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MORNING SHOW ON RADIO
MUSIC: "Because We Want To" by Billie
DJ:
'Your fibre fever station, with today's best music. Q103 Manchester.'
I'm off. I've just done you some breakfast.
No, I've gotta go. Thanks a lot(!)
I think I've got a six o'clock, but it's only Pearson's. Back about seven. I'll ring you.
Up at Trudy's window, man with dog, at the back. At the back.
What you talking about? Yes. Trudy and him.
Morning! Trudy, we got Ken Fry and Brian Fawcett in at nine. 'I KNOW that.'
Yeah, but I left the office in a bit of a state last night. Spruce it up a bit. Make me look organised.
'I don't think anybody from Fry's would care.'
Make sure we've got coffee and stuff in. Biscuits. 'OK.' And burn one of your candles.
If there a Neal's Yard remedy for inducing low self-esteem, get it. We need the contract.
'OK! See you when you get here.'
Who asked who?
I didn't. He's night security. You work days.
You might've slipped up.
I don't even know his name.
Barry. He only works three nights a week.
Oi! Is anybody working here? Come on!
We're going.
He knows you're coming. There's roadworks and I can't get him on the mobile.
Ken, are you black?
Where is she?! Mack! What's happened?
Mack, she's not here, all right?
MOBILE RINGS
KNOCKS ON DOOR
Mack!
MOBILE RINGS
Mack! Come on! I know you're in there. What's going on, Mack?
Let me in!
What's happened?
I don't know.
She drew cash on the credit card at half-nine.
She must have been there for the bank opening. I've reported the cards stolen.
If she tries using 'em again, I'll know where is. If she's decided she's going, what good is that?
She's making a mistake.
Did you row? No! We swapped anniversary cards. I bought her a watch. I got sex.
MOBILE RINGS
Everything was...fine.
MOBILE RINGS
Steve. ..No, no, it's all right, I'm with him now. ..OK, hang on.
OK.
OK. I got it.
No, no, he's fine.
No, I'll be back soon as I can.
Katherine's left this number for you.
She'll be there until three.
DIALS NUMBER
If I'm ringing you, it's cos I need to. So don't ignore me, all right?
James, I'm NOT a divorce lawyer, I just represent the company... Companies.
What've you done? Mack, I'll talk to you. I WILL talk to you.
I just want this clearing up first. OK?
I promise. This is a most unpleasant position to be in.
Why leave me like that, for God's sakes?
Because you always manage to talk me out of it.
I didn't plan it. So just hear what Robert's... Just tell him!
She wants to sell the factory.
What?!
What?! I want you to buy the building from me.
I know it was a tax dodge, but it's the only thing with my name on. I just want something, so I can go.
You haven't thought this through.
If I don't go now, I never will. So? What's he told you? Nothing... You screwing her?!
Oh, James, that's ridic... I've said absolutely nothing disloyal to either of you! But...
And that's the answer? YES!
Got any others? You stupid...! If it wasn't for all our business,
you'd have been finished long ago! Fat bastard!
Robert, come on, he won't touch you.
I won't let him touch you. Come on, Robert... ROBERT!
Something's wrong.
OK, what's happened? I think he's had a heart attack. OK. Which way?
OK, let us in, mate.
OK, what's this?
He landed face down. My husband tried catching him and... OK.
You could have said anything in there. Thank you.
I just want a divorce, Mack. Nobody wants to bury you.
Same thing.
Mr... Mr Mackintosh?
Peter. They've got, er... I think you resuscitated my dad.
Well, I... I just did what I did, but...
Peter, I'm Katherine Mackintosh.
Hello, er... I've seen you in the office.
How's Robert? Well, er...
Yeah, NOT. He died 10 minutes ago. Well, its, er...15 now.
Er, had he been ill before, Peter?
We asked him to quit work last year...and er, you know...
angina, and...you know, he'd had two minor attacks in spring.
Sorry.
Anyway, what was he doing round your place at that time of night? Couldn't have been that vital...
