It is doubtless that the old reprobate who sued for his daughter's hand heard some unsavory truths from the man.

a rainbow of possibilities

I played hard, I drank hard, I rode hard, and did everything much on the same pattern.

Hayley Jordan is played by an actress who's name I can't remember, but who is actually Jasper Carrott's daughter, and apart from Nigel Mansell, you can't get more Brummie than that.