minds. 557 00:54:46,995 --> 00:54:49,164 Well, there's nothing wrong with me. 558 00:54:49,248 --> 00:54:52,251 That is for us to ascertain. 559 00:54:52,793 --> 00:54:56,213 I don't like this box. Where are you taking me? 560 00:54:56,296 --> 00:54:58,382 What are you talking about? 561 00:55:02,678 --> 00:55:07,224 Come and see the Wee Wonder - the Spirit of the Cornfield. 562 00:55:07,391 --> 00:55:09,518 Come and see him. 563 00:55:09,601 --> 00:55:12,521 The Wee Wonder. Spirit of the Cornfield. 564 00:55:28,412 --> 00:55:30,581 'Brob-ding-nag'? 565 00:55:30,914 --> 00:55:32,666 Yes. 566 00:55:32,749 --> 00:55:36,712 And what part of the world is this Brobdingnag in? 567 00:55:36,795 --> 00:55:39,464 I don't know, I was completely lost. 568 00:55:40,591 --> 00:55:43,594 And this little girl was carrying you? 569 00:55:43,677 --> 00:55:47,556 In the travelling box that they'd made me. 570 00:55:47,639 --> 00:55:52,519 You have to imagine yourself as only as tall as my hand. 571 00:55:52,603 --> 00:55:58,567 If you were to lie on the floor. I'm not trying to make a fool of you. 572 00:55:58,650 --> 00:56:01,445 See how different the world looks? 573 00:56:01,612 --> 00:56:08,285 Well, imagine everything you know is now huge... 574 00:56:08,911 --> 00:56:10,662 monstrous. 575 00:56:10,954 --> 00:56:12,497 Hush! 576 00:56:12,664 --> 00:56:16,835 If we make too much noise, the sprite may not come out. 577 00:56:17,002 --> 00:56:19,338 He's a timid little fella. 578 00:56:19,421 --> 00:56:25,260 Mind that none of you look him direct into the eye - he might curse you. 579 00:56:27,971 --> 00:56:31,475 Who summons the Spirit of the Cornfield? 580 00:56:31,558 --> 00:56:34,186 Oh, I do. 581 00:56:34,269 --> 00:56:36,939 I need your wisdom, O Spirit! 582 00:56:37,231 --> 00:56:40,609 Show me gold and thou shall be told! 583 00:56:46,281 --> 00:56:50,202 It's... It's my radishes, O Spirit of the Cornfield! 584 00:56:53,413 --> 00:56:55,749 O Spirit, we beseech you 585 00:56:55,832 --> 00:56:59,294 to rid these vegetables of their cursed affliction. 586 00:56:59,711 --> 00:57:05,425 And then I'd pretend to go into this - this fit, like this, you see. 587 00:57:06,134 --> 00:57:10,764 falling down, falling down 588 00:57:10,848 --> 00:57:13,392 589 00:57:13,475 --> 00:57:16,103 590 00:57:17,855 --> 00:57:20,023 The Spirit has spoken! 591 00:57:20,232 --> 00:57:23,902 Your radishes will be the plumpest in the entire country. 592 00:57:24,444 --> 00:57:26,154 Next! 593 00:57:30,951 --> 00:57:35,581 And you believed you were possessed by this spirit? 594 00:57:35,706 --> 00:57:40,669 No, of course not! We were just doing it to make money. 595 00:57:41,795 --> 00:57:44,631 Why didn't you try to escape? 596 00:57:44,756 --> 00:57:46,717 I was helpless. 597 00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:49,636 My destiny was out of my hands. 598 00:57:56,351 --> 00:57:59,688 That's all for tonight. He'll perform again at daybreak. 599 00:58:01,481 --> 00:58:04,067 I am the Queen's lady-in-waiting. 600 00:58:04,193 --> 00:58:07,279 I don't care, I am off to sleep. 601 00:58:07,821 --> 00:58:11,742 I was wondering if the little gentleman might be for sale? 602 00:58:11,867 --> 00:58:14,077 My little magician? No. 603 00:58:14,161 --> 00:58:17,247 I am authorised to offer you a considerable sum. 604 00:58:17,331 --> 00:58:22,085 No amount of money is going to part the two of us. 605 00:58:22,211 --> 00:58:25,214 I have here 500 pieces of gold. 606 00:58:25,547 --> 00:58:28,467 Do you want to take him tonight? 607 00:58:37,476 --> 00:58:40,854 I begged the farmer not to part me from Glumdalclitch, 608 00:58:40,979 --> 00:58:43,815 the only person who really cared for me. 609 00:58:43,899 --> 00:58:49,571 He agreed, happy to see his daughter brought up in the royal household. 610 00:58:49,780 --> 00:58:53,784 We travelled with the lady for several hours, 611 00:58:53,992 --> 00:58:55,827 until we reached the palace. 