0:00:02 > 0:00:04'Ballyfermot.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07'On the face of it, a normal, average, unassuming suburb of Dublin,
0:00:07 > 0:00:09'just like any other.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14'Dingle Street - home to the O'Briens.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16'A family, just like any other.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21'Well...almost.
0:00:21 > 0:00:26'Maura O'Brien is a receptionist at Ballyfermot Medical Centre.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28'Husband Bill is a cab driver.'
0:00:28 > 0:00:30You've caught us at a bad time.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31We're all a bit frantic today.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32Roy!
0:00:32 > 0:00:37'And they've got two children. Roy, 11, and Becky, 14.'
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Aw, Becky, don't you look smart, love? Mwah!
0:00:40 > 0:00:4460 shades of green, and they choose snot.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48'Today's a big day - it's the start of the new term,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50'and both children are going to new schools.'
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Roy!
0:00:51 > 0:00:54OK! OK! I'm coming! >
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I hope nobody asks for Cabinteely.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Your dad'll go without you!
0:00:57 > 0:00:59OR the 'Mun.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Ha-ha-ha!
0:01:03 > 0:01:07- Don't you start.- What?
0:01:07 > 0:01:11So, I look like weird. Get over it.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13What did I say?
0:01:13 > 0:01:16So I look like I just crawled out of a swamp.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18No, I didn't say that.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Don't start, you two. You're like a broken record.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25It's SO unfair! Why doesn't Roy have to wear a uniform?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28He does! You've still got your tie to do - remember, Roy.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30And have you done your teeth?
0:01:30 > 0:01:31PING!
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- Oh, Roy!- Sorry, Ma.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38You've got to watch yourself today, of all days, love.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40ROY SNIFFS
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Oh, there you go again!
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Uh, that... That was Becky.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- What did- I- do?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Roy, you promised, love.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Oh, I can't help it.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Will you give him a break, Maura, it's his first day!
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I just don't want him to blow it, yeah?
0:01:58 > 0:01:59MAURA SIGHS
0:02:05 > 0:02:07'This is the story of Roy O'Brien.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10'He lives in an ordinary house, on an ordinary street.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14'the only trouble is, he doesn't LOOK very ordinary.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16'All Roy really wants is to fit in.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18'But it's very hard to stay out of trouble
0:02:18 > 0:02:20'when you're a cartoon!'
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Ro-o-oy!
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Ro-o-oy!
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Roy!
0:02:36 > 0:02:39ROY!
0:02:39 > 0:02:40He-he!
0:02:41 > 0:02:45'Roy O'Brien was Ireland's first cartoon baby.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50'And we'll be following him as he settles into life in his new school.'
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Well, here we go. School at last.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Loads of new faces.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Don't know anyone there, yet, so...
0:03:02 > 0:03:04..it's all a bit scary.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Thing is, I've got to be careful.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Mam says I can't do any...stuff.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13You know, cartoon stuff?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15They call you a show-off, you see.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Or you'll get picked on.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Mam says if this is going to work,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23I have to try and "blend in" like everyone else.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26But...
0:03:26 > 0:03:28It's not that easy, you know.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33What's it like having a cartoon brother?
0:03:33 > 0:03:38Well, to be honest, you tend to get forgotten about a bit sometimes.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41I mean, I've got a new school to go to today, as well...
0:03:41 > 0:03:43haven't I?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46You get used to it, I suppose.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Help! Help me, Becky! Help!
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Uhh!
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Ah, look who it is.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12How are you, Tommy?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15'Tommy Byrne lives on the same street as the O'Briens,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18'so the family have agreed to take turns for the school run.'
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- Did you have your breakfast?- Yeah. - What did you have?
0:04:21 > 0:04:22I had porridge and banana.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Porridge and banana, you greedy fella.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Go on back there, he's back in the bedroom.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29'Roy's presence in Dingle Street
0:04:29 > 0:04:32'has caused a bit of a stir in the neighbourhood.'
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Right! Chop-chop, people. Let's get moving.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Come on, we're late. Let's go.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Morning. Morning!
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Yeah, there'll be a matinee performance later on,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46about four o'clock, when we're back from school. All right?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Thanks very much for the lift, Mr O'Brien.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52No problem at all, Tommy. Seatbelts, lads.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Now, I won't be home till about five, all right?
