Part 1 of 6 of the sequel of sorts to Alphonso Bonzo from 1991. When reporter Trevor Trotman notices a commotion at the local school he discovers that school bully Ginger Gahagan is trapped on the school roof with a bicycle clinging on for dear life. Puzzled as to how he came to be up there, he notices Billy Webb among the pupils and decides to investigate. But it seems the story that Billy has to tell is a long and peculiar one, and all starts when he finds a strange book in his bag when at the library. And it is only the start of things as later when his home suffers a power cut a mysterious electrician turns up on his doorstep.
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00:00Help!
00:29Mom? Dad? Anyone?
00:41Hang on, Ginge!
00:43Dumb!
00:44Shut up, you're making panic!
00:59Don't move! We've sent for help!
01:07Dumb!
01:08Hey, listen, Ginge, I hope you're all right, but if not, can I have your new Walkman?
01:14Miss, if anything does happen with the kids, they're going to clean it up.
01:19Winston, nothing is going to happen to you.
01:22What is going on?
01:27What is all this noise? What's going on?
01:30Is this a school or a zoo?
01:32Come along now, everybody, come along!
01:35Back inside the lot...
01:36Don't panic!
01:38Everybody stay absolutely calm.
01:40And no shouting, you might make him nervous.
01:42I think he already is, sir.
01:44What is that boy doing on the roof, Mrs Peasgood?
01:47He's got a bike up there, sir.
01:48I know he's got a bike, you duck-bat.
01:50What I want to know is how he got there.
01:52I don't know, Mr Hardwood.
01:54This wasn't one of those namby-pamby creative lessons, was it?
01:56I always knew that free expression would be the death of education.
01:59Let the children express their individuality, they say.
02:02And look where it is.
02:03Just look!
02:04Stuck on the roof with a bike!
02:06It wasn't a lesson, Mr Hardwood.
02:07We don't know how he got there.
02:09Let's ask him, then.
02:11I say...
02:12Who is he, anyway?
02:13George Kahagan.
02:14Who?
02:15George Kahagan.
02:16George Kahagan, this is your headmaster speaking.
02:19If you don't come down this instant, I'll come up there myself and throw you down.
02:26Look, I don't think it's a good idea to threaten him, Mr Hardwood.
02:29He is in rather a state.
02:30He's in a state?
02:31Look at me.
02:32If anything happens to that boy, can you imagine the headlines?
02:35Jump!
02:36If anybody else shouts jump, I'll personally jump on them myself!
02:39Sir?
02:40Yes?
02:41Can I run home and get my dad's camera?
02:42He's got a zoom lens.
02:43You may well, boy, but it may prove a bit difficult.
02:46If you say one more word, I may well tie your lady in knots.
02:49Sir?
02:50Now, can you hear me?
02:51Yes?
02:52Yes?
02:53Yes, sir?
02:54Yes, sir?
02:55Now look at me when I'm shouting at you.
02:58I can't, sir.
03:00Why not?
03:01My eyes are closed.
03:05Shut up!
03:06It's not funny!
03:08Sir?
03:09What is it now?
03:10I need to go to the toilet, sir.
03:13What?
03:14You better hold on, boy.
03:15When I was the lad up north, our headmaster would make us wait for weeks sometimes,
03:19just to toughen us up.
03:21Home for the fire brigade.
03:22I have.
03:23Tell him to hurry, then.
03:24I have.
03:25I suppose I'll have to inform his parents.
03:27I already have.
03:28Already have, yes, I know.
03:29He will be all right, won't you, Gladys?
03:31I mean, Mrs. Peelgood.
03:32I'm sure he will, Mr. Hardwood.
03:34We just have to stay calm.
03:35Oh, I am calm, yes.
03:36Very, very calm.
03:37Excuse me.
03:38I take it you're Mr. Hardwood, the headmaster?
03:41And who might you be?
03:42Trevor Trotman.
03:43I'm a reporter.
03:44Ah!
03:45I knew it!
03:46A shame!
03:47No, I'm not the headmaster.
03:49Yes, you are, sir.
03:50Shut up.
03:51Noo, my lord!
03:52Yeah.
03:53Noooo!
03:54Nooo!
03:56Noooo!
03:57A ironically he's porte-majorged shipjets.
