04/07/2016 EastEnders

# Thank you for the days

# Those endless days Those sacred days you gave me

# I'm thinking of the days

# I won't forget a single day, believe me

# I bless the light

# I bless the light that shines on you, believe me

# And though you're gone

# You're with me every single day

# Believe me

# Days I'll remember all my life

# Days when you can't see wrong from right

# You took my life

# But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me

# But it's all right

# Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me

# I wish today could be tomorrow

# The night is dark

# It just brings sorrow

# Let it wait

# Thank you for the days

# Those endless days Those sacred days you gave me

# I'm thinking of the days... #

What are you doing?

How comes you're up so early?

I want my breakfast.

Well, you'll just have to wait until everyone else has theirs.

My mum says you're going to die.

Just...

Just go away.

Richard...

Why don't you go into the kitchen? I'll be there in a sec, yeah?

Phil...

I'm busy.

How's this a good idea?

Sharon, just...

Just leave me alone, please.

Look...

I know you're wound up.

And I'm sorry again for upsetting you last night but, please...

don't take it out on Richard.

Sal needs picking up.

Well, ask Ben to do it.

Do you want a cup of tea?

Hm?

Yeah, please.

Ben!

Can you get downstairs, please?

PHONE BUZZES

-Hello?

-I'm just checking everything's under control.

How are you feeling? Did you sleep OK?

Today's not about me. Has Billy showed up yet?

Les, you should be resting.

Has he said anything, Billy, about, you know...?

If there is even the slightest problem

I will get on to you straight away.

Now, Les, you have got to rest. Please.

Here...

Why are you doing this, Phil?

You know today's not about your dad.

Look, you don't have to make this speech. We'd all understand.

I've said I'll do it, so...

I'm going to do it.

OK.

Not hungry?

No, nervous.

I don't know why.

Were you here when Pat and Frank were going to run off together?

Well, I heard about it.

They must've had second thoughts or something,

or had a wobble or something and didn't go through with it.

But they didn't realise that Peggy had found the note

that Frank had left for her.

She went and read it out in front of the entire Vic.

Oh, then she slapped them both. I forgot that.

Yeah, happy days. Well, not for Pat and Frank, obviously.

I wonder how old they were then?

Running around like a pair of teenagers.

TEXT ALERT ON PHONE

Who's that from?

-"Have I had an accident at work?"

-Oh...

There you are.

-What are you doing out here?

-Well...lovely day.

I thought I'd get some fresh air.

-I can't wait for it to be behind us meself.

-No.

I'm going to make a coffee. Do you want one?

Yeah.

I'll be in in a minute.

Come on in.

Yes, it's a sad day.

"And death shall be no more.

"Neither shall there be any mourning,

"nor crying, nor pain any more."

That is Revelations, chapter 21, verse four.

Hey, you know, you and I are the only two people in the whole square

to have closed our curtains?

Oh, Patrick...

time was when everybody would have drawn them.

Our standards...

what's happened to them?

Oooh, look. There's Aunt Sal.

Peggy's sister.

Oooh-er.

None of us are getting any younger, are we?

She's in a wheelchair.

Now, is madam comfortable?

What a gentleman!

Where do you get it from?

Certainly not your father!

They say you can always tell a pansy by his manners.

SHE INHALES

SAM: Sharon! Aunt Sal's here!

Oh, Freesias. Me Mum's favourite.

Can I get you a cup of something, Sal?

Yes, I'll have a large gin with a splash of water.

Oh, don't tell me he's on the sauce again?

No. But still, it's best not to keep any in the house, all right?

Sal...

Harold sends apologies, as usual.

Oh, Louise!

-You've met Louise, haven't you?

-Of course.

Oh, what a lovely young lady you've grown up into.

Come and give this ancient relic a kiss.

Right, you two need to get changed.

Like now. Go on.

-Did Grant make it?

-Sadly, no.

Why not?

You'd have to ask him.

And Phil?

He's next door.

Look, Sal, he's not in a good place.

It's... It's to do with his speech. I'd leave it.

I used to change that boy's nappies when he was a baby.

I'm not frightened of him.

-Sam, give us a wheel in there.

-Come on.

I'm going upstairs

TAPPING ON THE DOOR

-Margaret...

-Hello, Sharon.