612 00:59:04,044 --> 00:59:07,798 Beware ye all, large or small! 613 00:59:07,881 --> 00:59:13,554 Once in a lifetime a man will appear, smaller than all others, 614 00:59:13,637 --> 00:59:18,725 and he will be a lucky charm, a talisman for crops, 615 00:59:18,809 --> 00:59:22,813 bringing strong sunshine and sweet rain for the harvest! 616 00:59:23,063 --> 00:59:26,608 Such a man is - me! 617 00:59:30,112 --> 00:59:33,782 Am I or not the smallest person in the kingdom? 618 00:59:33,866 --> 00:59:36,410 Can any man look up to me? 619 00:59:36,493 --> 00:59:40,831 I'm a shrimp, a worm, an ant, a tadpole, a grub. 620 00:59:40,914 --> 00:59:43,166 Am I short? I'm minuscule. 621 00:59:43,375 --> 00:59:50,340 I'm dinky, dainty, diminutive, I'm titchy, tiny, I'm so small... 622 00:59:52,426 --> 00:59:54,761 Your Majesty. 623 01:00:37,804 --> 01:00:39,598 'Royalty at last! 624 01:00:39,681 --> 01:00:43,936 'No more riding on a donkey cart. Here was the Queen.' 625 01:00:44,019 --> 01:00:48,982 I threw myself at her feet, the only part of her I could reach, 626 01:00:49,066 --> 01:00:54,571 and I kissed her toe and addressed her in the normal manner... 627 01:00:54,655 --> 01:01:00,327 Most Glorious Empress, O Adornment of Nature, the Darling of the World, 628 01:01:00,494 --> 01:01:03,956 Delight of your subjects, the Phoenix of Creation. 629 01:01:04,039 --> 01:01:07,793 And this queen, she was also a giant? 630 01:01:08,585 --> 01:01:12,756 They were all giants! Even the dwarf was a giant! 631 01:01:22,266 --> 01:01:24,643 Well, Grildrig, 632 01:01:24,726 --> 01:01:29,565 it seems you are no longer the smallest man in the kingdom. 633 01:01:30,107 --> 01:01:32,442 Look, Your Majesty... 634 01:01:33,235 --> 01:01:35,571 Yes, yes, later, Grildrig. 635 01:01:37,739 --> 01:01:40,033 We have a new jester! 636 01:01:42,452 --> 01:01:45,998 Her Majesty and I chatted for a while, 637 01:01:46,081 --> 01:01:50,169 and she was impressed with such wit and good sense 638 01:01:50,252 --> 01:01:52,421 in so diminutive a person. 639 01:01:52,504 --> 01:01:56,300 For the first time since arriving in this awful place, 640 01:01:56,383 --> 01:01:58,552 I felt amongst equals, 641 01:01:59,553 --> 01:02:03,807 and knew from now on I would be treated with respect. 642 01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:06,268 He's a monstrosity! 643 01:02:06,351 --> 01:02:10,022 No, he is a midget, albeit a uniquely small one. 644 01:02:10,105 --> 01:02:13,775 You're both wrong - he's a clockwork toy. 645 01:02:13,942 --> 01:02:19,865 I've no doubt we can find the hole in his back if we look carefully enough. 646 01:02:21,241 --> 01:02:23,243 Take your hands off me! 647 01:02:23,327 --> 01:02:27,581 There's been some terrible mistake. There's nothing wrong with me. 648 01:02:27,664 --> 01:02:29,166 Let me leave, please. 649 01:02:29,249 --> 01:02:34,421 His eyes are constantly moving and he sweats extremely. 650 01:02:34,505 --> 01:02:36,715 Why don't you like being touched? 651 01:02:36,798 --> 01:02:39,927 I just don't. I don't need a reason. 652 01:02:40,010 --> 01:02:43,305 He's very restless, his mood changes all the time 653 01:02:43,388 --> 01:02:46,350 and his speech is eccentric - full of fantasy. 654 01:02:46,433 --> 01:02:50,229 From the teeth, I'd say he's a carnivore. 655 01:02:50,604 --> 01:02:55,025 Even tiny animals like fieldmice could overpower him. 656 01:02:55,192 --> 01:02:58,278 He lacks the claws for climbing and digging. 657 01:02:58,362 --> 01:03:01,782 Perhaps we should try mating him with a small animal. 658 01:03:01,865 --> 01:03:04,952 Perhaps we should not! This is outrageous! 659 01:03:05,035 --> 01:03:06,870 Gentlemen, please listen to me. 660 01:03:07,079 --> 01:03:09,581 I come from a civilised country 661 01:03:09,665 --> 01:03:13,961 which abounds with several million people of my own stature, 662 01:03:14,169 --> 01:03:17,631 where the houses and trees are in proportion. 