1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.COM 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,790 I can't do this. I can't live like this. 2 00:00:01,802 --> 00:00:05,596 - I'm going to make it really easy for you. - You just going to walk out, are you? 3 00:00:05,642 --> 00:00:07,360 Oi! I paid good money for them. 4 00:00:07,374 --> 00:00:09,359 You were robbed. Now move it along! 5 00:00:09,377 --> 00:00:11,948 That's not exactly the welcome we had planned for you. 6 00:00:11,987 --> 00:00:14,499 - I just wanted a smoke! - If you love us, 7 00:00:14,525 --> 00:00:15,929 you will leave us alone. 8 00:00:15,942 --> 00:00:17,028 I'm moving in. 9 00:00:17,076 --> 00:00:19,557 - I'm in love with you. - It was a one-night stand. 10 00:00:19,762 --> 00:00:22,581 - You and Riz? - You devious little cow! 11 00:00:22,614 --> 00:00:24,853 _ 12 00:00:28,632 --> 00:00:30,675 Sit down. Sit down. 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,150 Good morning, Year 11. 14 00:00:43,195 --> 00:00:45,998 Today we are going to talk about exams. 15 00:00:46,895 --> 00:00:49,576 La! La! La! La! I'm not listening. 16 00:00:49,591 --> 00:00:51,074 They don't want to talk about exams 17 00:00:51,199 --> 00:00:54,919 but we need to get them to buckle down and start revising, now! 18 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,509 - How are we going to do that? - As of this week, 19 00:00:57,547 --> 00:01:00,820 your school day will no longer end at 3 o'clock. 20 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,126 You will now go to Period 7... 21 00:01:03,159 --> 00:01:05,493 study skills until 4 o'clock. 22 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,077 Well, good luck with that. 23 00:01:07,357 --> 00:01:09,021 They'll just go home as usual. 24 00:01:09,046 --> 00:01:12,013 Not if Mr Simpson does his job properly. 25 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:14,359 Gate patrol. 26 00:01:18,364 --> 00:01:19,746 Oh, and I've cancelled the prom. 27 00:01:19,759 --> 00:01:21,113 What?! 28 00:01:21,197 --> 00:01:24,344 I know. I know it's a disappointment, 29 00:01:24,357 --> 00:01:26,595 but you have to understand that sometimes, 30 00:01:26,599 --> 00:01:30,186 in order to succeed in life, you have to make sacrifices. 31 00:01:30,454 --> 00:01:32,813 It's not fair. I've already bought my prom dress. 32 00:01:32,817 --> 00:01:34,263 And Grandpa said he'll babysit. 33 00:01:34,293 --> 00:01:36,543 I'm sorry, Candice. It's out of my hands. 34 00:01:38,161 --> 00:01:40,189 I'm not sure that went at all well. 35 00:01:40,210 --> 00:01:42,456 It went exactly as I expected. 36 00:01:42,581 --> 00:01:44,716 Mayday! Assistance required. 37 00:01:44,741 --> 00:01:46,233 This is not a drill. 38 00:01:46,275 --> 00:01:48,282 He just wandered in. You should see the state of him. 39 00:01:48,299 --> 00:01:49,539 I'll break the door down. 40 00:01:49,568 --> 00:01:52,159 You're in the NUT, not the SAS, Mr Shah. 41 00:01:52,284 --> 00:01:53,488 Lorraine? 42 00:01:53,676 --> 00:01:55,922 I was a Girl Guide! Always prepared. 43 00:02:03,353 --> 00:02:06,648 Get off me! I'm not one of your sort! 44 00:02:06,683 --> 00:02:09,496 - Gays! Hey! - That's enough! That's enough! I'll deal with this. 45 00:02:09,795 --> 00:02:12,288 - Are you sure? - Yes! I'll deal with it. 46 00:02:19,010 --> 00:02:20,572 Well! 47 00:02:20,933 --> 00:02:22,694 Look who it is! 48 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,517 All right, Dad? 49 00:02:40,222 --> 00:02:45,222 - Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.MY-SUBS.com - 50 00:03:03,921 --> 00:03:05,166 All right, Nathan? 51 00:03:05,221 --> 00:03:06,654 Morning, Ray. 52 00:03:10,799 --> 00:03:12,430 Home, sweet home. 53 00:03:29,888 --> 00:03:32,419 He's in the toilet. 54 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,004 Erm... 55 00:03:34,612 --> 00:03:36,062 ... how are you? 56 00:03:37,592 --> 00:03:39,830 Yeah, I'm fine. 57 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,023 And Steve? 58 00:03:43,745 --> 00:03:45,435 Let's not do this, Mum. 59 00:03:45,442 --> 00:03:47,777 We said all that needed to be said last time. 60 00:03:49,354 --> 00:03:51,955 When he sobers up, tell him if he ever comes to my school again, 61 00:03:51,965 --> 00:03:55,233 I'm calling the police. He hadn't had a drink in months. 62 00:03:58,418 --> 00:04:00,995 He's got dementia. 63 00:04:01,976 --> 00:04:03,815 This is him on a good day. 64 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:06,049 He's getting worse. 65 00:04:06,221 --> 00:04:07,634 He wanders. 66 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,667 He don't realise where he is, 67 00:04:09,708 --> 00:04:12,311 what he's saying. He makes people so angry 68 00:04:12,328 --> 00:04:13,701 and HE gets... 69 00:04:13,826 --> 00:04:17,142 - ... and he gets so angry. - That's not dementia, Mum... 70 00:04:17,821 --> 00:04:19,367 ... that's just Dad! 71 00:04:19,899 --> 00:04:21,991 You're still making excuses for him. 72 00:04:22,745 --> 00:04:24,997 I need a... 73 00:04:25,122 --> 00:04:26,908 ... I need a break. 74 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:28,633 To sort things out. 75 00:04:28,648 --> 00:04:30,659 Two weeks, that's all. 76 00:04:30,675 --> 00:04:33,408 Mandy, if you don't help me, I swear... 77 00:04:33,484 --> 00:04:35,760 I offered to help you five years ago, Mum. 78 00:04:36,573 --> 00:04:38,287 You made your choice then. 79 00:04:42,762 --> 00:04:45,406 He stopped looking after the pigeons. 80 00:04:46,278 --> 00:04:48,397 I got a call from Jonny at the allotments. 81 00:04:48,399 --> 00:04:50,461 He hadn't been paying his subs. 82 00:04:55,678 --> 00:04:57,067 Mandy? 83 00:05:36,638 --> 00:05:38,780 - Racist alert. - What? 84 00:05:40,548 --> 00:05:42,434 Oh, she totally still fancies you. 85 00:05:42,559 --> 00:05:45,649 Yeah, well, that's her problem, not mine. 86 00:05:46,198 --> 00:05:47,774 Yeah, sign this. 87 00:05:49,518 --> 00:05:51,077 Save the prom. 88 00:05:51,078 --> 00:05:52,321 Ah! 89 00:05:52,638 --> 00:05:54,517 I weren't even sure I were going. 90 00:05:54,642 --> 00:05:57,028 I mean it all seems a bit babyish, to be honest. 91 00:05:57,058 --> 00:05:59,002 Now that me and Aaron are co-habiting. 92 00:05:59,039 --> 00:06:00,795 Oh, give it here! 93 00:06:02,861 --> 00:06:05,313 You're supposed to be getting some vitamin D. 94 00:06:05,438 --> 00:06:07,193 What's going on under there? 95 00:06:07,318 --> 00:06:08,674 Nothing, Miss. 96 00:06:08,854 --> 00:06:10,350 Razia! 97 00:06:10,838 --> 00:06:13,690 I used some skin bleach and it went wrong. 98 00:06:16,478 --> 00:06:18,791 Hee-hee! Shamone! 99 00:06:19,398 --> 00:06:20,979 Razia! 100 00:06:23,518 --> 00:06:26,092 I know, isolation! I'm going! 