WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:15.958 --> 00:00:17.958 [somber piano theme playing] 4 00:00:18.041 --> 00:00:21.041 [water flowing] 5 00:00:21.125 --> 00:00:22.875 [birds singing] 6 00:00:28.083 --> 00:00:31.583 [seagulls crying] 7 00:00:35.916 --> 00:00:38.875 -Well, I expect it'll cloud over later on. -[ferryman] Aye. 8 00:00:40.166 --> 00:00:42.250 What's going on at Sutton Hoo, then? 9 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:45.416 [man] There's a lady who's got an excavating job. 10 00:00:49.125 --> 00:00:52.125 -Ah, thank you kindly. Mind how you go. -Thank you. 11 00:01:06.708 --> 00:01:09.416 [birds calling] 12 00:01:09.500 --> 00:01:11.500 [music swells] 13 00:01:27.208 --> 00:01:28.250 [sniffles] 14 00:01:29.458 --> 00:01:30.416 [exhales deeply] 15 00:01:33.250 --> 00:01:34.583 [doorbell clicks, rings] 16 00:01:39.541 --> 00:01:42.166 Mornin'. Mrs. Pretty, please. 17 00:01:43.291 --> 00:01:44.250 Basil Brown. 18 00:01:45.208 --> 00:01:46.083 Wait here. 19 00:02:03.041 --> 00:02:05.041 [piano theme fades] 20 00:02:06.250 --> 00:02:08.791 -Should we take a look at them, then? -[Brown] Right. 21 00:02:13.375 --> 00:02:16.500 Things like this are usually done through museums. 22 00:02:17.541 --> 00:02:20.333 [Pretty] Yes. But when I approached Ipswich, 23 00:02:20.416 --> 00:02:22.208 Mr. Reid Moir said that, with the war coming, 24 00:02:22.291 --> 00:02:24.291 they couldn't embark upon any new ventures. 25 00:02:24.375 --> 00:02:27.458 [Brown] Well, they have their hands full with a Roman villa. 26 00:02:27.958 --> 00:02:30.208 -Yes. He said you were working on it. -[Brown] I am. 27 00:02:30.291 --> 00:02:32.416 He told me you were a difficult man. 28 00:02:32.500 --> 00:02:34.791 [chuckles] Did he, now? 29 00:02:34.875 --> 00:02:38.000 Unorthodox… and untrained. 30 00:02:38.083 --> 00:02:40.125 [Brown] Hmm. So that's his reference, is it? 31 00:02:40.208 --> 00:02:42.875 [chuckles] Well, I'm… I'm not untrained. 32 00:02:42.958 --> 00:02:46.083 I've been on dig since I was old enough to hold a trowel. 33 00:02:46.666 --> 00:02:48.375 [sighs] My father taught me. 34 00:02:49.875 --> 00:02:52.458 Perhaps Reid Moir just wants to keep you for himself. 35 00:02:52.541 --> 00:02:54.916 -[Brown] I don't know about that. -[both chuckle] 36 00:02:55.875 --> 00:02:59.208 [Brown] I've always had a curiosity to see these here mounds. 37 00:03:00.166 --> 00:03:03.750 -Henry VIII came here to dig. -[Pretty] So I'm told. 38 00:03:03.833 --> 00:03:06.208 [Brown] Well, no record of what he found. 39 00:03:06.708 --> 00:03:08.125 [Pretty] My husband and I bought this land, 40 00:03:08.208 --> 00:03:10.041 with the hope of exploring what was under there. 41 00:03:10.125 --> 00:03:13.708 -But… Well, best-laid plans. -[Brown chuckles] 42 00:03:14.208 --> 00:03:16.791 [Pretty] What are they? Would you hazard a guess? 43 00:03:17.291 --> 00:03:19.291 [Brown] Burial mounds, I expect. 44 00:03:20.750 --> 00:03:23.458 We're standing in someone's graveyard, I reckon. 45 00:03:24.875 --> 00:03:25.708 Viking… 46 00:03:27.958 --> 00:03:29.208 or maybe older. 47 00:03:30.250 --> 00:03:33.666 Apparently, local girls used to lie down on them in the hope of falling pregnant. 48 00:03:33.750 --> 00:03:34.625 [Brown chuckles] 49 00:03:34.708 --> 00:03:37.083 I've heard plenty of legends. 50 00:03:38.041 --> 00:03:40.208 Is that why you want to dig, Mrs. Pretty? 51 00:03:41.458 --> 00:03:42.958 Tales of buried treasure? 52 00:03:45.750 --> 00:03:48.000 My interest in archaeology began like yours, 53 00:03:48.083 --> 00:03:50.250 when I was scarcely old enough to hold a trowel. 54 00:03:51.208 --> 00:03:53.833 My childhood home was built on a Cistercian convent. 55 00:03:54.333 --> 00:03:56.791 I helped my father excavate the apse. 56 00:03:58.458 --> 00:03:59.916 That speaks, don't it? 57 00:04:01.625 --> 00:04:02.541 The past. 58 00:04:05.500 --> 00:04:07.458 You have rabbits, Mrs. Pretty. 59 00:04:07.541 --> 00:04:09.958 Yes, I am aware of that. [chuckles] 60 00:04:10.041 --> 00:04:11.500 [Brown] Rabbits burrow. 61 00:04:11.583 --> 00:04:13.250 They're bad for excavations. 62 00:04:14.458 --> 00:04:16.375 I'd like to start with this one. 63 00:04:16.458 --> 00:04:18.625 [Brown] Ah, I wouldn't start with this one, Mrs. Pretty, 64 00:04:18.708 --> 00:04:20.250 not personally speaking. 65 00:04:20.750 --> 00:04:24.083 -[Pretty] Why not? -'Cause that dips in the middle, see? 66 00:04:25.666 --> 00:04:28.041 And the soil feels-- That's compacted. 67 00:04:28.833 --> 00:04:31.000 Thieves used to sink shafts in. 68 00:04:31.500 --> 00:04:33.416 Robber's flutes, they're called. 69 00:04:34.291 --> 00:04:36.166 Anything they found would've been melted down 70 00:04:36.250 --> 00:04:37.708 and sold long ago. 71 00:04:38.583 --> 00:04:40.458 I expect you might be better off with… 72 00:04:41.250 --> 00:04:42.166 one of these. 73 00:04:43.583 --> 00:04:45.458 But I have a feeling about this one. 74 00:04:45.541 --> 00:04:47.250 [Brown] Well, that's your money, Mrs. Pretty, 75 00:04:47.333 --> 00:04:48.958 but I'd base your dig on evidence, 76 00:04:49.041 --> 00:04:50.625 not feeling. 77 00:04:54.458 --> 00:04:56.583 [Pretty] As for money, would 1 pound, 15 shillings, 78 00:04:56.666 --> 00:04:58.333 and 6 pence a week be acceptable? 79 00:04:58.833 --> 00:04:59.666 Oh… 80 00:05:00.416 --> 00:05:03.875 -No. -[Pretty] I asked Reid Moir what he pays. 81 00:05:03.958 --> 00:05:06.291 -That was his reply. -Well, he don't pay enough. 82 00:05:06.375 --> 00:05:08.166 -[footsteps approach] -[Pretty] All right. 83 00:05:08.250 --> 00:05:10.541 I'm afraid that's all I can reasonably afford to spend. 84 00:05:10.625 --> 00:05:12.500 -[boy shouting] -[Brown] Right, then. Understood. 85 00:05:12.583 --> 00:05:16.583 Robert, where did you get that gas mask? Take it off. 86 00:05:17.291 --> 00:05:19.833 -Sorry, I didn't realize you were-- -This is not a toy. 87 00:05:19.916 --> 00:05:21.375 Robert, this is Mr. Brown. 88 00:05:21.875 --> 00:05:25.333 -Hello there, young man. -[Robert] Robert Pretty. How do you do? 89 00:05:25.416 --> 00:05:26.333 Who's coming after you? 90 00:05:26.416 --> 00:05:29.250 -Captain Laska and his gangsters. -[Brown] Oh! 91 00:05:29.333 --> 00:05:33.083 -[Pretty] Mr. Brown is an archaeologist. -Well, I'm an excavator. 92 00:05:33.166 --> 00:05:35.625 -You've come to dig up the mounds? -[Brown] Well… 93 00:05:36.500 --> 00:05:38.541 I'm afraid not. Uh, not today. 94 00:05:40.625 --> 00:05:41.500 Excuse me. 95 00:05:41.583 --> 00:05:42.666 [Robert sighs] 96 00:05:44.166 --> 00:05:48.208 -Good luck with your gangsters, Robert. -[Robert chuckles] Thank you. 97 00:05:48.291 --> 00:05:50.750 [Brown] And you, with your dig, ma'am. 98 00:05:54.541 --> 00:05:56.541 -[wind whistling] -[birds calling] 99 00:06:01.583 --> 00:06:02.708 [Brown sighs] 100 00:06:09.083 --> 00:06:10.208 Ah, blast. 101 00:06:15.291 --> 00:06:16.750 [car approaching] 102 00:06:20.208 --> 00:06:21.916 [brakes squeak] 103 00:06:26.291 --> 00:06:27.541 -Mr. Brown? -Yes? 104 00:06:28.083 --> 00:06:30.666 Billy Lyons. Uh, uh, from Mrs. Pretty. 105 00:06:31.625 --> 00:06:32.541 All right. 106 00:06:33.791 --> 00:06:34.666 Hmm. 107 00:06:38.625 --> 00:06:40.916 [sighs, clicks tongue] 108 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:43.791 [bright orchestral music playing] 109 00:06:43.875 --> 00:06:47.000 Tell her Monday, 8:00 sharp. 110 00:06:48.083 --> 00:06:50.333 [Brown] I won't work for less than two pound a week. 111 00:06:51.166 --> 00:06:54.125 And it's too far to bike, if you want a day's digging. 112 00:06:54.208 --> 00:06:56.916 [Pretty] You could lodge with the Lyonses in the coach house. 113 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:58.333 Mr. Lyons is my chauffeur, 114 00:06:58.416 --> 00:07:00.416 and Mrs. Lyons is in charge of the kitchen. 115 00:07:01.791 --> 00:07:05.583 -[Brown sighs] Well, I'll need help. -[Pretty] I could let you have one man. 116 00:07:06.833 --> 00:07:08.291 [Brown] Two would be better. 117 00:07:09.333 --> 00:07:12.041 [Pretty] I'm glad we could come to an arrangement after all, Mr. Brown. 118 00:07:15.708 --> 00:07:18.666 John Jacobs and Mr. Spooner are bringing the shepherd's hut. 119 00:07:19.708 --> 00:07:21.958 I thought it might be useful in case of inclement weather. 120 00:07:22.041 --> 00:07:23.958 Oh, that's very considerate. 121 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:30.791 My son Robert is keen to assist you in any way. 122 00:07:30.875 --> 00:07:32.916 If you find his presence irksome-- 123 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:34.583 Oh, no, no, no. He can come. 124 00:07:35.750 --> 00:07:36.916 You'll start with this one? 125 00:07:38.916 --> 00:07:39.791 [Brown] Yeah. 126 00:07:40.958 --> 00:07:44.291 I reckon we can forget that larger mound, Mrs. Pretty. 127 00:07:44.875 --> 00:07:48.083 This one here, that's where we'll find something. 128 00:07:48.583 --> 00:07:51.750 Well, shan't hold you up. [chuckles softly] 129 00:07:54.250 --> 00:07:55.625 [Brown] Thank you kindly. 130 00:08:02.125 --> 00:08:05.958 If you ask me, the man should leave Mrs. Pretty's mounds well alone. 131 00:08:17.958 --> 00:08:18.833 [Brown grunts] 132 00:08:32.541 --> 00:08:33.708 [panting] 133 00:08:42.958 --> 00:08:44.958 [seagulls crying] 134 00:08:57.791 --> 00:09:00.250 -[maid] Thank you, ma'am. -[Pretty] Great, dear. Thank you. 135 00:09:01.083 --> 00:09:03.958 Darling, please be gentle. You'll knock me down. 136 00:09:04.041 --> 00:09:06.375 [Robert] I'm sorry. Mr. Brown says to come. 137 00:09:07.083 --> 00:09:08.583 -Now? -[Robert] Yes. 138 00:09:10.708 --> 00:09:11.958 Well, thank you for the message. 139 00:09:12.041 --> 00:09:15.666 Well, it looks like the kind of tray you get at a butcher's. 140 00:09:15.750 --> 00:09:20.166 And there's some blackness here, maybe indicating a fire was made. 141 00:09:20.250 --> 00:09:21.458 Who are those men? 142 00:09:22.041 --> 00:09:25.208 [Pretty] They're from the Ipswich Museum. Mr. Reid Moir telephoned me. 143 00:09:25.291 --> 00:09:28.083 He wanted to see how things were progressing, so I invited him. 144 00:09:28.166 --> 00:09:32.208 Mrs. Pretty, this is Guy Maynard, our new curator. 145 00:09:32.291 --> 00:09:33.666 -How do you do? -[Pretty] Hello. 146 00:09:33.750 --> 00:09:34.583 Hello, Brown. 147 00:09:34.666 --> 00:09:38.000 Maynard. Can I borrow you, please, for this here corner? 148 00:09:38.666 --> 00:09:39.500 Jolly good. 149 00:09:40.375 --> 00:09:41.333 [Brown] One. 150 00:09:42.833 --> 00:09:44.500 -You have it? Two. -[Maynard] Yeah. 151 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:47.000 -[Brown] Three! Blast. -[Maynard grunts] 152 00:09:48.791 --> 00:09:50.333 Is that the sum of your labors? 153 00:09:52.791 --> 00:09:53.833 [Brown] Excuse me. 154 00:09:59.166 --> 00:10:00.375 [tool clatters] 155 00:10:02.041 --> 00:10:04.041 [somber orchestral music playing] 156 00:10:10.083 --> 00:10:12.916 [indistinct chatter] 157 00:10:13.750 --> 00:10:18.041 [Reid Moir] I must urge you, Mrs. Pretty, to support our Roman villa. 158 00:10:18.125 --> 00:10:19.291 War is looming. 159 00:10:19.375 --> 00:10:23.083 All hands are on deck to excavate before hostilities begin. 160 00:10:23.166 --> 00:10:26.125 And so, we must ask you to return Mr. Brown. 161 00:10:28.208 --> 00:10:30.333 I'd like him to finish what he's started. 162 00:10:30.416 --> 00:10:34.083 [Reid Moir chuckles] We may have found the largest Roman villa 163 00:10:34.166 --> 00:10:35.166 north of Felixstowe. 164 00:10:35.250 --> 00:10:39.458 It's of far greater import, if… if you'll forgive me, than this… 165 00:10:40.083 --> 00:10:41.083 minor venture. 166 00:10:42.291 --> 00:10:45.166 -Then the choice is Mr. Brown's. -Excuse me. 167 00:10:45.750 --> 00:10:48.416 Time had altered that piece of wood 168 00:10:48.500 --> 00:10:49.833 to compacted sand. 169 00:10:50.583 --> 00:10:52.583 I didn't guess its age correctly. 170 00:10:53.208 --> 00:10:56.166 I speculated Viking, but I think that's older. 171 00:10:57.333 --> 00:10:59.583 -Anglo-Saxon. -That's most unlikely, Brown. 172 00:10:59.666 --> 00:11:03.458 We should-- We need you back at the villa. That's what I'm here to say, and… 173 00:11:03.541 --> 00:11:05.875 and Mrs. Pretty has released you. 174 00:11:07.083 --> 00:11:08.833 I have said it is your choice. 175 00:11:10.666 --> 00:11:11.958 Well, then I'll stay. 176 00:11:12.791 --> 00:11:14.250 Thank you kindly, ma'am. 177 00:11:16.791 --> 00:11:17.625 Excuse me. 178 00:11:17.708 --> 00:11:19.250 Now, look here, Brown. 179 00:11:19.333 --> 00:11:21.583 You've made your point. You can have two pounds a week. 180 00:11:21.666 --> 00:11:23.375 We'll give you a few days to finish off here, 181 00:11:23.458 --> 00:11:25.708 and then, as we're the only museum in the area, 182 00:11:25.791 --> 00:11:28.500 I'd carefully consider where your future lies. 183 00:11:32.041 --> 00:11:32.875 Understood. 184 00:11:32.958 --> 00:11:35.375 [Robert] Mr. Brown's been telling us all sorts of things. 185 00:11:35.458 --> 00:11:37.833 For instance, what's the most important part 186 00:11:37.916 --> 00:11:39.375 of an archaeologist's body? 187 00:11:39.458 --> 00:11:42.208 -I don't know. -[clock chiming] 188 00:11:42.291 --> 00:11:43.250 His nose. 189 00:11:44.125 --> 00:11:46.833 If there's something there, he'll know it by the smell. 190 00:11:53.416 --> 00:11:55.208 You're going to see your father this afternoon? 191 00:11:58.375 --> 00:12:00.500 I… I'm afraid I'm needed here. 192 00:12:01.333 --> 00:12:05.416 -Um, please, may I get down? -If you're quite sure you've finished. 193 00:12:10.291 --> 00:12:13.541 [sighs deeply] 194 00:12:13.625 --> 00:12:16.291 [somber piano music playing] 195 00:12:23.916 --> 00:12:26.333 [takes a deep breath] 196 00:12:32.833 --> 00:12:35.208 [indistinct chatter] 197 00:12:35.291 --> 00:12:39.416 [soldiers clamoring, muffled] 198 00:13:28.666 --> 00:13:30.083 [Pretty sighs] 199 00:13:32.375 --> 00:13:35.041 [breathing heavily] 200 00:13:36.375 --> 00:13:37.541 [man] Boiled beef… 201 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:42.125 on a hot day like this is unlikely to agree with anyone, Mrs. Lyons. 