663 01:03:17,881 --> 01:03:22,344 I have no trouble feeding myself or protecting myself. 664 01:03:22,511 --> 01:03:25,430 I am a man, just like you. 665 01:03:30,894 --> 01:03:34,273 That farmer taught him to say all this! 666 01:03:34,648 --> 01:03:38,986 You can't keep me here! Where's my wife and son? 667 01:03:39,069 --> 01:03:45,367 You may shout as much as you wish in here. It is something we expect. 668 01:03:45,450 --> 01:03:48,954 But that, I'm afraid, is where your rights end. 669 01:03:53,667 --> 01:03:58,547 Put her to bed for a day or two if the symptoms persist. 670 01:04:01,258 --> 01:04:06,388 I have no more patients today, Mary. We can leave, if you're ready. 671 01:04:06,555 --> 01:04:08,682 I won't be gone long. 672 01:04:08,849 --> 01:04:10,350 Why can't I come? 673 01:04:10,434 --> 01:04:15,272 You can come next time. Clear all this away before I get home. 674 01:04:15,355 --> 01:04:19,026 I wish I could dissuade you from visiting him yet. 675 01:04:19,109 --> 01:04:21,528 Please don't expect any dramatic improvements. 676 01:05:49,533 --> 01:05:53,161 In our country we also have very high taxes. 677 01:05:53,287 --> 01:05:55,414 It keeps people in their place. 678 01:05:55,539 --> 01:05:57,833 We have no taxes. 679 01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:01,753 But everyone is bringing you the fruits of their labour. 680 01:06:01,962 --> 01:06:05,090 They are shared between the whole kingdom fairly. 681 01:06:05,215 --> 01:06:08,427 Amongst the higher classes, you mean? 682 01:06:08,635 --> 01:06:13,432 No, we have enough food to feed everybody. 683 01:06:14,141 --> 01:06:18,687 A farmer brings his crop, and takes home some of his neighbour's. 684 01:06:18,812 --> 01:06:22,441 Each takes his share, and no one goes hungry. 685 01:06:22,691 --> 01:06:25,652 But, unless some people are starving, 686 01:06:25,736 --> 01:06:28,697 how can there be structure to society? 687 01:06:28,780 --> 01:06:31,241 What do your Ministers say about this? 688 01:06:31,325 --> 01:06:32,659 Ministers? 689 01:06:32,743 --> 01:06:34,703 Each village sends a farmer 690 01:06:34,786 --> 01:06:38,874 and we decide what is best for the common good. 691 01:06:38,957 --> 01:06:40,751 The common good? 692 01:06:40,834 --> 01:06:42,878 Yes. 693 01:06:43,170 --> 01:06:47,883 Grildrig's new job is to feed the rotten produce to the pigs. 694 01:06:47,966 --> 01:06:52,012 Oh, dear, I hope he doesn't bear me any malice. 695 01:06:52,804 --> 01:06:54,515 Grildrig! 696 01:06:54,598 --> 01:06:57,643 You're not jealous of our new jester, are you? 697 01:06:58,644 --> 01:07:02,689 Oh, My Lady, nothing could be further from the truth. 698 01:07:02,773 --> 01:07:07,736 Like yourself, I've taken a special shine to the little chap. 699 01:07:30,425 --> 01:07:35,722 I want to see whoever is in charge. I demand to be let out! 700 01:08:20,976 --> 01:08:22,603 Enter! 701 01:08:24,605 --> 01:08:27,065 I've got a surprise for you. 702 01:08:28,609 --> 01:08:32,279 - Shall I open it? - Thank you. 703 01:08:32,446 --> 01:08:36,408 'Dear little Glumdalclitch, she clearly adored me. 704 01:08:36,575 --> 01:08:40,579 'She enjoyed dressing me and undressing me, like a doll, 705 01:08:40,746 --> 01:08:44,791 'even though I could manage for myself.' 706 01:08:45,125 --> 01:08:46,960 Oh, Glum! It's beautiful. 707 01:08:47,544 --> 01:08:50,714 - Does this feel like your home now? - Not really. 708 01:08:50,797 --> 01:08:54,927 - My house isn't quite this big. - Will you take me there? 709 01:08:55,010 --> 01:09:00,390 - So I can meet your queen? - I will. We'll go to the theatre. 710 01:09:00,474 --> 01:09:05,145 And what will we do before we go? Tell me everything we'll do. 711 01:09:05,437 --> 01:09:10,150 Well, first, we'll walk through the park 712 01:09:10,234 --> 01:09:12,945 and bow to the ladies and gentlemen. 