0:00:02 > 0:00:04Hey, guys. Welcome to the Dumping Ground.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06APPLAUSE AND CHEERS
0:00:06 > 0:00:08ALL SHOUT
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Help! Help!
0:00:10 > 0:00:12'It's not as bad as it sounds.'
0:00:12 > 0:00:14'If you're watching this, you're one of us now.'
0:00:14 > 0:00:17'Relax. You're going to love it here.'
0:00:17 > 0:00:19'You'll meet some amazing new friends.'
0:00:19 > 0:00:21- BOTH:- Ta-da!
0:00:21 > 0:00:23'Get to try exciting new food.'
0:00:23 > 0:00:25HE GROANS
0:00:25 > 0:00:29'We promise it's an experience that you'll never forget.'
0:00:29 > 0:00:31- What?- N-n-no!- Brilliant!
0:00:31 > 0:00:34'But remember, this is a place
0:00:34 > 0:00:37'where random chaos can strike at any time.'
0:00:37 > 0:00:39YELLING
0:00:39 > 0:00:40'So you have to be prepared...'
0:00:40 > 0:00:43- My face! - '..for pretty much anything.'
0:00:45 > 0:00:47CRASHING AND SCREAMING
0:00:47 > 0:00:50'And that's why we've made this video blog.'
0:00:50 > 0:00:53We've been through all this so that you don't have to.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57'This time on The Dumping Ground Survival Files...
0:00:57 > 0:01:00'Promises. Making them, breaking them,
0:01:00 > 0:01:02'what happens when it all goes wrong
0:01:02 > 0:01:04'and how to put things right.'
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Have you ever made a promise that you couldn't keep?
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Or has someone promised you the earth and then let you down?
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Because they don't care about your feelings, it's all about them,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20and they didn't even say sorry, and...
0:01:20 > 0:01:21SHE SIGHS
0:01:21 > 0:01:24But it happens, especially in this place.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28'All kinds of promises get made here, believe me.'
0:01:28 > 0:01:29You have to promise me
0:01:29 > 0:01:32that you won't bring any more rubbish into the house.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38I promise I'll make it up to you, and Rosie and Poppy.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43If it was something we'd done, you'd tell me, right?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- Of course.- Promise?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Promise.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52'OK, here's the thing - should promises always be kept?'
0:01:52 > 0:01:54You've got to keep a promise.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57If you can't deliver, don't open your mouth in the first place.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Don't look at me, I don't make the law.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I always keep my promises.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Unless I don't want to.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Stuff happens. Things change. You have to be flexible.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Sometimes that means breaking a promise. That's just life.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Mo, have you ever made a promise you couldn't keep?
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Well, Tee did make me promise to stop hugging her so much.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23And what happened?
0:02:23 > 0:02:25I kept the promise...
0:02:27 > 0:02:29..but my arms haven't.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33So, it seems like promises do mean different things
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- to different people.- Yeah!
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Er, do you mind? I'm filming.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- So, is this the guide for new kids, then?- Yeah.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43- I'm doing "Promises". - Promises, right?
0:02:43 > 0:02:45So you'll be speaking about the Buckingham Palace thing?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Er, do you mind? You weren't even there!
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Yeah, but I heard all about it.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54'How it all started when Mike got a very important-looking letter...
0:02:56 > 0:02:59'..and how no-one could have predicted how what should've been
0:02:59 > 0:03:02'an amazing day of celebration went so badly wrong...
0:03:04 > 0:03:07'..all because of the promises that certain people ended up making.'
0:03:10 > 0:03:11I've been offered an MBE!
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- An MBE?!- I knew it! As soon as I saw the envelope, I knew it!
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- That means you get to meet the Queen! - Is Mike going to meet the Queen?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Jody, er, listen, don't tell anyone...
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Mike's going to meet the Queen! - ALL: Jody! Jody!
0:03:24 > 0:03:26'You were desperate to go to the Palace.'
0:03:26 > 0:03:28'We all were!
0:03:28 > 0:03:31'But the way it went wrong was all Tracy's fault, really.'
0:03:31 > 0:03:34We'll have an election. Each of you gets a secret vote,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37and the three with the most votes get to go with Mike.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39'So Tracy made you cheat then, did she?'
0:03:39 > 0:03:42'It wasn't cheating...exactly.'
0:03:45 > 0:03:48I'll vote for you if you vote for me.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52'I just got a tiny bit too...generous with my promises.'
