Part 2 of 6 of the 1996 children's classic. Agent Z's gorilla prank hits the local newspaper, but Ben's pals are eager for him to get to know Tod Sidebottom better as they think his money will help buy better props for their pranks. However, upon meeting Tod his friends are not so sure of him, with Barney believing he is trouble. And Ben finds out to his cost just how much trouble he is when Tod invites him down to the shopping centre to hang out, only for the duo to get caught shoplifting!
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00:00Right, if you missed last week's episode, or you weren't paying attention, here's what happened.
00:15I'm Ben, and these are my friends, Barney and Jenks.
00:19We're the Crane Grove gang, and we do stunts with the secret codename of Agent Z.
00:23This was a stunt we called Operation Big Banana.
00:26And here it is in black and white, gorilla terrorises couple in park.
00:46Agent Z strikes again.
00:56AHHHHH!
00:58AHHHHH!
01:00AHHHHH!
01:02AHHHHH!
01:04Hello, Ben.
01:34What are you up to?
01:41I said, what are you up to?
01:44Nothing. What, when?
01:45Since I saw you last?
01:47You know, this and that.
01:50You look guilty.
01:52Guilty? Me?
01:54Nah.
01:55Anyway, better get going.
01:57Ah, young Ben.
01:59Hello, Mr Sidebottom.
02:01What are you doing later?
02:02Well, I...
02:03Why don't you come round after supper?
02:05I've got something that might interest you.
02:09All right.
02:10Good lad.
02:11So about, er, nine?
02:14Come on, Samantha.
02:17My new next-door neighbour's at the Sidebottoms.
02:20There's also a son called Todd and a mum called Patricia.
02:22You wouldn't believe it to look at him,
02:24but Dennis is a millionaire.
02:26It's true.
02:27He won the lottery.
02:27That is the most interesting thing that's ever happened in Crane Grove.
02:36Mum, Mum, did you know when they beheaded Mary Queen of Scots,
02:41they couldn't get a proper executioner,
02:43so they had to get a real cowboy in to do it?
02:46Oh, no.
02:52Not that sort of a cowboy.
02:54I meant an amateur.
02:59Oh, the bloke didn't know one end of an axe from another.
03:04It took 13 goes to get her head off.
03:07Want a taste?
03:08I think I'll pass.
03:09Please yourself.
03:11All right, if I go out tonight?
03:13Barney again.
03:14Mr Sidebottom, actually.
03:16Oh!
03:17He's got something in the garden he wants me to see.
03:19Oh, I hope it isn't a fountain.
03:21Your father's spent so long planning his,
03:23he'll be heartbroken if Dennis swans in
03:25and just puts one up in five minutes.
03:27If it's a fountain,
03:28I'll sabotage it in the name of family honour.
03:30That's my boy.
03:31OK.
03:38Just my little hobby.
03:47Take a pew.
04:08Let me see now.
04:22Ah, yes.
04:23That should do the trick.
04:25Have a look at that.
04:27The moon.
04:28Wow.
04:29It's amazing.
04:31What you're looking at
04:32are the craters of Protagoras and Archytas
04:35in the Mare Frigoris.
04:37That's Latin for the Sea of Cold.
04:43How am I doing, Finlay?
04:45Less than good, sir.
04:47I've got to get the plans back.
04:48The commander's laptop,
04:49so he can rebuild the neutron drive.
04:52The gerbiloid attack craft
04:54has rather impersonately
04:56locked onto your coordinates, sir.
04:58How long have I got?
04:59One minute and counting.
05:01I'd rather be blown to a million pieces
05:03than have my brain connected to their mind, Hoover.
05:05Might I suggest you take evasive action, sir?
05:09Hold on to your socks, Finlay.
05:11Take evasive action.
05:13Take evasive action.
05:17Are we hit?
05:19No, but your supper's nearly burnt.
05:22What?
05:23Your supper's nearly burnt.
05:25Your supper's nearly burnt.
05:26Your supper's nearly burnt.
05:27Dennis?
05:31Dennis?
05:32What's that, dear?
05:33Supper.
05:34Oh.
05:36If you don't come in now,
05:38it'll be ruined.