202 00:13:43.041 --> 00:13:45.208 [Pretty] It was exactly like last time. 203 00:13:45.291 --> 00:13:49.916 [doctor] Mrs. Pretty, you produce all this acid because you're a worrier. 204 00:13:50.416 --> 00:13:52.625 We've spoken on this subject before. 205 00:13:53.583 --> 00:13:56.708 -You must learn to stop worrying. -[sighs] 206 00:13:56.791 --> 00:13:59.458 [doctor] Otherwise, you'll give yourself an ulcer. 207 00:13:59.958 --> 00:14:02.583 -Well… if that's what you think. -[doctor] Mm-hmm. 208 00:14:07.291 --> 00:14:09.291 [clock ticking] 209 00:14:21.458 --> 00:14:23.458 [gentle piano music playing] 210 00:14:45.291 --> 00:14:47.291 [grass rustling] 211 00:14:50.625 --> 00:14:52.500 [insects chirping] 212 00:15:21.375 --> 00:15:24.541 Oh, you don't wanna be down there, Mrs. Pretty. That ain't safe. 213 00:15:25.041 --> 00:15:27.083 Spooner and John Jacobs are making supports. 214 00:15:27.166 --> 00:15:29.375 We can't continue without them now. 215 00:15:30.375 --> 00:15:32.416 I was reading Howard Carter's account 216 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:35.000 of his excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun. 217 00:15:35.083 --> 00:15:35.916 [Brown] Oh? 218 00:15:38.833 --> 00:15:41.625 He stood at the threshold of the burial chamber, 219 00:15:42.208 --> 00:15:45.125 the first man to do so for 3,000 years, 220 00:15:45.208 --> 00:15:48.375 and he saw finger marks still on the paint. 221 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:52.666 He say, "Time lost its meaning." 222 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:59.500 It occurs to me that you might unearth human remains. 223 00:16:01.083 --> 00:16:02.833 [Brown] Yeah, that's possible. 224 00:16:04.041 --> 00:16:06.333 [Pretty] We're digging down to meet the dead. 225 00:16:07.875 --> 00:16:09.250 Disinterring them, in fact. 226 00:16:09.333 --> 00:16:12.416 [Brown] There's always coroner's inquests when remains are found. 227 00:16:13.125 --> 00:16:17.750 The dead still get that courtesy, no matter how many centuries they've lain. 228 00:16:18.750 --> 00:16:21.958 We can't dig down into the earth without considering that-- 229 00:16:22.041 --> 00:16:22.875 Oh! 230 00:16:22.958 --> 00:16:24.708 -[soil rustles] -[sound muffles] 231 00:16:29.916 --> 00:16:31.166 [Pretty, muffled] Brown? 232 00:16:34.291 --> 00:16:36.291 -[soil shifting] -[Pretty gasps] 233 00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:39.875 Mr. Brown? 234 00:16:42.041 --> 00:16:45.416 Spooner! Jacob! Get help! 235 00:16:46.291 --> 00:16:49.208 -[sound fades] -[tense orchestral music playing] 236 00:17:22.958 --> 00:17:25.541 [orchestral music swells] 237 00:17:28.583 --> 00:17:30.250 [man] There! There! There! 238 00:17:31.958 --> 00:17:32.875 Come on, Basil! 239 00:17:33.958 --> 00:17:36.166 [group clamoring indistinctly] 240 00:18:00.541 --> 00:18:02.166 [Pretty cries out indistinctly] 241 00:18:19.750 --> 00:18:21.708 [Pretty] Careful with his head. 242 00:18:21.791 --> 00:18:23.708 [group grunting] 243 00:18:23.791 --> 00:18:26.208 [tense orchestral music continues playing] 244 00:18:32.708 --> 00:18:34.958 [Pretty] Mr. Brown! Mr. Brown! 245 00:18:35.041 --> 00:18:36.291 Mr. Brown! 246 00:18:47.583 --> 00:18:48.791 Mr. Brown? 247 00:18:51.208 --> 00:18:52.500 [sputters] 248 00:18:52.583 --> 00:18:54.750 -[Pretty] That's it. -[Jacobs] That's it. 249 00:18:54.833 --> 00:18:57.708 -[Brown gasps] -Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown. 250 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:01.208 -[groans] -[Pretty breathing shakily] 251 00:19:04.291 --> 00:19:07.958 You're all right now. You're all right. You're all right. 252 00:19:08.583 --> 00:19:10.416 [sighs, chuckles] You're all right. 253 00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:13.250 Into the library, Grateley. Lay him on the sofa. 254 00:19:18.541 --> 00:19:20.875 [somber piano music playing] 255 00:19:31.041 --> 00:19:32.625 [sighs tremulously] 256 00:19:35.041 --> 00:19:36.583 [Pretty] Did you see something? 257 00:19:38.958 --> 00:19:39.833 [Brown] See something? 258 00:19:41.041 --> 00:19:42.166 When you were gone. 259 00:19:44.333 --> 00:19:45.291 Oh… 260 00:19:46.083 --> 00:19:48.000 Something did come into my head. 261 00:19:48.875 --> 00:19:49.875 What was it? 262 00:19:50.791 --> 00:19:53.958 [clicks tongue] My, uh… my grandfather. 263 00:19:55.916 --> 00:19:57.000 I have his name. 264 00:19:58.208 --> 00:19:59.416 Basil Brown. 265 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:02.083 Farming man. 266 00:20:03.791 --> 00:20:06.583 Taught me everything I know about Suffolk soil. 267 00:20:08.125 --> 00:20:09.166 And you saw him? 268 00:20:10.375 --> 00:20:12.791 [Brown] Oh, I saw nothing at all. I was just… 269 00:20:13.583 --> 00:20:16.875 I just thought of him. [sighs] 270 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:21.916 Well… perhaps he saw you. [chuckles softly] 271 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:24.250 -Excuse me. -Mr. Brown, are you all right? 272 00:20:24.333 --> 00:20:25.333 [Pretty] Mr. Brown! 273 00:20:26.291 --> 00:20:27.916 Mr. Brown, you have to rest! 274 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:32.375 See, Mrs. Pretty… this one is the one you like. 275 00:20:32.458 --> 00:20:35.416 It's the one you wanted me to start on. It's oval. 276 00:20:35.916 --> 00:20:37.375 Like a hog's back. 277 00:20:37.458 --> 00:20:40.000 [both panting] 278 00:20:40.083 --> 00:20:44.541 -See? All the others, circular. -Yes. 279 00:20:44.625 --> 00:20:47.083 Now, this land's been plowed for 1,000 year. 280 00:20:48.416 --> 00:20:51.458 Now, supposing whoever plowed here… 281 00:20:52.458 --> 00:20:54.166 gradually knocked a bit off. 282 00:20:54.250 --> 00:20:56.125 So, by the time robbers come along, 283 00:20:56.208 --> 00:20:59.625 they'd have sunk the flute into what they thought was the center. 284 00:20:59.708 --> 00:21:02.041 -[Pretty] But it might not have been. -[Brown] That's right. 285 00:21:02.125 --> 00:21:04.250 East to west, that's my feeling. 286 00:21:04.750 --> 00:21:08.208 [chuckles] You say the word… 287 00:21:09.208 --> 00:21:10.708 [laughs] 288 00:21:11.625 --> 00:21:13.333 …and I'll dig. 289 00:21:13.416 --> 00:21:15.000 [Pretty chuckles] 290 00:21:16.958 --> 00:21:19.833 [energetic instrumental music playing] 291 00:21:42.375 --> 00:21:45.125 [Robert] My plane crashed into the Arctic waste, you see. 292 00:21:45.708 --> 00:21:49.375 And when I woke up, 500 years had passed. 293 00:21:49.458 --> 00:21:53.250 -So, now I'm stuck in the 25th century. -[Brown] What's that like, then? 294 00:21:53.333 --> 00:21:55.541 Well, the Earth is controlled by Killer Kane, 295 00:21:55.625 --> 00:21:57.083 who's an extremely evil man. 296 00:21:57.166 --> 00:21:58.250 [Brown] Like Hitler? 297 00:21:58.333 --> 00:22:01.083 [chuckles] Yes, with an even worse mustache. 298 00:22:01.166 --> 00:22:02.000 Did the people 299 00:22:02.083 --> 00:22:04.583 who made these burial mounds have mustaches? 300 00:22:04.666 --> 00:22:05.791 [Brown] And beards. 301 00:22:06.416 --> 00:22:08.458 They were a very beardy lot. 302 00:22:08.541 --> 00:22:12.083 Not like them there Romans. Now, they liked the close shave. 303 00:22:12.166 --> 00:22:15.958 The Vikings and the space pilots are the same, really, aren't they? 304 00:22:16.458 --> 00:22:19.791 They explore new lands and have battles in ships. 305 00:22:19.875 --> 00:22:25.250 Yeah, when you put it like that, I suppose they might be the same. 306 00:22:25.333 --> 00:22:27.500 [warplanes roaring] 307 00:22:27.583 --> 00:22:31.000 [Robert] They come over all the time. There's an RAF base nearby. 308 00:22:32.083 --> 00:22:34.166 [imitates weaponry firing] 309 00:22:35.791 --> 00:22:37.708 Would you like to fly, Mr. Brown? 310 00:22:37.791 --> 00:22:39.041 [Brown] Oh, but I do. 311 00:22:39.625 --> 00:22:43.833 All over the cosmos, every time I look through my telescope. 312 00:22:44.583 --> 00:22:45.958 You… You have a telescope? 313 00:22:46.041 --> 00:22:48.375 -I do. -[Robert] Did you bring it with you? 314 00:22:48.458 --> 00:22:49.625 [Brown] I did. 315 00:22:49.708 --> 00:22:51.375 Well, will you show me? 316 00:22:52.541 --> 00:22:53.500 I might. 317 00:22:53.583 --> 00:22:54.916 [Robert chuckles softly] 318 00:22:56.166 --> 00:22:57.833 [imitates weaponry firing] 319 00:22:58.333 --> 00:23:00.583 Cor! He likes to natter, he does. 320 00:23:00.666 --> 00:23:02.916 What was all that about space travel? 321 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:05.791 [Robert panting] 322 00:23:05.875 --> 00:23:08.333 [maid] Mr. Brown had an awful lot of books. 323 00:23:08.833 --> 00:23:11.333 Came on his bike with a great parcel of them. 324 00:23:11.916 --> 00:23:13.875 Sloan says some are in Norwegian. 325 00:23:14.375 --> 00:23:15.916 Shall we try the green silk? 326 00:23:16.416 --> 00:23:18.666 -It's an old favorite, isn't it? -[Pretty] No. 327 00:23:18.750 --> 00:23:21.708 The velvet with the lace. 328 00:23:21.791 --> 00:23:23.791 [birds singing outside] 329 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:34.500 [clock chiming] 330 00:23:41.583 --> 00:23:45.041 [footsteps approach] 331 00:23:46.791 --> 00:23:48.666 [Grateley] Mrs. Lyons hopes it will agree. 332 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:51.125 [Pretty] How's your leg, Mr. Grateley? 333 00:23:51.208 --> 00:23:54.208 Oh, much better, ma'am. Thank you for inquiring. 334 00:23:55.625 --> 00:23:56.875 Would you like the wireless? 335 00:23:56.958 --> 00:23:59.666 -[Pretty] Yes, please. -[clicks on] 336 00:23:59.750 --> 00:24:02.291 [radio announcer] …the Air Guard under the age of 32 337 00:24:02.375 --> 00:24:04.041 are now being asked to stand by 338 00:24:04.125 --> 00:24:07.125 for further training as RAF pilots or crew. 339 00:24:07.208 --> 00:24:09.166 [Mrs. Lyons] She's only been here 12 year. 340 00:24:09.250 --> 00:24:12.083 -[Billy] Mm-hmm. -Came down from Cheshire. 341 00:24:13.041 --> 00:24:14.875 Then she married the colonel. 342 00:24:15.375 --> 00:24:19.333 He first met with Edith when she was still at school. 343 00:24:19.416 --> 00:24:22.916 And on his 17th birthday, he asked her to marry him. 344 00:24:23.666 --> 00:24:25.458 -She turned him down. -[Billy] Mm. 345 00:24:25.541 --> 00:24:28.333 She say she can't possibly leave her father. 346 00:24:29.583 --> 00:24:30.791 [Billy grunts softly] 347 00:24:31.291 --> 00:24:36.541 [Mrs. Lyons] She cared for her father another 13 year, until he died. 348 00:24:36.625 --> 00:24:37.875 [Billy] After 13 years. 349 00:24:38.375 --> 00:24:42.000 [Mrs. Lyons] She finally accepted the colonel's proposal. 350 00:24:42.750 --> 00:24:44.916 He been asking every year on her birthday. 351 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.125 [Billy] On her birthday. 352 00:24:48.208 --> 00:24:50.250 [Mrs. Lyons] Just after they had Robert… 353 00:24:51.208 --> 00:24:52.958 her husband went and died too. 354 00:24:53.041 --> 00:24:54.708 -[Billy] Mm-hmm. -[Pretty kisses] 355 00:24:56.041 --> 00:24:57.541 [Mrs. Lyons] Imagine that. 356 00:24:57.625 --> 00:24:59.833 [men laughing] 357 00:25:00.583 --> 00:25:05.250 [chattering indistinctly] 358 00:25:05.333 --> 00:25:07.250 [Brown] Do any of you want to look through this? 359 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:12.125 -[man] I thought we'd sit down on that. -[Brown] You have a go. 360 00:25:13.958 --> 00:25:14.791 That's right. 361 00:25:15.625 --> 00:25:19.041 -[Jacobs] I'm gonna follow you back home. -[group laughing] 362 00:25:19.666 --> 00:25:21.958 [Brown] Wait! Wait, for Christ's sake! 363 00:25:23.541 --> 00:25:25.500 [seagulls crying] 364 00:25:27.458 --> 00:25:28.416 [exhales] 365 00:25:28.916 --> 00:25:30.166 [Brown] Come on. 366 00:25:30.250 --> 00:25:31.333 [grunts] 367 00:25:31.416 --> 00:25:33.541 [church bell ringing] 368 00:25:33.625 --> 00:25:35.500 [ship horn blows] 369 00:25:35.583 --> 00:25:37.666 [seagulls crying] 370 00:25:37.750 --> 00:25:39.625 -[bicycle bell rings] -[brakes squeak] 371 00:25:40.291 --> 00:25:42.291 [Brown panting] 372 00:25:43.041 --> 00:25:44.916 [Brown] Maynard! Maynard! 373 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:49.916 They found an iron rivet at the burial mound at Snape, didn't they? 374 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:52.208 [Maynard] Snape? Basil, what have you found? 375 00:25:56.375 --> 00:25:57.750 My goodness, Basil. 376 00:26:01.125 --> 00:26:04.041 -[Spooner] Right. Any joy, Basil? -[Brown] Coming along together. 377 00:26:04.625 --> 00:26:07.500 Mr. Spooner, will you bring my tape measure from the hut? 378 00:26:07.583 --> 00:26:09.666 One of you best get Mrs. Pretty down here. 379 00:26:09.750 --> 00:26:13.375 -[Jacobs] She's gone up to London. -She what? How long? 380 00:26:13.458 --> 00:26:16.041 [Jacobs] London, with Robert. Couple of days. 381 00:26:16.541 --> 00:26:17.958 [sighs] Blast. 382 00:26:19.166 --> 00:26:22.083 Right, boys. Here we go. Come on together. 383 00:26:22.166 --> 00:26:24.541 Better have something to show Mrs. Pretty when she get back. 384 00:26:24.625 --> 00:26:27.416 -[knocking on door] -[Grateley] And the crystal glasses! 385 00:26:29.458 --> 00:26:31.208 No, no, no. Side door, please. 386 00:26:31.291 --> 00:26:34.416 -Mrs. Pretty back from London yet? -Mrs. Pretty's about to dine. 387 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.833 [Brown] I told you it was urgent. 388 00:26:35.916 --> 00:26:38.833 [Grateley] Mr. Brown, I'm sure you wouldn't like to interfere with-- 389 00:26:38.916 --> 00:26:40.583 [Pretty] It's all right, Mr. Grateley. 390 00:26:41.083 --> 00:26:44.041 -Is it Mr. Brown? -[Pretty] Yes, darling. Darling 391 00:26:46.541 --> 00:26:48.541 I think you'd better come and see. 392 00:26:49.333 --> 00:26:51.333 [soaring orchestral music playing] 393 00:27:06.250 --> 00:27:07.416 [Brown] That's a ship. 394 00:27:09.375 --> 00:27:11.041 [Robert] How do you mean, a ship? 395 00:27:11.791 --> 00:27:14.916 [Brown] Oh, well, that's a ship that's been buried in the mound. 