WEBVTT 00:00:09.500 --> 00:00:12.936 Don't be, offended. 00:00:12.936 --> 00:00:16.370 That lately we've been on my mind. 00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:20.446 And one day we might wake and find 00:00:20.570 --> 00:00:23.621 a hopeless situation. 00:00:24.390 --> 00:00:27.462 No hurt intended, 00:00:27.738 --> 00:00:31.485 but I have to make a move before 00:00:31.745 --> 00:00:35.208 we find we're running out of more 00:00:35.400 --> 00:00:39.464 than time and conversation. 00:00:43.619 --> 00:00:44.839 Mind the bend, Darling. 00:00:45.451 --> 00:00:48.802 I've driven you to the station everyday, for the last fifteen years. 00:00:48.802 --> 00:00:50.685 You don't have to tell me. 00:00:50.942 --> 00:00:52.824 Careful, there's another one coming up. 00:00:52.824 --> 00:00:53.848 Oh Darling! 00:00:54.485 --> 00:00:56.512 I know this road like the back of my hand. 00:00:57.155 --> 00:00:59.777 Caroline! Keep your eyes on the road. 00:01:02.901 --> 00:01:03.607 Good Lord! 00:01:03.771 --> 00:01:04.774 What? 00:01:05.284 --> 00:01:06.334 I don't believe it. 00:01:06.342 --> 00:01:07.182 What? 00:01:07.281 --> 00:01:08.441 It's unbelievable. 00:01:08.441 --> 00:01:11.315 What is? You are so irritating this morning. 00:01:12.118 --> 00:01:14.298 There's been a big shake up at Belmont. 00:01:14.380 --> 00:01:16.373 Tony Lloyd's been made MD. 00:01:16.373 --> 00:01:17.372 Do you know him? 00:01:17.372 --> 00:01:19.226 Tony Lloyd previously spent three years 00:01:19.226 --> 00:01:21.401 at Ginsberg Publishing, where he worked under 00:01:21.401 --> 00:01:23.772 Sales and Marketing Director, Donald Fairchild. 00:01:23.772 --> 00:01:25.604 He was my Home Sales Director 00:01:26.266 --> 00:01:29.377 I told him he was out of his mind, to leave Ginsberg for Belmont, 00:01:29.377 --> 00:01:31.736 because he was in line for my job. 00:01:32.818 --> 00:01:35.158 Now he's a Managing Director, and I'm still there. 00:01:35.248 --> 00:01:36.965 It's not your fault, Darling. 00:01:37.016 --> 00:01:39.896 You know, Herman Ginsburg should have stepped down years ago. 00:01:39.896 --> 00:01:41.575 I know. You know. Herman knows. 00:01:42.427 --> 00:01:44.483 He said he'd retire when he was sixty five. 00:01:44.555 --> 00:01:47.445 Well, he can't go on for ever, can he? 00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:49.532 He's seventy four next week. 00:01:50.349 --> 00:01:52.789 I must be mad to have stayed with Herman. 00:01:53.211 --> 00:01:55.929 Tony Lloyd, MD of Belmont. 00:01:56.832 --> 00:01:59.767 You just hang in there, Darling. It's only a matter of time. 00:01:59.833 --> 00:02:03.154 I know, I've got another fifteen years before I retire. 00:02:05.208 --> 00:02:09.114 (car acceleration) 00:02:15.783 --> 00:02:16.553 Here we are. 00:02:18.180 --> 00:02:19.810 Ohhh, roll on Friday. 00:02:19.884 --> 00:02:21.454 Darling, its only Monday. 00:02:21.991 --> 00:02:22.801 Oh, don't forget. 00:02:22.801 --> 00:02:24.994 We've promised to take Jonathon to lunch today, 00:02:24.994 --> 00:02:26.711 before he gets his train for Oxford. 00:02:26.711 --> 00:02:28.281 Are you sure you've kept it free? 00:02:28.281 --> 00:02:29.861 Don't worry, it's in the diary. 00:02:29.861 --> 00:02:32.671 It's not everyday a member of our family goes to University. 00:02:32.671 --> 00:02:33.960 I'm looking forward to it. 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:35.213 So is Jonathon. So am I. 00:02:35.213 --> 00:02:37.990 It's yonks since you took me out to lunch during the week. 00:02:37.990 --> 00:02:39.770 I know. Herman is so mean these days 00:02:39.770 --> 00:02:42.403 it's hard enough to claim the genuine business lunches. 00:02:42.526 --> 00:02:45.182 Ah, Donald. I've been thinking. 00:02:46.138 --> 00:02:48.368 I thought I might look for a job. 00:02:48.368 --> 00:02:50.518 I'm going to have a lot of time on my hands. 00:02:50.518 --> 00:02:52.396 Well you've still got me to look after. 00:02:52.396 --> 00:02:55.404 Yes of course, but... I thought I'd like something, 00:02:55.404 --> 00:02:58.209 more challenging. More fulfilling. 00:02:58.209 --> 00:03:01.749 I've spent the last twenty odd years looking after you and the children. 00:03:02.279 --> 00:03:03.920 I want a job. 00:03:04.214 --> 00:03:05.294 But, that is your job. 00:03:05.689 --> 00:03:07.452 I want something more, Donald. 