04:00Noooo.
04:01I know I was waiting for you.
04:02Made up for you of Helen.
04:03Come here, David.
04:05Hot!
04:06I was waiting for you, Mary.
04:07How he supposed to be?
04:08Ah!
04:12Double!
04:13Um!
04:14Manyов!
04:15へ büyük honor from Hawley.
04:17Oh, my God.
04:47Billy Webb.
05:10Hello.
05:11What, chat?
05:11Here for a good story, eh?
05:12Oh, a real drama, this one.
05:15I was on my way to cover a flower show.
05:17When I saw him.
05:18What I don't understand is how did he get up there?
05:21On my bike.
05:23On your bike?
05:25But what was it...
05:27Hang on, Billy.
05:32Where are you rushing off to?
05:34I've got a story project to finish.
05:36I've hardly started it yet.
05:37But what was Ginger doing with your bike?
05:39And how did he end up on the roof?
05:41Come on, there must be a fantastic story here.
05:43It could make my name.
05:45Go on, Billy.
05:46I'm a reporter.
05:47I live by me wits.
05:49You must be pretty hard happening.
05:50Look, I can't.
05:51I've got to do me story project.
05:53Listen, I'll make a bargain with you.
05:55You tell me what this is all about
05:56and I'll help you with your project.
05:58What do you say?
05:59I don't know.
06:01It's not just a bike.
06:02There's other things too.
06:03I could meet you after school
06:04in a burger bar.
06:07I'll buy you a chocolate milkshake
06:08and a burger
06:09with some fries,
06:12tomato sauce.
06:14Oh, I...
06:15I'll have a strawberry milkshake.
06:17You'll be all right now, Mr. Holdwood.
06:24Yes.
06:25That's the secret of being a good headmaster,
06:27Mr. Peaswood.
06:27Always stay calm in a crisis.
06:31George Gahagan,
06:32see me in my office.
06:34So, Ginger Gahagan was kidnapped
06:51by evil terrorists
06:52and was just being flown off in a helicopter
06:54when he managed to jump out
06:56and land on the school roof.
06:58Extraterrestrial bike thief.
06:59Hit it on the roof
07:00and then at the last minute
07:01his nerve failed.
07:03No.
07:04This hasn't got anything to do
07:05with Alfonso Bonzo, has it?
07:07No.
07:08At least,
07:09I don't think it has.
07:10So,
07:11when did it all begin?
07:13A while ago.
07:14A few weeks, I suppose.
07:15Ah,
07:16you woke up
07:16and you just knew
07:17that something strange,
07:19something unusual
07:20was going to happen.
07:21No.
07:22It was an ordinary day.
07:23I went to school,
07:24we did maths workbooks,
07:25Winston Clyde was falling around.
07:27Nothing unusual.
07:28Winston,
07:37I don't know what's on that piece of paper
07:39but it's either rude or silly
07:41so just put it away,
07:42would you?
07:45Annette,
07:45collect the maths workbooks,
07:46would you,
07:47and put them on my desk?
07:48Yes,
07:48Winston.
07:49Right,
07:49class four,
07:50looking this way,
07:51today we are going to start
07:53a new project.
07:54What's it about,
07:55Miss?
07:56Well,
07:56if you listen,
07:57Nigel Creamer,
07:57you will find out,
07:58won't you?
07:59Now,
07:59I have noticed
08:00that some of you
08:01only read
08:02when you have to
08:03so we are going to start
08:05a story project.
08:07Now,
08:08I want everyone
08:08to choose a book
08:09from the school library,
08:11one that you haven't read before
08:13and you're going to have to read it
08:15very carefully
08:16because afterwards
08:17you're going to write about it.
08:19Oh,
08:19Missy!
08:20Yes,
08:20what kept you interested,
08:22why you think others
08:23might like to read it,
08:24was it true to life,
08:25but I will help you
08:27with all that
08:27once you have read your books
08:29and I would also like you
08:30to prepare a short talk
08:33on your books
08:33for the rest of the class.
08:36Now,
08:37let me see.
08:40Scott Barnacle,
08:41tell us the sort of books
08:42you like to read.
08:43Er,
08:44short ones,
08:45Miss.
