1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: There is a movie due out today. It's going to 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: be in cinemas today. It's called Bank of Dave, based 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,319 Speaker 1: on the true life experiences of Dave Fishwick. The film 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: tells the story of how a working classman from the 5 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: small English town of Burnley for the banking establishment in 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 1: London to set up a local community bank, the Bank 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: of Dave. It is in cinemas today and we've got 8 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: the real Dave with us. Dave Fishwick, good morning, good morning, 9 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: Good morning, Australia. Australia. Who doesn't love to take on 10 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: the big guns and win? Tell us the real life 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: story behind the film. Why did you start your own bank? 12 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: How does one even start their own bank? 13 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:39,959 Speaker 2: Well, to be. 14 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 3: Honest, late two thousand and eight, early two thousand and nine, 15 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 3: my minibus customers, because I sell busses, my minibus customers 16 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 3: were coming to me wanting finance for the bosses. I 17 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 3: used to fill the forms and send it off to 18 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 3: the banks, and the banks used to pay me, and 19 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 3: I thought, right, it's fabulous, and then Auburn I it 20 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 3: just stopped. The banks just stop, will end into my 21 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 3: customers financial crisis. That's it, and this is really bad. 22 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 3: But then I thought, well, perhaps I can help other 23 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 3: businesses as well. Maybe I could start my own little bank. 24 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 4: So I started lending to my customers and they paid 25 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 4: me back, and I thought, this banking malarkey is not 26 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:21,119 Speaker 4: that difficult. 27 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 3: So then I thought, well, I want to start helping 28 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 3: other businesses. So I went to London and that's where 29 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 3: all the bankers are, and I thought, right, okay, how 30 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 3: do I start my own proper bank? And they said 31 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 3: where you're from? I said I'm from Bernley and that 32 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:35,839 Speaker 3: put him off for starters. 33 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 2: Did you go to. 34 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 3: Cambridge? And I said, let me tell you about people 35 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 3: that come from Berlin. We don't get them opportunities. We 36 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 3: are not started. 37 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 5: Yeah. 38 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 2: Yeah. 39 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 3: And then I met this guy called Andrew Hilton, who's 40 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 3: the head of the banking Association. 41 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 2: And he said, well, what do you mom and dad do? 42 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 3: I said, well, my dad works on a farm in 43 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 3: the morning as a labor and then he works as 44 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 3: a tackler in the afternoon fixing looms. And I said, 45 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 3: my mum was a weaver in the same factory. And 46 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 3: he said, oh no, no, you're not from the correct 47 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 3: place and you've not had the correct parents wanted to 48 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 3: stick him in a wheelmin. 49 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 5: Did they just make you more determined, Dave? 50 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: I was just going to do it anywhere. 51 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 5: Yeah. 52 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, you've got to turn them nose into Yester's. 53 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 2: And that's so important. 54 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 6: How did the story of this who did you go 55 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 6: to somebody? Did someone come to you? How does the 56 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 6: whole conversation about turning this into a movie come about? 57 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 3: That's a really good question, because I got a phone 58 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 3: call from Hollywood, like you do when you come from. 59 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 2: Burnlef with the wrong parents. Dave the capital of England. 60 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 3: And it's called Pierce Ashwa wast to this guy, the writer, 61 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 3: and he actually writes the mission impossible for Tom Crows. 62 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 3: And he told me he was and he said, I 63 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 3: want to make a movie about your life, a myopic. 64 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 3: And I said, don't people aren't they supposed to be 65 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 3: dead when you make a biopic because I'm lying? And 66 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 3: I said, you better get yourself to Burnley then, and 67 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 3: he did. He came and we spoke about it, and 68 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 3: I said it were important that we filmed it in Burnley, 69 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 3: and we filmed it at my house, and we filmed 70 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:08,679 Speaker 3: it at the garage, and we filmed it in the bank, 71 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 3: and he did all the things he said he was 72 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 3: going to do. And all these big stars turned up 73 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 3: in Burnley, and Phoebe dennerver out of Bridgitton and she 74 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 3: flew in from la that night and she come off 75 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 3: one hundred million dollar set from Bridgiiton and she come 76 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,839 Speaker 3: to Big Market and there she is in a wet 77 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 3: Tuesday afternoon having a chip. 78 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 2: What's it? Were made? She's living the dream. 79 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 5: I feel like there's a movie. You're just the making 80 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 5: of the movie. 81 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: I take it because they all came to Burnley to you, Dave, 82 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: so I take it to you. 83 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 5: You got plenty of input into the making of the film. 84 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 3: It was important that we did a lot of the 85 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 3: things in the right places for real. For me it 86 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 3: was I mean, Rory Kinney turned up and Rory looks 87 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 3: more like me than I do, and he's the guy 88 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 3: out of Bond that it's Tanner out of Bond. And 89 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 3: I did say to him, I said, next time you're 90 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 3: in Bond, people are going to be shouting at the 91 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 3: big screen saying, Dave's in body. I said from Bond 92 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 3: to Burnley, I said, you've now pinked in your career. 