713 01:09:13,028 --> 01:09:15,155 Dressed in our finest clothes. 714 01:09:15,239 --> 01:09:17,115 The very finest. 715 01:09:17,282 --> 01:09:21,453 And then we will sit and we'll take tea. 716 01:09:21,537 --> 01:09:23,914 Chocolate - can I have chocolate? 717 01:09:23,997 --> 01:09:28,043 Ah, chocolate, certainly. A very fashionable choice, Milady. 718 01:09:28,126 --> 01:09:31,463 And I'll buy you presents. Lots of presents. 719 01:09:32,631 --> 01:09:36,176 A doll's house even bigger than this one. 720 01:09:36,301 --> 01:09:38,136 The children will love it! 721 01:09:41,098 --> 01:09:44,184 If we're married, we'll have children, won't we? 722 01:09:44,935 --> 01:09:47,938 Glum, how old are you? 723 01:09:50,148 --> 01:09:53,777 Eleven, but I'm growing very fast. 724 01:09:55,612 --> 01:09:58,240 I already have a wife, Glum. 725 01:09:59,032 --> 01:10:00,826 Oh. 726 01:10:03,245 --> 01:10:04,663 In... 727 01:10:04,746 --> 01:10:07,207 In England. 728 01:10:10,252 --> 01:10:14,298 You said it was a hospital - this is more like a prison. 729 01:10:14,381 --> 01:10:17,467 I don't like it any more than you do. 730 01:10:17,551 --> 01:10:21,513 But some of the patients become...disturbed. 731 01:10:21,680 --> 01:10:24,766 It's necessary to keep them securely. 732 01:10:31,899 --> 01:10:36,862 Mary? Thank God you're here. I've got to get out of this place. 733 01:10:37,029 --> 01:10:39,698 You have come to take me home? 734 01:10:39,781 --> 01:10:45,329 Well, we... We thought it best you had a chance to recover first. 735 01:10:45,495 --> 01:10:47,873 Have the doctors seen you yet? 736 01:10:47,956 --> 01:10:50,417 Yes, but they don't understand. 737 01:10:50,501 --> 01:10:54,713 They know nothing about England so they've no idea of my intelligence. 738 01:10:54,796 --> 01:10:57,132 They don't know about England? 739 01:10:57,216 --> 01:11:00,594 Well, why should they? They've never been there. 740 01:11:01,345 --> 01:11:05,474 That's what I have to do! Bates, call the doctors. 741 01:11:05,557 --> 01:11:07,851 I have to tell them everything. 742 01:11:07,935 --> 01:11:11,021 Then they'll stop treating me like a child. Call them back! 743 01:11:16,109 --> 01:11:18,529 'I began a massive lecture 744 01:11:18,612 --> 01:11:22,741 'to explain the difference between their simple farming life 745 01:11:22,824 --> 01:11:26,203 'and our complex, sophisticated society. 746 01:11:26,286 --> 01:11:30,791 'I extolled the virtues of our great government, education and arts, 747 01:11:30,874 --> 01:11:33,502 'our courts and their great wisdom. 748 01:11:33,585 --> 01:11:38,340 'I mentioned the valour of our army and navy, 749 01:11:38,423 --> 01:11:41,093 'and our great colonies and conquests.' 750 01:11:41,176 --> 01:11:44,847 My remarkable lecture lasted five audiences with the Queen - 751 01:11:44,972 --> 01:11:47,349 each one lasting several hours. 752 01:11:47,432 --> 01:11:51,728 She was most attentive and requested a sixth audience, 753 01:11:51,812 --> 01:11:55,858 no doubt to praise my eloquence and to beg my forgiveness. 754 01:11:56,775 --> 01:12:01,405 - I have some questions. - Questions, Your Majesty? 755 01:12:02,030 --> 01:12:03,407 Questions. 756 01:12:03,532 --> 01:12:09,079 These Ministers who run your country, how do they get to be Ministers? 757 01:12:09,246 --> 01:12:12,499 Usually a sum of money decides the issue. 758 01:12:12,583 --> 01:12:16,003 How do they gain knowledge of their people? 759 01:12:16,086 --> 01:12:18,755 They don't need much knowledge - 760 01:12:18,881 --> 01:12:21,717 they spend their time drinking and gambling. 761 01:12:21,842 --> 01:12:24,219 You've mentioned gambling. 762 01:12:24,344 --> 01:12:27,264 At what age is this entertainment taken up? 763 01:12:28,932 --> 01:12:30,893 Sixteen or seventeen. 