News:
a well-known bognor restaurant-owner disappeared
early this morning.
last seen in a mouse-brown overcoat,
suitably camouflaged,
they saw him catch a train.
man-in-the-street:
andquot;father of three its disgustingandquot;
andquot;such a horrible thing to doandquot;
Harold the barrel cut off his toes and he served them all for tea
andquot;canand't go farandquot;, andquot;he canand't go farandquot;.
andquot;hasnand't got a leg to stand onandquot;
andquot;he canand't go farandquot;.
man-on-the-spot:
iand'm standing in a doorway on the main square
tension is mounting
thereand's a restless crowd of angry people
man-on-the-council:
andquot;more than weand've ever seen.
- had to tighten up securityandquot;
Over to the scene at the town hall
the lord mayorand's ready to speak
lord mayor:
andquot;man of suspicion, you canand't last long, the british public is on our sideandquot;
british public:
andquot;canand't last longandquot;, andquot;you canand't last longandquot;.
andquot;said you couldnand't trust him, his brother was just the sameandquot;
andquot;you canand't last longandquot;.
harold:
if i was many miles from here,
iand'd be sailing in an open boat on the sea
instead iand'm on this window ledge,
with the whole world below
up at the window
look at the window...
mr.plod:
andquot;we can help youandquot;
plodand's chorus:
andquot;we can help youandquot;
mr. plod:
andquot;weand're all your friends, if you come on down and talk to us sonandquot;
harold:
you must be joking
take a running jump
The crowd was getting stronger and our harold getting weaker;
forwards, backwards, swaying side to side
fearing the very worst
they called his mother to the sight
upon the ledge beside him
his mother made a last request.
67-yr-old mrs barrel:
andquot;come off the ledge if your father were alive heand'd be very, very, very upset.
andquot;just canand't jump, you just canand't jumpandquot;
andquot;your shirtand's all dirty, thereand's a man here from the b.b.c.andquot;
andquot;you just canand't jumpandquot;
mr. plod:
andquot;we can help youandquot;
plodand's chorus:
andquot;we can help youandquot;
mr. plod:
andquot;weand're all your friends, if you come on down and talk to us harryandquot;
harold:
you must be joking.
take a running jump......
