0:00:06 > 0:00:08# Some things have changed
0:00:08 > 0:00:12# Some things have stayed the same
0:00:12 > 0:00:15# Life and death are not so far apart
0:00:15 > 0:00:18# Hopping through the walls
0:00:18 > 0:00:22# And I wouldn't have it any other way
0:00:22 > 0:00:27# Life and death are not so far apart
0:00:27 > 0:00:32# From where we are
0:00:36 > 0:00:38# Some thing have changed
0:00:38 > 0:00:42# Some things have stayed the same
0:00:42 > 0:00:46# Life and death are not so far apart. #
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Breathe in, guys, the rich history.
0:00:51 > 0:00:58If only the walls could speak, tell me what life was like back then.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02I can, Mr Doyle! Ask me anything. I will gladly assist.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04How do you know, Rebecca?
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Um, Rebecca is obsessed with history.
0:01:08 > 0:01:14Not all history. Specifically this place, 150 years ago.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15It's great!
0:01:15 > 0:01:20All classes will be involved in a living history day this Friday.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Wonderful! We...
0:01:22 > 0:01:28The girls were expected to change outfits at least three times a day.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32- It was a resplendent time. - Indeed it was.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37You will be the people who lived and worked here 150 years ago.
0:01:37 > 0:01:43It's going to be marvellous. I, myself, will be lord of the manor.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Rebecca, you can be the eldest daughter.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50- Well, my sisters could be...my sisters.- Good.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54And Miss Sinclair can be your governess.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57It is my understanding that the eldest sister
0:01:57 > 0:02:04had many suitors that would call on her and tell her how very pretty she was.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Ah, yes. Who can be Rebecca's suitors?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14David.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16And...Jonathan.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23You three can be Rebecca's servants. LAUGHTER
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- Seriously? - Yes, seriously.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32All the rest of the students will be the convicts.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Or maybe Rose.- Rebecca!
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Relax and breathe!
0:02:37 > 0:02:39I am a little excited.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44Though Haiwyn is no more like our darling Milfred
0:02:44 > 0:02:46than Mr Griffith is like Father.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Nevertheless, it is a cause for celebration.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Especially for Sophie.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56Oh, no. I would rather we forgot about that.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59How could we forget? You're turning 14.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Actually, I'll be 164. Far too many candles to squeeze onto a cake.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09On the other hand, your skin is amazing for 164!
0:03:09 > 0:03:14Still, my last birthday was truly wonderful!
0:03:14 > 0:03:18I think I would rather ignore this one.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23Sophie, I realise that receiving Splendour, such a perfect pony,
0:03:23 > 0:03:25is a gift that cannot be matched.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Yet, if we wish to resume living, we must age.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Even...if we...don't?
0:03:33 > 0:03:38I would give anything to ride Splendour again.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Yet, I cannot, so please,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43no celebrations?
0:03:45 > 0:03:50You simply must celebrate. Do not worry. It will be special.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Agatha?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Hello! I've been with Buddy at his high school reunion.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05It pays to weigh nothing when they throw you over their heads.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07It would do us a great honour
0:04:07 > 0:04:12if you could attend Sophie's 164th birthday pyjama party.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I wouldn't miss it for the world.
0:04:14 > 0:04:20- Presents. What does she want? - One thing would make Sophie happy.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24A last ride on her pony, Splendour. Can you find his ghost?
0:04:24 > 0:04:29Animal ghosts are not really my area but I will ask.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Thank you.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36Welcome back, Pentonvillians. Let's get these costumes sorted.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Convict girls, come and grab your nighties and shower caps.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Convict boys, here are your new PJs. Enjoy.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Oh, and no make-up or jewellery.
0:04:48 > 0:04:54Mr Doyle, me Piper and Danni, we're way more suited to looking good.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56It's comes naturally.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Role play is not just about what comes naturally.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06My name. So I can, like, court you.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- Mr Griffiths told me to do it. - Yeah. Me, too.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15You expect me to take
0:05:15 > 0:05:19these poor approximations of visiting cards seriously?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23I wrote my name down. I spelled it right.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Visiting cards should be both heartfelt and eloquent.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32- What's an eloquent?- I can do you a heartfelt eloquent visiting card.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Still don't know what an eloquent is.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Sophie, I do not want to be myself 150 years ago.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44I've already been myself 150 years ago!
