The Finishing Line

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0:00:05 > 0:00:10# I can make my world come true All my dreams will see me through

0:00:10 > 0:00:14- # It doesn't matter What may come my way...- No! No!

0:00:14 > 0:00:18# Believe me now I will win some day. #

0:00:18 > 0:00:20Then she said she hadn't said that

0:00:20 > 0:00:24and I said I know she did because I was there. It was so funny.

0:00:24 > 0:00:27Are you and Jackie going to natter all night?

0:00:27 > 0:00:31That's what sleepovers are for. That and pillow fights.

0:00:34 > 0:00:36- Gotcha!- Ow!

0:00:38 > 0:00:39Jackie.

0:00:39 > 0:00:41Jackie.

0:00:43 > 0:00:46Jackie, it's your grandpa.

0:00:48 > 0:00:51He's very poorly.

0:00:51 > 0:00:54The hospital rang. Would you like to go to him?

0:00:59 > 0:01:03- He seems to know you're here. - Of course he does.

0:01:03 > 0:01:06You're his only family?

0:01:06 > 0:01:09We're a team.

0:01:09 > 0:01:12We run everywhere together.

0:01:12 > 0:01:16He bought me my first pair of running shoes.

0:01:16 > 0:01:20He had a proper training programme for me and everything.

0:01:20 > 0:01:24He helped me to be a real athlete like he was.

0:01:29 > 0:01:34I got older and faster. But Grandpa got older and slower.

0:01:34 > 0:01:37MACHINE BLEEPS STEADILY

0:01:47 > 0:01:49You must be very tired.

0:01:52 > 0:01:54You know, some people, they hold on.

0:01:54 > 0:01:59- They don't want to let go even when they really need to.- Why?

0:01:59 > 0:02:02They don't want to leave their loved ones alone.

0:02:06 > 0:02:09I'll be all right, Grandpa.

0:02:09 > 0:02:11Honest.

0:02:18 > 0:02:20Grandpa's gone.

0:02:27 > 0:02:29- How is she?- Did she get some sleep?

0:02:29 > 0:02:32- I am here, you know!- You don't have to worry about a thing.

0:02:32 > 0:02:36- The funeral's being arranged. I'll take you.- No!

0:02:36 > 0:02:39Sweetheart, these things have got to be done.

0:02:39 > 0:02:43- We'll get him nice flowers. He'd like that.- You don't know that.

0:02:51 > 0:02:55He'd like a proper sendoff with all this old friends,

0:02:55 > 0:02:57not just Elaine the Pain and me.

0:02:57 > 0:03:00- Who's that?- Arthur something.

0:03:00 > 0:03:03Grandpa's old running mate. He talked about him all the time.

0:03:03 > 0:03:08- Do you have his address?- Grandpa got sick, he couldn't remember.

0:03:08 > 0:03:11I should have made him write it down. It's my fault.

0:03:11 > 0:03:16He'll have nobody to say a proper goodbye to him.

0:03:23 > 0:03:27Look. It's dated the year they won the medals.

0:03:27 > 0:03:31A proper champion runner but I can't think of his name.

0:03:31 > 0:03:34There must be a way to find him.

0:03:43 > 0:03:45Oi! I was run running the 1952 marathon.

0:03:45 > 0:03:48Look through those for local athletics clubs.

0:03:50 > 0:03:54Names and numbers of national running associations.

0:03:55 > 0:04:00Hello. I need information about some championship runners from the past.

0:04:13 > 0:04:17- I'm not hungry.- Try and eat something later, then. Just for me?

0:04:28 > 0:04:32OK, Tracy, it's getting late. Time to call it a day.

0:04:32 > 0:04:35I have got an address and phone number for Arthur.

0:04:35 > 0:04:38I think Jackie's still up.

0:04:39 > 0:04:42KNOCK ON DOOR

0:04:46 > 0:04:48Arthur MacDonald.

0:04:48 > 0:04:53- What?- His last known address and phone number. He's not far away.

0:04:53 > 0:04:58- How did you do that?- Looked in the phone book, athletics associations.

0:04:58 > 0:04:59Super intelligence.

0:05:02 > 0:05:04RINGING TONE

0:05:11 > 0:05:16He's not in. It's too late. The funeral's tomorrow.

