Edward Cooper: B.B.C. Official
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B.B.C. Official : General, I'm afraid we've been having a little trouble about your broadcast.
Clive Candy : Well, I'm used to trouble - I'm a soldier.
B.B.C. Official : Yes. The authorities think that's it's a little ill-timed and might be better postponed.
Clive Candy : Think it's 'a little ill-timed'? Who's been saying that?
B.B.C. Official : Well general, you know, in times of war...
Clive Candy : Don't talk to me about war!
B.B.C. Official : No, of course, that would be... grotesque...
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Clive Candy : I've been serving my country for 44 years. What was your position before this one, sir, eh?
B.B.C. Official : A lawyer.
Clive Candy : A lawyer? Well, I was a soldier. And before that I suppose you were at college, and I was a soldier. And I was a soldier when you were a baby. And before you were born, sir, when you were nothing but a toss-up between a girl's and a boy's name, I was a soldier then.