08:46Miss,
08:47what's the shortest book
08:48in the world?
08:49I don't know,
08:49Nigel.
08:50Scott Barnacle,
08:51book of knowledge.
08:51Very funny.
08:52Er,
08:53yes,
08:54and Nigel,
08:55you can give your talk first.
08:56Oh,
08:57Miss.
08:58Anita,
08:59what sort of books
08:59do you like to read?
09:00Er,
09:01ones about animals,
09:02Miss Pearsgood.
09:03Any animals in particular?
09:05Cats,
09:05Miss.
09:06Short to read the catalogue,
09:07Miss.
09:08Miss?
09:09Miss,
09:10I read this wicked animal story
09:11called Mad Wolf.
09:13It was dead good
09:14about this wolfing
09:15and great massive fangs
09:16and blood and stuff.
09:17Yes,
09:17yes,
09:17thank you,
09:18Winston.
09:18I think we get the idea.
09:20Scott?
09:20Miss,
09:21I once read this book.
09:22It was called
09:22The Incredible Journey.
09:23It was dead good.
09:25That's a film.
09:26Oh,
09:26I know that.
09:27I've seen the film
09:28and read the book.
09:29Miss,
09:30my dad's films
09:31stop people from reading
09:32and they get brain rot.
09:33Do you think that's right?
09:35Well,
09:35I think that's a little severe,
09:37but I know what he means.
09:38When I was a girl,
09:39going to see a film
09:40was a real treat.
09:41Yeah,
09:41but that was hundreds of years ago,
09:42wasn't it, Miss?
09:44No,
09:44not quite,
09:45Nigel.
09:46When I'm rich,
09:47I'm going to have a servant
09:48who reads for me
09:49while I just lie there
09:49next to my swimp
09:50or drinking Coke
09:51and eating crisps.
09:53But until that happens,
09:54you will have to do
09:55your own reading
09:56like the rest of us.
09:57So,
09:57class four,
09:58we will go to the library
09:59and choose our books,
10:01lining up by the door,
10:02quietly!
10:13I don't like libraries.
10:18Why not?
10:19There's nothing to do.
10:20You're meant to read.
10:21Yeah,
10:22but it's so quiet.
10:23Always makes me want to shout.
10:26Here,
10:26look at him.
10:27Looks like he's been on a diet.
10:29Shh!
10:33You know,
10:34we ought to do this project together.
10:36What do you mean?
10:37Well,
10:37you write it down
10:38and I'll read it out.
10:39No thanks.
10:41Oh,
10:41you've chosen your book already.
10:43No,
10:43not yet.
10:44What's this then?
10:45It's funny.
10:46How'd that get there?
10:47What you got?
10:49Dunno.
10:49I haven't picked it.
10:50It was just in my bag.
10:52Maybe it fell off the shelf.
10:53Yeah.
10:54Looks right though.
10:55Ringing the changes.
10:57I wonder what it's about.
10:59Why don't you read it
11:00and you might find out?
11:02Ha ha.
11:02It's very funny.
11:09I was a bit late
11:10getting home that day
11:11because me and Scott
11:11have been for a kicker bag.
11:12in the park.
11:19Oh,
11:19hello Mrs. Frisbee.
11:20Oh,
11:21hello Billy.
11:22Always happens
11:23on a Monday,
11:24doesn't it?
11:32Oh,
11:33it's over here,
11:34come on.
11:34What's that?
11:35Oh,
11:35it's a ball.
11:36See you Billy.
11:37See you Scott.
11:38everything's saying normal.
11:42Well,
11:42normal for our straight.
11:48Hello Billy.
11:49Hello Joan.
11:50What are you doing?
12:01What are you doing?
12:04Making a cake.
12:06It's not Christmas is it?
12:07What?
12:08Oh, never mind.
12:08Tastes great.
12:11I want to talk rubbish.
12:15The kind of rubbish
12:15that we see
12:16all around us,
12:17especially in our cities.
12:19In London,
12:19hundreds of tons...
12:20all right then?
12:21Hello Bill.
12:22Good day at school.
12:23Yeah,
12:24not bad.
12:24Got a project to do.
12:26Teachers must get fed up.
12:27I think they're new projects.
12:28Yeah.
12:29But there's another kind of rubbish
12:30that you can't see.