00:03:07.546 --> 00:03:09.782 I want to go back to work. 00:03:09.782 --> 00:03:11.708 Well, a good idea. 00:03:11.708 --> 00:03:13.801 What about that new flower shop in Amersham? 00:03:13.801 --> 00:03:15.880 They're always looking for part time staff. 00:03:15.880 --> 00:03:18.430 No, that's not quite what I had in mind. 00:03:18.650 --> 00:03:20.773 Why not? You're a jolly good flower arranger. 00:03:20.773 --> 00:03:22.301 I bet you could get a job there. 00:03:22.301 --> 00:03:25.754 Donald! I want to pick up my career. I want to go back into publishing. 00:03:26.012 --> 00:03:27.691 Darling, you are quaint. 00:03:27.691 --> 00:03:29.716 I must go or I'll miss it. 00:03:29.950 --> 00:03:32.370 Don't forget to pick up my suit from the cleaners. 00:03:32.644 --> 00:03:35.824 Oh and some shaving cream...Lather. You got foam last time. 00:03:36.566 --> 00:03:37.766 Donald! 00:03:40.025 --> 00:03:41.255 Donald, may I remind you. 00:03:41.255 --> 00:03:43.358 I had a very successful career in publishing 00:03:43.358 --> 00:03:45.070 before I bore your children. 00:03:45.070 --> 00:03:45.930 Our children. 00:03:45.930 --> 00:03:47.426 And it was a promising career. 00:03:47.426 --> 00:03:48.542 Alright. Promising. 00:03:48.542 --> 00:03:50.294 I was earning more than you. 00:03:50.294 --> 00:03:51.861 And it would have been successful 00:03:51.861 --> 00:03:54.186 if you hadn't got me pregnant, every two minutes. 00:03:54.996 --> 00:03:57.121 Caroline, I have to travel with these people. 00:03:57.121 --> 00:03:59.072 Well, just you remember Donald Fairchild, 00:03:59.072 --> 00:04:01.212 that I'm the one who had to give up my career. 00:04:01.212 --> 00:04:02.846 I'm the one who had to compromise. 00:04:02.846 --> 00:04:05.428 I'm the one who had to deal with all the dirty nappies. 00:04:05.428 --> 00:04:07.619 And I'm the one who wants to pick up my career. 00:04:07.619 --> 00:04:09.720 You haven't done any dirty nappies for years. 00:04:09.720 --> 00:04:11.370 I'm talking metaphorically. 00:04:12.013 --> 00:04:13.713 What was the alternative? 00:04:13.713 --> 00:04:15.533 That I should have given up my career? 00:04:18.128 --> 00:04:21.573 Well, I was a good editor. I found the Dartington Trilogy. 00:04:21.573 --> 00:04:24.144 Which still sells very nicely, thank you very much. 00:04:24.384 --> 00:04:25.645 So don't patronise me. 00:04:25.645 --> 00:04:27.797 Darling, I wasn't patronising you. 00:04:27.797 --> 00:04:30.319 Yes, you were. You called me quaint. 00:04:30.570 --> 00:04:34.269 Nobody likes being called quaint. It's patronising. 00:04:34.269 --> 00:04:37.598 I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that. It was wrong. 00:04:37.608 --> 00:04:39.517 Naive, would have been a better word. 00:04:39.832 --> 00:04:40.642 Ugh! 00:04:42.044 --> 00:04:43.044 (door slam) 00:04:46.826 --> 00:04:47.686 What? 00:04:48.008 --> 00:04:50.012 You are being naive, if you think you can 00:04:50.012 --> 00:04:51.932 go back into publishing, just like that. 00:04:51.932 --> 00:04:54.006 You've had no contact for over twenty years. 00:04:54.100 --> 00:04:57.385 I shouldn't think you'd even get as far as an interview. 00:04:57.857 --> 00:04:58.737 Really? 00:04:58.737 --> 00:04:59.473 No. 00:04:59.473 --> 00:05:02.156 These days, they want young people. Not middle aged Mums. 00:05:02.156 --> 00:05:04.942 Why do you think I'm having such a struggle at Ginsberg? 00:05:04.942 --> 00:05:08.665 Why do you think we haven't had a title in the best seller list for five years? 00:05:08.665 --> 00:05:11.807 Because, I've got a geriatric chairman, who won't spend any money. 00:05:11.807 --> 00:05:13.613 And a puritanical editorial director, 00:05:13.613 --> 00:05:16.093 who won't allow so much as a bare bosom on a cover. 00:05:16.243 --> 00:05:17.810 And a patronising and pompous 00:05:17.810 --> 00:05:19.269 Sales and Marketing Director, 00:05:19.269 --> 00:05:20.693 who is a male chauvinist pig. 00:05:20.693 --> 00:05:21.893 (car wheels screech) 00:05:27.315 --> 00:05:30.209 (postman whistling) 00:05:37.257 --> 00:05:38.479 Morning. Post. 00:05:38.479 --> 00:05:39.479 (whistling) 00:05:40.205 --> 00:05:41.415 (phone exchange buzzes) 00:05:48.467 --> 00:05:49.950 Ginsberg Publishers. 00:05:49.950 --> 00:05:52.926 I'll see if Mr Ginsberg is free. 00:05:55.662 --> 00:05:57.302 I should have been consulted. 