0:00:02 > 0:00:04Attention! The My Life In Care videos are about to receive
0:00:04 > 0:00:07their world premiere in the TV room.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11Don't miss these personal takes on what life is really like
0:00:11 > 0:00:13in Ashdene Ridge.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14And next up, it's Jody!
0:00:18 > 0:00:19What?
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Oh, yeah.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28I'm Jody Jackson and this is my I'm video.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34And where better to start...
0:00:34 > 0:00:36than with chocolate biscuits?
0:00:36 > 0:00:37I love them.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Can't get enough of them.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Can we get some chocolate biscuits?
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Sorry?
0:00:42 > 0:00:44There's only ever plain, never chocolate.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46We'll get you chocolate biscuits.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48If you vote for me, I'll make sure they only buy
0:00:48 > 0:00:50double chocolate chip from now on.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Cool!
0:00:51 > 0:00:53There's something about...
0:00:53 > 0:00:57the smooth chocolate and the combination of the crumbly digestive
0:00:57 > 0:00:59that just can't be beaten.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00And when you've known
0:01:00 > 0:01:02what life without biscuits is like,
0:01:02 > 0:01:04then the power of the chocolate biscuit
0:01:04 > 0:01:07is hard to resist.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08Think how many chocolate biscuits
0:01:08 > 0:01:10you can get with this.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Uh-uh.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14First you have to vote for Tee.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15No.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Imagine all the tasty biscuits
0:01:19 > 0:01:21covered in thick, gooey chocolate.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22All right.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25'Of course, if you have to make do,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27'then cake isn't too terrible.'
0:01:27 > 0:01:29There you go.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32'Although you can't always trust cake.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36- 'You can never be sure what's in it.'- Jody, are you OK?
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Jody! What's wrong? Jody!
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- It's in the medical cabinet...- Mike! Mike!
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Jody, can you hear me?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47She's stopped breathing!
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Stay back, stay back!
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Melanie and Tracy will sort it out.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- I've got it! - Has she stopped breathing?
0:01:54 > 0:01:55I'll call an ambulance.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58An ambulance? It must be serious. Is Jody going to die?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- No.- So, what's wrong with her?
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Shut up!
0:02:03 > 0:02:04..nine, ten.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Jody?
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Come on, Jody.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11- Come on, Jody.- Jody?
0:02:14 > 0:02:15There we go.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- Good girl.- Oh, yes.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Slowly, come up.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22'That's why I'd always take the biscuit option
0:02:22 > 0:02:23'every time.'
0:02:23 > 0:02:26With chocolate biscuits, you always know where you stand.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31It's an emergency injection of anti-allergy medicine.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Maybe it was the E numbers in the sweets.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Was there nuts or anything in the cake?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- No.- Jody was just fantastically lucky
0:02:37 > 0:02:39that Melanie recognised what was happening.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42'But with me, it's not just about that
0:02:42 > 0:02:44'cos I like to feed my head too.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46- 'Yeah, a good book can do for your brain...'- Ready?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48'..what a biscuit does for your stomach.'
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Jody, I thought you wanted to come to the hairdressers?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55'For a little while you can escape the real world
0:02:55 > 0:02:58'and lose yourself in one the writer has invented.'
0:02:58 > 0:03:01She's been like that since she found it in the junk room.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03And it's the third time she's read it.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06'Of course, it helps if you've got a good imagination.'
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Guards, off with their heads!
0:03:15 > 0:03:16That's a bit harsh, isn't it?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18The Queen doesn't like to be defied.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20I don't care! You're cruel!
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- JODY ON TV:- 'I love reading!'
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Yeah, I love a good book.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Very tasty.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28It's my hunger for knowledge.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33I'm going to get you, Floss!
0:03:33 > 0:03:34'Books are special things.'
0:03:34 > 0:03:36That's the first time I've ever seen her finish a book.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39'That's why I can't stand to see stupid people mistreat them.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41'For me, that's a real crime.'
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Hang on a minute.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Did she just call me stupid?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Yeah, and criminal, I think.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48My dream.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I almost don't dare say it out loud in case it jinxes it.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58My dream is that one day
0:03:58 > 0:04:01everything will be OK between me and my mum.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04But we're not even talking at the minute
0:04:04 > 0:04:07because I told the police about my brother.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09But someone had to.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10I've done it, Mum.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I hope you don't mean what I think you mean.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16You've given a witness statement?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- After I told you not to? - It's Jody's choice.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21You...
0:04:21 > 0:04:24You talked her into this, didn't you?
0:04:24 > 0:04:27No-one talked me into anything, Mum.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29It's time someone did something about Kingsley.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Well, it didn't have to be one of us!