12:32Pollution is one of the biggest problems...
12:34Let me steal your nails for you Billy.
12:36Lovely cherry red.
12:38No fear.
12:39I don't know why girls do that.
12:40Stupid.
12:41Well it gives us something to do
12:42when we get bored with boys.
12:43Which is most of the time.
12:45Oh, that's rubbish.
12:46Girls are always talking about boys.
12:48Only when they run out of nail varnish.
12:53Oh no,
12:54what's happened?
12:55Here oh dear,
12:56I bet it's one of them
12:57flipping fuses.
12:59Get a torch.
13:01Sorry, Freak.
13:02Dad.
13:03Watch it dad.
13:04He just chod on my foot.
13:05Sorry.
13:06Never mind yours.
13:06What about Fred?
13:07He's got two more to worry about than you.
13:08Where is it?
13:10In the cupboard.
13:11Oh,
13:11right.
13:12Got it.
13:13Come on Billy.
13:16Dad.
13:17Enda.
13:17What are you doing?
13:24What's happened?
13:25I don't know.
13:25Fused probably.
13:26You alright?
13:27No,
13:27I can't see properly.
13:29What about my cake?
13:30The oven won't work now.
13:32It's a gas oven mum.
13:34Oh yeah.
13:35Still,
13:35I'd better take it out
13:36just in case.
13:38Oh,
13:38you alright dad?
13:40Apart from nearly
13:41braining meself,
13:42yes Linda.
13:44Now where is it?
13:45I thought you answered,
13:46you can see.
13:47Shame all the brains
13:48ran out in our family
13:48before they got to you.
13:49Oh,
13:50here it is.
13:52I need some fuse wire.
13:53Mum,
13:54Dad needs some fuse wire.
13:56What for?
13:57For the fuse.
13:57I think we used it
13:59for tying up the beans
14:00last summer.
14:02Marvellous.
14:03I'll get it.
14:09Yeah?
14:10Who is it?
14:11Electrician.
14:12Emergency call out.
14:13One of the main
14:14generators has blew a valve.
14:16Overloaded the supply
14:17to Spot Street.
14:18There's a complete blackout.
14:19I'm doing your house first.
14:21Oh,
14:21I'm right.
14:21You better come in.
14:22It'll only take a minute.
14:32All the other lights
14:33in the street
14:33were on.
14:41Interested in electricity
14:42are you son?
14:43Not really.
14:44Never thought much about it.
14:45Ah,
14:46no one ever does.
14:47But just think though,
14:48without it there'd be no
14:49telly,
14:49no lights,
14:50no computers,
14:51nothing.
14:51Age's dangerous too,
14:53mind.
14:53Got to know what you're doing,
14:55otherwise you'd be in trouble.
14:57Right,
14:57that should do it.
14:59Oh,
15:00magic.
15:01Thanks,
15:01mate.
15:02Oh,
15:02no.
15:03What's up now?
15:04Fred,
15:05I only left that cake
15:06a minute.
15:07You can laugh.
15:08That was for your
15:09snap tin tomorrow.
15:10I have to buy him
15:11an exercise bike
15:12so I can work all that off.
15:13Fred,
15:13get down.
15:14Naughty boy.
15:15Billy,
15:16go and ask that electrician
15:17if he wants a cup of tea,
15:18would you?
15:19Yeah,
15:19all right.
15:21really rare in the wild,
15:23perhaps only a thousand
15:24or fifteen hundred left
15:25in China.
15:26He's gone.
15:28No way.
15:28Well,
15:29I don't know,
15:29go on.
15:30That was quick.
15:31Yeah.
15:33Funny,
15:33yeah.
15:33So,
15:34we can do something about it.
15:36We can make changes,
15:37but it's up to each
15:38and every one of us
15:39to make a contribution.
15:42What's more,
15:43don't you find
15:43there's always some
15:44interruption
15:45when you're trying
15:45to read a book?
15:46Yeah.
15:48Well,
15:48that's all from us
15:49for tonight.
15:50Thanks for watching.
15:50We'll be back
15:51at the same time
15:51next week
15:52when we'll be looking
15:53at the very latest
15:53developments in
15:54recycling waste.
15:55Join us then.
15:56He was on the television?