05:41Better call it a day, eh?
05:42Pop round some other time and, um...
05:44Yeah, well,
05:45pop round some other time.
05:46There's this huge telescope
05:50and I was looking at the Mare Fagoris.
05:52The what?
05:53The Mare Fagoris.
05:55It's massive for the sea of cold.
05:56I was looking at a world
05:57200,000 miles away
06:00and it looked as close
06:01as my dad's rhubarb patch.
06:03Cool.
06:04Look,
06:05this is all very interesting.
06:07But what about Todd?
06:08Can agents have trust him?
06:10And has he got a camcorder
06:10we could buy for our next stunt?
06:12Why don't you ask him?
06:17Don't mention Manny.
06:18Don't mention Manny.
06:20Don't!
06:23Watch out.
06:24Stop.
06:25These are my friends,
06:26Barney and Jakes.
06:27This is...
06:27This is...
06:28What is...
06:29Samantha?
06:30You must be the guys
06:32that help Ben
06:32put cling film over the loose.
06:36Uh-oh.
06:39You have contravened
06:40the secret agent's end
06:41code of honour
06:42by discussing it
06:43with an outsider.
06:45The penalty
06:45is execution.
06:49Unfortunately,
06:49our usual executioner
06:50is off with a sore throat.
06:52So we've asked Jakes
06:53to do the honours.
06:55I haven't done this before
06:57so I might have
06:57to have a few goes.
06:58It's funny.
07:02Look,
07:02I didn't mean to just sit down.
07:03All right, all right.
07:05Come on, mate.
07:07I'm sure
07:07we are going to get along
07:08just fine.
07:10But let me give you
07:11a small word of advice.
07:12If you mention
07:13this cling film business
07:14to anyone,
07:15and I mean anyone,
07:17even your great-aunt
07:18in Tasmania,
07:19you will find yourself
07:20head down
07:21in Forby's locust tank
07:22covered with jam.
07:24Why jam?
07:25Because locusts
07:26like jam.
07:27Have I made myself
07:29understood?
07:31Understood.
07:34That boy's trouble.
07:41Thanks, I have
07:42the last bit
07:42of spotted dick.
07:43You're brilliant work
07:44on Operation Big Banana.
07:45You deserve it.
07:46I'm going to cook dinner tonight.
07:48Do you want to come over?
07:48Yeah.
07:49By's a brilliant cook.
07:51What are we having?
07:52I thought I'd knock up a quick
07:53risotto con sugo de pomodoro.
07:55Huh?
07:56Risotto with tomato sauce.
07:58Sounds excellent.
07:59I'll phone my mum
07:59and tell her.
08:00We could discuss
08:01Operation Big Banana 2,
08:02the sequel.
08:03In a gorilla suit,
08:04no one can hear you scream.
08:07Oi!
08:07Spotted dick.
08:08Yeah, but I was...
08:09You're on a diet, aren't you?
08:11Look, there is a queue,
08:12you know.
08:12So?
08:13Well, can't you have
08:14the lemon meringue?
08:15I want spotted dick.
08:17I've still got
08:18the photos, Fisty.
08:21I'll have lemon meringue.
08:23Please?
08:24Please.
08:32Nice one.
08:33It was nothing.
08:35Now, don't try
08:35that at home.
08:36It's funny how some people
08:48go around pretending
08:49they're one thing
08:49when really
08:50they're something
08:51completely different.
08:53Now, take Fisty.
08:54See, me, Barney and Jenks
08:56know that Fisty
08:57sleeps under a flower duvet
08:58and goes to bed
08:59with a giant
09:00Cuddled Me bear.
09:01What's more important,
09:02he knows we know
09:03and he knows
09:04that we've got photos.
09:07That was a lovely
09:08spotted dick.
09:09Lemon meringue's not bad.
09:11How's the banana mousse, Todd?
09:12That's because my mum's.
09:13No, well, you can't
09:14be home cooking.
09:17New kid, eh?
09:20I'm talking to you.
09:22What do you want?
09:24Five quid will do nicely.
09:26Call it
09:27insurance.
09:29Why don't you
09:29shove off you
09:30brainless twonk?