00:05:57.432 --> 00:06:01.114 My sales force are going to have a hell of a job selling a book with this cover. 00:06:01.114 --> 00:06:03.096 I don't know how you can say that, Donald. 00:06:03.406 --> 00:06:06.745 That is a beautiful still life, by Van Gogh. 00:06:06.905 --> 00:06:08.873 It's beautiful, but it's a waste of money. 00:06:08.873 --> 00:06:10.603 It won't help Gordon Campion's book. 00:06:11.139 --> 00:06:11.839 Ya? 00:06:12.301 --> 00:06:14.400 Beatrice, ask him to call me later. 00:06:14.400 --> 00:06:17.130 I'm in a meeting with Mr Fairchild and Mr McCormack. 00:06:17.130 --> 00:06:20.924 The book is about an artist. I think its a most apposite cover. 00:06:20.924 --> 00:06:24.114 It's about a randy young art student. It's a very funny book. 00:06:24.718 --> 00:06:25.558 Herman. 00:06:26.315 --> 00:06:28.115 No thank you, Herman. 00:06:29.318 --> 00:06:31.918 Look...with the right marketing. 00:06:31.918 --> 00:06:34.720 I can get 'Pasture's New' into the best seller list. 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:36.816 I've already done a marvellous deal with Smiths'. 00:06:36.816 --> 00:06:37.536 Donald. 00:06:37.536 --> 00:06:38.880 What have you got in mind? 00:06:39.587 --> 00:06:40.387 Well. 00:06:41.599 --> 00:06:42.769 A naked girl, for start. 00:06:42.769 --> 00:06:43.476 Oh! 00:06:43.476 --> 00:06:45.077 I know Alistair. I know. 00:06:45.077 --> 00:06:47.932 But, a pair of boobs can sell an extra two hundred thousand copies. 00:06:47.932 --> 00:06:48.633 No! 00:06:49.198 --> 00:06:50.008 No no. 00:06:51.361 --> 00:06:53.261 I've always been a responsible editor. 00:06:53.500 --> 00:06:56.810 I'm not going to demean myself or Ginsberg. 00:06:57.421 --> 00:07:00.439 How about in profile? One boob. 00:07:01.801 --> 00:07:04.713 And settle for an extra hundred thousand. 00:07:04.713 --> 00:07:06.501 I'm sorry Herman. 00:07:06.664 --> 00:07:09.364 I have no wish to appear puritanical. 00:07:09.383 --> 00:07:12.323 But, I refuse to be associated with anything lewd. 00:07:15.525 --> 00:07:16.635 Herman, he's gotta go. 00:07:16.781 --> 00:07:18.439 We've gotta get someone young. 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:19.938 Who can help me change our image 00:07:19.938 --> 00:07:22.029 and get this Publishing House into the 80s. 00:07:22.089 --> 00:07:24.335 Hopefully, before we're into the 90s. 00:07:25.145 --> 00:07:28.788 Don't worry Donald. You'll give yourself a coronary. 00:07:28.788 --> 00:07:30.933 Gawd, when I think I got you, Jeffery Archer 00:07:30.933 --> 00:07:31.935 and you rejected him. 00:07:31.935 --> 00:07:33.622 Archer. Smarcher. 00:07:33.767 --> 00:07:36.057 We're not doing too badly. 00:07:36.290 --> 00:07:39.472 Herman, we can't survive on our list of dead authors, forever. 00:07:40.883 --> 00:07:42.429 The Ginsberg Dickens. 00:07:42.870 --> 00:07:44.809 The Ginsberg Shakespeare. 00:07:45.603 --> 00:07:48.663 Herman Ginsberg's complete works of Lewis Caroll. 00:07:48.954 --> 00:07:52.204 I might as well be doing the marketing for a firm of undertakers. 00:07:54.424 --> 00:07:57.630 Donald...you know my philosophy. 00:07:57.630 --> 00:07:59.780 A good author, is a dead author. 00:08:00.114 --> 00:08:03.946 Especially, if he's been dead fifty years and I don't have to pay him royalties. 00:08:03.992 --> 00:08:04.699 Herman. 00:08:04.699 --> 00:08:05.849 Don't worry Donald. 00:08:06.103 --> 00:08:07.803 Alastair is leaving. 00:08:07.981 --> 00:08:08.861 Alright? 00:08:09.498 --> 00:08:13.285 Listen... I'm seventy four next week. 00:08:13.285 --> 00:08:14.525 You know that. 00:08:14.525 --> 00:08:16.273 Yes. Of course. 00:08:16.273 --> 00:08:20.374 Well, tomorrow morning I'm going to make a big announcement. 00:08:22.465 --> 00:08:25.733 Herman. Are you announcing your retirement? 00:08:27.598 --> 00:08:29.448 I don't want to say anymore now. 00:08:29.706 --> 00:08:30.626 Alright? 00:08:30.716 --> 00:08:33.934 No. Certainly. 00:08:39.770 --> 00:08:42.200 Ha! Right. 00:08:43.734 --> 00:08:44.524 Donald. 00:08:45.515 --> 00:08:46.865 I've been looking at some of 00:08:46.865 --> 00:08:48.545 your expenses lately. 00:08:50.249 --> 00:08:52.596 Two bottles of Jouet Champagne, ah? 00:08:52.596 --> 00:08:53.299 for lunch 00:08:53.299 --> 00:08:54.374 last Wednesday. 