Executive Stress - Series 1 - Episode 1 ( Stars Penelope Keith & Geoffrey Palmer ) Mon, Oct 20 1986
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0:10 - 0:11Don't be
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0:11 - 0:13offended,
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0:13 - 0:17but lately we've been on my mind.
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0:17 - 0:20And one day we might wake and find
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0:21 - 0:24a hopeless situation.
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0:24 - 0:27No hurt intended,
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0:28 - 0:31but I have to make a move before
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0:32 - 0:35we find we're running out of more
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0:35 - 0:39than time and conversation.
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0:44 - 0:45Mind the bend, Darling.
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0:45 - 0:47I've driven you to the station
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0:47 - 0:48everyday,
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0:48 - 0:49for the last fifteen years.
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0:49 - 0:51You don't have to tell me.
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0:51 - 0:53Careful, there is another one coming up.
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0:53 - 0:54Darling!
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0:54 - 0:57I know this road like the back of my hand.
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0:57 - 0:59Caroline, keep your eyes on the road.
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1:03 - 1:04Good Lord!
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1:04 - 1:05What?
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1:05 - 1:06I don't believe it.
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1:06 - 1:07What?
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1:07 - 1:08It's unbelievable.
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1:08 - 1:09What is?
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1:09 - 1:12You are so irritating this morning.
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1:12 - 1:14There's been a big shake up at Belmont.
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1:15 - 1:16Tony Lloyd has been made MD.
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1:17 - 1:17Do you know him?
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1:17 - 1:19Tony Lloyd previously spent three years
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1:19 - 1:20at Ginsberg Publishing,
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1:20 - 1:21where he worked under
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1:21 - 1:23Sales and Marketing Director,
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1:23 - 1:24Donald Fairchild.
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1:24 - 1:26He was my Home Sales Director.
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1:26 - 1:28I told him he was out of his mind
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1:28 - 1:30to leave Ginsberg for Belmont,
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1:30 - 1:32because he was in line for my job.
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1:33 - 1:34Now he's a Managing Director
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1:34 - 1:35and I'm still there.
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1:35 - 1:37It's not your fault, Darling.
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1:37 - 1:38You know, Herman Ginsburg
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1:38 - 1:40should have stepped down years ago.
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1:40 - 1:41I know, you know,
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1:41 - 1:42Herman knows.
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1:42 - 1:43He said he'd retire
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1:43 - 1:45when he was sixty five.
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1:45 - 1:45Well,
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1:46 - 1:48he can't go on for ever, can he?
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1:48 - 1:49He's seventy four next week.
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1:51 - 1:51I must be mad
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1:51 - 1:53to have stayed with Herman.
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1:54 - 1:56Tony Lloyd, MD of Belmont.
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1:57 - 1:58You just hang in there, Darling.
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1:58 - 2:00It's only a matter of time.
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2:00 - 2:01I know,
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2:01 - 2:02I've got another fifteen years
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2:02 - 2:03before I retire.
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2:16 - 2:17Here we are.
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2:18 - 2:20Ohhh, roll on Friday.
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2:20 - 2:21Darling, its only Monday.
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2:22 - 2:23Oh, don't forget.
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2:23 - 2:24We've promised to take
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2:24 - 2:25Jonathon to lunch today,
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2:25 - 2:27before he gets his train for Oxford.
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2:27 - 2:28Are you sure
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2:28 - 2:29you've kept it free?
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2:29 - 2:30Don't worry, it's in the diary.
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2:30 - 2:31It's not everyday
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2:31 - 2:32a member of our family
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2:32 - 2:33goes to University.
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2:33 - 2:34I'm looking forward to it.
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2:34 - 2:35So is Jonathon.
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2:35 - 2:35So am I.
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2:35 - 2:37It's yonks since you took me
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2:37 - 2:38out to lunch during the week.
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2:38 - 2:39I know.
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2:39 - 2:40Herman is so mean these days
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2:40 - 2:41it's hard enough to claim
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2:41 - 2:43the genuine business lunches.
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2:43 - 2:44Ah, Donald.
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2:44 - 2:45I've been thinking.
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2:46 - 2:48I thought I might look for a job.
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2:48 - 2:49I'm going to have
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2:49 - 2:50a lot of time on my hands.
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2:51 - 2:52Well you've still got me
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2:52 - 2:52to look after.