Look, I'm sorry, but, erm... it's not a good time.

It's my mother-in-law's funeral today.

Oh. Er, I'm sorry.

Only, it's about Gavin.

The past few days, he's been acting really strangely.

I'm sorry, Margaret, but I've got my own family.

And you really couldn't have picked a worse moment.

Sorry.

SHE SIGHS HEAVILY

Sometimes I just don't understand you.

I've already told you, I'm writing a speech up.

I thought these might help.

You know, your dad was nowhere near the post office that night?

You know what? Three cheers for bent coppers.

In fact, I might even get that framed one of these days.

Are you keeping track of time?

Only the hearse is going to be here soon. You need to get changed.

-Are you OK?

-Yeah.

The doctor said it was normal.

He always was a little ray of sunshine.

Yeah, all he's got to do is stand up and say how great his mum was.

Anything to do with his childhood and he's off.

He don't know nothing.

You lot, outside.

You'll want to see this.

CHURCH BELL TOLLS

Right, me, Phil, Sal and Ben in the first car.

And rest of the family in the second.

Anyone would think you were trying to keep me and Phil apart.

Look at the state of her!

She's got absolutely no class.

She's nothing like her mother.

CHURCH BELL CONTINUES TO TOLL

What's that perfume you're wearing?

It's your mum's.

What was wrong with the stuff I got you?

-That was quite something, wasn't it?

-She must've been an amazing woman.

Whit?

SHE SNIFFLES

Sorry. I'm just being stupid,

It was just she was best friends with my Nanna Pat

-and it just reminds...

-Yeah.

-I'm all right, I'll be all right.

-No, no, come here.

-I'm just being stupid.

-No you're not.

SHE SOBS

BELL TOLLS

Bill...

Let me do that.

Phil, mate, you're in no fit state.

But, then, she's my mum.

Dhal, let him get on, will you?

-WOMAN:

-Gentlemen, please...

BELL TOLLS

-You're joking me, aren't you?

-Would I lie about something like this?

And...Phil knows nothing about it?

Peggy made me swear I wouldn't tell a living soul.

And I didn't when she was alive.

But now she's gone...

ORGAN MUSIC STARTS

PHIL GROANS IN PAIN

Dad! Are you all right?

Is that him?

It's all right, I've got him.

All right, darling, come on.

All right?

Please, be seated.

ORGAN MUSIC STOPS

Who decided on this?

It's what your mum wanted, Phil.

HE SIGHS HEAVILY

Welcome.

We're here to remember the life of Margaret Ann Mitchell,

known and loved by friends and family alike as Peggy.

But first, let us pray...

Our father, which art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

They kingdom come.

They will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive them that trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

the power and the glory

for ever and ever.

Amen.

Careful...

Just pop it over there.

Thanks, Big Nige. Thank you.

-Are you all right?

-Yeah, I'm fine.

I just...

I just find that whole thing too overwhelming, to be honest.

-I'm going to take this kid and go for a walk, OK?

-Yes.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

PHONE BUZZES

Oh...

Hello?

Pam, it's Les. I'm just checking everything's OK.

Did the horses behave themselves?

Yes, they did.

You know, cos it spoils it if they do their business when...

Everything has gone off without even the slightest hitch.

You would be so pleased.

# ..morning breaks

# And earth's vain shadows flee... #

Is this the one they sing at the Cup Final?

# In life, in death

# O Lord, abide with me. #

Where's Sam gone?

Who knows? That poor kid.

-PRIEST:

-Please, sit.

Peggy's son Philip is now going to say a few words.

PHIL UNFOLDS A PIECE OF PAPER

"Mum...

"Mum was born..."

HE EXHALES HEAVILY

Sorry.

"Mum was born...

"..on the 21st of March...

"..1942."

HE SNIFFS

"This wasn't Mum.

"Prayers...

"hymns and stuff.

"I know you, er...

"you're all waiting for me to say what a great mum she was.

"But you weren't there."

HE GASPS

Sorry...

I can't do this.

HE SIGHS AND SNIFFLES

Billy has been amazing right from the start.

Honestly, it couldn't have gone better.

DOOR OPENS

'Pam? What's happening?'

Oh, no, it's all right, my darling. I'm still here.