00:08:54.374 --> 00:08:55.188 I was negotiating 00:08:55.188 --> 00:08:56.486 for a big Autumn wine book. 00:08:56.486 --> 00:08:57.491 What were we supposed 00:08:57.491 --> 00:08:58.191 to drink? 00:08:58.191 --> 00:08:58.966 Half a bottle of 00:08:58.966 --> 00:08:59.732 the house plonk? 00:08:59.732 --> 00:09:00.446 And did you get 00:09:00.446 --> 00:09:01.155 the wine book? 00:09:01.155 --> 00:09:01.872 No. 00:09:01.872 --> 00:09:03.770 Then the answer is yes. 00:09:05.587 --> 00:09:06.297 Right. 00:09:31.400 --> 00:09:31.850 Good morning. 00:09:32.563 --> 00:09:33.509 Can I help you? 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:35.264 Yes. I've got an interview 00:09:35.264 --> 00:09:36.537 with Peter Stuart. 00:09:36.624 --> 00:09:37.684 And your name is? 00:09:37.904 --> 00:09:39.920 Miss Caroline Fielding. 00:09:39.920 --> 00:09:40.972 Right. Well, if you'd 00:09:40.972 --> 00:09:41.950 like to take a seat 00:09:41.950 --> 00:09:42.670 over there. 00:09:42.670 --> 00:09:44.180 I'll phone and let Mr Stuart 00:09:44.180 --> 00:09:45.670 know that you're here. 00:09:45.670 --> 00:09:45.808 Thankyou. 00:09:50.266 --> 00:09:51.716 Hello, yes. I've got a Miss... 00:09:53.988 --> 00:09:54.798 Fielding. 00:09:55.207 --> 00:09:56.757 A Miss Fielding, in reception 00:09:56.757 --> 00:09:57.683 for Peter. 00:09:59.484 --> 00:10:00.524 Yep, okay. 00:10:01.978 --> 00:10:03.378 Mr Stuart isn't in his office 00:10:03.378 --> 00:10:04.840 at the moment. 00:10:05.211 --> 00:10:06.710 But his secretary 00:10:06.710 --> 00:10:06.809 will phone down 00:10:06.809 --> 00:10:07.565 when he's back. 00:10:07.565 --> 00:10:08.649 Well, thank you. 00:10:09.225 --> 00:10:10.500 I'll wait. 00:10:13.973 --> 00:10:15.313 Nicky, can you get a courier 00:10:15.313 --> 00:10:16.754 to whiz this over to Heathrow? 00:10:16.754 --> 00:10:17.919 I'd like it in New York, 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:18.987 by tomorrow morning. 00:10:18.991 --> 00:10:19.721 Right. 00:10:20.821 --> 00:10:22.521 Caroline? 00:10:22.521 --> 00:10:24.897 Caroline Fielding! 00:10:24.897 --> 00:10:26.933 Anthea. Anthea Duxbury. 00:10:27.173 --> 00:10:28.813 Good Lord! 00:10:28.813 --> 00:10:30.821 It must be over fifteen years. 00:10:30.821 --> 00:10:32.341 More like twenty. 00:10:32.391 --> 00:10:35.451 You look marvellous. 00:10:35.621 --> 00:10:36.874 So do you. 00:10:41.302 --> 00:10:42.192 Well what on earth 00:10:42.192 --> 00:10:43.332 are you doing here? 00:10:43.332 --> 00:10:44.537 Oh, I've got an interview 00:10:44.537 --> 00:10:45.808 with a Mr Stuart. 00:10:45.808 --> 00:10:46.522 Peter Stuart? 00:10:47.384 --> 00:10:48.274 My God, 00:10:48.274 --> 00:10:49.951 we need someone like you here. 00:10:50.181 --> 00:10:51.126 One just can't find 00:10:51.126 --> 00:10:52.918 anyone with experience these days. 00:10:53.800 --> 00:10:53.728 Really? 00:10:53.728 --> 00:10:54.861 Oh, you've no idea. 00:10:55.730 --> 00:10:56.878 All we get are graduates. 00:10:56.878 --> 00:10:58.140 Hot out of Redwicks'. 00:10:58.140 --> 00:10:59.457 Stepped in Malcom Bradbury 00:10:59.457 --> 00:11:00.504 and David Lodge. 00:11:00.504 --> 00:11:01.573 But, they haven't the 00:11:01.573 --> 00:11:02.602 faintest idea what's 00:11:02.602 --> 00:11:04.440 commercial in the marketplace. 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:04.787 Really? 00:11:04.787 --> 00:11:05.938 They've no horse sense. 00:11:05.938 --> 00:11:06.938 Couldn't spot a 00:11:06.938 --> 00:11:07.771 Harold Robbins 00:11:07.771 --> 00:11:09.530 if they slept with it. 00:11:09.530 --> 00:11:09.842 Really? 00:11:10.914 --> 00:11:12.912 But what about you Caroline? 00:11:12.912 --> 00:11:14.236 What have you been up to? 00:11:14.236 --> 00:11:15.316 This and that. 00:11:15.486 --> 00:11:17.436 Freelancing, mostly. 00:11:18.233 --> 00:11:19.730 Oh, Peter. 00:11:19.730 --> 00:11:19.913 How clever of you 00:11:19.913 --> 00:11:21.481 to find Caroline Fielding. 00:11:21.481 --> 00:11:22.213 Peter Stuart. 00:11:22.213 --> 00:11:23.550 Oh how do you do? 00:11:23.550 --> 00:11:24.355 Do you two know each other? 00:11:24.355 --> 00:11:25.809 I used to be her secretary. 00:11:25.809 --> 00:11:28.205 Don't ask me how many years ago. 00:11:28.685 --> 00:11:29.860 Caroline was responsible 00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:31.497 for Dartington Trilogy. 00:11:31.497 --> 00:11:32.305 Really? 