0:05:44 > 0:05:47I want to be something different.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50I want to be a convict.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55Hazel! Goodness! And Rebecca wishes to wear red. In the morning?
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Listen up. I've decided there'll be no technology from midnight
0:05:59 > 0:06:02for living history day.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05No phones, no computers,
0:06:05 > 0:06:10no hairdryers, no MP3 players for 24 hours.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14I mean no offence, Mr Griffith, but...may I be a convict, too?
0:06:14 > 0:06:20I wish dearly to run around in pyjamas and bare feet.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25What an odd request! I thought you'd prefer a more ladylike costume.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29It is clear you've never worn a corset.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Neither have I. >
0:06:31 > 0:06:35They look terribly uncomfortable and interfere with a desire to eat.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38If that's what you really want. Catch.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46"My advice to you, as your best friend,
0:06:46 > 0:06:51"is stop obsessing about David and consider obsessing about me.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54"He's better looking, in an obvious way, but..."
0:07:01 > 0:07:04"Dear Rebecca. You're dead and I'm not."
0:07:06 > 0:07:10"My love for you is as strong as death."
0:07:19 > 0:07:23BOTH: Six, five, four, three,
0:07:23 > 0:07:25two, one!
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Happy...- Birthday!
0:07:29 > 0:07:34164 years old! You don't look a day over 14.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37And...
0:07:40 > 0:07:43I cannot believe you went to this trouble.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47My darling Sophie. It was no trouble at all.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Thank you.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58LAUGHING AND VOICES >
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Where are you?
0:08:12 > 0:08:15I can see you! You can't see me!
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Sophie, where are you going?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40SCREAMS
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- Haiwyn.- Did she see you? - I do not know.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Haiwyn, the paramedics will take care of you.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53We've upset the spirits. The blind one tried to kill me.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57There are others in the rafters, laughing like lunatics. >
0:09:00 > 0:09:02It's a warning!
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- We have to abandon living history day.- Haiwyn, you're concussed.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10I can't believe you survived such a terrible fall!
0:09:10 > 0:09:15What possessed you to climb onto a dangerous ladder at night? >
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Spirits! No!
0:09:19 > 0:09:23I have to stay here and issue instructions.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26I mean, protect the children!
0:09:26 > 0:09:30She needs total rest. Haiwyn, take care.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Don't call tomorrow. The phones will all be off.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38Everyone, back to bed. Living history day starts at dawn!
0:09:40 > 0:09:46Pretty good birthday present, not having to put up with Hagwyn!
0:09:48 > 0:09:49A-hm.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Don't open it till tomorrow.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02- Will we be in trouble with the ghost council?- Not if I don't tell them.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Have you managed to enquire about Splendour?
0:10:05 > 0:10:10Ghost ponies roam far and wide, which is a tad annoying.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14They do have a fondness for bananas. Always stealing them.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Grendall is scouring the banana fields of the great beyond.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22We'll know more soon. Ta-ta.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27How perfect is it for Jonathan to propose before David?
0:10:27 > 0:10:31How perfectly romantically stupid!
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Works better if you stand the logs on their heads, sir.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Feel free to help out.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47The rest of you keep foraging. We're going to need plenty of wood.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Hazel, Mattie, get squeezing!
0:10:50 > 0:10:55These just need to be filled. And there's muffins to bake!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57May I help too? I adore muffins.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02- And chocolate and crisps and pancakes and doughnuts!- Yes.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06But you swapped roles. See that pot boiling?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09That's your convict oatmeal.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14I do not think I entirely thought this convict thing through.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Christine?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19The flowers for my hair, please.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Take your flowers. Here.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30I should have been the sister.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Perhaps you would be well suited to telling people what to do.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Your manners are a little coarse for the period.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Shut up! My manners are amazing!
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Did you roll your eyes at me? You can't!
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- That's what- I- do to you!
0:11:51 > 0:11:54I absolutely must look my best today.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Good morning. You're all looking resplendent.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02I trust you have hearty appetites for an auspicious day.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06You are taking this seriously, aren't you, headmaster?
