WEBVTT 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Don't be 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 offended, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but lately we've been on my mind. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And one day we might wake and find 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a hopeless situation. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No hurt intended, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but I have to make a move before 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we find were running out of more 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 than time and conversation. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Mind the bend, Darling. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I've driven you to the station 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 for the last fifteen years. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You don't have to tell me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Careful, there is another one coming up. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Darling! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I know this road like the back of my hand. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Caroline, keep your eyes on the road. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Good Lord! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I don't believe it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's unbelievable. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What is? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You are so irritating this morning. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 There's been a big shake up at Belmont. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Tony Lloyd has been made MD. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Do you know him? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Tony Lloyd previously spent three years 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 at Ginsberg Publishing, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 where he worked under 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the Sales and Marketing Director, Donald Fairchild. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He was my Home Sales Director. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I told him he was out of his mind 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to leave Ginsberg for Belmont, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 because he was in line for my job. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now he's a Managing Director 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and I'm still there. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's not your fault, Darling. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You know, Herman Ginsburg 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 should have stepped down years ago. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I know, you know, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Herman knows. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He said he'd retire 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 when he was sixty five. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 he can't go on for ever, can he? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He's seventy four next week. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I must be mad 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to have stayed with Herman. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Tony Lloyd, MD of Belmont. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You just hang in there, Darling. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's only a matter of time. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I know, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I've got another fifteen years 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 before I retire. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Here we are. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ohhh, roll on Friday. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Darling, its only Monday. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Oh, don't forget. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We've promised to take 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Jonathon for lunch today, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 before he gets his train for Oxford. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Are you sure you've kept it free? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Don't worry, it's in the diary. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it's not everyday 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a member of our family 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 goes to University. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm looking forward to it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So is Jonathon. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So am I. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's yonks since you took me 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 out to lunch during the week. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I know. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Herman is so mean these days 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it's hard enough to claim 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the genuine business lunches. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ah, Donald. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I thought I might look for a job. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm going to have 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a lot of time on my hands. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well you've still got me 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to look after. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yes of course, but 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I thought I'd like something 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 more challenging. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 More fulfilling. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I've spent the last 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 twenty odd years 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 looking after you 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and the children. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I want a job. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But, that is your job. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I want something more, Donald. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I want to go back to work. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, a good idea. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What about that new flower shop 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 in Amersham? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They're always looking 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 for part time staff. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No, that's not quite 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 what I had in mind. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Why not? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You're a jolly good 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 flower arranger. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I bet you could get a job there. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Donald! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I want to pick up my career. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I want to go back 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 into publishing. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Darling, you are quaint. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I must go 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 or I'll miss it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Don't forget 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to pick up my suit 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 from the cleaners. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Oh and some shaving cream. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lather. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You got foam last time. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Donald! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Donald, may I remind you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I had a very successful 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 career in publishing 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 before I bore your children. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Our children. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And it was a promising career. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Alright. Promising. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I was earning 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 more than you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And it would have been successful 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 if you hadn't got me pregnant 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 every two minutes. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Caroline, I have to travel 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with these people. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, just you remember Donald Fairchild, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that I'm the one 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 who had to give up my career. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm the one who had to 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 compromise. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm the one who had to 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 deal with all the dirty nappies. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And I'm the one 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 who wants to pick up 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 my career. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You haven't done any 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 dirty nappies for years. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm talking metaphorically. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What was the alternative? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That I should have 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 given up my career? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, I was a good editor. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I found the Dartington Trilogy. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Which still sells very nicely, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 thank you very much. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So don't patronise me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Darling, I wasn't patronising you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yes, you were. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You called me quaint. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nobody likes being called quaint. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's patronising. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Sorry, I shouldn't have said that. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It was wrong. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Naive, would have been a better word. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ugh! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You are being naive, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 if you think you can 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 go back into publishing, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 just like that. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You've had no contact 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 for over twenty years. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I shouldn't think 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you'd even get as far 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 as an interview. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Really? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 These days, they want young people. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Not middle aged Mums. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Why do you think 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm having such a struggle 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 at Ginsberg? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Why do you think 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we haven't had 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a title in the best seller list 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 for five years? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Because, I've got 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a geriatric chairman, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 who won't spend any money. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And a puritanical 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 editorial director, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 who won't allow 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 so much as a bare bosom 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 on a cover. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And a patronising 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and a pompous 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Marketing Director, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 who is a male chauvinist pig. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Morning. Post. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ginsberg Publishing. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'll see if Mr Ginsberg 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 is free. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I should have 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 been consulted. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 My sales force 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 are going to have 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a hell of a job 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 selling a book with this cover. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I don' know how 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you can say that, Donald. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That is a beautiful 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 still life, by Van Gogh. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it's beautiful, but 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it's a waste of money. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It won't help 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Gordon Campion's book. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ya? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Beatrice, ask him to call 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 me later. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm in a meeting 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with Mr Fairchild 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and Mr McCormack. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The book is about an artist. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I think its a most 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 apposite cover. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's about a randy 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 young art student. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's a very funny book. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Herman. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No thank you, Herman. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Look. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 With the right marketing. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I can get you into 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the best seller list. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I've already done 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a marvellous deal 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with Smiths'. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Donald. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What have you got in mind? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 A naked girl. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I know Alistair. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I know. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But, a pair of boobs 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 can sell an extra 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 two hundred thousand copies. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No no. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I've always been 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a responsible editor. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm not going to 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 demean myself 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 or Ginsberg. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 How about in profile? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 One boob. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And settle for an extra 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 one hundred thousand. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm sorry Herman. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I don't wish to appear 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Puritanical. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But, I refuse to be associated 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with anything lewd. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Herman, he's got to go. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We've gotta get 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 someone young. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Who can change our image 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and get this publishing company 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 into the 80s. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hopefully, before 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we're into the 90s. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Don't worry Donald. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You'll give yourself 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a coronary. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Gawd, when I got you 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Jeffery Archer. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And you rejected him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Archer. Smarcher. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We're not doing too badly. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Herman, we can't survive 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 on our list of dead authors, forever. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The Ginsberg Dickens. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The Ginsberg Shakespeare. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Herman Ginsberg's complete works of 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lewis Caroll. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I might as well 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 be doing the marketing 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 for a firm of undertakers. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Donald. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You know my philosophy. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 A good author 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 is a dead author. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Especially, if he's been dead 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 fifty years and I don't have to 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 pay him royalties. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Herman. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Don't worry Donald. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Alastair is leaving. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Alright? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Listen. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm seventy four 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 next week. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You know that. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yes. Of course. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Tomorrow morning 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm going to make 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a big announcement. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Herman. Are you announcing 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 your retirement? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I don't want to say anymore now. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Alright? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No. Certainly. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ha! Right. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Donald. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I've been looking at some of 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 your expenses lately. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Two bottles of Joulet chambagne 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 for lunch 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 last Wednesday.