00:11:32.305 --> 00:11:33.620 My God, 00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:35.858 we need someone like you here. 00:11:35.858 --> 00:11:37.230 All we get are graduates 00:11:37.230 --> 00:11:38.391 steeped in Malcolm Bradbury 00:11:38.391 --> 00:11:39.428 and David Lodge. 00:11:40.294 --> 00:11:41.154 Yes, I know. 00:11:41.584 --> 00:11:42.420 Would you like to 00:11:42.420 --> 00:11:43.328 come and meet some 00:11:43.328 --> 00:11:44.370 of our people? 00:11:44.370 --> 00:11:45.177 Yes, is Mr Frankland in? 00:11:45.177 --> 00:11:46.192 When could you start? 00:11:46.192 --> 00:11:47.291 Are you free for lunch? 00:11:47.291 --> 00:11:48.439 The royalties from the 00:11:48.439 --> 00:11:49.408 Dartington Trilogy 00:11:49.408 --> 00:11:50.442 are still rolling in. 00:11:50.442 --> 00:11:51.729 Especially from the States. 00:11:51.729 --> 00:11:53.255 Yes, especially from the States. 00:11:53.255 --> 00:11:53.955 Really? 00:11:58.793 --> 00:12:00.783 So, he's retiring at last? 00:12:00.783 --> 00:12:02.133 I'll be in control. 00:12:03.650 --> 00:12:04.950 I'm really gonna turn 00:12:04.950 --> 00:12:05.322 that company around. 00:12:05.322 --> 00:12:06.593 Bring in some new blood. 00:12:07.231 --> 00:12:08.729 I'm so pleased for you Dad. 00:12:09.531 --> 00:12:10.381 You deserve it. 00:12:10.771 --> 00:12:11.676 Thanks. 00:12:14.926 --> 00:12:15.886 I can't think where 00:12:15.886 --> 00:12:17.113 you're Mother has got to. 00:12:17.113 --> 00:12:18.598 I'm dying to tell her the news. 00:12:18.598 --> 00:12:19.709 Well as I told you. 00:12:19.709 --> 00:12:20.582 When I got up 00:12:20.582 --> 00:12:21.356 there was a note 00:12:21.356 --> 00:12:22.990 saying she'd see us here. 00:12:24.603 --> 00:12:25.663 I think you might have 00:12:25.663 --> 00:12:26.953 had your haircut, Jonathon. 00:12:26.953 --> 00:12:28.207 If you're fortunate enough 00:12:28.207 --> 00:12:29.403 to get a place at Oxford, 00:12:29.403 --> 00:12:30.366 the least you can do 00:12:30.366 --> 00:12:31.298 is arrive with hair 00:12:31.298 --> 00:12:32.419 at a reasonable length. 00:12:32.419 --> 00:12:33.522 I don't think the place 00:12:33.522 --> 00:12:34.380 was conditional on 00:12:34.383 --> 00:12:35.453 the length of my hair. 00:12:37.472 --> 00:12:39.702 Excuse me, Senor Fairchild. 00:12:39.843 --> 00:12:40.573 Yes? 00:12:40.745 --> 00:12:42.416 A message from Mrs Fairchild. 00:12:42.416 --> 00:12:43.852 She is unavoidably delayed. 00:12:43.852 --> 00:12:44.930 She will see you at 00:12:44.930 --> 00:12:46.205 Paddington Station. 00:12:46.831 --> 00:12:49.867 Oh, thank you Ramana. 00:12:58.432 --> 00:12:59.152 Oh. 00:13:01.461 --> 00:13:02.185 Well. 00:13:41.115 --> 00:13:41.885 You can just see 00:13:41.885 --> 00:13:42.717 his handkerchief, 00:13:42.717 --> 00:13:43.626 third from the end. 00:13:43.626 --> 00:13:44.561 I'm sorry, Darling. 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:45.358 Where the hell 00:13:45.358 --> 00:13:46.195 have you been? 00:13:46.195 --> 00:13:47.363 You missed lunch. 00:13:47.363 --> 00:13:48.281 Your youngest child 00:13:48.281 --> 00:13:49.320 leaves home and 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:49.855 you weren't there 00:13:49.855 --> 00:13:50.585 to see him off. 00:13:50.868 --> 00:13:52.130 Our youngest child. 00:13:52.130 --> 00:13:53.301 And you were there. 00:13:53.857 --> 00:13:54.637 Oh, Donald. 00:13:54.637 --> 00:13:55.642 Don't be so dramatic. 00:13:55.642 --> 00:13:56.695 We're going to see him 00:13:56.695 --> 00:13:57.420 at the weekend. 00:13:57.420 --> 00:13:59.860 Well, where on earth have you been? 00:13:59.693 --> 00:14:01.230 I've got some very exciting news 00:14:01.230 --> 00:14:02.868 I'd wanted to tell you over lunch. 00:14:02.868 --> 00:14:03.948 Now you've spoiled it. 00:14:03.948 --> 00:14:05.436 And I've got some exciting news 00:14:05.436 --> 00:14:06.147 to tell you. 00:14:06.147 --> 00:14:07.251 I went for an interview 00:14:07.251 --> 00:14:07.952 for a job, 00:14:07.952 --> 00:14:09.189 and the most amazing thing 00:14:09.189 --> 00:14:09.896 happened. 00:14:09.896 --> 00:14:11.377 They want me to start tomorrow. 00:14:11.377 --> 00:14:12.945 I think the Flowerpot in Amersham 00:14:12.945 --> 00:14:13.803 could have waited. 