0:00:02 > 0:00:06Just north of the city centre is a little known Manchester suburb called Harpurhey.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09This programme contains strong language.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11They say the area's just full of rough families.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13I don't think it's such a bad place.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17Ten years ago, a report called it the most deprived area in England.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20- It's a simple question I asked. - Yeah, I'm trying to answer it.
0:00:20 > 0:00:25Things have got a bit better but life round here is still no bed of roses.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28There's a local saying, "They'd steal the shit out of your arse."
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Not cos they want it, just so you haven't got it.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Half the people have no qualifications.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34You!
0:00:34 > 0:00:37And antisocial behaviour is rife.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39- Are you the neighbour from hell? - Probably, yeah.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44People round here might not be the poshest but they're not lacking in spirit.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46We call ourselves the dysfunctionals.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49They're just trying to get on with life. Be themselves.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52I ain't driving the van like this.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54And follow their dreams.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I'm a different person when I'm acting.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00'Tis true that a good play needs no epilogue. WHISTLES
0:01:00 > 0:01:04For one long summer, the young people of Harpurhey let us into their secret world.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07# I have a penis! I shake it in the morning #
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- Sharing the good times. - Megan Fox eat your heart out.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15- And the bad.- Hello! Go and find another street to go and terrorise.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18This is how it really feels growing up the hard way.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20You might think you know people like us
0:01:20 > 0:01:22but you don't know nothing yet!
0:01:31 > 0:01:35This week, we meet Amber. Her parents run the launderette
0:01:35 > 0:01:38but she's determined to leave home to go to drama school.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Bid me farewell.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41SHE WHISTLES
0:01:41 > 0:01:44We meet Dale, a budding DJ and entrepreneur
0:01:44 > 0:01:46happily living with his mum.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Just a quick update to let all listeners know
0:01:48 > 0:01:51me nana is on the way to bingo, so keep your fingers crossed.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55But if he makes it big, will he stay or go?
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Come to nana now.- And new dad Ryan who's hoping rap could be
0:01:58 > 0:02:01a ticket to a better life away from his estate.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05# If your mum went on her back, the weight of them tits will defo make her lungs collapse. #
0:02:05 > 0:02:07And finally, single mum Nicola,
0:02:07 > 0:02:12who's considering leaving for a quieter life away from her family.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Why would I cry over you? I should've moved away.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- That's OK. Bye-bye. - That's what I should've done.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26On the high street out of Harpurhey is the Wishy Washy launderette,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28run by Amber's family, the Wakefields.
0:02:28 > 0:02:3311-year-old sister Maddy, stepdad Paul and mum Karen.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38Do you know what? You get some really weird people in the launderette.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42The stuff people have done. They've come in, stripped off fully naked,
0:02:42 > 0:02:47put the clothes they're wearing in the washing machine, dried them, put them back on and gone.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51I never ever met so many weirdoes until we got this place.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Honestly, you would not believe there's so much stuff can happen on Moston Lane.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59And here's a lady now who's the culprit of the day.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- Her?- Yeah.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03She's doing her washing and decides...
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Watch this, find out for yourselves
0:03:07 > 0:03:11I thought at first she was bending over, looking out of the door.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14But then I realised she had me bin, me bin underneath her.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Weeing in our bin, honestly.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Third person we've caught weeing in the shop.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Let's go to Wishy Washy, do me washing and have a pee.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I don't know where she got tissue paper but she wipes herself.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29- Look. She wipes her bum, there. - A number two, she took a shit?
0:03:29 > 0:03:34Huh! That's shocked me even more, you shouldn't have said that.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- You said it was heavy, didn't you? - It was heavy.
0:03:37 > 0:03:43Then has the cheek to wipe her hands. I could write a book about this shop.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47After many years hanging out at the launderette,
0:03:47 > 0:03:53Amber's starting to realise that to fulfil her dreams she may have to leave Wishy Washy behind.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57I do not want this business, it's so boring.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59I want bigger things than that.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01To own a little shop on Moston Lane, it's not me.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03# Ooh ooh-ooh ooh!
0:04:03 > 0:04:07# Rock my world into the sunlight
0:04:07 > 0:04:11# Make this dream the best I've ever known... #
0:04:11 > 0:04:14A couple of miles south of the launderette,
0:04:14 > 0:04:1719-year-old Nicola is at her mum Kathleen's house.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Do what you want, I'm not arsed!
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Nicola's a single parent to one-year-old Crystal.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Tonight, her mum is supposed to be babysitting.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27You sent a book to my house, right?
0:04:27 > 0:04:31We can't read or write, we don't know where to send it to, yeah.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33It's going in the bin, do you what you want.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Me mum's got a personality where she changes.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41She's not a very nice person to get along with, no.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45- Nicola!- What? - You left a parcel behind.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- Get her ready for bed and give her food. - She don't go to bed at this time.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Make sure she's got a clean nappy and put her in bed.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Why should you get out early and leave the child to us? We got things to do.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- Have you now?- Yeah, we do. - And what's that?
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Not sitting here all night babysitting.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02"I'm not babysitting."
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Get her ready, get her jammies on, get her in bed,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08settle her down and I'll babysit.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- That's too much. - What do you mean too much?
0:05:10 > 0:05:14- That's called me babysitting until I go out.- You should wear condoms then.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18She's a big responsibility, the next time you'll wear a condom.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22I didn't mean to get pregnant one bit.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25I done three years in college before I got pregnant.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28And then had the baby.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30And then life just went crashing down.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38They always try and put me in the mood before I go out and it's gone.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41What you crying for? Cos you can't get your own way?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Why would I cry over you? I should've moved away.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- OK, then, bye-bye. - That's what I should've done.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49You pull my life down, that's what you do.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- We put your life down? You put your own life down.- You fucking do.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54When I found out I was pregnant,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57me mum was arguing like all the time, like we always do.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I was like, "I'll get rid of it."
0:06:00 > 0:06:04And me mum said, "If you have an abortion, I'll disown you."
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- She gets all angry, Nicola. - Cos I've got people taking the piss.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20We said we'll babysit for you, simple as, OK, right?
0:06:20 > 0:06:24She doesn't want to be babysit by you.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35If it be true that a good wine needs no bush,
0:06:35 > 0:06:37'tis true that a good play...
