0:00:06 > 0:00:11# I can make my world come true All my dreams will see me through
0:00:11 > 0:00:17# Doesn't matter what may come my way Believe me I will win some day. #
0:00:19 > 0:00:23VOICE ON TV: 'Today we are profiling the life of Obadiah Johnston,
0:00:23 > 0:00:26'a highly successful secret agent,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29'well known for his skills as a deadly poisoner.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33'He worked with an accomplice known as Cyanide Sue.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37'Their favourite method was to slip poison into their victim's soup.'
0:00:37 > 0:00:42- Finders keepers, Crash! - It was in my room, on my bed!
0:00:42 > 0:00:48- No, you...!- Chantal, give it.- Can I please have some peace and quiet?!
0:00:48 > 0:00:52I'm trying to get this recipe right for Jane,
0:00:52 > 0:00:54and I can't even hear myself think!
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Too late, she's just arrived. Out! Go on, out!
0:00:58 > 0:01:03I don't know why you're making such a fuss over her, anyway.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08- Her family's from the same island as mine so I'm making this local speciality...- Oh.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- ..knock 'em dead soup! - Knock 'em dead?
0:01:11 > 0:01:14It's not just soup. It's a way of life!
0:01:14 > 0:01:17When I get it right, this stuff's lethal!
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- I saw this one...- Hey, everyone, I'd like you to meet Jane,
0:01:23 > 0:01:28- a student care worker who will be with us for a few days.- Hello!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Norwich City. You like football?
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Then again, if you're a Norwich City fan, maybe you don't!
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Oh, that's Lol.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40And this is his brother, Bouncer.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44..Bouncer, are you all right?
0:01:59 > 0:02:02OK, boss. Duke here. Knock 'em dead...
0:02:02 > 0:02:07That's right. I need to know now. ..I know it's a secret.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Look, spill the beans before it's too late.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15(Gotta go. Too many people around.)
0:02:30 > 0:02:36"Jane, you are to me What Norwich City would to me be
0:02:36 > 0:02:39"If I were to see Them every Saturday."
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- Bouncer!- Sorry.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Um...
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Oh, dear!
0:02:51 > 0:02:56It's not what you think. ..All right, it IS.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58It's a poem for Jane. But it's useless.
0:02:58 > 0:03:05- I can't give her this rubbish. - A letter would be more romantic.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10- I could write it for you.- No, no, just go away. I need to be alone.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12OK.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17D'you really think a letter might work?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21You've got to deliver it to Jane's house.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25- And don't open it.- OK.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30- Where does she live? - You'll have to find out. Be cunning.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35You've gotta be really clever, Marco. You can't let her suspect a thing.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48OK, that's far enough!
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Give us the letter.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Such a loyal little postman.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58But Bouncer won't thank you when he has to visit you in hospital.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Think about it. You know it makes sense.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15This stuff will keep you ALL quiet when it's finished!
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Try this.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21It's all right.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25It's still not right.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28There's something missing.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33- Knock 'em dead!- Hi, Duke! Had any luck with our little problem?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36I called the boss but I was interrupted.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I still don't know what the secret ingredient is.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45- Mmm! This stuff's to die for!- Yeah, but it's still not quite right.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Hayley, YOU try it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12"Jane, finding the right words to say how I feel for you
0:05:12 > 0:05:16"is like looking for the purple ones in the pick 'n' mix of life"!
0:05:16 > 0:05:21- What a sap!- "You are like the light in the fridge - always on,
0:05:21 > 0:05:26- "even in the cold and dark."- What?! - It would be cool if we wrote back!
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Why? We don't like Bouncer.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Hello(!) If we write to him and he thinks it's Jane...
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Oh, and Jane asks for presents!
0:05:39 > 0:05:44Get with the programme, Rio! We write, he gives, we get. Like it!
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- Oh!- Pen, paper - NOW!
0:05:50 > 0:05:53HE GROANS
0:05:53 > 0:05:56What's the matter?
0:05:56 > 0:06:01I don't know. Bad stomach. Must have been something I ate.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07DUKE'S VOICE: 'Knock 'em dead soup. This stuff's lethal!'
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Bouncer! She's written back!
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Well, what did she say?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- "I love a man in yellow shorts." - What?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Hi, Jane.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- ..Hi, Lol. - You look like a fruit salad!
0:06:40 > 0:06:45(It's to impress Jane. I'll impress her now by doing my scorpion kick.)
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- Scorpion kick?- Yeah.- Bouncer...