15:58Yeah.
15:59And he winked at you?
16:00Yeah.
16:01It was really weird.
16:02Yeah.
16:03Something funny
16:04happened next day as well.
16:05What,
16:05another power cop?
16:06Oh,
16:06no,
16:07nothing like that.
16:08It was that morning
16:09at breakfast.
16:10Linda was really nervous
16:11because she was
16:12starting this course
16:12at college.
16:13What sort of course?
16:14Well,
16:14it sounded a bit
16:15dopey to me.
16:16She wants to be
16:16a hairdresser
16:17and do make-up and stuff.
16:18I did try and tell her
16:19it was a waste of time.
16:20She wouldn't listen to me,
16:21as usual.
16:22I don't know why
16:26you have to get
16:26so dressed up.
16:27I mean,
16:28it's only like
16:28going to school.
16:29Don't see me
16:29getting all poshed up
16:30every morning.
16:31No,
16:31I've never even seen
16:32you brush your hair.
16:33Probably fall out of shock
16:34if you showed it
16:34a hairbrush.
16:37I hope it goes
16:38all right today,
16:39love,
16:39your big dad.
16:39Thanks,
16:40Dad.
16:40Nice to know
16:41someone appreciates
16:42what I'm doing.
16:43It's no good.
16:45I can't get on
16:46with this grill.
16:47Either it burns
16:48everything to a crisp
16:49or it's so slow
16:50you have to wait
16:50till dinner time
16:51for your breakfast.
16:52Why don't you
16:52use the toaster?
16:53It's broken.
16:55Have a look at it,
16:55will you?
16:56All right,
16:57I'll get a screwdriver.
16:58Can't you use this?
17:00Where'd that come from?
17:01I belong to that
17:02electrician.
17:03Yeah,
17:03he must have left it.
17:05Right,
17:05well,
17:05let's have a butcher's
17:06then.
17:06Right,
17:07I'm off.
17:08Oh,
17:08good luck,
17:09love.
17:09Thanks,
17:09Mum.
17:10Hey,
17:10show them what
17:11you're made of.
17:11Yeah,
17:12good luck.
17:13No,
17:13I mean it.
17:14Sort of.
17:15Thanks,
17:15Billy.
17:16Bye.
17:16Bye.
17:17Bye.
17:18Hey,
17:18look at that.
17:19The magic touch.
17:20Oh,
17:22yes.
17:23It's working now.
17:25You are clever.
17:26You should have been
17:27a surgeon or a plumber
17:28or something with those hands.
17:29Oh,
17:30yes.
17:30Dr.
17:30Webb,
17:31eminent surgeon,
17:32specialised in heart
17:33transplants,
17:34brain transfusions
17:35and electric toasters.
17:37Yeah.
17:38Right then,
17:38do you both want a bit of toast?
17:40No,
17:40not me,
17:41love.
17:41I shall be late for work.
17:42Oh.
17:42Yeah,
17:42I've got a glass of gold.
17:43See you,
17:44Tata.
17:44See you.
17:45Ta-da,
17:45love.
17:46Ta-ta.
17:46Ta-ta.
17:46Nigel Cream has got
17:59this mega racing car
18:00for swaps.
18:00It can do anything.
18:02Go backwards,
18:03forwards,
18:03everything.
18:04Got anything to swap for it?
18:06Yeah.
18:06I've no doubt
18:07to stop the business.
18:08Why is that then?
18:09Too much hassle,
18:10really.
18:11The market's very unstable.
18:13Well,
18:13it is if you haven't
18:13got anything to swap.
18:15You must have something.
18:15I haven't.
18:17Look for yourself.
18:18I'm practically bankrupt.
18:22What's this thing?
18:23It's funny.
18:25How'd that get there?
18:26Cheers,
18:26just what I need.
18:27What?
18:28Oi,
18:28give it back.
18:29It ain't mine.
18:31Come on.
18:31Tup,
18:32tup,
18:32Billy Webb,
18:33manners.
18:34Didn't anyone teach
18:34it was rude to snatch?
18:36I think I'm gonna have
18:37to confiscate this
18:38until you learn better.
18:39Come on,
18:40lads.
18:44What's your bag?
18:45I'll see you later.
