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Eddie and Joan Booth are taken aback when their new neighbors, Bill and Barbie Reynolds, move in next door.
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00:00Love thy neighbor, walk up and say, how be ya? Gee, but I'm glad to see your palhouse tricks, what's new?
00:15Love thy neighbor, and you will find your labor, a great deal easier, life will be breezier if, you love thy neighbor.
00:35Oh, I'm old, love. What time do you call this? Pardon?
00:46Half past six your time, it's half past eight. Where you been?
00:48Oh, yes, uh, union business, love. We're at an emergency meeting of the executive committee.
00:53Yes, I can smell it.
00:56Thirsty work, industrial relations.
01:00Well, I hope you know your dinner's ruined.
01:03Oh, that's all right, love. I like things well done.
01:07Yes, there.
01:08Good, get your teeth round that.
01:11Looks very nice, love.
01:13Is there any gravy?
01:14Yes, it's that brown stain on your plate.
01:18Well, I'm sure it'll taste lovely.
01:30Be careful, it's hot.
01:33Get away.
01:34Perhaps next time you'll tell me when you're going to pop in for a quick one.
01:39Oh, love, I told you.
01:41Been a meeting of the executive committee.
01:43Boozing committee's more like it.
01:45It's all I use coffee.
01:47Do you realise, in that committee room, the lads and I are building a New Jerusalem?
01:52I hope it's better than that coal bunker you built fell down after two weeks.
01:58That, that was due to inferior capitalist materials.
02:01There was nothing wrong with the workmanship.
02:04Oh!
02:06Oh dear.
02:07What's the matter now?
02:08I think I've cracked my tooth and one of us potatoes.
02:11Serves your heart for being late.
02:13Oh, love, it wasn't my fault.
02:15We've got a crisis on our hands at the factory.
02:17Again?
02:18The management have behaved in a high-handed, callous, cavalier manner.
02:22They've attacked one of the basic human rights of the working man.
02:25Why?
02:26What have they done?
02:27They've cut our toilet time down to four minutes.
02:29Well, I've heard of the four-minute mile, but that's ridiculous.
02:33It's just not on, love.
02:34It's just not on.
02:35I mean, four minutes might be all right for these youngsters.
02:39But what about poor old Jacko?
02:41Blimey.
02:42Text him four minutes to get his trousers down.
02:46What are you going to do about it?
02:47Well, it's up to the management now.
02:49We have told them we have no intention of being clocked on and off the car seat.
02:56Any pudding?
02:57Stew prunes or burnt Saigon?
02:59Yeah.
03:00I don't think I'll bother, love.
03:01Can you help me with the washing up?
03:03Mm.
03:04Hey!
03:06Jack Jones on the telly later tonight.
03:08Oh, I'd rather have Tony Bennett.
03:10Not the singer, THE Jack Jones.
03:13Transporting general workers.
03:15Brother Jack.
03:16Oh, him.
03:18Having a continental hookup on the common market.
03:21I'm tired of hearing about the common market.
03:24You know, you frighten us, you know.
03:26If you've finished your tea, make yourself useful.
03:29All right.
03:30You know, they've been against us, Jordan.
03:33Right from the start.
03:35Oh, I thought they wanted us in.
03:36Not them.
03:37You know, as soon as we get in, they've had it.
03:39Foreigners can't compete with the British working man.
03:43Oh, I'd heard it was the other way round.
03:45Never.
03:46I mean, what have we got to beat?
03:47Take the six.
03:48First you've got the froggies.
03:50Well, we all know what they're good at.
03:54You can't do an eight-hour shift after a night on the nest.
04:00I'll remind you of that tonight.
04:02Oh, well, there's always an exception that proves the rule, love.
04:08What about the Germans?
04:10We've got nothing to fear from the Krauts.
04:13Blimey.
04:14You've only got to look at your history books.
04:16Three times this century, we've stood face-to-face in mortal combat with Fritz.
04:21And three times, we've had his trousers off.
04:24Three times?
04:251914, World War I.
04:271939, World War II.
04:30And 1966, World Cup Wembley.
04:36And whose trousers were off in Mexico?
04:38Pardon?
04:39Germany beat us in Mexico.
04:41They did not beat us.
04:43Oh, yes, they did. You remember.
04:45It was the night you were thrown out of the line for chucking a pint pot at the television set.
04:50Germany did not beat us in Mexico.