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2:52 - 2:54Yes of course, but
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2:54 - 2:56I thought I'd like something
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2:56 - 2:57more, challenging.
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2:57 - 2:58More fulfilling.
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2:59 - 3:00I've spent the last
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3:00 - 3:00twenty odd years
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3:00 - 3:01looking after you
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3:01 - 3:03and the children.
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3:03 - 3:04I want a job.
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3:04 - 3:05But, that is your job.
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3:06 - 3:07I want something more, Donald.
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3:08 - 3:09I want to go back to work.
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3:10 - 3:11Well, a good idea.
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3:12 - 3:13What about that new flower shop
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3:13 - 3:14in Amersham?
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3:14 - 3:15They're always looking
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3:15 - 3:16for part time staff.
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3:16 - 3:17No, that's not quite
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3:17 - 3:18what I had in mind.
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3:18 - 3:19Why not?
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3:19 - 3:20You're a jolly good
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3:20 - 3:21flower arranger.
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3:21 - 3:22I bet you could get a job there.
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3:22 - 3:23Donald!
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3:23 - 3:24I want to pick up my career.
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3:24 - 3:25I want to go back
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3:25 - 3:26into publishing.
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3:26 - 3:27Darling, you are quaint.
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3:28 - 3:28I must go
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3:28 - 3:29or I'll miss it.
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3:30 - 3:31Don't forget
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3:31 - 3:32to pick up my suit
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3:32 - 3:32from the cleaners.
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3:33 - 3:34Oh and some shaving cream.
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3:34 - 3:35Lather.
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3:35 - 3:36You got foam last time.
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3:37 - 3:37Donald!
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3:40 - 3:41Donald, may I remind you.
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3:41 - 3:43I had a very successful
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3:43 - 3:44career in publishing
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3:44 - 3:45before I bore your children.
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3:45 - 3:46Our children.
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3:46 - 3:47And it was a promising career.
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3:47 - 3:48Alright. Promising.
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3:48 - 3:49I was earning
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3:49 - 3:50more than you.
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3:50 - 3:51And it would have been successful
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3:51 - 3:53if you hadn't got me pregnant
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3:53 - 3:54every two minutes.
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3:55 - 3:56Caroline, I have to travel
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3:56 - 3:57with these people.
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3:57 - 3:59Well, just you remember Donald Fairchild,
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3:59 - 4:00that I'm the one
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4:00 - 4:01who had to give up my career.
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4:01 - 4:02I'm the one who had to
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4:02 - 4:03compromise.
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4:03 - 4:04I'm the one who had to
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4:04 - 4:05deal with all the dirty nappies.
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4:05 - 4:06And I'm the one
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4:06 - 4:07who wants to pick up
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4:07 - 4:08my career.
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4:08 - 4:09You haven't done any
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4:09 - 4:10dirty nappies for years.
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4:10 - 4:11I'm talking metaphorically.
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4:12 - 4:14What was the alternative?
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4:14 - 4:14That I should have
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4:14 - 4:15given up my career?
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4:18 - 4:20Well, I was a good editor.
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4:20 - 4:22I found the Dartington Trilogy.
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4:22 - 4:23Which still sells very nicely,
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4:23 - 4:25thank you very much.
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4:25 - 4:26So don't patronise me.
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4:26 - 4:28Darling, I wasn't patronising you.
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4:28 - 4:29Yes, you were.
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4:29 - 4:30You called me quaint.
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4:31 - 4:33Nobody likes being called quaint.
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4:33 - 4:34It's patronising.
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4:34 - 4:36I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that.
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4:36 - 4:37It was wrong.
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4:37 - 4:40Naive, would have been a better word.
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4:40 - 4:40Ugh!
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4:47 - 4:48What?
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4:48 - 4:49You are being naive,
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4:49 - 4:50if you think you can
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4:50 - 4:51go back into publishing,
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4:51 - 4:52just like that.
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4:52 - 4:53You've had no contact
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4:53 - 4:54for over twenty years.
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4:54 - 4:55I shouldn't think
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4:55 - 4:56you'd even get as far
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4:56 - 4:57as an interview.
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4:58 - 4:59Really?
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4:59 - 4:59No.
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4:59 - 5:01These days, they want young people.
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5:01 - 5:02Not middle aged Mums.
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5:02 - 5:03Why do you think
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5:03 - 5:04I'm having such a struggle
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5:04 - 5:05at Ginsberg?