101 00:06:26,884 --> 00:06:29,742 She got a skin bleach off the market. I did tell her. 102 00:06:39,779 --> 00:06:41,276 Are you all right? 103 00:06:47,398 --> 00:06:48,508 Look, Raz, 104 00:06:48,550 --> 00:06:50,159 you might not be my mate any more, 105 00:06:50,168 --> 00:06:52,351 - but I'll always be yours. - Sh! 106 00:07:00,558 --> 00:07:02,146 Why did you do it? 107 00:07:03,198 --> 00:07:04,473 Riz. 108 00:07:04,598 --> 00:07:08,897 He didn't want a brown girlfriend, did he? 109 00:07:20,438 --> 00:07:25,099 There's a sandwich in the fridge for your lunch... 110 00:07:25,174 --> 00:07:27,291 ... and the remote's just there. 111 00:07:27,299 --> 00:07:29,914 I've left my num... 112 00:07:29,935 --> 00:07:32,521 I've left my number by the phone, in case you need me. 113 00:07:34,076 --> 00:07:36,255 I should be back just before six. 114 00:07:36,268 --> 00:07:37,889 So, erm... 115 00:07:39,238 --> 00:07:41,741 ... have a nice day, I suppose. 116 00:07:46,013 --> 00:07:47,547 Thanks. 117 00:07:52,995 --> 00:07:54,597 _ 118 00:07:54,965 --> 00:07:56,395 Hi. 119 00:07:57,765 --> 00:07:59,065 So? 120 00:08:01,878 --> 00:08:05,301 What is it? I'm at... I'm at work. What is it? 121 00:08:05,598 --> 00:08:07,049 Whatever it is you need... 122 00:08:07,937 --> 00:08:09,551 I can't... 123 00:08:13,478 --> 00:08:15,758 Can you get rid of that for me, Lorraine? 124 00:08:16,189 --> 00:08:19,396 She's not been coping since Steve left. Not at all. 125 00:08:20,357 --> 00:08:22,110 I thought she chucked him out? 126 00:08:22,358 --> 00:08:23,766 Have you spoke to him? 127 00:08:24,158 --> 00:08:25,744 What did he say? 128 00:08:25,957 --> 00:08:28,309 Oh, for God's sake, Dad! 129 00:08:28,318 --> 00:08:29,952 What you playing at? 130 00:08:30,417 --> 00:08:32,521 You could burn the house down. 131 00:08:32,727 --> 00:08:36,172 I told you. I left you a sandwich in the fridge. 132 00:08:36,462 --> 00:08:39,441 Oh! I were watching that. 133 00:08:40,594 --> 00:08:45,060 - I said I were watching that. - Yeah, I heard you the first time. 134 00:08:45,102 --> 00:08:47,019 Don't you turn your back on me. 135 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:48,621 I'm not, Dad. I'm just trying... 136 00:08:48,655 --> 00:08:50,954 Always have to have the last word, don't you, eh? 137 00:08:52,828 --> 00:08:56,211 How many times do I have to tell you about that mouth of yours? 138 00:08:56,236 --> 00:08:59,379 When you're under my roof, you do as I say, all right? 139 00:09:08,731 --> 00:09:11,321 Back into school. Your day is not over. 140 00:09:11,351 --> 00:09:13,044 It's Period 7. Oi! 141 00:09:13,169 --> 00:09:14,637 Get back here! 142 00:09:14,638 --> 00:09:16,926 - See you later! - See you later, mate! 143 00:09:20,078 --> 00:09:21,277 What? 144 00:09:23,478 --> 00:09:27,481 Did you always want to be a traffic cone when you grew up, sir? 145 00:09:27,733 --> 00:09:28,923 You think you're funny? 146 00:09:28,956 --> 00:09:31,282 Let's still see if you're laughing in detention. 147 00:09:32,015 --> 00:09:33,344 I can't! 148 00:09:33,646 --> 00:09:35,574 It's Comedy Night at the community centre. 149 00:09:35,646 --> 00:09:36,995 I'm on first. I need to get ready. 150 00:09:37,054 --> 00:09:39,711 Oh, so you DO think you're funny? 151 00:09:40,138 --> 00:09:41,496 Come on, please, sir. 152 00:09:41,621 --> 00:09:42,909 Go on. 153 00:09:49,451 --> 00:09:52,867 At least have the decency to laugh behind my back like everyone else. 154 00:09:52,992 --> 00:09:54,459 Not everyone! 155 00:09:55,020 --> 00:09:56,395 I'm sorry. 156 00:09:57,409 --> 00:09:59,043 What can I do to cheer you up? 157 00:09:59,328 --> 00:10:00,552 Nowt. 158 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:03,883 Well, we could go to his comedy night and heckle? 159 00:10:05,795 --> 00:10:07,454 Yeah, all right. 160 00:10:07,618 --> 00:10:08,938 I'll meet you there. 161 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,700 Cool then. I'll catch you. 162 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,285 Yeah. 163 00:10:14,381 --> 00:10:16,938 Whoa, mate! Whoa! 164 00:10:17,315 --> 00:10:19,096 Nice try! 165 00:10:41,338 --> 00:10:43,895 It's only for another week. It's fine. 166 00:10:44,020 --> 00:10:46,006 No, it's not. 167 00:10:46,131 --> 00:10:48,343 You're camping out in your car, you're struggling at work 168 00:10:48,358 --> 00:10:51,360 and I've been here 20 minutes, you've not gone near a corkscrew. 169 00:10:51,934 --> 00:10:53,550 It's a screw top. 170 00:10:53,917 --> 00:10:55,813 I'm not saying you can't cope. I just... 171 00:10:55,814 --> 00:10:58,129 I just think with everything else... 172 00:10:58,814 --> 00:11:00,591 Where's yours? 173 00:11:01,319 --> 00:11:03,985 - I'm not in the mood. - Since when? 174 00:11:13,342 --> 00:11:15,353 Congratulations. 175 00:11:15,369 --> 00:11:17,423 It couldn't have come at a worst time. 176 00:11:17,784 --> 00:11:20,129 This is not for discussion in the staffroom, 177 00:11:20,151 --> 00:11:22,369 or anywhere in Lorraine's earshot, right? 178 00:11:22,380 --> 00:11:23,569 Course not. 179 00:11:23,694 --> 00:11:25,163 How are you feeling? 180 00:11:26,294 --> 00:11:27,849 Tired mainly. 181 00:11:27,874 --> 00:11:29,293 Get used to that. 182 00:11:32,928 --> 00:11:34,697 Having him here won't help. 183 00:11:35,204 --> 00:11:36,730 Damn, I'm going to be late. 184 00:11:45,829 --> 00:11:47,946 - Do you mind if I take that bottle? - No. 185 00:11:48,034 --> 00:11:50,359 - You're not going to drink it. - No. 186 00:11:55,057 --> 00:11:57,144 - See you. - See you. 187 00:12:13,702 --> 00:12:14,875 Er... 188 00:12:15,630 --> 00:12:18,035 ... good evening... 189 00:12:18,052 --> 00:12:19,821 Come on! Get on with it. 190 00:12:20,479 --> 00:12:22,160 Er, I'm Naveed. 191 00:12:22,414 --> 00:12:23,916 I'm still at school. 192 00:12:24,260 --> 00:12:27,689 You know it's, it's not a rough school or owt, but, erm... 193 00:12:27,726 --> 00:12:31,447 ... yesterday our English teacher asked us what comes after a sentence. 194 00:12:31,531 --> 00:12:34,159 And this one kid stuck his hand up and said... 195 00:12:34,334 --> 00:12:35,969 ... "The appeal!" 196 00:12:37,377 --> 00:12:39,137 And, er, and then bell went off. 197 00:12:39,184 --> 00:12:41,367 Only it wasn't the bell, were it? 198 00:12:41,574 --> 00:12:42,661 It were his tag. 199 00:12:43,509 --> 00:12:45,346 But you know it's not just our school, is it? 200 00:12:45,393 --> 00:12:46,717 It's the whole town. 201 00:12:47,534 --> 00:12:50,090 Ever wondered why birds fly upside down round here? 202 00:12:51,129 --> 00:12:53,550 There's nowt worth crapping on, is there? 203 00:12:53,717 --> 00:12:56,473 I mean let's face it, the best thing to come out of Ackley... 204 00:12:56,983 --> 00:12:58,441 ... is the A58, ain't it? 205 00:12:58,827 --> 00:12:59,899 Straight out of here! 206 00:13:07,207 --> 00:13:09,655 So, what do you think? 