"Nothing to do." "Nothing to do"? "Nothing to do,"?!
Mm. I mean...
Thank you. There's tonnes to do!
There's lovely little walks and there's that nice pub down the road.
That closed down.
OK, well, there's still that not-very-nice pub
that's a long way away.
OK, not lots to do, exactly,
but, like, whatever happened to the great outdoors?
Climb a tree. Hug a tree. Visit...
...a... tree.
Sorry.
I'm going on. No, no, no, it's the, erm...
EVERYONE TALKS AT ONCE
There's too much milk, if anything!
It should be the colour of a buff envelope.
No, no, no, we've been through this. It should be brick red, one lump.
A slice of lemon and nothing more!
Well, two lumps, if you're on manoeuvres.
Or a drop of something stronger, if you get the right tea lady.
God, I miss the Commons. No, look, come along, it should be brick red.
We've heard. You're just wrong.
How dare you tell a soldier how to make tea!
I don't have to listen to this. I'm from Yorkshire, mate!
I'm practically made of tea!
FANNY: Well, my family imported tea, and the correct way...
SHE GROANS Yorkshire...
God! SILENCE!
Do you lot ever think you maybe spend a little bit too much time
in each other's company?
Well, we don't have much choice.
Yes, you know what they say - you can't choose your family.
Or the people you're trapped with for eternity in the afterlife.
Do they say that?
No, I said it.
ROBIN: I've never heard anyone... ARGUMENT RESTARTS
Absolutely ridiculous, telling me how to make my tea.
I mean, I can't drink it, but that's not the point.
Ah! DOG BARKS
Ah!
Mm.
Good!
HE HUMS
Mornin'. Good morning.
HE HUMS, THEN SUDDENLY STOPS
EVERYONE TALKS AT ONCE
Attention, everyone!
There's another ghost. ALL GASP
I told you!
Just up there, on the border.
Ah, the old Asprey estate. Mm.
I said ages ago is dead guy over hedge!
Yes, well, you say a lot of things, Robin, and your imagination
does have a tendency to run away with you.
The Queen's out there!
Two horses are doing it.
They are filming a Carry On!
Is dead guy over the hedge!
I know what I saw. CAPTAIN: Come along.
Where's the fire?
Ah! There's another ghost, Alison. Come and say hello!
Yeah, leave that. Repairs are for squares.
I'm all right, thanks.
No offence, but the last thing I need is another ghost.
Annabel!
UNDER HER BREATH: Or another neighbour.
Ah! Isn't she marvellous?
The quad bike, not you.
Thank you. I was hoping to catch you.
A little bird - Mary from the shop - tells me you've started a B&B.
That's right, yeah, up at the Gatehouse. Right.
It's just that there may be voices on the local council
who will worry about... tone.
What voices? Well, exactly!
Saying things like, "Brings down the area,"
or, "Turning into Blackpool."
We need the money, so you can tell these "voices"
that it's all very above board.
It's very classy, in fact. Five-star.
Well, it will be. We hope so, at some point.
Well, that's what they all say.
But before you know it, there's a funfair, donkey rides
and a real problem with prostitution.
When did you last leave the area?
All I'm saying is,
is it really worth the risk for the sake of a couple of quid?
200 quid a night. Well, exactly.
Pin money! 200?
Well, there's something to think about.
ENGINE STARTS Toodle-pip!
"Nothing to do." Can you believe that?
OVER PHONE: Well, you are a bit out in the sticks.
Maybe you need to offer some activities, like bungee jumping.
Off what? The roof? All right, then, archery.
Ooh, yeah! That's a great...
No. Actually, not archery.
Well, wine tasting, then.
Or baking. Or cookery!
Not cookery. What is that?!
Fridge bap. You still eat fridge baps?
Mm-hm. Mate, you're not 21 any more!
You need to look after yourself.
Ohhh!
Open a health farm!
A spa! A hotel!
That's already the plan.
Well, I don't know! People need something to do.
Doesn't need to be much. Just a bit of fun. Hmm!
When you die, can I have your decks?