04:52It was the altitude.
04:53I mean, we're not used to that sort of thing like them Germans.
04:56You don't have to get some balmy ideas.
04:59I think I'd better leave a note for the milkman.
05:00I wonder if I should get an extra pint.
05:02Extra?
05:04You're not in the club, are you?
05:07Not as far as I know.
05:10It's for next door.
05:11Eh?
05:12Next door.
05:14Didn't I tell you it's been sold?
05:15Oh, good, eh.
05:16It'd be nice to have neighbours again.
05:19I hope they've got a lawnmower.
05:23So, what are they like, love?
05:25I don't know.
05:26All I know is a Mr and Mrs Reynolds.
05:28Won't we get on?
05:29Why shouldn't we, love?
05:30Blimey, we're easygoing enough.
05:33It went quick, didn't it?
05:34Yes, well, you see, that's because it's a very desirable neighbourhood.
05:38You must be joking.
05:41Half the houses round here would have to be modernised before they were fit to pull down.
05:44I'm not talking about the houses, love. I'm talking about the amenities.
05:52What amenities?
05:54Do you realise?
05:55You can stand at our front door and with a five-minute walk, there are seven pubs.
06:00Yes, and you've been thrown out of all of them.
06:02I think I will get them a pint.
06:07Don't need it if they're moving in tomorrow.
06:08Yes, a good idea, love.
06:10It's nice when you move into a new house to know you've got friendly neighbours.
06:14People who live next door to each other should extend the hand of friendship and help one another.
06:19What do you want that for?
06:21I'm going to do a bit of digging next door.
06:23You're going to turn their boulder for them?
06:25No.
06:26I'm going to nick that the Hyde Ranger before they move in.
06:39I'll have that bloody Alsatian one of these days.
06:44Look at that.
06:46Look at that.
06:47It's that flaming Alsatian again.
06:49He's only a puppy.
06:50He'll grow out of it.
06:52And he's cocked his leg on our front doorstep again.
06:55Maybe he's doing it on purpose since you don't like him.
06:57He's bloody right.
06:58I don't.
07:00What do you want for breakfast?
07:01Oh, just the usual, love.
07:03A cup of tea and a fag.
07:05Want a bit of the paper?
07:06Oh, thanks.
07:08I'm thinking of getting a paper of my own.
07:09Well, hang on.
07:10What's wrong with this one?
07:11It's biased.
07:13Of course it's biased.
07:14That's why I get it.
07:16Hello.
07:17We've got a payment surplus.
07:18Well, it's more than I have.
07:20Exports were up again.
07:21Conservatives not doing too badly, then.
07:23It's got nothing to do with the Conservatives.
07:27The working man, you've got to thank for that.
07:29I've said it before and I'll say it again.
07:30When he gets his finger out, there's no one to touch the British working man.
07:34Talking of work, isn't it about time you were getting ready?
07:36I'm not going in today, love, but on strike.
07:42Is it about your toilet time?
07:44No.
07:45It's a token strike in support of our wage claim negotiations.
07:49Are you getting a rise?
07:50Eventually.
07:51How much?
07:53Well, we've asked for 40%.
07:55The management have offered three.
07:58We'll probably split the difference and settle for five.
08:03Well, when you get it, I want two and a half.
08:05I want two and a half.
08:07Did you bring that milk in?
08:08No, no, love.
08:09No, I forgot.
08:11If you're not going in today, you can hang that shed door back on.
08:14I might not have time, love.
08:15Executive committee meeting this morning.
08:18I thought you would have.
08:19Hey, they must be in.
08:34The furniture van's arrived.
08:35Of course, aren't they?
08:36Only just nicked that hydrangea in time.
08:40Hey, I think we'll go get them a coat and they'll go next door.
08:43What for?
08:44Well, they'll welcome our new neighbours.
08:46We might as well get to know them.
08:47I bet they'll be glad to see your friendly face.
08:51Mr Reynolds!
08:53Mr Reynolds!
08:55Yes?
08:56Where do you want these books?
08:58Where do you want the books, Barbie?
09:00Oh, put them up in the back bedroom.
09:02Up in the back bedroom.
09:05You know, Phil.
09:07I've been thinking.
09:08What?
09:09Perhaps you ought to call next door and introduce ourselves to our new neighbours.
09:11Oh, come on. Let's get settled in first, huh?
