1 00:00:34,790 --> 00:00:39,730 A very long time ago, when I was 20, I was working for a large company out in 2 00:00:39,730 --> 00:00:41,390 East Africa in Dar es Salaam. 3 00:00:41,850 --> 00:00:46,010 And one morning, while I was shaving in the bathroom, I happened to glance out 4 00:00:46,010 --> 00:00:49,410 of the window at the gardener who was raking the gravel on the driveway down 5 00:00:49,410 --> 00:00:50,410 below. 6 00:00:51,310 --> 00:00:56,890 Behind him, right at that moment, I saw a black mamba, six feet long, moving 7 00:00:56,890 --> 00:00:58,370 over the gravel toward him. 8 00:00:58,990 --> 00:01:01,390 Look out, Ndisho, I yelled. Behind you, a snake. 9 00:01:02,290 --> 00:01:03,290 He swung round. 10 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:05,200 Too late. 11 00:01:05,519 --> 00:01:07,160 The mamba bit him on the ankle. 12 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,260 I got him to hospital in ten minutes, but he died that day. 13 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,300 The krait, K -R -A -I -T, is another of the killer snakes. 14 00:01:16,740 --> 00:01:21,000 And this one is almost more frightening than the mamba because he is so tiny. 15 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,160 He looks like a twig on the ground. 16 00:01:24,580 --> 00:01:26,720 This story is about a krait. 17 00:01:35,850 --> 00:01:37,170 Understand Amara. 18 00:01:40,770 --> 00:01:44,250 Better than the whole world without India. 19 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:21,600 Harry Pope was on the wagon and doing very well. He hadn't touched the drop 20 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:22,600 three weeks. 21 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,080 He'd just been asked by Cable from his boss in Melbourne a very serious 22 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,080 question. 23 00:02:29,020 --> 00:02:33,740 In accordance with the revised policy, which jobs in his English teaching 24 00:02:33,740 --> 00:02:39,020 department could now be Indianized? That is handed over to trained Bengali 25 00:02:39,020 --> 00:02:40,020 teachers. 26 00:02:41,260 --> 00:02:45,120 Harry had Cable back immediately with just one word, mine. 27 00:02:46,510 --> 00:02:47,590 He hated India. 28 00:02:49,230 --> 00:02:53,690 Cutting out the drink was all part of the plan for a new, rejuvenated Harry 29 00:02:53,690 --> 00:02:57,870 Pope. Vital, dynamic, and posted home at last. 30 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,240 It's nightingales, and our garden is India. 31 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,100 Handle the way! 32 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:13,160 All right, Sandra! 33 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:15,680 Why not? 34 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,560 Tell Bobby Timberwood to take me home. 35 00:04:33,580 --> 00:04:37,500 Tell me, why'd they call you Timber? Because my name is Woods. 36 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:40,500 I'm so glad you won. 37 00:05:06,060 --> 00:05:08,600 How's Harry? Don't worry, he'll be fast asleep. 38 00:05:09,340 --> 00:05:12,000 I thought you were taking me home, darling. 39 00:05:12,260 --> 00:05:14,500 I am, by way of the bungalow, darling. 40 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,420 You bachelor, so wild. 41 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:20,980 Not a care in the world. 42 00:06:26,060 --> 00:06:28,260 So Harry's going home to England then? 43 00:06:28,670 --> 00:06:29,670 Mm -hmm. 44 00:06:30,210 --> 00:06:32,490 Changed man. Hasn't touched a drink for three weeks. 45 00:06:33,690 --> 00:06:34,690 Resisting temptation. 46 00:06:35,810 --> 00:06:39,210 Unlike some, I'm glad to say. 47 00:07:34,030 --> 00:07:35,030 You said he'd be asleep. 48 00:07:35,350 --> 00:07:37,110 Shh. We sit all night. 