207 00:13:10,013 --> 00:13:11,253 Pretty good. 208 00:13:11,254 --> 00:13:13,017 Funnier than some of the stuff on telly. 209 00:13:13,614 --> 00:13:15,145 So, what's next? 210 00:13:15,340 --> 00:13:17,046 Another gig? A world tour? 211 00:13:17,060 --> 00:13:18,807 I've got me A-levels first, sir. 212 00:13:19,001 --> 00:13:20,569 Right answer! 213 00:13:20,627 --> 00:13:24,024 Although there is a course in Liverpool I've looking at. 214 00:13:24,454 --> 00:13:25,643 Performing Arts. 215 00:13:25,974 --> 00:13:27,262 Are you going to go for it? 216 00:13:28,868 --> 00:13:30,743 My mum and dad want me to do biochemistry. 217 00:13:31,624 --> 00:13:34,106 - But do they know you're doing this? - God, no. 218 00:13:34,231 --> 00:13:36,782 - They'd go spare. - But you don't know that. 219 00:13:37,214 --> 00:13:38,240 Yeah. 220 00:13:38,454 --> 00:13:39,598 I do. 221 00:13:39,854 --> 00:13:41,570 Now, ladies and gents, 222 00:13:41,650 --> 00:13:44,209 it's time for our next act. 223 00:13:49,254 --> 00:13:51,156 You're brilliant, you, aren't you? 224 00:14:06,343 --> 00:14:08,727 Right, what have you done? 225 00:14:08,814 --> 00:14:10,037 It's the latest thing. 226 00:14:10,205 --> 00:14:13,323 - What do you think? - Er, I think you're daft in the head. 227 00:14:13,417 --> 00:14:15,186 Well, I think you're a racist. 228 00:14:15,311 --> 00:14:18,715 Oh for God's sake? What now? 229 00:14:19,654 --> 00:14:20,878 How can it be racist? 230 00:14:20,918 --> 00:14:23,623 - I'm showing everyone that brown is beautiful. - Are you, though? 231 00:14:23,653 --> 00:14:25,507 - Are you really? - All right. All right. 232 00:14:25,731 --> 00:14:26,928 Out of the way. 233 00:14:27,294 --> 00:14:28,521 Oh, Hayley! 234 00:14:28,564 --> 00:14:29,928 Miss, it's not what you think. 235 00:14:29,935 --> 00:14:31,863 She were just trying to be a good mate, that's all. 236 00:14:31,897 --> 00:14:33,510 Miss Carter's office, now! 237 00:14:35,598 --> 00:14:38,089 Hang on. Isn't Razia a racist an' all? 238 00:14:38,113 --> 00:14:39,333 No, she's an idiot. 239 00:14:39,334 --> 00:14:41,780 She's just trying to live up to Western standards of beauty. 240 00:14:41,830 --> 00:14:44,486 In many ways that makes her a victim of racism. 241 00:14:44,523 --> 00:14:47,993 OK. OK. So it's one rule for you and one rule for us? 242 00:14:48,013 --> 00:14:50,216 Who even asked you? Leave it. 243 00:14:50,277 --> 00:14:51,957 All right, Razia, come with me. 244 00:14:51,981 --> 00:14:54,766 Everyone else straight to registration. Now! 245 00:14:58,595 --> 00:14:59,929 Come on. Wait in there. 246 00:15:00,654 --> 00:15:03,674 I know what it looks like, but she's not got a racist bone in her body. 247 00:15:04,113 --> 00:15:06,853 It's her face that I'm worried about. 248 00:15:06,854 --> 00:15:09,403 Well, just be aware she's had a rough trot this year. 249 00:15:09,675 --> 00:15:11,369 So, tread lightly, yeah? 250 00:15:11,526 --> 00:15:14,127 - I were making a point. - That brown is beautiful. 251 00:15:14,137 --> 00:15:15,838 Which indeed it is. 252 00:15:16,924 --> 00:15:19,009 So I don't see what the problem is. 253 00:15:19,019 --> 00:15:20,977 Well, it's not so much the sentiment, Hayley. 254 00:15:20,983 --> 00:15:23,494 It's more how you've chosen to express it. 255 00:15:23,675 --> 00:15:25,466 I think maybe we should, er, call your mum. 256 00:15:25,479 --> 00:15:26,870 No, you can't! 257 00:15:27,454 --> 00:15:29,469 She's... she's not at home. 258 00:15:30,136 --> 00:15:31,944 Why's this the first I've heard about that? 259 00:15:32,021 --> 00:15:33,878 It's OK, you can call Aaron. 260 00:15:33,894 --> 00:15:35,001 He lives with us now. 261 00:15:35,031 --> 00:15:37,912 Why don't I deal with this? Take your call. Come on. 262 00:15:40,054 --> 00:15:42,049 - You have a visitor. - Well, tell them to wait. 263 00:15:42,055 --> 00:15:43,158 It's your mum. 264 00:15:43,681 --> 00:15:44,767 Oh. 265 00:15:46,950 --> 00:15:47,996 Oh. 266 00:15:56,213 --> 00:15:57,364 Yeah. 267 00:16:01,287 --> 00:16:02,530 Year 7. 268 00:16:03,228 --> 00:16:04,926 We asked them to paint a picture 269 00:16:04,942 --> 00:16:07,582 of what they'd most like to see outside their bedroom windows. 270 00:16:07,933 --> 00:16:11,100 We're trying to get them to think beyond Ackley Bridge. 271 00:16:11,225 --> 00:16:14,402 I know which one you would have painted at that age. 272 00:16:17,214 --> 00:16:19,302 You used to love that week in Filey. 273 00:16:19,826 --> 00:16:23,601 Come a long way since then. Good job, lovely fella. 274 00:16:25,294 --> 00:16:26,916 Why are you here, Mum? 275 00:16:28,492 --> 00:16:29,883 I... 276 00:16:30,503 --> 00:16:32,209 ... I can't do it. 277 00:16:32,486 --> 00:16:34,453 I can't have him back in the house. He's... 278 00:16:34,454 --> 00:16:36,484 he's going have to stay at yours. 279 00:16:37,694 --> 00:16:39,048 Come through. 280 00:16:40,254 --> 00:16:43,147 Two weeks. That all you said you needed. 281 00:16:43,174 --> 00:16:44,609 I know and I'm sorry, 282 00:16:44,672 --> 00:16:46,810 but when I think about him coming back... 283 00:16:46,814 --> 00:16:48,532 You've seen what he's like. 284 00:16:48,534 --> 00:16:49,874 I always knew what he was like. 285 00:16:49,886 --> 00:16:51,941 It's you that's been pretending he was somebody different. 286 00:16:51,970 --> 00:16:55,259 I didn't realise how hard everything had got. 287 00:16:55,534 --> 00:17:00,817 I thought it were all my fault for being stupid and useless 288 00:17:01,018 --> 00:17:02,937 and always making him angry. 289 00:17:03,134 --> 00:17:04,442 You're right. 290 00:17:05,355 --> 00:17:08,138 You're right. I should've come with you. 291 00:17:08,696 --> 00:17:11,998 I should have packed my bag and got in your car. 292 00:17:13,134 --> 00:17:14,421 But you didn't, Mum. 293 00:17:14,689 --> 00:17:16,114 You chose him. 294 00:17:18,142 --> 00:17:20,678 It wasn't like that. 295 00:17:20,938 --> 00:17:23,167 Five years. Five years without a word 296 00:17:23,174 --> 00:17:25,075 and you only turn up, what, now you want something? 297 00:17:25,100 --> 00:17:26,919 You'd got out. 298 00:17:27,422 --> 00:17:30,973 If you'd have had me to think about, you wouldn't have all this. 299 00:17:30,974 --> 00:17:34,541 School. House. Husband. 300 00:17:35,974 --> 00:17:37,203 Yeah, well, 301 00:17:37,710 --> 00:17:39,344 this school is failing, 302 00:17:39,374 --> 00:17:41,549 erm, the house is mortgaged to the hilt 303 00:17:41,561 --> 00:17:43,857 and I chucked Steve out two weeks ago. 304 00:17:46,614 --> 00:17:49,435 And I'm pregnant too. So, yeah... 305 00:17:49,515 --> 00:17:51,539 I don't know if I want to keep it. 306 00:17:52,214 --> 00:17:53,677 I am doing really well. 307 00:17:57,756 --> 00:17:58,854 Excuse me. 308 00:17:58,886 --> 00:18:01,074 Hiya, erm, I'm here about Hayley Booth. 