0:03:52 > 0:03:56If you vote for me, then I'll vote for you.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- If you vote for me, then I'll vote for you.- Yeah.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01'Yeah...VERY generous.'
0:04:01 > 0:04:05- Look, this is why you have to vote for me.- Will you vote for me?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- Course I will.- OK.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12What are you doing? I thought you were supposed to vote for me?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15I am, but one vote from you isn't going to be enough for me, is it?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17So, you're just lying to everyone?
0:04:17 > 0:04:18Well, not to you.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21'Look, whatever I did, Johnny was way worse.'
0:04:22 > 0:04:24How much?
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- How much what?- To vote for Tee. How much will it cost?
0:04:28 > 0:04:32So, Johnny, how do you respond to all these allegations
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- of electoral corruption?- Don't know what you're talking about.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37When you bribed everyone to vote for Tee.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Think how many chocolate biscuits you can get with this.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Uh-uh.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- First, you have to vote for Tee.- No.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47HE SIGHS
0:04:47 > 0:04:52Imagine all the tasty biscuits, covered in thick, gooey chocolate...
0:04:52 > 0:04:53All right.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57And you don't tell ANYONE I gave you this money,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59especially not Tee.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- Say, "Promise."- I promise.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Tee deserved to go on that trip.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07And I paid good money for those votes.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Then Jody got greedy.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- Oh...and you can do my chores next week.- What?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Say, "Promise," or I'll tell Tee.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Promise.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21You have to understand,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24a lot of people broke their promises that day.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I mean, I was supposed to get five votes.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- Carmen, one vote.- Erm, one?!
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Elektra, four votes.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- And Tee, five votes.- Yes!
0:05:33 > 0:05:36So, that's Elektra, Tee, and Carmen going to the Palace with Mike.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- Yes!- Yes! We won!
0:05:39 > 0:05:42'Well, at least my measly one vote
0:05:42 > 0:05:44'was enough to get me into the top three.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47'But Tee was the winner, thanks to Johnny's promises.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49'Turns out, though,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52'his promises weren't worth the paper they were written on.'
0:05:52 > 0:05:54'Oh, he wrote them down, did he?'
0:05:54 > 0:05:56'It's a figure of speech.'
0:05:59 > 0:06:01My room's a mess.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- So tidy it.- We had a deal.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Yeah? Well, tough. The vote's over, and Tee won.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09I kept my promise to Johnny.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12I thought he's do the same for me.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15So, you never had any intention of keeping your promise?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Doesn't that make you feel bad?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19That's politics.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22'Turns out politics can get a bit messy.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24'It wasn't just Jody feeling sore
0:06:24 > 0:06:27'about broken promises made during the election...'
0:06:27 > 0:06:28- Elektra!- Fight! Fight! Fight!
0:06:28 > 0:06:30'..everyone was getting hot under the collar,
0:06:30 > 0:06:34'and, not for the first time, World War III broke out.'
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Oi, oi, oi! What's going on?!
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Mike,- I- actually won my vote fair and square.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- Carmen, you lied to everyone! - You liar!
0:06:43 > 0:06:44THEY ALL SHOUT
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Oi, oi! Shut up!
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Is that what this is about? My MBE?
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Is this how you choose amongst yourselves?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- Johnny bribed Jody and Tyler... - Tyler was the one who...
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- I was the only one... - I demand a recount!
0:06:58 > 0:07:01THEY YELL That's it!
0:07:01 > 0:07:04We have been given the opportunity of a lifetime,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08and this is how you choose to treat it? Is it?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12There's going to be no trip to Buckingham Palace.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15I'm certainly not going. Neither are you lot.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Wow, people get really upset about broken promises.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Mike is just such a drama queen sometimes.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26'And, anyway, it all worked out fine in the end.'
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- You'll make me blush!- I didn't mean you, I meant these two!
0:07:30 > 0:07:31THEY LAUGH
0:07:31 > 0:07:35'Tracy, Gus and Harry went with Mike, and they had an amazing day.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38'And that's why we should forget about the whole election thing,'
0:07:38 > 0:07:41especially seeing as you weren't actually even there.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- You're right, I shouldn't have gone on about it.- All right, it's OK.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- I mean, the whole election thing was quite harmless, really.- Exactly.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50It is compared to that stupid promise you made Harry that time.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52That was way worse.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Right, before she gets started, let me explain why I did what I did.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Sapphire and Harry were really close.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05She was like a mum to him and he was gutted when she left.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09I'll always come and visit you, but you've got to get used to me
0:08:09 > 0:08:13not living up the Dumping Ground any more.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18So take Jeff home, OK? We'll see each other soon.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Don't worry, I'll look after him. Come on.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28'Look at that little face.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31'What could I do? I hate seeing anyone cry.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34'So basically, I made a bit of a crazy promise.'
