The.Ballad.of.Wallis.Island.2025lish Subtitles

00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:28,♪ Oh, would you like
to hear a story ♪

00:01:28,588 --> 00:01:32,♪ About a man
who's tired of life? ♪

00:01:33,426 --> 00:01:37,♪ Rejected money,
love and glory ♪

00:01:38,306 --> 00:01:42,♪ To escape the city strife ♪

00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:47,♪ He found
an empty wild meadow ♪

00:01:47,482 --> 00:01:50,♪ To make a home
among the trees ♪

00:01:52,153 --> 00:01:56,♪ To lose his past,
to lose his shadow ♪

00:01:56,616 --> 00:02:00,♪ Face the sun
and find his peace ♪

00:02:00,203 --> 00:02:02,♪ But in the evening ♪

00:02:02,288 --> 00:02:05,♪ He hikes up the mountain ♪

00:02:05,375 --> 00:02:09,♪ To see the city lights ♪

00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:14,♪ Hears music
whispering around him ♪

00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:19,♪ And remembers his old life ♪

00:02:20,932 --> 00:02:22,Herb!

00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:33,♪ And though
he has his isolation ♪

00:02:34,696 --> 00:02:37,-♪ He has no peace of mind... ♪
-Um, okay.

00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:38,-Uh...
-Hello! Hello!

00:02:38,950 --> 00:02:41,-Is this-- Are we here?
-Herb!

00:02:42,453 --> 00:02:43,Herb!

00:02:45,039 --> 00:02:46,Herb!

00:02:48,793 --> 00:02:51,There he is! Herb McGwyer!

00:02:51,963 --> 00:02:53,I've g***t you on!

00:02:53,882 --> 00:02:55,I've g***t you on now, Herb!

00:02:57,677 --> 00:02:59,Fancy a listen?!

00:03:00,221 --> 00:03:02,First sign of madness.

00:03:03,099 --> 00:03:04,Dearie me.

00:03:04,517 --> 00:03:06,Oh! You made it okay?!

00:03:06,144 --> 00:03:07,I can't hear you!

00:03:07,812 --> 00:03:09,You g***t here okay?!

00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:11,Well, yeah, obviously.

00:03:11,065 --> 00:03:12,Of course you did!

00:03:13,276 --> 00:03:15,No nasty, uh...
the dreaded in-flight meal?

00:03:15,862 --> 00:03:17,Is there not, like,

00:03:17,197 --> 00:03:19,-a harbor... here?
-Is there not a harbor?

00:03:19,073 --> 00:03:20,Well, no!

00:03:20,533 --> 00:03:22,It's sort of nature's harbor,
really.

00:03:22,118 --> 00:03:23,-It's, um...
-Okay--

00:03:23,703 --> 00:03:25,I can kind of carry you
through the shallows.

00:03:25,538 --> 00:03:27,-Um, can you maybe, um...
-I'm Charles.

00:03:27,415 --> 00:03:28,-Charles Heath.
-...take a bag?

00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:29,-Of course.
-Thanks.

00:03:29,959 --> 00:03:31,Take it.

00:03:31,169 --> 00:03:33,Load me up.
Load me up, buttercup.

00:03:33,504 --> 00:03:35,-There it is. The old axe.
-Quickly, please. It's heavy.

00:03:35,465 --> 00:03:37,-That's fantastic.
-Can you take it, please?

00:03:37,091 --> 00:03:38,-Of course. Absolutely.
-Thank you.

00:03:38,885 --> 00:03:40,Yes, please. The axe.

00:03:42,430 --> 00:03:44,-Love that.
-Okay. S-So...

00:03:44,182 --> 00:03:45,Massive fan of your work,
obviously.

00:03:45,892 --> 00:03:47,-So what do I do? -Thanks
for coming. Oh, I'll grab this.

00:03:47,894 --> 00:03:50,No, no, no, no, no! No!

00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:52,Herb. Okay.

00:03:52,232 --> 00:03:54,Right. Here.
I'm so sorry, Herb.

00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,-Get my-- Can you get my bag?!
-Get everything, isn't it?

00:03:56,236 --> 00:03:58,Get everything. Keep it dry.

00:03:58,112 --> 00:03:59,-Okay, we're good. Close--
-We're good?

00:03:59,822 --> 00:04:02,Well, "close shave," I was
going to say, not "we're good."

00:04:02,951 --> 00:04:04,Right. Are you all right?

00:04:04,369 --> 00:04:05,-You're wet. Oh, bugger me.
-No. I mean, I...

00:04:06,037 --> 00:04:07,It's 'cause I was...

00:04:07,205 --> 00:04:09,pissing about with the guitar.

00:04:09,582 --> 00:04:12,Oh, I'm so s--
Welcome to Wallis Island.

00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:15,You don't travel light,
do you, you musicians?

00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:20,Well, this is the island.

00:04:20,718 --> 00:04:23,I shall show you around it
as we go along, really.

00:04:26,015 --> 00:04:28,We have actually met, Herb.

00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:30,You may not, um...

00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:31,Colchester Corn Exchange.