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5:05 - 5:06Why do you think
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5:06 - 5:07we haven't had
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5:07 - 5:08a title in the best seller list
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5:08 - 5:09for five years?
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5:09 - 5:10Because, I've got
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5:10 - 5:11a geriatric chairman,
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5:11 - 5:12who won't spend any money.
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5:12 - 5:13And a puritanical
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5:13 - 5:14editorial director,
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5:14 - 5:14who won't allow
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5:14 - 5:16so much as a bare bosom
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5:16 - 5:16on a cover.
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5:16 - 5:17And a patronising
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5:17 - 5:18and pompous
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5:18 - 5:19Sales and Marketing Director,
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5:19 - 5:21who is a male chauvinist pig.
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5:37 - 5:38Morning. Post.
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5:48 - 5:50Ginsberg Publishers.
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5:50 - 5:52I'll see if Mr Ginsberg
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5:52 - 5:53is free.
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5:56 - 5:56I should have
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5:56 - 5:57been consulted.
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5:58 - 5:58My sales force
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5:58 - 5:59are going to have
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5:59 - 6:00a hell of a job
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6:00 - 6:01selling a book with this cover.
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6:01 - 6:02I don' know how
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6:02 - 6:03you can say that, Donald.
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6:03 - 6:04That is a beautiful
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6:04 - 6:05still life, by Van Gogh.
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6:07 - 6:08it's beautiful, but
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6:08 - 6:09it's a waste of money.
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6:09 - 6:10It won't help
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6:10 - 6:11Gordon Campion's book.
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6:11 - 6:12Ya?
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6:12 - 6:14Beatrice, ask him to call
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6:14 - 6:14me later.
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6:14 - 6:15I'm in a meeting
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6:15 - 6:16with Mr Fairchild
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6:16 - 6:17and Mr McCormack.
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6:17 - 6:19The book is about an artist.
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6:19 - 6:20I think its a most
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6:20 - 6:21apposite cover.
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6:21 - 6:22It's about a randy
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6:22 - 6:23young art student.
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6:23 - 6:24It's a very funny book.
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6:25 - 6:26Herman.
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6:26 - 6:28No thank you, Herman.
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6:29 - 6:30Look.
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6:31 - 6:32With the right marketing.
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6:32 - 6:33I can get 'Pasture's New' into
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6:33 - 6:34the best seller list.
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6:34 - 6:35I've already done
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6:35 - 6:36a marvellous deal
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6:36 - 6:37with Smiths'.
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6:37 - 6:38Donald.
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6:38 - 6:39What have you got in mind?
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6:40 - 6:40Well.
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6:42 - 6:43A naked girl, for start.
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6:43 - 6:43Oh!
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6:43 - 6:44I know Alistair.
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6:44 - 6:45I know.
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6:45 - 6:46But, a pair of boobs
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6:46 - 6:47can sell an extra
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6:47 - 6:48two hundred thousand copies.
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6:48 - 6:49No!
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6:49 - 6:50No no.
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6:51 - 6:52I've always been
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6:52 - 6:53a responsible editor.
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6:54 - 6:55I'm not going to
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6:55 - 6:56demean myself
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6:56 - 6:57or Ginsberg.
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6:57 - 6:59How about in profile?
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6:59 - 7:00One boob.
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7:02 - 7:03And settle for an extra
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7:03 - 7:05hundred thousand.
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7:05 - 7:07I'm sorry Herman.
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7:07 - 7:08I have no wish to appear
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7:08 - 7:09Puritanical.
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7:09 - 7:11But, I refuse to be associated
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7:11 - 7:12with anything lewd.
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7:16 - 7:17Herman, he's got to go.
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7:17 - 7:18We've gotta get
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7:18 - 7:18someone young.
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7:18 - 7:19Who can help me
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7:19 - 7:20change our image
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7:20 - 7:21and get this Publishing House
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7:21 - 7:22into the 80s.
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7:22 - 7:23Hopefully, before
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7:23 - 7:24we're into the 90s.
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7:25 - 7:27Don't worry Donald.
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7:27 - 7:28You'll give yourself
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7:28 - 7:29a coronary.
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7:29 - 7:30Gawd, when I think
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7:30 - 7:31I got you, Jeffery Archer.
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7:31 - 7:32And you rejected him.
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7:32 - 7:34Archer. Smarcher.
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7:34 - 7:36We're not doing too badly.