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Harry, you don't need to worry, cos...I can be your mum.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42'I wanted to cheer him up. What's wrong with that?'
0:08:42 > 0:08:45'Er, you're not his mum?'
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Your hair, it's all disgusting. 'But I was a good mum, for a while.'
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Don't you think Harry would look handsome
0:08:51 > 0:08:53with clean, shiny hair, Jeff?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55That's because his hair needs a good wash, too.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57So, come on, let's get it done.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59'Harry was all smiles again,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01'especially once I'd got his hair all nice.'
0:09:01 > 0:09:03There you are, Harry. Don't you look handsome?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Give me the egg. Careful, it's really delicate.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- Don't treat him like a baby, Carms. - You be quiet, Carmen's my mum.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12CARMEN GIGGLES
0:09:12 > 0:09:15I wasn't too bad at being a mum, was I, Harry?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17I liked my new mum...at first.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19'But the problem was...'
0:09:19 > 0:09:21'You got bored really quickly.'
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Right, you'll sit there and you don't move until I get back.
0:09:25 > 0:09:31'No, the problem was, I'm not Sapphire. Also, I got bored.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33'Really quickly.'
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Harry, don't you ever listen?
0:09:35 > 0:09:39You've got chocolate all over you. What is wrong with you?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Jeff says you're no fun any more. - Tell Jeff he isn't, either.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- Jeff wants Sapphire.- He can't have Sapphire because she's not here.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- Jeff says you're not my mum any more.- Tell Jeff, "Thank goodness."
0:09:49 > 0:09:51'Yeah, not great, was it?'
0:09:53 > 0:09:54CACKLING
0:09:54 > 0:09:59- I'm sorry, Harry, I tried, I really did.- I know.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00'I messed up, badly.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04'And things were about to get much, much worse.'
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- Where's Harry?- I don't know.- But I left him with you in the kitchen.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I told you to look after him. What happened?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Well, he-he can't have gone far. I'll find him.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20'I was a bad mum, so Harry went to look for his good mum, Sapphire.'
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- Big Issue? Big Issue? - Do you know where Sapphire lives?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Sapphire? I'm sorry, kid, I don't know anyone called Sapphire.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31'Finally, Harry found a real mum. Shame she wasn't his.'
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Could you be my mum?
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Aw, I can't, sweetheart.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40I've got my own little Harry to look after.
0:10:44 > 0:10:50- Sapphire!- Harry? Harry!- Harry, no, wait.- Where have you been?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53You, wait there. Sapphire, is it?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56You're not taking him anywhere, I've called the police,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58I don't know what kind of life you lead
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- but you can't just abandon a child whenever you feel like it.- What?!
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- Are you OK?- Yeah.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10And we're with the police and everything.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Well, how do you think I felt?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14'Thank goodness Harry was OK.'
0:11:15 > 0:11:19But he might not have been, and it was all my fault.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23I guess I did learn that you have to be careful what you promise.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26I promise never to bring that story up again.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Thanks, Lily.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31So, what have we learned so far about promises
0:11:31 > 0:11:34to upload into the Dumping Ground Survival Files?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Well, promises are a serious business,
0:11:36 > 0:11:38so think hard before making one.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Be sure that you'll be able to keep it,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43because broken promises can leave people feeling upset and confused.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49If something changes which makes it really impossible
0:11:49 > 0:11:51to keep a promise, it's best to be upfront
0:11:51 > 0:11:54and try to explain how you're feeling.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55And very important -
0:11:55 > 0:11:59never make promises that you have no intention of sticking to.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01That's just lying, and no-one likes a liar.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06I never realised how many dodgy promises I've made.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Well, don't blame yourself, everybody does it.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12You've been a victim, too. Remember Justine Littlewood?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14'Justine was Tracy Beaker's arch enemy.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18'Tracy had warned us all that she was a stone-cold, evil witch.'