09:33You see?
09:43That boy's trouble.
09:46Zoe.
09:48Triple word school.
09:50What is Zoe?
09:52Chuck.
09:53Hiya, mate.
09:54Did you have a good meal?
09:55Brilliant.
09:56I'm so stuffed
09:56I can hardly move.
09:57You didn't
09:58bump Todd in the face,
09:59did you, Ben?
09:59I think you've made
10:00Zoe up.
10:01D-Z-O, Zoe.
10:03Well?
10:05Has Mr Sidebottom
10:06been round there?
10:07Todd says he fell over
10:08and hurt his chin
10:09but Mr Sidebottom
10:10doesn't believe him.
10:11I told him
10:12you were a well-brought-up
10:13young man
10:13who doesn't go around
10:14punching people.
10:16I was right,
10:16wasn't I?
10:18What on earth?
10:18He's a Zoe
10:19when he's all at home
10:20in bed with Flew.
10:20A cross between
10:21a cow and a yak.
10:22It was Fisty Morgan.
10:24Mind you,
10:25Todd was asking for it.
10:26He's got a kind
10:27of death wish.
10:28We'll try and get him
10:29to rein it in,
10:29will you?
10:30Mr Sidebottom's
10:30worried about him
10:31getting into bad company.
10:32I'll do what I can.
10:34Oh, I don't believe this.
10:35Look at this lot.
10:38Aardvark.
10:39Use the R in prom.
10:40How does she do that?
10:44Genius.
10:45Good night.
10:45Good night.
10:46How do you do that?
10:50Oh, I'm so full.
10:54Excuse me, love.
11:00Have you got anything
11:01I can take
11:01for a splitting headache?
11:04Try the bathroom cabinet.
11:06Thanks, Hane.
11:10You're not going to believe
11:16this, right?
11:17Todd's dad actually
11:18went round to my mum
11:19and accused me
11:20of bumping Todd.
11:21He's obviously heard
11:22about your reputation
11:22as a hard man.
11:24I feel sick.
11:25Really?
11:26I told you.
11:27Todd is a liability.
11:29I know.
11:29He's been pestering me
11:30all week to come out
11:31with this one night.
11:32I hope you told him no.
11:33Of course I told him no.
11:35It's just it's getting harder.
11:36I'm running out of excuses.
11:38Uh-oh.
11:39Here comes trouble.
11:41What's your guys?
11:42How's your chin?
11:44Not bad.
11:45So, the weekend starts here?
11:47No, in exactly
11:48three hours,
11:4932 minutes
11:49and 37 seconds.
11:52So,
11:52what are you guys doing Saturday?
11:54Um, I've got karate class.
11:55Uh, I'm helping my dad
11:57rebuild the wall
11:57he knocked down
11:58by accident.
11:59How about you?
12:01Um, I've, uh...
12:02Oh, good.
12:03So it looks like
12:04it's just going to be
12:04you and me then,
12:05eh, Ben?
12:05I mean,
12:16there's all this stuff
12:17going on out there
12:18that nobody really understands.
12:20Like this lorry driver
12:21in Spain
12:21and he was woken up
12:22in the middle of the night
12:23by this really weird noise
12:24and incredibly bright light.
12:26Look at these aliens
12:27that came out of the spaceship
12:28and they're around
12:28three feet high
12:30with big heads
12:30and silvery skin.
12:32It's pretty amazing, isn't it?
12:33Amazing?
12:35Just like his dad.
12:36He's really into all this cuddling.
12:38Come on.
12:39Go and do something.
12:40Like what?
12:41I don't know.
12:43Something wicked.
12:44Come on.
12:58Why do I feel guilty
13:00when I haven't even
13:00done anything wrong?
13:02Come on, Scarpa.
13:03What's going on?
13:05Move it.
13:05You nicked him.
13:06Of course I nicked him, stupid.
13:07Now, come on.
13:08But you can't just nick.
13:09What kind of nerd are you?
13:10Shit, now.
13:11I don't understand it.
13:12Your dad could buy
13:13the entire shop.
13:13Oh, stop you.
13:14I'm out of here.
13:15Gotcha!