0:04:56 > 0:04:57So I can't get you, Son.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Sure Becky'll pass by and get you.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01What time you finish tonight, Becky?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02We forgot Becky.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04TYRES SCREECH
0:05:10 > 0:05:14'Ballyfermot School has 300 pupils
0:05:14 > 0:05:17'of all nationalities, religions and social backgrounds.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21'But Roy will be its very first cartoon pupil.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24'They've agreed to take him on a week's trial.'
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Yes, OK, that's great. Tell them I'll be there in about five minutes.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30'Derek Hammond is the school's head teacher.'
0:05:30 > 0:05:33We, here at Ballyfermot School welcome all types with open arms.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Chinese New Year, Ramadan, Yom Kippur - not a problem.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Kosher? Vegan? Halal? Bring it on!
0:05:41 > 0:05:46Disabled pupils - nice new ramp at the side entrance.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Though, er, I think the builders still have to come back...
0:05:49 > 0:05:52But this is uncharted territory.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57This is a first for us - for any school, in fact. Anywhere.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Ah, Miss Sheringham.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04'Dymphna Sheringham is now in her second year at Ballyfermot,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06'and will be Roy's class teacher.'
0:06:06 > 0:06:11Now, these are your fortnightly report forms.
0:06:11 > 0:06:16This is login ID for the new online court booking system.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21And this is the feeding roster for the, uh...
0:06:21 > 0:06:24school hamster.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Oh! And you have a new pupil - Roy O'Brien.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Anything I should know about him?
0:06:29 > 0:06:35Ah... Nice family. Um... Average academically, I think.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Quite...animated, actually.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45BELL RINGS
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Right.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- You all right, Tommy?- Yeah.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Now... Here we are.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01You all right, Son?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Just a bit nervous, Dad.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Look, that's the old butterflies. I had them my first day, as well.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10You'll be grand.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Knock 'em dead, huh?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Good lad.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20Touch screen, got GPS, wireless internet,
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Bluetooth, social networking,
0:07:23 > 0:07:27got it tax free in Hong Kong.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Hey, Conor! Look!
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Took this on the plane. They guy next to me's asleep.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33So I took his sick bag and...
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Oh, wow!
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Cool!
0:07:39 > 0:07:43All right, everybody! Welcome back to school! Wel...
0:07:45 > 0:07:50Glad to see you all fit and raring to go.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Everybody inside, now.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Nice and orderly.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59Now, let's have you all inside, please? Thank you!
0:08:01 > 0:08:03SCHO-O-OOL!
0:08:03 > 0:08:06HE BLOWS A WHISTLE
0:08:06 > 0:08:11Right. Now that you've all had the chance
0:08:11 > 0:08:18to meet our new addition to the school - Roy O'Brien,
0:08:18 > 0:08:24you can see he's just the same as everyone else here.
0:08:24 > 0:08:31And he'll, er, get treated just the same as you.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34CHILDREN SCREAM
0:08:34 > 0:08:41A cartoon in OUR school? A real live cartoon? I mean, how cool was THAT?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Well, his mouth was kinda crooked,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45and one eye was bigger than the other
0:08:45 > 0:08:47but...he was cute.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51He's a cartoon. Get over it! He's not even a good one.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54All right! This is your first day at school.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57You're understandably a little nervous.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- AHH!- Ah!
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Oh! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Move along, everybody, move along!
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Try to control yourself, O'Brien.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I just can't help it!
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Move along, everybody. Thank you.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16We have a community ethos here, Roy.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18No one individual is more important than another,
0:09:18 > 0:09:20so you must try to fit in and get along
0:09:20 > 0:09:24and not disrupt and distract from the general running of the school.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- Do you understand?- Yes, sir.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30You're on a week's trial here, O'Brien.
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Just remember.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37BELL RINGS
0:09:37 > 0:09:39CHILDREN CHATTER
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Hi, Miss!- Hello, Sinead.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43How was Prague, Miss?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46The tram system was excellent. Thanks for the heads up, Tommy.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- Hi, Miss!- Hiya, Jack.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- Hi, Miss!- Hello!
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Derek, can you not just give me a straight answer?
0:10:01 > 0:10:05I'm hearing all sorts of weird stuff about this O'Brien character.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06- Is he special needs, is he?- Look...