396 00:27:15.958 --> 00:27:18.375 [Robert] Why would anyone want to bury a ship? 397 00:27:18.458 --> 00:27:21.083 [Brown] Well, I expect because that's a grave. 398 00:27:22.208 --> 00:27:23.375 [Robert] Whose grave? 399 00:27:23.875 --> 00:27:27.041 [Brown] Well, I'd expect this is a grave of a… a great man. 400 00:27:27.791 --> 00:27:28.791 A warrior… 401 00:27:30.125 --> 00:27:31.208 or a king. 402 00:27:31.958 --> 00:27:37.125 They must have pulled his ship all the way up that there hill from the river. 403 00:27:38.125 --> 00:27:42.208 Now, they'd have put it on ropes, and they'd have hauled it over logs. 404 00:27:42.916 --> 00:27:47.083 Men, horses. It must have taken hundreds of 'em. [chuckles] 405 00:27:47.166 --> 00:27:50.500 I don't expect them to go to all this trouble for any little squirt. 406 00:27:51.208 --> 00:27:54.208 Can you imagine the send-off they'd be giving him? 407 00:27:54.875 --> 00:27:57.500 The songs they'd be singing. [laughs] 408 00:27:57.583 --> 00:27:59.958 They'd have drunk Mr. Spooner under the table. 409 00:28:00.041 --> 00:28:01.833 -[Brown and Pretty laugh] -[Robert] Vikings? 410 00:28:01.916 --> 00:28:04.375 [sniffles] Well, I… I think that's older. 411 00:28:04.458 --> 00:28:07.791 Maynard disagrees, but I think it's Anglo-Saxon. 412 00:28:08.458 --> 00:28:12.250 Now, this is your doing, John Jacobs, 'cause you found the first rivet. 413 00:28:12.333 --> 00:28:15.041 -[Jacobs chuckles] -That's right, Mrs. Pretty. He did. 414 00:28:17.125 --> 00:28:18.791 Congratulations, Mr. Brown. 415 00:28:18.875 --> 00:28:21.666 [Brown chuckles] Well, you thought there was something, didn't you? 416 00:28:21.750 --> 00:28:23.250 I had my feeling. 417 00:28:23.333 --> 00:28:25.750 That you did, Mrs. Pretty. That you did. 418 00:28:25.833 --> 00:28:27.208 [Pretty] Oh, John. 419 00:28:27.291 --> 00:28:29.583 -Congratulations, Mr. Spooner. -[Spooner] Thank you, ma'am. 420 00:28:29.666 --> 00:28:32.625 [Brown] We couldn't have done it without this young man here. 421 00:28:34.375 --> 00:28:35.625 [kisses] Psst. 422 00:28:35.708 --> 00:28:37.791 [softly] Robert, a ship! 423 00:28:38.916 --> 00:28:39.791 [kisses] 424 00:28:40.916 --> 00:28:42.416 [Robert] Thank you. Mr. Brown. 425 00:28:43.208 --> 00:28:45.916 [Brown] Well, there's a lot of earth to… to shift now. 426 00:28:47.166 --> 00:28:48.250 But who knows? 427 00:28:49.333 --> 00:28:51.791 I'm pretty sure it continues further. 428 00:29:02.041 --> 00:29:04.250 [music and sound fade] 429 00:29:10.916 --> 00:29:13.333 [wind blows softly] 430 00:29:20.125 --> 00:29:21.250 [hatch squeaks] 431 00:29:22.875 --> 00:29:24.083 [man] Evening. 432 00:29:24.666 --> 00:29:25.666 Evening. 433 00:29:25.750 --> 00:29:27.208 [birds singing] 434 00:29:36.958 --> 00:29:38.666 [Reid Moir] Do you realize what this means? 435 00:29:39.166 --> 00:29:41.125 It's going to change everything for Ipswich. 436 00:29:41.625 --> 00:29:44.333 We'll be the envy of every museum in the country. 437 00:29:47.333 --> 00:29:50.583 -You're gonna get wet, Mrs. Pretty. -[Pretty] I'm afraid I already am. 438 00:29:53.250 --> 00:29:54.208 [Brown grunts] 439 00:29:54.291 --> 00:29:57.541 [Pretty] Mr. Reid Moir has kindly offered to take charge of the dig. 440 00:29:59.583 --> 00:30:01.750 I turned his generous offer down. 441 00:30:02.541 --> 00:30:04.083 -You didn't. -[Pretty] I did. 442 00:30:04.875 --> 00:30:06.583 [chuckles, splutters] What did he say? 443 00:30:07.166 --> 00:30:10.375 He said I couldn't keep it to myself, which is true. 444 00:30:10.458 --> 00:30:12.708 [chuckling] I bet he blew his gasket. 445 00:30:12.791 --> 00:30:15.791 In the meantime, I've asked my cousin, Rory Lomax, to come. 446 00:30:15.875 --> 00:30:18.833 -[Brown] Right. -I can see you need another pair of hands. 447 00:30:18.916 --> 00:30:21.541 He's only an amateur, but then, so is Mr. Reid Moir. 448 00:30:21.625 --> 00:30:23.666 -[both chuckle] -[thunder rumbling] 449 00:30:23.750 --> 00:30:26.583 -Mrs. Pretty, you better go in the shed. -Oh, yes. 450 00:30:26.666 --> 00:30:29.208 -[Brown] You're gonna get very wet here. -[Pretty] I will. 451 00:30:31.875 --> 00:30:33.875 [soothing instrumental music playing] 452 00:30:37.291 --> 00:30:38.375 [Brown sighs] 453 00:30:42.708 --> 00:30:44.250 [Brown panting] 454 00:30:44.333 --> 00:30:47.916 [Pretty] I wanted to thank you for your patience with Robert. 455 00:30:48.416 --> 00:30:50.333 He can hardly wait to see you in the mornings. 456 00:30:50.416 --> 00:30:52.916 [Brown] Well, keeps me on me toes, having him around. 457 00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.625 Do you have children? 458 00:30:56.291 --> 00:30:58.916 No, uh, we, uh… 459 00:31:03.625 --> 00:31:04.708 No. 460 00:31:07.083 --> 00:31:08.250 [Brown sniffles] 461 00:31:09.166 --> 00:31:11.583 [Pretty] The servants tell me you've studied everything, 462 00:31:11.666 --> 00:31:13.208 from Latin to geology. 463 00:31:13.791 --> 00:31:16.833 [Brown] Well, a little education is a dangerous thing. 464 00:31:16.916 --> 00:31:18.916 [Pretty] Hmm. Apparently, you've written a book. 465 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.041 [Brown] I have. 466 00:31:20.666 --> 00:31:23.708 A guide to astronomical maps and charts, 467 00:31:24.208 --> 00:31:27.500 to make them accessible to ordinary men. 468 00:31:28.708 --> 00:31:30.750 [Brown] I left school when I was 12. 469 00:31:31.875 --> 00:31:33.750 Always had a hunger to study. 470 00:31:36.958 --> 00:31:39.541 [Pretty] I got a place at London University. 471 00:31:41.750 --> 00:31:43.458 My father wouldn't hear of it. 472 00:31:54.791 --> 00:31:56.666 [birds singing] 473 00:31:56.750 --> 00:31:58.291 Would you have dinner with me? 474 00:32:00.250 --> 00:32:03.583 Well… thank you. Yes. 475 00:32:06.875 --> 00:32:08.000 [Pretty exhales] 476 00:32:26.041 --> 00:32:27.166 [Brown] Evening, Vera. 477 00:32:27.250 --> 00:32:29.875 Surprise for you, Basil, in your room. 478 00:32:31.875 --> 00:32:32.708 [Brown] Right. 479 00:32:40.041 --> 00:32:40.958 May. 480 00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:44.625 I brought you some fresh shirts. 481 00:32:45.166 --> 00:32:47.333 -[Brown chuckles] -About time, I say. 482 00:32:50.625 --> 00:32:53.208 -Are you pleased to see me? -Of course I am. 483 00:32:53.291 --> 00:32:55.125 [sighs, chuckles softly] 484 00:32:55.208 --> 00:32:58.666 -You didn't know I was coming, did you? -[Brown] No. No, I didn't. 485 00:32:59.416 --> 00:33:00.583 I did tell you. 486 00:33:01.625 --> 00:33:03.000 In my last letter. 487 00:33:04.708 --> 00:33:07.250 [Brown] Oh, I was saving them for the weekend. 488 00:33:07.333 --> 00:33:10.083 I've been working every hour. You know what I'm like. [chuckles] 489 00:33:10.166 --> 00:33:12.750 Yes… I do. 490 00:33:16.458 --> 00:33:17.666 [Brown] I'm very busy. 491 00:33:17.750 --> 00:33:21.291 -It looks like it. Nowhere to sit in here. -[Brown] There's a lot going on here. 492 00:33:21.375 --> 00:33:23.708 -What's that? -I said there's nowhere to sit down. 493 00:33:23.791 --> 00:33:26.166 [Brown] Yeah. Sorry about that. It's all-- So much going on. 494 00:33:26.250 --> 00:33:28.166 You got something to show me? I think you have. 495 00:33:28.250 --> 00:33:29.708 I can see it in your eyes. 496 00:33:29.791 --> 00:33:31.208 I'm not saying anything. 497 00:33:31.291 --> 00:33:33.041 [indistinct chatter] 498 00:33:33.125 --> 00:33:35.458 [maid] There's Mr. Brown with a woman. 499 00:33:38.166 --> 00:33:41.416 I suppose it's his wife. You know, she writes to him every day. 500 00:33:44.958 --> 00:33:45.958 [knocking on door] 501 00:33:46.041 --> 00:33:46.916 Come in. 502 00:33:50.583 --> 00:33:53.291 Mr. Brown sends his apologies, ma'am. 503 00:33:58.416 --> 00:34:01.375 That's all. Thank you, Ellen. [sighs] 504 00:34:03.708 --> 00:34:06.458 [Brown] A man could dig the earth his whole life through 505 00:34:06.958 --> 00:34:09.375 and not find anything like I've discovered here. 506 00:34:09.458 --> 00:34:12.666 -[May] She's beautiful, all right. -[Brown] Yeah, she's beautiful. 507 00:34:13.250 --> 00:34:15.541 [May] You'll have to watch your back with a thing like this. 508 00:34:15.625 --> 00:34:16.625 [Brown] What do you mean? 509 00:34:16.708 --> 00:34:19.916 [May] Everyone's gonna want a piece of this here ship, and this is your find. 510 00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.833 [Brown] Oh, May… 511 00:34:20.916 --> 00:34:23.291 [May] Don't let Ipswich Museum take your glory. 512 00:34:23.375 --> 00:34:25.833 -[Brown] He's not gonna take-- -[May] Or that lady at the manor. 513 00:34:25.916 --> 00:34:28.416 -She should be upping your wages again. -[Brown] She's supportive. 514 00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:30.541 -[May] You asked? -[Brown] I ain't gonna ask for more. 515 00:34:30.625 --> 00:34:32.958 [Brown] Well, she's very, very gracious, Mrs. Pretty. 516 00:34:33.041 --> 00:34:36.125 [May] Your heart's lost to this Viking maiden, I can tell. 517 00:34:37.208 --> 00:34:38.125 Innit? 518 00:34:39.208 --> 00:34:42.291 [Brown] Ah, May, you sure you don't want to stay the night? 519 00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:44.916 I'll miss my lift back. 520 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:46.583 [Brown] Right, yeah, um… 521 00:34:48.291 --> 00:34:50.916 Well, thanks for coming, May. 522 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:53.958 [sighs] I do miss you. 523 00:34:55.708 --> 00:34:58.583 -I've been reading your books for company. -You haven't. 524 00:34:59.083 --> 00:35:00.750 -[May] I have. -[scoffs] 525 00:35:00.833 --> 00:35:03.041 [laughing] Hell, it's not much company, is it? 526 00:35:03.125 --> 00:35:06.000 -[May] No, they're hard work, I tell you. -They are. 527 00:35:06.083 --> 00:35:08.000 [both laughing] 528 00:35:08.083 --> 00:35:10.083 Right. Well, it's good of you to bring my shirts. 529 00:35:10.166 --> 00:35:12.583 -[May] Yeah. -[Brown grunts] 530 00:35:12.666 --> 00:35:13.541 All right. 531 00:35:14.708 --> 00:35:16.500 [Brown] I'll read them letters tonight. 532 00:35:17.166 --> 00:35:18.791 -[May] Bye, then. -[Brown] Bye. 533 00:35:19.291 --> 00:35:21.125 [engine rumbles] 534 00:35:22.750 --> 00:35:24.750 [Brown breathing deeply] 535 00:35:32.583 --> 00:35:35.208 -[thunder rumbles] -[Brown gasps, sighs] 536 00:35:38.458 --> 00:35:39.708 Blast! 537 00:35:39.791 --> 00:35:41.333 [rain pattering] 538 00:35:46.916 --> 00:35:48.083 Ah! 539 00:35:48.166 --> 00:35:49.625 [groans] 540 00:35:51.708 --> 00:35:54.833 [grunting and panting] 541 00:35:58.666 --> 00:35:59.875 [grunts] 542 00:36:01.625 --> 00:36:03.291 -[strains] -[young man yelps] 543 00:36:03.375 --> 00:36:04.500 [Brown gasps, grunts] 544 00:36:05.208 --> 00:36:07.250 -Let me help. -[Brown] Right. 545 00:36:07.333 --> 00:36:10.916 Right, then. Get around that side and take this tarp. 546 00:36:14.541 --> 00:36:17.791 That's… That's right. That's right. There's a stake there behind you. 547 00:36:18.875 --> 00:36:19.750 Pull it hard. 548 00:36:22.458 --> 00:36:24.208 [Brown] Where in God's name did you come from? 549 00:36:24.291 --> 00:36:25.708 [young man] I rode, actually, 550 00:36:25.791 --> 00:36:28.083 on my motorbike from Ipswich. [sniffles] 551 00:36:28.166 --> 00:36:29.625 I'm Rory Lomax. 552 00:36:29.708 --> 00:36:32.333 [Brown] Aye. Did Reid Moir send you? 553 00:36:33.208 --> 00:36:35.458 -From the museum? -[thunder rumbles] 554 00:36:35.541 --> 00:36:37.416 I'm Edith Pretty's cousin. 555 00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:39.166 She telephoned, asked me to come. 556 00:36:39.250 --> 00:36:41.625 -Said you needed an extra pair of hands. -All right. 557 00:36:41.708 --> 00:36:45.583 I pointed out my general lack of skill, but she was undeterred. 558 00:36:46.708 --> 00:36:47.583 Right. Well… 559 00:36:47.666 --> 00:36:51.666 no doubt you'll hear that my name is Brown. Basil Brown. 560 00:36:51.750 --> 00:36:52.750 [Rory] Good to meet you. 561 00:36:52.833 --> 00:36:55.041 [Brown] Now, it's gonna be raining for a while, 562 00:36:55.125 --> 00:36:57.375 so go on and take a seat. [sniffles] 563 00:36:57.458 --> 00:37:00.666 I expect you'd, uh, be wet, coming from Ipswich on a motorbike. 564 00:37:00.750 --> 00:37:02.416 -[Rory] I was, rather. -[Brown] Yeah. 565 00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:04.708 -[Rory] Just caught me at the end. -[Brown] Right. 566 00:37:04.791 --> 00:37:07.625 Well, I'll light the stove. Would you like some tea? 567 00:37:07.708 --> 00:37:09.083 [Rory chuckles] Yes, please. 568 00:37:09.166 --> 00:37:12.875 [Brown] I think we may have found, um, an old, uh, Anglo-Saxon ship. 569 00:37:13.625 --> 00:37:16.666 When this rain clears tomorrow, maybe you can see what we're doing. 570 00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:19.833 -Yeah? -How very exciting. 571 00:37:20.333 --> 00:37:21.750 Yeah, it's all right. 572 00:37:23.041 --> 00:37:26.291 [thunder rumbles] 573 00:37:28.958 --> 00:37:31.208 -[Jacobs] Not gonna cover it. -[Brown] Get the second tarp. 574 00:37:31.291 --> 00:37:33.000 -Pass me the hammer, please. -[Jacobs] Right. 575 00:37:33.583 --> 00:37:34.625 [Spooner] All right, then. 576 00:37:35.833 --> 00:37:36.708 [Brown] Lift up. 577 00:37:36.791 --> 00:37:38.958 -[panting] -[Brown] That's right. 578 00:37:39.041 --> 00:37:41.916 [indistinct chatter] 579 00:37:45.208 --> 00:37:46.125 Rory! 580 00:37:47.041 --> 00:37:48.208 Hello, Spud. 581 00:37:49.166 --> 00:37:51.333 [grunts] Arrived in the night. Didn't want to wake you. 582 00:37:51.416 --> 00:37:52.333 Where's your mother? 583 00:37:52.416 --> 00:37:55.541 -[steam engine approaching] -[Robert] Oh, she's gone to London. 584 00:37:55.625 --> 00:37:57.041 [train whistle blows] 585 00:37:57.125 --> 00:38:00.333 [passengers clamoring] 586 00:38:04.458 --> 00:38:06.666 [somber piano music playing] 587 00:38:13.791 --> 00:38:16.166 [man] Who knows if we'll still be alive in a year? 588 00:38:19.708 --> 00:38:23.250 [announcer on loudspeaker] The yellow and green balls denote gas. 589 00:38:23.333 --> 00:38:26.125 -Red denotes high explosives. -[children laughing] 590 00:38:26.208 --> 00:38:29.166 [announcer] Red stripes are incendiary bombs. 