"It's down there, isn't it?" "It's down there, I think." "Let me see, uh, what it says." "What's it say?" "What's this say?" ""Peggy Street."" "Miss..." "Mrs. Wilkinson." "Mr. Cleg, I presume." "I'm Mrs. Wilkinson." "Come in." "We've been expecting you." "Wait here, Mr. Cleg, while I fetch me keys." "Good evening to you, sir." "You're familiar with the scorpion, I take it?" " No." "No." " Not from Africa, then?" "I had you down as an old Africa hand." "No." "Africa." "Now, there's a dark continent for you." "I knew a man once who had been told never to go barefoot, because of the scorpion." "Getting acquainted with the residents, Mr. Cleg?" "Good." "This is Terrence." "But I'm afraid we are not to be trusted." "Are we, Terrence?" "Now let's get you upstairs and out of those wet things." "Got out of bed in the middle of the night, put his shoes on..." "Put his shoes on stung by a scorpion sleeping in one of the toe caps." "Died in agony." "Seventeen hours." "Take these, Mr. Cleg." "Come on." "Your room, Mr. Cleg." "What, not undressed yet?" "Here." "Very well, then, Mr. Cleg." "I'll leave you to your own devices." "Kitchener Street." "Spleen Street." "Omdurman close." "The allotments by the railway..." "By the railway and down the canal." "And down the canal." "Kitchener Street." "My mum." "Wakey, wakey, Mr. Cleg." "Not in bed, please." "I trust you slept well, sir." "The bedding in this house has a curious character." "But one does grow used to it after just a few years." "I..." "I will not..." "I will not be here that long." "Nor did I expect to be but it is a loud world and this is an island." "But an island, sir ruled by a tyrant queen who has the power to send any one of us back to where we came from." "The asylum, I mean." "Terrence, waxing already?" "Perhaps you'd share your thoughts with me sometime." "Mr. Cleg." "How many shirts are you wearing?" "One, two, three, four!" "Now, really, is this absolutely necessary?" "Oh, indeed it is, madam." "Clothes maketh the man." "And the less there is of the man the more the need for clothes." "My mum..." "Mummy!" "Brilliant." "It's the wing of..." "Wing of a sea gull." "It could have gone nowhere else." "Are you making progress?" " What you doing?" " Making something." "Making something." "Aren't you clever?" " You're so good with your hands." " It's for you." "It's for you." "It's for you." "Now..." "Run down the dog..." "There's a good boy." "Tell your father his dinner's on the table." " It's not on the table." " It's not on the table." "Well, it will be by the time you get him out of that pub." "Don't go out the front." "I just done them steps." " Who's this, then?" " Handsome little fella, ain't you?" " I've come for me dad." " Not here, is he?" "You showed him!" "I can't believe she done that." "Look at his little face." "Bless him." "Leave him alone." " Evening, Bill." " Evening, Ernie." " The usual?" " Yeah." "Cheers, mate." "Dad." "Dad." "Dad." "Dad." "Now don't you say a word." "Well it was different when I was a girl." "We lived out in the country then." "Essex." "I remember how I'd go across the fields in the morning and I'd see the webs in the trees." "Like clouds of muslin, they were." "What, spiders' webs?" " Spiders' webs." " Of course spiders' webs." "Who else makes webs?" "And then, when I got close I'd see that there wasn't muslin at all." "They were wheels." " Great big shining wheels." " Great big shining wheels." " And you know what else?" " What?" "If you knew where to look you could find the spider's egg bags." "Perfect little things, they were." "Tiny little silk pockets she made to put her eggs in." "What happened to her after she laid her eggs?" "You like this bit, don't you?" "She just crawled away without looking back once." "And then she died?" "Her work was done." "She had no more silk left." "She was all dried up and empty." "Dried up and..." "You ready, then?" "As ready as I'll ever be." "And you, you guard the house all right?" "We'll do that later." "Come on." "That's nice, Billy." "Let's go have a drink now." "Evening, Bill." "What