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Absolutely, Mrs Miller.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Although, we're married now.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12Darling.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Um, I might see where the lemonade is.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20This is the perfect breakfast for my birthday. Thank you.
0:12:20 > 0:12:26- I trust you're expecting friends to pass the day?- Can I be your friend?
0:12:26 > 0:12:30I mean, I think she's weird, but for living history day.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Me too. As long as I can change outfits. Please?
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Fine.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Traitors!
0:12:40 > 0:12:45I do not want them. I would rather spend my birthday alone.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49At least you have the opportunity to wear your clothes again.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53I do feel a great deal happier, now my calves are no longer exposed.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Eugh. This porridge tastes remarkably like cardboard.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- You've tasted cardboard?- Once!
0:13:05 > 0:13:08This stuff's good for something else.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- Hair gel. - What an excellent idea!
0:13:17 > 0:13:21- You guys are so nuts. - You're looking for "stylish".
0:13:21 > 0:13:23We look terribly stylish!
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Hazel, what's up?
0:13:31 > 0:13:36That horse and cart. I must do something terribly urgent.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49I see the first of your suitors has arrived.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52He's not supposed to see me in the green.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57- I planned on restyling my hair. - May I please pat the horse?
0:13:57 > 0:14:03Girls, sit. Both of you. Your guests should be properly received.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08Properly, he would not dare call when I'm wearing green.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14I love this show! He's a psychic, and they're all dead.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17They tell him their unfinished business.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21He tells the studio audience, who can't hear them...
0:14:23 > 0:14:28- Sorry, Agatha, but I came to talk about Splendour.- Yes, of course.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Well, I have some wonderful news.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34He died of a broken heart for Sophie.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- How is that wonderful? - Because he has unfinished business.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Just like the ghosts on the television.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Hey. How's it going?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50That car ride thingy was kinda fun.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55- Want to hang out?- You have not found your inner eloquence, have you?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58I have, though. Found my eloquence.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00And my research, too.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Here.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Tis far too hurried, Jonathan.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11I must retire to gather my thoughts.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- Christine. - Do not worry. My sister will assist.
0:15:15 > 0:15:21Is it the same as being told that you're beautiful? It does not feel the same.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28- You're working your fingers to the bone!- Why did you volunteer?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Actually, I'm having fun.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Yet, clearly, you are not.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36What about you, Sophie? How's your birthday?
0:15:36 > 0:15:40There is a horse here and I truly want to pet it.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Instead, she must receive Piper and Danni as her friends.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48He reminds me of Splendour. I miss him so much.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52Do not worry, Sophie. I will create a diversion.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I must change.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Those dresses belong to me!
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Surely servants were not permitted to steal dresses.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10So? We're not your servants any more.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14I really need that rose dress back. Tis terribly important.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- Tough. - We'll see you at the rear terrace.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27I will do that!
0:16:43 > 0:16:48Thanks. That's the one good thing that's happened to me all day.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- I hate being a convict. - I love it!
0:16:51 > 0:16:55No shoes. Nobody telling us how to behave.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Everyone expects us to behave badly!
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Surprised you haven't realised that.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05You're right. I've been being way too nice.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Really? I did not think that was possible!
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Well, it is. Now I'm going to behave badly.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Really badly.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22I have come to ask for your consent to walk out with Rebecca.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Why would she want to walk out? Shouldn't she walk in?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Thank you, master Jonathan.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32That level of courtship may be premature.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37I'm supposed to be her suitor. No-one wants me to do any suiting.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Gather round, all. Mr Doyle, care to explain?
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Sure. Thank you, Mr Griffith. Dating was elaborate then.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49The boy would write, offering the girl his visiting card.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54Then he'd visit, hoping it would lead to walking out together.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- Why didn't he just ask her? - Maybe she didn't have a choice.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03She did. Holding her fan half open showed she ranked him as a friend.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08Had she had the fan fully open, I would have offered my consent.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- How long do they walk around for? - At least a year.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15They would be escorted, and never held hands.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17A year?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20That'll leave no time for football.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22I don't want to be a suit man.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27The correct word is "suitor". Not that it matters now.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29But can I back out?
0:18:29 > 0:18:33No offence, just to me, 150 years ago seems weird.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36The buggy thing was kinda fun.