591 00:38:29.250 --> 00:38:32.708 If you are caught on the streets during an air raid, 592 00:38:32.791 --> 00:38:37.333 you must know the appropriate response to each form of attack. 593 00:38:38.083 --> 00:38:39.708 No, don't throw them about! 594 00:39:01.958 --> 00:39:03.958 [Pretty] I was rushing to get here on time. 595 00:39:05.666 --> 00:39:07.416 Might that have affected the results? 596 00:39:08.541 --> 00:39:12.333 [doctor] Possibly, but the, uh, underlying condition is there. 597 00:39:12.416 --> 00:39:15.750 The pneumatic fever you had as a child, it, uh, 598 00:39:15.833 --> 00:39:17.833 damaged the valves of your heart. 599 00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.875 Irreparably, I'm afraid. 600 00:39:20.583 --> 00:39:23.958 Another attack is likely to be much… more serious. 601 00:39:25.375 --> 00:39:26.666 Possibly even fatal. 602 00:39:27.833 --> 00:39:30.791 -Is there nothing else that can be done? -[doctor] I'm sorry. I… I… 603 00:39:30.875 --> 00:39:32.375 I wish I had better news. 604 00:39:34.208 --> 00:39:35.958 [continues speaking indistinctly] 605 00:39:51.708 --> 00:39:52.916 [Pretty sighs deeply] 606 00:40:00.083 --> 00:40:02.541 [somber piano music swells] 607 00:40:02.625 --> 00:40:05.708 [bells tolling] 608 00:40:28.666 --> 00:40:31.250 [indistinct chatter] 609 00:40:59.833 --> 00:41:00.791 [parking brake clicks] 610 00:41:01.375 --> 00:41:03.958 [Grateley] Mr. Reid Moir is here, ma'am, with some other gentlemen. 611 00:41:04.041 --> 00:41:05.791 They wouldn't stop to give me their names. 612 00:41:05.875 --> 00:41:07.625 Then they're trespassing. Where are they? 613 00:41:07.708 --> 00:41:09.708 -On their way to the mounds. -Fetch them, quickly. 614 00:41:09.791 --> 00:41:12.166 -Right. -[Pretty] Lyons? 615 00:41:16.083 --> 00:41:17.125 [sighs] 616 00:41:18.750 --> 00:41:21.500 [Brown] Now, I've been reading up about the Oseberg Ship. 617 00:41:21.583 --> 00:41:24.375 That's a Viking ship they found in Norway. 618 00:41:24.875 --> 00:41:28.583 There was a burial chamber in the center, roofed. 619 00:41:28.666 --> 00:41:31.250 It's a bit like we imagine Noah's Ark. 620 00:41:32.166 --> 00:41:34.833 Course, any roof here would have caved in long ago. 621 00:41:35.833 --> 00:41:37.750 See, this line here. 622 00:41:37.833 --> 00:41:41.416 The ground is higher, but this soil is darker. 623 00:41:41.916 --> 00:41:43.500 So you think there's something beneath? 624 00:41:44.291 --> 00:41:47.791 Well, we may know by the end of today. 625 00:41:47.875 --> 00:41:49.416 Ye gods! 626 00:41:51.250 --> 00:41:52.625 This is incredible! 627 00:41:53.125 --> 00:41:56.333 [Reid Moir] We at the Ipswich Museum pride ourselves on our work, 628 00:41:56.416 --> 00:42:00.041 and I… I think you'll agree that it's rock solid. 629 00:42:00.125 --> 00:42:03.458 -[Brown] You… You need to stop there. -I beg your pardon? 630 00:42:03.541 --> 00:42:05.791 This is a very delicate site, and it ain't safe. 631 00:42:05.875 --> 00:42:07.708 Uh, not for a man of your size. 632 00:42:10.291 --> 00:42:11.166 Is this your work? 633 00:42:11.250 --> 00:42:14.625 Uh, yes. I'm Basil Brown, excavator. 634 00:42:16.833 --> 00:42:20.375 [clears throat] Well, Basil Brown, excavator… 635 00:42:21.166 --> 00:42:24.083 I am Charles Phillips, archaeologist, 636 00:42:24.833 --> 00:42:27.416 and I'm here to tell you that, 637 00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:30.458 as this is a find of national interest, 638 00:42:30.541 --> 00:42:33.791 the British Museum will be taking charge. 639 00:42:34.458 --> 00:42:35.458 Your work… 640 00:42:36.583 --> 00:42:38.541 looks, thankfully, decent, 641 00:42:39.333 --> 00:42:42.791 but your excavating service is no longer required. 642 00:42:42.875 --> 00:42:47.166 Am… Am I to understand that you will be personally taking over? 643 00:42:47.791 --> 00:42:50.791 Grimes, I have never seen anything like it. 644 00:42:50.875 --> 00:42:52.666 -Quite, sir. -Brailesford. 645 00:42:52.750 --> 00:42:55.416 -Sir. -[Phillips] Cancel everything I've got. 646 00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:58.458 Find out who's free. We need Piggott. 647 00:42:58.541 --> 00:43:01.208 -Find us lodgings, as near as you can. -[Brailesford] Yes, sir. 648 00:43:01.708 --> 00:43:04.583 [Reid Moir] That dark soil in the middle, C.W., looks very promising. 649 00:43:04.666 --> 00:43:08.250 You men, finish up, and don't move another pebble! 650 00:43:08.333 --> 00:43:09.708 [Brown] Excuse me, Mr. Phillips. 651 00:43:09.791 --> 00:43:13.000 [splutters] I'm not employed by you. 652 00:43:13.083 --> 00:43:15.125 I'm employed by Mrs. Pretty, 653 00:43:15.208 --> 00:43:18.083 and I'll keep on working until she tells me different. 654 00:43:18.166 --> 00:43:23.166 An ad hoc team from a provincial museum cannot be left in charge. 655 00:43:23.875 --> 00:43:26.250 Mrs. Pretty must see that. 656 00:43:29.708 --> 00:43:30.833 [lock clicks] 657 00:43:30.916 --> 00:43:31.916 [doorbell ringing] 658 00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:35.541 John, a minute is all I need. I… I know she'll want to hear this. 659 00:43:35.625 --> 00:43:37.958 -All right, all right. Wait here. -Right. 660 00:43:41.250 --> 00:43:42.750 [muttering softly] 661 00:43:43.833 --> 00:43:46.500 [Grateley] She'll see you tomorrow morning at 10:30. 662 00:43:46.583 --> 00:43:48.375 She must know what I found. 663 00:43:48.458 --> 00:43:50.708 -[Grateley] Don't push it, old boy! -[Brown] She must know! 664 00:43:50.791 --> 00:43:51.791 -[slams] -[Brown] John! 665 00:43:52.375 --> 00:43:55.000 [door rattles, creaks open] 666 00:43:55.083 --> 00:43:56.333 [door closes] 667 00:43:56.416 --> 00:44:00.000 -Is he gone, Mr. Grateley? -[Brown] It's not Grateley. 668 00:44:00.083 --> 00:44:01.541 [Pretty gasps] 669 00:44:01.625 --> 00:44:04.875 I… I'm sorry for disturbing you, but I believe… 670 00:44:05.625 --> 00:44:08.625 we may have found a burial chamber in the ship. 671 00:44:10.666 --> 00:44:14.041 -Does Mr. Phillips know? -[Brown] I don't work for Mr. Phillips. 672 00:44:14.125 --> 00:44:15.458 What are your wishes? 673 00:44:21.125 --> 00:44:25.041 I, uh… He just informed me that, by order of the Ministry of Works, 674 00:44:25.125 --> 00:44:27.250 the site must be placed under his control. 675 00:44:31.916 --> 00:44:33.083 Well, uh… [sighs] 676 00:44:34.833 --> 00:44:35.916 …that's that, then. 677 00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:37.416 [sound fading] 678 00:44:37.500 --> 00:44:40.208 [Brown, muffled] Well, I… I can carry on for one more day… 679 00:44:40.708 --> 00:44:41.875 if that's what you'd like. 680 00:44:41.958 --> 00:44:43.875 [somber instrumental music playing] 681 00:44:46.291 --> 00:44:48.458 Are… Are you poorly, Mrs. Pretty? 682 00:44:50.250 --> 00:44:51.500 Um… [sighs] 683 00:44:53.458 --> 00:44:54.791 Perhaps you might, um… 684 00:44:55.791 --> 00:44:57.208 might ring the bell for me. 685 00:44:57.958 --> 00:44:58.791 Right. 686 00:44:59.291 --> 00:45:00.500 [bell rings] 687 00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:03.083 He's got no right to dictate to you. 688 00:45:03.583 --> 00:45:05.750 This ship's only appearing because of you. 689 00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:08.708 Don't forget why you wanted it begun. 690 00:45:09.208 --> 00:45:10.958 Now, you said that was a feeling. 691 00:45:11.041 --> 00:45:12.875 Your feeling is right. 692 00:45:12.958 --> 00:45:14.166 [door creaks open] 693 00:45:17.166 --> 00:45:20.875 -Mr. Brown seems to have found his way in. -[Grateley] Mr. Brown. 694 00:45:26.750 --> 00:45:27.625 All right. 695 00:45:33.166 --> 00:45:35.166 [Pretty breathing shakily] 696 00:45:36.541 --> 00:45:38.416 [Grateley] Is there anything I could bring you? 697 00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:39.958 Fetch Ellen for me, please. 698 00:45:43.916 --> 00:45:45.416 [sighs deeply] 699 00:45:54.916 --> 00:45:56.125 [sniffles] 700 00:45:57.833 --> 00:45:59.833 [somber music swells] 701 00:46:23.083 --> 00:46:24.083 [lighter clicks] 702 00:46:27.166 --> 00:46:28.500 [Pretty sighs] 703 00:46:32.333 --> 00:46:33.500 [exhales deeply] 704 00:46:43.708 --> 00:46:45.708 [wind whistles] 705 00:47:01.083 --> 00:47:03.750 [Phillips] Mrs. Pretty is keen to keep you on, 706 00:47:04.250 --> 00:47:06.916 so we'll make good use of you. 707 00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:10.166 Your primary task will be to keep the site in order. 708 00:47:10.250 --> 00:47:15.750 So, I want the tumulus dug back to an area of four feet on either side, 709 00:47:15.833 --> 00:47:18.708 and I want those spoil heaps removed. 710 00:47:19.250 --> 00:47:20.083 From now on, 711 00:47:20.166 --> 00:47:24.708 you're not to set foot in the body of the ship without my express permission. 712 00:47:24.791 --> 00:47:25.791 Carry on. 713 00:47:26.791 --> 00:47:28.750 [Jacobs] Are you gonna put up with that, Basil? 714 00:47:38.666 --> 00:47:39.583 [Brown sighs] 715 00:47:47.416 --> 00:47:48.750 [Robert] Hello, Mr. Brown. 716 00:47:49.250 --> 00:47:53.208 -My mother's got her heartburn. -Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. 717 00:47:53.291 --> 00:47:56.083 She has to have peace and quiet. I made her this. 718 00:47:56.166 --> 00:47:59.958 -[Brown] Well, that's a very fine rocket. -Where are you going? 719 00:48:00.041 --> 00:48:02.250 Oh, I… Oh, I have to go home now. 720 00:48:02.916 --> 00:48:04.375 When will you be back? 721 00:48:05.750 --> 00:48:08.166 Well, uh… I'm sorry, Robert. I… 722 00:48:09.375 --> 00:48:10.333 I am. 723 00:48:14.333 --> 00:48:16.041 Uh, but, Mr. Brown… 724 00:48:16.541 --> 00:48:17.791 Mr. Brown! 725 00:48:19.375 --> 00:48:22.416 -Mr. Brown! -[Rory] It seems I'm out of a job. 726 00:48:22.500 --> 00:48:24.833 [Rory] Phillips won't let us in his ship. 727 00:48:26.083 --> 00:48:28.125 His ship? Really? 728 00:48:28.708 --> 00:48:31.500 I thought I might take some photographs. It could make a useful record. 729 00:48:31.583 --> 00:48:33.416 -Would you mind? -Not at all. 730 00:48:33.500 --> 00:48:36.041 -As long as they're not of me. -[camera clicks] 731 00:48:37.125 --> 00:48:38.750 Can't say I blame Brown. 732 00:48:38.833 --> 00:48:42.125 Such a decent man doesn't deserve Phillips. 733 00:48:42.208 --> 00:48:43.458 Blame him? 734 00:48:43.541 --> 00:48:45.208 Well, he left this morning. Didn't you know? 735 00:48:46.750 --> 00:48:47.875 Where's Robert? 736 00:48:50.208 --> 00:48:51.250 [water pours] 737 00:48:52.041 --> 00:48:54.041 [Robert panting] 738 00:48:59.250 --> 00:49:01.000 [horn blares] 739 00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:10.750 You don't have another job? 740 00:49:12.500 --> 00:49:15.416 I'll write to Maynard, and he'll give me something. 741 00:49:17.250 --> 00:49:19.666 [May] Did you tell Mrs. Pretty you were leaving? 742 00:49:20.166 --> 00:49:22.375 [Brown] I thought I'd let her work it out herself. 743 00:49:22.458 --> 00:49:23.625 And that's the thanks she gets 744 00:49:23.708 --> 00:49:25.708 for giving you the opportunity in the first place? 745 00:49:25.791 --> 00:49:28.708 Mark my words, May, I won't receive any credit. 746 00:49:28.791 --> 00:49:31.416 -I won't even be a footnote. -[May] Is that why you took the job? 747 00:49:31.500 --> 00:49:32.833 -For credit? -How can I stay on? 748 00:49:32.916 --> 00:49:35.416 Is that why you've been digging your whole life for barely enough 749 00:49:35.500 --> 00:49:36.416 to cover our rent? 750 00:49:36.500 --> 00:49:39.708 No, May. I do it 'cause I'm good at it. 751 00:49:39.791 --> 00:49:42.750 'Cause that's what my father taught me, and what his father taught him. 752 00:49:42.833 --> 00:49:46.000 'Cause you can show me a handful of soil from anywhere in Suffolk, 753 00:49:46.083 --> 00:49:48.708 and I can pretty much tell you whose land it's from. 754 00:49:48.791 --> 00:49:49.791 There you go. 755 00:49:51.291 --> 00:49:53.041 [gentle instrumental music playing] 756 00:49:53.791 --> 00:49:55.916 -[bicycle bell rings] -[Robert panting] 757 00:49:56.416 --> 00:49:58.958 [Robert] Excuse me. Do you know Basil Brown? 758 00:49:59.041 --> 00:50:01.250 -Do you know where he lives? -Yes, I know Basil. 759 00:50:01.333 --> 00:50:03.666 He lives on a farm outside of the village. Carry on that way. 760 00:50:03.750 --> 00:50:04.875 Thank you so much. 761 00:50:11.416 --> 00:50:12.583 [groans] 762 00:50:27.750 --> 00:50:29.208 I found that ship. 763 00:50:31.083 --> 00:50:35.083 I may not be a fellow at Cambridge, but I worked out what was down there. 764 00:50:35.666 --> 00:50:39.208 And Jacobs and Spooner, too, and nobody'll remember that. 765 00:50:39.291 --> 00:50:40.708 You don't know that. 766 00:50:41.583 --> 00:50:43.458 And if you're not around to see it to the end, 767 00:50:43.541 --> 00:50:44.750 there's even less chance. 768 00:50:46.708 --> 00:50:49.750 You always told me your work isn't about the past or even the present. 769 00:50:49.833 --> 00:50:51.000 It's for the future. 770 00:50:51.708 --> 00:50:55.541 So that the next generations can know where they came from. 771 00:50:56.583 --> 00:50:58.833 The line that joins them to their forebears. 772 00:50:58.916 --> 00:51:00.333 Isn't that what you always say? 773 00:51:03.958 --> 00:51:05.416 Yeah, something like that. 774 00:51:05.916 --> 00:51:08.208 [May] Why else would the lot of you be playing in the dirt 775 00:51:08.291 --> 00:51:10.708 while the rest of the country prepares for war? 776 00:51:12.291 --> 00:51:14.791 -Because that means something, innit? -[Brown sighs] 777 00:51:15.750 --> 00:51:19.416 Something that'll last longer than whatever damn war we're heading into. 778 00:51:24.041 --> 00:51:25.166 Good hell. 779 00:51:26.333 --> 00:51:27.416 That's Robert. 780 00:51:28.291 --> 00:51:29.791 -Robert? -[Robert panting] 781 00:51:30.291 --> 00:51:31.875 -[bicycle brakes squeak] -Robert! 782 00:51:32.375 --> 00:51:33.625 [Robert] Mr. Brown! 