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Mr Hammond. Roy O'Brien?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- Oh, settling in OK is he, Miss Sheringham?- He's a cartoon!
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Do you know, I KNEW there was something about that lad!
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Why didn't you warn me?
0:10:17 > 0:10:20I'm sure you can handle it, Miss Sheringham.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Are we talking special needs? Do I need a classroom assistant?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26What about calculators? Have you seen the size of his fingers?
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Look. The authority dumped this on me yesterday.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33I don't think for a minute it's going to work out, but...
0:10:33 > 0:10:34What about health and safety?
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Ooh, er...there goes my phone!
0:10:42 > 0:10:44He's a cartoon?!
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Roy! Roy! Roy! Roy!
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- No, me!- I'm sitting beside him first!
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Miss! Tell them to take it in turns!
0:10:51 > 0:10:53CLASS!
0:10:53 > 0:10:56We have a LOT of work to do this term,
0:10:56 > 0:11:00so there will be no more interruptions.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Three years at teacher training college.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14There was nothing about teaching cartoons!
0:11:14 > 0:11:18What was I gonna do? Treat him just like any other pupil.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20that's all I COULD do.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Now...
0:11:23 > 0:11:28Let's see who's sitting beside Roy BEFORE lunch.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31And it's...
0:11:31 > 0:11:37- Conor!- Oh, yeah!- BOO!- Shh!
0:11:37 > 0:11:42Right. I'm going to ease you all in with your first assignment this term.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I want you all to tell me about your summer holidays.
0:11:45 > 0:11:50Ask Roy, bet he did something wicked!
0:11:50 > 0:11:55Class, not now. I want you to prepare a five-minute presentation.
0:11:55 > 0:12:01On where you went to, what you got up to, with any photos, or visual...
0:12:01 > 0:12:02Miss!
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- When am- I- sitting next to Roy?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Friday, for the fifth time, Sinead.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Frida-a-ay!
0:12:16 > 0:12:19'But Roy is not popular with everyone.'
0:12:22 > 0:12:25So, you can do all that cartoon-y stuff?
0:12:25 > 0:12:31- Well, yeah, but...- Oh, go on, Roy. Do a trick!- Go on, Roy.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35You don't have to, if you don't want. Remember what your mam said.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- What did she say?- I'll get in trouble with the headmaster,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41then I won't be allowed to stay.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Do that thing with the butterflies again! Go on!
0:12:43 > 0:12:44Oh, please!
0:12:44 > 0:12:49- Sorry, guys, I can't.- Oh.- OK. - Maybe next time.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Ooh!
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Sorry, Roy. Didn't see you coming.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Miss, look!
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Class, come back and sit down.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Roy, hurry up and come in.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Oh, yeah. Sorry, Miss.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Right, class...
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Nothing to see.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Back inside.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Roy's never been to school before.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Where we used to live there was just a school with a couple of teachers
0:13:48 > 0:13:51and they told us point blank they couldn't cope.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54So we had a tutor come to the house.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56It's daft, isn't it?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59I mean, Roy's just like any other 11-year-old boy, you know.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03He likes loud music and computer games, playing with his mates,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05all the usual stuff, like.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06It's just like, well...
0:14:06 > 0:14:12Like so many people they couldn't get over that initial...hump.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14You know, that he's...
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- a cartoon. - A cartoon.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24'It's Wednesday, and Denis the caretaker is polishing the floors.'
0:14:44 > 0:14:47< You'll be late for lunch, Roy!
0:14:47 > 0:14:49< Will I give you extra crackling?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Tommy, quick!
0:14:51 > 0:14:56Woah! Woah! Wo-o-oah!
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Roy O'Brien. Why am I not surprised?
0:15:03 > 0:15:08Oh, sorry, sir. Ahh! Sorry, sir.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09My floor!
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Ooh, yeah. I didn't mean it! It wasn't my fault, sir! Ohh...
0:15:14 > 0:15:16THEY ALL TALK OVER EACH OTHER
0:15:16 > 0:15:19OK, OK! Apart from the birds,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22apart from the accident outside the main hall,
0:15:22 > 0:15:26apart from the fact that nobody outside Miss Sheringham's class
0:15:26 > 0:15:29could get any work done, again, this morning...
0:15:29 > 0:15:30is there anything else?