309 00:18:01,100 --> 00:18:03,044 They said there was an emergency or something 310 00:18:03,065 --> 00:18:05,136 but they wouldn't tell me what it was about. Is she OK? 311 00:18:05,474 --> 00:18:07,318 Keep your hair on. She's fine. 312 00:18:07,494 --> 00:18:09,799 Excuse me. You need to sign in. 313 00:18:09,816 --> 00:18:11,693 So why am I getting calls from your school? 314 00:18:11,694 --> 00:18:15,242 All you have to do is tell Mr Shah that Hayley's not a racist. 315 00:18:15,259 --> 00:18:17,534 - What? - Just say she's learnt a valuable lesson 316 00:18:17,543 --> 00:18:19,374 and you'll make sure she never does it again. 317 00:18:19,424 --> 00:18:22,153 That way we don't have the social workers sniffing around. 318 00:18:22,463 --> 00:18:25,077 This isn't my first rodeo. 319 00:18:25,945 --> 00:18:28,216 It's just life with the Booth Sisters, innit? 320 00:18:28,253 --> 00:18:29,674 Mr Turner? 321 00:18:30,156 --> 00:18:31,397 Hiya. 322 00:18:42,534 --> 00:18:44,632 Look, she's not a racist. 323 00:18:44,854 --> 00:18:47,129 That's ridiculous. I mean her best friend is a... 324 00:18:47,254 --> 00:18:49,133 Well, I mean, I am. 325 00:18:49,134 --> 00:18:51,141 Kind of... Well, I'm not, I'm half, but... 326 00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:53,131 ... there you go. 327 00:18:56,734 --> 00:18:58,596 Why hasn't she washed her face yet? 328 00:18:58,617 --> 00:19:00,805 Well, you know, it's just daft kids' stuff, innit? 329 00:19:01,174 --> 00:19:02,871 If you can't handle that, then... 330 00:19:02,959 --> 00:19:04,799 ... I don't know, maybe you're in the wrong job. 331 00:19:05,854 --> 00:19:08,503 This is why I would have preferred to speak to Hayley's mother, 332 00:19:08,628 --> 00:19:10,511 not her sister's boyfriend. 333 00:19:10,590 --> 00:19:12,413 Yeah, well, that's not an option, mate, is it? 334 00:19:12,459 --> 00:19:14,081 Looks like you're stuck with me. 335 00:19:14,555 --> 00:19:18,849 Look, let's just say that she's learnt a valuable lesson 336 00:19:18,876 --> 00:19:21,218 and... she won't do it again. 337 00:19:22,014 --> 00:19:24,144 Yeah? Cool. 338 00:19:24,178 --> 00:19:25,389 Are we done? 339 00:19:38,174 --> 00:19:39,409 Sorted. 340 00:19:41,659 --> 00:19:43,642 See? Just a misunderstanding. 341 00:19:43,663 --> 00:19:45,121 I'm not sure I agree. 342 00:19:45,167 --> 00:19:46,885 This kind of behaviour isn't on. 343 00:19:46,974 --> 00:19:48,734 And in the absence of your mother, 344 00:19:48,859 --> 00:19:51,052 I've no choice but to speak to social services. 345 00:19:51,069 --> 00:19:52,129 - But, sir... - Hayley, 346 00:19:52,150 --> 00:19:54,376 you'll be spending the rest of the day in isolation. 347 00:19:56,414 --> 00:19:57,691 Off you go! 348 00:19:57,904 --> 00:19:59,325 Nice one. 349 00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:02,682 What did you say? 350 00:20:02,807 --> 00:20:04,288 What you told me to. 351 00:20:04,367 --> 00:20:05,893 Well, you must have got it wrong. 352 00:20:05,947 --> 00:20:07,859 Well, then maybe you shouldn't have dropped me in it? 353 00:20:08,054 --> 00:20:10,407 This is not what boyfriends do, all right? 354 00:20:20,167 --> 00:20:21,437 And I'll... 355 00:20:21,709 --> 00:20:23,609 I'll take him home tonight. 356 00:20:23,629 --> 00:20:26,537 - No, Mum, you can't. - I'll manage. 357 00:20:29,214 --> 00:20:30,595 Thank you. 358 00:20:36,214 --> 00:20:38,855 You need to get back to your own life. 359 00:20:38,980 --> 00:20:42,647 No, Mum, I'm not going to let him carry on ruining your life. 360 00:20:43,774 --> 00:20:46,680 - Not now that you've finally... - Finally come to my senses? 361 00:20:47,334 --> 00:20:49,659 It's too late, Mandy. 362 00:20:50,062 --> 00:20:52,077 I've made me bed. 363 00:20:52,421 --> 00:20:55,359 No! Neither of us have to put up with him. We'll... 364 00:20:55,388 --> 00:20:57,093 we'll put him in a home. 365 00:20:57,094 --> 00:20:59,218 I looked into it. I don't have that kind of money. 366 00:20:59,226 --> 00:21:00,409 Well, what sort of money? 367 00:21:00,534 --> 00:21:02,935 You just told me that you were in debt. 368 00:21:02,938 --> 00:21:03,995 Everyone's in debt, Mum. 369 00:21:04,008 --> 00:21:08,274 Your dad doesn't deserve a penny from you. 370 00:21:09,974 --> 00:21:12,054 I wouldn't be doing it for him. 371 00:21:17,854 --> 00:21:19,332 Oh! 372 00:21:27,048 --> 00:21:28,942 It was always me big plan. 373 00:21:30,014 --> 00:21:31,412 Ever since I was in school. 374 00:21:31,414 --> 00:21:34,361 Just go to uni, get a good job and then... 375 00:21:35,054 --> 00:21:37,594 ... go rescue me mum from me crappy dad. 376 00:21:39,848 --> 00:21:42,581 And when the big day came, I waited outside in the car, 377 00:21:42,585 --> 00:21:44,224 until me dad had gone to the pub. 378 00:21:44,638 --> 00:21:46,566 And I just walked into me mum's flat 379 00:21:46,691 --> 00:21:48,529 and told her to pack her bags. 380 00:21:48,654 --> 00:21:50,041 How did that go down? 381 00:21:52,774 --> 00:21:54,500 She was too scared. 382 00:21:54,538 --> 00:21:56,184 I get that now. 383 00:21:56,381 --> 00:21:58,669 - But you didn't back then? - No. 384 00:21:58,958 --> 00:22:01,624 No, I was so angry. I mean... 385 00:22:02,334 --> 00:22:04,409 ... 20-odd years he'd knocked her around, 386 00:22:04,432 --> 00:22:06,373 called her every name under the sun, 387 00:22:06,374 --> 00:22:08,737 and I was offering her a way out, so... 388 00:22:09,722 --> 00:22:10,983 ... I gave her a choice. 389 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:14,021 I told her I couldn't be around him any more, which was true, 390 00:22:14,604 --> 00:22:17,466 and that as long as she wanted to be with him, 391 00:22:17,499 --> 00:22:19,373 I didn't want to see or hear from her. 392 00:22:22,094 --> 00:22:23,835 And then I just walked out. 393 00:22:26,814 --> 00:22:28,726 She made the right choice in the end. 394 00:22:29,066 --> 00:22:31,618 It just took her five years to get there. 395 00:22:37,016 --> 00:22:40,113 Right, Dad, I'm off... 396 00:22:43,414 --> 00:22:44,819 Dad! 397 00:22:47,216 --> 00:22:48,428 Dad! 398 00:22:51,294 --> 00:22:54,569 Dad, I've got to go to work. You can't stay in here. 399 00:22:54,586 --> 00:22:58,858 Mm, you're my little beauty, aren't you? 400 00:23:00,945 --> 00:23:04,717 The care worker's coming again this afternoon. Do you remember? 401 00:23:05,311 --> 00:23:07,696 Oh. Mm. 402 00:23:08,414 --> 00:23:09,564 Bye-bye. 403 00:23:10,252 --> 00:23:11,505 Bye-bye. 404 00:23:12,683 --> 00:23:15,043 Oh, don't be frightened. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. 405 00:23:15,076 --> 00:23:17,612 See you later. Daddy see you later. 406 00:23:19,374 --> 00:23:21,485 Put some trousers on. 407 00:23:25,574 --> 00:23:28,701 Don't you get too comfortable. You're days are numbered an' all. 408 00:23:34,249 --> 00:23:37,492 _ 409 00:23:45,606 --> 00:23:47,995 Neil Sykes and Clint Northwood. 