783 00:51:34.166 --> 00:51:37.000 [Brown] Robert, have you cycled all this way? 784 00:51:37.083 --> 00:51:38.083 You promised. 785 00:51:38.958 --> 00:51:39.916 May! May! 786 00:51:40.375 --> 00:51:43.541 You said you'd show me the cosmos. You promised. 787 00:51:43.625 --> 00:51:46.791 -Good heavens! Who have we here? -[Brown] This is Robert Pretty. 788 00:51:46.875 --> 00:51:48.166 [May] Robert, I'm Mrs. Brown. 789 00:51:49.041 --> 00:51:51.458 I bet you have a rare thirst after that long ride, don't you? 790 00:51:51.541 --> 00:51:53.583 -[Robert] Mm-hmm. -Come you here. 791 00:51:53.666 --> 00:51:55.958 -Let's get you a cup of milk. -[Brown] That's a long way. 792 00:51:56.041 --> 00:51:57.666 Does your mother know you're here, Robert? 793 00:51:57.750 --> 00:51:59.916 -[May] How'd you find your way? -She know you cycled? 794 00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:02.541 -[May] Should I take your bike for you? -[Robert] Yes, please. 795 00:52:02.625 --> 00:52:04.916 I better find a telephone, May. Call Mrs. Pretty. 796 00:52:05.000 --> 00:52:06.875 [car approaching] 797 00:52:15.833 --> 00:52:16.666 [Brown] Ah. 798 00:52:17.625 --> 00:52:19.583 -[Pretty] Thank you. -[Brown] He's all right. 799 00:52:19.666 --> 00:52:22.666 -He's inside. Uh, come this way. -[Pretty] Thank you. 800 00:52:22.750 --> 00:52:25.125 -We were obviously very worried. -Yes. He's… He's… 801 00:52:25.208 --> 00:52:27.250 Uh, this is May, my wife. 802 00:52:27.333 --> 00:52:29.458 -Mrs. Pretty. -Thank you very much. 803 00:52:30.041 --> 00:52:32.833 He's been no trouble. A lovely boy. 804 00:52:33.375 --> 00:52:35.458 Mrs. Brown has a music box from Whitby 805 00:52:35.541 --> 00:52:37.666 covered in all manner of shells. 806 00:52:37.750 --> 00:52:38.875 Would you like to see? 807 00:52:38.958 --> 00:52:42.083 Uh, no. We've imposed on your kindness enough. 808 00:52:42.583 --> 00:52:44.166 What were you thinking? 809 00:52:45.291 --> 00:52:47.125 You could have been lost or killed. 810 00:52:47.208 --> 00:52:51.416 -Robert… what were you thinking? -[Robert] I'm sorry, Mother. 811 00:52:51.500 --> 00:52:54.875 Uh, Robert came to remind me of a promise that I made. 812 00:52:55.375 --> 00:52:58.458 I said I'd show him the stars through my telescope. 813 00:52:59.125 --> 00:53:00.041 Didn't I? 814 00:53:00.833 --> 00:53:02.125 Then you're returning? 815 00:53:03.333 --> 00:53:05.291 I am. Yes. 816 00:53:09.958 --> 00:53:11.416 Thank you. [sighs] 817 00:53:22.375 --> 00:53:23.208 [Rory] Morning! 818 00:53:24.000 --> 00:53:24.875 [Brown] Morning. 819 00:53:24.958 --> 00:53:29.458 Mr. Grimes. I've been, uh… taking notes. 820 00:53:30.541 --> 00:53:32.333 -Ah! -If they be of any use. 821 00:53:32.416 --> 00:53:34.291 Why, they'd save me days. 822 00:53:35.916 --> 00:53:39.500 -You must have suspected what was here. -[Brown] Well, you've made good progress. 823 00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:41.166 [Grimes] As did you. 824 00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:43.250 Thank you kindly. 825 00:53:43.333 --> 00:53:46.708 -[Grimes] It's fine work, Mr. Brown. -[Brown] Yeah. Well, we made a start. 826 00:53:47.291 --> 00:53:50.541 -Phillips. -[Phillips] Our excavator has returned. 827 00:53:50.625 --> 00:53:51.458 [Brown] Morning. 828 00:53:51.541 --> 00:53:53.541 [Phillips] There's a sign in the bottom of the ship 829 00:53:53.625 --> 00:53:56.125 that there could be an intact chamber. 830 00:53:56.208 --> 00:53:57.916 [Piggott] Tremendously exciting. 831 00:53:58.000 --> 00:54:01.166 [warplanes roaring overhead] 832 00:54:03.625 --> 00:54:04.791 [Phillips grunts] 833 00:54:04.875 --> 00:54:07.208 [Piggott] What about events in the wider world, C.W.? 834 00:54:07.708 --> 00:54:09.166 How do you think it will affect us? 835 00:54:09.250 --> 00:54:11.250 [Phillips] Judging by last night's news… 836 00:54:12.166 --> 00:54:14.833 I think we could be at war in a matter of weeks, 837 00:54:15.333 --> 00:54:18.166 and every excavation in the land will stop. 838 00:54:18.666 --> 00:54:21.916 -So, it's up to us. [clears throat] -[Piggott sighs] 839 00:54:22.000 --> 00:54:23.666 -Oh, good lord. [gasps] -Gosh. 840 00:54:25.000 --> 00:54:28.250 -[Piggott] Jim! Billy Grimes! -Stuart! 841 00:54:28.333 --> 00:54:30.416 -How the devil are you? -[Piggott chuckles] Very well. 842 00:54:30.500 --> 00:54:33.625 -This is my wife, Margaret. -Peggy. 843 00:54:33.708 --> 00:54:35.916 [Brailesford] Mrs. Piggott, a pleasure to meet you. 844 00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:39.541 [Peggy] Mr. Phillips, I-- um, I wanted to say how pleased I was 845 00:54:39.625 --> 00:54:41.291 that you specifically asked for me to come. 846 00:54:41.375 --> 00:54:43.875 I know Stuart sent you my paper on Bosnian Lake villagers. 847 00:54:43.958 --> 00:54:46.500 It was awfully good of you to read it. 848 00:54:48.083 --> 00:54:50.500 Ah, yes. Um, very stimulating. 849 00:54:50.583 --> 00:54:54.000 [Peggy chuckles] I hope I'll be able to repay your faith in me. 850 00:54:54.083 --> 00:54:55.458 [Phillips] I have no doubt. 851 00:54:55.541 --> 00:54:58.458 It's just that I haven't done much actual fieldwork yet. 852 00:54:58.541 --> 00:55:01.833 Uh, so I wouldn't want you to think I'm more experienced than I really am. 853 00:55:01.916 --> 00:55:04.875 [Phillips] Ah, you have all the key attributes. 854 00:55:05.833 --> 00:55:06.833 [Peggy] Do I? 855 00:55:06.916 --> 00:55:08.875 -This ship is very delicate. -[Peggy] Mm-hmm. 856 00:55:08.958 --> 00:55:12.291 One could say, it, um, scarcely exists at all. 857 00:55:13.000 --> 00:55:15.083 Too much weight, it disintegrates. 858 00:55:15.166 --> 00:55:20.416 You're probably less than nine stone, so I'll supervise from here 859 00:55:20.500 --> 00:55:23.458 while you light things get on with the digging. 860 00:55:25.666 --> 00:55:28.208 Am I to understand you only asked for me because of my size? 861 00:55:28.291 --> 00:55:30.000 Uh, lucky guess, actually. 862 00:55:30.500 --> 00:55:34.041 [chuckles] Yeah, thank God Piggott didn't marry a piglet. 863 00:55:34.125 --> 00:55:36.583 [group laughs] 864 00:55:36.666 --> 00:55:38.208 [Phillips] Carry on! 865 00:55:38.291 --> 00:55:40.291 [somber instrumental music playing] 866 00:55:49.833 --> 00:55:53.000 -[Phillips] How does it look to you? -[Brailesford] Sir? 867 00:55:54.125 --> 00:55:56.291 -[camera clicks] -[crew chattering] 868 00:56:00.625 --> 00:56:02.291 [Phillips] What have you got there? 869 00:56:02.375 --> 00:56:03.458 [camera clicks] 870 00:56:06.041 --> 00:56:10.000 -[seagulls crying] -[Robert imitating weaponry firing] 871 00:56:15.375 --> 00:56:16.625 [camera clicks] 872 00:56:23.000 --> 00:56:24.291 [Brailesford] All right, then. 873 00:56:32.041 --> 00:56:33.291 [camera clicks] 874 00:56:38.083 --> 00:56:39.500 [indistinct chatter] 875 00:56:40.375 --> 00:56:43.625 -[Piggott] First round's on me, chaps! -[Phillips] Very nice of you. 876 00:56:43.708 --> 00:56:46.125 [group continues chattering indistinctly] 877 00:56:54.666 --> 00:56:56.000 [Peggy laughing] 878 00:56:57.500 --> 00:56:59.750 [coughs] Do they not have a… a double? 879 00:56:59.833 --> 00:57:02.250 [Piggott] Sorry, darling, no. This is fine, though, isn't it? 880 00:57:02.333 --> 00:57:05.166 We don't… We don't want to start by making a fuss. 881 00:57:05.250 --> 00:57:07.000 Oh, no. Of course not. 882 00:57:08.541 --> 00:57:11.375 We're so lucky to be part of this. [sighs] 883 00:57:12.208 --> 00:57:13.041 [Peggy] Yes. 884 00:57:13.916 --> 00:57:17.166 -[exhales] Yes, it's going to be amazing. -Mm. 885 00:57:20.875 --> 00:57:22.000 [exhales] 886 00:57:22.625 --> 00:57:24.625 Would you prefer this bed… 887 00:57:25.791 --> 00:57:27.291 or… or… or that one? 888 00:57:27.375 --> 00:57:29.250 I'll… I'll take this one, shall I? 889 00:57:30.916 --> 00:57:31.791 [Peggy sighs] 890 00:57:33.458 --> 00:57:37.958 [Brown] You need to find a star and identify its direction of travel. 891 00:57:38.625 --> 00:57:41.541 -Good evening, gentlemen. -[Brown] Good evening, Mrs. Pretty. 892 00:57:42.375 --> 00:57:44.583 -Hello, Mother. -[Pretty] Hello, darling. 893 00:57:44.666 --> 00:57:45.958 Ah! 894 00:57:47.125 --> 00:57:49.625 [Robert] Do space pilots navigate using the stars? 895 00:57:49.708 --> 00:57:51.583 [Brown] Oh, most certainly, they do. 896 00:57:53.916 --> 00:57:56.916 Ten more minutes, Commander. Then, bed. 897 00:57:57.958 --> 00:57:59.958 [dramatic orchestral music playing] 898 00:58:08.500 --> 00:58:09.750 [Robert] I see a star. 899 00:58:11.166 --> 00:58:13.875 [group singing indistinctly] 900 00:58:26.291 --> 00:58:28.291 [birds singing] 901 00:58:31.750 --> 00:58:32.833 [Brown] All right. 902 00:58:34.958 --> 00:58:37.625 [Peggy grunting] 903 00:58:38.333 --> 00:58:39.500 [screams] 904 00:58:39.583 --> 00:58:41.666 -Oh, God! -[Phillips] What's going on? 905 00:58:41.750 --> 00:58:44.333 -[Peggy] It just gave way. -[Phillips] Get her off there! 906 00:58:44.416 --> 00:58:46.916 -Piggott, get her off! -Oh, I'm so sorry! 907 00:58:47.000 --> 00:58:49.666 -I didn't mean to damage anything. -[Piggott sighs] Oh, you… 908 00:58:49.750 --> 00:58:52.083 -What you got, Brailesford? -[Brown] You all right? 909 00:58:53.000 --> 00:58:55.000 [Brailesford] Sort of rusted lumps. 910 00:58:55.083 --> 00:58:56.916 [Phillips] Come on, man. Where's your training? 911 00:58:57.000 --> 00:59:00.041 [Brailesford] Uh, an amorphous mass of corroded objects, sir. 912 00:59:00.583 --> 00:59:03.541 You, get your camera down there. Photograph it. 913 00:59:03.625 --> 00:59:05.791 That's… That's very hot in the full sun. 914 00:59:05.875 --> 00:59:08.458 Oh, I'm fine. Thank you. 915 00:59:08.958 --> 00:59:12.250 Watch your step there. This could well be our chamber. 916 00:59:13.291 --> 00:59:14.958 [Pretty] Some barley water, Mrs. Piggott? 917 00:59:15.041 --> 00:59:18.708 -[sighs] Thank you. So clumsy. -[Pretty] Oh, not at all. 918 00:59:19.666 --> 00:59:22.125 -[flies buzzing] -[Peggy exhales] Oh. 919 00:59:22.208 --> 00:59:24.041 -That's a very lovely skirt. -[Peggy] Oh. 920 00:59:24.125 --> 00:59:28.541 [chuckles] Completely useless. I don't have anything more suitable. 921 00:59:28.625 --> 00:59:31.083 -We came straight from our holiday. -Did you really? 922 00:59:31.166 --> 00:59:33.750 -[Peggy chuckles] Yes. -[Pretty] Well, come to the house. 923 00:59:34.500 --> 00:59:35.916 Let's see what we can find. 924 00:59:39.666 --> 00:59:41.333 Is Mrs. Pretty still poorly? 925 00:59:44.125 --> 00:59:46.833 She says she's perfectly fine, but… 926 00:59:47.666 --> 00:59:49.333 [whispering] …that's typical of her. 927 00:59:51.791 --> 00:59:54.250 [men hollering, laughing] 928 00:59:54.333 --> 00:59:56.041 Damn this weather. 929 00:59:57.291 --> 00:59:59.125 Losing a whole day. 930 01:00:00.041 --> 01:00:03.791 So little time before world events… 931 01:00:05.000 --> 01:00:06.208 confound us. 932 01:00:06.291 --> 01:00:07.916 [men continue laughing] 933 01:00:08.000 --> 01:00:10.833 [Phillips] It's a race, an absolute race. 934 01:00:11.875 --> 01:00:14.666 [Pretty] Then you are wasting the talents of Mr. Brown. 935 01:00:15.791 --> 01:00:17.625 Well, that's an excellent idea. 936 01:00:18.125 --> 01:00:21.875 Stuart couldn't fault his work. Could he not be unearthing the stern? 937 01:00:22.375 --> 01:00:24.416 [Phillips] Mr. Brown isn't qualified. 938 01:00:24.500 --> 01:00:27.625 Well, that's just snobbery, isn't it, Mr. Phillips? 939 01:00:30.375 --> 01:00:33.625 [Brailesford and Piggott chuckling and chatting] 940 01:00:34.375 --> 01:00:36.000 -[Phillips] Brown! -[Peggy clears throat] 941 01:00:37.958 --> 01:00:38.875 [Phillips] Brown! 942 01:00:40.083 --> 01:00:41.875 Brown, come here, man! 943 01:00:50.500 --> 01:00:52.750 [footsteps approaching] 944 01:00:53.500 --> 01:00:56.041 [Piggott gasps] Oh my God, Margaret. 945 01:00:59.708 --> 01:01:00.666 [Peggy sighs] 946 01:01:02.083 --> 01:01:03.291 [exhales] 947 01:01:03.375 --> 01:01:04.875 Sorry. I forgot to lock the door. 948 01:01:04.958 --> 01:01:08.416 [chuckles] No, you see, we… we… we share that bathroom 949 01:01:08.500 --> 01:01:12.500 with… with four other rooms, and, you know, I could have been anyone. 950 01:01:12.583 --> 01:01:15.916 -Um, I could've been Grimes or Phillips. -[Peggy scoffs] 951 01:01:16.000 --> 01:01:17.500 But you're not. You're my husband. 952 01:01:17.583 --> 01:01:20.458 [chuckles] Yes, but how… how do you think I'd feel 953 01:01:20.541 --> 01:01:22.583 if… if one of them saw you in that state? 954 01:01:22.666 --> 01:01:26.125 [scoffs] Oh! In what state? 955 01:01:26.208 --> 01:01:27.875 [laughs] 956 01:01:27.958 --> 01:01:29.750 [giggles] In this state? 957 01:01:30.833 --> 01:01:32.625 Christ, I-- Stop. 958 01:01:32.708 --> 01:01:35.208 You should be more careful. It's… 959 01:01:35.291 --> 01:01:40.416 You know, now, after… after waiting eons, I shall… I shall go and have my bath. 960 01:01:41.708 --> 01:01:44.958 [door opens, closes] 961 01:01:46.458 --> 01:01:47.458 [Peggy sighs] 962 01:01:52.875 --> 01:01:54.875 [birds chirping] 963 01:02:06.208 --> 01:02:08.333 -[Grimes] Mr. Spooner. -[Spooner] Right. 964 01:02:16.083 --> 01:02:18.541 -Morning, Mr. Piggott. -[chuckles nervously] C.W. 965 01:02:21.666 --> 01:02:22.583 [sighs] 966 01:02:22.666 --> 01:02:26.083 -[whispers] You might have woken me. -I didn't like to. 967 01:02:27.333 --> 01:02:28.750 You made me appear late. 968 01:02:33.625 --> 01:02:37.125 -[Pretty reading indistinctly] -[crew chattering and laughing] 969 01:02:38.333 --> 01:02:41.750 [Piggott whispering] Careful, Stuart. You've got a delicate line now, man. 970 01:02:41.833 --> 01:02:43.458 -Very delicate. -You ready? 971 01:02:43.541 --> 01:02:44.791 -Yeah. -[Phillips] Just a moment. 972 01:02:44.875 --> 01:02:47.791 You have to be very careful now. No cavalier lifting. 973 01:02:47.875 --> 01:02:49.666 [both laughing] 974 01:02:49.750 --> 01:02:51.125 -[Phillips] Very gently. -Yes, sir. 975 01:02:51.208 --> 01:02:55.291 [Phillips] On my count. One, two, three. 