Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger (2025) Movie Script

1
That was a clip
from the recent documentary
about the founding of this country's
first-ever community bank.
Yeah, the Bank of Dave.
In the studio, we have Dave himself.
All the way from Burnley. Hey!
- So good to have you, Dave.
- Good to be here. Thanks for inviting me.
So when did you have the first idea
for the Bank of Dave?
Well, it was during the financial crisis.
I'd built up a...
Well, it's a good business,
selling vans and minibuses
but, a lot of my customers and friends,
they were struggling.
These were people that I believed in
so I lent them my own money.
Sure enough, they got back on their feet,
and paid me back.
Some of them asked me to invest some
of the extra money that they'd made,
but for that, I needed to be a bank.
Which you named after yourself.
Well, in my defense,
calling it the Bank of Dave,
that were my wife Nicky's idea.
She's been behind me all the way on this.
She's been brilliant.
So how did I do?
Do you really need me
to feed your ego, Dave?
Yes.
- You did great.
- Thank you.
Can we go home now?
We can get shot of London, but we still
got the radio show in Manchester to do.
- So...
- Oh!
Who knew being famous was this tiring?
Oh, give over.
Anyone calls for Dave?
Let's go to Mavis from Salford.
What would you like to ask, Mavis?
Thanks for taking my call, Graham.
You're very welcome.
Mr. Fishwick.
Dave, please. Make me sound like
I've done something wrong.
Right. Hello, Dave.
So tell me this.
If I borrowed 200 quid from your bank,
how much would I owe you in a year's time?
Well, we charge
different interest rates
depending on what you can afford.
But, on average, it's just under 8%.
So if my math is right,
you'd owe 216 quid in a year's time.
Right.
And what about late payment fees?
No, no. So long as you got a good reason,
we don't charge them.
That's nice.
I just wanted to tell you.
Twelve and a bit months ago
I borrowed 200 quid
from one of them
payday loan companies, QuickDough.
They've got adverts on the TV
and their name across footballers' shirts.
So I knew they were legit.
So you borrowed 200.
How much do you owe now?
1,480.34.
You're... you're kidding me?
I wish I was.
I'm on a pension.
There's no way I can afford that.
Hang on. You're telling me
they've charged you...
...6,000% interest?
Plus late payment fees.
Whoa.
Sorry. That's bloody criminal,
is what it is.
You're right, Dave.
I was thinking you should do something.
Me?
Look.
I'm just Dave from Burnley.
I do what I can.
I've loaned 40 million quid,
and created jobs...
Forty million?
That lot have lent
over a billion and a half.
That's thousands and thousands
of vulnerable people
all across this country
who've been taken advantage of.
You say you want to help ordinary people.
Well, what about us? We need help.
Mavis, thank you.
That's all we've got time for, Dave.
Thanks for joining us.
No. Thanks for having me.
And I hear you found somebody new
And that I never meant
That much to you
To hear that tears me up inside
And to see you cuts me like a knife
And I guess every rose has its thorn
Go on, everybody!
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy
Sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn
Thank you.
Well done, Dave. Well done!
Thank you!
- Nice one, Dave.
- Cheers, Jeff.
- Hey, question for you.
- Yeah?
Have you ever had any dealings
with them payday loan companies?
What? QuickDough and Snapcash Advance
and the like?
- Yeah, them's the one.
- No chance.
You know how much interest
them bastards charge?
A lot more than the Bank of Dave,
that's for sure.
I'm trying to find
out more about them.
Do you think of
anyone who might help?
Ah, yeah.
Oliver, over there,
volunteers at Citizens Advice.
He's an accountant,
so deals with a lot of folk
with money problems.
- Oliver, you said?
- Yeah.
- Thanks, Jeff.
- No worries.
- Oliver?
- Yeah.
Hi, I'm Dave.
Oliver. Hi, Dave.
You're from Bank of Dave?
Guilty as charged.
All right, we've got Zoe.
Where's Zoe? Zoe?
- Nice to meet you.
- Is that you?
Look, Jeff tells me that
you do some work with Citizens Advice.
Yeah.
Have you ever met people
who got problems with payday loans?
Well, yeah. Hundreds.
Right here in Burnley, it's like a plague.
You know Ray, right?
Uh-huh.
Well, his marriage broke up
after he took out two of them loans
without telling his wife.
Is that what happened?
And that's Billy and Ted Heald.
The brothers took out a loan
from Snapcash Advance
just to try and make payroll.
- Ended up closing the shop?
- Yeah.
And it's not just here.
Across the whole country,
thousands are being driven into poverty.
I don't understand this.
How are these companies
getting away with it?
Well, it's our government's idea
of business friendly regulations,
which basically translates as
helping out their rich mates.
Zoe's mom was forced to sell her car.
She's still way behind
on her loan payments.
I know...
I know I want to do
something about this. I just...
Just not sure what.
Right. Well...
Someone like you, Dave,
you've got a chance
to make a huge difference.
And whatever I can do to...
Just let me know, and I'll be there.
- Thanks, pal.
- Yeah.
When your day is night alone
Hold on
If you feel like letting go
Are you googling again?
I was.
I'm reading an article
about payday lending companies now.
Cup of tea?
Mmm... Love one.
Hey, what about that singer last night?
Yeah, unbelievable.
I've never heard the like.
I have to take singing lessons
before I get up there again.
Aw.
Hello, this is Jessica.
Jessica? Jessica Morea?
Top finance writer?
This is Dave Fishwick here.
Do I know you?
No, but, I'm Dave
from the Bank of Dave.
The what?
I set up the Bank of Dave.
Is that a real thing?
Yeah, it's a bank.
Oh! No kidding.
Okay. Okay. How can I help you?
Oh, I just read your articles
on the payday lending companies.
They're fantastic.
Thank you.
Yeah. And I want to get
all them companies closed down...
Well, they pretty much already are.
I mean, mostly.
- Are they?
- Mm-hmm.
Hmm. Well, not in the UK.
If anything they're getting worse
and I want to stop them.
Okay.
Well, how do you plan on doing that?
I've not got a clue.
That's what I'm talking to you about.
Okay. I mean, I guess you'd have
to put pressure on the authorities,
but it could take a really long time.
We haven't got time. This...
There are thousands and thousands
of ordinary people suffering.
That can't wait for the authorities
to get off their asses.
We need to do something about it now.
Yeah. I agree.
And I hear you, but I don't know what.
Hmm. Nor do I.
If I paid for your flights and your
accommodation, would you come over here?
Where is here?
Burnley.
Burnley? I've never heard of it.
No? It's in Lancashire.
England.
Oh! Oh, that is a ways away.
Listen, um,
I'm really grateful for the offer,
but, um, I don't do a lot of traveling.
Basically from my apartment to
the office, and I don't even like that.
- I don't even like to do that.
- Will you at least think about it?
I could really do with your help
and your insight on this.
And who knows? You might even get
a good story for your paper.
I could.
Yeah, but it's not gonna be by me.
Sorry. Um, good luck with that anyway.
Bye-bye.
I don't really see this blockchain
currency thing taking off.
Trust me,
it's going to be huge in a few years.
Yeah, well, you say that here.
I just... I don't buy it.
And these other proposals...
High-velocity trading algorithms,
quantitative easing safeguards.
They're just so cerebral.
What we need are human interest stories
our readers can relate to.
Yeah. I don't really excel, you know,
working with other people.
Look. You're a good writer, Jessica.
The payday lenders series was great.
So go home and come up with
something else like that. Something new.
And then we can talk about getting you
another short-term contract.
Okay.
What about a story
about the victims of payday lenders?
- Well, are there any?
- Yeah.
Yeah. I mean, in other countries.
In England there's thousands.
Aren't you always looking for stories
with international dimension?
Yeah.
Okay. I'd buy it as a one-off.
Okay.
But you just said
you're not good with other people.
I can change.