0:12:18 > 0:12:20# You're gonna make me Make me love you... #
0:12:20 > 0:12:24'But I really liked her, and her fiance, Charlie, seemed great, too.'
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- All right, then, so who's coming shopping?- Me, definitely.- I am.
0:12:31 > 0:12:37- Bye, Tracy.- Right, come on, girls. Bye, Tracy. Come on.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38This is going to be fun.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40'But then a fun shopping day
0:12:40 > 0:12:43'suddenly became a whole lot more serious.'
0:12:43 > 0:12:48- Have you ever thought about fostering?- Fostering?- Why not?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50You could have other people around you,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52people who've been through the same thing you have.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57- Er, are you talking about you and me?- Kind of.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02- Why, what do you think of that? - Well, I don't know, I just met you.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07Yeah, but you could get to know me. It worked for Cam and Tracy.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10It did, didn't it? All right, I'll talk to Charlie.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- You mean it? Promise?- Yeah, I promise I'll talk to him.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18'I tell you what, that was quite a promise Justine made.'
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Yeah, but that was my fault, I talked her into it.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23She could've said no. She was in care, too.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- She knows exactly how much broken promises can hurt.- So does Tracy.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- You're seriously thinking about fostering Carmen?- Yeah.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- I'll talk to Charlie.- Cos if this is just another way
0:13:31 > 0:13:33to score one over on me...
0:13:33 > 0:13:34You think I'd foster a kid to get at you?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37We both know you're not going to foster Carmen.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40You're just trying to get her hopes up so she likes you more than me.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Wow, you really haven't changed.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45You still think the whole world revolves around Tracy Beaker.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- Er, no, I don't. - Yeah? Well, what's this?
0:13:47 > 0:13:51It's all, "Me, me, me, poor me."
0:13:51 > 0:13:53When will you realise there's other people in the world?
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- Give it back.- No. - Justine, give it back!
0:13:56 > 0:13:57'Well, we've all read Tracy's book
0:13:57 > 0:14:00'so we shouldn't have been too surprised...'
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Right, that is it!
0:14:01 > 0:14:04'..that what started out as a quiet talk about Justine's promise...'
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- Ow, get off my hair. - No, it looks rubbish anyway.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10'..soon ended up as this.'
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Stop it! Can you two stop it?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Look, I was just trying to protect you.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Protect me from getting fostered?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Justine hasn't thought this through. You only met her yesterday.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23You said you knew that Cam could be your foster mum
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- from the day you met her. - That was different.- How?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- I don't know...we had a connection. - So have we.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31From the moment I met Justine and Charlie,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I knew they could be my foster parents.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37They're a great couple. This is my big chance, Tracy.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- Why are you trying to wreck it for me?- She's not.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43I'm sorry, Carmen, but there's no way Justine and Charlie
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- are going to foster you.- And what would you know about it?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Charlie's not who you think he is. He's a conman.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Whoa, talk about bombshell!
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Yep, turns out Justine had been the victim
0:14:56 > 0:14:58of some well dodgy promises, too.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01And Charlie seemed to be such a great guy.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Remember that first time we met him, when he came for lunch?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I'd lost my purse, I thought I'd been robbed.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10I saw it lying on the table so I went to hand it in
0:15:10 > 0:15:13and that's when I saw the most beautiful girl I've ever seen
0:15:13 > 0:15:15in my life and she's asking, "Has anyone...
0:15:15 > 0:15:16BOTH: "handed in my purse?"
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I was so relieved, I didn't think anyone that good-looking
0:15:19 > 0:15:20could be that honest.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- So, what do you do now that you're not running the restaurant?- Erm...
0:15:24 > 0:15:28He can't work till his mum gets better and he won't sign on
0:15:28 > 0:15:30because he's too proud to take hand-outs.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33I literally had to force him to take money to buy his mum a stairlift.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36And that's a loan, by the way. That will be getting paid back.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40'Luckily, Rick is a bit more suspicious than the rest of us.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43'He was on Charlie's case from the moment he clapped eyes on him.'
0:15:43 > 0:15:44PHONE RINGS
0:15:44 > 0:15:46That'll be Mum, I'd better take it.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Don't be long.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Sorry, babe. No, I've just been dead busy. Yeah.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Been having one of her bad days.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Anyway, did you manage to get the cash?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Ha-ha, you're amazing, you're amazing.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Charlie was a conman, a scammer.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Those guys will promise you anything,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05they'll tell you exactly what you want to hear.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07But you have to ask yourself, haven't you?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09If it seems too good to be true, then it probably is.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- I heard you on the phone.- To my mum?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15That wasn't your mum. You probably don't even have a mum.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- And if you do, she's in on it as well.- In on what?