0:15:30 > 0:15:35Every time he's in a hurry, there's like this...noise.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- Coconut hooves!- Yeah! Followed by a kind of, you know...
0:15:39 > 0:15:40whiplash sound.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Tut-tut, tut-tut, wu-tshh!!
0:15:42 > 0:15:43His eyes.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46When I told him we were out of banoffee pie, they popped out.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Literally. Poor Ellie nearly passed out in the custard.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51OK, OK, settle down.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53This is as much as I feared.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56I told the education officer we'd give it a week,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59but it looks like we'll reach a decision sooner.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01What does that mean?
0:16:01 > 0:16:07It means school is clearly not a realistic option for Roy, after all.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Are you all right, Roy?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I don't think it's going so well, Miss.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Don't worry. It's always a bit hard at the start.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27Just...try to keep your head down and not get too overexcited,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30and we'll be all right.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39Yeah, Roy was going to be a challenge, but...
0:16:39 > 0:16:41I'd never given up on a student before
0:16:41 > 0:16:45and I'd no intention of doing it then.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49Besides, I kind of liked him.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I think, deep down, he had a good nature.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55- Come on, Roy, do something! - Just one little trick, Roy.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58No! One of the teachers might be watching!
0:16:58 > 0:16:59I'll keep a lookout.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02No, I won't. I promised!
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Maybe it's because he can't.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07What was that, Kat?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Maybe he can't do any tricks. He doesn't know how.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13No, I just don't wanna get thrown out.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Maybe he's just a rubbish cartoon -
0:17:15 > 0:17:17a no-frills freak.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31'It's Thursday, and Miss Sheringham's class
0:17:31 > 0:17:33'are giving their holiday presentations.'
0:17:33 > 0:17:37That's another one of the banana boat.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39The crazy golf's here somewhere.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41That's another one of our pool.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43The disco with the crazy foam.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47That's one of the flat-screen TV in our bedroom.
0:17:47 > 0:17:5058 inches. Mental!
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Right. Kathy, just a small tip.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56The odd photo of a temple or a market
0:17:56 > 0:17:59might have nailed the fact it was Thailand.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01But thanks anyway.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05OK. How about Roy next?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Go on, Roy. Show them your camping trip -
0:18:08 > 0:18:10how you helped put the tent up.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Didn't you do anything, Roy?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14He stayed in a tepee, Miss.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Ooh, don't you want to tell us about it?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- KATHY CLAPS SLOWLY - Boring. Boring.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- (Tommy! - What's the matter, Roy?)
0:18:25 > 0:18:26I can't move.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29If I do, I might get in trouble.
0:18:31 > 0:18:36When I told Roy to keep his head down, I didn't mean it literally.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39I hate to see kids stifled.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43But the main thing was to get through the rest of the week
0:18:43 > 0:18:45without any mishap.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Right, who's next to Roy today?
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Sinead.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55It's OK, Miss. I'm not really bothered.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00Oh. Does anybody else want to take Sinead's spot?
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Tommy had to stay inside today. He gets hay fever.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14So I'll just, er, hang here a bit on my own.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18I think it takes a bit of time to make new friends.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20So, I'll just have to be patient.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Oh, no!
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Well done!
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Just this once.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Hey, fellas.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Not now, Roy. We're busy.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- Go see if Denis has his ladder. - Why should I go?
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- Woah!- Hey, Sinead, you see that?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- Shh! Guys!- Do it again, Roy!
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Fellas, no! I...
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- That was just the coolest thing! - See how far his arm stretched!
0:19:55 > 0:19:56What did he do?
0:19:56 > 0:19:57Do it again, Roy!
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Well...
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Kat! See that?
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- See how his arm can stretch?- Really?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20How far can you stretch, Roy?
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Oh, I don't know. Er...
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- Kathy, no!- Ah, show us, Roy!
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Kathy, stop!
0:20:29 > 0:20:31That's enough now.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34So, you say things have calmed down a bit?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Not a peep for two days!
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Well, I'm not so sure.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Mr Hammond, the novelty's worn off now.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44- You'd hardly notice Roy's here... - Roy! Roy! Roy!
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Roy! Roy! Roy!
0:20:59 > 0:21:02What is going on? Ro-o-oy!