Okay.
Is that Jessica?
Guess what? I'm coming.
You will? Oh!
Fantastic! Right.
I am booking your flights now
and I'm sending them over to you.
When you get here, hop on the train.
I'll pick you up at the station.
B-U-R-N-L-E-Y,
a.k.a., the center of the bloody universe.
Okay, great. I'll see you soon.
- Fantastic!
- Bye.
- Jessica!
- Hey!
Ah! Recognized you from your byline.
I'm Dave. This is my wife, Nicky.
- Hi! Good trip?
- Hi! Yeah, thank you.
You must be knackered.
I'm okay.
- Let me take that for you.
- Thanks.
We put you in a nice hotel in town,
but first, if you don't mind,
I'd like to show you Burnley.
- Okay.
- You lucky thing.
I'm so sorry that happened to you.
But we will help you
get through this, okay?
It's okay, just take a breath.
It's gonna be all right.
Look, um, I need to take a look
at all the paperwork.
So I could pop by and
pick it up, if you'd like.
Or you can come into the offices and
we can have a chat and a cup of tea.
Okay, great.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Bye.
A hundred years ago
there were 99,000 looms
powered by 11 coal mines
that worked around the clock
right where the town center is now.
- All but one are closed down now.
- Yeah. Along with all the big factories.
Michelin over there.
They were the last to go, 20 years ago.
Now we've got industrial estates
and business parks,
but fewer and fewer jobs
for unskilled workers.
Where's the Bank of Dave?
Oh. Too small to see from up here.
But you can see some of the things
we put our money into.
That's the new sports center.
There, that's the walk-in free clinic.
In that street,
we've put money into six shops and,
seven in the street behind.
- Eight now. Yeah.
- Is it?
Wow. That's impressive.
Just a drop in the ocean
in the big scheme of things.
We do what we can.
You should probably get some rest.
We'll drop you at the hotel.
We'll get cracking
first thing in the morning, shall we?
Okay.
Where is this place?
- Whoa!
- Oh my God!
Shit!
Oh shit! Shit! Shit!
Bollocks.
Shit.
Um, oh!
Oh my God!
- What the hell?
- Are you okay?
No! You almost ran me over.
- Yeah. Well, you weren't looking, so...
- I wasn't looking? You're the one driving.
Right. Yes.
Shall I call an ambulance?
No. You don't need to call an
ambulance. But you did almost kill me.
Right.
Oh! What... What's wrong?
I think, yeah,
I'm definitely having a panic attack.
Okay. Well, put your head between
your knees or something, right?
Okay.
Take a deep breath.
Are you okay?
Yep. Oh!
Okay.
Thank you. I'm...
I'm fine now, so...
Right. Hey, just... Just wait a minute
before you get in the car.
And when you do, like,
just try not to kill anyone, maybe?
Okay.
Have a nice day.
Yeah, right. You too.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
- Hey, Dave.
- You all right?
Aside from nearly
getting run over, yeah.
Well,
should we get you checked out?
Are you trying to rub it on my face
you have free healthcare in this country?
Well,
if you're sure you're all right.
Jealous, but all right. Thank you.
You ready for some payday loan 101?
- Hit me.
- Okay.
So there's about ten million people
who take out payday loans
every year in the UK.
There's about 250 companies
that help with that, right?
The big ones are
Quick Dough, Snapcash Advance,
and they really corner the market
75 to 85%.
But it turns out they're just subsidiaries
of the bigger companies.
And those companies are run
by companies in America
based in New Jersey,
but they're banned from doing
business there, so they set up shop here,
where there's easy pickings
and way less regulation.
- New Jersey?
- Yeah.
All right. So we're talking
about Tony bloody Soprano.
Oh, no. You make it sound glamorous.
It's not. This is not TV.
And there's nothing glamorous
about Carlo Mancini.
Who's Carlo Mancini?
This guy Carlo Mancini who owns
the Colleridge Financial Services.
How about this? He's been a suspect
in nine criminal cases.
Including murder and racketeering.
He's never been convicted.
Local law enforcement and the FBI?
Well, they've tried.
He has friends in really high places.
So, you know, he tries to keep
on the right side of the law.
- Here and in the US.
- Oh! Oliver!
Oh crap!
Where you going?
I...
I can't stay.
She hates me. I almost hit her.
That was you?
What did she say?
Nothing. Come on.
Jessica, Oliver. Oliver, Jessica.
- That's your name?
- Yeah.
Pleased to meet you.
Again.
Jessica has been telling me about
the top dogs in payday lending.
Basically, they're a bunch of criminals
feathering their own nests,
and I want it to stop.
They're taking advantage
of this country's loopholes
to destroy whole communities.
They're making threats,
sending in the bailiffs,
making people's lives a living hell.
They're loan sharks, plain and simple.
And that's illegal.
We just need to prove it in court.
And for that, we need to gather evidence
from the people
who've taken out these loans.
On their own, people in power
won't take a blind bit of notice.
But together,
they might just be a force
to be reckoned with.
Well, I know Zoe's mom's had problems,
so we can certainly
try and talk to her.
And we've had a lot of
calls at Citizens Advice
about payday loans, so...
I can reach out and see if any
of them are willing to talk to us.
Great.
Do you two think you can work together?
- Yeah. I do...
- I don't see why not.
Smashing.
Let's get this party started.
Great, thanks.
I'll be there in the next hour.
No, it won't take up more
than a couple of minutes of your time.
Hi.
I'm here to call a truce.
Yes. Thank you.
I'm sorry about the...
- But thank you.
- Yeah.
Anyway, I didn't realize there were so
many victims of these companies here.
Yeah, yeah. I'm actually off
to see two of them now.
Oh, really? Can I go with you?
Yeah. Sure.
Wait. Are you driving?
I mean, we could take a taxi.
There's a rank just a few streets away.
I'm kidding.
Just giving you grief. Let's go.
Right.
- It's this one over here.
- Okay.
So you have kids? You married? What?
I'd rather not talk
about my personal life.
Fair enough. I wouldn't want
to talk about mine if I had one.
I love this part of Burnley.
They're beautiful homes, these.
You guys really love
your hometown, huh?
Hey.
Hey.
Mom!
We were just wondering if...
if you could tell us a bit about
the payday loan that you took out.
Eighteen months back.
Ray, my husband, Zoe's dad...
...left me.
So I got stuck
with a pile of bills that he'd...
forgotten to pay.
Gas, electric,
and the rest.
I was just in the middle of
getting them all sorted out when I...
I had a car accident.
It weren't even my fault.
That's when I found out
Ray hadn't paid the insurance either.
So I...
Thanks.
Thank you.
So I got stuck
with a 500 quid repair bill.
You should have come to me, Mom.
But I didn't.
I went to QuickDough.
I borrowed 600.
I planned to pay it back in a month,
but then...
All these other final demands
started coming in, so...
Mom, it's okay.
We'll find a way
to sort this all out. Yeah.
I owe close to 3,000.
How are we ever
going to be able to afford that?
Every few days we get...
...threatening letters.
Then... guys turn up at the door.
Big guys, you know.
You see it happen all around here.
They just take whatever they can.
Well, look...
we're hoping to change all that. Okay?
So we need as many people
as we can to testify.
In court?
Yes.
- Can you keep our names out of it?
- Sorry, but that would be difficult.
I'm in too much trouble as it is.
I can't afford to make it worse.
Yeah, I understand.
- Morning, Mary.
- Morning, Dave.
Hello, Dave.
- Hi, Rachel.
- How are you?
I'm good. Now, how about you? Huh?
I'm guessing
that you've come here about a loan.
We're trying to get as many people
as we can to testify. It'd be in court.
Is that something
you might be interested in doing?
We really wanna hear your story.
I'm sorry, I can't.
Come on, mate. Is this really necess...
Kirsten, hi, I'm Oliver.
We spoke on the phone.