ALL EXCLAIM CAPTAIN: Exciting.
Hello! Here we are, of course!
No, simmer down, simmer down. Simmer. Simmer.
Simmer.
Now, this is, erm...
Sorry, I don't actually know your name.
Maddocks, sir.
ALL: Maddocks! Maddocks... Maddocks?
Ah, everyone, this is Maddocks.
Maddocks, this is... everyone! Hello!
How do, how do? Robin.
Hey! And, erm, Maddocks died by, erm...
Sorry, I didn't actually ask you anything, did I?
Erm, I trod on a badger trap, sir.
Ah! Oh! Oh. Oh, no.
That's nasty. Yes, that's... Oh, you can see the bone!
Oh, aye, you can, yeah.
Here! Do I detect an accent?
Sheffield lad, sir. Give over!
I'm from Huddersfield!
Neighbouring... fields!
Well, er, we still are, sir. ALL LAUGH
He's funny! He's funny!
In't you funny? Oh, if it pleases you, sir.
Aye, I come down this way looking for work. Gamekeeper.
JULIAN: Feared as much. Working-class.
Unless they're in a voting booth, there's very little point.
So you worked for the Aspreys?
Uh-huh. I knew Lady Asprey.
We played bridge together.
Well, I played. She cheated. Mm.
Erm...
Anyway, I should probably... ALL: Oh, no, no!
OVERLAPPING PROTESTS
Well, it's just, er...
...I don't like to linger here.
This is where it happened. The trap.
Nine hours to bleed out.
Two weeks to find the corpse.
I had to watch meself being eaten.
Slowly.
By badgers.
Well, all the more reason to stay, then!
New company, new memories.
Perhaps, in time,
this spot will remind you of us instead of, erm...
Being eaten by badgers?
Yes.
Well, you must stay. You simply must!
Oh, well, if I must, sir.
Let's dispense with the formalities.
Please, call me...
MIKE: Fun. Fun.
Ooh, yeah.
Ah, there you are. Are you... busy? No, no. No.
They've, erm, popped out to meet someone.
Right, so, we've got all of this land and we've got guests
who complain that there's "nothing to do".
So I was thinking...
£3,000?
Mike, you've got to stop obsessing over that one review.
Well, it's not just that.
We've got to compete with other guest houses in the area.
I mean, look at this one, right? It's 12 miles away.
It's got pool-pool, table-table, tennis...
Pool, pool table, table tennis.
No-one using commas?
Yeah, that would be really nice if we had the money,
but right now, all we can afford is two Dan Browns
and the board game of your choice.
Board games.
Oh! We could put the chess table... That gets more use than you'd think.
HE SIGHS
Hmm!
It's a kind of a game.
That was quick. Yeah, not really my type.
Besides, couldn't get a word in edgeways.
You know what they're like. Yeah!
Yeah.
EVERYONE TALKS AT ONCE
Oh, Alison! Alison!
Alison, Alison! Let me introduce you.
Now, Alison is alive, but she can see dead people!
Oh, congratulations, ma'am.
Thank you...? I hope they're not bothering you.
ALL EXCLAIM
You cheeky ha'porth!
I think we should probably go, guys.
Your friend's looking a little bit tired.
Kind of you to notice, ma'am.
Erm, that's largely down to blood loss, so...
Mm.
Oh!
The purple bit's a tendon.
And the grey bit's the tibia! SHE GIGGLES
Anyway, I think probably we'll just get going.
Come on. Come on, everyone. You'll be back tomorrow, yes?
Er, y-yes, ma'am. Yes, of course.
Marvellous. See you tomorrow. Have a lovely evening.
Come on. Getting late. Ta-ra, love.
All the best. Carry on, Maddocks. Aye. Yes, sir.
Actually, it is getting late.
I wonder where our guests are.
Hello?
Hi, yeah, hi. It's Alison from the Gatehouse.
I was just wondering what time you're planning to arrive, with...
Oh, right, OK. I'll come and check you in.
Oh! Oh, right. How did you get in?
My husband? But he's...
What did he look like?