0:06:37 > 0:06:4017-year-old Amber plans to leave Manchester this summer
0:06:40 > 0:06:44and is going for drama school auditions in London.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- Say it louder.- I can't do it louder. - Why not?- Cos I'm not.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- Just a bit louder. - I'm not doing it louder.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- Stop pulling your fingers up. - Me tights are falling down.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Pull them up before you do it. Right, go on.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57She wants make me to go loud in this place.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00You're not doing bad. You got good projection.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- Just do it.- You're being stupid now. - I'm not being stupid. Just do it.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09I am not furnished as a beggar, therefore to beg will not become me,
0:07:09 > 0:07:15my way is to conjure you, and I'll begin with the women.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18It's like I'm not good at anything else.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I can be like a different person when I'm acting.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23I kind of like the bossy more evil, I don't know,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26evil stepmother role sort of thing.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Cos that's the kind of person I am.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30..a good epilogue.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34I've always had visions, I can see myself, I don't know why,
0:07:34 > 0:07:39round a table as if we're at, like, the Oscars getting an award.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43It's something that's always been in me head, as if it's going to happen.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Or maybe it happened in a past life. I don't know. But I can see it.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49I've always thought that from being a child.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Will I, make curtsey, bid me farewell.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55SHE WHISTLES
0:07:55 > 0:07:59That was a bit... She's good, wasn't she?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Wow! There's not a lot of people, especially around Moston,
0:08:02 > 0:08:06you name one person. I bet you can't find anybody who does Shakespeare.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- Going to be big one day.- Yeah. - Think it in your head.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21- It's in.- 19-year-old Dale dreams of being famous.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25He's currently unemployed but has tried everything from TV to DJing.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29And, when he's out with his mates, he loves to be centre of attention.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33We'll start with how many people we've slept with, right? How many?
0:08:33 > 0:08:39- Eight.- Eight. - 23.- 23. And 12.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41I'm a good boy, I'll say six.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- He gets a lot of attention with the girls.- Yeah, I like to dance around.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- What's that? - Dancing around.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I've got friends who have done stupid things.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54I've got friends who've gone to prison.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59I think, "I don't want to do that." What's the point? I want to get something in life.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04I'm gonna be rich. I'll do anything to be rich. Not anything. I wouldn't kiss him or anything like that.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10I absolutely love it round here. I've got family around me, friends around me.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12That's everything I need.
0:09:12 > 0:09:18# Da-da da-da-da da-da da-da da-da-da da-da da-da-da da-da. #
0:09:18 > 0:09:22If I could live anywhere in the world it would be Harpurhey.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Ugh!
0:09:23 > 0:09:29A lot of people make the money and then go but I'm staying at home.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Just a quick update to let all listeners know
0:09:34 > 0:09:38me nana is on the way to bingo, so keep your fingers crossed and stay tuned in.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Dale's always got a scheme on the go.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42He's no stranger to self-promotion.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46At the moment, he's presenting his own internet radio show,
0:09:46 > 0:09:49broadcasting live from his mum's front room.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51It's going good. Live on air now.
0:09:51 > 0:09:58He set it up the other day, he got 73 listeners on his first night.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00I was just saying that to keep them tuned in.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04I think it was about 15, though, 20 listeners. It's a start.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07I'm a follower, I'm a groupie.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11I'm 100% behind Dale, whichever path he takes.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Don't get me wrong, he's got to leave home and all that lot.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17But I'll cry me eyes out when he says, "I'm leaving."
0:10:17 > 0:10:20I've always been proud of Dale, I always will be.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Just had a call in to the studio off Joanne Brogan.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28She's tuned in, listening to Mix station, enjoying the show.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30That is one of me mum's friends.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33I've got nine listeners! Big news! Nine listeners, I've got.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38- Nine listeners. - Dale the multimillionaire.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39SHE LAUGHS
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Wa-wa-wa!
0:10:46 > 0:10:49# I can remember that when I was a little youth
0:10:49 > 0:10:52# I wanted to fly around the world making a new life... #
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Nicola and Crystal live in a one-bedroom council flat
0:10:55 > 0:10:57on an estate just north of Harpurhey.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00They survive on benefits.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05And, in the past, Nicola has occasionally shoplifted to supplement her income.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09When you're in there, you get the sugar rush of going,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12"I'm getting it, I'm getting it and I've got it."
0:11:12 > 0:11:15And then when you get out the doors, you're thinking,
0:11:15 > 0:11:20"What have I done?" And you think you just want get it out your bag and go,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23"I've got this from your shop, take it."
0:11:23 > 0:11:27But then you get out and you think it's just mad.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31You just want to dance outside and go, "I've done it."
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Previously, Nicola sold the goods she stole.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37But, occasionally, she kept some items for herself.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42If I'm going to rob something, it would be a little daft thing in the house, like the candle.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45And St Tropez make-up, which is really dear.
0:11:45 > 0:11:51What else? My wallpaper and the carpet.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54That lamp, which is broke now.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58That's it, yeah.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01And the clock there.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05I'm not stealing from somebody, I'm stealing from the company.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12This morning, the launderette was targeted by some light-fingered customers
0:12:12 > 0:12:15on the look out for some new home decorations.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Just come in, picked up Maddy from school, and our pictures have gone.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24They took John Travolta, Sid Vicious and Bono out of U2.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Look, gets his bag ready. Look at her laughing.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32You won't be laughing when you come in again and I show you the film.
0:12:32 > 0:12:38- How dare they? - Even though it's nothing, sentimental value, nothing at all,
0:12:38 > 0:12:43it just annoys me the way they think, "We're allowed to go in there and do that."
0:12:43 > 0:12:44It's bad that, though.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48It riles me up all this crime thing, proper riles me up.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Gets me really mad, really.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53If I ran the country, my phrase would be "An eye for an eye."
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Whatever anybody did, they'd have it done back to them.
0:12:56 > 0:13:03I go shoplifting because I can't live on the social, like, with what I get.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Some people would say you should get a job and you should pay for that.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12Yeah, um, well... You're right, I don't blame people thinking,
0:13:12 > 0:13:17saying it's wrong to shoplift and you should get a job.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21It's not a very nice thing to go shoplifting.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24I'm not gonna be shoplifting all my life, definitely not.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Dale started another money-making enterprise.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42This time, he's trying his hand at club promoting and he's putting on a night in town.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45What you doing? You need to get ready.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50It's a family affair. But, unfortunately for sister Abbie, it's over 18s only.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54- Have you got ID, please? How old are you?- Six.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57- Are you going to drink beer? - No.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- Right, promise. - Promise.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02I have a different idea every day.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Ideas come in and out of my head daily.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07One of them will work, trust me.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13All right, come on down.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Come on.- Dale's night is taking place at a mate's dad's pub in town.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Come on now.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Make some noise.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Move a little faster. Come on.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Tonight, Dale's charging £5 a ticket.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36He's already spent cash on flyers and paying his mate Luke the DJ.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40But his mum and auntie are the only paying customers so far.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Dale, do you know what? What an amazing guy.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48Er, like, he's dead passionate about everything he does, basically.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52He spreads the word, he's gonna get the money, he's gonna get rich.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56It's the saying, "Get rich or try dying."