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7:36 - 7:38Herman, we can't survive
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7:38 - 7:40on our list of dead authors, forever.
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7:41 - 7:42The Ginsberg Dickens.
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7:43 - 7:45The Ginsberg Shakespeare.
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7:46 - 7:48Herman Ginsberg's complete works of
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7:48 - 7:48Lewis Caroll.
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7:49 - 7:50I might as well
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7:50 - 7:51be doing the marketing
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7:51 - 7:52for a firm of undertakers.
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7:54 - 7:55Donald.
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7:56 - 7:57You know my philosophy.
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7:58 - 7:59A good author
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7:59 - 8:00is a dead author.
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8:00 - 8:01Especially, if he's been dead
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8:01 - 8:03fifty years and I don't have to
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8:03 - 8:04pay him royalties.
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8:04 - 8:05Herman.
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8:05 - 8:06Don't worry Donald.
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8:06 - 8:08Alastair is leaving.
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8:08 - 8:09Alright?
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8:09 - 8:10Listen.
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8:11 - 8:12I'm seventy four
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8:12 - 8:13next week.
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8:13 - 8:15You know that.
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8:15 - 8:16Yes. Of course.
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8:17 - 8:18Well, tomorrow morning
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8:18 - 8:19I'm going to make
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8:19 - 8:20a big announcement.
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8:22 - 8:24Herman. Are you announcing
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8:24 - 8:25your retirement?
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8:28 - 8:29I don't want to say anymore now.
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8:30 - 8:31Alright?
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8:31 - 8:34No. Certainly.
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8:40 - 8:42Ha! Right.
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8:44 - 8:45Donald.
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8:46 - 8:47I've been looking at some of
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8:47 - 8:49your expenses lately.
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8:50 - 8:53Two bottles of Jouet Champagne, ah?
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8:53 - 8:53for lunch
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8:53 - 8:54last Wednesday.
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8:54 - 8:55I was negotiating
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8:55 - 8:56for a big Autumn wine book.
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8:56 - 8:57What were we supposed
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8:57 - 8:58to drink?
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8:58 - 8:59Half a bottle of
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8:59 - 9:00the house plonk?
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9:00 - 9:00And did you get
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9:00 - 9:01the wine book?
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9:01 - 9:02No.
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9:02 - 9:04Then the answer is yes.
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9:06 - 9:06Right.
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9:31 - 9:32Good morning.
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9:33 - 9:34Can I help you?
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9:34 - 9:35Yes. I've got an interview
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9:35 - 9:37with Peter Stuart.
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9:37 - 9:38And your name is?
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9:38 - 9:40Miss Caroline Fielding.
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9:40 - 9:41Right. Well, if you'd
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9:41 - 9:42like to take a seat
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9:42 - 9:43over there.
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9:43 - 9:44I'll phone and let Mr Stuart
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9:44 - 9:45know that you're here.
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9:45 - 9:46Thankyou.
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9:50 - 9:52Hello, yes. I've got a Miss...
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9:54 - 9:55Fielding.
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9:55 - 9:57A Miss Fielding, in reception
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9:57 - 9:58for Peter.
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9:59 - 10:01Yep, okay.
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10:02 - 10:03Mr Stuart isn't in his office
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10:03 - 10:04at the moment.
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10:05 - 10:06But his secretary
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10:06 - 10:07will phone down
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10:07 - 10:08when he's back.
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10:08 - 10:09Well, thank you.
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10:09 - 10:10I'll wait.
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10:14 - 10:15Nicky, can you get a courier
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10:15 - 10:17to whiz this over to Heathrow?
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10:17 - 10:18I'd like it in New York,
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10:18 - 10:19by tomorrow morning.
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10:19 - 10:20Right.
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10:21 - 10:23Caroline?
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10:23 - 10:25Caroline Fielding!
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10:25 - 10:27Anthea. Anthea Duxbury.
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10:27 - 10:29Good Lord!
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10:29 - 10:31It must be over fifteen years.
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10:31 - 10:32More like twenty.
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10:32 - 10:35You look marvellous.
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10:36 - 10:37So do you.
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10:41 - 10:42Well what on earth
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10:42 - 10:43are you doing here?
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10:43 - 10:45Oh, I've got an interview
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10:45 - 10:46with a Mr Stuart.
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10:46 - 10:47Peter Stuart?