764 01:12:31,059 --> 01:12:36,899 - And at what age is it put down? - Sixty or, or...seventy. 765 01:12:38,025 --> 01:12:39,735 In your courts, 766 01:12:39,818 --> 01:12:43,947 how much time is spent in determining between right and wrong? 767 01:12:44,031 --> 01:12:48,619 Trials last weeks or months, at great cost to those involved. 768 01:12:48,744 --> 01:12:53,040 Doesn't that mean the poor have no recourse to the law? 769 01:12:53,123 --> 01:12:57,544 Well, the poor are too busy working to need justice. 770 01:12:57,669 --> 01:13:01,798 Do your lawyers ever plead cases which they know to be wrong? 771 01:13:01,924 --> 01:13:05,093 Of course! That's their job! 772 01:13:05,677 --> 01:13:08,722 It amuses you to mock our institutions? 773 01:13:08,847 --> 01:13:11,934 No, I was trying to defend them. 774 01:13:12,059 --> 01:13:15,938 Your taxes raised more than five or six million, 775 01:13:16,063 --> 01:13:18,524 yet the state spends double that! 776 01:13:18,649 --> 01:13:22,861 How can a kingdom spend more than it receives in taxes? 777 01:13:22,986 --> 01:13:28,033 Well, that's simple. We just borrow more from ourselves. 778 01:13:28,158 --> 01:13:31,745 Don't try to make fools of us. 779 01:13:31,828 --> 01:13:34,081 But it's the truth! 780 01:13:34,164 --> 01:13:36,375 - And your wars... - Our wars? 781 01:13:36,500 --> 01:13:39,378 Why are you always attacking people? 782 01:13:39,545 --> 01:13:43,173 Why leave your shores, unless to trade? 783 01:13:43,257 --> 01:13:48,178 Often we must defend ourselves by attacking before we're attacked, 784 01:13:48,262 --> 01:13:50,806 thus gaining the element of surprise. 785 01:13:50,889 --> 01:13:55,394 And this 'standing army' of yours - why is it standing? 786 01:13:55,477 --> 01:13:57,771 In the midst of peace, 787 01:13:57,855 --> 01:14:02,401 why do you need such a massive force of weapons and men? 788 01:14:02,943 --> 01:14:04,403 I... I... I don't... 789 01:14:04,486 --> 01:14:10,450 I began to crumble, to lose my way. I stuttered and hesitated... 790 01:14:10,659 --> 01:14:12,744 Really, I have heard enough. 791 01:14:12,828 --> 01:14:16,582 But I haven't finished yet. The whole purpose of... 792 01:14:16,665 --> 01:14:18,709 I said I've heard enough! 793 01:14:20,794 --> 01:14:23,714 The history of your country seems to consist 794 01:14:23,797 --> 01:14:27,509 of nothing more than a squalid string of conspiracies, 795 01:14:27,593 --> 01:14:31,013 rebellions, revolutions murders and massacres. 796 01:14:31,096 --> 01:14:35,475 Every judgement seems to be motivated by greed, by malice, 797 01:14:35,559 --> 01:14:39,646 hypocrisy, hatred, envy, lust and madness. 798 01:14:40,105 --> 01:14:42,191 Perhaps I explained badly. 799 01:14:42,274 --> 01:14:46,945 We shall examine you again next month. In the meantime... 800 01:14:47,029 --> 01:14:50,157 Next month?! What are you talking about? 801 01:14:50,240 --> 01:14:52,701 Haven't you heard a word I've said? 802 01:14:53,202 --> 01:14:56,538 You have proved that ignorance, idleness and vice 803 01:14:56,622 --> 01:14:59,166 are the only qualifications for public office, 804 01:14:59,249 --> 01:15:04,296 and that your laws are made by those who pervert them. 805 01:15:04,922 --> 01:15:09,843 I can only conclude that your people are the most pernicious race 806 01:15:09,927 --> 01:15:11,887 of odious little vermin 807 01:15:11,970 --> 01:15:16,934 that ever nature suffered to crawl upon the face of the Earth. 808 01:15:20,562 --> 01:15:22,147 Your Majesty. 809 01:15:27,778 --> 01:15:29,279 Stay with him, Mary. 810 01:15:29,363 --> 01:15:33,492 Let me talk to the doctors and plead for his release. 811 01:15:37,788 --> 01:15:39,873 Don't despair, Lemuel. 812 01:15:40,249 --> 01:15:41,792 A month! 813 01:15:41,875 --> 01:15:43,794 Don't lose hope! 814 01:15:44,127 --> 01:15:47,589 - Let me talk to you. - I don't belong here. 815 01:15:47,673 --> 01:15:50,300 I'm the laughing stock of the entire country. 