DOGS BARK
Annabel!
What the hell is this? It's a sign.
Yes. My sign... that I found at the top of your drive
with this arrow nailed to it.
Well, don't look at me! It must have been local youths.
I did warn you - the area's going to pot.
So you didn't steal my guests?
Absolutely not!
Although, come to think of it, there was a couple
who popped by earlier looking for a room for the night.
I put them up in the old hunting lodge,
out of the goodness of my heart.
But they insisted on giving me £200.
You said that was pin money.
Well, it is, but everybody needs pins.
You are the most unscrupulous...
Sh...
WHISPERS: I have guests!
ALISON GASPS
He did what?!
He poached our guests.
Delicious. And he doesn't even need the money!
Like, it's just a game to him,
whereas we have to count every single penny!
Yeah. I'm not going to let him get away with this.
Yeah, I'm going to fight fire with fire.
Would that work? In what way?
Julian, Julian, Julian, Julian.
You were in politics. You must know a few dirty tricks.
I'm afraid I don't recall any involvement in anything underhand
whilst I was in office. What?
Is what I tell the public inquiry!
LAUGHTER
No, I'd be happy to help.
I know every trick in the book.
I wrote the book!
What is this?
Oh! It like chess, but it huge!
Ah, Alison, we need this. We need that.
Mike, tell me you haven't just bought giant chess.
I haven't bought giant chess.
ROBIN GRUNTS IN FRUSTRATION I haven't!
Come on, then.
Step into my office.
What have you got?
What do you know about judo?
ALISON: That's your plan? I fight Barclay?
No, not actual judo. It's a tactic.
Use your opponent's attack against them.
He's taken your sign.
Well, I took it back. No, no, no, no!
If that's his move, let's use it.
Let him keep the sign.
In fact, how about we even...
...spruce it up a little?
Can we do that?! 'Course you can. It's your sign.
Ohhh! Ah!
CLOCK CHIMES
SHE SCREAMS
ANIMATED CHATTER
THOMAS: I can see some movement!
Ohhh... Oh! Another early bird.
Yes, and no sign of the worm, so you can join the queue.
Excuse me, sir, I was here first. Balderdash, sir!
No, balderdash to you, sir!
EVERYONE TALKS AT ONCE Please... Please!
Now, I've had this before with our clubhouse.
We had to share it with St John's,
the Venture Scouts and the Sea Beavers!
And there's only one thing that works.
A rota.
So, Lady Asprey wasn't averse to a restorative tonic,
if you get my meaning, Maddocks.
Is that game? Does that count as game?
Well, anyway, it's a seagull, and I shot it.
Of course, on my side of t'peaks, a ginnel's a snicket.
And here's him calling it a twitten? Give over!
So, prawn can move two square first go, but only vertical.
Thomas? You're up.
Yes!
It's not without its problems.
She's alive, I'm dead.
But we make it work.
And what's the brown stuff?
Er, it's bone marrow.
Ooh!
I think he's got gangrene.
Well, she called it a folly, but it was little more than a shed.
Just room enough for a bridge table and a barrel of gin.
It was just up here, beyond the orangery.
WHISPERING: Hi.
You're popular today.
Oh, er, most attentive, ma'am.
Yeah. I know they can be a lot, but when you get to know them...
Have you booked a slot? Erm...
No! That's what I thought. Honestly! No manners at all.
Which reminds me of Lord Asprey and that infernal pipe.
Honestly! Lord Ashtray, we used to call him.
DRILLING IN DISTANCE Ah. Very good, ma'am.
PNEUMATIC DRILLS ROAR
Hey! Excuse me, what do you think you're doing?
Annabel!
Stop! DRILLS STOP
Managed to call in a few favours down at the council.
Thought I'd finally get those potholes sorted.
What potholes? Well, cracks, really.
But if the frost gets in there, better to nip it in the bud.
They're completely blocking our driveway.
What?
Oh, yes, I suppose they are, a bit.
Oh, well, they'll only be a few days.
A week at the outside. A week?!
Oh, yes, you probably have guests!
