0:00:06 > 0:00:08# Some things have changed
0:00:08 > 0:00:11# Some things have stayed the same
0:00:11 > 0:00:15# Life and death are not so far apart
0:00:15 > 0:00:18# Oh! Walking through the walls
0:00:18 > 0:00:21# And I wouldn't have it any other way
0:00:21 > 0:00:28# Life and death are not so far apart
0:00:28 > 0:00:31# From where we are
0:00:35 > 0:00:38# Some things have changed
0:00:38 > 0:00:42# Some things have stayed the same
0:00:42 > 0:00:45# Life and death are not so far apart. #
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Hey, Rebecca, what's up?
0:00:53 > 0:00:55I got another F.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58- Harsh. What did you fail this time? - Geography.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02I do not understand. My governess praised my use of the globes.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Maybe, but things have changed.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08You can't just colour Australia pink and label it part of the Empire.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Same for India, New Zealand, Canada.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Have you learnt any geography since you've been here?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15I have been so busy as of late.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- Doing what? - Rebecca, meeting in five, remember?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- Oh, yes, Christine. - What's going on?
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Rebecca's helping with our entry for the science and innovation show.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- Fashion of the future. - Since when was fashion scientific?
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Wait till you see what we wear. Innovation's my middle name.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37Meet us on the front pathway. We're going to use it as a catwalk.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Move.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Why ever would they require cats?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44They don't, believe me. And you don't need them.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- Why would you help them? - Rebecca, good news.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50I've found us another volunteer. This is Ernesto.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Ah, so you're working on the fashion show!
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- I'm doing the lighting. - Wow, that's illuminating!
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- Your hands, put your hands down. - Sorry, sorry.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04You're doing it completely wrong.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Am I the only one that's taking this seriously because...
0:02:07 > 0:02:08David, Rebecca, you're late.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Chill, Christine. We brought some extra help.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- This is Ernesto and he's new. - Hi, nice to meet you.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Likewise. I'm Christine, the designer.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23These are my assistants, Piper, Danni. You've met Rebecca.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Oh, I did, yeah. Surely you must be one of the models.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33No! No, no, no, no, no, no!
0:02:33 > 0:02:37We are the models. Rebecca's just here to help with the sewing.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- Oh, am I? - Oh, don't be modest, Rebecca.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45You're the best at needlework in, like, the whole school.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50- Yes, but I...- So here's some stuff to be getting on with.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- Take these.- Enjoy.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Now, boys, let's discuss how we're going to light me.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00I was thinking soft lighting, not that I need it of course,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02but Piper and Danny might.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03- Oh!- Oh!
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Ah, looks like they've lumbered you with all the donkey work.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Rebecca, why don't you just tell them where to stick it?
0:03:11 > 0:03:16They are relying upon my skills as a needlewoman, I cannot let them down.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19No, you can't let David down.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Ah, Rebecca, a word in my office, if you don't mind.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- Flour.- Tomato sauce.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35- Ginger.- Sugar.- Yeast.- What else? - Silver tray and some toilet roll.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- Got it.- Eggs. Oh, and three glasses.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- Oh, good.- Lots of newspapers for the volcano.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- Oh, and a cutting board.- Oh, yeah.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Done. This is going to be the most awesome!
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Rebecca, are you familiar with the term "feedback sandwich"?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04No, headmaster.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Praise, criticism, praise.
0:04:06 > 0:04:12For example, your sandwich will taste something like this.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18Your manners are delightful, but you're failing every subject.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Oh, I see.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22This is our waiting list.
0:04:22 > 0:04:28237 bright, keen students desperate for a place in the school.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31I don't think you realise how lucky you are to be here.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34But I do, headmaster, indeed I do.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I believe you, but you've got to throw me a bone here.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Figure of speech.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47- Oh.- Listen, I've got to see some commitment from you
0:04:47 > 0:04:51otherwise I don't see how I can justify keeping you on.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54What must I do, headmaster? I will do anything.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58All right, bottom line, I'm getting reports that you are bright,
0:04:58 > 0:05:00but lazy.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03You've got to turn this around.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Rebecca, I need you to pass geography.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10But you cannot fail.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14The Ghost Council made it crystal clear, no second chances.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17And if one goes we all go.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Go where? Back?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22You cannot go back to being a ghost and nor can we.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25This is our home, Rebecca!