816 01:15:50,384 --> 01:15:52,386 I think you're very clever. 817 01:15:56,056 --> 01:16:00,519 We could think of something that would impress the Queen. 818 01:16:00,602 --> 01:16:04,189 Perhaps if I juggle bananas with my feet, 819 01:16:04,273 --> 01:16:06,900 that would raise my social standing. 820 01:16:06,984 --> 01:16:09,778 You must know something they don't. 821 01:16:09,862 --> 01:16:12,322 I know hundreds of things they don't! 822 01:16:12,406 --> 01:16:17,536 They know nothing of music, of politics, of culture, or... 823 01:16:18,871 --> 01:16:20,706 Gunpowder? 824 01:16:27,129 --> 01:16:28,589 What is 'gunpowder'? 825 01:16:28,672 --> 01:16:31,758 Never mind that. Take this list of ingredients. 826 01:16:34,595 --> 01:16:38,307 Now - mix them in the quantities that I have described there. 827 01:16:41,018 --> 01:16:46,565 The harvest festival was the perfect chance to make a good impression. 828 01:16:46,690 --> 01:16:50,194 People from all over the kingdom would be coming. 829 01:16:50,319 --> 01:16:55,115 A normal explosion would hardly be noticed by these giants, 830 01:16:55,199 --> 01:16:59,703 so I multiplied the quantities of gunpowder tenfold. 831 01:17:00,162 --> 01:17:05,209 If we only make this amount, I doubt we shall even see it. 832 01:17:05,292 --> 01:17:07,586 We should increase these figures fivefold. 833 01:17:07,669 --> 01:17:09,963 Tenfold, at least. 834 01:17:10,088 --> 01:17:13,509 And then perhaps we'll have a proper demonstration. 835 01:17:36,573 --> 01:17:37,783 Baaa-aaaa! 836 01:17:43,205 --> 01:17:46,291 It's a quite extraordinary story. 837 01:17:46,458 --> 01:17:50,921 He insists he was a prisoner in a land of giants. 838 01:17:51,088 --> 01:17:56,051 Really? When he told me the story, he was the giant. 839 01:17:56,218 --> 01:18:00,472 And you just found him wandering about the streets? 840 01:18:00,556 --> 01:18:04,059 The lady brought him to my surgery. 841 01:18:04,226 --> 01:18:06,103 What is the patient's name? 842 01:18:06,186 --> 01:18:08,856 Just put 'Patient of Doctor Bates'. 843 01:18:08,939 --> 01:18:12,526 Don't you want to see the harvest parade? 844 01:18:12,609 --> 01:18:15,779 The noise will give me a headache. 845 01:18:15,946 --> 01:18:17,906 Pour for me, will you? 846 01:18:21,535 --> 01:18:25,747 - I wish you wouldn't drink so much. - Thank you for your concern. 847 01:18:26,874 --> 01:18:31,086 And I wish I didn't have to live in this monstrous place! 848 01:18:31,670 --> 01:18:34,506 Are you nervous about the bunpowder demonstration? 849 01:18:35,382 --> 01:18:37,718 Gunpowder, not bunpowder! 850 01:18:37,885 --> 01:18:40,637 And no, I'm not nervous, I'm fine. 851 01:18:40,804 --> 01:18:43,557 Please, Glum, leave me alone. 852 01:18:45,392 --> 01:18:48,103 'Why was I so horrible to her?' 853 01:18:48,187 --> 01:18:52,232 She had shown me only kindness and love. 854 01:18:52,316 --> 01:18:55,903 I was angry that no one would take me seriously. 855 01:18:55,986 --> 01:18:59,031 Still, things would be very different after the demonstration. 856 01:19:05,579 --> 01:19:07,956 Try this. 857 01:19:18,884 --> 01:19:20,761 Hello, shorty. 858 01:19:22,387 --> 01:19:24,097 Grildrig! 859 01:19:24,306 --> 01:19:27,976 With all the noise, no one could hear me shout. 860 01:19:28,060 --> 01:19:30,812 I ran to the centre of the table. 861 01:19:31,855 --> 01:19:34,066 That won't do you any good. 862 01:19:37,528 --> 01:19:40,948 I've been waiting a long time for this. 863 01:19:51,500 --> 01:19:55,379 As I lay there, bruised, I heard this sound 864 01:19:55,587 --> 01:20:00,342 and I looked up and saw Grildrig raise this... 865 01:20:18,151 --> 01:20:20,529 Where are you? 866 01:20:36,253 --> 01:20:38,213 No more, please... 