Yes! Oh, well, there's always room down at my place.
You can't miss it. There's a very handy sign.
Barclay? I think you're a big...
PNEUMATIC DRILL STARTS UP
DRILL DROWNS OUT SPEECH
He did what?!
Yeah. I just had to bribe two guys not to fix a road. Oh!
That's... brilliant!
I mean... awful. You know.
But in a way I really admire.
So what are we going to do?
Well, when he goes low...
We go high. What?
No? Oh. Oh, God, no.
We go even lower. Erm...
Ooh, hey, open up that CIA thing, you know, the, erm...
...road atlas from outer space?
Erm... Oh, oh.
That's it. Now, show me Barclay's place.
Erm...
Yeah. Now... B-b-b-b-b...
HE CLEARS THROAT AND GRUNTS
What are you doing? Looking for anything that falls foul of...
STRAINS: ..planning... regulations.
That type stays very rich by being very, very tight,
which means somewhere, he's cut some corners.
How do you know this? Because that's what I would have done.
Aha!
Hello! Oh, Barclay, you naughty, naughty boy!
HE CHUCKLES
Ah! Yeah, I think that's for me.
Just need you to sign for it. Oh, sure.
There you go, mate. Cheers.
Ooh.
HE LAUGHS DELIGHTEDLY Oh, yeah!
Right!
Money well spent! ALISON: Mike?
Why is that...?
What? No!
Erm...
Mike?
PHONE BUZZES
SHE GASPS
BARCLAY OVER MOBILE: Annabel? Hello there!
I've just had a visit from Building Control.
Building Control? Yes.
Turned up unannounced, poking in every nook and cranny.
Said they'd had reports of irregularity. Oh!
Oh, dear!
Maybe it was your guests.
I mean, if you will just let in people off the street...
My guests had nothing to do with this, as well you know!
SQUEAKING AND STRAINING
CRASH!
Well, I'm not sure what you're implying, Barclay.
Oh, don't give me that. We both know that you...
MAN: It's probably... What? No, it's within permitted development!
If it's two metres... I've got to go.
And... judo! Yes!
Or whatever you say when you win at judo.
Come on.
Oh!
Well, it was fun while it lasted.
That'll do it.
Whoa!
HE GRUNTS IN FRUSTRATION
EVERYONE TALKS AT ONCE
Mike turn into giant mushroom!
What I would say is that if you can...
Kitty, is your turn.
SHE SQUEALS I feel so alive!
I haven't felt this alive since...
Well, since I was alive. PHONE BUZZES
Ooh, there's more. There's more, there's more.
Hello, Planning Department?
Yeah! Good one. You're funny.
Ha, yes, very good. Lots of fun.
Erm, I just wanted to apologise for my earlier outburst.
Oh! Erm...
OK.
Yes, got myself in a bit of a stew when those chaps turned up.
Storm in a teacup, luckily.
Just have to move a boiler vent, and they'll be happy as Larry.
Didn't even lose a day's business.
Right, well...
...that's good news. Yes!
Bit of a relief, because building regs
can be an absolute minefield.
So, yes...
...could have been worse.
Much, much worse.
He's got nothing!
What special bond?!
Well, we talk about chess.
Oh, yeah, as if Mads is interested in...
Oh! Mads, is it? Mads?
Maybe when you get to know him a little better,
nicknames will naturally occur.
I think you'll find that I met him first.
I met him before any of you.
EVERYONE TALKS AT ONCE
Nah. No good.
HE GRUNTS
Perfect!
No, no. No, listen. Dib-dab, dib-dab, dib-dab,
dib-dab, dib-dab, dab-dib.
Let's settle this once and for all.
Follow me. We'll ask him.
Do it again.
SQUELCHING AND SLAPPING
SHE LAUGHS It sounds like it's clapping!
EVERYONE TALKS AT ONCE
KITTY SIGHS
There's a very important question that I need to ask you.
EVERYONE TALKS AT ONCE
Worse than the badgers!
Oh, please be open, please be open.
HE EXHALES
Come on.
Oh! Yeah!