00:04:31,896 --> 00:04:35,-Come on.
-The glamour. Stage door, 2008.

00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:37,My, um...

00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:39,Marie, a woman about...

00:04:39,696 --> 00:04:41,yea high,

00:04:41,239 --> 00:04:43,and a man about...

00:04:43,074 --> 00:04:44,well, me, so...

00:04:45,034 --> 00:04:46,with her.

00:04:47,662 --> 00:04:48,Um...

00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:50,Yeah, I meet a lot of people.

00:04:50,331 --> 00:04:52,Course you do. Popular man.

00:04:53,167 --> 00:04:54,Popular man.

00:04:57,088 --> 00:04:58,How far is it?

00:04:58,089 --> 00:04:59,-Huh?
-How far is it?

00:04:59,465 --> 00:05:01,Oh, not too far.

00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:07,Can they not send a car?

00:05:09,058 --> 00:05:11,-They?
-Um, Wallis Lodge,

00:05:11,102 --> 00:05:13,-my hotel.
-Wallis Lodge, my house?

00:05:14,981 --> 00:05:16,And your hotel. Yes, exactly.

00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:17,This week.

00:05:17,942 --> 00:05:20,A hotel in all but name.

00:05:20,194 --> 00:05:21,And, um...

00:05:21,237 --> 00:05:24,and, um, facilities.

00:05:25,366 --> 00:05:26,-You...
-You?

00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:28,I-I need to call my people.

00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:29,Ooh.

00:05:30,038 --> 00:05:30,Love that.

00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:32,Calling his people.

00:05:42,008 --> 00:05:43,My humble abode.

00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:54,Ooh, no, you don't need
to take your shoes off, Herb.

00:05:54,437 --> 00:05:55,Well, they're soaked.

00:05:55,897 --> 00:05:57,Oh, yes. From the sea.

00:05:57,190 --> 00:06:00,Let's get you nice
and crisp and dry.

00:06:00,735 --> 00:06:03,I've g***t a world-class bath,
by the way.

00:06:03,696 --> 00:06:05,Yes.

00:06:05,239 --> 00:06:06,Lion's feet on it.

00:06:06,532 --> 00:06:09,Not real, of course,
but next best thing.

00:06:12,038 --> 00:06:14,Gig-wise,
it won't exactly be Glasto.

00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:16,Glastonbury.

00:06:16,125 --> 00:06:17,Uh, yeah, that's-that's fine.

00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,--I mean,
I much prefer, you know,

00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:21,intimate gigs.

00:06:21,297 --> 00:06:22,Oh, God, yeah.

00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:28,Um, how many?

00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:29,-People?
-Yeah.

00:06:29,555 --> 00:06:31,Well, less than a hundred.

00:06:33,726 --> 00:06:36,-Perfect.
-Perfect.

00:06:36,813 --> 00:06:37,Yeah.

00:06:39,565 --> 00:06:40,Bloody good effort this, Herb.

00:06:40,983 --> 00:06:44,Coming all the way out here
without your roadies.

00:06:44,195 --> 00:06:46,-Just an acoustic set.
-Eh.

00:06:46,239 --> 00:06:48,Why waste the money?
Quite right.

00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:51,-Well, no, I didn't--
-Which brings me on

00:06:51,077 --> 00:06:53,to the thorny issue of payment.

00:06:53,955 --> 00:06:57,-Hmm. -Oh, yeah,
we don't need to do that now.

00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:01,It's bloody unseemly, in't it?

00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:08,-Cash?
-Yes.

00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:10,Now, what I thought I'd do
is give you

00:07:10,805 --> 00:07:12,£50 now

00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:14,and the other £499,
00:07:14,642 --> 00:07:16,on completion of the gig.

00:07:16,769 --> 00:07:18,If my maths is correct.

00:07:21,315 --> 00:07:22,Okay.

00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:24,Oh.

00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:29,A cool half million.

00:07:29,115 --> 00:07:31,Should keep you in guitar
strings for a couple of years,

00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:32,you bloody mercenary.

00:07:32,660 --> 00:07:34,-Well, hang on. That's not...
-No, I'm just--

00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:35,...the reason
I'm doing the gig.

00:07:35,621 --> 00:07:36,No. No, no, no. No, no, no.

00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:38,This is all jokes.

00:07:38,624 --> 00:07:39,I'm just joking.

00:07:39,876 --> 00:07:40,Jokes included.

00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,It's just, um...

00:07:42,462 --> 00:07:44,I-I'm not really used
to having guests.

00:07:44,130 --> 00:07:46,I'm just trying to get some
atmos going.

00:07:46,549 --> 00:07:47,Uh, there's a case in point--

00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:49,I've made myself a tea
and not you.

00:07:51,888 --> 00:07:54,Yeah, look,
can I get changed, please?

00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,-It's-- I'm drenched.
-You are.

00:07:56,225 --> 00:07:58,Dame Judi.

00:07:58,144 --> 00:08:00,Dame Judi Drenched.

00:08:05,651 --> 00:08:08,Not many musicians
come to the island, Herb.

00:08:08,529 --> 00:08:10,For obvious reasons,

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