We are sorry
you're going through all this.
I'd love to help.
But we need to put this all behind us
and get on with our lives.
If you change your mind,
will you let us know?
Yeah.
No. We haven't had the best day.
Look. People are scared, Dave.
They can't afford to get
into any more trouble.
That's understandable.
But what are we gonna do?
Well, I...
We were thinking that
you could put
your newfound celebrity to good use.
How?
This morning we've got
Dave Fishwick with us again.
Good morning, Dave. So good to see you.
How is everything going with the bank?
It's great. Tickety-boo. But I've
got another bee in my bonnet.
Ooh.
- It's payday lenders.
- Oh yeah.
These companies, they're preying
on the most vulnerable and desperate.
They're...
they're destroying whole communities.
- Are they not regulated at all?
- You'd have thought.
After the big banks
squandered billions of our money,
the government promised that they'd get
the situation under control.
But somehow they've left a loophole
which allows these companies to charge
interest rates of over 5,000%.
- It's... It's criminal.
- So what can we do about it, Dave?
Well...
I'm gonna take them to court.
I am going to prove
that they are loan sharks
who belong in prison,
and not million-pound mansions.
But I need...
Sorry, which camera am I on?
Camera one.
Right. What I need
is people to come forward.
People who've been taken advantage of,
people who've been driven into grinding
poverty because of these buggers.
Now, I've set up a free phone line
for you to call into.
- We'll make sure that's on our website.
- Yeah.
- Thank you so much for doing this.
- Thank you.
Mr. Mancini.
- Hey, so I watched that clip.
- Mm-hmm.
- I don't really see what the problem is.
- Are you serious?
No!
Who the hell is this clown?
Dave Fishwick.
Runs a community bank in Burnley.
They loan money
to local families and businesses.
And give their profits to charity.
So he's like a communist?
No.
He's a successful local businessman.
Great. So we can buy him off.
I don't think that'll work.
But I do have an idea
of how to get him off our backs.
All right. I don't need the details.
Just tell me how much.
250,000?
Plus the same again in fees.
Come on.
Pounds, not dollars.
You spend that every week on advertising.
Look, I wouldn't underestimate this guy.
At best, he's gonna cost you millions
in bad publicity.
At worst, he'll take down
the whole company.
All right. Fine. You'll have it tomorrow.
Just make sure none of this
comes back on me.
Of course.
Whatever shit you throw at this guy,
make sure it sticks.
I will.
How long to set up an offshore
shell corporation with a bank account?
Incorporation can be done in days,
but bank account can take weeks.
But if this is Colleridge and QuickDough...
Well, they had Thornton, Arbuthnot,
Welsh, set up a string of shell companies
in different tax jurisdictions.
So maybe you could use one of them?
Excellent.
Break the bubble
Break it up
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some...
Sugar on me
Pour your sugar on me
Hiya!
- Morning!
- Morning, Dave.
- Hiya! How's it going?
- Look, Dave.
The calls are still coming in
thick and fast.
A lot of people have been treated,
like, really badly in your country.
But we're still missing
that one piece of damning evidence
we could use to take them to court.
Sorry. Sorry to interrupt,
but you need to see this, Dave.
What is it?
They're closing us down.
What did they say we've done?
We're being accused of laundering money.
Money laundering? Us?
Do they give any details?
Just that proceeds from criminal
activity were deposited in this bank.
All right.
Then we go through all the money
that's come in with a fine-tooth comb.
It's gonna take a while.
Have we got any choice?
Has to be the big banks behind this.
No.
No. They had their shot and they blew it.
This is the payday loan companies,
or at least one of them.
They want to make me look bad.
Dave, is there anything we can do to help?
The payday loan companies
want me out of the game,
so they're playing dirty.
We need to expose them for what they are.
So what you two are doing,
is more important now than ever.
I'm going to have my hands full
with this, but I'll help where I can.
In the meantime...
...let's get to work.
So it was money well spent?
Definitely.
And if they want to challenge the order,
they can fight us in court.
Yeah, I don't know about that.
That gives them another chance
to attack us in public.
- I think we should settle.
- Ugh, seriously?
We could crush him.
What the fuck?
All right, but how's that gonna look?
People like the guy, okay?
If we can get him
to stop his attacks on us
and retract the statements
about the payday loan industry,
then we wind up looking good.
We might even be able
to use his retractions
as an endorsement of the industry.
- We end up on the moral high ground.
- Not a place you're familiar with, huh?
- Ha-ha.
- Let's make it happen.
Right.
Come on, Dave. It's not over.
We might have lost a battle,
but we can still win the war.
Anyone else with platitudes
to make me feel better?
Sorry, love.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
It's Monday night,
and that can only mean one thing.
It's karaoke night!
All right. Last week,
he gave us his cowboy song,
and let's see what he's got this time.
Dave Fishwick!
Dave!
No! I'm good, thanks. Not tonight.
- Come on, darling.
- No.
- Who's next on my list?
- I.
Can I take Dave's spot?
Yeah. Of course you can.
Up you come, love.
Wow.
She's confident, isn't she?
- What do you want to sing?
- Do you have "This Land Is Your Land"?
I can look.
- Hi, Burnley!
- Hiya!
Hi!
Obviously, I'm American.
Sorry about that.
But I guess it's better than
being from London, right?
Yeah!
So this is an American protest song,
and I think it's pretty fitting,
especially for here.
So...
This land is your land
This land is my land
From California
To the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest
To the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me
As I went walking
That ribbon of highway
And I saw above me that endless skyway
And I saw below me
That golden valley
This land was made for you and me
Fantastic!
Dave?
Mr. Fishwick.
Margot Stockton.
My firm issued
the cease and desist letter.
- What do you want?
- I come bearing good news.
My client is prepared
to withdraw the cease and desist.
All right.
And in return?
You call off the campaign against us
and withdraw the statements
you made about our industry
So you want him to lie?
I wouldn't say that.
Just a different version of the truth.
I watched
the documentary about you.
Very moving.
There are a lot of people in this town
who rely heavily on this institution.
Wouldn't want to let them down, would you?
Let them down? Wow!
Well, that's not gonna happen
if we win in court.
Oh, big if.
Oh, maybe.
But what are the stakes here? Ey?
You win, you shut us down,
you hurt a lot of people,
you look like the scum you are.
And that plays right into
the hands of the politicians
who are already looking to shut you down.
Or you don't win.
You lose millions
and some of you end up behind bars
which I, for one,
think is where you belong.
Fine. If that's what you want...
Yeah.
It is.
I'll see you in court.
Look forward to it.
Wow.
Nicky Fishwick.
You called?
I just wasted my time
and your money
going to see Fishwick
in his grotty little northern bank.
- He's not gonna play ball.
- Then you gotta crush him in court.
Not a problem.
Mr. Fishwick is already dead.
Now he just needs to get himself buried.
I like the sound of that.
Keep me posted.
I think I've got something.
What?
Deposits that came in
right after you appeared on TV.
They're from four Burnley companies
with the same address.
What's wrong with that?
They're all subsidiaries
of offshore companies.
How many people in these parts
have got offshore accounts?
How did we not spot this?
The deposits were under 10,000,
and the companies themselves,
they didn't raise any red flags.
But the best part is that Carlo Mancini
is listed as a director
of one of those offshore companies.
Christmas bloody pudding.
Well, this is it, huh?
This is... This is the smoking gun.
We could get the court
to throw out the case.
Well, thanks so much for talking to us.
We just wanted to ask you a few questions.
Yeah. Could you just talk about
the payday loan that you took out?
Well, it weren't me. My eldest, Stacy.
He's the one who took out the loans.
Loans? Wha...
- More than one?
- Well, three I know of.
Different companies.
About 600 quid in total.
Probably owes thousands now.
Right. And how's he hoping
to pay that back?
He's not.
He doesn't have a job.