0:16:19 > 0:16:23I know what you're doing. You tricked Justine into trusting you
0:16:23 > 0:16:27- by nicking her purse and giving it back to her.- What are you on about?
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Then you told her a sob story so she'd give you her money.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Probably got a load of other girls on the go right now.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35CHARLIE LAUGHS You've got a good imagination, mate.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38No, I've got two parents in prison for fraud.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39I know all about scamming.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42'Justine was having none of it, though.'
0:16:42 > 0:16:46This is pathetic. You two are making this up to make me look stupid.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Think about it, Justine. You've known me for ever.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Why would I lie about something like this?
0:16:52 > 0:16:55I'm...I'm going to need to see some proof.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58'And where did this leave me? I was so confused.'
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- KNOCKING ON DOOR - Come in.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05What do you want?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08To say sorry about you and Justine not working out.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10You don't know that yet, you might have got it wrong.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- Charlie might be OK. - Don't get your hopes up, Carmen.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16# You broke your promise... #
0:17:16 > 0:17:19'What I did know, though, was the most important thing now.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21'Even more important than me getting fostered
0:17:21 > 0:17:24'was Justine finding out whether Charlie was her loving fiance
0:17:24 > 0:17:27'or a money-grabbing scammer making false promises.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32'So we got Tracy's stepmum Cam to help by pretending to lose
0:17:32 > 0:17:36'her purse in the cafe. Sound familiar?'
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- Excuse me? I think you may have dropped that.- Oh, thank you.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44How did I manage to lose that? I can be such a flake sometimes.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Don't worry about it, I'm always losing stuff.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- But not everyone would've been as honest as you've been.- Well...
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- Can I buy you a coffee? - No, seriously, it's fine.- Oh, OK.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Actually, no, let me buy YOU a coffee. That'd make me very happy.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00And what would your girlfriend have to say about that?
0:18:00 > 0:18:05- Well, luckily for you, I don't have a girlfriend.- Is that right, Charlie?
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- Justine, I was just...- Don't bother. I had to see it for myself.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12'Poor Justine. I felt so sorry for her.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14'But she was still thinking about me.'
0:18:14 > 0:18:17I shouldn't have made promises I couldn't keep.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19It was just bad timing, that's all.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21I'm sure one day you're going to make a great foster mum.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26I just...wasn't the one. Not this time.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I can't believe you're handling this so well.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30We're tough in this place, you should know that.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34And like Tracy said, Dumping Ground kids can cope with anything.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41- Never tell anyone I said this... - What?- Tracy Beaker's right.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42You see, the thing is,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45people like you and Justine might make stupid promises...
0:18:45 > 0:18:50- Stupid? That's a bit harsh.- OK, overenthusiastic promises.- Better.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53But at least you didn't end up nearly killing anyone with them.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Oh, well, great. Well done, us(!)
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Well, it's been known to happen.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Let me remind you.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02# Promised you a miracle... #
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Remember the time when Sapphire had been flooded out of her flat,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08and Tracy was campaigning to get her a new one?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11# Promises, promises... #
0:19:11 > 0:19:13If I wrote the article, then you could have your flat back.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- Yeah, right.- No, I promise.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20And if I can't get your old flat back, I will get you a new one.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- You ready?- Yep.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26'Tracy never did things by halves and that was one big promise to make.'
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- This way, hurry up.- Excuse me, isn't this breaking and entering?
0:19:30 > 0:19:31No, not if it's your flat.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36'Her plan was to write an article for the local paper
0:19:36 > 0:19:39'pretending that Sapph was having to squat in her old flat,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41'which had been condemned by the council.'
0:19:41 > 0:19:42SWITCH IS FLICKED
0:19:42 > 0:19:45They must have turned the electricity off.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48'Yeah, I know - it was what we used to call a Tracy Plan!'
0:19:56 > 0:19:57'But the thing about Tracy Plans
0:19:57 > 0:20:00'is that they almost always run into trouble.'
0:20:00 > 0:20:05No, it's OK, the light's good for the photos.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Gives it more...atmosphere.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09'And this one was no exception.'