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- Ready, Lol?- Bouncer, don't...
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Ready?- Bouncer, seriously...
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Lol, chuck it up.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Up, up, up!
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- Oh! ..Ooh!- Bouncer! Are you OK?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Yeah...I'm fine.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Just give me two minutes. OK?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Jane. Jane!
0:07:26 > 0:07:29I've got it!
0:07:33 > 0:07:38- (Brilliant! Well?)- (Ladies' fingers! That's what we need!)
0:07:38 > 0:07:40(Come on.)
0:07:51 > 0:07:55"..Best wishes, Bouncer."
0:08:01 > 0:08:04I'm not taking it, I'm on strike.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Postmen only strike at Christmas.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10It's more romantic if you deliver it to her house.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15- Something's not right about this. She told me she has a boyfriend. - The point is she's not married.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- So I still have a chance. - The handwriting's terrible.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- Bad handwriting's a sign of intelligence.- It's unprofessional.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Well, romance is dangerous.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Let's not do anything rash, now, postie!
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Just hand it over...
0:08:39 > 0:08:41nice and slow.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46< They're trying to poison us with that soup!
0:08:46 > 0:08:50They've found special ingredients.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53It's fingers!
0:08:55 > 0:08:58They're trying to poison us.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03THEY CACKLE
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Argh!
0:09:05 > 0:09:08# I got a letter A love letter
0:09:08 > 0:09:12# I got a letter A love letter from Jane
0:09:14 > 0:09:18# I got a letter Cos she loves me... #
0:09:21 > 0:09:22"Dear Bouncer...
0:09:22 > 0:09:25"Dear...boyfriend..."
0:09:25 > 0:09:27"Rabbit"?!
0:09:29 > 0:09:31"Chocolate"?
0:09:34 > 0:09:39"Dearest Jane, just a note to say Mr Sniffles the rabbit is on his way
0:09:39 > 0:09:45"with lots of chocs in a pretty box for you to eat today."
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Michael! Michael!
0:09:53 > 0:09:57FOOTSTEPS THUMP UP THE STAIRS
0:10:04 > 0:10:10Poisoner! You tried to poison Crash with this soup.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12I didn't try to poison Crash!
0:10:12 > 0:10:16D'you know how much chocolate he ate yesterday?
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Well, you tried to put us all to sleep
0:10:19 > 0:10:23and...I heard you talking on the phone to the boss.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Oh, the boss! Don't tell Sid but that's my auntie from the Caribbean.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Keep it quiet. I'm not supposed to make international calls.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35But you put ladies' fingers in the soup!
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Ladies' fingers -
0:10:40 > 0:10:43okra! The secret ingredient.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46The soup's not poison, it's ambrosia.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Watch...
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Mmm!
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- Duke!- Duke!- Duke!
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Oi!
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Thank you, postie! I'll take the chocolates.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16And I'll take Mr Sniffles!
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Argh! Argh!
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- Give it back!- Give it here!
0:11:22 > 0:11:25THEY ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:11:29 > 0:11:34- Where did you get them from? - Sniffles, I believe is his name?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- Oh, dear.- OK, Bounce...
0:11:37 > 0:11:42nobody's perfect - you, me, Layla. We've all made mistakes.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46Sometimes it's better to raise both hands and say, "OK, I goofed."
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Humiliation is a part of growing up.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- What are you talking about? - How do I put this?
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Chantal, Roxy and Rio wrote Jane's letters.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- They've been making a fool out of you.- You what?!
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Jane never even got your letters.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05So I'm still in with a chance, then?
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Bouncer, she thinks you're mad.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Anyway, I'M not writing any more!
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Rise above the situation, Bounce. ..Be a man!
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Oi! That's MY rabbit.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25I've got the ears to prove it.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30Take him. But, remember, he's more of a rabbit than you'll ever be!
0:12:34 > 0:12:36And we'll have these.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Mmm! Knock 'em dead soup!
0:12:42 > 0:12:44..Oh, nice!
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Octopus, is it? Snail? Mouse?
0:12:48 > 0:12:52No. No, I can't say. It's a secret family recipe.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Um, Jane, we got these for you.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03We've eaten half of them but there's plenty left.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05We've really enjoyed having you here.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09I suppose I'd better practise my scorpion kicks!
0:13:14 > 0:13:19I'm proud of you, bro. You see, you CAN do it. She's just a chick!