He works on and off, but all the money
he makes is all under the table.
So he only has cash.
And you can only pay it back online?
So how did he get the loan
in the first place?
He probably lied on the application form
and they didn't bother to check.
Nobody with any sense
would lend Stacy money.
I wouldn't, and I'm his mom.
Look, Stacy's not a bad lad.
He's got that dyslexia thing,
so he was crap at school.
The teachers gave up on him, so he was
on a scrap heap before he was 16.
There's no jobs around here
for someone without skills.
He lives online
and will probably end up in prison.
Might be the best place for him.
Maybe he'll make some friends there.
I'll make you a cup of tea.
Yeah, please.
- Thank you.
- All right.
Thanks, Sally.
I was married.
We divorced a year ago.
Well, the other day
you asked me about my life.
I did.
Yeah. Pan, my ex, she...
She thought I was boring.
Or, at least, my life was boring.
Yeah. I do other people's accounts.
I listen to other people's problems
at Citizens Advice.
She wasn't wrong.
But what we're doing here
makes me feel like
I might be able to make a difference.
I think you are.
Well, I had a thing with this guy
who was a cop in New Jersey.
We dated off and on for, like,
hmm, three or four years.
But ultimately, we decided to end it
because he wanted
a more normal, stable home life.
You know, whatever that means.
Anyway, I was always really busy
writing my stories. I didn't go out.
And plus... Ugh! I hated his friends.
I mean, not that I had any of my own,
but obviously, we were not meant to be,
which is fine.
We should head off.
Hmm... Yeah.
- Dave, have you got a minute?
- Yeah, come in.
You all right, Dave?
I'm proud of this place.
It's the best thing I've done in my life.
And now them lot are just gonna
grind us down to nothing
just to make even more money.
Hey, sorry to interrupt.
We have an idea. It's a bit out there.
But as you know, we've been striking out
with the payday lending victims
because they're frightened.
But we met a guy in Leeds
who took out a couple loans
and he tried
to pay them back in cash but couldn't,
'cause there weren't any offices there.
It's all online.
That's not legal.
No, but it does give you an insight
into who and what these companies are,
and how bloody hard they make it
for people to
physically pay the loans back.
Go on then.
Right. So our idea is
that you buy some of the loans
and you try to pay them back.
And we film you doing it.
How does that work?
Dave, if you want to save all this,
you need to get public opinion
on your side.
We can show people
what these companies are like
by making short videos
and uploading them to the internet.
If it goes viral,
you'll get millions behind you.
- That sounds expensive.
- No, no. Listen.
I've got a local lad who does
promotional videos for Citizens Advice.
It's not exactly Hollywood
comes to Burnley, but he's good.
It won't cost more than a couple of grand.
This is how you fight back, Dave.
Not in the court,
but out there in the street.
And the best bit is...
Yeah, we already have a title
for the clips.
Dave Fishwick, the Loan Ranger.
Loan Ranger?
Let's bloody do it.
Okay.
Two seconds, Dave.
Looking good.
Okay. Whenever you're ready, Dave.
Today, we're going to go and visit
Mary and Ted Boothroyd.
Now, Ted, he were a cleaner
before he was laid off.
And Mary, she works part-time
as a teacher.
Last year, they borrowed
300 quid from QuickDough.
Just 300 quid.
Today, they owe them 1,900.
So let's see if we can go help them out.
Since we took that loan,
we've been saving.
But it hasn't made a dent.
- How much did you manage to save?
- Near on 600.
- But that's not half what we owe.
- Right.
Now, at the Bank of Dave,
we'd have charged you 340 quid.
So pay me that now,
and I'll take on the loan myself.
And all the responsibility
for repaying it.
Yeah, we've got the legal contracts here.
That's amazing, Dave.
But isn't your bank
having legal problems of its own?
Well, good news travels fast.
No, it is.
And we'll get them sorted soon.
But, you don't need
to worry about that,
because I'm taking on the loan personally.
Okay?
Right.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- You know Dave and Jessica.
- Yeah.
Don't worry about...
- How are you?
- I'm okay, yeah.
Listen, I haven't told Mom about this yet,
because...
She's been let down
too many times, you know?
Yeah, well...
Not today.
Right.
Yeah.
Come in.
I've got the paperwork just here.
All you have to do is sign it.
It's just...
It's like a huge weight
lifted off our shoulders.
- Well, I'm glad.
- Yeah.
Mom. Mom.
Just sign. Just sign.
I don't know what to say.
I don't know how to thank you.
Ah, just give us a hug.
Come here, love. Yeah, you.
You'll have me going soon.
You okay?
Come on, let's go.
- Hiya, love. We're over there.
- Hey!
- Hiya.
- Hi, Nicky.
Hey. How did it go today?
Yeah. We got some good footage
Great.
But I meant, how's it going with you?
- I'm fine, thanks.
- Okay.
Here we go.
- Okay.
- So I have just seen this.
Andrew Stevenson, our MP,
is doing a surgery in town on Friday.
We'd agreed the politicians
wouldn't be any use.
Well, he backed you
when you were setting up the bank,
and helping Dave Fishwick
on his new mission
has to be good publicity for him.
Especially now
you've got your own film crew.
People say
I'm only with her for her looks.
Right, here's to a great day. Hmm?
And here's to an even better day
when we start trying
to pay the money back.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
Cheers.
And these are the head offices?
Apparently.
Hello, boss.
Falafel, chips, and a loan, please.
No, I'm only kidding.
Looking for the offices
of SnapCash Advance.
Just round the back, mate.
Cheers, pal.
Anything?
Doesn't seem to be
anybody at home.
Empty.
Nothing.
Dave.
There's a pile of unopened mail here.
- Here, get a shot of that.
- Yeah, on it.
Right.
On to the next.
This looks a bit more hopeful.
Afternoon.
Mr. Jenkins?
- You can't film in here.
- Why not?
Well, because we have rules.
So put the camera down.
Just here to pay back a loan
from QuickDough.
- Well, that's not something we do here.
- No?
But you're a loan company.
You loaned a quarter of a billion quid
to people in this country.
Yes.
All our business is done online.
Oh. See, like a lot of people,
I'm not very good with computers, so...
Can you make an exception in this case?
No.
Please, take that back.
I can do nothing with it.
Isn't one of your company's
famous slogans,
"Helping people to help themselves." Hmm?
So could you help me to pay back my loan?
- I'm gonna need to ask you to leave.
- You're kicking us out for trying to pay?
And who might you be?
A journalist.
I need security here.
Now.
Out. Now.
You don't have to push us.
- Come on, mate.
- Lovely, warm welcome.
- Pleasure doing business with you.
- We got it.
- Bye-bye now. Bye-bye.
- You don't want the money, then?
- Thank you.
- Bye-bye.
- Get your camera up.
- Okay.
- Right.
- Yep.
This is the UK headquarters of QuickDough.
They make close on a million pounds a day
in interest payments
from the poorest and most vulnerable.
They've got flashy TV...
How are you getting on, Ben?
Yeah, good. Nearly there.
- Good.
- Can I borrow your pen?
- They've got big posters.
- Yeah.
They've got their names
on footballers'...
Do you want to have a little look at this?
Yep.
Okay.
- Sorry.
- Sorry.
Shall I hit play?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
This is the UK headquarters of QuickDough.
They make close on a million quid a day
in interest payments
from the poorest and most vulnerable.
Now, they've got flashy TV ads.
They've got big posters.
They've got their names
on footballers' shirts.
What none of them seem to have
is somebody you can talk to.
Or... Or an actual place
where you can go to pay them back.
More than likely,
they're in their big houses in America
counting your money.
And our government,
they don't seem to be able to stop them.
They don't seem to be bothered.
Well, I am.
And I... We...
We are trying to do something about it.
Powerful stuff, Dave.
This is legal loan-sharking.
And you lot,
you're not doing anything about it.
We're trying, Dave.