09:13Well, you know, I can't have a feeling that we are going to come as a surprise to them.
09:16If you ask me, I'd say it'd be more of a shock.
09:19What do you want this?
09:20Oh, that's for the bedroom. I'll take it.
09:21Oh, Bill, love, I don't like the settee here.
09:23Could you put it over there?
09:26I'll give you a hand.
09:29Oh!
09:32Hello? Anybody else?
09:34Come on.
09:36Hello, mate.
09:37Eddie Boone.
09:38Next door.
09:39Next door.
09:40Just sort of pop round.
09:46Just sort of pop round and say hello.
09:47Hey, you'll like it here, mate, with a nice crown.
09:49Go to the line in a minute for a pint.
09:50Excuse me, Mr. Boone.
09:51All right, cock, you carry on.
09:52Don't let me stop you working.
09:56You must come round and meet the wife.
09:58Hey then, mate, you've got the wrong man.
09:59I'm just a furniture remover.
10:01Pardon?
10:02I'm not the one who's moving in here.
10:04Oh.
10:05Who is moving in here, then?
10:06Mr. Boone, your new neighbour.
10:08What do you know of him?
10:11Hello?
10:12Is that the race relations board?
10:16I wish to make a complaint.
10:18Pardon?
10:19Am I coloured?
10:20Yes, white, all over.
10:21I'm proud of it.
10:24I wish to make a complaint against a knick-knock.
10:28Oh, very well a coloured gentleman, then.
10:30What's he done?
10:31He's moved next door.
10:32That's what he's done.
10:34What do you mean?
10:35Is that all?
10:37I beg your pardon.
10:38I'm not bigoted.
10:39Just you wait, mate.
10:41Till one of them moves next door to you.
10:43You'll soon change your tune when the tom-toms start.
10:47Pardon?
10:48Oh.
10:50Oh, I'm sorry.
10:52Well, how did I know you're coloured?
10:53You don't sound black.
10:56You what?
10:58What do you want my address for?
11:01You cheeky devil.
11:04What's the matter now?
11:06He wants to report me.
11:08Come and sit down and talk about this calmly and sensibly.
11:11Calmly and sensibly.
11:12Why not?
11:13You're always the one who's saying lose your temper and you lost the argument.
11:17Very true.
11:18Very true, Joan.
11:19After all, I'm a reasonable man.
11:21That's more like it.
11:22We must face the facts fairly and squarely.
11:25A coloured family have come to live next door and it's up to us to come to terms with it.
11:28We'll move.
11:30No, we won't. I'm not moving. I've only just got this house right.
11:37I wouldn't feel safe, love. You could get raped during the night.
11:41Promises, promises.
11:44Not by me, by him.
11:49Oh yes, and what will you be doing while I'm being raped?
11:53How do I know? You'll probably clobber me first.
11:57Perhaps he'll put a voodoo spell on you.
11:59Oh, don't talk, stupid woman.
12:01It's no more stupid than you.
12:04I don't understand you, Eddie Booth.
12:05For years you've been shooting off your mouth about socialism and equality.
12:09Equal rights for all.
12:11Equal rights has not incitled nigg-nogs to move next door.
12:14Well, they have.
12:15So you just have to get used to it.
12:18Probably a very nice couple when you get to know them.
12:21They're probably a very nice couple when you get to know them.
12:24Well, I ain't so sure I want to get to know them, eh?
12:27Well, we knew it wasn't going to be easy.
12:29We'll just have to give him a chance.
12:31Oh, I'll give him a bunch of fies if he calls me Sambo again.
12:37What did you call him?
12:39Oh, well, I certainly meant what I called him.
12:41Oh? What did you call him?
12:43The man rubbed me up the wrong way.
12:45What did you call him?
12:46I had to stick up for myself.
12:48I said, what did you call him?
12:50A loud-mouthed, white-skinned poof.
12:54Congratulations!
12:55The race relations board would be proud of you.
12:58All right, all right, all right, all right, Bobby.
12:59So I lost my temper.
13:01Oh, go around and apologize.
13:03What for?
13:04Look, that man is a racialist.
13:06I bet he'd be different if I was someone famous.
13:09Say, like Sidney Poitier.
13:11Sidney Poitier.
13:13Yeah, man.
13:14Well, if I was Sidney Poitier, he'd be all over me.
13:16If you were Sidney Poitier, I'd be all over you.