0:14:56 > 0:15:01We're packed. OK, ravers!
0:15:01 > 0:15:02HE LAUGHS
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Yeah, we're packed. We're packed.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10I just sort of hope that a few people come because, otherwise,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12it's gonna be like this all night.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15MUSIC: "Only Fools Rush In" by UB40
0:15:18 > 0:15:20He is just a Del Boy, to be honest.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24He thinks money, he lives money, he sleeps money, he wakes up money.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26He's a trier. God loves a trier.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34Luckily for Dale, he's got some punters on the way, the Wakefields.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Amber's still waiting to hear if she's got a place at drama school.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41She's making the most of what could be her last summer at home
0:15:41 > 0:15:44and is taking her mum for a big night out.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Just shaving these big hairy mamas.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49SHE LAUGHS
0:15:49 > 0:15:52On me mum's face.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56If you laugh one more time, I'll shave your tache.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Get off! Amber! I swear, if you've done that,
0:15:59 > 0:16:03I'll grow hairs. If I've got a tache in the morning, you're dead.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05I hate being in the house with them all.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Talking about fucking make-up, like. "Paul put me eyelashes on for me."
0:16:09 > 0:16:12You know what I mean? It's fucking hanging.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16- Defo raver tonight!- Weh!
0:16:16 > 0:16:19We've had a few good nights out, yeah, we have.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22We got free tickets to go and see Britney Spears.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24We just had the biggest laugh ever.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29Then was dead drunk by the time we got to see Britney Spears, which was good cos she's crap.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33# I shake it in the morning
0:16:33 > 0:16:37# I spray out in the night
0:16:37 > 0:16:39# Yeah, I have a penis
0:16:39 > 0:16:42# I shake it in the morning # Shake it
0:16:42 > 0:16:43# And spray it out the night, woo-woo
0:16:43 > 0:16:46# And spray it, and spray it, and spray it. #
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Weh!
0:16:49 > 0:16:52My mum was a right one when she was younger.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55She's probably just living her past.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59But now, like, she never gets older, she still lives with the time.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02She's always said to me, "Just cos I'm old doesn't mean
0:17:02 > 0:17:05"you have to go and get a perm and wear the right things."
0:17:05 > 0:17:07So she still dyes her hair blonde.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11- Look, MILF or what?- Yes.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14# Something's got a hold on me, yeah
0:17:14 > 0:17:15# Oh, must be love
0:17:15 > 0:17:17# Oh, something's got a hold on me... #
0:17:17 > 0:17:24Amber's mum Karen has reservations about her eldest daughter leaving for drama school.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27I'm dreading it when Amber leaves home, she's the rock of the house.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32When me and Paul row, I can just mingle with Amber and we'll go out.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34I don't want her to leave home.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37It'll be strange, won't it? Me first born.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- # Oh!- Oh! - # Oh!- Oh!- Oh!
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- # Oh! - # Oh!- Oh!
0:17:43 > 0:17:45# Hey, yeah!
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- # Oh, it must be love - # You know it must be love
0:17:48 > 0:17:50# Let me tell you now... #
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Hey!
0:17:54 > 0:17:57I'm absolutely bladdered and I don't drink.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01I only need a sniff of it, that's it, that's me gone.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Paul's out as well but he's got a face like a melted welly.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09I've just told him, cheer up or ship out and go.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Cos I'm out to have a laugh.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15I never have a laugh any more. I said ship out.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18When I go back in there, he'll probably be snogging someone.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21SHE LAUGHS
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Fucking unbelievable, you should have heard the racket
0:18:24 > 0:18:26and the shit they was coming out with.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Singing mad penis songs and all that.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Yeah. Then I got one girl going on about her periods
0:18:32 > 0:18:36in the taxi on the way down here. "Fucking shut up, will you?
0:18:36 > 0:18:40"I have a fucking wank every day but I'm not shouting about it, am I?"
0:18:40 > 0:18:41HE LAUGHS
0:18:41 > 0:18:45A bit of bad news for everybody, it's last orders in the bar. Wow!
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I'd like to thank everybody for turning up, yeah.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Despite eventually getting a big turnout,
0:18:51 > 0:18:55the night has not been a financial success for Dale.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59After paying for a few shots at the bar for everyone, he's just £6 up.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Thanks a lot. Cheers, everybody.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06People have come, they've enjoyed it and they've come out.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Instead of going somewhere else, they've come to my night.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11So, yeah, I'm buzzing. I'm over the moon.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Get us to the hotel. Paul's on a promise.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27I don't know how I would feel if I was to leave home.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30I won't feel scared because I'm very independent.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34But I'd feel scared cos I don't want to really leave me mum.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36It'd be like losing a best friend.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Nicola comes from a large family of Irish travellers.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01Despite regular arguments with her mum, she still visits the family home most days.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04I worry about Nicky an awful lot.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Nicola didn't have an easy life.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12I mean, she was brought up by not her dad but by a stepdad, you know.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16My real dad, he's in prison for murder.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20He's done 19 years, I think.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23He'll be out in two years.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27She's a single mum with a baby.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30She'll do the same thing what I've done.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Bring her kid up and make sure that she has a good life.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38There's kids out there that hasn't got a mum or hasn't got a dad.
0:20:38 > 0:20:44They've been put in care homes and not being looked after in care homes, you understand what I mean?
0:20:44 > 0:20:47I made Nicola's choice when she was a baby,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50to keep Nicola away from dangers.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Nicola has never met her real dad.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56She sees her mum's ex Barry as her dad.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59This is Barry Woodall, the bench man.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04- He wanted to go into a rehab. - I am going in detox.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07He wants... He needs help, serious help.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12Me dad that's brought me up, he was on drugs until we was, like, 16.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17And he got off it and he was drinking for two years.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20I want a rest.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25- He lives on the streets him, me dad. - He lives on a park bench.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30- Cos these kicked me out years ago. - Ask Barry what he come home for?