976 01:02:56.041 --> 01:02:57.958 [softly] And we do it this way. 977 01:03:11.708 --> 01:03:12.750 [Peggy gasps] 978 01:03:14.958 --> 01:03:16.083 [Rory] Don't move. 979 01:03:16.166 --> 01:03:17.166 [camera clicks] 980 01:03:19.916 --> 01:03:23.416 -[Peggy breathing shakily] -[Brailesford] Piggott, look. 981 01:03:27.125 --> 01:03:29.291 [dramatic instrumental music playing] 982 01:03:29.875 --> 01:03:33.666 [Piggott] Where did you find it, darling? You clever girl. 983 01:03:35.791 --> 01:03:36.791 Phillips! 984 01:03:40.083 --> 01:03:43.333 -Look at this, sir. -Look. Look! 985 01:03:44.083 --> 01:03:45.916 -[Phillips] Ah, good Lord. -[Piggott] His face! 986 01:03:46.000 --> 01:03:47.333 [crew laughing] 987 01:03:47.416 --> 01:03:48.416 Phillips. 988 01:03:49.208 --> 01:03:52.125 -Mrs. Pretty, there's more. -[Brown] And here. And here too. 989 01:03:53.125 --> 01:03:54.541 [Peggy] There's much more. 990 01:03:55.666 --> 01:03:58.250 [energetic instrumental music playing] 991 01:04:09.041 --> 01:04:11.041 [crew chatting indistinctly] 992 01:04:28.333 --> 01:04:30.791 [excited chatter] 993 01:04:30.875 --> 01:04:33.791 [Brown] Could you both, uh, cast your eyes on this, please? 994 01:04:34.875 --> 01:04:37.500 I, uh, found it down between the strikes. 995 01:04:38.000 --> 01:04:40.791 I believe that's a Merovingian tremissis. 996 01:04:40.875 --> 01:04:43.583 -Late 6th century. -[Phillips scoffs] Can't be. 997 01:04:44.416 --> 01:04:48.791 Viking East Anglia didn't have a coin-based economy till the 9th century. 998 01:04:48.875 --> 01:04:52.291 [Brown] Well, I think that the ship is older. 999 01:04:52.375 --> 01:04:54.000 Mr. Brown has always said so. 1000 01:05:05.333 --> 01:05:06.708 This is Anglo-Saxon. 1001 01:05:08.333 --> 01:05:10.208 Piggott! Grimes! 1002 01:05:10.291 --> 01:05:12.791 It's Dark Age, by Jupiter! 1003 01:05:12.875 --> 01:05:14.250 Sixth century! 1004 01:05:14.333 --> 01:05:16.583 This changes everything. 1005 01:05:16.666 --> 01:05:20.875 These people were not just marauding barterers. 1006 01:05:20.958 --> 01:05:22.375 They had culture! 1007 01:05:23.125 --> 01:05:24.125 They had art! 1008 01:05:24.708 --> 01:05:26.125 They had money! 1009 01:05:26.208 --> 01:05:27.833 [Grimes] Well, Vikings are out the window. 1010 01:05:27.916 --> 01:05:28.750 [Piggott gasps] 1011 01:05:28.833 --> 01:05:30.875 -C.W., look. -[Peggy] God's sake. 1012 01:05:30.958 --> 01:05:32.208 Oh, good God. 1013 01:05:32.291 --> 01:05:34.000 [crew laughing] 1014 01:05:34.083 --> 01:05:38.791 [Phillips] Brown has just shown me a Merovingian tremissis. 1015 01:05:39.541 --> 01:05:40.666 [Piggott exclaims] 1016 01:05:41.416 --> 01:05:43.333 -[crew laughs] -That's Anglo-Saxon. 1017 01:05:43.416 --> 01:05:45.750 [Phillips] It's incredible! 1018 01:05:51.583 --> 01:05:52.541 [blows] 1019 01:05:56.000 --> 01:05:57.041 [camera clicks] 1020 01:06:00.000 --> 01:06:01.500 [birds singing] 1021 01:06:06.000 --> 01:06:06.958 [Peggy] Hello. 1022 01:06:07.041 --> 01:06:08.541 Are you camping out here? 1023 01:06:09.708 --> 01:06:12.125 [Robert] No. That's where my cousin Rory sleeps. 1024 01:06:12.958 --> 01:06:14.583 [Peggy] Is he not allowed indoors? 1025 01:06:15.666 --> 01:06:18.458 [Robert] No, he… he thinks the house is too hot. 1026 01:06:19.083 --> 01:06:22.333 -[Peggy chuckles] I can imagine. -[Robert] He's going to join the RAF. 1027 01:06:22.875 --> 01:06:25.500 -Is he? -They're sending his papers any day. 1028 01:06:25.583 --> 01:06:27.250 He's going to get his wings. 1029 01:06:27.958 --> 01:06:28.833 Huh. 1030 01:06:33.250 --> 01:06:37.000 Well done, everybody, on a splendid effort. 1031 01:06:37.750 --> 01:06:39.208 Brailesford, Piggott, 1032 01:06:39.708 --> 01:06:42.083 if you'll start loading the gold into the car, 1033 01:06:42.166 --> 01:06:44.083 we'll get it straight to the British Museum. 1034 01:06:44.166 --> 01:06:45.791 [Pretty] I beg your pardon? 1035 01:06:45.875 --> 01:06:47.500 [seagulls crying] 1036 01:06:47.583 --> 01:06:50.625 Well, it's the obvious place for it, Mrs. Pretty. 1037 01:06:52.875 --> 01:06:55.291 [Pretty] London is preparing for air raids. 1038 01:06:55.791 --> 01:06:58.958 The British Museum is currently being emptied of its treasures, isn't it? 1039 01:06:59.041 --> 01:07:02.250 [Phillips] Uh, yes, but, um, it… it'll go to the lab. 1040 01:07:03.250 --> 01:07:05.583 [Pretty] This treasure came from someone's grave. 1041 01:07:06.708 --> 01:07:10.041 There'll be an inquest, as you know, and its fate will be decided there. 1042 01:07:10.833 --> 01:07:12.333 Until then, Mr. Brown… 1043 01:07:13.416 --> 01:07:15.000 as the finder of this magnificent ship, 1044 01:07:15.083 --> 01:07:17.166 would you please take the treasure up to the house? 1045 01:07:17.666 --> 01:07:19.083 Uh, yes, Mrs. Pretty. 1046 01:07:19.166 --> 01:07:20.666 Thank you all very much. 1047 01:07:21.375 --> 01:07:26.000 [Brown] Right, uh, gentlemen, I'll need some assistance. Mr. Lomax? 1048 01:07:26.083 --> 01:07:27.875 [Phillips] This is most irregular. 1049 01:07:28.458 --> 01:07:30.625 [Grimes] It all belongs to Mrs. Pretty, doesn't it? 1050 01:07:30.708 --> 01:07:32.208 It's found on her land. 1051 01:07:32.291 --> 01:07:34.375 [Piggott] Well, surely, the inquest will decide 1052 01:07:34.458 --> 01:07:37.166 whether the treasure belongs to Mrs. Pretty or the Crown. 1053 01:07:37.250 --> 01:07:40.333 [Phillips] Piggott, do you want this treasure to go to the Ipswich Museum? 1054 01:07:41.500 --> 01:07:43.041 [Pretty] Am I doing the right thing? 1055 01:07:44.625 --> 01:07:46.000 It's someone's grave. 1056 01:07:47.000 --> 01:07:51.000 [Brown] No, that's… that's life what's revealed. 1057 01:07:52.291 --> 01:07:53.791 And that's why we dig. 1058 01:08:03.000 --> 01:08:06.208 [Pretty] Just in here. I think that's best. 1059 01:08:23.166 --> 01:08:25.500 They're like emissaries from another world. 1060 01:08:33.166 --> 01:08:36.083 [Rory] I used to camp with Robert's father, you see. 1061 01:08:36.166 --> 01:08:39.083 [Rory] I remember him telling me the calls of all the birds. 1062 01:08:39.583 --> 01:08:42.791 Now, whenever I hear nightingales, I think of these woods. 1063 01:08:42.875 --> 01:08:45.583 -[Peggy] Are there nightingales? -Haven't you heard them? 1064 01:08:45.666 --> 01:08:46.666 [Peggy] No. 1065 01:08:47.666 --> 01:08:51.125 Never heard a nightingale at all. Only on the wireless. 1066 01:08:51.625 --> 01:08:54.500 There's a wonderful cellist called Beatrice Harrison. 1067 01:08:54.583 --> 01:08:57.750 In the summer evenings, she used to practice in the garden, and… 1068 01:08:58.250 --> 01:09:01.708 one night, she was playing a scale, and a… a nightingale joined in. 1069 01:09:02.791 --> 01:09:05.250 At first, she couldn't believe it. She started playing a sonata, 1070 01:09:05.333 --> 01:09:08.041 and the nightingale accompanied her. 1071 01:09:08.791 --> 01:09:10.333 -[Rory] Really? -[Peggy] Mm-hmm. Yes. 1072 01:09:10.416 --> 01:09:13.333 [chuckles] Yes. It happened again the next night and next night. 1073 01:09:13.416 --> 01:09:14.916 Miss Harrison was so excited about it, 1074 01:09:15.000 --> 01:09:16.791 she went to the BBC and told them all about it. 1075 01:09:16.875 --> 01:09:17.708 [Rory] And? 1076 01:09:17.791 --> 01:09:20.000 [Peggy] So, a few evenings later, 1077 01:09:20.083 --> 01:09:22.291 the BBC came and put their recording equipment 1078 01:09:22.375 --> 01:09:23.875 in Miss Harrison's garden. 1079 01:09:24.375 --> 01:09:28.916 She started to play, and they waited and, um, waited… 1080 01:09:30.250 --> 01:09:31.125 and… 1081 01:09:32.250 --> 01:09:35.000 and at last, the nightingale began to sing. 1082 01:09:37.416 --> 01:09:39.791 Went on for about 15 minutes… 1083 01:09:40.666 --> 01:09:42.875 rising and falling with the cello. 1084 01:09:45.416 --> 01:09:47.333 -No. -[both laughing] 1085 01:09:47.416 --> 01:09:48.791 -Yes. -Wow. 1086 01:09:49.541 --> 01:09:51.291 I know. Hmm. 1087 01:09:53.458 --> 01:09:54.500 [sighs] 1088 01:09:55.583 --> 01:09:59.958 But… the really extraordinary thing is that… 1089 01:10:00.833 --> 01:10:05.000 other people who'd been listening to the broadcast in their gardens 1090 01:10:05.500 --> 01:10:09.625 reported that other nightingales also started to sing. 1091 01:10:10.625 --> 01:10:11.958 Well, that's wonderful. 1092 01:10:13.833 --> 01:10:16.750 Yes, it was. It was wonderful. 1093 01:10:16.833 --> 01:10:17.791 [Piggott] Margaret! 1094 01:10:19.583 --> 01:10:22.375 -Come on! -[Peggy sighs] All right. Hmm. 1095 01:10:26.583 --> 01:10:29.416 Well… good night. 1096 01:10:31.875 --> 01:10:34.291 I shall listen out for cellos in the woods. 1097 01:10:35.125 --> 01:10:36.166 [Peggy chuckles] 1098 01:10:37.083 --> 01:10:38.000 [Rory scoffs] 1099 01:10:39.041 --> 01:10:40.083 "Cellos." [mumbles] 1100 01:10:46.375 --> 01:10:49.083 [crowd chattering] 1101 01:10:58.333 --> 01:11:01.500 -[Brailesford] Here we are, chaps. -[Phillips] All right. 1102 01:11:01.583 --> 01:11:03.666 [Brailesford] Well, we are unburying a legend. 1103 01:11:03.750 --> 01:11:06.166 -Beowulf. -Arthur, King of the Britons. 1104 01:11:06.250 --> 01:11:07.291 Cheers. 1105 01:11:07.375 --> 01:11:11.291 Talk about Dark Ages. I can hardly see my pint. 1106 01:11:11.375 --> 01:11:12.750 What actually is that? 1107 01:11:12.833 --> 01:11:15.083 [Piggott] It's the, uh, trial blackouts, C.W. 1108 01:11:15.166 --> 01:11:16.333 [Phillips] Ah. 1109 01:11:16.416 --> 01:11:19.875 So Germans will be coming by air this time, will they? 1110 01:11:20.791 --> 01:11:22.916 Last time, they came by the river. 1111 01:11:23.000 --> 01:11:24.250 In AD 600. 1112 01:11:24.333 --> 01:11:26.875 [group laughing] 1113 01:11:26.958 --> 01:11:29.708 You know, I'm… It's been a big day. I'm quite done in. 1114 01:11:29.791 --> 01:11:31.625 Um, will you all excuse me? 1115 01:11:31.708 --> 01:11:34.833 -Aw. -Well done, Mrs. P, on a marvelous find. 1116 01:11:34.916 --> 01:11:36.791 [Brailesford] Yes. Cheers to your clever wife! 1117 01:11:36.875 --> 01:11:39.291 -Yeah. No, I'll come with you, darling. -No. 1118 01:11:39.375 --> 01:11:42.625 No, no. Um, surely you want to celebrate. 1119 01:11:42.708 --> 01:11:47.583 -Stay for another, Piggott. -My round. Set them up again, would you? 1120 01:11:47.666 --> 01:11:52.291 I say, C.W., ask him if he'll take a Merovingian tremissis. 1121 01:11:52.375 --> 01:11:54.541 [group laughing] 1122 01:11:54.625 --> 01:11:56.458 [radio announcer] …the press campaign, 1123 01:11:56.541 --> 01:12:00.416 the menacing statements of the statesmen leading the policy of Germany, 1124 01:12:00.916 --> 01:12:03.791 the systematic provocation of frontier incidents, 1125 01:12:03.875 --> 01:12:06.958 and finally, the constantly increasing concentrations 1126 01:12:07.041 --> 01:12:08.541 of mobilized armed forces 1127 01:12:08.625 --> 01:12:13.000 at the Polish frontiers constitute an obvious proof of this. 1128 01:12:13.083 --> 01:12:16.208 A Labour deputation called on the Prime Minister last night, 1129 01:12:16.291 --> 01:12:20.083 requesting the immediate evacuation of women, children, and cripples 1130 01:12:20.166 --> 01:12:22.041 as precaution against the sudden outbreak of war. 1131 01:12:22.125 --> 01:12:25.083 [man 1 in film] He'll find Buck Rogers if anybody can. 1132 01:12:25.166 --> 01:12:27.166 [ships whirring] 1133 01:12:28.791 --> 01:12:30.875 [man 2 in film] Get the guards, you fools! 1134 01:12:30.958 --> 01:12:33.500 If they get away, I'll put every man of you in the robot battalion! 1135 01:12:34.791 --> 01:12:36.208 [somber piano music playing] 1136 01:12:36.291 --> 01:12:37.500 [whispering] Not yet. 1137 01:12:39.625 --> 01:12:41.333 Not yet. [sniffles] 1138 01:12:45.375 --> 01:12:51.125 Darling, C.W. wants me to take some of the corroded iron to the lab. 1139 01:12:51.208 --> 01:12:53.000 Uh, we think it might be fragmented armor, 1140 01:12:53.083 --> 01:12:55.875 and I… I badly want to start cleaning it up. So… 1141 01:12:57.666 --> 01:12:58.666 Am I to come with you? 1142 01:12:58.750 --> 01:13:03.458 No, because C.W. needs all the hands he can get here, so, uh… 1143 01:13:03.541 --> 01:13:05.500 And he's very pleased with you. 1144 01:13:05.583 --> 01:13:07.041 -Is he? -[Piggott] Mm. 1145 01:13:07.875 --> 01:13:11.958 Uh, so I'm taking Brailesford because the lab's really his thing. 1146 01:13:12.041 --> 01:13:15.375 -You know. -Ah. Oh. 1147 01:13:16.250 --> 01:13:18.333 You're going to have to be a brick about it, Margaret. 1148 01:13:18.416 --> 01:13:19.291 [Peggy] Peggy. 1149 01:13:21.083 --> 01:13:22.250 My name's Peggy. 1150 01:13:23.000 --> 01:13:25.000 [warplanes roaring] 1151 01:13:30.625 --> 01:13:31.500 [Peggy sighs] 1152 01:13:32.750 --> 01:13:33.708 [mutters] 1153 01:13:39.125 --> 01:13:42.666 I'll… I'll… I'll miss you very much, Peggy. 1154 01:13:47.583 --> 01:13:49.333 Sorry to take him away from you. 1155 01:13:49.916 --> 01:13:52.666 -[engine starts] -[Peggy sighs] 1156 01:13:56.250 --> 01:13:58.500 [Peggy] It was very kind of you to invite me, Mrs. Pretty. 1157 01:13:58.583 --> 01:14:01.375 [Pretty] You can't possibly stay in that pub without your husband. 1158 01:14:01.458 --> 01:14:03.791 Mr. Phillips would bore you quite to death. 1159 01:14:04.416 --> 01:14:08.208 Um, have you developed any of your photographs yet, Mr. Lomax? 1160 01:14:08.291 --> 01:14:12.041 I've made a start. I've got a mountain to do, and I better get through them. 1161 01:14:12.125 --> 01:14:13.916 I could get my papers any day. 1162 01:14:14.541 --> 01:14:16.791 Rory has been accepted into the RAF. 1163 01:14:18.000 --> 01:14:19.541 Should I congratulate you? 1164 01:14:20.041 --> 01:14:22.625 I don't know. Cousin Edith didn't. 1165 01:14:26.333 --> 01:14:27.416 This looks delicious. 1166 01:14:30.041 --> 01:14:31.125 [Pretty] Bon appétit. 1167 01:14:32.583 --> 01:14:35.083 [Pretty] Don't be too long, now, darling. It's late. 1168 01:14:35.166 --> 01:14:37.875 [Brown] And now, that's a partial eclipse of the moon. 1169 01:14:38.375 --> 01:14:39.833 [Pretty] And don't run. 1170 01:14:39.916 --> 01:14:40.833 [Pretty] Oh, dear. 1171 01:14:40.916 --> 01:14:42.083 [Pretty] Wait for us. 1172 01:14:42.166 --> 01:14:46.333 -[Pretty] Isn't that a bad omen? -[Brown] Well, they used to think so. 1173 01:14:49.666 --> 01:14:52.208 [Pretty] It does make you feel the gods are angry. 