13:22Yeah.
13:23Look.
13:24Sugar plum.
13:26Maybe we ought to find another house.
13:28No.
13:29We're staying here.
13:30It's taken us six months to find this place, and I like it.
13:33But I wouldn't feel safe with him next door.
13:35I know his kind.
13:37You wait, we'll get up one morning to find all our windows smashed in.
13:40You'll be staying next is one of the Klu Klux Klan.
13:44Then why not?
13:47For all we know, they could have a branch in Twickenham.
13:55Did you count how many beds they took in?
13:58No, why should I?
14:01And all that sort, you'll have a dozen sleeping in that front bedroom.
14:05He's probably lit the garage already.
14:07A nice couple, you said.
14:10You ought to hear what Honky's saying.
14:12People who eavesdrop never hear anything good about themselves.
14:16Some people who don't eavesdrop never hear anything.
14:21You realise it's only a question of time before we're polluted?
14:25What are you all about now?
14:27Them lot next door.
14:28They'll stink us out with curry.
14:33That's Pakistani.
14:34Well, they're all the same.
14:35They don't eat proper food like us.
14:37They eat muck like coconuts and red fruit.
14:41Oh, yes.
14:42What would you have a meat?
14:43Fish, chips and mashy peas?
14:45Why not?
14:47It's British.
14:48We gave fish and chips to the world.
14:50Maybe that's why we lost the empire.
14:55Well, I'm not waiting to be over on my them.
14:56I'm off.
14:57Where are you going?
14:58I'm going to the estate agents.
14:59I'm going to see about getting a new house.
15:01I've told you I'm not moving.
15:03Well, you plead yourself, love.
15:04Oh, I am.
15:05Oh, dear.
15:07That was quick. Did you get a good price?
15:37I've been thinking, love. You know, I think perhaps we're being a bit too hasty about them next door.
15:44You've changed your tune.
15:46Well, you know me, love. We're all brothers under the skin. What difference should it make what colour it is?
15:51They can't help being nigg-nogs.
15:55Do I take it, then, brother, we are not selling this house?
15:58Why should we? I mean, we're happy here. Come on.
16:01Where are we going?
16:02We're going next door. We're going to set an example to the rest of the street.
16:05It'll lead so that others may follow, tear down the walls of prejudice, and unfurl the banners of tolerance.
16:12Eddie Booth, I'm proud of you.
16:14Well, it's only natural, love.
16:16You see, if we don't help our coloured friends, they'll never be civilised. Come on.
16:20Hello? Anybody else?
16:24Oh, hello. Come in.
16:27Hello, love. The Booth's next door. I'm Eddie. This is my wife, Joan.
16:31Oh, nice to meet you. I'm Barbie.
16:33Just thought we'd call round and see how he's settling in.
16:35Anything you need?
16:37Oh, that's very kind of you.
16:38Um, sit down. I'll tell Bill you're here.
16:41I see why you changed your mind.
16:51Pardon?
16:52She's very attractive.
16:53Oh, is she? I never noticed.
16:55There. They've got some nice stuff here, Eddie.
17:07Oh, it's not bad. It's a bit flashy, though.
17:10They've got a lovely radio, Gran.
17:13Well, it's only to be expected, love. They do a lot of dancing.
17:20Eddie, you will be careful what you say.
17:24Now, listen to me, Bill, love.
17:26You will be careful what you say, won't you?
17:28What, do you expect me to address him as white man, boss?
17:30Oh, you know what I mean. Come on.
17:36Bill, this is Mr and Mrs Booth.
17:39Eddie and Joan.
17:41Pleased to meet you, Joan.
17:43We've met.
17:46Oh, yes, well, sorry about that.
17:48It was a bit of a shock, you know.
17:50Anyway, let bygones be bygones, eh, Bill?
17:53Well, that's okay by me, Eddie.
17:59Would you like a cup of tea, Joan?
18:02Oh, that'd be very nice, Barbie.
18:04Well, why don't I show you the kitchen while these two get acquainted?
18:10Yes, I'd like that.
18:13I, er, I do appreciate your coming wrong, Eddie.
18:22Not at all, Bill. We felt we should extend the hand of friendship.
18:27That's very neighbourly of you, Eddie.
18:29Well, what are neighbours for? It's not to help for another.
18:35So, if there's anything you need, just name it.