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Me Lucozade.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37That tells you all.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39- Here we go. - That says it all.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- And what? - And here's the weakest link.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57When Dale's not dreaming up ideas to make millions, his hobby is boxing.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00He's had two amateur fights so far.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04MUSIC: "Down With The Trumpets" by Rizzle Sticks
0:22:08 > 0:22:11On the walls, I've got pictures of me boxing.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14I've got a picture of my sister on there holding the gloves.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16That's pretty cute, she was younger.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Boxing's not a game. You have to learn the basics.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Then you have so much to learn, as I learnt from my first fight.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28I just... I got beat up, I won but I had to have a fight, I didn't box.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Go on, Dale!
0:22:30 > 0:22:34Dale's mum Lisa goes to all his fights and always films them.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38The first fight, as a mum, I wanted to shout, "Throw the towel in."
0:22:38 > 0:22:41All I could see was blood. I couldn't focus, you know.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43I just wanted to get him out of the ring.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46It's different on telly. It's someone else. You're not bothered.
0:22:46 > 0:22:52But when it's your own kid in there, you don't know what'll happen, it's different.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Dale's got three weeks to get into shape for his next amateur fight.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I think that my career's not going the best so far.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06But I'm still, like, 100% hungry and dedicated.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Two miles down the road from Dale's house is Strangeways Prison.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20It looms large over Harpurhey and to some in the area it's a second home.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Strangeways is a fucking shite-hole, you can see it from our house.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30I've been in there, er, I don't know, what, three times maybe.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32It's a hovel, it's a shit-hole.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37I didn't really know of it until I was about, like, 11 or something.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42Paul got sent into Strangeways and we had to go and visit him, go through all that security stuff.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45I hated visiting Paul in Strangeways.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48We told Madison that he was working for the Queen.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50SHE LAUGHS
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Because I thought my dad was working for the Queen,
0:23:53 > 0:23:59I thought it was a bit weird and suspicious why we had to get a dog
0:23:59 > 0:24:02to come and sniff us, to check if, like, we had anything.
0:24:04 > 0:24:0921-year-old Ryan has just completed a four-week sentence at Strangeways,
0:24:09 > 0:24:14after breaking the terms of a restraining order taken out by his ex-girlfriend.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19Um, I sent threats to kill her in a text and that was it.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21To my ex.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27It's not my first time. It's not good, I wouldn't go back.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30But it's not as bad as everyone goes on about.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Half the people in Harpurhey have been in Strangeways, or know someone,
0:24:33 > 0:24:37or they've got family members, or friends who have been in there.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42It's the local jail, so it is where everyone goes around here, straight down the road to there.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48Ryan lives with his parents to the south of Harpurhey.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Hello, darling.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54He became a dad just under a year ago and, due to his prison sentence,
0:24:54 > 0:24:57he's only seen his daughter Lilly twice in the past month.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Oh, hello.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02His mum Karen brought her for visits.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05No.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09He's not going back again cos we're not taking her.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12That was the last time, it was the last time.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Thank god, we hope.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Weren't it?
0:25:16 > 0:25:19At the end of the day, what he does is what he does.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24He's old enough to know. But I would never ever take her through that again, never.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27It's horrible, it's degrading.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31She's at the age where she won't remember. That's the reason I asked me mum to bring her.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34That's not the point. She shouldn't be going through that.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38I had to take her through that thing with her shoes and coat off,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40stick her in a thing while they searched her.
0:25:40 > 0:25:46No, I'm sorry, Ryan, but I wouldn't do it again.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50We won't do it again, will we?
0:25:50 > 0:25:55It's stupid. I was drunk. The beer that, like, took, over me, but...
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Mm... People do things they regret.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Just needs to think before he drinks.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Enough's enough with him now. He goes out for a drink
0:26:06 > 0:26:11and he gets in that much bleeding trouble, it's unbelievable.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16But I'm not doing it no more. No.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Once it's done, I can't even sit and dwell on it,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22or just try and put it behind me and learn from me mistakes
0:26:22 > 0:26:24and not do it again this time.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31But I can't help where I was born and where I'm raised and where I'm from.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Some of us are deprived, some of us are not.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37For me, it's been tough, but it's made me who I am today.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Right, watch me floor, Dad.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Nicola's stepdad Barry has been sleeping rough.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51But, tonight, Nicola's allowed him to stay at her flat.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55- I'll pour it for you. - Slowly.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57You're killing me, Dad.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02There, right, go and sit in there and chill out.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05I was going anyway.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Watch the baby.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Hello, my missus.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19You need to get off that Lambrini.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25What do you normally drink?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31MUSIC: "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Barry normally drinks on the streets
0:27:39 > 0:27:42but he's been given an ASBO that stops him going into town.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51I feel tight on him cos he's got nowhere else to go and he's me dad.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57# I say his body's too young to look like this
0:27:57 > 0:27:59# My mama went off and left him
0:27:59 > 0:28:01# She wanted more from life than he could give
0:28:01 > 0:28:04# I said somebody's got to take care of him
0:28:04 > 0:28:06# So I quit school and that's what I did... #
0:29:02 > 0:29:04It's OK, Dad.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06- Yeah. - All right?
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Yeah.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Wake up.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24It's three weeks until Dale's fight,
0:29:24 > 0:29:26and as well as a busy training schedule,
0:29:26 > 0:29:28today he's also got a job interview.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Wake up.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Let's get ready for sparring, girls.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35A mile up the road is the boxing gym.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Come on, Callum, make a name for yourself, our kid.
0:29:38 > 0:29:45Dale's coach Tommy is expecting him for an important sparring session with the other lads at the gym.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49I know he's had a few late nights. Change, Lyndon and Curtis.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52I know everything. I get told a lot of things.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54And that's why I just need to see for me self.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57I'm absolutely fuming.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02Lyndon, Billy, all the lads who are fighting, told them to come for some sparring.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Obviously, for Dale, you know, he's got a fight on.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07He's probably been in bed all day.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09He's trying to be a master of everything.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12I know he done some kind of DJ night on Saturday.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15So, obviously, he wasn't doing shadow boxing
0:30:15 > 0:30:17while everyone was dancing or training.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19So he would've been drinking.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Put it this way, he's got minimum one more chance.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26He's got to come here maybe Monday and show me he's ready to fight.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30And if not, you know, this fight's more off than it is on.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Hello, hello.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44- Hello. - Keep her.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Ryan has access to his daughter Lilly two days a week.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51Since coming out of prison, he's focused on being a good dad.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Oh, baba. And baba's good. All kisses.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Oh, kisses for the baba.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02It's hard, it's hard work, but it pays off in the end.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06Like, you gotta put your own life on hold, you know,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08and make sure that she's first.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11It didn't hit me until she was there and they put her in me arms.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14It was like, "Oh, wow! It's real this," you know what I mean.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20- It's just something you've got to do. - Hmm. Come to nana now.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24I wouldn't want my daughter seeing what I've seen and been through.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27If anything, it's inspiration to get out of the place you're in.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31I don't want to raise my daughter round here,
0:31:31 > 0:31:34so it's down for me to do something about that.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38You should dream and you should always want to better yourself.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Even if you know you're not going to get it.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44You could dream of being a millionaire, even though it never happens.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47It's something to work to, something to push yourself with.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54For some in Harpurhey, weekday mornings follow a similar pattern.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58At 9:30, behind closed doors, a regular ritual begins.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03"Why let me bond with your daughter if you know I'm not her dad?"