No, no.
..could it? You see? The stubborn old sod. The greedy old...
SOBS
Greedy old sod.
I'm sorry... I'm sorry.
Is this convenient? No.
I need to talk to you.
Be quick, Barry. Why? I'm meant to be staying. Well, you can't now.
I've told me mam I'm out all night. I've no key. Knock her up, then. I'll wake the kids. What kids?
TOILET FLUSHES
You said you were single.
Which I am. With two kids. Which is why I'm at me mam's. Oh, for...
Just go home, Barry.
Which is what they all say.
What are you doing here, Katherine?
He listens to you.
I don't want anything to do with this, whatever it is.
Choice way to dump a guy you've had ten years out of, Katherine.
I've tried before. I went to a friend. He stalked her place till she had to get the police.
I knew he'd cancel the credit cards, he did that before. Blocking me in.
Well, it's his money. And all I do is spend it?
I HAVE worked. '97, I got counter work - DKNY.
Well, what else am I trained for? I enjoyed getting that job.
And I lasted six weeks! Why?
Look, Katherine, I don't wanna get roped in...
He sabotaged it! He's ringing the shop 15 times in one day.
He wants to know who I'm talking to, who my mates are.
Susan, Kate, Pete. "Pete? Oh, men work there?"
He knew men worked there - he'd been in the shop half a dozen times!
He lost me the job!
You can't blame him. The guys from work you slept with - they put themselves on the dole,
terrified Mack'd find out. Guys with kids, families.
So they'd no right to come near me?
You rubbed his nose right in it, you lousy cow! You told him something, didn't you?
I know exactly when it was. You were in hospital.
You called him, he came running and you told him. You know what he did to me when he got home, Trudy?
Nothing. He didn't even mention it.
But I could tell. I'd expected fireworks when he found out...
Losing his rag, hitting me... Mack's never hit you.
I wouldn't have cared if he had, cos at least he'd have reacted. And then I could've gone.
He did nothing. It doesn't matter what I do, with who, because he's not bloody looking, is he?
He's never gonna let me go.
So he's up for grabs now.
Show your hand, Trudy... you never know.
I don't want your husband.
I don't like your life. I don't even like your house.
Well, we've got that much in common, then.
Tell him from me, if this isn't signed by six tomorrow,
I've someone else interested. What is it?
Tell him I mean it.
Mack! Mack!
They're surveyors. Katherine's told them to come here. Have you been to the solicitor's?
Working for who? Katherine! Katherine and? They won't tell me! The solicitor?
This building's in her name. Jugsy! Jugsy Malone! Give us a feel!
It's a joke. No, it's harassment!
Written warning. One more, you're OUT! And get that jewellery away from my cutting gear, you moron!
What're YOU looking at?
I'm not PAYING for my wife to leave me, OK? I don't want her to go.
Mack, listen to me. If she sells to someone else... I'm not PAYING for my wife to leave me!
What's going on? Whatever it is, Mack doesn't like it. See him? Yeah.
Sidle up to him. Oh, bugger off! Find out what he's doing.
KNOCK ON DOOR
I apologise. It's taking a bit longer than normal to, er...
Oh, sorry! I think Dad filed notes the way he packed a suitcase - return journey.
I only heard this morning. I'm sorry.
I lost my dad seven weeks ago.
Can you get Katherine Mackintosh to give us two more days? No. Why not?
Because she is represented by someone else now.
She's gone to Truman and Copeland. She's got another buyer.
I know. Who? Well, that is Mack's business, really. As far as I can tell, he's not defending the move.
Samson Brooks.
They're five times bigger than us. What do they want OUR building for?
To be six times bigger?
No, I'm sorry, that's not funny.
Peter, will you talk to Katherine - get her to wait? I'll talk to Mack.
Mack's got the business up for sale.
Yvonne, cut it out! I mean it, cut that out!
You know sod all about it.
That little guy's doing a survey for Samson Brooks.
Have we gone bust? We've ordered new cutting tables, Kev! MY tables?