93 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 5: Yeah. 94 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: When people ask who plays you, do you say the 95 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: guy from Bond, the Bond guy. 96 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 3: Do you know he's I mean his father were very 97 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 3: very famous Rykin here as well. His father were very famous. 98 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 3: And he's such a good actor. I mean he's won 99 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 3: Olivia Awards. And also time he came to my house 100 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,239 Speaker 3: and he knocked on the door. He said, Dave, mate, Dave, 101 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 3: and I thought, you'll do for me. That's fantastic, Dave. 102 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:35,799 Speaker 3: Do you still work out of your garage? 103 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 2: Yeah? 104 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 3: I mean I've got off a dozen businesses, but I 105 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 3: still go to work and it's very important. I still 106 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 3: eat toast and drink tea with all the lads and 107 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 3: I love. 108 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 7: You must never forget where you come from, or you'll 109 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 7: never get to where you want to actually be. It's 110 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 7: so important you must never give up. I mean, the 111 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 7: four rules are so important in life and in business. 112 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 7: Rule number one, never lose money. Rule number two, never 113 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 7: forget rule number one. Rule number three and four are 114 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 7: so important. Runmber three is never give up, and run 115 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 7: number four the. 116 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 3: Most important one in the world to all the listeners 117 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 3: is rull Number four is never. 118 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 2: Ever give up. 119 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. 120 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 6: Dave deaf Leppard make an appearance in this movie. Did 121 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 6: you ever get to have toast and tea with Deaf Lippard. Really, yes, yes, 122 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 6: I've got some lovely pictures. I'll send you your shortly 123 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 6: for your website. Yeah, you know, me and Deaf Leopard would. 124 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 2: Become palals and it's just marvelous. And they're brilliant at singing. 125 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 2: And I'm terrible, but I keep trying, you know. But 126 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 2: they're from Sheffield, they're from on the up the road 127 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 2: from the North Sea. 128 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 3: And when they found out about it, they said, no problem, 129 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 3: we'll do it. 130 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 2: And then when they come over, they're about an hour late, and. 131 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 3: All these big cameras are everywhere waiting, and they said, look. 132 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 2: We're rock scars that we're always late, you know, And 133 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 2: I thought, oh, it's brilliant, is this? Dave? 134 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: A lot of people I hung up on this statement 135 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: that you've made. I'm a self made millionaire and I'll 136 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: give away ninety nine percent of my fortune when i 137 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 1: die because I don't want to bird and my two 138 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: children with riches, Well my. 139 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 3: Son, my son, Yeah, my son can actually see it 140 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 3: that way. 141 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 2: Did they see it as a burden? Let me Dad? 142 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 3: Well, to be honest, what we're going to do is 143 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 3: we're actually going to give away nine. 144 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 2: My sons are from line police officer and my daughter 145 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: works for an animal charity. 146 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 3: Yeah, he has, and I said to him, Look, you 147 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 3: can have enough money to do anything, but not enough 148 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 3: money to do nothing. 149 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 2: It's very important lead too much money to the children, 150 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 2: You tell your kids today. 151 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 6: Right, I haven't got as much money as Dave, didn't you. 152 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 3: Well, I mean we're still going to leave enough for 153 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 3: health and for all the need, but not too much 154 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 3: that they can stay in bed all. Then. 155 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 2: I've got two grandchildren, have two little boys, and I 156 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 2: will help them do anything, but not help them do nothing. 157 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: The greatest pray for them to have a purpose, I've 158 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 1: heard for a long time. 159 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, because otherwise they'll be bods, that's right. 160 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 2: Yeah. 161 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 3: Well, I've seen such a lot of friends who have 162 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 3: become wealthy and give everything to the kids, and the 163 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 3: kids have just gone off. 164 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 2: The rails and it's just not good. Yeah. 165 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 3: Well, a lot of wealthy people they seem to climb 166 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 3: up a tree and pull the ladder up. They're frying 167 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 3: to death for telling anybody anything. And why, you know, 168 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 3: I love giving advice. I mean I'm the business doctor 169 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 3: in the mail online and I do it for free. 170 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 3: And when people write in, I give them honest opinions. 171 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 3: And you know, if you've got all the things you. 172 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 7: Need, why are you frying of anybody else, you know, 173 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 7: having some advice. 174 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 2: We should be giving it out. We should be doing 175 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 2: that and. 176 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 6: Looking after society, helping people help themselves. 177 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 5: Yeah yeah, well. 178 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 3: Winning community banks all over Australia, the same as we 179 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 3: do in the UK, run by the community to benefit 180 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 3: the community and not the bonus culture or Dave. 181 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 2: I reckon. 182 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: I can guarantee that Perth has just fallen in love 183 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: with you this morning, and we'll be racing off to 184 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: see Bank of Dave, which is in cinemas today. What 185 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: an amazing story, What a great fun movie it's going 186 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: to be, Dave. 187 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 5: Thank you so much. 188 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 2: Thank you to your boy again, very very soon. 189 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: Send as though Deff flappered pitches pray see