0:32:03 > 0:32:06He's hanging anyway.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- He's a buzz. - I always watch Jeremy Kyle.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11I think he's a buzz. I like him, me.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13He just tells it how it is, don't he? It's funny.
0:32:13 > 0:32:18I always watch it. And Jeremy Kyle USA.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21"And I don't want nought."
0:32:21 > 0:32:23GUESTS ARGUE ON TELEVISION
0:32:23 > 0:32:26"Answer the question. Why haven't you told us..."
0:32:26 > 0:32:32I like watching Jeremy Kyle because, after five minutes, you realise how lucky your life is.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34People love it. Sat there, have a brew.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Half-nine in the morning, no work, come on.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Every time I see it in the morning,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41"Yeah, I fucking know him, I know her."
0:32:41 > 0:32:43"She's a silly cow her." Honestly.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48People watch it at half-nine and let him come back on at half-one on ITV2 and watch him again.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Do you know what I mean, fuck that.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03# You got me begging me for mercy
0:33:03 > 0:33:07# Why won't you release me?
0:33:07 > 0:33:13# I said release me-ee-ee. #
0:33:13 > 0:33:15There's good news at the Wakefields,
0:33:15 > 0:33:19as Amber's had a message from the drama school down south.
0:33:19 > 0:33:24"Congratulations, the University of Essex has asked us to tell you
0:33:24 > 0:33:30"that it is offering you a place for acting starting September 2012."
0:33:30 > 0:33:32A whole lot of panic's just suddenly hit me.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I feel a bit... I don't know.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38It's excitement but I think it's only hit me
0:33:38 > 0:33:43that I'll be moving away on the 17th September it said.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47I think I'm scared of leaving me mum cos this morning she said to me,
0:33:47 > 0:33:50"You're starting to do your own washing now."
0:33:50 > 0:33:54And I thought, "God, if she's telling me to do me own washing now at home,
0:33:54 > 0:33:57"then I'm gonna have to do it away and buy me own shopping."
0:33:57 > 0:34:02I even had a bit of a... I felt a bit upset that I had to do me own washing at home.
0:34:02 > 0:34:07I thought, "Bloody hell, I must be growing up, I have to do me own clothes." I don't think I'm ready.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11# I kissed a girl just to try it
0:34:11 > 0:34:15# I hope my boyfriend don't mind it. #
0:34:15 > 0:34:18How much money do you want to lend off me?
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- £20.- 20?- Yes.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Oh, I keep on telling her I'm skint.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27What the hell?
0:34:27 > 0:34:32It's just what I've saved, you know, just bits of change, loose change.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Loose change? Thank you.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38I don't know what it is, I've got an addiction to fivers.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40I love £5 notes.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- Are you happy that I'm moving away to London?- No, don't be so stupid.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46It's weird, innit? It's strange.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50And what if you don't like it? What are you gonna do?
0:34:50 > 0:34:54That's what I mean, it's a hard choice I've gotta have to make.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Oh, don't want her to go. That's me worst nightmare.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00I'd just miss her, having her there, really.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02I'd probably miss the house, it'll be so quiet.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06I like the noise and, you know, the dysfunctionality of our house.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09There's never a dull moment, we're never all sat there boring.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11There's always something going on.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15Another new mascara, keep your little mitts off.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19I don't. I don't touch any of your mascaras, I don't touch them.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21- I don't touch your stuff. - Don't touch it?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Every morning, I see you tripping over everything in there.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27I'm looking for your baby wipes half the time.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29No, you're in this bag.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32I haven't really thought of Amber leaving home much.
0:35:32 > 0:35:38But I think I'd be happy and I think I'd be a little bit sad.
0:35:39 > 0:35:45# I got your e-mail, you just don't get females, now do you? #
0:35:45 > 0:35:49I'll be sad because she's me sister and I'll obviously miss her.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52And I'll be happy that I have peace.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58And maybe I could try and take over her room.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01# You have to cry me out
0:36:01 > 0:36:06# You have to cry me out
0:36:06 > 0:36:10# You can't keep talking but, baby, I'm walking away... #
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Whether it's boxing, business or trying to get famous,
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Dale's always had the support of his family.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Although, he hasn't seen his dad since he was a baby.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29It's always been me and my mum and Abbie.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33So it's up to me to protect them in a way.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35I'm the man of the house, you know.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38I'm over-protective, especially of my sister.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42If anyone ever hurt my sister, I'd, you know, I'd do stupid things.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46I'd end up in prison and I would do the time for it as well.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51I don't know my dad. My mum left him when she was pregnant with me
0:36:51 > 0:36:54cos, apparently, he was just, you know, a bit useless.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57When my mum first asked me if I wanted to meet him,
0:36:57 > 0:37:01I felt angry in a way that I wanted to... I wanted to hit him.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03I don't know why.
0:37:03 > 0:37:08Maybe it might've been because of upsetting me mum and stuff like that.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11So I think it's just best that we don't see each other.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14It's his loss. If he wanted to see me he could.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16But I don't want to see him.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18My mum is my dad and that's who...
0:37:18 > 0:37:21That's who's in me life and that's who's brought me up.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24After 19 years, why would he want someone,
0:37:24 > 0:37:28a stranger, basically, just to walk into his life now?
0:37:28 > 0:37:33You wouldn't have that relationship, you wouldn't have a father-son relationship.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35It's just like a man out the pub.
0:37:47 > 0:37:53Nicola is still struggling to make ends meet and, at the moment, she can't afford to put the heating on.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57"We filled your pay-as-you-go meter on the 25th June as you agreed."