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Got some great shots. We should probably get back
0:20:14 > 0:20:16before someone misses us.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20- Don't bother, I'm staying. - What are you talking about?
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- You can't stay here. - Well, it was your idea.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25I'm going to squat - for real.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27'You see what I mean?'
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Sapph, you can't stay here, it isn't safe.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Well, you shouldn't have suggested it, then.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- You know I never meant for you to actually stay here.- That's tough.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- Come on, we've got to get back. - Go on, then, I'm not stopping you.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Sapph, this isn't the way to get your flat back.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43So, writing an article pretending to squat will get me my flat,
0:20:43 > 0:20:44but actually doing it won't?
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- MIKE: Tracy? Are you here? - Look what you've done.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49So, the Tracy Plan went belly up
0:20:49 > 0:20:51and Tracy's promise got totally out of control.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Don't you hate it when that happens?
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- Lily, you said you wouldn't... - OK, I'm just saying,
0:20:56 > 0:21:00promises can go all types of wrong. Even...deadly wrong.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03I can't wait to leave anyway.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04DOOR SLAMS
0:21:04 > 0:21:06CRASHING
0:21:06 > 0:21:08MIKE SCREAMS
0:21:08 > 0:21:11'It turns out that flat was condemned for a reason.'
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Mike?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Mike!
0:21:26 > 0:21:28CLATTERING
0:21:28 > 0:21:31WOOD CREAKS SLOWLY
0:21:31 > 0:21:33SHE COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS
0:21:33 > 0:21:35MIKE GROANS
0:21:37 > 0:21:39- What happened?- The ceiling collapsed.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40HE GROANS
0:21:40 > 0:21:43You have to go. It's not safe.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45No, I'm not going without you.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47No, no, you've got to get out of here. Get out!
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Argh! Agh!
0:21:50 > 0:21:55Right, I'm going to lift this up, OK? Hang on.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57TRACY GRUNTS, MIKE SCREAMS
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Right, I'm going to lift this up and you'll have to roll out, OK?
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Are you ready? One, two, three.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Argh!
0:22:07 > 0:22:08SHE SPLUTTERS
0:22:08 > 0:22:13Come on, you have to stand up. Come on.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15That's it.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18'That was a promise that could've really led to disaster.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20'Mike was lucky to get out alive.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25'Makes the vote-swapping and being Harry's mum seem like kids' stuff.'
0:22:25 > 0:22:26BOTH GASP WITH EXHAUSTION
0:22:26 > 0:22:29You see? Things could've been so much worse.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32None of your terrible promises put anyone in serious danger.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36- Yeah, you're right. Unlike... - What?
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Unlike when a certain girl I know came up with a mad plan
0:22:40 > 0:22:43to run off and join her dad on his holiday in Wales.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Ring any bells?
0:22:45 > 0:22:47- What?- You can't go all that way on your own.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50And the police will find you, you know they will.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52They won't find out, though.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57- They will, Lily.- By then, I'll be with my dad, so...
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Oh, great(!) So, you're off with your dad
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- and I'm stuck here without you. - Come with me.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08- What?- Yeah, let's go together. It'll be a massive adventure.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10I don't know.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15It's fine, you just stay here, you get bored out of YOUR mind.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Only if you're too scared to go, of course.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20No, it's just...
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- OK, fine. Let's go for it. - Yes! Ah!
0:23:24 > 0:23:26'What happened next? Oh, yeah.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29'You asked Tee to make a certain...promise.'
0:23:29 > 0:23:31'Might have done.'
0:23:31 > 0:23:32Where are you going?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35- IN BACKGROUND:- Oh, I know, I know! Look!
0:23:35 > 0:23:37My dad's campsite.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- I thought it was in Wales.- Look, Tee, it's nothing to do with you.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44If you want to be our friend again, you won't say anything to anyone.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- Promise you won't snitch? - Yep. Promise.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53So how did you feel, Tee, when Lily made you make that really bad,
0:23:53 > 0:23:58dangerous, reckless, bad promise?
0:23:58 > 0:24:03I was really worried about you two. I had to talk it over with someone.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05If someone was going to do something they shouldn't,
0:24:05 > 0:24:09but you promised not to tell, what would you do?
0:24:11 > 0:24:17- Bishop takes pawn.- Gus! - A promise is a promise.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21If you break it, then it's not a promise, and everything falls apart.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25But what if you didn't tell and that meant they'd get in danger?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Why would you keep a promise that got someone in danger?