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Hi, I'm Frances, I'm the new student.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- Is this a good time to interrupt? - Yeah, come in, have some soup.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Lol...? Lol, are you all right?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- Yeah.- Lol...
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Boys!
0:13:35 > 0:13:40'No flipping! There's plenty more action coming...NOW!'
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Argh! Who's there?!
0:13:58 > 0:14:02Marco! It's the middle of the night.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Come quick, the aliens have landed!
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- Oh...!- Come on!
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- What's up?- Marco's found aliens, in the cupboard.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Again? What happened? They got lost on their way to Venus?
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Who knows?
0:14:23 > 0:14:28Ah-ha! ..They've gone, but they MUST be coming back -
0:14:28 > 0:14:32they left their communication device behind.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Hi, I'm back! Did you miss me?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Meadowhurst Farm was fantastic!
0:14:59 > 0:15:04I saw a lamb being born - blood and everything!
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- I've got something to tell you. - What?
0:15:07 > 0:15:12- Well...- Good morning, girls! Come on, Hayley, get a move on.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17Big day today, remember? Mark and Helen will be here in a few hours.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21You're going out with Mark and Helen?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24I'm going to breakfast. You coming?
0:15:27 > 0:15:32MARCO BARKS LIKE A DOG Hi, everyone! What's happening?
0:15:32 > 0:15:37- Hi, Layla.- How was Meadowhurst Farm?- It was fantastic.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41We had pancakes every day for breakfast.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Good doggie!
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Next time we can go together!
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Hayley?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57I think she's nervous. ..Stop it, boys!
0:15:57 > 0:16:01- Come on. Come on. Marco, come on - give.- Grrr!- Give.
0:16:01 > 0:16:07Good boy. The people who are taking you out this morning are waiting in my office. Off you pop.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11- MARCO BARKS - Bad doggie! Go in your basket!
0:16:11 > 0:16:15I'll be in the garden, Layla, if you need to chat.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- MARCO BARKS - Hello!- Hello!
0:16:22 > 0:16:25This is Marco. That's enough barking, thank you.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30- Oh!- Mum!- He's very excited to meet you, as you can see,
0:16:30 > 0:16:34and very fond of animals. D'you have a dog, by any chance?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37No, Martin's allergic.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42MARCO WHIMPERS LIKE A DOG
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- Thank you, Layla.- It's OK.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Don't worry, you can always go and visit.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Go and visit? What?
0:16:55 > 0:17:00Hayley! Lucky girl. If it all works out with her new family,
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- she'll never have to eat my cooking again!- Why?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Well, she's leaving today.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Sorry, Layla, I thought she'd told you.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30- She said she would do as soon as you got back.- Well, she didn't!
0:17:32 > 0:17:37Well done, Duke, my son - you made a real mess of that!
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Thanks for telling me(!)
0:17:49 > 0:17:55I really wanted to, but every time I tried, I just couldn't.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58You'll always be my best friend.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Best friends don't have secrets.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06I know. I'm sorry. I'm really going to miss you.
0:18:06 > 0:18:11Mark and Helen are really nice. They said you can visit any time,
0:18:11 > 0:18:16- and I can come back here.- Hayley! Mark and Helen are here.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30BRANCHES CREAK
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Hey, Batman, lost your batmates?
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- Go away.- It speaks(!) Want a hand to get down?
0:18:38 > 0:18:42There are other things I could be doing.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46If you hang upside down too long, the blood drains out of your feet
0:18:46 > 0:18:49into your brain and your eyes pop out!
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Messy - blood all over the place.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54I WAS coming down anyway.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03You all right, Layla?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Hayley told you she's leaving?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14No, she didn't have the guts!
0:19:14 > 0:19:17I had to find out for myself.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21We've known hundreds of kids that get fostered, haven't we?
0:19:21 > 0:19:26- Yeah, hundreds.- You'll be next - you watch!
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Some chance!
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I bet you a fiver.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35When there's all those perfect, Barbie Doll kids out there?
0:19:35 > 0:19:39Get lost! Families love little cute kids like you.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42It's ugly brutes like Bouncer no-one wants!
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Hayley's got there first, that's all.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56- Bad day, huh?- No-one's ever going to foster me.- Course they are.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01- Little kids are the first to be snapped up. - If you're cute like Hayley.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04But YOU'RE cute.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06In your own way.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10I'm never going to get fostered. I'm just too weird.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16- You know what you have to do.- What? - Just be a muggle for a bit.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- A muggle?- Someone ordinary, boring.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- Then when you get fostered, do what you want.- What's going on?