0:37:57 > 0:38:03"We'll collect £13.50 a week to pay your outstanding balance of £344."
0:38:03 > 0:38:06"If you keep up these regular payments,
0:38:06 > 0:38:11"your outstanding balance will be cleared by January 2013."
0:38:11 > 0:38:13£344.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17£13 a week? I couldn't even afford that either.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21I'm thinking about leaving it all behind.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25You feel trapped in a cave, like tied up in a cave and...
0:38:25 > 0:38:29You don't want to be around it all.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31It's not a nice living.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Despite the bills stacking up,
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Nicola won't cut back where Crystal is concerned.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40It's expensive to have a baby.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Maybe the social and the MP doesn't know that.
0:38:43 > 0:38:49Can't start putting your baby in Primark clothes cos you wear it.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53A baby should be wearing a nice decent pair of shoes on their feet.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Something nice and designer, really.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00That's how much I... That's what I pay for her.
0:39:00 > 0:39:06Well, I love TK Maxx, absolutely love that, that's good.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10You can get designer clothes but cheap in there.
0:39:10 > 0:39:16It's £10 for a pair of Ralph Lauren, like, jeans and stuff.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21So it is cheap in one way to put your kid in designer clothes, if you root through.
0:39:28 > 0:39:34Ryan is unemployed but he has dreams of leaving the area and making it big as a rapper.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39He's preparing for a headline performance at an upcoming rap battle.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43That's the most hyped about battle of the day, but I'll win it.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45That's my battle all day that.
0:39:45 > 0:39:50A rap battle is where two rap artists face off against each other
0:39:50 > 0:39:53and see who's the best by slagging each other.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57You can go metaphorically and punch line and go clever lyrics.
0:39:57 > 0:40:02Or slag family members. Areas where they live, what they look like, hairstyles, anything.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04The main thing to do is make the crowd laugh.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08That's it. But it's good cos you can get like paid to go to America.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11If you impress over here, American leagues like King Of The Dot go,
0:40:11 > 0:40:15"We want you to battle our guy from here, American artist."
0:40:15 > 0:40:19They pay for your flight and accommodation and you come over and battle.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Ryan's got access to his opponent's Facebook page
0:40:22 > 0:40:26to find out information that can be used against him.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29I've got his girlfriend, got all pictures of her and everything.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32All pictures of them doing stuff and that.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36Go on his info there. He does a nice biography of himself there.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40He's put a big paragraph describing himself, what he's done,
0:40:40 > 0:40:44what he does and that. So that I got all that straightaway.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54# Let's go to the beach, each, Let's go get away
0:40:54 > 0:40:56# They say what they gonna say Have a drink... #
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Weh!
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Fresh from her offer of a place at drama school,
0:41:01 > 0:41:04today, Amber is celebrating another landmark,
0:41:04 > 0:41:06becoming an adult.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Oh, it feels like a shoe box.
0:41:11 > 0:41:16- Dorothy Perkins.- I wonder what it is. - Is it the same shoes?
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Imagine.
0:41:18 > 0:41:23- Oh!- Oh, my god.- Oh, they're beautiful.- That is amazing.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Oh, fucking shoes.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29We went on holiday once and between them both, we only went for 11 days,
0:41:29 > 0:41:33they filled the suitcase full of shoes, just shoes.
0:41:33 > 0:41:3740 pairs of shoes for 11 days between them both. You know what I mean?
0:41:37 > 0:41:42I went to pick the case up, I thought there was a body in there, it was that heavy.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45All I can really say is that I can buy alcohol.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47I couldn't care less about voting.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- I couldn't care. - I didn't think of that.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54- Can we really vote? Does it really matter?- I don't get it, anyway.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- Who are the parties? Who do I vote for?- You vote for Labour.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02What's it for, anyway? President? It's not for the president, is it?
0:42:02 > 0:42:04- I was gonna say mayor. - God knows what it is.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06But it's for something.
0:42:06 > 0:42:11- Yeah, just those people that control our lives.- I couldn't care less.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16Amber's always thought she was an adult from the age of five.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18They know everything about fucking nothing.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Ryan, also known by his stage name Raptor, is in Warrington
0:42:30 > 0:42:35for his rap battle against Dave, AKA Evila.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39A win today could boost Ryan's profile as an up-and-coming rapper.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41There's Evila now.
0:42:41 > 0:42:46In the run-up to the battle, both rappers have been slating each other over the internet.
0:42:46 > 0:42:51They're starting the pre-battle banter. It's better that way cos there's a bit of animosity.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52You want to beat him.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56If you're battling someone you like... I don't want to say...
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Cos when you don't like them, you say,
0:42:58 > 0:43:01"Fuck it. I'll do it anyway, I just want to beat him."
0:43:03 > 0:43:08Welcome, everybody, to Rapped in Wire Behind the Bars for you.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10One! Make some noise.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13CHEERING
0:43:13 > 0:43:18There'll be a lot of jokes, there'll be a lot of mum jokes and things like that.
0:43:18 > 0:43:22Really, you have to have a split personality.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25# Your mum's a whore always knocking on my door
0:43:25 > 0:43:28# For a brand-new ride and she's wanting more... #
0:43:28 > 0:43:33We live in these towns and cities that people don't really hear of or don't want to.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36Therefore, we stand up to prove ourselves.
0:43:36 > 0:43:42It's allowing equal opportunities for the little man, the quiet man, do you know what I mean.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44# See my ambition is plenty and I've got skill
0:43:44 > 0:43:48# So why the fuck have I been put against MC Hot Wheels? #
0:43:48 > 0:43:49LAUGHTER
0:43:49 > 0:43:52# He steps into this battle he can cause some trouble
0:43:52 > 0:43:55# You know what I'll just roll forward so I can burst your bubble #
0:43:55 > 0:43:58I, personally, let all me aggression out in a battle match.
0:43:58 > 0:44:03Like a one-on-one with a psychologist because I'm emptying my heart.
0:44:03 > 0:44:07And, you know, I'm getting all my feelings out. That's why it helps me.
0:44:07 > 0:44:12Everyone show fucking respect, yeah. We're both rappers, we are, yeah.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:44:14 > 0:44:17Well, it's set up similar to a boxing match, battle rap.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21But where they throw a punch physically, we throw a punch line,
0:44:21 > 0:44:24which is a lyrical form. It'll hurt just as much.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Some of the stuff that's said in the battle
0:44:26 > 0:44:29will probably hurt just as much as a punch in the face.