Like I say, it's all gone...

wonderfully.

God of mercy, we acknowledge that we are all sinners.

We turn...

I'm going to have to go after him.

And when you find him, tell him what I told you.

It's about time he learnt the truth.

..and are mindful of all that we have failed to do.

For the sake of Jesus, who died for us...

Well, I hope I get a send-off like this when it's my turn.

Well, we'll were be putting up the bunting, Mum.

Brass band, dancing girls, you name it.

Yeah, I'd quite like that.

You all right?

Er, yeah.

I've just seen Phil come back in a taxi by himself.

He looks furious.

DOOR SLAMS

CHURCH BELL STARTS TO TOLL

And we now commit her body to the ground.

Earth to earth.

Ashes to ashes.

Dust to dust.

In sure and certain hope

of the resurrection to eternal life,

through our Lord, Jesus Christ...

..who shall change the body of our low estate

that it may be like unto his glorious body,

according to the mighty working,

whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself.

CHURCH BELL CONTINUES TO TOLL

You don't have to say it.

What?

Sal told me something before the service.

Something you need to know.

You think you knew your mother?

Well, you didn't know her at all.

MUSIC: Make You Feel My Love by Bob Dylan

So...

how did it go?

Oooh... Tell you what, a large shot of rum for me

and what everyone else is having, huh?

She wasn't there for you.

She stood by and watched your dad knock you about?

That's the story, right?

What about it?

You think it was bent coppers that sent your dad down.

Well, guess who grassed him up in the first place.

It was the only way she could think to get rid of him.

She was protecting you.

No.

No, you're making it up. Mitchells...

..we don't grass.

Well, that's why she made Sal swear never to tell.

She did it for you.

Oh...

HE SIGHS HEAVILY

I don't know what you keep going on about. I thought it was good.

-Give it a rest, Shirl.

-Well, at least he was honest.

You don't get much of that to the pound round here.

I'm going to get another drink.

Where's your mum?

Got a bit much for her. She was upset, so she went home.

Hello, you. I thought you was ignoring me.

Oh, I could say the same about you.

Does he know who I am?

-No.

-Well, are you going to introduce me?

What, and traumatise the poor kid?

Come on, Jack.

All right, not now. But, erm...

would you bring him round later do it properly?

Yeah. OK.

HE BANGS A GLASS ON THE BAR

Er...sorry.

You, er...

You don't often hear a Mitchell say that.

So make the most of it.

I was angry earlier, but, er...

Well, I'm not now.

Except at myself maybe for...

..for being a bit of a prat.

Mum always said there was two rules for being a Mitchell. One...

..you never grass anyone up, and two, you...

..you never apologise.

Well...

..it turns out that Mum grassed, for the best of reasons...

..and now I've...

I've apologised.

So where does that leave us?

Hm?

Here, I suppose.

In the Queen Vic.

Where Mum...

..Mum was Queen.

And we were all her peasants.

LAUGHTER

I see her now,

looking down on all of you and saying,

"What a miserable bunch you all are, eh?!

"Where's the champagne?

"Where's the dancing? Where's the music?

"Cos if you ain't going to celebrate me,

"you ain't going to celebrate my life, then...

"..you can get out of my pub!"

LAUGHTER

-On the house!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Three cheers for Peggy Mitchell.

-Hip, hip...

-ALL:

-Hooray!

-Hip, hip...

-ALL:

-Hooray!

-Hip, hip...

-ALL:

-Hooray!

PIANO MUSIC: Doing The Lambeth Walk

-SID JAMES ON TV:

-Now, leave that nice and long.

Have a little drinky, sweetheart.

-WOMAN ON TV:

-I don't drink during business hours.

KNOCKING ON DOOR

I was wondering what happened to you.

Come here.

ALL SING: # Roll out the barrel

# We'll have a barrel of laughs

# Roll out the barrel

# We've got the blues on the run...

Such a shame Grant's not here, ain't it?

All right, Sam, you've made your point. You can leave it now.

I don't know why you think I want to bust up your marriage, Sharon.

Not when you're capable of doing it all by yourself.

# ..for the gang's all here. #

Any idea where Phil got to?

HE SIGHS HEAVILY

I love you, Mum.

I love you.

Goodbye, Mum.

(I love you. Goodbye.)