0:05:25 > 0:05:28It's too dreadful to even contemplate.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33Rebecca, you must apply yourself to your studies.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Well, I have it! You can join us in our entries for the science show.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42- We are using eggs to test gravity and we're making a volcano.- No!
0:05:42 > 0:05:46That will not do. The headmaster has demanded that I pass geography.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Well, then we are saved!
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Your use of the globes was exemplary.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57All has changed, Sophie. Did you know that the empire has fallen?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04- Of course.- You mean you did not know that?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Rebecca, if we pledge ourselves to help you
0:06:10 > 0:06:13will you at least try to study?
0:06:14 > 0:06:19I will. I will pass geography even if it kills me...
0:06:20 > 0:06:22..again!
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Remind me please, Rebecca, what is your geography assignment about?
0:06:27 > 0:06:28The environment.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I am designing an ecologically friendly home for the future.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36And you are structuring your research by keeping up with celebrity gossip?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41What an odd way of fighting for academic survival.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Give me back my magazine.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46I will do nothing of the sort until you begin your research.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47As you wish.
0:06:47 > 0:06:53I am doing this for your own good! Some day you will thank me.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58- Wow, Sophie sounds like my mother. - I know.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Sophie, don't you think you're being a little hard on Rebecca?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Let's see, shall we?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09No! Oh, no! No!
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Oh, this cannot be!
0:07:13 > 0:07:14What is the matter, Sophie?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17It is worse than we thought.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20She is failing everything.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Hi, David.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33I may have failed tests, but does that make me a person to be avoided?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35You should be more careful with people about.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37What are you talking about?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I walked through that doorway like normal people do.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43All right, Jonathan,
0:07:43 > 0:07:44let's talk music.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48I'm thinking techno rap, ultramodern so we can strut our stuff,
0:07:48 > 0:07:49like this.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- Christine! - SHE SCREAMS
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Don't sneak up on people like that, it's really creepy.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08- Where did Rebecca come from?- So, how are you getting on with the sewing?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11The sewing, I...
0:08:11 > 0:08:13I will complete it presently.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Good one, Rebecca. If we pull this off it'll be down to you.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Right, everyone, where were we?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41What have you been doing all these months?
0:08:41 > 0:08:45All the while you have been slavishly trying to curry the favour
0:08:45 > 0:08:48of Christine and David you have been failing all of your subjects.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52They are my friends and I promised to help them.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Are they your friends
0:08:53 > 0:08:56or are they just exploiting your skill with a needle?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01If I let them down I will truly be an outcast.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03They are already ignoring me.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Then they are not your true friends.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20This is no time to fall apart, Rebecca. You must be strong.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26We will do everything in our power to help you.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31I do not know where to begin.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Search under "homes of the future".
0:09:41 > 0:09:43I did not say "fashion of the future".
0:09:43 > 0:09:46You have not changed in 150 years.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48You have the mind of a butterfly.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50How am I to concentrate on houses
0:09:50 > 0:09:53when I should be sewing futuristic fashions?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I must explain why I cannot help them.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I will be back in five minutes.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00No, get distracted again!
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Leave me to do your work.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Does it help you, giving yourself a good talking to like that?
0:10:08 > 0:10:09What?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15I made a start on our innovation show project. Do you like it?
0:10:15 > 0:10:16What is it?
0:10:17 > 0:10:21It's a shoulder bag, it's a sleeping bag, it's a multipurpose solution
0:10:21 > 0:10:23to every traveller's needs.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I won't lie to you,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27right now it's a bit of a mess,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30but when you sew it in canvas it will be waterproof,
0:10:30 > 0:10:34rollable and, though I say it myself, pretty amazing.
0:10:35 > 0:10:41- When can you start? - I don't know.- I see.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Charlie, wait,
0:10:43 > 0:10:47you don't understand! Rebecca needs me.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56David, David, the lighting needs to fall perfectly on us
0:10:56 > 0:11:01so will need to be evenly strung. No ugly shadows. Cool.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- Whoa!- Oh!
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Sorry, I didn't see you there. I didn't hurt you that much, did I?
0:11:16 > 0:11:21I am in enormous trouble. Not only am I on the verge of expulsion,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24but everyone is suddenly treating me like I'm invisible.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Oh, it's OK.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Jonathan! Oh!