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Because friends are friends, you don't snitch.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35But a friend who'd let you get hurt isn't a friend.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Obviously I couldn't break my promise,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39but I didn't feel right about keeping it, either.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42I had to do something, so I followed you.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45BOTH: # Walking on sunshine, whoa
0:24:45 > 0:24:49# I'm walking on sunshine, whoa-oh-oh
0:24:49 > 0:24:50# And don't it feel good? #
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- You can't go. - What are you doing here, Tee?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Being a good friend and stopping you two from being stupid.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59We're just going to spend some time with my dad, on holiday.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03- Where's the campsite, then? - Somewhere near Abergavenny.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- Somewhere near?- So, you mean you don't actually have an address?
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Well, I'll have phone signal by then.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10It's your dad's signal we can't get hold of, Lily.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- What if it's dark by the time you get there?- Doesn't matter.
0:25:13 > 0:25:19- Well, there'll be no buses. - Hitchhike?- On your own in the dark?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- It's too late now. - No, it's not.- Yeah, it is.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Looks like you're coming with us.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28'Of course, back home, they soon noticed we were missing.'
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- Do any of you know where the girls might have gone?- Tee asked what
0:25:31 > 0:25:34she should do if she made a promise not to tell on someone
0:25:34 > 0:25:36who's about to do something dangerous,
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- and that friends don't stitch. - Oh, no.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41'Mike was beside himself with worry looking for us.'
0:25:41 > 0:25:45- There it is, flash your lights. - Beep your horn!- Come on!
0:25:45 > 0:25:46HORN BLARES
0:25:46 > 0:25:50'And you know what his driving's like at the best of times!'
0:25:50 > 0:25:51HORN BLARES
0:25:51 > 0:25:54'Yeah, but luckily he found us, so that was all fine.'
0:25:54 > 0:25:58- You girls...- Careful.- What you girls did was beyond stupid.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Nobody's covered themselves in glory today.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03'And really luckily, Tee met this rich, old lady
0:26:03 > 0:26:08'and we got a cheap holiday in her amazing house.'
0:26:08 > 0:26:10# Perfect It's got to be... #
0:26:10 > 0:26:14'I reckon that was probably the best holiday I've ever had.'
0:26:14 > 0:26:15'Yeah, it was brilliant.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18'But because of the promise you made Tee make,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21'it could've all ended in disaster.'
0:26:21 > 0:26:22'But it didn't.'
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Yeah, but it could have. Not exactly your finest hour, Lily?
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Or yours.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- Yeah, or yours.- Or yours.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Or yours.- Or...yours.- Or yours. - Or yours.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37- Or yours.- Or yours.- Or yours. - Or yours.- Or, erm, yours.- Yours?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39OK, enough.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Or yours. Ha-ha!
0:26:41 > 0:26:43So, what have we learned about promises to upload
0:26:43 > 0:26:46into the Dumping Ground Survival Files?
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Well, making promises can be a tricky business.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50If you make one, you should mean it,
0:26:50 > 0:26:52so don't do it without thinking it through.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55The person you make the promise to will be taking it seriously,
0:26:55 > 0:26:56so you should do, too.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00And if someone is promising you the earth,
0:27:00 > 0:27:03or even just something simple like doing all your chores
0:27:03 > 0:27:04in return for something,
0:27:04 > 0:27:07make sure you're certain the person making it
0:27:07 > 0:27:09is someone who will keep their word.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Making promises you know you won't keep as a way of getting
0:27:11 > 0:27:13your own way is a definite no-no.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16It might work in the short term, but you will get found out
0:27:16 > 0:27:19and broken promises can make people very angry.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25And don't make promises just to try and get people to like you,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28or think better of you, or even just to prove a point.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30That can end in disaster.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34But, let's face it, life can get complicated
0:27:34 > 0:27:37and it can be that after you've made a promise,
0:27:37 > 0:27:39it becomes very difficult to keep it.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Then, it's best to come clean and tell people.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Hopefully, they'll understand.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45'So, that's the low-down on promises.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47'Safely uploaded into the Survival Files.'
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Good luck if you have to put any of this into action,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53and don't forget...
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- we've been through all this... - So you don't have to.
0:27:55 > 0:28:01# Don't make promises you can't keep
0:28:01 > 0:28:05# Don't make promises you can't keep. #