Torvill & Dean

Done. Good as new. Bostik!

Tube of that, roll of gaffer, decent screwdriver

you can cope with most things in life, Chris.

Look, I'll see you later, Buster, eh?

This one's hanging off 'n all. Colin, you said you'd stuck it!

I did.

Look, I'm late.

I've gotta be at work in 15 minutes, I've gotta walk down there yet.

Well maybe if you didn't stop out till all hours of the morning

you'd be able to get up a bit earlier. - Alright.

I've got a stomach ache.

No, you haven't. Go and clean your teeth. Come on.

You must think I'm daft. What're you talking about now?

Where were you? You know where I was.

At the Welfare with the lads.

Out for more?

Told you.

Go on, Aidy'll be waiting for you.

Why you limpin'?

I'm not. My shoe's broke.

Me dad's fixed it though.

Jayne, I'm back, duck. Sorry I'm a bit late.

"My daddy works at Raleigh which was in a film at the Futurist

which was where I saw Ring Of Bright Water.

I didn't see the film with Raleigh in it

even though it was made all round Nottingham

cos my mum said it was rude."

Mum says lots of things are rude.

Dad says she's his Player's Angel.

What you on about?

I won a prize, Mum, in English.

Tell you what, Betty, she's got a real talent for tellin' stories.

Tellin' stories? She wants shorthand and typing.

She's ten years old.

I'm sayin'. In the future, for secretarial college.

Don't want her stuck in a factory like me.

Why don't you go and watch telly? You've earned it.

"The Flashing Blades" are on tonight.

Oh, yeah, the... the sword fighting.

And Lady Isabel. She's me favourite.

She's really beautiful. And she can ride an horse.

She's takin' us ice skatin'.

She's doing what?

Miss Fitzhugh, she said all the essays were good

so we're going to the ice rink tomorrow afternoon.

Jayne. Will it cost anything, this trip?

Did Miss Fitzhugh mention anything about that?

You know them PG Tips monkeys, they're all dead and they stuff 'em

and move 'em around, so they look alive.

Yeah, I did.

Right. See you then.

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We need to be practical.

What you doing? - It's his tea time so I'm gonna feed him.

We don't want-— - It's his tea time.

Chris, come inside.

Come on, sweetie.

Come on, Chris. - Mavis.

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So? Where are we then?

Mavis... - Don't "Mavis" me.

I want to know what's going to happen.

I understand that... - Oh, you understand, do ya?

Love. - Stop calling me "love."

I'm sorry.

I think we all just need to keep calm. I agree.

Of course you bloody agree. You've been having it off with my husband.

He ought to kick you twice round the garden and once up the stairs.

Mavis! - Now come on...

"Come on" nothing. I am upset. I'm upset.

He shouldn't have done this. You shouldn't 'a done this.

TV BLARES

# As long as we have done our best, then no-one can do more #

# And life and love and happiness are well worth fighting for. #

Size? -13.

Size? - Three.

Excuse me?

What?

Thirteen.

Can I have white? Them there.

White's prettier.

Now... bugger off.

Size?

That's it. That's very good.

Help me.

Not you, the rest of you.

Now, all you gotta do is let go of the rail.

Be fine. You bounce at your age.

On a count of three.

One, two...

There's always one.

Hey, you should have a word with Miss Perry.

Train her.

Younger the better as far as she's concerned.

Oh!

Oh, she's seen her anyway.

You've lost her now.

She's like that Child Catcher in that respect.

Still, on the upside, she has trained half a dozen champions.

She's class, Miss Perry.

I hope you're happy now. I hope you're really happy.

Christ.

Sorry, Mavis.

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He might not be ready. Colin, please.

I'm not gonna know what to say.

Alright, you do the talking then.

Chris.

This is Betty.

She's...

she's like your new mum.

Say hello.

Say hello.

Hello.

Hello, Christopher. It's nice to meet you properly.

I bought you a present.

I used to go when I was younger, and I asked your dad.

He... he said you had bags of energy

and I thought you might like them.

He will like them, don't worry.

Cos I know how bloody dear they were.

And... jump!

That's it, dearie.

On the cymbal crash.

Here comes another one.

And... jump-

Alright. We'll leave it there, Jayne.

Public session.

You're doing very well.

People don't normally do tricks till they've been coming for weeks.

We'll make a skater of you yet.

Thank you, Miss Perry. - Thank you, dearie.

Norman and I will have a sherry at the Flying Horse.

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Bravo, Jayne.

The smile's lovely. Keep it.

Now, when the clarinet comes in, and the step pattern?

That comes after the gong.

Barn. Then steps.

You alright? - Yeah.

Yeah, felt good.

What, dearie?

The music, er...

More modern.

Norman's onto it.

Woolworth's have got some Carmen Miranda coming in.

He's left a deposit. - Carmen Miranda?

Cha, cha, cha.

Ya da, ya da da, ya da, ya da da.

Rrrr, arriba!

I do love you, Miss Perry. - Aw.

Jayne?

You require a man.

What?

I'm not foolish, dearie. And I'm not oblivious to your needs.

For a man?

To emote.

I've spoken to Norman about it.

He has a Latin heart. He understands the flamboyant nature.

Your desire to give vent, Jayne.

To your passion and your soul.

You've wanted to do that ever since we started

but I'm rather too regimented, I think.

So Norman and I believe that a partner might be the answer.

More than a record change.

He might become your conduit.

Wow.

Do you have anybody in mind?

As a matter of fact, I do.

Hi, I'm Andrew.

How old?

Twenty-two. - Twenty-two?

Almost. And you could tell, Mum, he's got that much experience.

Bet he has. - George!

Are you saying Miss Perry suggested this?

She thinks there's competitions we could win. - Does she?

Well, I better get down the bookies then.

What's his name? ls he from round here?

Dunno. I mean, it's Andrew.

Actually might have said Mapperley?

Mapperley?

I don't want you getting any airs and graces.

What you on about?

Plains or Top?

I dunno. And that ain't important.

It's the partnership. He's gonna liberate me.

Oh, Christ.

George. - Creatively.

He says we're gonna dance to David Bowie.

Is that the one in the make-up?

No Jayne, I'm sorry, I'm not paying good money every week so you-—

But it's what I need, Mum. Can't you see that?

Like Miss Perry, she has rne jumpin' to cymbal crashes and spinnin' round

whenever I hear a gong.

There's no feelin' to it, and I don't want that.

I wanna...

I wanna express meself.

Why? What have you got to express?

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