There's even a cross-party committee
looking into it.
But for the coalition government,
this just isn't a priority.
Right.
In the meantime,
the payday lenders are trying
to shut down the Bank of Dave.
And you know what?
They might just succeed.
That would be a tragedy.
Yeah. You're telling me.
Mr. Stephens, we... We truly believe
that the Bank of Dave
was set up by these people.
What if Dave is able to prove in court
that these charges
are totally without merit?
Do that, and I'll file for
criminal charges immediately.
And I'll get the Home Office
to file for extradition orders.
And I'll hold you to it.
Don't let me down now, Andrew.
I'm with you all the way on this, Dave.
Mr. Mancini.
Have you seen the clip this Fishwick
is posting on the Internet?
I have.
They're getting
hundreds of thousands of views.
Hundreds of thousands of people
with nothing better to do and no voice.
He's telling people to contact their MPs.
I know how your English politicians are.
They got no backbone.
They're gonna fold like a deck of cards.
This isn't America, Mr. Mancini.
The way it works over here is that
if the politicians choose to engage,
there will be a public inquiry,
and that could take years.
But you will lose
if the only voices out there
are Dave Fishwick
and his ilk.
So I've created an alternative narrative.
- A what?
- I'm using the Russians.
The Russian?
What the fuck are you talking about?
I've employed a troll farm
to send out hundreds of thousands
of messages on Twitter and Facebook.
What kind of messages?
A lot of threats.
Pretty nasty ones, I'm told.
But the main thing is
that we paint it as a conspiracy.
"They are trying to undermine industry."
"They are stopping ordinary people
from borrowing money."
And your politicians
are gonna believe this?
Of course not.
But so long as there are
two sides to choose from,
they will choose the side
with the most money.
Good. Good.
- Sounds like you got it under control.
- I do.
But it only works
if you bring this Fishwick down.
You must win this case.
Oh, I will.
- Hi.
- Hey.
How... How's it going?
How's the article coming along?
Yeah, good. But I'm pretty much
done for the day, so.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Me too.
Do you fancy a drink?
Yes.
I would.
Great. Great.
Well, I know a local place.
It's intimate.
Well, not too intimate.
I'll, send you the details.
Okay. See you soon.
Okay. Bye.
...their gates.
Jacobsen remained behind...
What's this?
I'm looking for that film
that Hugh and Alexandra
were going on about. That...
"You can't handle the truth."
A Few Good Men.
Jack Nicholson.
Tom Cruise.
Brilliant.
I'm the only one who hasn't seen it.
Anyway, I couldn't find it,
but I did find this.
It's brilliant.
...continues
to protest his innocence...
Hang on. You're not thinking
what I think you're thinking.
I wouldn't know.
Don't tell me you fancy getting up
in court and doing a Tom Cruise.
It was just a thought.
Oh, Dave, this is serious stuff.
You need a proper lawyer.
Yeah, you're probably right.
You know, if you got there,
you'd be more like Joe Pesci.
- Who?
- My Cousin Vinny.
We saw it together.
"My biological clock is ticking."
- "Ticking. Ticking. Ticking."
- Oh yeah, yeah.
I remember now.
She won the Oscar for that.
Yeah. She deserved it too.
If I remember right,
Joe Pesci, he won the case.
Oh, Dave.
Don't let that give you any bloody ideas.
You've worked too hard on all this
to take any risks.
So how's it all going?
Yeah. I mean, I'm really pleased
how it's all panning out.
The stories that the victims told
are really strong, powerful.
I'm gonna show my financial editor
that I know how to do
a human interest story just as well.
It's what she calls cerebral.
Right. Yeah.
That all sounds very
promising for your career.
Wait. What's that supposed to mean?
Well, just that for me, this isn't
about trading on people's misery.
If we don't make a change, then
that's a blow to the whole community.
- Wait. Hold on.
- We're on the same side here.
I care too.
That was uncalled for. I'm sorry.
It's okay.
It's not your fault
that I always seem to be consumed
by other people's problems.
Well...
I'm sorry
for going on and on about myself.
Here's the thing. I don't have
anything else to be obsessed about.
But I am enjoying working with you.
- Really.
- Yeah.
- We make a pretty good team, right?
- Yeah.
I mean, when we're...
- When we're working together.
- Yeah.
- Professionally.
- Yeah. I know what you meant.
So... Do you like Burnley?
I do.
Everybody is, like, so nice.
This weekend, there is something
that you just have to experience.
Okay. Go on.
Okay.
- I've got three words for you.
- Mm-hmm.
Burnley
Football Club.
Oh.
...Burnley!
Come on, Burnley!
Hi.
Come on, Burnley! Come on!
- Here we are.
- Yeah.
Oh, Jess, here.
Initiation scarf.
Friendly service.
- It's cold out there. So, you know.
- Thank you.
But just so you know, this is not a date.
Yeah, of course. It's just footies,
so... Yeah, I know that.
- What's all this in aid of?
- Oh, hello.
All right.
This is the courtroom.
Huh?
Those are the press,
and those are the opposition lawyers.
And this is the judge.
Are you ready?
For what?
For the rehearsal,
for getting ready. Come on.
- Oh, don't be daft.
- We've got to practice.
You said you would if you'll insist
on representing yourself, Dave. Come on.
Come on, this is serious stuff, okay?
Are you ready?
- Does the giraffe have to be the judge?
- What's wrong with the giraffe?
I don't trust giraffes. They're
too tall. I want the dachshund.
You can trust a dachshund.
They're down to earth.
Just use your bloody imagination, Dave.
Come on.
- Are you ready? Is he all right?
- Mm-hmm.
He's a bit stern.
- I can't believe I'm doing this.
- Court is in session.
Right. Hello, Your Honor.
Hands out of your pockets.
Stand up straight.
There you go. Good energy.
My name's Dave Fishwick,
and I sell minibuses.
Used to be vans. Any color you like,
so long as it's white.
Christ almighty, Dave,
everyone in Burnley's heard that
a million times.
Something else. Something engaging.
Straight to the point.
Two years ago, I founded Britain's
first community bank, the Bank of Dave,
using local money to help
local people and families.
Welcome to Turf Moor!
Welcome to Turf Moor!
The home of...
Right. So basically, all the players,
they start off there,
in the center circle.
Come on! The players are coming out now!
Come on, Burnley!
Come on, Burnley! Come on, Burnley!
Keep doing it!
Come on, Burnley! Come on, Burnley!
Last time,
it was the financial institutions
that tried to close me down.
Yeah. They threw everything they could
at me, every trick in the book,
which we exposed in the documentary
that was made about my life...
Hold on a second.
You can't bring up the television program.
Not everybody's seen it, have they?
Oh, what a miss!
I have no idea what's going on,
but I'm enjoying it.
Oh, well... Basically, we haven't got
our best center-forward here,
but we just won a corner, and we're doing
pretty well on the set pieces, so...
- Got it.
- Yeah.
Come on, Burnley!
Come on, Burnley!
- That's a goal?
- Yes, we scored!
I went on national television,
and I told people I wanted to close down
the payday lending companies,
and now the payday lending companies
want to close me down.
And this lot,
they're doing their dirty work.
And they're not going to take that
sitting down. So do you have any proof?
I do, Your Honor. I can prove to
the court that this were all a set-up!
Well, great, then you're going to be fine.
Just, you know, you're not Paul Newman,
and you're not Tom Cruise.
No, I'm Joe Pesci.
No, Dave, you're not him,
and you're not a lawyer.
You're an ordinary bloke
standing up against corruption,
standing up for ordinary people,
who don't have lawyers
and who don't have a voice.
You're gonna to be great.
What are you looking at?
We've linked the payments
to Mancini, but it's not enough.
We have to prove that we were set up
beyond reasonable doubt.
You know, what I don't understand is,
how they know this is dirty money.
