Libel

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LIBEL:

Directed by.

London, in 1959.

- Gotta match?

- No. I'm sorry, I don't smoke.

- Hello boy.

- Pinka.

- Pink. Thank you.

- Hello, is this yours?

- Yes, he is always doing that.

- He is very friendly.

Don't you believe it.

He bit a man last week.

I'm glad, he is in a better

mood tonight.

Come on.

Good boy.

- On top form tonight Fred?

- I can't do a thing right.

- Good evening, Betty!

- Hello Maisie!

- Would you care for a drink?

- Thanks. I usually have a gin and tonic.

Good. A gin and tonic and a beer, please?

Coming up!

- Are you in town for long?

- No, just two days between clients.

- Have you been to London before?

- Yes, yes.

- I was here during the war.

- Really?

Hey Maisie, I haven't seen you

for days. How have you been?

- Three and three, sir.

- Thank you.

- Gin!

- Thank you. Cheers!

- Cheers!

- Look Maisie...

This is the BBC Television Service.

Tonight in our series, 'Historic

Country Houses'

we are privileged to visit Ingworth,

the home of Sir Mark Loddon.

You join us in one of the loveliest

Elizabethan houses in England.

And here tonight welcome us

Sir Mark and Lady Loddon.

Now Sir Mark, if you will, we'd like you

first of all, to tell us something about

the house and its history.

I think your family has

always lived here, in Ingworth.

Yes, ever since it was built in 1580.

It's a record we rather proud of. The

family built it and we still live here.

Would you like to come on the grand tour?

Very much.

Hey boys, we're missing

the big fight.

Charlie, switch it over.

Excuse me sir.

- Hey, switch that back, will you?

- Leave it Charlie?

- Look, I've got to see that program.

- Well, you ain't gonna see in here, mate.

That's enough sir. I don't want

any trouble here.

- He's got him cold.

- I've got a dollar on him.

- Do you live near here?

- Well yes, just around the corner.

- I share a flat with a girlfriend.

- Good.

What are you getting at?

Nothing doing.

- No No. Have you got a television set?

- What?

Have you got a television set?

Here we are, it's over there.

Doesn't this darn thing work?

- Give it a chance to warm up.

- All right, then. Come on, come on.

Oh, I don't know

what all the fuss is about.

One TV program is same

as any other.

It's quite a great deal these days

maintaining Ingworth.

Yes, if we didn't open the house

to the public at weekends,

and certain other holidays, we shouldn't

able to afford to live here, anyway.

You are the seventh baronet, aren't you?

Yes, I am.

That's the first one there,

Sir John Loddon.

You know it's quite remarkable

after all these years.

- The family like this, I mean.

- Do you think I like him?

- Yes, you got the Loddon face.

- Can't see it myself.

One's a very bad judge

of one's own face.

Oh, yes, darling, he is just like you.

Except for the weight.

- You really want to watch it?

- Shhh...

What a splendid room.

But we hardly ever use it.

Not really since the war.

Of course, you were a prisoner

of war Mark, weren't you?

Yes, I was taken prisoner

at Dunkirk.

When were you released?

I escaped just before the end of the war.

Just in time for the celebrations.

I was in no condition to celebrate,

I was in hospital for 6 months.

Oh... That's lovely, isn't it?

And then you were discharged from

the army and got married soon afterwards.

That's right, yes.

And your son was born in the following

year? - Yes, on Christmas day.

- Are we going to see him tonight?

- Oh, I'm afraid not.

He is asleep in his nursery.

At least, I hope he is.

I dare say, a lot of famous people

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