All language subtitles for The Champions S01E08 To Trap A Rat

Drugs.

Oh, another one. That's the 12th case this week.

This is from a special consignment.

Hmm... A dirty one.

Aren't they all?

No, this one's very special. It's a killer.

She's fortunate she had the accident.

We'll save her.

But when the distribution of
this stuff really gets underway,

there'll be hundreds,

maybe thousands,

who won't be so lucky.

'A game of cards.

'But for Richard Barrett and Sharron Macready,

'even this becomes a test.

'A test of extrasensory perception.'

'Just another one of the superhuman
qualities endowed to The Champions

'when they crashed in the snows of Tibet

'and encountered the fabulous
people of a lost civilisation.'

'Now, as operators of the
international agency of Nemesis,

'they are able to use those
powers to their best advantage,

'as the champions of law and order, and justice.'

'Well, anyway, Craig, that's the general picture.

'When will we be leaving?'

'I'll give you the details when they're altogether.

'Sharron and Richard should
be in my office by now.'

Evening, Sharron. Evening, Richard.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

I'll come to the point right away,

cos there's not a great deal of time.

Now, Sharron, you and Craig will
be flying to London tonight.

Here are your plane tickets.

Tonight? Yep.

Richard, you'll join them just
as soon as I can spare you.

Why the urgency, sir? Narcotics.

But drug traffic is worldwide. Why London?

Because there have been an
alarming number of deaths there

all attributed to the same drug.

A huge consignment of the stuff
has been smuggled into the country,

which contain impurities, and are lethal.

But why us? Well, I'll tell you.

The organisation behind drug smuggling

is on a vast, international scale.

The profits run into millions.

Well, the racket has got to be smashed.

This may sound like an understatement,

but this is a big job. Where
do you intend to start?

Well, the first link in the chain

is an unfortunate girl called Jane Purcell,

a drug addict.

Can I get you anything, Miss?

Yes!

You can unlock this door and stop spying on me!

I'm sorry, Miss, I'm only
carrying out your father's orders.

Watched, spied on, and now
I'm locked in like a criminal!

I'll go mad! I can't stand it!

He's ready.

Now, you won't have any trouble with the girl.

But if you make contact with
that pusher, you be careful, OK?

Because he could be dangerous.

Now, look, Sharron, we can't
afford to lose this guy.

You've got to try and stick this gadget on him.

It lets off a piercing squeal that
can be heard three blocks away.

But it can't be heard by the normal human ear

because its frequency is too high.

He won't be able to hear it, but we will.

Go ahead, try it. Press the button.

All right, all right, turn it off, turn it off.

Good, isn't it? A scream.

You just made it.

Yes, I'm sorry I'm late. The flight was delayed.

I got your message as soon as I checked in.

So, that's her place? Yep.

How are things developing? No joy so far.

She's desperate. She's got 48 hours.
The plan's already gone into action.

Junk.

Oh, more junk!

Thank you.

The guv'nor said to collect.

Very well, young man.

Excuse me.

All right with that? You can run along.

There she is.

Well, it's up to you now, Macready.

Well, wish me luck.

Yeah, good luck.

What do you want?

I must speak to you.

Who are you? I've been following you.

Do you want me to report
what you've got in that bag?

All right. What is it?

You must help me, I'm desperate! Help you?

I've just arrived in London.
I've got no contact here.

Contact? Stop playing games with me!

When I saw you in the street just
now, I thought you were one of us.

Then I saw you at that jewellery
counter lifting something,

I knew it! I don't understand a word.

Tell me how I can make a
contact. I'll pay for us both!

Shh!

All right. Give me the money, and
I'll go and collect the stuff.

I'm sorry. I'll never see you again.

You take me to your man. He won't like it.

I don't care! All right, all right.

I'll try.

Driver, will you pull up around this next corner?

Hello.

What a nice surprise.

Gonna give me a lift?

Is this her? She's all right.

Right. Get it out.

But what about me?

Sorry, baby. Short rations.

But what's the use of that? You said... Shut up!

Call me in a couple of hours.

I might be able to get you some more.

Hear it?