1174 01:14:52.291 --> 01:14:54.333 The people who buried that ship… 1175 01:14:55.958 --> 01:14:57.291 What did they believe? 1176 01:14:57.916 --> 01:15:01.625 [Brown] Well… they were sailing somewhere, weren't they? 1177 01:15:02.875 --> 01:15:06.083 Down to the underworld or up to the stars. 1178 01:15:08.666 --> 01:15:10.541 [Pretty] Wherever we go when we die. 1179 01:15:14.125 --> 01:15:17.083 [Phillips] So we're rather coming to the dregs, aren't we? 1180 01:15:17.916 --> 01:15:20.000 The coroner has been in touch. 1181 01:15:21.000 --> 01:15:24.416 An inquest has been called for Friday, and your presence is required. 1182 01:15:26.541 --> 01:15:29.458 There's been quite a lot of public interest in our ship. 1183 01:15:29.541 --> 01:15:32.541 So afterwards, I've invited everyone to come and see it. 1184 01:15:32.625 --> 01:15:34.208 Uh… everyone? 1185 01:15:34.916 --> 01:15:38.125 [Pretty] The villagers are coming and my friends from the county. 1186 01:15:38.791 --> 01:15:44.083 May I remind you just how fragile this site is? 1187 01:15:45.291 --> 01:15:48.541 Please feel free to invite your families and friends. 1188 01:15:50.125 --> 01:15:51.291 Mrs. Pretty… 1189 01:15:51.375 --> 01:15:54.291 [warplane sputtering] 1190 01:15:56.708 --> 01:15:57.916 Good God. 1191 01:15:59.750 --> 01:16:00.833 [Pretty] Robert? 1192 01:16:07.000 --> 01:16:08.541 [warplane engine stops] 1193 01:16:12.125 --> 01:16:13.083 [loud crashing] 1194 01:16:13.166 --> 01:16:14.458 [water splashes] 1195 01:16:14.958 --> 01:16:18.041 Don't let anyone swim! It's tidal. The current is fierce! 1196 01:16:18.125 --> 01:16:19.000 Darling. 1197 01:16:19.083 --> 01:16:20.583 [dramatic music playing] 1198 01:16:43.250 --> 01:16:44.458 [inhales deeply] 1199 01:17:27.625 --> 01:17:29.666 [Rory panting and grunting] 1200 01:17:39.291 --> 01:17:42.416 They train these boys on rickety planes from the Great War. 1201 01:17:44.125 --> 01:17:46.000 My husband said, "If you want your son to die, 1202 01:17:46.083 --> 01:17:48.000 then let him join the Air Force." 1203 01:17:50.166 --> 01:17:52.875 [Peggy] They say this war will be fought in the air. 1204 01:17:54.583 --> 01:17:56.166 [Robert] What happened, Mother? 1205 01:17:56.958 --> 01:17:58.375 Is he all right? 1206 01:17:59.083 --> 01:18:02.083 -I must get Robert up to the house. -Shall I take him for you? 1207 01:18:02.166 --> 01:18:05.791 -He won't want to go. -Uh, I'll ask him to look after me. 1208 01:18:07.458 --> 01:18:08.583 [Pretty] Thank you. 1209 01:18:09.083 --> 01:18:09.916 [Peggy] Robert! 1210 01:18:10.625 --> 01:18:13.416 -[Robert] Yes? -[Peggy sighs] I… I feel rather faint. 1211 01:18:14.166 --> 01:18:17.541 Oh, well, when I feel faint, I have a good lie-down 1212 01:18:17.625 --> 01:18:18.958 and a big glass of water. 1213 01:18:19.083 --> 01:18:21.041 -[Peggy] Do you? -[Robert] And that does the trick. 1214 01:18:21.125 --> 01:18:22.166 [Peggy] That's what I need. 1215 01:18:22.250 --> 01:18:24.083 -Will you take my hand? -[Robert] Sure. 1216 01:18:26.875 --> 01:18:29.000 [seagulls screeching] 1217 01:18:52.625 --> 01:18:54.458 [Pretty exhales deeply] 1218 01:19:04.083 --> 01:19:08.916 [Peggy] His name was David Atkinson. It was his second solo flight. 1219 01:19:10.750 --> 01:19:15.708 Police and the coroner are here. I brought you some dry things. 1220 01:19:19.583 --> 01:19:22.875 [Rory] I've got some coffee back at my tent. 1221 01:19:26.458 --> 01:19:27.750 Would you like some? 1222 01:19:31.458 --> 01:19:33.000 [Peggy] My father drowned… 1223 01:19:34.458 --> 01:19:36.000 on a holiday in Cornwall. 1224 01:19:36.541 --> 01:19:38.541 He was taken by the current. 1225 01:19:40.000 --> 01:19:41.708 -[Rory] I'm sorry. -[Peggy] Oh, no. 1226 01:19:41.791 --> 01:19:43.333 It was a long time ago. 1227 01:19:44.583 --> 01:19:45.958 He had epilepsy. 1228 01:19:49.833 --> 01:19:51.750 So, what drew you to photography? 1229 01:19:52.250 --> 01:19:54.083 [Rory] Oh, I suppose it's, um… 1230 01:19:54.166 --> 01:19:57.541 It's just a way of trying to fix things as they… 1231 01:19:58.291 --> 01:19:59.208 as they go past. 1232 01:19:59.291 --> 01:20:02.833 -[Peggy] Mm. -[Rory] Keep what's vital from being lost. 1233 01:20:03.916 --> 01:20:07.583 My father once gave me an old coin… 1234 01:20:09.083 --> 01:20:12.166 and he said it was from the time of Caesar Augustus. 1235 01:20:13.875 --> 01:20:18.583 And I knew the story from the Bible where Jesus showed the disciples a coin. 1236 01:20:18.666 --> 01:20:21.541 "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's." 1237 01:20:23.958 --> 01:20:25.625 -[chuckles lightly] -Yes. 1238 01:20:26.208 --> 01:20:27.583 And I… [sighs] 1239 01:20:27.666 --> 01:20:31.083 …well, I… I became convinced that the coin I had 1240 01:20:31.166 --> 01:20:34.125 was the one that Jesus had actually shown the disciples. 1241 01:20:34.625 --> 01:20:38.750 I used to marvel that I could hold it. 1242 01:20:43.125 --> 01:20:44.750 What happened to your coin? 1243 01:20:45.916 --> 01:20:47.125 Oh… 1244 01:20:49.708 --> 01:20:50.708 Uh… 1245 01:20:54.083 --> 01:20:56.041 -I wear it. [chuckles] -[Rory gasps] 1246 01:21:02.041 --> 01:21:03.750 I thought it might bring me luck. 1247 01:21:06.666 --> 01:21:07.583 And has it? 1248 01:21:16.666 --> 01:21:18.041 If 1,000 years… 1249 01:21:20.000 --> 01:21:21.875 were to pass in an instant… 1250 01:21:25.791 --> 01:21:27.333 what would be left of us? 1251 01:21:29.458 --> 01:21:30.291 [Peggy] This. 1252 01:21:34.333 --> 01:21:35.833 And parts of your watch. 1253 01:21:36.791 --> 01:21:37.916 Torch. 1254 01:21:39.833 --> 01:21:41.125 Fragments of the mug. 1255 01:21:42.958 --> 01:21:47.583 [Rory] But every last scrap of you and I would… disappear. 1256 01:21:48.833 --> 01:21:50.666 -[Rory] Listen. -[nightingales singing] 1257 01:21:50.750 --> 01:21:51.583 [Peggy] What? 1258 01:21:56.125 --> 01:21:59.416 [both gasp, laugh] 1259 01:22:00.958 --> 01:22:02.625 [Pretty sighs] 1260 01:22:07.375 --> 01:22:09.500 [Robert] The pilot died, didn't he? 1261 01:22:10.250 --> 01:22:11.666 Yes, darling. 1262 01:22:16.875 --> 01:22:17.833 Wait. 1263 01:22:19.791 --> 01:22:22.666 -[sighs, breathing shakily] -[Robert] Rory won't die, will he? 1264 01:22:23.166 --> 01:22:24.166 I'm sorry. 1265 01:22:24.958 --> 01:22:25.916 No. 1266 01:22:35.666 --> 01:22:36.791 You won't die? 1267 01:22:47.791 --> 01:22:51.250 [breathing shakily] 1268 01:23:01.875 --> 01:23:03.875 [Pretty gasping] 1269 01:23:05.791 --> 01:23:06.833 [Peggy] Mrs. Pretty? 1270 01:23:06.916 --> 01:23:09.541 [Pretty continues gasping] 1271 01:23:10.458 --> 01:23:12.833 -[Peggy] Are you unwell? -I've, um… 1272 01:23:12.916 --> 01:23:16.791 -Perhaps you might lead me to my room. -Yes, of course. Of course. 1273 01:23:17.625 --> 01:23:21.208 -[groaning] -[Peggy] Are you all right? 1274 01:23:21.291 --> 01:23:23.083 [Pretty laughing weakly] Yes! Yes. 1275 01:23:23.166 --> 01:23:25.541 -[Peggy] Should I call a doctor? -[Pretty] No, no, no. It's… 1276 01:23:25.625 --> 01:23:27.208 It's heartburn. It's… 1277 01:23:27.291 --> 01:23:29.875 [muffled] No, I don't want to wake him. 1278 01:23:30.708 --> 01:23:31.708 [Robert gasps] 1279 01:23:32.666 --> 01:23:35.750 -[Pretty gasping] -[Peggy] Mrs. Pretty, are you all right? 1280 01:23:37.208 --> 01:23:38.541 [Pretty] I'm such a bore. 1281 01:23:39.500 --> 01:23:42.791 Would you mind… Would you mind getting me some milk? 1282 01:23:42.875 --> 01:23:44.041 -[Peggy] Yes. -Thank you. 1283 01:23:44.125 --> 01:23:46.416 -[Peggy] Are you sure? -[sobbing] Yes, thank you. 1284 01:23:50.250 --> 01:23:52.291 -[Peggy] Oh. -Robert! Darling… 1285 01:23:52.375 --> 01:23:53.833 [moans] 1286 01:23:57.666 --> 01:23:58.875 [Robert panting] 1287 01:23:58.958 --> 01:24:00.833 -[grunts] -[Brown] Oh! Robert. 1288 01:24:01.541 --> 01:24:03.333 -[Robert groans] -[Brown] You all right? 1289 01:24:03.416 --> 01:24:04.333 [Robert shouts] 1290 01:24:05.875 --> 01:24:07.083 [Brown] Robert? 1291 01:24:07.166 --> 01:24:11.250 I know she's sick. I know it! There's nothing I can do! 1292 01:24:11.333 --> 01:24:14.458 Why is there nothing I can do? I should be able to make her better. 1293 01:24:14.541 --> 01:24:16.833 You do. You do make her better. 1294 01:24:17.458 --> 01:24:20.125 [Robert] No, she's worse. She is, I can see it! 1295 01:24:20.875 --> 01:24:22.875 [sobbing] 1296 01:24:23.916 --> 01:24:24.958 She is. 1297 01:24:29.250 --> 01:24:30.958 When… When my father died… 1298 01:24:31.041 --> 01:24:32.500 [sobs heavily] 1299 01:24:32.583 --> 01:24:33.666 [Brown] Mm. 1300 01:24:33.750 --> 01:24:36.500 …everyone said I had to look after my mother. 1301 01:24:37.041 --> 01:24:39.875 [sniffles] And I failed. 1302 01:24:39.958 --> 01:24:41.291 I failed. 1303 01:24:45.750 --> 01:24:46.625 Robert… 1304 01:24:46.708 --> 01:24:48.708 [gentle instrumental music playing] 1305 01:24:50.916 --> 01:24:51.958 …we all fail. 1306 01:24:54.375 --> 01:24:55.458 Every day. 1307 01:24:56.916 --> 01:24:59.708 There are some things we just can't succeed at… 1308 01:25:01.208 --> 01:25:03.833 no matter how hard we try. 1309 01:25:09.500 --> 01:25:11.750 I know it's not what you want to hear. 1310 01:25:12.416 --> 01:25:15.000 I… I'm stronger than she thinks I am. 1311 01:25:16.125 --> 01:25:19.583 [Brown] I know. Perhaps you'll show her. 1312 01:25:22.791 --> 01:25:23.625 Now… 1313 01:25:24.666 --> 01:25:27.708 we should get you inside, Robert. 1314 01:25:28.791 --> 01:25:29.708 Come on. 1315 01:25:30.666 --> 01:25:33.083 I think it's time for your bed, you know. Come on, then. 1316 01:25:33.875 --> 01:25:36.333 [Pretty breathing steadily] 1317 01:25:36.416 --> 01:25:39.958 [Brown and Robert speaking indistinctly] 1318 01:25:43.166 --> 01:25:44.500 [Phillips laughing] 1319 01:25:45.458 --> 01:25:47.708 [Phillips] Apparently, there's a whole convoy 1320 01:25:47.791 --> 01:25:49.333 of hacks on the way. 1321 01:25:50.208 --> 01:25:54.541 I already have some joker from the Sunday Mirror asking me 1322 01:25:54.625 --> 01:25:57.083 if the ship is still seaworthy. 1323 01:25:57.166 --> 01:26:01.416 So, what happens to the treasure? That's the real question. 1324 01:26:01.500 --> 01:26:03.333 [radio announcer] Germany has invaded Poland… 1325 01:26:03.416 --> 01:26:04.666 [Piggott] Have you seen my wife? 1326 01:26:04.750 --> 01:26:06.166 …and has bombed many towns. 1327 01:26:06.250 --> 01:26:10.625 Orders completing the mobilization of the Navy, Army, and Air Force 1328 01:26:10.708 --> 01:26:14.458 were signed by the King at a meeting this afternoon of the privy council. 1329 01:26:14.958 --> 01:26:16.833 [radio announcer 2] The King and Queen decided... 1330 01:26:16.916 --> 01:26:18.125 [Phillips sighs] Well. 1331 01:26:19.750 --> 01:26:20.875 Here we go, then. 1332 01:26:20.958 --> 01:26:24.958 The Queen drove from the palace to visit the Westminister ARP headquarters. 1333 01:26:27.541 --> 01:26:29.541 [somber instrumental music playing] 1334 01:26:54.708 --> 01:26:56.250 [Rory] I've just received this. 1335 01:27:00.416 --> 01:27:03.041 I'm to report to RAF Martlesham this morning. 1336 01:27:03.750 --> 01:27:05.166 There's the inquest. 1337 01:27:05.250 --> 01:27:09.625 [scoffs] It's my medical assessment. I can't… I can't bunk it. Sorry. 1338 01:27:09.708 --> 01:27:13.166 I put some photographs in the dining room for your guests. 1339 01:27:14.333 --> 01:27:16.333 Rory, I'm telling you in no uncertain terms 1340 01:27:16.416 --> 01:27:17.833 that you cannot possibly die. 1341 01:27:17.916 --> 01:27:18.916 [scoffs] 1342 01:27:19.000 --> 01:27:22.625 [Pretty] I'm saying this most seriously. Don't you dare put yourself in danger. 1343 01:27:24.791 --> 01:27:29.000 Well… I'm not sure I shall have much choice. [chuckles] 1344 01:27:30.375 --> 01:27:32.083 Robert is going to need you. 1345 01:27:34.416 --> 01:27:35.666 Do you understand? 1346 01:27:36.416 --> 01:27:37.875 [Brown] Good morning, Robert. 1347 01:27:38.416 --> 01:27:41.458 -Today's the day. -I want to take my mother sailing. 1348 01:27:41.541 --> 01:27:43.333 I don't think that ship is sailing anywhere. 1349 01:27:43.416 --> 01:27:45.708 You know, it's just compacted sand. 1350 01:27:46.375 --> 01:27:49.291 There's nothing holding it, except time. 1351 01:27:49.375 --> 01:27:52.916 -That won't matter. Not where we're going. -Now, where's that, then? 1352 01:27:53.416 --> 01:27:57.375 -Will you come? -[Brown] Well, if I'm invited, I'll come. 1353 01:27:59.625 --> 01:28:00.833 -Morning. -[Rory] Hello. 1354 01:28:03.833 --> 01:28:04.916 Those for me? 1355 01:28:05.000 --> 01:28:07.875 [laughs] No, I'm looking for my wife. 1356 01:28:09.000 --> 01:28:10.958 Well, perhaps you'd say goodbye for me. 1357 01:28:11.958 --> 01:28:13.375 I've been called up. 1358 01:28:13.458 --> 01:28:14.458 Oh. 1359 01:28:15.166 --> 01:28:16.250 Of course. 1360 01:28:17.333 --> 01:28:19.500 Well, best of British. 1361 01:28:20.000 --> 01:28:21.458 Stuart. 1362 01:28:22.291 --> 01:28:23.708 [Piggott] I… I bought you these. 1363 01:28:26.083 --> 01:28:26.916 How lovely. 1364 01:28:32.250 --> 01:28:35.583 Um, Lomax was just telling me that he's been called up. 1365 01:28:39.041 --> 01:28:40.000 Oh. 1366 01:28:41.250 --> 01:28:43.625 -Uh, well, it… -[Rory] Um… 1367 01:28:44.791 --> 01:28:45.958 [Peggy] Well, I… 1368 01:28:46.958 --> 01:28:49.250 Uh, I'd better go. Goodbye. 1369 01:28:57.833 --> 01:28:58.875 Uh… 1370 01:29:13.458 --> 01:29:15.458 [radio announcer] According to an official telegram, 1371 01:29:15.541 --> 01:29:19.125 Warsaw has been bombed six times today. 1372 01:29:20.000 --> 01:29:23.291 The telegram adds that fighting of a most serious nature continues 1373 01:29:23.375 --> 01:29:24.875 on the whole length of the front. 1374 01:29:24.958 --> 01:29:27.125 We're in for another bloody mess. 1375 01:29:27.750 --> 01:29:30.291 [reporter 1] Oh, here we go. Did you hear the results? 1376 01:29:30.375 --> 01:29:33.583 [people and reporters clamoring] 1377 01:29:33.666 --> 01:29:36.291 -[reporter 2] I just want a quick photo! -[woman] Mrs. Pretty! 1378 01:29:36.375 --> 01:29:37.666 [officer] Please, make way. 1379 01:29:37.750 --> 01:29:39.750 [crowd clamoring] 1380 01:29:41.916 --> 01:29:43.458 [Brown] Make way, please. 