0:20:22 > 0:20:27- Marco wants to be normal.- Marco? Normal? Don't hold your breath!
0:20:28 > 0:20:33- Oi!- Don't worry. We'll show her. It can't be THAT difficult.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59COMPUTER GAME BLEEPING
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Look, I need help. I've got six hours to make Marco normal.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07- Many have tried and failed! - A family are coming this afternoon.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11If we can get rid of the nutty bits, they might take him out.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14It's the nutty bits that make Marco...Marco!
0:21:14 > 0:21:18But Marco WITH nutty bits hangs from a tree pretending to be a bat.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22Marco WITHOUT nutty bits goes out with a nice family to have fun.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- Crash, are you in? - Sure, be a laugh.- For who?
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Tracey Beaker, you're fostered, you're OK.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Exactly my point. If I can get fostered, anyone can.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36This is Marco we're talking about!
0:21:36 > 0:21:40- What d'you like for breakfast? - Cornflakes and lemonade.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Or bread and gravy.- Good choice.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46From now on, it's toast and jam, OK?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- Favourite sport? - Crown green bowling.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54- Football. And David Beckham's your hero.- But Uri Geller's my hero!
0:21:54 > 0:21:57No, repeat after me, "David Beckham".
0:21:57 > 0:21:59David Beckham!
0:21:59 > 0:22:02That's his hobbies and eating habits. Now his clothes.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05There is NOTHING wrong with my clothes!
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Hayley, time to go.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Come on, Michael, she'll be leaving in a minute.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25- When's she coming down? - She's in there. She's waiting.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30THEY ALL CHEER Send us a postcard!
0:22:34 > 0:22:37You'll be next - you watch!
0:22:37 > 0:22:39I'm going to miss you, kiddo!
0:22:39 > 0:22:43You ever want peanut cookies, you know where I am!
0:22:43 > 0:22:46You haven't seen Layla, have you?
0:22:46 > 0:22:52- I'm sure she won't be long.- Maybe the toilet door's stuck again.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57Thanks. But I don't think she wants to be my friend any more.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Of course she does. She'll write to you. Sure.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04So, here it is.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07The big, wide world. Are you OK?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09That's my girl! Come on.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12It might seem a little strange at first
0:23:12 > 0:23:14but you can ring me any time.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19I'm on a roll! I think we've found the perfect family for Marco.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23If they don't want him as soon as they see him, I'll eat my box file!
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- ALL: See ya! - Bye!
0:23:55 > 0:23:58TOOT, TOOT!
0:24:06 > 0:24:09I forgot to give you this!
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- Sorry.- Me too.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16- Come back and visit. - Of course I will.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20I thought you might like it, for when we're pop stars.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26See ya.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Don't forget me!
0:24:36 > 0:24:41- This way, Marco! - Remember - nice and normal.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Hello, my name is Marco Maloney.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50Have you done something different to your hair?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Marco, meet the Boxers!
0:24:56 > 0:25:01There's nothing I like better than watching TV and hoping to see my hero, Derek Beckham.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05That is, of course, after I've eaten my toast and jam.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10Sorry to butt in, but life with the Boxers may be a bit spooky for you.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14We like to stay up all night, looking for UFOs,
0:25:14 > 0:25:18eating crazy stuff. And we collect false teeth of the rich and famous.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22These are from the first Dracula film!
0:25:23 > 0:25:29Maybe you'd like a family that's a bit more... What's the word we don't use, lotus flower?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Normal?
0:25:32 > 0:25:37Maybe you'd like a family that's a bit more...like that.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42- I hate you all! - We were only trying to help.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45How could we know they'd just landed from Planet Zog?
0:25:45 > 0:25:50- What did I say? Dare to be different.- You might be right.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Time for the Beaker treatment. Crash, come with me.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Jackie, your recorder. Bouncer, get Marco in his Sunday best.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05- ..Yes, well, I do understand. - Thank you.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Bye, then.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Whoa!
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Oh, not again, Marco! Please excuse my friend.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28We try and tell him it's not real but he just doesn't listen.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Maybe there's more to this boy than meets the eye. What are you doing?
0:26:32 > 0:26:36I'm communing with the snake spirit of Nefertiti.
0:26:36 > 0:26:42- You could be our sort of guy after all!- I have a meeting with the leprechauns. Mustn't be late.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Any time you want to join us flamenco dancing,
0:26:46 > 0:26:51- get your boss to give us a ring. - I will. Ole!