A sort of high-pitched bleeping
sound. Is that your gadget?

That's it.

Goodbye, kiddies.

What about me?

I'm not sharing this little lot with you!

No, stop!

Sharron!

Well?

He's on his way to contact his supplier.

Just a moment. You've done a wonderful job,

but it's our turn now. But
I... Follow us in the car.

It's coming from the back of the buildings.

They seem to be heading in this direction.

It's moving awful fast.
It'll most probably be a car.

Ah. Oh, sixpence change you want, don't you?

Ah, oh, thank you, sir.

There we are, love. Bye-bye.

That's it.

Oh, what a horrible noise!

I don't know what's got into those animals!

Ah, well, sorry to keep you
waiting, sir. There we are.

Come along now! Peanuts!

Feed your nearest relations.
Come along now! Peanuts!

Come along, get your peanuts here! Sixpence a bag!

The bleep's fading. Battery's run down.

All fresh! Sixpence a bag!

Lovely peanuts! Roasted for your liking!

Did you make contact? He bought some peanuts.

He doesn't look like an animal lover to me.

Could be the peanut man, I suppose.

One bag? All right.

You want change, don't you? There
we are, sir. Sixpence change.

Thank you. Bye-bye, sonny.
Peanuts! Peanuts! Come on!

You two stay with that one, I'll
keep up with the peanut vendor.

Come on now! Come on!

Sixpence a bag! All fresh lovely peanuts!

Well, that's his pad all right.

What do you think?

It must be the peanut man.

Why so sure? Well, why buy
peanuts if you don't eat them?

Yeah, or feed them to the animals.

Mmm. He did neither.

If only I could get a look inside that packet.

Let's go try.

Any idea how we get him out of there?

I could phone him, tell him
I want to do more business.

Sixpence. There's a phone box round the corner.

Is that you, Fred? Well, who do you think it is?

You're late. I had a drink with the boys.

Well? He's meeting me in ten minutes.

Leicester Square underground. Good.

Don't stay long in there. He doesn't hang around.

Get over there.

Welcome home.

What's your game? Just taking a look around.

Get out. Aren't you going to send for the police?

What do you want? Who sent you?

I just like peanuts.

Get out. No police.

No police.

By the way... Yeah?

..they're stale.

Argh!

So you wanna play it rough, ey?

Well, I can play it that way too.

Hello, Jimmy? Yeah, it's Frank.

How are you? Good.

Listen, I've got a fellow over here,
thinks he's a bit of a villain.

Yeah, you'd better come over.
And bring Lenny with you.

A couple of right...

..hard...

..Nuts.

Watch him.

Ah, it's going to be a lovely
day. I know, it was a lousy night.

Where were you? I left a
message for you at midnight.

Chasing a bag of peanuts. You what?

You're right, that man is a drug distributor.

Well, that's not a step up the
ladder. What's he been up to?

Haven't seen him since ten o'clock last night.

Well, you go off and get some breakfast.

Oh, I needed that.

Hey. That was mine.

Hey, Richard, look.

That's him.

That peanut vendor stopped

at the same garage last night on his way home.

And that's the same girl he talked to as well.

She could be part of the setup too. Yeah.

Boy, I'd love to get a look underneath that car.

No, there isn't time, Craig. Why?

According to the papers this morning,

a couple of kids have already
died from these drugs.

We're going to have to take a shortcut. How?

We're gonna have to assume
that she is in on the deal.

We trail around after her and
let her know that we're onto her.

She lets it leak back to the organisation.

We wait for them to make the next move.

Like shooting us in the
back. No, they won't do that

until they know who we are and how much we know.

Well, they might have set a trap for us.

Yeah, that's right. They set a
trap for us, we walk into it.

That's a shortcut.

That's a pretty classy apartment
building for a car greaser. Yeah.

Hey, which, er, one of us is going in?

Oh, no, no, no. This kind of
girl needs special handling.

Yeah, I know.

She'd be suspicious of all kinds of characters.

We'll wait until she comes
out. Yes, but which one of us?

We'll toss.

Heads.

What a pleasant surprise.

Who are you?