410 00:23:48,214 --> 00:23:50,342 I'll see you in me office. 411 00:23:51,772 --> 00:23:53,218 Oh, excuse me. 412 00:23:53,260 --> 00:23:56,241 I need to know who was playing on table five yesterday. 413 00:24:01,573 --> 00:24:04,313 Stop! Go back. 414 00:24:04,694 --> 00:24:06,146 Stop. 415 00:24:21,774 --> 00:24:23,775 Oi! Hey, what are you doing? 416 00:24:30,825 --> 00:24:32,826 It's your home help. 417 00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:43,670 - Jordan. - I aren't doing owt wrong. 418 00:24:43,696 --> 00:24:46,853 Yes, you are! You are taking advantage of a vulnerable old man. 419 00:24:46,854 --> 00:24:49,369 Ray? Whatever! I aren't taking advantage of anyone. 420 00:24:49,385 --> 00:24:51,732 Oh, right. So, you just took it upon yourself to become a home help 421 00:24:51,748 --> 00:24:53,377 and you're getting nothing in return, yeah? 422 00:24:54,094 --> 00:24:56,714 They give me change, for when I've been to the shop. 423 00:24:56,894 --> 00:24:59,133 Then sometimes let me sleep on their couch a few nights. 424 00:24:59,134 --> 00:25:01,117 Home helps don't stay for breakfast, Jordan. 425 00:25:01,163 --> 00:25:02,693 Look, I don't ask for any of it. 426 00:25:02,772 --> 00:25:04,344 I'm all right with a cup of tea and biscuits. 427 00:25:04,369 --> 00:25:05,974 Right? So, they take Jammie Dodgers 428 00:25:05,991 --> 00:25:07,693 - down the snooker hall these days? - Look he just... 429 00:25:07,934 --> 00:25:09,489 He wanted to go out somewhere. 430 00:25:09,741 --> 00:25:11,804 He's just tired of being stuck in front of TV all day. 431 00:25:11,808 --> 00:25:13,329 And he told you that, did he? 432 00:25:13,454 --> 00:25:16,756 Yeah, he did. He's quite chatty once he gets going. 433 00:25:20,574 --> 00:25:22,173 Tell him I said ta-ra. 434 00:25:30,974 --> 00:25:32,973 He's been faking it, Mum? 435 00:25:32,974 --> 00:25:34,683 You said he'd been like this for months. 436 00:25:34,696 --> 00:25:36,774 It were hard to tell the difference at first. 437 00:25:36,783 --> 00:25:39,889 - But he got worse. - Well, did you take him to the doctors, 438 00:25:39,905 --> 00:25:41,825 - get him checked out? - He hates doctors. 439 00:25:41,846 --> 00:25:44,627 - If I even suggest... - Oh, Mum! 440 00:25:45,832 --> 00:25:49,773 It never even crossed my mind that he were taking the mick. 441 00:25:49,774 --> 00:25:53,038 - I mean, why would he do this? - Cos it's what he does, isn't it? 442 00:25:53,048 --> 00:25:55,128 Make people's lives a misery. 443 00:25:56,494 --> 00:25:58,962 You must think I'm so stupid. 444 00:25:59,414 --> 00:26:01,573 If you're stupid, then I'm an idiot. 445 00:26:01,574 --> 00:26:04,293 - What are you going to do? - I should go to the police. 446 00:26:04,294 --> 00:26:05,679 You're right. 447 00:26:06,194 --> 00:26:09,392 And I'll own up to my part in it all. 448 00:26:09,574 --> 00:26:11,013 Mum, you've done nothing wrong. 449 00:26:11,014 --> 00:26:12,253 Haven't I? 450 00:26:12,254 --> 00:26:14,170 I were the one that took him to the school 451 00:26:14,174 --> 00:26:15,612 and talked you into taking him in. 452 00:26:15,614 --> 00:26:18,139 - I deserve everything that's coming to me. - Right, calm down. 453 00:26:18,854 --> 00:26:20,209 Mum... 454 00:26:20,694 --> 00:26:22,950 I don't even know what they'd charge him with, anyway. 455 00:26:24,534 --> 00:26:26,194 We'll deal with this ourselves, yeah? 456 00:26:27,454 --> 00:26:28,717 We'll do it together. 457 00:26:28,894 --> 00:26:31,262 Thanks, love. Thank you. 458 00:26:34,054 --> 00:26:36,875 Right so, thank you, everyone, for joining me this afternoon. 459 00:26:36,888 --> 00:26:38,543 Er, I won't take up a lot of your time. 460 00:26:38,556 --> 00:26:40,933 But I do have one or two things, that I would like to raise, 461 00:26:40,971 --> 00:26:42,733 before you go off and do your marking. 462 00:26:42,858 --> 00:26:45,831 So, I'll be brief. And... 463 00:26:46,585 --> 00:26:48,392 I thought we could get some feedback 464 00:26:48,419 --> 00:26:50,681 about how the extra study skills sessions are working. 465 00:26:52,174 --> 00:26:54,139 Er... er, right. 466 00:26:54,534 --> 00:26:56,329 Erm... 467 00:26:56,678 --> 00:26:59,536 Well, look, I know it's been a bit of a slow start, hasn't it? 468 00:26:59,541 --> 00:27:00,735 Mandy... 469 00:27:00,769 --> 00:27:03,798 I know I'm always banging on about smaller class sizes, 470 00:27:03,811 --> 00:27:06,211 but it's getting ridiculous, even with Will on the school gates. 471 00:27:06,214 --> 00:27:07,508 I'm trying my best. 472 00:27:07,537 --> 00:27:10,131 It is quite dispiriting, teaching the kids who 473 00:27:10,148 --> 00:27:12,587 can't outwit a physical education teacher. 474 00:27:12,659 --> 00:27:14,038 None taken. 475 00:27:14,050 --> 00:27:15,493 I think you're on the right track. 476 00:27:15,618 --> 00:27:19,226 Extra teaching hours is the way to go. But focused teaching, 477 00:27:19,243 --> 00:27:21,619 you know, targeting kids who need it. 478 00:27:21,744 --> 00:27:23,581 Now I could come up with an alternative plan 479 00:27:23,594 --> 00:27:25,710 for the year elevens. Then, if we all agree, 480 00:27:25,731 --> 00:27:27,475 - we... - Erm, hang on a minute. Hang on. 481 00:27:27,492 --> 00:27:30,635 I'm a big fan of democracy, but that's not what this school is. 482 00:27:30,719 --> 00:27:33,561 I am still the head teacher: I set the educational policy. 483 00:27:33,599 --> 00:27:36,173 Yeah, but if you're not around to see that policy in action... ? 484 00:27:36,298 --> 00:27:38,971 Now, I appreciate that things at home are difficult... 485 00:27:40,854 --> 00:27:43,410 Absences can't always be avoided. 486 00:27:46,254 --> 00:27:48,401 I look forward to hearing your thoughts. 487 00:27:55,563 --> 00:27:58,333 No boy is worth this. 488 00:27:58,497 --> 00:28:00,915 Same with the yoyo diets, and the... 489 00:28:00,953 --> 00:28:04,213 and the silly shoes that hurt the feet that you read in a magazine. 490 00:28:04,214 --> 00:28:06,657 That's just one idea of beautiful. 491 00:28:06,694 --> 00:28:07,776 Huh? 492 00:28:09,797 --> 00:28:11,180 Missy's got a right face on. 493 00:28:11,201 --> 00:28:13,853 Apparently, I've messed everything up cos I'm a racist. 494 00:28:13,938 --> 00:28:16,167 - I wasn't even being racist. - Oh, Hayley, come here. Sit down. 495 00:28:16,192 --> 00:28:18,041 I don't even know what I've done! 496 00:28:18,734 --> 00:28:21,013 You're too young to remember, but... 497 00:28:21,014 --> 00:28:24,293 ... people used to be funny buggers about us on the TV. 498 00:28:24,418 --> 00:28:27,649 - Painting their face. Wobbly head... - I never even... 499 00:28:27,671 --> 00:28:29,708 I know! I know! 500 00:28:29,909 --> 00:28:32,038 And it's not on the TV any more. 501 00:28:32,059 --> 00:28:33,521 That's good. 502 00:28:33,854 --> 00:28:37,184 But it doesn't mean people are not funny buggers still. 