Brooks own three factories that've all laid people off lately. Maybe they want smaller premises.
And WE wouldn't be first in line to fill it. XE77 tables? Laser-blades?
Shut up!
All I know is... Mack's wife's left him.
She owns the building. She's having it valued. That's all I know.
So you find out I've got two kids and everything stops? Explain that, Barry.
If you hadn't mentioned 'em by accident, it might've helped.
But they don't change who I am. Do they change who I am?
They change what you're looking for.
What's wrong with kids? I don't wanna be Auntie Trudy.
The girls look after themselves. They don't want me seeing anybody.
How old are they? Seven and eight.
Mr Mackintosh, we have to observe a deadline.
If you don't buy the building from Mrs Mackintosh, you've got no control of the lease.
Don't let your competitors set your rent. You're here till 2005, whatever you do.
Your wife's trying to offer you a way out.
Where's he gone?
FAX MACHINE BUZZES
How are you doing, Mack?
She's never broken any promises, you know.
She's right. She never wanted me in the first place.
I was sorting the estate out the month after me dad died.
She was a tenant in one of his flats.
I needed to get rid of the domestic properties to help with the deficit on this place.
She came to my office yelling about breaching the lease and ripping her off.
It worked. I gave in.
Five-foot-shit, hard-nosed as hell. Told me exactly what she thought of me.
Breath of fresh air from the kind of women I'd been used to.
So I apologised, bought her flowers, extended her lease six months.
Never got a thank you. That should've told me something, eh?
I used to meet her from work,
I found out which launderette she used,
found out where she went drinking...
I chiselled away for the best part of a year till she said yes.
All the promises came from me.
Do you want a lift home, Mack?
Bye. Bye.
How did you find me?
"Scale and Polish." It's on the calendar. Mack, let me get in the car.
I'll change. To what? Whatever you want. I don't know. Work it out.
Mack, cut it OUT! It makes me cringe when you're...
Have you any idea what it feels like to sleep with a man
who knows you've been with someone else and says nothing? Cos you did know, didn't you?
Why don't you want it better than what we've had? What's wrong with you?
I'll give you double the price of the building if you tell me you love me.
Three hundred grand. You all right, Mrs Mackintosh? I'm fine, thanks.
This stuff's going out today. It keeps cutting out. Can't you fix it?
It's under guarantee.
If I touch it, they'll say it's our fault.
'Mack to the office, please. Visitor. Mack, office, please.'
Never mind the bloody guarantee, can you fix it? Well... CAN YOU? Yes. Do it!
Can you?
If you see smoke coming out, grab me coat.
Mack, can me and Yvonne nip up for a word later? Official? Depends.
I've got nothing to say yet. We need to know what you're thinking, Mack. People are getting scared.
Look, I'll know more tomorrow, OK?
Mackintosh Text... Oh, hiya, Janice.
Er, no, hang on, it's in me book.
DOOR OPENS
Peter! We booked in?
No, no, I...I just wondered how things were... Come through.
Nothing to worry about...
Can I be honest about your situation? Your dad always was.
Trudy, either come in or cut the draught.
Do you know how much trouble you're in now Samson Brooks own the shell?
Yeah, they're hiking the rent 200%. So why did you let them buy?
Next question. You're aware there's no appeal on a commercial rent?
Yes. So they could double it again by next year. Yes. Can you afford it? No.
All right... this is no solution in itself,
however, have you ever seen the land deeds to this place?
Not that I can remember. I pulled
them out of the file this morning.
This site is reserved for local employment. They can't develop it,
they can't do anything to it. So?
Samson Brooks don't need the building. They bought it with the sole intention of damaging you.
Cos we're winning their contracts. So?
What is the value of the building without the business?
You can't separate the two. No, no, hang on.
What if you don't want the building? We do. It can't be built on, so the land's worth nothing.
What if they thought that you didn't need it any more?
A firm me dad looked after sold this place for demolition.
