0:00:03 > 0:00:08# I can make my world come true All my dreams will see me through
0:00:08 > 0:00:11# Doesn't matter what may come my way
0:00:11 > 0:00:16# Believe me now I will win some day. #
0:00:21 > 0:00:25- Howdy, peasants! - How come you're so cheerful?
0:00:25 > 0:00:29- Somebody died horribly? - You're developing a nasty streak.
0:00:29 > 0:00:34- It doesn't go down well with foster parents.- Says the Mayoress
0:00:34 > 0:00:39- of Reject City.- I've changed. What better sign than a new outfit!
0:00:39 > 0:00:43- Oh, clothing allowance day. - Big deal.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47We can just afford a pair of socks between us.
0:00:47 > 0:00:53I've been saving up. I'm going in to town on my special trip with Jenny.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57My reward will be the swishiest, swankiest outfit ever.
0:00:57 > 0:01:03It may be hard to make up my mind but Jenny's pretty hot on fashion.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15All right, Jenny? Show me the money.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- Jenny?- Hi!
0:01:20 > 0:01:25- Tracy Beaker?- And you are? - Leah, temporary careworker.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Pleased to meet you.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45- What's happened to Jenny?- She's in hospital. Ingrowing toenail.
0:01:45 > 0:01:51- What, so no-one's in charge?- No, I'm in charge, actually.- No, seriously!
0:01:51 > 0:01:55- That's hurtful. - I don't know this Lee person.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57She'll disrupt things.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01We're sensitive and we're from broken homes!
0:02:01 > 0:02:06Her name is Leah. And I hope you'll give her a fair chance.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11That went surprisingly well.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Uh-oh! Beaker alert.
0:02:17 > 0:02:23Why are you wasting time on stupid ball games? Haven't you seen her?
0:02:23 > 0:02:27- Who?- The temporary careworker. - How can you be so casual?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Temporary care...worker.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Don't those words mean anything to you?
0:02:52 > 0:02:56- I don't understand.- What do you do when a student teaches you?
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Make every moment a nightmare.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05See, at least there are people who still believe in traditional values.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08OK, Beaker, what's the plan?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11You've met Tracy? She's OK. They all are.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17- As crazy as a box of frogs.- I'm sure you're right.- You can have training
0:03:17 > 0:03:21and qualifications, but the secret is experience.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25You've got to be as friendly and as open as is reasonable.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Like getting them all together for a meeting
0:03:29 > 0:03:33- to introduce myself properly? - That's a great idea.- Great.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Thanks. I'll call a meeting.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Have you met the temporary careworker?
0:03:46 > 0:03:52- No, but she looks OK.- We've heard some terrible stories about her.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57In the last home she worked in, she was caught using the cane.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01She hit one kid so hard, she left splinters in his bottom.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06- She had to go to prison. - But they let her keep the cane.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14- You've seen Leah, then? - Yes, she seems nice.- Nice?
0:04:14 > 0:04:19- I bet she fooled the army into thinking she was nice.- The army?
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- Didn't you know she used to be in the army?- Oh...
0:04:23 > 0:04:28- Isn't she a bit too young for that? - That's it, you see.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32She was only in for a few months. They had to let her go.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34She was too crazy.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41She was about to run this nightclub.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46But they sacked her as she beat up that film star, the one in that film
0:04:46 > 0:04:51with that woman. And... And then...
0:04:51 > 0:04:54You're not very good at this.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- This is a Beaker idea, isn't it? - We'd better do this properly.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04- Well, well. Look what they're sending us these days!- Duke, hiya!
0:05:06 > 0:05:11- Tattoo?- Yeah, I got these a couple of years ago in Thailand.- Oh.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16Have you met all the kids? Crazy as a box of frogs. They're a great bunch
0:05:16 > 0:05:21- if you give them a chance.- I heard that.- Do you know what I'd do?
0:05:21 > 0:05:27I'd have a getting to know you session without me or Mike there.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Well, I...- Well, think about it.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36- Better go. Work to do.- Yeah.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42Peter, Maxy! Leah wants to talk to you. I haven't done anything!
0:05:42 > 0:05:47- Ben wanted me to help him with his homework.- Yes, tired of getting A's.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52- Fancied a bit of a change. - Ben!- Joke. Sorry, Peter.
0:05:52 > 0:05:59It's OK. It was quite funny in a nasty sort of way. Come on, let's go.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03- Hi, Tracy.- When will you be ready for my shopping trip?
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- Wait till Jenny's back. - So, I walk around in my underwear?
0:06:07 > 0:06:13- I can cope with a shopping trip. - Jenny's good at that kind of thing.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18She's got a great understanding of the kind of things a girl needs.
0:06:21 > 0:06:27You can scarcely afford a pocket calculator, let alone a computer!
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Let's face it, Linda, or whatever.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37- You hardly look like an expert on retail therapy.- Leah?- Adele!