will you have, then?" "Gin and orange for me, Billy." " Evening, Bill." " Evening, Ernie." "Pint of bitter, please, and a gin and orange for the missus." "Gin and orange." "I've seen more meat on a butcher's apron." " Nice froth, that." " He got a Sherman right in front of me." "I says to him, "If that's the best you can do, you wanna take that up west." "See what smart people have to say about it." Getting an eyeful, are you?" "It's that fat tart Yvonne Wilkinson." " Cheers, Ernie." " Cheers." "Fat tart..." "Yvonne Wilkinson." "Gin and orange." "Don't drink so fast, Bill." "Fancy another one?" "No, I'm not ready for another one yet." "Turns to me and says, "Nora, no rush."" "So the man comes to Nora." "She's into him right away." "Next thing, she's got half of London dock all over her." "She's standing there, laughing." ""What are you laughing at?" I said." "I'm drying meself off, like." ""I'm with you," she says." ""Look at him." "More like Tom Thumb." "Tom Thumb?" I says." ""What about...?" "What about Tiny Tim?"" "How we laughed." "Now his dad, that's another story." "He was a right little towel rag." "I won't let him near me." "He told me he's there." "I says..." "I says:" ""I got the decorators in, you know what I mean?"" "Yvonne Wilkinson." "She made the first move." "Oh, for God's sake, stop crying!" "It was your own fault." "Inside now!" "You big baby." "Yes?" " Plumber." " What?" "I'm the plumber." "I believe you've got trouble with your pipes." "Yve!" "Plumber!" "Don't tread on the cats." "It's in there." "Is that the plumber?" "Hello, Yvonne." "Hear that?" "We get that all day." "All bloody day." " Don't we, Nora?" " All bloody day." "You want air in those pipes." "We got air." "Bad air." "Bad air." "Can't you smell it?" "It's coming from your lavatory, isn't it?" "I sincerely hope so." "Shocking, the state of the plumbing in this place." "You gonna do me pipes or what?" "I had a letter from that Sophia Loren this morning." " Oh, yeah?" " Yeah." "What she want, then?" "The usual thing." " What?" "The old..." "You know." " Exactly right." "They're all the same." "All the same." "Still, you know, what can you expect really?" "Mind you, them Frenchies know a thing or two." "I should say." "I knew a Frenchie once with three tits." " Get away." " I swear to God." "One here, one here and one here." "Well, you do surprise me." " Lovely girl." "Come from Manchester." " You said a Frenchie." "Well, that was a different one, you know." "My mother had three tits." "A lovely woman, your mother." "She did like a sailor." "She loved a sailor, my mom." " Down to me that was." " How's that, then?" "Every time I smoke a fag my mum has it off with a sailor." "Well, you smoke all the time." " That's what I'm saying." " Oh." "Hello, plumber." "What'd you say your name was?" "No, don't tell me." "Bill." "Always been one of my favourites." "I had a cat called Bill once." "Nippy out, eh?" "Glad I got me fur." "Do you like my fur?" "I got it at the market, didn't I?" "Second-hand." "Still, what isn't these days?" "I'm a bit second-hand meself." "But you don't mind that, do you, Bill?" "You probably like that, don't you?" "A bit of second-hand?" "Lovely job you did on them pipes." "Barely a squeak out of them now." "Smell didn't go away, though." "Come on, plumber." "Let's have you." "While you do my pipes I'll do you." " Do you like that?" " Yeah." "What's this?" "Oh, plumber." "Hurry up, Bill." "I'm bloody freezing." "I'm stopping here for a bit." "Suit yourself." "I'm going back up to The Dog." "I went down to Salisbury for a drink." "Can't a man go for a drink after his work?" "I won't live like this." "I wasn't meant to live like this." " Yeah, well, it's not my fault." " Oh, yes, it is." "No, it bloody isn't." "It's all right, Spider." "Your father and me, we're just having a talk." "You woke me up." "It's all right now." "We're all coming up to bed now." "Come on, big Spider." "Let's go on up." "Look what I've bought." "Think your dad will like it?" "Spider?" "It doesn't fit here." "It doesn't fit." "It's