00:14:13.803 --> 00:14:14.522 Don't you feel 00:14:14.522 --> 00:14:15.425 it's more important 00:14:15.425 --> 00:14:16.142 to be here, 00:14:16.142 --> 00:14:17.111 to see your son off? 00:14:17.111 --> 00:14:17.831 As it happens, 00:14:17.831 --> 00:14:19.191 it's something rather better 00:14:19.191 --> 00:14:19.903 than that. 00:14:19.903 --> 00:14:20.769 Oh, well nevermind 00:14:20.769 --> 00:14:22.302 I want to tell you my good news. 00:14:22.302 --> 00:14:23.974 Hermann's announcing his retirement 00:14:23.974 --> 00:14:24.702 tomorrow. 00:14:24.702 --> 00:14:25.772 Don't you want to know 00:14:25.772 --> 00:14:26.532 what it is? 00:14:26.532 --> 00:14:27.272 What? 00:14:27.272 --> 00:14:27.980 My job. 00:14:27.984 --> 00:14:28.854 The one I went for 00:14:28.854 --> 00:14:29.582 this morning. 00:14:29.582 --> 00:14:30.642 Don't you want to know 00:14:30.642 --> 00:14:31.342 what it is? 00:14:31.342 --> 00:14:32.720 O yes. Alright. 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:32.772 What is it? 00:14:32.772 --> 00:14:34.720 I'm on the hardware counter 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:34.782 at Woolies. 00:14:42.111 --> 00:14:44.230 I wish you every success, Donald. 00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:45.320 Thankyou Alastair. 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:46.620 I'm sure we are going to do 00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:47.680 great things together. 00:14:47.943 --> 00:14:48.643 Yes. 00:14:49.578 --> 00:14:50.328 Right. 00:14:50.715 --> 00:14:51.935 Ah, can I have your 00:14:51.935 --> 00:14:53.235 attention please? 00:14:54.526 --> 00:14:56.439 Quiet, please. 00:14:56.993 --> 00:14:57.813 Thankyou. 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:00.510 Now kinder, 00:15:01.850 --> 00:15:02.245 some of you may know 00:15:02.245 --> 00:15:03.595 why I've called you here 00:15:03.595 --> 00:15:04.334 this morning. 00:15:04.334 --> 00:15:05.348 And some of you 00:15:05.348 --> 00:15:06.468 maybe not. 00:15:07.850 --> 00:15:09.136 But knowing how well secrets 00:15:09.136 --> 00:15:11.476 are kept at Ginsberg Publishing, 00:15:11.476 --> 00:15:13.516 I'm sure you all know. 00:15:15.587 --> 00:15:16.297 I founded this 00:15:16.297 --> 00:15:17.795 Publishing House 00:15:17.795 --> 00:15:19.435 when I bought this building 00:15:19.435 --> 00:15:20.954 in 1939. 00:15:21.905 --> 00:15:24.836 It has been my life. 00:15:26.149 --> 00:15:28.569 But, as one or two of you 00:15:28.569 --> 00:15:29.649 may know. 00:15:29.872 --> 00:15:31.120 Next week 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:32.282 I celebrate my 00:15:32.282 --> 00:15:34.302 seventy fourth birthday. 00:15:36.913 --> 00:15:38.830 Thankyou. 00:15:38.228 --> 00:15:39.168 Thankyou. 00:15:39.629 --> 00:15:40.729 But, we best not be 00:15:40.729 --> 00:15:41.509 premature. 00:15:42.142 --> 00:15:44.302 I ain't got there yet. 00:15:46.694 --> 00:15:48.594 But it does not take 00:15:48.594 --> 00:15:50.562 mathematical genius 00:15:50.562 --> 00:15:51.540 to work out 00:15:51.540 --> 00:15:52.523 that I have been 00:15:52.533 --> 00:15:54.373 selling and publishing books 00:15:54.373 --> 00:15:55.585 for more than 00:15:55.585 --> 00:15:57.358 forty five years. 00:15:57.761 --> 00:15:59.810 That's a lot of books 00:15:59.810 --> 00:16:01.430 and a lot of years. 00:16:01.967 --> 00:16:04.670 And I have to admit 00:16:04.670 --> 00:16:05.327 that these days 00:16:05.329 --> 00:16:07.349 I sometimes get a bit 00:16:07.349 --> 00:16:08.139 tired. 00:16:09.199 --> 00:16:10.509 In other words 00:16:10.509 --> 00:16:12.266 there comes a time 00:16:12.266 --> 00:16:13.878 to step down. 00:16:13.878 --> 00:16:15.601 To pass the business over. 00:16:16.543 --> 00:16:18.726 That time has come. 00:16:19.851 --> 00:16:21.901 I do not feel unhappy. 00:16:21.901 --> 00:16:24.291 Because I know that Ginsberg Publishing 00:16:24.291 --> 00:16:25.251 is going to be 00:16:25.251 --> 00:16:26.541 in safe hands. 00:16:27.146 --> 00:16:29.266 It is going to be taken over 00:16:29.266 --> 00:16:31.476 by a man, who will bring 00:16:31.476 --> 00:16:33.166 the company into the 80s. 00:16:33.166 --> 00:16:36.456 Hopefully before we are in the 90s. 00:16:37.880 --> 00:16:39.780 A dynamic man. 00:16:39.780 --> 00:16:42.910 For whom, I am proud to step down. 00:16:42.910 --> 00:16:44.260 I am delighted 00:16:44.260 --> 00:16:46.303 to introduce to you, 00:16:46.303 --> 00:16:48.493 The President of Oasis Publishing. 