0:05:16 > 0:05:20- He might be back soon. - We'll keep trying for you.

0:05:30 > 0:05:33Still no answer.

0:05:33 > 0:05:37Face it, guys, Arthur MacDonald doesn't live there any more.

0:05:37 > 0:05:39I can't find Jackie.

0:05:39 > 0:05:42Does anyone know where she is or why she might have run off?

0:05:42 > 0:05:46- We'll split up. - No, let me look for her.

0:05:46 > 0:05:49She'll get more upset if she thinks everyone's on her case.

0:05:49 > 0:05:53- I've an idea where she might be. - OK. ..You go with her.

0:05:53 > 0:05:56I want a phone call when you find her.

0:05:59 > 0:06:02- Where do you think she is? - Where does she always go?

0:06:02 > 0:06:07I'll meet you there later. I have to try and find Arthur for Jackie.

0:06:07 > 0:06:09And for her grandpa.

0:06:09 > 0:06:13You'd have been in loads of trouble if I hadn't found you.

0:06:13 > 0:06:16- I'm not going back with you. - You have to.

0:06:16 > 0:06:20- The funeral's in a few hours. - I'm NOT going to the funeral.

0:06:20 > 0:06:22What?!

0:06:22 > 0:06:26You're just going to let Elaine the Pain say goodbye to your grandpa?!

0:06:38 > 0:06:41Oi! What do you think you're doing?

0:06:41 > 0:06:45- Does Arthur MacDonald live here? - Nobody lives there. Clear off.

0:06:47 > 0:06:50Slow down! I just want to talk to you.

0:06:57 > 0:07:01He lived just round the corner, No 17.

0:07:09 > 0:07:13- Let me pass!- Explain why you're not going to your grandpa's funeral.

0:07:13 > 0:07:15It's none of your business.

0:07:23 > 0:07:25Come on, Arthur.

0:07:25 > 0:07:27Hello.

0:07:27 > 0:07:29Uh...

0:07:29 > 0:07:32It's a funeral, not a race meeting. Don't you have a suit?

0:07:32 > 0:07:36It's a fellow athlete's funeral. I'm going in uniform.

0:07:36 > 0:07:41- OK, fine. It's that way.- We're going this way.- It's the wrong way.

0:07:41 > 0:07:45A few of the old team that used to run with us are still around.

0:07:45 > 0:07:50They'd never forgive me if I didn't run them up for Jack's funeral.

0:07:50 > 0:07:54I said they ran with us. Ran behind us, I should say!

0:07:54 > 0:07:57- I remember... - We don't have time for this.

0:07:57 > 0:08:02Not if you stand around yakking all day! Move your carcass!

0:08:11 > 0:08:13Now, um...

0:08:13 > 0:08:18this lad calls himself Crash. ..And this is Freddie.

0:08:18 > 0:08:22Flying Freddie Mercer. Pleased to meet you.

0:08:22 > 0:08:24Hi. Can we go now?

0:08:24 > 0:08:26Just one more stop.

0:08:29 > 0:08:34You know as well as I do, if I'd run on the inside, I'd have beaten you.

0:08:34 > 0:08:36Rubbish! Your motor was dead...

0:08:36 > 0:08:38Can we please go?

0:08:42 > 0:08:47So, THIS is the granddaughter that Jack went off to bring up!

0:08:47 > 0:08:51- I imagined she'd be taller.- Just have to look - a sprinter, I bet!

0:08:51 > 0:08:54Why do people talk like I'm invisible?

0:08:54 > 0:08:57- I'm not a sprinter, I'm a distance runner.- Ah!

0:08:57 > 0:09:01Do you remember that marathon? What year was it...? Jack and me.

0:09:01 > 0:09:05Were you there that year? Save the memories.

0:09:05 > 0:09:08- We'll be late. - We won't all fit into the car.

0:09:08 > 0:09:12- You go with Jackie. We'll walk. - I'm not going to the funeral.

0:09:12 > 0:09:15- Just leave me alone.- Jack's temper!

0:09:15 > 0:09:18It's the red hair.

0:09:24 > 0:09:26We were just trying to help.

0:09:26 > 0:09:30- We thought you wanted his old friends there.- I do.