Oh, you haven't forgotten me
so soon, surely? Oh, come on.

Hey! Come back here! Come back!

Nicky!

Stop! Thief!

What the devil are you doing, you knucklehead?

Hey, did you hear me? I said stop! Stop!

You're supposed to catch me! Oh!

All right. Now, you make this look good.

Oof! Not that good, you...! You...!

A little slow with my left. Oh, you're hurt.

Yeah. Oh, listen, I'm sorry
that the catch is broken.

I'll let you know about my nose later.

That's all right. I'd better get you to a doctor.

No, no, no. We can't go to a
doctor. We gotta go to the police.

Police! Police! Police? Hey, listen,
I don't want to get involved.

But you are involved, that guy may have a record.

He tried to rob you. Police! No, listen. Come here.

Look, why don't you come up to my place? What?

Well, I mean, you could use a drink,

and I really don't want to get involved.

I mean, no harm's been done, so what do you say?

I know that guy's type. Workshy,
goes around preying on women.

How do you feel? A lot better now. Ooh!

Oh. Terribly sorry.

Well, I don't need sympathy. Oh, really? Why not?

Well, it's a lucky break. Oh, yes?

I just happen to be alone for the weekend and...

I'm gonna take you out.

That's very kind of you,
but I'm afraid I'm not free.

You're missing a very good party. No.

Why? Does the boyfriend have you watched?

What boyfriend?

Well...

I'll fix you your drink.

Help yourself. Oh, thanks very much.

Excuse me a minute. Sure.

Can I get you one? Does the
invitation still stand for tonight?

You mean, you changed your mind? That's terrific!

Well, I'll have to go and make a phone call first.

Yeah, you do that. Give the fellow the bad news.

OK. OK.

The number's ex-directory, unlisted,
but you must have the address?

'They're not for publication, sir.'
Well, can't you give it to me?

'Is it urgent?' Yes, it is. Most important.

'I'm sorry, sir, but it...' All
right. Yes. Yeah, I understand.

'Sorry, sir.' I understand. Thank you.

What's up?

Oh, she says she's not allowed to give the address

because it's unlisted.

Well, why don't we ring Scotland Yard?

No, Tremayne wants it off the record.

Well, let's just dial it?

Never thought of that. "Dial
it", she says, "Just dial it."

That might well work, you know.

He might just be stupid
enough to give his own name.

This is the arch-villain speaking.

I tell you what, why don't you be my secretary?

'Yes?' Hello.

Would you hold the line a moment, please.

I have a call for you. Hello? 'Yes?'

Who is that? 'To whom do you wish to speak?'

I'm terribly sorry, I've got a
couple of incoming calls here.

Who is that? 'Who do you want, sir?'

Is that Vincent one-eight-four-five?

'One-four-eight-five, sir,

'I'm afraid you have the wrong number.'

Yeah. I'm terribly sorry. Oh, he's no fool.

Well, we're back where we started.

Why don't we make it a long
distance call? Long distance?

Well, that would hold him, then
perhaps we bite hear something

that would give us an idea of where the place is?

Yes, that's a good idea.

Yes, we'll call on the hour. Why on the hour? Ah!

'Yes?' Is that Vincent one-four-eight-five? 'Yes'

Hold the line, please, I have
a call from Paris for you.

'Who is calling?'

I'll ask Paris, just one moment.

'Hello? Hello?'

I'm sorry, Paris says there's a delay.

We'll call you back.

What was that roaring sound? The coal man.

The Vincent number pinpoints Belgravia. Right.

But it's not on the main bus route, just near one.

And the pneumatic drills, that
means there's roadworks nearby.

I think the house was in a square.
Why? Well, there were trees. Trees?

The birdsong. And an hour chime
nearby, one minute late. A D bell.

I think it was slightly flat.

And of course, there's the coal man.

The coal man are delivering all over Belgravia.

Not on a Saturday afternoon. Clever.
Let's go out there and take a look.

Marvellous. Now this is the one.
You are really going to enjoy this.

I'm sorry, I don't seem to have had much appetite.

Well, look. Thank you.

Why don't you relax? We've had a lovely meal.