0:44:29 > 0:44:34# His mother can't sleep on her fucking back cos the weight on her stomach would crush her fast
0:44:34 > 0:44:36# I mean, if your mum laid on her back, the weight of them tits
0:44:36 > 0:44:38# Would defo make her lungs collapse... #
0:44:38 > 0:44:43My mum loves it, my mum will laugh at it and say, "You cheeky bugger."
0:44:43 > 0:44:46# So you've been fighting with kids We'll meet up in mortal gamble
0:44:46 > 0:44:48# If you want to brawl I'll bang you
0:44:48 > 0:44:51# Gather my cord drag you to the door and hang you
0:44:51 > 0:44:53# I got this behind the bars - why?
0:44:53 > 0:44:55# Cos they were the doors that canned you
0:44:55 > 0:44:58# And I'm going to deliver a harder sentence that any court could hand you. #
0:44:58 > 0:45:00Time!
0:45:00 > 0:45:03Once you're in that circle, you've got to perform.
0:45:03 > 0:45:07If you stop, people will boo you, people will laugh at you.
0:45:07 > 0:45:11There's so much pressure when it comes to battling it's unbelievable.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14# I'm still trying to discover what planet you're from
0:45:14 > 0:45:16# And I forgot that last...
0:45:16 > 0:45:19# And, you know, listen, cos... #
0:45:19 > 0:45:23A choke is probably the worst thing you could do in a battle.
0:45:23 > 0:45:27The worst thing after the choke is stand there silent trying to think. Say anything.
0:45:27 > 0:45:31# I'm fucking free, it would even have role play for the Pope
0:45:31 > 0:45:33# Or let Michael Barrymore take him home. #
0:45:33 > 0:45:35Fuck it, time. Go on, let him take it.
0:45:35 > 0:45:36APPLAUSE
0:45:36 > 0:45:41# Raptor, why the hype, mate? You're boring, your tape's appalling
0:45:41 > 0:45:43# And to be honest you ain't great performing
0:45:43 > 0:45:46# And you got a strong affection and a long erection
0:45:46 > 0:45:49# For One Direction song collection. #
0:45:49 > 0:45:51Time!
0:45:51 > 0:45:53CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:45:54 > 0:45:59After the battle, that's it, we'll get pissed up together and have a laugh about it.
0:45:59 > 0:46:03"I can't believe you said that about me mum." It's, like, whatever.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05That's it. Shake hands. Who am I battling next?
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Let's go and find some shit out and that.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10OK, this is it, this is the judging hour.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13Er, unanimous decision, it's three to one.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15Both battlers were completely sick.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19Came at each other hard, but it's three to one to Evila.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:46:21 > 0:46:24That's how it goes, innit? I got beat.
0:46:24 > 0:46:28I am gutted, but, yeah, be better next time.
0:46:28 > 0:46:32Fuck. Gutted that I dropped me third, gutted.
0:46:39 > 0:46:43Nicola's been struggling to cope alone in her flat.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46And her relationship with her mum is difficult.
0:46:46 > 0:46:51After 19 years, she's made the big decision to leave her family in Harpurhey behind.
0:46:51 > 0:46:55I just don't want to talk to my mum, I can't be bothered with her.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58I've got a life now and I've got a kid.
0:46:58 > 0:47:02I don't like the family that I've had, that god made me to have.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04I didn't want them.
0:47:05 > 0:47:11Nicola has moved in with her auntie Lisa 10 miles away on the other side of Manchester.
0:47:11 > 0:47:16I think we just get along. We've both got kids and we know how it feels and stuff like that.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18Yeah, Nicola is well better with me.
0:47:18 > 0:47:23Gives her the time to think about what she wants, what her future is.
0:47:23 > 0:47:28If she starts making plans and then she tells them to me,
0:47:28 > 0:47:34I wait and I wait until she's ready to get up and follow her plans.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36Wee!
0:47:36 > 0:47:39I want a new life, I really do want a new life.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42And up here, I'll be able to get a new life, I think.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50One, two, three!
0:47:50 > 0:47:54One, two, three!
0:47:54 > 0:47:58Despite the turmoil in her life, Nicola is sure of one thing,
0:47:58 > 0:48:00that Crystal is her number-one priority.
0:48:00 > 0:48:04Got to have a lot to love. Love's the main part.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06You've got to have love.
0:48:06 > 0:48:10Like, with me, I never had love in my life, never.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13With my dad I did, yeah. But with my mum, I didn't.
0:48:13 > 0:48:18So all my love, what I've got to give for years, it's gone on her.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21Whoosh!
0:48:24 > 0:48:25Whoosh!
0:48:25 > 0:48:29Look, the grass, you can do anything with it.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33Wow! Is that good?
0:48:34 > 0:48:36Through my pregnancy,
0:48:36 > 0:48:43Adele come out and the song's come out, um, that Someone Like You.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46Every time I used to put it on, Crystal used to kick and stuff.
0:48:46 > 0:48:51When I was giving birth, I was singing it in me head.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56It was the best thing in my life when Crystal come out.
0:48:56 > 0:49:01You'd do anything for your kid. When people say that, people without kids,
0:49:01 > 0:49:05they think, "Well, why would you do anything?" I would, literally.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07People would do anything for their kids.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11Oh, you're in jail.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15Oh, she's in jail. Ah!
0:49:18 > 0:49:21# Birds flying high, you know how I feel
0:49:23 > 0:49:27# Sun in the sky, you know how I feel #
0:49:27 > 0:49:30Dale's finally taking his training seriously.
0:49:30 > 0:49:35And he's proved to coach Tommy that he's fit to take part in the fight.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38He's in shape enough to do three two minute-rounds.
0:49:38 > 0:49:42If he can't, then, you know, he should pack it in, shouldn't he?
0:49:42 > 0:49:44# There's a new dawn... #
0:49:44 > 0:49:49Ryan may have lost the rap battle this time, but he's hanging on to his dreams of a better life.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53If you're gonna dream, what's the point in not dreaming about the best.
0:49:53 > 0:49:57And I know people who want to be singers, dancers, actors.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00There's nought wrong with aspiring to be something.
0:50:00 > 0:50:02It's just pushing yourself towards it.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10Amber has made a big decision about her future.
0:50:11 > 0:50:17Her dreams of leaving her neighbourhood to study drama will, for now, be put on hold.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21I think going to London at this age, I'm not ready for it.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24The thought of moving is making me feel a bit sick.