At least one of the shell companies
has been indicted in the US
on a RICO charge.
A what?
Racketeering.
- Whe... When was this?
- Just before the deposit was made.
We should've picked up on it,
but our searches
don't extend as far as the US...
I've got to take this. Excuse me.
Well, we've just got to keep on digging.
Pray that we come up
with something definitive.
- Yes?
- Call for you, Dave.
Sir Charles Denbigh.
I'll take it in my office.
How's the article coming along?
Yeah, I'm almost done.
Good.
Because I have some good news.
Four years ago,
our editor was given 100 altcoins.
Now, at the time,
they were worth a cent each.
Yesterday, he considered selling them
and discovered they were worth
over half a million dollars.
I bet that made him happy.
He was furious.
He called me into his office
and demanded to know
how we'd missed the biggest story
in the history of capitalism.
So I gave him your proposal.
And?
He loved it.
He wants you back here
on a six-month contract with a pay bump.
But I'm not done here.
Well, you said you were.
Did I mention he wants a series?
And he wants to put it
in the news section.
You're going into the big time.
Hello.
Mr. Fishwick?
Anyone and everyone can call me Dave.
What can I do for you, Sir Charles?
It's the other way around.
I've been made aware
of your current legal difficulties,
and I may be able
to be of some assistance.
Can we meet?
I'm on my way to a baby shower in
Skipton, but I could be with you by six.
I'll see you at the bank.
Good.
- Hey.
- Hey.
You okay?
I have to go to New York.
Okay. When?
Tonight.
The paper finally offered me
a long-term contract.
Oh.
- Congratulations.
- Thanks.
But...
We're not done here.
I know.
But... I'm sorry.
It's... You know that I can't...
I mean, this is an opportunity
I can't turn down.
Wait... Jess, we're...
We're trying to make a difference here.
Do you know how many people
are gonna suffer
if the Bank of Dave closes down?
And right now, that looks like
the most likely outcome,
unless we can find something
that can help Dave at the trial.
- Yeah. I understand.
- No. I don't think you do.
I do understand. But I'm a writer.
You're the activist.
You are so much better at this than me.
Jess, please. I...
We're a team here. We...
I need you here.
Oliver.
Okay.
Fine. Of course.
This is all about you.
- Not at all.
- Whatever.
Clearly, I was wrong about you.
- Have a nice flight.
- Oliver.
And when the balloon popped,
the powder was pink and blue.
- Oh!
- Twins.
David.
Dave.
Dave.
Charlie.
Take a load off.
So this is it.
The famous Bank of Dave.
I see you're keeping your
overheads down. That's smart.
Firstly, I must apologize for
the underhand tactics I employed
when I tried to have you shut down.
Still won.
You did.
I ended up with egg on my face,
and you ended up the hero of the hour.
Not to mention the fact that
you sang on stage with Def Leppard.
I was very envious.
Back in my college days,
I have to admit, I was a bit of a fan.
You said you wanted to help. Why?
You may have noticed
that the so-called high street banks
have been closing down
high street branches.
Rather, a lot of them. Because
they're just not profitable.
We still pretend to look
after our retail customers.
Even though we can't give them
the personal attention they require.
But the Bank of Dave can.
I want to see more Banks of Dave
across the country.
I'd support them any way I can.
On the appropriate terms, of course.
Well, it's good to know.
But right now, the original
Bank of Dave's in serious trouble.
Yes. I've been following the case.
I've also been watching
your internet clips.
You're absolutely right
about these payday lenders.
They are abusing their
customers and the system.
It has to stop.
I want to see them shut
down as soon as possible.
Right. Well... Looks like we
finally agree on something.
Like it or not, Dave,
we're both in the banking business.
And they're making us look bad,
which is hard.
Especially given that...
Everyone hates bankers.
Exactly.
We've been lobbying
our friends in Parliament,
but they're always of the opinion
that they have
more important issues to deal with.
However,
if we could expose these
companies in a public arena,
say, a court of law,
then the politicians
would have to take notice.
Look...
...I know I was set up. I just...
...I can't prove it.
That's where I can help.
Give him a call.
He worked for QuickDough.
For them?
Why is he gonna help
me go against them?
He's a lawyer, Dave.
He works for whoever's paying him.
And, at the moment, that's me.
If you need any corroborating evidence,
give my office a call.
Good luck in court.
- The usual place, Ed.
- Hiya.
- Hey, Dave.
- Hey.
Everything good?
Yeah.
You know, everything's going pretty well.
How are the clips doing?
Well, we've got
over two million views now.
- Two million? Are you kidding me?
- Yeah.
Another 998 million,
and you'll be bigger than Gangnam Style.
Blooming hell!
Where's Jessica?
She had to go back to New York.
Something urgent
came up with work, so...
Oh.
Well, that's a shame.
You...
- You all right with that?
- Yeah.
- Yeah? Good.
- Yeah.
So... How are you feeling about tomorrow?
You're confident?
Well, some people might say I'm an idiot
for representing myself in court.
You've got a lot of support on this, Dave.
People are starting to take notice
of what you're doing,
what we're doing here.
You've got a whole community backing you.
And they're not just standing up for you.
They're standing up for themselves.
It's a big day at Burnley
for Dave Fishwick,
who we had in the studio
just a few months ago.
He's in court fighting to keep
the Bank of Dave open for business,
following accusations of money laundering.
He believes that he was set up
by the same payday loan companies
he's trying to close down.
Now, according to Dave,
they're loan sharks
and should be held to account.
Now, he's got loads of local support,
and that includes me.
Thank you so much for coming.
All right, Dave!
- Hey!
- Hey!
I just wanna say thank you.
Thank you for coming
to support the Bank of Dave.
Look, this lot, the payday loan
companies, they want to close us down.
Why?
Because we're doing things differently.
Yes!
- Because we're doing things better.
- Yes!
Because we're putting people
and communities before profits.
- Yes! That's right!
- And they don't like that.
Look, I know times are hard.
And...
Well, they're probably not gonna
get better any time soon.
But that means that now, more than ever,
we've got to pull together...
Yes!
- To look after each other...
- Yes!
- To have each other's backs.
- That's right.
Because if we don't,
they sure as hell won't.
- Yes!
- Yes!
So wish me luck in there.
Let's go give them hell!
Psst! Hey.
Dave Fishwick has styled himself
as a kind of latter-day Robin Hood,
a self-made millionaire who
is a savior of the community
and a friend to the ordinary working man.
At least, that's how he
comes across on television.
We all know that the media
like to embellish and exaggerate
in order to entertain.
But here, here in this court of law,
we are not afforded poetic license.
Here, we require the truth,
the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth.
She thinks she's Tom Bloody Cruise.
And the truth is,
Mr. Fishwick financed his
business with dirty money.
Money that came from the
crimes and illegal activities
that are destroying the very
communities he claims to support.
Now, every bank, even the Bank of Dave,
is legally required to determine
the origin of all deposits.
Those are the rules.
And they apply to everyone equally.
Today, we are asking this court
to enforce those rules.
Mr. Fishwick.
Thank you, Your Honor.
I'll be brief.
This were a set-up.
They represent a bunch of criminals.
They're the ones
who should cease and desist.
No, in fact, they should all
be put where they belong.
Behind bars.
Mr. Fishwick, you're opening
yourself up to a charge of slander.
Not if I'm telling the truth, Your Honor.
The truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth.
If you can handle the truth.
You'd better have proof
of these allegations.
Oh, I do.
I'd like to call my first witness,
Mr. Miles Thornton,
from the London law firm
Thornton, Arbuthnot, Welsh.
From January 2011 to October 2012,
I was engaged
by Coleridge Financial Services,
a corporation in the United States that
own QuickDough here, among others.
And what did you do
for this US corporation?
I set up a string of shell companies
in different tax jurisdictions.
I also set up their bank
accounts in different places,
including some of the UK's
best-known high street banks.