Oh, no! "Oh" what?

Well, the man that I was meant to
see tonight, he's just walked in.

Really?

And I told him I was going to
bed with a cold. With a cold?

Good evening, my dear. Are you feeling better?

Much better, thank you.

I'm glad you made such a quick recovery.

Oh, Craig Stirling, let me introduce Walter Pelham.

Mr Stirling, this is a pleasure. Mr Pelham.

May I join you for a moment? Well, please do.

Would you like a drink? Thank you.

He has expensive tastes, my dear.

You interest me, Mr Stirling. Really? Why?

I'm always interested in any friend
of Sandra. A fatherly interest?

Yes, I suppose you could call it that.

How long have you known Mr Stirling, my dear?

Walter, shouldn't you join your friends?

I tell you what, when you've
finished, you must join me.

We're all going for a drink together. No, Walter.

But I insist.

Mr Stirling. No, no, don't get up. Sandra.

I'm terribly sorry about that. Do we have to go?

Well, I really don't want to offend him.

You seem to have done that already.
We must go. Well... Please.

You'll make things a lot easier for me. OK.

Coal was delivered across
the square this afternoon.

That's my flat D bell.

And there's a bus route at the end of the street,

and the main road is under repair.

Don't forget the trees. Look, Richard!

You see, Craig? Stay with him.

He's walking straight into a trap.
Ah, he knows what he's doing.

Good evening, sir. Where is
Higgs? He's in the library, sir.

Higgs.

Higgs, have you seen this gentleman before?

Yes, sir. I saw him once at the zoo,
and once at the top of the mews.

Thank you, Higgs, that is all.
You may go. Thank you, sir.

And you, Miss Hurst. Good night, sir.

And goodbye to you, Craig.

Oh, Higgs, tell Bates I won't
need the car again tonight.

Hey, wait a minute, we're all gonna
have a drink, right? Easy now.

I think it's time we had a
little talk, Mr Stirling.

Will you join me in a nightcap?

It seems we have areas of common interest,

although exactly what your
interest is in my affairs,

I have yet to discover.

Diplomatic plates, eh? That makes sense.

Good evening. So, this is the man?

Oh, your house is next door to their embassy.

Oh, neighbours, that's nice.

All right, Stirling. For whom are you working?

Me? I'm just around the kicks. I mean...!

Well, we can arrange that too.

Don't tell me you boys are about to
abuse your diplomatic privileges?

That depends on you.

Let me see if I've got this straight.

The narcotics comes into the
country in your diplomatic bag.

You bring it to the garage here

and then pass it on to Pelham, right?

Steady, boy.

Then, he takes his car to the garage

under the pretext of having it greased,

where upon your sub-agents
do exactly the same thing

at exactly the same garage.

They take the dope back from under his car

and conceal it under yours, right?

That's very good. All right, go ahead.

Tell us who you're working for.

All right.

Now, be sensible.

You're gonna tell us sooner
or later, so why not now?

All right.

It was in the garage. Quickly!

Craig?! Craig?! Where are you? I'm resting!

You're silly.

Richard, catch! Thanks.

Hey! Hey!

All right, come on, move.

Get to the car, Sharron. Go on!

I'm sure there's an old saying, Mr Pelham,

that rats shouldn't play with traps.

A very excellent job of worth. Thank you.

And the government in question

are more than delighted with the results.

It must have been quite a shock to the ambassador

to find out how some members of his
staff were making their pin money.

It was very neatly nipped in the bud.

Yet something seems to be
troubling you? Hmm? No, no, no.

It's just that there seems to
be some gaps in your report.

For example, when you follow that man to the zoo,

you said you lost him,

but you failed to mention how
you picked up his trail again.

Sir, you know how I feel about paperwork.

Yes, it's just the way it's written up.

I mean, when you're on a case,
you can't keep an accurate report.

I mean, it's impossible to...
Heavens! Look at the time.

We promised to meet old... Didn't we? Certainly.

You know, Mr... Oh, yes! Please,
kindly! Will you excuse us?

The door, sir?

Thank you, sir. Excuse us, sir.

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