It comes down in nine months. We can't operate out of here! There's no facilities.
It's peanuts. Once Samson Brooks hear you don't need the Mackintosh Building, they'll shit themselves.
They'll be begging you to buy it back from them cut price.
What if it backfired and they rented mine to somebody else? Who needs premises? I don't know!
You haven't got a choice. You've got to take that risk.
"Will it come like a change in the weather? Will its greeting be courteous or rough?
"Will it alter my life altogether?
"O tell me the truth about love." Bu-bum! So, what you doing here?
WH Auden. Bugger off, Barry.
OK.
Who's he? Lawyer. Hiya.
All right. See ya!
Oh, Barry... Can you do us a favour?
Buggering off is the favour. Could you get us a pizza? Vegetarian? No.
Deep-pan large Australian, and get us a bottle of wine from the offy.
Who's patrolling the factory? Who patrolled it when you were asleep? Red or white? Anything... Er, red.
Well...burgundy. I can pay... No. Get a receipt.
Mack can pay.
What do you think of these? Er, wrong.
It's gotta say "Mackintosh Limited" and not "Mackintosh Textiles".
It's gotta be completely watertight as a new company.
Why don't you take your uniform off?
Yeah? And put your crash helmet on.
What? And take these to Crewe. I need to get 'em in the first post. Crewe?
Bloody Crewe?
I'm in the van. It'll take ages. And I'm not a lackey. Please, Barry. It's really important.
I'll give you 20 quid, and I'll stay here with your mad dog. And I'll hang around for a bit. Oh, yeah?
Hi, Yvonne.
Trude.
Martin. Go through.
Shut the door.
Anybody want coffee?
Yeah, go on. Black.
Is it right, then? You're bailing out?
No. You've misled yourselves.
So the firm's 100% solvent?
You can go through my books any time, all right?
OK.
How many wagons will we have on site tomorrow night? Four. Right. We need to borrow two or three more.
With drivers. What for? We're moving the machines out. What? All of it. Machines, stock, toilet rolls.
Now you're taking the piss. You're doing a moonlight?
If we don't, I won't last longer than six months. Where's the stuff going?
Storage. I've rented space. Who's moving it? Us. You're supervising.
You're transport manager. I've never shifted machinery. Sewing machines!
Engineers will dismantle the heavy stuff. 40-foot cutting tables?
They're getting scrapped. You can't organise this in two days.
It's our only chance. We'll have to lay people off a week. Paid?
Yes, paid. We need labourers - about 50. Can we make a list up?
They'll get £100 for one night. People you trust.
You won't find 50 of THEM. Oi...!
We're not returning to this building. You could be bullshitting.
Well, I'm not. I'll be moving into your house if this goes pear-shaped.
You'd be welcome. You can have that in writing.
MAC ON TANNOY:
Can I have your attention, please?
You need to listen to this.
The first thing I want you to hear and remember is, your jobs are safe.
I am NOT bankrupt. The company is NOT bankrupt. Your jobs are safe.
As of now, this building is closed. I no longer own this building.
I'm in negotiation for new premises. The city council are helping me.
They'll be found as fast as possible and you will all be notified about return to work.
Your wages WILL be paid for the duration at basic rate, I give you my word.
I'm only doing it this way because it is absolutely essential to the future of this company.
If you have any questions, stay behind, otherwise collect your things.
This building will be closed from 6.30.
Hey, Mack! Can I keep this? It's worth bugger all without the table.
No, I wanna stick it in me bedroom. You're round the bloody bend! Yes! ..Brian!
Bri! What? Mack said I can take this home. Great, Kev.
Why don't you take the table and start your own business? Hey, yeah!
Come and help or piss off home! Ooh, big man.
Just cos his voice sounds good with an echo. Knob! KNO-OB!
VOICE ECHOES
Bay 10.
Eric! Sorry, bay 14. Right at the back. There's loads to go in there.
All right, hang on.
..Thanks, Ronnie, take it down.
Bay 12!
What?
What?!