49 00:08:18,490 --> 00:08:20,350 What about a nice drink? 50 00:08:20,890 --> 00:08:22,170 Lovely. Good. 51 00:08:27,490 --> 00:08:28,490 Timber. 52 00:08:29,810 --> 00:08:30,810 Timber. 53 00:08:32,010 --> 00:08:35,490 Shh. Did you hear something? No, no, no. Listen. 54 00:08:35,950 --> 00:08:36,950 Timber. 55 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:38,639 Sounds ill. 56 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:42,760 Don't say he's gone back to the bottle. Oh, darling, take no notice. Wait a 57 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:43,760 minute. 58 00:08:44,420 --> 00:08:45,760 Timber, come here. 59 00:08:46,140 --> 00:08:48,840 Quiet. Timber, for God's sake. 60 00:08:49,820 --> 00:08:50,820 Sounds bad. 61 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,740 You haven't been drinking, have you? 62 00:09:01,340 --> 00:09:02,239 What's up? 63 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:03,260 You look terrible. 64 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Don't move. 65 00:09:06,790 --> 00:09:07,790 Take your shoes off. 66 00:09:08,270 --> 00:09:09,410 Oh, I get it. 67 00:09:09,730 --> 00:09:10,830 Take your shoes off. 68 00:09:11,810 --> 00:09:12,950 You mustn't move. 69 00:09:13,430 --> 00:09:15,310 Timber? Oh, slowly. 70 00:09:15,750 --> 00:09:17,110 How long are you going to be? 71 00:09:17,570 --> 00:09:18,409 Who's that? 72 00:09:18,410 --> 00:09:20,170 Sandra. Oh, great. 73 00:09:20,490 --> 00:09:21,670 Tell him who I am. 74 00:09:21,970 --> 00:09:22,970 Please. 75 00:09:23,230 --> 00:09:24,930 I suppose he's drunk again. 76 00:09:25,250 --> 00:09:26,370 Not so far, Hunter. 77 00:09:26,690 --> 00:09:30,070 Just look at him. I am. Awful. Like Bobby after squash. 78 00:09:31,810 --> 00:09:32,810 Right, Harry. 79 00:09:33,210 --> 00:09:34,850 Now, what is the problem? 80 00:09:42,700 --> 00:09:43,459 A crate. 81 00:09:43,460 --> 00:09:45,580 Snake. I knew that. 82 00:10:34,190 --> 00:10:35,190 Get your shoes off. 83 00:10:44,290 --> 00:10:45,790 Get some ice out of there. 84 00:10:47,270 --> 00:10:48,630 A real boy scout. 85 00:10:48,990 --> 00:10:50,370 What is the matter with you? 86 00:10:51,450 --> 00:10:52,450 Can't you guess? 87 00:10:52,930 --> 00:10:53,930 Heaven's sake. 88 00:10:54,950 --> 00:10:58,010 That is stupid thinking you can do something for a crowbird. 89 00:10:58,230 --> 00:11:00,230 A little cat stuck up a poison. 90 00:11:00,860 --> 00:11:02,460 Make -believe. They're fatal. 91 00:11:02,740 --> 00:11:03,880 Well, what do you suggest? 92 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:05,380 Do you need adoption, of course? 93 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,480 Sandra, you're brilliant. I'll ring Dr. Kunzler. No. 94 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:10,660 Why not? Because he knows me. 95 00:11:11,180 --> 00:11:12,520 He'll see me and he'll tell my husband. 96 00:11:13,060 --> 00:11:15,900 Well, you'd better go then, hadn't you? Before he comes. 97 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,960 How? I can't walk. 98 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:21,940 Oh, hell. Take that through and put it on his forehead. 99 00:11:29,710 --> 00:11:30,770 We've got the doctor coming, Harry. 100 00:11:31,170 --> 00:11:32,250 Dr. Kunzru. 101 00:11:43,210 --> 00:11:48,390 Lord! For God's sake, can't you even... I'm doing my best. 102 00:11:50,670 --> 00:11:51,670 Dr. 103 00:11:52,530 --> 00:11:54,430 Kunzru, Timberwoods. 104 00:11:55,010 --> 00:11:56,030 It's an emergency. 105 00:11:57,350 --> 00:11:58,450 Yes, Harry. 106 00:11:58,940 --> 00:11:59,940 Harry Pope. 107 00:12:00,460 --> 00:12:01,460 A crite. 108 00:12:03,100 --> 00:12:04,600 No, he hasn't been bitten yet. 109 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,620 Timber says I have to put this on your forehead. 110 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:10,920 No. 111 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:14,280 Nothing. 