0:04:30 > 0:04:32I didn't bring you up to be no snitch.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Mum, where are you going?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Somewhere Kingsley won't find me! Thanks for that.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- Please, Mum! - Get off me!
0:04:38 > 0:04:40I hate it that me and Mum don't talk.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42But that doesn't stop me dreaming that one day
0:04:42 > 0:04:44we'll be a proper family again,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46like I thought we were going to be...
0:04:46 > 0:04:47once.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50This is my new room!
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- Wow, it's gorgeous! - Kingsley bought everything.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Your big brother, Kingsley? The one you...?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56He's being nice now.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57You have a new phone?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Latest model.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02I should have realised that wouldn't last.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I'm sick of your lying, Jods!
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Bruv...
0:05:05 > 0:05:06you're scaring her.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10You need to start acting like a part of this family.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12OK, Kingsley, but don't lock me in.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- You'll come out when you learn some respect.- No! Kinglsey!
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Kingsley!
0:05:17 > 0:05:19'At least I always know that my other brother,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21'Luke, is on my side.'
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Mum hates me now, doesn't she?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25She's scared, Jods.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26She'll come round in time.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27She doesn't know yet,
0:05:27 > 0:05:29but hopefully we've given her her life back.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32'No sign of Mum coming round yet though.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35'So, for now the only way I talk to her is by writing letters
0:05:35 > 0:05:37'that definitely aren't for sending.'
0:05:40 > 0:05:44# Cos where we are going is anyone's guess. #
0:05:50 > 0:05:51'Yeah, the best place for them
0:05:51 > 0:05:54'is that corny music box that reminds me of her.'
0:05:59 > 0:06:02So for now, it's listening to that tune that keeps the dream alive.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Now, there's no contest.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14My worst nightmare is feeling trapped.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Let me out! Help me!
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- And I can play with anything I want?- Mm-hm.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27And you can take as much downstairs as you can carry
0:06:27 > 0:06:29and then come back up for more.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Enjoy!
0:06:31 > 0:06:34When I first got here, Elektra couldn't have known
0:06:34 > 0:06:36how much being trapped scares me,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38but is that an excuse for doing what she did?
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Job done.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Especially to a new girl.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49'Feeling panicky, can't breathe...' Hello?
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Help!
0:06:50 > 0:06:52'..heart thumping...' I'm stuck in the toy cupboard!
0:06:52 > 0:06:54'..head exploding.'
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Help!
0:06:56 > 0:06:57'It's horrible!'
0:06:59 > 0:07:01But being trapped doesn't necessarily mean
0:07:01 > 0:07:03being banged up in a cupboard.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05There are much scarier things than that.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09'Just imagine, you're having a regular sort of day,
0:07:09 > 0:07:11'or what passes for a regular day in this place.'
0:07:11 > 0:07:13You're deliberately trying to wind me up.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Carmen, you need to be a bit more sensitive.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Jody, I'm sorry, I'm going to have to turn your music down.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Why are you such a cowbag?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21'And the next thing you know you've been nabbed
0:07:21 > 0:07:23'by the long arm of the Floss.'
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Do you really think I'm that bored?!
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Floss, what are you doing?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30You're under arrest for disturbing the peas.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33OK, it's really funny. Now, can you just unlock us?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Come on, hand over the key.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- I can't find the key! - Floss!- I'm not kidding.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- There's a hole in my pocket. - You've lost the key?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44'What a totally stupid thing to do!'
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Yep, she's called you stupid again.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Imagine if we'd never found the key!
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I need to go to the toilet.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Mailee, we need wire cutters!
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Right, now, I know in life there will always be winners
0:08:07 > 0:08:10and there will always be losers.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13'And I know that no-one can be the winner all the time.'
0:08:13 > 0:08:14HE CLEARS THROAT
0:08:14 > 0:08:17I think you'll find there are one or two who can pull that off.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20But it doesn't stop me hating it when I lose at stuff.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21Yeah, we've noticed.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25I'm not such a bad loser.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Jody, when was the last time
0:08:27 > 0:08:30someone wanted to play a game with you?
0:08:30 > 0:08:32They're too scared that you're going to
0:08:32 > 0:08:34chuck it across the room if you don't win.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35'It can be as part of a team.'
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Here, how'd you like it, eh?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- 'Like the Touch The TV challenge.'- Boys!
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- Yes! We won! Woo!- I did it! I won!
0:08:43 > 0:08:46THEY CHANT "TV CHALLENGE"
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Idiot! 'Or by myself.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52'Either way, I just hate not coming first!'
0:08:52 > 0:08:54And I mean at anything!
0:08:54 > 0:08:55- Mm, look at that.- Looks good.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- Hey, easy.- Hey!