13:18Dolly Parton.
13:20Dolly Parton.
13:23Dolly Parton.
13:25Ooh.
13:26Dolly Parton.
13:29So which one of you
13:30is Dolly Parton's
13:31biggest fan?
13:32Not me.
13:33Shut it.
13:34And all the same album?
13:35I mean, very imaginative.
13:37What do you think
13:38you're playing at?
13:39I think I...
13:40That was rhetorical.
13:41So shut it.
13:43I wish Barney was here.
13:46He'd know what to say.
13:47Fire!
13:49Sorry to tell for his trouble.
13:51Barney!
13:51I'll give you a Barney, all right.
13:53I don't know.
13:54Kids, these days,
13:55you beat up your teachers,
13:57you steal cars,
13:59and you get pregnant.
14:00Oh, I think you'll find
14:01that's physiologically impossible.
14:04Is there something funny?
14:06No.
14:07I mean, in my day,
14:08we didn't shoplift.
14:10I wasn't sure.
14:11I said shut it.
14:12Now, he's got an extensive recovery.
14:15Right, let's get it over with.
14:16Name?
14:17Chill out.
14:17Don't say a word.
14:19They never call the police.
14:20Bad publicity.
14:21Right, if that's the way
14:22you want to play it,
14:23I've got better things to do
14:24than waste my morning
14:25grilling a couple of
14:26toe-rags like you.
14:27Police, yes,
14:28my name's Wormelow.
14:29No, no, please.
14:31It didn't take much, did it?
14:32Not the police.
14:33They'll tell my dad.
14:33He'll kill me.
14:34I'll tell you everything.
14:35I'm Todd Sidebottom
14:36and he's Ben Simpson.
14:37I live at 34 Crane Grove.
14:39My phone number's
14:393347-8769.
14:41My postcode's GS67BD
14:43and I only moved in a week ago.
14:45Pathetic.
14:46Absolutely pathetic.
14:49School?
14:50Park Hill.
14:51Right, I'll be contacting
14:53your headmaster
14:53first thing Monday morning.
14:55Headmistress.
14:55Name's Mrs Block.
14:56Well, we'll see what
14:57Mrs Block has got to say
14:58about this, shall we?
14:59Now, out.
15:01Come on.
15:04And if I catch either of you
15:05in my shop again,
15:06I'll personally boot you
15:07so hard up the backside
15:08you won't know
15:09what year it is.
15:10Well, hop it.
15:15Had a nice time?
15:21No.
15:21Well, they're looking big
15:22to look very strong indeed
15:24for the World Games
15:25at the Hague
15:26at the end of July.
15:27OK, Buster.
15:29Get it off your chest.
15:31You're not going to like it.
15:32Well, you better tell us
15:33what it is.
15:34It wasn't even my fault.
15:37What wasn't?
15:38I was an innocent bystander.
15:40Ben, what happened?
15:41I got done for shoplifting.
15:43What?
15:48We're in the record shop
15:49and that half-witted twonk
15:50Todd Sybom
15:51tried to nick
15:52four Dolly Parton CDs.
15:54Tried to stop him.
15:55Did they call the police?
15:57No.
15:58But they're going to tell Mrs Block.
16:00Oh.
16:01Oh, come here,
16:02you poor old thing.
16:06Well, look on the bright side.
16:08At least you haven't got
16:09Dennis and Patricia for parents.
16:10I dread to think
16:11what they might make of all this.
16:14We know you're telling the truth
16:15and we're very proud of you
16:16for trying to stop Todd.
16:18Aren't we, Trevor?
16:20Of course we are.
16:22I nicked a cow once.
16:25What?
16:26I was 16.
16:28Me and Titch McDermott
16:29put it in the back of a van one night.
16:31We left it in the lobby
16:33of the Royal Hotel
16:34with a bucket of water
16:36and a bale of hay.
16:37Didn't half make a mess
16:37of the carpets.
16:41It was before I met
16:42your mother, of course.
16:43And try not to worry
16:44about Mrs Block.
16:45Just explain that it was
16:46Todd who nicked the CDs.
16:48We're not talking
16:49reasonable grown-ups here.
16:51We're talking Bree's block.
