0:00:02 > 0:00:05- Gotcha!- I'll run away one day.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13- I do miss you, Sean. Please come back.- Idiot, don't listen to them!
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Don't touch that one!
0:00:14 > 0:00:15What's he doing to Sean?
0:00:15 > 0:00:19- Has anyone seen this boy?- I'm not messing around. Do you understand?
0:00:19 > 0:00:22- Where are you heading? - I want my home back.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23If your son has a mobile phone,
0:00:23 > 0:00:27- we can text him the Runaway Helpline number.- Come on...!
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Help! Molly, help me! Molly!
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Molly, help me!
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Are you there, Sean? Are you all right?
0:01:46 > 0:01:52Somebody help. Molly, help me!
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Molly, help me!
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Molly! Molly, help me!
0:01:59 > 0:02:02All right, all right. I'm coming!
0:02:08 > 0:02:15- Stop making such a fuss. I'll get you out.- I'm stuck. I can't move.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Move forward. Come on, move.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Move your leg.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26That's it.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29You must have been covering the drain.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Look, we'd better get out of here.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Come on.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Thanks, Molly. You were wicked.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Yeah, well. Someone had to do it.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- I'm so freezing.- Get over it.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56We're nearly at the canal.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57It's that way, I think.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05We can't be certain yet, but there's been a sighting
0:03:05 > 0:03:08of a boy matching your son's description, not too far away.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- Where? Where is he? Can I see him? - We can't promise it was him.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14But we wanted to keep you informed.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19One minute you're full of hope, then nothing.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Don't know which is worse.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24None of us ever know how these things will turn out.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27It's good to prepare yourself.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30You do understand...
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Listen, why don't I take the boys out in the van?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Get them off your hands.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45We'll stick up some of those posters, the new ones.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49You get some rest, yeah?
0:03:51 > 0:03:52Thanks.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Great. I need it.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18- Come on. Keep up. - I can't do this any more.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Don't be stupid.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21I nearly got killed.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23But you didn't. You're still alive.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- If you hadn't come back... - Yeah, well. I couldn't leave you.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31I'll need help next time I feel like nicking some more chocolate.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Molly! I just want to go home now. - Oh, yeah?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36What's your mum gonna say?
0:04:38 > 0:04:43Listen to me. You've already been robbed, chased and half-drowned,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46and you're still here, aren't you?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Look, this is the canal we've been looking for.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Now all we've got to do is find my old house, which is easy.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- This place better be worth it. - When you see it you'll understand.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59OK. You're the boss.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Hey. You two drowned rats!
0:05:05 > 0:05:10Why don't you make yourselves useful and help me with the lock gates?
0:05:10 > 0:05:14- What do we have to do?- It's very simple. I'll tell you. Just pull.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19OK, pull!
0:05:23 > 0:05:24That's the spirit.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34OK.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Now go down the other end and do the other one.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Pleeease(!)
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Push!
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Do you fancy a lift,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09up the canal?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11I could do with a spare set of deck-hands.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Are you sure it's OK?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Don't be soft. He's harmless.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Yeah, great. We could do with a lift. And something to eat.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Step aboard, shipmates.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Careful. Don't want anyone getting hurt.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- Good job, mate. You've got a knack for this.- We will find him.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- Won't we?- Course we will.- Only,
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- I don't want anything bad to happen to him.- No-one said you do.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Maybe he wanted Mum to find him straight off.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Maybe he's in trouble now because of what I did.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Yeah, well, I guess you did make it worse, even if you didn't mean to.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16It's too late now, though, eh?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Come on, we can do some more of this.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30If you're good, I'll show you my worms.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Did you say worms?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Best pet a man can have.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40No fuss, no mess.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Anything you give them they eat.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Don't answer back. Don't run away.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- D'you wanna see 'em?- Not really.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Yeah. Go on, mister - show us your worms.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Here they are.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02My beauties.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05They're tiger worms, aren't they?
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Very clever.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Well done. Good boy, yes, they are.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14I hate tiger worms.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Well, don't let them hear you say that -
0:08:17 > 0:08:19they might take against you.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Look like you could do with something to warm you up.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29I'll pull over, have a cup of tea.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38This is just like the Tardis.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Small on the outside and then huge on the inside.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46See, I told you not to worry.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48You can sleep there if you want to.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I won't tell anyone where you are.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Thanks, mister.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00You're both soaked through.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03You should get out of those wet clothes.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05I'll give them a good wash.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Here, you can wrap yourself in these.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27I'll leave you to get undressed.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Find!
0:09:48 > 0:09:50I hope this isn't where it ends.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20Yeah. That's the one.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22It may not mean anything.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26It's dark out there. I hope he's safe.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Wakey wakey, rise and shine!