503 00:28:37,494 --> 00:28:40,290 They're just sneaky about it now. 504 00:28:41,351 --> 00:28:44,427 We don't want to be the joke any more, Beta. 505 00:28:45,454 --> 00:28:46,745 I'm sorry. 506 00:28:46,782 --> 00:28:48,878 You say that to Mr Shah. 507 00:28:49,041 --> 00:28:50,910 It'll all be OK. 508 00:28:55,470 --> 00:28:57,733 Aaron's phone. Leave a message. 509 00:28:57,734 --> 00:28:59,569 I missed you last night, babe. 510 00:28:59,694 --> 00:29:01,819 Er, did you stay at your mates? 511 00:29:02,808 --> 00:29:04,698 Anyway, er... 512 00:29:05,014 --> 00:29:06,727 ... I don't want to be a nag, but... 513 00:29:06,777 --> 00:29:09,803 ... we've got that meeting with the social worker tomorrow. 514 00:29:10,671 --> 00:29:13,424 They'll take Hayley away if we don't have an adult in the house. 515 00:29:13,734 --> 00:29:15,319 We need you. 516 00:29:34,217 --> 00:29:36,173 I might have done something daft. 517 00:29:36,199 --> 00:29:39,917 - Like what? - I invited Naveed's dad. 518 00:29:44,414 --> 00:29:46,449 Good evening, good evening, good evening. 519 00:29:46,574 --> 00:29:49,316 Well, you seem like a nice crowd. 520 00:29:49,316 --> 00:29:51,053 You know, you never know. I've erm... 521 00:29:51,054 --> 00:29:53,837 I've had a few rough gigs recently. I'm not going to... 522 00:29:55,854 --> 00:29:57,289 Erm... 523 00:29:57,574 --> 00:29:59,678 Did a funeral last week. 524 00:29:59,974 --> 00:30:01,773 Doesn't get much tougher than that. 525 00:30:01,774 --> 00:30:04,277 People actually heckled. 526 00:30:04,534 --> 00:30:07,042 "Get away from grandad's coffin! 527 00:30:07,089 --> 00:30:11,293 We've called the police.So disrespectful." LAUGHTER 528 00:30:11,294 --> 00:30:13,831 Miserable bunch, I tell yer. 529 00:30:14,872 --> 00:30:17,293 Thank you, thank you, Mr Simpson. 530 00:30:17,294 --> 00:30:20,239 That's one of my teachers there. Well, he's a... 531 00:30:20,831 --> 00:30:23,516 he's a PE teacher. 532 00:30:23,574 --> 00:30:26,146 No. Teaching PE 533 00:30:26,209 --> 00:30:28,000 is for those who want to be a teacher, 534 00:30:28,021 --> 00:30:29,965 but don't actually want to do any of the boring reading. 535 00:30:30,473 --> 00:30:33,276 In't that right, sir? In't that right? 536 00:30:33,574 --> 00:30:35,969 Hey, don't worry. Your secret's safe with us. 537 00:30:36,010 --> 00:30:37,823 Secret's safe with us... 538 00:30:38,106 --> 00:30:41,956 ... and everyone else who's ever been to school before. 539 00:30:46,654 --> 00:30:48,569 Not sure, but his dad is coming over. 540 00:30:48,590 --> 00:30:49,733 Oh. 541 00:30:50,814 --> 00:30:52,484 What did you think? 542 00:30:52,886 --> 00:30:54,847 I think the joke's on me. 543 00:30:55,287 --> 00:30:56,989 I'm not sure I understand. 544 00:30:57,039 --> 00:30:58,724 Naveed told his mother and me 545 00:30:58,724 --> 00:31:00,790 that he was in the library studying tonight. 546 00:31:00,811 --> 00:31:02,140 I said I was sorry about that. 547 00:31:02,156 --> 00:31:04,333 If it wasn't for your teacher, I would never have known. 548 00:31:04,334 --> 00:31:06,479 - Thank you, Mr Simpson. - Yeah, 549 00:31:06,730 --> 00:31:08,063 - thanks. - I wa... 550 00:31:08,101 --> 00:31:10,253 I wasn't trying to get Naveed in trouble. 551 00:31:10,254 --> 00:31:12,103 I really think he's got talent. 552 00:31:12,111 --> 00:31:14,491 And I thought it would be a good chance for you to come 553 00:31:14,503 --> 00:31:15,706 and see him for yourself. 554 00:31:15,723 --> 00:31:18,003 You think I don't know my son is funny? 555 00:31:18,574 --> 00:31:20,450 At home we laugh all the time. 556 00:31:20,500 --> 00:31:24,294 Then maybe Naveed should pursue his talent professionally? 557 00:31:24,974 --> 00:31:26,413 Ooh! 558 00:31:26,414 --> 00:31:28,466 Interesting idea. 559 00:31:29,094 --> 00:31:30,905 And maybe I could help him. 560 00:31:31,065 --> 00:31:33,688 I could find... a nice cardboard box 561 00:31:33,696 --> 00:31:35,586 for him to sleep in on the streets 562 00:31:35,611 --> 00:31:37,568 because he doesn't have a proper job! 563 00:31:39,374 --> 00:31:40,453 See? 564 00:31:40,454 --> 00:31:41,968 I'm funny, too. 565 00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:44,550 All right. Time to go. 566 00:31:51,689 --> 00:31:55,075 You must have had an idea it was probably going to go like that. 567 00:31:55,112 --> 00:31:56,853 I knew it was a long shot. 568 00:31:56,854 --> 00:31:58,333 Then why'd you bother? 569 00:31:58,334 --> 00:31:59,761 Cos... 570 00:32:00,614 --> 00:32:03,089 ... I want to be a good teacher... 571 00:32:03,252 --> 00:32:07,028 ... more than just a traffic cone in trainers. 572 00:32:08,094 --> 00:32:10,493 At least you got a good laugh out of it though, so... 573 00:32:10,618 --> 00:32:12,712 ... it wasn't a complete waste of time. 574 00:32:14,894 --> 00:32:16,426 See you tomorrow. 575 00:32:17,918 --> 00:32:19,259 Have you had your tea yet? 576 00:32:19,272 --> 00:32:21,745 Oh, I'm just going to get chips on the way home. 577 00:32:23,574 --> 00:32:25,131 Unless... 578 00:32:25,654 --> 00:32:29,142 ... you want to get pizza, or... ? 579 00:32:30,073 --> 00:32:32,453 - Yeah. Pizza's good. - Yeah? 580 00:32:32,454 --> 00:32:34,301 Great. Yeah. 581 00:32:34,654 --> 00:32:36,308 Great. 582 00:32:54,661 --> 00:32:56,413 Think he wants some more? 583 00:32:56,414 --> 00:32:58,769 Er... I don't know. 584 00:32:58,894 --> 00:33:00,053 Yeah. 585 00:33:00,140 --> 00:33:02,768 He won't get food like this when he's in the home. 586 00:33:03,254 --> 00:33:04,653 Won't he? 587 00:33:04,654 --> 00:33:07,139 I don't know what they were cooking when I went to look round 588 00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:09,222 but it smelt like bleached cabbage. 589 00:33:10,027 --> 00:33:12,659 And even that didn't cover up the other smell. 590 00:33:17,878 --> 00:33:20,128 I think some of them had been left to sit in the their own... 591 00:33:20,165 --> 00:33:21,533 ... y'know... 592 00:33:21,534 --> 00:33:22,914 Still. 593 00:33:23,409 --> 00:33:25,133 Get what you pay for, don't yer? 594 00:33:25,134 --> 00:33:27,440 It was the cheapest one I could find. 595 00:33:28,773 --> 00:33:31,141 I mean, there's no point in wasting money on someone 596 00:33:31,158 --> 00:33:33,689 who doesn't even know what planet he's on. Is there? 597 00:33:36,631 --> 00:33:39,093 Oh, and I worked out what to do with the pigeons. 598 00:33:39,094 --> 00:33:40,633 Did you, love? 599 00:33:43,094 --> 00:33:45,113 Taste great, don't they? 600 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,083 You little cow. 601 00:33:53,042 --> 00:33:55,838 - My pigeons! - He's going to be so angry. 