not gonna fit here." "It doesn't fit." "You will pick it all up, Mr. Cleg." "Every single piece!" "Hello?" "Yeah, hello?" " (chatter) - (man) Two pints of stout, love." " Large Scotch." " Coming up." "She's off." "So... plumber." "Feeling better tonight, are we?" "Why don't you, er..." "come down the allotments?" "Down the allotments?" "When?" "Well, I'm heading off now." "Why don't you come down in a bit?" "All right, plumber..." "don't mind if I do." "All right, plumber, don't mind if I do." "(mutters) All right, plumber, don't mind if I do." "(mutters) Must write down that Dog and Beggar thing..." "(sighs)" "I'm going out, Spider." "Gonna meet your father." "(door closes)" "(mutters) This is the last time I saw her alive..." "Yeah, is that right?" "Oh, shi..." "Oh, fuck!" "(Yvonne laughs drunkenly)" "Oh!" "(laughs)" " Oh, are you all right, then?" " Ooh, I am now!" "You took a terrible bang there." " Oh, take the fucking things off!" " I've got it." " All right?" " Mm." "You all right?" "I will be in a minute." "(giggles)" "Ooh!" "This way." " You gonna take me right in there?" " Gonna take you right in there." "Oh, yeah, I've got something to show you all right." " Oh, innit lovely?" " Home sweet home." "There... (loud chatter)" " Oh, er..." " (man) Two large Scotch er, pint of bitter, three gin, seven bags of crisps and twenty Embassy, please, mate." " What can I get you, dear?" "Oh, I'm looking for my husband." " Oi, she's looking for her husband!" " Who's your husband, dear?" " Bill." " Bill who?" "Bill Cleg." " Bill, you're wanted!" " (men laugh)" "Is he here?" "Not if he's got any sense, he ain't." "Bill Cleg?" "I don't know him." "Regular, is he?" "No, er..." "Well, at least I don't think so." "Sorry, dear." "Can I get you something?" "No." "Thank you." "(cackling laughter)" "(train passes)" "(panting)" "(clang)" "(mutters)" "(yawns)" "She looks like my mummy." "I wish he hadn't killed her." "It's not..." "Was it Spider who...?" "(drops shovel)" "(breathes heavily)" "Out with the old, eh, plumber?" "Out with the old, eh, plumber?" "(laughs)" "Oi!" "(both laugh)" "Go on, toast me." "It's romantic." "Romantic?" "Oh, I've gone all bandy." " Ah-ah!" " Shh!" "What?" "What?" "!" "We don't care!" " Shh!" " (laughs)" " You'll wake up the neighbours." " My neighbours now, ain't they?" "Oh, yeah, that's right." "Cos you're mine now." " That's right." " Just you and me." "(snoring)" "(clock ticks)" "(mutters)" " (man) No!" " (glass smashes)" "You bastard!" "Bastards!" "Keep away, you bastards or I'll do the fucking lot of you!" "I am not a Spaniard!" "(man) Put it down, Freddy." "Come on." "Do us all a favour." "No-one said you was a Spaniard." "You bastard!" "I'll cut your fucking heart out with a trowel!" "Don't talk to me about nonchalance!" "Stay away!" "Keep away, you bastards!" " I'll skin you alive!" " (glass smashes)" "I'm warning you!" "I'll cut your heart out!" "Don't come near me!" "I fou... found a pie..." "piece of glass on the floor." "I found it on the floor." "There it is." "We was worried about that one." "Take your eye out, that would." "(mutters)" "Kitchener Street..." "How does that sound?" "We're gonna go to the shops." "We'll get you... some food." "Just put you in your buggy." "There's a good girl." "Right, off we go." "Good girl." "(women chat)" "(pub sign creaks)" "(grunts)" "What you looking at me like that for?" "You really have turned into a most peculiar boy recently." "No wonder your father's worried about you." "What's the matter with you?" "(mutters) Here's your toast..." "Here's your toast." "Dripping, if you want it." "Your father might be home early today." "Be a bloody wonder if everything gets done." "Ask yourself is it worth it." "Yes, it's true we murdered your mother." "Try and think of me as your mother now." "(door opens, then closes)" "They told me to go back for the giblets, can you believe it?" "Murderer!" " What you saying?" " You're both murderers!" "(gasps)" "Right..." "Down the cellar." "I've had enough of this..." "Come here!" "Come back here!" "Don't