0:18:36 > 0:18:42At least everyone understood how to behave, and people's feelings were treated with respect.
0:18:51 > 0:18:57- Ow!- Ssh.- What?- The word you're trying to pronounce is "ouch".
0:18:57 > 0:19:01What do you do for fun, besides correcting each other's...
0:19:02 > 0:19:04..English?
0:19:04 > 0:19:09- Well, it's been wild, but got to go. - Party hard.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Now you can pet the horse!
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Oh, thank you, Hazel! Will you come?
0:19:21 > 0:19:26- I wish to watch the rioting. - Rioting? Actual rioting?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- Will the property be vandalised? - Hopefully.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Do not worry. Just go.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Oh.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47You're not the only one whose feelings
0:19:47 > 0:19:50haven't been treated with respect.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- Did I hurt your feelings? - Yes, Rebecca. You did.
0:19:53 > 0:19:59Jonathan, I am so sorry. I cannot comprehend my behaviour today.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04I enjoyed watching Christine, Piper and Danni squirm far too much.
0:20:04 > 0:20:10I wanted today to be a day where everything was as it used to be.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12But I was wrong.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19After all, 150 years ago, I did not know you. Can you forgive me?
0:20:20 > 0:20:25Course. But now I have to go back to my croquet.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29This stall was Splendour's.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33He wasn't dark like you, but pure white.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37I wish I could tell him why I stopped coming to ride him.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39HORSE WHINNIES >
0:20:39 > 0:20:42That is strange.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44I can almost hear him.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- CHRISTINE:- Convict freedom! >
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Living history, living hell! >
0:20:52 > 0:20:56CROWD: Convict freedom! Living history, living hell.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00It's child labour, and it's against school rules.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03I want to wear lipstick and eat chips!
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- What do we want? - Food!
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- And what else? - EVERYONE: Lipstick!
0:21:09 > 0:21:11BOYS: Er... Football.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- And when do we want it? - EVERYONE: Now!
0:21:15 > 0:21:19- How do we get it? - EVERYONE: Riot!
0:21:23 > 0:21:26I want chips, too!
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- BELL RINGS - Is that...?
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Hazel. She's got a bit carried away.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41This is so unfair. I want my lipstick and I want my chips.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- What do we want? - EVERYONE: Chips! We want chips!
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- We want chips! We want chips! - No more work!
0:21:48 > 0:21:52- What exactly are you doing? - Protesting. We're hungry.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- You should think about our rights. - CROWD: Yeah!
0:21:56 > 0:22:00- You are doing this for everybody? - Yes.
0:22:00 > 0:22:05- If you could swap roles, you would not be interested?- Swap to what?
0:22:05 > 0:22:09As Hazel would like to be a convict, I am short a sister.
0:22:09 > 0:22:15But you would not want that, as you were protesting for everybody.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19They can fight their own battles. Sure. I'll be your sister.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23CROWD: We still want chips! We still want chips!
0:22:23 > 0:22:28I could not agree more so, to thank you for all your hard work,
0:22:28 > 0:22:33I am declaring this day a day of rest for all convicts!
0:22:33 > 0:22:35CHEERS AND WHOOPS
0:22:35 > 0:22:41A picnic will be provided of tea and cucumber sandwiches, prepared by myself
0:22:41 > 0:22:44and my sisters.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49I have also arranged for you each to be paid
0:22:49 > 0:22:53what you would have been paid 150 years ago, by the estate.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- Isn't that right, Father?- Agreed.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59CHEERING
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Here you are.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I love being your sister.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- You did really well.- Oh.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Even though David did not call me beautiful.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22- How are you? This has not been a perfect birthday.- I do not mind.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24It's not over yet, Sophie.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Oh!
0:23:33 > 0:23:35OK. Stay there.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44< WHINNIES
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Oh, Splendour!
0:23:54 > 0:23:57I missed you SO much today!
0:23:57 > 0:24:02Thank you all, for the best birthday present ever!
0:24:04 > 0:24:06How did you find him?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08We didn't. He found her.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Go on, Sophie. One last ride.
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0:24:36 > 0:24:40# Some things have stayed the same
0:24:40 > 0:24:43# Life and death are not so far apart. #