And they didn't discover
that the money was dirty?
At that time, none of the
companies were under indictment.
But now they are,
which means that we have access
to their financial records.
Now, I know this is a lot to go through,
but one entry
might be of particular interest.
It would appear that two years ago,
a retainer for legal services
was paid by one of these corporations
to your law firm.
Your Honor, all this is new to us.
Can we ask for an adjournment?
You can take half an hour,
but when you come back,
you've got some explaining to do.
I don't think we have a choice.
Your Honor, in light of this new evidence,
we move to withdraw the case.
Silence!
I'm afraid it's not as simple as that.
All of this exonerates
Mr. Fishwick and the Bank of Dave,
but it's also evidence
of a criminal conspiracy.
I'll be passing all of this
to the Crown Prosecution Service
for them to file charges
against your clients
and also against you.
Case dismissed.
Gorgeous!
Andrew.
Congratulations, Dave.
You wiped the floor with them buggers.
This is just the half of it, mate.
Now we've got to finish the job.
If we don't go after the top dogs,
they'll just start up again.
Yeah, I understand.
Look, I'm going to push the Home Office,
try and get him extradited.
If you can do that, mate,
I might even vote for you myself.
I'll speak soon. Take care.
Whoo-hoo!
Thank you, Dave.
You did a great job!
- Hey! How... How are you?
- Yeah, yeah. I'm okay.
I just... I just wanted to say,
I'm sorry for not returning
any of your calls.
It's...
It's been sort of crazy here.
But....
The good news is...
The case has just been thrown out.
- They've won.
- What?
Sorry. Sorry.
Wow. Oh my gosh. I wish I was there.
Yeah.
Yeah, I wish you were here too.
I'll call you when I get home.
- Oh, and, Jess...
- Mm-hmm?
I'm really glad you came to Burnley.
Me too.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- Thanks so much.
- Thanks.
I don't believe it.
They've heard about it in America.
- Who's telling you that?
- Rick Purdy.
- No!
- Yeah, he's with Def Leppard.
- They're on tour in the States.
- Oh!
I'm quite looking forward
to a trip to America.
- You what?
- Yeah.
Well, if Andrew comes through for us,
do you really want some American lawyer
to serve Mancini
with an extradition order?
Come on.
No appeal?
What kind of third-world
legal system do you have?
What happened
to your Russian-led campaign?
Look, QuickDough is toxic.
Then we rebrand and relaunch.
You just need to keep your name out of it.
Yeah, I got it.
And remember, you owe me half a mil.
Ugh. Twat.
Hey. What's going on?
Well, we're up to almost
five million views of the clips,
which is promising.
Well...
But there's also all these
wild conspiracy theories
circulating on the net, and,
most days, Dave and I get
death threats on social media.
Okay, you need to be careful.
It's just paid trolls. They're
flooding the media with nonsense.
None of it makes any sense.
But Dave thinks these theories
might turn into an excuse for
the politicians to drag their feet.
Well, that could be really bad.
Also, I was asking how you were doing,
but go on.
Look, Dave wants to force their hand
by bringing Mancini to book,
and he wants to serve
the extradition order himself.
Dave's coming here?
Yeah, he is.
And so is Nicky, and...
So am I.
No. That's exciting.
Yeah, I know.
Sorry.
Dave wants you to find out
where Mancini's gonna be.
I have a friend that works
at the Jersey Police Department.
They've been after Mancini for years.
Great. Great. We're flying in next Friday.
Okay.
Right, well... Do you need me
to pick you up from the airport, or...?
No, it's too much hassle.
We'll grab a cab, and we'll come to you.
Okay.
Is this happening?
Because I can't wait.
Yeah.
Me too.
Yeah, come in.
- Jess.
- Well, hey.
- Get over here.
- How are you?
Meh.
Yeah?
- Well, you look well.
- Oh!
Well, you were always a lousy liar.
Oh, I was gonna call you,
because I read the article you did
about the payday lender victims.
- They owe you a Pulitzer.
- Okay, not gonna happen, but thanks.
I was also very surprised
because you said
that you were leaving your apartment,
but, no, you're leaving the whole country.
Yeah, well, anything for a story, right?
And broadening my horizons
turned out to be surprisingly enjoyable.
Oh, okay. Hey, I'm happy for you.
Okay, I need a favor.
So Dave Fishwick, who's been
campaigning for the payday lenders.
- Yeah?
- He got an extradition order for Mancini.
- No shit.
- Yeah.
- Beautiful.
- Yeah.
So it's time for this scumbag
to face the music.
Yeah, but is he gonna comply?
Not a chance. Doesn't matter.
He's been trying to build up a
criminal empire for the last five years.
Right?
Making it into a legitimate business.
And along the way,
he has corrupted more than a few.
Financiers, politicians, lawyers.
And although they are all
venal and unscrupulous,
they will run for the hills
in order to avoid being associated
with such blatant criminality.
Without them, he goes back
to being a straight crime boss.
Easy target for the feds.
- And for me.
- Yeah, I get that. But here's the thing.
Dave wants to personally hand him
the extradition order.
We just need to find out where Mancini is.
Well...
Yeah.
I would be very happy
to help you out with that.
- Here you go.
- Thanks.
Welcome.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, New York
Don't hide no more
The City...
Howdy doody!
I'm Dave.
Hey, Jess.
Ah! There she is!
- Hey.
- Hey, how you doing?
- Good. You?
- Good to see you.
You too!
- Oh, is that your boss? Hiya.
- Hey.
Hey. Dave Fishwick.
Nice to meet you. How you doing?
Hello. How you doing?
Oh! Look at the view.
- Hey.
- Hey.
The Big Applee-Doo-Dah!
- Come here!
- Well done.
- Well, how was your trip?
- Yeah, good.
- You must be knackered.
- Look at you with the lingo. Oh! Grand.
No, just raring to go.
Well, good thing because the New
Jersey police came through for us.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
So this is Mancini's home.
He lives in a gated community
in Wayne, New Jersey.
This is where he works.
In order to serve someone,
you have to physically hand
them the legal documents.
Now, we won't be able to do that
of course at these places because,
according to Detective Adams,
security won't let us get
anywhere near him.
But, hold on.
Every Sunday at lunchtime,
he and his cronies
go to the same Italian restaurant
in Patterson.
It's a ritual
they've been doing for years.
That's where we get him.
Great. How do we get there?
Well, I made a reservation
for an hour and a half,
if you guys wanna check it out.
Let's go get ourselves some pasta.
- Oh, let me just...
- Oh.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Yeah, Paterson is a bit like Burnley.
This used to be
one of the richest cities in America.
They would manufacture
silk and beer and Colt revolvers,
but now it's the poorest,
and probably the most dangerous.
And unlike Burnley. I don't know.
Nobody really gives a damn around here,
so it gets worse every day.
- How we guys doing?
- Great, thank you.
- The food is fantastic.
- I'll tell the chef.
It's all good. In fact, I think
we'll come back for lunch tomorrow.
You won't get any arguments from me.
I love Italian.
Can I make a booking?
Yeah, I mean, it's not really necessary,
but I'll put you down anyway.
- What time?
- Let's say 1:00 p.m.
Cool.
- I'll call to confirm.
- Gotcha.
As soon as I've served him the papers,
we pick up our stuff from the hotel,
and then... head straight
to MetLife Stadium.
- Why are we going there?
- Def Leppard are playing.
- I'm so excited.
- Wait, what?
- We know their manager.
- No.
So?
Desserts?
- You? Want something?
- I'll have a gelato.
Yeah. All right.
Okay, my friend said
they'll be here in five minutes.
Dave.
Okay.
I'll meet you all back at the hotel.
- I'm not leaving you, Dave.
- I'll be fine.
Are you sure, Dave?
I'll be fine.
- That's fine. Thank you very much.
- Oh wow! Thanks, sir. So kind.