112 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,220 Please. Yes, yes. It's on his stomach. 113 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:20,080 Yes, good. 114 00:12:20,660 --> 00:12:21,660 Fine. 115 00:12:22,380 --> 00:12:23,380 Right. 116 00:12:29,740 --> 00:12:31,120 He says he doesn't want the ice. 117 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,440 Come on, Harry, it'll do you good. No. I'll cool you down. Don't. 118 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:38,980 I need a drink. 119 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,540 I'm not a bloody night nurse. Never was and never will be. 120 00:13:12,780 --> 00:13:13,780 Don't. 121 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,500 I wouldn't disturb it. I promise you. 122 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:17,720 You damn fool. 123 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:20,660 The light would frighten it. 124 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,320 It's dark under there now. 125 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:25,240 Amber? 126 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,000 I'll get rid of her. 127 00:13:29,220 --> 00:13:30,340 Just hold on. 128 00:13:30,940 --> 00:13:32,500 The doctor's coming soon. 129 00:13:37,460 --> 00:13:39,100 Darling, you need a drink. 130 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:40,400 I don't. 131 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 And nor do you. 132 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,980 That's what you think. I need something. 133 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:48,200 Sandra. 134 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,600 Oh, look what I've done. 135 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:56,240 Oh, God, I'm such a mess. 136 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,800 Thank God the doctor's here. No, don't forget. 137 00:14:01,020 --> 00:14:02,920 He mustn't see me. For God's sake, Sandra. 138 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:03,719 I am not here. 139 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:05,820 Now I'm driving home. Bloody well, stay here. 140 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:16,520 Doctor. Has he been bitten yet? No. Good. Then it's hope. 141 00:14:20,460 --> 00:14:21,540 Don't worry, Mr. Pope. 142 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:23,540 There is plenty that can be done. 143 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:26,260 It is quite a simple matter, but don't. 144 00:15:20,319 --> 00:15:22,280 Good. Very good. 145 00:15:23,900 --> 00:15:26,040 You're an excellent fellow. 146 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:34,440 Now, with the theorem in the book, you're all right, 147 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,900 even if you are bitten. 148 00:15:56,830 --> 00:16:01,290 yet. I'll be back in just two ticks. 149 00:16:03,790 --> 00:16:06,250 We talk here, yes? No, no. The kitchen. 150 00:16:13,230 --> 00:16:15,990 But the serum must give some protection, surely? 151 00:16:16,310 --> 00:16:18,410 Yes, it might. It might not. 152 00:16:18,630 --> 00:16:21,270 You mean your serum is no bloody good? Mr. Woods. 153 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:26,780 The crite is possibly the most poisonous snake in the world. And there it lies 154 00:16:26,780 --> 00:16:30,020 on his stomach. If it bites him there, it goes straight to his bloodstream. 155 00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:31,740 We must try and think of something else. 156 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,140 Well, we pull the sheet back fast and... No, no, no, no. 157 00:16:36,020 --> 00:16:38,560 It is not a matter to be gone into a board -headed. 