0:09:30 > 0:09:32So would Grandpa.

0:09:32 > 0:09:34You take them.

0:09:34 > 0:09:38You'll regret it for the rest of your life if you don't go.

0:09:38 > 0:09:40Please.

0:09:40 > 0:09:41I can't.

0:09:41 > 0:09:43Why not?

0:09:43 > 0:09:48Because the last thing I said to my grandpa was a big, fat lie.

0:09:48 > 0:09:51- What lie?- I told him I'd be all right without him.

0:09:51 > 0:09:56- You will be. - I can't watch him go away for ever.

0:09:56 > 0:09:59He's the only person I've got in the whole world.

0:09:59 > 0:10:02I'll never be all right without him.

0:10:02 > 0:10:05Know why I made it as a champion runner?

0:10:05 > 0:10:06No.

0:10:06 > 0:10:09Because of your grandpa.

0:10:10 > 0:10:14I was plagued with injuries, thought I'd never make it.

0:10:14 > 0:10:20We didn't have personal physiotherapists in those days.

0:10:20 > 0:10:22But Jack...

0:10:22 > 0:10:25exercised me, trained me.

0:10:36 > 0:10:38I'd never have made it without him.

0:10:38 > 0:10:40He was my friend.

0:10:41 > 0:10:45Like...these two, YOUR friends.

0:10:45 > 0:10:49- You're not alone, girl. - I didn't think...

0:10:49 > 0:10:50Now...

0:10:50 > 0:10:55shall we go and say a proper goodbye to Jack, then?

0:10:58 > 0:11:01Great. But can we please get a move on?

0:11:01 > 0:11:04ENGINE COUGHS AND BANGS

0:11:09 > 0:11:11We're never going to make it now.

0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Ring Sid. He'll bring the minibus. - Battery's gone.

0:11:14 > 0:11:20- There must be a bus.- Even if there is, it'll only go round the houses.

0:11:20 > 0:11:23- We'll never get there in time. - We're gonna let Jack down.

0:11:23 > 0:11:26Not on your nelly!

0:11:26 > 0:11:28But you can't. You're...

0:11:28 > 0:11:32Old? You're not wrong. But I've still got some breath left in me.

0:11:32 > 0:11:36Flying Freddie Mercer is going to that funeral if it kills him.

0:11:38 > 0:11:42- See you at the funeral. ..No offence.- Watch out, lad.

0:11:42 > 0:11:45You could still make it.

0:11:45 > 0:11:48Oh, not me. Leg's gone.

0:11:48 > 0:11:50But you go without me.

0:11:50 > 0:11:52But you're Grandpa's best friend.

0:11:52 > 0:11:55- Tell him ta-ra from me.- Go!

0:11:58 > 0:12:01- We're all here, then?- WAIT! >

0:12:03 > 0:12:06I knew I could beat you.

0:12:09 > 0:12:12Oh, I don't believe it! It can't be true.

0:12:12 > 0:12:14Flying Freddie Mercer!

0:12:14 > 0:12:17And George Devine!

0:12:17 > 0:12:21I followed your careers when I was a boy. Oh, how wonderful!

0:12:21 > 0:12:25We'd best get on with it. Follow me, gentlemen.

0:12:25 > 0:12:27WAIT!

0:12:29 > 0:12:34It's Arthur MacDonald. What an honour, sir! What an honour!

0:12:34 > 0:12:38- Let's get on with it. - With pleasure. With pleasure.

0:12:41 > 0:12:43CROWD ROARS

0:13:04 > 0:13:06We're gathered here today to say...

0:13:06 > 0:13:10goodbye...to Jack Hopper.

0:13:10 > 0:13:12Athlete...

0:13:12 > 0:13:16friend and beloved grandfather.

0:13:19 > 0:13:24# I can make my world come true All my dreams will see my through

0:13:24 > 0:13:26- # And the fight won't get me down - No! No!

0:13:26 > 0:13:28# My dreams will turn things All around

0:13:28 > 0:13:32# With a smile upon my face I can see a better place

0:13:32 > 0:13:36- # It doesn't matter What may come my way...- No! No!

0:13:36 > 0:13:39# Believe me now I will win some day. #