bother coming back!" "Murderer!" "Bloody hell." "Bloody hell!" "Murderer..." " (door closes)" " Murderer, both murderers!" "(train whistle)" "(♪ organ plays Silent Night)" "♪ Silent night" " ♪ Holy night - (sings along)" "♪ All is calm" "♪ All is bright" "♪ Round yon virgin" "♪ Mother and child" "♪ Holy infant so tender and mild" "♪ Sleep in heavenly peace" "Dennis?" "Dennis." "Dennis." "You all right?" "Come on, Dennis." "Come here." "I wanna talk to you." "What is the matter with you, Dennis?" "Why are you so angry with us?" "You're making your mother very unhappy." "She's not my mother." "Not this again." "Who is she, then?" "Who is she, Dennis?" "Who is she?" "She's a tart!" "You cheeky monkey." "I should smack your head!" "She's a cheap tart!" "You killed my mum, you murderer!" "You bloody murderer!" "(cries)" "(sobs)" "Dennis." "Do..." "D'you know what you're saying?" "Are you daft?" "I don't know where you get your ideas from." "You're by yourself too much." "You need some mates." "When I was your age, I had mates." "Every young lad needs... needs mates." "Dennis..." "You still think I..." "I done her in?" "Answer me." "Do you think I done her in?" "Thank God for that." "All right, let's go home, then." "Come on." "(whispers) Sorry." "Sorry." "All right, then?" "All right now." "You sit yourselves down." "I went out and I got something nice for your supper." "(rubs hands)" "(knock on door)" "Wakey, wakey!" " (knock on door)" " Wakey, wakey!" "(footsteps in corridor)" "(loud knock)" "Wakey, wakey!" "(Yvonne laughs)" "Well, Mr Cleg?" "What you looking at me like that for?" "Say something, Mr Cleg." "Cat got your tongue?" "(mutters)" "(mutters) Same woman..." "(mutters) Where was it?" "Here." "(mutters) That's it, yeah." "Fasten it..." "Fasten it..." "like that." "Yeah..." "Where was it?" "(door opens, then closes)" "(chatter)" "(giggling)" "(chatter continues)" "(hammering)" "(mutters agitatedly)" "(tries door)" "(coughs)" "Now I'm missing a spare set of keys." "I left them on this table last night." "And when I came down this morning they were gone." "Well?" " Mr Cleg?" " (grunts)" "What do you know about my spare keys?" " A spare set of keys." " (grunts)" "Several keys on a ring." "(mutters)" "(mutters) Key..." "Mr Cleg!" "Not in your room, Mr Cleg this filthy thing!" "It will come down." "I ask you again, Mr Cleg." "Where are my keys?" "Who..." "Who are you?" "Don't play dumb with me, my friend." "All right." "You leave me no alternative." "Arms out legs apart." "(sighs)" "(thud)" "(unzips trousers)" "(mutters)" "What a magpie you are!" "Where have you hidden them eh?" "(exhales)" "Nothing to say to me, Mr Cleg?" "(whispers) No..." "No..." "Nothing." "(tuts)" "(kisses)" "(laughs under breath)" "(door opens, then closes)" "(sniffs)" "(mutters) It's horrible..." "(mutters) What's in the other room?" "(mutters)" "(door creaks)" "(breathes heavily)" "(footsteps on path)" "(gate swings open, Yvonne's voice)" "(Bill's voice)" " Ow!" " You all right?" " My hand, you hurt my hand." " Oh, I'm so sorry." "Oh, it's an excuse to give you a bit of a cuddle!" "Take care of 'em." "(breathes heavily, grunts)" " (door opens) - (Yvonne) Oh, come on!" "(door closes)" "Oh, it don't work." "Fucking plumbing don't..." "Plumber." "Fucking toilet don't work!" "(sighs)" "(light snoring)" "(creaking)" "(knob creaks, gas hisses)" "(snores)" "(sniffs)" "(coughs)" "You stay here!" "(gas hisses)" "(coughs)" "(door opens, Bill grunts)" "(Bill) No, no..." "No!" "For God's sake, somebody help me, please!" "For God's sake!" "(sobs) For God's sake!" "You did this!" "You did this." "You did your mum in!" "You... you killed your mother!" "You murdered your mum!" "Oh, God..." "Oh..." "What have you done?" "What have you done?" "(tools fall to the floor)" "You ready to come back to us, then, old son?" "Y..." "You got a smoke?" "You got a smoke, John?" "(mutters)" "(mutters) Yeah..." "Yeah, ta." "(engine starts)" "(mutters) lt..." "It was my mum..." "(♪ piano plays Over The Mountains)" "Subtitles by Geoff Rowlands Intelfax Media Access"