158 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,780 Well, we must do something. I mean, he's been lying there for hours. 159 00:16:42,940 --> 00:16:44,980 Paper. A piece of paper. Yeah. 160 00:16:45,620 --> 00:16:46,900 Make a funnel, you know. 161 00:16:48,170 --> 00:16:51,750 We introduce an anesthetic to the creature where it lies. 162 00:16:53,110 --> 00:16:54,130 Splendid and excellent idea. 163 00:16:55,510 --> 00:16:59,630 No, but it's not such a splendid idea because, as you know, a snake is a cold 164 00:16:59,630 --> 00:17:01,690 -blooded animal and it won't work quickly enough. 165 00:17:04,569 --> 00:17:05,569 Chloroform, Will. 166 00:17:06,329 --> 00:17:09,490 Chloroform. And you have chloroform? Yes, in my bag. So you get the paper, 167 00:17:09,970 --> 00:17:10,970 The paper, please. 168 00:17:11,050 --> 00:17:12,050 Good, fine. 169 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:23,619 Later. Later. 170 00:17:23,859 --> 00:17:29,740 Look, Bobby will be going crazy. Soon, soon. Please drive me home. 171 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:32,580 Don't do it, I dare you. Of course I do. 172 00:17:33,020 --> 00:17:35,620 Later, for God's sake. 173 00:18:04,620 --> 00:18:06,760 More speed, less haste, Mr. Pope. 174 00:19:21,450 --> 00:19:22,450 Three minutes, Rafa. 175 00:19:58,220 --> 00:19:59,220 Okay. 176 00:20:00,740 --> 00:20:02,180 Don't move, mister. 177 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:11,880 Where? 178 00:20:12,780 --> 00:20:16,360 We must be careful. It could be anywhere. It could have gone inside his 179 00:20:17,980 --> 00:20:18,980 Stay still. 180 00:20:28,590 --> 00:20:29,590 The last. 181 00:20:32,790 --> 00:20:33,790 It's gone. 182 00:20:34,350 --> 00:20:35,630 It's bloody gone. 183 00:20:35,970 --> 00:20:38,050 Are you certain you saw it, Mr. Pope? 184 00:20:38,310 --> 00:20:40,510 Yes, under the sheet. I felt it. 185 00:20:41,330 --> 00:20:42,330 It's gone. 186 00:20:43,750 --> 00:20:44,750 It's a miracle. 187 00:20:45,910 --> 00:20:48,250 You didn't dream it, Mr. Pope? 188 00:20:51,010 --> 00:20:52,430 You're calling me a liar? 189 00:20:53,830 --> 00:20:55,270 Harry, for God's sake. 190 00:20:55,630 --> 00:20:57,850 You dirty little sewer covercher. 191 00:20:58,160 --> 00:20:59,160 Take it easy, Harry. 192 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:03,140 You bloody failed M .D. Calcutta. That's quite enough. 193 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:10,020 You're telling me, you native bloody wizard, that I imagined it? 194 00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:11,480 Or dreamt it? 195 00:21:12,300 --> 00:21:14,100 Or drank too much? 196 00:21:33,230 --> 00:21:35,190 I'm afraid there's been a bit of a mix -up. 197 00:21:35,870 --> 00:21:38,710 Well, good night to you both. Excuse me. 198 00:21:40,110 --> 00:21:43,010 Doctor, there's something I must explain. Please don't. 199 00:21:43,330 --> 00:21:45,170 Mr. Pope has made himself quite clear. 200 00:21:46,790 --> 00:21:49,090 I thought I'd left my keys here. 201 00:21:51,950 --> 00:21:53,150 No, perhaps in the car. 202 00:21:53,450 --> 00:21:54,970 Yes, I came so quickly. 203 00:21:58,990 --> 00:22:00,470 My car! It's gone! 204 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,360 Exactly, that's what I was going to say. I can't drive without my car. 205 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:05,320 It's my life, blood. 206 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,300 You know, cars are dearer than gold here. Don't worry. 207 00:22:08,900 --> 00:22:09,639 Don't worry. 208 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,200 I know where it is. But, Mr. Wood... I'll drive you. 209 00:22:33,870 --> 00:22:36,710 Doctor, I must apologize for Harry. 210 00:22:38,950 --> 00:22:40,370 You did an excellent job. 211 00:22:41,070 --> 00:22:42,070 Thank you. 212 00:22:42,910 --> 00:22:43,910 Thank you. 213 00:22:45,070 --> 00:22:47,010 And I'm not a failed M .D.