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Yes, I know, emergency sisters' meeting in the attic.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Find Sophie and Hazel, tell them.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47Tell them! Oh.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Quickly, Jonathan, quickly!
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Are you still there?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58What is happening to me?
0:11:58 > 0:12:02You're disappearing. Now I can see straight through you.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06What is worse, I have this sudden urge to wear an old nightdresses
0:12:06 > 0:12:09and go "oooh" in darkened corridors.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12This is no time for jokes.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13I am not joking!
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Come.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Together to Agatha.
0:12:24 > 0:12:31- Oh, yeah, this is so not good. - Well, what is happening to me?
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Well, it looks like the Ghost Council is taking away
0:12:35 > 0:12:37- your living ghost status. - Can they do that?
0:12:37 > 0:12:42Not unless you've done something to tick them off. Have you?
0:12:44 > 0:12:47I know that look. You flunked out of school, didn't you?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50No. Not yet.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Oh, girls!
0:12:53 > 0:12:55What have I told you since day one?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59ALL: Follow the Ghost Council's rules.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03But I have not broken them...much.
0:13:03 > 0:13:09Girls, it's like this, the future is not ours to know, but
0:13:09 > 0:13:13once a chain of events has begun you can figure out what comes next.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15What do you mean?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Link one, you decide that you'd rather be popular than smart.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Well, naturally, wouldn't everyone?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Link two, you waste time sucking up to the popular kids.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Link three, you neglect your studies and, finally,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30you get chucked out of school and your re-ghosting is complete.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32I am so sorry.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Well, how... How long do I have?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41It is a process.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Firstly people stop seeing and hearing you, and then...
0:13:45 > 0:13:47You go first, your sisters will follow.
0:13:47 > 0:13:53Please, not my sisters! There must be something I can do.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- Fight, lassie!- Break the chain and change your fate.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58What have you got to lose?
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Nothing.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Christine, hi! Danny! David!
0:14:13 > 0:14:15I want... I want...
0:14:15 > 0:14:16You know the sort of things, OK?
0:14:16 > 0:14:20So I want them over the roof and I want holes in them for the smoke.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23I am here! Everyone, here!
0:14:25 > 0:14:28You're late. We started ages ago.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Sadly, Christine,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I fear I am not feeling all that well and, therefore,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37I cannot do the fashion project after all.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40You are joking.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- That's the most unoriginal excuse I've ever heard.- Me, too.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Just because she didn't get to be a model. Pathetic.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49I'm sorry.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Don't worry, girls, we can do it without her.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Rebecca, watch this.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- I do not have time for that, as you well know.- Just watch.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Oh, go both of you!
0:15:21 > 0:15:24If you want to practise for this contemptible show, do it elsewhere.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Mr Griffiths told me to concentrate on my geography assignment,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30- that is what I'm going to do.- Sorry.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Right, let's see if this works.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Have you seen Rebecca? Did she resign from the fashion project?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41She's in the dorm and judging by her atrocious mood
0:15:41 > 0:15:42I would say yes, she did.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Ow!
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Here, let me help you.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59You need a darning needle for something that thick. I have one.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02How come you've suddenly decided to help me?
0:16:02 > 0:16:06I always intended to,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- but I have been worried sick about Rebecca.- Why?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12She is failing in every way.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15If she leaves, we must all go.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19So, you've been helping her, right?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Yes, but I have to keep chastising her or she does nothing.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Excuse me if I'm being a bit thick,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28but how does telling her off help exactly?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Well, I...
0:16:30 > 0:16:32It was...
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Do you have a better idea?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Kindness, understanding.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40She'll be freaking out about failing. Maybe she's just scared.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46I must help both of you, even if I have to work around the clock.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Who needs sleep? Not I.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54Hey, if she fails it's not the end of the world.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56We'll always be friends, no matter where you go.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00You're the best friend in the world, Charlie.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03EXPLOSION
0:17:03 > 0:17:05THEY SCREAM WITH DELIGHT
0:17:24 > 0:17:29Rebecca, you're here, right?