867 01:20:38,338 --> 01:20:40,132 No more? 868 01:20:40,299 --> 01:20:42,217 No more? 869 01:20:42,384 --> 01:20:45,345 But the best is yet to come! 870 01:20:47,764 --> 01:20:50,309 - He... He... He... - What? What?! 871 01:20:50,392 --> 01:20:52,186 He pulled out this tin. 872 01:20:57,441 --> 01:21:02,321 Do you know what your head'll look like when a wasp stings you? 873 01:21:02,404 --> 01:21:08,660 It'll swell up, bloated with pus, until it's so big it'll just pop! 874 01:21:10,245 --> 01:21:13,040 Happy harvest day, squirt! 875 01:21:25,427 --> 01:21:28,555 They were all around me, one over there, 876 01:21:28,972 --> 01:21:31,934 two hovering around the food down there. 877 01:21:32,017 --> 01:21:34,520 Lemuel, there's nothing in here! 878 01:21:57,626 --> 01:22:00,504 Two left! Where are they? Where are they? 879 01:22:00,587 --> 01:22:03,048 Please! I'm frightened you'll hurt yourself. 880 01:22:11,890 --> 01:22:14,768 Fighting for my life. Sword against sting. 881 01:22:14,852 --> 01:22:16,937 Parry, thrust, parry, thrust. 882 01:22:19,064 --> 01:22:20,941 Can someone help? 883 01:22:21,024 --> 01:22:24,987 I was beaten back, right to the edge of the table! 884 01:22:44,506 --> 01:22:49,303 Oh, Mary! It was extraordinary. You have no idea how I felt. 885 01:22:49,428 --> 01:22:51,221 I was exhausted, but... 886 01:23:01,148 --> 01:23:02,816 Help us! 887 01:23:23,337 --> 01:23:26,048 I killed them! I killed them! 888 01:23:26,131 --> 01:23:28,592 Mary, please. He's having a fit. 889 01:23:28,675 --> 01:23:30,469 Don't let them hurt him. 890 01:23:30,552 --> 01:23:33,430 Why won't anyone believe me? 891 01:23:33,514 --> 01:23:36,600 I can prove I'm not making it up! 892 01:23:36,683 --> 01:23:39,353 Go back and find my medical bag... 893 01:23:39,436 --> 01:23:41,313 He doesn't know what he's saying. 894 01:23:41,396 --> 01:23:45,150 Bring me the bag! I can prove that everything happened. 895 01:23:45,234 --> 01:23:47,402 Mary, it's the truth! 896 01:23:47,486 --> 01:23:51,031 I'm afraid it's much worse than we thought. 897 01:23:51,114 --> 01:23:53,033 I know this is hard, 898 01:23:53,116 --> 01:23:57,079 but I think your very presence is making his condition worse. 899 01:23:57,162 --> 01:24:03,210 But I have to see him, I can't have got him back only to lose him again. 900 01:24:03,293 --> 01:24:04,628 It's the best thing. 901 01:24:04,711 --> 01:24:08,674 Stop it! You can't keep me here! 902 01:24:08,841 --> 01:24:12,302 I'm not mad! I can prove I'm not mad! 903 01:24:29,278 --> 01:24:34,616 - Are you sure you're all right? - Yes, of course. I'm fine. 904 01:24:39,037 --> 01:24:42,040 Proceed with the demonstration! 905 01:24:42,207 --> 01:24:46,378 Now witness the exciting power of this substance, 906 01:24:46,461 --> 01:24:51,049 created, I might add, by my 'odious' race 907 01:24:51,133 --> 01:24:54,845 and seemingly unknown to even your greatest minds! 908 01:24:55,095 --> 01:25:00,058 No need to cover your ears, it's just a small flash of light 909 01:25:00,142 --> 01:25:04,605 and an explosion the size of a log cracking on the fire. 910 01:25:51,109 --> 01:25:53,153 I know what you're thinking. 911 01:25:57,282 --> 01:25:59,910 Back in the cage. Hurry up, please. 912 01:26:01,036 --> 01:26:03,080 What are you doing in here? 913 01:26:05,249 --> 01:26:07,292 Nothing. 914 01:26:07,626 --> 01:26:10,963 You know you're not allowed in here! 915 01:26:11,505 --> 01:26:15,926 It's all right, Mary, let me talk to him. You're upset. 916 01:26:17,302 --> 01:26:20,973 - What were you doing in my study? - I wasn't doing anything. 917 01:26:21,056 --> 01:26:26,270 I have never taken my strap to you, but don't lie to me, or I will. 918 01:26:26,478 --> 01:26:29,731 You're not my father. You can't beat me. 919 01:26:30,190 --> 01:26:32,651 Thomas, I don't want to beat you. 920 01:26:32,818 --> 01:26:36,655 I know you were glad to see your father again. 