School For Traitors
Teleplay by James Mitchell
Directed by Jonathan Alwyn
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Minutiæ
(10:47) Claire tell Roberts that Lynch made out a cheque to £220 but wrote "two hundred and twenty guineas" so no bank would accept it. She obviously fluffed her line, because 200 guineas is £210 - whereas 220 guineas is, of course, £231 : l.220 s.220 d.-.
Later on (39:00) she gets it right and tells East the cheque is for 200 guineas, which is £210, not £220 as written on the cheque (l.200 s.200 d.- = l.210).
Claire orders Venus to leave the letter from Davis behind the noticeboard at the foot of staircase no. 2 of St. Luke's college at 11pm.
Claire's face cream contained trichloroacetic acid.
28:18 - Julie stumbles over her lines and introduces Steed to Roberts with the words:
"This is a friend of mine, John Steed.
[looks at Roberts] John Steed, Jeff -
[looks at Steed] John Steed, this is Jeff Roberts."
The other actors are grinning their heads off and Macnee wickedly says, "Jeff Steed this is Jeff? Anyway, marvellous, how do you do? Call me Bert."
35:55 - Melissa Stribling calls Jeff Roberts 'Jack' by mistake.
The police tells Shanklin that Roberts died of an overdose of phenobarbital.
Venus sings the end of "The Varsity Drag" [0:13, 0:19 long] with the Kenny Powell trio and the calypso standard "Yellow Bird" accompanied by John Standing [26:00, 0:36 long] until she is interrupted by Roberts, Ted (Standing) continues to whistle and play the guitar. She later sings "Put on a Happy Face" [31:15, 1:00 long] with the trio. The trio also performs snippets of "Tea for Two Cha Cha" (from No, No, Nanette) [32:16, 0:50 long] and a Powell composition called "Boogie Twist".
Kenny Powell was a mainstream Jazz pianist who worked with the Jack Parnell Orchestra at Ronnie Scott's in London. He was a member of the resident rhythm section at The Hopbine - a pub in Wembley run by the tenorist Tommy Whittle and vocalist Barbara Jay through the 1960s - alongside drummer Dick Brennan and the virtuoso bassist Ron Matthewson. Tubby Hayes used the Hopbine trio when recording an album in 1966. Powell emigrated to Australia in 1972 and was later musical director for Kamahl and arranger for Bob Barnard. He replaced Dave Lee and appeared alongside Dave's rhythm section of Art Morgan and Spike Heatley in this episode after Dave left 'The Avengers' to do other work; Spike and Art followed Dave, and Kenny is supported by Lew Grade's in-house ATV orchestra leader, Jack Parnell and his regular bassist, Lennie Bush - with whom he played at Ronnie Scott's - for Man in the Mirror and A Chorus of Frogs.
The Songs
Lyrics in blue italic are not sung by Julie, or inaudible.Lyrics in red italic have been adapted or ad libbed.
Buddy De Sylva, Lew Brown
/ Ray Henderson, 1927
We've always thought
Knowledge is naught,
We should be taught to dance,
Right here at Tate
we're up to date,
We teach a great new dance,
don't think that I brag,
I speak of the drag.
Why should a sheikh
learn how to speak
Latin and Greek badly?
Give him a neat
Motto complete
Say it with feet gladly!
First lesson right now,
You'll love it and how you'll love it:
Here is the drag, see how it goes,
Down on the heels, up on the toes,
That's the way to do the Varsity Drag,
Do-dee-odle-oh-do!
Hotter than hot, newer than new,
Meaner than mean, bluer than blue,
Gets as much applause as waving the flag!
You can pass many a class,
Whether you're dumb or wise,
If you'll all answer the call
when your professor cries:
"Everybody down on the heels, up on the toes,
Stay after school and learn how it goes,
Everybody do the varsity drag!
From the musical "Good News"
Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith Bergman
/ Norman Luboff, 1957
Yellow bird, way up in banana tree.
Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me.
Did your lady friend leave the nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.
You must fly away, in the sky away.
You're more lucky than me.
I also had a pretty girl, she's not with me today.
They're all the same those pretty girls.
Take tenderness, then they fly away.
Yellow Bird, yellow bird.
Did your lady friend leave the nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.
You must fly away, in the sky away.
You're more lucky than me.
Wish that I were a yellow bird, I'd fly away with you.
But I am not a yellow bird, So here I sit.
Nothing I can do.
Yellow bird, yellow bird.
Lee Adams & Charles Strouse, 1960
adapted Kenny Powell/Julie Stevens, 1962
Gray skies are gonna clear up,
Put on a happy face;
Brush off the clouds and cheer up,
Put on a happy face.
Take off the gloomy mask of tragedy,
It's not your style;
You'll look so good that you'll be glad
Ya' decided to smile!
Pick out a pleasant outlook,
Stick out that noble chin;
Wipe off that "full of doubt" look,
Slap on a happy grin!
And spread sunshine all over the place,
Just put on a happy, happy, HAPPY!, Put on a happy face!
Put on a happy face
Put on a happy face
And if you're feeling cross and bitterish
Don't sit and whine
Think of banana split and licorice
And you'll feel fine
I knew a girl so glooming
She'd never laugh or sing
She wouldn't listen to me
Now she's a mean old thing
So spread sunshine all over the place
Just put on a happy face
So, put on a happy face
From the musical 'Bye, Bye Birdie'