1381 01:29:45.791 --> 01:29:48.208 -Do you want me in the car with you? -[Pretty] Yes. 1382 01:29:48.291 --> 01:29:49.750 [Brown] Maynard! Maynard! 1383 01:29:50.500 --> 01:29:53.958 Maynard? Can you make sure my wife gets in the house? 1384 01:29:54.041 --> 01:29:56.041 [crowd continues clamoring] 1385 01:29:57.666 --> 01:30:02.125 [Phillips] I… I hope I have the opportunity to speak to you later. 1386 01:30:03.833 --> 01:30:06.000 -[woman 2] Mrs. Pretty? -[woman 3] Mrs. Pretty! 1387 01:30:08.541 --> 01:30:09.958 [car horn honking loudly] 1388 01:30:10.041 --> 01:30:11.625 [crew speaking indistinctly] 1389 01:30:13.791 --> 01:30:16.541 [reporters shouting] 1390 01:30:22.208 --> 01:30:24.208 [Pretty breathing shakily] 1391 01:30:28.750 --> 01:30:31.083 [sobbing] I'm terribly sorry. 1392 01:30:38.791 --> 01:30:41.291 Thank you. Thank you. 1393 01:30:42.291 --> 01:30:47.333 [Phillips] These people were not savage warriors. 1394 01:30:48.291 --> 01:30:49.750 These… These… These were… 1395 01:30:49.833 --> 01:30:54.708 These were sophisticated people with incredible artistry. 1396 01:30:56.708 --> 01:31:00.375 The Dark Ages are no longer dark. 1397 01:31:00.958 --> 01:31:03.083 [brass band playing fanfare] 1398 01:31:03.166 --> 01:31:05.125 [indistinct chatter] 1399 01:31:09.250 --> 01:31:10.708 [glasses clink] 1400 01:31:10.791 --> 01:31:12.666 This is sherry. I suppose it's sherry, is it? 1401 01:31:12.750 --> 01:31:13.875 [May] I don't know. 1402 01:31:14.958 --> 01:31:17.291 Should we drink it now, or is there going to be a toast? 1403 01:31:17.375 --> 01:31:18.958 What's everyone else doing? 1404 01:31:19.041 --> 01:31:21.208 [glass clinks repeatedly] 1405 01:31:23.166 --> 01:31:25.166 [fanfare ends] 1406 01:31:25.708 --> 01:31:29.333 [Pretty] The artifacts discovered here have caused a national sensation. 1407 01:31:30.333 --> 01:31:31.708 [Pretty] You must all know by now 1408 01:31:31.791 --> 01:31:34.708 that they were recovered from a chamber in the middle of a ship… 1409 01:31:35.500 --> 01:31:39.291 a burial ship, engineered from oak. 1410 01:31:40.750 --> 01:31:44.333 In my opinion, the greatest and most beautiful treasure of all. 1411 01:31:45.708 --> 01:31:49.125 Ninety feet long, lying east to west. 1412 01:31:50.541 --> 01:31:53.625 Found and excavated by Mr. Basil Brown. 1413 01:31:53.708 --> 01:31:54.916 [guests applaud] 1414 01:31:55.000 --> 01:31:56.333 -To Basil! -Mr. Brown! 1415 01:31:56.416 --> 01:31:59.458 [guests cheer] 1416 01:32:03.750 --> 01:32:05.875 [sound fades] 1417 01:32:05.958 --> 01:32:07.958 [engine running] 1418 01:32:13.250 --> 01:32:15.250 [Pretty sobbing, sniffling] 1419 01:32:16.041 --> 01:32:17.208 I'm terribly sorry. 1420 01:32:19.833 --> 01:32:23.583 I thought you'd be pleased with the verdict. 1421 01:32:30.791 --> 01:32:32.166 [Pretty] We die. 1422 01:32:34.625 --> 01:32:36.541 We die and we decay. 1423 01:32:38.375 --> 01:32:39.791 We don't live on. 1424 01:32:43.958 --> 01:32:45.833 I'm not sure I agree. 1425 01:32:47.250 --> 01:32:50.708 From the first human handprint on a cave wall… 1426 01:32:51.833 --> 01:32:55.208 we're part of something continuous. 1427 01:32:56.500 --> 01:32:59.916 [Brown] So, we… don't really die. 1428 01:33:00.000 --> 01:33:02.000 [gentle piano music playing] 1429 01:33:21.333 --> 01:33:23.333 [Peggy cries softly] 1430 01:33:30.833 --> 01:33:34.041 -[footsteps approaching] -[Pretty] Rory put these out this morning. 1431 01:33:35.666 --> 01:33:37.333 It completely slipped my mind. 1432 01:33:41.750 --> 01:33:43.750 [Peggy sobbing] 1433 01:33:52.500 --> 01:33:53.500 Sit down. 1434 01:33:55.208 --> 01:33:57.000 [Peggy continues sobbing] 1435 01:34:00.541 --> 01:34:03.708 [Pretty] I'm sure work like yours is very sustaining… 1436 01:34:05.458 --> 01:34:06.916 but it's not enough. 1437 01:34:10.416 --> 01:34:11.875 Life is very fleeting. 1438 01:34:13.583 --> 01:34:14.666 I've learnt that. 1439 01:34:16.041 --> 01:34:18.166 It has moments you should seize. 1440 01:34:25.041 --> 01:34:28.208 It could not be a better result, Mrs. Pretty. 1441 01:34:28.791 --> 01:34:30.541 The whole of Suffolk has been on your side. 1442 01:34:30.625 --> 01:34:32.666 -[Pretty] Yes. -I saw you in her car. 1443 01:34:33.958 --> 01:34:36.666 Did she mention her intentions? 1444 01:34:36.750 --> 01:34:39.833 -About the tea? -[scoffs] About the treasure, man. 1445 01:34:39.916 --> 01:34:42.166 -Oh. -Yes, what's she planning? 1446 01:34:42.250 --> 01:34:44.416 We hope that you'll agree that the Ipswich Museum 1447 01:34:44.500 --> 01:34:45.541 is the perfect place for-- 1448 01:34:45.625 --> 01:34:49.041 -Can we talk another time? Excuse me. -Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. Yes. 1449 01:34:49.125 --> 01:34:51.000 [Phillips] She trusts you, man. 1450 01:34:51.083 --> 01:34:52.791 Don't let her give it to Ipswich. 1451 01:34:53.416 --> 01:34:55.541 The British Museum would buy everything. 1452 01:34:55.625 --> 01:34:59.625 It's priceless, of course, but she'll have to be reasonable. 1453 01:34:59.708 --> 01:35:01.916 Are you asking me to plead your case? 1454 01:35:02.000 --> 01:35:03.500 [Phillips sighs forcefully] 1455 01:35:03.583 --> 01:35:06.166 Have some lemon drizzle cake, Mr. Phillips. 1456 01:35:06.250 --> 01:35:07.750 It is most refreshing. 1457 01:35:07.833 --> 01:35:09.458 [Phillips sighs] 1458 01:35:09.541 --> 01:35:12.500 Thank you so much for what you said. I could have cheered. 1459 01:35:12.583 --> 01:35:13.416 [Pretty] Mm-hmm. 1460 01:35:14.125 --> 01:35:15.125 [May sighs] 1461 01:35:16.583 --> 01:35:18.958 [Pretty] My son has formed a strong attachment. 1462 01:35:19.625 --> 01:35:21.541 [May] Basil's very fond of him, too. 1463 01:35:23.833 --> 01:35:26.291 Perhaps you might let him visit you from time to time. 1464 01:35:27.333 --> 01:35:28.333 Of course. 1465 01:35:29.166 --> 01:35:30.541 We'd be glad to. 1466 01:35:33.791 --> 01:35:35.958 -[indistinct chatter] -[Piggott laughing] 1467 01:35:36.375 --> 01:35:38.333 -[Piggott] Back in a tick. -[Brailesford] Right. 1468 01:35:38.416 --> 01:35:40.416 [crew speaking indistinctly] 1469 01:35:44.041 --> 01:35:47.041 C.W.'s suggesting we make a move to the ball. 1470 01:35:48.583 --> 01:35:52.291 Hmm. Well, I think that you should go on… [clears throat] 1471 01:35:52.791 --> 01:35:54.125 …uh, without me. 1472 01:35:55.041 --> 01:35:56.000 So, will… 1473 01:35:56.791 --> 01:35:57.875 will you follow us? 1474 01:35:58.583 --> 01:35:59.583 [Peggy sighs] Uh… 1475 01:36:01.208 --> 01:36:02.291 I… 1476 01:36:03.416 --> 01:36:04.625 I don't think so. 1477 01:36:07.541 --> 01:36:08.541 [sighs] 1478 01:36:10.791 --> 01:36:11.750 No. 1479 01:36:13.291 --> 01:36:17.000 We both have our own paths to, um, follow, don't we? 1480 01:36:17.083 --> 01:36:19.708 And I've seen you when you're happy. 1481 01:36:20.625 --> 01:36:21.916 You're rather beautiful. 1482 01:36:22.583 --> 01:36:24.500 -I'm happy with you. -[sighs lightly] 1483 01:36:29.666 --> 01:36:32.166 -I could… I could learn to be. -[Peggy sighs] 1484 01:36:34.000 --> 01:36:36.250 I think that would be an awful shame. 1485 01:36:36.833 --> 01:36:38.833 [Brailesford] Stuart! Shall we wait? 1486 01:36:40.250 --> 01:36:42.208 [Phillips] Let's… Let's go. Come on. 1487 01:36:44.416 --> 01:36:45.333 Go on. 1488 01:36:54.250 --> 01:36:55.333 Go on. 1489 01:37:23.125 --> 01:37:24.250 [Brown] Hmm. 1490 01:37:26.458 --> 01:37:28.708 May… [clicks tongue] 1491 01:37:29.208 --> 01:37:32.583 That site, it needs to be made safe for the future, 1492 01:37:32.666 --> 01:37:35.166 so it… it don't further decay. So… 1493 01:37:36.541 --> 01:37:38.208 that's another week's work. 1494 01:37:40.208 --> 01:37:43.041 [May] You say your goodbyes to the old girl. 1495 01:37:44.416 --> 01:37:45.958 Do you take care of her. 1496 01:37:52.375 --> 01:37:54.458 You… You don't want to stay the night? 1497 01:37:55.125 --> 01:37:57.041 I'll see you next week. 1498 01:37:57.125 --> 01:37:58.500 [Brown exhales] 1499 01:38:09.958 --> 01:38:13.125 [warplanes humming] 1500 01:38:13.208 --> 01:38:15.458 [Brown] I'll line the hull with hessian… 1501 01:38:16.583 --> 01:38:19.500 and cover that with a… a layer of branches… 1502 01:38:20.916 --> 01:38:23.000 to protect it from the weight of the earth. 1503 01:38:23.083 --> 01:38:25.083 All this soil's got to go back in. 1504 01:38:26.708 --> 01:38:28.250 Leave it as we found it. 1505 01:38:30.708 --> 01:38:33.208 I'm giving the treasure to the British Museum. 1506 01:38:35.166 --> 01:38:36.375 As a gift. 1507 01:38:39.250 --> 01:38:42.625 It should be where the greatest number of people can freely see it. 1508 01:38:45.333 --> 01:38:46.750 I haven't told them yet. 1509 01:38:48.041 --> 01:38:49.500 I wanted to tell you. 1510 01:38:50.666 --> 01:38:53.208 [clicks tongue] Well, that's a… That's a hell of a big gift. 1511 01:38:53.291 --> 01:38:57.625 [chuckles softly] I don't know anyone's ever made a gift as big as that. 1512 01:38:58.333 --> 01:38:59.875 Apparently, they haven't. 1513 01:39:03.000 --> 01:39:07.750 I also told Mr. Phillips that I expect your work to receive proper recognition. 1514 01:39:13.708 --> 01:39:14.666 Thank you. 1515 01:39:19.375 --> 01:39:21.375 [birds calling] 1516 01:39:23.875 --> 01:39:25.875 [somber piano music playing] 1517 01:39:26.458 --> 01:39:28.333 [Brown humming] 1518 01:39:38.625 --> 01:39:40.125 [Peggy takes a deep breath] 1519 01:39:44.625 --> 01:39:45.708 [sighs] 1520 01:40:06.541 --> 01:40:08.541 [birds singing] 1521 01:40:13.500 --> 01:40:14.958 [branches rustling] 1522 01:40:16.541 --> 01:40:17.625 [Peggy gasps] 1523 01:40:27.041 --> 01:40:29.958 -[Robert] Steer it steady, Mr. Brown. -[Brown] Aye, aye. 1524 01:40:30.041 --> 01:40:32.000 We're coming towards the edge of the atmosphere. 1525 01:40:32.083 --> 01:40:33.625 Can you see it, Mother? 1526 01:40:33.708 --> 01:40:35.750 We're sailing into the cosmos. 1527 01:40:36.250 --> 01:40:39.250 Yes, I can. Where are we heading? 1528 01:40:39.333 --> 01:40:42.500 Orion's Belt, to take the Queen home. 1529 01:40:43.083 --> 01:40:44.458 [Pretty] Which Queen? 1530 01:40:44.541 --> 01:40:49.041 This boat's hers. Her people gave her treasure for her home voyage. 1531 01:40:53.333 --> 01:40:56.083 [Robert] And she was sad when the ship came… 1532 01:40:57.375 --> 01:41:01.291 because she knew she'd be leaving everyone behind. 1533 01:41:02.750 --> 01:41:04.625 And she was worried 1534 01:41:05.583 --> 01:41:08.375 that they wouldn't get on very well without her… 1535 01:41:09.833 --> 01:41:13.041 but she knew she had to follow the King into the sky. 1536 01:41:14.041 --> 01:41:15.541 And so, she set off… 1537 01:41:16.541 --> 01:41:19.750 through the Earth and up into the cosmos. 1538 01:41:20.958 --> 01:41:23.458 -Space is a funny thing. -[Pretty chuckles] 1539 01:41:23.541 --> 01:41:28.875 Time operates quite differently up there, and 500 years can pass in a flash. 1540 01:41:31.083 --> 01:41:33.458 And the Queen looked back down to Earth. 1541 01:41:34.166 --> 01:41:38.791 She could see that her son had grown up and that he was now a space pilot. 1542 01:41:38.875 --> 01:41:40.041 [Pretty laughs] 1543 01:41:43.041 --> 01:41:47.250 [Robert] And she knew that when he made his first journey up to the stars, 1544 01:41:48.125 --> 01:41:50.166 she would be there to meet him. 1545 01:41:51.125 --> 01:41:53.541 [Peggy panting, sobbing] 1546 01:41:56.250 --> 01:41:58.250 [seagulls crying] 1547 01:41:59.541 --> 01:42:00.791 [Peggy moans] 1548 01:42:03.500 --> 01:42:06.000 [Chamberlain on radio] This morning, the British ambassador 1549 01:42:06.083 --> 01:42:10.708 in Berlin handed the German government a final note… 1550 01:42:12.000 --> 01:42:17.125 stating that, unless we heard from them by 11 o'clock, 1551 01:42:17.625 --> 01:42:22.708 that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, 1552 01:42:22.791 --> 01:42:26.166 a state of war would exist between us. 1553 01:42:27.000 --> 01:42:28.750 I have to tell you now 1554 01:42:29.250 --> 01:42:32.041 that no such undertaking has been received, 1555 01:42:33.041 --> 01:42:38.333 and that, consequently, this country is at war with Germany. 1556 01:42:38.416 --> 01:42:40.875 -Good night, sir. -Good night to you. 1557 01:42:40.958 --> 01:42:42.958 [indistinct chatter] 1558 01:42:43.041 --> 01:42:47.416 [Chamberlain] You can imagine what a bitter blow it is to me 1559 01:42:47.916 --> 01:42:51.250 that all my long struggle to win peace has failed. 1560 01:42:51.333 --> 01:42:53.125 -Good night to you. -Good night. 1561 01:42:53.208 --> 01:42:55.208 [somber piano music playing] 1562 01:42:56.500 --> 01:42:58.750 [Chamberlain] The government have made plans 1563 01:42:59.250 --> 01:43:02.916 under which it will be possible to carry on the work of the nation 1564 01:43:03.000 --> 01:43:06.625 in the days of stress and strain that may be ahead… 1565 01:43:07.291 --> 01:43:09.166 [coin jingles] 1566 01:43:09.250 --> 01:43:11.500 …but these plans need your help. 1567 01:43:15.416 --> 01:43:16.458 [Peggy sighs] 1568 01:43:17.125 --> 01:43:20.333 [Chamberlain] You may be taking your part in the fighting services 1569 01:43:20.833 --> 01:43:22.250 or as a volunteer. 1570 01:43:24.083 --> 01:43:26.375 If so, you will report for duty 1571 01:43:26.458 --> 01:43:29.250 in accordance with the instructions you receive. 1572 01:43:29.333 --> 01:43:30.458 [Peggy sighs] 1573 01:43:39.083 --> 01:43:43.083 [Chamberlain] It is of vital importance that you should carry on with your jobs. 1574 01:43:46.791 --> 01:43:49.166 Now, may God bless you all. 1575 01:43:56.708 --> 01:43:58.291 [thunder rumbling in distance] 1576 01:44:00.708 --> 01:44:04.625 -[rain pattering] -[wind whipping] 1577 01:44:10.833 --> 01:44:14.166 [Brown takes a deep breath, sniffles] 1578 01:44:43.625 --> 01:44:44.500 [Brown grunting] 1579 01:44:53.666 --> 01:44:55.166 [men grunting lightly] 1580 01:46:11.958 --> 01:46:13.708 [crew speaking indistinctly] 1581 01:48:01.541 --> 01:48:03.541 [energetic orchestral music playing] 1582 01:50:29.625 --> 01:50:32.416 [somber instrumental music playing]