Richard, Sid and others in “Nancy and Sid”

Branson. Richard. Richard Branson.

[Shaking his hand] Like the pickle.

No. The pickle is "Branston". A lot of people make that mistake.

Hang on, Malcolm said there'd be pickle.

Huh! No, I don't make pickle. Nice to meet you. How are you doing? All right? Take a seat. Cheese?

Uh, no.

Tomato?

Uh, no.

Gherkin?

No.

Nuts?

No.

Drink?

No.

Oi, what's this one for?

Uh, it's Mike Oldfield, "Tubular Bells".

Oh, dear.

Virgin's very first release. Top ten for almost the entirety of 1974.

I hate "Tubular Bells".

Huh! Of course you do. Three years is an eternity in the music industry, and Virgin have released nothing of great significance since. Instead of the groovy young thing...

Let's have a nosey!

Virgin's beginning to feel like the, uh...

An old age pensioner?

Sid!

Exactly! That's why I want to sign the most controversial band in the land, the one all the old pensioner labels are too terrified to touch. The only issue is, uh... timeline.

What timeline?

There's no point releasing "God Save the Queen" if we miss... [Steve hands him a drink] thank you. [To Malcolm] ...the Jubilee. I need it by June.

No problem. We can re-master the single by June.

Yes.

But I need an album. "God Save the Queen" would be the single from the album. Is that... Is that doable?

Yeah, course it is!