18:38Yes, there is one thing, Eddie.
18:40What's that, Bill?
18:41Can I have my hydrangea back?
18:46Pardon?
18:47Pardon?
18:48The hydrangea you took, huh?
18:49Oh, yes, yes. I was just going to mention that.
18:50Oh, were you?
18:51Yes, well, I thought I'd better look after it for you, in case we nix it.
18:54Well, now I can look after it, eh?
18:55Yes, I'll bring it round tonight.
18:58Tell me, has the neighbours said anything to you about us moving in yet?
19:00No, no, not really. Mind you, you're bound to get the odd one who's a bit prejudiced.
19:05Oh, well, that's one of the things we've learned to live with.
19:07That's the idea, mate. No good looking on the black side.
19:09Ha!
19:15Or should I say coloured?
19:17You know, to be honest, Bill, I admire you.
19:28Why? What have I done?
19:29Well, you've done something with your life.
19:31I beg your pardon?
19:32You're one of the few of your people who've dragged themselves away from the illiter majority
19:37and bridged the gap to our society.
19:39You mean I managed to climb out of the pit of ignorance?
19:42Exactly. You've bettered yourself.
19:44I've climbed off from the trees and out of the jungle.
19:47Exactly.
19:48You know, you're civilised now.
19:50You're nearly like one of us.
19:53And tell me, it's only the colour of my skin that stopped me from being white.
19:56I couldn't have put it better this way.
20:02Excuse me, Eddie.
20:03Certainly, Bill.
20:06What a lovely Sambo.
20:09Oh, where's Bill?
20:11You haven't upset him, have you?
20:12Oh, look, no.
20:13You know, we're getting all like house on fire.
20:15We see eye to eye on nearly everything.
20:16Thank goodness for that.
20:17Do you know, we were certainly very lucky to find such a nice couple as you and Joan for neighbours.
20:21Well, there's no sense in being at loggerheads if you live next door, love.
20:25Hey, Joan.
20:26No, love.
20:28I don't mind telling you, Barbie.
20:29I didn't think our affair ago would all be getting on so well.
20:31Nor me.
20:32You know, Bill gets a bit sensitive sometimes.
20:34Not at all.
20:35There's nothing wrong with your Bill.
20:36He's very level-headed.
20:37He's just like any other normal person.
20:40Whoa!
20:50Right, man!
20:53Perish!
20:57Huh?
20:58Well, this is how you expect us to behave.
21:00And we don't want to disappoint you.
21:02Barbie, light the fire.
21:07One more white man for the pot.
21:09Whoa!
21:11Yeah, man!
21:12Whoa!
21:17Yay!
21:18We were here.
21:20Woah!
21:23Oh!
21:27Uh oh!
21:30You're a good actor.
21:31You're a good actor.
21:32You're a good actor, you're a good actor.
21:33You're a good actor.
21:34Yeah.
21:35You're a good actor.
21:37Yeah, absolutely, you're a good actor.
21:38I'm ready.
21:40I'm ready.
21:41I'm ready.
22:06Haven't you finished that job yet?
22:07I've only got one pair of hands, you know.
22:09Well, from now on, you've got two.
22:11We've started a new man.
22:13Well, Brother Harry.
22:16Bloody old Johnson.
22:21Well, I think I'd better get back now.
22:23Bill will be home any minute.
22:24So will Eddie.
22:28I wonder how they've got on working together today.
22:31Well, as far as I know, there hasn't been any riots.
22:34Do you know, Barney, I think that by now they'll probably be the best of friends.
22:40God!
22:42On the other hand, I could be wrong.
22:44Something tells me, love, this is no place for a black girl to be.
22:46By now.
22:48Right, that's it. We're moving.
22:50Oh, was it that bad?
22:51Murder. We're worlds apart. We've got nothing in common and never will have.
22:54Oh, calm down.
22:55I don't want to calm down.
22:57I've always been against him and his kind. They're the enemy love.
22:59It's either them or us.
23:00If I had my way, I'd deport the lot.
23:02You ought to be ashamed of yourself talking like that just because Bill's coloured.
23:05I'm not talking about his colour.
23:07He's a bloody conservative.
23:09I love my neighbour.
23:10Why the hate my neighbour?
23:11Why the love and shame I'll be there?
23:28And you will find your labor
23:32A great believer in your life
23:36You'll be crazy, oh
23:38You love thy labor