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10:47 - 10:48My God,
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10:48 - 10:50we need someone like you here.
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10:50 - 10:51One just can't find
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10:51 - 10:53anyone with experience these days.
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10:53 - 10:54Really?
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10:54 - 10:55Oh, you've no idea.
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10:55 - 10:57All we get are graduates.
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10:57 - 10:58Hot out of Redwicks'.
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10:58 - 10:59Stepped in Malcom Bradbury
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10:59 - 11:01and David Lodge.
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11:01 - 11:02But, they haven't the
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11:02 - 11:03faintest idea what's
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11:03 - 11:04commercial in the marketplace.
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11:04 - 11:05Really?
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11:05 - 11:06They've no horse sense.
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11:06 - 11:07Couldn't spot a
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11:07 - 11:08Harold Robbins
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11:08 - 11:09if they slept with it.
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11:09 - 11:10Really?
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11:11 - 11:13But what about you Caroline?
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11:13 - 11:14What have you been up to?
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11:14 - 11:15This and that.
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11:15 - 11:17Freelancing, mostly.
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11:18 - 11:19Oh, Peter.
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11:19 - 11:20How clever of you
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11:20 - 11:21to find Caroline Fielding.
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11:21 - 11:22Peter Stuart.
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11:22 - 11:23Oh how do you do?
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11:23 - 11:24Do you two know each other?
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11:24 - 11:26I used to be her secretary.
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11:26 - 11:28Don't ask me how many years ago.
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11:29 - 11:30Caroline was responsible
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11:30 - 11:31for Dartington Trilogy.
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11:31 - 11:32Really?
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11:32 - 11:34My God,
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11:34 - 11:36we need someone like you here.
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11:36 - 11:37All we get are graduates
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11:37 - 11:38steeped in Malcolm Bradbury
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11:38 - 11:39and David Lodge.
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11:40 - 11:41Yes, I know.
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11:42 - 11:42Would you like to
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11:42 - 11:43come and meet some
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11:43 - 11:44of our people?
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11:44 - 11:45Yes, is Mr Frankland in?
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11:45 - 11:46When could you start?
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11:46 - 11:47Are you free for lunch?
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11:47 - 11:48The royalties from the
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11:48 - 11:49Dartington Trilogy
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11:49 - 11:50are still rolling in.
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11:50 - 11:52Especially from the States.
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11:52 - 11:53Yes, especially from the States.
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11:53 - 11:54Really?
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11:59 - 12:01So, he's retiring at last?
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12:01 - 12:02I'll be in control.
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12:03 - 12:04I'm really gonna turn
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12:04 - 12:05that company around.
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12:05 - 12:07Bring in some new blood.
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12:07 - 12:09I'm so pleased for you Dad.
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12:10 - 12:10You deserve it.
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12:11 - 12:12Thanks.
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12:15 - 12:16I can't think where
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12:16 - 12:17you're Mother has got to.
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12:17 - 12:19I'm dying to tell her the news.
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12:19 - 12:20Well as I told you.
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12:20 - 12:21When I got up
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12:21 - 12:21there was a note
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12:21 - 12:23saying she'd see us here.
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12:25 - 12:26I think you might have
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12:26 - 12:27had your haircut, Jonathon.
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12:27 - 12:28If you're fortunate enough
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12:28 - 12:29to get a place at Oxford,
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12:29 - 12:30the least you can do
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12:30 - 12:31is arrive with hair
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12:31 - 12:32at a reasonable length.
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12:32 - 12:34I don't think the place
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12:34 - 12:34was conditional on
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12:34 - 12:35the length of my hair.
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12:37 - 12:40Excuse me, Senor Fairchild.
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12:40 - 12:41Yes?
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12:41 - 12:42A message from Mrs Fairchild.
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12:42 - 12:44She is unavoidably delayed.
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12:44 - 12:45She will see you at
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12:45 - 12:46Paddington Station.
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12:47 - 12:50Oh, thank you Ramana.
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12:58 - 12:59Oh.
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13:01 - 13:02Well.
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13:41 - 13:42You can just see
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13:42 - 13:43his handkerchief,
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13:43 - 13:44third from the end.
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13:44 - 13:45I'm sorry, Darling.
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13:45 - 13:45Where the hell
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13:45 - 13:46have you been?
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13:46 - 13:47You missed lunch.
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13:47 - 13:48Your youngest child
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13:48 - 13:49leaves home and
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13:49 - 13:50you weren't there
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13:50 - 13:51to see him off.