602 00:33:55,846 --> 00:33:58,049 It's all right, Mum. I won't let him hurt you. 603 00:33:58,072 --> 00:34:00,017 What have you done? 604 00:34:08,654 --> 00:34:09,949 Oh... 605 00:34:10,614 --> 00:34:14,279 You scheming little bitch! 606 00:34:14,294 --> 00:34:16,580 How long did you think you could keep it up for, Dad? 607 00:34:16,584 --> 00:34:17,967 - Long enough. - Really, and what? 608 00:34:17,976 --> 00:34:20,142 What were you hoping to achieve from all of this? 609 00:34:20,163 --> 00:34:23,407 I wanted her to realise that we're better off without you. 610 00:34:23,433 --> 00:34:25,930 Yeah. Every birthday, every Christmas... 611 00:34:25,964 --> 00:34:28,906 having to look at her with a face like a slapped backside, 612 00:34:28,927 --> 00:34:31,253 "Cos we haven't had a card from you!" 613 00:34:31,429 --> 00:34:33,253 Well, I'd had enough. 614 00:34:33,254 --> 00:34:36,323 I knew she'd call you if I gave her an excuse. 615 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:39,591 Then it were only a matter of time before you'd turn her against me. 616 00:34:39,603 --> 00:34:42,818 I knew you'd end up getting her to stick me in a home. 617 00:34:42,847 --> 00:34:44,507 Now do you understand? 618 00:34:44,694 --> 00:34:46,652 - I... I do. - Yeah. 619 00:34:46,654 --> 00:34:48,748 So... Thanks for everything. 620 00:34:48,924 --> 00:34:51,547 We'll be on our way! Say your goodbyes. 621 00:34:51,574 --> 00:34:53,077 No. 622 00:34:56,214 --> 00:34:58,449 Don't make me have to tell you again. 623 00:34:58,667 --> 00:35:01,893 You'll never have to tell me anything again, Raymond. 624 00:35:01,894 --> 00:35:04,236 You think you've shown our Mandy up? 625 00:35:04,253 --> 00:35:06,573 You're the only one that's been shown up. 626 00:35:06,574 --> 00:35:07,987 I can see you. 627 00:35:08,038 --> 00:35:09,395 Finally. 628 00:35:11,054 --> 00:35:12,517 You heard her. 629 00:35:16,334 --> 00:35:18,339 Is that the best you can do? 630 00:35:29,767 --> 00:35:32,009 Oh, God, what have I done? 631 00:35:32,185 --> 00:35:34,413 It's all right, Mum. He's going. He's going. 632 00:35:34,414 --> 00:35:37,228 I've got nowhere to live. The flat's in his name. 633 00:35:37,274 --> 00:35:39,133 We'll... we'll, we'll find you somewhere else. 634 00:35:39,134 --> 00:35:42,300 How will I pay the rent? Everything goes into his account. 635 00:35:42,317 --> 00:35:44,635 We'll... we'll get you your own account, yeah? 636 00:35:44,664 --> 00:35:46,549 With the money I was going to spend on putting him in a home. 637 00:35:46,558 --> 00:35:47,794 That's yours now. 638 00:35:47,874 --> 00:35:49,462 - No, love! - Yes. Yes, Mum, 639 00:35:49,487 --> 00:35:51,491 that money was always for you. 640 00:35:51,813 --> 00:35:53,879 So, you could have your own life... 641 00:35:54,378 --> 00:35:56,348 ... and your own home. 642 00:35:57,454 --> 00:36:00,284 Maybe now it could be somewhere a bit closer? 643 00:36:01,174 --> 00:36:02,572 Oh, love. 644 00:36:03,814 --> 00:36:05,409 It's all right. 645 00:36:07,475 --> 00:36:09,215 It's all right. 646 00:36:11,340 --> 00:36:14,009 Your extra classes are a disaster, Mandy. 647 00:36:14,030 --> 00:36:16,524 And unless we do summat, the Year 11 exam results 648 00:36:16,541 --> 00:36:18,497 - are going to be a disaster. - We are doing something. 649 00:36:18,522 --> 00:36:19,871 We're, we're doing everything we can. 650 00:36:19,892 --> 00:36:21,968 What? Cracking down on uniform violations? 651 00:36:22,022 --> 00:36:23,865 Pulling kids out of non-core? 652 00:36:23,990 --> 00:36:26,709 They're just gestures. The time for those has passed. 653 00:36:26,710 --> 00:36:29,145 We need extreme measures. 654 00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:31,728 I'm not sure "extreme" is a helpful phrase. 655 00:36:31,757 --> 00:36:33,320 I've drawn up a list of all the pupils 656 00:36:33,345 --> 00:36:35,746 I think would benefit most from focused resources. 657 00:36:35,746 --> 00:36:38,403 Those kids did OK in their marks. At least five good passes. 658 00:36:38,424 --> 00:36:39,820 And, perhaps, with a bit more attention, 659 00:36:39,828 --> 00:36:41,257 they could be doing even better. 660 00:36:41,266 --> 00:36:44,099 I thought we were here to discuss the kids that are failing. 661 00:36:45,696 --> 00:36:49,313 You mean the pupils that have been failing their entire school careers? 662 00:36:49,757 --> 00:36:52,785 We can't turn that around in a few weeks. 663 00:36:52,910 --> 00:36:54,989 So, we just give up on them? 664 00:36:54,990 --> 00:36:57,349 Sorry, maybe I misunderstood, 665 00:36:57,350 --> 00:37:00,194 but didn't you bring me in here to improve results and admissions, 666 00:37:00,206 --> 00:37:02,345 not to make same old excuses? 667 00:37:02,407 --> 00:37:05,689 My pupils will not experience indifference from me 668 00:37:05,710 --> 00:37:07,194 or any other member of my staff. 669 00:37:07,202 --> 00:37:09,214 I don't care if it's their first or their last day here. 670 00:37:09,226 --> 00:37:12,403 - We never give up. - And that's a great Facebook status, 671 00:37:12,412 --> 00:37:14,050 but it's no way to run a school. 672 00:37:14,818 --> 00:37:17,822 Look, there is no point in teaching lost causes. 673 00:37:17,830 --> 00:37:19,189 Well, we haven't got any. 674 00:37:19,190 --> 00:37:20,659 Hayley Booth! 675 00:37:20,990 --> 00:37:24,310 - You have no idea what she's been through. - Junkie mum? 676 00:37:24,695 --> 00:37:26,032 Yeah, I've read the file. 677 00:37:26,034 --> 00:37:29,544 So, I also know about her attendance problems, lack of discipline 678 00:37:29,565 --> 00:37:32,149 and how she's lagging behind in every subject. 679 00:37:32,150 --> 00:37:35,193 Look, kids like her don't need to be told they can overcome the odds 680 00:37:35,210 --> 00:37:37,829 and go to university on the back of a unicorn. 681 00:37:37,830 --> 00:37:39,887 What they need is a reality check. 682 00:37:39,904 --> 00:37:43,145 I will not teach our kids to lower their expectations. 683 00:37:43,432 --> 00:37:46,810 Then you have to accept that you might be doing more harm than good. 684 00:37:50,514 --> 00:37:52,702 Find out when he's meeting Hayley's social worker. 685 00:37:52,715 --> 00:37:54,396 - I want you there too. - Yeah. 686 00:37:59,030 --> 00:38:00,854 See you tomorrow. 687 00:38:01,110 --> 00:38:04,492 And I thought she was joking when she said about the old ladies. 688 00:38:06,070 --> 00:38:07,789 Going to grass me up t'police, then? 689 00:38:07,790 --> 00:38:10,309 No, but this has got to stop, Jordan. 690 00:38:10,310 --> 00:38:12,189 You make it sound like I've got a choice. 691 00:38:12,190 --> 00:38:13,607 You have. 692 00:38:14,034 --> 00:38:15,757 Just listen. 693 00:38:16,190 --> 00:38:18,345 I've spoken to social services, 694 00:38:18,694 --> 00:38:21,208 and they've finally agreed to place you in emergency foster care. 695 00:38:21,230 --> 00:38:22,880 I'd rather just look after myself. 