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- Sleep well?- Yeah.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Good.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Grub's up.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Oh, great.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16So...
0:11:19 > 0:11:25Where are you heading, on this dreary old canal, the pair of you?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Thornydown. Further along, it is.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Oh! And what, pray tell, awaits you there?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33It's where I used to live.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35I'm going home.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Oh. I see.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Going home, are we?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Well, me. Not him.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Have you been there? It's so cool.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50There's a little house right over the water and two huge trees,
0:11:50 > 0:11:55and you can just watch the water rushing out under the arches.
0:11:55 > 0:12:01- It's just by a little white bridge. - And they're expecting you?- Well, no.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04No, it's a surprise.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07If you don't mind my asking, how long have you been away?
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Yeah, well, I do mind.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13She's been living with other people -
0:12:13 > 0:12:17foster families, for a couple of years now.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- Haven't you?- Just shut up, OK?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- That's what you said.- Just be quiet.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26No need to worry, little miss. We all have our secrets.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30It's not a secret. I just don't want to talk about it.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34That's fine by me. I won't ask any more questions.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35I promise.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Tell you what -
0:12:38 > 0:12:41you should get yourself one of these beauties.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44And then no matter where you go,
0:12:44 > 0:12:45you never leave home.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55Oh, and no-one can find you, because no-one ever knows where you are.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- Will you cook supper tonight? - I'll have a go.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- That's that boy.- Yeah.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13His fault my brother's gone.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Shut it, loser.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Nothing's the same without Sean.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33- Drink this - it'll help you relax. - Tell me again what I've got to do.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36You talk about Sean, about what he's like, what he was wearing,
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- anything that might jog people's memories.- Where's the script?
0:13:40 > 0:13:44There is no script. It's just a chat, an interview.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Just be yourself.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Don't worry, Kelly, you'll be fine.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59The house has a chimney...
0:14:07 > 0:14:11This is it. This is it! We're nearly there. I remember this!
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- We have to stop.- Are you sure?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18We have to stop the boat. We have to get off here!
0:14:18 > 0:14:23Yes, indeed, Miss Molly. Right away.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27I can't believe it.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Now, Kelly, your son's been missing now for three days?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Yes.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37You must be very worried.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Yes.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43And concerned for his safety?
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Yes. Of course.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Very concerned.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Oh, my God.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53I can't believe it. I can't believe it!
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Calm yourself, Miss Molly.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58I've got to get off the boat. Now!
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Be careful, Miss Molly. I'm pulling over.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14OK, OK.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Here, throw me that line.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Now just be careful. Now, we don't want anyone getting hurt. Careful!
0:15:22 > 0:15:23I'll go with her.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40My boy went missing Friday night.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45And he must be cold and hungry by now.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Maybe your son's watching right now.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Do you have any kind of a message for him?
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Sean, if you're out there...
0:16:04 > 0:16:05..I just want to say...
0:16:07 > 0:16:10..We miss you - me and your brothers.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13We want you home.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I'm not angry.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21I just want you back.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25That's all.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Come home, all right, love?
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I miss you, Sean.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Please come back.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Our thanks to Kelly there.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Still ahead, Tina will be here with her round-up of what's
0:16:52 > 0:16:54happening in this week's soaps...
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Molly! Molly, look!
0:16:58 > 0:17:00The trees! And the bridge! Just like you said!
0:17:06 > 0:17:07They've knocked it all down.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Maybe they're still here.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Shut up.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Look, I'm sorry, Molly.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24But we can find them.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25You don't understand.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- How do you want these? - The way Sean does them.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46I'm doing it my way.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Mum! Tell him to do it properly, like Sean does.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Keep it down, guys. And leave your mum alone.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54She's knackered.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59Let me do that. If you're gonna grill it, you've gotta put foil on -
0:17:59 > 0:18:02otherwise the pan's gonna get clogged up with fat.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10I can't take any more! I swear I'm gonna kill someone!
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- Come on. Pick it up. Nothing's broken.- Is she all right?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Course she is. She's just upset.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Why are you being like this?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Leave me alone.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Oh, come on, girl.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Life's full of little surprises.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16You've got to pick yourself up,
0:19:16 > 0:19:19dust yourself down and get back on the old horse, as they say.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I've lost everything.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25My home.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27My family.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31My dreams and my future!
0:19:31 > 0:19:33It's all gone!
0:19:33 > 0:19:36All ruined! Don't you get it?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41You've still got your legs.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43You've still got your sense of humour.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Your pretty little smile, that lovely face.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- Bog off and leave me alone, you dirty old man.- Molly.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Who does he think he is anyway?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55To go round picking up strange kids.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58I beg your pardon.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- Little minx.- What's got into you?