0:50:24 > 0:50:28You said to me the other day I had to do my own washing.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30I nearly had a heart attack.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Everything was just way too fast for me.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38It was just scary.
0:50:38 > 0:50:43- What, doing your own washing? - Not just washing, moving away.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46It's like, say if I needed you and it's like...
0:50:46 > 0:50:48It's like five hours to get there.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50I know you wouldn't cope.
0:50:50 > 0:50:55London is a much faster place compared to what Amber's used to.
0:50:55 > 0:50:59I went down there one day. I was there half an hour and I thought,
0:50:59 > 0:51:01"Fuck that, I'm getting back." Honestly.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03That's how bad it was. I thought, "Fuck me."
0:51:03 > 0:51:06Everything's whizzing past me at 100 miles per hour.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11- I'm not ready. - You're not ready, are you?
0:51:11 > 0:51:15I think I've made the right choice of not leaving home this year.
0:51:15 > 0:51:19I needed this gap year to sort of get my head round everything.
0:51:19 > 0:51:22Everything was going too fast. I've only just turned 18.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25This year was just too much.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28- I'm not ready for you to leave. - I don't think I'm ready to leave.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32It would be weird, wouldn't it? It'd be strange without you.
0:51:32 > 0:51:37- I think it would.- I do, so I don't... I don't think I'm ready.
0:51:37 > 0:51:42I don't think I'll ever be ready for my kids to leave home, will I?
0:51:51 > 0:51:55Get your chin in! Jab him up!
0:51:55 > 0:51:58At a club two miles west of Harpurhey,
0:51:58 > 0:52:02the lads from the local boxing gym are taking part in a fight night.
0:52:02 > 0:52:07The community is out in force and the Wakefields have come along to support Dale.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10Go on, kid. Go on, kid, don't stop.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16You gotta smack this kid straight in the line.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18There we go. You're punching hard, come on.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21Good man, on the target, come on. Good lad.
0:52:21 > 0:52:26Dale's fight is up next and Tommy's got some last-minute words of motivation.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29You can do this, you can really, really do this.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31I feel calm like, I don't feel
0:52:31 > 0:52:35nervous. When I'm going down, that's when I get that nervous feeling.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38- Good luck.- Thanks. - Do you know what you're doing?
0:52:38 > 0:52:43Yeah, I'm just gonna start smacking him. Go, "Hit me, hit me."
0:52:43 > 0:52:45You're better than him.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47Love you.
0:52:49 > 0:52:54If you're messing about in the boxing and you're in that ring, you get hurt, you get knocked out.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57You don't... It's not fun, do you know what I mean?
0:52:57 > 0:53:01I've never seen anyone laughing while they're getting beat up.
0:53:01 > 0:53:03Unless they're a bit mentally disturbed.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05# Express yourself
0:53:09 > 0:53:12# Express yourself, oh, do it! #
0:53:12 > 0:53:14SHOUTING
0:53:20 > 0:53:22I've give him £20.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25If he wins, he can keep the £20.
0:53:25 > 0:53:30If he don't win, he's got to give me 40. So he might win.
0:53:30 > 0:53:36And representing the Moston ABC, Dale Walker.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38I always try and clock whoever he's fighting.
0:53:38 > 0:53:44I always make a point of trying to find out who he's fighting, then look who they've come with.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46Who are they with? Let's have a look.
0:53:46 > 0:53:50See if his mum's here, in case I need to have a fight with his mum.
0:53:50 > 0:53:55You never know, do you? He might be cocky and all that and starting.
0:53:55 > 0:53:59His mum might say, "Come on, and you. Bring it on outside, love."
0:53:59 > 0:54:02Let's go now.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07Go on, Dale! Go on, son! Go on, Dale!
0:54:07 > 0:54:10"Come on, Dale! Smack him, Dale!"
0:54:10 > 0:54:13- Go on, Dale. - I'm a bit intimidated by my mum.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16I'll get in with any person at 11 stone and fight him.
0:54:16 > 0:54:20But, my mum, you know, I'd have second thoughts. Honestly.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22Go on, Dale!
0:54:23 > 0:54:26Go on, Dale, give it him.
0:54:26 > 0:54:27Good shot.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30Yes, good lad.
0:54:30 > 0:54:31APPLAUSE
0:54:31 > 0:54:35Dale! Oh, he can kill him.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39I know he's gonna win, you know what I mean? But it just does me head in.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43Watch out for the jab.
0:54:43 > 0:54:47Watching Dale fight is the worst experience I've ever seen.
0:54:47 > 0:54:52Your kid in there, you know, getting battered or having a fight and you can't stop it.
0:54:52 > 0:54:57It's not a street fight where you can actually go up and stop kids fighting or whatever.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01You're actually... You see them in there, it's like, "Oh, my god!"
0:55:01 > 0:55:03There's nothing you can do, you know.
0:55:03 > 0:55:07I don't like it but I would never ever miss one, never.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12Dale, 30 seconds!
0:55:14 > 0:55:19Whatever I do throughout my life, whether I succeed or fail,
0:55:19 > 0:55:21my mum will always be there no matter what.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24Dale, upper cut!
0:55:24 > 0:55:25SHOUTING
0:55:25 > 0:55:28- Fuck him! - Come on, Dale!
0:55:28 > 0:55:30Yes, Dale!
0:55:30 > 0:55:32BELL RINGS
0:55:32 > 0:55:33APPLAUSE
0:55:33 > 0:55:36Whoa!
0:55:36 > 0:55:41After a strong start, Dale's lost the fight.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43Fuck off, fucking bastard.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45CHEERING
0:55:45 > 0:55:47Fucking twat.
0:55:47 > 0:55:49Bastard.
0:55:49 > 0:55:54I am proud of him, he's not something that I'd hide in the cupboard, anyway.
0:55:54 > 0:55:57He isn't, he's my son and I love him to bits and I am proud of him.
0:55:57 > 0:55:59Thanks, Mum.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01I want her to be proud.
0:56:01 > 0:56:05I think she should be, she's done a good job.
0:56:06 > 0:56:10Next week, nine new-born puppies at the Wakefields
0:56:10 > 0:56:12push the family to breaking point.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14He's got to come home today.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17My favourite saying to her now is, "Kaz, are these yours?"
0:56:17 > 0:56:22Landlord Nik and tenant face off in an eviction battle.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26And best mates Arrol and Patrick
0:56:26 > 0:56:29prepare for their first holiday together.
0:56:29 > 0:56:35My idea of a good holiday is getting tanned all day with carrot oil dripping off your tits.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd