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But what kind of sad act is gonna

be free on a Saturday night

with no day's notice?

Bravo.

My God. it's Charlotte. Who?

?t was my first love. Where?

There. Under the ?'exit?' sign.

- The old woman?

- No, not the old woman.

The astonishing blonde.

The one with the dark hair?

No, blonde.

Blonde means

blonde hair, doesn't it?

Off the stage.

Okay, you stay there.

I mean it, stay!

Charlotte.

My God. Tim.

How fabulous to see you.

Wow. I... This is

my girlfriend Tina.

No.

That is so brilliant.

Well, hello, Tina.

Why is it brilliant?

Well, you know. There are certain moments

in your life that scar you for life.

Charlotte's rejection of me

was one of those moments,

but now I know she's

got a ?'girlfriend, ?' well,

that's just a huge burden

suddenly lifted off my mind.

I can be a confident

heterosexual all over again.

Not that kind of girlfriend.

What?

You think I'm gay?

No.

No, of course not.

No. it's girl friend.

Yes. No. Wow.

Yeah, friend who is a girl,

which you so clearly are.

I'm just gonna go and get my

boyfriend, who is a boy...

My God. Tim.

How lovely to see you.

Look at you. Wow.

This is my girlfriend Tina.

Hello, Tina.

Although you should be

a little careful

with that, by the way.

There are still quite a lot of

us old fashioned types about

who interpret

?'girlfriend?'as meaning ?'gay.?'

So if you say that Tina's your girlfriend,

people will assume that you're ?'gay.?'

I am ?'gay.?'

Are you?

Do you have

a problem with that?

No, I don't. I love that stuff.

I'm just gonna...

Wow.

I've just seen the girl who broke

my heart three summers ago.

Let's go say hello.

No. Best let sleeping dogs lie.

Come on.

Best night of my life.

I always love this area.

?t's so bustling and I mean

those pictures, full of colour.

Just makes me so happy when I'm

round here, all the colour... Tim.

Charlotte!

Tim, how lovely to see you.

What a surprise.

Wow. Sorry. This is

my girlfriend, Tina.

She's gay. Shut up.

Hello, Tina.

Look at you!

?t just never

even occurred to me

you existed

outside of Cornwall.

We're about to

go and get dinner,

but it would be great

to hang out sometime.

Yeah, sure. I'd love that.

Send my love to little Kit Kat.

How is she?

She's okay. She's not finding

London totally easy actually.

Right. Well, Jimmy says

he sees her sometimes.

Really? Since when?

You knew there was

always something there.

Sorry, you are?

Very well, thank you.

Well, she means your name.

Roger. No, it's not.

No, it's not. it's Rory.

Nice to meet you, Rory. Yeah.

Right. Sorry,

we should get going.

?t was really great to see you.

I'll see you soon.

You, too. Yeah.

Bye.

God, she is beautiful.

She's so beautiful, if you had sex

with her, you'd die. You'd just die.

You'd open her shirt, see her breasts

and your eyes would explode.

You'd have to have sex with her blind.

And then you'd die.

You notice she didn't

give me her number...

I told Tina to go have dinner on her own.

Are you hungry?

Yeah. Of course. Great.

Bye, Roger.

Yeah, excellent.

Thanks again for the play. Triumph.

Where do you wanna go?

Well, wherever you like really.

I can't compete.

You know,

I'm starting to think we slightly

wasted that summer holiday.

?f we could

travel back in time,

maybe I wouldn't have said no.

I'm...

I'm just staying

round the corner.

Can you walk me home?

Yeah.

Yeah? Yeah, of course, yeah.

Well, here we are.

it's a lot nicer

inside.

I'm sure it is.

So... So...

So...

So,

lovely

to see you, Charlotte.

What a night.

Total joy, but I've gotta

get back

because there's something very important

that I have to do. Right now.

Wake up. Wake up. What?

Mary.

Would you like to marry me?

Shh.

Don't be so selfish,

I'm sleeping. it's bad.

Right.

That went very well.

Wake up.

What?

Wake up. Come and have a chat.

Why?

I've got something

important to ask you.

Can't it wait till morning?

Not really.

But I'm so comfy.

I was having

the loveliest dream.

What is it?

Why is there music on?

?t's got something to do

with what I want to ask you.

Wait a minute.

Romantic music.

Guy with important question.

Are you on your knees?

On his knees.

Were you so bored in

the play you decided

to ask me to

marry you afterwards?

Something like that.

Yeah. Exactly that.

In fact,

will you marry me?

Any thoughts on the answer?

?'Yes??' ?'No??' ?'Get out of my life,

loser.?' They're all possible.

I think I'll go for

?'yes.?'

Thank you for asking me.

And thank you for not going for one

of those melodramatic proposals

with lots of people around.

I hate other people.

Me, too.

Yeah.

I'm just gonna

turn off the radio.

Okay. Good idea.

Thanks, guys.

Sorry, she's a bit tired.

But we really appreciate it.

Can you go?

Wow!

That's so beautiful.

I don't think we'll be staying

in the same room, somehow.

Really?

?f they offer you tea,

just say no.

Hello.

Mum, this is Mary.

Mary! Hi.

Good Lord, you're pretty.

No, it's just

I've got a lot of

mascara and lipstick on.

Let's have a look.

Yes. Good.

?t's very bad for

a girl to be too pretty.

?t stops her developing a sense of humour.

Or a personality.

Tea?

I'd love a cup of tea.

Christ,

that's the whole day gone.

She's a very special guest.

Cup without the crack.

Skipping stones.

They've been doing this

since he was about this high.

And what are your faults?

I mean, little weaknesses.

I...

Well, I'm very insecure.

Sweet.

Okay. I've a very

bad temper sometimes.

Crucial. How else are you gonna

get a fella to

do what you want?

And, of course, I have...

I have a weakness for your son.

So do I.

But best not to tell him.

Don't want him getting cocky.

Pow!

I'm so good

without the ball. Pow!

What do you think of her?

I like her more

than you already.

Look, I'd forgotten this.

Jimmy Fontana Il Mondo.

Greatest record ever

recorded by an ltalian

who looks like he's got a

dead badger on his head.

And you've got the album.

Yes!

Check out those specs!

Come on, on with the game!

Right.

And what an extraordinary

game this is.

For the first time

a father and son

are playing each other

in the World Table

Tennis Final and

neither of them are Chinese.

Tremendous play from the old

World Champion and his son,

the first openly ginger

British table tennis player

but there are signs the

youngster's beginning to crack.

There are tears in his eyes.

There are not!

There soon will be!

Hey.

Hey!

I didn't know you were here.

Yeah. I just

popped down for a while.

Okay.

What about the job?

So how long have you been here?

Couple of weeks.

Gosh! So, life in London...

Horrid.

Okay.

Is Mary here?

Yes.

Where? Downstairs.

You be gentle.

Be gentle!

Careful!

Yeah, nice to see you, too. I'm

trying to make a good impression...

Yeah, you make a good impression.

Right, sorry. Sorry.

I've got an important

announcement to make.

Exciting.

We've decided, after a little

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