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13:51 - 13:52Our youngest child.
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13:52 - 13:53And you were there.
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13:54 - 13:55Oh, Donald.
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13:55 - 13:56Don't be so dramatic.
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13:56 - 13:57We're going to see him
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13:57 - 13:57at the weekend.
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13:57 - 13:59Well, where on earth have you been?
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14:00 - 14:01I've got some very exciting news
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14:01 - 14:03I'd wanted to tell you over lunch.
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14:03 - 14:04Now you've spoiled it.
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14:04 - 14:05And I've got some exciting news
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14:05 - 14:06to tell you.
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14:06 - 14:07I went for an interview
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14:07 - 14:08for a job,
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14:08 - 14:09and the most amazing thing
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14:09 - 14:10happened.
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14:10 - 14:11They want me to start tomorrow.
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14:11 - 14:13I think the Flowerpot in Amersham
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14:13 - 14:14could have waited.
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14:14 - 14:15Don't you feel
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14:15 - 14:15it's more important
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14:15 - 14:16to be here,
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14:16 - 14:17to see your son off?
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14:17 - 14:18As it happens,
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14:18 - 14:19it's something rather better
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14:19 - 14:20than that.
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14:20 - 14:21Oh, well nevermind
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14:21 - 14:22I want to tell you my good news.
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14:22 - 14:24Hermann's announcing his retirement
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14:24 - 14:25tomorrow.
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14:25 - 14:26Don't you want to know
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14:26 - 14:27what it is?
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14:27 - 14:27What?
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14:27 - 14:28My job.
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14:28 - 14:29The one I went for
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14:29 - 14:30this morning.
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14:30 - 14:31Don't you want to know
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14:31 - 14:31what it is?
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14:31 - 14:32O yes. Alright.
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14:32 - 14:33What is it?
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14:33 - 14:34I'm on the hardware counter
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14:34 - 14:35at Woolies.
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14:42 - 14:44I wish you every success, Donald.
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14:44 - 14:45Thankyou Alastair.
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14:45 - 14:47I'm sure we are going to do
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14:47 - 14:48great things together.
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14:48 - 14:49Yes.
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14:50 - 14:50Right.
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14:51 - 14:52Ah, can I have your
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14:52 - 14:53attention please?
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14:55 - 14:56Quiet, please.
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14:57 - 14:58Thankyou.
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14:59 - 15:01Now kinder,
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15:01 - 15:02some of you may know
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15:02 - 15:04why I've called you here
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15:04 - 15:04this morning.
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15:04 - 15:05And some of you
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15:05 - 15:06maybe not.
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15:07 - 15:09But knowing how well secrets
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15:09 - 15:11are kept at Ginsberg Publishing,
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15:11 - 15:14I'm sure you all know.
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15:16 - 15:16I founded this
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15:16 - 15:18Publishing House
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15:18 - 15:19when I bought this building
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15:19 - 15:21in 1939.
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15:22 - 15:25It has been my life.
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15:26 - 15:29But, as one or two of you
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15:29 - 15:30may know.
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15:30 - 15:31Next week
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15:31 - 15:32I celebrate my
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15:32 - 15:34seventy fourth birthday.
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15:37 - 15:38Thankyou.
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15:38 - 15:39Thankyou.
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Not SyncedWe best not be
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Not Syncedpremature.
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Not SyncedI ain't go there yet.
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Not SyncedBut it does not take
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Not Syncedmathematical genius
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Not Syncedthat I have been
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Not SyncedAnd I have to admit
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Not Syncedthat these days
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Not SyncedI sometimes get a bit
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Not Syncedthere comes a time
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Not SyncedTo pass the business over.
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Not SyncedThat time has come.
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Not SyncedI do not feel unhappy.
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Not SyncedBecause I know that Ginsberg Publishing
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Not SyncedIt is going to be taken over
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Not SyncedHopefully before we are in the 90s.
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Not SyncedA dynamic man.
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Not SyncedFor who, I am proud to step down.
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Not SyncedI am delighted
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Not SyncedEdgar Frankland, the third.
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Not SyncedThankyou Herman.
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Not SyncedThankyou.
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Not SyncedAnd may I say
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Not SyncedAnd in due course,
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Not Syncedof this take over bid.