16:53And you know what she's like.
16:55I don't care
16:56whose fault it was.
16:58You're both in detention
16:59for the next fortnight.
17:01And I'll be phoning
17:02your parents this morning
17:04to ask them to come in
17:05and talk to me
17:06about this incident.
17:07Now, get out of my sight,
17:09both of you.
17:12Well?
17:13Two weeks detention.
17:16Bummer.
17:17And she's calling
17:17our parents in?
17:19Double bummer.
17:20I'm walking dead.
17:22You're lucky you're walking.
17:23Yeah.
17:24Come on, turn on.
17:26Bree's block detention medal.
17:28Winner, Ben Simpson.
17:30Thanks, Barney.
17:32You're late.
17:33I'm finished.
17:34I want to work with you,
17:35young man.
17:36I think you're getting
17:37in with a bad set.
17:39Come on.
19:10I didn't know. I've had two hours of detention. I've had to go home. I've had to eat.
19:13Yeah, yeah, okay. But it's blooming hot in here, you know.
19:15Have you got the camera?
19:16Yep.
19:17Right, you ready, Barney?
19:18I've been ready for a quarter of an hour.
19:21Okay, let's do it.
19:22Yo!
19:23That's the one.
19:32Yep.
19:33Right.
19:33Get away from me, you city great thing.
19:56Go, go, go, go.
20:03Go, go, go.
20:08Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
20:15Evening, Mr Sivebottom.
20:30I think you and me should have a little chat.
20:33Okay.
20:34What about?
20:35I think you know what about.
20:37Don't you try playing the innocent with me because...
20:40Jenny's!
20:41Come on.
20:43Just coming, dear.
20:44We don't want to be late.
20:45For now, you can sweat.
20:50But let me just tell you one thing.
20:52You stay clear of Todd.
20:55Right?
20:56Right.
20:57Because if you don't, your life won't be worth living.
21:03Understood?
21:03Understood?
21:15Shall I get the 24-inch?
21:21Or the 36?
21:23Hmm?
21:24I am inclined towards the 36.
21:28Ben, Ben.
21:29What do you think, mate?
21:30Shall I get the 24-inch gnome?
21:33Or the 36?
21:35I don't know.
21:37Oh, come on.
21:37You're as bad as your mother.
21:39Look, this is important.
21:42A man's first gnome fountain is a turning point of his life.
21:46I can exhibit it.
21:48At the ideal gnome exhibition.
21:51Are you all right?
21:53Not really.
21:55I feel sick.
21:57Well, if you've been washing down chip butties without chocolate again,
21:59I'm not surprised.
22:01That's not what I meant.
22:03Fine.
22:05If that's the way you want it, I resign.
22:07Dr Gordon can't resign.
22:09I bumped into Mr Sidebottom on the way home.
22:12No wonder you feel sick.
22:13What's the point?
22:15He says he's going to have a little chat with me.
22:17Oh, yeah.
22:18Dr Gordon, I've got contacts in every hospital from here to Accrington.
22:24Are you threatening me?
22:26Dad!
22:26He said if I talked to Todd, my life wouldn't be worth living.
22:29A couple of phone calls, and I can have you blacklisted before the afternoon's out.
22:36I don't believe you'd do that.
22:38Try me.
22:40You swine!
22:41You don't want to talk to Todd, do you?
22:43No, but...
22:44Listen, listen.
22:45If Mr Sidebottom upsets you in any way, I'll set your mother on him.
22:50Oh, please, Dad.
22:51I'm serious.
22:52So am I.
22:53But you didn't see him.
22:55Ben!
22:56Ben!
22:56Doctor, I think we're losing him.
22:58Get me adrenaline.
22:58Pate the crash team.
22:59Put a line in.
23:02Everybody clear?
23:06We're going again.
23:07Clear!
23:07Ben, what is it?
23:10What happened to my boy?
23:12I'm sorry.
23:13We did our best, but it was no good.
23:37We did our best, but it was no good.
24:07We do our best boyfriend.
24:14Bye.
24:15Bye.
24:16Bye.
24:19Bye.
24:26Bye.
24:31Bye.
24:33Bye.