0:09:00 > 0:09:02'And surprise, surprise,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04'certain people go out of their way
0:09:04 > 0:09:05'to wind me up because of it.'
0:09:05 > 0:09:07You're not funny! Stop it!
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Get off!
0:09:08 > 0:09:10I'm going home!
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Well, I can't help having skills, can I?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16What, skills for winding people up?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Of course, when you hate losing so much,
0:09:19 > 0:09:22then winning is just brilliant.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Begin.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27MUSIC: Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
0:09:27 > 0:09:29CHEERING
0:09:30 > 0:09:33'There was no way I was going to lose the Kung Fu Challenge,
0:09:33 > 0:09:34'especially to Ryan.'
0:09:34 > 0:09:37CHEERING
0:09:37 > 0:09:38'I knew he'd play dirty...'
0:09:40 > 0:09:41A letter came today...
0:09:43 > 0:09:44..from your mum.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Bet you can't wait to see what she said.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49My mum didn't write back.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51My big brother Luke made sure she didn't even get the letter.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53'..but two can play at that game.'
0:09:53 > 0:09:55What kind of brother are you?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58You don't even reply to your sister's letters!
0:09:58 > 0:10:01CHEERING
0:10:01 > 0:10:03I did it! Yes!
0:10:03 > 0:10:05CHEERING
0:10:10 > 0:10:13There you go, well done! Come on, let's have a quick...
0:10:13 > 0:10:15One, two, three, say, "Knickers!"
0:10:15 > 0:10:16- ALL:- Knickers!
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Now, there's one contest that I would always win
0:10:20 > 0:10:22at The Dumping Ground.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Not that there would be much competition, to be honest.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28But I have to be the best listener here.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Because while everybody else has plenty to say
0:10:30 > 0:10:32for themselves, I'm not sure there's anybody else
0:10:32 > 0:10:34that's that bothered to be listening.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36How come you're so sure you thought your mum
0:10:36 > 0:10:38would be better off without you?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40I was giving her grief.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42What sort of grief?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Staying out all night.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47They reckon she didn't set me proper boundaries.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48'I don't know how it's happened,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50'but it just seems like people see me
0:10:50 > 0:10:53'as the sort of person they can talk to.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55'And hopefully I'm not too terrible
0:10:55 > 0:10:57'at understanding people's problems
0:10:57 > 0:10:59'and giving advice.'
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Don't pretend like you care.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02You do everything on your own.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04'Although, it's not always what people want to hear.'
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I just kept remembering being with my dad.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09What, your dad that dumped you at the footie and ran off?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Yeah, he was a laugh.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Yeah, I admit he was useless.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18The only time he did stuff was when he was trying to make it up to me.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20But do you know what?
0:11:20 > 0:11:21He's still my family.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- But we can be your family now!- Nah.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27You've got your friends.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28I ain't got anyone.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Cos you act like a moody big-head
0:11:30 > 0:11:31who's better than the rest of us.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Sometimes even the care workers need a little bit of Jody magic.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Have you seen what Popo's teaching us?
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Best grandmother ever, I reckon.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47I think you're hoping Popo and I will make up.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51It's complicated.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53She wants things to be better.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54You should try.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59She doesn't accept my partner being a girl.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01That means that she doesn't accept me.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04My family.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06She thinks what we have is wrong.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08You understand?
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Don't you love her?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Well, yeah, but it's difficult. - Then why won't you try?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15'And it's amazing how if you listen to people,
0:12:15 > 0:12:17'really listen,
0:12:17 > 0:12:18'how they'll really open up to you.'
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I remember when we were younger we got moved.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26I was about ten, so he will have been nine.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31This place, it was really grim, messy.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34The guy in charge didn't know anything about us
0:12:34 > 0:12:38and we were pretty upset because the place we'd been before
0:12:38 > 0:12:40was all right.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46I was trying not to show it because...
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I didn't want Tee to be scared.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50You OK?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Are you sure you don't want to stop?
0:12:52 > 0:12:54It's fine, please.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58So...yeah.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00We needed someone, you know?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03To tell us it was all going to be all right.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Our social worker turned up...
0:13:05 > 0:13:08He stayed ten minutes and then he was gone.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Just left us there.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12How did you feel about that?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Like no-one cared.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16'It's good to listen.'
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Sometimes people feel better when they've talked things through.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Anyway, that's me done.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Time for a biscuit...
0:13:27 > 0:13:28..or two...
0:13:29 > 0:13:31..or how about a biscuit sandwich?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Thanks for watching and for listening.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- THEY CHEER - Well done!
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Oh, yeah, Jody, you're a great listener.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Great listener, you!
0:13:45 > 0:13:47THEY LAUGH