Dave.
Detective Adams. How you doing?
All right.
Long-time friend of Jessica's.
She told me what you were doing.
I thought you might need some backup.
I appreciate it.
You could have got a lawyer for this.
Yeah, I know.
But I've been fighting
this guy for months,
and it's the first time
I've seen him in the flesh.
I just want to be able
to look him in the eye
when he learns the game's up.
All those people he took advantage of.
All those people he left powerless.
Well, I want him to feel the same.
Me too.
I came close a couple of times, but...
Nothing stuck. You know,
none of the witnesses would testify.
Why not?
He uses the same tricks as,
you know, Pablo Escobar.
Plata o plomo.
I don't speak French.
You can either take
his silver or his lead.
Right.
He made them an offer
they couldn't refuse, huh?
Yeah.
Look, don't underestimate this guy.
He's very dangerous.
You have him cornered, okay?
When this is done, you leave immediately.
I've got four armed officers outside.
I'll make sure you're not followed.
Well, we...
We've got tickets back to
London late tonight, but...
Well, we'd hoped to go to a concert
at MetLife Stadium beforehand.
Skip the concert.
Right.
You ready?
As I'll ever be.
Okay.
You can't go up there.
Hey, detective.
How can I be of assistance?
I'm good, thanks.
But my English friend here,
he'd like to have a word with you.
Hello, Mr. Mancini.
My name is Dave Fishwick.
I'm from Burnley.
And you...
...can consider yourself served.
He's not gonna take this lying down.
- My legs are turned to jelly.
- I'd pick an earlier flight if I were you.
I can't see anything suspicious.
I really don't think they're following us.
There are no seats on earlier flights.
Oh crap.
Oh, for heaven's sake.
- No, don't.
- Huh?
I'll go.
Oh. It's all right.
You don't need to panic.
Oh, Jesus.
- Hi. Hey.
- Hey.
- How youse holding up? All right?
- Okay. Just keen to get away.
- This is my wife, Nicky.
- Hey.
You know Jessica. This is Oliver.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hey.
Hello, Jessica.
Who are you?
I'm Oliver.
Detective Adams.
Oh. Okay.
So what's up?
So we got some bad news.
Um, Mancini sent out
about half a dozen of his men.
And we can only assume
they're looking for you.
You're kidding.
Good news is they
ain't found you yet.
Well... We're struggling
to get away early, so...
Well, staying here ain't an option.
So... maybe you just do go
to the concert, you know?
They're gonna have a hard time
tracking you through a crowd that big.
It'll be risky getting you there,
but I'll take care of that for you.
- Oh, thank you.
- Really?
You'd do that for us?
I like you.
- So... good?
- Yeah.
Pack up your shit.
Listen, thanks so much for doing this.
I's worth it just to see the look
on his face when you served him.
- That was pretty good, wasn't it?
- Yeah.
All right.
You should all be fine in there.
I got my men stationed out front.
They're going to keep an
eye out for Mancini's men.
Just enjoy your concert.
Thanks, pal.
All right.
- Hey, thank you.
- Thank you.
- Mike!
- Oh!
- Dave, you made it.
- Great to be here.
Ah, Turf Moor seems like
it was a lifetime ago.
- You're telling me.
- Hey, here's some passes.
VIP. Whoo-hoo!
The guys would love to
see you after the encore.
Let's head to the dressing room. Come on.
Let's go.
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon, fire me up
Pour some sugar on me
I can't get enough
The blue one is soft, but I think
this is a bit more rock and roll.
Yeah.
It's just water and orange juice.
How do I look?
Good.
Do you like the cap?
Dave?
What?
Mitch said that
Mancini's guys are outside.
- How?
- Because they were tracking your phone?
I used it to confirm
the booking at the restaurant.
He's still in there.
No movement so far.
He's gotta come out soon.
Pour your sugar on me
Oh-ooh
Pour some sugar on me
Yeah, sugar me
So they're really gangsters?
Oh, yeah. The FBI and the Jersey police,
they have files on them like...
like this thick.
And they're still allowed
to do business in the UK?
Not for much longer, I hope.
All right, then.
You're all coming home with us.
What?
Seriously, we got loads of security
- And our own jet.
- Yeah, it's perfect.
Oh no.
Look, that's incredibly generous of you,
but these lads aren't messing about.
If they see me with you,
it could be dangerous for you.
Dave, they're not gonna see you.
How do you mean?
What, in here?
You need to leave your phone here.
- Oh, it's... It's turned off.
- Yeah, they can still track it.
I saw it on CSI.
We'll let you out
when we get off the ground.
Right.
I don't know.
I'm slightly concerned about this.
Yeah. Yeah, me too.
So what do you think about
me going with you?
What? To... To Burnley?
Yeah. I miss Burnley.
And I miss you.
Yeah. Yeah, I think that's a good idea.
- You're good?
- Relax. Everything's gonna be all right.
You know what, Dave?
Somebody should make a movie
about your life.
Don't be daft. Who in their right mind
will want to watch a movie about me?
You think I'm lying, but I'm not.
I think I was lying, but I'm not.
I'm being serious.
Then what happened, Dave?
How did you get back here?
Well, we're talking about
rock legends, Jeff.
So of course
they got their own private jets.
I were in the hold
along with the rest of the band's gear.
Ten minutes after takeoff...
Is he dead?
Nope. Just sleeps like that.
I slept like a baby.
Well, this story,
it's got an even happier ending,
because last night QuickDough
went into receivership.
They're out of business!
And Carlo Mancini
has been charged by the FBI.
And I'm hoping...
I am hoping that in the coming months
and years the rest of them will follow.
And I'm thankful for Andrew, our MP,
he's putting pressure on the government
to make sure
they introduce new legislation
so that nobody can take advantage
of the most vulnerable ever, ever again.
So tonight, we're gonna celebrate!
But first, I'd like to introduce
a couple of people up to the stage
who've helped us along the way.
Firstly, my wife Nicky.
Come on up here.
Yeah.
Couldn't have done it
without her. Huh? Any of it.
Next, Oliver and Jessica.
Put your hands together for these two.
They were the brains
behind the whole thing.
Now, not many people can say
that a rock band has saved their life,
but in my case, it's actually true.
Last time I saw them,
they were playing
in front of 85,000 screaming fans.
Tonight...
- It's for you lot.
- What?
Ladies and gentlemen,
please put your hands together
and welcome to the stage
my friends Def Leppard!
No way!
Oh, my lad!
Oh my God!
The men who saved me!
Def bloody Leppard!
Make some noise!
Right!
Are we ready?
Yeah!
Are you ready?
Yeah!
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon
Is the only light we'll see
No, I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand
Stand by me
- Come on, everybody!
- Come on!
So darlin', darlin', stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh, stand, stand by me
Stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
- Zoe! Zoe! C'mon up.
- No!
Should tumble and fall
You gotta hear this girl's voice!
Or the mountains
Should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry
No, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand
Stand by me
All together now!
So darlin', darlin', stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh, stand now, stand by me
Stand by me
Whenever you're in trouble
Won't you stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh, stand now, stand by me
Stand by me
Hey!
I see your cosmic fingers
A-pointing in my way
I see mystic vision
Through the laser head
A stardust religion
It's the end of days
A ride to the crazy on electric phase
When love took disciples
In the pleasure of dawn
A scene revolution we can call our own
Hey-oh, wanna rock with you
Just like 72
Hey-oh, rock with me
Just like 73
Hey!
Just like 73
Hey!
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon
Is the only light we'll see
No, I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand
Stand by me
So darlin', darlin', stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh, stand now, stand by me
Stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
And the mountains
Should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry
No, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand
Stand by me
So darlin', darlin', stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh, stand now, stand by me
Stand by me
So darlin', darlin', stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh, stand now, stand by me
Stand by me
Whenever you're in trouble
Won't you stand by me
Oh, stand by me