0:21:06 > 0:21:09See me in my office. Now.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Kathy had been on his case all week,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19trying to trip Roy up.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Yeah, literally. She's trying to get those little birds.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24It's not fair, really.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Can't blame Roy for this one.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29But Mr Hammond, if you just listen!
0:21:29 > 0:21:32We've given him every chance.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33But it wasn't Roy's fault!
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Tommy, Jack and Sinead just came up to me and told me what happened!
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Our test results are rising year on year,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42punctuality and attendance are up.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Look, people are actually LYING about their address
0:21:44 > 0:21:47to get their children into our school.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49We have our image to think of here.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51So we just turn our back on him?
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Where's he going to go?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00PHONE RINGS
0:22:06 > 0:22:08ROY'S TEETH CHATTER
0:22:08 > 0:22:09Oh, no.
0:22:11 > 0:22:12This isn't good.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Oh, this isn't good at all.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19What's my mam gonna say when she finds out?
0:22:23 > 0:22:27No, no. Thank you. Excellent.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Yes, thank you. Bye.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35That was Castlemoyne's College For Boys.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40They heard about the Roy situation and they've offered to help us out.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42They can take Roy?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44But, aren't they private?
0:22:44 > 0:22:45What about the fees?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48They said they could create a special bursary
0:22:48 > 0:22:52and that he'd get his own personal tutor, too.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Isn't that the posh school by the university?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Well, I wouldn't put it QUITE like that, Miss Sheringham.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02They took in that autistic boy...
0:23:02 > 0:23:05and those Iraqi refugees last year.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07And they've set up an exchange programme
0:23:07 > 0:23:09with the village in Rwanda.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Wasn't their headmaster in the Sunday newspapers last weekend?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Really? Oh, must have missed that.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Yeah, I'm certain.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26It was in the education supplement.
0:23:26 > 0:23:32He's up for some sort of charitable award, or something, isn't he?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34What, an award?
0:23:36 > 0:23:41It would have been nice if we could have kept him here, but...
0:23:41 > 0:23:45they've got the resources, I suppose.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50And, as you say, we've got our image to think of.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56I mean, I've tried, but it's so hard.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Sometimes I just can't help it.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Mind over matter, that's what my mam said.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Now, willpower...
0:24:10 > 0:24:13The headmaster will see you now, Roy.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Ah, Roy. Take a seat.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28Oh. Oh, woah! Ahh! Ahh!
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Ahh! Ahh!
0:24:31 > 0:24:33- What's going on?- Roy!
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Ahh! Ahh!
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Ahh! Ahh!
0:24:41 > 0:24:46- Ahh!- What are you doing? Get out of my vacuum!
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I can't! I'm stuck! I'm really stuck!
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Roy! Stop messing about and pull yourself out of that.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55I told you, I can't! Ahh!
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Well, don't just stand there! Do something!
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Wait a sec, it's got a reverse flow button on it.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03What?!
0:25:03 > 0:25:07You just pull on the little fella and I'll flick the switch.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28Well, O'Brien, it's er, certainly been an interesting week.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32But not a week to be remembered for all the right reasons, either.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34But I've persuaded the staff
0:25:34 > 0:25:39that the unfortunate incident in the playground before was a one-off.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44And the least said about the vacuum cleaner thing, the better, really.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48And that we should accept you here on a...permanent basis
0:25:48 > 0:25:54provided you play your part and realise that we're here at school
0:25:54 > 0:25:56for a serious purpose.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01You can stay, Roy.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03YES!
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Sorry. Sorry, sir.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15The relief! I just can't tell you the relief.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18It was a big fuss about nothing, though.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21All I want is for Roy to be accepted,
0:26:21 > 0:26:22live a normal life.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24I told you he'd be fine.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27That lad has got his head screwed on.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31I've seen him do it, actually. It's...
0:26:32 > 0:26:33- a quick thing.- Mm.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Well, I made it.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42HE YAWNS
0:26:42 > 0:26:48Funny, after Mr Hammond said I could stay, it was easier.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51I didn't do anything cartoon-y in the class.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Didn't do anything cartoon-y on my way home.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59And tonight, I was as good as gold.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01HE YAWNS
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Maybe it had something to do with not being stressed.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Or maybe it was just... mind over matter.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14Well, next week, with any luck,
0:27:14 > 0:27:20I'll have everything...under...control.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25HE SNORES
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Subtitles by Zoe Short, Red Bee Media Ltd
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