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Not SyncedI don't know how
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Not SyncedDonald, I told you yesterday
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Not SyncedI was going to make a big
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Not SyncedYes. To tell us
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Not SyncedI am retiring.
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Not SyncedI know Herman.
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Not SyncedWhat about me?
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Not SyncedAm I supposed to retire?
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Not SyncedOr shall we use the real phrase?
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Not SyncedBe made redundant.
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Not SyncedMr Fairchild.
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Not SyncedDonald.
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Not SyncedNo one's been made
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Not Syncedredundant.
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Not SyncedAt least not at
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Not Syncedboard level.
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Not SyncedEspecially not you.
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Not SyncedI want you at Oasis.
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Not SyncedI beg your pardon?
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Not SyncedI need you.
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Not SyncedI'm over here
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Not Syncedmerely to cover
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Not SyncedWe're gonna need someone
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Not SyncedAnd I think you
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Not SyncedHerman's told me
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Not Syncedall about you.
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Not Syncedat Oasis, with
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Not Syncedthe usual stock options.
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Not SyncedI hope you'll
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Not Syncedconsider it.
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Not SyncedYes, sure, I...
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Not SyncedI'll consider it.
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Not SyncedWhat was the other
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Not Syncedmain condition?
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Not SyncedThat I got
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Not Syncedthree million
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Not Syncedfor the property.
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Not SyncedWell, that's the reception.
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Not SyncedWe change our display
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Not Syncedperiodically.
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Not SyncedMostly it's titles
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Not SyncedOf which
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Not SyncedI am delighted to say,
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Not Syncedthere are many.
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Not SyncedNumber one,
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Not SyncedSixteen Weeks.
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Not SyncedNicky is responsible
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Not SyncedNicky, this is
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Not SyncedMr Fairchild,
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Not Syncedwho will be joining us
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Not Syncedas a Senior Executive.
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Not SyncedHello.
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Not SyncedGood Afternoon, Mr Fairchild.
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Not SyncedDon, come on through
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Not SyncedThankyou.
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Not SyncedVery impressive, Edgar.
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Not SyncedI knew you'd like it.
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Not SyncedAh. Peter.
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Not SyncedMeet our new
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Not SyncedSales and Marketing Director.
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Not SyncedDonald Fairchild,
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Not Syncedwho comes to us
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Not Syncedfrom Ginsberg Publishing.
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Not SyncedPeter Stuart, Personnel.
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Not SyncedDelighted you are joining us.
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Not SyncedWe need
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Not SyncedThankyou.
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Not SyncedAnd Anthea Duxbury,
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Not Syncedyour Export Sales Director.
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Not SyncedHow do you do?
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Not SyncedMr Fairchild.
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Not SyncedI'm so glad
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Not Syncedyou're joining us.
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Not SyncedSo am I.
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Not SyncedAnd someone
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Not Syncedyou are going to
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Not Syncedvery closely with.
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Not SyncedYour Editorial Director...
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Not SyncedSee you later.
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Not SyncedCaroline Fielding.
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Not SyncedMiss Fielding
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Not Syncedonly joined us yesterday.
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Not SyncedHow do you do?
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Not SyncedMr Um?
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Not SyncedFairchild.
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Not SyncedDonald Fairchild.
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Not SyncedWe are damn lucky
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Not Syncedto have her.
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Not SyncedDo you know
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Not SyncedFielding is responsible
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Not Syncedfor one of our big sellers
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Not Syncedin the States.
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Not SyncedThe Dartington Trilogy.
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Not SyncedIs that so?
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Not SyncedYes.
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Not SyncedWell, I'm sure you two
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Not Syncedare going to get along
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Not Syncedfamously.
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Not SyncedYeah, I'm sure we shall.
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Not SyncedDon't be offended,
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Not Syncedthat lately we've
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Not Syncedbeen on my mind.
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Not SyncedAnd one day
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Not Syncedwe might wake and find
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Not Synceda hopeless situation.
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Not SyncedNothing has ended.
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Not SyncedI'll still be here
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Not Syncedor here abouts.
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Not SyncedAnd you won't suffer
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Not Syncedany doubts
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Not Syncedor lack communication.
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Not SyncedAll the ? are forever
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Not SyncedAll the best
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Not Syncedthat is yet to come.
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Not SyncedMerely
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Not Syncedsuspended.
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Not SyncedSo you'll remember
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Not Syncedwhy we fell
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Not Syncedin love.
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