18:45Oh,
18:46Billy Webb,
18:54where are you rushing to?
18:55I've got to catch
18:55Jijica Hagan.
18:56Jijica Hagan?
18:57Yes,
18:58miss.
18:58I mean,
18:58it's not even mine.
18:59I've done right
18:59got into my bag.
19:00What got into your bag,
19:01Billy?
19:02Will you calm down
19:02and tell me
19:03what all this is about?
19:04Excuse me,
19:04Mrs. Peaskin,
19:05Miss Dardwell said
19:06could he see him
19:06in his office?
19:07Oh,
19:07did he mean now?
19:08Think so,
19:08miss.
19:09Oh,
19:09all right then.
19:10Billy,
19:10I will speak to you later,
19:11but no rushing around.
19:13Thanks.
19:13He's in Jijica Hagan.
19:17Why?
19:18What's he done?
19:18He's nicked on my own bag.
19:20He was in the corner
19:21a few minutes ago.
19:22But are you sure
19:26that folk dancing
19:27comes within
19:27the national curriculum,
19:28Mr. Hardwood?
19:29At the heart of it,
19:30the very heart of it,
19:31Mrs. Peaswood.
19:33Folk dancing
19:33is what made
19:34our nation great,
19:35gave it spirit,
19:37character
19:37and strong leg muscles.
19:39Well,
19:39that's all very well,
19:40but here it's rather different.
19:41Oh,
19:41love me,
19:41love me.
19:43When I was a lad,
19:44my dad would come home
19:46from the pit
19:46covered in grime
19:47and dust and muck.
19:50And do you know
19:50the very first thing
19:51he would do?
19:52Have a bath?
19:53I'll tell you.
19:55He'd put on a pair
19:56of wooden clogs
19:57and a little green cap
19:58with bells on
19:59and then he'd jump
20:01onto the kitchen table
20:02and do a little jig.
20:04And you won't believe this,
20:05but there were some people
20:07who thought he was
20:08stark staring mad.
20:09Really?
20:09Oh,
20:10yes,
20:11yes,
20:11difficult to believe,
20:12I know,
20:12but that's what gave him character.
20:16Character.
20:17And that's what I want
20:18the children in my school
20:19to have.
20:20Not all this clever stuff,
20:21but character.
20:23But I don't know
20:23how to teach folk dancing,
20:25Mr. Hardwood.
20:26Ah,
20:26it's all in here,
20:27Mrs. Peasgood.
20:28All here.
20:29I'll,
20:29erm,
20:30I,
20:31I'll write it down
20:32for you.
20:33Everyone
20:35form a large cell.
20:40There,
20:41Anita!
20:41Have you seen Ginge Cahagan?
20:42Yeah,
20:43well,
20:43it's like almost
20:43not me flying.
20:44Where?
20:45Just going to our class.
20:46Oh,
20:46thanks.
20:47Why are you doing that,
20:48Ginge?
20:48Why do you think?
20:50Cos you're dead tough.
20:51Got it in one racking.
20:53Yeah,
20:54but if you loosen the screws,
20:56won't the door fall down?
20:58That's the idea,
20:59Dumbo.
21:01Right.
21:02Great one,
21:02Ginge.
21:03Oh,
21:09look who it ain't.
21:10Give us that back.
21:12What?
21:12My screwdriver?
21:14Anyway,
21:15I ain't got it.
21:15Yeah,
21:16the fairy's come and took it,
21:17so buzz off.
21:18You've got to give it back.
21:19It ain't mine.
21:20Well,
21:20then you ain't losing nothing,
21:22are you?
21:23Give us it back.
21:24Give us it back.
21:25Over here,
21:25Ginge.
21:27Give us it back.
21:29Having problems,
21:30are you,
21:30shorty?
21:31Yeah.
21:32Yeah,
21:32you've got a lot of growing up to do
21:34before you're as tough as we are.
21:36Give me it.
21:37Give me that back,
21:38I'll hold.
21:38You're what?
21:40Tell teacher.
21:41What's up,
21:42Webb?
21:42Don't you like playing piggy in the middle?
21:44Oh!
21:45Oh!
21:45Get him off,
21:46flitting tadpole.
21:47Here.
21:48Here.
22:04Cool.
22:05Look at that.