I've got to get out of this.
Erm...
Oh!
RINGING TONE OK.
OVER PHONE: Hello! Obi!
Obi, it's me. I need help.
Can you hear me? Hello? Nooo! Mike, are you OK?
No! Mate?
FRANTIC GRUNTING
Oh, my arm! Your arm?!
GRUNTING
Oh, no! Are you having a...?
I told you, it's the fridge baps!
OK, mate, just stay calm.
Just stay calm. Help is on the w...
LINE DISCONNECTS Oh, no!
Obi! Obi, help!
Missed a bit.
You...
What the...?
EVERYONE TALKS AT ONCE
That's enough! GHOSTS FALL SILENT
That's enough!
THOMAS: Then answer the question, damn your eyes! Yeah!
Come on, who's your best friend...
...mate?
Well, if you really want to know...
ALL: Yes!
...none of you.
Hmm?
Mike? When you get this, come to the Gatehouse. Something's up.
Excuse me, what are you...? Annabel!
Here we go.
Let's see what you got. There you are!
I was just walking the dogs
when I spotted something rather concerning
in the rubble pile from your recent renovations.
Hmph!
Thought I'd better phone it in.
You know, concerned local resident.
Yep, it's asbestos all right. What?!
Ohhh, he's good!
You'll have to shut this place down for the foreseeable,
get it surveyed, cleared, certified safe.
No, wait, wait, wait, wait.
That wasn't there before.
It... He planted it!
Annabel!
Alison!
That is a very serious accusation, and I can assure you...
Judo! Use his move against him.
If he brought that asbestos here, where did he get it from? Hmm?
Ask him that. Go, go, go!
...let alone a dear friend and neighbour!
Well... OK, I tell you what,
why don't you search the buildings on his estate
and see if any of them are missing a couple of roof tiles?
Well, now... HE STAMMERS
I-I-I-I think these good people are busy enough without, erm...
Because, Barclay, that would be fly-tipping
of a dangerous substance,
which I think you'll find is against the law!
I think you will find that. SIREN APPROACHES
Wow! Erm, actually, that-that does look a bit familiar.
No idea how it got here, but I'll gladly pay for removal.
Let's just forget all this. Yes.
You know, er, I'm actually getting out of the accommodation game,
so no need to, erm...
JULIAN: Bye!
JULIAN CHUCKLES
Mike Cooper? Yeah!
I'm OK.
What is going on?
Oh, I don't know any more.
I just find you all profoundly, profoundly annoying.
Why do you need another friend? Hmm?
I mean, look at you, stuck in that house with each other all this time.
And yet here you all are, out here, together.
How are you not sick of the sight of each other?
Well, we are.
ALL AGREE Give over!
If I were any of you,
I'd have been off living on me own in the woods years ago.
I mean, I dunno what you call it, this, but, face it...
...you'd all be lost without it.
He might have a point, y'know. Yeah.
Well, we may not be each other's perfect cup of tea...
ALL CHUCKLE
...but when the chips are down, we really have to...
Oh! He... He go! Whoo!
Huh? Where?
Oh...
He's gone to be with the rest of his foot.
And so it goes. Can't be helped. What a shame.
Now, er, what was I saying?
Some old guff about a perfect cup of tea.
EVERYONE TALKS AT ONCE
PAT: Oh, aye, Little Miss Grumpy-Pants?
Told you.
Aye. They are a lot.
Well... I'll see you Tuesday.
Yeah, yeah, Tuesday. Tuesday, aye.
ROBIN WHISTLES HAPPILY
And, dooka-dooka!
Barclay had to learn the hard way
that you cannot outplay a grandmaster.
Checkmate.
Oh, damn and blast!
MIKE AND ALISON LAUGH
Ready? Go, go, go.
Oh, my God, we should have bought these ages ago.
Yeah. Wait, so, to get out of it, do you just, like...?
Erm... CLASPS FALLS
Oh, no. No, yeah, that happens.
You've just got to be
gentle with the cla... CLASPS FALLS
Oh, no.
BOTH: Oh, no.