"Bay..." Baywatch Nights. ..It's not funny. It's so not funny.
Um, bay 12. Right at the back.
What?
Er, drink?
Somewhere...? Er, meal...?
Me?
OK.
OK! OK!
I, er... I used to work in a factory. Right through the summer. I loved it.
Students do.
Bay 8. As far as it'll go.
I'd love to get me four weeks' holidays in one go and just set off.
See nothing or no-one for 50 miles.
Alaskan highway. Winnebago pulling a Lincoln. No, that's what they do.
North American steaks like doormats, Monzy reckons. Yeah.
You'll get some of the best food ever. Landscapes with a capital 'L'.
Alaska? You? You've barely been out of Manchester! What about the Himalayas?
What about 'em? Backpacking. You met a bird from Tyneside Bridge,
and you were home by Sunday, liar! Oh, yeah? Rough Guide To Nowhere!
You got a postcard from Kathmandu. You were in Doncaster when it got posted. Mam caught you out on 1471.
"Mam, its Kev. We're OK. Sweltering, but we're managing." Mam 1471'd. Doncaster!
Whatever you wanna think, Martin. Yeah. Whatever.
Trudy, there's not much we can do, so we're going down the chippy.
Fancy fish and chips? Be great, yeah. Fancy paying? Get a receipt.
Nobody gets married unless they want to, Mack.
You didn't force her into church.
I did, though.
She was a 17-year-old.
I showed her what kind of house we'd live in. Money we'd have.
Showed her loyalty. And I, um...
I talked her into believing loving somebody's not something that happens overnight.
Believed it meself for the first couple of years.
I bribed her, Trudy. Simple as that.
The double sheets and the double valances are leaving this morning...
Can you just hold on a sec? ..Can you put it down on the side?
Listen, can you just hold on? ..Steve! ..Where's Steve? Martin, it's the stationery.
You'll have to sign for it. ..Sorry.
Not interested.
Not bloody interested!
We've got a delay on...
PHONE RINGS
Hello? Trudy's phone.
No, Martin Leach, transport manager. ..Is that all right?
Thank you, bye. Janice Piper. "Very urgent." ..Janice? What?
No meeting. They've bought a building nobody wants. I'm very happy with the one we have found.
It won't be in the freezer cos it's fresh. Fridge, second shelf, in foil.
..All right.
Me sister. 35 going on infants.
Do you fancy a drink after work sometime?
Weekends are better cos me sister nips down to Leicester.
Great.
PHONE RINGS
Mackintosh Tex... Mackintosh Limited.
Ring Cochrane - he speaks the same language as you. Not a compliment.
What do you think of this?
It's bloody awful.
Hello. Peter Cochrane speaking.
Yep. Yeah, yeah, I'll speak to him.
Hello, Thomas. What can I do for you? ..Yeah.
Mackintosh Textiles. Hang on, I'll just grab the file out.
I thought that was sorted out? ..I think you've triggered his asthma.
Really? ..No, no, he was always relatively pleasant to me.
Yeah, Dad took care of him mostly.
Oh, here we go...
The last instructions we had were to proof a contract on another building.
..No, I can't tell you that.
Oh, yeah... No, I can't.
No, I really, really can't.
Yeah...
If your clients want a meeting, then we'll need to ring James Mackintosh.
..Did he?
OK, er...
Well, I think you're pushing it, but I'll try.
OK. Mm-hm.
OK, yeah. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
Oh, God.
Three o'clock?
Slimy, greedy bastards! Ring Brooks at two and cancel. Then call 'em at five and make it for six.
LORRIES APPROACH
Right, OK, leave that...
BLOWING
I'm Kev Leach and I'm an alcoholic. Cheers!
Come on! Five hours left! ..Brian, is the packer wired back in? Yeah.
Yvonne, try the machine out before we need it. "Please." Please.
Martin, who's still out? Franny's says they've nearly finished loading. Go and speed 'em up! Go on!
Subtitles by Gillian Frazer BBC Scotland 2000