696 00:38:23,005 --> 00:38:25,738 I don't believe you. I don't believe you are happy out here on your own 697 00:38:25,763 --> 00:38:28,918 out here, without... without your friends, without your brother. 698 00:38:29,270 --> 00:38:31,500 I think you're bored and... 699 00:38:33,013 --> 00:38:34,878 ... scared and miserable. 700 00:38:34,899 --> 00:38:37,126 And I think if you don't get in this bloody car now, 701 00:38:37,146 --> 00:38:38,383 you're going to kick yourself. 702 00:38:41,614 --> 00:38:43,324 And if he doesn't, I will. 703 00:38:52,750 --> 00:38:54,308 I'm getting in t'front. 704 00:39:00,150 --> 00:39:01,506 Mum? 705 00:39:01,917 --> 00:39:03,551 Are you ready to go? 706 00:39:07,070 --> 00:39:08,459 Mum? 707 00:39:13,350 --> 00:39:15,005 We're going to be late! 708 00:39:50,990 --> 00:39:53,838 Let me guess. Next stop, sunny Filey? 709 00:39:54,016 --> 00:39:55,589 Where else? 710 00:39:55,590 --> 00:39:57,989 Never did understand why you dragged us there every year, 711 00:39:57,990 --> 00:39:59,749 so we could pretend to be a happy family. 712 00:39:59,750 --> 00:40:03,028 Ungrateful little cow. My dad never took me anywhere. 713 00:40:03,030 --> 00:40:05,415 I scrimped and saved to take you on holiday. 714 00:40:05,441 --> 00:40:07,007 No, you didn't! Mum did. 715 00:40:07,024 --> 00:40:08,785 You never put your hand in your pocket. 716 00:40:10,110 --> 00:40:11,320 Where is she, Dad? 717 00:40:11,786 --> 00:40:13,210 If you've hurt her... 718 00:40:18,190 --> 00:40:19,266 Well, 719 00:40:19,636 --> 00:40:22,507 she paid for this little beauty, didn't you, my love? 720 00:40:27,569 --> 00:40:30,625 What? So all that... all that stuff about wanting to get away from him? 721 00:40:30,633 --> 00:40:32,627 - Wanting to be my mum? - Maybe if you'd have acted 722 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:34,953 more like a daughter over the last few years. 723 00:40:35,870 --> 00:40:38,785 Even before that, you were always trying to come between us. 724 00:40:38,810 --> 00:40:41,840 Aye. As if her marriage was anything to write home about. 725 00:40:41,870 --> 00:40:45,870 Yeah! Never wondered why you drive everyone away, Mandy? 726 00:40:46,910 --> 00:40:48,706 So, you did all this for the money? 727 00:40:48,723 --> 00:40:51,829 I don't think a bit of comfort in our old age were too much to ask. 728 00:40:51,830 --> 00:40:55,185 - But you didn't ask, did you? - I didn't have to! 729 00:40:55,310 --> 00:40:57,389 You loved it, playing the martyr. 730 00:40:57,514 --> 00:40:59,038 Couldn't wait to hand over the money 731 00:40:59,044 --> 00:41:01,542 so that you could feel better than us. Well, 732 00:41:02,203 --> 00:41:04,472 you're what we made you. 733 00:41:05,209 --> 00:41:10,227 Maybe we deserve something to say thank you for that? 734 00:41:14,566 --> 00:41:17,069 And this is what do you think you deserve, is it, Mum? 735 00:41:17,194 --> 00:41:20,545 A crapped-out camper van and spending the rest of your life with him? 736 00:41:26,827 --> 00:41:28,646 Well, I hope it makes you happy, Mum. 737 00:41:29,467 --> 00:41:30,850 I really do. 738 00:41:34,992 --> 00:41:36,492 Come on. 739 00:42:11,590 --> 00:42:14,349 I don't remember asking you to join us, Miss Keane. 740 00:42:14,350 --> 00:42:16,698 The girls need someone in their corner. 741 00:42:17,414 --> 00:42:19,987 I'm not sure that's entirely appropriate. 742 00:42:20,630 --> 00:42:22,879 I'm not sure I care. 743 00:42:31,550 --> 00:42:33,064 Sorry I'm late. 744 00:42:34,910 --> 00:42:36,501 Shall we do this? 745 00:42:40,168 --> 00:42:42,465 - OK. - Thank you. 746 00:42:50,633 --> 00:42:53,110 I got your text. What's so important? 747 00:43:00,390 --> 00:43:01,793 I'm pregnant. 748 00:43:07,154 --> 00:43:08,747 And I'm keeping it. 749 00:43:11,283 --> 00:43:12,310 What? 750 00:43:12,323 --> 00:43:13,676 - Yeah. - I thought... 751 00:43:13,910 --> 00:43:16,270 No. I mean, that doesn't mean, obviously, you and me. 752 00:43:16,274 --> 00:43:19,242 No, no. Man... Mandy, listen, I know things have got really screwed up, 753 00:43:19,246 --> 00:43:20,717 but we've been here before, haven't we? 754 00:43:20,734 --> 00:43:21,974 - We've been here before. - Yeah, but isn't that the problem? 755 00:43:22,003 --> 00:43:23,641 Yeah, but I'm trying to say we can sort it out. 756 00:43:23,646 --> 00:43:25,498 - We can. - And what? And then what? 757 00:43:25,623 --> 00:43:28,707 What, we just do it all again? I mean... 758 00:43:30,470 --> 00:43:31,750 No. 759 00:43:34,270 --> 00:43:36,686 Steve, I've seen what it's like for people who are... 760 00:43:36,710 --> 00:43:38,903 ... who are trapped in a crappy marriages 761 00:43:38,912 --> 00:43:40,626 and how much they hurt each other 762 00:43:40,647 --> 00:43:42,909 and then they hurt everyone else around them. 763 00:43:42,910 --> 00:43:45,169 And I... I don't... 764 00:43:48,790 --> 00:43:50,859 Let's just not do it any more. 765 00:44:00,590 --> 00:44:02,120 I, erm... 766 00:44:04,870 --> 00:44:07,200 I want to be part of my child's life. 767 00:44:08,430 --> 00:44:10,268 Yeah, erm, that's why I wanted to see you, 768 00:44:10,289 --> 00:44:12,778 cos I want you to be, as well, and, so, we will... 769 00:44:13,190 --> 00:44:16,759 ... we will talk about that. We'll sort it out like adults. 770 00:44:19,070 --> 00:44:20,920 I promise we will. 771 00:44:22,990 --> 00:44:24,846 Right. 772 00:44:48,471 --> 00:44:50,118 Is that one better? 773 00:44:51,990 --> 00:44:54,909 You see this face? I love this face. 774 00:44:54,910 --> 00:44:56,709 You hear me? Hmm? 775 00:44:56,710 --> 00:44:59,597 Oh! 776 00:45:05,581 --> 00:45:08,400 - He was brilliant. - Not really. 777 00:45:12,750 --> 00:45:14,822 Yay! 778 00:45:14,947 --> 00:45:17,640 Thank you. Thank you. 779 00:45:17,681 --> 00:45:20,935 _ 780 00:45:22,350 --> 00:45:24,224 - Ready? - Yeah. 781 00:45:29,230 --> 00:45:32,391 Is this cos of my petition? Innit? 782 00:45:32,590 --> 00:45:33,964 Well, you've made me see 783 00:45:33,973 --> 00:45:35,813 that the prom's quite important to some of you. 784 00:45:35,888 --> 00:45:37,774 It's the most important night of the year. 785 00:45:37,790 --> 00:45:40,691 Prove it. Cos the only way to get a ticket to this prom 786 00:45:40,708 --> 00:45:43,608 is with 100% attendance in Period Seven. 787 00:45:43,687 --> 00:45:44,687 Deal? 788 00:45:44,706 --> 00:45:46,273 Deal! 789 00:45:48,012 --> 00:45:51,109 Carrot, stick. I know these kids, Javid. 790 00:45:51,110 --> 00:45:52,702 I know what works. 791 00:45:53,950 --> 00:45:58,033 Year 11s, back in, please. Two by two, thank you very much! 792 00:45:58,310 --> 00:46:01,144 Back into the school, Year 11s. 793 00:46:11,072 --> 00:46:16,072 - Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.MY-SUBS.com -