00:16:48.493 --> 00:16:51.203 Edgar Frankland, the third. 00:16:55.916 --> 00:16:57.476 Thankyou Herman. 00:16:57.476 --> 00:16:58.336 Thankyou. 00:17:01.449 --> 00:17:03.439 And may I say 00:17:03.439 --> 00:17:04.539 how delighted I am 00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:05.782 to have this opportunity 00:17:05.782 --> 00:17:06.871 of meeting you all. 00:17:06.871 --> 00:17:08.239 And in due course, 00:17:08.239 --> 00:17:09.670 I will be meeting 00:17:09.670 --> 00:17:09.822 each and every 00:17:09.822 --> 00:17:11.330 one of you individually, 00:17:11.330 --> 00:17:11.753 to explain the 00:17:11.753 --> 00:17:12.765 various ramifications 00:17:12.765 --> 00:17:13.902 of this take over bid. 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:14.974 And what it will 00:17:14.974 --> 00:17:16.661 mean to you financially. 00:17:17.762 --> 00:17:18.537 I don't know how 00:17:18.537 --> 00:17:19.657 you can be so callous. 00:17:19.657 --> 00:17:20.707 You gave no indication 00:17:20.707 --> 00:17:21.807 that we were subject to 00:17:21.807 --> 00:17:22.687 a take over bid. 00:17:22.697 --> 00:17:24.347 Donald, I told you yesterday 00:17:24.347 --> 00:17:25.857 I was going to make a big 00:17:25.857 --> 00:17:26.750 announcement. 00:17:26.750 --> 00:17:27.560 Yes. To tell us 00:17:27.560 --> 00:17:28.761 you were retiring. 00:17:28.972 --> 00:17:30.672 I am retiring. 00:17:30.677 --> 00:17:32.438 I know Herman. 00:17:32.438 --> 00:17:33.218 What about me? 00:17:33.218 --> 00:17:34.398 Am I supposed to retire? 00:17:34.398 --> 00:17:36.580 Or shall we use the real phrase? 00:17:36.580 --> 00:17:37.680 Be made redundant. 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:38.308 Mr Fairchild. 00:17:38.308 --> 00:17:39.496 Donald. 00:17:39.496 --> 00:17:40.416 No one's been made 00:17:40.416 --> 00:17:41.653 redundant. 00:17:41.653 --> 00:17:42.563 At least not at 00:17:42.563 --> 00:17:43.733 board level. 00:17:43.733 --> 00:17:45.323 Especially not you. 00:17:45.323 --> 00:17:47.670 I want you at Oasis. 00:17:47.376 --> 00:17:48.826 I beg your pardon? 00:17:48.826 --> 00:17:49.926 I need you. 00:17:49.926 --> 00:17:50.676 I'm over here 00:17:50.676 --> 00:17:51.416 merely to cover 00:17:51.416 --> 00:17:52.796 this transition period. 00:17:53.860 --> 00:17:54.236 We're gonna need someone 00:17:54.236 --> 00:17:55.186 to succeed me. 00:17:55.186 --> 00:17:55.946 And I think you 00:17:55.946 --> 00:17:56.996 could be that someone. 00:17:56.996 --> 00:17:57.696 But. 00:17:57.696 --> 00:17:58.476 Herman's told me 00:17:58.476 --> 00:17:59.508 all about you. 00:17:59.508 --> 00:18:00.248 And one of the 00:18:00.248 --> 00:18:01.228 two main conditions 00:18:01.228 --> 00:18:02.238 of this take over. 00:18:02.238 --> 00:18:03.175 Is that you join us 00:18:03.175 --> 00:18:03.935 at Oasis, with 00:18:03.935 --> 00:18:05.105 the usual stock options. 00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:06.670 Ah. 00:18:06.797 --> 00:18:07.747 Well, I hope you'll 00:18:07.747 --> 00:18:08.507 at least 00:18:08.507 --> 00:18:09.810 consider it. 00:18:09.947 --> 00:18:11.470 Yes, sure, I... 00:18:12.270 --> 00:18:13.931 I'll consider it. 00:18:15.308 --> 00:18:16.248 What was the other 00:18:16.248 --> 00:18:17.372 main condition? 00:18:17.372 --> 00:18:18.328 That I got 00:18:18.328 --> 00:18:19.148 three million 00:18:19.148 --> 00:18:20.528 for the property. 00:18:28.903 --> 00:18:30.754 Well, that's the reception. 00:18:30.754 --> 00:18:32.224 We change our display 00:18:32.224 --> 00:18:33.511 periodically. 00:18:33.511 --> 00:18:34.611 Mostly it's our titles 00:18:34.611 --> 00:18:36.510 from the Bestseller Lists. 00:18:36.510 --> 00:18:36.781 Of which 00:18:36.781 --> 00:18:37.851 I am delighted to say, 00:18:37.851 --> 00:18:38.903 there are many. 00:18:38.903 --> 00:18:39.703 Number one, 00:18:39.703 --> 00:18:40.743 'Sixteen Weeks'. 00:18:40.743 --> 00:18:41.733 Nicky is responsible 00:18:41.733 --> 00:18:43.143 for the display. 00:18:43.143 --> 00:18:44.323 Nicky, this is 00:18:44.323 --> 00:18:45.630 Mr Fairchild, 00:18:45.630 --> 00:18:46.133 who will be joining 00:18:46.133 --> 00:18:47.323 our Senior Executive. 00:18:47.629 --> 00:18:48.359 Hello. 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:49.759 Good Afternoon, Mr Fairchild. 