921 01:26:36,780 --> 01:26:40,826 But he's a sick man. A violent and disturbed man. 922 01:26:40,909 --> 01:26:45,539 - Do you know how you can help him? - No. 923 01:26:45,664 --> 01:26:49,084 By forgetting everything he has told you. 924 01:26:49,293 --> 01:26:52,880 All those silly stories. All this nonsense. 925 01:26:52,963 --> 01:26:57,509 He came back for a day and now he's gone away again. 926 01:26:57,634 --> 01:27:02,890 We've got to know each other well and like each other, haven't we? 927 01:27:04,308 --> 01:27:06,268 Yes, we have. 928 01:27:06,393 --> 01:27:08,896 And soon I will be your father. 929 01:27:09,021 --> 01:27:11,565 And, unlike Lemuel, I will care for you properly. 930 01:27:11,690 --> 01:27:13,901 My father cares for me. 931 01:27:14,026 --> 01:27:19,364 If he cared so much for you, why didn't he come home all this time? 932 01:27:19,448 --> 01:27:24,244 Why did he leave your mother and you alone in poverty? 933 01:27:32,669 --> 01:27:36,715 'I asked Glumdalclitch to take me to the seaside, 934 01:27:36,840 --> 01:27:40,135 'where I would stare at the ocean for hours 935 01:27:40,260 --> 01:27:43,597 'and think of my home and everything I had lost. 936 01:27:43,680 --> 01:27:47,809 'I prayed for help, but no boat ever came past. 937 01:27:48,018 --> 01:27:50,646 'Never one.' 938 01:27:51,313 --> 01:27:55,609 You wouldn't leave without saying goodbye to me, would you? 939 01:27:55,692 --> 01:27:57,444 How can I leave? 940 01:27:57,528 --> 01:28:01,532 What will I do, flap my arms and fly away? 941 01:28:02,824 --> 01:28:06,161 I know you're very homesick. 942 01:28:06,245 --> 01:28:10,040 Oh, Glum, some day you'll meet someone your own size 943 01:28:10,123 --> 01:28:12,292 and you'll forget all about me. 944 01:28:12,376 --> 01:28:16,505 I won't. I'll never forget you. 945 01:28:19,424 --> 01:28:21,385 Don't cry. 946 01:28:22,094 --> 01:28:24,012 I'm not. 947 01:28:34,982 --> 01:28:39,361 What were you doing in Doctor Bates' surgery? 948 01:28:39,444 --> 01:28:40,696 I found the sheep. 949 01:28:40,779 --> 01:28:44,658 - What are you talking about? - The little sheep from Lilliput... 950 01:28:44,741 --> 01:28:49,705 There are no tiny things or giant things. They're just stories! 951 01:28:49,788 --> 01:28:51,164 But I saw it...! 952 01:28:51,248 --> 01:28:53,500 Go upstairs to your room! 953 01:28:54,501 --> 01:28:59,506 I'm...I'm cold. Put me back in my box, please. 954 01:29:24,198 --> 01:29:25,616 Glum? 955 01:29:27,951 --> 01:29:29,745 Be careful! 956 01:29:29,912 --> 01:29:32,831 Glum! You're hurting me! 957 01:29:47,513 --> 01:29:50,015 Mama! Mama! 958 01:29:53,227 --> 01:29:56,480 I told you to go to your room! 959 01:29:56,563 --> 01:29:58,857 But, Mama, look - look! 960 01:29:59,525 --> 01:30:01,818 Go to your room! 961 01:30:02,444 --> 01:30:08,283 Now! Not another word! And stay there till I tell you to come down. 962 01:30:08,408 --> 01:30:13,038 'I lost all sense of time as the bird flew on and on. 963 01:30:13,121 --> 01:30:17,251 'In my last moments I thought of my dear Glumdalclitch, 964 01:30:17,417 --> 01:30:20,295 'who would be blamed for my disappearance 965 01:30:20,379 --> 01:30:23,298 'and would lose her place at Court. 966 01:30:23,382 --> 01:30:27,135 'I felt myself falling with such incredible swiftness 967 01:30:27,219 --> 01:30:29,638 'that I almost lost my breath.' 968 01:30:30,597 --> 01:30:34,101 Did you look in his medical bag like he said? 969 01:30:34,184 --> 01:30:35,686 Completely empty. 970 01:30:35,769 --> 01:30:37,896 I don't know what to do. 971 01:30:37,980 --> 01:30:42,943 Leave everything to me, Mary. I'll take care of it all. 972 01:31:06,508 --> 01:31:10,888 'So this was it, then. My end, finally. 973 01:31:10,971 --> 01:31:14,933 'I tried to keep my spirits high, but I realised I would surely die. 974 01:31:15,017 --> 01:31:19,813 'I had no food or water, my box was sinking. No boats would pass. 975 01:31:19,897 --> 01:31:22,733 'I resigned myself to my...'