0:20:01 > 0:20:07I've met his sort before. We should never have trusted him.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08I don't have to listen to this.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11I've had it with the pair of you!
0:20:28 > 0:20:30I didn't have to help them.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Do someone a favour, and what do you get?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Filth and foul words.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41He's being weird.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50My little one.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54I don't like this.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Where are you, then?
0:21:04 > 0:21:08My little vermin.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Get me out.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12How? We're trapped.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18I should have known when I first saw you.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- We've got to get away.- He's coming.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Rats!
0:21:26 > 0:21:32- Hurry up.- I'm going to teach you a lesson you'll never forget!
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Quick, let's get out the other way!
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Eat my food and shove off, would you?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51No, there's no escaping.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55There's nowhere to hide on a narrowboat.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- Shall we lock him in?- Let's just run. I'm going to catch you.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01THUD!
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- Great, this is our chance. - No, he's hurt.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07We can get away now, while the creep's still down.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11- We can't just leave him like that. - We can't help - we're not doctors.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- We need to help him. Give me my phone.- No way.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- we have to think of ourselves. - He might die.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Why should I care for an old freak like him?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Nobody has ever cared about me. Come on, it's time to go!
0:22:22 > 0:22:27I'm staying here and I'm calling for help, now give me the phone.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I won't.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34- Get your hands off me! Leave me alone!- Give me the phone.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Take it, then.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39I'm off. Forget you ever met me.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50'Hello, Runaway Helpline, how can I help you?'
0:22:50 > 0:22:54My name is Sean. I've run away and it's all gone wrong.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56'OK, Sean, calm down.'
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Can you tell me what's happened?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00There's been an accident.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- Are you hurt? - No, but a man has fallen.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06And he's hit his head.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Is he still there?
0:23:07 > 0:23:12- Yes, he's on the floor.- So, what help do you need?- 'An ambulance.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13And it needs to come quick.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16He's on the floor and his head's bleeding.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- Is he moving?- No, he's still.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24Apart from this man, is there anyone else with you? Anyone at all?
0:23:26 > 0:23:28No, not any more.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Can you tell me where you are? Do you know the address?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35A big canal.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37'Are there any landmarks?'
0:23:37 > 0:23:40There's a big building site...
0:23:40 > 0:23:42and a bridge.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44'OK, I've got that.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48'I'm going to get one of my colleagues to call for some help.'
0:23:48 > 0:23:51In the meantime, if you can just stay there
0:23:51 > 0:23:55and we're going to keep talking, all right?
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I just want to go home now.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14You'll be safe now. Come on, son.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17I'm coming, but I'm not your son.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32What was he saying when he came after you?
0:24:32 > 0:24:38- He called us vermin and dirty rats. - Did he hurt you?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40No.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Never got near us.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45We ran away.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Will the police want to talk to me?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Whatever for?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Because of the lunch.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58This isn't your fault.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00It feels like it is.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03I guess that means you've learnt your lesson.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Oh, thank God you're all right, Sean.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19I thought you'd be angry.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25I was worried about you out there on your own.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Sorry, Mum.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29I didn't know what you'd say.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34Whatever it is that's been bothering you, you can always talk to me.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37I tried. You were so busy with your own stuff.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40I love you, sweetheart.
0:25:42 > 0:25:49I didn't realise you were so unhappy. I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52I really did try to talk to you.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56It isn't too late, is it?
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Let's have another go, shall we?
0:26:02 > 0:26:05See if we can start again.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Yes. I'd like that.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Hey, you, come over here.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45They said you rang for help.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47You should be proud.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49It takes real courage to do something like that.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Yeah, that's me,
0:26:52 > 0:26:53full of courage.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58- I mean it.- You don't know nothing about me - nothing about my life.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03I know about your friend from school and the hassle he's been giving you.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- What?- You don't need to worry about that toe-rag anymore.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08I've had a few words.
0:27:08 > 0:27:09He came round to the house?
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- Yeah, he won't bother you again. - No, he'll kill me.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17No, he won't. He won't come anywhere near you.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Honest. You're safe now.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Come on, son, you'll be OK.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30'And that's it. I suddenly realised something really obvious
0:27:30 > 0:27:32'I never thought about before.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34'My family may not be perfect, but they're real.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38'Not some stupid, made-up dream, but real people,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41'even when they get things wrong.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43'That's where I belong -
0:27:43 > 0:27:45'with my brothers,
0:27:45 > 0:27:47'my Mum, and who knows?
0:27:47 > 0:27:49'Maybe even with Gary.'
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