00:18:50.287 --> 00:18:51.607 Don, come on through 00:18:51.607 --> 00:18:52.797 and let me introduce you 00:18:52.797 --> 00:18:53.697 to some of the key 00:18:53.697 --> 00:18:54.827 personnel who will 00:18:54.827 --> 00:18:55.857 be working under you. 00:18:55.857 --> 00:18:56.607 Thankyou. 00:18:57.927 --> 00:18:59.382 ha ha ha (with mouth closed). 00:19:02.613 --> 00:19:04.300 Very impressive, Edgar. 00:19:04.300 --> 00:19:05.285 I knew you'd like it. 00:19:05.285 --> 00:19:06.385 Ah. Peter. 00:19:06.385 --> 00:19:07.545 Meet our new 00:19:07.545 --> 00:19:09.135 Sales and Marketing Director. 00:19:09.135 --> 00:19:10.501 Donald Fairchild, 00:19:10.501 --> 00:19:11.382 who comes to us 00:19:11.382 --> 00:19:12.602 from Ginsberg Publishing. 00:19:12.602 --> 00:19:14.164 Peter Stuart, Personnel. 00:19:14.164 --> 00:19:15.804 Delighted you are joining us. 00:19:15.804 --> 00:19:16.534 We need 00:19:16.534 --> 00:19:17.604 someone like you here. 00:19:17.995 --> 00:19:18.785 Thankyou. 00:19:19.667 --> 00:19:21.267 And Anthea Duxbury, 00:19:21.267 --> 00:19:23.377 your Export Sales Director. 00:19:23.377 --> 00:19:24.870 How do you do? 00:19:24.870 --> 00:19:24.837 Mr Fairchild. 00:19:24.837 --> 00:19:25.607 I'm so glad 00:19:25.607 --> 00:19:26.907 you're joining us. 00:19:26.907 --> 00:19:27.807 So am I. 00:19:27.807 --> 00:19:28.527 And someone 00:19:28.527 --> 00:19:29.767 you are going to 00:19:29.767 --> 00:19:30.907 be working 00:19:30.907 --> 00:19:31.790 very closely with. 00:19:31.790 --> 00:19:33.740 Your Editorial Director... 00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:34.560 See you later. 00:19:34.560 --> 00:19:36.500 Caroline Fielding. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Miss Fielding 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 only joined us yesterday. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 How do you do? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Mr Um? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fairchild. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Donald Fairchild. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We are damn lucky 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to have her. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Do you know 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fielding is responsible 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 for one of our big sellers 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 in the States. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The Dartington Trilogy. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Is that so? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yes. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, I'm sure you two 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 are going to get along 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 famously. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yeah, I'm sure we shall. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Don't be offended, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that lately we've 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 been on my mind. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And one day 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we might wake and find 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a hopeless situation. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nothing has ended. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'll still be here 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 or here abouts. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And you won't suffer 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 any doubts 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 or lack communication. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 All the ? are forever 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 All the best 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that is yet to come. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Merely 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 suspended. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So you'll remember 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 why we fell 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 in love.