0:17:29 > 0:17:34Jonathan! Jonathan, I have to do my assignment.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38I'm just not very sure where to start.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43Well, it looks like these Fs have a lot to answer for.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48I know you can't change the past, but you can change the future.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Shall we cross them all out?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- There, how does that feel?- Better.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Except I still have no ecological inspiration
0:18:08 > 0:18:10for my geography project.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Right, OK, well maybe your eco home
0:18:13 > 0:18:16could have an electric car and a green carpet of fake grass.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Well, fake grass saves water, so, you know...
0:18:20 > 0:18:23I tried telling Sophie that, but she would not listen.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26I am listening now.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30I am sorry.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33I meant to help, but instead I hindered.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38The fault was mine.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43How does one show unconditional support in the 21st century?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Are you sure you do not need our help, Rebecca?
0:18:57 > 0:19:01- I- am going to do this, even if it takes me all night.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Really?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Hazel, for shame!
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Rebecca has found her own inspiration, we must trust her
0:19:07 > 0:19:11- and concentrate on our own projects for tomorrow.- Very well.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Look, I am not disappearing!
0:19:21 > 0:19:24I feel as though I am returning to my old self.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25BOTH: Keep working!
0:19:26 > 0:19:30And next up in our science and innovation show,
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Hazel and Mattie.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Behold the awesome power of gravity!
0:19:40 > 0:19:45- One.- Two.- Three!
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Ta-dah!
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Thank you, Hazel and Mattie,
0:19:59 > 0:20:05and now Sophie and Charlie unveil an invention simply called "Charlie".
0:20:10 > 0:20:14May we present our all-weather sleeping bag?
0:20:16 > 0:20:20Made of blankets and canvas, designed to assist hikers or campers
0:20:20 > 0:20:22who are travelling light.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25And people sleeping rough.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Love it!
0:20:31 > 0:20:35It is lightweight and waterproof
0:20:35 > 0:20:38and it doubles as a shoulder bag.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Yeah! Oh, love it! That's good as!
0:20:49 > 0:20:53Thank you, Sophie and Charlie, for that innovative invention.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58And now Christine Richardson presents fashions of the future.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Mm...OK.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- Sorry.- What are you doing?- I'm sorry.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Move out of my way. Get out of my way!
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Ow!
0:21:33 > 0:21:39- Oh, sorry. Sorry.- Ow!
0:21:39 > 0:21:40What do I do?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Oops!
0:21:45 > 0:21:48LAUGHTER
0:21:50 > 0:21:55Cut the lights! I said cut the lights, you idiots!
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Cut the lights means turns the lights off. It's not that hard.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- We...- It's technical language, I know...
0:22:08 > 0:22:12- We couldn't hear you.- It wasn't my fault...- No, it was your fault.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Well done, Christine.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17May I apologise again and I do hope that you will allow me
0:22:17 > 0:22:20to assist you next time, if my study programme permits.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22You mean if you're still here.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26- We heard you might not be around much longer.- Well, who told you that?
0:22:26 > 0:22:30- A little birdie. - Whose name starts with an F.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33I'd hate it if you had to leave.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38Who would we laugh at? I mean, with.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Funny! Not!
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I believe congratulations are in order, Rebecca.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47On what account, sir?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50The B you scored for your eco-friendly Ainsbury concept,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52most impressive.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55I particularly liked your explanations
0:22:55 > 0:23:00based on current eco trends set by celebrities!
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- Terrific!- I do beg your pardon, sir, but did you say I scored a B?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05A high B, almost an A.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Oh!
0:23:07 > 0:23:12Well done. Keep up the good work and your place here is assured.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Thank you, sir.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17A "B"! I got a B!
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Oh, the Ghost Council send you their hearty congratulations, Rebecca.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25They, too, applaud you for breaking the chain.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30- You mean they did not reverse the re-ghosting?- No, that was you.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Then I am saved because I passed my geography assignment!
0:23:33 > 0:23:37More than that, you used your own passion to solve your problems.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39The council loved that.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41They thought it was very "alive".
0:23:41 > 0:23:44- I knew you could do it.- So did I.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Oh, well, I could not have done it without you.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49That being the case,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52might I venture to suggest that we celebrate with a group hug?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54THEY CHEER
0:24:04 > 0:24:07# Some things have changed
0:24:07 > 0:24:11# Some things have stayed the same
0:24:11 > 0:24:13# Life and death are not so far apart. #
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