0:06:37 > 0:06:42- I don't believe it. What are you doing here?- Good to see you.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46I'm just here for the week. Tracy! Are you coming
0:06:46 > 0:06:52- to the get to know you meeting? - I know you as well as I need to.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Hi! Have you been out in the garden?
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- Wash your hands and change your wellies.- Will she hit us?
0:07:12 > 0:07:18- What about this meeting?- I'm Leah. Tell me a bit about yourselves.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21You haven't read our notes?
0:07:21 > 0:07:27- Very unprofessional.- I bet she doesn't even know the normal rules.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- Rules?- We all have emotional problems.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33You being here could be upsetting.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- We need to be treated with kid gloves.- Of course.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42And we're allowed to stay up late as we're too upset to sleep.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- No baths in case we catch cold. - Just...- I suppose you forgot
0:07:47 > 0:07:51the extra £10 pocket money rule to cope with distress?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- Only £10?- That's up to you.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58You're not allowed to discuss this with Mike and Duke.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03- Anything else?- Takeaways for tea. - OK. What kind?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- Fish and chips!- Chinese!- Sorry?
0:08:06 > 0:08:11- ALL SHOUT AT ONCE - OK, got all that. Anything else?
0:08:11 > 0:08:15The free run of amusement arcades rule perhaps?
0:08:15 > 0:08:19The no getting up before midday rule?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22The no chores until you feel up to it rule?
0:08:24 > 0:08:30- Please, miss, we've washed our hands.- Hi, you two, the name's Leah.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35Right, now we've got all the rules completely out the way. Haven't we?
0:08:35 > 0:08:40Good. Does anyone have any questions? Peter?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42How many people did you shoot?
0:08:42 > 0:08:47- What? Maxy? - What was it like in prison?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Prison?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Well, you know how it is.
0:08:52 > 0:08:58Your very first exotic holiday and suddenly you find yourself suspended
0:08:58 > 0:09:03in a bamboo cage above a swamp, murderers and madmen all around you,
0:09:03 > 0:09:08the angry sun beating down on your shaven head.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12Snapping beneath you are the jaws of 1,000 crocodiles.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17Good. Now I've got your attention, can we have a proper meeting?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- OK, Tracy, ready for the off? - Yes, and so is Ben.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Ben?- What?- Yeah, Ben.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33If you can't keep track of residents in a home as small as this,
0:09:33 > 0:09:38maybe you shouldn't be in this job. This is always happening to him.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43Always getting left behind, having his name missed off lists.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48- No wonder he wets the bed.- Ben Batambuze? You live down the road.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Yes. Well, better be off.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Let's go quick!
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I thought this was my special trip?
0:09:59 > 0:10:04I thought it might be nice to organise an expedition -
0:10:04 > 0:10:07take me back to my army days.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12- Did you enjoy your meeting? - Disaster! She's too clever for us.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16That's it. We've been allowing her to be too clever.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19It's time to go back to basics.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Miss! Can you help me?
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Oh, no! The oldest trick in the book.
0:10:43 > 0:10:49- Tracy, what if she gets in trouble? - Do you think this top's me?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- Leah's got your money.- Oh, well.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Hi.- Hiya.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- Quick, Adele, hide us.- Who from?
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Leah.
0:11:16 > 0:11:21We've run away and she's looking for us. We're going to get in trouble...
0:11:21 > 0:11:24She's getting too big for her boots.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29- Caught on to your little wind-ups, did she?- What do you mean?
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- Leah knows every scam in the book. - What are you talking about?
0:11:33 > 0:11:37When I had to go into care, Leah looked after me.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42She can't have been a careworker that long.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46She wasn't a careworker, she was a resident.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- You mean...?- She was one of us.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Who's done something with her life.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57And you're helping to get her in serious trouble.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Yeah, I realise that, Duke. I know.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13They can't have got far. Yeah, I know. I'm really sorry.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16I'll call you back.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Aren't we going shopping?
0:12:19 > 0:12:24- Well...- We arranged to meet up at the Post Office. Didn't we tell you?
0:12:26 > 0:12:31- You tried to convince Duke you were allergic to carrots.- With a fake tan.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35I came close to having my stomach pumped.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- Nasty!- What was Duke like when he was younger?
0:12:39 > 0:12:44You should have seen him! There was this one time he came up...
0:12:44 > 0:12:49Duke! I was meant to call you, wasn't I?
0:12:49 > 0:12:54Things got... I found them. It was all a wind-up. Imagine that!
0:12:54 > 0:12:59I've been driving like a madman. I've been thinking all sorts of...
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- We'll talk later, Leah. - Come on, Duke, lighten up!
0:13:03 > 0:13:09- You know your trouble? You won't give people a fair chance.- Huh?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15What?
0:13:17 > 0:13:23Subtitles by Alison Foy, Subtext, for BBC Subtitling 2002